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Joseph Prince - How To Trust God When You're Stuck In "What If"

December 15, 2025 | 29:45

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - How To Trust God When You're Stuck In "What If" | December 15, 2025

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Joseph prince: as we step into 2026,
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I invite you to shine that light with us.
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Let's believe bigger. let's build together.
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I pray that you will continue to partner with us
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To take this gospel farther and faster
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Than ever before.
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Male announcer: in a world that is ever-changing,
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There is one who is still the same.
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In the chaos, he is still the calm.
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In the panic, he is still the promise.
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In the bad news, worse news, and fake news,
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He is still the good news.
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From feeding the 5000 to feeding your family,
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He is still the supply.
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From calming the sea of galilee
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To calming the storm in your mind,
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He is still the peace.
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Because when all else falters, fades, and falls,
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He is still jesus, above it all.
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So no matter what's popular today or forgotten tomorrow,
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This ministry will still always be about jesus.
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The same jesus who changed your life.
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Announcer: will you still choose
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To make our mission
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Your mission today?
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Joseph prince: if you are suffering mental issues, okay,
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You've been diagnosed with depression
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Or whatever it is,
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You keep yourself in the room, take one step.
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Maybe just go out there and sit down and watch tv.
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And take one step. just one step.
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Don't worry about tomorrow. "but i'm not working."
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Don't worry.
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One step will lead you to your job.
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"but i'm not married at my age."
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One step will lead you to the right place.
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How many times we have lived in the future?
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How many times we have lived in the past, in regret?
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We regret, but we are here with our loved one.
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We are here at this age.
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We are here while we are still young.
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We worry about old age.
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We are here and we regret the past.
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No, god can accelerate time for you, amen?
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Just live one day at a time. get up.
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Just do what you're supposed to do,
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Next thing and the next thing,
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And the holy spirit will lead you
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One step at a time.
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Don't worry about what you can't see in front of you.
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Just obey the lord.
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He may prompt you to do something.
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He might prompt you.
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When the time is right,
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You realize you're in a bigger place,
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A wider place, greater possession of your possessions.
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Announcer: it's time to see your favorite bible stories
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In a brand-new light.
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In today's message,
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Let joseph take you on a behind-the-scenes tour
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Of the miracles and wonders of our lovely lord jesus.
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See the bible come alive like never before.
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In his book "expedition promised land,"
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Joseph shares fresh revelations of our lord's love for you
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And places in the bible.
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Of bethsaida.
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And now, here's pastor joseph prince
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With today's program.
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Joseph prince: jesus says, "heaven and earth will pass away
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But my words will never pass away."
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We've tried everything.
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You know, we have all the resources
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And the helps of modern science and medicine
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Than any other generation ever.
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And yet, many people are suffering more
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This time around than ever.
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Their diet is supposed to improve.
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Mental health is at an all-time low.
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In fact, it's on the increase.
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But i just want you to know that
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The theme of the year for god's people is amazing
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Because god knows what is the emphasis for that year.
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So some people will say, "well, you know what, pastor?
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I believe that every year is the year of the latter rain."
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Yes, it's true, amen?
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God does not take away; god adds, amen?
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So we are still in the year of restful increase.
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We are still in the year of crowned goodness.
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We are still in the year of unceasing fruitfulness.
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We are still in the year of possessing our possessions.
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We are still in the year of jubilee.
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We are still in the year of hesed wisdom.
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We are still in the year of...the latter rain.
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It's still raining blessings, amen?
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And it's for god's people.
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Don't try to make this something applicable for the world, amen.
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It's not for the world.
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In fact, as far as the world is concerned,
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It's going to get darker and darker.
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The bible tells us that. the word of god tells us that.
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Before jesus makes his appearance,
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The world will get darker and darker.
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But the glory of the lord will arise upon you,
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And it will be seen on you.
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His glory will be seen on you.
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And darkness actually allows the light
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To be seen in all its glory like never before, amen?
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I've said time and again that if you switch off
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All the lights in this auditorium
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And there's one flicker of light somewhere,
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Everybody will see it, all right?
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But the darker it is, pitch darkness,
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A little light even will be seen in all its glory, amen?
