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Speaker 2: around some people it's always like they've lost their last friend.

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Speaker 2: You'd communicate much more effectively if you'd put your shoulders

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Speaker 2: back hold your head up high. That's a position of

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Speaker 2: strength and confidence, and people will receive more of what

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Speaker 2: you have to say. And so I've tried to make

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Speaker 2: some of those changes. But again we don't realize many

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Speaker 2: times our body language is communicating exactly opposite of what

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Speaker 2: we're trying to say. That's why our countenance, our smile,

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Speaker 2: our posture, how we carry ourselves is so very important.

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Speaker 2: I remember a friend of ours an older gentleman growing up,

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Speaker 2: he did this. He looked like a statesman. His posture

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Speaker 2: was impeccable, he dressed nice. He was always kind, compassionate, considerate.

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Speaker 2: I saw him the other day. He's in his eighties,

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Speaker 2: and he carries himself exactly the same way. When I

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Speaker 2: see him, I think of a prince or a king.

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Speaker 2: He looks like royalty. And that's the way you and

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Speaker 2: I should be. Not in arrogance. I'm not saying to

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Speaker 2: go around proud and puffed up. I'm talking about in

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Speaker 2: a quiet confidence. We have our shoulders back, we hold

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Speaker 2: our head up high. We know we are representing Almighty God.

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Speaker 2: Let's learn to walk, talk. And I realize we all

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Speaker 2: have different personalities. Some people naturally are more confident. Some

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Speaker 2: people naturally smile more often. I think I probably smile

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Speaker 2: in my sleep. I smile all the time. You may

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Speaker 2: be just the opposite, but don't use that as an

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Speaker 2: excuse to stay that way. Don't go through life sour

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Speaker 2: and unfriendly. I've had to make changes. Naturally smile a lot.

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Speaker 2: I'm naturally very quiet and reserved. I had to train

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Speaker 2: myself to get up here, to be more confident. You

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Speaker 2: may have a lot of confidence, but you're kind of serious, unfriendly.

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Speaker 2: You don't smile much. Well, you're going to have to

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Speaker 2: train yourself to smile more often. In fact, the scripture

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Speaker 2: says that our joy should overflow. That means we should

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Speaker 2: have so much joy that when other people get around us,

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Speaker 2: it rubs off on them. When they leave, they should

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Speaker 2: be happier, encouraged, inspired, better off than they were before.

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Speaker 2: And a good way to know if we've lost our song.

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Speaker 2: A good way to know if we need to make

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Speaker 2: improvements is if when you get around people, you're always

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Speaker 2: taking and never giving. You're always counting on them to

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Speaker 2: cheer you up. No, it should be just the opposite.

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Speaker 2: You've got to develop some new habits. You've got to

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Speaker 2: start making melody in your own heart. When you go

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Speaker 2: to work tomorrow, put on a good praise CD. You

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Speaker 2: get stuck in traffic. Instead of complaining, you're grooving to

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Speaker 2: the music. Now, this is going to be a good day.

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Speaker 2: When you do that, you're filling yourself up at the office.

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Speaker 2: Somebody offends you, Instead of dwelling on it, you shake

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Speaker 2: it off and move on. No, I'm not gonna let

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Speaker 2: that ruin my day. Maybe you even get a bad

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Speaker 2: report from the doctor, and it just kind of takes

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Speaker 2: the wind out of your cell. You're very tempted to

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Speaker 2: get discouraged. But that's when we have to dig our

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Speaker 2: heels in and say, no, God, I know you're still

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Speaker 2: in control. I'm going to keep a smile on my

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Speaker 2: face and I'm gonna give you praise anyway. See, the

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Speaker 2: scripture tells us to offer unto God the sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 2: That means it's not always going to be easy. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: in the natural we don't have any reason to do

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Speaker 2: what I'm talking about, But our attitude should be God.

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Speaker 2: I know when I keep my song, I know when

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Speaker 2: I give you praise, it not only activates your power,

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Speaker 2: but it replenishes me. It fills me up. So I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna dig my heels in and choose to give your

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Speaker 2: praise anyway. Friends, you can choose what kind of song

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have. Don't be lazy in your thought life.

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Speaker 2: Our original scripture speaking to yourself in songs, in hymns.

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Speaker 2: Notice every one of us talks to ourselves throughout the day.

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Speaker 2: When you have to clean the house, you're tempted to

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Speaker 2: have a pity party, nobody appreciates me. The problem is

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Speaker 2: you're talking to yourself the wrong way. You need to

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Speaker 2: start declaring, this is going to be a good day.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Lord for your strength, Thank you Lord for

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Speaker 2: my health. You got to get your song back. You're

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Speaker 2: not going to enjoy life very much if you're always

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Speaker 2: talking negative on the inside and making melody in our hearts. Means,

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Speaker 2: when we're vacuuming, we're singing a song of praise. When

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Speaker 2: we're doing the dishes, mowing the lawn, we're whistling a tune.

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Speaker 2: When we get stuck in traffic. Under our breath, Lord,

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Speaker 2: thank you for this day. Thank you that I'm alive.

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Speaker 2: Every time we do that, God is filling us with

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Speaker 2: his joy, his peace, his strength, his victory. We're being

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Speaker 2: ever filled. So let me challenge you again. Get in

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Speaker 2: a habit of making melody in your heart. Don't go

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Speaker 2: around complaining, thinking negative thoughts. Get your song back, Learn

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Speaker 2: to smile on purpose, stand up tall, have a grateful attitude,

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Speaker 2: Start off every morning with a song of praise, and

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Speaker 2: then keep that in your heart throughout the day. If

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Speaker 2: you do this, God promises you're gonna be ever filled.

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Speaker 2: When you're full you're gonna have joy, You're gonna have peace,

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Speaker 2: and you'll live the life of victory. God has in story. Amen,

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Speaker 2: do you receive it today? I know you do. Or

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Speaker 2: you never like to close on broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll

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Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer,

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