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How to Keep Your Peace [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 1: How to keep your peace. Amen. Good morning, God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the morning.
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  Speaker 2: because of his grace, his mercy, his word, his promise
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  Speaker 2: a man, his truth. Everything that God said that he
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  Speaker 2: will do in your life and in my life, He's
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  Speaker 2: doing it. All we have to do is allow him
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  Speaker 2: space to do it and get it done through us.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And what a privilege it is to be able to
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  Speaker 2: just get up a man, go to the studio and
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  Speaker 2: share what God put on my heart, but most importantly,
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  Speaker 2: to share what the Word of God says. So my
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  Speaker 2: total goal here is to encourage you to really get
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  Speaker 2: into the scriptures for yourself, get into the Word of God.
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  Speaker 1: Let the Word of God.
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  Speaker 2: Get into you so you could speak it out of yourself. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: So you could be that messenger that God wants to
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  Speaker 2: use in this time on this planet, on this earth. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: in your area, in your community. It's amazing. God's good.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. Make sure Mike is good. Amen. And sometimes Mike
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  Speaker 1: is a little weird.
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  Speaker 2: It's pouring raining out here, Amen, So where I'm broadcasting,
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  Speaker 2: I hear the rain drops outside of the studio. So
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  Speaker 2: sometimes it causes the internet. It's acted a little funny.
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  Speaker 2: So how to keep your peace today in the morning, Devo,
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  Speaker 2: listen closely. How to keep your peace? When peace is
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  Speaker 2: gone and you've done with the word of God, says
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  Speaker 2: as it pertains to you, right, be at peace with
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  Speaker 2: everyone as much as possible, if possible. Right when peace
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  Speaker 2: is gone, if you and you've done all you can
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  Speaker 2: to restore it, it may be time to trust God
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  Speaker 2: and step into your next season. And I know that phrase.
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  Speaker 2: You know my season is over. It's like a nightmare
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  Speaker 2: to pastors, to shepherds, to apostles, to people who have
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  Speaker 2: big communities and churches.
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  Speaker 1: Amen, when they hear someone in their.
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  Speaker 2: Congregation say that they know that that means somebody's leaving.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. And for whatever reason.
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  Speaker 2: It could be a lot of reasons, but sometimes Amen
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  Speaker 2: have I don't know if pastors, teachers, apostles, evangelists, prophets, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Have kind of like considered this.
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  Speaker 2: Could it be that people are just trying to keep
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  Speaker 2: their peace and they don't want to lose their peace,
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  Speaker 2: even amongst believers, even in a congregation, even in a
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  Speaker 2: small church, big church, doesn't matter. How to keep peace,
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  Speaker 2: your peace, Amen, is important. We're gonna be in Psalms
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  Speaker 2: Chapter twenty five, verses four and five. Psalms twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: verses four and five today in the morning, devot. If
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  Speaker 2: you have any questions, comments, concerns, prayer requests, please don't
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  Speaker 2: hesitate to leave it on a live chat. That is
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  Speaker 2: exactly what we're all about here to communicate, connect, amen,
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  Speaker 2: and get into the Word together. Right, So we all
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  Speaker 2: here walking this same ground here, it's no hierarchy right
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  Speaker 2: amongst the Body of Christ. The only hierarchy, and the
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  Speaker 2: Body of Christ is the head, which is Christ, Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: He's the head. We are the body. So we just follow,
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  Speaker 1: and man willingly follow.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody's gonna be founding the Kingdom of God that don't
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  Speaker 2: want to be there. Nobody's gonna be found in heaven
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  Speaker 2: and say, man, how did I get here? I didn't
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  Speaker 2: want to come here. No, you're gonna want to know
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  Speaker 2: more and more about our Savior, our Lord, the Prince
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  Speaker 2: of Peace.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna want to know all about him. So today
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  Speaker 1: in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: Devot, we'll pray first, after we share this out and
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  Speaker 2: man for a minute. After the prayer, we'll come right
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  Speaker 2: back and we'll get into psalms Chot the number twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: verses four and five.
