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From Doubt to Belief: Embracing God's Purpose · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  We hope that you're enjoying this beautiful morning, and we want to let everyone
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  know that live Podbean is on the air.
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  Have Faith, Let It Begin begins right now, and we are hoping that you are enjoying
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  everything that we have to offer.
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  That's right. So with that being said, we hope that you enjoy it.
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  We hope that you're ready.
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  This is a live stream edition of Half Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Half Faith, Let It Begin. We hope that you're enjoying everything we have to offer you.
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  You know, this show has been on the air for eight years, and in the eight years
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  we've been together, we have done everything we can to make sure that each and
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  every one of you know that we exist, that we believe in you,
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  and that you believe in us.
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  And with that being said, this
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  is our very first time in a long time that we've had a live broadcast.
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  I'm outside right now walking with Cody. It is a surprise edition of A Half Eight Let It Begin.
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  For those of you that don't know who we are, we are a motivational,
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  inspirational, personal testimony podcast designed for you, the daily commuter.
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  We try to keep the show 10 minutes or less.
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  At times, we do seven minutes or less, try to beat the seven-minute abs.
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  Wednesdays, we do a new series entitled Dear God, and on occasion,
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  we'll have a personal testimony edition, and every once in a while,
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  we'll have guests that come on, like our co-host, Dr. E, every Monday.
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  Excuse me. So, what's today's message about? It's called believing yourself.
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  When I was at the gym this past Tuesday, actually Thursday, when I was with
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  Ralph, as we all met Ralph last episode, we were doing everything we could to make sure that.
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  My health is in better shape. As I'm working out, I started to doubt myself
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  a little bit because I wasn't sure that I could do some of the things that he was preparing me to do.
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  And at that very moment, I just said, you know what? I'm going to let it go.
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  I'm going to let all that negativity in my head go.
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  I can do all things with the power of God in me.
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  And I put my faith and trust in the Lord and in myself.
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  And all of a sudden, I started to lift the weights. I started to do pull-ups
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  that I haven't done ever.
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  And I said, wow, I can do it. I can do this.
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  Like, why was I doubting myself? And I felt like Thomas from one of the disciples.
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  And I said, we got to stop doubting. We have to believe in ourselves.
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  When we are created with God's image, when God created us. He created us for a purpose, for a reason.
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  We're on this planet, we're on this earth for a reason.
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  And we have to find that purpose because we've all been given a gift.
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  And I'm in ministry school. I have two children. I have a wife.
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  I have a great job, great colleagues.
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  But deep down inside, I stopped believing in myself.
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  I wasn't happy the way I looked. I wasn't happy the way I felt,
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  I wasn't happy the way I appeared to others or especially myself.
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  I was never a person that really truly cared about what people thought.
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  I think in my 20s, I was like that, maybe.
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  I was not confident because of my weight, always struggled with my weight,
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  but I really tried my very best.
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  To find myself, to find who I really was as a person.
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  And when I did, things just fell into place. When I did, things just made more sense.
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  But even now, on occasion, I'll find myself still feeling that I doubt who I
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  am or I'll second guess my decisions or my choices.
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  And in that very small, that very small time period, I'll find my,
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  hey, what's up, Gene? Welcome in.
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  I find myself saying to myself, wait a minute.
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  Let me pray to God. Let me let God remind me of my choices.
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  Let me let God remind me of who I am.
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  And then all of a sudden, I almost feel like as if the Holy Spirit takes over
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  and like this small, small, fresh breath air comes through me and I feel like I can do anything.
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  You know, when we're out there in the world and we're doubting one another,
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  when we're doubting each other, when we're doubting ourselves, you have to put,
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  you have to try your best in that very moment when you're feeling down to say,
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  you know what, let me pray to God. and you know,
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  Everybody will tell you so many different things. I'm not here to tell you how
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  to pray, but I will tell you that there's not a formal way to pray.
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  You can talk to God. He's our best friend. He's our father. You can say,
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  hey, God, it's me. It's Angel.
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  I'm struggling, man. Help me out. Amen. Boom. That's a prayer.
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  Anytime you reach out to the Lord, that's a prayer.
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  Anytime you seek the Lord by just your thoughts, that's a prayer.
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  It's like that it's all intertwined it's all the way we communicate with one another.
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  And that's really the key that's the factor so pardon me one second as I have
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  to clean up my dog's mess because it's important to do that to bear with me hold on this is live,
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  okay hold on buddy alright okay there we go We just cleaned up my dog's nest,
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  and we're back. Okay, sorry about that, guys.
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  So this morning, as I walk the dog and get through the morning with the beautiful
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  walk with all of you, I just want to reiterate one sentence.
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  I hope that all of you will kind of inspire to be a better person,
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  will do everything in their power to do all things by God himself,
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  and that you remember that no matter what happens and no matter how many times
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  that cloud comes over you,
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  that storm presents itself over you, no matter how many times you feel that
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  you can't do anything, give everything to God.
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  And if you want to reach out to me and talk with me, you are more than welcome. You can find me.
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  It's angel at half8letitbegin.com. You can even text me, 845-391.
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  Two, three, one, two. Yes, that's my cell.
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  I give that out to everybody. Eight, four, five.
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  One second. Three, nine, one, two, three, one, two. My dog was pulling me in
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  the wrong direction and I couldn't concentrate.
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  So that's pretty much it. I wanted to do a live episode.
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  Something a little different today on a Saturday. I'm not normally on the air
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  on Saturdays, but I'm home.
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  And I don't know. I woke up and I felt led to go live and share with you what
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  I was feeling this morning.
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  And I'm hoping and praying that whatever message you heard this morning inspired
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  you and if you're, like I've always said if there's one person on my show but
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  there's none that's okay,
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  eventually someone, good morning good morning.
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  You know that's really what it's all about it's just doing everything in our
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  power to make all ends meet and we need to do it together because we're all
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  one body of Christ we make up that body.
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  So let's close out in a formal prayer. Come on, Cody. How you doing? Come on. Come on, Cody.
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  Another dog. So let's pray together. And I want to thank you for your patience
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  as I walked the dog this morning. Come on, Cody. Let's go, buddy. It's okay.
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  Let's pray. And Gene, thank you so much for joining the room,
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  by the way. I really appreciate that.
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  Gene, if you have any prayer requests, please feel free to put that in the comments
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  right now. and I'd be more than happy to pray for anyone you would like, okay?
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  And if you don't feel comfortable doing that on a live show, that's fine.
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  If you go to our website, havefaithletitbegin.com, you can scroll all the way
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  to the bottom and put in prayer requests. Okay, here we go.
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  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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  Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom,
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  the power, and the glory forever.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for all that we have given us. We thank you for the
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  weather, we thank you for the rain, We even thank you for the hot heat and humidity.
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  Lord, we know that tomorrow is not promised. We know that today is not even guaranteed.
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  What we do know is that with you and through you, all things are possible.
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  We pray for all of us out there seeking jobs, seeking new beginnings.
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  Seeking new journeys, trying to find new homes.
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  We thank you, Lord, for forgiveness, wisdom, guidance.
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  We thank you for Gene, for those that are listening to our live show.
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  And we thank all of our Half-Faith Let It Begin family that inspire us to inspire others.
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  And we pray this unto you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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  In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  single one of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin. Have a great day, guys.