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Speaker 4: To start with something funny, and I heard about this

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Speaker 4: church service one Sunday morning. Everything was going great until

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Speaker 4: a bolt of lightning hit the sanctuary. When the smoke cleared,

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Speaker 4: Satan himself was standing at the podium. People panicked and

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Speaker 4: took off running as fast as they could. Everyone that is,

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Speaker 4: except one lady. She sat in the front road, just

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Speaker 4: as calm as can be. Satan was appalled. He said, lady,

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Speaker 4: do you know who I am? She said, I sure do.

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Speaker 4: He said, aren't you afraid of me? She said not

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Speaker 4: in the least bit. He said why not? She said,

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Speaker 4: why should I be? I've been married to your brother

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Speaker 4: for thirty years. Say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 4: to talk to you today about living at rest. Rest

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Speaker 4: doesn't mean that you're on vacation and you never do anything.

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Speaker 4: We all have to work and deal with challenges and

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Speaker 4: interact with different people. But we're supposed to do it

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Speaker 4: from a place of peace, not stressed out, worried and

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Speaker 4: fighting everything that we don't like. Hebrews four tells us

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Speaker 4: to enter into the rest of God. That's a place

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Speaker 4: where we know God's in control, we know he's fighting

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Speaker 4: our battles. But here's the key. Once you enter this rest,

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Speaker 4: you're not going to automatically stay there. Life is full

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Speaker 4: of peace dealers. There will always be people and circumstances

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Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor. Turn it off. Be careful what

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Speaker 4: taking it in again and again. The twenty four hour news,

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Speaker 4: most of that repeats every thirty minutes. It was designed

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Speaker 4: encouraging things that build you up and cause you to

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Speaker 4: say positive, hopeful, and inspired. One Friday night, Victoria and

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Speaker 4: Victoria kept waking me up, Joe, you're having a nightmare.

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Speaker 4: Wake up. What we take in through our eyes and

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Speaker 4: Sometimes it's our own choices. If you get on social

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Speaker 4: because there'll always be somebody more beautiful, more talented, more successful.

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Speaker 4: Successful people are too focused on their own race to

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Speaker 4: it'll pull you out of your rest. I say this respectfully,

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Speaker 4: but some people are peace stealers. They're high maintenance. They're

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Speaker 4: always having a problem. Every time they call, they're having

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Speaker 4: good people, you love them, but you shouldn't allow them

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Speaker 4: put up a boundary, they won't be the only one unhappy.

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Speaker 4: You'll end up unhappy. And I'm all for helping people,

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Speaker 4: you let them unload their burdens, They'll do it again

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Speaker 4: you jump every time they call. Try to keep them fixed,

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Speaker 4: but not responsible for other people's happiness. Don't let their

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Speaker 4: unhappiness keep you from being happy. I don't know about you,

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Speaker 4: but I have enough drama in my own life. I

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Speaker 4: don't need somebody else's drama. If they won't make good decisions.

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Speaker 4: If they want to live upset, bitter, offended, in a

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Speaker 4: If you don't help and let them call you all

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Speaker 4: You have to protect your peace. Like a business. You

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Speaker 4: need to have hours of operation, times when you're open,

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Speaker 4: times when you're closed. I'm open for them from two

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Speaker 4: No next time, Sorry, not open for business right now,

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Speaker 4: you mean, Joel, don't answer the phone. Yes, that's why

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Speaker 4: God created voicemail. Don't let their crisis steal your peace.

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Speaker 4: Have you noticed some people are alarmist. Everything is a

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Speaker 4: Tomorrow will be too late. They have a spirit of alarm.

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Speaker 4: If you don't put up a boundary, you'll get pulled in.

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Speaker 4: They'll get you all stirred up, stressed out, won't fall

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Speaker 4: Your destiny is too important to let people who are

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Speaker 4: that's a peace dealer. You need to make some changes. Well, Joel,

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Speaker 4: your destiny? God didn't call you to keep everyone happy?

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Speaker 4: allow someone to always dump their burdens on you. That's

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Speaker 4: out of balance. You have to protect your emotional energy.

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Speaker 4: You have a limited supply each day. If you're taking

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Speaker 4: in all this extra drama, involved in things you should

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Speaker 4: I'm saying be wise. You can't fix everyone. You can't

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Speaker 4: I've learned some people don't really want to change. They

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Speaker 4: If they can't reach you every three minutes, maybe they'll

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Speaker 4: learn to encourage themselves. Life is too short to go

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Speaker 4: remote control. I said, good, Where is it? She said,

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Speaker 4: my rest. That do not disturb sign I found. Most

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Speaker 4: of the time, it's not for other people, it's for you.

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Speaker 4: It's to remind us to stay in peace. Are you

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Speaker 4: allowing things to pull you out of rest. Anyone can

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Speaker 4: They were headed toward the Promised Land. Life was good

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Speaker 4: and they begin to panic. They were so afraid. The

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Speaker 4: scripture says they were terrified and said, Moses, why did

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Speaker 4: Moses knew if they would have stayed upset, fearful, worried,

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Speaker 4: that would have stopped God from working. He said to

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Speaker 4: you if you hold your peace and remain at rest.

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Speaker 4: Notice there was a condition. God will fight your battles

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Speaker 4: if you'll stay at rest, if you'll quit worrying about

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Speaker 4: those people that talking about you. If you'll remain at rest,

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Speaker 4: God will fight your battles. I'm asking you today to

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Speaker 4: identify the peace stealers in your life. What's causing you

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Speaker 4: on you trying to be the savior? Turn that over

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Speaker 4: Are you allowing traffic people a grouchy boss to upset you.

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Speaker 4: They may not change, but you can change. Put up

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Speaker 4: this do not disturb sign, not just for others, but

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Speaker 4: to remind you to stay in peace. Friend's life is

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Speaker 4: too short to go through it letting peace dealers determine

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Speaker 4: our destiny. If you'll make this decision with me that

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Speaker 4: you're going to live at rest, you'll not only enjoy

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Speaker 4: your life more, but I believe and declare God will

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Speaker 4: do for you what he did for the Israelites. He'll

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Speaker 4: part red seas, He'll restore your hell. He'll bring vindication, promotion,

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Speaker 4: receive it today, can you say amen? We never like

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Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends,

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