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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 2: Will God bless you the joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: We love you. If you're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in today. Thank you

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Speaker 1: all for coming out. I like to start each week

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Speaker 1: with something kind of funny, and of course these jokes

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Speaker 1: are not necessarily doctrinately correct. They're just to make us laugh.

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Speaker 1: But I heard about this husband and wife. They were

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Speaker 1: celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together. Suddenly an angel appeared and

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Speaker 1: said God was going to grant them each one special request.

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Speaker 1: They were so excited. The lady said, my request is

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Speaker 1: that I would be able to travel all over the world,

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Speaker 1: and poof, when the smoke cleared, she had tickets in hand.

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Speaker 1: The man kind of hung his head and he said,

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Speaker 1: my request is that I'd be married to a woman

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Speaker 1: thirty years younger than me, and poof when the smoke cleared,

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Speaker 2: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you

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Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it

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

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

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Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about stretching into

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Speaker 2: the next level. Too many people are living far below

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Speaker 2: their potential. They have so many gifts and talents, so

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Speaker 1: But the problem is they've gotten comfortable and now they

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Speaker 1: just sit back and settle where they are. They're too

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Speaker 1: easily satisfied. Now. I hear people make excuse says, I've

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Speaker 1: gone as far as my parents. No. God wants you

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Speaker 1: to go further. He's a progressive god. Every generation should

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Speaker 1: be increasing. No matter where we are in life, God

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Speaker 1: has more in store. He never wants us to quit growing.

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Speaker 1: We should always be reaching for new heights in our abilities,

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Speaker 1: in our spiritual walk, in our finances, in our marriage.

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Speaker 1: We all have areas we can come up higher in.

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Speaker 1: We may have achieved a certain level of success, but

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Speaker 1: there are new mountains to climb. There are new dreams

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Speaker 1: and goals that we should be pursuing. Maybe God has

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Speaker 1: done a lot in your past. He's opened up doors,

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Speaker 1: caused you to get promoted, given you good breaks, and

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Speaker 1: it's easy to kind of get satisfied and think, Yeah, Joel,

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Speaker 1: God's been good to me. Can't complain I've reached my limits.

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Speaker 1: But understand, God never performs his greatest feats in your yesterday.

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Speaker 1: He may have done a lot in the past, but

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Speaker 1: best is still yet to come. Don't get complacent. I

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Speaker 1: was reading about Frank Lloyd Wright. He was a famous architect,

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Speaker 1: and he designed many beautiful buildings, many magnificent structures. Toward

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Speaker 1: all the many beautiful designs, which one was his favorite.

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Speaker 1: Without missing a beat, he said, my next one. He

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Speaker 1: understood this principle. He understood God had more in store.

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Speaker 1: Don't live in your past, God may have done great

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Speaker 1: things for you, but I found God likes to outdo himself.

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Speaker 1: He wants to show his favor in your life in

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Speaker 1: a greater way. That means, if you're a teacher, you

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Speaker 1: haven't taught your best lesson yet. If you're a builder,

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Speaker 1: need to get your hopes up. You may have had

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Speaker 1: some dreams come to pass, but we have to enlarge

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Speaker 1: God has on the horizon. And the scripture says here

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Speaker 1: in First Corinthians two verse nine, no person has ever seen, heard,

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Speaker 1: those that love the Lord. That's basically saying, don't get complacent.

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Speaker 1: Your best days are not behind you, they're in front

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Speaker 1: have to keep pressing forward. We have to keep stretching ourselves.

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Speaker 1: Get rid of low expectations. Don't make little plans for

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Speaker 1: everybody gets good breaks except me. Joel, I've reached my

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Speaker 1: You are a child of the most High God. God

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Speaker 1: has breathed his very life into you. He's planted seeds

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Speaker 1: in you the talent, the creativity, the discipline, the wisdom,

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Speaker 1: But you've got to do your part and start tapping

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Speaker 1: scripture tells us that we have a treasure on the inside.

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Speaker 1: That means there is something valuable in every one of us.

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Speaker 1: You have a gift. You have something to offer that

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Speaker 1: nobody else has. You didn't just show up on planet

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Speaker 1: and you are here for a reason. You have an assignment.

