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We love you and 44 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 4: we'll believe in This is going to be your best 45 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: year so far. If you're ever in our area. Stop 46 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: buy and see us. I promise you will make it. 47 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 4: You'll right at home. But thanks for tuning in. Thank 48 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 4: you again for coming out today. I like to start 49 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this husband. He 50 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 4: was quietly reading the newspaper when his wife walked up 51 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: behind him and hit him on the head with a 52 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 4: frying pan. He said, what was that for? She said, 53 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 4: that was for the piece of paper I found in 54 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: your pocket with the name Mary Lou on it. He said, oh, honey, 55 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 4: that's just one of the horses that I bet on 56 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 4: at the racetrack last week. She apologized and went about 57 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: her business. Three days later, she walked up and hit 58 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 4: him with a bigger frying pan. When he came to 59 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 4: he said, what in the world was that for? She said, 60 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: your horse just called. All right, hold up your bible, 61 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 62 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 63 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 64 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 65 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 66 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 67 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 68 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: about living a no excuses life. It's easy to come 69 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 4: up with the reason why we can't be our best, 70 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 4: and I've found most people have what they think is 71 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 4: some kind of handicap, something that's holding them back. It 72 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 4: may be something about their personality, or something about their 73 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 4: looks that they don't like, or maybe they've been through 74 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 4: an unfair situation, a divorce, a business partner cheated them, 75 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 4: they got a bad break. I've had people tell me, Joel, 76 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 4: I'm just the wrong nationality, I come from the wrong family. 77 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: We all have things that we feel like could be 78 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 4: a disadvantage, things that make it harder on us. It 79 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 4: may even be a physical handicap where you can't get 80 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 4: around like you used to, you can't see as well, 81 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: you're physically challenged in some area. But just because you 82 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 4: have a quote disadvantage, just because you've been through a 83 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 4: tough time, that doesn't mean you're supposed to sit back 84 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 4: and settle where you are. God still has something great 85 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 4: for you to do. You may not look like everyone else, 86 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 4: you may not be able to do what others can do. 87 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 4: But if you will stay in faith and not get 88 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: negative toward yourself or negative toward your future. Then what 89 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 4: you think is a liability is going to turn out 90 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 4: to be an asset. What you think is a disadvantage, 91 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 4: God is going to turn around to be an advantage. 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 4: Many of you know who Joyce Meyer is. She's a 93 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 4: great minister, a good friend. She told how in her 94 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: early days she couldn't stand the sound of her voice. 95 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: Her voice is very deep. In fact, when people used 96 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: to hear her on the radio, they thought she was 97 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: a man. She gets so discouraged, say God, why do 98 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 4: I have such an odd voice? God, why can't I 99 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 4: just have a nice, polite, feminine voice. But over the 100 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 4: years she began to realize that her voice is so 101 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 4: distinct it makes her stand out when people hear it, 102 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 4: It draws their attention. What she thought was a liability 103 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 4: ended up being an asset. You need to quit looking 104 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 4: at yourself as being odd and start seeing yourself as 105 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 4: being unique. You are not too tall or too short. 106 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 4: You are just the right size. You have just the 107 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 4: right personality, just the right looks, just the right talents. 108 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 4: When God made you, he wasn't having a bad day. 109 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 4: He made you like you are on purpose. When God 110 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 4: got finished creating you. He stepped back and said that 111 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 4: was good. I like that another masterpiece. And sure, there 112 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 4: are things about us that we may not like, things 113 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: that we wish were different, But you can allow that 114 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 4: to cause you to get sour and keep you from 115 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 4: pursuing your dreams. I think about my mother. She had 116 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 4: polio as a child. She had to wear braces on 117 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 4: her legs. Today, one of her legs is much smaller 118 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 4: than the other one. When she goes to buy shoes, 119 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 4: she has to buy two pairs because her feet are 120 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 4: two different sizes. But one thing I've always loved about 121 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 4: my mother is she has never let that stop her 122 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 4: from pressing forward. She could have easily been kind of 123 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 4: embarrassed by it. She could have shrunk back and tried 124 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 4: to hide it, let it cause her to feel less than. 125 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 4: But she never did that. She has this no excuses mentality. 