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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate you,

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

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Speaker 1: God bless you.

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Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if

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Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, please stop by be a

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Speaker 2: part of one of our services.

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Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 2: about these three men that were traveling together, a Hindu priest,

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Speaker 2: a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist.

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Speaker 1: They stopped at a.

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Speaker 2: Farmhouse for lodging. The farmer said, I only have room

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Speaker 2: for two of you in the house. Somebody's gonna have

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Speaker 2: to stay in the barn. The Hindu priest said, I'll

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Speaker 2: do it. A few ministers. A knock on the door.

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Speaker 2: He said, I can't stay out there. There's a cow

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Speaker 2: and cows are sacred in our religion. Jewish rabbi said,

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Speaker 2: I'll do it. Few ministers. A knock on the door.

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Speaker 2: He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig

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Speaker 2: that wouldn't be kosher. Televangelist finally said, all right, I'll

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Speaker 2: do it. A few minutes there was a knock on

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Speaker 2: the door. It was the cow and the pig. Some

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Speaker 2: of y'all got it anyway.

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Speaker 1: I thought, it's funny say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about deep roots. During a

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Speaker 2: storm several years ago, one of the big oak trees

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Speaker 2: in our front yard was blown down by the winds.

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Speaker 2: It had been raining for several days and the ground

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Speaker 2: was very saturated. And when I walked out that morning

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Speaker 2: because it wasn't a hurricane. The winds were strong, but

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Speaker 2: wasn't anything unusual for this part of the country. Now,

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Speaker 2: a company came out to remove it, and I was

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Speaker 1: I said, I can't believe those small.

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Speaker 2: Winds were able to blow over this big, sturdy tree.

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Speaker 2: He explained that while the oak tree has an extensive

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Speaker 2: root system that extends even beyond the canopy, most of

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Speaker 2: those roots are less than twelve inches deep, and because

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Speaker 2: the ground was so saturated, when the wind started blowing,

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Speaker 2: those surface roots didn't have anything to anchor to the roots,

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Speaker 2: and the ground came loose.

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Speaker 1: And the tree toppled over.

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Speaker 2: We have some tall pine trees in our yard as well,

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Speaker 2: some close to the house, and I said, I hope.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't happen to them. He said, it won't.

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Speaker 2: That type of pine doesn't rely on surface roots for stability.

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Speaker 2: Its roots go down deep. It won't be affected by

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Speaker 1: Of rain, by high winds, by loose soil.

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Speaker 2: It has deep roots. That's the same principle in life.

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Speaker 2: We all have things that come against us. A health issue,

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Speaker 1: The winds and rain come to every person.

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Speaker 2: And what's going to determine whether or not you stand

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Speaker 2: strong and outlast that storm is how deep are your roots.

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Speaker 1: The reason some people.

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Speaker 2: Are always worried, upset, offended is they have shallow roots.

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Speaker 2: They're moved by the traffic, the weather, a grouchy boss

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Speaker 2: But when you have deep roots, when you know God

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Speaker 2: caught in traffic. You know God is directing your see.

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Speaker 2: You don't get offended when somebody did you wrong.

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Speaker 1: You know God is your vindicator. You don't live.

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Speaker 2: Discouraged because you didn't get the promotion. You know God

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Speaker 2: has something better in store. You don't go around guilty

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Speaker 2: because you've made a mistake and give up on your dreams.

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Speaker 2: You know God's mercy is bigger than that mistake. When

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Speaker 2: The winds may blow, the storms may come, but you know,

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Speaker 2: You'll still be praising, you'll still be smiling, You'll still

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Speaker 2: be victorious. And the scripture tells us here, be steadfast, immovable,

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Speaker 1: This is a choice we have to make.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to be moved by these circumstances. I'm

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Speaker 2: not going to let what they're saying about me still

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Speaker 2: gonna live worried about my finances. I'm gonna do my

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna base my value on how this person

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Speaker 1: I know who I am. I'm a masterpiece.

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Speaker 2: I've been fearfully and wonderfully made my self. Worth doesn't

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Speaker 2: come from people. It comes from my creator. Are you steadfast, immovable?

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Speaker 2: Do your roots go down deep? If not, life is

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Speaker 2: Your joy and peace will depend on your circumstances, how

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Speaker 2: people treat you, what goes your way. That's surface living,

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Speaker 2: that's shallow roots. God is saying, be steadfast, be immovable.

