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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody, Welcome to Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith The

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<v Speaker 1>Key to Miracles, And in this series you're learning how

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<v Speaker 1>to have a bold, unshakable faith that gives you courage

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<v Speaker 1>to impact the world around you. And I know we

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<v Speaker 1>all want that all right. Here comes Pastor Rick with

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<v Speaker 1>part two of a message called Daring to Wait on God.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember the thirteen year battle for land in this

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<v Speaker 2>church and the church we started praying for land the

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<v Speaker 2>first day we started the church, and we prayed. We

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<v Speaker 2>looked at hundreds of pieces over the next thirteen years,

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<v Speaker 2>and we had one failure after another, and one failure

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<v Speaker 2>after another, and that piece fell through, and that deal

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<v Speaker 2>fell through, and that deal fell through, and that deal

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<v Speaker 2>fell through, and a lot of people got discouraged, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people thought, well, we're never gonna get land.

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<v Speaker 2>But I never felt that way. Why Because I knew

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<v Speaker 2>that the delay was not a denial. This piece of

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<v Speaker 2>land here in Lake Forest was not even on the

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<v Speaker 2>map when Saddleback Church started, because there was no such

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<v Speaker 2>thing as the city of Santa Margarita, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>no such thing as the city of Foothill Ranch, and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody had even mapped or partitioned this piece off. There

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<v Speaker 2>was no Portola Parkway. El Toro Road was a two

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<v Speaker 2>lane road. There was no toll road. It was no

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<v Speaker 2>man's land. Nobody even knew it. But God, before the

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<v Speaker 2>foundation of the earth, had planned where Saddleback Church would

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<v Speaker 2>have its first campus. He knew, and it was just

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<v Speaker 2>a matter of time. And all of those things where

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<v Speaker 2>we had the delays and the denials and the dead

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<v Speaker 2>ends and all those things where we had one defeat

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<v Speaker 2>after another, God was working on us. And I had

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<v Speaker 2>said all along, God's much more interested in building disciples

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<v Speaker 2>than he is in building buildings. So we went from

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<v Speaker 2>one service to two, to three, to four, to five

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<v Speaker 2>to six. And I kept going, God, anytime now, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just soon not have to do one hundred services a week.

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<v Speaker 2>And God knew, and his timing is perfect. He's never early,

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<v Speaker 2>he's never late. At the time I decided, my words

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<v Speaker 2>will come true. You can trust what I say. It

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<v Speaker 2>will be a fact. I mean take it a long

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<v Speaker 2>time now. There are over seven thousand promises in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in the waiting room, that's a good time

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<v Speaker 2>to memorize scripture. If you're in a waiting room right now,

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<v Speaker 2>you're waiting on what's next. Lord, You're waiting on a

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<v Speaker 2>new job, you're waiting on a new an answer to prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>you're waiting on a doctor's report. Now's the time to

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<v Speaker 2>memorize scripture. That's what you remember. What do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what you remember in the waiting room. There are

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<v Speaker 2>four things to do. Write these down. Four things to

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<v Speaker 2>do in the waiting room, And just for fun, I

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<v Speaker 2>put them in an acrosstich, just because I know you'd

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<v Speaker 2>expect me to do that. So wai wait. Four things

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<v Speaker 2>you need to do when you're in the waiting room

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<v Speaker 2>of life. Who stands for this? Write down the lessons

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<v Speaker 2>I'm learning. This is extremely important to the building of

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<v Speaker 2>your faith. When you're in the waiting room, the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing you do is write down the lessons that you

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<v Speaker 2>are learning, because waiting is always the season to listen,

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<v Speaker 2>and waiting is always the season to learn. And when

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<v Speaker 2>you're listening and learning, then you need to write it down.

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<v Speaker 2>God has some things he wants to teach you before

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<v Speaker 2>he answers your prayer. God has some things he wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to learn. Before that seed that you're planning and

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<v Speaker 2>daring faith sprouts. He wants to teach you some things.