126 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 4: She knows she's been made in the image of Almighty God. 127 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 4: Growing up. That never stopped her from wearing shorts, never 128 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 4: stopped her from wearing dresses. She still wears dresses today, 129 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 4: seventy five years old, still showing off her legs. That 130 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 4: don't let her fool you. She loves it. That never 131 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: stopped her from doing things like working in the yard. 132 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 4: It never stopped her from praying for other people that 133 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 4: needed healing. She could have thought, I can't pray for 134 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 4: them to get well. My legs are not well. No, 135 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 4: you don't have to be perfect for God to use you. 136 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 4: You've got to take the hand that you've been dealt 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 4: and make the very most of it. Believe that God 138 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 4: turns it around. Believe that he'll bring healing. But even 139 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: if it doesn't happen, you can still honor God by 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 4: being the best that you can be right where you are. 141 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 142 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 4: The doctors told my parents that she'd never be able 143 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 4: to walk, never be able to feed herself. They said, 144 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 4: you might as well get prepared to take care of 145 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 4: a disabled child. Of course, my parents were devastated. They prayed, 146 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 4: they believed, they stood in faith, and little by little, 147 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 4: Lisa got better and better. Today, she's perfectly normal. She's 148 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: on staff with us here, ministers for us many times. 149 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: Now. 150 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: I have another friend by the name of David Ring. 151 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 4: You may know him. He's a minister like Lisa. He 152 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 4: too was born with cerebral palsy, but God's plan for 153 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 4: his life was different. David Ring didn't get healed. When 154 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 4: he talks, it takes him three or four times as 155 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 4: long to get the words out. When he walks, his 156 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 4: legs and arms don't function like most of ours. He 157 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: could have easily sat at home and thought, too bad 158 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 4: for me. I've got this disability. My speech is slow. 159 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 4: I can't get around God. I thought you wanted me 160 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 4: to do something great. I thought you wanted me to 161 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 4: be a minister. I must have been wrong. I've got 162 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 4: this handicap. No, you've got to know David Ring. There's 163 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 4: nothing that slows him down. He goes all over the 164 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 4: world speaking to thousands of people, telling them about the 165 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 4: goodness of God and about how they, too can overcome 166 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 4: any obstacle. When he gets up to speak, it's very 167 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 4: difficult to understand. As I said, he speaks very slowly, 168 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 4: but I love the way he always starts. He says, 169 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 4: my name is David Ring. What's your excuse think about this? 170 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 4: Lisa was healed from cerebral palsy and she's honoring God 171 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: with her life. David Ring is living with cerebral palsy 172 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 4: and he's honoring God with his life. What am I saying? 173 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 4: You've got to take what God's given you and make 174 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 4: the very most of it. You cannot sit around thinking 175 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 4: why did this happen to me? Why did she get 176 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 4: healed and I didn't get healed? Why did my marriage 177 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 4: not work out? Why do my neighbors have power? And 178 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 4: I still don't quit focusing on all the wise. Faith 179 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 4: is all about trusting God even when you don't understand it. 180 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 4: And the fact is God could have healed David, just 181 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 4: like he healed my sister Lisa. But God is a 182 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: sovereign God. I don't claim to understand it all, but 183 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: I do know this. God is a good God. He 184 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 4: has a great plan for your life, a destiny for 185 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 4: you to fulfill. And no matter how many disadvantages come 186 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: your way, no matter how many setbacks try to pull 187 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 4: you down, if you'll shake off the self pity, shake 188 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 4: off the blame, dig your heels in, and keep pressing forward, 189 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 4: then no setback, no disadvantage, no handicap, can keep you 190 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 4: from becoming everything that God's created you to be. And 191 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,359 Speaker 4: I'm asking you today to get rid of the excuses, 192 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 4: quit dwelling on your disappointments and how unfair it was, 193 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 4: and who hurt you? No, God has something great right 194 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 4: where you are. There are no handicaps except in our mind. 195 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 4: But too many people are waiting for God to remove 196 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 4: everything and make them perfect. Then they're going to pursue 197 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 4: their dreams. Then they're going to go after their destiny. 