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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victorian. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast. We are so thankful for you and

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Speaker 1: hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving season with your family.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget I have a new book out, fifteen Ways

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Speaker 1: to Live Longer and Healthier. I think you'll be blessed

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Speaker 1: and encouraged by it. We love you so much and

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Speaker 1: we hope you enjoy the message. 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 we're

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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

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Speaker 1: a scripture? I thought? She said she had an axe

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Speaker 1: in two thirty eighths. All right, y'all say it like

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

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Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have.

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

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Speaker 1: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about don't believe

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Speaker 1: the lies. We're living in a time when there's more

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Speaker 1: deception than ever. Americans lost thirty billion dollars last year

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Speaker 1: in scams. Practically every day on our phone, email, social media.

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Speaker 1: Someone's trying to deceive us and trick us into giving

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Speaker 1: our personal information. And these scammers are skilled, they're professional,

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Speaker 1: they know human nature. I'm always telling my children be aware,

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Speaker 1: don't take the clickbait. Recognize what's happening. We were having

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Speaker 1: lunch at home with my family and a few friends

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Speaker 1: not long ago, and my phone started buzzing, and I

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Speaker 1: didn't recognize the number, and normally I would ignore it,

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Speaker 1: but for some reason I stepped away and I answered it.

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Speaker 1: This very official voice said, this is Verizon. Your phone

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Speaker 1: has been compromised. It's going to be deactivated in fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 1: Give us the last four ditchits 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 scam. 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 is? Jesus said in

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

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Speaker 1: all lies. 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. Identity,

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

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

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Speaker 1: the MOSTI God fearfully and wonderfully made. He can see

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: 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: 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. It's

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Speaker 1: okay to fudge a little on your taxes. Not going

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Speaker 1: to hurt to party this one time. It's just a suggestion,

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

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Speaker 1: 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, lonely, 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: become skilled at recognizing his lies and not giving into deception,

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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: food to eat, fruit and vegetables. They had conversations with

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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 thousand that God told

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Speaker 1: Don't be 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: 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: 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: giving it at the time of day, she started dwelling

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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 they're you're not

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

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Speaker 1: the scam. The enemy cannot speak the truth. He's trying

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Speaker 1: to plant doubt, get you discouraged, where you quit believing.

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Speaker 1: Verse five says Eve was convinced the fruit looked so

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Speaker 1: husband Adam. Immediately their eyes were open. They knew they

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Speaker 1: were naked. They felt shame. They went out and made

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Speaker 1: big leaves and hid in the garden. What happened? They

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Speaker 1: got scammed. Just a few minutes earlier, the serpent said,

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Speaker 1: But it was all alive. They were afraid, ashamed. Gurridge.

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Speaker 1: The click bait is always enticing. The fruit looks so fresh.

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

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Speaker 1: in 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 the 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 had 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 skin. 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 life, 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: my mind. Every morning I pray for the spirit of

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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: 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: you're feeling, you listen to that inward witness. That's God

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

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Speaker 1: you'll be aware and act on it, it will keep

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

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Speaker 1: at things that didn't work out, business ventures that weren't

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Speaker 1: what I thought, and taking advantage of people who weren't

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

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Speaker 1: I reasoned it out. This seems good, these people seem honest,

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Speaker 1: looks like a great opportunity, but it wasn't what it

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Speaker 1: looked like. Pay attention to what you're feeling. Everything that

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

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

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Speaker 1: do is try to scam you. Deceive you, steal your identity,

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Speaker 1: It's okay to party, just run around, just eat the fruit.

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Speaker 1: It's not gonna hurt. Recognize his strategies. His ways always

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Speaker 1: end in heartache, struggle, and pain. This can be avoided

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Speaker 1: if will guard our mind and not believe the lies.

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Speaker 1: These days, we hear a lot about fact checking. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna fact check what this politician said, or fact check

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Speaker 1: this statement. You need to fact check the thoughts that

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Speaker 1: come into your mind against what God says. But you're

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Speaker 1: not valuable, You're not attractive. Compare that to the truth.

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

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

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