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So when the whole world is like people painting peace.
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You know, there was a competition one time
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Of who can portray peace on the canvas.
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It was a real competition.
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And at the end, they sort of, like, selected the last three.
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One was a very peaceful scenery of, you know, the sun rising,
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The horizon.
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Another one was, you know, a beautiful scenery of pasture
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And all that.
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But the one that won amazed everybody.
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It was stormy. the storm over the sea.
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The sea was raging with its waves,
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Foaming out its waves.
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And--but when you look at first glance,
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Even come nearer,
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You can see why it's portraying peace.
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But near the craggy rock facing the sea, the cliffs,
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There is a bird, a mother bird.
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And she has her wings over her young ones.
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And the young ones are in absolute peace.
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The bible says: "he will cover you with his feathers,"
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Throughout this year,
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"and under his wings, you shall trust," amen?
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Peace is not the absence of adverse circumstances.
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It's not the absence of challenges and battles.
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We'll go through this this year.
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But we're not going through this alone.
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The lord will be with us.
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Even though you walk through--
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And thank god you're not going to walk and dwell.
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You're going to walk through the shadow,
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The valley of the shadow.
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Remember it's a shadow, amen?
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A shadow of a tiger does not kill anybody, amen?
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You are walking through the valley
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Of the shadow of death, you will fear no evil.
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For he is with you, amen? and his rod and his staff.
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That's the nature of the shepherd.
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The lord is our shepherd.
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It's so good to know that we are facing this year
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With our shepherd.
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We do not know everything that's going to happen.
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Jesus said, "don't worry about tomorrow.
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Take no thought for tomorrow.
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Don't worry about tomorrow," he says.
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"sufficient of the day is the evil thereof."
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In other words, live one day at a time.
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If you are suffering mental depression,
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Listen to what i'm going to say, amen?
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Just live one day at a time.
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Get up, just do what you're supposed to do.
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Next thing and the next thing,
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And the holy spirit will lead you first step by step by step.
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The secret of the winding stairs.
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Before you know it, you are on another level.
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Before you know it, you're in a larger place
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To inherit even more.
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Are you listening?
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"thy word is a lamp unto my feet."
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And i read an account of a man who went to israel in the 1800s.
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And back then, they don't have, you know, the modern convenience
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Like buses, but the guides back then
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Would carry their luggage for them
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And they would be on a camel, and when their hands are full,
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At night, as evening comes and darkness descends,
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They will tie a lamp around their feet.
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And then the one who was riding the camel was a minister.
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He says that it reminds him of psalms 119, verse 105, says,
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"thy word is a lamp unto my feet."
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He does not see the end journey.
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Neither can you when you climb up the stairs.
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If you are suffering mental issues, okay,
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You've been diagnosed with depression
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Or whatever it is,
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You keep yourself in the room, take one step.
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Maybe just go out there and sit down and watch tv.
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And take one step. just one step.
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Don't worry about tomorrow. "but i'm not working."
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Don't worry.
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One step will lead you to your job.
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"but i'm not married at my age."
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One step will lead you to the right place.
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Imagine rebecca went that morning
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Not knowing that she would meet her--
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She was about to meet her very, very anointed
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And rich fiancé, or husband-to-be,
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Which is isaac, but she met the servant, right?
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And she was just obeying the lord
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By being generous to feed his camel.
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End up, she became the wife of isaac, abraham's son,
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Who inherited everything from abraham.
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One step at a time.
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Show them the message bible, matthew 6.
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It says like this: "give your entire attention
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To what god is doing right now,
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And don't get worked up
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About what may or may not happen tomorrow.
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God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up
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When the time comes."
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This brings out the spirit of what jesus is saying.
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Don't worry about tomorrow. this is the message translation.
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Enough problems today. and the manna comes daily.
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And there's enough manna for one day at a time.
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Are you listening? there's enough grace for today.
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A lady would say things like-- it's a true story--
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Went for a holiday with a friend,
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And she looked at the beautiful place.
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And many people do this.
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They look, "oh this place is so beautiful.
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I must come back here one day."
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Then her friend is thinking, "you are here."
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How many times we have lived in the future?
