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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well,

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Speaker 1: God bless you. Thanks for letting us come into your

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Speaker 1: homes today, and if they're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 1: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas

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Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about this man. He was taking a walk through the

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Speaker 1: woods with his friend when they suddenly encountered a huge

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Speaker 1: grizzly bear about twenty yards in front of them. They

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Speaker 1: both froze in their tracks as the bear intently stirred

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Speaker 1: them down. They contemplated what they should do. Finally, the

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Speaker 1: man said to his friend, I think we should run.

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Speaker 1: His friend said, are you crazy? Can't outrun a grizzly bear.

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Speaker 1: Man said, I know that. I don't have to outrun him.

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Speaker 1: I just have to outrun You say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it. This is my bible. I am what it

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Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have.

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Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will

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Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about keeping your joy.

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Speaker 1: We all have opportunities to get upset and go around frustrated.

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Speaker 1: Somebody was rude to us, Traffic was backed up, we

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Speaker 1: can't find our car keys. Life is full of inconveniences, delays,

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Speaker 1: and people that don't do right. We're never going to

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Speaker 1: stop these things from happening. The key is how we

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Speaker 1: handle them. The scripture says no man can take your joy.

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Speaker 1: That means you control your joy. Nothing can take it

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Speaker 1: from you. You have to give it away. Next time

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Speaker 1: someone cuts you off in trap, ask yourself, is this

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Speaker 1: worth giving them my joy? That person that's rude to

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Speaker 1: you on the phone that you've never met, are you

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Speaker 1: going to give them your joy? That delay, that plan

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Speaker 1: that didn't work out, that negative comment. You're going to

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Speaker 1: let that sour your day. The reason some people are

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Speaker 1: not happy is they're constantly giving away their joy. I

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Speaker 1: was in a crowded parking lot one time waiting for

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Speaker 1: had my blinker on patiently waiting. When he finally backed out,

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Speaker 1: I was waiting. My first response was to haunt my

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Speaker 1: he was bigger than me. I thought to myself, I'll

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Speaker 1: give you my parking spot, but I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: give you my joy. I didn't like it. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: but I've learned to not let things I can't control

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Speaker 1: be happy today. I'm gonna enjoy my life. You can't

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Speaker 1: but you can control how you respond. My message is

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Speaker 1: very simple. Quit giving away your joy. Quit letting the

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Speaker 1: same people upset you. Quit letting the traffic, the delays,

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Speaker 1: the things that don't work out frustrate you. You can't pray

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Speaker 1: on your nerves. I don't mean to be negative, but

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Speaker 1: upset over things we have no control. People have a

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Speaker 1: you weren't making a difference. Nobody talks about people that

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Speaker 1: going places. They can see. There's something special about you.

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Speaker 1: You have the favor of God, you're blessed, you're talented,

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Speaker 1: That doesn't carry anyway. What they say cannot keep you

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Speaker 1: them from a distance. If they're sitting by you today,

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Speaker 1: don't say amen. Now. All of your coworkers are not

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Speaker 1: going to be loyal. Some people can't handle your success.

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Speaker 1: Most of the conflict we engage in is a distraction.

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Speaker 1: The enemy would love to get you off course, offended,

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Speaker 1: you're okay. Your job is not to change people's mind

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Speaker 1: to be who God called you to be, and not

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Speaker 1: worry about the critics and the naysayers. God will cause

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Speaker 1: the right people to like you. One of the best

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Speaker 1: things I've learned is everybody is not supposed to like you.

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Speaker 1: Everybody is not supposed to approve you. Some people are

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Speaker 1: ordained by God, not by the enemy, but by God

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Speaker 1: to not before you. You have to accept that everyone

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Speaker 1: is not going to accept you. We see it in

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Speaker 1: the scripture. Joseph's brothers weren't supposed to be for Joseph.

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Speaker 1: They were ordained to betray him. Without their betrayal, Joseph

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Speaker 1: the Israelites during the famine. Quit being soured because somebody

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Speaker 1: to your palace? How do you know that disappointment is

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Speaker 1: not a part of God's plan to take you to

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Speaker 1: the next level of your destiny. King Saul was ordained

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Speaker 1: When the truth is God has ordained them to not

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Speaker 1: be for you. When Niemiah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem,

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Speaker 1: trying to bait him into conflict, get him upset, frustrated,

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Speaker 1: Neamiyah understood this principle. He said, no thanks, I'm not

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Speaker 1: giving you my joy. You may not like me, but

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Speaker 1: you not liking me has nothing to do with me

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Speaker 1: fulfilling my destiny. I'm gonna stay focused on what God's

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Speaker 1: called me to do. If Namiyah would have come off

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Speaker 1: the mountain, God upset went down there to straighten them out.

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Speaker 1: the chatter that comes against you is a distraction. It's

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Speaker 1: that don't matter. Then you look up and you're not

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Speaker 1: accomplishing what you should do yourself a favor. Don't pay

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Speaker 1: are not for you. People that make negative comments, trying

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Speaker 1: to marginalize you, push you down. What they say doesn't

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Speaker 1: determine your destiny. They are simply a distraction. That's just noise.

