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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate you,

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Speaker 2: and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if

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Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be

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Speaker 2: a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 2: about this single man.

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Speaker 1: He was sitting on an airplane.

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Speaker 2: Next to a beautiful single lady. They struck up a

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Speaker 2: conversation and he asked her what kind of men she liked.

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Speaker 2: She said, well, I like Native American men with their

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Speaker 2: high cheek bones and golden tan skin. Plus I like

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Speaker 2: Jewish men they're so brilliant and successful. And I like

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Speaker 2: good old boys from the South with their long Southern drawl.

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Speaker 2: What's your name, he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein,

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Speaker 2: but my friends call me Bubba.

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Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 2: I am what it says, I am, I have what

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Speaker 2: it says I have, I can do what it says

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Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be talked the word

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Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my

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Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 2: about protect your peace. We should get up each morning

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Speaker 2: believing for a good day, expecting favor, knowing that God

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Speaker 2: is directing our steps. At the same time, we should

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Speaker 2: realize everything may not go perfect. Every person may not

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Speaker 2: treat us right. Our plans may not stay on schedule.

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Speaker 2: There may be some bumps in the road and things

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Speaker 2: that we didn't see coming. If you're only going to

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Speaker 2: enjoy the day, if your plans work out, then you're

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Speaker 2: setting yourself up for disappointment.

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Speaker 1: In our call, we have a spare tire.

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Speaker 2: When I drive somewhere, I'm not expecting to have a

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Speaker 2: flat I'm not expecting to hit a pothole. I'm expecting

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Speaker 2: to get to my destination as planned. But even though

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Speaker 2: I'm expecting things to go my way, I've made provision

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Speaker 2: in case it doesn't. I've taken steps ahead of time

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Speaker 2: in case the.

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Speaker 1: Tire goes flat.

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Speaker 2: In the same way, even though you're expecting your plans

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Speaker 2: to work out, even though you're expecting good breaks, you

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Speaker 2: need to have your spare tire. You need to make

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Speaker 2: provision in case things don't.

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Speaker 1: Go your way.

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Speaker 2: Well, how do you get your spare tire At the

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Speaker 2: start of the day. You need to make a decision

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Speaker 2: that no matter what comes against you.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to get upset.

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Speaker 2: No matter what someone says, you're not going to be offended.

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Speaker 2: No matter what delays, disappointments, bad breaks, You're not going

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Speaker 2: to be sour. You've already made up your mind to

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Speaker 2: stay peace. That's making sure you have your spare tire.

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Speaker 2: If someone is rude.

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Speaker 1: To you, your attitude is no big deal.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna sit on the side of the road

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Speaker 2: and salt. I'm gonna put my spare tire on and

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Speaker 2: keep moving forward. If you hit a pothole, something unexpected happens,

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Speaker 2: your loved one has an illness, your child, Forgod is homework,

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Speaker 2: the loan didn't go through. You could be upset worried,

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Speaker 2: but you have your spare tire.

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Speaker 1: You decided ahead.

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Speaker 2: Of time to stay in peace, and the people in

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Speaker 2: your life, as good as they are, there are no

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Speaker 2: perfect people. There is no perfect boss, no perfect friend,

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Speaker 1: Victoria says that I am, but I know she's either

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Speaker 1: lying or saying it by faith. Give people room to

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Speaker 1: be human.

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Speaker 2: Quit expecting them to perform perfectly all the time.

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Speaker 1: Well, they hurt my feelings.

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Speaker 2: If you have your spare tire, you forgive them and

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Speaker 2: move on. Don't have unrealistic expectations. That person that loves

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Speaker 2: you so much, no matter how good they are, at times,

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Speaker 2: they're going to disappoint you. They're going to say things

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Speaker 2: didn't tell me he loved me today. This neighbor doesn't

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Speaker 2: invite me over like she used to. My co workers

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Speaker 1: You don't know what's going on in their lives. Don't

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Speaker 2: Your happiness is not someone else's responsibility. You are responsible

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Speaker 2: for your own happiness. Too often we're counting on other

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Speaker 2: That's putting too much pressure on the people in your lives.

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Speaker 1: Let them off the hook.

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Speaker 2: Nobody can keep you fixed except our heavenly Father. Don't

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Speaker 2: go to people for what only God can give. Are

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Speaker 2: you going through life without a spare tire? Only happy

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Speaker 2: if things go your way? The problem is the roads

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Speaker 2: are bumpy.

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Speaker 1: There will be some.

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Speaker 2: Potholes, unexpected challenges. Without a spare, you'll get stuck on

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Speaker 2: the side of the road, bitter over a breakup, upset

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Speaker 2: because a coworker left you out, stressed over the traffic.

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Speaker 2: Life is too short to live offended, upset, discouraged. This

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Speaker 2: day is a gift from God.

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Speaker 1: We are not always going to be here.

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Speaker 2: You have to put your foot down and say, I

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Speaker 2: am not going to let these same things keep upsetting me.

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Speaker 2: I am going to stay in peace, even if the

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Speaker 2: isn't good. This is the day the Lord has made.

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Speaker 1: I've made up my mind. I'm gonna enjoy it.

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Speaker 2: When we go around offended, upset, discouraged, Really it dishonors God.

