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

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Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one

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Speaker 1: of our services. But I like to get started with

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Speaker 1: something funny and heard about this man that got a

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Speaker 1: new dog and he was having a terrible time training him.

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Speaker 1: On the verge of despair, he came across a charismatic

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Speaker 1: evangelist who said, leave the dog with me. I have

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Speaker 1: him trained in no time. The next week, the owner returned.

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Speaker 1: The evangelist picked up a stick through it said fetch.

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Speaker 1: The dog took off, picked it up, brought it right back.

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Speaker 1: The evangelist said drop. The dog immediately dropped it. The

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Speaker 1: owner was so impress he said, can I drive? The

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Speaker 1: evangelist said sure. The owner looked at the dog and

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Speaker 1: said heal. The dog lifted up his paw placed it

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Speaker 1: on the men's forehead, said, I command you, sickness to leave.

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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: taught 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 divine detours. We all

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Speaker 1: have times in life where things go wrong, unexpected challenges,

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Speaker 1: closed doors, people that walk away. It's easy to get

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Speaker 1: discouraged and think we must have missed it because it

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Speaker 1: didn't work out. But God uses the wrongs to move

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Speaker 1: us into our purpose. And what looks like a setback

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Speaker 1: is really a divine detour, the hand of God God

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Speaker 1: taking us through wrongs that are leading us to rights.

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Speaker 1: We don't understand. It doesn't make sense to us. The

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Speaker 1: door closed. That was wrong. They lied about me. That

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Speaker 1: was wrong. The pandemic hit Joel right when my business started.

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Speaker 1: That was wrong. Now I know it seems unfair. I

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Speaker 1: know it doesn't feel good, But the wrongs are necessary

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Speaker 1: to get to the rights. They're a part of God's plan.

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Speaker 1: You couldn't become who you were created to be without

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Speaker 1: the wrongs. And if you don't understand this, you'll fight

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Speaker 1: everything that goes wrong, upset over that coworker that left

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Speaker 1: you out, bitter because that person walked away, discouraged over

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Speaker 1: that plan that fell through. But what if you knew

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Speaker 1: it had to happen, that God was using the wrongs,

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Speaker 1: that what you thought was a setback is really a

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Speaker 1: divine detour, then you'd stay in peace. You'd say, God,

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Speaker 1: I don't understand. It feels wrong to me, But God,

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Speaker 1: I trust you. I know you're ordering my steps. I

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Speaker 1: know you know what's best for me. Jesus was on

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Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives, about to be arrested and crucified.

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Speaker 1: The soldiers showed up. Judas kissed him on the cheek.

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Speaker 1: That's the one they went to apprehend Jesus. But Peter said,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. This is wrong. He got his

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Speaker 1: sword out and cut off the soldier's ears, said take that.

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Speaker 1: You're not taking my messiah. It was wrong that Jesus

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Speaker 1: was falsely accused, was wrong that people mocked him, was wrong.

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Speaker 1: That he was betrayed. Peter had a good point. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to do something about these wrongs. The other disciples

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Speaker 1: were about to fall a suit. They said, Lord, should

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Speaker 1: we fight them too. We brought our swords. Jesus said

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Speaker 1: to them, don't resist anymore. He was saying, put down

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Speaker 1: your swords. Quit fighting these wrongs. They're a part of

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Speaker 1: my destiny. And what you can't see is all these

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Speaker 1: wrongs are leading to a right. The wrongs are necessary

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Speaker 1: to get us into our purpose. Without the betrayals, the rejection,

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Speaker 1: people not accepting him, Jesus would have never gone to

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Speaker 1: the cross. We wouldn't have salvation. It wasn't the enemy

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Speaker 1: leading him into the wrongs. It was the hand of God. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to tell you that if you'll honor God,

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Speaker 1: keep him first place, you'll only see favor, promotion, good breaks.

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Speaker 1: That's not reality. God uses the wrong. There will be delays,

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Speaker 1: set backs, things you don't understand, and like Peter, you'll

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Speaker 1: be tempted to fight, get upset, live frustrated God. Where

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Speaker 1: are you now? God is saying, put down your sword,

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Speaker 1: Quit fighting everything you don't like, Quit being frustrated by

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Speaker 1: I can assure you they're leading you to a right.

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Speaker 1: You have to get through the wrongs to see the

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Speaker 1: awesome things God has in store. But too many people

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Speaker 1: get stuck in the wrongs. Why did they leave me?

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Speaker 1: Why didn't the loan not go through? Why didn't I

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Speaker 1: get that position? Here's a good thought. Don't fight it.

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Speaker 1: Flow with it. Yes it's wrong, Yes it's painful, but

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Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't leading you

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Speaker 1: to the right thing. It's a divine detour. Every wrong

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Speaker 1: plan for your life. How you handle the wrongs will

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Speaker 1: depend on whether you see the right. If you see

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Speaker 1: every wrong as the enemy, get upset, try to pay

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Speaker 1: people back I can't believe this happened, then you'll get stuck.

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Speaker 1: But when you understand that God has divine detours, that

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Speaker 1: he uses the wrongs things we don't understand to move

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Speaker 1: with it. This is what the APO So Paul did.