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<v Speaker 2>God is more interested in your character than your comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>But you will forget the lessons that you learn in

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<v Speaker 2>the waiting rooms of life if you don't write them down.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what happens when you don't write them down,

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<v Speaker 2>You forget him. And what happens when you forget him

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<v Speaker 2>He has to take you through it again. That's no fun,

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<v Speaker 2>that's unnecessary pain. Some of you have been through the

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<v Speaker 2>same pain eight or nine times. Why don't you write

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<v Speaker 2>down the lessons this time so you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>go through it for the ninety second time. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Moses led the children out of Egypt across the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>to the Promised Land. It should have only taken You

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<v Speaker 2>can walk that distance easily in a few weeks, even

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<v Speaker 2>with a large crowd. It took them forty years. What

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<v Speaker 2>in the world were they doing for forty years? Walking

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<v Speaker 2>around in a circle. God was giving them one test

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<v Speaker 2>after another, saying, will you trust me? There are seven tests?

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<v Speaker 2>And every time they'd fail a test, he'd say another

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<v Speaker 2>lap around the wilderness. And in that wilderness they were

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<v Speaker 2>not there by accident. Waiting in the wilderness has a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you are in the wilderness right now. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to write this down. The way to the

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<v Speaker 2>Promised Land is through the wilderness. You can't get to

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<v Speaker 2>the Promised Land without going through the desert. And you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to go through that waiting period. You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>go through that desert. You've got to go through that

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<v Speaker 2>drive spell, you've got to go through that wilderness. Waiting

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<v Speaker 2>in the wilderness for a purpose. The way to the

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<v Speaker 2>Promised Land is in through the wilderness. And the lessons

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<v Speaker 2>that you're learning in the wilderness, please write them down.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible tells this to Moses number thirty three, verse two.

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<v Speaker 2>At the Lord's direction. Moses knows God commanded him to

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<v Speaker 2>do this. Moses kept a written record of their progress.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you keeping a written record of your progress in

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<v Speaker 2>the Christian life? Are you writing anything down? Keep a

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<v Speaker 2>journal while you're waiting, and here's what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>You say now, I'm not talking about a journal is

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<v Speaker 2>different than a diary. A diary is about what you

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<v Speaker 2>do today. I had a mocha frappuccino. Nobody cares a journal.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't write down what you do. A journal is

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<v Speaker 2>anytime you learn something, you write that down. You write

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<v Speaker 2>down the lesson. A diary is for events. A journal

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<v Speaker 2>is for lessons. I have always learned in the waiting

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<v Speaker 2>periods of life that little lessons lead to big successes.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the tiniest lessons I've learned in dry periods,

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<v Speaker 2>in depressing periods, in discouraging periods, are the keys to

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<v Speaker 2>big successes in my life. Little lessons lead to big successes,

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<v Speaker 2>so you write them down. Deuteronomy eleven, verse two says this,

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<v Speaker 2>remember what you have learned about the Lord through your

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<v Speaker 2>experiences with him. As I said, If you don't remember,

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<v Speaker 2>God hasked to take you there again, and that's painful, now,

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<v Speaker 2>Someone nineteen thirty three is good prayer to pray when

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the wilderness. God, teach me the lessons for

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<v Speaker 2>living so that I can stay the course so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't wander around. Teach me the lessons for living so

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<v Speaker 2>I can get through this with a minimum amount of time.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be here for forty years. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be going in circles. Teach me the

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<v Speaker 2>lessons for life so I can stay the course. When

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the waiting period, you're between jobs, you're between goals.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what's next. You say, teach me, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to learn the lessons. That's the w write

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<v Speaker 2>down the lessons that I'm learning. The A in weight

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<v Speaker 2>stands for this. This is really important. Act as though

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<v Speaker 2>I already have it. Act as though I already have it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is called faith. And when you have deposited a seed,

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<v Speaker 2>a seed of finances, like many have done with daring, faith,

