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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victorian. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: listening to the podcast.

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Speaker 2: a wonderful Thanksgiving season with your family.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget I have a new book out, Fifteen Ways

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Speaker 1: to Live Longer and Healthier.

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Speaker 2: God bless you.

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Speaker 2: But thanks for tuning in today.

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Speaker 1: We're going to do our best to keep it inspired

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

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Speaker 1: I heard about these three pastors that were in a

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Speaker 1: boat on a lake fishing together. One of them said,

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Speaker 1: we never get to let our hair down. Let's each

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Speaker 1: tell the area that we struggle in the most, our

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Speaker 1: greatest sin, so we can pray for each other.

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Speaker 2: The first pastor said, I hate.

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Speaker 1: To admit this, but I have a problem with gambling.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I sneak out at night and gamble. The second

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Speaker 1: pastor said, I'm ashamed to admit this, but I have

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Speaker 1: a problem with cheating. I hardly ever pay my taxes.

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Speaker 1: The third pastor sat there silently. They waited and waited.

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Speaker 1: He wouldn't budge. They said, we are not leaving until

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Speaker 1: you tell us your greatest sin. He said, all right,

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Speaker 1: My greatest sin is gossiping, and I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: get off this boat. Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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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 the best is next.

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Speaker 1: It's easy to get satisfied where we are when we've

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Speaker 1: seen blessing and favor. God's protected us, promoted us open doors.

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Speaker 1: We can start thinking that we've seen our best days.

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Speaker 1: But God never does his greatest feats in your yesterdays.

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Speaker 2: They're always in your future.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says, the path of the righteous gets brighter

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Speaker 1: and brighter. What God has in front of you is

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Speaker 1: more fulfilling, more rewarding than anything you've.

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Speaker 1: But sometimes before it gets brighter, it gets darker. Before

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Speaker 1: we see more than enough, we go through a season

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Speaker 1: of not enough. There are times the good has to

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Speaker 1: come to an end to make room for the best.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't make sense to us. Why did my business slow down?

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Speaker 1: Why did this person walk away? Why did this door close?

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Speaker 1: It's all a part of God's plan. He's shaking things

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Speaker 1: up to move you out of the good into the best.

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Speaker 1: If he didn't close those doors, you wouldn't see the.

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Speaker 2: Fullness of your destiny. We may not like the process.

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Speaker 1: We're doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is happening.

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Speaker 1: We're working hard but not seeing increase. Thoughts will tell

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Speaker 1: you it's never going to get better. Don't believe those lies.

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Speaker 1: That disappointment, the breakup, the slow season didn't stop what

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Speaker 1: God has for you. It's getting you in position for

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Speaker 1: favor that you've never seen.

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Speaker 2: Your relationship didn't work out.

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Speaker 1: God knew it was going to happen. That didn't catch

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Speaker 1: him off guard. He's already lined up someone better than

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Speaker 1: you can imagine. Your business has slowed down, the contract

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Speaker 1: didn't work out. That setback is not stopping you. It's

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Speaker 1: setting you up for new levels. You're going to come

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Speaker 1: out not like you were before, but healthier, stronger, promoted, increased.

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Speaker 1: John Chapter two, Jesus was at a wedding in Galileeed.

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Speaker 1: There was a big celebration with hundreds of people. Everything

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Speaker 1: The water that was now wine, he called the groom

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Speaker 1: Then when everyone is full doesn't know any better, he

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Speaker 1: brings out the less expensive wines. But you have saved

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Speaker 1: the best until now. Notice how God works. If the

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Speaker 2: Seen the best wine. God saves the best for next.

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Speaker 1: You may feel like you're coming to an end. You're

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Speaker 1: This may sound odd, but you're in a good place.

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Speaker 1: When you come to the end, that's when God steps

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Speaker 1: he says, I've saved the best for next. The best physician,

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Speaker 2: You have more than you've ever had, the best in

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Speaker 1: You feel better than you've ever failed, the best in

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Speaker 2: You're happier than you've ever been.

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Speaker 1: The fact that things are running out doesn't mean God

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Speaker 1: has forgotten about you. You must have run out of favor.

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Speaker 2: You've never seen. One translation says she said to Jesus,

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Speaker 2: we have no more wine.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes we feel like we have no more no more strength,

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Speaker 1: There are seasons when you come to an end, you

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Speaker 1: It was a part of God's plan. If it didn't

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Speaker 2: Never seen the best wine. And what runs out in

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Speaker 2: your life is not a surprise to God. The relationship

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Speaker 1: Make it, the company that lets you go, the loved

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Speaker 2: It means new.

