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You don't 40 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 4: know how a simple act of kindness can impact a person. Hi, 41 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 4: this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 42 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 44 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 45 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 4: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 47 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 4: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 48 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 4: during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 49 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 4: social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 50 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 4: to start with something funny. And I heard about this 51 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 4: burglar that broke into a house one night, and just 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 4: as he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice saying, 53 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 4: Jesus is watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined 54 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 4: his flashlight in the corner and saw a parrot. He said, 55 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: did you say that to me? The parent said yes, 56 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 4: I'm just trying to warn you. The burglar said, warned me? 57 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: What are you talking about? Who are you? The parent said, 58 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 4: my name is Moses. The burglar laughed, said what kind 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 4: of crazy people would name a parent Moses. The parent 60 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: said the same kind of people that would name a 61 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 4: one one hundred and fifty pounds rockweler. Jesus say it 62 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 63 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 64 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 65 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll 66 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 4: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 67 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 68 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 69 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: how kind words work wonders. When you say something kind, 70 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: you give a compliment, you tell your spouse that you 71 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: love them, you encourage your neighbor. It can seem like 72 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 4: a simple thing, no big deal, but those words have 73 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 4: incredible power. Proverb sixteen says kind words are like honey, 74 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 4: sweep to the soul and healthy for the body. You 75 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 4: can make someone healthier by speaking kind words. Just a 76 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: simple compliment, you look beautiful today, you did great on 77 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 4: that presentation. That's not just being nice, You're nourishing their soul. 78 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 4: When you tell your spouse I love you, I'm blessed 79 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: to have you in my life. That's not only going 80 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 4: to keep your relationship stronger, but it's making the other 81 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 4: person more secure, more confident. It's nourishing them. When you 82 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 4: call the friend that's down, say I'm thinking about you, 83 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 4: I care about you. You mean the world to me. 84 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 4: That's not just encouraging them, it's bringing healing to their body. 85 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 4: Don't miss opportunities to bring nourishment the people around you need. 86 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: What you have. Your kind words can be what pushes 87 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 4: them into their destiny. Your compliments, your encouragement. That's making 88 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 4: them healthier, stronger. That's how they're going to become all 89 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 4: they were created to be. Now, maybe you weren't raised 90 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 4: like this, with people saying nice things, telling your family 91 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 4: you love them, giving compliments. You didn't see that model 92 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 4: growing up. You can be the one to start it. 93 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 4: Without your nourishment, it will make it more difficult on 94 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 4: your family, on your children. The reason some people aren't 95 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 4: flourishing is no one is nourishing them. They never hear 96 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 4: any compliments, any encouragement. But God created us to need 97 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 4: each other. You have something that will cause your spouse 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: to blossom, your children to bloom, your loved one to 99 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 4: feel more secure. It's not your money, it's not your 100 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 4: hard work, not your accomplishments. It's your kind words. They 101 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: need to hear how much you love them, how much 102 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 4: you believe in them, how great you think they are. 103 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 4: Don't let a day go by that you don't say 104 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 4: something kind to the people God put in your life. 105 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 4: It's not enough to just think it. Your thoughts don't 106 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 4: nourish anyone. A blessing is not a blessing until it's spoken. 107 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 4: They need to hear it. Love you, I'm proud of you. 108 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 4: You're beautiful, You're going to do great things. Make it 109 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 4: a habit of speaking good at these days it's more 110 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 4: needed than ever. So many voices trying to push down 111 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 4: people saying harsh things, being rude, demeaning. They have no 112 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 4: problem speaking their mind in a negative way. We need 113 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 4: to be just as bold and speak our mind in 114 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 4: a positive way. God is counting on us to be healers, 115 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 4: to be lifters, to be encouragers. Let's make it our 116 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: business to nourish people's souls, to bring healing and wholeness. 