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How many times we have lived in the past, in regret?
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We regret.
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But we are here with our loved one.
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We are here at this age.
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We are here while we are still young.
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We worry about old age.
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We are here and we regret the past.
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No, god can accelerate time for you.
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Jesus, our lord jesus, the first beginning of miracles.
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The bible says, in cana of galilee,
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"on the third day there was a wedding in cana of galilee,
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And the mother of jesus was there.
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Now both jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding."
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And, you know, they ran out of wine.
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You know that, right, amen?
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I've shared on this before, if you remember.
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And they went to jesus and mother said,
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"they have no wine."
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Now listen, the mother said this.
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I want you all to learn this.
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From the lips of mary, it says,
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"whatsoever he says to you, do it!"
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And it's always the first step.
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If it tells you, don't worry, you're depressed now,
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Just get up, breathe, eat, and just start walking out.
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Just a walk in the park. just a walk in the park.
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By the way, talking about walking.
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The lord--this is from the lord.
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The lord told me to tell you all: start walking again.
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Do you know a neuroscientist just--
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And my wife gave me this just-- again, this past week,
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She gave me an article from a neuroscientist
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Who said that people who walk often,
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Amen, people walk even 30 minutes a day,
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People who walk, it helps their brain,
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Not just their physical health,
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It helps their brain, and he's a neuroscientist, amen.
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It's something about walking outside especially.
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It gives you a broad-- you know, your mind is at ease.
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Start walking. walk your way into wholeness.
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Walk your way into health, amen. now, just natural walking.
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Now, god tells us to walk, there is some power in it.
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He is going to bless it, amen? okay, praise god.
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Now, the first miracle.
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"whatever he says to you, do it."
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So jesus saw there were six water pots of stone
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For purifying of the juice,
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Containing about 20 gallons or 30 gallons.
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He told them, "fill the water pots with water."
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They filled it.
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He said, "show them to the governor of the feast."
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And the governor of the feast tasted it and he says,
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"my goodness."
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He called for the--he didn't know where it came from.
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He called for the bride and groom.
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He says, "you know, most people, they'll serve good wine first.
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When people are intoxicated, they can't tell the difference.
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You give them any drink or so, they'll drink, you know?
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When they are intoxicated, they bring up the inferior wine.
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But you have kept the good wine, the best wine, for last.
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It's amazing."
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And this miracle, nobody was helped, in that sense,
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Except for the bride and groom.
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It was a miracle of luxury...amen.
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But something else the bible says--
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In the gospel of john there are seven miracles,
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But they are not called miracles.
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Only in john, they are called signs.
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They are miracles, but in john, he calls it signs.
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So the first miracle in the bible--drop down--
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It says jesus turned the water into wine:
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"this beginning of signs jesus did in cana of galilee."
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In cana of galilee, amen?
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Are you all with me so far? follow me?
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Now, how long does it take to get good wine?
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To plant a seed in the ground is the first step, right?
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So how long before the vine produces grapes?
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Two to three years.
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And even then, even three to four years, even then--
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Listen carefully--
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The three to four years when grapes come,
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That wine is not good quality.
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It's what they use for average wine.
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Good-quality wine, five to seven years.
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Even better-quality wine, after the five to seven years,
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You get the grapes and you make it into wine,
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You keep it.
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The longer you keep it, 20 years, 30 years,
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The value goes up.
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Jesus compressed time.
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His first miracle is a sign to all of us
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That he is the lord of time.
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He is the lord of time.
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This year, you will see him accelerate time,
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Reverse time, if it's in your favor,
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Or even suspend time.
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And please write in when you see that happening.
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Let us know.
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God can even reverse the years the locust has eaten.
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In this case, excellent wine.
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Now, it's not that man cannot produce excellent wine.
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It takes time.
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It takes 7 years, then 20 years to have that kind of wine
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That jesus produced in an instant.
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I'm not saying that man cannot do it,
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But it takes a lot of time.
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So this year, we'll not follow man's way;
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God's way.
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The second miracle jesus did.
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How many know what's the second miracle jesus did?
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It's also in cana of galilee. same gospel of john.
