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If Not Now, When? · Get The Hell Out of Your Life with Ron Meyers

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  SPEAKER_00: This is a special edition of Get the Hell Out of Your Life.
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  SPEAKER_00: We interrupt the noise, the scrolling, and the status quo because today's breaking message isn't coming from the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's coming for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a growing crisis affecting people everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men and women living far below their God-given potential.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not because they are incapable, but because they've grown comfortable surviving instead of living.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our report will identify the problem, expose what's keeping people stuck, and most importantly, offer the remedy to get and keep the hell out of your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: We go now to the studio of Ron Myers, the promoter, a voice for clarity, courage, and calling, with today's message, if not now, when.
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  Ron Meyers: One evening I'm on my couch and I had this random thought just pop in my head.
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  Ron Meyers: And it was this so are you really going to waste away and wonder what if?
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  Ron Meyers: And it took me back to a day in my life when I was full of what ifs.
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  Ron Meyers: What if it doesn't work?
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  Ron Meyers: What if it fails?
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  Ron Meyers: What if people don't like me?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I sound stupid?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I'm just dreaming?
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  Ron Meyers: A lot of us go through those what ifs, and those what ifs are actually a slow, painful death.
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  Ron Meyers: Because to me, the question isn't harmless and it's not neutral.
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  Ron Meyers: Wondering what if for too long becomes a slow and painful death.
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  Ron Meyers: Friend, I've lived that slow and painful death.
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  Ron Meyers: Breathing, functioning, smiling on the outside, but slowly disappearing on the inside.
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  Ron Meyers: I seem to be waiting for permission.
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  Ron Meyers: I wanted clarity.
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  Ron Meyers: I thought God was gonna send an angel down and do some skywriting and give me the exact directions of my life, but it never happened.
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  Ron Meyers: So I thought, what if?
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  Ron Meyers: Maybe what if?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I take a chance?
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  Ron Meyers: Maybe I need to quit waiting for someone else to tell me it's okay to dream again.
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  Ron Meyers: But here's the most important thing I've learned, and I want to share this with you today because I want to help someone out there.
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  Ron Meyers: Hell doesn't always look dramatic.
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  Ron Meyers: Sometimes it looks like comfort without purpose, routine without joy, faith without expectation.
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  Ron Meyers: So today, let's talk about getting out of that place, about dreaming again, about believing again, laughing again.
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  Ron Meyers: Some of you haven't laughed in a long time because life circumstances have beat you to a pulp.
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  Ron Meyers: You've lost faith in the church and God, your family and friends, because where were they when you needed them the most?
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  Ron Meyers: And you finally, what if I just sit here and do nothing?
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  Ron Meyers: This way I can't make any mistakes and I can't get yelled at by people.
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  Ron Meyers: But God is asking you, what if today you give yourself permission to dream again?
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  Ron Meyers: Because when Jesus is at the center of your life, you don't just survive the days, you're inspired by them.
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  Ron Meyers: And I believe with everything in me that God has a plan and you're not too late to it.
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  Ron Meyers: There is a clear and present danger of living the what if life.
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  Ron Meyers: Stagnation is more dangerous than failure.
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  Ron Meyers: What if sounds thoughtful, but it's often fear in disguise.
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  Ron Meyers: We don't drift into purpose, we drift into comfort.
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  Ron Meyers: You know it's amazing sometimes the thoughts with my conversations with Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Those are the ones that I encourage you to have.
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  Ron Meyers: You and Jesus all alone.
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  Ron Meyers: Nice little atmosphere.
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  Ron Meyers: You're sharing your heart, you're transparent, you're open, you're honest, you're asking questions, and then you pause for the silence, and you let that beautiful, still voice just speak to your heart.
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  Ron Meyers: And this is the one thing I have found out about Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: He speaks love.
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  Ron Meyers: He will inspire you.
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  Ron Meyers: The Bible says that kindness leads a man to repentance.
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  Ron Meyers: The change of your mind.
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  Ron Meyers: You change your mind and you believe that what if I just trust Jesus one more time?
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  Ron Meyers: Sounds thoughtful, but it's often fear in disguise.
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  Ron Meyers: We don't drift into purpose, we drift into comfort.
