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Can Faith REALLY Get You Through Tough Times · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: There are moments in life when everything inside you screams,
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  Speaker 1: this is impossible. You've prayed, but heaven feels silent. You've fought,
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  Speaker 1: but the walls aren't moving. You start wondering if faith
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  Speaker 1: even works. But then something happens. Maybe the situation didn't
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  Speaker 1: shift overnight, but you changed. You found strength when you
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  Speaker 1: thought you had none. You kept moving forward when quitting
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  Speaker 1: seemed like the only option, and you didn't even realize it.
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  Speaker 1: But that was faith. Faith is not just a belief.
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  Speaker 1: It's a force, a supernatural power that defies human logic.
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  Speaker 1: The kind of faith that stopped time for Joshua, raised
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  Speaker 1: the dead for Elijah, and made Peter walk on water.
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  Speaker 1: That same power is inside you right now. But here's
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  Speaker 1: the problem. Most believers never learn how to fully activate it.
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  Speaker 1: They live their entire lives settling for small prayers and
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  Speaker 1: half expectations, never stepping into the kind of bold, mountain
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  Speaker 1: moving faith that Jesus said we could have. Why because
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  Speaker 1: we've been conditioned to see faith as passive, something we
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  Speaker 1: hope for, instead of something we command. This deep Bible
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  Speaker 1: Story's video is about to change the way you see
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  Speaker 1: your faith forever. We're going to break open the secrets
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  Speaker 1: of faith, how it shifted the course of history for
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  Speaker 1: biblical heroes, and how it can shift your life. Today,
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  Speaker 1: we'll uncover why faith is more powerful than you've ever realized,
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  Speaker 1: how it works in the unseen realm, and how you
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  Speaker 1: can wield it to break chains, destroy fear, and unlock
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  Speaker 1: God's supernatural promises over your life. By the end of
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  Speaker 1: this video, we're going to pray together for a faith
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  Speaker 1: so unshakable that no attack of the enemy, no doubt,
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  Speaker 1: and no fear can steal it from you. And if
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  Speaker 1: you know someone who is struggling, someone on the verge
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  Speaker 1: of giving up, send them this video because God is
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  Speaker 1: about to do something incredible in their life. Stay with
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  Speaker 1: us because what you're about to hear could be the
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  Speaker 1: key to unlocking the breakthrough you've been praying for. Most
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  Speaker 1: people hear the words faith moves mountains and assume Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was speaking figuratively, just a poetic way of saying faith
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  Speaker 1: is powerful. But what if he wasn't exaggerating. What if
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  Speaker 1: he meant exactly what he said. Jesus told his disciples,
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  Speaker 1: if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
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  Speaker 1: you can say to this mountain move from here to there,
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  Speaker 1: and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you,
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  Speaker 1: Matthew seventeen twenty. Nothing nothing, But how many believers actually
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  Speaker 1: live as if this promise is true? How many pray
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  Speaker 1: as if their words carry the power to shift reality.
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  Speaker 1: The truth is we have been conditioned to think faith
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  Speaker 1: is passive, a quiet internal belief. But in scripture, faith
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  Speaker 1: is active. It speaks, it commands, It refuses to accept defeat.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Joshua when Israel was in battle and needed
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  Speaker 1: more time to secure victory. Joshua didn't beg God. He
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  Speaker 1: commanded the sun and moon to stand still, and they did.
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  Speaker 1: The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and
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  Speaker 1: delayed going down about a full day Joshua ten thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: Time itself paused because of a man's faith. Look at
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  Speaker 1: Elijah during a time of drought. He declared rain was
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  Speaker 1: coming before there was a single cloud in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: He prayed persistently, sending his servant to check the horizon
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  Speaker 1: seven times, until finally a tiny cloud appeared, and moments
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  Speaker 1: later a downpour came. That is what faith does. It
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  Speaker 1: moves before the miracle happens, It declares, before it sees proof,
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  Speaker 1: even Jesus himself modeled this when he cursed a fig
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  Speaker 1: tree for bearing no fruit. The disciples didn't see anything
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  Speaker 1: happen immediately, but the next day the tree was completely
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  Speaker 1: withered from the roots Mark eleven, twenty to twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't have to check if his words worked. He spoke,
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  Speaker 1: and he knew reality had shifted even before the evidence
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  Speaker 1: was visible. And then he told his disciples have faith
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  Speaker 1: in God. If anyone says to this mountain, go throw
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  Speaker 1: yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in their heart,
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  Speaker 1: but believes that what they say will happen, it will
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  Speaker 1: be done for them. Mark eleven, twenty two to twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus wasn't giving a motivational speech. He was revealing a
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  Speaker 1: law of the kingdom. Faith moves things. But here's the
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  Speaker 1: real question. If faith is this powerful, why do most
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  Speaker 1: believers struggle to see results? Why do prayers feel empty?
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  Speaker 1: Why do mountains refuse to move? The answer is simple.
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  Speaker 1: Faith is not just believing God can, it's believing God will.
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  Speaker 1: Too often we approach faith as hopeful optimism instead of
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  Speaker 1: unshakable confidence, but Hebrews eleven one tells us faith is
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  Speaker 1: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
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  Speaker 1: not seen. Faith isn't just wishful thinking. It is evidence
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  Speaker 1: of what already exists in the unseen. So how do
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  Speaker 1: we develop this kind of faith, the kind that speaks
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  Speaker 1: to mountains and expects them to obey. First faith comes
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  Speaker 1: by hearing the word Romans ten seventeen. If your faith
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  Speaker 1: feels weak, check what you are feeding it. Are you
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  Speaker 1: filling your mind with worry, doubt and negativity? Or are
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  Speaker 1: you immersing yourself in God's promises. Second faith grows through action.
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  Speaker 1: James two twenty six says faith without works is dead.
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  Speaker 1: If you believe God for a breakthrough, are you stepping
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  Speaker 1: forward in expectation or are you hesitating in fear? Third
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  Speaker 1: faith requires perseverance. When Elijah prayed for rain, he didn't
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  Speaker 1: stop when he saw nothing. He pressed in until his
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  Speaker 1: faith became reality. What is the mountain in your life
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  Speaker 1: right now? A broken relationship, a financial crisis, a sickness.
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  Speaker 1: Have you spoken to it? Or are you waiting for
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  Speaker 1: it to move on its own? Jesus gave you authority.
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  Speaker 1: He said, whatever you bind on earth will be bound
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  Speaker 1: in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be
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  Speaker 1: loosed in heaven Matthew eighteen eighteen. Your faith has the
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  Speaker 1: power to shift your circumstances, but the question is will
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  Speaker 1: you use it. Moving from the idea that faith moves mountains,
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  Speaker 1: there's something even deeper. Faith activates the supernatural. It's not
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  Speaker 1: just about overcoming obstacles, it's about stepping into a reality
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  Speaker 1: where Heaven touches earth. Every major miracle recorded in the
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  Speaker 1: Bible has one common factor. Faith. It wasn't talent, wealth, intelligence,
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  Speaker 1: or even religious rituals that unlocked the power of God.
