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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks.

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Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry.

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Speaker 1: We believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled.

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Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Will God

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Speaker 2: bless you.

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Speaker 1: It is always our joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: We love you, We know God has great things in store.

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Speaker 1: And if you're ever in the Houston area, I hope

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Speaker 1: you'll stop by and be a part of one of

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Speaker 1: our services. I promise you will make you feel right

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Speaker 1: at home. These are the best people in all of Houston, Texas,

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Speaker 2: So come by and see you sometime. Thanks again for

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Speaker 2: coming out, Thanks for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about these three men that were out walking through the

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Speaker 1: wilderness and they came upon this very violent, raging river.

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Speaker 1: They needed to get to the other side. The first

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Speaker 1: man prayed, God, please give me the strength to make

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Speaker 1: it across, and poof God gave him big arms and

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Speaker 1: strong legs and he was able to swim across in

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Speaker 1: two hours. The next man, seeing this, prayed, God, please

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Speaker 1: give me the strength and the tools to make it across,

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Speaker 1: and poof God gave him a boat. He was able

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Speaker 1: to row across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God,

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Speaker 1: please give me the strength, the tools and the intelligence

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Speaker 1: to make it of cross, and poof God turned him

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Speaker 1: into a woman. She looked at the map, hiked five

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Speaker 1: minutes upstream, and walked across the bridge. And Yes, that

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Speaker 1: was sent to me by a woman. Hold up your bible,

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Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what

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

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Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be talked the word

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

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Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 1: about having a good opinion of yourself. Too many people

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Speaker 1: go around feeling wrong on the inside.

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Speaker 2: They don't really like who they are.

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Speaker 1: They think that they're not talented, and they don't have

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Speaker 1: a good personality. Their nose is too big, They've made

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Speaker 1: too many mistakes in their mind. A recording is constantly

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Speaker 1: playing I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm clumsy, I'm overweight. They

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Speaker 1: never see anything they're doing right. They can compliment others,

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Speaker 1: but they never compliment themselves. This is the root cause

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Speaker 1: of many relationship problems. If you don't love yourself in

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Speaker 1: a healthy way, you will never be able to love

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Speaker 1: others in the way that you should. We all have

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Speaker 1: faults and weaknesses, we all have things that we wish

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Speaker 1: were different. But God never created us to go through

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Speaker 1: life being against ourselves. The opinion you have of yourself

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Speaker 1: is the most important opinion that you have. If you

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Speaker 1: see your as less than inferior, not talented, not valuable,

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Speaker 1: you will become exactly that. You are constantly conveying what's

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Speaker 1: on the inside, even subconsciously, you're always sending out certain messages.

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Speaker 1: If you feel unattractive inside, you can be the most

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Speaker 1: It'll push people away and you will miss out on

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Speaker 1: great relationships. The problem is on the inside. You carry

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Speaker 1: yourself the way you feel about yourself. Now, I've seen

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Speaker 1: just the opposite take place. I met a young lady recently,

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Speaker 2: She didn't have a lot of.

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Speaker 1: image of Almighty God. She knew she was crowned with

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Speaker 1: honor and favor. She may have looked ordinary, but she

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Speaker 1: thought extraordinary. She carried herself like a queen. She walked

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Speaker 1: On the inside. She sees herself as beautiful, attractive, smart, creative,

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Speaker 2: Here's the key.

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Speaker 1: People see you the way you see yourself. If you

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Speaker 1: That's the way other people will see you in some

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Speaker 1: of you. If you would just change the opinion of yourself,

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Speaker 1: if you had quit beating yourself up over past failures,

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Speaker 1: wish was different, if you'd quit comparing yourself to somebody

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Speaker 1: else and start really loving yourself and value in who

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Speaker 1: you to be. Then as you send out these different messages,

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Speaker 1: you're going to see new doors open, new opportunities, new friendships,

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Speaker 1: new levels of God's favor. This is exactly what happened

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Speaker 1: to the Israelites when the Spies came back from the

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Speaker 1: Promised Land. They said to Moses, they're in numbers thirteen,

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Speaker 1: Notice they didn't say, Moses, those people insulted us, They

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Speaker 1: called us grasshoppers. No, they went in with a grasshopper mentality.

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Speaker 1: They said, we were in our.

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Speaker 2: Own sits as grasshoppers. Notice what happened.

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Speaker 1: Notice what they conveyed, here's the principle at work, and

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Speaker 1: so we were in their sights. In other words, they

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Speaker 1: saw us the same way we saw ourselves. This story

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Speaker 1: would have turned out differently if they would have had

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Speaker 1: have seen themselves strong, confident, more than conquers, then they

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Speaker 1: would have come back like Joshua and Caleb and said, Moses,

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Speaker 1: we are well able. Let us go up at once

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Speaker 1: and take the land again. The problem was on the inside.

