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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate

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Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today, and.

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week

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Speaker 2: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and

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Speaker 2: you can come visit us in person.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one

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Speaker 1: of our services. Did like to sart with something funny

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Speaker 1: and I heard about this mother.

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Speaker 2: She had two young boys that were known for their

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Speaker 2: mischievous behavior. Anytime trouble occurred, they were certain to be

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Speaker 2: a part of it. She decided to take them to

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Speaker 2: see their pastor, one at a time. The pastor said

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Speaker 2: to the first boy, son, where is God? He sat

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Speaker 2: there silently. He asked again, where is God? Still no reply.

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Speaker 2: The third time he asked, the boy bolted out the door,

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Speaker 2: ran home and told his brother God is missing.

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Speaker 1: And they think we did it. Say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it.

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Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am.

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Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, I can do

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about who's.

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Speaker 1: In your ear?

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Speaker 2: So important? Who we're taking it vice from. We're listening

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Speaker 2: to their counsel, following their suggestions, doing what they say.

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Speaker 2: We all have people that are influencing us, people that

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Speaker 2: are in our ear. The question is are they the

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Speaker 2: right people. You shouldn't take advice from everyone. You shouldn't

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Speaker 2: be swayed by every opinion.

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Speaker 1: You need to look at.

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Speaker 2: Their track record. Where are they in life? Have they

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Speaker 2: made good decisions? Do they honor God? Do they have

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Speaker 2: your best interests at heart? You have to be careful who's.

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Speaker 1: In your ear.

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Speaker 2: If you have wrong voices, you're going to make wrong choices.

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Speaker 1: If you hang around friends.

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Speaker 2: That compromise and co workers that gossip, and family members

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Speaker 2: that get you all riled up, they're not moving you

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Speaker 2: towards your destiny. Their example, their advice, how they're influencing you.

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Speaker 2: Those wrong voices are keeping you from your potential. Pay

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Speaker 2: attention to who you're taking advice from. Some people have

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Speaker 2: an opinion about everything. They're quick to tell you how

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Speaker 2: to run your life, but they can't even run.

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Speaker 1: Their own life.

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Speaker 2: They're giving you relationship advice, but they've been through six breakups.

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Speaker 2: They have all these suggestions how to spend your money,

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Speaker 2: buy this invest here, this is a great deal, but

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Speaker 2: they can't pay their own bills. Before you take that advice,

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Speaker 2: you should consider the source.

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Speaker 1: Do they have credibility? Do they have good character, integrity?

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Speaker 1: Are they a person of excellence. Now I'm not.

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Speaker 2: Saying don't ever take advice. I'm saying be selected. Pay

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Speaker 2: attention to who's in your ear, who you're giving credibility to.

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Speaker 2: You should weigh every suggestion, every piece of advice against

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Speaker 2: what you feel in your spirit. God will not speak

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Speaker 2: to other people about your life without.

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Speaker 1: Speaking to you. You can hear from God.

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Speaker 2: You don't have to run to that friend to try

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Speaker 2: to get direction, run to this family member to see what.

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Speaker 1: You should do.

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Speaker 2: That's all fine, but why don't you try running to God?

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Speaker 2: The scripture says, if anyone needs wisdom, let him ask

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Speaker 2: of God and he will freely give it. One verse says,

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Speaker 2: you will know the right decision every time. Now I've

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Speaker 2: found the more you ask God, the less you have

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Speaker 2: to depend on people.

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Speaker 1: The problem is people can miss it.

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Speaker 2: Even friends that love you, family members that want you

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Speaker 2: to succeed. Sometimes they don't know the right thing. They'll

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Speaker 2: give advice that's not the best. But if you look inside,

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Speaker 2: you'll feel that still small voice telling you what you

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Speaker 2: need to do, just an impression in urging, not in

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Speaker 2: In the Old Testament, God spoke to the people through

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Speaker 1: We need a word from the Lord. We need to

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Speaker 2: They were dependent on certain people, the ones God had

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Speaker 2: came out from under the old covenant into a better covenant.

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Speaker 2: In this new Covenant, we don't have to go to

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Speaker 1: Of each one of us.

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Speaker 2: He's called your counselor your guide, your advisor, he'll give

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Speaker 2: not that God is not speaking to us. It's that

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Speaker 2: we're so busy listening to others. You have to get

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Speaker 2: rid of the wrong voices, then you'll hear the right voices.