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<v Speaker 2>a seed of talent and service, a seed of energy,

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<v Speaker 2>a seed of reputation. When you've had a need and

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<v Speaker 2>you planet a seed, what you do while you're waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for that seed to grow is you act as though

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<v Speaker 2>you already have it. This is faith. Now, we typically

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<v Speaker 2>when we're in the waiting rooms and the wildernesses of life.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what we do. We don't do that. What

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<v Speaker 2>we do is we wonder, and we worry and we whine.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we do in the waiting room's life. First

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<v Speaker 2>we wonder, why Lord, Why we wonder? And then we worry,

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<v Speaker 2>how Lord, how how are you going to do this?

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<v Speaker 2>And then we whine, when, Lord, when are you going

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<v Speaker 2>to answer my prayer? So instead of wondering and worrying

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<v Speaker 2>and whining. You need to learn to act as if

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<v Speaker 2>you've already got it. You act in faith. Here's how

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus puts it. Mark, Chapter eleven, verse twenty four. Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you, whenever whatever you ask for in prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>believe that you have received it and it will be yours. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to pay attention to this verse. Believe

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<v Speaker 2>that you have received it and it will be yours.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you notice a change in tents there? Believe that

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<v Speaker 2>you have received it. That's past tense, past tense. Believe

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<v Speaker 2>that you have received it, And then he says, and

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<v Speaker 2>it will be yours. That's future tense. What in the

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<v Speaker 2>world is Jesus saying, believe that I've already got it

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<v Speaker 2>in order to get it. That's exactly what he's saying.

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<v Speaker 2>So hang on here, Rick telling me, I got to

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<v Speaker 2>believe something is so even though it isn't so, in

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<v Speaker 2>order that it becomes so. Yep, that's called faith. When

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<v Speaker 2>you thank God after you get the answer to your prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>that's called gratitude. When you thank God before you get

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<v Speaker 2>the answer to your prayer, that's called faith. When you

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<v Speaker 2>act as though you've already got it, then you'll get it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's faith. Believe that you have received it past tense,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will be yours. President. Let's go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the pregnant woman. Every pregnant woman does us what I've

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<v Speaker 2>just talked about. She carries inside her body the promise

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<v Speaker 2>of a baby, and she's getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>And even though she can't see that baby, she's never

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<v Speaker 2>seen that baby, she knows it's there. She's confident that

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<v Speaker 2>it's there, and she can feel that baby there. So

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<v Speaker 2>even though she's never seen the baby, she starts preparing

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<v Speaker 2>in advance for the baby's arrival in faith. And first

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<v Speaker 2>she starts eating differently, she starts taking better care of

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<v Speaker 2>her body, she starts sleeping differently. She starts going out

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<v Speaker 2>and buying maternity clothes because she knows she's going to

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<v Speaker 2>get bigger. She starts stalking a nursery they have showers,

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<v Speaker 2>She gets clothes, she gets diapers, she gets all the paraphernalia,

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<v Speaker 2>the changing tables and the rocking cribs and all the

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of stuff. And she's doing that in faith. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't call it expecting for nothing. She's expecting a baby.

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<v Speaker 2>She hadn't seen that baby, but she's acting as though

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<v Speaker 2>it's already here. She doesn't want to wait and for

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<v Speaker 2>the baby to be born. And they go, hmm, I

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<v Speaker 2>probably ought to have some clothes for this little tyke.

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<v Speaker 2>I probably ought to have some diapers, maybe some bottles,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even a place for the baby to sleep. No,

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<v Speaker 2>those things are already done in advance. She's preparing in

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<v Speaker 2>faith because she's expecting and she knows that that baby

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<v Speaker 2>is coming. It's just a matter of time. And I

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<v Speaker 2>once asked Kay when she was pregnant in one of

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<v Speaker 2>our kids, what it felt like. In the last trimessage,

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<v Speaker 2>she said, it's like you're at the top of space

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<v Speaker 2>mountain and the only way out is down. You know

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to go through that. There's no way out.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like I think I'll go back to the

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<v Speaker 2>ticket and ask for a refund. Now you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>the ride. And so, she hasn't seen that baby, but

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<v Speaker 2>she's expecting it. She's believing it in faith, and she

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<v Speaker 2>will wait as long as it takes until the child

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<v Speaker 2>is delivered. She acts as though she's already got it.

