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Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Life

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Speaker 1: has uh. Life has its share of ups and downs

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Speaker 1: no matter what you do. Flat tires, an unexpected plumbing

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Speaker 1: problem at your house, even illness. It's just to name

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Speaker 1: a few. You can't nerve or bubble wrap the world.

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Speaker 1: It has sharp edges, and you will feel them from

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Speaker 1: time to time. At times, you'll have bad or inconvenient

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Speaker 1: things happen to you. It's been said, don't don't be

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Speaker 1: surprised by the average things in life. You know, people

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Speaker 1: will have flat tires, including you. Does that mean the

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Speaker 1: enemies after you because you have a flat tire or

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Speaker 1: these types of things, No, there are you're going to

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Speaker 1: have in life that happened to you. If you get

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Speaker 1: to a place where you think that it's always the

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Speaker 1: devil under every stone, you miss the fact that when

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Speaker 1: there really is spiritual warfare going off and on and

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Speaker 1: on in your life, because you've mistaken it for this

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Speaker 1: or now everything is spiritual warfare, and you really miss

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Speaker 1: it when it actually is the enemy. And this is

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Speaker 1: a whole different classification of trials that come your way.

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Speaker 1: These are the spiritual trials. So it's not just a

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Speaker 1: flat tire or plumbing problem. That's why does this happen

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Speaker 1: to me? Is not the time for that, because why

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Speaker 1: does this happen to you? Because you're a human living

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Speaker 1: on earth who has a home or a car, and

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Speaker 1: these things happen. But this other classification, this other type

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Speaker 1: These are attacks that, strangely enough, are often brought on

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Speaker 1: by you. When you invite the enemy into your life.

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Speaker 1: It's like inviting the devil for dinner. For whatever it

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Speaker 1: is in your life that you're doing. There are times

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Speaker 1: where you do things where you welcome the enemy. In

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Speaker 1: any Christian any Christian family, can take on attacks from

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Speaker 1: the enemy. But as a believer, you must remember that

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Speaker 1: the knob of your spiritual door is on the inside

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Speaker 1: and it's only opened by you. The devil can't truly

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Speaker 1: get in your life unless you open the door and

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Speaker 1: give them opportunity. This opportunity comes from you rejecting the

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Speaker 1: things of God, stray from the things of God, looking

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Speaker 1: for that opportunity that you know is not godly, looking

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Speaker 1: for that relationship that you know is not godly, rejecting

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Speaker 1: things that you know are godly. You have opportunities in

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Speaker 1: your life. They come your way and you think, well,

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Speaker 1: just because they came your way, they must be of God.

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Speaker 1: Not always. There are relationships that are not good for you.

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Speaker 1: There's jobs that you shouldn't be at, or maybe there's

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Speaker 1: another one that is coming your way that would be

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Speaker 1: better for you. There are things that you do to

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Speaker 1: manipulate at times so bad that you welcome the eny man.

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Speaker 1: You get to that place where it doesn't matter what

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Speaker 1: the consequences are, you just want what you want. You're

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Speaker 1: giving the devil an opportunity when you ignore the warning signs,

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Speaker 1: the red flags in your life. How many times on

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Speaker 1: this very program have reopened the phone lines and talk

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Speaker 1: to people that have called up and they have warning

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Speaker 1: signs and relationships or situations and they ignore them. When

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Speaker 1: you go through something like this, when you ignore those

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Speaker 1: red flags, those warning signs, the alarms that are going

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Speaker 1: off in your life, you're giving the enemy an opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Ephesians four twenty seven says, and do not give the

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Speaker 1: devil an opportunity, pointing out that you play a part,

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Speaker 1: and as you play a part in the dance in

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Speaker 1: that interaction with the enemy, the devil himself to play

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Speaker 1: a part in your life. Now, you may make excuses

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Speaker 1: for it. You may look for reasons and say, well,

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Speaker 1: I was doing this because, well I was lonely and

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Speaker 1: I wanted someone in my life. But when doing that,

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Speaker 1: when the loneliness or your situation supersedes what you know

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Speaker 1: to be right or good or the will of God,

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Speaker 1: then you open up that door and say, come on,

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Speaker 1: end devil, and you invite the devil to dinner, because

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Speaker 1: that seems like a better plan than waiting on God.

