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It's not your job to pay people back. 41 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 5: They hurt you once, don't let them continue to hurt you. 42 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: Be holding on to it. HI, this is Joel and Victoria. 43 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 44 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 5: the ministry. 45 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 46 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. We appreciate you 47 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 2: and pray for God to very best in your life. 48 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's great to be with you. 49 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 50 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 5: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media will 51 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 5: keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start with 52 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about these two brothers. They 53 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 5: were known for being very dishonest, having no integrity. They 54 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 5: were very wealthy. One of them died. His brother said 55 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 5: to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. If 56 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 5: you'll say at the funeral that my brother was a saint, 57 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 5: I'll make. 58 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: A large donation to your church. The pastor agreed, and 59 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: the man made the donation. 60 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 5: At the funeral, the pastor said, this man was dishonest, 61 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 5: he cheated, lied, stole. 62 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: But compared to his brother, he was a saint. Say 63 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 64 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: am what it says I am. I have what it 65 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: says I have. I can do what it says I 66 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 67 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 69 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 70 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: let it go. 71 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 5: We all go through disappointments and things that are not fair, 72 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 5: and it's easy to hold on to the hurts and 73 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 5: think about what they. 74 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: Said and relive the offense. We get up in the morning, 75 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: it's the first thing that comes to mind. 76 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 5: We don't realize how much that's affecting us, souring our attitude, 77 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 5: draining our energy, limiting our creativity. If you're going to 78 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 5: fulfill your destiny, you have to get good at letting 79 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 5: things go. Jesus said offenses will come. He didn't say 80 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 5: they might come if you're a good person. If you're nice, 81 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 5: nobody will do you wrong. He said, disappointments will come, betrayals, 82 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 5: things that are not fair will come. How you deal 83 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 5: with these offenses, how you handle the hurts, will determine 84 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 5: whether you move forward and see the new things God 85 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 5: has in store, or whether you get stuck bitter over 86 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 5: what didn't work out. I've heard it said if you 87 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 5: don't heal from emotional wounds, you will bleed on people 88 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 5: that had nothing to do with it. How many people 89 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 5: are living wounded over how they were raised? A friend 90 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 5: that walked away business partner that cheated them. Instead of 91 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 5: letting it go, they replay it in their mind, WeLive 92 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,239 Speaker 5: all the hurt. They wonder why they don't have good relationships, 93 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: it's because they have inhaled. 94 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: They're living out of a wounded place. 95 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 5: God brings a new person, somebody great, but they're so 96 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 5: insecure they don't feel valuable, attractive. This new person has 97 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 5: to keep them fixed, go overboard, to make sure they 98 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 5: know how great they are. The problem is that's not 99 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 5: sustainable until you get well, until you let go of 100 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 5: what didn't work out, not carry the hurt. 101 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: That wound is going to hinder you wherever you go. 102 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 5: If you're still wounded over a position you're lost, you'll 103 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 5: go to that new company defensive on edge, not friendly. 104 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 5: You're treating them based on what you've been through, but 105 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: they had nothing to do with it. It's much more 106 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 5: freeing when you learn to let things go. It wasn't fair, 107 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 5: that's okay. God will be your vindicator. He'll take care 108 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 5: of who did you wrong. It's not your job to 109 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: pay people back. They hurt you once, don't let them 110 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 5: continue to hurt you be holding on to it. 111 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: You lost a loved one I know. 112 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 5: That's painful, and it's okay to go through a season 113 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 5: of mourning, but you can't hold on to the hurt. 114 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 5: Living in mourning is going to keep the new doors 115 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 5: from opening. You have to heal so you can see 116 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 5: the new relationships, the new opportunities. In the scripture, Peter 117 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 5: asked Jesus how often he should forgive someone that did 118 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 5: him wrong. 119 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: It's funny because Peter was known to be offensive. 