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Speaker 1: Great to have you on the podcast today, Victory, and

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Speaker 1: I as praying for you and just believing for God's

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Speaker 1: very best. I believe that this month is going to

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Speaker 1: be an amazing month for you and your family.

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Speaker 2: Keep that expectation in your heart and see what God

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Speaker 2: will do. Well.

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Speaker 1: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: for coming out. And I like to start with something

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Speaker 1: funny and heard about this mom. She had two young

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Speaker 1: boys that were known for their mischievous behavior. Anytime trouble occurred,

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Speaker 1: they were certain to be a part of it. She

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Speaker 1: decided to take them one at a time to see

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Speaker 1: her pastor. The pastor said to the first boy, son,

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Speaker 1: where is God? He sat there silently, ask again where

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Speaker 2: Still no reply.

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Speaker 1: The third time the pastor asked, the young boy bolted

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Speaker 1: out the door, ran home, said to his brother, God

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Speaker 1: is missing, and they think we did it. Hold up

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Speaker 1: your bible and say it like you mean it. This

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name.

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Speaker 2: God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about having a

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Speaker 1: healthy home. The people God put in your life are

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Speaker 1: not thereby accident. It's not a coincidence that you met

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Speaker 1: that woman, fell in love and got married. The creator

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Speaker 1: of the universe brought your path together. You didn't just

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Speaker 1: decide to have those children. They didn't just show up

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Speaker 1: because you and your spouse got together. God knew your

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Speaker 1: children before they were ever born. They had your name

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Speaker 1: on them before you even thought about having a child.

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Speaker 1: Your parents, the people that raised you. You didn't just

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Speaker 1: happen to end up in that home. God puts you

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Speaker 1: there on purpose. He's given you, your spouse, your children,

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Speaker 1: those parents as a gift. They're on loan to you

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Speaker 1: for a period of time. They're not always going to

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Speaker 1: be there, and God is counting on you to take

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Speaker 1: care of his most prized possessions.

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Speaker 2: They're not ordinary. They are extremely valuable.

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Speaker 1: Don't take them for granted, Your husband, your wife. They

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Speaker 1: may have some faults, you may not always see eye

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Speaker 1: to eye, but they are a treasure given to you

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Speaker 1: by Almighty God. Those children may be a lot of work,

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Speaker 1: they don't always do what's right, but they're.

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Speaker 2: A gift from God.

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Speaker 1: You have to see your spouse, your children, your family

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Speaker 1: as being extremely valuable, as a special treasure that God

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Speaker 1: has entrusted you with.

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Speaker 2: And every day you need to.

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Speaker 1: Tell them, I love you, I'm proud of you, I'm

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Speaker 1: so glad that you're in my life. They need to

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Speaker 1: hear this on a regular basis, not just on their birthday,

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Speaker 1: their anniversary. Honey, it's Valentine's Day. I love you. No

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Speaker 1: once a year is not going.

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Speaker 2: To cut it.

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Speaker 1: If you don't tell your wife how much you love her,

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Speaker 1: somebody else will be generous when it comes to expressing

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Speaker 2: Be free with your compliments.

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Speaker 1: Men, you can never tell your wife too many times

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Speaker 1: and again. That's one of the best habits we can

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Speaker 1: all develop. Complimenting our spouse victorious she knows she's beautiful.

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Speaker 1: She's been told that her whole life. Now I could

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Speaker 1: think I don't need to tell her again. I've told

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Speaker 1: her a thousand times. No, I understand this principle. People

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Speaker 1: how proud you are of them. Tell her again and again, Victoria,

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Speaker 2: No, It's funny. The other day we were in the room.

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Speaker 2: I said, wow, Victoria, you look great. You look so

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Speaker 1: I'm great. She's told me a thousand times, but my

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Speaker 1: attitude is keep the cards and letters coming. One time,

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Speaker 1: when I finish speaking, she said, Joel, that was magnificent today,

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Speaker 2: The next week she went back to that was great today.

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Speaker 1: But I wonder how many relationships would go to a

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Speaker 1: arguing and Petty's strife would stop if we'd simply start

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Speaker 2: On a daily basis.

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Speaker 1: I've learned yesterday's I love you is not good enough

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Speaker 1: for today. Every day you need to express it, and

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Speaker 1: one of the best ways is with our words, with compliments.

