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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about developing a habit of happiness.

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Speaker 2: Many people don't realize how we approach life. Our attitude,

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Speaker 1: Hey, you say Joel.

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Speaker 2: so we're not even going to send it any longer.

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Speaker 2: Several months later, Lisa was able to sleep all through

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Speaker 2: the night. I remember one time I stayed at her house.

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Speaker 2: When that train came.

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Speaker 1: By in the middle of the night.

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Speaker 2: I bet you I jumped three feet off the bed.

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Speaker 2: It sounded like the world was coming to an end.

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Speaker 2: And here I look over there and Lisa just sleeping

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Speaker 2: like a baby, sound asleep, got.

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Speaker 1: Drool running down the side of her face.

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Speaker 2: But what's the difference between her and me. The fact

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Speaker 2: is that riticular activating system in her mind has kicked

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Speaker 2: in and it's not sending her those messages any longer.

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Speaker 2: And my point is, I believe that we can train

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Speaker 2: our mind in such a positive fashion that when these negative,

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Speaker 2: discouraging thoughts come, they won't affect us anymore. When that

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Speaker 2: thought of fear comes, learn to tune it out like

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Speaker 2: Lisa did. That depressing thought is going to be a

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Speaker 2: lousy day. Tune it out, and if you'll keep it up,

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Speaker 2: before long, your mind's going to say, you know what,

458
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Speaker 2: they don't need this information. They're not paying attention. Don't

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Speaker 2: even send the thought of fear. Don't even send the

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Speaker 2: thought of wordy, Just like that train. I believe we

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Speaker 2: can tune it out so long that our mind won't

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Speaker 2: even send us any of those negative messages anymore. Really,

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Speaker 2: all we should be tuned into are thoughts of joy,

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Speaker 2: thoughts of peace, thoughts of faith, thoughts of hope, thoughts

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Speaker 2: of victory. That's what happens when we stamp everything positive.

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Speaker 2: But I see too many people today their thinking is

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Speaker 2: so out of balance that their mind is working totally

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Speaker 2: against them.

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Speaker 1: It's doing exactly opposite of what it should do.

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Speaker 2: It's tuning out everything good, and it's only tuning in

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Speaker 2: the worry, the fear, the pain of the past, the negative.

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Speaker 2: And it's all because that's what they're choosing to dwell on,

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Speaker 2: that's what they're grasping hold of. Listen, you've got to

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Speaker 2: learn to tune that junk out you've got to retrain

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Speaker 2: your mind. Well, Joel, it's my children. They're not doing good.

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Speaker 2: They got off course. I'm so worried about it. No,

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Speaker 2: just turn that around. Father, Thank you that my children

478
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Speaker 2: are blessed. They're making good decisions. I declare what your

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Speaker 2: word says. As for me and my house, we will

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Speaker 2: serve the Lord. Kind of tune that junk out. Well, Joel,

481
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Speaker 2: it's my finances. Guess is so high. Business is slow.

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Speaker 2: I don't see how I'm gonna make it. No, tune

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Speaker 2: that out and start tuning in. God is supplying all

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Speaker 2: of my needs. He's Jehovah Jarrah, the Lord, my provider.

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Speaker 2: Everything I touch prospers and succeeds.

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Speaker 1: I am blessed. I cannot because see, we got.

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Speaker 2: To break free from these negative habits in our mind, discouragement,

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Speaker 2: self pity, getting upset, and let's start developing this habit

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Speaker 2: of happiness.

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Speaker 1: I was watching the news the other day.

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Speaker 2: They were interviewing these people that had come out of

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Speaker 2: the hurricane. After person came up and told their story,

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Speaker 2: and most of them were very negative, very bitter, blaming people,

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Speaker 2: blaming the government, blaming God. But about that time, this

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Speaker 2: one young lady stepped up to the microphone, and you

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Speaker 2: could tell there was something different about her. She had

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Speaker 2: a big smile on her face, looked like she had

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Speaker 2: a glow about her. I mean, you could see the

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Speaker 2: joy and the peace on her life. And the reporter

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Speaker 2: asked her, somewhat sarcastically, Okay, tell us your story.

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Speaker 1: What's wrong.

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Speaker 2: She said, no, nothing's wrong. I'm not here to complain.

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Speaker 2: I'm simply here to thank God that I'm still alive.

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Speaker 2: I'm here to thank God that I've got my health.

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Speaker 2: I'm here to thank God that my children are okay.

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Speaker 1: And you can tell that the reporter was kind of

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Speaker 1: taken back.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this lady was a breath the fresh air.

