1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in. 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: Your life life. Yes, we're excited to be alive today. Amen, 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: I just want to remind you that you are extraordinary. 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: Nobody wants to be ordinary today. We all want to 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: be extraordinary. We want to live an extraordinary life. And 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: I believe that's what Jesus said. He said, I want 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: to come to give you a life and a life 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: of abundance. See he came so that we could live 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: an abundant life, an extraordinary life, an exceptional life. God 14 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: doesn't want us to live average, mediocre. He doesn't want 15 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: us to be ordinary in our thinking. He wants us 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: to be extraordinary in our thinking. He wants us to 17 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: expect more, to go for more, to strive for more, 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: to be the very best that we can be. Do 19 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: you know when you're the very best you can be today, 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 2: your tomorrow will be better. See when you prepare for today, hey, 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 2: you'll be ready for the opportunities tomorrow. When preparation meets opportunity, 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: it's called success. So I want to encourage all of 23 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: us to not have just this ordinary mindset, but have 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 2: an extraordinary mindset. Expect to be full of joy, abundance, creativity, blessing. 25 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: You know, Joel was just saying to us earlier, and 26 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: I think it's something that we need to hear when 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: we come to the House of the Lord, and we 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: need to express to ourself that we're a masterpiece. We 29 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: didn't just come off of an assembly line. We're an original. 30 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: We have callings and giftings that are matchless. See, only 31 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: you can do what God's called you to do. Only 32 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: you created to be you. You weren't created to be 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: anyone else. You weren't created to coffee anyone else. You 34 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: were designed uniquely you. So get this down in your heart, 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 2: get this down in your spirit today and say, I'm 36 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,399 Speaker 2: tired of living ordinary. I'm tired of living just mundane. 37 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna start having this extraordinary mindset. You say, but Victoria, 38 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: my life is just routine. You know what. All of 39 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: our lives are routine. Most of life is doing the 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: same thing over and over again. We get up in 41 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 2: the morning, we go to work, we do our jobs. 42 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: We come home, we wash the dishes, we take care 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: of the kids, We cook the dinner, we mow the lawn, 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 2: we pay the bills. Most of our day is routine. 45 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: We go to bed, get up in the morning, and 46 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: do it all over again. But it is our job 47 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: to not get sucked into that routine, but to cause 48 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 2: our life to produce extraordinary in the routine. You see, 49 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: you were designed to produce extraordinary in the routines of life. 50 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: Think about this just a minute. Anything that you do well, 51 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: you have to do often, and it is called routine. 52 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: So we have to know that when we're in the routine, 53 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: we're in the difficulties, we're in the challenges, all the 54 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: things that we all face, that there's extraordinary being produced. 55 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: Because I believe when we understand that we're not average, 56 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: and our challenges weren't here to make us suffer. They're 57 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 2: here to bring something out of us. Our difficulties are 58 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: here to bring something out of us. Our routine is 59 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: here to bring something out of us. I think about 60 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: all the years that I've loved my family. My children 61 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: were born, I took care of them, I changed their diapers, 62 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: I fed them, I gave them a bath, I taught them. 63 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: I did everything I knew to do, day after day 64 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: after day. I've tried to be a good helpmate to 65 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: my husband. I make sure he gets what he likes. 66 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: I cook him dinner, I tell him what to do, 67 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: I give in vitamins. I do my very best even 68 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: when they don't appreciate it, day in and day out. 69 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: But can I tell you, even when they don't appreciate it, 70 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: and even when it's difficult, do you know what the 71 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 2: routine has done for me? It's given me extraordinary? It 72 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: is my extraordinary? What is your extraordinary? I can see 73 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: my life because I was routine and faithful with what 74 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: God gave me, I now have extraordinary in my life. 75 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: I think about challenges, difficulties I faced. Many times I 76 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: think I just want to quit. Is this even worth it? 77 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: Is it even matter? But I have learned when I've 78 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: pressed through day after day those challenges, day after day, 79 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: it produced extraordinary lessons in my life. Listen, when you 80 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,119 Speaker 2: are faithful with what God has placed in your hand, 81 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 2: and you don't allow it to become mundane and ordinary, 82 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 