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Okay, let's go to john 4:
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"now after two days he departed from there
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And went to galilee."
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Notice he did the miracle on the third day.
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Show them "the third day."
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The miracle of water to wine was on the third day.
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Do you know, spiritually speaking,
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We are living in the days of the third day?
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The bible says a thousand years with the lord is like one day.
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So jesus came 2000 years ago, amen?
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So we are living in after two days.
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We are living in the third day.
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And here again it says in this next miracle,
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John 4, "now after the two days he appeared from there
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And went to galilee," drop down.
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"so jesus came again to cana of galilee
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Where he had made the water wine.
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And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at capernaum.
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When he heard that jesus had come out of judea
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Into galilee, he went to jesus and implored him
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To come down and heal his son,
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For he was at the point of death."
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So cana of galilee and capernaum,
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Where his son was.
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He came all the way to cana, where jesus was,
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To ask jesus to go down to where his son was
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In capernaum.
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You know how many miles is that?
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40.4 kilometers,
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Which is about 25 miles.
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40.4 kilometers is about, give and take,
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25 miles, okay?
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That's how far it is.
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Then jesus said this. drop down.
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Jesus says, "go your way; your son lives."
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So jesus didn't have to come down.
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"he says, 'go your way; your son lives.'
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So the man believed the word that jesus spoke to him,
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And he went his way, and as he was now going down,
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His servants met him and told him," by the way,
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He went down the next day.
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How do i know?
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Because the bible says yesterday, the miracle happened,
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His servants told him.
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In other words, he trusted the word of jesus.
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He didn't rush down to see whether his son is okay.
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He spent the night in cana.
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The next day, "as he was going down,
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His servants met him and said, 'your son lives!'
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He inquired of them the hour when he got better.
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They said to him, 'yesterday at the seventh hour,'"
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1 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Drop down.
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"the father knew it was the same hour
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In which jesus said to him, 'your son lives.'
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And he himself believed, and his whole household."
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This again is the second sign.
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Now, by the way, there are seven signs
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In the gospel of john.
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There are many other miracles jesus did
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Which, if everything is written down,
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John says the books cannot contain it.
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But seven signs will teach us something.
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After this, you don't find "this is the third sign"
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Or fourth sign or fifth sign anymore.
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Only the first two, the beginning of miracles.
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That goes the apocryphal story.
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When jesus was a boy, he saw a bird
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With a broken wing.
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He touched it and the bird flew away, you know, healed.
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No, no such thing.
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He did miracles only after
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He was anointed with the holy spirit,
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And the first miracle he did was turn the water into wine
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To show that he's the lord of time.
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And this one? he's the lord of space.
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Scientifically, he's the lord of time and space.
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Space exists in all things.
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And everything finds its existence in space,
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Except god.
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He's outside space.
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So this year, he can manipulate space for you.
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He's the lord of time and space. are you with me so far, huh?
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Come on, church! he's the lord of time and space.
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He can accelerate time, he can expand space.
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Get ready for promotion, amen.
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Get ready for a wider place, a larger place.
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Even naturally as well, you know,
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This is going to be the year, amen.
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You are thinking, "well, my condition, you know,
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Is a chronic condition, and it will take some time.
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I believe i'll get well and all that."
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Well, this year, he's going to accelerate time for you, amen.
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"but, pastor prince, at this age and all that, i regret.
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I look back and all that."
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Don't live in regret. live now, amen.
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God is able to take your past and multiply it
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And restore to you the years the locust has eaten.
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I meet so many people that i've seen for myself:
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They look better than they did in their 20s,
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In their 40s, in their 50s.
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Some of them are healthier.
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Many of them are healthier today
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Than they were in their 20s or even in their teens.
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Some of them had chronic problems and all that.
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And i look at them,
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And they are in our church, and i see so many of them.
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I'm telling you:
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I rejoice because god is restoring the years.
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God can do it just like time.
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Sometimes, drags for us. sometimes it seems so fast.
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God can manipulate time in your favor this year.
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Get ready for that.
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And there'll be a space thing as well.
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Space, you cannot eliminate it. you cannot do away with it.
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You are in it. except for one, outside it.
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Just like he's outside time, amen?
