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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. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We

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

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Speaker 1: God bless you.

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Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope

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Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 2: daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can

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

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Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. But I

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Speaker 2: like to start with something funny. And I heard about

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Speaker 2: this minister that was driving down the road when he

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Speaker 2: was pulled over by policemen. The officer came to the

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Speaker 2: window and smelled alcohol. He saw a thermist and said, sir,

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Speaker 2: what are you drinking. The minister said, just water. Officer,

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Speaker 2: he asked to see the thermost. He took one sniff

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Speaker 2: and said, smells like wine to me. The minister said,

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Speaker 2: what do you.

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Speaker 1: Know, Jesus did it again? Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my vibe.

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

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

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Speaker 2: I can do today. I will be taught the word

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Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 2: about trusting.

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Speaker 1: While you're waiting.

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Speaker 2: We all have times where we feel stuck, not making

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Speaker 2: progress in our career, haven't met the right person, problem

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Speaker 2: is not turning around. It's easy to live frustrated, wondering

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Speaker 2: why we can't move forward, and stress because we're stagnant.

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Speaker 2: But there are seasons where God will on purpose put

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Speaker 2: you on hold where you feel restricted no matter how

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Speaker 2: hard you try. So like there are forces that have

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Speaker 2: you tied up. We don't understand it, but it's all

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Speaker 2: a part of God's plan. He's getting everything lined up

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Speaker 2: for your destiny. The right people, the good breaks, amazing relationships.

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Speaker 1: And some things.

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Speaker 2: If they happen right now, it would keep us from

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Speaker 2: his best. God has a perfect time where everything will

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Speaker 2: come into alignment. He's already written every day of your

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Speaker 2: life in his book. He knows exactly what you need,

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Speaker 2: when you need it, and where you need to be.

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Speaker 2: If you get there too soon or too late, it's

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Speaker 2: not going to work. The good news is God is

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Speaker 2: ordering your steps.

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Speaker 1: He's not going to let you miss your purpose.

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Speaker 2: But when we're in a growing season, seeing good breaks

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Speaker 1: It's easy to trust him. That doesn't take much faith.

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Speaker 2: But when you're in a holding season where you restricted,

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Speaker 2: it's tempting to feel forgotten. Overlook like God went on vacation, Joel,

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Speaker 2: I've been stuck at this same level. God is getting

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Speaker 2: you in position for blessings, opportunities, divine connections that you've

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Speaker 2: never seen. You have to trust him while you're waiting.

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Speaker 2: Trust him when you feel stagnant. If you'll keep the

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Speaker 2: point where God will loose you from what's holding your back.

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Speaker 2: The reason He has you restricted is because what He

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Speaker 2: has planned is much better than you've imagined. Instead of

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Speaker 2: resisting the restriction, living sour rest in the restriction, say

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Speaker 2: like David, God, my times are in your hands. I'm

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Speaker 2: going to be my best each day and trust you

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Speaker 2: I've learned you can't open a door that God has shut.

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Speaker 2: You can't move forward when God has put you on hold.

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Speaker 2: He loves you too much to let you get ahead

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Speaker 2: of his plan or behind his plan. If you don't

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Speaker 2: understand that God has holding seasons, that is a part

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Speaker 2: one not letting you move forward because it would keep

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Speaker 2: you from the greater things he has in store. March

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Speaker 2: chapter eleven, Jesus was returning to Jerusalem with his disciples.

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Speaker 2: He said to two of them in verse two, go

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Speaker 2: These people had never seen the disciples, complete strangers. Suddenly

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Speaker 2: of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, this triumphant event where people

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Speaker 2: It wants to run, play, go have fun. Sees other

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Speaker 1: Colt is restricted. It's never been ridden.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure the colt thought, why did I get tied up?

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Speaker 2: the colt could have never known is he was tied

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Speaker 2: up for a divine purpose. Zachariah prophesied hundreds of years

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Speaker 1: This colt thought he was restrict, but really he was reserved.

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Speaker 2: God had set him apart, kept anyone from riding on him,

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Speaker 2: a purpose greater than he ever imagined. It's the same

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Speaker 2: principle with us. There are times God has us tied up.

