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Speaker 1: It is such a joy to know that you are

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Speaker 2: I know you're gonna love this message. Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes each week

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Speaker 1: and we come with good news. We know that God

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Speaker 1: gonna bless you today for tuning in. We know He

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Speaker 1: rewards people that seek after him, So thanks for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: and we'd love to meet you one on one, so

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Speaker 1: get started each week with something kind of funny, and

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Speaker 1: I heard about these three aspiring psychiatrists.

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Speaker 2: They were taking their first test.

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Speaker 1: On emotional extremes, and the professor asked the first student

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Speaker 2: He replied, happiness.

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Speaker 1: He asked the next student from Oklahoma, what's the opposite

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Speaker 2: The opposite of woe? Woe?

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Speaker 1: The Aggie look kind of confused, and finally he said,

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Speaker 2: Are you ready?

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 1: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: people today, they're very nice and kind to somebody.

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Speaker 1: But the problem is they're not doing it because they

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Speaker 1: verse nine, love from the center of who you are.

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Speaker 2: Don't fake it. What does that mean? Be real?

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Speaker 1: Don't go around being two faced, pretending, acting one way,

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Speaker 2: Now, keep your heart pure. And it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: They went to try to build their reputation, and they'd

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Speaker 2: Well. Our motives are just like the oil, and if.

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Speaker 1: And I don't want us to be like the Pharisees

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Speaker 2: And I know people today that are very talented.

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Speaker 2: Let's go deeper than that.

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Speaker 1: And when we find that maybe our motives are not right,

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Speaker 1: good news is we can all change. And if you

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Speaker 2: Hey, I'm going to give you this.

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Speaker 1: Don't do it anymore, Well, you said, Joe, If I

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Speaker 1: And the fact is nobody can perform perfectly all the time.

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Speaker 1: not gonna be happy. Don't be a people pleaser, be

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Speaker 1: I don't go around saying one thing meaning something else. No,

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Speaker 1: what you see is what you get. One time, the

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Speaker 1: at first I began to reason it all out. I thought,

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Speaker 1: what's a couple of days of my time gonna hurt?

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Speaker 2: I could make an exception in this case. We could

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Speaker 2: really use these funds.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know technically if there'd been anything wrong

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Speaker 1: if I had gone, But when I really began to

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Speaker 1: search my heart, when I really began to look down

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Speaker 1: in here, I realized that for me, this wasn't gonna

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Speaker 1: be right. And don't get me wrong, this man was

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Speaker 1: very sincere, he was very generous, but I knew down

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Speaker 1: in here the only reason I would really be going

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Speaker 1: was to get that donation.

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Speaker 2: And I know that's not right. If I can't go

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Speaker 2: to help the people with a pure.

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Speaker 1: Heart, I'm not only gonna waste his time, but I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna waste my own time. And so I just graciously

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Speaker 1: declined it, and I felt.

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Speaker 2: Very good about it.

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Speaker 1: And do you know, the next couple of weeks we

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Speaker 1: received in the mail several large donations from people that

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Speaker 1: had never given to our menace before, and when we

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Speaker 1: added them up, they totaled more than double what that

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Speaker 1: man had offered if.

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Speaker 2: I had come to speak for him.

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Speaker 1: Friends, you never miss out if you'll just keep your

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Speaker 1: heart pure, if you'll honor God by having the right motive,

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Speaker 1: He'll always make it up to you in abundance. And

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Speaker 1: I believe if I had gone, not only would we

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Speaker 1: not have received those other donations, but I believe that

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Speaker 1: money that He had given we just needed it for

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Speaker 1: something else, just an added expense. In other words, we

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Speaker 1: never really gained. One thing I've learned is you've got

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Speaker 1: to do things with the right motive. You can't fool God.

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Speaker 1: He's keeping the records. And always remember he's the one

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Speaker 1: that brings promotion. Promotion doesn't come from your boss and

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Speaker 1: your supervisor or your banker.

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Speaker 2: Promotion comes from Almighty God.

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Speaker 1: And I'm asking you today, I'm asking you today to

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Speaker 1: stay on the high road. I'm asking you to make

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Speaker 1: sure that your motives are right. When you have a

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Speaker 1: pure heart, that's when you're going to increase experience God's

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Speaker 1: very best. And this inner life is so important because

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Speaker 1: on the outside we can all put on a good show.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I could have gone and spoken for that

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Speaker 1: man and nobody in the world would have known it.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't right except me in God. But you know what,

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Speaker 1: he's the one that matters. And I don't want to

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Speaker 1: fish with a net. I don't know about you, but

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Speaker 1: I'm throwing away my fishing pole. I'm gonna get on

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Speaker 1: the right side of the boat. That's when we can

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Speaker 1: expect a great haul of God's blessings. Because you know,

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Speaker 1: too many people today they're like the Pharisees. They were pretenders,

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Speaker 1: and when they did good things for people, when they

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Speaker 1: gave their gifts, they always made sure they did it

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Speaker 1: in public. They wanted everybody to see how great they were.