117 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 4: I've told Victoria thousands of times how beautiful she is. 118 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 4: Now realize she already knows that she's beautiful. People have 119 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 4: been telling her that her whole life. Do you know 120 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 4: what's funny, She's never once said, Joel, stop telling me 121 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 4: I'm beautiful. You know why we like to hear good 122 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 4: things over and over because it's nourishing our soul. It's 123 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 4: keeping us strong and Healthyw's going up. I would hear 124 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 4: my parents tell me how proud they were of me, 125 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 4: again and again every night before bed Joel, we love 126 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 4: you and we're proud of you. Those words brought confidence, 127 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 4: security because they believed in me. I believed in myself. 128 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 4: There are people in your life. When they know you 129 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 4: believe in them, they'll start believing in themselves in a 130 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: new way. They need your validation, your encouragement, your blessing. 131 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 4: That's what will push them into their destiny. This should 132 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 4: start with your family. Don't take for granted the people 133 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 4: that are closest to you. You may think, oh, they're strong, 134 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 4: they don't need my blessing. They know I'm proud of them. 135 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 4: They know they're beautiful. Know something happens when they hear 136 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 4: you say it. Those kind words get down into their spirit, 137 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 4: bring a new level of confidence, talent, boldness. When I 138 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 4: worked in them television department here at Lakewood, my father 139 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: would bring guests by it during the week. He would 140 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 4: tell them, you have to meet my son Joel. He's 141 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: so talented and so much better looking than his brother Paul. 142 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: He can produce. He can produce television like nobody else. 143 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 4: He would brag on me so much. I'd be embarrassed. 144 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 4: But Daddy knew the power of kind words. He didn't 145 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 4: grow up with people encouraging him. He had loving parents, 146 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 4: but they weren't vocal about their love. They expressed themselves 147 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: when they saw something negative, something they were displeased with. 148 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 4: And yes, we have to correct our children, but they 149 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 4: shouldn't only hear what they're doing wrong. They need to 150 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 4: hear words of affirmation, how valuable they are, how much 151 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 4: you love them, talk to them about what they're good. 152 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 4: At all those times my father bragged on me, I 153 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 4: may have acted like I didn't like it. The truth 154 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 4: is I did like it. It made me believe in 155 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 4: myself in a great away. You have to call out 156 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 4: the seeds of greatness in the people God put in 157 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: your life. Most of the time, that greatness won't come 158 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: out on its own. They have to hear it again 159 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 4: and again. My mother sent me a birthday card the 160 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 4: other day, said Joel, I am so proud of you, 161 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 4: and I know Daddy would be so proud too. Eighty 162 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 4: eight years old and she's still speaking the blessing over 163 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 4: her children. No wonder, I've been able to go places 164 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 4: I've never dreamed. I didn't think this was in me, 165 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: but people around me kept calling it out, telling me 166 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 4: what I could become their kind words nourished my soul, 167 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 4: made me more confident, more secure, helped me to step 168 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 4: into my destiny. I wouldn't be half of who I 169 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 4: am today without Victoria. She saw things in me that 170 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 4: I couldn't see. Here's the key she took time to 171 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 4: tell me. She spoke words of faith, words of victory 172 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 4: once but over and over. Joel, you can do anything. 173 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 4: You're amazing. You're so talented. One time we bought this 174 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: old house and had it torn down. We're going to 175 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 4: build a new one. I called the builder we had 176 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 4: used a couple of years earlier. He built a house 177 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 4: we really liked for us. She said, why are you 178 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: calling him? We don't need a builder. You can build 179 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 4: a house, said Victoria. I am not a builder. I 180 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 4: don't know how to build a house. She said, sure 181 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 4: you do. You just watched him build our last house. 182 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 4: You're as smart as he is. You can build this house, 183 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 4: I said, Victoria, I had surgery on my knee. I 184 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 4: watched the surgeon, but I can't do surgery. She said, 185 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: that's different. She talked me into it. I built the 186 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 4: house and turned out pretty good. I forgot the plumbing, 187 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 4: but other than that, it was great. Ten years before 188 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord. We would 189 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 4: sit on the front row when Daddy was up there 190 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 4: ministering on Sunday nights, and Victoria would lean over and say, Joel, 191 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 4: one day you're going to pasture the church. I thought, 192 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 4: I have her so fulled. I may be able to 193 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 4: build a house, but I cannot get up and speak 194 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 