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Speaker 4: and I heard about this mother. She was cooking breakfast

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Speaker 4: you be Jesus say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 4: to talk to you today about approval addiction. Too many

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Speaker 4: people make decisions based on what other people will think

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Speaker 4: they think less? Instead of being confident in who God

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Speaker 4: Psychologists call this faupo FPO fear of other people's opinion.

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Speaker 4: And yes, we all want approval, we all want to

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Speaker 4: people think about you. Everyone is not going to understand you.

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Speaker 4: Everyone won't celebrate you. There will be seasons when people

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Speaker 4: If you have that filter, I have to keep pleasing them.

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Speaker 4: Then you're letting them be in charge of who you are.

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Speaker 4: stop God's purpose for your life. When God laid out

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Speaker 4: don't need twelve people to confirm it. You don't need

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Speaker 4: When my father went to be with the Lord, I

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Speaker 4: It's the only place I can find where God says,

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Speaker 4: But Saul said, I'm afraid of the people. I need

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Speaker 4: Some people won't give you their approval. That's okay. You're

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