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  Speaker 1: That's where we'll be at today. So thank you, Lord
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  Speaker 1: God for the peace that this world cannot offer. This
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  Speaker 1: world cannot.
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  Speaker 2: Understand the peace of God that's within us, your children.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you Lot God for saving us, rescuing us, protecting us,
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  Speaker 2: guiding us, giving us a new chance, opportunity and new
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  Speaker 2: life and new heart, a new mind.
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  Speaker 1: Physically emotionally inspiratory.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you Father for just granting peace over our hearts
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  Speaker 2: and minds, for giving us health to our body and
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  Speaker 2: strength to our bones. I pray, Lord God for every
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  Speaker 2: single person on the other side of the screen and
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  Speaker 2: on the other side of this might the peace of
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  Speaker 2: God that you love God offer, and that they will
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  Speaker 2: not be duped and I will not be duped into
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  Speaker 2: thinking that this world's peace is more valuable or more real.
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  Speaker 1: Than the peace that you offer, Lord Jesus. So I speak.
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  Speaker 2: Peace, life, freedom them by the power and authority of
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  Speaker 2: your word. I thank you LogD for loving us, for
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  Speaker 2: sharing your word with us, for sharing and sacrificing your
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  Speaker 2: very own life so that way we can live in freedom,
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  Speaker 2: not in bondage. So I come against any distraction, anything,
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  Speaker 2: or anyone that tries to deceive the brethren, deceive my
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  Speaker 2: brothers and sisters in Christ into believing that the peace
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  Speaker 2: that we have is temporary. But no, Lord Jesus, your
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  Speaker 2: word says that you will be with us until the
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  Speaker 2: end of the age forever, and that your peace and
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  Speaker 2: your mercy endure forever, and your love endures forever. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you log God for your peace, love and your grace
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  Speaker 2: and your mercy. And I thank you LogD for right
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  Speaker 2: now this moment. So in Jesus Name, my prayer is
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  Speaker 2: by faith, knowing that you hear these prayers and you
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  Speaker 2: answer them according to every individual situation, every individual life
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  Speaker 2: that's listening and watching and connect I pray by faith
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  Speaker 2: that you will, Lord God, will reveal yourself to all
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  Speaker 2: those who are seeking peace and seeking truth, and you,
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  Speaker 2: Lord God, will revive yourself to them as well as
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  Speaker 2: to me and my family as well.
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  Speaker 1: And Jesus Holy.
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  Speaker 2: Name, I praise by faith and all those who agree
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  Speaker 2: we say amen to the Amen right, Jesus, the Christ
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  Speaker 2: is the Amen. So let's go for it. Sixty seconds.
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  Speaker 2: We share this out. When we come back, we'll get
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  Speaker 2: right into it. I'll be right back, a member back.
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  Speaker 2: So how to keep peace a man of a statement.
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  Speaker 2: More than it is a question how to keep peace?
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  Speaker 2: Because God says that the peace Jesus said, the peace
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  Speaker 2: that he gives, it's not like the peace of this world.
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  Speaker 1: So there must be a difference.
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  Speaker 2: Right, The peace of God can only be attained or
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  Speaker 2: given or applied to our lives.
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  Speaker 1: If we have peace with God.
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  Speaker 2: So we have the peace of God because we have
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  Speaker 2: peace with God through the Prince of Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. So get it, am I saying piece enough, because
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  Speaker 1: that's what we're talking about, the peace of God. A
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  Speaker 1: peace pipe. You know. How to keep your peace is
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  Speaker 1: it's a thing. It is a thing.
