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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks.

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Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to.

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Speaker 1: Have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled.

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Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God

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Speaker 2: bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope

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Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media.

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Speaker 2: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about this man. He was the only Protestant in a

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Speaker 1: large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, while his

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Speaker 1: neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling a.

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Speaker 2: Steak in his backyard.

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Speaker 1: They couldn't stand the temptation decided to try to convert

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Speaker 2: He finally agreed.

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Speaker 1: A priest came over and sprinkled water on him, said,

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Speaker 1: you were born.

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Speaker 2: A Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but.

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Speaker 1: Now you're a Catholic. The next year, on the first Friday.

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Speaker 2: Of Lent, they smelled the same smell. They rushed his house.

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Speaker 1: He was in his backyard sprinkling water over his steak,

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Speaker 1: saying you were born a cow, you were raised a cow,

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Speaker 1: but now you're a fish. Say it like you mean it.

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

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about your move. When life's unfair,

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Speaker 1: we all go through disappointments, things that don't make sense.

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Speaker 2: Friend walked out on.

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Speaker 1: You, You were overlooked for a promotion. You came down

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Speaker 1: with an illness. I talked to a young lady that

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Speaker 1: grew up in a home filled with abuse.

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Speaker 2: Nobody was there to guide her.

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Speaker 1: The people that should have been helping her were doing

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Speaker 1: just the opposite. She didn't understand why she was raised

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Speaker 1: in such hurt and dysfunction. It's easy to let what's

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Speaker 1: unfair be an excuse to not pursue our destiny.

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Speaker 2: I can't be successful. I had a rough childhood. I'll

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Speaker 2: never be happy.

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Speaker 1: I lost a loved one. Can't accomplish my dream. Joy.

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Speaker 1: The pandemic slowed me down. This company let me go.

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Speaker 1: I didn't get the scholarship. Here's the key.

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Speaker 2: It's not your fault that you got knocked down, but

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Speaker 2: it is your responsibility to get back up.

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Speaker 1: That was wrong that they hurt you, That wasn't fair,

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Speaker 1: that you went through the injustice. That wasn't right that

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Speaker 1: they walked away. I'm not lessening what you've been through.

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Speaker 1: I'm not excusing their behavior, but I am telling you

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Speaker 1: you have to get back up. Your move when unfair

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Speaker 1: God will make it up to you.

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Speaker 2: Because it's tempting.

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Speaker 1: To stay down, live bitter, give up on your dreams.

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Speaker 1: After all, you have a good excuse. You may have

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Speaker 1: a reason, but you don't have a right. God still

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Speaker 1: has a great purpose in front of you. He saw

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Speaker 1: what happened, He saw what they did, who left you out,

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Speaker 1: what you lost. He said he would pay you back

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Speaker 1: double for the unfair things. He said he has beauty

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Speaker 1: for those ashes. There's something you have to do, though.

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Speaker 2: Can't sit around in defeat nursing your wounds.

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Speaker 1: Why did this happen to me don't put a question

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Speaker 1: mark where God has put a period.

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Speaker 2: Part of faith is trusting when life doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 1: We're never going to understand everything that happens. You can't

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Speaker 1: let one betrayal, one divorce, one bad season soured the.

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Speaker 2: Rest of your life. I know it wasn't fair, I

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Speaker 2: know it was painful. It wasn't your fault. But you

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Speaker 2: can't stop there. You have a responsibility to get back up.

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Speaker 1: That means quit reliving the hurts, quit thinking about what

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Speaker 1: they did, Quit believing the lies that you've seen in

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Speaker 2: God knows how to make it up to you.

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Speaker 1: When he sees you moving forward when you could be

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Speaker 2: You have a smile when you could be depressed.

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Speaker 2: You better get ready. God is going to show out

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Speaker 1: You will see greater favor Because of the unfair things

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Speaker 1: it to your advantage. Men told me recently about how

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Speaker 1: Now his business is struggling to make it and he

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Speaker 1: my credit, he's damaged my reputation, he took my main clients.

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Speaker 1: He's basically ruined my life. It's okay to feel hurt,

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Speaker 1: Now, I'm not saying you have to be superman, never

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Speaker 1: to rule over those feelings, get your passion back, and

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Speaker 1: side of the excuse is a new level of your destiny.

