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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you

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Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and

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Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray

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Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We

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Speaker 1: love you, we know God has great things in store.

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Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop

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Speaker 1: by and be a part of our services. I promise

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Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for tuning in today. I'd like to start

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Speaker 1: with something funny each week, and I heard about this

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Speaker 1: country couple. They were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary and

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Speaker 1: they had never had an argument before. Somebody asked them

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Speaker 1: the secret of their success. The husband explained, when they

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Speaker 1: were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, the wife's

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Speaker 1: horse refused to go. She got off and looked the

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Speaker 1: horse in the eyes and said, that's one. He went

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Speaker 1: a little bit, but then stopped again. She got off,

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Speaker 1: looked him in the eyes and said that's two. He

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Speaker 1: went a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Further, but he stopped once more.

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Speaker 1: This time she got off, pulled out her revolver, and

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Speaker 1: shot the horse dead.

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Speaker 2: The husband was appalled. He said, what are you doing.

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Speaker 2: You can't just shoot an animal.

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Speaker 1: She looked at him and said, honey, that's one all right.

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Speaker 2: That is not found in this book.

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Speaker 1: By the way, hold up your Bible. Say it like

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: Today I will.

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

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Speaker 1: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never

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

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Speaker 1: want to talk to you today about how you have

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Speaker 1: been preprogrammed to live a victorious life. God never created

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Speaker 1: us to be average. We're not supposed to drag around

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Speaker 1: barely making it defeated and depressed. God created us to

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Speaker 1: be the head and never the tale, to be happy,

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Speaker 1: healthy and whole. And the scripture says we have been

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Speaker 1: made in the image of Almighty God. When God made you,

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Speaker 1: he put a part of himself into you. One way

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Speaker 1: you could say it is you have the DNA of

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Speaker 1: Almighty God.

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Speaker 2: He's your heavenly father.

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Speaker 1: You got some of his traits, some of his characteristics.

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Speaker 1: That means in your genes right now, our favor, wisdom, strength, talent,

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Speaker 1: and ability. God breathed his life into you. And just

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Speaker 1: like you got your natural DNA from your parents, you

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Speaker 1: got your spiritual DNA from your heavenly Father.

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Speaker 2: The good news is the.

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Speaker 1: Spiritual always overrides the natural. God's DNA will override any

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Speaker 1: negative DNA in your family life. We know how certain

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Speaker 1: characteristics can be passed down from our parents, from our grandparents.

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Speaker 1: Say to us a lot talking about our son Jonathan.

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Speaker 2: He's got his mother's eyes.

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Speaker 1: He looks just like Victoria. I always say, thank God

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Speaker 1: God had mercy on him. I see traits in our

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Speaker 1: daughter Alexandra that are just like me. Before she goes

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Speaker 1: She'll never go to sleep without plugging her cell phone

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Speaker 1: That's the same trait my mother has. My mother's very disciplined.

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Speaker 1: same way. Why is that It's in our DNA. It's

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Speaker 1: being passed from one generation to the next, and not

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Speaker 1: just physical characteristics, but even personality traits, our attitude.

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Speaker 2: Our demeanor.

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Speaker 1: These are things that are in our DNA. That's our

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Speaker 1: genetic code that makes up who we are.

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Speaker 2: And it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: You can have a gene in your DNA that lies

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Speaker 1: I wanted to say, what in the world happened? He

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Speaker 2: What was that?

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Speaker 1: There was a gene in his DNA passed down from

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Speaker 1: never convinced me in high school that ten years later

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Speaker 1: that's impossible. How did it happen That gene was liing, dormant,

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Speaker 1: programmed to activate. When that time came along, the gene said,

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Speaker 1: that gene did a great job. Now I don't know

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Speaker 1: about you, but I'm standing against any kind of genes

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Speaker 1: get this natural DNA from our parents, from our natural bloodline,

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Speaker 1: we get our spiritual DNA from our heavenly father. And

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Speaker 1: the scripture tells us before we ever showed up on

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Speaker 2: We're not an accident.