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  Speaker 2: Brother Frank, I see you. Good morning. God bless you
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  Speaker 2: and your family as well.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. This beautiful rainy day. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Amen, let's find the beauty in the rain. Right to
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  Speaker 2: me me personally, I'm like man mo rain. But we
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  Speaker 2: need the rain obviously.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So thank you for the blessing, and thank you for
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  Speaker 2: coming through my bro and my friend. So let's get
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  Speaker 2: into the scripture real quick, amen, because I know I
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  Speaker 2: started a couple of minutes late for really no reason.
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  Speaker 2: I just look tracking time while I was getting ready
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  Speaker 2: to come to the studios. So let me get this
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  Speaker 2: ready for those who are listening online. Soone is with
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  Speaker 2: a z do orgy or live that someone is with
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  Speaker 2: a z O orgy or from the podcast, no worries.
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  Speaker 2: I know you're not gonna see the images that we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna see, but that's okay.
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  Speaker 1: You already know that, right. So I'm gonna read it
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  Speaker 1: word for words so that way no one.
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  Speaker 2: Misses a beat of what's going on today on the
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  Speaker 2: morning DeVos. So let me get this on the screen
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  Speaker 2: and we should boom right there, We got it.
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  Speaker 1: How to keep your peace?
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  Speaker 2: Of course, I put the two fingers up, amen, And
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  Speaker 2: that's not us. That's not a sign for you know,
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  Speaker 2: anything evil. I know it. People will take these videos
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  Speaker 2: and take shots at people who put this peace sign up,
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  Speaker 2: But me, growing up, it really meant peace. I had
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  Speaker 2: no reason to claim anything else, but what it means
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  Speaker 2: to me as I was growing up, it means peace.
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  Speaker 2: E's a peace out, like I'm leaving deuces or peace
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  Speaker 2: you like peace, no chaos, no drama, no devil peace.
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  Speaker 1: I want people to live in peace. I want to
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  Speaker 1: live in peace.
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  Speaker 2: Psalm twenty five, verses four and five says, show me
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  Speaker 2: your ways, O Lord, teach me your past, Guide me
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  Speaker 2: in your truth and faithfulness, and teach me. For you
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  Speaker 2: are the God of my salvation. So the Lord is
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  Speaker 2: the God of our salvation. For you, you only, and
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  Speaker 2: all together, do I wait expectantly all the day long
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  Speaker 2: a man waiting.
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  Speaker 1: On the Lord. It's power.
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  Speaker 2: Waiting on the Lord means you are waiting for your breakthrough.
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  Speaker 2: Waiting on the Lord means you waiting for your victory.
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  Speaker 2: Waiting on the Lord means you're winning with the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Amen, show no.
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  Speaker 2: Ways, O Lord, teach me your past, Guide me in
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  Speaker 2: your truth and faithfulness, and teach me. It seems like
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  Speaker 2: we got to be students here. It seems like there's
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  Speaker 2: a teacher. It seems like somebody is going to be
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  Speaker 2: showing us how to obtain what we need to get
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  Speaker 2: to our breakthrough. For you, you only, and altogether do
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  Speaker 2: I wait expectingly all the day long. The peace of
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  Speaker 2: God is found through the Word of God. The living
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  Speaker 2: Word of God is the Lord. Jesus Christ. And he
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  Speaker 2: is the Prince of Peace, wonderful counselor all Mighty God,
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  Speaker 2: all by himself and all together. See the Psalms, the prophets, poetry,
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  Speaker 2: the wisdom books all point to our Savior, all point
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  Speaker 2: to the completion of Yahweh. Jesus is the completion of Jehovah.
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  Speaker 2: He's the completion of Yahweh. Amen, the completion of the law.
