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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

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

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Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to.

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Speaker 2: Be with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected

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Speaker 2: with us during the week through our daily podcast, YouTube channel,

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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. So I like to start with something.

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Speaker 2: Funny, and I heard about these three men, a Baptist,

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Speaker 2: a Catholic and a Charismatic.

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Speaker 1: They died on the same day went to heaven.

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Speaker 2: Saint Peter met him at the pearly gates said sorry, guys,

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Speaker 2: your rooms are not available yet. He didn't know what

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Speaker 2: to do, so he called Satan and asked if he

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Speaker 2: would keep them for a little while.

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Speaker 1: Satan reluctantly agreed.

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Speaker 2: A few hours Satan called back and said, you've got

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Speaker 2: to come get these guys, Peter. The Baptist man is

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Speaker 2: saving everyone, the Catholic man is forgiving everyone, and the

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Speaker 2: charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. Say

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Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I

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

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

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Speaker 2: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God.

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Speaker 2: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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

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Speaker 2: the power of no. To reach our potential, we have

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Speaker 2: to say yes. Yes to our dreams, yes to God's promises,

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Speaker 2: yes to the right people. Yes is incredibly important, but

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Speaker 2: yes alone is not enough. What you say no to

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Speaker 2: has as much impact as what you say yes to,

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Speaker 2: and yes it's typically easier. It's the path of least resistance.

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Speaker 2: But if you don't learn to say no, you will

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Speaker 2: never get to.

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Speaker 1: Your greater yeses. There's power in no.

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Speaker 2: No to compromising, no to people, pleasing, no to distractions.

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Speaker 1: No takes discipline.

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Speaker 2: To not let our emotions rule us. It's not something

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Speaker 2: that comes naturally. Our flesh wants to have its own way,

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Speaker 2: and most of us are good at saying yes.

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Speaker 1: Do you want to stay up late and watch TV. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's fun. Do you want to go to the mall

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Speaker 1: and not do your homework? Yes, let's go.

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Speaker 2: Do you want that third ball a Bluebell chocolate chip

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Speaker 1: Yes, you don't even need to ask.

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Speaker 2: There's a battle taking place between our flesh and our spirit.

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Speaker 2: The flesh wants to take the easy way out, wants

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Speaker 2: instant gratification. Proverbs says a person without self control is

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Speaker 2: like a city.

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Speaker 1: With broken down walls.

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Speaker 2: Those days when the walls were down around the city,

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Speaker 2: the enemy could easily come in and do whatever they wanted.

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Speaker 1: If you say yes all the.

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Speaker 2: Time and there's no self controlled self discipline, then your

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Speaker 2: we're our worst enemy. We're saying yes to offense, they

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Speaker 2: did me wrong, Yes to compromise, friends, pulling.

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Speaker 1: This down, Yes to mediocrity, showing up late to work.

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Speaker 1: You can have all the talent.

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Speaker 2: In the world and all the opportunity, but if you

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Speaker 2: don't have self control, the discipline to say no to

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Speaker 2: things you know you shouldn't do.

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Speaker 1: Then you won't reach your destiny. You may want to

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Speaker 2: The clerk is rude, and the neighbor offends you. Your flesh,

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Speaker 2: that's our lower nature, will say, let them have it.

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Speaker 2: Be rude back to them. The easy thing is to agree, yes,

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Speaker 2: that sounds good. Lord, thank you for that idea. But

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Speaker 2: every idea is not from God. You have to discern

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Speaker 2: between the still small voice of the spirit and the loud,

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Speaker 2: aimry voice of the flesh. Be still, get quiet and

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Speaker 2: listen to what God is saying. Don't let the flesh

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Speaker 2: your carnal desires dictate your life. You're in control of

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Speaker 2: your yeses and your nose. It's easy to say, yes,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna get upset, Yes I'm gonna pay them back.

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Speaker 1: Try a different approach. Learn the power of no.

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Speaker 2: No to arguing and having to have your way. No

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Speaker 2: pure pressure letting people talk you into compromising. Every no

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Speaker 2: is leading to a better yes. The nose are not

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Speaker 2: an option, They are necessary for you to reach your destiny.

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Speaker 1: Moses was born into a Hebrew family, but he.

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Speaker 2: Was raised by the pharaoh's daughter, an Egyptian princes. He

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Speaker 2: He knew that wasn't right, and the scripture says he

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Speaker 2: refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, but

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Speaker 2: instead he chose to stand with the people of God.

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Speaker 2: Here he had it made, wealth, influence, and easy life.

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Speaker 2: Thoughts were telling him, don't rock the boat, Moses, but

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Speaker 2: he dared to say no. I'm not taking the easy

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Speaker 1: He refused to be called by their name. Look at

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Speaker 2: But if you're going to reach the fullness of your destiny,

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Speaker 2: there will.

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Speaker 1: Be these times.

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Speaker 2: You have to put your foot down and refuse things

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Speaker 2: that are less than God's best. Refuse the addictions that

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Speaker 2: have hindered your family. Refuse to be cynical like those

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Speaker 2: to poison your life. Had Moses not said no as

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Speaker 1: A bigger yes. Had he stayed in the palace where

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Speaker 1: it was comfortable, thought things are good here. Good can

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Speaker 2: Without that, no, Moses would have never brought the Israelites

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Speaker 2: enemies drown and the water that No may be difficult,

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Speaker 2: but it's leading to a yes much greater than you

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Speaker 2: can imagine. The scripture says, no discipline at the time

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Speaker 2: is pleasant, but later on you will see a reward.