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  Speaker 1: It was faith. The people who experienced the most extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: moves of God weren't necessarily the most righteous or educated,
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  Speaker 1: but they had one thing in common. They believed. One
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  Speaker 1: of the most powerful examples of this is the woman
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  Speaker 1: with the Issue of Blood in Luke eight forty three
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  Speaker 1: to forty eight. For twelve years, she suffered from a
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  Speaker 1: condition that made her an outcast in society. She had
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  Speaker 1: spent all she had on doctors, yet nothing worked. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: the hopelessness, the rejection, the emotional exhaustion. But then she
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  Speaker 1: hears about Jesus. Not only does she believe he can
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  Speaker 1: heal her, but she has the faith to act on it.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't even ask Jesus for help. She doesn't cry
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  Speaker 1: out or beg She simply pushes through the crowd, reaches
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  Speaker 1: out and touches the edge of his robe, and instantly
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  Speaker 1: her body is healed. What happens next is stunning. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: stops in a sea of people pressing against him. He
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  Speaker 1: feels power leave him. He turns and asks who touched me.
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  Speaker 1: The disciples, confused, tell him that many people are touching him,
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  Speaker 1: but Jesus insists some one touched me. I know that
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  Speaker 1: power has gone out from me. Luke eight forty six.
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  Speaker 1: Then the woman steps forward, trembling, knowing she has been caught.
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  Speaker 1: And here's the shocking part. Jesus doesn't say I have
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  Speaker 1: healed you. He doesn't say my power has healed you. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he looks at her and says, daughter, your faith has
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  Speaker 1: healed you. Luke eight forty eight. Think about that. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't jesus decision to heal her. It was her faith
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  Speaker 1: that pulled the miracle into reality. That means faith isn't
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  Speaker 1: just a passive belief, it's an active force that reaches
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  Speaker 1: into the supernatural and makes the impossible happen. Another incredible
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  Speaker 1: example is Peter walking on water in Matthew fourteen twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight to thirty one. Jesus is walking on the waves
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of a storm and Peter bold, reckless.
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  Speaker 1: Peter sees him and says, Lord, if it's you, command
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  Speaker 1: me to come to you on the water, and Jesus
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  Speaker 1: simply says come. Elaborate preparation, no long instructions, just one word,
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  Speaker 1: and Peter steps out of the boat. For a few
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  Speaker 1: glorious moments, Peter is walking on water, not because Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is carrying him, not because the sea has frozen beneath
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  Speaker 1: his feet, but because faith has activated the supernatural. But
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  Speaker 1: then something happens. Peter shifts his focus. He looks at
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  Speaker 1: the wind, the waves, the storm. Fear creeps in and
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  Speaker 1: instantly he begins to sink what changed. The storm was
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  Speaker 1: always there, the waves had never stopped. The only thing
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  Speaker 1: that changed was his faith. And Jesus immediately catches him
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  Speaker 1: and asks, you, of little faith, why did you doubt
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  Speaker 1: Matthew fourteen thirty one. The lesson is clear, Faith is
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  Speaker 1: what enables us to walk in the supernatural. But the
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  Speaker 1: moment we focus on circumstances instead of God. We begin
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  Speaker 1: to sink. Any believers today are like Peter. They start strong,
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  Speaker 1: stepping out in faith, believing God for big things. But
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  Speaker 1: then they look at their bank account, their medical report,
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  Speaker 1: their past failures, and suddenly fear takes over, and just
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  Speaker 1: like that, they start sinking. Not because God stop moving,
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  Speaker 1: but because they stop believing. Faith is the bridge between
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  Speaker 1: the scene and the unseen. Hebrews eleven one says, now
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  Speaker 1: faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence
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  Speaker 1: of things not seen. That means faith is not wishful thinking.
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  Speaker 1: It's tangible, it's real, and it has power. The supernatural
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  Speaker 1: doesn't respond to emotions, desperation, or logic. It responds to faith.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus himself could not do many miracles in his hometown
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  Speaker 1: of Nazareth because of their unbelief Mark six five six.
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  Speaker 1: Let that sink in. The Son of God, who healed
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  Speaker 1: the sick, raised the dead, and fed thousands with a
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  Speaker 1: few loaves, was limited not by his power but by
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  Speaker 1: their lack of faith. This proves that even though God
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  Speaker 1: is all powerful, he chooses to work through the faith
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  Speaker 1: of his people. So ask yourself, what supernatural things could
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  Speaker 1: happen in your life if you truly walked in faith.
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  Speaker 1: What if you refuse to doubt, refuse to let circumstances
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  Speaker 1: dictate your belief, and fully trusted in God's promises. What
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  Speaker 1: if you prayed not just hoping God might answer, but
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  Speaker 1: with the absolute confidence that he would. What if you
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  Speaker 1: had the kind of faith that could pull miracles out
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  Speaker 1: of heaven, the kind that doesn't wait for Jesus to
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  Speaker 1: notice you, but reaches out and touches him. This is
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  Speaker 1: not just about biblical history. It's about your life right now.
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  Speaker 1: Faith is the currency of heaven, and the more you
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  Speaker 1: invest in it, the more supernatural breakthroughs you will see.
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  Speaker 1: But most believers never fully activated because they are waiting
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  Speaker 1: for God to do something first. They don't realize that
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  Speaker 1: God is waiting on them to believe. The question is
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  Speaker 1: will you step out of the boat or will you
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  Speaker 1: stay where it's safe. Will you press through the crowd
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  Speaker 1: like the woman with the issue of blood, or will
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  Speaker 1: you hesitate afraid of what others might think. Your faith
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  Speaker 1: has more power than you realize. It can move mountains,
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  Speaker 1: it can shift realities, and when activated, it will unleash
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  Speaker 1: the supernatural in your life in ways you never imagined.
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  Speaker 1: The next section will take this even deeper as we
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  Speaker 1: uncover how faith not only activates the supernatural, but how
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  Speaker 1: it can command things into existence. Get ready because your
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  Speaker 1: faith is about to reach a whole new level. Faith
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  Speaker 1: activates the supernatural, but there is one enemy that kills
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  Speaker 1: faith before it even begins. Fear. Fear is not just
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  Speaker 1: an emotion, It is a spirit, a weapon of the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: designed to stop you from stepping into the fullness of
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  Speaker 1: God's power. The battle between faith and fear is silent
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  Speaker 1: but deadly. It takes place in your mind before it
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  Speaker 1: ever manifests in your life. And the truth is fear
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  Speaker 1: and faith cannot occupy the same space. One will always
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  Speaker 1: drive out the other. The question is which one are
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  Speaker 1: you feeding. Look at Peter, he walked on water, not
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  Speaker 1: for a second, not by accident, but by faith. As
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  Speaker 1: long as his eyes were on Jesus, he did the impossible.
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  Speaker 1: But the moment he looked at the wind and the waves,
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  Speaker 1: fear crept in and immediately he started sinking Matthew fourteen
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine to thirty. What changed. The storm was always there,
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  Speaker 1: The waves had never stopped. The only thing that changed
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  Speaker 1: was Peter's focus. The moment he allowed fear to take hold.