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Speaker 1: He was doing the right thing, going to different cities

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Speaker 1: and building churches, writing the New Testament. When he was

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Speaker 1: arrested for sharing his faith. He was on a boat

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Speaker 1: headed toward Rome. In the middle of the journey, there

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Speaker 1: was a huge storm. For fourteen days. They didn't see

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Speaker 1: they couldn't steer the ship. God had promised Paul that

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Speaker 1: he was going to stand before Caesar. Now, the captain

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Speaker 1: of the ship, the crew, they'd all given up. They

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Speaker 1: were throwing the cargo overboard, trying to keep the ship

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Speaker 1: life was not going to be lost. The scripture says

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Speaker 1: the captain took down the cells and let the wind

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Speaker 1: blow the ship wherever the storm wanted it to go. Now,

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Speaker 1: I know we stand against sickness, we stand against addictions,

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Speaker 1: but there are some storms that you don't fight. You

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Speaker 1: have to take down yourselves. Quit trying to make it

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Speaker 1: work out your way, Quit trying to fix it. It's

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Speaker 1: a divine detour. You fighting that storm is fighting the

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Speaker 1: purpose of God. You're not going to win. What you

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Speaker 1: can't see is the wrong. The storm is leading to

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Speaker 1: a right. It's taking you to where God wants you

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Speaker 1: to go. Sometimes trouble is transportation. It's moving you one

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Speaker 1: step further to where you're supposed to be. The ship

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Speaker 1: crashed on some rocks. He and all those on board

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Speaker 1: There were sick people. Paul prayed for it. They were healed.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a bad break, It was a divine detour.

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Speaker 1: The storm was a part of God's plan to move

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Speaker 1: Paul to an island in need. And instead of fighting

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Speaker 1: the wrongs, look around at who's in your life. Who

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Speaker 1: Who can you pray for? Who can you Mentor maybe

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Speaker 1: that storm was God moving you into position to impact

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Speaker 1: someone else. How about putting your sword down. How about

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Speaker 1: not resisting everything instead of fighting it, try flowing with it.

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Speaker 1: God will never allow something that he's not going to

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Speaker 1: use for your good. And we know God will take

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Speaker 1: what the enemy meant for evil and turn it for good.

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Speaker 1: But what I want us to see is many things

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Speaker 1: are not the enemy. God uses wrongs to move us

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Speaker 1: into our purpose. If you see every setback, every betrayal,

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Speaker 1: every negative thing, as the enemy. Then you'll live frustrated,

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Speaker 1: wondering why God let it happen. Maybe I did something wrong?

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Speaker 1: Or could it be like Paul, you're in the perfect

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Speaker 1: will of God, but you're on a divine detour. See

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Speaker 1: Joseph was a teenager when God put a dream in

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Speaker 1: his heart that one day he would be in leadership,

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Speaker 1: that he would do great things. What happened, doors opened,

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Speaker 1: good people showed up, promotion. No, his brothers became jealous

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Speaker 1: He was sold as a slave, went to a foreign country,

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Speaker 1: didn't speak the language. That was wrong. He was working hard,

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Speaker 1: being his best. When the owner's wife lied about him,

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Speaker 1: One night, the Pharaoh, the leader of the country, had

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Speaker 1: this prisoner, could interpret dreams. The scripture says they brought

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Speaker 1: Joseph quickly to the palace. All these wrongs. Now he's

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Speaker 1: about to meet the most powerful person of that day.

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Speaker 1: He interpreted the dream. Pharaoh was so impressed he made

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Speaker 1: Joseph the prime minister of all of Egypt. Second income

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Speaker 1: leading to a right. Without one of the wrongs, he'd

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Speaker 1: If his brothers wouldn't have been jealous, the whole plan

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be talking about Joseph. All the wrongs were necessary

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Speaker 1: to get to the right place. Now, maybe you're having

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Speaker 1: some wrongs in your life, people that didn't keep their word.

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Speaker 1: The pandemic sets you back, the door closed on that

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Speaker 1: you're not a Joseph? Do you think somehow that when

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Speaker 1: God was planning your life, he was having a bad day. No,

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Speaker 1: those are divine detours. You are still in the palm

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Speaker 1: of God's hand. Now, what you do in the detour,

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Speaker 1: and what He's purpose from my life will come to pass.

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Speaker 1: the wrongs. Try a different approach. Put your sword up,

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Speaker 1: quit fighting, and start flowing. That storm is leading you

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Speaker 1: to your destiny. God wouldn't have allowed it if it

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Speaker 1: was going to stop your purpose. If that person that

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Speaker 1: walked away could stop your destiny, they would be more

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Speaker 1: powerful than God. If that betrayal, disappoint ointment, the closed

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Speaker 1: be stronger than God. Yes, it was wrong. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying it wasn't hurtful. I know it didn't feel good.

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Speaker 1: But you have to understand it's leading you to a

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Speaker 1: right It's not random, it's strategic. It's not the enemy.

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Speaker 1: It's the hand of God leading you into something more

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Speaker 1: amazing than you've ever imagined. Joseph said to his brothers

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Speaker 1: Genesis chapter fifty, you did this for evil, but God

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Speaker 1: meant it for good so I could save the Israelites.

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Speaker 1: That phrase meant it means God put me in this position.

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Speaker 1: We think God is always just fixing what the enemy does,

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Speaker 1: working overtime, trying to keep up. Oh man, what happened?

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Speaker 1: Joseph got betrayed? You me and his brothers threw him

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