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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast today. Want

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Speaker 1: you to know that Victoria and I are praying for

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Speaker 1: you and your family this summer and just asking God

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Speaker 1: to bring you more peace and joy and victory than

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Speaker 1: you've ever seen before. Know that God's for you has

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Speaker 1: got you in the palm of his hand, and I

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Speaker 1: hope you enjoy the message today. Well, God bless you

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Speaker 1: and thanks for letting us come into your homes. We

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Speaker 1: love you, and if you're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you

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Speaker 1: again for coming out. I'd like to start with something

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Speaker 1: funny and heard about these two little boys, ages four

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Speaker 1: at their grandmothers and she told them before they went

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Speaker 1: to bed to make sure they said their prayers. They

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Speaker 1: youngest boy started praying at the top of his lungs. God,

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Speaker 1: I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a

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Speaker 1: new PlayStation. I pray for a new DVD. His brother

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Speaker 1: punched him, said, why are you screaming. God isn't death.

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Speaker 1: He said, I know that, But Grandmother is Hold up

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Speaker 1: your bible. Say it like you mean it. This is

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

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Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what

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Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be taught

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Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert,

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 1: to you today about having an excellent spirit. We live

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Speaker 1: in a society where mediocrity is the norm. Many people

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Speaker 1: But when nobody is watching, they'll cut corners and take

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Speaker 1: not give it our all. But I've learned God doesn't

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Speaker 1: bless mediocrity. God blesses excellence. When you have an excellent spirit,

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Speaker 1: you do the right thing, whether anyone is watching or not.

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Speaker 1: You go the extra mile. You do more than you

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Speaker 1: have to. Other people may complain, they may go out

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Speaker 1: looking sloppy cutting corners, but don't sink down to that level. Well, Joe,

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Speaker 1: gone at my company, everybody compromises at my school. Everybody

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Speaker 1: here's the key. You're not everybody. You're a cut above.

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Speaker 1: You are called to be excellent. God wants you to

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Speaker 1: set the highest standard. You should be the example your

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Speaker 1: say to the new hires, watch this person develop their skills,

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Speaker 1: They're always on time, they always have a good attitude.

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Speaker 1: They do more than they have to. When you have

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Speaker 1: an excellent spirit like that, you're not only going to

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Speaker 1: times we think, let me go to church to honor God,

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Speaker 1: And yes that's true, but do you know it honors

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Speaker 1: out looking your best. When you are excellent, your life

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Speaker 1: is giving praise to God. That's one of the best

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Speaker 1: not reading their Bible. They're reading your life. They're watching

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Speaker 1: how you live. Now, don't be sloppy when you leave

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Speaker 1: a spirit of excellence, you do more than you have to.

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Speaker 1: You don't just do the minimum amount required. You go

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Speaker 1: the extra mile. In fact, this phrase comes from the scripture.

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Speaker 1: Jesus said it in Matthew five point forty one. If

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Speaker 1: They wonder why they don't get promoted. Here's why God

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Speaker 1: I doubt she had to draw three hundred gallons of water.

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Speaker 1: Ever again, friends, God rewards excellence. When you do more

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Speaker 1: than what's required of you, you'll see God's goodness in

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Speaker 1: a new way. Well, you said, Joel, I'm declaring God's favor.

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Speaker 1: I'm declaring promotion and increases coming. That's great. That's one

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Speaker 1: were last year? Your company shouldn't get along nearly as

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Speaker 1: we live in a very competitive marketplace. If you're not growing, improving,

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Speaker 1: study ways that you can be more productive, more efficient.

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Speaker 1: Don't get stagnant. An excellent person keeps growing. Sunday, afternoons,

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Speaker 1: I still edit my sermons for the television broadcast. I've

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Speaker 1: done five hundred and sixty messages, thirteen years worth. You'd think,

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Speaker 1: This point was a little long. That section was really great.

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Speaker 1: be the best that it can possibly be. I don't

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Speaker 1: more annointed, more skill making a g difference. When you're

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Speaker 1: be better. Here's what I found. Favor and excellence go

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Speaker 1: hand in hand, increase promotion, reaching your highest potential. It

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Speaker 1: is all tied to a spirit of excellence. I say

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Speaker 1: I realize this building represents Almighty God. That's why we

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Speaker 1: to Disneyland. That place is always spotless. I have never

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Speaker 1: it still looks brand new. I thought, how do they

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