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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody, This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>joining us for the first time or you've been listening

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<v Speaker 1>every day for ten years, we just want to say welcome,

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<v Speaker 1>We love you, and we pray for you every day.

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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.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're like me, you'd really like to be.

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<v Speaker 1>More bold and have more courage to share your faith

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<v Speaker 1>in Christ. And now here's Rick with the final part

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called Daring to Plant in Faith.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, a couple of years ago, PBS was doing

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<v Speaker 3>a series of family histories of famous Americans. Hey, Oprah

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<v Speaker 3>Winfrey and just a bunch of different people. And the

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<v Speaker 3>guy who did it came and said, we want to

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<v Speaker 3>do a pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to do you. Is it fine?

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<v Speaker 3>So they actually took a swab of DNA out of

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<v Speaker 3>my mouth and they went back and traced my family

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<v Speaker 3>tree back a thousand years. I'm a king and you

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<v Speaker 3>should all bow down to me. I'm just teasing, just easing,

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<v Speaker 3>But they, you know, they found all kinds of interesting

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<v Speaker 3>things and did a TV special on my family tree.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the things I discovered is the amount of

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<v Speaker 3>godly ancestors I had in my family. I am reaping

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<v Speaker 3>the benefit and blessings from grandparents and great grandparents who

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<v Speaker 3>were praying for their great grandchildren. I'm reaping that in

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<v Speaker 3>my life because I had some people who parents, grandparents,

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<v Speaker 3>great grandparents who loved God and were praying for their

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<v Speaker 3>future generations. Now I know many of you say, well,

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<v Speaker 3>you know I didn't have a family like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to have a legacy like that. Well, you started.

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<v Speaker 3>You started started with your family name that you determine that.

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<v Speaker 3>But the future generations of your family name are going

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<v Speaker 3>to be blessed because you're going to plant seeds of

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<v Speaker 3>prayer and love and godliness and generosity and faith and

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<v Speaker 3>all these other things. And the people that you come

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<v Speaker 3>out of your family tree have a blessing and heritage.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not the only sower. Jesus said this John four

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<v Speaker 3>thirty eight. I sent you to reap where you did

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<v Speaker 3>not plant, and others had already done work before you,

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<v Speaker 3>and you will now gather the harvest. I would say

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<v Speaker 3>to you that if you have children at home during

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<v Speaker 3>this time, involve them in the process of your generosity discussion.

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<v Speaker 3>Talk about this what you're going to sew and what

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to reap with them. I remember during the

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<v Speaker 3>time to build, sitting around with my three kids and

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<v Speaker 3>praying about what we were going to give, and my

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<v Speaker 3>two boys, Matthew and Josh deciding that they were going

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<v Speaker 3>to give their.

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball card collections.

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<v Speaker 3>And so they had quite a collection and we put

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<v Speaker 3>it all together and we took it out and we

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<v Speaker 3>sold it. And I think their contribution for this building

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<v Speaker 3>was five hundred dollars because of their commitment. That is

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<v Speaker 3>leaving a legacy, that is leaving a heritage. Are you

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<v Speaker 3>leaving a legacy of generosity or stinginess? Are you leaving

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<v Speaker 3>a legacy of faith or doubt or fear. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>the only one sewing number six. It always I always

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<v Speaker 3>reap in a different season than I sow. I always

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<v Speaker 3>reap in a different season than I sow. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>plants take time to grow. There's no instant maturity, and

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<v Speaker 3>so you don't plant today and this afternoon get the fruit.

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<v Speaker 2>There's always a delay.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's true when you plant anything in life, there's

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<v Speaker 3>no such thing as instant success. There's instant fame, but

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<v Speaker 3>no instant success. It takes time together wisdom. The Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says in Ecclesiastes three, there's a time for everything. There's

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<v Speaker 3>a season for every activity under heaven. There is a

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<v Speaker 3>time to plant, which is now, and there's a time

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<v Speaker 3>to harvest. There's a time to scatter, there's a time

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<v Speaker 3>to gather. In other words, there's a time to sew

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<v Speaker 3>and a time to reap. Fruit ripens gradually, and by

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<v Speaker 3>the way, it doesn't all ripe. And at the same time,

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<v Speaker 3>do you know the difference between a vine ripened tomato

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<v Speaker 3>and a gased tomato?

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<v Speaker 2>Which one tastes better? Yeah? The vine?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you miss the flavor when you get in a hurry.

