Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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God bless you.

It's great to be with you today.

And 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. It's just a joke. Don't be offended, but I heard about this man. He was sitting in a dark restaurant and he said to the lady next to him, would you like to hear a blonde joke? The lady said, well, before you tell me, you should know that I'm blonde, six

foot tall and a professional bodybuilder. The lady next to me is blonde, six foot two, and a

professional wrestler. The lady next to her is blonde, six foot five, and the kickboxing

champion of the world. Now, do you still want to tell me? He thought about it a moment, said,

no, not if I might have to explain it three times. All right, y'all, 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 how to handle troublemakers.

We all have people in life that can get on our nerves and do things to aggravate us,

say things behind our back, maybe a co-worker, a neighbor, a relative, or perhaps you're sitting by them. They try to make us look bad

and stir up division. It's like their calling in life is to cause us trouble. And it's easy to

get riled up. This is not right. I got to straighten them out. They're not going to get the best of me.

But most of the time, it's

simply a distraction. That's the enemy trying to bait you into conflict and get you off course,

spending valuable time and energy on something that doesn't matter. Changing their mind about

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