2: and give it just half of what you could give it. 83 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 2: You know what you're doing. You're creating extraordinary. You're creating 84 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 2: something to talk about tomorrow. You see, sometimes it's not 85 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: always easy to talk about it, but if you'll stick 86 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 2: with it, you'll have something to talk about. You'll have 87 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 2: something to be proud of. So even in the difficult times, 88 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: I want to encourage you to stay faithful. God is 89 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 2: preparing you. You are passing the tests. He wants to 90 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: give you greater opportunities, greater life, a greater destiny. So 91 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: we want to just live with purpose because I know 92 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: how it feels. I'm preaching to myself today. I have 93 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 2: to get up in the morning and I have to 94 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: say today is a good day. I've got good things 95 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: in front of me. You know what you say to yourself, 96 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 2: the moment you get up is gonna set the tone 97 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: for your life. So you've got to get this down 98 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 2: in your heart, even when it's difficult, no matter what's 99 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 2: going on on the other side of that difficulty is extraordinary. 100 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 2: You can all say with me today I have seen 101 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 2: the extraordinary. You're right, it was worth putting my effort into. 102 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: Even when I didn't see where the routine was taking me. 103 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: I now see this extraordinary job I have. I now 104 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: see this extraordinary family I have. I now see an 105 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 2: extraordinary ministry that I have. You see, you may not 106 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 2: see where it's taking you all the time, but it 107 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: will lead you to it extraordinary. When Joel's father was 108 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: pastor of Lakewood Church in his latter years, I would 109 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: come and get him and take him to church. I'll 110 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 2: remember one time we were in the bag getting ready 111 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: for church, and he had a woman who did his 112 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: hair and his makeup for television because we would broadcast 113 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 2: the Sunday services. And when I was back there one morning, 114 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: this young lady that did his hair looked at him 115 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: and she said, Pastor Ostin, I have to tell you 116 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: some news. She said, my husband is being transferred to 117 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 2: another state for his job. And she said, this is 118 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 2: going to be the last time that I'm going to 119 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: be able to do your hair and makeup. She said, 120 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: I'm so sorry this came so quickly, but this is 121 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: one of those things where I just have to go. 122 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 2: And I remember him just kind of sitting there. He 123 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: was looking at her, and I could just see a 124 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: thousand things going on in his head, and he didn't 125 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,559 Speaker 2: know what to say, so he looked at me and 126 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: he said, well, Victoria, he said, can you do my 127 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 2: hair for TV on Sundays. I thought, I don't have 128 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 2: a cosmic metology license. I'm not trained in this. Then 129 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: the next thing I know, they're both looking at me. 130 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 2: So I quickly just said, sure, I'll do it if 131 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: you trust me. Well, little did they know. I had 132 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 2: a little experience when I was in junior high school. 133 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: I used to cut some of my friend's hair and 134 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: attempt at highlighting. But that day I was given a promotion. 135 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 2: I was now the hair solist for John Osting Lakewood 136 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: TV Television Productions. My family, a lot of my mother's 137 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: side of the family lives in Georgia, and they were 138 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: preparing a family reunion and they had made plans, got 139 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 2: in hotels, got in locations. They'd put a lot of 140 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 2: work into it. And they called me up and they 141 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: gave me the date and they said, listen, we're gonna 142 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 2: have the best family reunion. You got to be there. 143 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: This is the date. So I checked the date and 144 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 2: it fell on a weekend, and I said, look, guys, 145 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 2: I can't come on the weekend. I have to do 146 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: my father and lost hair. And they were like so disappointed. 147 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 2: They were like, what, you can't come and We've done 148 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 2: all this planning, and I said, no, I'm committed. We 149 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: tape on Sunday and I have to pick him up 150 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 2: and I have to bring to the church. I have 151 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 2: to do his hair. Well. Later on I got word 152 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: that they were talking about me. I found out that 153 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: they didn't think my job was very important. And they said, 154 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 2: I can't believe that's all she does in the ministry. 