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Speaker 1: Do you know people don't know what you're thinking. Victoria

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Speaker 1: blessing is not a blessing until it's spoken. You have

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Speaker 1: to express it, tell them what you're thinking. Words have

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Speaker 1: created power. Words can lift people. They can bring out confidence,

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Speaker 1: self worth. When you tell someone, hey, I'm proud of you.

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Speaker 1: You're a gift in my life.

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Speaker 1: If I had to do it all over, I'd marry

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Speaker 1: you again in a split second. Those are not just

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Speaker 1: nice phrases. Those words are like glue. They strengthen the relationship.

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Speaker 1: They're deepening the roots, and that's what makes it easier

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Speaker 1: to go through the difficult times of life. When people

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Speaker 1: know you believe in them, you're proud of them. When

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Speaker 1: you keep the emotional accounts full, then when you hit

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Speaker 1: they split apart so easily, they can't withstand the smallest

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Speaker 1: adversity is because they don't have any glue. They don't

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Speaker 1: have kind words. They're not expressing their love. When you

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Speaker 1: tell your spouse something is simple as honey, I love

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Speaker 1: you, you are speaking the blessing over your marriage. You are

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Speaker 2: To be proud of him.

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Speaker 1: He may seem big, strong, invincible, like he doesn't need anything,

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Speaker 2: For your approval.

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Speaker 1: One of the most powerful things you can tell your

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Speaker 1: And this is something only you can give as his wife.

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Speaker 1: His parents can be proud of him, and that's good.

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Speaker 2: They should be.

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Speaker 1: His colleagues can give him awards, that's nice. His friends

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Speaker 1: can tell him how amazing he is. That's fine, But

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Speaker 1: nothing compares to the power you have as his wife

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Speaker 2: When you do that, that does more than all of

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Speaker 1: Having a wife that's proud is at the top of

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Speaker 1: the list of what every male longs for. Women, don't

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Speaker 1: withhold your blessing. Just as you like to hear your

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Speaker 1: beautiful I love you, your husband needs to hear I'm

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Speaker 2: Well, Joel, I do.

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Speaker 1: This if he was more of this and less of that. No,

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Speaker 1: don't focus on all of his faults. Focus on his

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Speaker 1: good qualities. The more you praise him, the better he

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Speaker 1: will do. Your husband is like a cork floating in

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Speaker 1: you tell him that you're proud of him, It's just

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Speaker 1: like you're pouring water into that bucket. That cork your

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Speaker 1: husband will keep rising higher and higher.

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Speaker 2: Now he may be down right now.

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Speaker 1: But instead of nagging complaining, try a different approach.

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Speaker 2: Pour some honor in.

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Speaker 1: Find something he's doing right and say, hey, I'm proud

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Speaker 1: of you for being at that job for twenty years.

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Speaker 1: I'm proud of you for coaching our children through school.

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Speaker 1: be doing one hundred things you don't like. Find three

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Speaker 1: Maybe your husband is not reaching his highest potential because

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Speaker 1: You, as his wife, control the honor fawcet. You have

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Speaker 1: the most power to do something about it. Don't complain.

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Speaker 1: Pour in honor, honey.

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Speaker 1: You may not have broken the addiction altogether, but I'm

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Speaker 1: proud of you for at least trying. You didn't get

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Speaker 1: I'm still as proud as I can be of you.

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Speaker 1: Here's the key, Ladies, your husbands cannot live off of

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Speaker 2: Of him when he graduated from college.

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Speaker 1: That's good, but that was five years ago. You were

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Speaker 1: proud when he stepped up to take care of your parents.

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Speaker 1: of If you'll pour in some new honor, not only

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Speaker 1: When you get up tomorrow morning, give your husband a

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Speaker 1: big hug and say, I'm proud of you, you good

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Speaker 1: he'll go out with the spring in his step. But

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Speaker 1: you'll be amazed at how these simple words will lift

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Speaker 1: a better attitude. He'll not only treat other people better,

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Speaker 1: but he'll treat you better. He'll go out of his

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Speaker 1: all because you met one of his greatest needs, that

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Speaker 1: longing for you to be proud of him.

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Speaker 2: In the same way, men, your wife needs your approval.

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Speaker 2: She needs your blessing. This is vital to her becoming

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Speaker 2: who God created her to be.

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Speaker 1: And God is going to hold the men responsible as

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Speaker 1: the spiritual authority in.

