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God will be your vindicator. 37 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 5: He'll take care of who did you all. 38 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 4: It's not your job to pay people back. 39 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 5: They hurt you once, don't let them continue to hurt 40 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 5: you but holding. 41 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 4: On to it. HI, this is Joel and Victoria. 42 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 43 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 5: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 44 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 45 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's great to be with you. 47 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 48 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 5: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media will 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 5: keep you encouraged and inspired. 50 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 51 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 4: about these two brothers. 52 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 5: They were known for being very dishonest, having no integrity. 53 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: They were very wealthy. One of them died. His brother 54 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 4: said to the pastor. 55 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 5: I'll make a deal with you if you'll say at 56 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 5: the funeral that my brother was a saint, I'll make 57 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 5: a large donation to your church. 58 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 4: The pastor agreed, and the man made the donation. 59 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 5: At the funeral, the pastor said, this man was dishonest, 60 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 5: he cheated, lied, stole. 61 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 4: But compared to his brother, he was a saint. 62 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 63 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 64 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says. 65 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: I can do. 66 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 5: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 67 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 5: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 69 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 5: bless you. 70 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about let it go. 71 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 5: We all go through disappointments and things that are not fair, 72 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 5: and it's easy to hold on to the hurts and 73 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 5: think about what they. 74 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 4: Said and relive the offense. 75 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,839 Speaker 5: We get up in the morning, it's the first thing 76 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 5: that comes to mind. We don't realize how much that's 77 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 5: affecting us, souring our attitude, draining our energy, limiting our creativity. 78 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 5: If you're going to fulfill your destiny, you have to 79 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 5: get good at letting things go. Jesus said offenses will come. 80 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: He didn't say they might come if you're a good person. 81 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: If you're nice, nobody will do you wrong. He said, 82 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 5: Disappointments will come, betrayals, things that are not fair will come. 83 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 5: How you deal with these offenses, how you handle the hurts, 84 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 5: will determine whether you move forward and see the new 85 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 5: things God has in store, or whether you get stuck. 86 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: Bitter over what didn't work out. 87 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 5: I've heard it said, if you don't heal from emotional wounds, 88 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 5: you will bleed on people that had nothing to do 89 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 5: with it. How many people are living wounded over how 90 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 5: they were raised, a friend that walked away, business partner 91 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 5: that cheated them. Instead of letting it go, they replay 92 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 5: it in their mind. We live all the hurt. They 93 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 5: wonder why they don't have good relationships. It's because they 94 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 5: have inhaled. They're living out of a wounded place. God 95 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 5: brings a new person, somebody great, but they're so insecure 96 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 5: they don't feel valuable, attractive. This new person has to 97 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 5: keep them fixed, go overboard, to make sure they know 98 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 5: how great they are. 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 4: The problem is that's not. 100 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 5: Sustainable until you get well, until you let go of 101 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 5: what didn't work out, not carry the hurt. 102 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 4: That wound is going to hinder you wherever you go. 103 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 5: If you're still wounded over a position you're lost, you'll 104 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 5: go to that new company defensive on edge, not friendly. 105 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 5: You're treating them based on what you've been through, but 106 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 5: they had nothing to do with it. It's much more 107 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 5: freeing when you learn to let things go. It wasn't fair, 108 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 5: that's okay. God will be your vindicator. He'll take care 109 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 5: of who did you wrong. It's not your job to 110 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 5: pay people back. They hurt you once, don't let them 111 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 5: continue to. 112 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: Hurt you be holding on to it. You lost a 113 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 4: loved one. 114 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 5: I know that's painful, and it's okay to go through 115 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 5: a season of mourning, but you can't hold on to 116 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 5: the hurt living in mourning is going to keep the new. 117 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 4: Doors from opening. 118 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 5: You have to heal so you can see the new relationships, 119 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,559 Speaker 5: the new opportunities. In the scripture, Peter asked Jesus how 120 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 5: often he should forgive. 121 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 4: Someone that did him wrong. 