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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.

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Speaker 2: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have.

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Speaker 1: An awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled.

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Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you, and we welcome you.

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Speaker 2: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We

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Speaker 2: love you.

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Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll

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Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: I promise you will make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank

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Speaker 1: you again for coming out. And I like to start

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Speaker 1: with something funny each week, and I heard about this

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Speaker 1: group of elderly ladies. They were way up in their eighties.

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Speaker 1: As they were driving down the freeway together, they got

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Speaker 2: By a police officer.

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Speaker 1: The officer said to the lady driving, ma'am, do you

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Speaker 1: realize you're only going thirty five miles an hour? She said, yes, Officer,

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Speaker 1: I realized that. He said, well, why are you going

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Speaker 1: so slow? She said, because the sign says thirty five.

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Speaker 1: He kind of laughed. He said, no, ma'am, that's the

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Speaker 1: number of the freeway. This is Highway thirty five. And

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Speaker 1: by the way, why did these other ladies look so terrified?

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Speaker 1: She smiled and said, because we just got off Highway

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Speaker 1: ninety five.

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Speaker 2: Hold up your Bible and say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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

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

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about forgiving so that you

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Speaker 1: can be free in life. We all have unfair things

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Speaker 1: that happen to us. We can choose to hold on

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Speaker 1: go and trust God to make it up to us.

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Speaker 2: You may think that you're not able to forgive. They

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Speaker 1: You too badly, Joel, you don't know how I was raised.

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Speaker 1: My ex fouse caused me a lot of pain. This

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Speaker 2: I just can't let it go.

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Speaker 1: No, you're not forgiving for their sake. You're forgiving for

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Speaker 1: your own sake. When you forgive, you are taking away

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Speaker 2: The mistake we make so often is we hold on

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Speaker 1: We go around bitter and angry. All we're doing is

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Speaker 1: allowing them to continue to hurt us. That other person

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Speaker 1: is out enjoy in life, having a good time. We're

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Speaker 1: not hurting them by staying angry. We're just poisoning our

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Speaker 1: own life. I know people they're still mad at someone

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Speaker 1: that's dead and gone, they're not even alive, but they've

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Speaker 1: got unforgiveness toward their parents, a former boss, an ex fouse. No,

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Speaker 1: it's bad enough that they hurt you once, don't let

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Speaker 1: it said when you forgive, you are said letting a

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Speaker 2: The prisoner was you.

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Speaker 1: What they did to you may have been wrong, but

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Speaker 2: Worth you missing your destiny.

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Speaker 1: You cannot let one divorce one betrayal, one bad childhood

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Speaker 1: Joseph was betrayed, he was sold into slavery by his brothers.

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Speaker 2: He could have let that one bad break, that one injustice,

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Speaker 1: No telling how many people in the scripture that we

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Speaker 1: Your destiny is too great to let what somebody did.

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Speaker 1: Forgiveness is not about just being nice and kind. Oh,

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Speaker 1: Forgiveness is about not missing the amazing future that's in

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Speaker 1: a valid reason to be angry. You were mistreated when

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Speaker 1: Nor am I saying you got to go be good

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Speaker 2: Quit dwelling on it, quit replaying it. In your memory.

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Speaker 1: You've got a destiny to fulfill every time you let

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Speaker 1: I know ladies that don't trust men because one messed

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Speaker 1: they're distrustful. They think all men are bad, all men

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Speaker 1: But he said, Joel, I don't know if I really

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Speaker 1: and he explained how twenty years ago he was on

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Speaker 2: He got hurt and left the church. Year after year.

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Speaker 1: He's holding on to that bitterness. Now he thinks all

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Speaker 2: Not only that good looking too. Let me add that.

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Speaker 2: What's his problem? He's still bruised. The scripture says Jesus

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Speaker 1: That indicates we're not really free. When we're bruised, we're

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Speaker 1: that belongs to you, you simply need to forgive the wrongs,

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Speaker 1: My destiny is too great, my future is too bright.

