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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, it's Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith the Key

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

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<v Speaker 1>have a bold, unshakable faith. And so far this series

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<v Speaker 1>is giving all of us powerful tools to share our faith,

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<v Speaker 1>a faith that gives you courage to impact the world

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<v Speaker 1>around you. All right here it comes Pastor Rick with

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<v Speaker 1>part two of a message called Daring to Imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>So my imagination shapes my life, and imagination is essential

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<v Speaker 2>to living by faith.

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<v Speaker 3>Number three. Third thing I've learned.

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<v Speaker 2>Great lives are built on great dreams. Great lives are

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<v Speaker 2>built around great dreams.

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<v Speaker 3>In my lifetime, I've.

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<v Speaker 2>Had the opportunity to meet a lot of very great people.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of them are famous, some of them are not famous.

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<v Speaker 2>Because fame and greatness have nothing to do with each other.

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<v Speaker 2>You can be famous and not be great, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can be great and not be famous. But in great lives,

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<v Speaker 2>they're built around great dreams. What I've discovered is that

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<v Speaker 2>nobody is naturally a great person. You don't just pop

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<v Speaker 2>out of your mommy being a great person. No, you

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<v Speaker 2>become great by attaching your life to a great cause.

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<v Speaker 2>A great purpose or a great dream. You need something

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than yourself to draw you out of yourself, to

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<v Speaker 2>make you grow better than yourself. And that's what makes

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<v Speaker 2>you a great person. Until you have a great dream,

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<v Speaker 2>you will never be a great woman. Until you have

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<v Speaker 2>a great dream for your life, you will never be

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<v Speaker 2>a great man if you don't have a great vision.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have a great dream, it is impossible

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<v Speaker 2>for you to be great. Greatness comes from what you

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<v Speaker 2>attach yourself to. You need something bigger than yourself that

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<v Speaker 2>pulls you out of your self centeredness that makes you great.

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<v Speaker 2>Now during during faith, I want to help you unlock

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<v Speaker 2>your imagination and I want to help you become a

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<v Speaker 2>mo or great person. And I want you to dream

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<v Speaker 2>and to visualize them, to think about how God wants

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<v Speaker 2>to use your career, how God wants to use your future,

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<v Speaker 2>your finances, your family, your giving, your ministry, your career.

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<v Speaker 2>And my prayer for you is actually this next verse

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<v Speaker 2>on your outlines Pesians chapter one. As your pastor, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>praying this, may God enlighten the eyes of your mind

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<v Speaker 2>so that you can see the hope that His calling

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<v Speaker 2>holds for you. I notice this, may God enlighten the

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<v Speaker 2>eyes of your mind. What's he talking about there, the

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<v Speaker 2>eyes of your mind. He's not talking about your physical eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about your imagination. He's saying, I pray that

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<v Speaker 2>your imagination will come alive and in faith, you will

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<v Speaker 2>be able to see God's dream for your life. God's

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<v Speaker 2>vision for your life, God's purpose and plan for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>God's calling on your life. God has a calling for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Most people miss their calling in life. Why because they're

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<v Speaker 2>following their dream instead of God's dream. I'm not interested

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<v Speaker 2>in you following your dream. I'm interested in you in

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<v Speaker 2>following God's dream. I could make up a dream for

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<v Speaker 2>my life. I could say, you know, I dream of

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<v Speaker 2>being a rock star, and it would be a waste

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<v Speaker 2>of my life because God didn't wire me to be

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<v Speaker 2>a rock star. God said, I want you to give you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to give you my dream for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's your calling. And he says, when you understand

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<v Speaker 2>what I've made you for, what I've built you for,

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<v Speaker 2>what I have a vision for your life, then you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have hope.

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<v Speaker 3>You will know the hope that is calling holds for you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want significance in your life, if you want

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<v Speaker 2>satisfaction in your life, if you want fulfillment in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what you gotta do. You got to stop following

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<v Speaker 2>your dream for your life, and you've got to start

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<v Speaker 2>following God's dream for your life. Because God's dream, when

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<v Speaker 2>you fulfill it, you go, this is it. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what I was made to be.