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Speaker 1: If that person that did you wrong could in fact

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Speaker 1: ruin your life, they would be more powerful than God.

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Speaker 2: That's not possible.

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Speaker 1: The bad break, the injustice, the lass did not stop

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Speaker 1: God's plan for your life. Wasn't your fault that you

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Speaker 1: got knocked down, But it is your responsibility to get

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Speaker 1: knowing that God is working all things for your good.

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Speaker 1: May not have been good, it was unfair, it was hurtful,

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Speaker 2: He's not going to leave your.

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Speaker 1: Life a broken place, in a damaged place, in an

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Speaker 2: Have a new perspective.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I had some bad breaks, that's why my business

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Speaker 2: I went through a loss.

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Speaker 1: It was painful, but I know weeping endures for a night,

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Speaker 1: what you need to fulfill your purpose is not in

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Speaker 2: It's in what you have left. Take the hands you've

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Speaker 1: First Samuel, chapter thirty, David and his men were living

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Speaker 2: They'd been on a mission for several days.

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Speaker 1: When they were returning home, they noticed smoke billowing in

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Speaker 1: It was the worst defeat that David had ever suffered.

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Speaker 1: Here he was out doing the right thing, protecting God's people,

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Speaker 1: It wasn't fair that David was doing the right thing,

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Speaker 1: will always be fair. He doesn't say if you do

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Speaker 2: Life happens to us all. It's what we do.

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Speaker 1: In these unfair times that determine whether we get stuck

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Speaker 2: But he understood this principle.

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Speaker 1: the ashes, reliving his defeat, feeling sorry for himself, it

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Speaker 1: a good explanation for why he was down.

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Speaker 1: Disagreed if he'd have given up on his dreams, faded.

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Speaker 2: Off into the sunset. But he didn't let his explanation

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Speaker 2: On the other side of that excuse is expansion. There's

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Speaker 2: Back up when you get knocked down.

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Speaker 1: Now, I know it wasn't fair. I know they did

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Speaker 1: God's hands. Just do your part, get your passion back,

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Speaker 1: what made David a champion. Not that he didn't have injustice,

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Speaker 1: He dried his tears, he shook off the defeated mindset,

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Speaker 1: And that's how you move forward when it's unfair. Not

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Speaker 1: looking to people, not hoping your boss will feel sorry

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Speaker 1: to the most high. He's the one that has beauty

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Speaker 1: They gave him food and water and asked who he was.

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Speaker 1: David said, tell me where they are, and I'll spare

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Speaker 1: God knows how to put the right people in your path.

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Speaker 1: People may overlook you, but God sees you. They may

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Speaker 1: Imagine Jesse here in a knock on his door, he answers,

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Speaker 1: He thought, David, the one I didn't think, would a

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Speaker 2: God knows how to vindicate you. He knows how to

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Speaker 1: Someone may have put you at a disadvantage, but people

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Speaker 1: They overlooked me, they did me wrong. They can't stop

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Speaker 1: for you, what wasn't fair? God sees it, He knows

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Speaker 1: what's happening. If you'll move forward in faith, the right

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Speaker 1: people will come looking for you. Opportunity will come tracking

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Speaker 2: It's not your fault that they weren't for you.

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Speaker 1: It's not your fault that you had bad breaks, But

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Speaker 1: it is your responsibility to get back up. What you've

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Speaker 1: God is doing a new thing. He's about to pay

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Speaker 1: you back for what wasn't fair. He's about to open

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Speaker 1: the key. The enemy would love for you to get

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Speaker 2: Don't fall into that trap.

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Speaker 1: Your move when life is unfair is to go forward

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Speaker 2: Out for your good. If you'll do this, I believe

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Speaker 1: Like with David, God is going to promote you in

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Speaker 1: with my father, out of that rejection is going to

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Speaker 1: come new levels of your destiny.

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Speaker 2: Like with Samuel.

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Speaker 1: Saul may not have worked out, but it's going to

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Speaker 1: open the door, to David, to something better than you've imagined.

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Speaker 1: Amen, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 1: about you and letting that determine your self image. How

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Speaker 1: through the Scripture you can learn to handle challenges and

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