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  Speaker 1: His faith collapsed, and this is exactly what the enemy
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  Speaker 1: wants to do in your life. Satan doesn't have to
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  Speaker 1: physically attack you to stop you. He just has to
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  Speaker 1: plant seeds of fear. He whispers. What if it doesn't work,
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  Speaker 1: what if God doesn't answer? What if you fail? And
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  Speaker 1: if you entertain those thoughts long enough, they will take root.
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  Speaker 1: Fear is a thief. It steals your confidence, your peace,
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  Speaker 1: your willingness to step out in faith. That's why the
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  Speaker 1: Bible repeatedly tells us do not fear. In fact, variations
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  Speaker 1: of that phrase appear three hundred and sixty five times
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  Speaker 1: in Scripture, one for every day of the year. Why
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  Speaker 1: because God knows fear is the biggest thing that keeps
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  Speaker 1: us from walking in faith. Think about the Israelites. God
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  Speaker 1: had already promised them the land of Canaan. It was theirs,
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  Speaker 1: but when the spies returned from scouting the land, ten
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  Speaker 1: of them were filled with fear. We can't attack those people.
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  Speaker 1: They are stronger than we are. We seemed like grasshoppers
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  Speaker 1: in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.
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  Speaker 1: Numbers thirteen thirty one to thirty three. They saw the giants.
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  Speaker 1: They saw the fortified cities, and instead of standing in
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  Speaker 1: faith on God's promise, they allowed fear to paralyze them.
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  Speaker 1: And because of that fear, an entire generation died in
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  Speaker 1: the wilderness without ever seeing the promise fulfilled. But then
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  Speaker 1: there were two Joshuas and Caleb, who I saw the
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  Speaker 1: same giants, the same challenges, but responded differently. Do not
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  Speaker 1: be afraid of the people of the land. Their protection
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  Speaker 1: is gone, but the Lord is with us Numbers fourteen nine.
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  Speaker 1: The only difference between the ten spies who doubted and
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  Speaker 1: the two who believed was their mindset. Joshua and Caleb
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  Speaker 1: chose faith over fear, and because of that they were
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  Speaker 1: the only ones from their generation who entered the promised land.
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  Speaker 1: This same battle is happening in your life right now.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe God has called you to something bigger than yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you feel a stirring in your spirit to step
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  Speaker 1: out in faith, to start that business, to preach that message,
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  Speaker 1: to go on that mission, to trust God for a miracle.
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  Speaker 1: But fear is whispering. What if you fail, What if
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  Speaker 1: you're not good enough, what if you heard wrong? The
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  Speaker 1: moment you entertain those thoughts, fear begins to choke out
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  Speaker 1: your faith. That's why tewod Timothy one p. Seven says,
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  Speaker 1: for God has not given us a spirit of fear,
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  Speaker 1: but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.
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  Speaker 1: Fear does not come from God. It is a spirit
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  Speaker 1: an attack against your faith, and the only way to
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  Speaker 1: defeat it is to fill your mind with truth. Romans
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  Speaker 1: ten seventeen tells us that faith comes by hearing and
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  Speaker 1: hearing by the word of God. The more you immerse
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  Speaker 1: yourself in God's promises, the less room fear has to operate.
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  Speaker 1: When fear says you're not strong enough, Faith declares, I
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  Speaker 1: can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me Philippians
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  Speaker 1: four thirteen. When fear says you will fail, Faith responds,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord will make me the head and not the tail.
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  Speaker 1: I will be above and not beneath Deuteronomy twenty eight thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: When fear says, what if this is the end, Faith
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  Speaker 1: boldly proclaims, no weapon formed against me shall prosper Isaiah
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  Speaker 1: fifty four seventeen. Fear is a liar. It magnifies problems
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  Speaker 1: and minimizes God. It makes obstacles look bigger than they
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  Speaker 1: really are, and worst of all. It convinces you to
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  Speaker 1: settle for less than what God has promised. But faith
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  Speaker 1: sees beyond the natural. Faith doesn't deny reality, It just
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  Speaker 1: refuses to let reality have the final say. Faith sees
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  Speaker 1: the storm, but walks on water anyway. Faith acknowledges the giants,
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  Speaker 1: but believes God's promise is greater. Faith doesn't have all
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  Speaker 1: the answers, but it moves forward knowing that God is
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  Speaker 1: faithful even when the path is unclear. So how do
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  Speaker 1: you shift from fear to faith? It starts with your thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: Two Corinthians ten five tells us to take every thought
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  Speaker 1: cap and make it obedient to Christ. When fear rises,
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  Speaker 1: don't entertain it, speak against it, Declare God's promises out loud,
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  Speaker 1: surround yourself with people who speak life and not doubt,
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  Speaker 1: and most importantly, take action. Faith without works is dead
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  Speaker 1: James two seventeen. If God told you to step out,
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  Speaker 1: do it, even if fear is still present. Courage isn't
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  Speaker 1: the absence of fear. It's moving forward in spite of it.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, there is something in your life that fear
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  Speaker 1: is holding hostage, a dream, a calling, a breakthrough, something
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  Speaker 1: God wants to do. But the enemy is using fear
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  Speaker 1: to keep you from it. It's time to break free.
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  Speaker 1: It's time to stop letting fear control your decisions. It's
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  Speaker 1: time to choose faith, to step out of the boat,
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  Speaker 1: to walk into the promised land. Faith and fear are
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  Speaker 1: at war in your mind, but only one can win.
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  Speaker 1: Faith is the difference between prayers that move mountains and
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  Speaker 1: prayers that fall flat. Throughout Scripture, Jesus consistently link the
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  Speaker 1: power of prayer to the level of faith behind it.
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  Speaker 1: According to your faith, let it be done to you
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  Speaker 1: Matthew nine twenty nine. He didn't say according to how
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  Speaker 1: long you've been a Christian or according to how desperate
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  Speaker 1: your need is. He made it clear faith is the
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  Speaker 1: key that unlocks answers from heaven. But why do some
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  Speaker 1: people pray for years with no results, while others pray
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  Speaker 1: once and see miracles. Could it be that faith is
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  Speaker 1: more than just believing in God. Could it be that
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  Speaker 1: true faith aligns us with God's will in a way
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  Speaker 1: that ordinary belief does not. Look at the Roman centurion
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  Speaker 1: in Matthew eight five to thirteen, he wasn't even Jewish
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  Speaker 1: yet when he approached Jesus to heal his servant. His
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  Speaker 1: faith was so strong that Jesus was amazed. Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: am not worthy to have you come under my roof,
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  Speaker 1: but just say the word, and my servant will be
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  Speaker 1: healed Matthew eight eight. This man understood something most believers
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  Speaker 1: today miss. God's power is not limited by distance, time,
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  Speaker 1: or circumstances. He knew Jesus didn't have to physically touch
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  Speaker 1: his servant to heal him. All it took was a word,
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  Speaker 1: And because of that unwavering faith, Jesus said, go let
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  Speaker 1: it be done just as you believed it would. His
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  Speaker 1: servant was healed that very moment. Now compare that to
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  Speaker 1: Jesus returning to his hometown of Nazareth in Mark six
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  Speaker 1: one through six. The people there had no faith in him.
