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Have you ever had an opportunity presented to you?

And you said no.

No, I don't want to do that. No, I can't do that.

Maybe you didn't think you were qualified or maybe you thought there was someone else better for the job.

Or maybe you just didn't have the resources.

You know, there's numbers of reasons that we say no when certain opportunities present themselves.

But then have you ever done that and then later got to thinking,

what did I say no for?

Are we sure I'd have done that?

Maybe I could have done that.

Have you ever wrestled with the no before?

Thinking maybe I could.

Maybe I should.

You see, I'll never forget one time when joelos father was the pastor of the church back in the old building.

And we were worshiping God.

It was in the middle of our worship just like we were doing today.

My hands were up. I was praising God.

When I opened my eyes, joelos father had turned around in his seat and looked at me and said,

Victoria, why don't you go up and do the prayer time?

Well, he wasn't talking about next week or the next week.

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