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Speaker 2: just wouldn't respond to it. She just kept tuning it out.

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Speaker 2: And the way this reticular activating system works is after

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Speaker 2: a while, the mind says, you know what, they don't

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Speaker 2: need this information. They're not responding, they're not paying attention,

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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: house when that train came by in the middle of

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

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

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Speaker 2: an end. And here I look over there and Lisa

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Speaker 2: just sleeping like a baby, sound asleep, got drool running

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Speaker 2: down the side of her face. But what's the difference

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Speaker 2: between her and me. The fact is that reticular activating

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Speaker 2: system in her mind has kicked in and it's not

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Speaker 2: sending her those messages any longer. And my point is,

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Speaker 2: I believe that we can train our mind in such

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Speaker 2: a positive fashion that when these negative, discouraging thoughts come,

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Speaker 2: they won't affect us anymore. When that thought of fear come,

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Speaker 2: learn to tune it out, like Lisa did. That depressing

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Speaker 2: thought is going to be allousy day. Tune it out,

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Speaker 2: and if you'll keep it up, before long, your mind's

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Speaker 2: going to say, you know what, they don't need this information.

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Speaker 2: They're not paying attention. Don't even send the thought of fear.

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Speaker 2: Don't even send the thought of worry. Just like that train,

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Speaker 2: I believe we can tune it out so long that

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Speaker 2: our mind won't even send us any of those negative

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Speaker 2: messages anymore. Really, all we should be tuned into are

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

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Speaker 2: of hope, thoughts of victory. That's what happens when we

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Speaker 2: stamp everything positive. I see too many people today. Their

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Speaker 2: thinking is so out of balance that their mind is

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Speaker 2: working totally against them. It's doing exactly opposite of what

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Speaker 2: it should do. It's tuning out everything good, and it's

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Speaker 2: only tuning in the worry, the fear, the pain of

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Speaker 2: the past, the negative. And it's all because that's what

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Speaker 2: they're choosing to dwell on. That's what they're grasping hold of. Listen,

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

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Speaker 2: got to retrain your mind. Well, Joel, it's my children.

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Speaker 2: They're not doing good. They got off course. I'm so

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Speaker 2: worried about it. No, just turn that around. Father, Thank

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Speaker 2: you that my children are blessed. They're making good decisions.

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Speaker 2: I declare what your word says. As for me and

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Speaker 2: my house, we will serve the Lord. Kind of tune

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Speaker 2: that junk out. Well, Joel, it's my finances. Guess it's

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Speaker 2: so high. Business is slow. I don't see how I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna make it. No, tune that out and start tuning in.

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Speaker 2: God is supplying all of my needs. He's Jehovah, Jarrah,

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Speaker 2: the Lord, my provider. Everything I touched prospers and succeed.

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Speaker 2: I am blessed. I cannot because see, we got a

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Speaker 2: 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. 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. Person 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. 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 2: And you can tell that. The reporter was kind of

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Speaker 2: taken back. I mean, this lady was a breath of

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Speaker 2: fresh air. And everybody had been complaining about not having

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Speaker 2: any power, no electricity, and it was very hot, so

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Speaker 2: they didn't 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 positive on it. She refused to tune in

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Speaker 2: those thoughts of self pity. She refused to allow her

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Speaker 2: negative circumstances to steal her joy. She was saying, in effect,

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Speaker 2: I know God's still in control of my life. He said,

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Speaker 2: a little sparrow would not fall to the ground without

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Speaker 2: him seeing it, So I know he's watching over me.

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Speaker 2: I know he's gonna take care of me and my kids.

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Speaker 2: And it is my prayer that you and I would

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

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Speaker 2: so trusting, so at rest, so positive, that our mind

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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 just save our time

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Speaker 2: and energy. Friends, let me challenge you. Train your mind

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Speaker 2: to see the good. Get rid of any of these negative,

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Speaker 2: conditioned responses. Everybody around you may be complaining. You may

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Speaker 2: have a good right to live depressed and worried and

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Speaker 2: in self pity. But I'm asking you to walk away

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Speaker 2: from that and make a decision to develop a habit

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Speaker 2: of happiness. Learn to go with the flow, believe God's

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Speaker 2: in control of your life, find the good in every situation.

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Speaker 2: If you'll do what the scripture says and simply be

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Speaker 2: happy at all times, I can promise you this, you'll

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Speaker 2: not only enjoy your life more, but you'll rise higher

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Speaker 2: and higher. God will pour out his blessings in favor

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Speaker 2: and you'll live that life of victory he has in story. Amen,

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Speaker 2: you receive it today. Well, I know you do. But

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Speaker 2: we never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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