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Speaker 1: Your parents didn't just randomly get together and decide to

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Speaker 1: have a child. God had a purpose for you before

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Speaker 1: your parents or grandparents even knew each other. David said,

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Speaker 1: saw my unformed substance. All my days were written in

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Speaker 2: What does that mean? Our unformed substance.

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Speaker 1: That's talking about the DNA that God put into us.

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Speaker 1: In other words, before God even had your parents picked out,

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Speaker 1: he had an assignment for you. He had something for

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Speaker 1: the strength, the ability that you need. But just like

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Speaker 1: I believe every one of us has potential that has

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Speaker 1: The coach told him he just didn't think he.

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan could have gotten discourage and think, well, all

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Speaker 2: This is for you.

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Speaker 1: You've got what it takes, this is what you were

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Speaker 1: born to do. His destiny was calling out to him.

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Speaker 2: It was in his DNA.

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Speaker 1: Even though he went through that rejection and other setbacks,

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Speaker 1: he realized other people didn't determine his destiny. Other people

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Speaker 1: didn't know what God put in him. He kept believing,

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Speaker 1: he kept being his best, kept pressing forward, and one

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Speaker 2: All of us have things in us.

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Speaker 1: We don't realize genes that are just waiting to be activated.

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Speaker 1: For thirty five years, I didn't know there.

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Speaker 2: Was a minister in me. I didn't know I could

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Speaker 1: I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I liked being behind

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Speaker 1: the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, one of those genes

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Speaker 2: I knew that.

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Speaker 1: I knew this is what I was supposed to do.

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Speaker 1: Looking back now I realize this wasn't a surprise to God.

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Speaker 1: He had preprogrammed this in me before I ever got here.

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Speaker 2: All of our day have been written in his book.

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Speaker 1: The fact is, those thirty five years that I didn't

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Speaker 1: think I could do it, I'd tell Victoria I'm not

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Speaker 1: time and again, yes, Joe, you can.

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Speaker 2: One day. You're going to pastor the church. Now all

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Speaker 2: Victoria's just not in me.

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Speaker 1: Now I know it was in my God given DNA

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Speaker 1: that gene was just lieing dormant because it wasn't the

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Speaker 2: Now I had to make a decision.

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Speaker 1: I really believe that's when the gene activated and I

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Speaker 2: You are about to be activated.

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Speaker 1: Just like I didn't think I can do this, You're

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Speaker 2: Get that down on the inside.

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Speaker 1: These genes of favor, wisdom, strength, and ability are going

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Speaker 1: to be activated. I love to pray every day, Father,

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Speaker 1: thank you that every gene you put in me will

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Speaker 1: be released to the full. You gotta call forth those seeds.

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Speaker 1: You gotta speak to your genes. When you feel kind

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Speaker 1: remind yourself. I have the DNA of Almighty God. God

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Speaker 2: I can do all.

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Speaker 1: Things things through Christ, and I will fulfill my God

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Speaker 1: And if you'll stay in faith no matter what's come

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Speaker 1: heavenly Father has already equipped you with everything that you need,

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Speaker 1: and you may feel like like he did that you've

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Speaker 1: how you were raised, and who might have rejected you,

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Speaker 1: who might have hurt you, that is not a surprise

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Speaker 1: to God. Nothing you've been through or ever will go through,

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Speaker 1: can change the DNA that God's already put in you.

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Speaker 2: The thing that holds us back.

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Speaker 1: So often is we forget who we really are children

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Speaker 1: I had great parents. I do my best to honor them.

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Speaker 1: But I recognize I am not just a product of

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Speaker 1: my parents. I don't just have their natural genes. I

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Speaker 1: before we ever made it into our mother's womb.

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Speaker 2: God had a purpose for us.

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Speaker 1: He already put the right DNA, the right genes in

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Speaker 1: each one of us. And really, we don't come from

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Speaker 1: our mother. We all love our mothers, but we came

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Speaker 1: through our mother. We come from Almighty God. That means

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Speaker 1: nothing that our parents did or didn't do can ultimately

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Speaker 1: hold us back, may slow us down a little, may

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Speaker 1: make it a little harder. But bottom line is God's

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Speaker 1: DNA overrides any negative DNA statistics tell us that if

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Speaker 1: your father was an alcoholic, you have a ten times

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Speaker 1: greater chance of becoming one yourself. If your father was

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Speaker 1: hot tempered, you have a much better chance of becoming

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Speaker 1: that way. Or if our parents lived in poverty, there's

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Speaker 1: a good chance will.