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  Ron Meyers: I remember when I was the manager of a Christian radio station, I absolutely loved it.
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  Ron Meyers: It was my most favorite job of my whole entire life.
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  Ron Meyers: But one day we had a note that the national organization was closing local stations to go to a national broadcast.
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  Ron Meyers: And basically, I was terminated.
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  Ron Meyers: I was without a job.
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  Ron Meyers: And I was tough.
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  Ron Meyers: It was tough.
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  Ron Meyers: It was it was real tough.
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  Ron Meyers: And one day in the studio that I used to broadcast uh over the radio, I said to myself, my conversation with Jesus, I don't understand this, Lord.
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  Ron Meyers: We were doing things in the community.
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  Ron Meyers: We helped people during Hurricane Katrina, we interviewed so many wonderful people.
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  Ron Meyers: What happened?
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  Ron Meyers: Did I do something wrong?
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  Ron Meyers: And I had the most profound answer from Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: It changed my whole life.
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  Ron Meyers: And he said, Well, Ron, would you have left the station on your own?
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  Ron Meyers: And of course, the answer would have been no.
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  Ron Meyers: No, why would have I left?
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  Ron Meyers: I was having fun.
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  Ron Meyers: I had a 401k, I had a medical plan.
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  Ron Meyers: And then I heard you got so wrapped up in your title.
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  Ron Meyers: You were a general manager of a radio station that thought you knew everything.
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  Ron Meyers: And I was reminded of something.
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  Ron Meyers: This is really what started getting my attention.
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  Ron Meyers: He reminded me one day, years before this incident, that I had said on the air that I love my job and they're going to have to pry my dead fingers off the microphone.
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  Ron Meyers: Well, I realized why he made me think about that.
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  Ron Meyers: That's a very prideful and arrogant statement.
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  Ron Meyers: It was as if I was telling God that, hey, I'm your child, you've got me to a place I like now.
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  Ron Meyers: Now you can just let me go on autopilot.
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  Ron Meyers: As I said earlier, we don't drift into purpose, we drift into comfort.
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  Ron Meyers: I was comfortable because I never asked the what if this changes?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I lose my health?
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  Ron Meyers: What if God changes things?
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  Ron Meyers: I had so much comfort and I thought that I'm doing everything for Jesus, so there's no way this is going to change.
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  Ron Meyers: There's no way he's going to move me somewhere else.
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  Ron Meyers: I believe that.
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  Ron Meyers: And I was wrong because God is on the move.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus is on the move, we're on the move.
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  Ron Meyers: We sometimes lose loved ones, whether it's family, friends, associates, and we think, well, how am I going to go on without them?
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  Ron Meyers: What if my life falls apart because I don't have my security blanket?
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  Ron Meyers: Friends, those are healthy thoughts, but it has to drift right into Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Speak to me, inspire me, encourage me.
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  Ron Meyers: These what ifs, they're scaring me to death.
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  Ron Meyers: And I want to learn to dream again, I want to laugh again, I want to believe again.
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  Ron Meyers: I want to finish strong in life.
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  Ron Meyers: You ever think about that, friends?
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  Ron Meyers: In life?
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  Ron Meyers: It's never how you start, it's how you finish.
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  Ron Meyers: And a lot of us, as we get older in life, and I know some of you can relate to this, we start looking over our life.
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  Ron Meyers: And we think of those what ifs.
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  Ron Meyers: And as I said earlier, if we're not willing to change, they can be a slow and painful death.
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  Ron Meyers: So I realized that he had something different.
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  Ron Meyers: And when he asked me if I would have left on my own, and I said no, I realized that one door had to close before the other one could open.
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  Ron Meyers: And friends, that day in my empty office by myself was the worst day of my life.
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  Ron Meyers: But one year later, that day was the best day of my life.
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  Ron Meyers: Why?
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  Ron Meyers: Because I answered the question, what if I totally trust God?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I put my destiny in his hands?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I quit trying to change the things in my life because I'm not doing them?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I rest in his finished works?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I actually believe grace?
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  Ron Meyers: And friends, that was the most transformative days, years of my life.
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  Ron Meyers: Because, friends, when you see grace, you can never unsee grace.
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  Ron Meyers: So today, I want to remind you that Jesus doesn't promise easy, He promises presence.