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<v Speaker 3>You just need to understand when you plant. When you

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<v Speaker 3>plant a seed, if you don't get the harvest immediately,

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<v Speaker 3>there's always a delay, and the better the you know,

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<v Speaker 3>grapefruit takes two years. It takes two years before you

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<v Speaker 3>get a grapefruit. I got a grapefruit tree in my yard.

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<v Speaker 3>And some things take time, but they're worth it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>Number seven, I must be patient and not give up.

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<v Speaker 3>As you're waiting on the seed you are planted. You planted,

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<v Speaker 3>don't become impatient. I must be patient and not give up,

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<v Speaker 3>because you reap in a season that's different than the

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<v Speaker 3>one you sowed. In Galatians six' nine tells us. This

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<v Speaker 3>we let us not get tired of doing what is,

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<v Speaker 3>right for after a, while we will reap a harvest

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<v Speaker 3>of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give. UP

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<v Speaker 3>i have to be. Patient number eight this is a big.

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<v Speaker 3>ONE i will always reap more THAN i. Sow now,

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<v Speaker 3>again this can work for you or against. YOU i

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<v Speaker 3>will always reap more THAN i. Sow this is the

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<v Speaker 3>law of. MULTIPLICATION a couple of weeks, AGO i planted

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<v Speaker 3>giant sunflowers in my. Backyard take a little sunflower seed

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<v Speaker 3>from the giant the. Sun giant flint sunflowers grow to

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<v Speaker 3>about twelve feet, tall and the flowers about almost a foot.

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<v Speaker 2>Wide.

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<v Speaker 3>Enormous one little seed doesn't give me back one little.

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<v Speaker 3>Seed one little seed will give me.

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<v Speaker 2>Back a thousand.

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<v Speaker 3>Seeds you always reap more than you sow in the parable.

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<v Speaker 3>Soils jesus said it this. Way mark four. Eight some

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<v Speaker 3>seed fell on good, soil and it came, up and it,

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<v Speaker 3>grew and it produced a clop, crop multiplying circle that

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<v Speaker 3>thirty sixty and even one hundred. Times now, again this

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<v Speaker 3>will work for you against you depends on what kind

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<v Speaker 3>of seed you're. Planting you plant, gossip you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>get a lot more gossip about. You you plant, criticism

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to get a lot more criticism about. You

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<v Speaker 3>there is an exponential potential in every, seed as that old,

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<v Speaker 3>line that old cliche, says anybody can count the seeds

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<v Speaker 3>in an, apple but Only god can count the.

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<v Speaker 2>Apples in a.

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<v Speaker 3>Seed because one seed can produce an awful lot of,

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<v Speaker 3>Apples i'll always reap more THAN. I so number, nine

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<v Speaker 3>the ninth law of suing, HARVESTING i can increase my

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<v Speaker 3>harvest by planting more. SEED i can always increase my

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<v Speaker 3>harvest by planting more.

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<v Speaker 2>Seed and this is.

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<v Speaker 3>The law of, proportion that we always reap in proportion

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<v Speaker 3>to what we sow Two corinthians, nine six and. Seven

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<v Speaker 3>we actually looked at this verse last week and it says.

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<v Speaker 3>This remember, this whoever sows sparingly will reap, sparingly and

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<v Speaker 3>whoever sows generously will reap. Generously each one should give

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<v Speaker 3>what he's decided in his heart to, give not, reluctantly

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<v Speaker 3>not under pressure or under, compulsion For god loves a cheerful.

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<v Speaker 3>Giver now what that verse says is, This you get

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<v Speaker 3>to choose how big the harvest is in your. Life

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<v Speaker 3>you get to choose how Much god blesses your. Life

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<v Speaker 3>don't blame anybody. Else you get to choose how Much

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<v Speaker 3>god is blessing your. Life you so, sparingly you will reap.

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<v Speaker 3>Sparingly you so, generously you will reap. Generously that is

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<v Speaker 3>the word Of. God that is the law of the,

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<v Speaker 3>universe and it applies.

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<v Speaker 2>In every single area of your. Life it.

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<v Speaker 3>Works the law of generosity works for anybody who follows.

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<v Speaker 3>It it works for non believers Because god is just like.

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<v Speaker 3>Gravity works for believers and non. Believers it's just a

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<v Speaker 3>law of the. Universe proverbs eleven twenty. Four the world

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<v Speaker 3>of the generous gets larger and, larger and the world

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<v Speaker 3>of the stingy gets smaller and. Smaller number, ten the

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<v Speaker 3>tenth law of the. Harvest the more SEED i, plant

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<v Speaker 3>this is. Amazing the more SEED i, plant the More

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<v Speaker 3>god will give.

