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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate you,

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Speaker 2: and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 1: Now, God bless you. It's a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes.

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Speaker 2: We love you, and I know God has great things

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Speaker 2: in store. If you're ever in our area, please stop

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Speaker 2: by and be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas,

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Speaker 2: right here at Lake Court, So come be apart. But

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Speaker 2: thanks for tuning in today and thank you again for

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Speaker 2: coming out. And I like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 2: And I heard about this minister. He'd been out bear

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Speaker 2: hunting all day long and searched and searched through the

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Speaker 2: woods with no sign of a bear, and finally, in frustration,

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Speaker 2: he threw his gun down.

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Speaker 1: And he went to the stream to cool off.

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Speaker 2: About that time, he sees this huge grizzly bear running

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Speaker 2: toward him full speed, about two hundred yards away, and

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Speaker 2: he falls on his knees and says, God, I need protection.

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Speaker 2: Please convert this bear into a Christian. Miraculously, the bear

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Speaker 2: froze in his tracks, put up both paus toward the heavens,

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Speaker 2: and said, thank you Lord for this food I'm about

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Speaker 2: to eat.

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Speaker 1: All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it.

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

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

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about praising your way to victory.

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Speaker 2: We all face challenges and obstacles, dreams that look like

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Speaker 2: they're not going to.

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Speaker 1: Come to pass. We can either get negative.

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Speaker 2: And discouraged and talk about what's not going to work out,

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Speaker 2: or we can switch over into praise and thank God

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Speaker 2: that he's still on the throne, and thank God that

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Speaker 2: he's fighting our battles, and thank him that he always

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Speaker 2: causes us to tru But a lot of times we

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Speaker 2: think I'll have a good attitude as soon as business

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Speaker 2: picks up. I'll cheer up as soon as I get

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Speaker 2: over this health issue Joel. I'll give God praise when

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Speaker 2: I get through these tough times.

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Speaker 1: But that's not how faith works.

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Speaker 2: You've got to give God praise and then the breakthrough

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Speaker 2: will come. You've got to cheer up first, then things

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Speaker 2: will change in your favor. Praise always precedes the victory.

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Speaker 2: But as long as we're negative, discouraged, focused on our problems,

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Speaker 2: that will limit what God can do.

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Speaker 1: Think about Jonah.

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Speaker 2: He was in the belly of a well in the

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Speaker 2: midst of all these problems. Seaweed around him, smell bad, dark, uncomfortable,

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Speaker 1: He began to pray. For the first eight verses, all

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Speaker 2: About was how bad life was, how he was in

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Speaker 2: the depths of despair, how he was surrounded by so

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Speaker 2: much turmoil, on and on, negative, defeated. Sometimes what we

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Speaker 2: call prayer is really just a complaining session. We're just

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Speaker 2: telling God everything that's wrong, Like God doesn't already know. God,

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Speaker 2: my business is down, and God, this boss is getting

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Speaker 2: on my nurves and God, I can't take these children. God,

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Speaker 2: I got to lose twenty pounds. God, my blood pressure

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Speaker 2: is too high. That's not really prayer, that's just telling

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Speaker 2: God your problems. And although God is concerned about what

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Speaker 2: we're going through, God is not moved by our problems.

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Speaker 2: He's moved by our faith. And praise is faith at work.

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Speaker 2: The scripture says, the spirit of faith is in our words.

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Speaker 2: My question today is what's coming out of your mouth?

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Speaker 2: Are you talking about how big your problems are? Or

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Speaker 2: you talking about how big your God is? Switch over

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Speaker 2: into praise Father. Business is slow, but I want to

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Speaker 2: thank you that you're supplying all of my needs. I

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Speaker 2: know you're Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. You said

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Speaker 2: You talk like that, and Almighty God will show up.

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Speaker 2: This is what Jonah did. After complaining for eight verses.

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Speaker 2: In verse nine, he had a change of heart. He said, God,

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Speaker 2: in spite of my difficulties, I'm going to offer under

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Speaker 2: Sitting in the belly of the well, instead of complaining,

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Speaker 2: bigger than this difficulty. I know you're still on the throne.

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Speaker 2: You can still get me to where you want.

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Speaker 1: Me to be. Now, I'm not going to magnify my problem.

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Speaker 2: The next verse says that the well spit him out

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Speaker 1: You too, may feel like you're in the belly of

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Speaker 2: You could easily complain, talk about your problems, how bad

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Speaker 2: the medical report is, what somebody did to you. No,

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Speaker 2: zip up the negative, defeated words and switch over into praise.

