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Speaker 1: Life audio. Hey friend, we did it. Happy Easter. You've

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Speaker 1: made it through the Waiting for Weight Loss series and hey,

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Speaker 1: through them all in order because I believe that they'll

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Speaker 1: encourage you. But today is a day of celebration because

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Speaker 1: christ is risen. He's risen indeed, and we get to

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Speaker 1: celebrate that this weekend. But before we do, I want

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Speaker 1: something that is going to really help your weight loss

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Speaker 1: journey and your whole life, because Easter has more to

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Speaker 1: may think. And Easter actually holds all of the answers

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Speaker 1: to all of those reasons we struggle. It gives us

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Speaker 1: a new story, a different story, and that's what we're

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Speaker 1: going to talk about today. And I know it's going

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Speaker 1: to encourage your heart this Easter weekend, So I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad you're here. Hey, the forty Day Journey's coming up.

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Speaker 1: maybe everything for you. I can't wait to see you there. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's get some Today's Hey, their Friend. As we come

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Speaker 1: to the end of this series today, I want to

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Speaker 1: ask you a question. What story are you telling yourself?

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Speaker 1: Are you telling yourself a story that someday when you

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Speaker 1: day that you will be free, that you will feel joy,

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Speaker 1: that you will feel peace, that is the glorious day.

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Speaker 1: Is that the story you're telling yourself. Here's the truth

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Speaker 1: about that story. That story will let you down if

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Speaker 1: it doesn't disappoint you on the glorious day, which I've

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Speaker 1: talked to hundreds of women who share the same thing

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Speaker 1: over and over again, that they got on the scale,

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Speaker 1: and it still didn't feel like enough. Like I've heard

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Speaker 1: not your story, maybe you'll have a moment or two,

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Speaker 1: a month or two of celebration, but it doesn't last.

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Speaker 1: It's not salvation. It can't last. That God designed our

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Speaker 1: hearts so they would not be fully satisfied by any

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Speaker 1: is what's going to satisfy you, fulfill you. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: But here's what you need to know. There is a

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Speaker 1: forty Day Body Image workbook. But a lot of people

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Speaker 1: because he died, and because he rose again, I am free.

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Speaker 1: me that what I'm ultimately waiting for is so much

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Speaker 1: more and different than weight loss. What I'm waiting for

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Speaker 1: that Jesus died to give me. Because I'm not waiting

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Speaker 1: it's time to change the narrative. It's time to stop

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Speaker 1: That's the gospel story that we have to tell ourselves

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Speaker 1: It's a redemption story. There might be a before and after.

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Speaker 1: But it's not about weight loss. It's about who you

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Speaker 1: we pursue health without making it an idol, without making

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Speaker 1: know a great way to do that is by using

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Speaker 1: We need to call our sisters in Christ to a

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Speaker 1: And I want to see that changed. Do you want

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Speaker 1: for from weight loss. I hope you feel them this

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Speaker 1: Sunday as you celebrate what Jesus did for you on

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Speaker 1: that cross. Hey, thanks for listening. Next week we start

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Speaker 1: a brand new series on the show about the confusion

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Speaker 1: of religious principles and dieting. So I think you'll enjoy that.

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