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Speaker 1: But listen, that's a sure sign of a wrong motive.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says, when you give, don't even let your

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Speaker 1: left hand know what your right hand is doing. That

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Speaker 1: means this, don't go announce it to everybody. Don't gonna

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Speaker 1: make a big deal about it. If you do that,

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Speaker 1: you better enjoy it, because that's the only reward you're

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Speaker 1: gonna give. On the other hand, if you'll do it

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Speaker 1: God's way and give in secret, give without making a

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Speaker 1: big deal about it, then the Bible says God sees that,

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Speaker 1: and what you do in secret, God will reward you openly.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I'd rather get my

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Speaker 1: reward from Almighty God than from other people.

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Speaker 2: You know. I think about my father.

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Speaker 1: He was very careful about his giving, and he made

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Speaker 1: several large donations to India, and more than once the

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Speaker 1: people call back and ask if they could put his

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Speaker 1: name on a building, maybe a Bible school or some

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Speaker 1: kind of hospital.

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Speaker 2: And I'll never forget what Daddy did.

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Speaker 1: He always told him, no, please don't put my name

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Speaker 1: on anything that's just between me and God.

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Speaker 2: Just keep that quiet. No wonder he was blessed, No

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Speaker 2: wonder God honored him.

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Speaker 1: When you go to do good things, when you're able

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Speaker 1: to bless somebody, when you can just do it in secret.

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Speaker 1: The mark of a pure motive is that you want

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Speaker 1: to help others and you're not looking.

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Speaker 2: For any kind of recognition.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says in First Corinthians that we can build

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Speaker 1: on all different diferent kinds of foundations, a foundation of wood,

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Speaker 1: of straw, of hay, in other words, on things that

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Speaker 1: are not going to last, or we can build on

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Speaker 1: a foundation made of pure solid things like gold and silver,

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Speaker 1: and one day all of our work will be judged,

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Speaker 1: every motive will be clearly known.

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Speaker 2: Why we did what we did will be.

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Speaker 1: Revealed every person we've helped, every gift we've given, every

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Speaker 1: friendship we've developed. The scripture says all of our work

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Speaker 1: will have to pass through the fire, and everything done

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Speaker 1: with impure motives will be burned up.

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Speaker 2: It may have been a good thing, but if we

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Speaker 2: did it for the wrong reason, it's not going to last.

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Speaker 1: We will only be rewarded for the things we've done

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Speaker 1: with a pure heart. And I'm asking you today to

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Speaker 1: go beyond the surface and go.

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Speaker 2: A little bit deeper.

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Speaker 1: There are already enough pharisees, there are already enough pretenders.

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Speaker 2: Let's be real.

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Speaker 1: And David said, God, test my motives. I want to

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Speaker 1: live according.

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Speaker 2: To your truth. That's the prayer we should pray every day.

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Speaker 2: God search my heart.

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Speaker 1: Show me areas I need to change, Show me how

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Speaker 1: I can come up higher. Friends, I want you to

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Speaker 1: receive your full reward. And I know every one of

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Speaker 1: you has the seed of a pure heart on the

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Speaker 1: inside of you.

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Speaker 2: Right now. God put it there.

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Speaker 1: But you have to do your part and regularly examine

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Speaker 1: your motives. Be honest, be willing to change if something's

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Speaker 1: not right. You've got to work with God to keep

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Speaker 1: your heart pure. We get ourselves into trouble when we

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Speaker 1: feel the conviction. We know God's dealing with this, but

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Speaker 1: we just ignore it.

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Speaker 2: Now we need to learn.

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Speaker 1: To face the truth about ourselves and then let's be

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Speaker 1: quick to make the adjustments. Now, if you'll do your

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Speaker 1: best to keep your heart pure, just remember you're not

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Speaker 1: fishing with a little pole, You're fishing with a great

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Speaker 1: big net. When you have right motives, you're on the

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Speaker 1: right side of the boat. That's when God can pour

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Speaker 1: out his blessings and you can expect to live that

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Speaker 1: life of victory that He has in store.

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Speaker 2: Amen, do you receive it today?

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Speaker 1: Or we never like the part of our bro podcast

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Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord

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Speaker 1: of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins.

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Speaker 2: Come into my heart.

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Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed

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Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get

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Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place.

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Speaker 2: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Breathtaking, that's what you feel when you look out at

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Speaker 3: majestic mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece.

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Speaker 3: But even as you consider his handiwork, you might also

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Speaker 3: feel bless that, not good enough or not valuable. The

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Speaker 3: image before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking.

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Speaker 2: How do you overcome this?

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Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion.

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Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive.

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Speaker 1: The wrong self image is setting the limits for our life.

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Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God

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Speaker 1: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable.

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Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of yourself, you'll rise

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Speaker 1: higher and become who you were created to be. We

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Speaker 1: It will help you get rid of the wrong self

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Speaker 1: image and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created

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Speaker 1: you to be.

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