TDV: What Voice are you feeding? (EP 0)

Have you ever noticed how quickly your day can be ruined by just one negative comment? That perfectly planned morning, those goals you were excited to tackle – all derailed by a few cutting words from someone close to you. This isn't just bad luck or normal frustration; it's spiritual warfare.
Bishop Joshua unveils this powerful new series "The Voice of the Devil," exploring how Satan strategically uses people – often those we respect and admire – to plant seeds of doubt and destroy our momentum. Whether it's a relative's discouraging remark, a coworker's criticism, or even a stranger's comment on social media, these seemingly small interactions can be carefully crafted spiritual attacks designed to pull us off course.
Don't let negative voices dictate your day or destiny. Learn to recognize when the devil is speaking through others and discover how to protect your peace, purpose, and productivity. Tune in weekly as we continue this essential series that will equip you to identify and overcome the subtle attacks that have been sabotaging your spiritual and emotional well-being. Your breakthrough begins with recognizing whose voice you're really hearing.

Episode Transcript

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What's cooking up in the kitchen?
Oh yeah, that smells like soul food.
Get ready, because it's time to eat the spiritual substance that
will feed your soul. A faith-based podcast that will
nourish your mind, body and soul.
Listen here with your main host,Bishop Barrett Joshua.

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Don't let your soul go hungry. It's time for.
Soul food. Hello dear friends, may the Lord
Jesus bless your life once againtogether with our message of
faith. I always say do not let nobody

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spoil your day. Do not let nobody ruin your day.
In times you wake up full of plans to work on your agenda,
your schedule to reach your goal, but then somebody brings
to you just one word and that word ruins your day.

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That word destroys your day. You lose hope, you are annoyed,
upset, and at the end of the day, nothing that you have
planned succeeded. Why?
Because Satan used somebody to ruin your day.

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We are going to have this series, Yes, this series.
The messages that will be about the voice, but not the voice of
God, but the voice of the devil.Every every day we hear the

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voice of God. We go to church, we read the
Bible, we receive message like this one and we are so glad when
we hear the word of God that teach us, that discipline us,
correct us, the word that of Godthat's so powerful, stronger

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than fire. But how to identify the voice of
the devil? I just said that you wake up
with plans, goals, but then comes somebody and usually is
someone closer to you, a relative, a Co worker, somebody

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that you admire, somebody that you even respect.
And that person brings a word. I mean somebody work at you
respect like an authority and this person brings a word or a
comment that ruins your day. And nowadays say they use the

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Internet when people target you,they send you a direct message
or just a comment in your post. They send out of the blue a
message and that comment, that message puts you down, makes you

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upset. Well, I want you to understand
something. Don't let their voices, their
words, their bad intentions to ruin your day, to bring you
down. Don't let it happen to you at
all. Stay tuned, stay in the faith

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because yes, the Lord, the God of the Bible will bless you.
What they say cannot impact yoursoul, cannot impact you inside.
Forget about what they say, believe in God, believe in
yourself and go ahead. We are going to start this

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series, The Voice of the Devil. God bless you.
Have a good one. Bye bye.
Thank you for listening here on Soul Food Podcast.
Stay tuned to listen to a real life story.

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Make sure you don't miss it and share with your friends and
family. We'll be right back.

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Growing up was tough. My mom passed away when I was
young and my father was left broken.
To cope with the pain, he began to drink, and when he was angry,
he would take it out on my siblings and I.
He would abuse us, fill our heads with negative words.

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You're a failure, a coward, a disappointment.
With every insult, I grew more and more numb, accepting his
words as truth. Although now my father is long
gone, his words still echo in myhead.
I have become everything he saidI would be.
My name is Tessa John and today I have the mind of Christ before

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receiving the Holy Spirit. I lack confidence.
I was unable to make decisions on my own.
I was very shy. I was at one time, I was like, I
would actually say depressed. You know, I had some issues with
my family. And it started, you know, it

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caused me to doubt myself and the decision that I was making
because I felt like, you know, whatever I was doing, you know,
it was to please others and not to, you know, not to please
myself. I used to go to parties almost
every other week, you know, or find something to do or have
drinks with friends or, you know, just to get out of the

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house. And it just didn't work for me.
There was one time that I went to a club and something happened
home and I drank. I just wanted to forget it.
And, you know, absolutely nothing happened.
Deep down inside, I knew that I wanted something more.
I just didn't know how to change.

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I did not know what to do and I always think I'm going to fail
before I even try. I always tell myself I'm going
to fail because you know, in my mind I just pictured it, you
know, how things going to work out and it never worked out the
way that I thought it was going to.
My mindset, I was very negative towards myself and to point to

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others because you know, I used to look at others and want to be
like them. So, you know, by doing that, you
know, I hated myself to a point like, you know, why can't I be
like this person or why can't I have that?
Why can't I have the confidence that that other person has?
Why can't I do like they do? It was a constant battle in my

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mind wanting to be, you know, like others trying to fit in.
When I came into the church, first I was fighting for my
deliverance. I wanted to be free.
I wanted to have a Peace of Mind.
I was delivered from, I used to go to the parties and drinking
and stuff like that. I was delivered from those

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things. And they was talking about the
Holy Spirit. And then I learned that the Holy
Spirit, you know, take your painand all your suffering away from
you, you know, if you don't havea Peace of Mind, you know, the
Holy Spirit take that place thatgive you that comfort that you

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never had. I used to go to other churches
before they read the Bible. But, you know, there was no
emphasis on the Holy Spirit. Occasionally you would, you
know, mention the Holy Spirit, but I didn't.
I did not know what was the HolySpirit, just the name.
I was coming on a Wednesday. Then the fast of Daniel came.

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I used to try to come almost every day, you know, come to
church more, you know, read the Bible more and pray more.
I wanted change. I wanted a new beginning.
So I made the ultimate sacrificeand I received the Holy Spirit.
The day that I received the HolySpirit, I felt a peace.

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I felt a great joy. You know, I felt a light.
I just felt different. And the peace that I felt
remained with me. You know, it wasn't just I felt
a moment and it was over. No, you know, after even going
through situations, it was different for me where I used to

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be stressed out and stuff like that.
And when a situation come, when a problem come, you know, it was
like nothing to me. I am not insecure anymore.
I'm not doubtful of myself. I'm very confident.
I make decisions on my own. I don't have to ask nobody the
opinion. When this Holy Spirit came upon

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me, my life changed. You know what?
What He did for me, He can do for you.
So you know I seek Him. He will change your life.

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