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Speaker 1: He's entrusted us with life.

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Speaker 2: He could have chosen anyone to be here, but before

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Speaker 2: time began, in his great mercy, He handpicked you. He

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Speaker 2: not only chose you, but he created you in his

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Speaker 2: own image. He's planned out your days. He's crowned you

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Speaker 2: with fever. Now he's directing your steps. The way to

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Speaker 2: honor God is to get up each day with passion,

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Speaker 2: being your best, pursuing what He put in your heart.

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Speaker 2: Don't get stuck in the potholes of life. Shake off

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Speaker 2: the offenses, shake off what somebody said, Shake off self pity, bitterness.

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Speaker 2: God saw everything that happened to you. He knows what

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Speaker 2: was unfair. He knows how you were treated. Nothing is

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Speaker 2: a surprise to him. You'll keep moving forward. He'll not

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Speaker 2: only bring you out, he'll bring.

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Speaker 1: You out better.

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Speaker 2: Well, Joel, I would do this, but these people at

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Speaker 2: work don't treat me right.

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Speaker 1: They're unfair. They get on my nerves.

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Speaker 2: You can't control what other people do, but you can

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Speaker 2: control what you do. If you let them upset you,

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Speaker 2: you are giving away your power.

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Speaker 1: You are letting them control you.

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Speaker 2: The scripture says God has given us the power to

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Speaker 2: remain calm in times of adversity. You don't have to

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Speaker 2: I can't help it. They just know how to push

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Speaker 2: in to that power to remain calm. A man was

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Speaker 2: They came to the corner store where the man bought the.

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Speaker 2: Behind the counter was as unfriendly as can be, cold, inconsiderate,

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Speaker 2: acted like the men was bothering him. The man bought

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Speaker 2: the paper, smiled and said, I hope you have a

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Speaker 2: great day. The clerk didn't even look up, didn't even

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Speaker 2: The man said, every morning. The friend said, are you

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Speaker 2: always that nice? He said every morning. The friend look

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Speaker 2: kind of puzzled and said why. The man said, I've

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Speaker 2: made up my mind. I'm not going to let another

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Speaker 2: spare tire. Yes I hit this pothole every morning, but

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to get stuck here arguing being rude,

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Speaker 2: letting him ruin my morning. There may be people you

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Speaker 1: The gift of getting on your nerves.

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Speaker 2: They feel like it's their calling in life to make

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Speaker 2: can't make you unhappy unless you allow them to. They

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Speaker 2: can't make you be frustrated. It's your choice.

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Speaker 2: Don't go the next thirty years letting the same things

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Speaker 2: this man. You are not going to let another person

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Speaker 2: ruin your day. Not the guy that cuts you off

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Speaker 2: in traffic, not the clerk that's rude, not the family.

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Speaker 1: Member that's disrespectful.

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Speaker 2: And when someone is critical, condescending, rude, they have issues.

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Speaker 1: That they're not dealing with.

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Speaker 2: They've become poisoned, and now that poison.

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Speaker 1: Naturally comes out.

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Speaker 2: The key is don't let their poison get into you.

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Speaker 2: Don't let their bad attitude sour your day. You overcome

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Speaker 2: you're being an eagle. God will take you to heights

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Speaker 2: that you've never imagined. Years ago, I promised a friend

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Speaker 1: I had to be at the station at six point.

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Speaker 2: Thirty on a Monday morning. I woke up that day

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Speaker 2: I was about to park and get out. This lady

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Speaker 2: what are you doing? You cannot park here.

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Speaker 1: This is reserved for our special guest.

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Speaker 2: I thought, God, I'm gonna need three spare tires for

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Speaker 2: this lady.

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Speaker 1: She's like a wrecking ball. I said, ma'am, I'm on

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Speaker 1: the program this morning. I was told to park here.

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Speaker 1: She said, did you hear what I said?

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Speaker 2: You cannot park here. I had to remind myself, Joel,

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Speaker 2: you're a pastor. Your church is right across the freeway.

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Speaker 2: I smiled and said that's fine, went and parked in

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Speaker 2: the neighborhood. A couple hundred yards away, still raining had

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Speaker 2: to run to the building.

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Speaker 1: I did the program.

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Speaker 2: She must have seen it, because afterwards she came running

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Speaker 2: up and said, old Pastor o Stein. If I would

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Speaker 2: have known that was you, I would have let you

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Speaker 2: park there. Do you have time to pray for me?

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Speaker 2: I thought I would if I didn't have to walk

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Speaker 2: so far, I said, but sure I will. I wanted

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Speaker 2: to pray God deliver her from that meanness. What am

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Speaker 2: I saying? Don't let another person ruin your day. Don't

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Speaker 2: let a grouchy boss make you grouchy to where you

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Speaker 1: You can't keep it.

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Speaker 2: make this decision that you're not going to get upset,

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Speaker 2: But when you make this decision at the start of

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Speaker 2: Next time you're tempted to be offended, recognize what's happening.

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Speaker 2: come into your golias, opportunities that will thrust you ahead.

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Speaker 1: I'm asking you to protect your peace.

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Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare You're not

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Speaker 2: only going to enjoy your life more, but God is

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