198 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 4: Now you need to go after your destiny right now. 199 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 4: Honor God with what you have. He wants to take 200 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 4: that liability and turn it into an asset. But here's 201 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 4: what you have to accept. God may not remove it, 202 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 4: but he will use it to your advantage. In the scripture, 203 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 4: there was a man that was born blind. Some people 204 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 4: were asking Jesus why was he born this way? Whose 205 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: fault was it his or his parents? They were trying 206 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 4: to find somebody to blame, some reason, some excuse. We 207 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 4: tend to do the same type of things today. But 208 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 4: I love the way Jesus answered. It's found in John nine, 209 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 4: verse three. He said, it's not anybody's fault, not his 210 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 4: nor his parents. The reason he was born this way 211 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,239 Speaker 4: was so that the good of God could be displayed. 212 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 4: Jesus is saying, when you have a setback, when life 213 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 4: deals you a tough blow, don't get better, don't settle there. 214 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 4: Recognize you are a prime candidate for God to show 215 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 4: his favor and goodness through. In other words, if you 216 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 4: feel like you have a disadvantage, if you feel like 217 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: you have a disability, a handicap. Instead of saying, oh man, 218 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 4: it's not fair God, no, your attitude should be God. 219 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 4: I'm ready. I know you have something great in store, 220 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 4: and I refuse to live defeated and depressed. I know 221 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 4: this disadvantage is simply another opportunity for you to show 222 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 4: up and show out. That's exactly what a young man 223 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 4: did by the name of Tony Melendez. He was born 224 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 4: without any arms. As a little boy, he had a 225 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 4: desire to play the guitar. Something on the inside said 226 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: you're supposed to sing and write music. Didn't know any better. 227 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 4: Instead of saying, too bad for me, I'd love to 228 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,599 Speaker 4: play the guitar, but I don't have any arms. No, 229 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 4: his attitude was I may not have any arms, but 230 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 4: I do have feet. I may not have any fingers, 231 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 4: but I do have ten toes. Tony learned to play 232 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 4: the guitar with his feet. You may have seen him. 233 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 4: He can play better with his feet than most of 234 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 4: us can play with our hands. What am I saying? 235 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 4: When God puts a dream in your heart, when he 236 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 4: puts a promise on the inside, he deposits in you 237 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 4: everything you need to accomplish that dream. God wouldn't have 238 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 4: given Tony the desire without giving him the ability. It 239 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 4: just wasn't the quote normal way, the way most of 240 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 4: us would be used to. Tony had to be bold 241 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 4: enough to say, I am living a no excuse his life. Yes, 242 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 4: this may look like a handicap. Yes, in the natural 243 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 4: I may have a disadvantage, but I know with God 244 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: there are no handicaps. I know when God made me, 245 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 4: he wasn't having a bad day. He made me with 246 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 4: a purpose, with a destiny to fulfill, and I'm gonna 247 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 4: do my best to bring honor to him. He has 248 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 4: that can do mentality. For some of you today are 249 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 4: sitting there thinking of all the reasons why you can't 250 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 4: become everything God's created you to be. Well, Johol, I'm 251 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 4: not tall enough, I'm not that talented. My voice is odd. 252 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 5: Know. 253 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 4: All those things that you think or disadvantages are really 254 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 4: advantages just waiting to come to life. Today. Tony has 255 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 4: unprecedented favor, all kinds of opportunity to sing and share 256 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: his story of faith. What's happening because he had this 257 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 4: no excuses mentality, because he didn't see himself as handicap. 258 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 4: God's using him to do great things. And the truth is, 259 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 4: none of us will ever have to face most lis 260 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 4: likely anything that dramatic. Our biggest issue is we think 261 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 4: our nose is too big, or we're too short, or 262 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 4: I went through a divorced Joel. That's my handicap. That's 263 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: why I'm coasting. No, you've got to shake that off. 264 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 4: If you will have this no excuses mentality and keep 265 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 4: pressing forward, God will take every liability and he'll turn 266 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: it into an assent. I remember, even when I first 267 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: started ministering, I didn't think that I had the right 268 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 4: personality to do this. I'm really laid back and easygoing. 