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

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Speaker 2: for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I'd like

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Speaker 2: to start with something funny and I heard about this

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Speaker 2: husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together

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Speaker 2: when an angel suddenly appeared and said God was going

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Speaker 2: to grant them each one special request.

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Speaker 1: They were so excited.

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Speaker 2: The wife said, my request is that we'd be able

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Speaker 2: to travel all over the world, and poof, when the

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Speaker 2: smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. Her husband

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Speaker 2: put his head down in shame. He said, my request

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Speaker 2: is that I would be married to a woman thirty

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Speaker 2: years younger than me, and poof, when the smoke cleared,

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Speaker 2: he was ninety years old. All right, that's what he gets.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, you allready. This is my Bible. I

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: I 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. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 2: living calls driven.

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Speaker 1: There should be something we're.

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Speaker 2: Involved in that's bigger than ourselves. And it's good to

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Speaker 2: have personal goals and dreams, things we want to accomplish.

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Speaker 1: But if you're.

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Speaker 2: Only focused on yourself, you won't reach your highest fatigm.

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Speaker 2: You were created to help someone else, to be a blessing,

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Speaker 2: to lift the falling, to encourage those that are down,

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Speaker 2: to fight for those that can't fight for themselves.

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Speaker 1: You need to have a cause that you're passionate.

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Speaker 2: About, some way that you can make the world a

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Speaker 2: better place. It may be to volunteer at the women's shelter,

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Speaker 2: to mentor those young men, to do repairs for the

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Speaker 2: elderly neighbors. Maybe your cause is to support great organizations,

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Speaker 2: to help build that children's home, to fund the ministry,

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Speaker 2: to pay the single mom's rent. The cause may be

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Speaker 2: to break the addiction so your children don't have to

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Speaker 2: to set a new standard for your family.

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Speaker 1: When you live calls driven, you'll do things that you

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Speaker 2: You'll get up early, you'll make sacrifices. You'll show up

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Speaker 2: when you had other things to do. You're committed to

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Speaker 2: I don't feel like going to work. I don't want

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Speaker 2: to deal with these problems. Your attitude is I'm on

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Speaker 2: a mission. I have an assignment. It's not just about me.

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Speaker 2: Somebody needs what I have. Somebody's counting on me. I'm

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Speaker 2: going to be a positive force for good in my neighborhood,

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Speaker 2: in my family, on my job. And the reason some

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Speaker 2: As long as you're only focused on you, you're not

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Speaker 1: Look around at how you can be a blessing.

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Speaker 2: When you give your time, energy, resources to care for

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Speaker 2: the hurting, to lift those that are disadvantaged, to help

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Speaker 2: bring their dreams to pass, you will see God's favor

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Speaker 2: in new ways. Are you waiting for God to bless you?

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Speaker 2: The next level of your destiny is connected to helping

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Speaker 1: Don't discount the small.

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Speaker 2: Things you can do for people, bringing them a cup

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Speaker 2: Obedience can lead to big blessings. When David arrived in

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Speaker 2: the Philistine giant, tauning the Israelites for forty days. He

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Speaker 1: David, a holy anger.

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Speaker 2: He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should defy.

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Speaker 2: He asked what would be done for the man that

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Speaker 1: Is there not a cause?

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Speaker 2: He was saying, you may be afraid, you may be passive,

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Speaker 2: This is a cause worth fighting for. Something was birthed

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Speaker 2: in David at that moment, a fire, a passion to

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Speaker 1: He didn't have to care. He could have dismissed it.

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Speaker 2: But David stood up for something that, in one sense,

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Speaker 2: didn't have anything to do with him. He wasn't in

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Speaker 2: the army, Goliath wasn't taunting him. He could have gone

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Speaker 2: for those that can't stand, you're not just helping them,

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Speaker 2: that cause is going to launch you into your destiny.

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Speaker 2: David took a slingshot, slung that rock, defeated Goliath. Eventually

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Speaker 2: he took the throne of Israel. What's interesting is the

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Speaker 2: crown was in the cause. Without the cause, he would

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Speaker 2: have never become keen like David. Your crown is going

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Speaker 2: to be found in a cause. Your promotion, your breakthrough,

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Speaker 2: your dream coming to pass is going to be found

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Speaker 2: in being a blessing. Are you fighting for anyone other

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Speaker 2: than yourself? Are you taking risk, stepping out in faith,

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Speaker 2: helping them to rise higher? When your calls driven, you'll

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Speaker 2: see some giants come down. You'll see promotion doors open,

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Speaker 2: the right people show up. Thousands of soldiers saw Goliath

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Speaker 2: the experience, but he believed God was going to show out.

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Speaker 2: He expected to defeat Goliath. He expected to stand victoriously.

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Speaker 2: When you have a cause, you believe for big things,

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Speaker 2: You'll pray bold prayers. You'll expect giants to come down.

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Speaker 2: When the Compact Center came available, I thought, God, this

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Speaker 2: is not about just us. This is about advancing the kingdom.