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Speaker 2: And everybody had been complaining about not having any power,

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Speaker 2: no electricity, and it was very hot, so they didn't

511
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Speaker 2: have any air conditioning. And the reporter asked her, well,

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Speaker 2: what about your power? You have any air conditioning. The

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Speaker 2: lady said, no, I not only don't have any power,

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Speaker 2: I don't even have my home. It was swept away

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Speaker 2: in the flood. But she said, I'll tell you what

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Speaker 2: I do have. She reached down and picked up her Bible.

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Speaker 2: She said, I have my hope, I have my joy,

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Speaker 2: I have my peace, she said, I know God is

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Speaker 2: on my side. See that lady chose to take a negative,

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Speaker 2: unfortunate situation somehow, some way she turned it around and

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Speaker 2: she stamped.

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Speaker 1: Positive on it.

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Speaker 2: She refused to tune in those thoughts of self pity.

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Speaker 2: She refused to allow her negative circumstances to steal her joy.

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Speaker 2: She was saying, in effect, I know God's still in

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Speaker 2: control of my life. He said, A little sparrow would

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Speaker 2: not fall to the ground without him seeing it, So

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Speaker 2: I know he's watching over me.

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Speaker 1: Oh, He's gonna take care of me and my kids.

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Speaker 2: And it's my prayer that you and I would come

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Speaker 2: to that same place where we would be so peaceful,

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Speaker 2: so trusting, so at rests, so positive that our minds

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Speaker 2: wouldn't even bother sending the negative messages. Our mind would think,

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Speaker 2: you know what, they're not gonna pay attention. It's not

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Speaker 2: gonna be any use less you save our time and energy. Friends,

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Speaker 2: let me challenge you train your mind to see the good,

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Speaker 2: get rid of any of these negative conditioned responses. Everybody

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Speaker 2: around you may be complaining, you may have a good

539
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Speaker 2: right to live depressed and worried and in self pity.

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Speaker 2: But I'm asking you to walk away from that and

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Speaker 2: make a decision to develop a habit of happiness. Learn

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Speaker 2: to go with the flow, believe God's in control of

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Speaker 2: your life, find the good in every situation. If you'll

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Speaker 2: do what the scripture says and simply be happy at

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Speaker 2: all times, I can promise you this, You'll not only

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Speaker 2: enjoy your life more, but you'll rise higher and higher.

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Speaker 2: God will pour out his blessings in favor, and you'll

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Speaker 2: live that life of victory he has in story.

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Speaker 1: Amen, do you receive it today? Well? I know you do.

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Speaker 2: We never like to close on broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to.

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Speaker 1: Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray

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Speaker 1: with me?

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends,

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Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep

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Speaker 2: God first place. He's going to take your places that

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Speaker 2: you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing

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Speaker 3: in our lives. When you say I always seem to worry.

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Speaker 3: I can't forgive what was done to me. I pray,

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Speaker 3: but it feels like God doesn't hear. I won't have

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Speaker 3: enough to provide for me and my family. How do

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Speaker 3: you overcome this type of negative thinking that limits you

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Speaker 3: from God's best?

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Speaker 1: Our thinking sets the limits for our life.

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Speaker 2: God Morning, you have to power up your mind, get

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Speaker 2: it going in the right direction, but dwelling on what

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Speaker 2: God says about you. When you think thoughts of faith, hope,

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Speaker 2: and victory, you'll tap into blessing and favor that belongs

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Speaker 2: to you.

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Speaker 1: Now, I'd love to send you my newest book. It's

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Speaker 1: called Power Up.

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Speaker 2: I'll show you how to delete negative thoughts and focus

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Speaker 2: on the promises rather than the problems.

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Speaker 3: You can discover God's unprecedented power in your life.

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Speaker 1: As our way of.

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Speaker 3: Saying thank you for your gift of any amount to

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Speaker 3: the ministry this month, Joel and Victoria would like to

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Speaker 3: send you this life altering resource, power Up, a twenty

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Speaker 3: one day action plan to transformative thinking. God wants to

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Speaker 3: power up every area of your life, your relationships, career, finances, health.

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Speaker 3: He wants to bless it all, but sometimes negative thinking

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Speaker 3: can short circuit the truth. This resource reconnects those power lines,

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Speaker 3: providing the free flow of God's eternal promises. Remember, wherever

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Speaker 3: you're at, whatever you're facing, you can make the choice

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Speaker 3: to power up and access God's promises.

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Speaker 2: When your mind is going in the right direction, your

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Speaker 2: life will go in the right direction.

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Speaker 1: Start powering up each day and watch what.

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Speaker 2: God will do. Victory and I want you to know

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Speaker 2: that we pray for you and your family. We appreciate

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Speaker 2: your prayer and support. Your generosity is impacting so many lives.

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Speaker 2: Remember you can watch the services live online every Sunday morning,

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Speaker 2: download our daily podcast, watch our YouTube channel, listen on

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Speaker 2: Serious Exam.

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Speaker 1: But until we meet again, may the Lord bless you

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Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of power Up, a

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