4: in front of people. I would tell her there's no way. 195 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 4: She say, yes, I can see it. I know you 196 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 4: can do it. And when my father passed, one reason 197 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 4: I believe I was able to step up and past her, 198 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 4: even though I had never ministered, is because I'd had 199 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 4: heard Victoria tell me I could do it hundreds and 200 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:29,359 Speaker 4: hundreds of times. Those words nourish my soul, gave me confidence, 201 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 4: brought talent out that I didn't know I had. How 202 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 4: much further will the people that God put in your 203 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 4: life go? If you will speak kind words, if you 204 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 4: will tell them what they can to come, if you 205 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 4: will call out their seeds of greatness. Thinking about it 206 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,599 Speaker 4: doesn't do them any good. Speak it over them. And 207 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 4: here's the key. Be generous with your compliments and be 208 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 4: stingy with your complaints. We can all focus on things 209 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 4: we don't like about someone, how they don't measure up, 210 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: how they should do better. Don't spend more time telling 211 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: people what you don't like, what they can't do, than 212 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 4: you do telling them what you do like what they 213 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 4: can do. You have the power to push them into 214 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 4: their destiny. Many times, you can see things in people 215 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 4: that they can't see in themselves. Your kind words can 216 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 4: be the seed that causes them to blossom. Because you 217 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 4: spoke faith, you encourage, you lifted, they'll step into levels 218 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 4: that they couldn't get to on their own. Now. There 219 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 4: may be people in your life now and you kind 220 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 4: of put out with why can't they be more disciplined? 221 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 4: Why won't they go further? Maybe all they need is 222 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 4: some nourishment. Maybe your kind words, your encouragement is going 223 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 4: to give them the strength, the confidence, the faith to 224 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 4: rise up and blossom into who they were created to be. 225 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 4: We have this small plant in a pot on our 226 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 4: back porch, and we were out of town for a 227 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 4: couple of weeks and didn't water it. When we came back, 228 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: the plant was all wilted over, leaves were brown, dried up, 229 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 4: looked like it was dead. I was about to take 230 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 4: it to the trash. Vizoria said, no, Joe, it's not dead. 231 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 4: Just put some water in it. I thought, man, she 232 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 4: has more faith than me, because there's nothing in this 233 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 4: plant that looks alive. I watered it. The next morning 234 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 4: the plant had stood up tall. I thought, this is 235 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 4: a miracle, this is a resurrection. Two days later the 236 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 4: leaves had turned green. A couple of weeks later there 237 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 4: were beautiful flowers. The whole plant was blossoming, blooming, prettier 238 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 4: than ever. I thought it was dead. All it needed 239 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 4: was some nourishment. And the reason some people are wilted, 240 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 4: not blossoming, not reaching their potential is their lacking nourishment. 241 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 4: They need someone to speak life into them. You have 242 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 4: what they need. If you'll encourage them, let them know 243 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 4: that you believe in them them, call out their seeds 244 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 4: of greatness. Just like this plan, you'll see them come 245 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 4: to life. Gifts will come out that they didn't know 246 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 4: they had. Their passion will come back. Before long, they'll 247 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 4: be blossoming, blooming, stepping into new levels. It wasn't something 248 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: they could do on their own. They needed what you had. 249 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 4: Your kind words are nourishment to their soul, and this 250 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 4: is not something that's complicated, doesn't take a lot of time. 251 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 4: In twenty seconds, you can give a compliment. You can 252 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 4: send a text, I'm thinking about you. I appreciate your friendship. 253 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 4: You're really amazing. You just nourish their soul. You just 254 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 4: lighten their load, made their life a little easier. You 255 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 4: don't know what people are going through. They may smile 256 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 4: on the outside, everything seems fine, but on the inside, 257 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 4: they're hurting. They're trying to keep it together. One thing 258 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 4: I've learned is everyone is fighting a battle. Everyone is 259 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 4: dealing with something. They may not show it, but there's 260 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 4: a load they're carrying, their thoughts telling them how it's 261 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: not going to work out. They're concerned about a child, 262 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: worried about their health, struggling in their career. If they 263 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 4: were sick and we had the medicine, we had the cure, 264 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 4: none of us would withhold it. We'd be quick to 265 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 4: give it to them. We want to see them get better. 