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Speaker 1: Always great to have you with us on the podcast,

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Speaker 1: and have a new book out called Speak the Blessing,

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Speaker 1: talking about speaking words of faith and hope and victory

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Speaker 1: over your life. I know you'll enjoy it, but blessings

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Speaker 1: to you today and enjoy the podcast. God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today. And if you're

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Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a part

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Speaker 1: of one of our services. I'll promise you will make

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Speaker 1: you feel right at home. Find est people in all

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Speaker 1: of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. One more thing,

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Speaker 1: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week

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Speaker 1: of a daily podcast. You can download her You can

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

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Speaker 1: about this lady. She's surprised a burglar in her house

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Speaker 1: a weapon, She didn't know what to do. Finally, she thought,

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Speaker 1: I'll quote a scripture verse. She shouted out Acts two

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Speaker 1: thirty eight. The burglar suddenly froze in his tracks, wouldn't move.

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Speaker 1: Soon the police arrived. They were amazed at how a

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Speaker 1: woman with no weapon could do this. They asked the burglar,

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Speaker 1: what was it about that scripture that had such an

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Speaker 1: effect on you? He said, scripture? What scripture? I thought?

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Speaker 1: She said, she had an axe and two thirty eight.

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Speaker 1: Here we go. Ready, this is my Bible. I am

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

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Speaker 1: Today I will be talked to word of God. I

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Speaker 1: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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

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Speaker 1: living in the present. So often our mind is either

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Speaker 1: future thinking about our goals, worried about our finances, what

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Speaker 1: if my health doesn't improve. The problem with being in

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Speaker 1: the past or being in the future is you will

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Speaker 1: miss the present. David said, this is the day the

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Speaker 1: you in yesterday? Are you in tomorrow. The reason some

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Speaker 1: You played with your child, but you were in tomorrow

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Speaker 1: should have done better. If you're going to be fulfilled,

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Speaker 1: You don't have to go to Paris to miss something great.

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Speaker 1: Life goes so fast. You look at your little children today,

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Speaker 1: mean blessing you. When you come home. You need to

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Speaker 1: It was present, but not connected. Sometimes that's the way

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Speaker 1: Make the most of that moment. Are you in tomorrow

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Speaker 1: Worrying about them doesn't make it work out any sooner.

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Speaker 1: you have to keep sewing into your relationships. It's not

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Speaker 1: What she was saying was in relationships, we change. The

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Speaker 1: One thing this pandemic has done is helped us to

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Speaker 1: We have the favor of God. When you realize this

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Speaker 1: Not depending on your past, not based on your future.

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Speaker 1: But you will say, like David, this is the day

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Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're going

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Speaker 1: can you say him in Today? I'd like to give

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

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Speaker 2: When God created the world, he did it specifically with

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Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be

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Speaker 1: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying

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Speaker 1: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll

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Speaker 1: If you'll change your words, you can change your world.

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Speaker 1: I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. It

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Speaker 1: you get your words aligned with what God says, you'll

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Speaker 2: As our thank you for your gift of any amount

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Speaker 1: When you declare what God says about you, I'm strong,

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