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<v Speaker 3>It fits. I know my niche, I know why I'm alive. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't imagine, you're calling. If you can't dream

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<v Speaker 2>God's dream, you're not really living. You're just existing, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're just going through life. And without a dream, you're dying.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says in Proverbs twenty eight eighteen, where there

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<v Speaker 2>is no vision, what does it say the people perish?

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<v Speaker 2>Circle that the people perish? I tell pastors when a

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<v Speaker 2>church has no dream, where there's no vision in a church,

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<v Speaker 2>the people go to another parish. Now, as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to discover God's dream. And one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that I told you that during daring faith.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to push you. I'm going to stretch you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to challenge you to discover God's dream for

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<v Speaker 3>And that leads me to number four. The fourth thing

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<v Speaker 3>I've learned, and it's this.

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<v Speaker 2>God's dream for my life is bigger than my dream.

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<v Speaker 2>God's dream for my life is bigger than my dream.

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<v Speaker 2>It's exponentially bigger. It's far larger. It's eternally significant.

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<v Speaker 3>There are a lot of dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have big dreams and they wouldn't be significant.

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<v Speaker 2>You could dream of being a millionaire by a certain age.

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<v Speaker 2>Your dream of being a billionaire.

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<v Speaker 3>For what purpose?

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<v Speaker 2>Just do you think God puts you on this planet

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<v Speaker 2>to live for yourself? Of course not, of course not.

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<v Speaker 2>God's dream is for your life is bigger than your dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you what the Bible says the Phesians three.

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<v Speaker 2>God can do anything, you know, far more than you

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<v Speaker 2>could ever imagine, or guess or request in your wildest dream. Notice,

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<v Speaker 2>far more than you could ever imagine. God can do

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<v Speaker 2>that in your life, or guess or request in your

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<v Speaker 2>wildest dream.

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<v Speaker 3>Now let me stop there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you, but I'm a pretty big dreamer.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never been accused of small dreaming. I've never been

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<v Speaker 2>accused of being a tiny thinker. I have big visions

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<v Speaker 2>in life, and yet God says, rick, think of the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest thing I could do in your life. Think of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest way I could bless your life. Dream the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest dream, the greatest vision, and I can top that.

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<v Speaker 2>You have no idea what God wants to do in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You are living such a small fraction of

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<v Speaker 2>what you're capable of. You were doing with your life,

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<v Speaker 2>such a small portion of what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. God's dream for your life is enormous.

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<v Speaker 2>It's big. He says, I can do more than you

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<v Speaker 2>can imagine or guests or requestion your wildest dream. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says He does it not by pushing us around,

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<v Speaker 2>but by working within us his spirit deeply and gently

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<v Speaker 2>within us. And by the way, the next verse after

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<v Speaker 2>that says, so glory to God in the Church, glory

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<v Speaker 2>to God in Jesus, Glory to God in all generations,

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<v Speaker 2>and glory to God.

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<v Speaker 3>Forever and ever.

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<v Speaker 2>We just sang that. That's this verse. We just sang

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<v Speaker 2>this glory to God forever. Now, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>write this down in your outline. God wants me to

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<v Speaker 2>dream big.

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<v Speaker 3>Write that down.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants me to dream big. He wants me to

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<v Speaker 2>use the imagination that He gave me. Because dreaming big

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<v Speaker 2>honors God. It shows faith, It shows trust. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>should base your dream not on what you think you

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<v Speaker 2>could do, but you should base your dream on what

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<v Speaker 2>you think God could do. I remember many years ago

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<v Speaker 2>when we bought the Lake Forest property and the word

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<v Speaker 2>got out in Orange County that a church was going

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<v Speaker 2>to go buy one hundred and twenty acres. Let's put

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<v Speaker 2>this a perspective, that's bigger than Disneyland. His property is

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than Disneyland. And people said, what kind of church

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<v Speaker 2>is this going to go buy one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>acres of Orange County property? Who do those people think

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<v Speaker 2>they are? And when I heard that, I said, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong question. The question is not who do we

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<v Speaker 3>It's who do we.

