Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you

again for coming out today. I like to start with something funny and I heard about this elderly

lady. She was at the store and she accidentally locked her keys in her car. She was using a coat hanger to try to get

it open with no success. She prayed and asked God to help her. About this time, this real rough looking

guy drove up on a motorcycle. We're in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. In 15 seconds, he had her car

door open. She hugged him and said, Lord, thank you for sending

me this nice man. He said, lady, I'm not a nice man. I just got out of prison for auto theft.

She gave him a bigger hug and say, Lord, thank you. You even sent me a professional. Hold up your

Bible. 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 it's the heart that matters. All of us have areas that we struggle in.

We make mistakes and do things that we know we shouldn't. We told ourselves we weren't going to give into that temptation anymore, but we did it again.

We lost our temper, didn't keep our word, maybe compromised with some friends.

It's easy to go around feeling guilty and condemned, wrong on the inside, thinking I can't

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