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Speaker 4: I heard about these three men, a Baptist, a Catholic,

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Speaker 4: and a Charismatic. They died on the same day and

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Speaker 4: went to heaven. Saint Peter met them at the pearly

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Speaker 4: gates said I'm so sorry men, your rooms are not

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Speaker 4: available yet. He didn't know what to do, so he

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Speaker 4: decided to call Satan and see if he would keep.

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Speaker 3: Them for a little while. Satan reluctantly agreed.

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Speaker 4: A few hours later, Satan called back, said, Peter, you've

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Speaker 4: got to come get these guys. The Baptist man is

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Speaker 4: saving everyone, the Catholic man is forgiving everyone, and the

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Speaker 4: charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. All right,

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Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says

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Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 4: about calling over comfort. It's easy to get comfortable in

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Speaker 4: life with things that are less than God's best. We

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Speaker 4: know there's more in us, but we don't want to

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Speaker 4: have to stretch. We don't want to take that risk.

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Speaker 4: What if it doesn't work out, what if the door

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Speaker 4: doesn't open. We can get comfortable with friends that are

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Speaker 4: pulling us down, comfortable with addictions, comfortable with self pity,

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Speaker 4: always thinking about what we didn't get, how we're at

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Speaker 4: a disadvantage. The problem with staying comfortable is you will

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Speaker 4: miss your destiny. When God is about to take you higher,

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Speaker 4: there will always be this conflict. Something you have to choose.

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Speaker 4: Comfort are calling? Are you going to stay where you are?

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Speaker 3: In faith and take a risk.

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Speaker 4: God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen.

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Speaker 4: But too often we think, when I get the courage,

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Speaker 3: Then I'll forgive the person that hurt me.

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Speaker 4: How it seems too hard to keep you in your comfort.

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Speaker 4: go on your own. John Chapter five. There was a

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Speaker 4: Anytime God is going to do something new in your life,

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Speaker 4: Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important to

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Speaker 4: Accomplish your dreams in your own ability, then your dreams

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Speaker 4: Look at all the mistakes you've made. Somehow, Rehab tuned

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Speaker 4: all that out and thought, God, I know you still

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Speaker 4: have a purpose for me. I know I can still

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Speaker 4: leave my mark. She took this risk, and her whole

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Speaker 4: world changed. Rahab ended up marrying a Jewish man. They

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Speaker 4: had a son named Boaz Boas married Ruth. They had

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Speaker 4: a son named Obed. Obed had a son named Jesse.

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Speaker 4: Jesse had a son named David. That means Rayhab. This

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Speaker 3: Of Jesus Christ. Like Rayhab.

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Speaker 4: When you choose your calling over your comfort, you can

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Speaker 3: Who knows how.

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Speaker 4: Not only your life will be impacted for the good,

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Speaker 4: but because you chose to stretch when you felt like

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Speaker 4: instead of compromising. You chose to leave the comfort of

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Speaker 4: the addiction, the comfort of the dysfunction, and take steps

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Speaker 4: to overcome. Your family line will look back and see

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Speaker 4: the blessing, the freedom, the abundance started with you.

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Speaker 3: You saying yes to your calling.

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Speaker 4: You being willing to be obedient, to do the right

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Speaker 4: to push past fear and step into your purpose. You

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Speaker 4: were the difference maker. Is there some area God is

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Speaker 4: asking you to leave your comfort and come into your calling?

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Speaker 4: Ray have felt the calling on her life, but the

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Speaker 4: environment wasn't conducive to serve God. They didn't worship Jehovah.

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Speaker 4: No one in her family believed in God. She was

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Speaker 4: in an occupation that was looked down on. But because

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Speaker 4: she stepped out of her comfort what she was used to,

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Speaker 4: she is now.

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Speaker 3: Listed as one of the heroes of faith.

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Speaker 4: Maybe, like her, you come from a family that doesn't

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Speaker 4: have any kind of faith. You're in an environment with

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Speaker 4: people that don't have anything to do with God.

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Speaker 4: There's compromising mediocrity, people taking the easy way out. The

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Speaker 4: reason you feel this stirring in your spirit, the reason

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Speaker 4: something is coming alive on the inside, is because God

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Speaker 4: is calling you. He's been waiting for you. You're not

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Speaker 4: hearing this by accident. This is a destiny moment. The

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Speaker 4: question is will you leave your comfort and step into

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Speaker 4: and make this decision that you're going to honor God.

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Speaker 4: You're going to step up to who you were created

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Speaker 4: to be. It's easy to play it safe, don't rock

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Speaker 4: the boat. I don't want to have to change. I

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Speaker 4: don't want to be uncomfortable, but you'll never fulfill your

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Speaker 4: purpose staying comfortable. On the other side of this discomfort

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Speaker 4: is a new level of your destiny. I know today

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Speaker 4: looking at heroes of faith, I'm looking at people that

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Speaker 4: have greatness in them, great courage, great talent, great favor.

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Speaker 3: Well not me, Joel.

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Speaker 4: I've had a rough background. I'm not in a good environment.

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Speaker 4: You're right where Rayhab was. You are one decision away

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Speaker 4: from stepping into your greatness, one decision from setting your

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Speaker 4: family on a new course to freedom, honor, blessing, victory.

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Speaker 4: Now do your part, leave the comfort and come into

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Speaker 4: like the crippled man, chains that have held you back

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Speaker 3: You're about to rise and walk. God is about to.

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Speaker 4: You're going to see favor, promotion, protection, the right people,

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Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny need in Jesus' name. I'd

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Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I

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