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Speaker 1: Growing up, we had a dog named Scooter. He was

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Speaker 1: a big german shepherd, very strong, very fast. In fact,

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Speaker 1: Scooter was the king of the neighborhood. My father used

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Speaker 1: would follow along beside him. My dad told how proud

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Speaker 1: he was of Scooter. Scooter looked like he could fight

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Speaker 1: fifty yards in front of them, this tiny little Chihuahua

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Speaker 1: that little chihuahua got about twenty yards away, all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, Scooter froze in his tracks. He hung his

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Speaker 1: head like he was scared intimidated. When that little chihuahua

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Speaker 1: could be, Scooter rolled over on his back and put

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Speaker 1: But that little dog, he may have been small on

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Speaker 1: the outside, but somehow on the inside he saw himself strong, confident,

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Speaker 1: many grasshopper believers. They see themselves as weak, defeated, not

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Speaker 1: able to and the image on the inside is being

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Speaker 1: conveyed to the outside. I've discovered if you send out

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Speaker 1: feelings of inferiority, then people are gonna treat you inferior.

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Speaker 1: If you send out weak, defeated, washed up made too

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Speaker 1: many mistakes feelings, that's exactly the way people are gonna

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Speaker 1: treat you. And you may feel, in a sense like

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Speaker 1: that little dog. In other words, you're at a disse

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Speaker 1: advantage in life. You don't have the size, the talent,

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Speaker 2: Listen, none of that matters.

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Speaker 1: All that matters is the creator of the universe breathed

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Speaker 1: his life into you. He created you as a person

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Speaker 1: of destiny. You have seeds of greatness on the inside.

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Speaker 1: You may have made mistakes, People may have tried to

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Speaker 1: we all do. But let me remind you you are

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Speaker 1: not a grasshopper. You are a child of the most

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Speaker 1: high God. Put your shoulders back, hold your head up higher.

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Speaker 1: Don't you dare go through life being against yourself? Shake

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Speaker 1: off the inferiority, Shake off the self pity, shake off

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Speaker 2: Have the attitude. I am who God says, I am.

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Speaker 1: I am equipped, I am empowered, I am strong, I

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Speaker 1: am highly favored. I am well able to fulfill my destiny.

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Speaker 1: I heard a story about this man and his small son.

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Speaker 1: They were out walking through the mountains, and at one

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Speaker 1: He screamed out, help me. This voice boom back, help me.

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Speaker 1: He looked kind of confused, and he said, who are you?

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Speaker 1: The voice boom back, Who are you? He got aggravated.

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Speaker 1: He said, you're a fool. The voice came back. You're

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Speaker 1: a fool. He said, you're a coward. The voice came back,

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Speaker 1: He said, Dad, who is that? His dad laughed and said, son,

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Speaker 1: that's called an echo, but really it's called life. He said,

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Speaker 1: let me show you something, son. The dad hollered out,

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Speaker 1: You're talented.

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Speaker 2: Came back.

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Speaker 1: You're talented. He said, you've got what it takes. The

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Speaker 1: voice rang out, You've got what it takes. He said, son,

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Speaker 1: that's how life is. Whatever you send out always comes

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Speaker 1: back to you. Let me ask you, what are you

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Speaker 1: sending out about yourself. I'm kind of slow, Joel, I'm

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Speaker 1: a failure. I've made so many mistakes, nobody wants to

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Speaker 1: be around me. No, start sending out I'm strong, I'm talented,

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Speaker 1: wake up in the morning.

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Speaker 2: One of the.

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Speaker 1: Best things you can do is, after you thank God

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Speaker 1: for his goodness, start your day off thinking about what's

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Speaker 1: right with you. Do not lay in bed thinking about

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Speaker 1: all the mistakes you've made.

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Speaker 2: All your faults, all your weaknesses.

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Speaker 1: No, on purpose, Dwell on your good qualities, Dwell on

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Speaker 2: Dwell on what you like about yourself.

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Speaker 1: Instead of thinking, oh man, just laying there, I'm so overweghed,

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Speaker 1: I'm so out of shape, I don't know what's wrong

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Speaker 1: with me. No, dwell on the fact that you've got

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Speaker 1: a great personality. People love being around you. You make

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Speaker 1: everyone smile. That's going to give you the confidence and

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Speaker 1: the desire to improve in those weak areas. The best

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Speaker 1: gift that you can give this world is a healthy you.

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Speaker 1: When you get up each day excited, confidence, secure, happy, hopeful,

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Speaker 1: you are giving this world the best that you can

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Speaker 2: The gift of you. Now, let me challenge you.

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Speaker 1: Don't ever say another negative thing about yourself. You may

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Speaker 1: and said, oh, Joel. Somebody brought a little sound system

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Speaker 2: They felt like they had.

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Speaker 1: Something to say, and I kind of laughed and said, well,

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Speaker 1: at least they were saying something good about me.

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Speaker 2: Went on.

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Speaker 1: Well, I found out later they weren't saying something good

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Speaker 1: about me. They were telling everything they thought was wrong

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Speaker 2: I assumed the best.

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Speaker 1: See, I have an interesting philosophy I live by. I

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Speaker 1: think everybody loves me, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Wants to be my friend.

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Speaker 1: I think I have something great to offer, and I

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Speaker 2: But can I tell you naive is a great way

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Speaker 2: to live.