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Speaker 1: Some people are alarmist. Everything is a major crisis. When

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Speaker 2: Something is always wrong. You got to come fix this,

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Speaker 2: You got to go here.

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Speaker 1: This is not right. I can't believe this is happening.

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Speaker 1: If you keep them in.

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Speaker 2: Your ear, you're going to live wrought up, stressed, out

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Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor. Tune them out.

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Speaker 2: Quit letting them control you. What if they get upset, Joel,

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Speaker 2: they're already upset. Let them be upset by themselves. You

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Speaker 2: joining them doesn't do them any good. Certain people like

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Speaker 2: to get your stirred up. They live off the drama

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Speaker 2: you were content enjoying the day they come in their office.

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Speaker 2: This company doesn't treat you right. They promote everyone, accept you.

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Speaker 2: That guy next to you, he's been here less time,

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Speaker 2: but he makes way more. That's just not fair. Most

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Speaker 2: of the time, they don't know all the facts. They

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Speaker 2: just want to get you riled up. If you let

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Speaker 2: of all the negative, You'll end up sour, frustrated, slacking off.

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Speaker 2: What's the problem. Wrong voices lead to wrong choices. Be

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Speaker 2: careful of people that try to stir you up. Should

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Speaker 2: be a red flag when someone comes and starts pointing

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Speaker 2: out everything that's wrong, blowing things out of proportion, knocking

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Speaker 2: your boss, telling you what's wrong with your spouse. I

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Speaker 2: wouldn't let my wife treat me like that. You know

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Speaker 2: she doesn't respect you. I'd put my foot down tell her.

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Speaker 2: If this doesn't change, there's going to be trouble. Don't

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Speaker 2: your spirit. The scripture tells us to be peacemakers, not troublemakers.

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Speaker 2: That's someone that wants you to get bent out of shape.

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Speaker 2: They're quick to give advice. They always have the answers.

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Speaker 2: You have to consider the source. Do they have integrity?

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Speaker 2: are you taking advice from someone that's not where you

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Speaker 2: want to be from someone that doesn't have high standards,

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Speaker 2: from someone that's going against what God says. God will

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Speaker 2: never contradict his word. You need to weigh any advice.

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Speaker 2: Does this line up with the scripture? Well, God told

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Speaker 2: me you to leave your husband and become my wife.

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Speaker 2: God didn't tell you that you had too much pizza

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Speaker 2: last night. God told me you don't have to pay

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Speaker 2: your taxes this year. Give those funds to support my family.

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Speaker 2: While they're enjoying your money, you'll be enjoying our prison ministry.

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Speaker 1: Those are wrong for you.

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Speaker 2: Those coworkers that sit around in gossip, friends that tried

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Speaker 2: to get you riled up, Relatives that sow discord. Why

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Speaker 2: are you letting them in your ear? You have a

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Speaker 2: destiny to fulfill. Junior high I was at one of

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Speaker 2: my basketball games, sitting on the bench, and I'd played

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Speaker 2: He looked at me kind of strange. I said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: let him know. The ref called a foul. My friend

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Speaker 2: hollered out, come on, ref, that was terrible.

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Speaker 1: I looked at him. We laughed. I said, man, that

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Speaker 2: You need to say it louder. The ref blew the whistle.

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Speaker 2: He screamed it out, and all of us on the

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Speaker 2: the attention. I said it again. You know what, The

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Speaker 2: ref still didn't hear you. Next time you need to

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Speaker 2: stand up, really be forceful. The ref called a foul.

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Speaker 2: He jumped up off the bench, walked onto the court,

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Speaker 2: Everyone in the gym looked at him. Our coach says, son,

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Speaker 1: Voices in his ear. Now that's a small.

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Speaker 2: Thing, but people may tell you, hey, you don't need

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Speaker 1: They'll never know. You can cut corners at work they're

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Speaker 2: You need to get even got Let them get away

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Speaker 2: They don't suffer the consequences you do. It's no skin

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Speaker 2: You have to deal with the pain, the heartache. You'll

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Speaker 2: save yourself a lot of trouble if you'll learn.

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Speaker 1: To tune out the wrong voices.

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Speaker 2: So On one nineteen says, Lord, help me to have

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Speaker 2: a discerning mind. It's important to discern is this a

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Speaker 1: Is there advice something I should take?

