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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. We appreciate you and pray

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

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Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope

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Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can

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Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you

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Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. But I

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

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Speaker 1: this lady. She's surprised a burglar in her house late

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Speaker 1: one night, and she was home alone, didn't have any

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Speaker 1: kind of weapon. She didn't know what to do. Finally,

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Speaker 1: she thought, I'll quote a scripture verse. She shouted out

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Speaker 1: Acts two thirty eight. The burglar froze in his tracks

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Speaker 1: and wouldn't move, and the police soon arrived and were

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Speaker 1: amazed at how a woman with no weapon could do this.

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Speaker 1: Asked the burglar, what was it about that scripture that

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Speaker 1: had such an effect on you? He said, scripture? What scripture?

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Speaker 1: I thought? She said, She had an ax in two

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Speaker 1: thirty eighths. All right, y'all say it like you mean it.

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

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

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 1: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about don't believe the lies.

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Speaker 1: We're living in a time when there's more deception than ever.

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Speaker 1: Americans lost thirty billion dollars last year in scams. Practically

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Speaker 1: every day on our phone, email, social media. Someone's trying

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Speaker 1: to deceive us and trick us into giving our personal information.

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Speaker 1: And these scammers are skilled, they're professional, they know human nature.

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Speaker 1: I'm always telling my children be aware. I don't take

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Speaker 1: the clickbait. Recognize what's happening. We were having lunch at

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Speaker 1: home with my family and a few friends not long ago,

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Speaker 1: and my phone started buzzing and I didn't recognize the number,

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Speaker 1: and normally I would ignore it, but for some reason,

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Speaker 1: I stepped away and I answered it. This very official

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Speaker 1: voice said, this is Verizon. Your phone has been compromised.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be deactivated in fifteen minutes. Give us

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Speaker 1: the last four digits of your social Security number. Well,

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Speaker 1: I didn't think twice. I was distracted. I need my phone.

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Speaker 1: I tapped the numbers in. I sat back down at

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Speaker 1: the table. My children said, Dad, did you just give

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Speaker 1: you information? I said yes. They were going to turn

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Speaker 1: my phone off. They said, you did what you tell

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Speaker 1: us not to do. You just got scammed. But it

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Speaker 1: happened so fast. They were so convincing, so persuasive. Can

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Speaker 1: I tell you who the biggest scammer is? Jesus said

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Speaker 1: in John Aight, Satan is a liar and the father

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Speaker 1: of all. There is no truth in him. When he lies,

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Speaker 1: he speaks his native language. When we get scammed by people,

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Speaker 1: it can cost us money, time, effort. But if you

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Speaker 1: let the enemy scam you, it can cost you your destiny.

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Speaker 1: Identity theft is a major problem. The biggest identity thief

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Speaker 1: is the enemy. He knows who you are, a child

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Speaker 1: of the most God, fearfully and wonderfully made. He can

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Speaker 1: see your crown of favor, your robe of righteousness, and

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Speaker 1: royal blood flowing through your veins. He'll go to work

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Speaker 1: to try to deceive you into believing a lie. He'll

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Speaker 1: whisper you're not valuable, you're not attractive, nobody cares about you,

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Speaker 1: or you've made too many mistakes. Look at all your

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Speaker 1: flaws and weaknesses. If you believe those lies, he'll steal

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Speaker 1: your identity. He'll talk you out of who you are.

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Speaker 1: You're not in a power struggle with the enemy. He's

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Speaker 1: already defeated. You're in a truth struggle. The only power

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Speaker 1: he has over you is the power you give him

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Speaker 1: by believing his lies. And the scripture says to recognize

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Speaker 1: the enemy's schemes and strategies. He has two main weapons,

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Speaker 1: deception and lies. He's very clever, very subtle. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: come up with this big thought, Hey, go run around

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Speaker 1: on your spouse, steal that money, see yourself as unworthy.

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Speaker 1: That's too obvious. It starts as a little thought, a

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Speaker 1: seed of doubt. Your spouse doesn't really love you, or

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Speaker 1: it's okay to fudge a little on your taxes, not

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Speaker 1: going to hurt to party this one time. It's just

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Speaker 1: a suggestion, seems harmless, no big deal, But it's like clickbait.

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Speaker 1: If you dwell on that thought. If you click on it,

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Speaker 1: it's going to open up all kinds of detrimental things.

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Speaker 1: The enemy never shows where it's leading you. Where you'll

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Speaker 1: end up broken, only addicted. He's a scammer. Seems enticing

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Speaker 1: garden of Eden. The enemy hasn't changed his schemes. He's

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Speaker 1: not creative, he has no new strategies. If you can

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Speaker 1: you'll not only save yourself so much hearty and pain,

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Speaker 1: but you'll go so much further. Adam and Eve had

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Speaker 1: the perfect life. They were in this magnificent garden, beautiful,

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Speaker 1: credibly peaceful, with these streams flowing all kinds of delicious

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Speaker 1: God every day. There was no sickness, no strife, no humidity,

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Speaker 1: There was one tree out of thousands that God told

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Speaker 1: them they could not eat the fruit from that tree.

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Speaker 1: No big deal. They had acres of other trees. But

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Speaker 1: here comes the serpent. He said to Eve, how come

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Speaker 1: you can't eat from that tree. That fruit seems so good.

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Speaker 1: It's just like the enemy to try to deceive you

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Speaker 1: into focusing on one thing you don't have while overlooking

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Speaker 1: all the great things that you do have. Your spouse

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Speaker 1: is an amazing person, but he'll try to get you

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Speaker 1: focused on the one thing you don't like. Or you

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Speaker 1: have a great job, but he'll show you that one

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Speaker 1: other coworker that seems to have more benefits. He's trying

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Speaker 1: to plant seeds of discontentment, seeds of doubt, compromise, hoping

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Speaker 1: he can deceive you into getting off track, wasting time

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Speaker 1: and making decisions that cause your heartache and pain. Eve

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Speaker 1: was strong at first. She said no, no, we can't

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Speaker 1: eat that God said, if we do, we would surely die.

