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Thanks for coming out today. I'd like to start with something funny. I heard about this housework challenged husband.

He decided he was going to wash his new sweatshirt. He went to the laundry room and wasn't there five seconds before he hollered out to his wife.

What setting do I put the washing machine on? She said it depends. What does it say on your shirt?

After a long pause, he hollered back Dallas Cowboys. All right, hold up your bibles. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God.

I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about not letting negative voices talk you out of your dreams.

Too often we settle for less than what God's put in our hearts. We hear so many voices telling us what we can't do and how impossible it is.

And we end up just settling where we are. But deep down on the inside, if we really be honest with ourselves, we know we are watering down our dreams.

What happened? We let people discourage us and talk us out of pressing forward.

But one of the most important things that I've ever learned is other people don't set the limits for my life.

Other people don't have to believe in me for my dreams to come to pass. There will always be critics and naysayers.

There will always be people telling us what we can't do. You're too short. You're not talented enough. You've made too many mistakes. You come from the wrong family.

The negative voices come to us all. But understand other people don't determine your destiny you do.

And you have to accept the fact that not everyone is going to believe in you. Not everyone is going to cheer you on.

It would be great if all your friends and family members stood in faith and encouraged you. But a lot of times that's not the case.

There will always be people that say things like, you really think you're going to get well. My grandmother died from that same disease.

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