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<v Speaker 2>Me.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello the more SEED i, plant the MORE i give

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<v Speaker 3>away the More god gives. Me god is looking forgivers to,

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<v Speaker 3>bless and he looks. Down he hadn't looked for stingy

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<v Speaker 3>people to. Bless he looks forgivers to, bless and looks

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<v Speaker 3>than he. Goes is there anybody on earth like me

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<v Speaker 3>who wants to be, generous who wants to be, unselfish

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<v Speaker 3>who wants to think of other? People is there anybody

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<v Speaker 3>who trust? Me he's always looking for people to, use

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<v Speaker 3>and he blesses people who are. Generous my life is

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<v Speaker 3>a testimony of this. Verse you know my story on

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<v Speaker 3>giving that the more SEED i, plant the More god

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<v Speaker 3>will give. Me The bible says that Second corinthians nine,

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<v Speaker 3>ten For god who supplies seed to the farmer and

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<v Speaker 3>breaks and bread to, eat will give you more and

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<v Speaker 3>more seed to, plant and will make it grow so

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<v Speaker 3>that you can give even more and, more get, more

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<v Speaker 3>give away more and more fruit from your. Harvest that

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<v Speaker 3>verse is a promise about being generous with. Money it's

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<v Speaker 3>specifically about. Money that's What god. Says number, eleven the

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<v Speaker 3>eleventh law of. HARVESTING i plant by, faith not by my.

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<v Speaker 3>Feelings it's a very important. POINT i plant by, faith

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<v Speaker 3>not by my. Feelings people aren't generous because they don't

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<v Speaker 3>feel like being, generous and so they go by their. Feeling,

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<v Speaker 3>no you plant by, faith not by. Feeling when the

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<v Speaker 3>farmer gets up in the, morning do you think every

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<v Speaker 3>farmer expects to feel good about going and working on his. Farm,

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<v Speaker 3>no it's just hard. Work if a farmer only worked

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<v Speaker 3>his crops when he felt like, it not much would get.

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<v Speaker 3>Done he doesn't want to get up. Early you don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to, go you, know a harvest and plant and

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<v Speaker 3>weed and do all those. Things, no he does what

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<v Speaker 3>he doesn't feel like, doing and he's planting when he

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't feel like. It you don't go by your, Feelings

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<v Speaker 3>you go by your. Faith let me look give your little.

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<v Speaker 3>Confession confession is good. RESULTS i don't always feel like

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<v Speaker 3>being nice to. PEOPLE i hate to admit. That don't

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<v Speaker 3>think less of, Me BUT i don't always feel like

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<v Speaker 3>being nice to. People SOMETIMES i want to be. Cranky

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<v Speaker 3>SOMETIMES i just want to say leave me. Alone you,

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<v Speaker 3>KNOW i don't always feel like being. KIND i don't

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<v Speaker 3>always feel like being. GENEROUS i don't always feel like

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<v Speaker 3>giving people. Hope and this is a, SERIOUSLY i don't

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<v Speaker 3>always feel like. Preaching BUT i don't happen to live

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<v Speaker 3>by my. FEELINGS i happen to live by. Faith SOMETIMES

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<v Speaker 3>i plant When i'm. Tired SOMETIMES i plant When i'm,

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<v Speaker 3>distracted sometimes i'm PLANT i plant When i'm stressed. Out

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<v Speaker 3>SOMETIMES i plant When i'm.

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<v Speaker 2>In, deep deep.

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<v Speaker 3>Grief AND i move ahead and faith in spite of my,

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<v Speaker 3>feelings Expecting god to ask. ACT i told YOU i

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<v Speaker 3>didn't want to be here For. Easter it was a

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<v Speaker 3>second anniversary Of matthew's, death my youngest. SON i really

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<v Speaker 3>didn't want to be. Here AND i, said What i'd

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<v Speaker 3>rather do is just celebrate the resurrection at home with my,

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<v Speaker 3>wife My, lord my, kids and just get through the second.

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<v Speaker 3>Anniversary but all that, week BECAUSE i was crying all,

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<v Speaker 3>WEEK i was in tears most of that. Week AND

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<v Speaker 3>i Claimed psalm one five as a promise the next,

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<v Speaker 3>verse those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy they weep as.

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<v Speaker 3>They go to plant their, seeds but they sing as.

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<v Speaker 2>They return with the.

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<v Speaker 3>Harvest and you know, What AS i was planting seeds

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<v Speaker 3>in Fourteen easter, Services god gave a harvest of two

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<v Speaker 3>thy six hundred and four people came To.