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Speaker 1: Don't give it the time of day. See some people,

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Speaker 1: like you. Even if you changed and did everything they wanted,

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Speaker 1: they would still find some reason why you don't measure

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Speaker 1: being at peace with you. You don't need their approval

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Speaker 1: to fulfill your purpose. You don't have to have them

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Speaker 1: before you to become who God's created you to be.

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Speaker 1: But if you get distracted trying to wind them over,

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Speaker 1: spending your valuable time trying to convince them to be

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Speaker 1: for you, then you will miss the fullness of your destiny.

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Speaker 1: Jesus said, blessed are the meek, They will inherit the earth.

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Speaker 1: Meek doesn't mean weak. Meekness means strength under control. When

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Speaker 1: sand ballants and tobiases of life, you're not being weak.

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Speaker 1: You're being meek. You have the power to fight, You

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Speaker 1: have the strength to straighten them out, to tell them

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Speaker 1: what you feel. But your strength is under control. You're

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Speaker 1: not wasting time engaged in battles that are not between

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Speaker 1: you and your God given destiny. I've learned when you

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Speaker 1: stay on the high road, God will take care of

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Speaker 1: your enemies. God can defend you better than you can

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Speaker 1: defend yourself. Out in the scripture, Elisha was traveling from

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Speaker 1: he was bald. The scripture says they were mocking him, saying, God, baldygo.

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Speaker 1: You didn't know that was in the Bible, did you?

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Speaker 1: You know? Elisha was annoyed. He could have gotten upset,

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Speaker 1: what I thought. Instead, he remained calm. He understood this principle.

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Speaker 1: doing what God called him to do. While those young

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Speaker 1: Number two, you don't have to straighten people out. God

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Speaker 1: will be your vindicant. God knows how to take care

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Speaker 1: of the opposition. He sees what they're doing, he hears

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Speaker 1: the disrespect. If you'll stay in peace, God will fight

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Speaker 1: your battles. When God does it, I can assure you

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Speaker 1: it will be better than anything you could have done.

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Speaker 1: But your feelings will want to pay people back. Feelings

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Speaker 1: will tell us go in there, get even, stand up

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Speaker 1: for yourself. If you let feelings rule, you'll get upset.

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Speaker 1: board with your feelings. The Psalmis said God has given

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Speaker 1: us the power to remain calm in times of adversity.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't say God will keep us from all the adversity,

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Speaker 1: says they will come. We'll have opportunities to get upset.

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Speaker 1: But God has given us power to stay calm. Now

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Speaker 1: quit telling yourself. I can't help it. This person at

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Speaker 1: the office just get on my nerves. You have the

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Speaker 1: power to stay calm. That doesn't have to keep upsetting you.

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Speaker 1: That is a learned behavior. They say something negative, I

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Speaker 1: get offended. Traffic is bad, I get upset. The clerk

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Speaker 1: I just let them have it. The problem is you

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Speaker 1: have strength, but it's not under control. You need to

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Speaker 1: relearn how to respond. You need to develop some new habits.

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Speaker 1: Next time something happens that you don't like, pause for

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Speaker 1: a moment and say Father, thank you. That You've given

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Speaker 1: me the power to remain calm. Think you that I

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Speaker 1: have a spirit of discipline and self control. You don't

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Speaker 1: after year. Change your approach. I met a gentleman in

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Speaker 1: another state at a restaurant. It was very windy outside,

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Speaker 1: This man had been hot tempered his whole life. Normally,

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Speaker 1: do this, I believe and declare, you're not only going

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Speaker 1: free from unnecessary frustration. Bitterness anger. You're going to rise higher,

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Speaker 1: Jesus's name. And if you receive it, well you say it.

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Speaker 1: Then today I'd like to give you an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and

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Speaker 1: keep God first place. This is my Bible. I am

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Speaker 1: what it says, I am. I have what it says

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Speaker 1: I have. I can do this. As the first Bible

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Speaker 1: They taught me the importance of believing what God says

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Speaker 1: through the Scripture you can learn to handle challenges and

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Speaker 1: We've created a new resource called how to Read your

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Speaker 1: Bible and Enjoy It. It provides twelve distinct lenses that

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Speaker 1: you can discover the hidden treasures that increase your faith,

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Speaker 1: When you tap into the power of God's Word, there's

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Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 2: like to send you this inspiring new resource. Sometimes reading

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Speaker 2: produce more fear than faith. But now with this new

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Speaker 2: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible.

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Speaker 2: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the

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Speaker 2: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the

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Speaker 2: right way to approach God's Word, it will ignite renewed

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Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings

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Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book. It'll help you enjoy reading

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Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of

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Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your

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Speaker 1: family every day, and we appreciate your prayers and support.

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Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning,

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Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have

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Speaker 1: next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you.

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