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Speaker 1: There's something that God wants you to accomplish. Somebody needs

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Speaker 1: we could just understand what we have. God has deposited

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Speaker 1: them some of this gift, some of this talent, some

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Speaker 1: of this creativity. You have the seed of Almighty God

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Speaker 1: on the inside. You were never created to be average.

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Speaker 1: You were never created to reach a certain level and

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Speaker 1: then stop. You were created to continue to excel. There's

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Speaker 1: There's no limit to what you can accomplish if you

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Speaker 1: into the next life level. But it all starts right here.

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Speaker 1: We have to believe that we do have what it takes.

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Speaker 1: We have to believe that we have a gift, a

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Speaker 1: treasure on the inside. People may have tried to push

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Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe you've tried and hit a brick

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Speaker 1: to get back up and try another time. Somebody may

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Speaker 1: have told you no a thousand times, but you've got

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Speaker 1: to keep pressing. Too many people are satisfied, they're comfortable,

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Speaker 1: understand their god given potential. Years ago, a friend of

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Speaker 1: few minutes later, though, this car came flying down the freeway,

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Speaker 1: going as fast as you will. You think about it.

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Speaker 1: The car had all kinds of potential. It too, was

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Speaker 1: The potential was put in it by the manufacture. How

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Speaker 1: same way with us. Our potential has been put in

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Speaker 1: us our manufacture. It's been put in us by our creator,

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Speaker 1: Almighty God. Whether we use it or not does not

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Speaker 1: lessen our potential. What's happened in your past doesn't reduce it.

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Speaker 1: doesn't change that potential. Maybe you've been through some disappointments,

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Speaker 1: want you to see is none of this affects your potential.

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Speaker 1: It has been put in you permanently by the creator

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Speaker 1: We have incredible capability. There is no obstacle that you

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Speaker 1: many people have had negative things spoken over them, things

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Speaker 1: why it's so important parents, leaders, that we never speak

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Speaker 1: anyone that we have authority over. Those words can do

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Speaker 1: told her what I'm telling you today, you're value your gifts,

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Speaker 1: your talents. They have been put in you by Almighty God,

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Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter what anyone else has spoken over you.

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Speaker 1: The good news is God has the final authority, and

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Speaker 1: he says you have a treasure on the inside. He

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Speaker 1: says you have a gift. He says you are valuable,

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Speaker 1: be dwelling on things like I am creative, I am talented,

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Speaker 1: It would have worked as well, but the same thing.

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Speaker 1: The man refused to sell it to us. Another disappointment.

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Speaker 1: I didn't understand it, but I said, God, I'm trusting you.

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Speaker 1: I know your ways are not my ways. This doesn't

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Speaker 1: in an attitude of faith and just keep expecting good things.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't long after that that the door to the

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Speaker 1: Compact Center opened up. Then it became clear why God

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Speaker 1: had closed the other doors that would have kept us

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Speaker 1: from his very best and throughout life, We're not always

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Speaker 1: going to understand everything that happens. Along the way. We've

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Speaker 1: got to learn to trust God. We've got to believe

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Speaker 1: that He has us in the palm of his hand,

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Speaker 1: that he is leading us and guiding us, that He

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Speaker 1: always has our best interest at heart. I know people

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Speaker 1: they've gone through a lot of rejection in relationships. Their

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Speaker 1: marriage didn't work out here they put all these years

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Speaker 1: into it. Now they're hurt, dejected, going around kind of defeated,

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Speaker 1: not expecting anything good. And of course we're not for divorce.

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Speaker 1: We don't believe that's God's best. But you know as

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Speaker 1: well as I do. Sometimes that happens, and you have

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Speaker 1: to understand God still has another plan for your life.

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Speaker 1: Just because somebody may have rejected you, just because they

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean you should retreat and just settle where you are.

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Speaker 1: That rejection did not change what God has put on

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Speaker 1: the inside of you. Doesn't mean that you still cannot

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Speaker 1: be happy. When one door closes. If you will keep

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Speaker 1: the right attitude, God will open up another door. But

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Speaker 1: you have to do your part and keep pressing forward.