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He can manipulate space.
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What is the secret of the staircase?
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Saving time.
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Maximum amount of height in the smallest possible space
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In the shortest time.
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It's going to happen to you and your loved ones
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This coming year.
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You'll go higher in the spirit. you'll go higher.
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You're not going behind anymore.
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So don't think natural.
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Aren't you glad god does it one step at a time?
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We cannot take it--david, you think you're bringing the cheese
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To the battlefield, amen, and the bread for your brothers.
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No, no. you're going to end up king.
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You're going to end up fighting the giant, david.
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No, the grace will be there only when he's there
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To serve his purposes and plans for us this year.
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He's the lord of time and space.
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He don't have to come down to capernaum.
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He can speak.
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What you gotta do is to do what the father of the boy did.
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Believe what he said, and the miracle will happen.
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I just want you all to know one thing:
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That we are not dealing with religion.
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We are dealing with reality. the universe is created by god.
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Even the laws that govern science is created by god.
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And what is a miracle?
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A miracle is something that,
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When god suspends the natural law,
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God reverses the natural law,
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Or god accelerates the natural law,
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It's something out of the ordinary.
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We call that a miracle.
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And god does a miracle in favor of his people.
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It's for your favor. it's for your benefit.
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He's doing you a favor.
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And that's what he wants to do this coming year--
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To do you lots of favors,
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Lots of favors, by expanding time,
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By reversing time,
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By suspending or accelerating time
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Because he loves you.
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He is the lord of time and space.
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For those who can take it, let me tell you this.
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Both miracles were done in cana of galilee.
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You study the word "cana," it means to acquire, to get.
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You look at the word "galilee" from the word "galil,"
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It means in a circle,
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In a circle, in a circle, a circuit.
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You acquire things god's way in a circuit,
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One step at a time;
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The secret of the winding stairs,
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One step at a time.
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Don't worry about what you can't see
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In front of you.
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Just obey the lord.
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He may prompt you to do something.
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He might prompt you to study something.
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He might prompt you.
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Even your relationship with your spouse--
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You might be in a place
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Where you feel it's breaking down.
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"how can i get this back? how can i redeem the time?"
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Well, the bible says:
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You can redeem the time by becoming wise.
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Ask god for wisdom,
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And he will show you one step at a time.
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Just do that.
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Maybe god says, "talk less, listen.
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Resist the urge to talk. just listen.
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Just listen. just listen."
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"but how can just that one little thing--"
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Just listen.
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For some of you who are hearing god right now,
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For your first step, just listen.
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Resist all the urge inside you to want to say something,
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To want to--resist it and just listen.
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I think that's a word for a number of you
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Having challenges in your relationship
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With your spouse or even with your teenager
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Or with your son or daughter.
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Perhaps god is saying something else to somebody else.
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Well, just do that one thing, will you?
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Whatever he says to you, do it.
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And the lord of time and space--
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You don't have to worry whether he accelerates
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Or he suspends time or reverses time.
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You don't have to worry about the wider space
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And the bigger and a larger possession.
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You don't have to worry about all that.
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Like, what we did even with this place--
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One step at a time.
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When the time is right,
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You realize you're in a bigger place,
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A wider place,
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Greater possession of your possessions in christ.
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Announcer: pastor joseph prince will return in a moment
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With a special prayer to close today's program
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Right after this.
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Unearth even more fascinating truths
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Announcer: and now, a closing word
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From pastor joseph prince.
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Joseph prince: lift your hands all across this place, amen.
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The lord bless you and the lord keep you.
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The lord make his face to shine upon you throughout this year.
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The lord favors you and your family
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Throughout this year.
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And the lord protect and keep you from every harm,
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You and your loved ones,
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From every harm, danger, accident
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Throughout this week.
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The lord protect you from every strain of virus.
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The lord protect you from all the powers of darkness.
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The lord protect you and your loved ones
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Throughout this week, in the name of jesus.
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And all the people said, "amen," amen.
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Amen? god bless you.
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We'll see you again, amen. get ready for more.
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From the lord.
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Joseph Prince - How To Trust God When You're Stuck In "What If"

December 15, 2025 | 29:45

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