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Speaker 6: The judge said, sir, I understand you stole a can

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Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am.

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Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 6: to talk to you today about peace with your scars.

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Speaker 6: You can't live very long without being injured, going through

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Speaker 6: hurts and pains. Sometimes the wound heals up and there's

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Speaker 6: Scars from falling off a bike as a child, Scars

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Speaker 6: from the surgery to remove the illness, Scars from the accident.

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Speaker 6: There are physical scars, scars that we can see. But

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Speaker 6: there are also invisible scars, scars that come from inner wounds,

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Speaker 6: scarred by the divorce, scarred by what somebody said, scarred

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Speaker 4: So often we try to hide our scars. We don't

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Speaker 6: It reminds us of the hurt, the sickness, the betrayal.

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Speaker 4: We wish they'd go away. But we need to see

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Speaker 6: God did not allow that scar to discourage you. He

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Speaker 6: When you see the scar, don't think of the pain.

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Speaker 6: That scar is a reminder of how faithful God has been.

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Speaker 6: Without his mercy, that mistake could have stopped your purpose.

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Speaker 6: Back then, you restored my marriage. You helped me through

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Speaker 4: Your scars the right way, they'll be fuel for your faith.

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Speaker 6: They'll remind you of the goodness of God. But you

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Speaker 6: Things happen in life that we didn't see coming, an

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Speaker 6: If you're going to fulfill your destiny, instead of being

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Speaker 6: The enemy tried to stop you, but God healed you.

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Speaker 6: How do you know you have a scar to prove it.

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Speaker 6: You're not ashamed of it, you're not depressed over it.

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Speaker 4: The scar doesn't have to remind you of the pain.

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Speaker 6: It can remind you of the greatness of God. The

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Speaker 4: I read about a young lady.

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Speaker 4: She was extremely grateful. She knew she could have easily.

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Speaker 4: You of the grace of God.

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Speaker 6: Are you at peace with your scars? Or are you

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Speaker 4: Mad it? Who hurts you?

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Speaker 6: Bitter by what you've been through? Those scars are not

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Speaker 4: They are there to encourage you.

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Speaker 6: They are reminders of what God brought you through. It

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Speaker 4: You're healed, You're moving forward.

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Speaker 6: My friend Dandra, one of our worship leaders, developed this

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Speaker 6: in danger of it blocking her windpipe. She'd been to

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Speaker 4: She went to see him.

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Speaker 6: He said he would do the surgery, but it was risky.

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Speaker 4: It was completely successful.

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Speaker 6: At one time, it didn't look good. Month after month,

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Speaker 6: My freshman year of high school, I was running around

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Speaker 4: Well, the coach went into the field house.

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Speaker 6: He couldn't see, so I cut across the football field

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Speaker 6: When they saw me take off, they started laughing.

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Speaker 4: They knew if the coach saw me, I would be done.

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Speaker 6: But just as I was about to make it to

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Speaker 4: Well. I stepped in.

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Speaker 6: That hole with one leg fell and my knee hit

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Speaker 4: I turned to somersault and kept running the team. They

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Speaker 6: I never told my coach what really happened.

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Speaker 4: I hope he's not listening.

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Speaker 6: But now I have this big scar on my knee.

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Speaker 6: The scars are your testimony, that's your story.

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Speaker 4: You don't have to hide them. Everyone has scars. Well, Joel,

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Speaker 6: bitter over who hurt you. God didn't show you mercy

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Speaker 6: just for your sake. Those scars are for somebody else.

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Speaker 6: He turned that around because he knows he can.

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Speaker 4: Trust you with scars.

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Speaker 6: When Jesus first arose, he appeared to marry Magdalene at

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Speaker 6: the Garden tomb. When she recognized him, she went to

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Speaker 6: he had not yet ascended.

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Speaker 4: To the Father to present the sacrifice.

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Speaker 6: There are times when you're not ready for people to

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Speaker 6: touch your scars. You're still going through the healing process.

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Speaker 6: Scar doesn't happen overnight, takes time. You may be in

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Speaker 6: a difficult situation. You're waiting to be healed, waiting to

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Speaker 6: be restored, the wound is still painful. Like with Jesus,

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Speaker 6: the time is coming when the pain is going to

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Speaker 6: be gone.

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Speaker 4: The wound is going to be healed.

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Speaker 6: You'll have a scar, not to remind you of the pain,

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Speaker 6: but to remind you of.

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Speaker 4: The grace of God.

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Speaker 6: Then you can tell people touch my scars, here's what

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Speaker 6: God has done for me. John Chapter five, Jesus healed

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Speaker 6: a man that had been crippled for thirty eight years.

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Speaker 6: He said to him, stand up, pick up your mat,

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Speaker 6: and go home.

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Speaker 4: Instantly the man could walk.

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Speaker 6: It's significant that Jesus told him to take his mat

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Speaker 6: with him. I'm sure after all those years that mat

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Speaker 6: was probably dirty, had holes in it, didn't smell too good.

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Speaker 6: Why didn't Jesus tell him, Hey, throw the mat away,

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Speaker 6: you can walk.

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Speaker 4: You're not going to need it anymore. That mat was

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Speaker 4: like a scar.

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Speaker 6: It was a reminder of what God had done. It

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Speaker 6: was a part of his story. I can imagine everywhere

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Speaker 6: the man went people would ask, what are you doing

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Speaker 6: still carrying this old mat? He would answer, it may

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Speaker 6: look ugly to you, but to me, this is a

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Speaker 6: beautiful mat. Every time he looked at it, it brought

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Speaker 4: Under his breath, he would whisper, Lord, thank you for

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Speaker 4: healing me.

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Speaker 6: God could tell us to leave our mats. He could

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Speaker 6: take away the scars, says there's no sign of them anymore.

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Speaker 6: But one reason he leaves them is not only so

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Speaker 6: we'll remember what he's done, but so.

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Speaker 4: We can tell others. Are you at peace with your scars?

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Speaker 6: Are you looking back with gratitude, thanking God, Or are

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Speaker 6: you looking back bitter, wondering why it happened?

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Speaker 4: Have a new perspective.

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Speaker 6: The scar means you're healed. The scar means you're forgiven.

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Speaker 6: The scar means you can walk again. You may still

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Speaker 6: have your mat. That's simply to remind you of the

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Speaker 6: greatness of God. And when you see other people who

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Speaker 6: are wounded, do like Jesus, tell them touch my scars.

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Speaker 6: Let me tell you what God did for me, He

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Speaker 6: can do for you if you'll do.

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Speaker 4: This, I believe and declare.

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Speaker 6: God is going to take those ugly wounds and turn

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Speaker 6: He's about to turn for your good. Healing is coming,

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