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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

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Speaker 2: Friend, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best in

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Speaker 3: The other day, my son did something so nice for me.

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Speaker 3: It was really special. He went out of his way

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Speaker 3: and I did. I was so appreciative of what he did.

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Speaker 3: I called him up and I said, Jonathan, thank you

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Speaker 3: so much for what you've done for me.

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Speaker 4: And I began to gush.

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Speaker 3: And he said, Mom, I did it because I knew

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Speaker 3: you'd like it, and I wanted to make you happy.

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Speaker 3: He said, Mom, thanks for all you do for me

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Speaker 3: well as a parent. I was taken aback. I thought,

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Speaker 3: that's amazing his generosity and his kindness towards me, And

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Speaker 3: you know, it just took my heart and moved it.

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Speaker 4: It made me.

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Speaker 3: Want to do something even more special for him. It

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Speaker 3: got my attention. And you know, we always want our

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Speaker 3: children to be kind. We want them to appreciate what

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Speaker 3: they have, so we teach them that, but when they

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Speaker 3: actually do it, We're like, praise God.

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Speaker 4: That's amazing. You know, when it moves us, it moves us.

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Speaker 3: And see, I believe that's exactly the way it is

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Speaker 3: with our heavenly Father. You see, he wants us to

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Speaker 3: do the things that are going to enrich our life,

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Speaker 3: and when we actually do them, it moves him.

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Speaker 4: It moves his hand a blessing. You see. God knows

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Speaker 4: that we are mature enough to be able to handle

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Speaker 4: what He has next for us. You see, when we.

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Speaker 3: Say to God, I not only praise you and I

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Speaker 3: thank you, but I'm going to take it a step

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Speaker 3: further God, and I'm going to show you my thankfulness

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Speaker 3: by my expression and my actions. You see, there's nothing

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Speaker 3: closer to the heart of God than his children doing

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Speaker 3: something for someone else. You see, we were put on

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Speaker 3: this earth to not only be the praise to God's glory,

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Speaker 3: but to be his hands, to be his feet, to

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Speaker 3: be his kindness, to be his compassion. The Bible clearly

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Speaker 3: states that we are blessed to be a blessing.

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Speaker 4: We are blessed by Almighty God so.

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Speaker 3: That we can go out and express our blessings through

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Speaker 3: our actions, not just through our words. I'm not talking

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Speaker 3: today about just material blessings. Yes, God wants you to

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Speaker 3: have more than enough, but you know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 4: I'm talking about.

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Speaker 3: Those blessings of favor, influence, peace, joy fulfillment, purpose, the

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Speaker 3: things that God gives us when we praise him and

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Speaker 3: when we show our praise through our actions. You know,

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Speaker 3: my son's maturity, like I said, made me want to

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Speaker 3: go out and do something else for him.

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Speaker 4: It made me understand that, hey, he can be trusted.

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Speaker 3: I believe this blessing is not going to harm him,

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Speaker 3: but this blessing is going to help him. It's going

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Speaker 3: to help him grow, mature and be everything that he's

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Speaker 3: been called to be. And do you know, I think

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Speaker 3: that we all need to go out and think every

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Speaker 3: single day what can I do to please God and

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Speaker 3: try to reach this level of maturity that says God,

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Speaker 3: it's not just good enough that I thank you, but

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Speaker 3: I want to show you through loving people, my gratitude,

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Speaker 3: my expression of thanks for me. You know what, God

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Speaker 3: is moved when we do that, When we go out

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Speaker 3: and make someone else's day.

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Speaker 4: You know what we're saying. We're saying, God, thank you

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Speaker 4: for making my day. Because when you make someone else's day.

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Speaker 3: God will make your day when you do something for

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Speaker 3: someone they can't do for themselves. Pick them up, take

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Speaker 3: them to a doctor's appointment, pick them up when their

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Speaker 3: car's broken down, call them, cheer them up, do something

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Speaker 3: that no one else can do for them. You know what,

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Speaker 3: God's gonna do special things for you. You see, there

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Speaker 3: is a law and a principle in God's word, and

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Speaker 3: it says when you give, it'll be given back to you.

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Speaker 3: When you sew good seats, that good harvest will come

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Speaker 3: back to you. See, God knows exactly how we operate

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Speaker 3: at our highest potential, and he knows that when we

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Speaker 3: are giving him praise and we are finding our purpose

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Speaker 3: in expressing that praise by helping others, we're at our

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Speaker 3: highest potential. You see, you could have all the money

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Speaker 3: in the world, but you could be as miserable ever because.

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Speaker 4: You don't have purpose. You're not functioning as your highest potential.

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Speaker 3: But when God, when he blesses you, there's no blessing

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Speaker 3: like it. There is nothing like the blessings of Almighty God.

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Speaker 3: So let's make someone's day and realize it's God gonna

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Speaker 3: make our day.

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Speaker 4: You're making our day. God listen to what it says.

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Speaker 3: In Hebrews thirteen fifteen and sixteen, it says, let us

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Speaker 3: continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 4: With the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.

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Speaker 3: Then it goes on to say this, and do not

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Speaker 3: neglect doing good and sharing.

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Speaker 4: For with such sacrifices, God is pleased. You see.

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Speaker 3: He not only wants us to express our thanks by

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Speaker 3: praise by thanking him, but he doesn't want us to

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Speaker 3: forget to take that blessing and pass it on. See,

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Speaker 3: that's what pleases the heart of God. You know, it's

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Speaker 3: easy to praise God when everything is going good. Right,

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Speaker 3: when people are being nice. You got that promotion at work,

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Speaker 3: your kids are doing great. Hey, everything is wonderful. It's

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Speaker 3: easy to praise God. What about when you're facing a

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Speaker 3: challenge when it doesn't look like you're gonna have enough.

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Speaker 3: How about your facing a spiritual battle and you don't

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Speaker 3: know why, but for some reason, you just don't feel grateful.

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Speaker 3: You See, that's what it means when it says to

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Speaker 3: offer up a sacrifice of praise. See, it's something that

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Speaker 3: you don't necessarily feel like doing. You may not feel

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Speaker 3: grateful today.

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Speaker 4: You may not look at your bank account and think

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Speaker 3: But that's when God says, I know how you operate,

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Speaker 3: I've designed you, and I know that if you will continually,

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Speaker 3: no matter how you feel, offer up this sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 3: But don't stop there, don't neglect passing on this gratitude

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Speaker 3: to someone else. He says, that's when you'll live a

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Speaker 3: life that is fulfilled. That's when you will please me.

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Speaker 3: You see, when you please God, the Scripture says he

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Speaker 3: will do things for you that you cannot do for yourself.

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Speaker 3: The Bible says, when you please God, he'll make even

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Speaker 3: your enemies be at peace with you. Listen, when you

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Speaker 3: make please in God your highest priority. I believe that's

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Speaker 3: when you'll see your life go to new levels and

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Speaker 3: you'll see God do things for you that you couldn't

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Speaker 3: possibly do for yourself.

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