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Speaker 1: Hi, it's Jolan Victoria. What a joy to be with

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Speaker 1: you today. We always counted an honor. Know that we're

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Speaker 1: praying for you and your family. We sure hope you

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Speaker 1: enjoy this podcast today and we just are praying for

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Speaker 1: you and know that God is for you, so enjoy

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Speaker 1: today's message. Well, God bless you. It's always a joy

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Speaker 1: to come into your homes.

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Speaker 2: We love you.

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Speaker 1: We know God has great things in store for each

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Speaker 1: one of you. If you're ever in our area, I

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Speaker 1: hope you'll stop by and see us. I promise you

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Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for

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Speaker 1: tuning in today. I like to start with something funny

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Speaker 1: each week, and I heard about these two famous baseball players.

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Speaker 2: They were discussing whether or not there would be baseball

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Speaker 2: up in heaven.

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Speaker 1: They made an agreement that whoever died first would come

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Speaker 1: back and tell the other if indeed there was baseball

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Speaker 1: in heaven. A few months later, one of the players died,

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Speaker 1: and just like he promised, he came back said to

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Speaker 1: his friend, I've got good news and bad news. The

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Speaker 1: good news is there is baseball up in heaven. The

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Speaker 1: bad news is scheduled to pitch next Thursday. All right,

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Speaker 1: hold up your Bible. 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 redeeming the time. Time

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Speaker 1: is one of the most valuable commodities that we have.

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Speaker 1: It's more valuable than money. You can make more money,

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Speaker 1: but you can't make more time. Queen Elizabeth said on

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Speaker 1: her deathbed, I would give my entire kingdom for just.

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Speaker 2: One more day. When you woke up this morning, God

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Speaker 2: gave you a.

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Speaker 1: The scripture tells us to redeem the time.

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Speaker 2: That simply means don't let it go to waste.

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Speaker 1: Don't live this day unfocused, unhappy, negative, defeated. Make the

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Speaker 1: most of each day. Things may not be perfect. You

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Speaker 1: may have some obstacles, but you can never get this

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Speaker 1: day back. If you will learn to see each day

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Speaker 1: as a gift, you will live more intentional. You will

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Speaker 1: realize when you spend your time, you are spending your life.

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Speaker 1: You can either invest it or you can waste it.

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Speaker 1: Imagine every morning a bank deposited eighty six thousand, four

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars into your account. That money was yours to

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, what you didn't use, you lose.

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Speaker 1: It's taken out of your account. That would get your attention,

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Speaker 1: It's the same principle with time. Every day God gives

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Speaker 2: You can spend it as you would like.

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Speaker 1: You can invest it by living positive, hopeful, pursuing your goals,

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Speaker 1: it helps us to keep the right perspective. We realize

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Speaker 1: there are some battles that are not worth fighting. You

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Speaker 1: with all due respect, that's their problem and yours. You

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Speaker 1: And when you realize your time is limited, you don't

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Speaker 1: God did not put you here to be controlled by

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Speaker 1: If somebody doesn't want to be your friend, let them

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Speaker 1: arranged the right people that will celebrate you, people that

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Speaker 1: how did you spend your life? What did you do

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Speaker 2: How did you use the time I gave you?

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Speaker 1: We can't do like Adam and make it sp excuses God.

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Speaker 1: This woman you gave me, she got me off course.

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Speaker 1: God will increase you. He'll give you more influence, more opportunity.

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Speaker 1: The Apostle Paul said we should run with purpose in

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Speaker 1: No redeem your time being on purpose person, And yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm all for being flexible. And certainly for taking time

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Speaker 1: to help others. But if we're not focused, if we're

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Speaker 1: God's very best. When you realize your time is limited,

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Speaker 1: you don't get offended every time you turn around. You

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Speaker 1: You don't go around offended with unforgiveness because somebody mistreated you.

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Speaker 1: I told her what I'm telling you, life is too

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Speaker 1: She said, no, Joel, I'm not going to be happy

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Speaker 1: say we redeemed the time we just drugged through the day, offended, upset, worried.

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Speaker 1: Every time you pick it, it reopens the wound. It's

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Speaker 1: Quit reliving the hurts and pains of your past when

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Speaker 1: The good news is you've got the remote control, change

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Speaker 1: Do you realize how much energy.

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Speaker 2: It takes to be bitter?

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Speaker 1: Do you know how much emotional energy it takes to

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Speaker 2: We're not redeeming the time.

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Speaker 1: Well, you say, Joel, I'm not gonna be happy until

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Speaker 1: they get what they deserve.

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Speaker 2: That's only fair.

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Speaker 1: Or I can't enjoy my life until my coworkers stop

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Speaker 2: You can only control yourself.

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Speaker 1: If you're allowing that to upset you, to cause you

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Speaker 1: The scripture says, don't let the sun go down on

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Speaker 2: Not been at before.

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Speaker 1: David put it this way in Psalm ninety, verse twelve.

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Speaker 1: God teach us to number our days and realize how

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Speaker 1: we should. I'm forty five years old. It seemed like

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Speaker 1: A few years ago, I made a decision that I

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Speaker 2: Discouraged, worried, offended.

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Speaker 1: I have plenty of opportunities, just like you, but I

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Speaker 1: asking you to do today. We should pray with David

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Speaker 1: every day. God help us to realize how short our

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Speaker 1: time here on earth really is. I read a story

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Speaker 1: by Jeffrey Davis called One Thousand Marbles. It's about a

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Speaker 1: He was a young executive, very busy in his career.

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Speaker 1: He didn't spend much time with his family. He wanted to,

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Speaker 1: he would have approximately one thousand more Saturdays left in

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Speaker 1: without fail, he took one marble out month after month,

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Speaker 2: He watched the marbles go down.

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Speaker 1: Before he signed off on his radio program after telling

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Speaker 1: this story, he said to his listeners today, I have

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Speaker 1: If I'm back here next week, as far as I'm concerned,

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Speaker 1: God has given me extra time. That young executive at

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Speaker 1: listening that touched his heart. He knew God was speaking

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Speaker 2: She was pleasantly surprised. She said that'd be great. But

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Speaker 1: He said, oh, nothing, I just haven't spent a Saturday

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Speaker 2: I need to pick up some marbles.

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Speaker 1: What happened all of a sudden he realized how short

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Speaker 1: how are you spending the eighty six thousand, four hundred

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Speaker 1: seconds God gives you each day? Are you investing it

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Speaker 1: Are you letting others control you? Are perhaps distractions keep

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Speaker 2: Now make the most of each day.

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Speaker 1: the full. Things may not be perfect, but that doesn't

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Speaker 1: Before you go to bed. Just clear out your mind

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Speaker 2: Well, amen, do you receive that today?

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