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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you

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Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and

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Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for

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Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if

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Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be

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Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I'll promise you

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Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for tuning in and thank you again for coming out.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about these three men, a Baptist, a Catholic, and a Charismatic.

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Speaker 1: They died on the same day and went to heaven.

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Speaker 1: Saint Peter met him at the gates and said, I'm sorry, men,

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Speaker 1: your rooms are not available yet. He didn't know what

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Speaker 1: to do, and he decided to call Satan and see

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Speaker 1: if he would keep them for a little while. Satan

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Speaker 1: reluctantly agreed. A few hours later, Satan called back said, Peter,

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Speaker 1: you've got to come get these guys. The Baptist man

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Speaker 1: is saving everybody, Catholic man is forgiving. Everybody charismatic has

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Speaker 1: already raised enough money for air conditioning. Hold up your Bible,

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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 no more excuses. It's easy to come up with

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Speaker 1: a reason why we can't accomplish a dream, why we

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Speaker 1: can't be happy, why we can't overcome a problem. Excuses

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Speaker 1: are a dime a dozen. We think I've got an

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Speaker 1: excuse to be sour. Traffic was bad, my boss was rude,

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Speaker 1: a coworker left me out. I've got an excuse to

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Speaker 1: be offended. These people hurt me, they didn't keep their word,

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Speaker 1: they betrayed me. Or I've got had an excuse to

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Speaker 1: settle where I am. I had a bad childhood, I

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Speaker 1: lost a loved one, went through a breakup. As long

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Speaker 1: as you're making excuses, you will justify staying where you

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Speaker 1: are excuses give us permission to settle for less than

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Speaker 1: God's best. You can find an excuse about anything. When

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Speaker 1: my nephew, Matthew was about four years old, he was

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Speaker 1: out walking through the woods with my father down this

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Speaker 1: trail and they came upon this big, grandaddy long legged

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Speaker 1: We're out here where he lives. He didn't do anything wrong.

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Speaker 1: Let's leave him alone. Matt contemplated it for a little while.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't fully convinced, but he finally turned and walked off.

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Speaker 1: He got about fifteen steps away, he turned around, ran

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Speaker 1: He looked at him and said, Granddaddy, the devil made

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Speaker 1: me do it. It's easy to find an excuse. I

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Speaker 1: can't lose this weight. My metabolism is too slow. One

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Speaker 1: man said. My metabolism is not slow. It's in a coma.

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Speaker 1: I can't break this addiction. Everybody in my family has it.

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Speaker 1: It's in my genes. It's been passed down to me. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it may be in your genes. But the good news

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Speaker 1: is you can turn off those genes. You have the

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Speaker 1: power to overcome it. But the only way it's going

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Speaker 1: to happen is if you get rid of the excuses.

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Speaker 1: As long as you're blaming the past, blaming a neighbor,

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Speaker 1: blaming the traffic, the weather, then you're going to get stuck.

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Speaker 1: I'm asking you to throw out the excuses. It may

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Speaker 1: be a valid excuse, it wasn't fair. You went through

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Speaker 1: a disappointment, a sickness, a betrayal. But you have to

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Speaker 1: draw the line in the sand and say I refuse

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Speaker 1: God will be your vindicator. God will pay you back

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Speaker 1: for the unfair things. This is your year to step

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Speaker 1: up to a new level, to see God's favor in

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Speaker 1: a new way. Now have this attitude, No more excuses,

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Speaker 1: no excuses to be unhappy. This day is a gift

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Speaker 1: what's going on. No excuses to settle for mediocrity, give

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Speaker 1: think I could accomplish my goals. I'm not that talented.

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Speaker 1: good breaks. Here's the key. If you didn't get it,

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Speaker 1: then you don't need it. You have exactly what you need.

