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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 always a joy to come into your homes. And

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Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be

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

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Speaker 1: we will make you feel right at home. Finest people

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Speaker 1: in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood, So

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Speaker 1: come out whenever you can. But thank you guys for

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Speaker 1: being here today. And I like to start with something funny,

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Speaker 1: and please know this is just a joe don't be offended.

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Speaker 1: But I heard about this blonde lady. She was driving

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Speaker 1: down the freeway when she got pulled over by a

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Speaker 1: female police officer who also happened to be blonde. The

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Speaker 1: officer asked for a driver's license. She dug and dug

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Speaker 1: in her purse, getting more and more agitated, couldn't find it.

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Speaker 1: Finally ask the officer what does it look like? She said,

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Speaker 1: it's a little square that has your picture on it.

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Speaker 1: The lady found a mirror, I saw herselfings at all,

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Speaker 1: and handed it to the officer. The officer looked in

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Speaker 1: the mirror and saw herself and handed it back and said,

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Speaker 1: you can go. I didn't realize you were a police officer.

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Speaker 1: Hold up your Bible. 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: 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 the secret place. In

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Speaker 1: the Old Testament. There was something called the Holy of Holies.

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Speaker 1: That was the inner part of the temple where the

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Speaker 1: presence of God was. It was a restricted area, very protected.

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Speaker 1: No one could go in there except the priest, and

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Speaker 1: only with them certain times a year. They had to

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Speaker 1: take the right sacrifices, be extremely care. They knew if

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Speaker 1: everything wasn't in order, they didn't treat it with the

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Speaker 1: utmost respect and honor, they would be killed. It was

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Speaker 1: a very serious thing. So they went to great links

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Speaker 1: to guard it and to keep the wrong things out.

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Speaker 1: In the same way, every one of us should have

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Speaker 1: a holy of holies, not a physical place, but down

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Speaker 1: in you there should be a secret place and inner

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Speaker 1: sanctuary where you don't allow everything in any worry, offense, bitterness, trouble,

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Speaker 1: turmoil that may be happening on the outside, but you

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Speaker 1: guard your secret place. You don't let it into your

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Speaker 1: inner sanctuary. Your secret place should be a place of peace,

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Speaker 1: of rest, of faith, where you know God is in control.

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Speaker 1: But if you make the mistake of letting everything in,

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Speaker 1: constantly dwelling on your difficulties, living worried, upset, offended, the

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Speaker 1: problem is your secret place will become contamidated. This is

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Speaker 1: where you live out of It's the core of who

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Speaker 1: you are. Proverb says, above all else, guard your heart,

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Speaker 1: for out of it flow the issues of life. This

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Speaker 1: is saying, above everything, protect your secret place. If you're

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Speaker 1: allowing everything in what they said, what didn't work out,

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Speaker 1: the disappointment, the hurt, the pain, the stress, the traffic,

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Speaker 1: then because your secret place is poisoned, it will impact

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Speaker 1: everything about you. Your attitude, your relationships, your joy, your vision.

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Speaker 1: Out of your secret place, flow the issues of life,

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Speaker 1: and we all have negative things come against us. We

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Speaker 1: can't get away from that, but don't bring it close

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Speaker 1: to you. Quit giving it so much attention, reliving the hurt,

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Speaker 1: thinking about the offense, dwelling on the disappointment that doesn't

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Speaker 1: You have to keep your secret place consecrated, set apart.

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Speaker 1: You're very selective about what you allow in. If you

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Speaker 1: And this is why many people have no joy, no peace.

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Speaker 1: They're always down. It's not because they have more difficulties necessarily,

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Speaker 1: your life. You should see what I'm dealing with. The

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Speaker 1: truth is we all face difficulties. We all have unfair situations.

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Speaker 1: The difference is the people that are in peace, positive, hopeful,

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Speaker 1: they can to try to get in. Worry will knock

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Speaker 1: do about your finances? What if the report isn't good?

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Speaker 1: What if your child doesn't straighten up? Offense, self pity, discouragement.

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Speaker 1: Come on, you had a bad break, feel sorry for yourself?

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Speaker 1: They did you wrong. You have a right to be depressed,

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Speaker 1: not getting into my secret place. I am not living

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Speaker 1: worried and upset. Friends, When you're in peace, that's a

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Speaker 1: position of power. When you have a good attitude despite

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Speaker 1: what's going on around you, you're showing God that you

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Speaker 1: trust in. Our actions speak louder than our words. When

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Speaker 1: good news is you can that doorway. You can do

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Speaker 1: something about it. Draw the line in the sand, say

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Speaker 1: that's it. This is a new day. I'm serving an

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Speaker 1: eviction notice to all the negative worry, offense, trouble, turmoil.

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Speaker 1: From this day forward, you are no longer welcome in

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Speaker 1: it's okay to feel hurt, to feel disappointment, but it's

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Speaker 1: not okay to let those feelings stay. You can't bring

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Speaker 1: about your future. That's going to poison your life. Keep

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Speaker 1: it on the outside, don't let it in your inner sanctuary.

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Speaker 1: A friend of mine is fighting cancer. He's had several surgeries,

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Speaker 1: turmoil get on the inside. He's protecting his inner sanctuary. See.

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Speaker 1: Ships don't sink because of the water around them. Ships

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Speaker 1: We can't stop what's on the outside. Opposition, offense, trouble, delays, traffic,

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Speaker 1: lot of people would have been better in self, Fitty, God,

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Speaker 1: why is this happening to me? The end of her

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Speaker 1: email said Juel, We've got a rough road up ahead,

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Speaker 1: but we know God is with us. We're at peace,

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Speaker 1: we're happy, and we're enjoying life. The only way you

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Speaker 1: could say you're at peace and enjoying life when all

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Speaker 1: hell breaks out like that is when you know how

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Speaker 1: to protect your secret place. She's not letting the turmoil,

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Speaker 1: inner sanctuary. But I know people, they're just the opposite.

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Speaker 1: They're always upset, worried, discouraged. It's because they're allowing everything in.

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Speaker 1: they're not protecting their inner sanctuary. In the scripture, the

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Speaker 1: apostle Paul face all kinds of difficulties, but he said,

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Speaker 1: that point that no matter what comes our way, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't move us. We stay in peace, We keep our joy.

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Speaker 1: You may have things coming against you today, in your health,

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Speaker 1: outside can bring you down. Trouble, opposition, unfair circumstances may

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Speaker 1: be all around you. You can't stop the storms from coming,

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Speaker 1: This is what Joseph did. He was betrayed by his brothers,

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Speaker 1: what allows God to turn things around. When King Saul

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Speaker 1: You can imagine how David could have left. The frustration,

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Speaker 1: while Saul was chasing them, David had an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: saw it and said, David, this is our big chance.

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Speaker 1: took them to the throne. When you face trouble, opposition,

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Speaker 1: did I come down with this illness? Why did my

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Speaker 1: In those tough times when you don't understand it, you're

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Speaker 1: doing the right thing, but the wrong things happening. More

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Speaker 1: than ever, you have to guard your secret place. Come

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Speaker 1: Like David, like Joseph. You can say, God, there's trouble

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Speaker 1: all around me. It doesn't make sense, but I Am

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