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Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about deep roots.

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Speaker 6: During a storm several years ago, one of the big

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Speaker 6: the same principle in life. We all have things that

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Speaker 5: Deep are your roots. The reason some people are.

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Speaker 6: Always worried, upset, offended is they have shallow roots. They're

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Speaker 6: When you know he's equipped you, empowered you, and anointed you,

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Speaker 6: You're not moved by everything on the surface. You don't

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Speaker 6: God is directing your steps. You don't get offended when

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Speaker 5: You know God is your vindicator. You don't live.

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Speaker 6: Discouraged because you didn't get the promotion you know God

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Speaker 6: because you've made a mistake and give up on your dreams.

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Speaker 5: You know God's mercy is bigger than that mistake.

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Speaker 6: When your roots go down deep, you're not moved by

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Speaker 5: You live from a place of peace.

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Speaker 6: The winds may blow, the storms may come, but you know,

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Speaker 6: when it's all said and done, you'll.

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Speaker 5: Still be standing.

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Speaker 6: You'll still be praising, You'll still be smiling, You'll still

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Speaker 6: be victorious. And the scripture tells us, here be steadfast, immovable,

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Speaker 6: what they're saying about me still my joy. I have

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Speaker 6: a destiny to fulfill. I'm not gonna live worried about

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Speaker 6: to do what I can't do. I'm not going to

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Speaker 6: base my value on how this person treats me. If

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Speaker 6: they make me feel special, you know who I am.

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Speaker 6: I'm a masterpiece. I've been fearfully and wonderfully made my self.

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Speaker 6: Worth doesn't come from people, It comes from My creator.

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Speaker 6: Are you steadfast, immovable? Do your roots go down deep?

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Speaker 6: If not, life is going to be like a roller coaster.

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Speaker 6: Your joy and peace will depend on your circumstances, how

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Speaker 6: that's shallow roots. God is saying, be steadfast, be immovable.

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Speaker 5: You have to dig down deeper.

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Speaker 6: As long as you're allowing circumstances to determine whether or

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Speaker 6: not you're happy, you'll never have real victory. And sometimes

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Speaker 6: we're using our faith to try to control our circumstances.

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Speaker 6: I've learned it's better to use my faith to control

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Speaker 5: When you're in peace, that's a place of power. Here's

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Speaker 6: If you don't have peace on the inside, you're not

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Speaker 5: Some people wonder why.

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Speaker 6: They can't have good relationships, why they can't be successful,

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Speaker 6: If you'll stay in peace on the inside, not fight

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Speaker 6: everything that doesn't go your way, then you'll see things

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Speaker 6: on the outside begin to improve. And every morning, before

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Speaker 6: I have the grace to handle anything that comes my way.

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Speaker 6: You have to decide ahead of time. If the traffic

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Speaker 6: is bad, you're not going to get upset. If somebody's rude,

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Speaker 6: you're not going to be offended. If you don't get

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Speaker 6: the contract, if your plans don't work out, you're not

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Speaker 5: That's having deep roots.

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Speaker 6: Victoria and I were at a lake not long ago.

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Speaker 6: The water was like glass. It was as calm and

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Speaker 6: big disturbance.

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Speaker 5: I had affected all the water.

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Speaker 6: The truth is, a foot down that water didn't move.

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Speaker 6: It's just still as calm and peaceful. There wasn't one

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Speaker 5: One one, something's wrong. Nothing on the.

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Speaker 6: Surface affects the water down deep stays calm. One way

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Speaker 6: you can tell how deep your roots are is how

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Speaker 6: easily do you get upset if the pebbles that get

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Speaker 5: You need to go down deeper.

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Speaker 6: Well, Joel, somebody's talking about me at work, trying to

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Speaker 6: make me look bad.

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Speaker 5: That's why I'm sour. That's a pebble.

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Speaker 6: The reason that's bothering you is you're on the surface. Well,

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Speaker 6: hour to get home. Another pebble. When you have deep roots,

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Speaker 6: you're grateful to be alive, You're grateful to have the job,

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Speaker 6: You're grateful to be healthy.

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Speaker 5: You're not focused on what's wrong. You're too busy thanking

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Speaker 6: Well, I didn't get the promotion, the medical report wasn't good.

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Speaker 6: A friend betrayed me. That's why I'm discouraged. And I'm

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Speaker 6: not making light of those things. But in the big picture,

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Speaker 6: those are pebbles. When you know God has beauty for

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Speaker 6: those ashes, when you know he'll pay you back for

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Speaker 6: the unfair things, then even though the surface is disturbed,

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Speaker 6: deep down where you choose to live, you'll feel a peace,

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Speaker 6: You'll be at rest.

