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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: listening to the podcast. We believe you're going to finish

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three strong, twenty twenty four is even going

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Speaker 1: to be greater. Thanks so much for being with us

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Speaker 1: and enjoy the podcast. God bless you. It's great to

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Speaker 1: of one of our services. I like to start with

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Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this airplane that was

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Speaker 1: about to crash. There were four passengers but only three parachutes.

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Speaker 1: The first passenger said, I'm a leading heart surgeon. My

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Speaker 1: Second passenger said, I'm a rocket scientist, one of the

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Speaker 1: smartest men alive. My country needs me. Took the second

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Speaker 1: parachute and jump. The third passenger, Pope John Paul, said

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Speaker 1: to the fourth passenger, a ten year old boy scout, son,

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Speaker 1: don't worry. There are still two parachutes left. You see

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Speaker 1: the smartest man alive. He just jumped out with my backpack.

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Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says

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Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 1: about keep the faith. God has a great plan for

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Speaker 1: your life, something more than you've imagined. But that plan

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Speaker 1: won't come to pass without opposition and things you don't understand,

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Speaker 1: things that are not fair. God doesn't take us in

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Speaker 1: a straight line. There will be detours, delays, even some

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Speaker 1: It seems like a setback, but really it's a setup.

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Speaker 1: leading you to your destiny. The test is to keep

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Speaker 1: have allowed it if it was going to stop your purpose.

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Speaker 1: His ways are not our ways. Faith is trusting when

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Speaker 1: for good, that what He has purposed for your life

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Speaker 1: At contract, you lost the child that's difficult to raise,

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