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Speaker 1: You have to dig down deeper.

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Speaker 2: As long as you're allowing circumstances to determine whether or

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Speaker 1: Never have real victory.

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Speaker 2: And sometimes we're using our faith to try to control

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Speaker 1: When you're in peace, that's a place of power. Here's

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Speaker 2: If you don't have peace on the inside, you're not

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Speaker 1: Some people wonder why.

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Speaker 2: They can't have good relationships, why they can't be successful,

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Speaker 2: why they can't get ahead. It's because they have shallow roots.

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Speaker 2: If you'll stay in peace on the inside, not fight

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Speaker 1: And every morning, before we leave the house, we should

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Speaker 2: Nothing that happens to me today is going to upset me.

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Speaker 2: I have the grace to handle anything that comes my way.

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Speaker 2: You have to decide ahead of time. If the traffic

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Speaker 2: you're not going to be offended. If you don't get

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Speaker 2: going to go around sour in self pity. That's having

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Speaker 2: deep roots. Victoria and I were at a lake not

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Speaker 2: long ago. The water was like glass. It was as

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Speaker 2: calm and peaceful as can be. I took this little

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Speaker 2: created a big disturbance. I had affected all the water.

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Speaker 1: The truth is, a foot down that water didn't move.

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Speaker 2: It's just still as calm and peaceful. There wasn't one

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Speaker 2: can tell how deep your roots are is how easily

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Speaker 2: do you get up that If the pebbles that get

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Speaker 2: be frustrated, you need to go down deeper. Well, Joel,

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Speaker 2: somebody's talking about me at work, trying to make me

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm sour. That's a pebble.

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Speaker 2: The reason that's bothering you is you're on the surface. Well,

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Speaker 2: traffic was backed up last week. Took me an extra

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Speaker 1: Another pebble.

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Speaker 2: When you have deep roots, you're grateful to be alive.

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Speaker 2: You're grateful to have the job, You're grateful to be healthy.

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Speaker 2: You're not focused on what's wrong. You're too busy thanking

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Speaker 2: the medical report wasn't good. A friend betrayed me. That's

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Speaker 2: know God has beauty for those ashes, when you know

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Speaker 2: he'll pay you back for the unfair things, then even

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Speaker 2: though the surface is disturbed, deep down where you choose

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Speaker 2: to live, you'll feel a peace, You'll be at rest.

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Speaker 1: You'll know this too shall pass.

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Speaker 2: Paul tells us in Colostions, let your roots grow down

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Speaker 1: What are your roots going deep down in?

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Speaker 2: If you put your trust in people, sometimes people will

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Speaker 2: your career, your money. Unfortunately things can change and you

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Speaker 2: don't have what you had. But when you let your

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Speaker 2: I know you're my provider, you're my healer, you're my vindicator.

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Speaker 2: I recognize you're the source of everything good. Then when

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Speaker 2: you won't fall apart, live in self pity. You'll be strong, stable, immovable.

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Speaker 2: Why your roots go down deep in him? This is

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Speaker 2: what a lady did in the scripture. Some workers brought

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Speaker 1: He had died. This wasn't a pebble, this was a boulder.

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Speaker 2: Surface was disturbed. It looked like it was all out

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Speaker 2: She was steadfast, immovable, And she got on a horse

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Speaker 2: headed out to see her friend, the prophet Elisha. When

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Speaker 1: Is everything okay?

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Speaker 2: She said, yes, all is well, kept on writing. He

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Speaker 2: caught back up and asked her the same thing. Are

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Speaker 2: you sure everything's okay? She said it again, all is well.

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Speaker 2: She knew he could make a way, even though she

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Speaker 2: didn't see away. Elisha ended up coming to her house

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Speaker 2: and praying for the little boy, and he was healed.

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Speaker 2: He came back to life, a great miracle. But like

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Speaker 2: this lady, sometimes it's not a pebble thrown into your water,

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Speaker 2: so to speak, it's a boulder. We all face unexpected challenges,

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Speaker 2: things we didn't see coming. A loss, a layoff, a divorce,

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Speaker 2: a sickness. It's easy to get overwhelmed, go around in

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Speaker 2: how bad life's treating you. Instead, like this lady, have

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Speaker 1: All is well.

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