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  Speaker 2: And we have him living inside of us. You have Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: That means you have His spirit living inside of us.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, since the joye I see you, God, bless you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for the blessings and peace, Amen that you
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  Speaker 2: offer us. And to the group, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Peace be upon you as well. Amen. Amen to the amen.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about
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  Speaker 2: a peace that's offered by a gurul, by a system
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  Speaker 2: from this world, from you know, a good book that
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  Speaker 2: you read about self help. I'm not talking about that peace,
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  Speaker 2: those meditation like Eastern meditation. I'm not tying about that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying about the peace that only God could give us,
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  Speaker 2: that eternal peace. So how to leave in peace, not
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  Speaker 2: in offense? How to get out of a situation in
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  Speaker 2: peace and not leave with being offended being hurt. Right,
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  Speaker 2: people are going to hurt each other. I might hurt you,
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  Speaker 2: You might hurt me. Amen not wanting to, but because
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  Speaker 2: we are human and now human nature tries to kick in,
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  Speaker 2: our flesh, tries to take over situations, sometimes we'll hurt
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  Speaker 2: each other. So that's why forgiveness right is huge. If
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  Speaker 2: I'm not willing to forgive you, you're not willing to.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive me, We're not gonna get anywhere.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think peace will be involved, because I
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  Speaker 2: believe forgiveness and peace are like cousins. We need that
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  Speaker 2: to go together. So how to leave in peace not
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  Speaker 2: on offense? Number one, And this might sound cliche. People
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  Speaker 2: might be like you, Christians always say the same thing
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  Speaker 2: over and over again. We should be saying what God
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  Speaker 2: is saying over and over again. If I sound like
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  Speaker 2: a preacher or an evangelist that you heard before, and
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  Speaker 2: we're saying the same thing, maybe saying people say on
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  Speaker 2: the same frequency, that's because we serve one God. We're
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  Speaker 2: in one family, right, we have one Kingdom, one savior, right,
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  Speaker 2: one spirit, one hope, and he's the Lord. So we
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  Speaker 2: should be repeaters of what the Lord is saying. You
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  Speaker 2: shouldn't be repeating my opinions. You shouldn't be repeating your
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  Speaker 2: pastors of opinions. You should be be repeating the word
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  Speaker 2: of God. We should be repeating what God said.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And it's good to have guidance. Of course we need
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  Speaker 2: a shepherd. Of course we need covering. Of course we
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  Speaker 2: need good teachers, pastors, apostles, prophets, evangelists, we need all
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: We have all of it. So let's be grateful for
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  Speaker 1: what God has placed in his body. Amen. So we
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  Speaker 1: need to know how to move when it deals with peace.
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  Speaker 2: So number one, pray first sounds cliche, right, Pray first,
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  Speaker 2: ask God to confirm the timing and motive. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what we just read Psalms twenty five, verses four and five.
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  Speaker 2: Because if we move in anger, we move in bitterness.
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  Speaker 2: If we move hurts and we make decisions in that
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  Speaker 2: state of mind and we're not waiting on the Lord
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  Speaker 2: to give us the peace to move forward, we're in
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  Speaker 2: a danger zone.
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  Speaker 1: Right, don't ever.
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  Speaker 2: Act on your feelings because God knows our motives, He
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  Speaker 2: knows our hearts, right, he knows our intentions. So if
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  Speaker 2: our heart is not right and our attentions and motives
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  Speaker 2: are wrong. We should really wait on the Lord before
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  Speaker 2: we make a move, Aymen, So pray first, ask God
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  Speaker 2: to confirm the timing and motive. Number two, Forgive everyone involved.
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  Speaker 2: Forgive those involved. Please don't hold yourself hostage with unforgiveness.
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  Speaker 2: That's like you being behind bars. But listen the bar,
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  Speaker 2: the main door, the exit is wide open, and you're
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  Speaker 2: sitting there because you have bitterness, hatred, unforgiveness. The door
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  Speaker 2: is wide open, and you feel trapped in a prison
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  Speaker 2: that's open, it's not locked.
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  Speaker 1: So guess who's winning the day. It's not gonna be mean.
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  Speaker 1: It's not gonna be you.