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Speaker 2: We focus too much on right now. It's hard to

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Speaker 2: say no to this, friend, Joel. This is dragging me down.

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Speaker 2: I'm comfortable. You're right where Moses was. Are you going

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Speaker 2: to obey the flesh or the spirit? God asked for

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Speaker 2: the nose not to make your life harder.

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Speaker 1: It's because he has.

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Speaker 2: Bigger yeses, greater things in your future. But the no

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Speaker 2: is required to get to the yes. Well, it's hard

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Speaker 2: to get up early in exercise. It's hard to not

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Speaker 2: eat things that are making me unhealthy. It's hard to

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Speaker 2: control my mouth, Joel, it's hard to not watch.

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Speaker 1: Things that are poisoning me. Here's the key.

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Speaker 2: The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret.

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Speaker 2: The pain of discipline weighs ounces.

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Speaker 1: The pain of regret wastes Tonus. It's gonna take courage,

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Speaker 2: But that pain is much less than looking back and

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Speaker 2: realizing I was supposed to deliver the Israelites.

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Speaker 1: So to speak, God had these big yeses.

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Speaker 2: I could have been at new levels, more blessed, more happy.

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Speaker 1: But I didn't refuse what was limiting me. I didn't

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Speaker 1: learn the power of no.

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Speaker 2: We focus on the pain right now. We need to

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Speaker 2: think more about later on. Moses was uncomfortable leaving the palace,

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Speaker 2: but later on, when he was watching the Israelites march

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Speaker 2: of slavery, not one part of him said.

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Speaker 1: I wish I hadn't said no back then. I wish

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Speaker 2: You will never see your greater yeses without saying no

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Speaker 2: to certain things. They may be good Moses living in

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Speaker 1: But he since there was more in him that he

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Speaker 1: was destined to deliver God's people.

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Speaker 2: If you'll be uncomfortable now, later on, you'll look back

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Speaker 2: and think it was well worth it. When you see

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Speaker 2: where God takes you, you'll be glad you said no.

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Speaker 2: Years ago, I was invited to meet with some executives

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Speaker 2: at Sirius XM. They asked me to do a one

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Speaker 2: hour program once a week that they could run on

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Speaker 2: one of their channels.

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Speaker 1: I was very honored.

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Speaker 2: It was a great opportunity, but I didn't feel right

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Speaker 2: opened this door, but for some reason I didn't have peace.

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Speaker 2: And I told them how grateful I was, but I

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Speaker 2: The executive said, you didn't want to do the one

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Speaker 1: I said, now that sounds good.

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Speaker 2: Had I not said no to the good thing, I've

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Speaker 2: never seen the bigger? Yes, Trust what you feel in

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Speaker 2: life is bigger than what you have planned.

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Speaker 1: He'll speak to you in the still small voice and uneasiness.

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Speaker 2: This isn't right, may not make sense, but God knows

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Speaker 1: He can see the big.

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Speaker 2: say no to being against yourself, feeling inferior, not good enough,

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Speaker 2: not attractive. You have to do like Moses, put your

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Speaker 2: foot down and refuse to live that way. Don't let

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Speaker 2: the enemy steal your destiny by seeing yourself the wrong way.

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Speaker 2: Are there things that you need to say no to today?

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Speaker 2: You feel that conviction. God's speaking to you. You keep

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Speaker 2: to be uncomfortable. That's going to be hard. The longer

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Speaker 2: and give you the ability to do hard things.

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Speaker 1: You are in one of those windows. Now. You wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be hearing this if you weren't well able. Don't miss

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Speaker 2: What you say no to is going to open the

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Speaker 2: door to a yes that you've never imagined. This is

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Speaker 2: what Joseph did. His brothers were jealous and sold him

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Speaker 2: into slavery. In Egypt, he's working for a man named Potterphar,

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Speaker 2: running his household well. Potterphar's wife liked it Joseph. She

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Speaker 2: tried to seduce him. When Potterphar wasn't home, she'd come

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Speaker 2: But Joseph was a man of great character and integrity.

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Speaker 2: When God has something big in your future, you'll.

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Speaker 1: Be tested along the way.

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Speaker 2: Can you handle more influence, more favor, more resources. This

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Speaker 2: saying no. They want the pleasure of the moment. They

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Speaker 2: Nehemiah know to getting distracted and fighting with the critics.

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Speaker 1: They all said no and went on the greater yeses.

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Speaker 2: never hear anymore about Gehazi. What's really sad is Elisha

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Speaker 2: was Elijah's assistant. You remember he got a double portion

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Speaker 2: of Elijah's annoying Well, Gahezaut was Elisha's assistant. He was

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Speaker 2: let that be you learn to say no to compromise,

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Speaker 2: No to wrong friends, No the distractions that are wasting

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Speaker 1: Life's short. We're not gonna be here forever.

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Speaker 2: It's easy to get stuck in a rut, a negative sockle,

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Speaker 1: It's time to break those patterns.

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Speaker 2: Examine your life, how you spend your time, your friendships,

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Speaker 1: God is calling us up higher.

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Speaker 2: He has greater levels, but the greater requires greater discipline,

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Speaker 1: What do you need to say no to today?

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Speaker 2: You're not gonna let the natural impulses dictate your life.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna rule your emotions.

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Speaker 2: Like Joseph, You're gonna run from temptation, not sit inactive

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Speaker 2: with people that pull you down.

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Speaker 1: Let me tell you, if you learn.

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Speaker 2: The power of no, I believe, declare, you're gonna come

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Speaker 2: into greater yess something you've never seen. Favor, promotion, healing, breakthroughs, freedom,

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