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Speaker 4: probably won't make it. If we're not careful, we'll fall

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Speaker 4: into that trap of thinking, this is no time to

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Speaker 4: enjoy my life. This is certainly no time to laugh,

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Speaker 4: no time to have a sense of humor. But now

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Speaker 4: more than ever, you need to activate your joy. In fact,

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Speaker 4: it says in Joe five point twenty two, at destruction

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Speaker 4: in famine, we should laugh. That doesn't seem to make sense.

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Speaker 4: You mean, we're supposed to laugh at famine we're supposed

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Speaker 4: to laugh in difficulties. That's exactly right. It's because in

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Speaker 4: tough times that's when it's easiest to lose your joy.

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Speaker 4: When you lose your joy, you lose your strength. When

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Speaker 4: you don't have strength, you'll drag through the day defeated.

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Speaker 4: When you're not strong, you'll catch diseases that you shouldn't have.

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Speaker 4: Your immune system is run down. You're tired, you're worried,

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Speaker 4: you're worn out. God says, I've got a solution in difficulties.

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Speaker 4: Cheer up, infamine, laugh, keep your joy. Friends. I believe

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Speaker 4: you can laugh your way to victory. You can laugh

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Speaker 4: your way to better health. You can half your way

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Speaker 4: to more energy. It says in Psalms two four that

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Speaker 4: God sits in the heavens and laughs. Can you get

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Speaker 4: a picture of that? Right now? God is on the throne.

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Speaker 4: He's not mad, he's not worried about the economy, he's

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Speaker 4: not upset with you and me. What's he doing? God's

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Speaker 4: laughing on the throne full of joy. Goes on to

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Speaker 4: tell us in Psalm thirty seven why he's laughing because

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Speaker 4: he can see the destruction of the enemy coming. In

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Speaker 4: other words, the reason God laughs is because he knows

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Speaker 4: the end of the story. He knows the final outcome.

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Speaker 4: The good news is you and I win. God always

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Speaker 4: causes us to triumph. It's just like we are in

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Speaker 4: a fixed fight. Imagine you're gonna watch the super Bowl,

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Speaker 4: but you already know the outcome. You already know who's

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Speaker 4: going to win. No matter how far behind the winning

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Speaker 4: team falls, no matter how bad it looked for them,

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Speaker 4: you wouldn't get upset, wouldn't be worried. Why you've got

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Speaker 4: inside information. You know the final outcome. That's what God

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Speaker 4: is saying. When it gets tough and things don't look

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Speaker 4: like they're gonna work out, we can laugh by faith

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Speaker 4: knowing that God has already written the final chapter. God

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Speaker 4: has already recorded the victory in your favor. He's saying,

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Speaker 4: in famine, when it gets tough, you need to look

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Speaker 4: that trouble in the face and say, ha ha ha,

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Speaker 4: I know the outcome. God has destined me to win.

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Speaker 4: He's already got the roses for my neck. He's already

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Speaker 4: seen me standing on the Winter's circle. What are we saying?

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Speaker 4: God is supplying all of my needs, He's healing all

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Speaker 4: of my diseases, He's fighting my battles for me. He's

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Speaker 4: my vindicator, my waymaker, my deliverer. He's given me the

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Speaker 4: desires of my heart. This is what Abraham did. God

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Speaker 4: gave him a promise that he was going to have

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Speaker 4: a child in the natural. It was impossible, he was

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Speaker 4: much too old. But the first thing he did was laugh.

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Speaker 4: It was the laugh of faith. He said, in effect, Haha, God,

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Speaker 4: I know you can bring this to pass. I know

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Speaker 4: you're a supernatural God. And so often when God puts

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Speaker 4: a promise in our heart, it looks impossible. Maybe you're

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Speaker 4: sick and you know God's told you you're gonna be well.

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Speaker 4: You're coming out of that. Are you're struggling financially for

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Speaker 4: God's saying you're coming into overflow. He's gonna prosper you.

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Speaker 4: Perhaps your family is pulled apart, God's saying he's going

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Speaker 4: to bring him back together. Our minds so often will

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Speaker 4: tell us it's never gonna happen. You're never gonna get well,

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Speaker 4: never gonna get out of death, never see your dreams

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Speaker 4: come to fulfillment. But if we could just remember to

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Speaker 4: do like Abraham, no matter how we feel, no matter

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Speaker 4: how bad it looks, we need to let out the

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Speaker 4: laugh of faith and just say, haha, I've got inside information.

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Speaker 4: I know God has already worked it out. He's already

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Speaker 4: arranged things in my favor. It's just a matter of

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Speaker 4: time before these promises come to pass. We can laugh

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Speaker 4: by faith knowing that we're you're in a fixed fight.

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Speaker 4: I'm asking you today to get in a habit of

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Speaker 4: taking your medicine on a regular basis every day. Find

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Speaker 4: some reason to laugh. Look for opportunities. If you don't

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Speaker 4: think you have a reason, then just know you can

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Speaker 4: laugh by faith. Remember, you gotta stir up the joy,

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Speaker 4: stir up the healing that's on the inside. Some of

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Speaker 4: you have been living uptight and stressed, but I believe

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Speaker 4: today is gonna be a turning point. Make a decision

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Speaker 4: that you're gonna lighten up and start laughing more often. Yes,

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Speaker 4: you can be responsible, but at the same time, you

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Speaker 4: can be good natured. It is healthy to laugh, it's

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Speaker 4: healthy to have fun. And if you'll make it a

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Speaker 4: priority to laugh every single day and keep a happy

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Speaker 4: heart a cheerful mind, you're not only going to enjoy

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Speaker 4: your life more, but you're gonna see healing flow through you.

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Speaker 4: In a new way. You're gonna get free from chronic illnesses,

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Speaker 4: chronic fatigue, chronic things that have been holding you back.

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Speaker 4: You're gonna see your relationships go to a new level.

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Speaker 4: God's gonna pour out his favor in a greater way.

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Speaker 4: And just like with Abraham, every promise, every dream, every desire,

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Speaker 4: God's put in your heart, no matter how impossible it looks.

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Speaker 4: I believe and declare, You're gonna see God bring it

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Speaker 4: to pass. Amen. Do you receive it today? Well, we

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