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  Speaker 2: If we have unforgiveness and business and our bitterness in
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  Speaker 2: our hearts and we're gonna feel like we're locked up,
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  Speaker 2: and the other people involved, the other person other people
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  Speaker 2: involved free and clear because they're not. They're not even
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  Speaker 2: worrying about that. They're not even worrying about you. Some
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  Speaker 2: people don't even know that they've offended some people. Some
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  Speaker 2: people don't even know that they're hurting people. Some people
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  Speaker 2: don't even know that they're being arrogant. But listen, Pray first,
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  Speaker 2: and then forgive those involved. Forgiveness is the power of
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  Speaker 2: a believer. Amen, we were forgiven, so therefore we have
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  Speaker 2: to forgive according to the scriptures.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But the Frank says, Amen, brother, repeating what God says
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  Speaker 2: is the only way, and there is no other way.
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  Speaker 1: Woo powerful Right?
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  Speaker 2: Why would we repeat things that sometimes we learn from
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  Speaker 2: our parents, things that we say but we know it's
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  Speaker 2: not Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Actually, we might not know it's not Bible.
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  Speaker 2: My mom used to always say God only hubs those
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  Speaker 2: who helped themselves. I literally growing up, and probably she
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  Speaker 2: believed it too. Obviously, I literally thought that was in
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  Speaker 2: the Bible, right, God don't like ugly. I thought that
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  Speaker 2: was in a Bible. So when I got saved, I
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  Speaker 2: was looking for those phrases. I was looking for those
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  Speaker 2: type of words in the scriptures. They weren't there. But
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  Speaker 2: I understand what my mom met.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: She wanted us to be be careful, She wanted us
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  Speaker 2: to behave and act accornerly. So these phrases from her
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  Speaker 2: generation the generation before her, just started sliding through our family,
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  Speaker 2: and I literally thought those were by ble words and
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  Speaker 2: they weren't. Thank you, brother Frank for your comment. Don't
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  Speaker 2: carry bitterness. Want a scripture for that. Ephesian Chapter four,
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  Speaker 2: don't hold bitterness, don't carry bitterness. Ephesians four Versus thirty
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  Speaker 2: one and thirty two. Read that when you have time,
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  Speaker 2: it's not good. Bitterness is like cancer to our soul.
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  Speaker 1: It's not gonna help.
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  Speaker 2: Being bitter and being and pointing fingers and saying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: this person did this to me, and that person did
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  Speaker 2: that to me. That church, that congregation, those people, that religion,
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  Speaker 2: that government system, all of that. Yeah, you gotta find
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  Speaker 2: flaws and all of it. But you will not find
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  Speaker 2: flaws in the Lord Jesus. You will not found You
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  Speaker 2: will not find flaws in the Kingdom of God. See,
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  Speaker 2: people think the Kingdom of God is the church building
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  Speaker 2: the people that go to church.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: We are part of the body of Christ and we're
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  Speaker 2: in the Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And no human hands can build the Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 2: So when you're in the Kingdom, it's all gravy.
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  Speaker 1: It's like no flaws, no error, no blame, is spotless.
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  Speaker 1: It's God's kingdom. Amen. Doesn't make mistakes. We're the ones
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  Speaker 1: that make mistakes. So we need to make some adjustments.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Amen.
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  Speaker 2: But when you forgive, when you wait on the Lord, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: we're on the right frequency, we're on the right level.
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  Speaker 2: We're moving forward, we're moving in the right direction. We're
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  Speaker 2: on the path to victim. We're on the path to
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  Speaker 2: break through. We're on the path to wonders and miracles.
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  Speaker 2: So stay on the path that God has for you.
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  Speaker 2: I'll stay on the path that God has for us,
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  Speaker 2: and we're gonna meet there because that's the righteous path
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  Speaker 2: that God has placed before us. So forgive those involved.
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  Speaker 2: Don't carry bitterness, amen. Whether you're young in the faith,
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  Speaker 2: old in the faith, Amen, we're all young in the
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  Speaker 2: faith literally, But you know what I mean. If you've
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  Speaker 2: been saved one day or if you've been saved fifty years,
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  Speaker 2: you know about bitterness, right.
