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Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and.

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Speaker 1: I heard about this couple that lived out in the country.

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Speaker 1: They had been married fifty years and never had an argument,

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Speaker 1: not one. Somebody asked the secret of their success. The

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Speaker 1: He went a little further, stopped again. She got off,

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Speaker 3: 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: taught the word of God. I boldly confessed. My mind

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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 you are not a victim.

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Speaker 1: We all go through things that are unfair. People that

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Speaker 1: We can't do anything great. Look at how we were raised.

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Speaker 1: We can't love again. The last person hurt us. We

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Speaker 1: as you accept that you're a victim, you're going to

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Speaker 1: You've done the right thing, and all these bad breaks

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Speaker 3: People don't have that kind of power over you.

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Speaker 1: Sircumstances cannot stop what God has ordained for your life.

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Speaker 1: Those disappointments are setting you up for double that betrayal,

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Speaker 3: I always get bad breaks. It's just my luck.

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Speaker 1: asked why. She said, I'm not going to be a

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Speaker 1: prisoner of this drama. I'm not going to let what's

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Speaker 1: to live angry, bitter and afraid. She was saying, I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to be forever the victim. This incident is

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Speaker 1: not going to ruin the rest.

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Speaker 3: Of my life.

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Speaker 1: Today, she's healthy, free, moving forward, raising her children. We

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Speaker 1: all have these opportunities to become a forever victim.

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Speaker 3: We can't get past it. It was too traumatic.

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Speaker 1: They hurt me too badly, this disappointment too painful, this

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Speaker 1: lost too much.

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Speaker 3: That's when you have to do like her and say,

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Speaker 3: I refuse to be the victim.

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Speaker 1: I refuse to let this li my passion cause me

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Speaker 1: to give up on my dreams. That's what allows God

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Speaker 1: to pay you back for the wrongs, to bring beauty

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Speaker 1: out of the ashes, to give you double for the

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Speaker 1: unfair things. This is a choice that we have to

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Speaker 3: It's not if the hurts come. If you have bad breaks,

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Speaker 3: these things are going to happen.

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Speaker 1: The question is are you going to live bitter in

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Speaker 1: self pity or are you going to say this wasn't fair.

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Speaker 1: But God, I know you're still on the throne. It

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Speaker 1: was a bad break, but you said you would.

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Speaker 3: Pay me back. They did me wrong, but you're my vindicator.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to trust you and move forward with my life.

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Speaker 1: Don't get stuck in the desert like the Israelites because

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Speaker 1: you have a victim mentality.

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Speaker 3: Be like their children.

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Speaker 1: Put on a new attitude, see yourself a different way,

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Speaker 1: so you can go into your promised land. This is

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Speaker 1: a new day, no more forever the victim. Try a

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Speaker 1: different approach, forever the victor. Break that cycle.

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Speaker 3: Where will you be in five years If you'll start

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Speaker 3: refusing to be the victim? This is not going to

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Speaker 1: This is when you have to be bold and refuse

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Speaker 1: to be the victim. Refuse to play that role. That's

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Speaker 1: not your part. Every unfair thing that's happened to you

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Speaker 1: has set you up for double God saw it. He's

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Speaker 1: promised to pay you back. Now do your part, play

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Speaker 1: the right role, be the victor. If you'll do this,

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Speaker 1: I believe and declare, Like with Joseph, what was meant

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Speaker 1: for your harm?

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Speaker 3: God is turning to your advantage.

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Speaker 1: Like the Israelite children, You're going to go into your

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Speaker 1: promised land. Promotion is coming, restoration, vindication, healing, freedom, abundance,

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Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if

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

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Speaker 3: Today?

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Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus

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Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins.

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Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior.

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Speaker 2: but even as you consider his handiwork, you might also

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Speaker 3: How do you overcome this?

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Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion.

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Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive.

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Speaker 3: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our life.

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Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God

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Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of yourself. You'll rise higher.

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