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Speaker 5: start with something funny and I heard about this burglar

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Speaker 5: that broke into a house one night. As he was

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Speaker 5: watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined his flashlight

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Speaker 5: what are you talking about? Who are you? The parent said,

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Speaker 5: my name is Moses. The burglar laughed, said, what kind

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Speaker 5: of crazy people would name a parrot Moses. The parent said,

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Speaker 5: the same kind of people that would name a one

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Speaker 5: hundred and fifty pound rockweller. Jesus, hold up your Bible.

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Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 5: I am what it says. I am. I have what

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Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 5: about counted by the Creator. It's easy to go through

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Speaker 5: life feeling disqualified because of the mistakes we've made or

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Speaker 5: prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house to choose one of

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Speaker 5: But the good news is David was counted by the Creator.

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Speaker 5: God doesn't judge the way people judge. You may not

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Speaker 5: Know when God created you, he put in you everything

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Speaker 5: You didn't get short changed. You've been fearfully and wonderfully made.

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Speaker 5: He's qualified you. Now, don't disqualify yourself. Don't stay focused

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Speaker 5: And this is what happened with my father. He was

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Speaker 5: ever learned is people don't determine our destiny. God does.

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Speaker 5: People don't set the limits for our life. They may

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Speaker 5: on this generation. God has already counted you. Now, don't

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Speaker 5: will say I'm not going to count you. You've made

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Speaker 5: that addiction. Life will try to push you down, discredit you,

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Speaker 5: Always remember when life counts you out, God counts you in.

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Speaker 5: He uses people that other people don't count. When my

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Speaker 5: he doesn't count down. I could hear God saying, Joel,

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Speaker 5: for your life. He's saying to you today, I've called

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Speaker 5: Why don't you lose the excuses and get an agreement

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Speaker 5: with God. Sometimes we think we're disqualified because of the

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Speaker 5: the right kind of life, and that's why we're kind

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Speaker 5: of sitting on the sidelines. But when God needed someone

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Speaker 5: It they were in the city of Jericho. Word got

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Speaker 5: anyone to help them. He's God. He could have had

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Speaker 5: didn't do that. God chose a woman by the name

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Speaker 5: of Rahab. She was a prostitute, not respected. Everyone looked

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Speaker 5: down on her, thought she'll never do anything significant. She

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Speaker 5: People saw her shortcomings, her failures, but God saw a

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Speaker 5: but I think you've chosen the wrong person. That lady

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Speaker 5: She's disqualified. God said, no, I didn't make a mistake.

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Speaker 5: I choose people that other people don't choose. Rayhab not

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Speaker 5: the way people choose. You may have made mistakes, you

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Speaker 5: tell you You've been counted by the Creator. He's looking down

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Speaker 5: I want you to do something great. I have a

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