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<v Speaker 1>By then on erring spirit lead. We shall not in

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<v Speaker 1>the desert stray. We shall not full direction need nor

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<v Speaker 1>miss our providential way. Dearly beloved, your warmly welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>today's episode of the Morning Glory Devotion, brought to you

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<v Speaker 1>by the Harvest Chapel Commercy and airin on Radio ACI today.

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<v Speaker 1>Your facilitators for today are Pastor and Missus Baffle kindly

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<v Speaker 1>letters share a word of prayer. Am Mighty Father, we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for this opportunity to listen to your words.

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<v Speaker 1>We count it all joy to share fellowship with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Please let wisdom be imparted to us to guide us

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<v Speaker 1>in our every decision in Jesus' name. Amen, Amen beloved,

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<v Speaker 1>let us kindly see our confession together from Joshua Chapter one,

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<v Speaker 1>Verse aid, this book of the Law shall not depart

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<v Speaker 1>out of one my mouth. But I shall meditate in

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<v Speaker 1>it day and night, that I may observe to do

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<v Speaker 1>according to all that is ratten in it. For then

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<v Speaker 1>I'll make my way cross fer us, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>would have good Amen. Yeah. One. The topic for today's

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<v Speaker 1>discussion is don't be trapped. Don't be trapped, and our

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<v Speaker 1>scripture reading is taken from Look chapter fifteen, verses eleven

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<v Speaker 1>to nineteen. I read it from the New English translation.

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<v Speaker 1>Look chapter fifteen, verses eleven to nineteen. Then Jesus said

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<v Speaker 1>a man had two sons. The younger of them said

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<v Speaker 1>to his father, father, give me the share of the

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<v Speaker 1>estate that will belong to me. So he divided his

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<v Speaker 1>asses between them. After a few days, the younger son

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<v Speaker 1>guarded together all he had and left on a journey

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<v Speaker 1>to a distant country. And there he squandered his world

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<v Speaker 1>with his wild lifestyle. Then, after he spent everything, a

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<v Speaker 1>severe famine took place in that country, and he began

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<v Speaker 1>to be in need. So he went and worked for

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<v Speaker 1>one of the citizens of the country, who sent him

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<v Speaker 1>to his fields to feed pigs. He was longing to

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<v Speaker 1>eat the charld pods. The pigs were eaten, but no

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<v Speaker 1>one gave him anything. But when he came to his senses,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, how many of my father's hide works have

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<v Speaker 1>food enough to spare, But here I am dying from hunger.

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<v Speaker 1>I will get up and go to my father and

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<v Speaker 1>say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and

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<v Speaker 1>against you. I no longer am worthy to be called

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<v Speaker 1>your son. Treat me like one of your hight sevants

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<v Speaker 1>belaved the reading of the Wage of God, thanks to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be trapped? Have you ever a pause to think

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<v Speaker 2>about your daily choices and what their outcomes would be.

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<v Speaker 2>There are so many things calling for our attention and

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<v Speaker 2>resources every day, but our very lives, time, money, and

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<v Speaker 2>other resources are limited and cannot satisfy every demand. Each

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<v Speaker 2>one of us makes choices now and then and inevitably

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<v Speaker 2>forgoes alice. But it's needful to question where our decisions

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<v Speaker 2>are leading us. It will interest you to know that

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<v Speaker 2>life decisions are never experimental. They are no clinical trials.

