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Speaker 5: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 5: the same in Jesus's name, God bless you. Want to

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Speaker 5: talk to you today about thanking God in advance. We

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Speaker 5: These promises start off like seeds. They don't come to

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Speaker 5: pass overnight. There's always a period of waiting involved, and

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Speaker 5: The way you water it is by thanking God in advance.

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Speaker 5: this is what Abraham did. God placed the seed in

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Speaker 5: You're not going to stay strong in faith by complaining.

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Speaker 5: Praise makes you strong, Praise keeps you moving forward. So

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Speaker 5: Every time you're tempted to worry, let that be a

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Speaker 5: are restoring health back into me. When you do that,

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Speaker 5: you're getting stronger. Your faith is being built up. The

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Speaker 5: thought says, you've made too many mistakes. God will never

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Speaker 5: Thank you that your mercy is bigger than any mistake

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Speaker 5: gives you strength to keep believing. When we were trying

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Speaker 5: what I'm asking you to do, I would catch myself

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Speaker 5: The mistake we make so often is when these thoughts

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Speaker 5: need to ask God one more time. He heard you

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Speaker 5: But they ask God for the same thing the same

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Speaker 5: He didn't grow strong in faith by praying every day. God,

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Speaker 5: The battle may be tough, but keep praising. People do

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Speaker 6: The last thing they heard before they went to bed.

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Speaker 5: When you first get up, you'll hear his threats. You're

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Speaker 6: You don't have the.

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Speaker 5: Money, your health is not good. Your children are never

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Speaker 6: Last thing you hear before you go to bed is

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Speaker 6: not gonna work out. Too much is coming against you.

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Speaker 5: For forty days, the Israelites couldn't sleep at night. They

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Speaker 5: were intimidated, worried, living in fear. But one day a

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Speaker 5: young man showed up named David. He had a secret weapon.

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Speaker 5: He came from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of praise.

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Speaker 5: David knew the valley they were fighting for didn't belong

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Speaker 5: He knew that valley belonged to praise. His attitude was

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Speaker 5: I may be in a low spot, I may be

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Speaker 5: in a tough time. I don't see a way out,

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Speaker 5: but I know this valley doesn't belong to discouragement. Intimidation

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Speaker 5: is not going to keep me up at night. Goliath,

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Speaker 5: You're not coming into my valley. This valley belongs to praise. Now,

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Speaker 5: I can imagine David began to thank God for what

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Speaker 5: over and started thanking God for what he was about

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Speaker 5: to do.

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Speaker 6: He said, Goliath, this day.

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Speaker 5: I will defeat you and feed your head to the

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Speaker 5: birds of the air. He was saying, Lord, I want

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Speaker 5: to thank you for the answer that's coming. Thank you

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Speaker 5: that things are changing in my favor. David went on

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Speaker 5: to conquer that enemy. When you're in a valley like David,

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Speaker 5: fear will try to occupy that valley in the morning.

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Speaker 5: Anxiety will try to come into that valley at night

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Speaker 5: before you go to bed, Stress, doubt, intimidation will try

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Speaker 5: to keep you up at night. But know this, that

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Speaker 5: valley doesn't belong to the enemy. It belongs to praise. Now,

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Speaker 5: you've got to take your valley back through the day

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Speaker 5: when the thoughts come saying it's not going to work out,

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Speaker 5: the problem's never going to turn around.

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Speaker 6: Don't dwell on that. Don't let that occupy that valley.

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Speaker 5: Turn up your praise. Father, Thank you that you're still

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Speaker 5: on the throne. Thank you that you're bigger than this obstacle.

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Speaker 5: Thank you that you're fighting my battles. Think you that

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Speaker 5: the answer is already on the way. When you learn

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Speaker 5: to give God praise in the valley, you will defeat

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Speaker 5: every giant. Doesn't matter how big that obstacle is. You

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Speaker 5: and God are a majority. He will always cause you

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Speaker 5: to triumph. And really, any of us can give God

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Speaker 5: praise when we're on the mountaintop. That's easy when everything's

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Speaker 5: going our way. But it takes a man or woman

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Speaker 5: of great faith to say, God, nothing's going my way.

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Speaker 5: I don't feel well, I'm tired. These people are doing

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Speaker 5: me wrong.

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Speaker 6: Business is slow.

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Speaker 5: I could easily be discouraged, I could easily complain, But

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Speaker 5: I know a secret. This valley belongs to praise. So God,

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Speaker 5: I want to thank you that I'm coming out. I

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Speaker 5: want to thank you that you're restoring and reversing. I

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Speaker 5: want to thank you that things are changing in my favor.

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Speaker 5: You do that, and you won't stay in the valley.

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Speaker 5: Praise causes God to go to work. Praise breaks chains

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Speaker 5: that are holding us back. Praise opens up supernatural doors.

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Speaker 5: Praise causes things to fall into place. Some of you

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Speaker 5: have prayed about the situation long enough, you got to

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Speaker 5: switch over into praise. Get up every morning, Father, thank

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Speaker 5: you that my dreams are coming to pass.

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Speaker 6: Thank you that healing is coming. Thank you that.

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Speaker 5: Promotion is on its way. That's what's going to keep

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Speaker 5: you strong. Not begging, not praying again and again. No, Remember,

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Speaker 5: like Daniel, the first day you prayed, God heard it

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Speaker 5: and set the miracle into motion.

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Speaker 6: It's already on the way. As you keep giving God praise,

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Speaker 6: he's going to keep giving you strength to believe. And yes,

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Speaker 6: sometimes it's difficult.

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Speaker 5: You may be in that valley, but don't you dare

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Speaker 5: let fear occupy that valley. Don't let intimidation in that valley.

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Speaker 5: Don't let doubt and complaining come into your valley. That

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Speaker 5: valley belongs to praise. If you'll dig your heels in

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Speaker 5: and offer up that sacrifice of praise. God promises he's

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Speaker 5: going to reverse and restore. Like Abraham, you'll see the

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Speaker 5: dream come to pass. Like David, you'll defeat every giant.

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Speaker 5: Like Elijah, the drought will come to an end. I

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Speaker 5: believe in declare you will see the abundance of rain,

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Speaker 5: abundance of joy, abundance in your health, abundance in your finances,

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Speaker 5: abundance of God's goodness in Jesus' name, If you receive it,

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