269 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 4: My mother has said she has never seen me angry 270 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: a day in my life, and in my mind, to 271 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 4: be a good minister, you needed to get mad every 272 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 4: once in a while. You needed to have that dynamic, 273 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 4: outgoing personality. Now, I said, God, you're going to have 274 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 4: to change me. I have a disadvantage. I'm quiet, I'm 275 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: soft spoken. I'm more reserved. Even my father, he was 276 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 4: more of a fireball, and he could get the crowd 277 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 4: worked up. I've seen these other ministers, and they have 278 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 4: great voices, and they preach these deep theological messages that 279 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: are so eloquent. They can move the whole congregation just 280 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 4: the way they enunciate the words, and they're so dramatic. 281 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 4: And I think, here, I've got this Southern draw and 282 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 4: I just get up here and talk so normally. And 283 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 4: when my father went to be with the Lord, I said, God, 284 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 4: I don't know. I'll try. I'll see what happens. But 285 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 4: what I thought would be a liability turned out to 286 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 4: be an asset. I realized that God made me. I 287 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 4: begin to realize that God made me like this on purpose. 288 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 4: No I don't have the booming voice. No I don't 289 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 4: have the dynamic personality. No I don't preach the fancy sermons. 290 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 4: But one thing I do have is the good looks. 291 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 4: All right, I couldn't resist. Oh boy, I hope you 292 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 4: know I'm kidding. But listen, God uses what we think 293 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 4: are weaknesses. Do you know how many people write and say, 294 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 4: Joel the reason we like to listen is because your 295 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 4: messages are so easy to understand, because you're calm, because 296 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 4: your voice is so soothing. Well, let me ask you, 297 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 4: what is it that you think is your handicap? What 298 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 4: is it that's keeping you from really believing in yourself, 299 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 4: really pressing in to your divine destiny. Hell, I'm not 300 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 4: tall enough, I'm not that attractive, or Joel, I've made 301 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 4: a lot of mistakes, or I wasn't raised in a 302 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 4: good environment like you were. Listen, God knew the way 303 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 4: you would be raised. He knew the mistakes that you 304 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 4: would make. God knew all the issues we would have 305 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 4: to face, our struggles, our weaknesses, our inadequacies. We are 306 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 4: no surprise to God. And many times what you think 307 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 4: think is a handicap is the very thing God will 308 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: use to get you into your divine destiny. In the Scripture, 309 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 4: there was a man by the name of Zacheus. He 310 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 4: had a liability, he had a disadvantage. Something was holding 311 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 4: him back. You know what it was. He was too short. 312 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 4: He didn't measure up to everyone else. This is something 313 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 4: that he had to deal with his whole life, no doubt. 314 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: Growing up in school, the other children kind of teased 315 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 4: and made fun of him. Hey, shorty, hay peanut, how's 316 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 4: the weather down there? I can imagine year after year 317 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 4: he goes around kind of feeling like on the inside 318 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 4: something's wrong with him, a little bit insecure, thinking God, 319 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 4: why can I be normal? Why can I be like 320 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 4: everyone else? But understand, God makes us like we are 321 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 4: on purpose. Many of you know who Cindy Crawford is. 322 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 4: She's a famous model. She's the one that has that 323 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 4: very distinct mold on her face. Now read where. When 324 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 4: she first started modeling, some of the advisors and different 325 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 4: makeup artists, they tried to get her to remove the mole. 326 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 4: They saw it as a blemish, as a distraction, as 327 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 4: something that made her less than perfect. They even showed 328 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 4: her how easy it would be to remove it electronically, 329 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 4: but she would never allow them to do it. She said, 330 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 4: if you take away this mold, I'll just look like 331 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 4: every other pretty girl. I love the fact that she 332 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 4: liked her mold. Other people saw it as odd, but 333 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 4: she saw it as unique. She saw it as something 334 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 4: God gave her that made her distinct. Instead of looking 335 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 4: at what you think is a liability, you need to 336 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 4: get a new perspective and start seeing how it could 337 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 4: be an advantage. I realize now my personality of being 338 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 4: paid back, easygoing, soft spoken, that's not a liability, that's 339 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 4: an asset. And for me to change and try to 340 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 4: be something else that would end up being a disadvantage. 341 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: Your personality may be just the opposite. And you think, man, 342 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 4: why am I so bold? Why am I straightforward? And 343 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 4: to the point, listen, you have what you need to succeed. 