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Speaker 1: Levels of favor are coming, new levels of your destiny,

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Speaker 2: God doesn't bring you out the same.

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Speaker 1: You're going to look back and say, like that host

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Speaker 1: you've saved the best for now, that person that walked

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Speaker 1: away don't get better.

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Speaker 2: They had to go so the best could show up.

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Speaker 1: When you see what God does who he brings, you'll say,

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Speaker 2: I'm glad that old goat left. I mean that old

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Speaker 2: workers that played politics kept you from the promotion, made

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Speaker 1: You thought you ran out of favor, that God had

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Speaker 2: That had to happen. When you see the new door

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Speaker 2: God opens, how he promotes.

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Speaker 2: He gives you influence and favor that you've never seen,

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Speaker 2: you'll say, Lord, thank you.

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Speaker 1: You say the best for now. You took me where

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Speaker 1: I couldn't go on my own. Don't be discouraged. When

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Speaker 1: something doesn't work out, something runs out. You feel like

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Speaker 1: you're at the end. You've studied your situation, You've tried

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Speaker 1: When you can't figure out a solution, that's when God

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Speaker 2: You had to run out of wine. Before you could

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Speaker 1: You had to come to an end so God can

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Speaker 1: joy like you've never seen.

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Speaker 2: The best is not behind you. The best is next.

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Speaker 1: Now it may look just the opposite when you're running low.

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Speaker 1: it's all downhill from here. You run out of time,

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Speaker 1: The only reason you're running out is because God saved

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Speaker 1: the best for next. Keep the right perspective, Father, this

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Speaker 1: that you're about to show out in my life. Weddings

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Speaker 1: during that time would go on for several days. When

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Speaker 1: Jesus showed up, they could have been there enjoying the

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Speaker 2: And when life is good.

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Speaker 1: For us, we're happy. Our children are blessed. We're seeing favor.

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Speaker 2: We have no complaints, but sometimes things change. We're facing

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Speaker 1: Child gets off course, a friend we're counting on walks away.

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Speaker 2: It's easy to live discovery.

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Speaker 1: The good is about to give way to the best.

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Speaker 1: God loves you too much to leave you with just

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Speaker 1: the good wine. That's fine for a season, but at

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Speaker 1: some point you'll come to the end so He can

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Speaker 1: show out in your life in a much greater way.

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Speaker 1: It's significant that God could have given them the same wine.

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Speaker 2: That would have been a great miracle.

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Speaker 1: We would be telling that story that God can restore

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Speaker 1: when you run out, he can give you more.

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Speaker 2: That's good.

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Speaker 1: But God is so loving, so merciful, he doesn't bring

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Speaker 1: you out the same He gives you the best wine.

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Speaker 2: The best is simply something that you've never seen.

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Speaker 1: Favor that you've never seen, health that you've never seen, opportunity, finances, influence,

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Speaker 1: The best is in front of you.

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Speaker 2: After you see that.

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Speaker 1: That's what it means He's taken you.

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Speaker 2: From glory to glory.

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Speaker 1: Now in between those glories, there will be these seasons

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Speaker 1: what God has in mind. I was hoping to find

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Speaker 1: land to build an auditorium. I never dreamed God would

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Speaker 1: give us one already built on the busiest freeway, the

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Speaker 1: facilities in our city, the former Compact Center.

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Speaker 2: I was complaining about running out of.

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Speaker 1: Options all the while God had something better than I

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Speaker 1: ever dreamed. Can I tell you you haven't seen your

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Speaker 1: best days. You may feel stuck. Doors have closed, the

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Speaker 1: wine has run out. That all happened for a reason.

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Speaker 1: It had to run out so you could see the

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Speaker 1: best wine. The best part of your life is not

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Speaker 1: behind you. The best part of your life is the

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Speaker 1: next part of your life. You haven't seen, heard, or

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Speaker 1: imagine what God has in store. You wouldn't be discouraged

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Speaker 1: over that door that closed. If you knew what God

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Speaker 1: was about to open. You wouldn't be stressed over that

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Speaker 1: deal that fell through. If you knew your compact center

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Speaker 1: was up ahead, you would put God first place with

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Speaker 1: no problem. You would make that profit of Neil. You

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Speaker 1: would obey if you knew supernatural provision is coming. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: we think that we're running out of time. It's too

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Speaker 1: late to accomplish my dream. I missed my chance, Joel,

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Speaker 1: I made too many mistakes.

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Speaker 2: I'm too old.

