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Speaker 4: funny and I heard about this young man one day

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Speaker 4: he was talking to God. He said, God, what's a

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Speaker 4: million years like to you? God said, a million years

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Speaker 4: to me is like one second to you. He said, well, God,

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Speaker 4: what's a million dollars like to you? God said, a

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Speaker 4: He thought about it a moment and said, God, will

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Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught

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Speaker 4: in Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about grass.

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Speaker 4: In the Desert March Chapter six, Jesus was with his

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Speaker 4: some time alone. Verse thirty two says they departed to

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Speaker 4: Jesus began to teach them. Late in the day. The

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Speaker 4: But while they were waiting, God gave them grass in

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Speaker 4: We all go through desert places in life. Problems that

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Speaker 2: We feel strength that we didn't have, courage to keep

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Speaker 4: It wasn't a lucky break. It was grass in the desert.

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Speaker 4: That's why this pandemic hasn't defeated you. You could be

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Speaker 2: The good news is while you're waiting, God is making

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Speaker 4: Thank you for the grass and the desert. Thank you

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Speaker 4: You're expecting God's favor, you're declaring his promises. When I

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Speaker 2: To about being good to you.

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Speaker 4: God didn't speak to Ruth. He didn't say I'm going

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Speaker 4: Ruth was so happy, so grateful God had been good

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Speaker 4: to her.

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Speaker 2: But God didn't stop there. He created the grass, but

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Speaker 2: he didn't leave her in the desert.

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Speaker 4: The owner of the field, Boaz, fell in love with Ruth.

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Speaker 4: They ended up getting married. Now instead of working in

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Speaker 4: the field.

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Speaker 2: Ruth owned the field.

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Speaker 4: In those desert places, you don't know what God is

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Speaker 2: You've been through too much.

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Speaker 4: You'll never get well, never meet the right person, never

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Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies.

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Speaker 4: God has already lined up your boasses, the right people,

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Speaker 4: He's not going to just make the hard places easier,

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Speaker 4: going to take hold of his strength? Are you going

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Speaker 4: to do like Joseph, like Ruth and keep moving forward,

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