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  Speaker 1: They saw him as just a carpenter's son, not the
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  Speaker 1: son of God. And because of their unbelief, the Bible says,
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  Speaker 1: he could not do any miracles there except lay his
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  Speaker 1: hand on a few sick people and heal them Mark
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  Speaker 1: six five. The power of God was in the room,
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  Speaker 1: the healer himself was standing among them, yet nothing happened.
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  Speaker 1: Why because faith is not just believing in God's ability,
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  Speaker 1: it's expecting him to move. This explains why two people
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  Speaker 1: can pray for the same thing, yet one receives an
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  Speaker 1: answer while the other doesn't. The difference isn't that God
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  Speaker 1: favors one person over another. It's that one person aligns
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  Speaker 1: their faith with expectation, action, and trust in God's timing,
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  Speaker 1: while the other prays with doubt, hesitation, or passivity. James
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  Speaker 1: warns us about this kind of wavering faith. But when
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  Speaker 1: you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the
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  Speaker 1: one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
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  Speaker 1: blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not
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  Speaker 1: expect to receive anything from the Lord James one six
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  Speaker 1: to seven. Think about Bartimaeus, the blind man in Mark
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  Speaker 1: ten forty six to fifty two. When he heard Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was passing by, he shouted, Jesus, son of David, have
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  Speaker 1: mercy on me. The crowd told him to be quiet,
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  Speaker 1: but he cried out even louder. He refused to let
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  Speaker 1: people's opinions stop him from reaching Jesus, And when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: called him forward, Bartimaeus threw off his cloak and ran
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  Speaker 1: toward him. That detail is powerful. His cloak was a
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  Speaker 1: government issued garment for beggars proof of his blindness. Throwing
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  Speaker 1: it off meant he expected healing before he even reached Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: He was so sure of what God was about to
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  Speaker 1: do that he left behind his old identity before he
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  Speaker 1: even received his sight, and Jesus told him, go, Your
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  Speaker 1: faith has healed you. Mark ten fifty two. Faith is active,
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  Speaker 1: not passive. It doesn't just pray and wait. It prays
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  Speaker 1: and moves. The woman with the issue of blood didn't
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  Speaker 1: sit at home waiting for a miracle. She pushed through
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  Speaker 1: the crowd, reached out and touched Jesus' robe Mark five
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  Speaker 1: twenty five to thirty four. She believed so strongly that
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  Speaker 1: she didn't even need Jesus to speak to her. She
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  Speaker 1: just needed to touch his clothes, and when she did,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus felt power leave him. He turned and said, daughter,
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  Speaker 1: your faith has healed you. How many prayers go unanswered
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  Speaker 1: simply because we pray without expectation. We pray for financial breakthrough,
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  Speaker 1: but never prepare to receive it. We ask for healing
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  Speaker 1: but don't declare it over ourselves. We pray for opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: but reject them when they come in ways we don't expect.
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  Speaker 1: Faith does not hesitate, It does not second guess. It
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  Speaker 1: moves in alignment with God's promises. One of the most
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  Speaker 1: overlooked aspects of faith is timing. Just because something doesn't
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  Speaker 1: happen immediately doesn't mean God isn't working. Daniel prayed for
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  Speaker 1: twenty one days before he got an answer Daniel ten
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  Speaker 1: twelve to thirteen. The Angel told him that God heard
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  Speaker 1: his prayer the moment he prayed, but there was a
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  Speaker 1: spiritual battle delaying the response. What if Daniel had given
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  Speaker 1: up on day twenty How many believers quit right before
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  Speaker 1: their breakthrough because they don't realize faith requires endurance. He
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  Speaker 1: Bruce tells us, do not throw away your confidence. It
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  Speaker 1: will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that
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  Speaker 1: when you have done the will of God, you will
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  Speaker 1: receive what he has promised. And he Brews ten thirty
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  Speaker 1: five to thirty six. Jesus told us that some breakthroughs
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  Speaker 1: only come through prayer and fasting Mark nine twenty nine.
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  Speaker 1: This means faith is not just about what we pray,
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  Speaker 1: It's about how much we are willing to pursue God's
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  Speaker 1: presence until the answer comes. Some people pray once and
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  Speaker 1: walk away. Others wrestle with God like Jacob until the
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  Speaker 1: blessing is released. Genesis thirty two twenty six. Which one
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  Speaker 1: are you right now? There are prayers you've been waiting
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  Speaker 1: on for years. Maybe you've started doubting if they'll ever
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  Speaker 1: be answered. But I want you to ask yourself. Am
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  Speaker 1: I praying with expectation? Am I preparing for what I'm
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  Speaker 1: asking for? Am I standing firm? Or have I started
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  Speaker 1: to let doubt creep in? Because Jesus made it clear
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  Speaker 1: it will be done to you according to your faith.
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  Speaker 1: God is faithful, He has never broken a promise. But
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  Speaker 1: faith is the bridge between what God wants to do
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  Speaker 1: and what you are willing to believe for. Are you
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  Speaker 1: standing on that bridge today or are you letting doubt
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  Speaker 1: pull you back. Faith is easy when life makes sense,
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  Speaker 1: when the blessings are flowing, when prayers are being answered,
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  Speaker 1: when everything falls into place. That's when faithful feels natural.
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  Speaker 1: But real, unshakable faith is forged in fire. It is
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  Speaker 1: tested when everything around you screams that God has forgotten you.
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  Speaker 1: It is proven when you have every reason to give up,
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  Speaker 1: but you refuse to bow. That's the kind of faith.
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  Speaker 1: Shadrak Mishak and Abednego had in Daniel three sixteen to eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: when King nebuicud Nezza ordered them to bow to a
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  Speaker 1: golden statue or be thrown into a blazing furnace. Their
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  Speaker 1: response was simple, yet profound. Our God is able to
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  Speaker 1: save us, but even if he doesn't, we will not bow.
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  Speaker 1: That is faith in its purest form, not faith that
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  Speaker 1: requires proof, not faith that demands an explanation, Faith that
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  Speaker 1: stands even when the outcome is uncertain. They didn't wait
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  Speaker 1: to see if God would save them before declaring their allegiance.
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  Speaker 1: They declared their faith first. This is where many believe's struggle.
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  Speaker 1: We want guarantees, we want assurance of rescue before we
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  Speaker 1: step out. But faith doesn't work that way. Faith moves first.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Abraham. God told him to leave his home,
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  Speaker 1: his family, and everything familiar to go to a land
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  Speaker 1: that I will show you Genesis twelve one. God didn't
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  Speaker 1: hand him a map, He didn't tell him exactly where
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  Speaker 1: he was going. He simply said go, and Abraham went.
