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

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Speaker 1: have a brand new resource we'd like to send you

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Speaker 1: this month. It's called Praying with Confidence. I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope

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Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to talk with something funny and I heard about this

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Speaker 1: She held up for finger and said three and a

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Speaker 1: half carrots? All right, y'all say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about angels are coming. We

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Speaker 1: all have times that can be overwhelming. We're dealing with

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Speaker 1: an illness. Child is difficult to raise, trying to pay bills.

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Speaker 2: Doors aren't opening for our dreams.

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Speaker 1: We've done the right thing, We've worked hard, but it

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Speaker 1: don't say how we can go on. It's not that

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Speaker 1: we're weak, it's not that we don't have faith. It's

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Speaker 1: A relationship is not working out, his business is struggling.

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Speaker 1: He said, Joel, I'm at a breaking point. I can't

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Speaker 1: He knows when it's too much. And the scripture says,

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Speaker 1: God is a very present help in terms of trouble.

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Speaker 1: When you feel overwhelmed, thinking you can't go on, God

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Speaker 1: God will send angels to strengthen you, to encourage you,

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Speaker 1: re energize you. You may be tired today. You love God,

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Speaker 1: You think I can't handle this anymore. Be encouraged. Angels

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Speaker 1: I thought I'd be so upset and so distraught, But I.

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Speaker 1: But after the angel showed up and strengthened him, he

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Speaker 1: of the soldier's ears. Jesus thought, you're finally awake. I

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Speaker 1: don't need you now. I have the grace to carry

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Speaker 1: When he was brought before, Pilot falsely accused, Jesus didn't

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Speaker 1: crown of thorns on his head. That should have been

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Speaker 1: too much. Surely he would say, God, take the away,

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Speaker 1: None of us will ever face what he did. But

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Speaker 1: what I want us to see is God will never

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Speaker 1: let the pressure keep you from your destiny. He'll never

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Speaker 1: let you feel so overwhelmed that you can't fulfill your purpose.

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Speaker 2: That's when he'll send angels.

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Speaker 1: And what God has destined for your life, all the forces.

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Speaker 2: Of darkness cannot stop.

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Speaker 1: You may be in a difficult season, like Jesus, a

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Speaker 1: what's in front of you. God knows what you're dealing with.

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Speaker 1: He's already dispatched the angels. He's about to bring strength, power,

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Speaker 2: The verge of a new level. You're not going to

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Speaker 1: But in the power of the spirit, you're going to

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Speaker 2: The enemy wouldn't be.

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Speaker 1: Fighting you if he didn't know you were about to

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Speaker 2: Angels are coming.

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Speaker 1: Strength is coming, A second wind is coming. I believe

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Speaker 1: and declare God is about to lighten that load, lift

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins.

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Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior.

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