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Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer.

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Speaker 2: Know that we're praying for you, and we know God

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Speaker 2: has awesome things in store.

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Speaker 3: So great having you with us.

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Speaker 1: Enjoyed the message.

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Speaker 4: Today.

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Speaker 5: The other day, my son did something so nice for me.

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Speaker 5: It was really special. He went out of his way

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Speaker 5: and took his time to really make me feel good,

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Speaker 5: and I did.

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Speaker 1: I was so appreciative of what he did.

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Speaker 5: I called him up and I said, Jonathan, thank you

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Speaker 5: so much for what you've done for me. And I

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Speaker 5: began to gush and he said, Mom, I did it

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Speaker 5: because I knew you'd like it, and I wanted to

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Speaker 5: make you happy. He said, Mom, thanks for all you

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Speaker 5: do for me. Well as a parent, I was taken aback.

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Speaker 5: I thought, that's amazing his generosity and his kindness towards me,

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Speaker 5: And you know, it just took my heart and moved it.

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Speaker 1: It made me want to.

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Speaker 5: Do something even more special for him. It got my attention.

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Speaker 5: And you know, we all always want our children to

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Speaker 5: be kind. We want them to appreciate what they have,

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Speaker 5: so we teach them that, but when they actually do it,

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Speaker 5: we're like, praise God, that's amazing, you know, and it

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Speaker 5: moves us.

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Speaker 1: It moves us.

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Speaker 3: And see, I.

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Speaker 5: Believe that's exactly the way it is with our heavenly Father.

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Speaker 5: You see, He wants us to do the things that

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Speaker 5: are going to enrich our life, and when we actually do.

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Speaker 1: Them, it moves him. It moves his hand of blessing.

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Speaker 3: You see.

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Speaker 5: God knows that we are mature enough to be able

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Speaker 5: to handle what He has next for us. You see,

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Speaker 5: when we say to God, I not only praise you

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Speaker 5: and I thank you, but I'm going to take it

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Speaker 5: a step further God, and I'm going to show you

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Speaker 5: my thankfulness by my expression and my actions.

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Speaker 1: You see, there's nothing closer to the heart of God

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Speaker 1: than his children doing.

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Speaker 5: Something for someone else. You see, we were put on

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Speaker 5: this earth to not only be.

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Speaker 1: The praise to God's glory, but to.

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Speaker 5: Be his hands, to be his feet, to be his kindness,

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Speaker 5: to be his compassion. The Bible clearly states that we

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Speaker 5: are blessed to be a blessing.

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Speaker 1: We are blessed by Almighty God so that.

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Speaker 5: We can go out and express our blessings through our actions,

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Speaker 5: not just through our words. I'm not talking today about

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Speaker 5: just material blessings. Yes, God wants you to have more

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Speaker 5: than enough, but you know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about.

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Speaker 5: Those blessings of favor, influence, peace, joy fulfillment, purpose, the

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Speaker 5: things that God gives us when we praise Him and

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Speaker 5: when we show our praise through our actions.

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Speaker 1: You know, my son's maturity.

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Speaker 5: Like I said, made me want to go out and

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Speaker 5: do something else for him.

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Speaker 1: It made me understand that, hey, he can be trusted.

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Speaker 1: I believe this blessing.

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Speaker 5: Is not going to harm him, but this blessing is

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Speaker 5: gonna help him. It's gonna help him grow, mature and

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Speaker 5: be everything that he's been called to be. And do

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Speaker 5: you know, I think that we all need to go

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Speaker 5: out and think every single day what can I do

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Speaker 5: to please God and try to reach this level of

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Speaker 5: maturity that says God, it's not just good enough that

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Speaker 5: I thank you, but I want to show you through

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Speaker 5: loving people, my gratitude, my expression of thanks for me.

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Speaker 1: You know what, God is.