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<v Speaker 2>Christ that's a. Deal that's.

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<v Speaker 3>You those who so in tears will reap in. Joy

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<v Speaker 3>and all those people are gonna be in heaven BECAUSE

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<v Speaker 3>i didn't do WHAT i felt like.

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<v Speaker 2>DOING i did WHAT i did by.

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<v Speaker 3>Faith and Sometimes god's gonna call you to make a sacrifice, money,

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<v Speaker 3>yes but also time and also talent and maybe your.

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<v Speaker 3>Life And god's gonna call you to, sacrifice and you're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna GO i don't feel like, it and you will

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<v Speaker 3>miss the blessing That god wants to do in using.

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<v Speaker 3>YOU i plant by, faith not by my. Feelings and,

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<v Speaker 3>finally number, twelve the twelve point is. This the best

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<v Speaker 3>time to plant is. Now the best time to plant is,

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<v Speaker 3>Now and you don't wait for a better.

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<v Speaker 2>Time the, sooner the, better people.

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<v Speaker 3>Say you, know WHEN i, Retire i'm gonna get serious About.

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<v Speaker 3>Now then you'll be. Worthless you, know you won't have

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<v Speaker 3>any energy to do. Anything ecclesiastes eleven. Four those who

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<v Speaker 3>wait for perfect weather will never plant, seeds and those

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<v Speaker 3>who look at every cloud will never reap a. Harvest

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<v Speaker 3>perfection paralyzes. Potential one of these days is none of these?

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<v Speaker 3>Days that's power. Heads, okay you're going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything about this.

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<v Speaker 3>Message if you don't like the kind of life you are,

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<v Speaker 3>reaping change the way you're. Planting whatever you need more

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<v Speaker 3>of you need to give. Away when you have a

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<v Speaker 3>need in any, area plant a. Seed would you pray

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<v Speaker 3>this Prayer Your, God thank you for the universe on universal.

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<v Speaker 3>Laws you have said that no one makes a fool of,

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<v Speaker 3>you that whatever person, plants he will. Harvest And, LORD

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<v Speaker 3>i REALIZE i can use that negatively or positively in my.

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<v Speaker 3>Life help me to practice these twelve laws of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Harvest help me to plant good seed in abundance in

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<v Speaker 3>every area of my.

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<v Speaker 2>Life help me.

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<v Speaker 3>To be patient and realize THAT i reap in a

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<v Speaker 3>season different than the ONE i sow, in but that

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<v Speaker 3>is inevitable that the fruit will. Come help me to

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<v Speaker 3>remember THAT i always reap more THAN i. Sow THAT

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<v Speaker 3>i can increase my harvest by planting more, seed and

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<v Speaker 3>that the more SEED i, plant the more you will give.

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<v Speaker 3>Me help me to not live by my, feelings but

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<v Speaker 3>to live by. Faith help me to realize the best

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<v Speaker 3>time to plant is right. Now if you've never opened

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<v Speaker 3>your life To Jesus, christ Say Jesus, christ come into

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<v Speaker 3>my life and make me the person you want me to.

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<v Speaker 3>BE i want to know you and love.

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<v Speaker 2>You trust.

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<v Speaker 4>You.

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<v Speaker 3>Father as each of us face the kind of lives

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to, live help us to realize that we

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<v Speaker 3>are leaving a legacy for future, generations that everything we

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<v Speaker 3>do has an impact on people we don't even, know

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<v Speaker 3>and just as we've been influenced by good and bad

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<v Speaker 3>in our, past that our lives will make it harder

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<v Speaker 3>or easier for somebody. ELSE i thank you for the

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<v Speaker 3>people who sacrificed and lived in faith and planted in

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<v Speaker 3>this church for thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>YEARS i thank.

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<v Speaker 3>You for those who will have the faith to do

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<v Speaker 3>so in the. FUTURE i thank you in advance for

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<v Speaker 3>the answer to all of our, prayers AND i thank

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<v Speaker 3>you in advance for the achievement of all of the

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<v Speaker 3>goals that we've set in. Face we give you honor

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<v Speaker 3>and glory In jesus's. Name. Amen, hi, Everybody this Is,

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<v Speaker 3>rick AND i hope you enjoyed today's. Broadcast you, know

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<v Speaker 3>if you just prayed that prayer for the very first,

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<v Speaker 3>time or you just recommitted your life To jesus again,

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<v Speaker 3>today would you let me know about. It there's something

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<v Speaker 3>real about sharing your, commitment so write Me rick At

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<v Speaker 3>pastorrick dot com and, Say, RICK i prayed that prayer of.