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Speaker 2: We don't understand it. Friends are being promoted and co

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Speaker 2: but doors aren't opening, things aren't falling into place. Every

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Speaker 1: He's keeping us from what.

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Speaker 2: We want only because he has something so much better.

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Speaker 2: You think you're restricted, have a new perspective. You're reserved.

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Speaker 1: Now, trust him in the waiting seasons.

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Speaker 2: Don't live frustrated when you feel stagnant, upset because the

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Speaker 2: you back because his plan is so much better, you

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Speaker 1: Why am I stuck? But in faith God, I trust

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Speaker 2: for your divine purpose. It's interesting that Jesus told the

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Speaker 1: The whole time, the Colt felt forgotten. But God knew

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Speaker 2: God had already lined up the right people untie him.

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Speaker 2: that it had never been ridden. All these details had

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Speaker 2: it's easy to feel forgotten, Joel.

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Speaker 2: I'd take one step forward and two steps backwards. But

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Speaker 2: like this cult, God knows exactly where you are. He

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Speaker 2: knows what's tied you up, the doors that have closed,

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Speaker 2: the people that have overlooked you. Don't believe the lies

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Speaker 2: And the good news is your story doesn't end in restriction,

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Speaker 2: being held back, tied up. There's a time coming where

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Speaker 2: God will say, loose him, untie him, I have need

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Speaker 2: of him. Notice these owners didn't say no, no, this

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Speaker 2: is our cult. They didn't fight, they didn't debate, they

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Speaker 1: Because what God has for you, no.

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Speaker 2: only temporary. When you come into your appointed time, God

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Speaker 2: will release every restriction.

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Speaker 2: told them to say, the Lord has need of him.

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Speaker 1: It's significant that this cult was needed.

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Speaker 2: It had a specific role to play in the plan

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Speaker 2: of God, was already prophesied hundreds of years earlier, before

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Speaker 2: you were formed in your mother's womb. God lined up

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Speaker 2: specific things.

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Speaker 1: For you to accomplish.

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Speaker 2: He's already planned out these times where you will step

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Speaker 2: into favor, opportunity, and talent that you didn't see coming.

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Speaker 1: And sure you may go through.

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Speaker 2: Some holding seasons where you feel stagnant, But like Jesus

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Speaker 2: with this cult, there will be a time where God says,

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Speaker 2: I have need of you. I need that cult to

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Speaker 2: carry me into the city. I need you for this

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Speaker 2: promotion to take your family to a new level. I

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Speaker 2: need you for this spouse I have lined up. I

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Speaker 2: I need you to pastor to the church, Joel. When

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Speaker 2: your father passed to come out of obscurity into influence.

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Speaker 1: God has these destiny moments.

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Speaker 2: Where he needs you to fulfill the divine purpose that

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Speaker 2: he's already established. You're not here by accident. You're here

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Speaker 1: The universe has plans for you.

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Speaker 2: When you feel restricted, like you're in a holding season,

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Speaker 1: That's what this cult represents.

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Speaker 2: Tied up, Never beid, No, your time is coming. Keep

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Speaker 1: God has set you apart.

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Speaker 2: There are destiny moments where he will call your name

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Speaker 2: and say, I have need of Robert, I have need

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Speaker 2: of Linda, I have need of Jose. Your name has

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Speaker 2: been written into the story that Almighty God penned before

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Speaker 1: The Lord has need of me.

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Speaker 2: The Most High God has an assignment for me to accomplish.

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Speaker 1: I'm on his radar.

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Speaker 2: He's already planned by days. This cult was hidden in

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Speaker 2: a small village, tied up in this little neighborhood, not

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Speaker 2: in the big city where there was opportunity many people.

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Speaker 2: Surely someone will notice. It was tied up in an

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Speaker 2: One day, these two disciples showed up to this little village,

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Speaker 2: cult and untied it.

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Speaker 1: You may feel overlooked.

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Speaker 2: You don't see how you could get free, how you

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Speaker 2: The blessing will come to you, the freedom, the spouse,

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Speaker 2: the healing. It's gonna show up unexpectedly, a divine connection,

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Speaker 2: a supernatural breakthrough where suddenly you're untied. God does what

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