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Speaker 1: We're believing you guys are going to have a great

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Speaker 2: We believe this is going to be a great year.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for always being a part of this podcast.

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Speaker 2: Will God bless you. It is always a joy to

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Speaker 1: And we just appreciate being able to spend this next

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Speaker 2: We like to have a good.

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Speaker 1: Time out here at Lakewood and these are the finest

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Speaker 2: And thanks for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about this little girl. She was sitting on her grandfather's lap.

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Speaker 1: She noticed how wrinkled his face was, and as she

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Speaker 2: He said, yes, honey, he made me a long time ago.

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Speaker 2: She then asked, what did he make me? He said, sure, honey,

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Speaker 1: She thought about it a moment, said, Granddaddy. God's getting better,

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Speaker 1: isn't he. All right? Hold up your Bible, say it

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

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about having a different spirit.

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Speaker 1: Too many people go around negative and discouraged. They focus

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Speaker 2: That's the way everybody thinks. Joel.

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Speaker 1: Yes, but here's the key. You're not everybody. You're a

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Speaker 1: You were never created to be average. God put in

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Speaker 1: They may be singing a sad song, but don't join

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Speaker 1: The more they talk defeat, the more you need to

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Speaker 1: You're taking a vaccination that will keep you from those negative,

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Speaker 2: Some of you. When you go to your mother in laws,

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Speaker 1: Who my parents are doesn't determine my destiny. God determines

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Speaker 1: Well, Joel, I've got big dreams, but I just don't

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Speaker 2: He holds victory in my future.

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Speaker 1: When you think like this and you talk like this,

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Speaker 1: He was an older man that used to attend Lakewood

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Speaker 1: My friend was wearing his seat belt, but the man

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Speaker 1: God has a way of getting people's attention. You may

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Speaker 1: That adversity was never meant to destroy you.

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Speaker 2: It was meant to promote you.

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Speaker 1: But you gotta do your part and have this different spirit.

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Speaker 1: You cannot afford to sink down into self pity and think,

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Speaker 1: why me, this is not fair? Why I always get

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Speaker 1: these bad breaks.

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Speaker 2: Now you gotta dig your heels in.

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Speaker 1: Look at that adversily like David and say I will

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Speaker 1: defeat you.

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Speaker 2: Stand strong like Caleb and say I am well able.

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Speaker 1: If you will have this different spirit, this can do mentality,

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Speaker 1: then all the forces of darkness cannot keep you from

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Speaker 1: your God given destiny. And some of you right now,

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Speaker 1: like the people of Israel, you are camped right next

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Speaker 1: door to your promised land. You are close to your victory,

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Speaker 1: but the obstacles look bigger than ever. It looks like

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Speaker 1: there are giants in your land.

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Speaker 2: You could easily just turn.

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Speaker 1: Around and give up like they did, But you have

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Speaker 1: to realize the reason the enemy is fighting you so

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Speaker 1: hard is because your victory is within reach. Don't talk

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Speaker 1: yourself out of it. Don't let negative comments discourage you.

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Speaker 1: This is not the time to complain. This is the

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Speaker 1: time to have a different spirit. It's interesting, out of

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Speaker 1: the twelve spives, only two had a good report, and

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Speaker 1: I found it's about the same statistics today. In general,

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Speaker 1: eighty percent of people will see the problem, only twenty

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Speaker 1: percent will see the possibility. Eight out of ten will

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Speaker 1: try to talk you out of your dreams. Eight out

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Speaker 1: of ten will want to complain and settle rather than

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Speaker 1: move forward in faith. But I'm asking you to not

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Speaker 1: be a part of the eighty, be a part of

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Speaker 1: the twenty. Let's be like Caleb and say everybody may

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Speaker 1: say this is impossible. Everybody may be complaining, trying to

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Speaker 1: talk me out of it. But no, I have a

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Speaker 1: different spirit. I have a made up mind. I am

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Speaker 1: not gonna give up on the promise God put in

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Speaker 1: my heart. I know right past this challenge is promotion.

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Speaker 1: So I'm going to stay in faith and keep pressing forward.

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Speaker 1: When you do that, God promises you will not only

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Speaker 1: rise higher, but your children, your descendants will see God's

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Speaker 1: goodness in a greater way.

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Speaker 2: All because you didn't live in the majority.

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Speaker 1: You chose to live in the minority. Some of you

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Speaker 1: today you need to get your fire back. You've let

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Speaker 1: people talk you out of your dreams. You've let family

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Speaker 1: members damp in your faith. You've let coworkers steal your joy.

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Speaker 1: You need to draw that line in the sand and

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Speaker 1: say this is a new day. If they want to complain,

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Speaker 1: they can complain, but I'm not joining in. If they

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Speaker 1: want to live negative and sour, that's fine, But I'm

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Speaker 1: living my life in faith. If they don't want to believe,

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Speaker 1: that's okay. But they're not gonna stop me. I am

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Speaker 1: a believer and not a doubter. I am a urm

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Speaker 1: a staff and not a thermometer. If you'll learn to

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Speaker 1: have this different spirit than Just like Vanessa, you will

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Speaker 1: overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable. Like David, you will conquer

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Speaker 1: enemies that looked impossible. And like Caleb, even though everyone

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Speaker 1: is settling around you, you and your children will make

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Speaker 1: it into your promised land.

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Speaker 2: You will fulfill your God given destiny. Amen. Do you

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Speaker 2: receive that today? Will?

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

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Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church,

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Speaker 1: Keep God first place.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna take your places you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Breathtaking. That's what you feel when you look out at

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Speaker 3: majestic mountains. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece. But

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Speaker 3: even as you consider his handiwork, you might also feel

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Speaker 3: bless that not good enough or not valuable. The image

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Speaker 3: before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking.

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Speaker 2: How do you overcome this?

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Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion.

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Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive.

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Speaker 1: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our life.

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Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God

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Speaker 1: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable.

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Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of your self, you'll

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Speaker 1: rise higher and become who you were created to be.

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Speaker 1: rid of the wrong self image and start seeing yourself

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Speaker 1: as the masterpiece God created you to be as.

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Speaker 3: Our Thank you for your gift of any amount to

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Speaker 3: the ministry this month, we want to send you Joel's

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Speaker 3: Stop believing the lies about you and start hearing what

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