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PROMOTED FIVE TIMES!!! | Incredible Breakthrough Testimony

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    And as I speak right now, I've been promoted again
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    to be the Country Director over both Zambia and Malawi.
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    So in three years, I’ve been promoted five times.
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    My name is Rygard. I'm from Zambia and the person standing next to me is my wife.
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    I'm Changwe, his wife.
    I’m also from Zambia.
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    The reason I contacted God’s Heart TV -
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    I was experiencing some
    financial challenges,
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    especially after getting married.
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    And also the major reason was
    stagnation in my career.
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    I had been working for a company for
    four years and I had not experienced
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    any significant growth.
    The salary was also just very small.
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    And fortunately, I met my wife
    through the same company.
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    But when we got married,
    we were not able to ‘survive’,
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    even when we put both
    our salaries together.
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    We wouldn't be able to pay the bills.
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    We had to borrow money.
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    We had to depend on family to just
    get through the whole month,
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    to buy simple things like food,
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    paying for electricity bills,
    supporting the baby with her needs.
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    That was a very big challenge.
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    Actually, when we got married,
    we also had no furniture.
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    Even the way we got married was through going to the Government Civic Centre.
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    Because you can't afford to have a wedding,
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    you have to go and get married at
    the government offices, essentially.
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    So I think that should give you
    an idea of our background
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    and the reason why we
    approached God’s Heart TV.
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    And because of these same
    financial problems,
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    we were also experiencing significant challenges in our marriage.
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    We were fighting a lot because
    there wasn't enough to go around.
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    We were fighting about what to prioritise,
    what to do, what to pay for.
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    And it was just causing significant
    strain on the marriage,
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    even getting to the point of thinking,
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    ‘Maybe because I got married -
    that’s why I’m experiencing this.
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    Maybe this was a mistake.’
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    During those same challenges,
    I was interacting with someone,
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    who was working for the same company,
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    and I was essentially just asking
    for help and opportunities.
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    I told them if any opportunity comes up,
    they should let me know,
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    so that I can improve
    my financial situation.
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    That person went back to the country
    that they had come from,
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    and it had been over four years.
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    And only during the week when
    God’s Heart TV emailed me,
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    inviting me to join the Interactive Prayer Service and sending the link,
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    that person who I spoke to almost four years ago sent me a message on WhatsApp,
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    just to check on me - ‘How are you doing? We should talk at some point’ - something casual.
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    So when I received the email, I took it by faith that God had answered my prayers.
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    And when the Interactive Prayer
    took place on a Saturday,
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    Brother Chris prayed for my wife and myself.
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    The very next week, the guy
    called back and said,
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    ‘We're thinking about opening a market in Zambia. Do you still want to work with me?’
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    I joined that company as a finance associate.
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    And I kept following Brother Chris
    through God’s Heart TV.
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    I kept joining every Interactive
    Prayer Service every month.
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    My salary increased.
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    Our financial challenges seemed to reduce.
    We were able to afford a car.
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    Something I forgot to mention - I also became a God’s Heart TV partner.
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    But that's not the end of the testimony.
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    I only spent six months in the role
    and they promoted me
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    to Finance and Operations Manager,
    to essentially oversee Zambia and Malawi.
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    After that, I worked for another two years.
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    They then promoted me again
    to Acting Country Director
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    for a period of around eight months.
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    When they appointed me
    as Acting Country Director,
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    my prayer point became,
    ‘Lord, help me to do well.
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    Help me to do exceptional things. Help me stand out. Help me be the best at my job.’
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    And during that time, sales in the whole company across Zambia and Malawi
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    improved significantly,
    almost 2,000% growth in sales.
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    Operations were more efficient.
    Everything went really well.
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    Because every month, I kept involving God.
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    Every day, every week I kept praying, involving God and joining Interactive Prayers.
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    So that period went really well.
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    And I did that for eight months.
    Afterwards, I was then promoted again
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    to Finance and Operations Director
    for both countries.
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    And as I speak right now,
    I've been promoted again
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    to be the Country Director for
    both Zambia and Malawi.
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    And I got promoted this February.
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    So in over three years,
    I’ve been promoted five times.
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    Being involved in the Interactive Prayer Services has not only improved our finances
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    or my career; it's improved our marriage.
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    It's improved how we
    interact with each other.
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    It’s improved how happy
    we are in our home.
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    Even now, financially, I'm
    the one that helps people.
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    I'm the one that helps
    my friends and relatives.
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    I’m the one who comes
    through for my relatives.
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    I would have never imagined
    that I would be in a position
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    where sometimes when somebody asks
    me for something, I give them.
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    When they ask to borrow money from me,
    I don't even ask for it back.
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    I just let it go. And I'm able to bless
    others by the grace of God.
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    So I've been a sort of spectator of my husband’s involvement with God’s Heart TV.
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    I initially wasn't very ‘connected’.
    I would see him join the meetings.
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    Sometimes I would join for a few hours or a couple of minutes, and then I would leave.
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    But I did notice that he was very committed to joining God's Heart TV.