120 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: He's the one that cursed out the young lady. When 121 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 5: Jesus was arrested, he cut off a soldier's ear. Defending Jesus, 122 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 5: he said, Jesus, should I forgive them seven times? The 123 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 5: Jewish law said three times. He more than doubled it. 124 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 5: He thought, Jesus, I'm growing, I'm come a long way. 125 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 5: Jesus said Peter, seven is good, but I want you 126 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 5: to forgive them seventy time seven. It wasn't really about 127 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 5: the number. Jesus was showing us a principle. He was saying, 128 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 5: I want you to live in a continual process of forgiveness, 129 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 5: not something you do every once in a while, but 130 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 5: on a daily basis. Forgiveness should be a part of 131 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 5: our life. He was setting a system in place so 132 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 5: we wouldn't hold on to the hurts, offenses, disappointments. He 133 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 5: knew that practically every day we would have these opportunities. 134 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: The quicker you let things go, the easier it is. 135 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 5: In the Lord's prayer, Jesus told us to pray, give 136 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 5: us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our 137 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 5: trespasses as we forgive others. He was saying, every day 138 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 5: we should be ready to forgive. Doesn't have to be 139 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 5: big things. That man that cuts you off in traffic, 140 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 5: let it go. Don't let that sour your day. Your 141 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 5: time is valuable. That's a distraction, trying to get you 142 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 5: off course, offended over something that doesn't matter. That clerk 143 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 5: that's rude to you at the grocery store, just smile 144 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 5: and move on. 145 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: I've learned life is full of wounded. 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 5: People, people that haven't dealt with the negative things in 147 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 5: their past. At times, they'll be disrespectful, they'll say things 148 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 5: they shouldn't do, things that are hurtful. You can't stop 149 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 5: the offense from coming, but you can keep it from 150 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 5: getting down in you. How much time are you offended, bitter, 151 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 5: holding a grudge? How much more could you accomplish. If 152 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 5: if you would start letting things go, how much better 153 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 5: relationships would you have, if you would get emotionally healthy, 154 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 5: if you would let go of what people said, forgive 155 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 5: the person that did you wrong, quit reliving the hurts. 156 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 5: This is where David in the scripture excelled. He was 157 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 5: an expert at letting things go. As a teenager, his 158 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 5: father didn't really believe in him. He looked down on David, 159 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 5: didn't affirm him. When the prophet Samuel came to his 160 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 5: father's house to choose one of the sons as the 161 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 5: next king of Israel, his father didn't call David in 162 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 5: from the shepherd's fields. He thought he was too small, 163 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 5: too young, not that talented. He didn't give him a chance. 164 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 5: It was only after Samuel didn't choose one of the 165 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 5: other sons that David was called in. David could have 166 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 5: lived bitter chip on his shoulder. He felt the sting 167 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 5: of rejection from his own family. His brothers made fun 168 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 5: of him. When David took them lunch out on the battlefield. 169 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 5: His oldest brother, in front of all the soldiers, tried 170 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 5: to belittle him, said, David, what are you doing here? 171 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: What'd you do? 172 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 5: With those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of. 173 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: He was condescending, sarcastic. David could have been upset, offended, 174 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 5: but the scripture says David turned and walked away. He 175 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: knew the importance of letting things go. Had David not 176 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 5: done this, he would have never seen Golia. Had he 177 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 5: stayed there and tried to straighten out his brother, we 178 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 5: wouldn't be talking about him. And the truth is, David's 179 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,719 Speaker 5: father wasn't fair, that wasn't right to leave him out 180 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 5: in the fields. 181 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: His brothers were demeaning, belittling. But you can't make people 182 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: do what's right. It's a test. 183 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 5: Are you holding onto the offense, let the betrayal, what 184 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 5: they said, how they treated you cause you to be 185 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 5: sour wake up thinking about it, or are you. 186 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 2: Going to let it go and move forward into your destinies. 187 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 5: There's a goliath waiting for you, a new level, past 188 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,599 Speaker 5: the offense, past the rejection, past. 189 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: What they said. 190 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 5: My prayer is that we will do like David and 191 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 5: live with this perpetual forgiveness, that will develop a habit 192 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 5: of forgiving daily. When offenses come, they bounce off of 193 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 5: us like water off of a duck's back. Family member 194 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 5: doesn't believe in you. That's unfortunate, but that's not going 195 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 5: to keep you from doing great things. Coworker tries to 196 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 5: make you look bad, embarrass you. Most people would be upset, 197 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 5: start a fight, pay them back. 198 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: But you're a David. 