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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 ministry.

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Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

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Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend.

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

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Speaker 2: God bless you. It's great to be with you today.

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week

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Speaker 2: through our daily podcast, YouTube channel, and social media, and

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Speaker 2: you can come visit us in person. We'd love to

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Speaker 2: have you be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: But I'd like to start with something funny. And I

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Speaker 2: heard about this lady every day she saw this old

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Speaker 2: man sitting on his front porch, rocking in his rocking chair.

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Speaker 2: He always seemed to be so happy, And one day

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Speaker 2: she got.

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Speaker 1: Her nerve up and went over to him.

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Speaker 2: Said, sir, I can't help but notice you're always smiling

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Speaker 2: and always in a good mood. Tell me what is

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Speaker 2: your secret for such a long, happy life?

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Speaker 1: He said, that's easy.

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Speaker 2: I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day, I eat

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Speaker 2: nothing but junk food, and I never exercise. He said,

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Speaker 2: that's amazing. How old are you? He said, twenty six?

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Speaker 1: Don't live like that.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, y'all. 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. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 2: you are very powerful. We all face situations that look

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Speaker 2: too big, the opposition too strong, the dream too great,

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Speaker 2: the sickness too bad. It's easy to live with the

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Speaker 2: weak mentality, intimidated, like we're at a disadvantage. This is

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Speaker 2: the way Solomon probably felt. His father, David had just passed,

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Speaker 2: and David was an amazing leader. He had done great things.

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Speaker 2: Now Solomon was in charge. He wasn't a warrior like

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Speaker 2: his father. He didn't go around defeating giants and conquering armies.

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Speaker 2: He was suddenly thrust into this position. What he was

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Speaker 2: up against seemed daunting, overwhelming. I'm sure he was tempted

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Speaker 2: to shrink back. Thinks this is too much. I can't

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Speaker 2: lead these people. But the scripture says Solomon took firm

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Speaker 2: control of the kingdom for the Lord, his God was with.

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Speaker 1: Him and made him very powerful.

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Speaker 2: And sometimes we see ourselves as limited, not enough, less than.

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Speaker 2: But like with Solomon, the Lord, your God is with you.

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Speaker 2: He has not just made you powerful, but very powerful.

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Speaker 2: What you're up against may be big, but it's no

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Speaker 2: match for you. The same power that raised Christ from

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Speaker 2: the dead lives in you. It's a power so strong

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Speaker 2: that it couldn't keep Jesus in the grave. A power

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Speaker 2: so strong that a teenage shepherd boy defeated a giant.

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Speaker 2: A power so strong that prison doors open for Paul

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Speaker 2: and Silas, A power so strong that a fiery furnace

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Speaker 1: A power so strong that the Red Sea parted for Moses.

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Speaker 1: That's the power that's in you. You are not ordinary,

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Speaker 1: you are not common. You are very powerful. Now here's

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Speaker 1: the key.

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Speaker 2: How you see yourself will determine whether you see this

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Speaker 2: great power. If you think weak, thoughts, insecure, intimidated, this

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Speaker 2: Then you are canceling out the power you have to

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Speaker 2: get in agreement with God.

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Speaker 1: I'm not looking at weak people. I'm not looking at

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Speaker 2: I'm looking at sons and daughters of the Most High God, Strong, confident, anointed, favored.

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Speaker 1: Resurrection. Power is in you.

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Speaker 2: Power to bring dead things back to life. You can

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Speaker 2: accomplish your dreams. You can set new standards for your family.

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Speaker 2: You can defeat that cancer, you can break that addiction,

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Speaker 2: you can end that dysfunction.

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Speaker 1: It may stop some people, but not you. You are

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Speaker 2: In the scripture, the Syrian army was trying to overtake

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Speaker 2: his whole army, thousands of troops, thousands of chariots, all

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Speaker 2: What am I saying? Even the enemy.

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Speaker 2: He can see that you're not weak, you're not average,

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Speaker 2: You're not lacking. How much further will you go? How

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Speaker 2: much more will you accomplish? How many giants will you defeat?

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Speaker 2: If you'll start seeing yourself for who you really are,

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Speaker 2: not just powerful, but very powerful, there is a force

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Speaker 1: There's not a giant you can't defeat, an.

