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Speaker 4: But I heard about this blonde lady. She was driving

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Speaker 4: were a police officer. Hold up your Bible. Say it

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Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 4: the secret place. In the Old Testament, there was something

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Speaker 4: called the Holy of Holies that was the inner part

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Speaker 4: in there except the priest, and only with them certain

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Speaker 4: be extremely careful. They knew if everything wasn't in order,

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Speaker 4: so they went to great links to guard it and

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Speaker 4: every one of us should have a Holy of Holies,

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Speaker 4: not a physical place, but down in you there should

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Speaker 4: be a secret place and inner sanctuary where you don't

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Speaker 4: Your secret place should be a place of peace, of rest,

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Speaker 4: if you make the mistake of letting everything in, constantly

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Speaker 4: of it flow the issues of life. This is saying,

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Speaker 4: above everything, protect your secret place. If you're allowing everything

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Speaker 4: in what they said, what didn't work out, the disappoint

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Speaker 4: because your secret place is poisoned, it will impact everything

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Speaker 4: and we all have negative things come against us. We

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Speaker 4: can't get away from that. But don't bring it close

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Speaker 4: don't risk respect your secret place, if you don't guard

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Speaker 4: And this is why many people have no joy no peace,

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Speaker 4: people see you in peace, you're always consistent, they think

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Speaker 4: your life. You should see what I'm dealing with. The

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Speaker 4: truth is we all face difficulties. We all have unfair situations.

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Speaker 4: The difference is the people that are in peace, positive, hopeful,

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Speaker 4: they're not allowing the negative into their inner sanctuary. Things

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Speaker 4: can be happening on the outside. A friended, you're wrong,

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Speaker 4: set back in your health. The feelings will come offense, worry, discouragement.

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Speaker 4: You can't stop the feelings from coming, but you can

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Speaker 4: saying to never feel worried, never feel offended, never feel discouraged.

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Speaker 4: That's not reality. Feelings are a part of life. I'm saying,

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Speaker 4: don't bring it close to you. You have to put

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Speaker 4: your foot down. Say this person did me wrong. But

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Speaker 4: I'm not gonna be offended. God is my vindicator. The

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Speaker 4: medical report is not good, I'm not living worried. Nothing

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Speaker 4: can snatch me out of God's hands. I didn't get

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Speaker 4: I know God has something better in store. You have

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Speaker 4: to protect your secret place. Your feelings will do everything

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Speaker 4: they can to try to get in. Worry will knock

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Speaker 4: at your door every night. What are you going to

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Speaker 4: do about your finances? What if the report isn't good?

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Speaker 4: What if your child doesn't straighten up? Offense, self pity, discouragement.

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Speaker 4: They don't give up easily. They'll constantly whispered, let me in.

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Speaker 4: Come on, you had a bad break, feel sorry for yourself.

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Speaker 4: They did you wrong. You have a right to be depressed,

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Speaker 4: You have to be determined to say no, you are

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Speaker 4: not getting into my secret place. I am not living

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Speaker 4: worried and upset. Friends, When you're in peace, that's a

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Speaker 4: position of power. When you have a good attitude despite

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Speaker 4: what's going on around you, you're showing God that you

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Speaker 4: trust him. Our actions speak louder than our words. When

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Speaker 4: good news is you control that doorway. You can do

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Speaker 4: eviction notice to all the negative worry, offense, trouble, turmoil

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Speaker 4: go down on your anger. It's okay to feel anger.

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Speaker 4: It's okay to feel hurt, to feel disappointment. But it's

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Speaker 4: not okay to let those feelings stay. You can't bring

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Speaker 4: about your future. That's going to poison your life. Keep

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Speaker 4: it on the outside, don't let it in your inner sanctuary.

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Speaker 4: A friend of mine is fighting cancer. He's had several surgeries,

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Speaker 4: gone through chemo and radiation. There's a lot of turmoil

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Speaker 4: See ships don't sink because of the water around them.

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Speaker 4: Ships sink because of the water that get in them.

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Speaker 4: not a problem. But if that ship lets what's on

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Speaker 4: major problem. It will sink. We can't stop what's on

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Speaker 4: the outside, opposition, offence, trouble, delays, traffic, These things are

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Speaker 4: going to happen. The key is, don't let what's on

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Speaker 4: said Juel, We've got a rough road up ahead, but

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Speaker 4: and we're enjoying life. The only way you could say

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Speaker 4: out like that is when you know how to protect

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Speaker 4: But I know people, they're just the opposite. They're always upset, worried, discouraged.

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Speaker 4: It's because they're allowing everything in. Somebody is rude to them,

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Speaker 4: Scripture the Apostle Paul faced all kinds of difficulties, but

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Speaker 4: he said, none of these things move me. We should

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Speaker 4: get to that point that no matter what comes our way,

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Speaker 4: our joy. You may have things coming against you today,

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Speaker 4: in your health, your finances, or relationship. Like that ship,

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Speaker 4: nothing on the outside can bring you down. Trouble, opposition,

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Speaker 4: unfair circumstances may be all around you. You can't stop

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Speaker 4: from getting in you. This is what Joseph did. He

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Speaker 4: was betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, falsely accused,

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Speaker 4: It doesn't belong there. What you constantly think about, you're

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Speaker 4: to keep God on the throne. It's easy to put

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Speaker 4: a negative medical report on the throne, go around worried

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Speaker 4: all day. Some people put the hurt, the disappointment, what

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Speaker 4: somebody said on the throne. As long as you're focused

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Speaker 4: on those things, giving them your most attention, you're going

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Speaker 4: to live worried, upset. The problem is you have your

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Speaker 4: circumstances on the throne. You need to put God back

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Speaker 4: up on the throne. When God is on the throne,

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Speaker 4: you're at peace. You know. He's your healer, he's your deliverer,

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Speaker 4: he's your waymaker, he's your vindicator. You know he'll give

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Speaker 4: you beauty for those ashes, whatever you have on the throne,

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Speaker 4: that's what you're worshiping. Are you worshiping your circumstances? Worshiping

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Speaker 4: what somebody said? If you would put God back on

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Speaker 4: the throne, you would see things begin to turn around.

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Speaker 4: That's what the Psalmist said. Let God arise and his

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Speaker 4: enemies be scattered. When you put God back up on

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Speaker 4: the throne, He'll take care of anything that's holding you back. Friends,

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Speaker 4: I'm asking you to protect your secret place. Negative things

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Speaker 4: happen to us all like that. Ship. Nothing on the

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Speaker 4: outside can bring you down only if you let it

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Speaker 4: on the inside. Don't allow it in your inner sanctuary,

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Speaker 4: guard your heart, stay in peace. If you do this,

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Speaker 4: I believe and declare, like Mary, You're going to rise

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Speaker 4: above the negative chatter. God is going to fight your battles,

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Speaker 4: promote you, heal you, vindicate you, bring you to the

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Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name. We never like

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Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to

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Speaker 4: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray

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Speaker 4: with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins.

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Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends,

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Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep

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Speaker 4: God first place. He's gonna take you places that you've

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Speaker 4: never dreamed.

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