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Speaker 1: you today. We always counted an honor. Know that we're

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Speaker 1: praying for you and your family. We sure hope you

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Speaker 1: enjoy this podcast today and we just are praying for

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Speaker 1: you and know that God is for you, so enjoy

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Speaker 1: today's message. Well, God bless you. It's great to be

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Speaker 1: with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with

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Speaker 2: We'd love to have you be a part of one

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Speaker 2: of our services. I like to start. It was something

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Speaker 2: funny and I heard about this little girl.

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Speaker 1: She was sitting on her grandfather's laugh and she noticed

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Speaker 1: And he gotta laughed and said, yes, honey, he made

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Speaker 1: said Grandaddy, God's getting better, isn't it all right? Y'all

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Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 1: building yourself up. It's good to have people that cheer

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Speaker 1: us on and speak faith into our life. A spouse

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Speaker 1: have people that make you feel valued and appreciated. But

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Speaker 1: it becomes unhealthy if you start depending on them to

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Speaker 1: God didn't create you to be dependent on someone else

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Speaker 1: If nobody is complimenting you, you need to learn to

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Speaker 1: Lord. I thank you that you chose me before I

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Speaker 1: Person of day, destiny, redeemed and forgiven. You've made me worthy,

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