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Speaker 1: Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be

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Speaker 1: with you today. We always counted an honor. Know that

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Speaker 1: we're praying for you and your family we share. Hope

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Speaker 1: you enjoy this podcast today and we just are praying

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Speaker 1: for you and know that God is for you, so

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Speaker 1: enjoy today's message. God bless you. It's great to be

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Speaker 1: with you today, and I hope you stay connected with

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Speaker 1: us during the week through our daily podcast on YouTube channel,

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Speaker 1: social media, and you can come visit us in person.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one

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Speaker 1: of our services. But I'd like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 1: And I heard about these two men named Archie and Jack.

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Speaker 1: They had debated their whole life as to whether Jesus

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Speaker 1: was white or whether he was black. Archie was certain

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Speaker 1: he was white. Jack was just as certain he was black.

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Speaker 1: As fate would have it, they died on the same

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Speaker 1: day and rushed to the pearly gates, said, Saint Peter,

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Speaker 1: please tell us. We've been arguing our whole life. Is

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Speaker 1: Jesus white or is he black? About that time, Jesus

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Speaker 1: stepped up and said, all right, guys, say it like

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

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Speaker 1: it 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'll boldly confess.

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 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 the courage

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Speaker 1: to get well. We all have areas where we're not

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Speaker 1: being our best. Something is limiting us, lack of confidence, unforgiveness,

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Speaker 1: and addiction. We don't like it. We know it's holding

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Speaker 1: Human nature leans toward what's comfortable. It's not change we resist.

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Speaker 1: It's what's required of change. It's easier to stay the same.

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Speaker 1: If we accept it and let it become a part

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Speaker 1: more effort. It becomes normal to us. We can get

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Speaker 1: comfortable with self pity, in comfortable with bitterness, comfortable with

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Speaker 1: the bad attitude. We have an excuse. I can't forgive Joel.

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Speaker 1: They hurt me too badly. I know I'm hot tempered,

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Speaker 1: but that's how I was raised. I'll never be successful

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Speaker 1: with the mistakes I've made. I'm carrying this guilt and shame.

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Speaker 1: As long as you normalize it, that lesser version of

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Speaker 1: to function in the dysfunction. That's not who God made

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Speaker 1: you to be. There is a better version of you,

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Speaker 1: a healthy you, a free you, a blessed, confident, successful you.

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Speaker 1: Here's the key. The new you won't show up as

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Speaker 1: long as you're allowing the old you to stay. If

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Speaker 1: you're accepting the mediocrity, the self pity, the dysfunction that's

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Speaker 1: going to keep you from your destiny. Getting well takes courage.

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Speaker 1: Being free will cost you something. If it was easy,

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Speaker 1: everyone would do it. It's going to cost you excuses, no

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Speaker 1: more finding reasons to justify it. It will cost you

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Speaker 1: It may cost you some friends and getting out of

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Speaker 1: limiting environments. If you're dealing with an addiction, you can't

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Speaker 1: that long enough, the addiction becomes normal. That's just who

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Speaker 1: we are. Everybody's this way now. That's because you're in

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Speaker 1: the wrong environment. If you're always around people who are jealous, bitter,

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Speaker 1: Where you lower your expectations and convince yourself that's who

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Speaker 1: you are, or you're better than that. You are made

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Speaker 1: in the image of Almighty God. He created you to

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Speaker 1: to leave what's comfortable. The courage to get away from

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Speaker 1: Not enough, can't do it. Get rid of the old

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Speaker 1: so the new you can show up. John Chapter five.

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Speaker 1: There was a man that had been crippled for thirty

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Speaker 1: the pool of Bethesda. It was known to have healing waters.

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Speaker 1: They may be stuff they gave up on their dream

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Speaker 1: Recognize that's not normal, that's not who you were created

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Speaker 1: He said, sir, do you want to get well? That

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Speaker 1: He was saying, in effect, are you willing to leave

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Speaker 1: Jesus was saying, I want to change things for you.

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Speaker 1: I want to make it much better. But it's going

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Speaker 1: you've been used to. You can't hang around those same

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Speaker 1: There are things that we have to be willing to do.

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Speaker 1: Some people stay at the pool of compromise, bad habits.

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Speaker 1: I know these friends are not good for me, Joel,

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Speaker 1: But you can't stay at the pool nursing your wounds,

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Speaker 1: want to see God pay you back? Then you can't

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Speaker 1: It's a victim mindset. Man. I went to a bad

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Speaker 1: The enemy would love for you to live as a

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Speaker 1: the wrong identity. You have to give up, the defeated you,

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