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  Speaker 1: That's faith moving before you see the full picture, trusting
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  Speaker 1: before you understand, walking forward even when the destination is unclear.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph experienced the same test God gave him dreams of leadership,
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  Speaker 1: but instead of immediate promotion, he was sold into slavery,
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  Speaker 1: falsely accused, and thrown into prison Genesis thirty seven to
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  Speaker 1: fifty For thirteen years. His life looked like the opposite
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  Speaker 1: of God's promise? Would you still trust God after thirteen
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  Speaker 1: years of unanswered prayers? Most people give up after a
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  Speaker 1: few months, but Joseph didn't. He held unto faith even
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  Speaker 1: in the fire, and in the end God raised him
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  Speaker 1: up at the right time. Faith is believing when there's
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  Speaker 1: no visible reason to believe. And then there's Job, a
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  Speaker 1: man who lost everything, his children, his wealth, his health,
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  Speaker 1: and yet in his lowest moment he declared, though he
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  Speaker 1: slay me, yet will I trust him? Job thirteen fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: That is the kind of faith that terrifies the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: faith that cannot be shaken even when the fire gets hotter.
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  Speaker 1: What about you? What happens when God is silent, When
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  Speaker 1: the healing doesn't come immediately, when the financial breakthrough is delayed,
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  Speaker 1: when the door you prayed for remain closed? Do you
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  Speaker 1: still trust him or do you start questioning his goodness?
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  Speaker 1: Faith in the fire is what separates casual believers from
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  Speaker 1: true warriors. It's what makes the enemy back down, because
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  Speaker 1: he knows a believer who cannot be shaken is a
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  Speaker 1: believer he cannot control. Hebrews eleven, often called the Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Faith, lists heroes who walked by faith, but verse
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  Speaker 1: thirteen says something profound. All these people were still living
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  Speaker 1: by faith when they died. They did not receive the
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  Speaker 1: things promised. They only saw them and welcomed them from
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  Speaker 1: a distance. Some of the greatest acts of faith were
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  Speaker 1: not rewarded in this lifetime. Does that shake you because
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  Speaker 1: it should. Faith isn't just about getting what you want.
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  Speaker 1: It's about trusting God no matter the outcome. Look back
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  Speaker 1: at Shadrak, Mishak, and Abednego. They were thrown into the fire.
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  Speaker 1: God didn't stopped them from being thrown in. Many believers
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  Speaker 1: would have given up the moment they were bound and
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  Speaker 1: led to the furnace. If God was really with us,
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  Speaker 1: he would have stopped this. But God's plan wasn't to
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  Speaker 1: keep them out of the fire. His plan was to
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  Speaker 1: show up inside it. When the king looked into the flames,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't see three men burning, He saw four men walking.
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  Speaker 1: The fire didn't consume them, it set them free from
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  Speaker 1: their chains. They went in bound, but they walked around unshackled.
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  Speaker 1: This is what God does when you trust him in
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  Speaker 1: the fire. He doesn't always remove the trial, but he
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  Speaker 1: transforms you inside it. And when they came out, not
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  Speaker 1: a single hair on their head was burned, not even
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  Speaker 1: the smell of smoke was on them Daniel three twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Some of you are afraid of the fire, but God
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  Speaker 1: is saying, trust me. When you come out of this,
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  Speaker 1: no trace of what tried to destroy you will rim.
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  Speaker 1: Faith in the fire is what makes the enemies attax useless.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to break you, but instead God uses it
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  Speaker 1: to refine you. The fire is not your enemy, it's
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  Speaker 1: your testimony in the making. The very thing meant to
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  Speaker 1: destroy you is the thing that will reveal God's presence
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  Speaker 1: in your life. So what do you do when your
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  Speaker 1: faith is being tested? You stand. You declare that God
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  Speaker 1: is faithful, even if you don't see the answer yet.
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  Speaker 1: You refuse to bow to doubt, fear, or compromise, because
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  Speaker 1: faith that stands in the fire is the faith that
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  Speaker 1: walks out in victory. Faith is not just a feeling,
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  Speaker 1: a belief, or a mindset. It is an action many
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  Speaker 1: people claim to have faith, but their lives show no
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  Speaker 1: evidence of it. James two seventeen makes it painfully clear.
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  Speaker 1: Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action,
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  Speaker 1: is dead. Dead. Faith is useless. It doesn't move mountains,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't heal the sick, it doesn't change lives. It
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  Speaker 1: just sits there, lifeless, accomplishing nothing. The question is are
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  Speaker 1: you living in dead faith or are you walking in
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  Speaker 1: faith that produces results. Look at Abraham. God told him
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  Speaker 1: to leave his country, his people, and everything he knew
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  Speaker 1: to go to a place God would show him Genesis
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  Speaker 1: twelve one. Abraham could have said I believe God has
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  Speaker 1: a good plan for me and stayed where he was.
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  Speaker 1: But real faith moves. Abraham packed up everything and went.
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  Speaker 1: He stepped out before he had all the details. That's
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  Speaker 1: faith in action, faith that is willing to move before
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  Speaker 1: all the answers are revealed. Peter had a similar moment
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus called him to step out of the boat
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  Speaker 1: and walk on water Matthew fourteen twenty nine. Imagine if
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  Speaker 1: Peter had said, Lord, I believe I can walk on water,
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  Speaker 1: but I'll stay in the boat just in case. That
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't have been faith it would have been fear disguised
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  Speaker 1: as wisdom. Faith requires movement, It requires a step, and
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  Speaker 1: Peter stepped out. As long as his eyes were on Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: he walked on water. But the moment he let fear
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  Speaker 1: take over, he started sinking. This is what happens when
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  Speaker 1: we hesitate in our faith. Hesitation is the enemy of miracles.
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  Speaker 1: The woman with the issue of blood in Mark five
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  Speaker 1: twenty five to thirty four had faith, but her faith
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just a belief. It was an action. She pressed
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  Speaker 1: through the crowd, despite her weakness, despite the law that
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  Speaker 1: said she was unclean, despite the risk of being punished.
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  Speaker 1: She didn't wait for Jesus to notice her. She reached
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  Speaker 1: out and touched his garment. And what did Jesus say,
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  Speaker 1: Your faith has made you whole. It wasn't just faith
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  Speaker 1: that he could heal her. It was faith that made
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  Speaker 1: her move. Faith always requires action. Noah built the ark
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  Speaker 1: before the rain came Genesis six fourteen. The walls of
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  Speaker 1: Jericho only fell after Israel marched around them for seven days.
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  Speaker 1: Joshua six three to five. The blind man only received
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  Speaker 1: his sight after he obeyed Jesus and washed in the
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  Speaker 1: pool of Siloam John nine seven. The miracle always comes
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  Speaker 1: after the step of faith. Many people are waiting for
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  Speaker 1: God to move, but God is waiting for them to act.
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  Speaker 1: The problem is that fear, doubt, and laziness often paralyze believers.