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Speaker 1: You are not supposed to go around assuming the worst

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Speaker 1: you're supposed to assume the best. I know people that

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Speaker 1: will walk into a room with other people they've never met,

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Speaker 1: and they immediately think, well, I'm sure they don't like me.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure they don't want to hear my opinion. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they're probably talking about me right now. No, you

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Speaker 1: will never experience God's best being intimidated, insecure, assuming the worst.

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Speaker 1: Retrain your mind. Let me tell you you have something

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Speaker 1: great to offer. Your personality, your gifts, your smile, your love,

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Speaker 1: your encouragement. That's one of a kind. You have the

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Speaker 1: fingerprints of God all over you. Be confident in who

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Speaker 1: God has made you to be. If somebody wants to

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Speaker 1: talk bad about you, don't worry about it. They've got

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Speaker 1: the problem, not you. If they don't want to be

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Speaker 1: your friend, no big deal. It's their loss, not yours.

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Speaker 1: God will bring you the right friends. But I want

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Speaker 1: you to start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created

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Speaker 1: you to be. David said it this way, Psalm one

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Speaker 1: thirty nine. God, you made me in an amazing way.

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Speaker 1: What you have done is wonderful. I wonder how many

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Speaker 1: of us would be bold enough to say, like David,

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Speaker 1: I'm amazing I'm wonderful, I'm a masterpiece. Most people their

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Speaker 1: mind would never even go in that direction. They're too

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Speaker 1: busy beating themselves down. And I'm not talking about being arrogant.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about a quiet confidence. We're deep down in

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Speaker 1: your innermost being, you know that, no matter how many

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Speaker 1: mistakes you've made, no matter who's tried to push you down,

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Speaker 1: no matter how inferior your own thoughts are trying to

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Speaker 1: make you feel that is not who you are. The

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Speaker 1: creator of the universe says you are amazing, you are wonderful,

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Speaker 1: you are a masterpiece. Now I'm asking you today to

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Speaker 1: get in agreement with God. Those negative thoughts may play

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Speaker 1: the loudest, they may have been there for year after year,

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Speaker 1: but this is a new day. You can change the

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Speaker 1: recording all through the day. I want you to start

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Speaker 1: saying to yourself, I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm talented, I'm creative,

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Speaker 1: I'm amazing, I'm wonderful, I'm a child of the most

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Speaker 1: High God. Friends, this world needs your gift. When you

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Speaker 1: are healthy and whold, not just physically but on the inside.

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Speaker 1: That's the best gift you can give this world. Remember,

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Speaker 1: don't ever say another negative thing about yourself. What you

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Speaker 1: send out is always going to come back. Turn it

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Speaker 1: around and learn to compliment yourself. Start focusing on your

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Speaker 1: good qualities, dwell on your victories. People are going to

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Speaker 1: see you the way you see yourself. If you will

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Speaker 1: learn to have a good opinion of who you are

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Speaker 1: and develop this habit like the Scripture says, of acknowledging

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Speaker 1: everything good, then you'll not only be happier and have

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Speaker 1: better relation, but your faith will become effective. That's when

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Speaker 1: God will open doors that no man can shut. You'll

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Speaker 1: overcome your obstacles, You'll accomplish your dreams. I believe and

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Speaker 1: declare you'll become everything God created you to be, and

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Speaker 1: you will have everything God intended for you to have.

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Speaker 2: Amen. Do you receive that today?

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Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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

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Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's

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Speaker 1: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Three minutes can such a small amount of time make

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Speaker 3: a big difference to your day to turn worry into confidence,

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Speaker 3: frustration to hope, defeat to victory. Maybe you just need

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Speaker 3: a boost of faith.

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Speaker 1: When we put God first place and get our thinking

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Speaker 1: in line with his, even a small seed of time

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Speaker 1: can make a huge difference. We have a new resource

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Speaker 1: called three minute Mornings. Start your day the blessed way.

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Speaker 1: My challenge is when you wake up, before you leave

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Speaker 1: the house, take three minutes to speak blessings over your

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Speaker 1: life and to declare God's favor. Get your mind going

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Speaker 1: in the right direction. When you do that, you're setting

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Speaker 1: yourself up for a blessed, victorious day.

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Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry, this month, Joel and

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Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this just released life

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Speaker 3: giving new daily devotional. Before your feet hit the ground

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Speaker 3: or go out the door, have your heart experience a

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Speaker 3: bit of heaven, set your mind on the things above

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Speaker 3: with our new three minute Mornings devotional. With this new

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Speaker 3: three hundred and sixty five day devotional three Minute Mornings,

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Speaker 3: you'll experience God showering down his favor like never before.

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Speaker 3: You'll focus on the better that is coming and fully

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Speaker 3: realize the freedom of not worrying about tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Victorian, I pray for you and your family every day.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. You're

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Speaker 1: making a difference all over the world. Remember you can

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Speaker 1: watch the services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast.

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Speaker 2: Listen on SiriusXM. But until we meet again, mid the

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Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Three Minute Mornings today.

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Speaker 3: Visit Joelostein dot com or call eighty eight five six

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