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Speaker 1: The enemy prowls around you looking for this opening, even

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Speaker 1: masquerading to look more pleasant to you, trying to fool you,

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Speaker 1: to look like an opportunity for relationship, to look like

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Speaker 1: something easier, less stress, making something more obtainable, to satisfy

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Speaker 1: that quick fix. Peter five eight says, be of sober spirit,

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Speaker 1: be on the alert your adversary. The devil prows around

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Speaker 1: like a roaring line, seeking someone to devour. Don't let

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Speaker 1: that someone be you. Don't give the enemy the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to consume you. Second Corinthians eleven fourteen says, no wonder

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Speaker 1: for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

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Speaker 1: If you get caught up in that that appearance, the

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Speaker 1: right way to go. Thessalonian says, to test all things,

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Speaker 1: If you allow people in your life life that you

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Speaker 1: know aren't good for you, you set yourself up. You open

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Speaker 1: yourself up. If you disregard the things of God, you

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Speaker 1: treat people poorly, you don't follow the rules in life,

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Speaker 1: changing them always to suit your needs, you open it

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Speaker 1: up for the enemy. You surround yourself's self with the

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Speaker 1: things in life that are vulgar or contrary to God,

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Speaker 1: or ugly, you open up the opportunity. And each of

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Speaker 1: these opportunities are an opening, a crack, a possibility for

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Speaker 1: the enemy to enter Ephesians four twenty seven. Again, and

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Speaker 1: do not give the devil an opportunity, any crack, any fissure,

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Speaker 1: any little opening in your life. Life is an opportunity

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Speaker 1: for the enemy. It's not that the devil is behind

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Speaker 1: every bad thing that happens to you. As I said,

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Speaker 1: you live in this life. You are a human being.

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Speaker 1: You will go through things that human beings go through.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes that's sickness. Sometimes it's a flat tire. Sometimes it's

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Speaker 1: a leak that is sprung in your bathroom. All of

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Speaker 1: these things, I understand may seem like trials, but they

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Speaker 1: aren't necessarily of the devil. They're of the world. The

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Speaker 1: world is a place with many, many sharp edges. But

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Speaker 1: the special type of trial, this spiritual trial from the enemy,

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Speaker 1: often is a relationship between you and the enemy. You

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Speaker 1: are giving permission. You're opening the door to your world,

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Speaker 1: to your life by reaching jecting the things of God,

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Speaker 1: by toying or getting too close to the creek that

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Speaker 1: you fall in. Think of that visual for a moment,

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Speaker 1: of getting so close, always trying to tempt fate, and

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Speaker 1: and right, and in doing so, creeping ever so closely

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Speaker 1: to that line, just a little bit each time, that

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Speaker 1: sooner or later you stand at the door of your spirit,

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Speaker 1: of your heart, and you hear a knock, and you

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Speaker 1: open and it's not me but the enemy looking for

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to come in to devour and destroy. You're

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Speaker 1: going to have issues in life. You're gonna have normal

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Speaker 1: life issues that come with life. You're gonna trip, sometimes

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Speaker 1: you're gonna hurt yourself. Sometimes you're gonna break your favorite dishes.

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Speaker 1: You're going to do things that happen because you're human

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Speaker 1: and you're in the world. Some will be bigger than others.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you may become ill, sometimes you may there may

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Speaker 1: be what they call acts of God, earthquakes, floods, these

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Speaker 1: types of things. You will be affected. Life will happen

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Speaker 1: to you. But there's another set of trials, of tribulations,

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Speaker 1: of problems that will come your way that have the

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Speaker 1: thumb print of the enemy. But the enemy doesn't get

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Speaker 1: in your life easily. The enemy gets in your life

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Speaker 1: by you doing things to attract or allow the enemy

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Speaker 1: in truly inviting the enemy to be with you. And

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Speaker 1: I know what you're thinking right now. You go absolutely not, Lord,

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Speaker 1: I would never ever ever or bring the enemy into

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Speaker 1: my life. But you do. Ephesians four twenty seven even says,

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Speaker 1: and do not give the devil an opportunity. And some

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Speaker 1: things that you do in your life are giving the

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Speaker 1: enemy opportunity. You have to find ways to defend yourself

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Speaker 1: from building that that structure in your life that leaves