266 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 4: What I'm saying is we have some medicine. We have 267 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 4: something that will not only nourish their soul, soothe their emotions, 268 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: calm their fears, but our kind words bring healing to 269 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 4: the body. When you tell someone it's going to be okay, 270 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 4: it's going to work out. God has you in the 271 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 4: palm of his hand. That just made them stronger. Their 272 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 4: immune system will function better, their cells will work more efficiently, 273 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 4: their blood pressure will improve, all because you took time 274 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 4: to be a healer. Proverb says a word of encouragement 275 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 4: works wonders and pray for signs and wonders. And I 276 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 4: believe in that. But what if some of those wonders 277 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 4: are in our kind words? What if the miracle was 278 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 4: in something simple, telling someone that they're going to make it, 279 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 4: Telling your spouse every day I love you, giving your coworker, 280 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 4: your friend a compliment, encouraging them. Don't discount the power 281 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 4: of a kind word. It can work wonders. My mother 282 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 4: had polio as a child. One of her legs is 283 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 4: much smaller than the other. She's always walked with a limp. 284 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 4: They used to really bother her. She was self conscious 285 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 4: about it, thinking people are looking at me, thinking what's 286 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: wrong with you? And she'd try to cover up the 287 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 4: small leg wearing longer dresses. One day, a minister friend 288 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 4: was speaking for us at the old church. He and 289 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 4: my father were walking together and my mother was a 290 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 4: few feet in front of them, he saw my mother walking. 291 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 4: He turned to my father and said, John, look at 292 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 4: Dodie like a princess. My mother had never heard anything 293 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 4: positive about how she walked, but when she heard that, 294 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,959 Speaker 4: it changed her whole perspective. She stopped being embarrassed by it. 295 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 4: She started walking with confidence, knowing that she's made in 296 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 4: the image of Almighty God. That was over forty years ago, 297 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 4: but she remembers it like it was yesterday. One compliment, 298 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 4: one kind word, can have an impact for a lifetime. 299 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 4: What if that minister would have just thought about it, 300 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 4: never said it, maybe my mother would still be bothered 301 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 4: by it. But a word of encouragement works wonders. Your 302 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 4: kind words can break strongholds in people's mind. Your encouragement 303 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 4: can set their dreams into motion. Don't withhold the healing. 304 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 4: Like my plant that needed water, it couldn't water itself. 305 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: I had to step in. Someone needs your water. God 306 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 4: is counting on us to bring the nourishment. You don't 307 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 4: know how a simple act of kindness can impact a person. 308 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 4: Seems ordinary to us, but to that person is something 309 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 4: that will affect them for the good for years to come. 310 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 4: When I first started ministering. I was so insecure. I 311 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: hadn't been trained to do this. I'm naturally more quiet 312 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 4: and reserved, and all these thoughts said to me, nobody's 313 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 4: going to listen to you. Joel, it's a big mistake. 314 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: You better change your mind and go back behind the scenes. 315 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 4: I was fighting all these internal battles, trying to keep 316 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 4: moving forward, unsure of myself. One day, about two months in, 317 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 4: when I was at a critical point, I received a 318 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 4: letter in the mail from a very well known and 319 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 4: well respected minister and business leader. I'd never met him. 320 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 4: I didn't know that he knew who I was. I 321 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 4: started reading the letter so nervously, not knowing what to expect. 322 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, want you to know I've been watching you, 323 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 4: and I can't tell you how great you're doing. Listed 324 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 4: all these things I was doing right on and on, 325 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 4: so encouraging and so uplifting. When he sent that letter, 326 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 4: he had no idea what I was fighting. He had 327 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 4: no way of knowing what kind of impact it would have. 328 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 4: But he took time to nourish my soul. He took 329 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 4: time to let me know that he cared that it 330 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 4: was for me that he believed in me. That letter 331 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 4: was a big part of me moving forward and pushing 332 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 4: through the doubt, through the naysayers, through my own negative thoughts. 333 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 4: Proverbs says, when it's in your power, don't withhold the good. 334 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 4: This has taught me to live my life as a healer, 335 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 4: to be free with kind words, to lift people, to 336 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 4: speak life to their dreams, to tell them what they 337 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 4: can become. Several times a week when I'm at home, 338 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 4: instead of watching television, I'll get my cell phone out 339 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 4: and think, who can I encourage tonight? Who can I bless? 340 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 4: Who can nourish like that man did for me? God 341 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 4: will cause you to speak a word in due season. 