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<v Speaker 2>Think God is. That's the real issue. I write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Let the size of my God determine the size of

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<v Speaker 2>my goal. I must let the size of my God,

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<v Speaker 2>not the size of my gifts, but the size of

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<v Speaker 2>my God determine the size of my goal. God's dream

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<v Speaker 2>for my life is bigger than my dream. Number five,

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<v Speaker 2>The fifth thing I've learned about dreaming and vision and

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<v Speaker 2>imagination is this, Doubt is the enemy of imagination. Doubt

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<v Speaker 2>is the enemy of imagination. Now, doubt and fear neutralize

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

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<v Speaker 3>You see, it takes courage to imagine. Why.

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<v Speaker 2>You know why most people don't imagine because they're afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of failure. When you were a kid, you had a

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<v Speaker 2>great imagination. Children have a massive amount of imagination. But

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<v Speaker 2>the older you get, the more your imagination grows rusty.

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<v Speaker 2>You stop imagining what things could be, and you just

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<v Speaker 2>start living the way they are, and you get stuck

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<v Speaker 2>in the status quo, which is Latin for the mess

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<v Speaker 2>we're in, and you don't imagine what they could be.

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<v Speaker 2>You just imagine or you just think about what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>and you stop using that imagination muscle in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Doubt is the enemy of imagination, and that's why it

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<v Speaker 2>takes courage. And by the way, what is courage. Courage

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<v Speaker 2>is doing the thing you fear the most. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>not afraid, you don't need courage. You don't need courage.

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<v Speaker 2>Courage only happens when you're scared to death. Courage is

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<v Speaker 2>when you're scared to death. He said, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>do it anyway. In the history of Saddleback Church, every

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<v Speaker 2>great thing that we did, I was scared to death

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<v Speaker 2>to do scared to death? Dude, I just said, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to do it anyway. Why because I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to about to let fear dominate my life. So I

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<v Speaker 2>do it, moving ahead, trembling, moving ahead in fear, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just do it anyway and God shows up. God

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<v Speaker 2>will show up in your life. Courage is when you

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<v Speaker 2>do the thing while you're afraid. You do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, should I wait till all the fear is gone.

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<v Speaker 2>It's never gonna go away. You just do it while

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<v Speaker 2>you're afraid, and then it goes away. Doubt is the

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<v Speaker 2>enemy of imagination. You have to move against your fears,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes you have to ignore all the insecures you're feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>You say, I'm gonna do it. I'm just gonna go

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<v Speaker 3>for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do it even though I'm scared to death

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm insecure and i might fail, and blah blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah. James, Chapter one. If you need wisdom,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to know God's dream vision for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you need wisdom, just ask God for it because

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<v Speaker 2>he's generous and he enjoys giving it to everyone. But

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<v Speaker 2>when you ask You must believe and not doubt. For

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<v Speaker 2>a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of

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<v Speaker 2>the sea that's driven back and forth and tossed about

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<v Speaker 2>by the wind. Such doubters cannot decide anything that they do.

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<v Speaker 2>So they should not imagine there's that word. They should

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<v Speaker 2>not imagine receiving anything from the Lord. You gotta believe,

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<v Speaker 2>and you've gotta banish doubt. You know what you need

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<v Speaker 2>to do. You need to doubt your doubts and believe

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<v Speaker 2>your beliefs. The problem we have today is we do

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<v Speaker 2>the exact opposite. We believe our doubts and we doubt

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<v Speaker 2>our beliefs. No doubts are meant to be doubted. Beliefs

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<v Speaker 2>are meant to be believed. So you believe your beliefs

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<v Speaker 2>and your doubt your doubts. Your imagination in your life

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<v Speaker 3>And that's your choice. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you let your imagination be governed by fear, you're

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<v Speaker 2>and you're gonna worry about what other people think, and

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<v Speaker 3>And you're gonna worry about this and this and that.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you allow fear to control your imagination, you

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<v Speaker 2>All things are possible with God. Then your imagination talks

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<v Speaker 2>about what could happen, the good things that might happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and your imagination moves you ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Doubt will destroy you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, there's a great story in the Bible about a

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<v Speaker 2>Mark chapter nine, and the man says to Jesus, please

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<v Speaker 2>heal my son if you can. And Jesus replied, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you mean if I can? Anything is possible if

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<v Speaker 2>a person believes. The father replied, I do believe, but

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<v Speaker 2>help me not to doubt.