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Speaker 2: Live in poverty.

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Speaker 1: But before you just sit back and accept that theory,

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Speaker 1: you need to remind yourself. Before anyone could put a

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Speaker 1: curse on me, God put a blessing on me. Before

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Speaker 1: I got one single negative gene. God equipped me with blessing,

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Speaker 1: with favor, with talent, with creativity.

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Speaker 2: You can overcome any obstacle.

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Speaker 1: And some of you, those genes are just waiting for

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Speaker 1: you to start believing so.

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Speaker 2: They can be activated.

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Speaker 1: You need to get in a good environment where people

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Speaker 1: are speaking faith into you. That's why I love to

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Speaker 1: build people up and not tear them down. You know

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Speaker 1: what I'm doing. I'm calling forth those seeds. I'm speaking

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Speaker 1: to the genes that have been pre programmed into you

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Speaker 1: by the creator of the universe. Now, I know when

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Speaker 1: we hear words of faith and victory, something resonates on

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Speaker 1: the inside, Something down in here says, this is for me,

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Speaker 1: This is who I am, this is what I was.

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Speaker 2: Created to be.

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Speaker 1: Our spirit person comes alive. It's so important you get

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Speaker 1: around people that are gonna stir up those seeds of greatness.

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Speaker 1: Don't surround yourself with a bunch of naysayers. Life is

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Speaker 1: too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental,

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Speaker 1: small minded, jealous people. I was about to say, did

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Speaker 1: I leave anything out? Find some dreamers, people that will

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Speaker 1: build you up, people that will celebrate your victories, not

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Speaker 1: people that are going to criticize and be jealous anytime

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Speaker 1: you succeed. I am who I am today in part

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Speaker 1: because Victoria spoke faith into me. Bill Wilson is fulfilling

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Speaker 1: his destiny because his adopted parents spoke faith into him.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm doing. I'm speaking to the genes

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Speaker 1: that God's put in you. I'm calling those seeds forth,

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Speaker 1: and I believe today can.

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Speaker 2: Be a new beginning. I believe dreams are being restored.

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Speaker 1: Fresh vision is being released, new hope is being activated. Friends,

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Speaker 1: your best days are not behind you, they are still

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Speaker 1: out in front of you.

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Speaker 2: You may have been through.

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Speaker 1: A lot of disappointments in the past. You may feel

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Speaker 1: like other people or your own poor choices has kind

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Speaker 1: of cursed your future. But just remember, before anyone could

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Speaker 1: put a curse on you, God put a blessing on you,

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Speaker 1: and the blessing always overrides the curse. Get in agreement

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Speaker 1: with God. I want to speak it over you again.

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Speaker 1: I declare that every good thing God put in you

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Speaker 1: will come to fulfillment. Every gift, every talent, every dream,

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Speaker 1: every desire will come to pass. I you will fulfill

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Speaker 1: your purpose. You will fulfill your God given destiny and

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Speaker 1: become all that He's created you to be. I declare

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Speaker 1: you will overcome every obstacle. The strongholds of the past

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Speaker 1: are being broken off of you. The negative things that

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Speaker 1: have been in your family line, even for generations, they

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Speaker 1: will no longer have any.

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Speaker 2: Effect on you.

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Speaker 1: I declare the seeds of increase, the seeds of success,

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Speaker 1: the seeds of promotion are taking a new route, and

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Speaker 1: the Dna of Almighty God is going to spring forth

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Speaker 1: in your life in a greater way. You're going to

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Speaker 1: see new seasons of increase, new seasons of God's blessings,

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Speaker 1: new seasons of His favor, it's in your genes and

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Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you shout Amen?

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Speaker 2: Amen? I know you do.

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Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life.

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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Speaker 2: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 1: Life has a way of wearing us down physically, mentally, emotionally.

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