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  Speaker 1: Don't hold on to it anymore. Let it go, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Pray first, forgive those involved. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And this is how we keep our peace. This is
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  Speaker 2: how we move in peace and not stay in offence mode.
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  Speaker 2: Not stay offended, Amen, and bitter. Number three, Honor people.
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  Speaker 2: Honor people. And this is the catch. Even if you
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  Speaker 2: disagree honor people. You go into a situation honoring most
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  Speaker 2: likely the person that is maybe wrong or maybe moving
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  Speaker 2: a little funny if you honor them first before you
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  Speaker 2: go straight to the point. Usually a lot of times,
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  Speaker 2: not all the time, obviously, but usually the person will
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  Speaker 2: be like, Okay, they see.
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  Speaker 1: Who I am. They know who I am a man.
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  Speaker 2: Let me listen to what this person in front of
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  Speaker 2: me has to say. This soul, this person that's created
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  Speaker 2: in the image of God. Honor people, even if you disagree.
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  Speaker 2: That means you speak with grace. Speak with the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for forgiveness to rule over this conversation. Speak with the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for God to be in the middle of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Speak with the opportunity of reconciliation for getting things right.
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  Speaker 1: Speak with grace.
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  Speaker 2: Don't believe me right Collazins, Chapter number four, verse number six.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, this is a morning devo, so I can't
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  Speaker 2: go to all the scriptures a man, a manuscripture that
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  Speaker 2: I wanted you to see some twenty five Versus four
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  Speaker 2: and five. That's the main scripture for today. But I'm
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  Speaker 2: trying to give you like a springboard, give myself a
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  Speaker 2: springboard to go to these verses to really help and
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  Speaker 2: challenge us to do better.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: When we communicate with our elders, when we communicate with
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  Speaker 2: the leaders of the church, when we communicate with each other,
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  Speaker 2: our family, our friends, when we communicate with our bosses.
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  Speaker 1: When our employees, when employers, when.
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  Speaker 2: We communicate with our wife, when we communicate with our children,
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  Speaker 2: when we communicate with people. Right, because we all need grace,
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  Speaker 2: Speak with grace, because you know, if it wasn't for
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  Speaker 2: the grace of God, where would you and I be.
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  Speaker 2: We need the grace of God in our lives. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: So speak with grace. And lastly, but not least out
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  Speaker 2: of the list. Amen, you could do this in any
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  Speaker 2: which way, but pray first all the time. Don't take
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  Speaker 2: that out of order. But at two, three and four
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  Speaker 2: you could take You could do whatever you want with
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  Speaker 2: that number four.
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  Speaker 1: Exit with integrity.
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  Speaker 2: Life has a way of bending, like stretching and bending
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  Speaker 2: us right, But God has a way of keeping everything
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  Speaker 2: together and we don't break. If you look at a skyscraper,
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  Speaker 2: a tall building. I grew up in New York City,
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  Speaker 2: in Brooklyn, the Borough, and from where I used to
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  Speaker 2: stand on my roof in Brooklyn, New York, I could
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  Speaker 2: see what used to be the World Trade Center. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: the twin towers. Right, that got knocked down and nine
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  Speaker 2: to eleven. I used to see it from my roof,
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  Speaker 2: and I said, man, those buildings looked like they're waving.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I was sober. I wasn't like seeing things
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  Speaker 2: that looked like they were waving. That's because I found
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  Speaker 2: out later on, when I got older, that those high
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  Speaker 2: rise buildings were built as high as they were to
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  Speaker 2: be like bendable, like they were flexible to that way,
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  Speaker 2: when the winds hit it, storms came through. Amen, the
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  Speaker 2: buildings could be flexible. So God made us even better
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  Speaker 2: than that. Not only are we're able to be stretched,
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  Speaker 2: but we're able to be flexible in any situation, any storm.
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  Speaker 2: But guess what doesn't happen to the buildings, and guess
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  Speaker 2: what doesn't happen to a child of God.