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  Speaker 1: Many say I'm waiting on God, when in reality God
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  Speaker 1: is waiting on them. They pray for opportunities, but when
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity comes they hesitate. They ask for direction, but
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  Speaker 1: when God speaks, they delay in obedience. They dream of
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  Speaker 1: big things but refuse to take small steps. They want
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  Speaker 1: the reward of faith without the risk of faith. But
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews eleven six says, without faith, it is impossible to
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  Speaker 1: please God. Faith pleases God, but faith that moves activates
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  Speaker 1: his power. Think about the parable of the talents. In
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  Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five, fourteen to thirty. The Master gave three
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  Speaker 1: servants different amounts of money to invest. Two of them
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  Speaker 1: took action, multiplied what they were given, and were rewarded.
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  Speaker 1: But one servant buried his talent, afraid to take a risk.
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  Speaker 1: And what did the Master say, you, wicked and lazy servant.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five twenty six. God is not pleased with
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  Speaker 1: faith that sits still he wants faith that moves, faith
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  Speaker 1: that invests, faith steps out. So the question is what
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  Speaker 1: step of faith do you need to take right now?
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  Speaker 1: Have you been praying for a new job, but you
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  Speaker 1: haven't applied anywhere. Have you been asking for financial breakthrough
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  Speaker 1: but you refuse to budget tithe or be a good steward.
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  Speaker 1: Are you believing for healing but still speaking doubt over
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  Speaker 1: your body? Are you praying for a restored relationship but
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  Speaker 1: pride is keeping you from reaching out. Faith is not passive,
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  Speaker 1: it is active. If you believe God is calling you
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  Speaker 1: to do something, start moving. James one twenty two warns
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  Speaker 1: us do not merely listen to the word and so
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  Speaker 1: deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Many Christians deceive themselves
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  Speaker 1: into thinking faith is just knowledge. Knowing scripture is not faith.
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  Speaker 1: Quoting scripture is not faith. Faith is only faith when
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  Speaker 1: it is put into action. Now, faith does not mean
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  Speaker 1: reckless decisions. It does not mean acting without wisdom or
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  Speaker 1: godly counsel. But it does mean obeying when God speaks.
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  Speaker 1: It means trusting him enough to step out even when
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense. Faith means saying yes before you
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  Speaker 1: see the whole picture. Before the provision is in your hands,
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  Speaker 1: before the doors are wide open. Faith means stepping forward
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  Speaker 1: when others hold back. What area of your life has
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  Speaker 1: God been speaking to you about? Where has He been
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  Speaker 1: nudging you to take a step of faith. Maybe it's
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  Speaker 1: starting the business, applying for the job, forgiving that person,
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  Speaker 1: joining that ministry, writing the book, or moving to that
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  Speaker 1: new place. Maybe it's simply trusting him fully in an
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  Speaker 1: area you've been holding back. This is your moment. Faith
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  Speaker 1: without action is dead. So take the step, move forward.
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  Speaker 1: Trust that when you step out, God will meet you there.
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  Speaker 1: Because the moment faith moves, Heaven responds. Faith is not
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  Speaker 1: limited by time, logic, or human understanding. It operates in
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  Speaker 1: a realm where nothing is ever truly lost and no
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  Speaker 1: situation is ever beyond redemption. The world tells us that
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  Speaker 1: some things are simply too late, missed opportunities, broken relationships,
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  Speaker 1: irreversible mistakes. But Jesus tells a different story. He stands
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  Speaker 1: outside of time, and he is never in a hurry
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  Speaker 1: because he is never late. Faith is the key that
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  Speaker 1: unlocks the impossible, even when all hope seems gone. Think
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  Speaker 1: about Lazarus in John eleven, Mary and Martha had sent
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  Speaker 1: word to Jesus that their brother was sick. They expected
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  Speaker 1: him to come immediately. After all, they had seen him
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  Speaker 1: heal others. Why wouldn't he rush to heal a close friend.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus delayed, not for an hour, not for a day,
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  Speaker 1: for four days. By the time he arrived, Lazarus was
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  Speaker 1: not only dead, but buried. The morning had already begun.
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  Speaker 1: It was over, or so they thought. Martha met Jesus
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  Speaker 1: with faith, but a faith with limits. She said, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: if you had been here, my brother would not have
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  Speaker 1: died John eleven twenty one. She believed Jesus had power,
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  Speaker 1: but only within the boundaries of time. Jesus looked at
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  Speaker 1: her and gave her a truth that should shake us
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  Speaker 1: to our core. I am the resurrection and the Life.
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  Speaker 1: He was not bound by life or death, by time
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  Speaker 1: or decay. He asked her, Do you believe this? John
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  Speaker 1: eleven twenty five to twenty six. Martha had a choice,
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  Speaker 1: believe that Jesus could still move or settle into grief
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  Speaker 1: and loss. He then approached the tomb, and in John
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  Speaker 1: eleven forty, he said something that should echo in our
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  Speaker 1: hearts forever. Did I not tell you that if you believe,
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  Speaker 1: you will see the glory of God. Moments later, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: called Lazarus forth, and the man who had been dead
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  Speaker 1: for four days walked out of his grave. What in
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  Speaker 1: your life looks dead? What dream, promise, relationship or situation
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  Speaker 1: have you given up on because it seems too far gone?
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  Speaker 1: Faith says it's not over. Faith stands in front of
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  Speaker 1: a dead situation and says, God, I still believe. Abraham
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  Speaker 1: and Sarah had a similar moment. God had promised them
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  Speaker 1: a son, but decades passed. By the time Sarah finally conceived.
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  Speaker 1: She was ninety years old. The Bible says her womb
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  Speaker 1: was as good as dead romans for nineteen yet God
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  Speaker 1: still fulfilled his promise. Faith doesn't ask how. Faith just believes. Jyrs.
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  Speaker 1: A synagogue leader came to Jesus pleading for him to
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  Speaker 1: heal his dying daughter Ma five twenty one to forty three.
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  Speaker 1: But on the way news came she was dead. Everyone
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  Speaker 1: told him not to bother Jesus any more, but Jesus
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  Speaker 1: turned to him and said, do not be afraid, only
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  Speaker 1: believe Mark five thirty six. He didn't say let's go
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  Speaker 1: see what we can do. He said believe. When they
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  Speaker 1: arrived at the house, people were already mourning, but Jesus
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  Speaker 1: told them she was only sleeping. They laughed at him.