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Speaker 1: My God is too big to let what somebody did

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Speaker 1: I had a young lady tell me recently how when

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Speaker 1: She grew up confused, ashamed, thinking that it was her fault.

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Speaker 1: One day she heard me talking about what I'm telling you,

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Speaker 1: that when we forgive, it releases us to move forward.

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Speaker 1: Nothing that somebody's done to us has to keep us

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Speaker 1: She said, Dad, what you did to me was wrong,

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Speaker 2: I'm forgiving you for everything you've done to me, she said.

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Speaker 2: When she left that day, she felt like she was

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Speaker 1: Forgive so that you can be free. Don't let that

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Speaker 1: it to your advantage. It may have been painful, but

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Speaker 1: to promote you. Hebrews ten thirty says God is a

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Speaker 2: He will settle and solve.

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Speaker 1: The cases of his people. Some of you today, you

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Speaker 1: need some cases settled. You've had unfair things happen.

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Speaker 2: Maybe somebody stole your childhood, or.

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Speaker 1: Somebody left you with a bunch of children to raise

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Speaker 1: by yourself. Perhaps a business partner cheated you, you lost

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Speaker 2: You could easily be angry, bitter, trying to pay them back. No,

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Speaker 1: He knows every person that's hurt you. He's seen every

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Speaker 1: But God saw it, and he knew it wasn't right.

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Speaker 1: He's saying today, I'm going to settle your cases. I'm

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Speaker 1: to pay you back what you deserve, but God promised

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Speaker 1: and double is coming.

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Speaker 2: Those people that violated you, forgive them, and double is

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Speaker 2: That spouse that was unfaithful.

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Speaker 1: Forgive and you're going to see double the joy, double

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Speaker 2: Friends, God never brings you out the same.

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Speaker 1: He will make the enemy pay for bringing that injustice

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Speaker 2: Now, you've got to do your part and let it go.

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Speaker 1: As long as you're going around with resentment, holding a grudge,

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Speaker 1: years ago that coworker did you wrong. You're still trying

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Speaker 1: God be your vindicator. Let God settle your cases. Some

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Speaker 1: of you today you feel guilty about something that wasn't

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Speaker 1: even your fault. People mistreated you when you were growing up.

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Speaker 2: God, I'm gonna leave it up to you. You promised

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Speaker 1: for every un So God, I'm letting all my family,

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Speaker 1: my friends, my coworkers, my neighbors off the hook, and

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Speaker 1: I'm putting my hope, my trust, my confidence in you.

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Speaker 1: When you get on God's pay roll, He'll make sure

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Speaker 1: you are well compensated.

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Speaker 2: Some of you today.

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Speaker 1: If you would just let some people off the hook

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Speaker 1: in your life and quit thinking that they owe you something,

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Speaker 1: you would see your life go to a whole new level.

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Speaker 1: They may have been wrong, it may have been their fault,

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Speaker 1: but it's not their.

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Speaker 2: Fault that they can't pay you back.

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Speaker 1: If you spend your life trying to get from people

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Speaker 1: what only God can give, it'll end up running that relationship.

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Speaker 1: And the sad thing is you'll take that problem into

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Speaker 1: the next relationship and the next and the next. So

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Speaker 1: much better to just let God pay you back. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: when I'm looking over our bills, I'll see these big

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Speaker 1: read letters that say paid in full. You've seen one

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Speaker 1: of those big rubber stamps that people use. It means

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Speaker 1: the account is totally taken care of. You need to

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Speaker 1: start seeing your accounts where people has hurt you as

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Speaker 1: being paid in full, instead of always trying to collect

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Speaker 1: the debt thinking they owe you something. Get that big

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Speaker 1: rubber stamp out. Mark that account paid in full. Next

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Speaker 1: time you see that person that hurts you, stamp it

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Speaker 1: paid in full. That man that lied about you paid

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Speaker 1: in full. That friend that betrayed you paid in full.

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Speaker 1: It's very freeing to.

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Speaker 2: Say, nobody owes me anything.