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Speaker 1: Too many people in life get bitter, they get angry,

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Speaker 1: and they start to blame God. You've got to let

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Speaker 1: that go. You may not understand it, but trust God

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Speaker 1: and move on with your life. Don't look at it

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Speaker 1: as the end. Look at it as a new beginning.

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Speaker 1: Somebody may have rejected you, but you can hold your

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Speaker 1: head up high knowing this. God accepts you. God approves you,

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Speaker 1: and He has something better in store. Friends, don't die

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Speaker 1: with the treasure still on the inside. Keep pressing forward,

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Speaker 1: keep reaching for new heights, give birth to what God

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Speaker 1: has placed in your heart. Don't let other people talk

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Speaker 1: you out of your dreams. Listen to what God says

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Speaker 1: about you, not all the negative voices when you face

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Speaker 1: rejection and disappointment, and we all do at times. Don't

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Speaker 1: stay there, don't get comfortable. Know that God has another plan.

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Speaker 1: That closed door simply means God has something better in store.

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Speaker 1: You may not have seen it in the past, but listen,

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Speaker 1: this is a new day. You have not seen, heard,

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Speaker 1: or imagined the wonderful things God has in store for you.

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Speaker 1: If you will keep pressing forward and not get weighed

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Speaker 1: down by the distractions and disappointments in life, but instead

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Speaker 1: you keep stretching to the next level, reaching for your

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Speaker 1: highest potential. If you do that, I can tell you

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Speaker 1: with confidence your best days are not behind you, They're

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Speaker 1: in front of you. God is going to show you

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Speaker 1: more of his blessings in favor. I believe you'll live

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Speaker 1: that life of victory he has in story. Then we

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

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Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good

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Speaker 1: Bible based church, Keep God first place. He's going to

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Speaker 1: take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes the difficulties of life can be so overwhelming you

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Speaker 3: feel like you're stumbling around in the dark. Things are

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Speaker 3: so bad you would need a miracle to change your situation,

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Speaker 3: but as a miracle even possible.

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Speaker 1: We all face situations where we don't see a way out.

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Speaker 1: It's easy to get discouraged and give up on what

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Speaker 1: we're believing. For that's how we felt. In nineteen eighty one,

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Speaker 1: my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a

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Speaker 1: few weeks to live. Nothing could be done medically speaking,

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Speaker 1: but she chose to believe that God is a miracle worker. Today,

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Speaker 1: forty three years later, by the grace of God, she's

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Speaker 1: still healthy and strong. I'm so grateful to be alive.

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Speaker 1: I'm ninety years young. I thank God every day that

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Speaker 1: he still does miracles. I'd love to send you by

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Speaker 1: new book. It's called Miracles Happen. It's filled with powerful

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Speaker 1: stories of miracles from the Scripture and real life stories

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Speaker 1: of people that have seen the hand of God. It'll

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Speaker 1: help build your faith so you can believe what seems impossible.

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Speaker 1: God did it for my mother. Yes, He'll do it

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Speaker 1: for you.

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Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 3: of any amount to the ministry, this month, Joel and Victoria,

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Speaker 3: we'd like to send you this powerful book, Miracles Happen

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Speaker 3: your journey to supernatural breakthrough. This new book details thirty

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Speaker 3: different miracles from the Word of God, and each one

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Speaker 3: comes with an encouragement and application to your own life.

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Speaker 3: God has miracles stored up for you, healing, freedom, favor breakthroughs.

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Speaker 1: Miracles still happen today, and faith is what activates God's power.

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Speaker 1: When you believe all things are possible. That's when you'll

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Speaker 1: see the hand of God do supernatural things in your line.

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Speaker 1: Victory and I are standing in faith with you. We

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Speaker 1: pray for you every day. We appreciate your prayer and support.

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Speaker 1: Your generosity is impacting so many lives. Remember you can

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Speaker 1: watch the services live online every Sunday morning, download our

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Speaker 1: daily podcast, watch on YouTube the new Joelostein Network. Listen

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Speaker 1: on Serious XM until we meet again. May the Lord

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Speaker 1: bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Miracles Happen your

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Speaker 3: journey to Supernatural breakthrough today. Visit Joelostein dot com or

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