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Day 5 Stepping Forward—Strength & Courage with God’s Presence · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: The morning, Up morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, Facebook, good morning, Twitch, good morning, and YouTube
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  Speaker 1: and Keith. We are currently live on TikTok as well.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna be going. We're day five, y'all in this
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  Speaker 1: thirty one day journey. We are day five on this
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  Speaker 1: thirty one day journey. If you have not grabbed your
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  Speaker 1: in grabbing your copy so that you can follow along. Y'all,
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  Speaker 1: we are day five. We're day five on this thirty
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  Speaker 1: one day journey. Today is courage and Strength. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: turn this music down now. I like to play music
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  Speaker 1: in the background, but YouTube sometimes don't like to have
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  Speaker 1: the music playing, so I'd rather just turn it down low.
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  Speaker 1: But I can only hear it than to play it
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  Speaker 1: and it get muted and then people are not able
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  Speaker 1: to hear what we are saying. So y'all, today again
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  Speaker 1: we are coming out of day five and the topic
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  Speaker 1: of our discussion is gonna be courage and strength. But
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  Speaker 1: before I get started, y'all know, I always like to
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  Speaker 1: start off by going into prayer, So I'm gonna say
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  Speaker 1: a prayer and then we're gonna dive on in. If
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  Speaker 1: other people that may be interested in tuning in may
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  Speaker 1: be able to tune in to get what we are
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  Speaker 1: sharing on today. So if you would please tap that screen,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't mind sharing, share it out in your
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  Speaker 1: circle of influence. You never know what the next person
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  Speaker 1: may be in need of. But I'm gonna pray before
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  Speaker 1: I get started on this morning, Father God, in that
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  Speaker 1: am or Jesus Lord, I thank you for yet another
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  Speaker 1: opportunity that I can come before you, Lord God Father,
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  Speaker 1: ask him that you would just be with us on today.
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, allow your word to come forth. Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: Allow that that you have placed on the inside of
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  Speaker 1: us to come forth in today, Lord God. As we
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  Speaker 1: go out into this world, Lord, allow us to be
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  Speaker 1: a beacon a light to someone that someone may see
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  Speaker 1: you and us, Lord God as we move around this world,
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  Speaker 1: because your word tells us that we have to be
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  Speaker 1: of this world, but not in this world. So Father,
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  Speaker 1: we thank you right now. We have to be in
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  Speaker 1: this world, but not of this world. So Father, we
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  Speaker 1: thank you right now for just allowing us to go forth.
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  Speaker 1: For God and Father, I send up a special prayer
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  Speaker 1: on today, Father, asking that you will bring Angel home safely.
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  Speaker 1: Lord God. Father. I don't know what happened to where
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  Speaker 1: Angel went. She wandered our floyd. God, but Father, we
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  Speaker 1: asking that you will shield and protect our animal, our dog,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, and bring her home to us. Lord God.
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  Speaker 1: And these things are asking your son Jesus name, I
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  Speaker 1: pray Amen. Amen. Well, y'all, I poured a baby ran
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  Speaker 1: off last night in the midst of all these fireworks.
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  Speaker 1: I took her out to use the party and everybody
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  Speaker 1: was out shooting fireworks, and I guess she got scared
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  Speaker 1: and she ran off. I've been up this morning looking
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  Speaker 1: for still have not found her. So we're trusting and
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  Speaker 1: believing that God would direct her back home. The dog
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  Speaker 1: ye angels would be with her and would bring her
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  Speaker 1: own back. Then this direction that she be lived back
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  Speaker 1: home in the name of Jesus, y'all. Today we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be coming out of Joshua. And like always, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: I got my notes prepared and I'm ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go with the word.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you God, it's truly good. And I thank Him.
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  Speaker 1: I thank him, I thank him, I thank him, I
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  Speaker 1: thank him. Our stricture today is coming from Joshua one
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  Speaker 1: and nine and the new International version. It says, I
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  Speaker 1: have not commanded you be strong and courageous. Do not
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  Speaker 1: be afraid. Do not be discouraged. For the Lord your
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  Speaker 1: God will be with you wherever you go. Again, I say,
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  Speaker 1: have I not commanded you be strong and courageous. Do
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid. Do not be discouraged, for the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God will be with you wherever you go. So
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  Speaker 1: this scripture comes about after the death of Moses. Joshua
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  Speaker 1: was chosen to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.
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  Speaker 1: He faced a daunting task giants in the land forfeited
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  Speaker 1: cities and responsibility of God. In a nation that often
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  Speaker 1: doubted and struggle. Joshua must have felt fear and uncertainty.