342 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 4: There are people all around us work, the grocery store, 343 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: the mall, the gem. They need nourishment. Life has pushed 344 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 4: them down. They're trying to decide, like I was, should 345 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 4: I go back, give up on this dream, this marriage, 346 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 4: this child. They're starting to wilt, to dry up. The 347 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 4: good news is you have the water. You have the nourishment. 348 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: Your kind words, your encouragement, your text, your compliment can 349 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 4: be what causes them to come back to life. Well, Joel, 350 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 4: I need someone to nourish me. Man. I have all 351 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 4: these challenges. I'm carrying a heavy load. The scripture says, 352 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 4: your own soul is nourished when you're kind. When you're 353 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 4: kind to others, you're not only nourishing them, but you're 354 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 4: being nourished. You're going to get stronger, you're going to 355 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 4: get healthy, You're going to have more fail Isaiah said, 356 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: say to the righteous, all will be well with you. 357 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 4: It didn't say go pray for the righteous, although that's good, 358 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 4: go tell the righteous how to get out of their problems. 359 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 4: It simply says, say to the righteous, it's going to 360 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 4: work out. Everything's going to be okay. Just a word 361 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 4: of encouragement. Just let them know that you care. Just 362 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 4: remind them that God's still on the throne. You don't 363 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 4: have to have all the answers. I used to be 364 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 4: intimidated because sometimes the situation was so complicated, different people involved, 365 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 4: there's been lost. I'm not sure what to tell them. 366 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 4: I've learned I don't have to solve the problem. That's 367 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 4: God's job. My part is to just nourish their soul. 368 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 4: Just let them know I care about you, I'm standing 369 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 4: with you. You're going to make it. Those kind words are 370 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 4: what put people back on their feet. Here's ago. A 371 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 4: minister friend of mine went to a tough time. He 372 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 4: was accused of doing things that weren't true. People blew 373 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: them out of proportion and made it a really big deal, 374 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 4: and his ministry and reputation went down to nothing. He's 375 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 4: a good man, he just made the mistakes, got a 376 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 4: little off course. It's easy to be judgmental. He knew better. 377 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,719 Speaker 4: It's his own fault. He's getting what he deserves. But 378 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 4: a true friend doesn't run away. When people are in trouble, 379 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 4: you run to them. You pour oil on their wounds. 380 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 4: You help them to get better. Have enough people pushing 381 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 4: them down their own thoughts are making them feel badly enough, 382 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: Why don't you be a healer? Why don't you use 383 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 4: your words to nourish their soul. You can help love 384 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 4: them back into wholeness. The mercy we show others is 385 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 4: the mercy God's going to show us. I don't want 386 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 4: to be a condemner, a fault finder. I told you so. 387 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 4: I'm going to live my life as a healer. The 388 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 4: scripture says the enemy is the accuser of the brethren. 389 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 4: Anytime you're at tempted to be horsh judgmental, condemning, recognize 390 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 4: you're on the wrong side. I hadn't spoken to this 391 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 4: friend in several months since all the news hit, and 392 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 4: it's like the whole world had turned against him. And 393 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 4: I called him on his cell phone. He answered in 394 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 4: the weakest, most faint voice you could imagine. I could 395 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: barely hear him say hello. He's a very outgoing, dynamic person. 396 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 4: I told him how much I loved him, how this 397 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 4: is not the end, and how God knows how to restore. 398 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 4: The line went silent. Could tell he was weepy. He said, Joel, 399 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 4: I don't have any fight left in me. I said, 400 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 4: that's okay, We're going to fight for you. I didn't 401 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 4: have the solution. I didn't know how it was going 402 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 4: to work out, but I let him know that God 403 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 4: still had a purpose for him, that he was not finished, 404 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 4: and that we're going to keep praying for him. It 405 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 4: was a five minute phone call. I couldn't tell it 406 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 4: made any difference, but at least he knew that we cared. 407 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 4: Two months later, he called me in told him how 408 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 4: he had already made up his mind to get out 409 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 4: of the ministry. He's going to formally resign and go 410 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 4: do something else. But he said, Joel, when I heard 411 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 4: your voice that day, something came alive on the inside. 412 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 4: I kept hearing what you told me that God still 413 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 4: has a purpose for me. He quit dwelling on his failures, 414 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 4: he quit listening to the accusing voices, got his passion back. Today, 415 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 4: he's back in the ministry, stronger than ever, making a 416 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 4: greater difference than before. On your journey in life, you're 417 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 4: going to meet people like this, people that are wilted. 