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

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well,

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Speaker 1: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 1: stop by and be a 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 1: But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you

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Speaker 1: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny,

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Speaker 1: and one day up in heaven, God said to the men,

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Speaker 1: I want you to form two lines. One line for

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Speaker 1: the men who were the head of the house. The

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Speaker 1: other line is for the men who let the woman

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Speaker 1: be the head of the house. The line where the

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Speaker 1: woman ran the house was one hundred miles long. There

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Speaker 1: was only one man in the other line. God said, men,

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Speaker 1: I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head,

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Speaker 1: but you let the woman run the house. Only one

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Speaker 1: man stood up to make me proud. He looked at

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Speaker 1: him and says, son, tell them, how did you manage

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Speaker 1: to be the only one in this line, men looked confused, said,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. My wife told me to stand here.

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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 staying on the Potter's wheel.

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Speaker 1: We all face situations that we don't like. Where we're uncomfortable.

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Speaker 1: We're not getting our way, somebody's not treating us right,

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Speaker 1: easy to get frustrated. Thank God, when are you ever

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Speaker 1: going to change this? But I've learned you can't pray

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Speaker 1: away every day difficulty. Some of the things that are

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Speaker 1: uncomfortable in your life right now. If God removed them,

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't be prepared for the promotion that he has

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Speaker 1: in store. God uses difficulties to do a work in us.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says he is the potter. We are the

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Speaker 1: claim when God is spinning us around on that potter's wheel,

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Speaker 1: and he comes across a lump of impatience, of pride,

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Speaker 1: of jealousy. He'll put us in a situation to bring

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Speaker 1: those impurities to light. Nothing randomly happens. Every traffic jam,

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Speaker 1: every person that irritates you, every time you're tempted to worry,

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Speaker 1: to be critical, to be jealous, that's an opportunity for

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Speaker 1: you to be refined. In the difficult times. We prove

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Speaker 1: to God what we're made of. That's when our quality

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Speaker 1: is tested. And if you'll work with God and stay

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Speaker 1: on the Potter's wheel, be moldible, pliable, willing to change,

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Speaker 1: then your character will come up higher. And as your

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Speaker 1: character is developed, God will release more of his blessings

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Speaker 1: and favor. But too many people, when they're in an

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Speaker 1: good attitude, forgiving the wrong, being patient, they try to

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Speaker 1: get off the potter's wheel. They complain, get upset, offended, impatient.

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Speaker 1: same way year after year. That's why they get stuck.

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Speaker 1: And this is what happened with the Israelites. They were

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Speaker 1: headed toward the Promised Land. It was an eleven day journey,

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Speaker 1: Can't we just go back to Egypt. They kept getting

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Speaker 1: off the Potter's wheel. That eleven day journey ended up

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Speaker 1: this is uncomfortable, we don't like it, but we know

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Speaker 1: God wouldn't have us here unless we needed it. He's

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Speaker 1: using it to refine us, to prepare us, to make

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Speaker 1: us tougher, stronger. It's not working against us, it's working

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Speaker 1: for us. If they were to pass those tests, let

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Speaker 1: God refine them, their character would to come up higher.

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Speaker 1: Their whole life would have been so much better. Now.

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Speaker 1: My challenge to us today is don't do like they

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Speaker 1: time you get stuck in traffic, instead of letting that

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Speaker 1: believe you're guiding and directing my steps. You have me

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Speaker 1: That's passing the test. That's letting God refine you when

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Speaker 1: to stay in faith and get ready for the new

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Speaker 1: thing that you have in store. Well, Joel, I always

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Speaker 1: get upset when I can't find my car keys. I

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Speaker 1: or I always get discouraged when my friend doesn't call.

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Speaker 1: Whatever the always is for you, the next time it

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Speaker 1: comes up, respond differently. Start passing these tests. Life is

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Speaker 1: flying by. You don't have time to spend another year

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Speaker 1: God has amazing things. He wants to release, new opportunities,

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Speaker 1: new levels, but it depends on the quality of our character.

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Speaker 1: None of us like uncomfortable situations. But here's the key.