155 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: I think she should be doing more. You know, they 156 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: weren't trying to be mean, they just thought my job 157 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 2: description should be different. Well, you know what, that hurt 158 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: my feelings and I got to thinking about it and 159 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: I got a little discouraged about it. But then I 160 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 2: made a decision. I thought, you know what, I'm gonna 161 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: let that go because deep down on the inside of me, 162 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: I hear be faithful in the small, be faithful in 163 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 2: the small, just be faithfu full in the small. So 164 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: I let that go and I decided to be the 165 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 2: best TV production hair person there has ever been. So 166 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: for several years, I'd picked my father in law up, 167 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: bring him to the church and get him TV ready. 168 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: I was committed to that job. I was faithful and 169 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: in the routine of all those Sunday mornings, all those weekends, 170 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: I didn't realize that I was building extraordinary into my life. 171 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: You see, I believe it built commitment in my life. 172 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: I believe that it was doing a work in me. 173 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: It was causing me to be able to understand the 174 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 2: ministry life, giving me vision. It was showing me what 175 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: it took to do this job. And I believe just 176 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: through those years of what some people may not have 177 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: thought was important, God did think it was important. It 178 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: was building extraordinary in me. And I believe that I 179 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: can do what I'm doing today. I can be with 180 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: my husband and help him push this ministry forward because 181 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 2: of the commitment and the faithfulness that I showed then. 182 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: You see, in many ways it prepared me. So I 183 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: want to encourage you today. Don't let the definition of 184 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 2: someone else's success determine your future. See, someone might not 185 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: think what you're doing is very important. They may look 186 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 2: down on it. They may not realize what God is 187 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 2: doing in your life. He is preparing you for greater opportunity. 188 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: You see, because someone doesn't see what you're doing doesn't 189 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: mean that God doesn't see what you're doing. Just because 190 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,719 Speaker 2: they don't think it's important doesn't mean God doesn't think 191 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 2: it's important. And I'm telling you, God, bless us faithfulness. 192 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: We have to pass this faithfulness test if we're going 193 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 2: to go on to greater things. You know, one thing 194 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: that I realize that really can reduce this extraordinary life 195 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 2: that God's given us down to ordinary is when we 196 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 2: compare ourself. You know, we all know that social media 197 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 2: these days can make your life feel like it's going nowhere. 198 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 2: You look at these vacations, you look at all this 199 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: stuff these people are doing. They're highlight reel and you think, man, 200 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 2: my life is just ordinary routine. I go to work, 201 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 2: I come home. I go to work, I come home. 202 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: When do they have time to do all this stuff? Well, 203 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: little do we realize it took them twenty nine tries 204 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 2: just to get that picture right, and then after they 205 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: filtered it, corrected it, worked through it, then it was perfect. 206 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: We know this, don't we We cannot fall into the 207 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 2: trap of comparing ourself because we're originals, we're masterpieces, We're 208 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: one of a kind. The assign it's that your call 209 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: to do are distinct to your calling. You fit your destiny. 210 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: No one else can do what you've been called to do. 211 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 2: Don't shrink your life down to mundane an ordinary, Stir 212 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 2: up the gifts of God within you. What do you 213 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 2: have in your hand that is going to be your 214 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: extraordinary tomorrow? I encourage you just like I encourage myself. 215 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 2: God is a faithful God. Give it your all. Be 216 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: your best every day. Listen, when you prepare today, you're 217 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 2: going to be better off tomorrow. Know that when you're faithful, 218 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 2: you're going to have something to talk about later on. Amen. Amen, 219 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 2: here's an awesome God. We love him. 220 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is 221 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 3: it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled 222 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 3: with purpose, happiness and joy. 223 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: Every day we make choices how we see ourselves, how 224 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: we respond to challenges, how we approach what's in front 225 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: of us. I've readen a devotional called Today I Choose 226 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: Devotions for a Better Line. It's designed to help you 227 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: make those choices on purpose, to choose faith over fear, 228 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: peace over frustration, and kindness over offense. Each day is 229 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: filled with scripture and practical encouragement to help you live 230 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: with confidence and victory. You can't wait to see what 231 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: kind of day it's going to be. 232 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: You have to decide ahead of time. 233 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: When you do, you can step into a more blessed, 234 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: fulfilled life. 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