199 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 5: You recognize that's a distraction. You let it go, knowing 200 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 5: that God will take care of your enemies. One way 201 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 5: God vindicates you is he promotes you in the presence 202 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 5: of your enemies. He doesn't do it in private, but 203 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 5: in public, so that those that left you out discounted, 204 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 5: trying to make you feel small, they will see you promoted, 205 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 5: honored in a position of greater influence. When David defeated Goliath, 206 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 5: the whole army was in awe, The city was cheering. 207 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 5: Even the Philistines the opposition couldn't believe what David had done. 208 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 5: God knows how to lift you up when people try 209 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 5: to push you down. 210 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 2: Don't let that offense in. 211 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 5: Start letting things go quickly. Don't think about it a week, 212 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 5: and then you'll do it. You won't have to get 213 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 5: over so many emotional wounds if you don't let the 214 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 5: offense in in the first place. If David would have 215 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 5: woken up each morning thought about his father mistreated him, 216 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: why did he leave me out, how his brothers were 217 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 5: demeaning that bitterness, the anger, the self pity would have 218 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 5: stopped his destiny. When the offense comes up, don't go there. 219 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 5: Keep your mind on the positive. Think on things that. 220 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 2: Are good, wholesome, uplifting. 221 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 5: It's not doing anything productive to think about something negative 222 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 5: that was said about you. Relive how the person walked away. 223 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: Rehearse all the pain, go back over all the sorrow 224 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 5: that's going to keep you from healing. 225 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 2: Let it go. That's in the past. God saw what happened, 226 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 2: he heard what they said. He knows what you lost. 227 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 5: If you will let it go, he'll make it up 228 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 5: to you. He'll give you beauty for those ashes. A 229 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 5: friend of mine grew up in a single parent home. 230 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 5: At five years old, his father walked out of his 231 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 5: life and wouldn't have anything to do with him. As 232 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 5: a little boy, he longed to see his dad, but 233 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 5: he wouldn't return the mother's call. In his teens, he 234 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 5: would send letters to his father, birthday cards, Happy Father's Day. 235 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,719 Speaker 2: He wanted his father's approval so badly, just to know 236 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: that he cared, but he never heard a word. He 237 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 2: felt the rejection. 238 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 5: Thoughts told him he wasn't good enough, there was something 239 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: wrong with him. 240 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 2: But he didn't go there. 241 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 5: He didn't let the bitterness in the self pity. He 242 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 5: said what the Psalmist said, even if my mother and 243 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 5: father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 244 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 5: own child. When you live in a state of perpetual forgiveness, 245 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 5: it's amazing how despite the injustice, despite how unfair it is. 246 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: You'll still be happy. 247 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 5: You'll still enjoy your life, You'll still do great things. 248 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 5: When he was in his thirties, his father finally agreed 249 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 5: to see him. He was so excited it was a 250 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 5: dream come true. He flew to another city, knocked on 251 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 5: the door. A lady answered and said, I'm sorry, your 252 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 5: father has. 253 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 2: Changed his mind. He's not going to see you. 254 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 5: I thought he would be devastated, he said, job, it 255 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 5: didn't really bother me. I had already prepared if he 256 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 5: wouldn't see me, I was going to let it go 257 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 5: and move on. 258 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: It has not stopped this young man. 259 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 5: He has four beautiful he's happily married, very successful. I 260 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,239 Speaker 5: would have never known he didn't have an amazing childhood. 261 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 5: When you learn to let things go, disappointments can't stop you. 262 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 5: Unfair people, how you were raised, bad breaks, You'll keep 263 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 5: rising higher seeing the goodness of God. I've met other 264 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 5: people that have been through things like my friend. They're bitter, angry, 265 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 5: chip on their shoulder, stuck in life. What's the difference. 266 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 5: They hold on to everything. You can't stop it from coming, 267 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 5: but you can keep the poison from getting on the inside. 268 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 5: When you bury negative emotions, they never die. You can't 269 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 5: bottle up the anger, the hurt, the betrayal and think 270 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 5: that's not going to affect you. 271 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: Joel, I can't forgive them. You don't know what they did. 272 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 5: I can't let it go. They hurt me too badly. 