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  Speaker 1: Some people will laugh at your faith. Believe anyway. Moments later,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus took the girl's hand and said, little girl, arise,
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  Speaker 1: and she did. What about the woman with the issue
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  Speaker 1: of blood mark five twenty five to thirty four. She
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  Speaker 1: had been bleeding for twelve years, She had spent all
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  Speaker 1: her money on doctors and nothing worked. How many of
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  Speaker 1: us would have given up after that long, But she
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  Speaker 1: heard about Jesus and still believed. She pushed through the crowd,
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  Speaker 1: reached out and touched the hem of his garment. Immediately,
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  Speaker 1: she was healed. Faith is not bound by time. It
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter how long something has been broken. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter how long you've been struggling. It doesn't matter if
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  Speaker 1: the world has written off your situation as hopeless. God
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  Speaker 1: specializes in impossible turnarounds. The enemy wants to convince you
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  Speaker 1: that your case is closed, that it's too late for
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  Speaker 1: your marriage, that your financial situation is beyond saving, that
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  Speaker 1: your health can't be restored, that your child will never
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  Speaker 1: come back to God, that your best days are behind you,
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus is standing at the tomb of your situation, saying,
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  Speaker 1: do you believe? The Bible says, is anything too hard
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord Genesis eighteen fourteen. The answer is, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't too hard for Lazarus, it wasn't too hard for Sarah,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't too hard for Gyrus's daughter, It wasn't too
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  Speaker 1: hard for the woman with the issue of blood, And
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  Speaker 1: it's not too hard for you. What situation have you
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  Speaker 1: given up on. Maybe you've been praying for a long
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  Speaker 1: time and nothing has changed. Maybe every sign in the
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  Speaker 1: natural tells you it's over. But the truth is greater
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  Speaker 1: than the facts. The facts said Lazarus was dead. The
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  Speaker 1: truth was Jesus is the resurrection. The facts said Sarah
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  Speaker 1: was too old. The truth was God had already spoken.
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  Speaker 1: The fact said Gyrus's daughter was gone. The truth was
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was still coming. God is asking you today, do
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  Speaker 1: you believe? Will you believe even when it looks hopeless?
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  Speaker 1: Will you stand on his promises when the world says
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  Speaker 1: it's over, Faith reverses the impossible. Right now, make the
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  Speaker 1: decision to believe again. Don't let tie doubt or disappointment.
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  Speaker 1: Rob you of your miracle, stand in front of your
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  Speaker 1: situation and say, God, I believe you can still turn
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  Speaker 1: this around. Because when faith speaks, heaven moves. Faith is
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  Speaker 1: not just for the good times. True faith is tested
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  Speaker 1: in the fire, refined through trials, and proven when everything
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  Speaker 1: around us is falling apart. Jesus didn't sugarcoat what was coming.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't promise an easy road. In Luke eighteen eight,
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  Speaker 1: he asked one of the most haunting questions in all
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  Speaker 1: of scripture, When the Son of Man comes, will he
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  Speaker 1: find faith on the earth? That question should shake us.
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  Speaker 1: It should make us pause and ask ourselves, is my
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  Speaker 1: faith strong enough to endure what's coming. The Bible warns
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  Speaker 1: repeatedly that in the last days faith will be under
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  Speaker 1: attack like never before. Matthew twenty four ten through twelve
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  Speaker 1: says at that time many will turn away from the
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  Speaker 1: faith and will betray and hate each other because of
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  Speaker 1: the increase of wickedness. The love of most will grow cold,
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  Speaker 1: the love of most, not some, not a few. Most.
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  Speaker 1: That means faith will be tested so severely that the
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  Speaker 1: majority will fall away. The question is will you be
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  Speaker 1: one of them? What kind of faith will be required
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  Speaker 1: to stand in the last days. It won't be the
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  Speaker 1: kind of faith that only works when life is easy.
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  Speaker 1: It won't be the kind of faith that depends on feelings, emotions,
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  Speaker 1: or external circumstances. It won't be the kind of faith
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  Speaker 1: that crumbles at the first sign of trouble. End time.
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  Speaker 1: Faith must be unshakable. It must be deeply rooted, unmovable,
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  Speaker 1: and prepared to stand even when the whole world turns
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  Speaker 1: against it. Think about what's happening in the world today.
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  Speaker 1: False teachings are everywhere. Deception is spreading rapidly. Society is
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  Speaker 1: normalizing sin, mocking righteousness, and calling good evil and evil
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  Speaker 1: good Isaiah five twenty Persecution against Christians is increasing, and
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  Speaker 1: in some parts of the world, standing for Jesus can
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  Speaker 1: cost you your life. How will your faith survive if
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  Speaker 1: it's not built on an unshakable foundation. In the Parable
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  Speaker 1: of the Wise and Foolish Builders Matthew seven twenty four
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  Speaker 1: to twenty seven, Jesus made it clear storms are coming.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't say if the storm comes, He said when
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  Speaker 1: the storm comes, the only ones who will stand are
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  Speaker 1: those who have built their lives on the rock, the
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  Speaker 1: solid foundation of God's word, the foolish ones. Those who
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  Speaker 1: built on sand will be swept away. The time to
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  Speaker 1: build your foundation is now, before the storm hits. Faith
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  Speaker 1: is not built in a crisis. It's revealed in a Chris.
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  Speaker 1: That means if your faith is weak now, it won't
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  Speaker 1: suddenly become strong when persecution comes. If you're struggling to
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  Speaker 1: trust God, now, how will you stand when trusting him
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  Speaker 1: could cost you everything? Jesus warned that you will be
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  Speaker 1: hated by all nations because of me Matthew twenty four nine.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't say you might be hated, he said you will.
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  Speaker 1: He also said many would fall away when persecution comes.
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  Speaker 1: That's why we must prepare our faith. Now. How do
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  Speaker 1: you build a faith that can withstand anything? The answer
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  Speaker 1: is in Romans ten seventeen. Faith comes by hearing and
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  Speaker 1: hearing by the word of God. That means faith is
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  Speaker 1: not an emotion. It's not something that just happens. Faith
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  Speaker 1: must be built, It must be fed, It must be
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  Speaker 1: strengthened daily. A body builder doesn't wake up one day strong.
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  Speaker 1: He trains, he lifts, he eats the right things. Faith
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  Speaker 1: works the same way. What are you feeding your faith?
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  Speaker 1: Are you filling your mind with the word of God?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you letting the voices of the world dictate
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  Speaker 1: what you believe? Are you surrounding yourself with strong believers,
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  Speaker 1: or are you letting doubt and fear creep in through
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  Speaker 1: toxic influences. Faith is like a muscle. What you feed
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  Speaker 1: will grow, and what you starve will die. The early
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  Speaker 1: Church had faith for persecution Enacts five forty one. After
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  Speaker 1: being beaten for preaching about Jesus, the apostles rejoiced that
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  Speaker 1: they were counted worthy to suffer for his name. Let
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  Speaker 1: that sink in. They weren't complaining, they weren't questioning God.
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  Speaker 1: They rejoiced. That's the kind of faith that will stand
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  Speaker 1: in the last days, the faith that says, no matter
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  Speaker 1: what happens, I will not I will not break, and
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  Speaker 1: I will not turn away from my God. We see
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  Speaker 1: this kind of faith in Daniel three, when Shadrak, Mishak,
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  Speaker 1: and Abednego were faced with a life or death choice
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  Speaker 1: bow to the king's idol or be thrown into the fire.
