Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this elderly couple that had been married for over 60 years.

Never had an argument, never had a crossword. They were in a church function, someone asked in the secret of their success.

The man told how he always treated his wife with respect and how he took her on trips around the world.

He said, in fact, for our 25th wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. Everyone politely applauded.

Someone said, what'd you do for your 50th wedding anniversary? He said, I went back and picked her up.

Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have.

I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert.

My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about, don't be defined by your mistakes.

We can all look back and see times where we gave into temptation.

We let our guard down and compromised. We were sloppy and didn't handle the situation the way we should.

It's easy to be defined by one moment in life, by divorce, by business that didn't make it, by how we raised our children.

The enemy is called the accuser. He would love to convince you to let that one mistake, that one season, to cause you to live down on yourself.

Not be passionate about your dreams. But that mistake didn't stop God's plan.

You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That was a moment in your life. That was one season. It doesn't determine your future.

Don't let that mistake define who you are. If you go around wearing negative labels, divorced, addicted, failed, compromised, it will keep you from the fullness of what God has in store.

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