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Speaker 5: You can't stop the crows from crowing, you can't stop

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Speaker 5: think about the oil of joy. He didn't sing the psalm.

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Speaker 5: He wrote, this is the day the Lord has made.

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Speaker 2: Let's be glad. He was furious. He told his men

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Speaker 2: pack up, We're going to go take care of Nabel.

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Speaker 5: He said, as surely as I live, not one of

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Speaker 5: Nabel's family members will be alive by this time tomorrow.

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Speaker 5: David was offended, angry. He wasn't going to let Nabel

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Speaker 5: get by with insulting him. And yes, there are times

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Speaker 5: we're supposed to fight. We need to take action. David

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Speaker 5: fought Goliath, but you have to make sure that battle

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Speaker 5: is between you and your destiny. If not, it's a distraction.

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Speaker 5: David was so wrought up in his emotions he didn't

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Speaker 5: realize this wasn't a battle.

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Speaker 2: He was supposed to fight.

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Speaker 5: How many times are we fighting battles? Because like David,

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Speaker 5: we're offended, we're upset they did us wrong. But that

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Speaker 5: wasn't a battle between us and our destiny. It was

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Speaker 5: just our flesh getting riled up, wanting to take matters

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Speaker 5: into our own hands. We were supposed to let it

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Speaker 5: slide off, not dwell on it, and trust God to

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Speaker 5: be our vindicator.

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Speaker 2: Here's how merciful God is.

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Speaker 5: David was headed toward Nabel's house full speed ahead, about

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Speaker 5: to make a mistake that would hinder his destiny. Nabel's

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Speaker 5: wife was a lady named Abigail.

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Speaker 2: She was a wise woman.

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Speaker 5: She loaded up two hundred loaves of bread, two hundred

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Speaker 5: bottles of wine.

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Speaker 2: Five hundred cakes, and headed out to meet David.

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Speaker 5: When she saw him, she bowed down load and said, David,

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Speaker 5: my husband is a fool. He's hard headed, hot tempered, dishonest.

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Speaker 5: He shouldn't have insulted you. I brought you these gifts

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Speaker 5: hoping you'll forgive him. She went on to say, David,

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Speaker 5: you are called to be the king of Israel. Why

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Speaker 5: would you even fight with this fool? Why would you

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Speaker 5: waste your time with this stubborn man. Don't let this

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Speaker 5: needless battle be a blemish on your record. She spoke

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Speaker 5: wisdom into David. She was saying, David, look at who

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Speaker 5: you are. You're the next king. God is going to

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Speaker 5: entrust you with an enduring dynasty, but you're about to

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Speaker 5: blow it taking.

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Speaker 2: Revenge on this fool. David came to his senses.

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Speaker 5: He said, Abigail, the Lord God of Israel surely has

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Speaker 5: sent you to me today, for if you had not

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Speaker 5: kept me from carrying out vengeance with my own hands,

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Speaker 5: not one of your family members would be alive. We're

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Speaker 5: all going to encounter Nabels in life, people that are rude,

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Speaker 5: hard to get along with, offensive.

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Speaker 2: I'll ask you what, Abigail asked David.

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Speaker 5: Why are you fighting with a fool? Why are you

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Speaker 5: in conflict with someone that's not going anywhere? Why are

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Speaker 5: you upset with that person that cuts you off in

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Speaker 5: traffic You don't even know them. Why are you offended

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Speaker 5: at that coworker. They're not between you and your destiny.

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Speaker 5: They can't stop what God has planned.

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Speaker 2: For you, so they don't like you. They made negative comments,

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Speaker 2: they left you out. That's a test. You can't reach

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Speaker 2: your destiny without difficult people.

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Speaker 5: Don't get distracted baited into conflict in battles that don't matter.

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Speaker 2: Be like that teflon pan. Don't let any of it stick.

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Speaker 5: God has an awesome future for you, but the enemy

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Speaker 5: will work overtime, like with David, to try to get

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Speaker 5: you distracted, offended, trying to pay people back.

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Speaker 2: Don't take the bait.

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Speaker 5: Abigail came back home the next morning told her husband

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Speaker 5: what she had done.

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Speaker 2: When he heard it, Nabel had.

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Speaker 5: A stroke became paralyzed. Ten days later, he died. Abigail

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Speaker 5: was a beautiful woman. David didn't waste any time. He

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Speaker 5: sent word asking her to become his wife. She agreed,

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Speaker 5: when you let God fight your battles, you'll come out

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Speaker 5: better than you were before. I'm not saying you're going

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Speaker 5: to get an extra wife, but he'll make it up

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Speaker 5: to you. But if it hadn't been for Abigail, if

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Speaker 5: she had not stopped David from acting on his emotions,

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Speaker 5: we might not be talking about David. If you let

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Speaker 5: people get you upset, offended, where you're focused on paying

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Speaker 5: them back, you can miss your destiny.

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Speaker 2: Maybe today i'm your Abigail.

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Speaker 5: Maybe God sent me to remind you to not let

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Speaker 5: difficult people bat you into conflict, steal your joy, cause

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Speaker 5: you to live frustrated, spending energy on things that don't matter.

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Speaker 5: You can't get away from the Nabels. You may pray

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Speaker 5: one away, Nabel Junior will show up tomorrow. You have

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Speaker 5: to make up your mind that difficult people are not

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Speaker 5: going to control you.

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Speaker 2: You're not going to let them offend you.

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Speaker 5: Upset you push your buttons, Turn those buttons off.

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Speaker 2: Stay in peace. Time is short. We're not always going

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Speaker 2: to be here.

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Speaker 5: Don't waste another minute fighting with crows, arguing with chickens,

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Speaker 5: debating with turkeys. Be an eagle, start rising above that.

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Speaker 5: If you'll do this, I'll believe and declare. You're not

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Speaker 5: take care of your nables. You're going to see vindication, promotion, favor, breakthroughs,

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Speaker 5: new levels of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if

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Speaker 5: you receive it, can you say amen?

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Speaker 2: I'd like to give you.

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Speaker 5: An opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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