Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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Well, God bless you. Always a joy to come into your homes. We love you. And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our services.

I'll give you a personal invitation. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.

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I like to start each week with something funny and I heard about this pastor. He was raising money for a new auditorium and he told the congregation,

anyone that will give a thousand dollars can pick out the next three hymns.

Little old lady in the back stood up and said, Pastor, I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, that's great. Now which three hymns would you like?

She looked over the congregation and said, I'll take him and him and him.

All right, 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've boldly confessed. 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 you can have the last laugh.

We all go through situations where we're not being treated fairly. Maybe somebody's talking behind our back, trying to make us look bad.

Or we were overlooked for a promotion. Perhaps even cheated in a business deal.

I talked to a young man that was being made fun of at school, who was constantly being ridiculed and given a hard time because he wasn't in a certain group.

Another lady told how she was looked down on at work and not given the credit she deserved because she wouldn't go to lunch each day and gossip and complain with the rest of the co-workers.

They thought she was too good for them. She didn't want the poison to go on the inside. When we're being mistreated, somebody on purpose is trying to make us look bad.

On purpose, talking behind our back. The natural thing to do is get in there, defend ourselves, set the record straight.

If you talk about me, I'm going to talk about you. You stab me in the back. You better watch out. You can play at that game. Your time is coming.

Human nature wants to get revenge. We like to get even. But the scripture says, vengeance is mine, says the Lord.

That means God will make your wrongs right. God wants to pay you back for every unfair thing that's happened. He is a God of justice.

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