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  Speaker 1: But God spoke to him directly, not once, but three times,
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  Speaker 1: commanded him to be strong and courageous. God promised that
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  Speaker 1: promised that Joshua would not have to face any challenges alone,
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord himself would go with him, making him
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  Speaker 1: equal to the task. We have to understand this, that
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  Speaker 1: God command is paired with his presence with Joshua. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just he told He told him to try harder
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  Speaker 1: or be brave. God commanded him to be strong and
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  Speaker 1: courageous coming to and it comes with the promise God
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  Speaker 1: unended at present his strength, his strength and courage. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't about his ability, but it was about him trusting
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  Speaker 1: and believing God. In scripture, it says in the scripture
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  Speaker 1: it said, do not be afraid, do not be discouraged,
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord your God will be with you wherever
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  Speaker 1: you go. Y'all. Fear and discouragement is normal, but it
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  Speaker 1: does not change God acknowledging Joshua's fear and discouragement. These
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  Speaker 1: feelings are real, y'all, but they are not meant to
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  Speaker 1: control or define you. Even though they come, we have
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  Speaker 1: to know that He's already told us that he didn't
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  Speaker 1: give us that spirit, so that means that we can
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  Speaker 1: overcome them, that we can we can move past them. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: we have to offer our faith over fear, courage over
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  Speaker 1: defeat because God promises that. He says, do not fear,
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  Speaker 1: for I am with you, I will strengthen you, I
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  Speaker 1: will help you. He reminds us that in Isaiah, for
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  Speaker 1: say courage and strength. It grows as we trust and
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  Speaker 1: act as Joshua did, as we step out in faith,
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  Speaker 1: as we believe, as we trust that we can do
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  Speaker 1: some of these things. Yeah, we may follow, we may not.
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  Speaker 1: We may not conquer everything that we set out to do,
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  Speaker 1: but that does not mean that we have to be
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  Speaker 1: afraid of trying. We'll never know what we can do
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  Speaker 1: if we don't try. You know, nervousness may come. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna come, But that does not mean that you're gonna fail.
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  Speaker 1: It just means that we need to trust him even more.
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  Speaker 1: When we trust God and step forward, our faith leads
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  Speaker 1: to action even when we don't see the full picture.
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  Speaker 1: God honors the steps that we take in strength, and
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  Speaker 1: it helps us to go to the next level. If
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  Speaker 1: we read Philippians four and thirteen, it says I can
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  Speaker 1: do all things through price, that strengthen me. He told
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  Speaker 1: us that he will be with us, He will not
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  Speaker 1: forsake us. So know that He's gonna be right there
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  Speaker 1: with us no matter what we go through, no matter
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  Speaker 1: what comes at us, no matter what we face. But
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  Speaker 1: we got to learn to speak God's promise over fears
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  Speaker 1: that may come up, that may creep in, because they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna come in. They're gonna creep in, just like those weapons.
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  Speaker 1: They are gonna form. But just because they form does
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  Speaker 1: not mean that they're gonna prosper. We had to understand
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  Speaker 1: that God is with us, and he tells us that
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  Speaker 1: over and over. Joshua writes, and Joshua one and nine
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  Speaker 1: is somewhere you see each day. Know this. The scripture
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  Speaker 1: Pelom twenty seven and one, it says, the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: my Light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? He
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  Speaker 1: reminds us again in scripture all this he reminds us.
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  Speaker 1: He's constantly reminding us. But we have to take the
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  Speaker 1: first step. No matter how small the step is. No
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  Speaker 1: matter how small a courage you have, it can build
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  Speaker 1: towards a bigger courage, a bigger move. Think of one
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  Speaker 1: area where you are holding back because of fear, a conversation,
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  Speaker 1: a dream, or challenge. Ask God to give you strength
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  Speaker 1: to take on the small steps that will help push
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  Speaker 1: your faith forward. If we go over to Hebrews eleven
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  Speaker 1: and one, it says, now faith is the confidence of
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  Speaker 1: things hoped for and the assurance of things that are
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  Speaker 1: not seen. But we gotta believe. Encourage others to be strong,
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  Speaker 1: Encourage others to have courage. Share your journey with someone
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  Speaker 1: else who needs to see your courage. Pray for them,
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  Speaker 1: Pray that Joshua one and nine is performed in their life,
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  Speaker 1: and let them know that they're not alone. Sometimes our
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  Speaker 1: courage is sparked by the courage of others. If we
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  Speaker 1: read the first step saloneian Is five and eleven, it said, therefore,
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  Speaker 1: encourage one another, build each other up, not tear down,
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  Speaker 1: but build each other up, lift each other up. So
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  Speaker 1: I say to you today, speak over your life. Tell
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  Speaker 1: yourself that I am strong, I am courageous, with God
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  Speaker 1: by my side. Speak it over your life because you
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  Speaker 1: have that power. He's given us that power. He said
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  Speaker 1: that we can speak life or death. We have that
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  Speaker 1: power to speak life or death. Utilize it. Speak life
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  Speaker 1: over yourself. Speak encouragement over yourself. You have that power again.
