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Well, God bless you and great to be with you today. I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube

channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one

of our services. I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about this lady that was out

shopping with her husband, and he asked her to not buy any more new clothes. She saw this outfit in the store window and

decided to try it on and she liked it so much she secretly bought it. A couple of days later,

the husband discovered it. She said, honey, I asked you to not buy any more clothes. She said,

I didn't mean to, but when I tried it on, it looked so good, Satan tempted me, and I just couldn't

resist it. He said, why didn't use the scripture and say, get behind me Satan? She said, I did,

but he told me it looked even better from a distance. 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 taught 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 freedom from your past.

We've all had negative experiences that could hold us back.

Mistakes we've made, times we've compromised and done things we shouldn't.

We can end up living in regrets, guilty, down on ourselves.

Sometimes it's what other people have done to us, hurts, betrayals, what they said.

They've left scars and wounds that contain our future, cause us to feel inferior, not worthy.

Some people have gone through trauma, dysfunction, a rough childhood,

a toxic relationship. They can take on this false sense of responsibility, thinking they're

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