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God did not create you to become a prisoner of your family's opinions and people's expectations
Jul 13, 2026
God did not create you to become a prisoner of your family's opinions and people’s expectations!
What if the biggest thing blocking your purpose in life is not lack of money, lack of talent, or lack of opportunity, but divided loyalty between God and other people and things?
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God did not create you to become a
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prisoner of your family's opinions or
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other people's expectations.
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What if the biggest thing blocking your
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purpose is not lack of money or lack of
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talent or lack of opportunity but your
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divided loyalty. In today's gospel,
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Jesus says something that shakes the
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heart that whoever loves father or
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mother more than me is not worthy of me.
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Whoever loves son or daughter more than
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me is not worthy of me. This is not a
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soft message. This is a wakeup call.
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Jesus is saying, "If you want to follow
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me, I must come first before family,
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before comfort, before approval, before
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fear, before everything." Today's
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message is clear. Put God first and your
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purpose will find direction.
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Good people, welcome to today's daily
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dose of motivation, inspiration, and
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encouragement. Uh today is the Monday of
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the 15th week in ordinary time. You can
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get today's Catholic daily mass readings
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at our website
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catholic readings.org
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and the link is in the description.
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So my good people uh in today's gospel
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which is Matthew 10:34
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up to 11:1
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Jesus gives one of the most challenges
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cheatings teachings in the gospel. He
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says, "Do not think that I have come to
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bring peace upon the earth. I have come
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to bring not peace but the sword." Yeah.
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Now listen carefully here. Jesus is not
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telling us to hate our families. He's
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not telling us to abandon our
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responsibilities.
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He's not telling husbands to neglect
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their wives or wives to neglect their
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husbands or parents to neglect their
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children or children to dishonor their
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father and mother. No, Jesus
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is teaching us the the correct order of
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love. Yeah. God first
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then everything else
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finds its uh proper place in that
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hierarchy because when God is not fast
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even good things become idols. A wife is
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a blessing but she must not take the
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place of a husband. A husband is a
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blessing but he must not take the place
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of God.
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Children are a blessing but they m must
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not take the place of God. Father and
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mother are gifts of or from God but even
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they must not take the place of God.
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Jesus says whoever loves father or
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mother more than me is not worthy of me.
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Whoever loves son or daughter more than
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me is not worthy of me. That means God
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must come before your father. God must
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come before your mother. God must come
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before your wife. God must come before
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your husband. God must come before your
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children. Yeah. God must come before
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your relatives, before your friends.
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Yeah. your culture, before your tribe,
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before your career, before your comfort,
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before your money and your reputation
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because the moment anything else takes
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the place of God, your life becomes
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spiritually confused.
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And let us be honest. Yeah. You may say
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today you love God, but when family
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pressure comes, you will compromise.
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When your spouse demands what is against
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God, you will deny God and choose them.
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When your children become the center of
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your everything,
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you will forget [clears throat] prayer,
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you will forget faith, you will forget
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worship, and you'll forget obedience.
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When your parents or relatives push you
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away from God's will, you will obey
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people more than God.
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That's what happens. But Jesus is saying
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today I must be first.
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Not second, not third, not after family,
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not after marriage, not after children,
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not after money, not after society has
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accepted you
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fast.
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Because when God is fast, you become a
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better husband, you become a better
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wife, you become
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a better father. When God is fast, also
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you become a better mother. Yeah. When
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God is fast, you become a better son or
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a better daughter. When God is fast,
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your family does not lose you. Your
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family receives the best version of you.
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A man who puts God first will not use
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his strength to oppress his family. He
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will serve with humility.
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A woman who puts God's first, Godfast
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will not build her home on bitterness.
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She will build with wisdom and grace.
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Parents who put God first will not raise
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children only to chase money and status.
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They will raise them to know truth,
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discipline, faith and love. Children who
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put God first will honor their parents
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without allowing any human voice to
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replace the voice of God.
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That is why this gospel is so powerful.
