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Speaker 1: Hi, it's Jolin 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. God bless you. It's great to be with

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Speaker 1: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one

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Speaker 1: of our services. I'd like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 1: I heard about this mother. She had two young sons

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Speaker 1: decided to take them to see their pastor one at

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Speaker 1: a time. The pastor said to the first boy son,

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Speaker 1: where is God? He sat there silently, and he asked again,

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Speaker 1: asked the out the door ran home and told his

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Speaker 1: brother God is missing. And they think we did it.

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Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 1: I am what it says, I am. I have what

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Speaker 1: it says I have, I can do what it says

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Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 1: about blessed with persecution. We all believe for God's goodness

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Speaker 1: on our lives, and we stand on his promises that

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Speaker 1: will lend and not borrow him. That our children are

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Speaker 1: mighty in the land, that we are crowned with his favor.

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Speaker 1: That's releasing our faith. That's what activates God's blessing and favor.

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Speaker 1: But what we don't always realize is the blessing never

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Speaker 1: comes alone. The blessing brings jealous people and being criticized

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Speaker 1: misunder stood. If you expect everyone to be for you,

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Speaker 1: all your friends to celebrate your promotion, your co workers

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Speaker 1: to be happy you got that new house, you're going

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Speaker 1: to be frustrated. Blessing stir up jealousy. Favor causes people

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Speaker 1: to become critical. Promotion brings resistance. You can't have the

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Speaker 1: you understand this. You don't let it bother you. You

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Speaker 1: don't try to fight all those battles and straighten everyone out,

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Speaker 1: convince the jealous people to be for you. You stay

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Speaker 1: on the high road. Let God deal with the opposition

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Speaker 1: while you enjoy the blessings. This is what Jesus told

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Speaker 1: this for us? And Jesus didn't get upset that Peter,

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Speaker 1: you're selfish. You should be grateful that I chose you. No,

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Speaker 1: Jesus wanted to be good to them. He said in

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Speaker 1: verse twenty nine, anything you've given up from me, houses, brothers, sisters, property,

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Speaker 1: you will receive one hundred times more in this life,

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Speaker 1: not in the sweet by and by, not when you

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Speaker 1: get to heaven, but in your lifetime. God was saying,

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Speaker 1: going to happen with persecution. I'm gonna bless you and

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Speaker 1: all the persecution will lead. I'm gonna promote you and

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Speaker 1: the negative chatter will stop. I'm gonna give you so

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Speaker 1: But when God promotes you and doors open and you

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Speaker 1: bother you. But for where God is taking you, the

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Speaker 1: greater way without having greater persecution. We want big blessings

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Speaker 1: have to fight it. It's not your job to fix people,

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Speaker 1: when you get unfair judgment, when opposition comes out of

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Speaker 1: life is stronger than the persecution. The trouble cannot stop

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Speaker 1: thanking God that he's fighting your battles. Seventeen years I

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Speaker 1: with that great blessing came great persecution. People that didn't understand.

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Speaker 1: It's what God put on you. You can't stop it.

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Speaker 1: And the good news is they can't stop it. You

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Speaker 1: stay in peace and God will take care of the opposition.

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