273 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 5: You're not doing it for their sake, You're doing it 274 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 5: for your sake. That poison is contaminating your life. When 275 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 5: you release it, you'll step into new levels of freedom, joy, 276 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 5: and victory. There was a professional boxer back in the 277 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 5: nineteen nineties, and he was known for his aggressiveness in 278 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 5: the ring. He fought with such anger and viciousness, almost 279 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 5: like he was out of control. For years, he was 280 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 5: the middleweight champion of the world, very successful. After one fight, 281 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 5: a reporter asked him why he fought with such aggression, 282 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 5: how he could be that driven. 283 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: The reporter was. 284 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 5: Expecting a standard answer, like I'm just very competitive and 285 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 5: I loved the box But he told the reason he 286 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 5: fought with such anger, such hostility was because his father 287 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:43,119 Speaker 5: was abusive. 288 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 2: He mistreated his mother, fought with her. Their home was 289 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 2: very violent. 290 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 5: He told this son how he would never amount to anything, 291 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 5: and ten years old, the father abandoned the family never 292 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 5: saw him again. 293 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: He said, when I step. 294 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: In the ring, I picked shore my father's face on 295 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 5: my opponent. Now I have so much hatred toward him, 296 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 5: I just explode. I thought about the difference between my 297 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 5: friend and this foxer. Both had betrayals, both had rejection. 298 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 5: But one is living healthy, great children, being blessed. The 299 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 5: other is angry, violent, bitter. The difference is one learn 300 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 5: to let things go, the others chose to hold on. 301 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: And yes, this boxer had success on the outside, but 302 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 5: if you're poisoned on the inside, it's going to spoil 303 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: every victory. 304 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: Is there something you need to let go of? Bitterness? 305 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 5: Anger, how someone treated you, what didn't work out, don't 306 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 5: do like him and let that poison the rest of 307 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 5: your life. It wasn't right what they did, but you're 308 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 5: forgiving so you can be free. You're letting it go 309 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: so you can see the beauty. 310 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 2: For ashes. 311 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 5: Years ago, there was this toxic waste that needed to 312 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 5: be discarded, but nobody knew what to do with it. 313 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 5: They had never had to get rid of something that 314 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 5: dangerous and that toxic. After studying it, getting different opinions, 315 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 5: a company built these big metal containers like you see 316 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 5: on a ship, and they. 317 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 2: Put the toxic waste in it. They went to great links. 318 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 5: To make sure it was sealed very tightly and wouldn't 319 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 5: get out. Then they buried these containers deep in the ground. 320 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 5: They were so relieved they finally got rid of it. 321 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 5: They thought they were done. But forty years later the 322 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 5: containers started leaking. It was contaminating the soil, water, air. 323 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 5: People had to move away. The problem was the waste 324 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 5: was too toxic to bury. There are some things you 325 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 5: can't bury. You can't bury anger and think it's not 326 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 5: going to affect you. You can't bury bitterness and not 327 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 5: have it leak out. You can't bury hatred, rejection, that's 328 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 5: too toxic. That poison at some point will contaminate not 329 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 5: just your dreams, your attitude, your vision, but it will 330 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 5: affect the people around you. 331 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: Best thing you can do is to get that toxic 332 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 2: waste out of you. Let it go. You have to 333 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 2: give it to God. God. I forgive them for what 334 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: they did. I let go of the hurts, what I lost, 335 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: what I didn't get. I trust you to make it 336 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 2: up to me. 337 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 5: This company never dreamed years later they would be dealing 338 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 5: with the same problem, but this time it would be worse. 339 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 5: If they had disposed of it properly the first time, 340 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 5: they wouldn't have this difficulty. When you bury negative feelings, 341 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 5: they never die. Like toxic waste. They're going to resurface 342 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 5: through your attitude, through your relationships. 343 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 2: The good news is it's not too late. 344 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 5: To do something about it. You don't have to live 345 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 5: with that contamination on the inside. 346 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: Let it go. 347 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 5: Forgive the person that hurts you, Forgive the parent for 348 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 5: what they didn't give you. Let go of the disappointment, 349 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 5: the dream that didn't work out. Let go of the guilt, 350 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 5: the shame, the regret, the remorse. You can't keep that 351 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 5: bottled up and reach your potential. David went to the 352 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 5: palace to work as one of King Saul's armor bearing. 