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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 Minute Strength. If you enjoy today's message, why don't

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Speaker 2: reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes.

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Speaker 2: We love you, and if you're ever in our area,

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Speaker 2: please stop by and be a part of one of

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Speaker 2: our services.

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Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you

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Speaker 2: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny,

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Speaker 2: and I heard about this husband and wife. We're driving

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Speaker 2: down the road and they saw this sign that said

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Speaker 2: Nakodochius forty miles ahead. They'd begin to argue over how

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Speaker 2: to correctly pronounce the name Nakodochius. The husband got so

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Speaker 2: upset he finally said, when we get to town, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna stop and prove to you that I'm right. They

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Speaker 2: drove silently for the next thirty minutes. When he got

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Speaker 2: to town, he pulled into the first fast food restaurant

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Speaker 2: he could find. They both marched up to the counter.

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Speaker 2: He said to the young lady working behind it. My

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Speaker 2: wife and I have been arguing for the last thirty minutes.

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Speaker 2: Can you please tell us, very slowly and very clearly,

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Speaker 2: how to pronounce the name of this place. The young

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Speaker 2: girl's eyes got real big. She leaned over the counter

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Speaker 2: and said, burger King, hold up your Bible, say it

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Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am

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Speaker 2: what it says I am. I have what it says

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

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Speaker 2: Today I will be taught the word of God. I

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Speaker 2: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 2: bless you want to talk to you today about thanking

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Speaker 2: God in advance.

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Speaker 1: We all have dreams and.

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Speaker 2: Goals that God's placed in our heart. Things we're believing

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Speaker 2: for situations we're praying to turn around. These promises start

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Speaker 2: off like seeds. They don't come to pass overnight. There's

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Speaker 2: always a period of waiting involved, and from the time

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Speaker 2: we pray till the time we see it come to fulfillment.

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Speaker 1: That's called the trial of our faith.

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Speaker 2: This is when many people get discouraged and give up.

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Speaker 2: They start believing the negative thoughts. It's never going to happen.

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Speaker 2: It's taken too long. Now that seed is lying dormant.

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Speaker 2: It's still alive, it still has potential. But you have

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Speaker 2: to do your part and start watering the seed. The

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Speaker 2: way you water it is by thanking God in advance.

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Speaker 2: You can't wait till you receive the promise. You have

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Speaker 2: to thank God that the answer is on the way.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you're struggling in your health. The medical report doesn't

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Speaker 2: look good. Don't talk about how you feel. Say Father,

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Speaker 2: thank you that I'm healthy. Thank you that I'm strong.

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Speaker 2: Thank you with long life. You're satisfying me. That's not

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Speaker 2: just being positive. That's watering the seed in your finances.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you're struggling. Business is slow all through the day. Father,

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Speaker 2: Thank you that whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. Thank

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Speaker 2: you that I'm coming out of death. Thank you that

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Speaker 2: your favor surrounds me like a shield. When you thank

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Speaker 2: God in advance for the answer, it not only waters

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Speaker 2: the seed, but that strengthens your own faith.

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Speaker 1: And this is what Abraham did.

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Speaker 2: God placed the seed in his heart that he would

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Speaker 2: no sign of a child. It looked impossible. Abraham and

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Speaker 2: Sarah were nearly one hundred years old. Every voice said

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Speaker 2: it wasn't going to happen. They could have easily talked

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Speaker 2: strong in faith by giving praise to God. Notice when

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Speaker 1: When you thank.

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Speaker 2: God in it advance for the answer, that's what keeps

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Speaker 2: you encouraged. You're not going to stay strong in faith

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Speaker 2: by complaining. You're not going to stay determined. If you're

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Speaker 2: talking about how bad it is. Well, God, you promised

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Speaker 2: Now, if you don't learn this principle to thank God

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Abraham got up many mornings, was tempted to

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Speaker 2: must have heard God wrong. If Abraham would have dwelled

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Speaker 1: Time, he would have given up.

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Speaker 2: The way he stayed in faith, day after day, month

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Speaker 1: Thank you that you are true to your word.

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Speaker 2: When you give God praise, God gives you strength to

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Speaker 1: To pass now.

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Speaker 2: All through the day, just like with Abraham, negative thoughts

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Speaker 2: Every time you're tempted to worry, let that be a

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Speaker 2: When the thought comes saying you're never going to get well,

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Speaker 2: instead of worrying, turn it around. Father, Thank you, you

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Speaker 2: are restoring health back into me. When you do that,

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Speaker 2: you're getting stronger. Your faith is being built up. The

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Speaker 2: help you, there's nothing good in your future. Turn it around, Father,

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Speaker 2: Thank you that your mercy is bigger than any mistake

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Speaker 2: gets brighter. Think you that my best days are still

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Speaker 2: in faith. He thanked God for the promise long before

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Speaker 2: he saw the promise. When you give God praise, God

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Speaker 2: gives you strength to keep believing. When we were trying

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Speaker 2: I could feel myself getting weak, discouraged, losing my joy.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Lord that you're fighting our battles for us.