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Speaker 5: Moved when we do that, When we go out and

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Speaker 5: make someone else's day. You know what we're saying. We're saying, God,

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Speaker 5: thank you for making my day. Because when you make

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Speaker 5: someone else's day, God will make your day. When you

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Speaker 5: do something for someone they can't do for themselves, pick

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Speaker 5: them up, take them to a doctor's appointment, pick them

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Speaker 5: up when their car's broken down, call them, sheer them up,

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Speaker 5: do something that no one else can do for them.

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Speaker 5: You know what, God's gonna do special things for you. You see,

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Speaker 5: there is a law and a principle in God's word,

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Speaker 5: and it says, when you give, it'll be given back

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Speaker 5: to you. When you sow good seats, that good harvest

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Speaker 5: will come back to you. See, God knows exactly how

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Speaker 5: we operate at our highest potential, and he knows that

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Speaker 5: when we are giving him praise and we are finding

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Speaker 5: our purpose in expressing that praise by helping others, we're

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Speaker 5: at our highest potential. You see, you could have all

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Speaker 5: the money in the world, but you could be as

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Speaker 5: miserable as ever because you don't have purpose.

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Speaker 1: You're not functioning at your highest fi potential.

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Speaker 5: But when God, when he blesses you, there's no blessing

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Speaker 5: like it. There is nothing like the blessings of Almighty God.

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Speaker 5: So let's make someone's day and realize it's God, I'm

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Speaker 5: going to make our day.

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Speaker 1: You're making our day. God. Listen to what it says.

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Speaker 5: In Hebrews thirteen fifteen and sixteen, it says, let us

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Speaker 5: continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise with the

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Speaker 5: fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Then

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Speaker 5: it goes on to say this and do not neglect

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Speaker 5: doing good and sharing, for.

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Speaker 1: With such sacrifices, God is pleased. You See.

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Speaker 5: He not only wants us to express our thanks by

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Speaker 5: praise by thanking him, but he doesn't want us to

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Speaker 5: forget to take that blessing.

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Speaker 1: And pass it on.

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Speaker 5: See, that's what pleases the heart of God. You know,

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Speaker 5: it's easy to praise God. Everything is going good, right

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Speaker 5: when people are being nice. You got that promotion at work,

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Speaker 5: your kids are doing great. Hey, everything is wonderful. It's

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Speaker 5: easy to praise God. What about when you're facing a

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Speaker 5: challenge when it doesn't look like you're gonna have enough.

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Speaker 5: How about your facing a spiritual battle and you don't

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Speaker 5: know why, but for some reason, you just don't feel grateful.

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Speaker 1: You See.

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Speaker 5: That's what it means when it says to offer up

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Speaker 5: a sacrifice of praise. See, it's something that you don't

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Speaker 5: necessarily feel like doing. You may not feel grateful today.

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Speaker 3: You may not look at.

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Speaker 1: Your bank account and think you have enough. But that's

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Speaker 1: when God says, I know how you operate.

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Speaker 5: I've designed you, and I know that if you will continually,

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Speaker 5: no matter how you feel.

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Speaker 1: Offer up this sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 5: But don't stop there, don't neglect passing on this gratitude

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Speaker 5: someone else.

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Speaker 1: He says, that's when you'll live a life that is fulfilled.

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Speaker 1: That's when you will please me.

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Speaker 5: You see, when you please God, the Scripture says he

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Speaker 5: will do things for you that you cannot do for yourself.

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Speaker 5: The Bible says, when you please God, he'll make even your.

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Speaker 1: Enemies be at peace with you.

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Speaker 5: Listen, when you make please in God your highest priority,

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Speaker 5: I believe that's when you'll see your life go to

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Speaker 5: new levels and you'll see God do things for you

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Speaker 5: that you couldn't possibly.

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Speaker 1: Do for yourself. Amen, He's an awesome God.

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Speaker 4: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing

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Speaker 4: in our lives. When you say, I always seem to worry.

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Speaker 2: Our thinking sets the limits for our life.

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Speaker 2: He didn't going in the right direction, but dwelling on

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Speaker 2: what God says about you. When you think thoughts of faith, hope,

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