353 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 5: Saul was proud of David, loved him like a son, 354 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 5: but over time Saul became jealous of David. He could 355 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 5: see the anointing in favor on David's life. Instead of 356 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 5: being happy for him, he wanted to get rid of him. 357 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 5: While David was playing the heart for Saul, trying to 358 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 5: make Saul feel better, saw through a spirit David and 359 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 5: barely missed him. 360 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 2: David had to flee for his life. 361 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 5: He had done nothing but good for Saul, honored him, 362 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 5: served him, but in return, Saul tried to kill him. 363 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 5: David spent months living on the run, hiding in caves 364 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 5: with Saul and his men chasing after him. At one point, 365 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 5: David could have killed Saul. He snuck up on Saul 366 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 5: and his men while they were sleeping, but he wouldn't 367 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 5: harm him. Despite David being good to Saul, Saul never 368 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 5: changed his mind. 369 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have him back in the palace. 370 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 5: Several years later, Saul was killed in a battle David 371 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 5: was made the king. When David heard that Saul was gone, 372 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: you would think he would be so happy, so relieved. Finally, 373 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 5: this man that made his life miserable cost him heartache, 374 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 5: where he couldn't pursue his dreams was no longer there. 375 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 2: Surely David would call his men together have a big party. 376 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 2: But the scripture says David wept when he learned Saul 377 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 2: was killed. 378 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 5: He wrote a song honoring him, saying, how beloved and 379 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 5: how gracious was Saul? No wonder David rose so high 380 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 5: he learned to let things go. Can you imagine writing 381 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 5: a song about your biggest enemy, the one that tried 382 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 5: to keep you down, about how beloved they are. A 383 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 5: key to David's success is he didn't let the toxins 384 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 5: get on the inside. He didn't bury the things that 385 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 5: weren't fair, the anger, the hurt, the injustice. 386 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: He turned it over to God. 387 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 5: Even years later, he was sitting in the palace, the 388 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 5: greatest leader of that day, maybe of any day, having 389 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 5: conquered all kinds of territory, seeing God's favor in great ways, 390 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 5: he said to his staff, is there anyone still alive 391 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 5: from the house of Saul that I can bless? He 392 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 5: still had no bitterness towards Saul. He's still being good 393 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 5: to a man that wasn't good to him. Who knows 394 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 5: where God will take you. If you'll just let things 395 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 5: go when you have every right to be angry, bitter, 396 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 5: hold on to the hurt they left you. 397 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 2: You lost someone valuable. 398 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 5: I'm not saying it's easy, but it's more difficult to 399 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 5: deal with the toxins on the inside than it is 400 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 5: to let things go. It's not always easy to give, 401 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 5: but it's harder to deal with the poison of unforgiveness. 402 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 5: It's not easy to move forward after a disappointment, but 403 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 5: it's harder. 404 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 2: To stay stuck in defeat, in mediocrity. 405 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 5: Coach Rudy tom Janovich was the Hall of Fame coach 406 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 5: of the Houston Rockets and also a great professional basketball 407 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 5: player himself. When he was twenty five years old, in 408 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 5: the middle of a game, a fight broke out between 409 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 5: two players. 410 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 2: Rudy ran over to break them up. 411 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 5: One of the players turned and threw a punch without 412 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 5: looking as hard as he could. Just so happened, Rudy 413 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 5: was running up full speed. The punch hit him square 414 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 5: in the face. It became known as the Punch Heard 415 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 5: around the world. Fractured his skull, broke his nose. 416 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: And cheek bones. 417 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 5: He had spinal fluid leaking out almost took his life. 418 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 5: Months later, while he was recovering, he was asked about 419 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 5: the men that hit him and what he thought. 420 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 2: Everyone was waiting his response. Surely he'd be angry, bitter, 421 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 2: This is not right. Rudy didn't miss a beat. 422 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 5: He told how he had already forgiven him, that he 423 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 5: wasn't angry or upset. The reporters were puzzled. They said, 424 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 5: this man almost ended your life. He put you through 425 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 5: all this pain. How could you possibly forgive him? Rudy said, 426 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 5: I knew the only way I could move forward. 427 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 2: Was to let it go. 428 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 5: I didn't forgive just for his sake. I did it 429 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 5: so that I could be free. Maybe you've had bad breaks, 430 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 5: you weren't treated right, wasn't fair. I'm not asking you 431 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: to do the other person a favor. I'm asking you 432 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 5: to do yourself a favor. Forgive so you can be free. 433 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 5: Forgive so you can reach your potential. Forgive so you 434 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 5: can see the beauty. For ashes, don't bury the toxins. 