418 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 4: Life has thrown them a curve. They feel overwhelmed. People 419 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 4: are judging them. God put them in your path so 420 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 4: you can nourish them. Your kind words can put them 421 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 4: back on their feet. They don't need more judgment. They 422 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 4: need a healer. They need someone that will pour oil 423 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 4: on the wounds. There are a lot of tears in 424 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 4: our world today, a lot of heartache, a lot of pain. 425 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 4: When we get to heaven, the scripture talks about how 426 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 4: God will wipe away the tears. There will be no 427 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 4: more tears, no more loss, no more pain. But while 428 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 4: we're here on earth, God is counting on us to 429 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 4: wipe away the tears, to lift the fallen, to nourish 430 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 4: the Wilton to encourage those that are down. You can 431 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 4: breathe life back into their spirits. Your kind words can 432 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 4: set their dreams into motion. Your encouragement can be what 433 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 4: causes them to step into their purpose. Read about a 434 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: five year old little boy named Michael. His mother had 435 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 4: just found out that she was pregnant with the little girl. 436 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 4: He was so excited he couldn't wait to see his 437 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 4: little sister. All through the day, Michael would come over 438 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 4: to his mother's tummy and sing to his baby's sister, 439 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 4: you are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Week after week, 440 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 4: month after month, hundreds of times he kept singing. The 441 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 4: mother finally went into labor and there were complications with 442 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 4: the delivery. She had to be rushed to the operator 443 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 4: room for an emergency CEA section. Unfortunately, the baby didn't 444 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 4: fare well. She was alive, but doctors told the parents 445 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 4: there was very little chance she would survive. The baby 446 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit. All the while, 447 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 4: Michael kept asking, when can I see my baby sister. 448 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 4: Several days went by, word came that the baby would 449 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 4: probably not make it through the night. The mother knew 450 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 4: if Michael didn't see his sister right away, he may 451 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 4: not ever see her alive. When the head nurse wasn't watching, 452 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 4: she snucked Michael into intensive care. He was taken aback 453 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 4: by all the tubes and monitors on his little sister. 454 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 4: About that time, the nurse saw Michael told the mother 455 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 4: that he had to leave right now. Without his mother 456 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 4: saying a word, Michael started singing, you are my sunshine, 457 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: my only sunshine. You make me happy. When Scott's regragged, 458 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 4: the nurse noticed the baby's rap but breathing begin to 459 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 4: slow down to normal. She looked at little Michael and 460 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 4: said keep seeing. As he stood there and sang for 461 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 4: a few minutes. The nurse watched in amazement as the 462 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 4: baby's heart rate became normal, the blue color began to 463 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: go away. Instead of being shaky and jitterly, there was 464 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 4: a calmness over the baby. It was like those words 465 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 4: from a five year old boy were releasing healing and 466 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 4: wholeness into his baby's sister. Against all odds, the baby 467 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 4: got better today. She's perfectly healthy and whole. Kind words work, wonders. 468 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 4: Are you using your healing powers? Are you nourishing anyone's souls? 469 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 4: Don't let the day go by without encouraging someone, giving 470 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 4: a compliment, telling your family that you love them, developed 471 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 4: the habit of speaking kind words. The Scripture says, encourage 472 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 4: one another daily. This is not a one time thing 473 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 4: and you're done. This should be a lifestyle. Be on 474 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 4: the lookout. Who can I encourage today? Who can I text? 475 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 4: Who can I call? There are people God has put 476 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 4: in your path that need your nourishment. Remember when you're 477 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 4: kind to others, your own soul is nourished. If you'll 478 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 4: do this, I believe and declare, as you help them, 479 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 4: you're going to rise higher. New doors are going to open, 480 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 4: healing will come, favor, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 481 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 4: in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 482 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 4: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 483 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: make Jesus the Lord. If you're lying, would you pray 484 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 485 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 486 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 487 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 4: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 488 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 4: on your new walk with the Lord. Just text the 489 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 4: number or go to the website. I hope you'll get 490 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 4: into a good bye Bible based church and keep God 491 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 4: the first place. 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