122 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 5: It's funny because Peter was known to be offensive. He's 123 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 5: the one that cursed out the young lady. When Jesus 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 5: was arrested, he cut off a soldier's ear. Defending Jesus, 125 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 5: he said, Jesus, should I forgive them seven times? The 126 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 5: Jewish law said three times. He more than doubled it. 127 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 5: He thought, Jesus, I'm growing, I'm come a long way. 128 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 5: Jesus said Peter, seven is good, but I want you 129 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 5: to forgive them seventy time seven. It wasn't really about 130 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 5: the number. Jesus was showing us a principle. He was saying, 131 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 5: I want you to live in a continual process of forgiveness, 132 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 5: not something you do every once in a while, but 133 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 5: on a daily basis. Forgiveness should be a part of 134 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 5: our life. He was setting a system in place so 135 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 5: we wouldn't hold on to the hurts, offenses, disappointments. 136 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 4: He knew that practically every day we would have these opportunities. 137 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: The quicker you let things go, the easier it is. 138 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 5: In the Lord's prayer, Jesus told us to pray, give 139 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our 140 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 5: trespasses as we forgive others. He was saying, every day 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 5: we should be ready to forgive. Doesn't have to be 142 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 5: big things. That man that cuts you off in traffic, 143 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 5: let it go. 144 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 4: Don't let that. 145 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: Sour your day. Your time is valuable. That's a distraction, 146 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 5: trying to get you off course, offended over something that 147 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: doesn't matter. That clerk that's rude to you at the 148 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 5: grocery store, Just smile and move on. 149 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 4: I've learned life is full of wounded. 150 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 5: People, people that haven't dealt with the negative things in 151 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 5: their past. At times, they'll be disrespectful, they'll say things 152 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 5: they shouldn't do, things that are hurtful. You can't stop 153 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 5: the offense from coming, but you can keep it from 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 5: getting down in you. How much time are you offended, bitter, 155 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 5: holding a grudge. How much more could you accomplish if 156 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: you would start letting things go. How much better relationships 157 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 5: would you have, if you would get emotionally healthy, if 158 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 5: you would let go of what people said. Forgive the 159 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 5: person that did you wrong, quit reliving the hurts. This 160 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 5: is where David in the scripture excelled. He was an 161 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 5: expert at letting things go. As a teenager, his father 162 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 5: didn't really believe in him. He looked down on David, 163 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: didn't affirm him. When the prophet Samuel came to his 164 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 5: father's house to choose one of the sons as the 165 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 5: next king of Israel, his father didn't call David in 166 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 5: from the shepherd's fields. He thought he was too small, 167 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 5: too young, not that talented. 168 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 4: He didn't give him a chance. 169 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: It was only after Samuel didn't choose one of the 170 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 5: other sons that David was called in. David could have 171 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 5: lived bitter chip on his shoulder. He felt the sting 172 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 5: of rejection from his own family. His brothers made fun 173 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 5: of him. When David took them lunch out on the battlefield. 174 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 5: His oldest brother, in front of all the soldiers, tried 175 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 5: to belittle him, said, David, what are you doing here? 176 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: What'd you do with those few sheep you're supposed to 177 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 5: be taking care of? 178 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 4: He was condescending, sarcastic. 179 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: David could have been upset offended, but the scripture says, 180 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 5: David turned and walked away. He knew the importance of 181 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 5: letting things go. Had David not done this, he would 182 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 5: have never seen Goliath. Had he stayed there and tried 183 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 5: to straighten out his brother, we wouldn't be talking about him. 184 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 5: And the truth is, David's father wasn't fair, that wasn't 185 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 5: right to leave him out in the fields. His brothers 186 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 5: were demeaning, belittling. But you can't make people do what's right. 187 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 4: It's a test. 188 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 5: Are you holding onto the offense, let the betrayal, what 189 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 5: they said, how they treated you cause you to be 190 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 5: sour wake up thinking about it, or are you going 191 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 5: to let it go and move forward into your destinies. 192 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 5: There's a Goliath waiting for you, a new level, past 193 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 5: the offense, past the rejection, past what they said. My 194 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 5: prayer is that we will do like David and live 195 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 5: with this perpetual forgiveness, that will develop a habit. 196 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 4: Of forgiving daily. 197 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 5: When offenses come, they bounce off of us like water 198 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 5: off of. 199 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 4: A duck's back. 200 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 5: Family member doesn't believe in you. That's unfortunate, but that's 201 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 5: not going to keep you from doing great things. Coworker 202 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 5: tries to make you look bad, embarrass you. Most people 203 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 5: would be upset, start a fight, pay them back. 204 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 4: But you're a David. 