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Speaker 1: those openings for the end enemy to get in. So

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Speaker 1: how does the faithful believer defend themselves against the enemy. Well,

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Speaker 1: scripture says to submit to God and resist the devil

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Speaker 1: James four seven. Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil,

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Speaker 1: and he will flee from you by resisting by first

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Speaker 1: submitting to God. Also, the Bible instructs you to put

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Speaker 1: on the whole armor of God for the ultimate protection

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Speaker 1: from evil Ephesians six eleven. Put on the full armor

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Speaker 1: of God, so that you will be able to stand

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Speaker 1: firm against the schemes of the devil. And you can

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Speaker 1: read the rest of Chapter six and Ephesians to learn

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Speaker 1: about the complete armor of God. But finally, remember that

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Speaker 1: although the devil is called the prince of this world,

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Speaker 1: when all is said and done, God will be without

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Speaker 1: a doubt. The victor Romans sixteen twenty says, the God

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Speaker 1: of Peace will soon crush Satan at your feet. The

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Speaker 1: grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Graham.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Jesus christ show.

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Speaker 2: Are you saying Stagram?

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Speaker 1: Yes, how can I help you?

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Speaker 2: Hi? Goodness learning to you?

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Speaker 1: Hi.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I was calling because I was concerned. I was considering, Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, this is a holiday season. We've got Halloween,

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Speaker 2: We've got Christmas, and then there's all the various holidays

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Speaker 2: in the world, and you know, it's a confusing thing

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Speaker 2: because people do different things. And I studied pasts with

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Speaker 2: the Johoah's witnesses, and I was touched by their thing

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Speaker 2: about Christmas. That really brought a light to me about

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Speaker 2: that December twenty fifth business, that it isn't there. And

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Speaker 2: then I think about it and think about it, and

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Speaker 2: I did research and things, and you know, like, for example,

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Speaker 2: a lot of these cards are greeting cards, sales ploys

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Speaker 2: like Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparents' Day, Secretary's Day, and

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Speaker 2: I had been at them. And you know, in scripturally,

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Speaker 2: I kind of take Romans fifteen five onward till the

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Speaker 2: end of the subject really to heart that we don't

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Speaker 2: live for our selverb well, we observe it to the Lord.

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Speaker 2: We observe whatever day we observed to God, and we

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Speaker 2: do it and give thanks. And we shouldn't be judging

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Speaker 2: our brothers, but we should just not do the things

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Speaker 1: So are you worried about celebrating holidays?

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, because I'm not so much worried about it.

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Speaker 2: I personally have totally embraced each day is a blessing

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Speaker 2: and do the best you can with it. And you know,

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Speaker 2: because everybody knew how old they were, you know, in

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Speaker 2: the Bible.

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Speaker 1: I will tell you this. There's nothing wrong with holidays.

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Speaker 1: Are they the holy days of the past.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 1: Are a lot of them, at bare minimum, embellished by

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Speaker 1: the greedy card companies. Absolutely, But that doesn't mean that

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Speaker 1: you can't celebrate a mother or someone's birth or any

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Speaker 1: of these things. I think that there are some groups,

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Speaker 1: some may consider them fringe groups, that take this to

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Speaker 1: a degree where they don't celebrate anything. And it's to

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Speaker 1: me that is more militant and un Christian in the

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Speaker 1: attitude of celebrating all things. I mean, first, Thessalonians five

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Speaker 1: sixteen and eighteen rejoice, always, pray without ceasing, give thanks

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Speaker 1: in all circumstance, for this is the will of God

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Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. For you, there's do you need a

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Speaker 1: special day? No? But then you could say the same

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Speaker 1: about the Sabbath. You don't need a special day for

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Speaker 1: that either. It's just a matter of taking the time

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Speaker 1: and rejoicing and celebrating people. And sometimes it's easier to

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Speaker 1: put something on the calendar than it is because people

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Speaker 1: put it off all the time. You do it with

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Speaker 1: relationships of any kind. You do it with friendships, with

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Speaker 3: I am. When God sit cast out the angels down

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Speaker 3: Because their Bible is exactly like ours. I've been studying

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Speaker 1: And that's not the and that's not the only similarities.

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Speaker 1: But there's but there's also there's also pre cycles that

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Speaker 3: Okay, But what I was saying is when God tests

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