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Speaker 2: Obstacle you can't overcome, an addiction you can't break. No

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Speaker 1: God has armed you strength for every battle.

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Speaker 2: He surrounded you with favor, goodness, and mercy are following you.

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Speaker 2: He's going before you, making crooked places strength. When the

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Speaker 2: enemy comes against us, one way, God said he would

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Speaker 2: defeat them and cause him to flee.

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Speaker 1: Seven different ways.

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Speaker 2: He said he holds victory in store for the upright.

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Speaker 2: There is a power working in you that's not of

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Speaker 2: your own ability.

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Speaker 1: It's resurrection power.

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Speaker 2: Now get rid of any weak thoughts, defeating thoughts. It's

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Speaker 2: too much. I don't have the connections. I'll never meet

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Speaker 2: the right person. This dream is out of reach.

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Speaker 1: Have a new perspective.

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Speaker 2: This problem may be big, but it's no match for me.

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Speaker 2: I am well able, I am strong in the Lord.

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Speaker 2: I can do all things through Christ. Though I am

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Speaker 2: surrounded by trouble, I will not fear. Though I am

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Speaker 2: the Lord is my light and my salvation. The Lord

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Speaker 2: is the strength of my life. You're going to tap

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Speaker 2: into this power. You have to think power thoughts. Inflation

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Speaker 2: may be high, stock market shaky, banks having trouble. You

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Speaker 2: could be worried instead. God, I thank you that you're Jehovah, Jirah,

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Speaker 2: the Lord by provider. You said even in famine, I

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Speaker 2: the medical report may not look good. Experts say you're

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Speaker 2: not going to get well. God, you said you would

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Speaker 2: restore health back into me. You said I would live

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Speaker 2: and not die. That with long life you would satisfy me.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you have children that are off course, doesn't look

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Speaker 1: God, you said. As for me and my house, we

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Speaker 2: You said, my children will be mighty in the land,

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Speaker 2: that from generation to generation we will tell of your goodness.

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Speaker 2: Learn to think power thoughts. That's how you activate the power.

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Speaker 2: When David went out to face Goliath, he didn't have

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Speaker 2: a chance in the natural. But David understood this principle

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Speaker 2: that there was a force working for him that other

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Speaker 2: had made him very powerful. See, our strength doesn't come

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Speaker 2: from just our own ability, our own will power, our

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Speaker 2: own determination. That's all good, but you will face times

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Speaker 2: we're on your own it's not enough. The giant is

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Speaker 1: That's when you're going to see the Lord, your.

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Speaker 2: God empowering you, a supernatural force enabling you, causing you

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Speaker 2: to go further, to defeat giants, to accomplish dreams that

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Speaker 2: seem impossible. When David saw Goliath, he could have thought,

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Speaker 1: He's twice my size. He has a for set of armor.

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Speaker 2: No. David looked at Eliath and said, you come against

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Speaker 2: against you in the name of the Lord, God of Israel.

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Speaker 2: He was saying, Goliath, I may look small, but I'm

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Speaker 1: There's a force that you.

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Speaker 2: Can't see, a power that's beyond my own ability. The Lord,

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Speaker 2: my God, has breathed his power, his favor, his anointing

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Speaker 2: on my life. Victory starts in our mind. You can't

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Speaker 2: think weak and be powerful. You can't think limited and

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Speaker 2: be strong. You can't think fear and have courage. Is

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Speaker 2: am full of resurrection power.

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Speaker 1: David went on to say, Goliath, this day I will

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Speaker 2: That's how you activate the power, not by talking about

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Speaker 2: about you. Not by thinking weak, defeated, can't do it thoughts,

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Speaker 2: they did amazing things. But man, Joel, they were in

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Speaker 2: the Bible. They were called, they were chosen, they were anointed.

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Speaker 2: Can I tell you you are called?

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Speaker 1: You are chosen, you are anointed.

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Speaker 2: We see them as superheroes, and yes, we honor them,

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Speaker 2: we respect who they are. But the truth is they

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Speaker 2: they looked average, yet they left their mark. They were

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Speaker 2: were a burial breaker, that you are.

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Speaker 2: Too often we see ourselves as average, limited, and Joel,

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Speaker 2: I'm not powerful, I'm just ordinary.

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Speaker 1: The truth is, some of the things you've been through

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Speaker 1: should have defeated you.