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  Ron Meyers: Daily inspiration isn't hype, it's alignment.
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  Ron Meyers: And centering my life on Jesus was as essential as me having oxygen to breathe.
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  Ron Meyers: It clarified my decisions, it softened my fear, and it restored laughter.
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  Ron Meyers: Friends, I started living again.
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  Ron Meyers: I started being happy again.
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  Ron Meyers: I was having random thoughts.
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  Ron Meyers: And soon I was back on the radio.
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  Ron Meyers: No, not by a company, but I bought equipment, produced my own show, started buying radio time around the country, and then put it into a podcast.
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  Ron Meyers: See now, friends, I have my total freedom.
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  Ron Meyers: I get to be me, not constrained by the rules and the regulations of churches, of bosses, of individuals, but Jesus and I do life together.
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  Ron Meyers: And one of the things that I heard crystal clear in those early days of termination, and this is where you fit in.
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  Ron Meyers: God would give me a platform.
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  Ron Meyers: Individuals would come on air and share how their life changed when they began to ask the question, what if I asked Jesus for help?
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  Ron Meyers: 99% of my guests never met Jesus in church.
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  Ron Meyers: They met Jesus at the end of themselves asking that question, What if I trust Jesus?
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  Ron Meyers: And friends, to this day, I believe with my whole heart, it's not an accident.
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  Ron Meyers: You're listening to this.
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  Ron Meyers: You're listening to this because God wants to replace what if I fail to what if life gets good when you trust Jesus?
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  Ron Meyers: What if there are things available to you that you can't even comprehend, you can't even think about because you haven't got out of the boat?
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  Ron Meyers: You can't walk on water if you don't get out of the boat.
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  Ron Meyers: And today is the day that I believe that Jesus is raising a group of people that will dare to believe again, dare to laugh again, dare to say, what if I totally trust Jesus?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I believe what he said, that he has a plan and a destiny for me?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I take Jesus at his word when he said, your sins are forgiven, past, present, and future?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I totally believe that I cannot lose my salvation?
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  Ron Meyers: What if I believe he will never leave or forsake me and there is no shame and condemnation in Jesus?
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  Ron Meyers: If you absolutely believed that, your whole entire life will change.
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  Ron Meyers: See, grace goes before you.
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  Ron Meyers: Grace opens the doors of opportunity that you may have to try to beat them down with your fist.
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  Ron Meyers: But grace opens the doors gently.
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  Ron Meyers: And when you walk in those doors, you know that you know that Jesus just led you into a new chapter of your life.
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  Ron Meyers: Friends, there are people hurting in this world.
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  Ron Meyers: There are people that are scared and fearful, and they want to believe what I'm saying.
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  Ron Meyers: But I will tell you this: if you don't, you will have that slow, painful death of what if, living on the islands of regrets, would have, should have, and could have.
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  Ron Meyers: Today, God is calling you to the islands of hope, opportunity, peace, and joy.
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  Ron Meyers: You know, when you have that presence of Jesus in you and you feel it and you know it, and you have a peace and you have a hope, you don't have cares, you don't have worries, you're not worried about the money in the bank account, you're not worried about anything because the one thing when you have that relationship with Jesus and you know that you know that He is for you and not against you, you never want to leave it.
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  Ron Meyers: You find that all the things that you chased in life, the things that the world has told you to go after, the things that people say, well, if you do this, you'll get something in return.
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  Ron Meyers: No, no, no.
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  Ron Meyers: It's all about resting in the finished works of Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: This is your day.
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  Ron Meyers: This is your time.
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  Ron Meyers: This is your message.
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  Ron Meyers: A body at rest tends to stay at rest.
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  Ron Meyers: A body in motion tends to stay in motion.
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  Ron Meyers: Today is the day that Jesus is uh calling the motionless into his arms so they will begin the motion of joy, of peace, of purpose, the fruits of the spirit, and the fog from their eyes will clear, they will see what they need to see, they will hear what they need to hear.
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  Ron Meyers: This is the greatest time to be alive.
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  Ron Meyers: I absolutely believe that.
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  Ron Meyers: That's why I'm giving you this message to encourage you, inspire you, and empower you that it's never too late for a new beginning.