205 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: You recognize that's a distraction. You let it go, knowing 206 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 5: that God will take care of your enemies. One way 207 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 5: God vindicates you is he promotes you in the. 208 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 4: Presence of your enemies. 209 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 5: He doesn't do it in private, but in public, so 210 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 5: that those that left you out, discounted, trying to make 211 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 5: you feel small, they will see you promoted, honored in 212 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 5: a position of greater influence. 213 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 4: When David defeated Goliath, the whole army was in awe. 214 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 4: The city was cheering. 215 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 5: Even the Philistines the opposition couldn't believe what David had done. 216 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 5: God knows how to lift you up when people try 217 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 5: to push you down. Don't let that offense in. Start 218 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 5: letting things go quickly. Don't think about it a week 219 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 5: and then you'll do it. You won't have to get 220 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 5: over so many emotional wounds if you don't let. 221 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 4: The offense in in the first place. 222 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 5: If David would have woken up each morning thought about 223 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 5: his father mistreated him, why did he leave me out? 224 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 5: How his brothers were demeaning that bitterness, the anger, the 225 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 5: self pity would have stopped his destiny. When the offense 226 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 5: comes up, don't go there. Keep your mind on the positive. 227 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 5: Think on things that are. 228 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 4: Good, wholesome, uplifting. 229 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 5: It's not doing anything productive to think about something negative 230 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 5: that was said about you. Relive how the person walked away. 231 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 5: Rehearse all the pain, go back over all the sorrow that's. 232 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 4: Going to keep you from healing. Let it go. 233 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 5: That's in the past. God saw what happened, he heard 234 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 5: what they said. He knows what you lost. If you 235 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 5: will let it go, he'll make it up to you. 236 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 5: He'll give you beauty for those ashes. A friend of 237 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 5: mine grew up in a single parent home. At five 238 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 5: years old, his father walked out of his life and 239 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 5: wouldn't have anything to do with him. As a little boy, 240 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 5: he longed to see his dad, but he wouldn't return 241 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 5: the mother's call. 242 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 4: In his teens, he would send. 243 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 5: Letters to his father, birthday cards, Happy Father's Day. 244 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 4: He wanted his father's approval so badly, just to know 245 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 4: that he cared, but he never heard a word. 246 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 5: He felt the rejection. Thoughts told him he wasn't good enough. 247 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 5: There was something wrong with him. 248 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 4: But he didn't go there. He didn't let the bitterness 249 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 4: in the self pity. 250 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 5: He said what the Psalmist said, even if my mother 251 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 5: and father forsake me, God will adopt me as his 252 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 5: very own child. When you live in a state of 253 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 5: perpetual forgiveness, it's amazing how despite the injustice, despite how 254 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 5: unfair it is. 255 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 4: You'll still be happy. 256 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 5: You'll still enjoy your life, You'll still do great things. 257 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 5: When he was in his thirties, his father finally agreed 258 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: to see him. He was so excited, it was a 259 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 5: dream come true. He flew to another city, knocked on 260 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 5: the door. A lady answered and said, I'm sorry, your 261 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 5: father has changed his mind. 262 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 4: He's not going to see you. 263 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 5: I thought he would be devastated, he said, joeb it 264 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: didn't really bother me. 265 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 4: I had already prepared if. 266 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 5: He wouldn't see me, I was going to let it 267 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 5: go and move on. 268 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 4: It has not stopped this young man. 269 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 5: He has four beautiful children, he's happily married, very successful. 270 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 5: I would have never known he didn't have an amazing childhood. 271 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 5: When you learn to let things go, disappointments can't stop you. 272 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 4: Unfair people, how you were. 273 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 5: Raised, bad breaks, You'll keep rising higher. 274 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 4: Seeing the goodness of God. I've met other people that 275 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: have been through things like my friend. 276 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 5: They're bitter, angry, chip on their shoulder, stuck in life. 277 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 4: What's the difference. They hold on to everything. 278 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 5: You can't stop it from coming, but you can keep 279 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 5: the poison from getting on the inside. When you bury 280 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 5: negative emotions, they never die. You can't bottle up the anger, 281 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 5: the hurt, the betrayal and think that's not going to 282 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 5: affect you. Joel, I can't forgive them. You don't know 283 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 5: what they did. I can't let it go. They hurt 284 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 5: me too badly. You're not doing it for their sake, 285 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 5: You're doing it for your sake. That poison is contaminating 286 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 5: your life. When you release it, you'll step into new levels. 