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<v Speaker 3>COMMITMENT i gave my life To. Christ And i'll send

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<v Speaker 3>you some material that will help you on your journey With.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus And i'll also pray for. You god bless.

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<v Speaker 1>You what a fantastic message From Pastor. Rick you Know

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<v Speaker 1>Daily hope is changing life every. Day Here's Pastor rick

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<v Speaker 1>with a letter from one of our.

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<v Speaker 2>Listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>TODAY i want to share with You marty's. Story marty

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<v Speaker 3>had been abused by his, stepfather who was actually a,

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<v Speaker 3>minister but thanks in part To Daily, Hope god helped

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<v Speaker 3>him renew his relationship With. God he wrote, This Dear Pastor,

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<v Speaker 3>rick it's through your teachings on The Father's word THAT

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<v Speaker 3>i have renewed and rebuilt my. FAITH i left the

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<v Speaker 3>church AND i turned my back On god because of

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<v Speaker 3>the abuse of my, stepfather a. MINISTER i reasoned in my,

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<v Speaker 3>youth how could a Loving god allow this to happen

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<v Speaker 3>to me and my. FAMILY i learned from you That

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<v Speaker 3>god's gift to free will is one of the most

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<v Speaker 3>powerful gifts we've received From, him and how we use

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<v Speaker 3>that gift is up to. US i needed to be

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<v Speaker 3>shown the reality of abuse in my family suffered at

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<v Speaker 3>my stepfather's hand was Not god's. Will it was my

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<v Speaker 3>stepfather's exercising his free. Will now the fact THAT i

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<v Speaker 3>didn't understand as a boy of, ten but you've taught

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<v Speaker 3>me THAT i needed to forgive, him AND i have

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<v Speaker 3>now done that because of your teachings On God's, Word

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<v Speaker 3>i've been rebuilding and renewing my faith over the last three,

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<v Speaker 3>years and at the urging of a close, FRIEND i

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<v Speaker 3>started listening to you On Daily. Hope from your, TEACHING

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<v Speaker 3>i started to pray every, night and THEN i added

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<v Speaker 3>prayers every morning and thanksgiving to The. FATHER i knew

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<v Speaker 3>that the biggest challenge in my journey of faith would

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<v Speaker 3>be returning to The body Of, christ The. Church but

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<v Speaker 3>through your, TEACHING i was able to overcome my, fear

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<v Speaker 3>understood the basis of, it forgive my, stepfather and move.

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<v Speaker 3>Forward i've read three of your, books Including Purpose Driven,

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<v Speaker 3>life and they've all helped me in my. Journey i'm

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<v Speaker 3>overjoyed beyond words to have found a great. Church i'm

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<v Speaker 3>in a Good bible study with my brothers and sisters In,

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<v Speaker 3>christ And i've become active in some other small groups

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<v Speaker 3>in support of our church and of Our. FATHER i

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<v Speaker 3>now know greater peace Than i've ever known SINCE i

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<v Speaker 3>was a young. Boy so thank, You Pastor. Rick thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for all you do in ministry Through Daily.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope.

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<v Speaker 3>Marty, Well, marty thank you so much for sharing this

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<v Speaker 3>painful but very moving. Story i'm so glad to hear

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<v Speaker 3>that you've been able to forgive your, stepfather to let it.

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<v Speaker 3>Go he doesn't deserve, it but none of us. Forgiveness

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<v Speaker 3>we do it for our, sake not for their, sake

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<v Speaker 3>and Because jesus said it's the.

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<v Speaker 2>Right thing to.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you, know the person who won't forgive is burning

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<v Speaker 3>the bridge that they have to walk across to get into.

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<v Speaker 3>Heaven i'm going to need forgiveness the rest of my,

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<v Speaker 3>life and so will. You. Now i'm grateful that you've

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<v Speaker 3>learned to rediscover your faith and learn to come back

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<v Speaker 3>to the church that has become a support for. You you

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<v Speaker 3>just are putting a big smile on my face. Today

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<v Speaker 3>god bless, You.

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<v Speaker 4>Marty if you'd like to Bless Pastor rick by letting

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<v Speaker 4>him know how much this broadcast has helped, you please

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<v Speaker 4>send him an email At rick At pasastrick dot. Com

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<v Speaker 4>That's rick at pastorig dot.

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<v Speaker 1>Com please join us next time as we look Into

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<v Speaker 1>god's word for our daily. Hope this program is sponsored

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<v Speaker 1>By Pastor Rick's Daily hope and your generous financial.

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<v Speaker 2>Support