344 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 4: You have the looks you need. Quit looking at that 345 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 4: birthmark and thinking, oh, man, if I just didn't have 346 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 4: this birthmark and of all places on my face, now 347 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 4: that makes you distinct. Well, if I just wasn't so short. No, 348 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 4: I read. We're short. People live an average of ten 349 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 4: years longer than tall people. Quit complaining if you're tall, 350 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 4: that just means you're going to go to heaven ten 351 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: years before us. Quit complaining. What I'm saying is there 352 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 4: are no disadvantages with our God. One day, Zaki has 353 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 4: heard that Jesus was coming through his town. All the 354 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 4: people were lined up on the streets trying to get 355 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 4: a glimpse of him. Here's Zachchis didn't have a chance. 356 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 4: He's standing at the back. He can't see over anyone. 357 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 4: He could have easily thought, just my luck, God, I 358 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 4: can't stand being short. Why'd you make me this way? No, 359 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 4: Zachiah simply did what he had done his whole life. 360 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 4: When he couldn't reach what others could reach, he'd get 361 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 4: a ladder. When he couldn't see over others, he would 362 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 4: find a stool. It's a pain. It was a disadvantage, 363 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 4: but watch how God works. There wasn't a ladder out there. Obviously, 364 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 4: he couldn't find a stool, so he climbed up in 365 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 4: a tree. Now he's got the prime view. He's sitting 366 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 4: at the fifty yard line. Isn't it interesting? Any of 367 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 4: those other people could have climbed up in a tree. 368 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 4: Matter of fact, they probably could have got up there 369 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 4: easier than he did. They didn't need to. His disadvantage 370 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 4: was turned into an advantage. When Jesus came walking down 371 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 4: the street, he saw hundreds of people, but when he 372 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 4: looked up and saw Zachias in the tree, that got 373 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 4: his attention. He said, hey, zach heis, come on down. 374 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go to your house and have dinner. Here's 375 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 4: my point. If Zachias would have been a quote normal size, 376 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 4: he wouldn't have been noticed. Jesus passed by hundreds, possibly thousands. 377 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: But because Zachias had what he thought was a handicap, 378 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 4: it caused him to do something differently, and it ended 379 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 4: up not being a liability but an asset. I read 380 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 4: about this young boy. His dream was to play professional baseball. 381 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 4: He was extremely gifted. All through junior high and high school, 382 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 4: he was by far the most talented player in his league. 383 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 4: Professional scouts were regularly at his games. But one day 384 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 4: he had a farming accident and he lost his whole 385 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 4: forefinger in most of his middle finger. It was on 386 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 4: the hand that he threw the ball with. It looked 387 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 4: like his baseball days were over, but this young man 388 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 4: had this no excuse his mentality. He learned how to 389 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 4: throw the ball without these two fingers. If you know 390 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 4: anything about baseball, those are your two main throwing fingers. 391 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 4: He'd always been a third base but one afternoon during practice, 392 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 4: the coach was standing behind him, and as he threw 393 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 4: the ball from third to first base, the coach noticed 394 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 4: how much movement there was on the ball, and he thought, 395 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 4: if the ball moves that much, how could a batter 396 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: possibly hit it? So he moved him from the third 397 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 4: base to the pitcher's position. Mordecai Brown went on to 398 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 4: become one of the great pitchers in all of Major 399 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 4: League Baseball. Think about it. What he thought was a 400 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 4: liability turned out to be an asset. The way he 401 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 4: threw the ball without these two fingers gave him an edge. 402 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 4: Only God knows how to take what should be a 403 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 4: disadvantage and turn it into an advantage. There are things 404 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 4: in all of our lives that we feel like are liabilities. 405 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 4: It may not be something physical, but even the way 406 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 4: we were raised a disappointment, we went through a setback. 407 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 4: We think, if only that had enough happened, if only 408 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 4: I could do it again. No, if you'll stay in faith, 409 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 4: nothing in life will happen to you. It'll happen for you. 410 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 4: We need to get rid of all the if only thoughts. 411 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 4: If only I didn't have that accident, then I could 412 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 4: pursue my dreams. If only I were taller, Joel, then 413 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 4: I'd feel good about myself. If only I were a 414 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 4: different nationality. No, those thoughts will keep you from your destiny. 