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Speaker 1: Life Audio from the Salvation Army Welcome to Heartbeat.

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Speaker 2: In soccer, you'll sometimes see a team that's clearly stronger

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Speaker 2: hold back. They bench their stars and use more conservative plays,

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Speaker 2: not because they're weak, but because they know who they are. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: other teams will run up the score just to intimidate

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Speaker 2: future rivals. There's a Christian truth in that when you

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Speaker 2: know who you are in Christ, when you know your

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Speaker 2: love secure and called, you don't have to prove your

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Speaker 2: worth by outperforming, outshining, or outdoing everyone around you. In fact,

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Speaker 2: strength in the Kingdom often looks like humility, restraint, and

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Speaker 2: choosing grace when you could choose the dominants. Jesus teaches

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Speaker 2: us that real power is shown in how we treat others,

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Speaker 2: especially when we could easily win. That your strength look

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Speaker 2: like kindness, that your victories point to Him and not you.

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Speaker 1: For more episodes of Heartbeat, visit Salvation Army Radio dot org.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Heartbeat. We want

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Speaker 1: with us on the show. Visit lifeaudio dot com or

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Speaker 1: They have shows about prayer, Bible studying, parenting, and mourning.

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