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Speaker 1: They may have hurt me, they may have stolen my childhood,

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Speaker 1: they may have cheated me out of some money.

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Speaker 2: That's all right. I'm not on their payroll. I'm on

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Speaker 2: God's payroll.

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Speaker 1: And the good news is God never misses a payment. Friends,

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Speaker 1: Start marking some accounts paid in full. Life is too

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Speaker 1: short to go through it bitter, angry, trying to get

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Speaker 1: people to pay you back. Let it go. God will

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Speaker 1: settle your cases. It's interesting today. Some airlines will let

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Speaker 1: you take baggage, but you have to pay for each

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Speaker 1: individual peace. You can't take it free anymore. It's the

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Speaker 1: same way in life. You can take emotional baggage, but

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Speaker 1: it's going to cost you something. You can carry that

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Speaker 1: bag of unforgiveness, but it'll cost your joy. You can

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Speaker 1: take around that bag of bitterness, but it'll cost your peace.

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Speaker 1: You can carry that bag of you owe me something,

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Speaker 1: that attitude. If you carry it long enough, it'll be

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Speaker 1: a very hefty price. It'll keep you from your destiny. Well,

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Speaker 1: you say, Joel, they don't even deserve to be forgiven.

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Speaker 2: Maybe not, but you do.

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Speaker 1: When you don't forgive them, your heavenly father cannot forgive you.

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Speaker 2: Why don't you get rid of the baggage. Why don't

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Speaker 2: you mark the accounts paid in full? Why don't you

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Speaker 2: forgive so that you can be free?

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Speaker 1: If you will let go of the hurts, the wrongs

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Speaker 1: and get on God's pay roll, Let me declare what's

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Speaker 1: going to happen. God is going to settle your cases.

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Speaker 1: He's going to make your wrongs right. He's going to

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Speaker 1: restore what the enemy is stolen. He is going to

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Speaker 1: bring justice into your life. God is not only going

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Speaker 1: to give you what you deserve, but he's going to

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Speaker 1: pay you back with double the joy, double the peace,

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Speaker 1: double the friends, double the fulfillment. He's going to bring

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Speaker 1: you out better off than you were before. I believe

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Speaker 1: it and declare it in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 2: If you receive it, can you say amen? We never

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Speaker 2: like to.

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Speaker 1: Close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins.

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Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 1: got born again.

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Speaker 2: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place.

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Speaker 2: He's going to take you places that you've never even

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Speaker 2: dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: It's a new year, an opportunity for a fresh start.

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Speaker 3: It's a new year, time to forget the struggles of

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Speaker 3: the past and make room for new blessings.

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Speaker 2: It's a new year.

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Speaker 3: The perfect time to build expectation and faith for an

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Speaker 3: amazing new season.

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Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to

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Speaker 1: start afresh and a new to let go of negative

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Speaker 1: things of the past and to get ready for the

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Speaker 1: new things God has in store. Every January, we create

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Speaker 1: a new devotional calendar. When you start off each day

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Speaker 1: in faith, grateful for what God has done, making positive

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Speaker 1: declarations over your future, you're setting the tone for a

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Speaker 1: blessed day and a victorious year. This devotional calendar will

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Speaker 1: help you get your mind going in the right direction

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Speaker 1: so you can live in faith expecting the goodness of God.

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Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 3: of any amount this first month of the year, we

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Speaker 3: would like to send you a copy of our brand

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Speaker 3: new twenty twenty five three hundred and sixty five day

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Speaker 3: devotional calendar. Using this devotional calendar is as easy as

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Speaker 3: one two three one. Wake up with expectancy in your

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Speaker 3: heart too, reflect on the daily scripture, verse and devotional

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Speaker 3: from Joel. Three capture the Lord's promises to you on

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Speaker 3: journaling lines for writing and reflection.

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Speaker 2: This is going to be one of your best years.

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Speaker 1: Our twenty twenty five devotional calendar is going to help

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Speaker 1: you stay in faith and see the goodness of God

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Speaker 1: in ways you've never seen. Victoria and I pray for

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

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