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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks

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Speaker 2: for supporting the ministry.

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Speaker 2: bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 1: Well, 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 and be

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

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Speaker 1: about this mom.

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Speaker 2: She was cooking breakfast for her two young boys, Ryan

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Speaker 2: was five and Kevin was three. They begin to argue

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Speaker 2: over who should get the first pancake. She saw this

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Speaker 2: as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys,

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Speaker 2: if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother

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Speaker 2: have the first pancake. Ryan turned to his younger brother

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Speaker 2: and said, Okay, Kevin.

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Speaker 1: You be Jesus. Say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have.

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

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Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about keep your seat.

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Speaker 2: In the Old Testament, the priest had to go into

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Speaker 2: the temple at certain times a year and make sacrifices

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Speaker 2: for the people's sins. That's how they had forgiveness. It

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Speaker 2: was all based off of works. There were no chairs

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Speaker 2: in the tabernacle, no reason for seats. The priests couldn't

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Speaker 2: sit down. They lived under constant pressure. Their work was

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Speaker 2: never done. Another sacrifice was always required. But when Jesus

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Speaker 2: was crucified, he said on the cross, it is finished.

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Speaker 1: He was talking.

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Speaker 2: About the old way of having to constantly work for

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Speaker 1: The scripture said he sat.

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Speaker 2: Down at the right hand of the Father. Him sitting

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Speaker 2: is a picture of rest. Under the old Covenant, the

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Speaker 2: priests were constantly working, trying to cover the sins, trying

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Speaker 2: Under the New Covenant, Jesus is sitting and resting.

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Speaker 1: There is a seat of rest that belongs to you.

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Speaker 2: You don't have to go through life wrought up on

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Speaker 2: Take your seat, Enter into this rest. When you live seated,

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Speaker 2: you're in peace. You may have problems, but you know

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Speaker 2: God is fighting your battles. People may have done you wrong,

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Speaker 2: is your vindicator. He'll make your wrongs right.

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Speaker 2: You know God has you in the palm of his hand.

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Speaker 2: The battle is not mine, The battle is the Lord's.

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Speaker 2: So I'm going to take my seat. But when you

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Speaker 2: try to make everything happen in your own strength. Pay

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Speaker 2: I'm bigger than what you're facing. This doesn't mean that

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Speaker 2: God has already defeated every enemy. He's already planned out

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Speaker 2: your days for good. Now take your seat. Live from

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Speaker 2: If you're not still, if you're not seated, you won't

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Speaker 2: God could have said he would make our enemies like

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Speaker 2: be restored. There's too much strife. That's the enemy trying

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Speaker 2: He knows when you're seated in peace, trusting God, he

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Speaker 2: It's easy to stand up, it's easy to be offended,

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Speaker 2: And it doesn't say work to straighten out your neighbor,

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Speaker 2: They will drain all the life, the energy, the goodwill

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Speaker 2: Well, Joel, what if they get upset, what if they

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Speaker 2: When you know that God is in control, that nothing

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Speaker 2: You can live calm in peace, not fighting everything you

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to worry. I'm staying seated. God is

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Speaker 2: Every voice will say, be worried, be upset. That's not fair.

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Speaker 2: If you'll listen, you'll hear the still small voice saying,

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Speaker 2: Abundance is on the way. I wonder how much more

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Speaker 2: Even though the eagle is much bigger, it can't turn

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Speaker 1: At some point, the crow will have to fall away.

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Speaker 2: He can't breathe at that altitude. In the same way,

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Speaker 2: You can go up higher, You can fly where the

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Speaker 2: The crows, the chickens, the turkeys, they are simply distractions.

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Speaker 2: When an eagle faces a storm there's bad weather in

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Speaker 2: Thermal winds and goes up higher until it's above all

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Speaker 2: the turmoil. Like the eagle, we all face storms, we

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Speaker 2: all have difficulty. The key is to rise above all

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Speaker 2: the turboil. You don't have to fight your way through it.

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Speaker 2: Don't let it get on the inside. Remain at rest,

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Speaker 2: stay seated.

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Speaker 1: And God will fight your battles.

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Speaker 2: Too often we're fighting when we should be resting.

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Speaker 1: We're standing when we should be sitting.

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Speaker 2: And yes, I know we have to stand strong. I'm

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Speaker 2: talking about in your spirit. Even when it's stormy all

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Speaker 2: around you, things happening that you don't understand. You need

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Speaker 2: to have a rest knowing that God is still on

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Speaker 2: the throne, that He is bigger than anything you're facing.

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Speaker 2: When you're an eagle, when you've learned to rise above

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Speaker 2: the challenges, you'll be at peace when you could be upset.

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Speaker 2: You'll have a smile when you could be discouraged. You're

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Speaker 2: showing God that you trust him.

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Speaker 1: You're taking your seat.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes after a long day, I'll be standing in my

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Speaker 2: kitchen talking.

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Speaker 1: To Victoria and our children, and we.

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Speaker 2: Can talk for a long time. At some point I'll

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Speaker 2: tell them I have to go get off my feet.

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Speaker 2: I know when I'm done, when I need to sit

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Speaker 1: Maybe today you need to get off your feet.

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Speaker 2: You're living worried about your health and stressed over your finances,

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Speaker 2: upset because that child still hasn't changed. Why don't you

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Speaker 2: come back to a place of peace. God hasn't all

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Speaker 2: figured out those enemies. You're concerned about. Those obstacles, They're

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Speaker 2: not going to stop you. They're going to become a footstool.

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Speaker 2: And instead of laboring to try to fix everything, I'm

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Speaker 2: asking you the labor to enter this rest. You weren't

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Speaker 2: created to carry the heavy burdens. There is a seat

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Speaker 2: of rest that has your name on it. You may

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Speaker 2: have been standing for a long time, but God is saying,

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Speaker 2: take your seat.

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Speaker 1: Live from a place of rest.

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Speaker 2: Work hard, do your best, but on the inside, stay

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Speaker 2: in peace. If you'll do this, I believe and declare

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Speaker 2: You're not only going to enjoy life more, but God's

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Speaker 2: going to bring dreams to pass. Problems are about to

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Speaker 2: turn around, health, wholeness, favor, victory, the fullness of your

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Speaker 2: destiny in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say amen?

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Speaker 2: Today I'd like to give you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 2: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Friends,

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Speaker 2: God first place.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes the stresses of life can feel like you're just

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Speaker 3: getting by. God wants to bless us, but how do

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Speaker 3: you move from barely enough to just enough to more

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Speaker 3: than enough.

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Speaker 2: We all face difficulties and people that are hard to

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Speaker 2: deal with. You can't eliminate all the stress, but if

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Speaker 2: you'll handle it the right way, don't have to live

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Speaker 2: stressed out. Much of our frustration is we're trying to

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Speaker 2: control things that we can't control, letting things stress us

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Speaker 2: How much time are you spending worried, upset and frustrated.

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Speaker 1: Life is too short to live stressed.

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Speaker 2: If you'll make some simple adjustments, you can live blessed

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Speaker 2: and see your dreams come to pass. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: All over the world.

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Speaker 2: Remember you can watch the services online Sunday mornings, download

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