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Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 2: about this senior citizen. He was driving down the freeway

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Speaker 2: don't know what I was thinking. The state trooper said, listen,

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Speaker 2: The man thought about it, said officer. Years ago, my

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Speaker 2: great weekend. Say it like you mean it. This is

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Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I

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Speaker 2: have what it says I have. I can do what

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 2: to you today about peace with yourself. Too many people

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Speaker 2: They're constantly critical toward themselves. That recording of everything they've

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Speaker 2: You blew your diet yesterday, you lost your temper, you're

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Speaker 2: still struggling with that addiction. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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Speaker 2: They wonder why they're not happy. It's because they have

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Speaker 2: Here's the key. You're not a finished product. God is

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Speaker 2: still working on you. The scripture says God changes us

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Speaker 2: from glory to glory. You have to learn to enjoy

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Speaker 2: What I'm saying is it's okay to feel good about

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Speaker 2: If you're acknowledging everything you don't like about you, your flaws,

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Speaker 2: When you are for yourself, you are in agreement with God.

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Speaker 2: Some people have never once said I like myself. I

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