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<v Speaker 2>She starts preparing for that baby. Now, let's just take

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<v Speaker 2>this in a real practical way. Let's say some of

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<v Speaker 2>looking for a job and you're you're waiting for a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're maybe you're waiting on God to get a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and you've been praying God, I need a really good job. Okay, question,

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<v Speaker 2>if you had a job, how would you act? Start

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<v Speaker 2>your pajamas and not take a shower. No, if you

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<v Speaker 2>you would get up and you'd get ready, and you'd

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<v Speaker 2>need to be doing right now. You need to start

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<v Speaker 2>acting like you've got the job. You don't wait till

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<v Speaker 2>you get the job to act like God job. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no faith in that. You act in advance. You believe

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<v Speaker 2>a thing is so even though it isn't so, that

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<v Speaker 2>it becomes so, and you do it. Now, set the

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<v Speaker 2>alarm and you get the clothes and whatever you need

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Well, I want you to write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Waiting is not passivity. Waiting is not passivity. You do

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<v Speaker 2>all you can to get ready. There is a difference

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<v Speaker 2>between passively waiting in fear and apathy and expectantly waiting

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<v Speaker 2>in faith, where you take action, you get prepared, and

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<v Speaker 2>you act as though you already have it. God does this.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that. God goes to Abraham twenty five years

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<v Speaker 2>before he has a son and changes his name. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>And Abraham says, what's that mean? Abraham means father of

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<v Speaker 2>many nations. So for twenty five years Abraham Abram changes

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<v Speaker 2>his name and he's called Abraham. How do you like this?

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<v Speaker 2>He walks into a bar. What's your name, father of

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<v Speaker 2>any nations? Oh? Great? How many kids? You got none?

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred hmm? Interesting? How'd you like to live with that?

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<v Speaker 2>Look at this verse in the screen. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>as though they were, and that's called faith. Everything God

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<v Speaker 2>not as though they were, and he says, Abraham, you're

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<v Speaker 2>the father of a great nation. He hadn't had any

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<v Speaker 2>kids yet he's speaking it into existence. He says that

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<v Speaker 2>to Gideon, you're a mighty man of valor. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the last thing Gideon was. He was a weakling and

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<v Speaker 2>a coward. He says to Peter, you are a rock.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter was mister impulsive, mister foot in mouth, he was

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<v Speaker 2>anything but a rock. God speaks it into existence, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says, you do it the same way. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>like I've made you a father of many nations. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>act as all have got it. The eye and wait

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<v Speaker 2>is the third key you do while you're waiting on God.

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<v Speaker 2>It sys imitate the habits that grow strong faith. I

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<v Speaker 2>need to imitate the habits, particularly of people of strong faith.

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<v Speaker 2>You can imitate people of strong faith and look at

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<v Speaker 2>the habits that they do. Find their skills, find their patterns,

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<v Speaker 2>find their habits and follow that. Imitate that to grow

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<v Speaker 2>strong in your faith. In other words, use the time

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<v Speaker 2>while you're waiting to develop personal maturity. Let me show

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<v Speaker 2>you some verses one Peter, one, six and seven. We

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<v Speaker 2>do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate

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<v Speaker 2>those who through faith, daring, faith and patience. That's waiting

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<v Speaker 2>through faith and waiting through faith and patience, who through

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<v Speaker 2>faith and patience inherit what has been promised. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the kind of people you ought to be imitating

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<v Speaker 2>when you're in the waiting room. We don't want you

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<v Speaker 2>to be lazy. Don't sit around passively doing nothing, he says.

