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Speaker 1: Victoria and I believe in you're going to have a

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Speaker 1: for being with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got

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Speaker 2: I'm excited because in this book you will see how

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Speaker 3: You are grace to go. Enjoy today's message. Jan It

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Speaker 3: is so good to have you in church today. You

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Speaker 2: You know. I find it so interesting to hear people

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Speaker 2: give the secret to their success. You know, people will

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Speaker 2: say there's that one thing that I did, or you

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Speaker 2: always want to know what's that first thing, what's that

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Speaker 2: one thing. I always like to just kind of learn

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Speaker 2: You can find it in Philippians three twelve. He says,

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Speaker 2: Paul knew when he was looking back he couldn't press forward.

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Speaker 3: Joel and I used to play racketball all the time.

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Speaker 2: A player was playing racketball and they looked back and

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Speaker 2: Like every time I got in the court, I was like,

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Speaker 2: don't look back. Play the ball that's in front of you.

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Speaker 2: and live in the past. Those past mistakes can cause damage.

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Speaker 3: That past will not help you move forward in the future. See,

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Speaker 3: I don't want my past smacking me in the face.

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Speaker 2: The Bible says that God will turn your ashes into beauty.

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Speaker 2: And he said, when I would run, I would imagine

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Speaker 2: With every run, he said, I saw God in front

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Speaker 3: Now that was his story, that was his way.

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Speaker 2: You can't accomplish everything God's called you to accomplish, but

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