Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks for supporting

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You know, it's interesting that there's so much information out there bombarding us on how to take care of our physical

bodies, how to eat right, what supplements to take. If you read articles, they're saying you need

to get this many hours of sleep, do your exercises, just so many ways these days to take care

of our physical bodies. And that is so important.

Our physical bodies are a temple to house our spirit. It's the temple of God. So we need to take

care of our bodies the best we can. You know, you can have, though, a very strong physical appearance outside. You can look

really great on the outside, but you can be weak and weary on the inside. You see, we have

an inner man. And that inner man is the core of who we really are. That inner man is how we respond to life.

Not long ago, I hurt my shoulders so bad that I literally couldn't lift it. It was crazy.

I couldn't believe it was happening to me, but my muscles just weren't

firing. Something I had done, I just must have moved a funny way. I don't know, but my shoulder

was hurting so bad. Now, y'all, I am not telling you all my woes, okay? I'm making a point.

About the time my shoulder started feeling good, it took about five days for my shoulder to feel good.

I got up the next morning, so excited, and my back, my lower back was killing me.

I could hardly even bend up.

I thought, what is happening to me?

I'm falling apart.

This can't be. So I went to the doctor.

I said, doctor, I mean, I don't know what's going on with me. And I began to tell him what was happening. He gave me an x-ray. He looked me over, checked me over, and he said, you know,

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