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Speaker 1: If you needed what they had, God would have given

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Speaker 1: it to you. Now, quit comparing yourself and start running

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Speaker 1: your own race. You are anointed to be you. Nobody

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Speaker 1: out for you. I get rid of those excuses I'm

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Speaker 1: too tall, too sure, too old, wrong nationality. You have

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Speaker 1: been fearfully and wonderfully made step up to who you

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Speaker 1: were created to be. When my father went to be

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Speaker 1: up and pasture the church, But all these excuses flooded

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Speaker 1: those excuses, I wouldn't be standing here today. Any time

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Speaker 1: God is about to take you to a new level,

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Speaker 1: there will be excuses you have to first get rid

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Speaker 1: of before you see promotion. You have to get rid

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Speaker 1: I can't do that. Before you break the addiction, get

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Speaker 1: rid of the excuse I've had it too long, I'm

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Speaker 1: not disciplined enough. Before you meet the person of your dreams,

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Speaker 1: you have to get rid of the excuse. I'm not

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Speaker 1: that attractive, I don't have a good personality. Friends, God

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Speaker 1: wants to do something new in your life. He wants

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Speaker 1: Are you allowing excuses to hold you back? When I

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Speaker 1: stepped up and started ministering, I would write out all

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Speaker 1: my sermons by hand. I would have twenty pages of

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Speaker 1: notes scribbled here and there all over the desk. On Saturday,

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Speaker 1: that somehow it made sense. Now. A couple of months

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Speaker 1: in Victoria came and said, Joel, you're wasting so much

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Speaker 1: much easier. Well, I had taken typing in high school,

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Speaker 1: but I hadn't typed in twenty years. I reached into

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Speaker 1: my excuse bag and I pulled a couple out. I said, Victoria,

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Speaker 1: I would say, and in effect, I'm limited. I'm not

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Speaker 1: at me and said, Joel, you are thirty six years old.

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Speaker 1: You can do anything you put your mind to. We're

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Speaker 1: typing out these messages. She didn't ask me, she told me.

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Speaker 1: All I could say was just ma'am. But sometimes you

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Speaker 1: need someone to speak the truth and love to you.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you're coasting like I was, thinking that you can't

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Speaker 1: step up, you've reached your limits. No, you have gifts

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, like Victoria told me, no ifs ands

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Speaker 1: up to a new level. Start learning something new, Start

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Speaker 1: or how about start writing that book, Start writing those songs,

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Speaker 1: start developing that business plan. You have potential lying dorman

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Speaker 1: on the inside right now. It's seeds of greatness. The

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Speaker 1: enemy would love to use excuses to keep it from

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Speaker 1: put on the inside. Quit telling yourself what you can't do,

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Speaker 1: how you don't have the discipline, the training, the education.

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Speaker 1: You have everything you need. You are well able. God

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Speaker 1: has already put it in you now. I started typing

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Speaker 1: my messages on the computer, and it was like night

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Speaker 1: in day difference. A couple of weeks, it all came back.

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Speaker 1: Since then, I've typed seven books, hundreds of messages, and

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad I had that idea. If you've heard

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Speaker 1: but I've learned it depends on what kind of dog

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Speaker 1: you have. If your dog thinks I'm limited, I'm lacking,

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Speaker 1: But if you have a dog that says, I'm well able,

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Speaker 1: I'm equipped, empowered. Nothing's too hard for me. That dog

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Speaker 1: will learn new tricks. My message make sure you're the

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Speaker 1: right kind of dog. Are you stuck doing something the

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Speaker 1: old fashioned way? Because like I did, you think you

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Speaker 1: what you need to live in this generation. Quit shrinking back.

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Speaker 1: Don't let those excuses convince you that you are lacking.

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Speaker 1: You're too old, too young, not up to speed, not

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Speaker 1: for this day. This is your time to shine. Get

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Speaker 1: rid of those limiting excuses and stay open for new ideas,

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Speaker 1: new ways to do things. Thing I love about my mom.

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Speaker 1: But seriously, when we keep making excuses, they come a crutch.

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Speaker 1: That way we can justify why we're not where we're

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Speaker 1: mistakes in life, didn't raise my kids right, blew my relationship.

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm using this regret crutch. This not up

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Speaker 1: tragedy is some people spend their whole life on crutches.

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Speaker 1: Don't let that be you. If you'll get rid of

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Speaker 1: the excuses, believe that you have what it takes, trust

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Speaker 1: God to make your wrongs right, then instead of hobbling

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Speaker 1: barely getting by, you'll keep stepping into levels of your destiny.

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Speaker 1: So what a young lady did, named Wilma, she was

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Speaker 1: without her parents knowing it. She started taking off the brace,

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