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Speaker 2: Thank God that he's fighting your battles. Thank him that

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Speaker 2: he's bigger than your problems. Thank him that no weapon

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Speaker 2: to victory. When you praise, the creator of the universe

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Speaker 2: can cause that fish that swallowed you so to speak

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Speaker 2: to not only spit you out, but to spitch you

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Speaker 1: Think about it.

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Speaker 2: If Jonah that well would have spit him out into

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Speaker 2: the ocean, he could have drowned. But when you praise,

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Speaker 2: God will take what was meant for your harm and

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Speaker 2: he'll use it to advance you.

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Speaker 2: to promote you. Jonah said, I'm going to offer up

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Speaker 2: the sacrifice of praise. That word sacrifice means I don't

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Speaker 2: this situation improving. Everything in me says I should be depressed, discouraged, complaining.

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Speaker 2: But I know a secret. Praise is my faith at work.

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Speaker 2: I know when I praise, it activates God's power. I

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Speaker 2: may not feel like it, it may not look good,

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Speaker 2: but like Jonah, I'm gonna dig my heels in.

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Speaker 1: And offer up that sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 2: Sacrifice means that it costs you something God. I'm hurting,

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Speaker 2: but I give you praise God.

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Speaker 1: I'm lonely, but I give you praise God. It wasn't fair.

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Speaker 1: They did me wrong, but I give you praise.

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Speaker 2: Nothing gets God's attention anymore than when you should be discouraged.

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Speaker 2: In the natural, you should be complaining. The medical report

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Speaker 2: out of a promotion. Most people would be negative and bitter,

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Speaker 2: but in instead you have a song of praise. You're

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Speaker 2: thanking God for what's right, not focused on what's wrong.

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Speaker 2: You're not talking about how big your problems are. You're

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Speaker 2: talking about how big your God is. When you can

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Speaker 2: offer this sacrifice of praise, you can be assured Almighty

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Speaker 2: God is working in your life. You may not see

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Speaker 2: anything happening, but behind the scenes, God's getting it all

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Speaker 2: lined up and at the appointed time, things will change

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Speaker 2: in your favor. This is what Paul and Silas did.

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Speaker 2: They were put in jail for spreading good news. Wasn't fair.

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Speaker 2: They were beaten with rods without a trial.

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Speaker 1: It was unjust. As they sat in the prison.

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Speaker 2: Bloodied, bruised, uncomfortable, they begin to sing praises to God.

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Speaker 2: If you're going to live in victory, you have to

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Speaker 2: know how to praise in pain, praise when you're disappointed,

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Speaker 2: praise when you're lonely, pray when you went through a loss.

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Speaker 2: After all, we can all give God praise we're on

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Speaker 1: That's easy.

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Speaker 2: But our attitude should be I'm gonna give him praise

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Speaker 2: even if I'm in a valley. I'm all praise him

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Speaker 2: when my business is up, and I'm all praise him

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Speaker 2: when it's not so up. I'm all praise him when

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Speaker 2: I feel like it. And I'm gonna praise him even

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Speaker 2: if I don't feel like it. That's the sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 2: As they were sitting in the prison at midnight, singing

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Speaker 2: praises to God, all of a sudden there was.

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Speaker 1: A great earthquake.

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Speaker 2: The prison doors flung open, the chains fell off, and

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Speaker 2: they walked out as free men.

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Speaker 1: What happened? They praised their way to victory.

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Speaker 2: One of our faithful members is a gentleman named Freddie Lamb.

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Speaker 2: Freddie always has a smile. He's full of faith, full

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Speaker 2: of joy. I see him here all the time. Back

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Speaker 2: in the nineteen nineties, Freddy was on the freeway and

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Speaker 2: he had a flat tire. He pulled off to the

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Speaker 2: both of his legs. They had to be amputated right

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Speaker 2: above the knees. My parents went to see him in

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Speaker 2: the hospital. They didn't really know what to expect. Most

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Speaker 2: people would be very discouraged, maybe even a little depressed,

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Speaker 2: But not Freddie. He knows how to offer up that

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Speaker 2: sacrifice of praise. When my parents walked into the room,

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Speaker 2: Freddie still had a.

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Speaker 1: Smile on his face.

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Speaker 2: He wasn't bitter complaining, he was still full of joy.

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Speaker 2: His legs were all bandaged there where they'd been amputated,

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Speaker 2: and lying on that bed, he lifted them up toward

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Speaker 2: the heavens, just stubbs now and he said to my parents, look, pastors,

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Speaker 2: I can still give God praise today. Today Freddie not

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Speaker 2: only walks, but Freddie can run with his new legs.