287 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 4: Of freedom, joy, and victory. 288 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 5: There was a professional boxer back in the nineteen nineties 289 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 5: and he was known for his aggressiveness in the ring. 290 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 5: He fought with such anger and viciousness, almost like he 291 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 5: was out of control. For years, he was the middleweight champion. 292 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 4: Of the world, very successful. 293 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 5: After one fight, a reporter asked him why he fought 294 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 5: with such aggression, how he could be that driven? The 295 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 5: reporter was expecting a standard answer, like I'm just very 296 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 5: competitive and I loved the box But he told the 297 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 5: reason he fought with such anger, such hostility, was because 298 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 5: his father was abusive. He mistreated his mother, fought with her. 299 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 5: Their home was very violent. He told this son how 300 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 5: he would never amount to anything, and ten years old, 301 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 5: the father abandoned the family never saw him again. He said, 302 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 5: when I step in the ring, I picked should my 303 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 5: father's face on my opponent. Now I have so much 304 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 5: hatred toward him, I just explode. I thought about the 305 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 5: difference between my friend and this foxer. 306 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 4: Both had betrayals, both had rejection. 307 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,119 Speaker 5: But one is living healthy, great children, being blessed. 308 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 4: The other is angry, violent, bitter. 309 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 5: The difference is one learned to let things go, the 310 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 5: others chose to hold on. And yes, this boxer had 311 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 5: success on the outside, but if you're poisoned on the inside, 312 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 5: it's going to spoil every victory. 313 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 4: Is there something you need to let go of? Bitterness? 314 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: Anger, how someone treated you, what didn't work out. Don't 315 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 5: do like him and let that poison the rest of 316 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:51,119 Speaker 5: your life. It wasn't right what they did, but you're forgiving, 317 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 5: so you can be free. 318 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 4: You're letting it go so you can see the beauty. 319 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: For ashes. 320 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 5: Years ago, there was this toxic waste that needed to 321 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: be discarded, but nobody knew what to do with it. 322 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 5: They had never had to get rid of something that 323 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 5: dangerous and that toxic. After studying it, getting different opinions, 324 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 5: a company built these big metal containers like you see 325 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 5: on a ship, and they put the toxic waste in it. 326 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 5: They went to great links to make sure it was 327 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 5: sealed very tightly and wouldn't get out. Then they buried 328 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 5: these containers deep in the ground. They were so relieved 329 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 5: they finally got rid of it. They thought they were done. 330 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 5: But forty years later the containers started leaking. It was 331 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 5: contaminating the soil, water, air. People had to move away. 332 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 5: The problem was the waste was too toxic to bury. 333 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 5: There are some things you can't bury. You can't bury 334 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 5: anger and think it's not going to affect you. You 335 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 5: can't bury bitterness and not have it leak out. You 336 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 5: can't bury hatred, rejection. That's too toxic. That poison at 337 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,959 Speaker 5: some point will contaminate not just your dreams, your attitude, 338 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 5: your vision, but it will affect the people around you. 339 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 5: Best thing you can do is to get that toxic 340 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 5: waste out of you. 341 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 4: Let it go. You have to give it to God. God. 342 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 5: I forgive them for what they did. I let go 343 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 5: of the hurts, what I lost, what I didn't get. 344 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 5: I trust you to make it up to me. This 345 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 5: company never dreamed years later they would be dealing with 346 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 5: the same problem, but this time. 347 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 4: It would be worse. If they had disposed of it 348 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 4: properly the first time. 349 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 5: They wouldn't have this difficulty. When you bury negative feelings, 350 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 5: they never die like toxic waste. They're going to resurface 351 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 5: through your attitude, through your relationships. 352 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 4: The good news is it's not too late to do 353 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 4: something about it. 354 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 5: You don't have to live with that contamination on the inside. 355 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 4: Let it go. 356 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 5: Forgive the person that hurt, Forgive the parent for. 357 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,239 Speaker 4: What they didn't give you. 358 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 5: Let go of the disappointment, the dream that didn't work out. 359 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 5: Let go of the guilt, the shame, the regret, the remorse. 360 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 5: You can't keep that bottled up. 361 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 4: And reach your potential. 