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<v Speaker 2>We definitely will end up living with the outcomes of

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<v Speaker 2>our decisions. The outcomes are other experimental resources you can

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<v Speaker 2>easily discard and start all over again. That is why

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<v Speaker 2>we must be intentional about every decision of today. Consider

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<v Speaker 2>the plight and the misery of the younger of the

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<v Speaker 2>two sons, of whom Jesus told a parable in Luke,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter number fifteen, verse eleven through thirty two. His predicament

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<v Speaker 2>is a hard lesson enough to know that not every way,

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<v Speaker 2>not every dream, not every aspiration or option that appeals

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<v Speaker 2>to our senses, ego or emotions is worth pursuing. A

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<v Speaker 2>son whose father owns many sevens is having plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>food to eat and even more to spay, now finds

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<v Speaker 2>himself caring for pigs in a strange land and experiencing

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<v Speaker 2>a near death hunger to the extent of desiring the

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<v Speaker 2>food giving to the pigs. But he was enough, absolutely unimaginable,

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<v Speaker 2>But that was the reality he had to face for

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<v Speaker 2>his decisions to move to a far country with an

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<v Speaker 2>inheritance that was not even due him yet, just so

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<v Speaker 2>he could have his own way instead of being under

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<v Speaker 2>the control and care of his father. Beloved, you have

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to make amends today if you are on

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<v Speaker 2>any wrong part way of life. The prodigal's son received

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<v Speaker 2>his decision and returned home. You can't do that today

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<v Speaker 2>before it's too late. Are you aware that there is

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<v Speaker 2>a vas for your creation and a time bound purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for your existence. None of us has any idea when

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<v Speaker 2>we will exit this world to give account of our

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<v Speaker 2>lifetime choices, Beloved, This life is too short to be

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<v Speaker 2>spent time and tasting everything that is seemingly captivating. It's

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<v Speaker 2>too precious and brief to spend chasing everything that is

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<v Speaker 2>attractive at the expense of your real purpose, the makers

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<v Speaker 2>intention for your creation. Preasures one, don't allow yourself to

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<v Speaker 2>get caught up following other people to their destinations if

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<v Speaker 2>they are not going in your direction. Pathways and move on.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't allow yourself to be caught up in pleasing others,

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<v Speaker 2>even when your engagements with them is counterproductive to your destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't use them as an excuse one day. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't blame any one when in regret it might just

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<v Speaker 2>be too late to start again on the right pathways,

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<v Speaker 2>the ways of purpose and destiny, the ways of the Creator.

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<v Speaker 2>So len to say goodbye if and when you have to.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the case of the prodigal son, the things that

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<v Speaker 2>appeal to us today may not ultimately provide a kind

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<v Speaker 2>of pleasure we expect from them. True and long lasting

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure can only be derived from fulfilling the Creator's intention

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<v Speaker 2>for our lives. True satisfaction in this life can only

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<v Speaker 2>be derived from staying in the pathways God desires for you.

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<v Speaker 2>All else are just traps to keep you away from

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<v Speaker 2>your true self as designed by the Creator. So when

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<v Speaker 2>next you are making a choice, be intentional. Avoid getting

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<v Speaker 2>trapped by sensuality, seek to please the Maker, and you

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<v Speaker 2>forever live enjoy and fulfillment. God bless you beloved. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>take our memory verse together from Proverbs Captain number sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>the verse twenty five from the American King James version.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, there is a way that seems right to

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<v Speaker 2>a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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<v Speaker 2>Belive a less shay with a prayer. Father, Please thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for exposing us to the implications of our daily decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Our prayer is that you give us wisdom to make

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<v Speaker 2>the right choices on a daily basis, the choices that

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<v Speaker 2>will lead us into fulfilling our purposes, choices that will

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<v Speaker 2>avoid or regret, choices that will bring fulfillment, and ultimately,

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<v Speaker 2>choices that will please you. Father. Will thank you in

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus might say Name, Amen and Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Love it. Indeed, true satisfaction in this life I can

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<v Speaker 1>only be truly derived from staying in the pathways of

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<v Speaker 1>God's desires. For you go out there and choose the

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<v Speaker 1>path of God. Kindly continue tuning in to Radio Ati today,

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<v Speaker 1>for content has been carefully selected to edify, refresh, and

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<v Speaker 1>enlighten you for your daily work with the Lord till

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<v Speaker 1>the same time tomorrow. God bless and keep you have

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<v Speaker 1>a fruitful day. Shalom.