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Yeah. Uh because Jesus is telling us
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that disciplehip requires priority,
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purpose requires sacrifice, faith
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requires courage. You cannot serve God
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effectively while treating him as an
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option. You cannot say Lord I will
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follow you but only if my family agrees.
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You cannot say Lord I will obey you but
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only if my spouse approves. You cannot
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say Lord I will serve you but only if my
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children are comfortable with it. You
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cannot say Lord I will do your will but
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only if my father and my mother
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understand me. No
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there comes a moment when a true
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disciple must say Lord I love my family
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but I love you first. I respect my
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parents but I obey you first. I care for
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my wife or my husband or my children but
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you are the Lord of my life.
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That is not rejection of family. That is
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surrender to God. Yeah. And this
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connects deeply with your purpose
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because God did not create you to live
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under the control of fear or pressure or
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guilt or other people's expectation. God
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did not create you to become a prisoner
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of your family opinions. God created you
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to know him, love him, serve him, and
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use your gifts for his glory and for for
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the good of others. Before you can
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effectively serve God, first
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identify and know why God created you
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and for what purpose. After you discover
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that, then you can serve God using your
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specific god-given talents, passions,
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skills, and knowledge. Yeah. Because uh
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when you discover why God created you,
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you stop only living to please other
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people. You stop asking what will my
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relatives say? You stop barring your
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calling because someone in the family
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does not understand it. Yeah. You stop
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delaying obedience because people are
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not clapping.
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Yeah. You begin to say, "God,
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you give me this gift. God, you give me
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this mission. God, you give me these
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responsibilities and I must serve you
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faithfully."
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Jesus also says, "Whoever does not take
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up his cross and follow after me is not
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worthy of me."
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Uh, your cross may be standing for God
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when your family does not understand.
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Your cross may be choosing honesty when
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your relatives want shortcuts.
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Yeah. Your cross may be protecting your
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prayer life when everyone else is
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careless.
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Your cross may be saying no to sin even
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when people close to you call it normal.
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Your cross may be obeying God when it
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costs you comfort, approval or
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convenience.
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Yeah. But never forget this. When you
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put God first, you do not love your
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family less.
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you love them better because God teaches
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you how to love without selfishness.
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He teaches you to to serve without
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pride, to correct without hatred, to
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provide without arrogance and to lead
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without control. And maybe you are
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saying and listening and saying h I
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don't believe God created me for
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something but I do not know what it is.
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Yeah, I want somebody to help me to get
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some clarity.
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Don't worry, I can help you identify
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your god-given talents
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and you can book a session with me to
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discover your true purpose. Yeah, just
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direct message me to book a session.
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Send a DM and say, "I want to discover
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my purpose." And I will get back to you.
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Because once you know why God created
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you, you stop living randomly. You stop
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coping others. You stop letting family
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pressure, fear, or people's opinions
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make decision for you. You start working
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with meaning. You start serving with
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courage and carrying your
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responsibilities with faith.
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Yeah. So today, choose God first. Yeah.
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Choose God before your family. Choose
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God before your wife.
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Choose God before your husband.
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Choose God before your children.
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Choose God be before your father. Yeah.
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Before your mother. Yeah. Before your
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comfort. Yeah. Choose God before your
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reputation.
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Yeah. Choose God before everything.
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Before everything. Because when God is
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first, your purpose becomes clear. Your
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work becomes worship. Your family
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receives the best of you and your life
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becomes a living testimony.
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Well, my good people, like always,
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I will never keep stop to insist that
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every day make sure you touch a person's
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life such that he or she at the end of
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the day says, "May the God that you
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serve be praised and glorified and do
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your work so well and serve with
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humility. Speak with kindness. Carry
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your responsibilities with faith so that
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your life becomes a testimony that God
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is real, God is good, and God is at work
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in you.
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And never forget to attribute your
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success to God.
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Yeah. Never say I made it by myself, but
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say I made it through the strength,
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grace, and providence that God gives me.
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