362 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 5: David went to the palace to work as one of 363 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 5: King Saul's armor bearing Saul was proud of David loved 364 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 5: him like a son. But over time, Saul became jealous 365 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 5: of David. He could see the anointing in favor on 366 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 5: David's life. Instead of being happy for him, he wanted 367 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 5: to get rid of him. While David was playing the 368 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 5: heart for Saul, trying to make Saul feel better, saw 369 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 5: through his spirit David and barely missed him. David had 370 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,719 Speaker 5: to flee for his life. He had done nothing but 371 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 5: good for Saul, honored him, served him, but in return. 372 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 4: Saul tried to kill him. 373 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 5: David spent months living on the run, hiding in caves 374 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 5: with Saul and his men chasing after him. At one point, 375 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 5: David could have killed Saul. He snuck up on Saul 376 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 5: and his men while they were sleeping, but he wouldn't 377 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 5: harm him. Despite David being good to Saul, Saul never 378 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 5: changed his mind. 379 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have him back in the palace. 380 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 5: Several years later, Saul was killed in a battle David 381 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 5: was made the king. 382 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 4: When David heard that Saul was gone, you would think 383 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 4: he would be so happy, so relieved. 384 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 5: Finally, this man that made his life miserable cost him 385 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 5: heartache where he couldn't. 386 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 4: Pursue his dreams. 387 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 5: Was no longer there, Surely David would call his men 388 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 5: together have a big party. But the scripture says David 389 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 5: wept when he learned Saul was killed. He wrote a 390 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 5: song honoring him, saying, how beloved and how gracious was Saul? 391 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 5: No wonder David rose so high he learned to let 392 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 5: things go. Can you imagine writing a song about your 393 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 5: biggest enemy, the one that tried to keep you down, 394 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 5: about how beloved they are. 395 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 4: A key to David's success. 396 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 5: Is he didn't let the toxins get on the inside. 397 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 5: He didn't bury the things that weren't fair, the anger, 398 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 5: the hurt, the injustice. 399 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 4: He turned it over to God. 400 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 5: Even years later, he was sitting in the palace, the 401 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 5: greatest leader of that day, maybe of any day, having 402 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 5: conquered all kinds of territory, seeing God's favor in great ways, 403 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 5: he said to his staff, is there anyone still alive 404 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 5: from the house of Saul that I can bless? He 405 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 5: still had no bitterness towards Saul. He's still being good 406 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 5: to a man that. 407 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 4: Wasn't good to him. 408 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 5: Who knows where God will take you if you'll just 409 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 5: let things go when you have every right to be angry, bitter, 410 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 5: hold on to the hurt. 411 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 4: They left you. You lost someone valuable. 412 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 5: I'm not saying it's easy, but it's more difficult to 413 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: deal with the toxins on the inside than it is 414 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 5: to let things go. 415 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 4: It's not always easy to give, but it's. 416 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 5: Harder to deal with the poison of unforgiveness. It's not 417 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 5: easy to move forward after a disappointment, but it's harder to. 418 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 4: Stay stuck in defeat in mediocrity. 419 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 5: Coach Rudy tom Janovich was the Hall of Fame coach 420 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 5: of the Houston Rockets and also a great professional basketball 421 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 5: player himself. When he was twenty five years old, in 422 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 5: the middle of a game, a fight broke out between 423 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 5: two players. Rudy ran over to break them up. One 424 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 5: of the players turned and threw a punch without looking 425 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 5: as hard as he could. Just so happened. Rudy was 426 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 5: running up full speed. The punch hit him square in 427 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 5: the face. It became known as the Punch Heard around 428 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 5: the world. Fractured his skull, broke his nose. 429 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 4: And cheek bones. 430 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 5: He had spinal fluid leaking out almost took his life. 431 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 5: Months later, while he was recovering, he was asked about 432 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 5: the man that hit him, and what he thought. 433 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 4: Everyone was waiting his response. Surely he'd be angry, bitter. 434 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 4: This is not right. Rudy didn't miss a beat. 435 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 5: He told how he had already forgiven him, that he 436 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 5: wasn't angry or upset. The reporters were puzzled. They said, 437 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 5: this man almost ended your life. He put you through 438 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 5: all this pain. How could you possibly forgive him? Rudy said, 439 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 5: I knew the only way I could move forward was 440 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 5: to let it go. I didn't forgive just for his sake. 441 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 5: I did it so that I could be free. Maybe 442 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 5: you've had bad breaks, you weren't treated right, wasn't fair. 443 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 5: I'm not asking you to do the other person a favor. 444 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to do yourself a favor. 