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Speaker 2: That's what kept me strong three and a half years

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Speaker 2: the healing comes, before the legal situation turns around. The

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Speaker 2: mistake we make so often is when these thoughts of

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Speaker 2: we start begging God, God, please help me, God, I'm

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Speaker 2: begging you to give us that building. God, please give

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Speaker 2: me that baby. No begging doesn't get God's attention. Once

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Speaker 1: To heal you.

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Speaker 2: You ask him to restore a relationship. From then on,

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Speaker 2: you don't need to ask God one more time. He

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Speaker 2: heard you the very first time. Now, every time you

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Speaker 2: is on the way. I know people, and they're good people,

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Speaker 2: but they ask God for the same thing the same

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Speaker 2: But the right approach instead of asking for the same

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Speaker 1: That's what Abraham did. He didn't grow strong.

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Speaker 2: this baby. He prayed once, and he spent the rest

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Speaker 2: Jesus was normally so compassionate throughout the scripture. He would

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Speaker 2: Jesus ignored her, didn't give her the time of day.

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Speaker 2: After a while, she realized begging wasn't going to do

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Speaker 2: her any good. The scripture says she fell at Jesus'

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Speaker 2: Everything is okay. What begging won't do, praising will do.

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Speaker 2: I'm asking you don't be a beggar, be a believer.

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Speaker 2: Once you pray, switch over into praise. None of this

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Speaker 2: year after year. God, please heal me. God, please give

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Speaker 2: me that promotion. God, I'm just begging you, no. Zip

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Speaker 2: that up all through the day. Father, Thank you that

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Speaker 2: I'm healthy, Thank you that my business is blessed.

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Speaker 2: When our son Jonathan got his driver's license a couple

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Speaker 2: of years ago, we bought him a used car. Our daughter, Alexandra,

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Speaker 1: I said, yes, Alexandra, I'm gonna buy you a car.

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Speaker 2: Do you know since I have given her my word,

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Speaker 2: to bed, Stress, doubt, intimidation will try to keep you

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Speaker 2: up at night. But know this, that valley doesn't belong

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Speaker 2: to the enemy. It belongs to praise. Now, you've got

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Speaker 2: to take your valley back all through the day. When

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Speaker 2: the thoughts come saying it's not going to work out,

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Speaker 2: the problem's never going to turn around. Don't dwell on that.

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Speaker 2: Don't let that occupy that valley. Turn up your praise Father,

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Speaker 2: Thank you that you're still on the throne. Thank you

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Speaker 2: that you're bigger than this obstacle. Thank you that you're

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Speaker 2: fighting my battles. Thank you that the answer is already

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Speaker 2: on the way. When you learn to give God praise

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Speaker 2: in the valley. You will defeat every giant. Doesn't matter

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Speaker 2: how big that obstacle is. You and God are a majority.

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Speaker 2: He will always cause you to triumph. And really, any

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Speaker 2: of us can give God praise when we're on the mountaintop.

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Speaker 2: That's easy when everything's going our way.

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Speaker 1: But it because a man or.

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Speaker 2: Woman of great faith to say, God, nothing's going my way.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel well, I'm tired. These people are doing

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Speaker 2: I could easily be discouraged. I could easily complain, But

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Speaker 2: I know a secret. This valley belongs to praise. So God,

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Speaker 2: I want to thank you that I'm coming out. I

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Speaker 2: want to thank you that you're restoring and reversing. I

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Speaker 2: want to thank you that things are changing in my favor.

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Speaker 2: You do that, and you won't stay in the valley.

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Speaker 2: Praise causes God to go to work. Praise breaks chains

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Speaker 2: Praise causes things to fall into place. Some of you

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Speaker 2: have prayed about the situation long enough, you got to

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Speaker 2: switch over into praise. Get up every morning, Father, thank

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Speaker 2: you that my dreams are coming to pass. Thank you

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Speaker 2: that healing is coming think you that promotion is on

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Speaker 2: its way. That's what's going to keep you strong, not begging,

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Speaker 2: not praying again and again. No, Remember, like Daniel, the

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Speaker 2: first day you prayed, God heard it and set the

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Speaker 2: miracle into motion. It's already on the way. As you

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Speaker 2: keep giving God praise, he's going to keep giving you

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Speaker 2: strength to believe. And yes, sometimes it's difficult. You may

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Speaker 2: be in that valley, but don't you, dare let fear

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Speaker 2: occupy that valley. Don't let intimidation in that valley. Don't

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Speaker 2: let doubt and complaining come into your valley. That valley

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Speaker 2: belongs to praise. If you'll dig your heels in and

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Speaker 2: offer up that sacrifice of praise, God promises he's going

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Speaker 2: to reverse and restore. Like Abraham, you'll see the dream

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Speaker 2: come to pass. Like David, you'll defeat every giant. Like Elijah,

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Speaker 2: the drought will come to an end. I believe in

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Speaker 2: declare you will see the abundance of rain, abundance of joy,

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