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<v Speaker 2>Imitate those who do faith and patients inher have inherited

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<v Speaker 2>what God has promised. Paul says it like this I

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<v Speaker 2>Philippians four nine. Keep on putting into practice all that

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<v Speaker 2>you learn from me and heard from me and saw

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<v Speaker 2>me doing. That's called imitation. So when you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>a period of waiting, you should look around and find

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<v Speaker 2>a stronger Christian, a godly woman or a godly man,

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<v Speaker 2>and see what they're doing and imitate their faith. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible talks about this multiple times, talks about in Hebrews thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse seven, and other places. Imitate their faith. We all

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<v Speaker 2>learn best by models. That's why you know, during daring faith,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been giving you testimonies. Why because we grow in

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<v Speaker 2>faith by reading the faith of others. You don't grow

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<v Speaker 2>in faith by not hearing about other people's faith, but

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<v Speaker 2>you do grow on faith when you read about other

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<v Speaker 2>people's faith. Because the Bible says imitate the faith of

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<v Speaker 2>those who've grown strong in the faith. Keep on putting

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<v Speaker 2>into practice. Now, I want you to write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very important. Don't get anything else. Get this one.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in the waiting room of life. Don't put

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<v Speaker 2>my life on hold. Please write that down. Don't put

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<v Speaker 2>my life on hold while I'm waiting for my big

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<v Speaker 2>break in Hollywood, while I'm waiting for my ship to

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<v Speaker 2>come in, while I'm waiting for an answer to prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>while I'm waiting for the girl or the man of

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<v Speaker 2>my dreams to show up. Don't put your life on hold.

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<v Speaker 2>Waiting is not in activity. It is not idleness. It

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<v Speaker 2>is not laziness, It is not passivity, it is not apathy.

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<v Speaker 2>Waiting is the time to develop habits and skills that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to use later on. Say it again, Waiting

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<v Speaker 2>is the time you develop the habits and the skills

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<v Speaker 2>that you're going to use later on.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message today from Pastor Rick. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always can use in my own life after listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this show, All right, would you like to step

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<v Speaker 1>out of a life of ordinary existence and into a

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<v Speaker 1>life of extraordinary faith? Then please order the Daring Faith

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<v Speaker 1>DVD n Study Kit by Pastor Rick Warren. Here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you more.

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<v Speaker 2>How'd you like to have a bold, unshakable faith that

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<v Speaker 2>gives you the courage to make the changes you've always

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to see in your life, your work, your family,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the world. That's not a dream. That's exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants to do in your life. He wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to learn to live by daring faith. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>according to your faith, it will be done under your

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<v Speaker 2>Now to help you develop that kind of faith, I

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<v Speaker 2>put together a Daring Faith Study Kit and it includes

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<v Speaker 2>a DVD and it includes a workbook. Now, there's six

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<v Speaker 2>sessions in the Daring Faith Study Kit, and it'll teach

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<v Speaker 2>you these six things. How to build a life of faith,

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<v Speaker 2>how to expect the best from God, how to stretch

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<v Speaker 2>your imagination in order to see what God wants to

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<v Speaker 2>do in your life, to expand your vision, how to

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<v Speaker 2>have the courage to take the initiative with your faith,

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<v Speaker 2>how to face your fears with bold faith, and how

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<v Speaker 2>to believe and what to do while you're waiting on God.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot afford to miss this series. It was one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most important series I've ever done at Saddleback Church,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bible tells us in Ephesians three twelve, because

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<v Speaker 2>of our faith in Him, we dare to have boldness

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<v Speaker 2>and courage and confidence in coming to God with freedom

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<v Speaker 2>and without fear. I want you to have that boldness,

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<v Speaker 2>that courage, and that confidence when you come to God prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to come to Him without fear and

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<v Speaker 2>come to Him in freedom. God will use this Daring

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<v Speaker 2>Faith Study Kit just like he used it in the

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