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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

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<v Speaker 1>is a crazy place and it just seems to get

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<v Speaker 1>crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're

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<v Speaker 1>a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living,

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<v Speaker 1>and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live

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<v Speaker 1>the life that you were created for. Your host is

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<v Speaker 1>a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder,

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<v Speaker 1>aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist and founder of John Gifta International.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

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<v Speaker 2>the Soul with John gift of podcast. When I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to you today about taking action towards your desires,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to start with this scripture with you, and

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<v Speaker 2>I want to explain this to you because a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people have this misunderstanding with regard to desires and

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<v Speaker 2>the worse I want to talk to you from is

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<v Speaker 2>Probabs thirteen, verse four, and this is what it says.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to paraphrase from two different translations. It says

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<v Speaker 2>lazy people want much but get little. This is from

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<v Speaker 2>the NALTY version. Okay, but those who work hard will prosper.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what the NALTY version says. When you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the NIV version, it says a sluggard's appetite is

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<v Speaker 2>never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to just understand something here, right. You

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<v Speaker 2>may have desires from the Lord, and a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people are sitting there and just praying and hoping those

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<v Speaker 2>desires will come to parts in their life. Okay, there

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<v Speaker 2>are certain things that God has spoken over your life.

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<v Speaker 2>There are certain things that God has shown you that

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<v Speaker 2>you know are beyond the situation that you're in right now.

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<v Speaker 2>That may be something that's far off, like simple example, right,

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<v Speaker 2>it cannot practically happen right now. When you think about

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<v Speaker 2>something that God has shown you that you know, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have an international ministry. When God showed me

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<v Speaker 2>that it's going to be an international ministry, I was

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<v Speaker 2>still studying. I was not in a position to practically

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<v Speaker 2>have a ministry. To start the ministry, I was pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much young, and I was under my parent's care, and

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<v Speaker 2>I had a lot of restrictions as a child. So

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<v Speaker 2>even though I had that desire or that thing, there

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<v Speaker 2>was always an element of the timing to it. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But the truth of the matter is, when God gives

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<v Speaker 2>the desire, you can't just sleep through and expect the

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<v Speaker 2>desire to come to pass. You cannot just do nothing

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<v Speaker 2>about it and expect to see something coming to fusion

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. Okay. The Bible is very clear that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you're just lazy, if you're just being

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<v Speaker 2>a sluggard, if you're a slacker. Another translation uses the

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<v Speaker 2>word slacker. You know, if you're just being slack and

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<v Speaker 2>you're just having all these desires, it has nothing, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>The New King James version says the soul of a

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<v Speaker 2>lazy man desires but has nothing. Right. You can have

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<v Speaker 2>the desire, but if you're not taking steps towards it,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're not going after the things that God is

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<v Speaker 2>placed within you, you're not going to see the result.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to move towards the promised land. The desires act,

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<v Speaker 2>as you know, like guiding posts for you to move

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<v Speaker 2>in that direction. But if you're just simply sitting and

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<v Speaker 2>expecting that you would be able to go and walk

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<v Speaker 2>in that promised land while you're simply sleeping in the

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<v Speaker 2>place that you're in. You can't do that. You get

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. You need to take steps that are

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<v Speaker 2>needed to be taken by you in that particular season

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. Right, If I'm just saying I need

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<v Speaker 2>to start, I have an international ministry. And when God

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<v Speaker 2>led me and asked me to start the international ministry,

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<v Speaker 2>and when I just sat at home and if I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't take any step, I wouldn't be where I am today. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to take the steps that I can. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't take an international step on day one, but I

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<v Speaker 2>can start with the first step. You get what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's what I'm trying to tell you. You

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<v Speaker 2>know you need to work towards it in the way

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<v Speaker 2>that you can at that season and the way God

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<v Speaker 2>leads you in that moment. Just for example, there was

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<v Speaker 2>this particular season or this particular thing where I had

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<v Speaker 2>to pray and ask the Lord for a particular visa process.

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<v Speaker 2>And for the whole of last year, just being honest

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<v Speaker 2>with you, just being honest with you, I kept praying,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, God, give me the right opportunity, the right move,

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<v Speaker 2>and the right way so that I can you know,

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<v Speaker 2>get into this, get get this visa you know available

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<v Speaker 2>for me, and it will be really helpful and all

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<v Speaker 2>of these things. And to be honest, I prayed of

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<v Speaker 2>last year, but the desire was there, but there was

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<v Speaker 2>no action. There were people saying, it's not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have you know, the right, I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>have the odds against you. It's not gonna happen. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to work hard. And I want to just

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<v Speaker 2>let you and I know this and that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when twenty twenty five started off, one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>the law told me is start working on the things

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<v Speaker 2>that you never worked on last year. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>took the step of faith and to be honest, like

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<v Speaker 2>God has been so good. God has been so faithful

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, it actually got done. You know what

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to understand today I'm just recording this.

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<v Speaker 2>I just got it done in a matter of just

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<v Speaker 2>two months since this year, in less than two months

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<v Speaker 2>since this year began. Okay, what I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>understand is there was a lot of work involved. There

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<v Speaker 2>were people saying, you know, you're wasting a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>time and money in this process. It's not going to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of these things. But the truth of the

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<v Speaker 2>matter is my desire in this direction that the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>was leading me was there even last year, but then

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see it come to fusion because I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>take any step. But the minute I had the desire

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<v Speaker 2>and I took this step towards it, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>ended up being lazing around or just hoping and desiring

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<v Speaker 2>it rather started working towards it, against the odds, against

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<v Speaker 2>the opposition, against all the discouraging voices, against the fact that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I'm spending a lot of money, time,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of these things into it. I really worked

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<v Speaker 2>really hard in this process. But now I see, as

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, but the desires of the legend are

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<v Speaker 2>fully satisfied in the nality version, in the Navy version.

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<v Speaker 2>And right now I'm like so amazed to see how

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<v Speaker 2>God made this happen. You know what I'm saying. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not saying it's me alone, it is the Lord. It's

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<v Speaker 2>me partnering with the Lord, and it's the Lord's hand

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<v Speaker 2>and there's no doubt about it. But the desire, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not taking steps towards that desire in the way

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<v Speaker 2>that you're supposed to take. You will not see the result.

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<v Speaker 2>But today my challenge to you is that you know

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<v Speaker 2>what every desire that God placed in you, every dream

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<v Speaker 2>he placed in the visions he has shown you. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>just put it off, you know, thinking like it it

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<v Speaker 2>will anyway happen, even if it happens after fifty years. No,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's something that you can do today that you're

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to do, do it. You know, you do what

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<v Speaker 2>you're supposed to do today, Do what the Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>leading you to do. It can be something small, but

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<v Speaker 2>God knows how to use that thing to be a

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<v Speaker 2>greater blessing to multitudes. Ammen, God bless you.

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