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Speaker 2: If you were average, the dysfunction, the trauma, the loss,

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Speaker 2: would have taken you out. The fact that you're still

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Speaker 2: here tells me that you are very powerful.

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Speaker 1: That sickness couldn't defeat you. Why because you are so powerful.

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Speaker 2: That bad break, the person that walked away, the disappointment,

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Speaker 1: Soured your life. But look at you.

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Speaker 2: You're still standing. You're not bitter, you're blessed. You're moving forward.

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Speaker 2: The Lord, your God, strengthened you when you were weak.

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Speaker 2: He lifted you when you fell, He protected you in danger,

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Speaker 2: Step into that greatness that belongs to you. The Deborah

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Speaker 2: start seeing yourself as very powerful? What addictions can you break?

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Speaker 2: If you'll get rid of weak, defeated I'm ordinary mentality

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Speaker 2: Friend of mine struggled with an addiction for many years.

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Speaker 2: But he was always talking about how strong the addiction

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Speaker 2: He was constantly down on himself, feeling guilty. As long

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Speaker 2: If you see the sickness, the debt, the trouble as

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Speaker 2: You have to make a switch in your thinking that

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Speaker 2: greater is he that's in you than what's coming against you. Now,

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Speaker 2: know my God is all powerful. This sickness may be mighty,

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Speaker 2: The power in you is stronger than any power that's

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Speaker 1: My friend changed his perspective.

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Speaker 2: Instead of see the addiction as being so strong, he

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Speaker 2: started seeing himself as very powerful.

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Speaker 1: Thoughts told him, come on, you're just wishing, You're just hoping.

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Speaker 1: You know you're weak. You know you can't do this.

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Speaker 2: I can do all things, not in my own strength,

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Speaker 1: Well. This addiction is too powerful. No thanks.

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Speaker 2: Nothing can stand against my God. He always causes me

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Speaker 2: to tryumph.

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Speaker 1: When you get in agreement with.

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Speaker 1: That's what allows him to do great things. Today.

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Speaker 2: My friend is not only free from the addiction, he's

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Speaker 2: helping other people to get free. It was a ten

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Speaker 2: That Christmas, his father bought him a telescope. He was

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Speaker 2: it was designed to do. The boy said, I know that, Dad,

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Speaker 2: Maybe you need to turn the telescope around. You've magnified

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Speaker 1: No wonder you feel weak, intimidated, not able. You have

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Speaker 2: If you'll change your perspective and start seeing things from

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Speaker 2: God's point of view, you'll realize what you're up against

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Speaker 2: is no match for you. It looks like Goliath, it

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Speaker 2: looks daunting. The truth is, you're the one that's very powerful.

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Speaker 2: You're the one that has God's favor. You're the one

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Speaker 2: that can defeat giants. You're the one that can break

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Speaker 2: the addiction. The forces that are for you are greater

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Speaker 1: But the way this is going to happen is if you.

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Speaker 2: Keep your telescope turned around. You can't go around magnifying

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Speaker 2: all the negative. You need to magnify what God put

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Speaker 2: I am strong in the Lord. No weapon formed against

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Speaker 2: me will prosper. I will defeat this giant. I will

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Speaker 2: they were before. How many people go around thinking just

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Speaker 2: He was hiding in a wine press, afraid, intimidated, thinking

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Speaker 2: made you very powerful. The question is how do you

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Speaker 2: You're making everything else so powerful. You need to start

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Speaker 1: This giant is too big.

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Speaker 2: You can defeat giants, you can change cities, you can

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Speaker 1: To a new level.

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Speaker 1: I don't have the training. I can't lead these people.

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Speaker 2: He finally did what I'm asking us to do. He

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Speaker 2: He went out with the whole army, thirty two thousand men.

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Speaker 2: God said, you have too many people. Tell everyone who's

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Speaker 2: All of them left except three hundred men. He was

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Speaker 2: You don't need to come from a certain family. You

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Speaker 2: don't need all that training. God has given you everything

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Speaker 2: He'll heal you from the cancer. He'll break that addiction.

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Speaker 2: He'll send the right people across your path. I know

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Speaker 2: He loved coming and said, don't worry about it. We'll

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Speaker 2: often we don't realize who we are. We see ourselves

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Speaker 2: But God loves to take those who are underestimated, those

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