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Speaker 2: There can mean many different opinions, even things that on

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Speaker 2: the surface seems right, looks like a good suggestion. But

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Speaker 2: you need to ask God for discernment, because every good

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Speaker 2: thing is not a God thing. Every piece of advice

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Speaker 2: is not for you. And they can be good people

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Speaker 2: with good intentions, but they're telling you may not be

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Speaker 2: God's plan for your life. There have been several major

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Speaker 2: opportunities in the natural.

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Speaker 1: They look so grand.

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Speaker 2: People that I trust encourage me to move forward, But

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Speaker 2: down deep I had an unrest I couldn't get peace.

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Speaker 2: I believe in getting good counsel advice from others, but

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Speaker 2: in the end, it comes down to what do you

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Speaker 2: feel in your spirit? What are you discerning? You can

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Speaker 2: hear from God. He's not going to make the path

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Speaker 2: so vague, so confusing that you can't follow it. But

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Speaker 2: if you're dependent on people, if you're letting them be

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Speaker 2: your guide, what they say determine your decisions, there will

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Speaker 2: be times that's not the right course. You may have

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Speaker 2: in order to follow what God wants you to do.

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Speaker 1: One Kings, chapter twelve.

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Speaker 2: King Solomon had just passed and his son Ria Boem

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Speaker 1: It's too big. You'll never get well.

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Speaker 2: Those wrong voices will keep you from your destiny. There

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Speaker 2: Don't let this innocent bloodshed be a blemish.

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Speaker 1: On your record.

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Speaker 2: She was saying, you're about to make a decision that's

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Speaker 2: David said in verse thirty two, surely the Lord God

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Speaker 2: One reason David was an incredible leader is he knew

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Speaker 2: God said, if we did, we would die. Satan said,

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Speaker 1: You can't forgive them. Look what they did to you.

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Speaker 2: It's not gonna hurt or I know God said he'd

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Speaker 1: Look at the medical report.

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Speaker 1: Who are you listening to what God says about you?

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Speaker 2: That your latter days will be better than your former days,

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Speaker 1: The enemy is whispering.

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Speaker 2: It's never going to get any better. Nothing good is

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Speaker 2: Pay attention to what you're giving your attention to, who

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Speaker 2: That's the enemy. He's been lying since the Garden of Eden.

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Speaker 2: Don't let him in your ear. Don't let him convince

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Speaker 1: One Kings, Chapter thirteen.

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Speaker 2: God sent a prophet to speak to the king named

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Speaker 2: He asked the prophet to pray for him and give

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Speaker 2: He invited the prophet to come to the palace and

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Speaker 2: have dinner with him, but the prophet said, in verse nine,

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Speaker 1: While I'm here. He wouldn't do it.

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Speaker 2: He was obedient to what God said. He didn't let

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Speaker 2: the king talk him out of it. But as he

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Speaker 2: come to his house for dinner. The prophet said it again, no,

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Speaker 2: I can't.

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Speaker 2: The men said in verse eighteen, no, you don't understand.

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Speaker 2: I'm a prophet too, and an angel gave me this

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Speaker 2: and give you food to eat and water to drink.

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Speaker 1: Sounded good.

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Speaker 2: God spoke to him, gave him permission, But it goes

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Speaker 2: on to say, but the man was lying. This prophet thought, well, man,

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Speaker 2: if God told you I can do it, then of

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Speaker 2: course I will. He swallowed it, hook line and sinker.

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Speaker 2: He went and had dinner. On his way home, he

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Speaker 2: was eaten by lyon. Don't let people talk you out

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Speaker 2: do something different, he'll tell you. You don't have to

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Speaker 2: Because here's the key. Everyone is not who they say

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Speaker 2: to go beyond face value. Listen to what you're feeling

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Speaker 1: This unrest. Something says it's not right. Don't ignore it.

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Speaker 2: That's the spirit of discernment helping you to know things

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Speaker 2: see intentions. But because of the integrity of your heart,

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Speaker 2: God will keep you from making a mistake. My question

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Speaker 2: they moving you forward, helping you to grow, step into

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Speaker 1: Those are the wrong voices. Learn to tune them out.

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Speaker 2: You don't have time to waste being distracted, deceived, manipulated.

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Speaker 2: If you'll get rid of the wrong voices, the right

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Speaker 2: voices will show up every morning.

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Speaker 1: We should do like that.

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Speaker 2: Psalmist, Lord, give me a discerning mind, help me to

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Speaker 1: The surface to make decisions that honor you.

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Speaker 2: If you'll be selective about posing your ear, I believe

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Speaker 2: Like Abigail, The right voices are going to find you.

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Speaker 2: Like David, people that are not for you are not

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