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  Speaker 1: We don't break. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: We're like those strong tower buildings, Amen, that don't break.
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  Speaker 2: We bend, get stretched, We feel the winds, we feel
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  Speaker 2: the storm, but we don't break.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. Brother Ray, I see you, Bro, God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, God bless you.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome you miss me obviously too, Bro, good morning, and
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  Speaker 2: God bless you as well.
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  Speaker 1: We got to go out. Maybe you could go on
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  Speaker 1: a mission with me if you're not working yet. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: We got to go back out and get some more.
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  Speaker 2: But day, guys on our list, you know what we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about, right, So exit with integrity if possible, bring
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  Speaker 2: closure and communicate clearly.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: When you communicate clearly to someone and they're willing, because
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  Speaker 2: it's a two way thing, they have to be willing
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  Speaker 2: to listen. To be willing to listen when somebody speaks,
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: arguments are like this. You start saying something, the other
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  Speaker 2: person speaks over you.
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  Speaker 1: That's an argument. I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Communicating with grace and mercy and love. Clarity is key
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  Speaker 2: when you're speaking to someone about an important issue. If possible,
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  Speaker 2: bring closure and communicate clearly. Matthew, Chapter five, verse number nine.
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  Speaker 2: Read it, man, So stay strike free, stay chaos free,
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  Speaker 2: stay bitter free. Amen, because that's power right there is
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  Speaker 2: showing that God is moving in your heart and your life.
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  Speaker 1: The fruit of the spirit is peace. Right.
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  Speaker 2: One of the fruit of the spirit is peace. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying fruits because if you read the nine right.
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  Speaker 2: I believe in the Galatians it talks about the fruit
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  Speaker 2: of the spirit, not the fruits.
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  Speaker 1: But there's nine in there. If you look at the
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  Speaker 1: list Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So stay strife free, don't let strife dominate, don't let strife.
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  Speaker 1: Rule, don't let anger rule your life. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: It might make you feel like, yeah, I'm right, So
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna continue to move on in this way.
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  Speaker 2: But if you continue to do what you do, amen,
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  Speaker 2: you get so used to doing what you're you want
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  Speaker 2: to do that you forget that God wants.
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  Speaker 1: Us to move differently. Amen. That's all I'm gonna say
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  Speaker 1: on that.
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  Speaker 2: But the Manuel God, bless you, good morning, develop our
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  Speaker 2: spirit man while interacting with others.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, that's I'm not gonna get it the right all
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  Speaker 1: the time.
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  Speaker 2: I came to that conclusion. But I know who gets
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  Speaker 2: it right all the time, Holy Spirit God. So if
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  Speaker 2: I allow Holy Spirit to move in my conversations, allow
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  Speaker 2: the Spirit, Holy Spirit God to move through me, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll just stick to his word, stick to his
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  Speaker 2: promises and you know, stick to the script per se, then.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's gonna work out. Amen. Walking and living
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  Speaker 1: in forgiveness. Thank you so much, man, well for that.
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  Speaker 2: Spiritually drained people are the people who are not listening
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  Speaker 2: in a living Holy Spirit to move in their lives.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: If you feel drained and you feel like, man, this
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  Speaker 2: is a task to be in peace, then you just
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  Speaker 2: might want to receive the word of God for today.
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  Speaker 2: When peace is gone, you've done all you can to restore,
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  Speaker 2: it may be time to trust God and step into
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  Speaker 2: your next season. You need peace in your heart and
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  Speaker 2: peace in your life so others can see the peace
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  Speaker 2: of God working through us.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm out of time, make sure you hit up
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  Speaker 2: Psalms twenty five the whole chapter for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: We camped out of verses four and five, So thank
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  Speaker 2: you so much for hanging out with me for these
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  Speaker 2: morning DeVos. God bless you all, God keep you all,
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  Speaker 2: and remember always that God is good.
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  Speaker 1: Peace.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.