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<v Speaker 3>I love this.

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<v Speaker 2>Passage because I love the authenticity. I love the honesty

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<v Speaker 2>of this guy. He goes, I believe. I just got

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<v Speaker 2>some doubts. And one of the passages in translations, he says, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I do believe, help me with my unbelief. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know what Jesus's response was to this guy when he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if all things are possible if you believe,

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<v Speaker 2>and the guy says, well, I do believe, help me

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<v Speaker 2>He does good enough, and he heals the guy right

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<v Speaker 2>there on the spot. On the spot. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>wish I had learned a long time ago. Wish somebody

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<v Speaker 2>told me that I don't have to have all my

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<v Speaker 2>follow Jesus Christ and enjoy all the benefits of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been walking with Jesus Christ now for almost well

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<v Speaker 2>over fifty years. I still have questions. I got a

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<v Speaker 3>When I get to have it, I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 3>You can get in line behind me. I've got all my.

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<v Speaker 2>Questions to ask Jesus. Jesus, why did you do this?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think this was a good thing. He did

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<v Speaker 2>here and on and on, and I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 2>because I believe I just have some doubts. Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>I had thought that I had to answer all my

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<v Speaker 2>doubts and all my questions, I still wouldn't even be

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<v Speaker 2>a Christian. What I learned listen very closely is I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to understand something for me to benefit from it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have to have it all figured out for

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, I don't understand how internal combustion works. It

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand how there are literally colored pictures flying

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<v Speaker 2>through the air right now and going through my body

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<v Speaker 2>and yours, but it doesn't stop me from turning on

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<v Speaker 2>a TV and watching them.

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<v Speaker 3>How in the world does that happen? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>How can I pick out my phone and talk to

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<v Speaker 3>Other side of the world. I don't know all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't explain that to you, But I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to explain it to enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 3>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't have to have all my doubts answered,

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<v Speaker 2>all my questions resolve in order to live by faith. Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe, help me with my doubts. God says, that's

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<v Speaker 2>good enough. And so doubt will destroy you if you

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<v Speaker 2>let it keep you from imagining and being all that

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to be. So this guy comes to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus and he says, Lord, I want to believe, help

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<v Speaker 2>me with my doubts. Have you ever cried out to

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<v Speaker 2>God that way? Have you ever cried out to God

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<v Speaker 2>and said, Lord, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Want to believe, help me with my doubts. You need

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<v Speaker 3>to do that this morning if you haven't now.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that happens because of doubt and

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<v Speaker 2>because of fear and because of worry is vision begins

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<v Speaker 2>to dissipate in your life. You get a dream, but

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<v Speaker 2>you leak and your dream dissipates. A lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>start off in life with a great dream, a great goal,

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<v Speaker 2>a great vision, a great objective, a great cause and

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose to live the life for. But over time

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<v Speaker 2>it begins to dissipate and drain out and.

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<v Speaker 3>Leak out of their life. Just much like you buy a.

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<v Speaker 2>Balloon with healing minute, you put it up in your house,

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<v Speaker 2>and three days later nobody's actually poked it.

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<v Speaker 3>It didn't all leak out at once.

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<v Speaker 2>It just started to leak out a little bit at

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<v Speaker 2>a time, and pretty soon it's droopy. And some of

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<v Speaker 2>you have a flat tire emotionally, and you got a

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<v Speaker 2>flat tire mentally because you don't. You're not dreaming anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not believing anymore. And so what you have to

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<v Speaker 2>do is you have to re energize the dream periodically.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to refuel the dream or you run out

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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 study kit by Pastor Rick Warren. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you more.

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<v Speaker 2>How would you like to have a bold, unshakable faith

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

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<v Speaker 2>always 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 you.

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

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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

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<v Speaker 2>He'll use it in your life if you'll trust him

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