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AC unit broke down · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No? No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah.
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  Happy birthday, Noah. I'm so lazy.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Yeah.
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  Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question. What's your question?
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  I'm going to be a pastor or a minister.
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith Let Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith Let It Begin,
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  June 24th. It is a Tuesday.
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  Please be safe out there as the humidity index is going to be 92% in the Northeast.
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  My goodness, where all this heat is coming from.
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  Yet a month ago, we were like, where's the sun, right? Where's the sun?
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  Why can't it stop raining?
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  Now it's like, where's the rain? Where's the coolness? I know.
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  Well, let me tell you, when it rains, it pours.
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  I got home yesterday and witnessed our six-year microwave.
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  No, microwave. Look at me. I'm so used to talking about microwaves.
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  No, let's do that again. Our six year AC unit broke.
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  That's right. Yep. So another appliance breaks and, you know,
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  I had to rush to the many stores to find that no one had, and I mean,
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  literally no one had an updated or a good unit to purchase, which kind of stunk.
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  Ultimately I had to settle for something a little smaller and,
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  you know, it did, listen, And it did the job, but we had to stay cool overnight, right?
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  I mean, it's extremely hot, especially during the hours we're in our beds,
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  and we wanted to make sure we were comfortable.
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  But as I was, you know, preparing the new unit and taking out the old,
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  my daughter was like, you know,
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  dad, you know, I don't know what's going on. You know, this is crazy.
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  And I looked down and she's playing on this game.
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  And she says to me, I don't know. I can't get this to work. And she gets frustrated.
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  Mind you, she's six years old. You know, this happens.
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  And she almost starts to cry. And I look at her and I said, listen,
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  I'm going to teach you something. Okay.
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  And she's like, yeah, daddy. And I'm like, listen, you have to concentrate on
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  to what is in your control as opposed to what's out of your control.
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  I said, you know, your little gadget there is not running as fast as it can, right?
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  Is that something that is your fault or is that maybe the system,
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  maybe the unit needs to be fixed or maybe it needs to be cleaned out?
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  She goes, oh, okay, daddy, you know, well, help me out. So, you know,
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  I cleaned it out and did a whole restart on it.
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  And sure enough, it's working faster now than it was before.
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  And she said, you know, daddy, you're magic. And I said, no, that's not magic.
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  That's just concentrating on what's in your control as opposed to what's out of your control.
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  So where does this lead us into today's message? It's kind of like what happened to me.
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  You know, you get home, you want to relax and you can't because you have things
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  you have to do. the house needed an AC unit.
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  I went to four different places and finally on my fifth one,
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  I found the unit that I felt was good enough or that would do the job.
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  And when it was all said and done, the AC unit started to work.
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  We were all comfortable and you move forward.
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  Life can't always be that perfect, right? We worry about what's in our control
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  and what's not in our control.
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  And sometimes the things that are out of our control can feel like they're out
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  of reach and it makes you feel as if you cannot accomplish or get things done
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  because you feel you're so far out of reach for something.
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  But there's always a hidden message. There's always a hidden treasure.
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  When we worry and concentrate more about what's in our control,
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  we'll find other ways, new ways to make things happen to the point where we
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  feel as if we're back in control.
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  A lot of times when I think about everything that's happened to me in my past,
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  where I was let go from my first employer and I didn't know what I was going to do.
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  And I said to myself, I got to, I really did say this to myself.
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  I can't worry about what just happened. You know, that's out of my control.
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  They let me go. But what would be in my control?
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  Well, I'll cry a little bit. I'll pick my head up and I'll find something else.
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  And I will not let this affect me.
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  Don't allow anything that's out of your control to affect you.
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  Concentrate on what is in your control. But you know who is always in control
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  and is always looking out for us and is always preparing us for what's next? our Heavenly Father.
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  Jesus Christ is a huge part of our day. He's a huge part of our decision making.
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  And it is a huge part about realizing what we should be doing and what we aren't doing.
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  Think about that today as you go about your day.
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  And think about what is in your control and what is out of your control.
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  If you start thinking that way a little bit better, life will get a little bit easier.
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  Not always, being honest but it will make things a lot easier for you to manage. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we thank you for today's message. Lord, we know that tomorrow's not promised.
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  We know that today's not even guaranteed. What we do know is that there are
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  many of us out there that are seeking prayer.
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  We pray for the military personnel foreign and domestic as we try to overcome
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  these wars these missiles that are happening between two places,
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  Israel and Iran. We just want them to get along, Lord.
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  Lord, we ask you to continue to pray for Diane.
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  We pray for Ben. We pray for John. We pray for Yesenia. We pray for Mansa.
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  We continue to lift up in prayer those that are battling with AC units and those
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  that can't afford them. May they find the coolness in the Holy Spirit.
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  May the coolness just breeze right by them and let them feel that genuine hug
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  that they want and they need.
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  We pray this morning as we lift you up in prayer.
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  We pray the Lord keeps you, guides you, and continues to bless you each and every day.
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  And finally, we pray for all of you out there that are dealing with heartache, mental illness,
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  loss, and non-understanding of what the difference is between in your control and out of our control.
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  We pray that each and every one of us learn something a little bit today,
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  and we'll try to adapt and figure out a way to do that as well. on your daily routine.
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  So may God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and give each and every
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  one of you peace on earth.
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  Hey, never forget, have faith, let it begin.
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  Tomorrow's episode, Woodchucks are back, folks.
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  This time, we caught another two more. That's your update. Talk to you tomorrow.
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  Thank you for listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin. We'll be back tomorrow.