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Speaker 5: You'll know this too shall pass.

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Speaker 6: Paul tells us in Colossians, let your roots grow down

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Speaker 6: deep in Him? What are your roots going deep down in?

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Speaker 6: If you put your trust in people, sometimes people will

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Speaker 6: let you down. If you put your trust in your job,

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Speaker 6: your career, your money, Unfortunately things can change and you

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Speaker 6: don't have what you had. But when you let your

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Speaker 6: roots grow down deep in Him, and you say, God,

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Speaker 6: I know you're my provider, You're my healer, you're my vindicator.

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Speaker 6: I recognize you're the source of everything good. Then when

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Speaker 6: you won't fall apart, live in self pity. You'll be strong, stable, immovable.

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Speaker 6: Why your roots go down deep in him? This is

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Speaker 6: what a lady did in the scripture. Some workers brought

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Speaker 6: about the medical report. Nothing can snatch me out of

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Speaker 6: God's hands. I'm not discouraged by this disappointment.

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Speaker 5: I know God.

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Speaker 6: Didn't bring me this far to leave me. He's made

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Speaker 6: away in the past. I know he'll make away this time.

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Speaker 6: That's ruling your own spirit. That's a sign that you

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Speaker 6: have deep roots. Well, until this all sounds good, but

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Speaker 6: I made a lot of mistakes.

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Speaker 5: I got off course. It was my own fault. If

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Speaker 5: you just stay on the.

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Speaker 6: Surface, you'll live guilty, condemned, down on yourself. The accuser

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Speaker 6: will constantly whisper you blew it, You're done.

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Speaker 5: God's never going to bless you.

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Speaker 6: But when you have deep roots, you know God's mercy

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Speaker 6: is bigger than those mistakes. You know his calling on

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Speaker 6: your life is irrevocable. The message translation says God's gifts

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Speaker 6: and calling are under full warranty, never canceled, and never rescinded.

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Speaker 6: That means God doesn't change his mind because we made mistakes.

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Speaker 6: He doesn't give up on us because we're not where

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Speaker 6: we're supposed to be. When God hand picked you, before

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Speaker 6: you were formed in your mother's womb, when he breathed

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Speaker 6: life into you, he puts you under a full lifetime warranty.

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Speaker 6: Saying their mind, no matter where they go, no matter

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Speaker 6: what they do, I have a destiny for them to fulfill.

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Speaker 5: What am I saying?

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Speaker 6: Your mistakes did not cancel God's plan for your life.

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Speaker 5: Quit believing those lies. You'll washed up, settle for second best,

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Speaker 5: get back in the game. God is not finished with you.

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Speaker 6: He knew every mistake you would make, and he has

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Speaker 6: already lined up a new plan. You may have fallen down.

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Speaker 6: The right attitude is I'm not staying down. I know

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Speaker 6: I am under full warranty. I know God will get

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Speaker 6: me still to where I'm supposed to be. It's interesting

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Speaker 6: when the winds blow a tree back and forth put

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Speaker 6: pressure and strain on the root system. You would think

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Speaker 6: that was damaging the tree and making it weaker, but

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Speaker 6: researchers have found that it's actually strengthening the root system.

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Speaker 6: It seems like the pulling and the stretching would be

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Speaker 6: tearing the roots apart, but the movement is making it.

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Speaker 5: Easier for the roots to grow. It's the same way

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Speaker 5: with us. That difficulty should have toppled.

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Speaker 6: You damaged your roots, so to speak, brought you out weaker,

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Speaker 6: but just the opposite happened. You came through that challenge stronger,

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Speaker 6: with greater confidence.

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Speaker 5: Your character was developed.

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Speaker 6: The storm was sent to stop you, but God turned

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Speaker 6: it around and used it to strengthen you. That mistake

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Speaker 6: that divorced that sickness should have left you defeated, lonely, discouraged.

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Speaker 6: But when you come out you'll not only still be standing,

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Speaker 6: you'll be better than you were before. Your roots are

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Speaker 6: getting strengthened. I'm asking you today to quit living on

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Speaker 6: the surface, being bothered by everything that doesn't go your way.

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Speaker 6: Go down deeper, quit being moved by these things.

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Speaker 5: Life is way.

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Speaker 6: Too short to let circumstances determine your joy.

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Speaker 5: Start ruling over your spirit.

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Speaker 6: The next time you're tempted to get upset, to be worried, offended, discouraged,

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Speaker 6: try a new approach.

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Speaker 5: Be steadfast, be immovable.

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Speaker 6: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, because you

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Speaker 6: have deep roots, God is going to fight your battles.

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Speaker 6: He's going to vindicate you, promote you heal you and

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Speaker 6: take you to the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name,

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