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Speaker 1: If God is not removing it, that means we must

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Speaker 1: need it. He's using it to refine us, to purify us,

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Speaker 1: If you're still responding to difficulties the same way you

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Speaker 1: did five years ago, getting upset offended, I say this respectfully,

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Speaker 1: letting those same things keep you from God's best. Recognize

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Speaker 1: that's a test. You're on the Potter's wheel. God's giving

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Speaker 1: you an opportunity to come up higher. Instead of complaining

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Speaker 1: letting it upset you or saying something rude back to them, No,

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Speaker 1: stay on the Potter's wheel. Let it bounce off of you.

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Speaker 1: Don't pay it any attention. Just smile and say, I

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Speaker 1: hope you have a great day. Here's the beauty. The

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Speaker 1: next time you do it, it'll be a little bit

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Speaker 1: easier the next time, even easier. If you keep at it,

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Speaker 1: you'll look up in a year or two it won't

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Speaker 1: bother you at all. What happened. Your character came up higher.

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Speaker 1: They didn't change. You changed. But too often we're praying God,

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Speaker 1: trying to pray away the very thing that God wants

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Speaker 1: waiting for us to change. That person that irritates you.

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Speaker 1: God can use them like sandpaper to rub the rough

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Speaker 1: to be merciful, kind understanding. Or that loved one that

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Speaker 1: says things that are hurtful. God can use them to

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Speaker 1: toughen you up, to learn not to be easily offended.

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Speaker 1: They're not thereby accident. God has them there on purpose.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you look inside and say, God, how can

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Speaker 1: I change? How can I be more patient, more forgiving,

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Speaker 1: don't ever pray for God to change somebody else without

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Speaker 1: first saying, God, change me now. A question I ask

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Speaker 1: myself often is how much have I grown in the

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Speaker 1: last five years? Do I have a better attitude? Do

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Speaker 1: I forgive quicker? Do I treat people better? Am I kinder?

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Speaker 1: Am I more considerate? We shouldn't be at the same

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Speaker 1: Your assignment is too important, Your time is too valuable,

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Speaker 1: like the Israelites to learn a lesson that we could

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Speaker 1: learn in a fraction of the time. You've got to

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Speaker 1: put your foot down and say that's it. I'm done

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Speaker 1: when I don't get my way. I'm done getting stressed

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Speaker 1: same petty things. This is a new day. I'm not

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Speaker 1: waiting for anyone or anything to change. I'm going to change.

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Speaker 1: The scripture talks about how there are different levels that

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Speaker 1: we can grow into vessels of clay, vessels of wood

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Speaker 1: then you will become a vessel of gold used for

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Speaker 1: his highest purposes. We all start off at the same

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Speaker 1: place in life, like a lump of clay. We have impurities, impatience, selfishness, anger.

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Speaker 1: of us. The key is to pass those tests. Don't

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Speaker 1: God does the work in us. The sooner you deal

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Speaker 1: with what you know God is bringing delight, the better

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Speaker 1: off you're going to be. When Victoria and I were

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Speaker 1: when she would tell me yes, I would go get

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Speaker 1: you said you were ready. She would say I am ready.

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Speaker 1: I would say, well, would you mind walking to the car.

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Speaker 1: This happened time and time again. I used to get

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Speaker 1: so stressed, so up tight, and I was praying, God,

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Speaker 1: you gotta change her, make her more of this, make

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Speaker 1: her more of that. I had her on my potter's wheel.

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Speaker 1: One day I realized I'm not the potter. God is.

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Speaker 1: The funny thing is God. God didn't change her. God

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Speaker 1: used her to change me. Took a couple of years.

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Speaker 1: I kept going around that same mountain again and again.

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Speaker 1: Finally it dawned on me, life is too short to

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Speaker 1: let this stress me out. She may not ever change,

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Speaker 1: so you know what I'm going to change. I learned

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Speaker 1: Today it's no big deal. When she says I'm ready,

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Speaker 1: I know that means in general, she's ready. It's like

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Speaker 1: the two minute warning in football. The clock officially says

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Speaker 1: two minutes, but if you know football, it's gonna take

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Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. Now, when she says I'm ready, I'll go

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Speaker 1: sit down, watch some television, get something to eat, and

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Speaker 1: mow the lawn, wash the car. She doesn't realize it,

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Speaker 1: her to refine me, to make me better. Are there

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Speaker 1: things that you keep letting upset you, stress you out?

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Speaker 1: Do you keep going around the same mountain again and again.

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Speaker 1: for His highest purposes. You'll not only enjoy your life more,

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Speaker 2: It's a new year, an opportunity for a fresh start.

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Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to

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