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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, reappreciate you, and pray for

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Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. So God bless you.

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Speaker 1: Always a joy to come into your homes. We love you,

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Speaker 1: and we know God has great things in store for you.

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Speaker 1: God rewards the people that seek after Him. I know

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Speaker 1: that's you, or you wouldn't be watching, or you wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be here today. So bless you today. If you're ever

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Speaker 1: in our area, come out and see us. I promise

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

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Speaker 1: for tuning in. I like to get started each week

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Speaker 1: with something kind of funny. And you know these are

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Speaker 1: not doctrinally correct, They're just to make us laugh. But

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: that we'd be able to travel all over the world

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

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Speaker 1: her hand. The husband hung his head in shame. 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 1: he was ninety years old. All right, hold up your bible.

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Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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

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

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Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 1: about how you are an extraordinary person. We all face challenges,

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Speaker 1: and we all have obstacles to overcome. But if we

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Speaker 1: can keep the right perspective, it'll help us to stay

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Speaker 1: in faith. And one thing I've learned is average people

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Speaker 1: have average problems. Ordinary people have ordinary challenges. But here's

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Speaker 1: the key. You're not average. You're not ordinary, you are extraordinary.

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Speaker 1: God breeds his life into you. This means you can't

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Speaker 1: expect average problems. You can't expect ordinary challenges. You are exceptional,

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Speaker 1: and exceptional people face exceptional difficulties. But the good news

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Speaker 1: is we serve an exceptional God. And when God allows

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Speaker 1: a problem in your life, he doesn't match it to

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Speaker 1: the size you think you are. He matches it to

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Speaker 1: the size of your destiny. God knows what you're capable of.

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Speaker 1: He sees your potential. When you have an incredible problem.

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Speaker 1: Instead of being discouraged, you should be encouraged knowing that

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Speaker 1: you're an incredible person and you have an incredible future. Well,

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Speaker 1: you say, Joel, why are these people talking about me

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Speaker 1: at work? Why are they trying to make me look bad? Listen,

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Speaker 1: they don't talk about average people. They don't talk of

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Speaker 1: about ordinary people. They talk about exceptional people. That's why

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Speaker 1: they're talking about you. It's no big deal. Just shake

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Speaker 1: it off and move forward. It comes with the territory.

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Speaker 1: I had a reporter say to me last week, Joel,

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Speaker 1: I've done all my research on you. I've got to

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Speaker 1: tell you you have an extraordinary amount of critics. I

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Speaker 1: smiled and said, it's because I'm an extraordinary person. Well,

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Speaker 1: how come every time I try to go forward, Joel,

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Speaker 1: every time I try to pursue my dreams, I have

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Speaker 1: major challenges. It's because you're a major person with a

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Speaker 1: weren't a threat. He wouldn't bother you if you weren't

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Speaker 1: headed for great things. You need to dig your heels

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Speaker 1: in and say, I'm not gonna be discouraged by these problems.

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Speaker 1: It may be big, but it's not too big for me.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go around complaining because somebody's talking about me.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get upset because I'm struggling a little

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Speaker 1: in my finance. He says, I'm staying in faith knowing

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Speaker 1: that the enemy wouldn't fight me this hard if he

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Speaker 1: didn't know God had something great in store. And understand

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Speaker 1: the size of your problem is an indication of the

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Speaker 1: size of your future. If you have a big challenge,

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Speaker 1: that means you have a big future. Don't go around

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Speaker 1: complaining why did this happen to me? Why did my

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Speaker 1: do I have this sickness? No, that obstacle is not

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Speaker 1: there to defeat you. It's there to promote you. If

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Speaker 1: a new level of God's favor. This is what happened

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Speaker 1: to David, he would still be known as a shepherd boy.

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Speaker 1: If it were not for Goliath. He faced an extraordinary problem.

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Speaker 1: an extraordinary person. No doubt, David felt average. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: that said, David, this is your time, this is your destiny.

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Speaker 1: I believe at that moment, a seed of faith took

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Speaker 1: those seeds of greatness. His mind told him, David, you're crazy.

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Speaker 1: get out there and look like a fool. But in

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Speaker 1: greater is he that's in me than he that's coming

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Speaker 1: I may not see away, but I know my God

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Speaker 1: can make a way. He went out and defeated the giant.

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Speaker 1: Do you realize what made David King, what promoted him?

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Speaker 1: It was Goliath. The extraordinary problem brought out the extraordinary person.

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Speaker 1: Some of you today, you're facing situations that seem impossible.

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Speaker 1: even right now, a seed of faith is rising in

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Speaker 1: bigger than this problem. I was created to overcome. I

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Speaker 1: how you'll never rise any higher. Now that obstacle may

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Speaker 1: wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't already know you

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Speaker 1: could overcome it. Quit looking at your difficulties as obstacles

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Speaker 1: at them as opportunities that are going to push you forward. Understand,

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Speaker 1: incredible people will face incredible challenges, but the good news

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Speaker 1: is you're going to see incredible victories. Outstanding people will

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Speaker 1: have outstanding problems, but let me declare it, you're going

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Speaker 1: to see outstanding promotion. Extraordinary people will have extraordinary critics,

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Speaker 1: God doesn't allow big challenges to face small people. You

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Speaker 1: a sure sign you're a big person with a big destiny.

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Speaker 1: You may feel small, you may not see how it's

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Speaker 1: gonna work out, but you've got to remember who you are,

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Speaker 1: a child of the most high God. You have been

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Speaker 1: created in his image. You're wearing your crown of favor.

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Speaker 1: You've got royal blood flowing through your veins. When times

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Speaker 1: dig your heels in, have the attitude. I've come too

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Speaker 1: far to stop now. This may be extraordinary, but I

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Speaker 1: know I'm an extraordinary person serving an extraordinary God. And

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Speaker 1: every morning you need to remind yourself you are equipped,

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Speaker 1: you are empowered, you are anointed. You are strong, you

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Speaker 1: are talented, you are creative. You have been armed with

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Speaker 1: strength for every battle. There is no challenge that's too

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Speaker 1: difficult for you. No sickness can hold you back, no

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Speaker 1: to defeat you. Your enemies may be powerful, but our

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Speaker 1: God is all powerful. And one thing I love about

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Speaker 1: God is he will never give you a Goliath without

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Speaker 1: giving you goliath size favor. All David had was a

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Speaker 1: slingshot and a few stones. It didn't look like much,

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Speaker 1: All God has to do is breathe in your direction

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Speaker 1: and things will begin to change. I remember when we

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Speaker 1: were trying to acquire this place, the former Compact Center,

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Speaker 1: our new facility. It was like David versus Goliath. Our

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Speaker 1: facing somebody more our size, somebody more reasonable, maybe a

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Speaker 1: But over time I learned this principle. God doesn't match

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Speaker 1: little strength, a little wisdom. No, God equips you with

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Speaker 1: been empowered to accomplish every dream that God's put in

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Speaker 1: serving a big God. We stayed in faith, and three

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Speaker 1: got to know that you know you are equipped, you

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Speaker 1: are empowered, you are well able to overcome. When I

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Speaker 1: of Scooter, and Scooter was a great, big German shepherd.

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Speaker 1: He was the king of the neighborhood. He was strong

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Speaker 1: and fast and always running here and there, chasing after squirrels.

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Speaker 1: rippling out. But about that time, a tiny little Chihuahua

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Speaker 1: My dad thought, poor little dog, you are messing with

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Speaker 1: and crush you. That little dog just kept coming full force,

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Speaker 1: When you're wearing your armor, you're protected, you're empowered, You're

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