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Speaker 2: This facility will set a new standard. It will be

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Speaker 2: an example of your greatness. I had a boldness to

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Speaker 2: fight for something way bigger than me. Three years earlier,

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Speaker 2: I was running camera, I was working in production. But

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Speaker 2: when you have a cause, you'll believe you can accomplish

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Speaker 2: what seems impossible, that you can overcome what looks insurmountable,

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Speaker 2: find your calls, fight for someone that can't fight for themselves.

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Speaker 2: Get involved in something bigger than you. That's where your

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Speaker 2: crown is. That's where your greatness is going to come out.

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Speaker 2: David could have been satisfied in the shepherd's fields, satisfied

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Speaker 1: I don't want to have to get out of my

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Speaker 2: People may criticize me, there may be big giants. I'll

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Speaker 2: just play it safe. Safe is not your destiny. Average

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Speaker 2: is not what you're called to be. Take on some giants,

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Speaker 2: believe to advance the kingdom, to set new standards. God

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Speaker 2: didn't give you that talent, that personality, that courage just

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Speaker 1: You were called for a cause. You are gifted for

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Speaker 1: a cause. You are healthy for a cause.

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Speaker 2: You have influence, you are anointed for a cause. Don't

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Speaker 2: just build your kingdom, build his kingdom. Get involved in

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Speaker 2: making a difference. Where are some giants you can bring down,

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Speaker 2: Where are some people you can lift up. It's nothing

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Speaker 1: Crown, you never took your throne.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't in the average. It wasn't in the routine.

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Speaker 2: It was in the cause. It was in doing something

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Speaker 2: about you making your neighborhood better, blessing that coworker, bringing

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Speaker 1: That's when you'll see your crown.

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Speaker 2: Now I've made up my mind, I'm not gonna live

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna live calls driven.

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Speaker 2: be criticized, talked about, have opposition. The problem is, you'll

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Speaker 2: never reach your destiny if you live comfort driven. As

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Speaker 2: long as David was in the shepherd's fields, minding his

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Speaker 2: Had he not been willing to run that errand to

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Speaker 1: Don't miss the small things.

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Speaker 2: Had he let his brother discourage him, make him upset, bitter,

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Speaker 2: he would have missed his destiny.

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Speaker 1: If he'd have thought Goliath was too big.

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Speaker 1: He would have never become the king.

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Speaker 2: The cause has to be bigger than the giant. The

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Speaker 2: cause has to be bigger than the opposition, bigger than

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Speaker 2: how you feel.

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Speaker 1: You may be outnumbered.

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Speaker 2: What you're up against is stronger, more experience.

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Speaker 1: Don't worry.

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Speaker 2: You and God are a majority. They cannot stand against

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Speaker 2: our God. Like with David, there are giants waiting for you.

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Speaker 2: When you defeat them for others, doors to your destiny

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Speaker 2: will open when you find your cause. The king is

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Speaker 2: going to come out when your dream is connected to

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Speaker 2: helping others, to making your community better, to lifting those

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Speaker 1: You thought you were just helping them. You didn't realize

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Speaker 1: you were helping yourself. And so many of you do this.

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Speaker 2: Find your cause and you'll find favor. This is what

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Speaker 2: I've learned what God orders he pays for when it's

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Speaker 1: You don't have to figure it out. All you have

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Speaker 2: Nea Maiah, I asked the king for permission to return

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Speaker 2: But when you're asking for someone else, when you're taking

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Speaker 2: And it's good to have your dreams, it's good to

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Speaker 1: By how you feel. You're not moved by the opposition.

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Speaker 2: It should have taken Niamiah years to finish rebuilding it,

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Speaker 1: Where is a giant you can defeat?

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Speaker 2: The greatness will come out when you help others, when you.

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Speaker 2: Well, Joel, I didn't come out this morning terry about

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Speaker 1: Is there not a cause?

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Speaker 1: He went out and started ministry. He knew very.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to honor God with my life. I'm going

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Speaker 2: How did he step out of the ordinary into the uncommon.

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Speaker 2: said it's not worth it. If he had not lived

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Speaker 2: The scripture says the angels came and ministered to him

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Speaker 2: in those difficult times when you're trying to break the addiction,

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Speaker 2: The scripture says he endured the pain of the cross

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Speaker 2: looking forward to the joy that was coming. Because he

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Speaker 2: The good news is that means you're close to your crown.

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Speaker 2: You're close to your breakthrough. You come too far to

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Speaker 2: stop now. God didn't bring you here to leave you.

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Speaker 2: Dig down deep state a turn, Stay focused, keep doing

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Speaker 2: the right thing. It's not just for you. You're doing

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Speaker 2: If you'll keep fighting for someone else, like with Jesus,

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Speaker 2: the angels are going to show up to strengthen you.

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Speaker 2: God sees you giving helping others, being good to people,

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Speaker 2: taking on their giants.

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Speaker 1: You didn't have to, Nobody would.

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Speaker 2: You stepped up to make a difference. Now get ready.

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Speaker 2: The king in you is about to step out. Your

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Speaker 2: You're coming out of the ordinary into the uncommon. God

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.

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Speaker 1: It's January. Time to renew my faith. It's January. It's

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