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Speaker 1: That's the way Caleb probably felt. He was one of

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Speaker 1: the spies that came back from the Promised Land and

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Speaker 1: told Moses that they were well able to to take

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Speaker 1: the land, that they should go in at once, but

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Speaker 1: the negative report from the other ten spies caused everyone

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Speaker 1: to get discouraged, they turned around and went back into

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Speaker 1: the desert. Caleb was forty years old at the time.

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Speaker 1: For forty years he wandered in the desert. The interesting

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Speaker 1: thing is it wasn't his fault. He had faith, he

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Speaker 1: was courageous, he was obedient. It looked like other people

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Speaker 1: stopped his dream. Their negative report kept him from his destiny.

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Speaker 1: The good news is what God started. He's going to

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Speaker 1: finish what he promised. He's going to bring to pass.

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Speaker 1: At eighty five years old, God said Caleb, I haven't

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Speaker 1: forgotten about you. I said you'd go into the Promised Land.

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Speaker 1: You're still going to go in. There were three giants

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Speaker 1: living on that land. Caleb could have said, God, give

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Speaker 1: me another place. Those people are too big. I'm too

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Speaker 1: old now. No, don't settle for a water down verse

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Speaker 1: of your dream.

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Speaker 2: At eighty five, Caleb said, God, I still want that mountain.

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Speaker 1: He went out and defeated those giants and made it.

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Speaker 2: Into the Promised Land.

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Speaker 1: It's not too late for you to become all you

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Speaker 1: were created to be. God has not forgotten about the

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Speaker 1: dreams he.

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Speaker 2: Put in your heart.

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Speaker 1: You're not running out of time, You're running into time.

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Speaker 1: God is ordering your steps, opportunities that didn't happen years earlier.

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Speaker 2: You didn't miss it. It wasn't the right time.

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Speaker 1: The door had to close, the people had to be

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Speaker 1: against you, the business had to not make it.

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Speaker 2: It was all setting you up for the best. Wine.

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Speaker 1: God saves the best for next. I believe and declare

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Speaker 1: you're about to come in to some best, best opportunity,

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Speaker 1: best relationship, best health, best resources like.

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Speaker 2: That widow woman.

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Speaker 1: Because you keep God first place, You're going to go

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Speaker 1: from running out to running over, from not enough to

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Speaker 1: more than enough. Your latter days will be better than

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Speaker 1: your former days.

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Speaker 2: Get ready. The best is next.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, If you receive it, can you say amen.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an.

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Speaker 1: Opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 1: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 1: born again.

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Speaker 2: We'd love to.

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Speaker 1: Send you some free information. Just text the number on

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Speaker 1: the screen, or you can go to our website. Take

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Speaker 1: the New Beginning's course. I hope you'll get into a

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Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place, Victoria,

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Speaker 1: and I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes life can make you feel like you are just

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Speaker 3: living in the dark. Even your prayers don't feel like

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Speaker 3: they're making it to heaven. But God is listening and

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Speaker 3: his light is about to shine.

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Speaker 1: We know God is all powerful that he can answer

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Speaker 1: any prayer, but sometimes.

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Speaker 2: We don't know what to pray. We don't think we

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Speaker 2: deserve God's goodness.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we're inconveniencing him, or he has more important.

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Speaker 2: Things to deal with.

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Speaker 1: But God is concerned about every detail of your life.

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Speaker 1: He's waiting to hear your prayers. I have a new

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Speaker 1: resource called Praying with Confidence, guided prayers for life's moments.

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Speaker 1: When you face challenges or obstacles that seem too big,

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Speaker 1: you'll find prayers that will build your faith, prayers that

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Speaker 1: will move the hands of God. There are prayers you

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Speaker 1: can pray for peace and comfort, prayers for your family

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Speaker 1: and hell, prayers for your dreams and goals. As you

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Speaker 1: make these prayers your own, pray with confidence, that's when

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Speaker 1: you'll see the creator of.

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Speaker 2: The universe go to work. I hope you'll request your

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Speaker 2: copy today.

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Speaker 3: With a gift of any amount this month, we would

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Speaker 3: Joel shares how to pray when you need a breakthrough,

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Speaker 3: when you need strength. Yes, when life's moments happen and

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Speaker 3: you're not sure how to pray. Praying confident prayers will

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Speaker 3: put you on the right path. You'll enter new seasons

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Speaker 3: in your prayer life that will turn challenges to victory's

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Speaker 3: heartache to hope, frustration to new found favor. Be sure

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Speaker 3: for Life's Moments today. Visit Joeloustein dot com or call

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