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    I've never seen him committed
    like that to any other ministry.
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    And for that, I realised it was good.
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    But I didn't anticipate the change
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    that would come with him joining the Interactive Prayer Services.
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    So he's been joining them consistently. He's been very dedicated.
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    And for me, it's heartwarming.
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    I grew up in a Christian family.
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    I have always aspired to have a strong
    Christian marriage, and there were certain
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    parts of my marriage that used to
    frustrate me a lot, especially initially.
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    My husband's spiritual growth has continued to just go from one level to the next level.
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    There were a lot of issues that we did have
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    and I can see them literally falling off with every interaction, intention that my husband
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    has had in just pursuing God.
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    And the most significant one was
    in December 2024.
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    Brother Chris decided to get on a call with us for a counselling session.
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    And this was the first time
    I interacted with God’s Heart TV,
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    on a one-on-one with Brother Chris.
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    And I was extremely humbled that he took time off his very busy schedule
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    to speak to me and my husband.
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    I think it was a 1 hour, 30 minutes call
    and he really spoke to my husband
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    as a brother and a mentor.
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    And everything that he shared with him was stuff that I had presented to God before.
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    Obviously, sometimes we go to friends
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    and we complain about stuff and sometimes we complain to our partner.
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    But, in that moment I realised,
    God is the only person
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    that could intervene in a way
    that is actually transformational.
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    And when Brother Chris spoke to us,
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    he was very intentional in just ensuring
    that the message got across
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    and that my husband actually understood
    what God wants for him.
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    He gave us stuff that we should do
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    to just ensure that we continue
    in our spiritual growth.
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    And I literally remember telling God...
    Because I'm ‘big’ on Christmas.
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    I guess that's the worldly part of me.
    I really do care about the whole season.
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    And for me, I said, ‘God, this is the best Christmas gift - getting a call from Brother Chris.’
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    And seeing my husband really understand
    what God wants for him.
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    And I've seen changes since then.
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    We are more committed
    to going to church as a family.
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    And I know that being part of that
    community is going to be impactful
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    in my marriage and our
    relationship as husband and wife.
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    He treats me differently.
    I guess I haven't really told him this.
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    Perhaps I have said it in passing.
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    He is a completely different
    person from our initial year
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    as a married couple to now,
    and I can only attribute that to God.
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    And for him, it's been through the interaction that he's had with God’s Heart TV.
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    So it’s more than just the financial blessing that we've enjoyed from God,
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    I think there's even a more profound
    blessing in the spiritual growth
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    that I've seen in my husband
    that has ultimately affected me.
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    It has impacted my family.
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    And I'm hopeful that this would be
    something that will just continue to
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    grow from one height to another.
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    Can you please share what
    is your word of advice
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    to the ladies and women who perhaps are going through difficult times in their marriage?
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    Initially, I used to complain
    about my husband to God,
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    and I think, what God wants us to do
    and what I've learned is that He wants us
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    to love our husbands the
    way that He loves us.
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    The way that He's extended grace to us,
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    He wants us to do the same
    with our husbands.
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    I mean, when we present our issues to
    God, it should be from a place of love.
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    Because, when you're loving,
    you are patient and you're kind.
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    In loving your husband, it's also a
    form of ministry to your husband
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    because you're not going to stop
    just because the person upsets you.
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    You genuinely love this person and you
    are not coming from a place of bitterness.
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    Also, it's important to understand
    that God instituted marriage
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    and He really wants marriages to work.
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    And so He is the best person to talk to.
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    He's the best person to present our complaints to because He cares for us.
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    Sometimes you may feel like
    He's not listening. It's a process.
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    It takes a while; we might
    not see the results.
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    But when we come from a point of love and understanding that ‘This is the person
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    that God has set aside for me, and
    this is my husband’, we don't give up.
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    So I would encourage other people
    to just keep on pressing into God,
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    understanding that God sees you,
    He hears you,
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    and He genuinely wants a fruitful,
    happy marriage for any Christian.
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    My word of encouragement is - I think
    I've learned to depend on God more.
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    I've learned to depend on God
    for every day.
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    And even in these promotions,
    there are still challenges at work.
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    So there are still difficulties
    that you encounter.
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    Sometimes there are negative experiences.
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    But I think especially through God’s Heart TV,
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    I've learned that I need to
    depend on God every day.
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    I've moved from praying for the month
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    to praying for the week to praying
    literally every day, even for my work.
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    I pray every day, ‘God, help me today
    with everything - in my faith,
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    in my journey, in my family,
    to be good to my wife and kids.’
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    I do my best to live each day
    as if it were my last.
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    So the way I commit that day to God,
    I commit it fully.
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    And I find that when I do that
    in a particular week,
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    everything goes the way
    it's supposed to go.
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    Even if I have challenges, I have strength
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    to overcome those challenges
    and to go through those challenges
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    with a positive attitude,
    with joy and with peace.
Title:
PROMOTED FIVE TIMES!!! | Incredible Breakthrough Testimony
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Video Language:
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Duration:
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