435 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 5: Don't bury what they did. 436 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 2: Those negative feelings are alive. They can't be contained. You 437 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 2: have to give it to God. Trust him to make 438 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: it up to you. 439 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 5: You weren't created to live with poisons weighing you down, 440 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 5: contamidating your vision. You will arise so much higher if 441 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 5: you'll get free from that. David had another great disappointment. 442 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 5: His newborn baby became very sick. He went home and 443 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 5: prayed and fasted, asked God to heal his child. For 444 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 5: seven days, he wouldn't eat, he didn't see anyone. He 445 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 5: was consumed with this baby, believing that God would give 446 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,719 Speaker 5: him a miracle. Unfortunately, the baby died. His men were 447 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 5: so concerned that when they told David that he might 448 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 5: fall apart, they didn't know what to do. David overheard 449 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 5: and asked what was wrong. When he found out the 450 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 5: baby died, he got up off the floor. The scripture 451 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 5: says he went home, washed his face, dressed in new clothes. 452 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 5: Then he went to the table and ate a meal. 453 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 5: His men were so surprised, they said, David, when the 454 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 5: baby was alive, were it's so distraught, But now that 455 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 5: the baby is gone, you seem like you're fine. David said, 456 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 5: I cannot bring the baby back, but one day I 457 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 5: can go to be where he is. 458 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 2: David could have been better. 459 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 5: God, Why didn't you answer my prayer? God, I've served you, 460 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 5: I did the right thing when Saul was chasing me. 461 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 5: I've tried to honor you, and now this happened. No 462 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 5: David knew to let it go. 463 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 2: I don't understand it. It wasn't fair. 464 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 5: But God, you're still on the throne. I know you 465 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 5: still have good things in store for me. There's a 466 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 5: lot in life we're not going to understand. You can't 467 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 5: get caught up in the wise. Part of faith is 468 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 5: trusting when it doesn't make sense. A year later, David's 469 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 5: wife had another baby. They named him Solomon. He became 470 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 5: the king after David, the heir to the throne, and 471 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 5: the wisest man that ever lived. Had David stayed in despair, 472 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 5: had he not washed his face, let go with the disappointment, 473 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 5: he would have. 474 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 2: Never seen the king that was coming. 475 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 5: In difficult times when you don't understand, you could be bitter. 476 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 5: If you'll just let it go and keep trusting God, 477 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 5: like David, you'll give birth to a king, something greater 478 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 5: than what you've imagined, something where you don't think. 479 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: About what you've lost. I heard a story about an eagle. 480 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 5: It swooped down and picked up a mole off the ground, 481 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 5: grabbed it with his talons, and held it close to 482 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 5: its chest. 483 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 2: This was unusual because an eagle wouldn't normally pick up 484 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 2: a mole. They eat fish and other things. As the 485 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 2: eagle was flying holding this mole so close. 486 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 5: It began to get tired, started getting weaker, flew lower 487 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 5: and lower, finally had to land on the ground. The 488 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 5: eagle lost all of its strength, fell over, and died. 489 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 5: The little mole scurried away unharmed. It's very puzzling. A 490 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 5: veterinarian disc governed that the mole had very suddenly bit 491 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 5: into the eagle's chest. 492 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 2: The eagle couldn't feel it, but it punctured. 493 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 5: The eagle's heart and caused it to lose blood pressure 494 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 5: and eventually passed. Are you holding on to something that 495 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 5: you don't realize is killing you? Anger, bitterness, guilt, shame. 496 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 5: That's draining the life out of you. That's taken your joy, 497 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 5: your peace, your creativity. 498 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: How much higher could you fly? How much further could 499 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 2: you go? If you got rid of these things that 500 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: you're not supposed to be carrying? 501 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 5: Today can be a turning point, you know, what's more 502 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 5: powerful than negative emotions. 503 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: A decision. 504 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 5: When you let it go, when you wash your face, 505 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 5: when you say, like Rudy t I forgive, then you're 506 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 5: moving toward the King that's in your future. You may 507 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 5: have buried some toxins. You may be carrying some things 508 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 5: that you shouldn't. That's okay, you can release them right now. 509 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 5: This is your time to be free. 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