415 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 4: Tony Melendez could be sitting at home right now thinking, 416 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 4: if only I had arms if only I was quote normal, 417 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 4: then I could play the guitar, Then I could touch 418 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 4: a lot of people. David Ring could be thinking, if 419 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 4: only I didn't have this cerebral palsy, if only my 420 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 4: speech wasn't so slow, then I bet I'd make a 421 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 4: great minister. No, let's recognize, as far as God is concerned, 422 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 4: there are no handicaps. What you think is trying to 423 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 4: pull you down may very well be the thing that 424 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 4: God uses to lift you. This is just what happened 425 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 4: to Joseph. He spent thirteen years in prison for something 426 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 4: that he did not do. It was a terrible disadvantage, 427 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 4: a terrible injustice. But do you realize that's what God 428 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 4: used to promote him. It may look like a handicap 429 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 4: in our eyes, but with God, there are no handicaps. 430 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 4: That is not going to keep you from your destiny. 431 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,479 Speaker 4: If you'll stay in faith, it's going to launch you 432 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 4: into your destiny. I have people write me from other 433 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 4: countries a lot. They say things like, Joel, if only 434 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 4: I lived in America, if only I had that kind 435 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 4: of opportunity. And I understand what they're saying, because this 436 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 4: is a great place to live. But you have to 437 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 4: realize God has given you what you need to succeed 438 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 4: right where you are. God knew where you would be born, 439 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 4: He knew what nationality you would be. He knew the 440 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 4: obstacles you would have to overcome. And the good news 441 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 4: is God has has already equipped you. He has already 442 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 4: empowered you. You are anointed, you are strong, You have 443 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 4: the favor of God surrounding you right now. Don't make 444 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 4: a mistake of waiting till you get to another location 445 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 4: before you decide to become everything God's created you to be. 446 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 4: If you'll shake off the self pity and believe that 447 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 4: God's directing your steps, believe that you have what it takes, 448 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 4: believe that the most powerful force in the universe is 449 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 4: on the inside. When you do that, every liability will 450 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 4: be turned to an asset. I heard about this young man. 451 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 4: He was born without a right hand. One day he 452 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 4: was at the doctor's office having a physical so he 453 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 4: could play football. The doctor asked him what his handicap was. 454 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 4: He said, sir, I don't have a handicap. I just 455 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 4: don't have a right hand. I love that attitude. I 456 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 4: don't have a handicap. I just played the guitar with 457 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 4: my feet. I don't have a handicap. I just speak 458 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 4: a little slower. I don't have a handicap. I'm just 459 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 4: not as tall as somebody else. Friends, I'm asking you 460 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 4: to live this no excuses life. That means you are 461 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 4: not going to go around dwelling on what's wrong with 462 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 4: you and all the reasons why you can't be happy. 463 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 4: Well held you all my personalities odd I went through 464 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 4: this breakup in a relationship. No, your destiny didn't get 465 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 4: thrown out because you had a set back. You didn't 466 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 4: get disqualified because you're to this or to that. God 467 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 4: knew you would be where you are before the foundation 468 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 4: of time. You need to get a new perspective, have 469 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 4: the attitude. I refuse to live with a handicap mentality. 470 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 4: This may not be fair, it may look like a disadvantage, 471 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 4: but I'm not going around feeling sorry for myself. I'm 472 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 4: shaking off self pity. I'm shaking off every disappointment and 473 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 4: I'm going to become everything God has created me to be. 474 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 4: If you'll live a no excuse is life, then no 475 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 4: matter what comes your way, God will turn it around 476 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 4: for your good. He will take every stumbling block and 477 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 4: turn it into a stepping stone. It may look like 478 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 4: a liability, but just like zach Is, in the end, 479 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 4: it'll turn out to be an asset. Some of you 480 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 4: today you've lost your fire, You've lost your enthusiasm. You 481 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 4: need to stir up what God's put on the inside. 482 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 4: Remember there are no disadvantages with our God. You have 483 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 4: everything you need to succeed. No weapon formed against you 484 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 4: is ever gonna prosper. And as you rise up with 485 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 4: this no excuses mentality, let me just declare over you 486 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 4: what's gonna happen. You're gonna see God's favor in a 487 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 4: greater way. New doors are gonna begin to open. Supernatural 488 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 4: opportunities are come in your way, divine connections. You're gonna 489 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 4: be at the right place at the right time. What 490 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 4: was meant for your harm, God's gonna use to your advantage. 491 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 4: You're gonna overcome every obstacle. You're gonna defeat every enemy. 492 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: You're gonna see every every desire God's put in your heart. 493 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 4: I declare it in the name of Jesus. It will 494 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 4: come to pass. Do you receive it today? Thanks so 495 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 4: much for listening to today's message. 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