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Speaker 1: The serpent answered back, you will not surely die. God

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Speaker 1: knows when you eat that fruit, you'll become just like him.

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Speaker 1: The mistake Eve made is instead of dismissing it not

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Speaker 1: on it, reasoning it out, well, the fruit does look

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Speaker 1: Maybe it will make us smarter if you believe that lie.

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Speaker 1: If you let that thought take root, you're giving the

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Speaker 1: enemy permission to come in and manipulate, deceive, and take advantage,

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Speaker 1: just like you're opening the door. That's why the scripture

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Speaker 1: tells us to guard our mind. Don't let just any

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Speaker 1: thought in. You have to be selective, recognize the enemy's schemes.

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Speaker 1: One of his main tactics is to contradict what God

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Speaker 1: promised you. He said to Eve, Did God really say

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Speaker 1: you can't eat that fruit? It's the same today. You'll

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Speaker 1: hear thoughts whispering. Has God really said you're gonna get well?

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Speaker 1: children will be mighty in the land. You're not making

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Speaker 1: good decisions. Has God really said you'll meet the right

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Speaker 1: person that'll give you the desires of your heart. Surely

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Speaker 1: it would have happened by now. Don't fall for the scam.

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Speaker 1: The enemy cannot speak the truth. He's trying to plant doubt,

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Speaker 1: get you discouraged, where you quit believing. Verse five says

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Speaker 1: Eve was convinced the fruit looked so fresh and delicious.

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Speaker 1: the fruit and gave it to her husband Adam. Immediately

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Speaker 1: their eyes were open. They knew they were naked. They

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Speaker 1: felt shame. They went out and made big leaves and

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Speaker 1: hid in the garden. What happened? They got scammed. Just

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Speaker 1: a few minutes earlier, the serpent said, when they ate

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Speaker 1: was all alive. They were afraid, ashamed, discouraged. The click

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Speaker 1: bait is always enticing. The fruit looked so fresh. Surely

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be something great. It's not what it

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Speaker 1: looks like. Don't take the bay. This all starts in

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Speaker 1: our mind. That's the enemy's main area to work in.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says you shall know the truth, and the

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Speaker 1: truth will make you free. The truth on its own

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Speaker 1: won't make you free. It's the truth you know that

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Speaker 1: will make you free. When the enemy prizes to plant

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Speaker 1: thought of doubt, fear, compromise, you have to go back

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Speaker 1: to the truth found in God's word. Answer the doubt

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Speaker 1: with faith, answer the lies with what God says. You'll

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Speaker 1: never get well, what ha happened by now? No, God

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Speaker 1: is restoring health back into me. I will live and

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Speaker 1: not die. Well, you'll never get ahead. Everyone in your

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Speaker 1: family struggles. No, I will lend and not borrow. I

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Speaker 1: will prosper and succeed. The enemy is a scammer. He

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Speaker 1: can be convincing, but you have an advantage. You have

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Speaker 1: the spirit of God on the inside of you. You

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Speaker 1: have the mind of Christ. You are full of wisdom

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Speaker 1: and discernment. It's good to pray God. I thank you

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Speaker 1: that I'm aware of the enemy's schemes, that the Holy

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Speaker 1: Spirit quickens every line that every strategy that would try

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Speaker 1: I will dismiss, I will cast down. I will guard

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Speaker 1: wisdom and discernment, wisdom to make good decisions, decisions that

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Speaker 1: honor God, that move me toward my destiny. Discernment has

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Speaker 1: to do with seeing the intent, the motives, recognizing where

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Speaker 1: the thought is coming from. When you ask God, he'll

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Speaker 1: help you discern what's right and what's not. The still

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Speaker 1: small voice on the inside will alert you to things

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Speaker 1: that are deceptive. May look fine, the fruit looks good,

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Speaker 1: it makes sense, but the spirit of God will rise

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Speaker 1: up in you and you'll feel a check and uneasiness.

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Speaker 1: Something says it's not right. When you're sensitive to what

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Speaker 1: keeping you from getting scammed. That's the spirit of truth

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Speaker 1: revealing the lies. And God will always give you a

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Speaker 1: keep you from heartache. I can look back in my

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Speaker 1: God tried to warn me. How I felt this alarm

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Speaker 1: Like Eve, I reasoned it out. This seems good, these

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Speaker 1: people seem honest, looks like a great opportunity, but it

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Speaker 1: wasn't what it looked like. Pay attention to what you're feeling.

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Speaker 1: Everything that looks enticing is not what it appears. Deception

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Speaker 1: is all the enemy has. He can't overpower you. All

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Speaker 1: he can do is try to scam you. Deceive you,

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Speaker 1: Just eat the fruit. It's not gonna hurt. Recognize his strategies.

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Speaker 1: His ways always end in heartache, struggle, and pain. This

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Speaker 1: can be avoided if will guard our mind and not

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Speaker 1: believe the lies. These days, we hear a lot about

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Speaker 1: fact checking. We're gonna fact check what this politician said,

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Speaker 1: or fact check this statement. You need to fact check

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Speaker 1: the thoughts that come into your mind against what God says.

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Speaker 1: But you're not valuable, You're not attractive. Compare that to

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Speaker 1: the truth. You are a masterpiece made in the image

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Speaker 1: of God. I'm getting rid of that lie. I'm not

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Speaker 1: falling for that scam thoughts whisper. Nothing good is in

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Speaker 1: your future. You've been through so many disappointments. Just accept it.

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