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Speaker 3: Thank you again for coming out today. And I like

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Speaker 3: about this husband that died and he left his wife

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Speaker 3: The friend said, wow, that was some stone. How big

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Speaker 3: and a half caress. All right, hold up your Bible.

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Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 3: that has a God given authority over us. I heard

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Speaker 3: His mother just found out she was pregnant with a

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Speaker 3: Week after week, month after month. He just continued singing

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Speaker 3: hundreds and hundreds of times. The mom finally went in

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Speaker 3: All of a sudden, without the mother saying a word,

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Speaker 3: She said to Michael, keep singing. He continued, you are

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Speaker 3: After singing for several minutes, the nurse just stood there

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Speaker 3: and watched in amazement, the baby's heart rate came down

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Speaker 3: as could be. It was like the words from this

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Speaker 3: five year old big brother were releasing health and healing

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Speaker 3: and wholeness into his baby sister. Long story short, Against

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Speaker 3: all odds, several days later, the baby went home perfectly normal. Friends,

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Speaker 3: There's incredible power in our words when you speak the

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Speaker 3: blessing over your children, over your family, over your students.

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Speaker 3: Supernatural things begin to happen. Now I'm asking you to

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Speaker 3: you speak that blessing, you're not just releasing favor into

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Speaker 3: their future. You're releasing favor into your own future. Now,

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Speaker 3: I realize some of you never got the blessing from

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Speaker 3: your mother or father. Now they're gone. It seems like

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Speaker 3: it's too late, but I want to encourage you that

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Speaker 3: would be a father to the fatherless. Your earthly father

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Speaker 3: Father is saying, I'm proud of you. I love you.

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Speaker 3: You are amazing, you are talented, you are beautiful. You're

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Speaker 3: going to do great things in life. You know what

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Speaker 3: I just did. I released favor into your future. Now,

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Speaker 3: why don't you go out this week and do the

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Speaker 3: same thing for somebody else. If you will learn to

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Speaker 3: live blessing minded, speaking the blessing whenever you can, you

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Speaker 3: will not only help others to rise higher, but God

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Speaker 3: will help you to rise higher. You will accomplish your dreams,

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Speaker 3: overcome your obstacles, and you will live that life of

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Speaker 3: victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive it today?

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Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 3: repent on my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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