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Speaker 2: The home for blessing our wives.

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Speaker 1: That means to build her up, to make sure she

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Speaker 1: feels loved, valued and respected. Now I know men, they

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Speaker 1: never give their wife the blessing. These women only hear

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Speaker 1: you're not going to be blessed. If you're pushing your

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Speaker 1: yourself down. Many women suffer from low self esteem, from

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Speaker 1: They have approximately eighty percent of what you need. No

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Speaker 2: It's better to.

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Speaker 1: Stick with whom you've got, see their good qualities the

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Speaker 1: respect and honor their mother. Men, go out of your

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Speaker 1: I've heard it said if you see a man opening

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Speaker 1: It's interesting in reproduction, the father is the one that

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Speaker 1: But the female has no power to determine the sex

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Speaker 1: We have a responsibility to affirm our children every day.

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Speaker 2: You have something to give as a father that nobody

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Speaker 1: A friend of mine was watching the football game on television.

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Speaker 2: He said, yes, so what do you need?

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Speaker 1: The little boy said, no, Dad, listen to me with

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Speaker 1: in your life. When our daughter Alexandra was a little girl,

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Speaker 1: Daddy, can we go play? I said, honey, I would

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Speaker 1: She looked at me kind of confused, said okay, and

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Speaker 2: I said no, Actually, I'm that' pretty regular. Men. Take

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Speaker 1: Don't become the greatest pastor, the greatest athlete, the greatest coach,

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Speaker 1: Your first mission field is your own family. The prophet

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Speaker 1: Joel said, to wake up the mighty men. I know

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Speaker 1: today I am speaking to mighty men. I'm speaking to

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Speaker 1: men of valor, men of honor, men that rise up

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Speaker 1: like Solomon and bless their wife, men that make their

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Speaker 1: children a priority, men that speak the blessing over their family.

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Speaker 1: Not only that, I'm speaking to women of faith, women

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Speaker 1: of honor that rise up and tell their husband, I'm

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Speaker 1: proud of you. Women that keep pouring the honor in listen, ladies,

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Speaker 1: I can say, like Solomon, there are many beautiful women

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Speaker 1: in the world, but you excel them all. You radiate strength, beauty, intelligence, dignity.

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Speaker 1: You are one of a kind. Now, my challenge to

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Speaker 1: us is make sure you're taking care of the gifts

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Speaker 1: Be generous with your words. I love you, I'm proud

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Speaker 1: of you. I'm glad that you're in my life. Express

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Speaker 1: love on a daily basis. Men, get up every morning.

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Speaker 1: Tell your wife how beautiful she is. Make sure she

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Speaker 1: feels special. Women, remember you control the honor.

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Speaker 2: Fawcet.

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Speaker 1: You keep pouring honor into your husband, and he's going

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Speaker 1: to keep rising higher.

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Speaker 2: If you will do.

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Speaker 1: These simple things, I believe and declare you will have

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Speaker 1: a strong, healthy, faith filled family. Every force that's trying

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Speaker 1: to stop you, your marriage, your children is being broken.

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Speaker 2: Right now.

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Speaker 1: God is releasing strength, healing, deliverance, favor, new beginnings. You

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Speaker 1: and your family will rise up and become everything God's

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Speaker 1: created you to be. I speak the blessing in the

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Speaker 1: name of Jesus. If you receive it, can you say

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Speaker 1: am in today? We never like to close our broadcast

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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, Come

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Speaker 1: into my heart.

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Speaker 2: I make you my Lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 1: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places

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Speaker 1: that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: It starts with just a tiny seed. From it tender

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Speaker 3: bud sprout, the miracle of new life blooms and thrives.

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Speaker 3: But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary

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Speaker 1: Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small.

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Speaker 2: Faith is like a sea.

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Speaker 1: When you believe all things are possible, that's when you'll

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Speaker 2: Don't have to figure out how it's going to happen.

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Speaker 2: All we have to do is believe.

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Speaker 1: There may not be away in the natural, but our

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Speaker 2: It will help you to enlarge your vision and stretch

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Speaker 2: your faith. Where would you like to be a year

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Speaker 2: from now?

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Speaker 1: Who knows what God will do in twenty twenty four

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Speaker 1: for the great things He's placed in your heart.

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Speaker 1: We're calling it homecoming weekend April thirteenth and fourteenth. We'd

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