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  Speaker 1: I say, speak over your life today. Tell yourself that
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  Speaker 1: I am strong, I am courageous. With God on my side,
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  Speaker 1: all things are possible. Not some things, but all things
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  Speaker 1: are possible. Know that on today, trust his word and
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  Speaker 1: know that his word is true. His word shall not
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  Speaker 1: return to him. Lord, He's gonna watch over into his
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  Speaker 1: perform and perfect it in each and every one of
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  Speaker 1: our lives. I leave you with this word. When God
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  Speaker 1: calls you to move forward, he doesn't send you out alone.
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  Speaker 1: He walks ahead of you. He stands beside you, and
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  Speaker 1: he holds you up from the behind. The fears you
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  Speaker 1: face are real, but God's presence is greater. Every time
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  Speaker 1: you choose faith over fear, courage over conference, you're writing
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  Speaker 1: a powerful story of hope for yourself and those watching you.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let the size of your challenge strength your courage.
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  Speaker 1: Let the size of God strengthen it. Stand tall, and
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  Speaker 1: with God by your side, nothing is impossible, and every
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  Speaker 1: step is victorious. Remember you are strong and you're courageous
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  Speaker 1: with God by your side. Battle the battles you face
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  Speaker 1: are opportunities for God to make you brave and to
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  Speaker 1: work miracles in your life. Take hard. He is with you.
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  Speaker 1: Always know that you're not on this journey alone. If
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  Speaker 1: you need a God, if you need a reference, I
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  Speaker 1: challenge you to go over to my website, pick up
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  Speaker 1: this book and apply it to your life. You have
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  Speaker 1: every opportunity to move forward with brave and courageousness. Y'all,
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  Speaker 1: it's yours. Utilize it. We have resources, We have everything
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  Speaker 1: we need in the book. If you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: pick up my book, go over and just pick up
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  Speaker 1: the Bible. Pick up the Holy Bible that that He's
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  Speaker 1: given us, y'all. Everything we need is right here. It
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  Speaker 1: is right here in the world. All we got to
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  Speaker 1: do is pick it up, read it and allow it
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  Speaker 1: to become life. Allow it to be that in our life,
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  Speaker 1: allow it to manifest. How do you get it to manifest?
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  Speaker 1: You got to work your faith. Allow your faith to
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  Speaker 1: be stretched on today. Work your faith on today. It
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  Speaker 1: said faith without works is dead. So today I challenge
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  Speaker 1: you to stretch your faith and allow God to move
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  Speaker 1: in your life. Y'all. I pray that there's something that
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  Speaker 1: I have shared with you guys, that you will encourage
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  Speaker 1: you on today. I pray that God moves in every situation,
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  Speaker 1: every circumstance, everything that you think can go wrong. Today,
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  Speaker 1: I want you to recall as you go throughout the day,
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  Speaker 1: recall the time that God gave you strength to overcome fear.
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  Speaker 1: Think on those things that God has done for you,
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  Speaker 1: those opportunities that He's allowed you to come forth and
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  Speaker 1: allow your light to shine that He's placed on the
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  Speaker 1: inside of you. Know that you didn't wake up because
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  Speaker 1: of the long clock. You woke up because of that
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  Speaker 1: breath that He breathed into you in Genesis two and seven,
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  Speaker 1: that breath of life, that breath of life that allowed
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  Speaker 1: you to get up this morning, that allowed you, that
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  Speaker 1: extended it grace and that mercy to you, giving you
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  Speaker 1: another chance to get it right, giving you another chance
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  Speaker 1: to impact virus. There's people out there that are waiting
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  Speaker 1: on you, waiting on you to succeed, waiting on you
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  Speaker 1: to do great, waiting on you to walk into your
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  Speaker 1: destiny so that they can catch up with their destiny,
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  Speaker 1: so that they can walk into theirs. So I challenge
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  Speaker 1: you on today we call those times that God has
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  Speaker 1: given you strength to overcome, and just as you overcome,
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  Speaker 1: share those testimonies with somebody, because somebody is waiting to
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  Speaker 1: hear from you, your word, your testimony is gonna help
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  Speaker 1: them come out. So I thank you on today for
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  Speaker 1: joining in. And I'm going to ask that you guys
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  Speaker 1: continue to pray that angel Is is home, that she
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  Speaker 1: will find her way home, Lord God, that she's out
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  Speaker 1: there in the widness, that she will find her way home.
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  Speaker 1: Y'all pray for our baby, that she will come home
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  Speaker 1: on today, that the angels will protect her wherever she
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  Speaker 1: may be, and that she will come home on today. Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you guys for tuning in. If if anything
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  Speaker 1: that has blessed you on today, I asked that you
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  Speaker 1: would share it with someone, share it out with someone,
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  Speaker 1: and join us back here on tomorrow eight a m.
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  Speaker 1: I'm here every day trying to share the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: trying to share his goodness, and that then He's done
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  Speaker 1: for all of us because we didn't wake up our
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  Speaker 1: chance on this morning. We could woke up because he
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  Speaker 1: allowed us to Amen. Amen,