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  Speaker 1: Their response, the God we serve is able to deliver us,
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  Speaker 1: but even if he does not, we will not bow.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel three, seventeen to eighteen. That is end time faith,
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  Speaker 1: the kind of faith that doesn't depend on the outcome,
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  Speaker 1: but on who God is. What about you? Will you
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  Speaker 1: still stand when the pressure comes? Will you hold onto
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  Speaker 1: your faith when the world mocks you, when laws go
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  Speaker 1: against your beliefs, when your faith costs you friends, jobs,
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  Speaker 1: or even freedom. Jesus is asking will I find faith
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  Speaker 1: when I return? In Hebrews ten thirty eight, God says,
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  Speaker 1: my righteous one will by faith, and if he shrinks back,
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  Speaker 1: I will not be pleased with him. Shrinking back is
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  Speaker 1: not an option. Faith is the only way forward. If
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  Speaker 1: you want to have faith that endures, you must start
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  Speaker 1: preparing now. Pray daily, Read the Word like your life
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  Speaker 1: depends on it, because it does. Surround yourself with people
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  Speaker 1: who strengthen your faith, not weaken it. Fast seek God
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  Speaker 1: and build your foundation on Christ, not on emotions. The
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  Speaker 1: world is getting darker, but faith shines brightest in the
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  Speaker 1: darkest places. Will your faith survive what's coming? The choice
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  Speaker 1: is yours. Faith is not just a feeling. It is
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  Speaker 1: not just an idea or a fleeting moment of belief
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  Speaker 1: when things are going well. Faith is a decision, a choice,
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  Speaker 1: a commitment to trust God even when everything in your
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  Speaker 1: life is screaming at you to give up. Faith is
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  Speaker 1: the substance of things, hope for the evidence of things
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  Speaker 1: not seen Hebrews eleven to one. That means faith is
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  Speaker 1: not based on what you can touch, see, or even understand.
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  Speaker 1: It is based on the unshakable truth that God is
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  Speaker 1: who he says he is, and he will do what
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  Speaker 1: his promise. But the question is will you choose faith
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  Speaker 1: or fear. We have spent this entire journey uncovering the
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  Speaker 1: power of faith, how it moves mountains, how it activates
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  Speaker 1: the supernatural, how it reverses impossible situations. But none of
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  Speaker 1: that matters if you do not make the decision to
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  Speaker 1: walk in faith. Faith and fear cannot occupy the same space.
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  Speaker 1: One will always overpower the other. And right now the
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  Speaker 1: enemy is working over time to plant fear in your heart,
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  Speaker 1: to make you doubt, to make you waver. But God
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  Speaker 1: is calling you to something greater. He is calling you
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  Speaker 1: to stand. Think about the heroes of faith in the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Abraham believed God even when he had no proof. When
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  Speaker 1: God told him he would be the father of many nations.
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  Speaker 1: Abraham was an old man and his wife Sarah was barren.
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  Speaker 1: Everything in the natural world said it was impossible, but
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  Speaker 1: Romans four twenty to twenty one tells us he did
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  Speaker 1: not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but
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  Speaker 1: was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
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  Speaker 1: being fully persuaded that God had power to do what
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  Speaker 1: he had promised. Are you fully persuaded or are you
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  Speaker 1: still holding on to doubt. Moses chose faith over fear
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  Speaker 1: when he stood before the Red Sea, with the entire
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  Speaker 1: nation of Israel behind him and Pharaoh's army closing in.
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  Speaker 1: There was no logical way out, but God told him,
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  Speaker 1: raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the
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  Speaker 1: sea to divide the water Exodus fourteen sixteen. That made
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  Speaker 1: no sense in the natural but Moses obeyed in faith,
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  Speaker 1: and the waters parted. Could it be that God is
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  Speaker 1: asking you to take a step of faith before you
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  Speaker 1: see the miracle. David chose faith over fear when he
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  Speaker 1: stood before Goliath. An entire army of Israelite warriors was
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  Speaker 1: too afraid to fight, but David, a young shepherd boy,
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  Speaker 1: stepped forward. Why because he had faith in God's power,
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  Speaker 1: not in his own strength. You come against me with
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  Speaker 1: sword and spear and javelin, But I come against you
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord Almighty for Samuel seventeen
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  Speaker 1: forty five, David understood something most people miss. Faith is
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  Speaker 1: not about the size of the battle. It's about the
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  Speaker 1: size of your God. Right now, you might be facing
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  Speaker 1: a battle that looks too big, a situation that seems impossible.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe Fear has been whispering to you, telling you that
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  Speaker 1: God won't come through, that your prayers don't matter, that
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  Speaker 1: you're too broken, too late, too far gone. But God
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  Speaker 1: is asking you to trust him. He is asking you
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  Speaker 1: the same question he asked his disciples during the storm.
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  Speaker 1: Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?
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  Speaker 1: Mark four forty. The truth is faith is a daily choice.
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  Speaker 1: It is not just something you choose once and then
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  Speaker 1: never struggle with again. Every morning when you wake up,
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  Speaker 1: you have a choice to believe what God says, or
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  Speaker 1: to believe what Fear says. To trust in his promises,
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  Speaker 1: or to trust in your emotions, to stand firm or
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  Speaker 1: to waver. James one six to eight warns us, but
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  Speaker 1: when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because
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  Speaker 1: the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
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  Speaker 1: blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not
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  Speaker 1: expect to receive anything from the Lord. So what will
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  Speaker 1: you choose. Will you be like Peter, stepping out onto
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  Speaker 1: the water, keeping your eyes on Jesus even when the
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  Speaker 1: waves crash around you, Or will you sink because you
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  Speaker 1: let fear take over. Will you be like Abraham, believing
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  Speaker 1: even when it looks impossible, or will you waver in unbelief?
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  Speaker 1: This is your moment right now. God is calling you higher.
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  Speaker 1: He is calling you to walk by faith and not
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  Speaker 1: by sight Tewod Corinthians five seven. To believe for the impossible,
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  Speaker 1: to pray bold prayers, to stand firm even when the
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  Speaker 1: world is shaking. Because faith is not just about receiving miracles.
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  Speaker 1: It's about knowing that even if you don't see the
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  Speaker 1: miracle right away, God is still in control. So let's pray. Father,
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  Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, I come before you right now,
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  Speaker 1: asking for unshakable faith, the kind of faith that moves mountains,
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  Speaker 1: the kind of faith that stands in the fire, the
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  Speaker 1: kind of faith that refuses to waver no matter what
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  Speaker 1: storms come. Lord, I reject fear, I reject doubt, I
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  Speaker 1: reject every lie of the enemy that says you won't
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  Speaker 1: come through. I choose to believe that you are who
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  Speaker 1: you say you are, that you will do what you
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  Speaker 1: have promised, and that my faith in you is greater
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  Speaker 1: than anything I see in the natural. Strengthen me, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: teach me to walk in faith daily. Let my faith
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  Speaker 1: be so strong that no attack of the enemy can
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  Speaker 1: steal it. And use my faith, Lord, to bring glory
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  Speaker 1: to your name in Jesus Mighty name. Amen, this is
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  Speaker 1: just the beginning. Keep feeding your faith, stay in the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Surround yourself with people who will challenge you to believe bigger,
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  Speaker 1: trust deeper, and walk bolder, and never forget. Faith is
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  Speaker 1: not a feeling. It is a choice, and today you
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  Speaker 1: have chosen to walk by faith. Stay strong, stay bold,
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  Speaker 1: stay unshakable, stay blessed.