445 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 5: Forgive so you can be free. Forgive so you can 446 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 5: reach your potential. Forgive so you can see the beauty. 447 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 5: For ashes, don't bury the toxins. Don't bury what they did. 448 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 5: Those negative feelings are alive. They can't be contained. 449 00:23:58,359 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 4: You have to give it. 450 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 5: To God, trust him to make it up to you. 451 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 5: You weren't created to live with poisons weighing you down, 452 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 5: contaminating your vision. You will arise so much higher if 453 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 5: you'll get free from that. David had another great disappointment. 454 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,959 Speaker 5: His newborn baby became very sick. He went home and 455 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 5: prayed and fasted, asked God to heal his child. For 456 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 5: seven days, he wouldn't eat, he didn't see anyone. He 457 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 5: was consumed with this baby, believing. 458 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 4: That God would give him a miracle. 459 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 5: Unfortunately, the baby died. His men were so concerned that 460 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 5: when they told David that he might fall apart, they 461 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 5: didn't know what to do. 462 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 4: David overheard and asked what was wrong. 463 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 5: When he found out the baby died, he got up 464 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 5: off the floor. The scripture says he went home, washed 465 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 5: his face, dressed in new clothes. 466 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 4: Then he went to the table and ate a meal. 467 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: His men were so surprised, they said, David, when the 468 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 5: baby was alive, were I'm so distraught, But now that 469 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 5: the baby is gone, you. 470 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 4: Seem like you're fine. 471 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 5: David said, I cannot bring the baby back, but one 472 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 5: day I can go. 473 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 4: To be where he is. David could have been better. God, 474 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 4: why didn't you answer my prayer? God? I've served you. 475 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 5: I did the right thing when Saul was chasing me. 476 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 5: I've tried to honor you, and now this happened. No 477 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 5: David knew to let it go. I don't understand it. 478 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 4: It wasn't fair. 479 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 5: But God, you're still on the throne. I know you 480 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 5: still have good things in store for me. There's a 481 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 5: lot in life we're not going to understand. You can't 482 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 5: get caught up in the wise. Part of faith is 483 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 5: trusting when it doesn't make sense. A year later, David's 484 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 5: wife had another baby. They named him Solomon. He became 485 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 5: the king after David, the heir to the throne, and 486 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 5: the wisest man that ever lived. Had David stayed in despair, 487 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 5: had he not washed his face, let go with the disappointment, 488 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 5: he would have never. 489 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 4: Seen the king that was coming. 490 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 5: In difficult times when you don't understand, you could be bitter. 491 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 5: If you'll just let it go and keep trusting God, 492 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 5: like David, you'll give birth to a king, something greater 493 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: than what you've imagined, something where you don't think. 494 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 4: About what you've lost. I heard a story about an eagle. 495 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 5: It swooped down and picked up a mole off the ground, 496 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 5: grabbed it with his talons, and held it close to 497 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 5: its chest. This was unusual because an eagle wouldn't normally 498 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 5: pick up a mole. They eat fish and other things. 499 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 5: As the eagle was flying holding this mole so close, 500 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 5: it began to get tired, started getting weaker, flew lower 501 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 5: and lower, finally had to land on the ground. The 502 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 5: eagle lost all of its strength, fell over. 503 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 4: And died. 504 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 5: The little mole scurried away unharmed. It's very puzzling. A 505 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 5: veterinarians governed that the mole had very suddenly bit into 506 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 5: the eagle's chest. 507 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 4: The eagle couldn't feel it. 508 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 5: But it punctured the eagle's heart and caused it to 509 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 5: lose blood pressure and eventually passed. Are you holding on 510 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 5: to something that you don't realize is killing you? 511 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 4: Anger, bitterness, guilt, shame. That's draining the life out of you. 512 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 5: That's taken your joy, your peace, your creativity. 513 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 4: How much higher could you fly? How much further could 514 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 4: you go? 515 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 5: If you got rid of these things that you're not 516 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 5: supposed to be carrying? 517 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 4: Today can be a turning point. 518 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 5: You know what's more powerful than negative emotions? A decision 519 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 5: When you let it go, when you wash your face, 520 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 5: when you say, like Rudy t I forgive, then you're moving. 521 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 4: Toward the King that's in your future. 522 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 5: You may have buried some toxins. You may be carrying 523 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 5: some things that you shouldn't. That's okay, you can release 524 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 5: them now. This is your time to be free. 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