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Speaker 2: That setback didn't stop him. He still goes on all

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Speaker 2: over telling people his story. Freddie's with us down front,

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Speaker 2: mighty man of faith and courage.

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Speaker 1: Freddie, we love you today. Here's what I've learned.

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Speaker 2: You can't keep a praiser down. You may have some setbacks,

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Speaker 2: you may hit some tough times, But like Freddie, if

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Speaker 2: that sacrifice of praise, then what was meant to be

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Speaker 2: a stumbling block, God will turn into a stepping stone.

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Speaker 2: Instead of taking you down, God will calls it to

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Speaker 2: take you up higher. You may be up against some

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Speaker 2: big obstacles, you may have some big challenges coming your way,

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Speaker 2: but now is not the time to get discouraged. Now

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Speaker 2: is not the time to start complaining.

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Speaker 2: In the tough times, more than ever, you need to

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Speaker 2: turn up your praise. Start thanking God in a greater

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Speaker 2: way for his goodness. Yes, Freddie lost his legs, but

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Speaker 2: he was thanking God that he didn't lose his life.

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Speaker 2: You may have lost a battle, but you can thank

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Speaker 2: God that you didn't lose the war. You may be down,

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Speaker 2: but you can thank God that you're coming back up.

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Speaker 2: Your plans may not have worked out, but you can

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Speaker 2: thank God he has something better in store. Dig your

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Speaker 2: heels in and turn up the praise.

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Speaker 1: When you praise.

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Speaker 2: Chains are broken when you praise, New doors will open

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Speaker 2: when you praise. The angels go to work when you praise.

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Speaker 2: Victory is coming your way. I read where back in

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Speaker 2: the eighteen hundreds, these explorers were going across a huge desert.

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Speaker 2: It was even bigger than they expected. They miscalculated and

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Speaker 2: didn't bring enough water. They started digging at different spots

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Speaker 1: Those thoughts may tell you it's never gonna work out.

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Speaker 2: No, shake that off and just keep digging the ditch,

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Speaker 2: He loved and honored God. He stood for righteousness, He

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Speaker 2: He pronounced a death sentence over Hezekiah. Up to that point,

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Speaker 2: all of Isaiah's prophecies had come true. He had approven

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Speaker 2: He was pleading his case, but Isaiah just kept on

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Speaker 2: Hezekiah said, God, I deserve more years. I've done my best.

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Speaker 2: I've lived with integrity. But Isaiah just kept on walking. Finally,

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Speaker 2: Hezekiah decided to try a different approach. Instead of telling

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Speaker 1: Began to give God praise.

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Speaker 2: He began to thank God for who he was and

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Speaker 2: thank God for what he had done. Hezekiah made the statement, God,

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Speaker 2: the grave cannot give you praise. At that very moment,

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Speaker 2: God said, Isaiah, I want you to go back and

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Speaker 2: give him fifteen more years. If he's gonna praise me,

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Speaker 2: it's a different story. I'll add to his life. What

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Speaker 2: am I saying? Your praise can even change God's mind?

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Speaker 2: You don't have to tell God how good you are

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Speaker 2: who he is, for what he's done. Praise him for

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Speaker 2: and say, it wasn't gonna work out, But because you

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Speaker 2: stepped up the praise, I'm gonna make it work out.

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Speaker 2: Your time like Hezekiah was over, but because of your praise,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna add more years. That obstacle should have stopped you,

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Speaker 1: Kept giving me praise, I'm gonna move it out of

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Speaker 2: I'm asking us today to turn up the praise. God said,

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Speaker 2: but I will get my praise. Our attitude should be

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Speaker 2: no rocks are gonna have to cry out for me.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna sing for joy.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna shouting too, God, I'm gonna have the high

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Speaker 2: praises coming out of my mouth.

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Speaker 1: Get up every morning and start the day off with praise. Lord.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for another sunrise. Lord, Thank you for the

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Speaker 2: birds that I hear singing. Lord, Thank you for the

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Speaker 2: you praise dreams come to pass when you praise. Supernatural

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Speaker 2: doors open when you praise. Chains are broken, and some

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Speaker 2: of you are in tough times, but you gotta dig

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Speaker 2: your heels in like Freddy and learn to offer up

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Speaker 2: that sacrifice of praise. You can praise your way to victory. Listen,

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Speaker 2: if you'll turn up the praise like Hezekiah, you're gonna

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Speaker 2: Walls are gonna come down. And I believe and declare

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Speaker 2: you're going to enter into your promised land and become

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Speaker 2: everything God's created you to be.

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