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Speaker 1: Hey, it's so great to have you with us on

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Speaker 1: the podcast today. We loved you, guys were praying for

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Speaker 1: you and just believe you'll be blessed and encouraged. So

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Speaker 1: all the best to you. Well, God blessed you. Always

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Speaker 1: a joy to come into your home. We always come

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Speaker 1: with good news because I know this, when you seek

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Speaker 1: after God, he rewards those that sink after him. So

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Speaker 1: thanks for tuning in today, and I believe that you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be encouraged and uplifted. And if you're ever in

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Speaker 1: our area, I hope you'll stop by and visit us

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Speaker 1: at our new facility. I promise you will make you

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Speaker 1: feel right at home and you'll feel a warm welcome

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Speaker 1: here at Lakewood. But thanks for tuning in today. And

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Speaker 1: I like to start each week with something kind of funny.

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Speaker 1: And I heard about this lady. She's surprised a burglar

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Speaker 1: in her kitchen one night, and she was alone and unarmed,

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Speaker 1: and all she could think to do was quote a scripture,

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Speaker 1: and so she just screamed out Acts two thirty eight,

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the burglar froze in his tracks,

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Speaker 1: and a few moments the police arrived. And then we're

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Speaker 1: amazed at how a woman with no weapon can do this.

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Speaker 1: And they asked the burglar, what was it about that

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Speaker 1: scripture that had such an effect on you? He said, scripture?

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Speaker 1: What scripture? I thought? She said she had an axe

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Speaker 1: in two thirty eighths. All right, hold up your Bible

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Speaker 1: and say it with me today. 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: I can do. Today I will be talked the word

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

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Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I

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Speaker 1: am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed

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Speaker 1: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never,

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Speaker 1: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about not being

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Speaker 1: negative and critical towards yourself. We all have weaknesses, we

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Speaker 1: all have areas that we need to prove in. But

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Speaker 1: as long as we're pressing forward, and as long as

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Speaker 1: we're getting up each day and doing our very best,

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Speaker 1: then we can be assured that God is pleased with us.

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Speaker 1: He may not be pleased with every decision we make,

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Speaker 1: but He is pleased with us. And God wants us

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Speaker 1: to feel good about ourselves. He wants us to be

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Speaker 1: secure and to have healthy self images. But so many

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Speaker 1: people today go around with a poor, defeated mentality. They

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Speaker 1: focus on their faults and weaknesses when they make mistakes.

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Speaker 1: They're very hard and critical on themselves. They end up

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Speaker 1: feeling on the inside, you're not what you're supposed to be.

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Speaker 1: You don't measure up, You've blown it too many times. No,

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Speaker 1: God knew that we were not going to be perfect.

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Speaker 1: He knew we were going to all have weaknesses. And

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Speaker 1: one of the worst things that you could ever do

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Speaker 1: they are. Well, I'm slow, I'm undisciplined, I'm unattractive, I'm impatient.

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Speaker 1: They focus on their weaknesses. This is the root cause

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Speaker 1: simply because they are not at peace with who they are.

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Speaker 1: And Jesus said here in Matthew twenty two, verse thirty nine,

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Speaker 1: to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Notice, the

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Speaker 1: first prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. And

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Speaker 1: if you don't have a healthy respect for who you are,

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Speaker 1: and if you don't learn to accept yourself faulse in all,

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Speaker 1: And this is destroying many relationships today. I know people

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Speaker 1: they think their spouse is the reason they can't get along.

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Speaker 1: Sure that it's their coworker, but the fact is they've

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Speaker 1: They're upset because they haven't broken a bad habit. And

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Speaker 1: now all this poison spills out into these other relationships.

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Speaker 1: But understand, you can't give away what you don't have.

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Speaker 1: If you don't love yourself, you're not going to be

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Speaker 1: it's so important that you feel good about who you are.

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Speaker 1: We you say, Joel Man, I'm so impatient. I can't

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Speaker 1: good news is God is still working on you. You're

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Speaker 1: not a finished product. And what I'm saying today is

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Speaker 1: need to change in some area of their life. As

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Speaker 1: I'm not talking today about living a sloppy life. I'm

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Speaker 1: not talking about having a flippant attitude towards sin and

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Speaker 1: you don't have to go around condemned. You don't have

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Speaker 1: It's like this lady I heard about. She said, God,

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Speaker 1: so far, I've done great today. I haven't lied, cheated,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to really need your help today because I'm

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Speaker 1: many people today. They are so down on themselves. Well,

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Speaker 1: The enemy is called the accuser of the Brethren. There

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Speaker 1: to know you are the apple of God's eye. Before

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Speaker 1: God approves you unconditionally, just like you are. The fact is,

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Speaker 1: it's not because of what you have or haven't done.

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Speaker 1: believe that we're just poor old sinners. No, we used

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Speaker 1: Now we are no longer poor old sinners. We are

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Speaker 1: an abundant life. No matter how many mistakes you've made

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Speaker 1: Right now, please understand you are not a weak worm

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Speaker 1: righteousness consciousness. In other words, you've got to quit thinking

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Speaker 1: we need to do that every single morning. Doesn't happen automatically.

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Speaker 1: big bold letters, it says, approved by Almighty God. Those

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Speaker 1: old condemning voices come back. Well, you're not this, You're

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Speaker 1: Almighty God. I think about even as a parent. I

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Speaker 1: but also know that they're growing, they're learning. And if

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Speaker 1: about it. I'm tell you they're loving, caring, fun, good looking, attractive, talented.

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Speaker 1: He's not focused on your faults. He's not keeping a

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Speaker 1: in life. Whatever you send out is always going to

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Speaker 1: come back to you. Let me ask you this today.

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Speaker 1: What are you sending out about yourself? Man? I'm a failure,

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Speaker 1: I'm an attractive I'm undisciplined, I got a terrible temper.

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Speaker 1: Nobody likes to be around me. Or you need to

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Speaker 1: start sending out I'm approved, I'm accepted, I'm the righteousness

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Speaker 1: of God. I am creative, I am talented. I am

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Speaker 1: more than a conqueror. Make sure that you're sending out

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Speaker 1: good things about yourself. I was thinking about when Jesus

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Speaker 1: was baptized. He came up out of the water and

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Speaker 1: a voice boomed out of the heavens, and God said,

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Speaker 1: this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

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Speaker 1: I believe God is saying that to every one of

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Speaker 1: you today. He is well pleased with you. You say, Joel,

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Speaker 1: God couldn't say that to me. You don't know the

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Speaker 1: life I've lived. You don't know the things I struggle

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Speaker 1: with right now, Now listen to me clearly. Let this

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Speaker 1: sink deep down onto the inside. God is pleased with you.

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Speaker 1: He is already accepted and approved you. And no, he

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Speaker 1: may not be pleased with every decision you may, but

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Speaker 1: God is pleased with you. What a tragedy to go

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Speaker 1: through life being against yourself. Don't fall into that trap.

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Speaker 1: They have areas you need to improve in, but don't

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Speaker 1: let that stop you from feeling good about who you

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Speaker 1: are right now. I found a lot of times we

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Speaker 1: condemn ourselves so much. The enemy doesn't have to. We're

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Speaker 1: always thinking about our mistakes and what we're not and

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Speaker 1: how we haven't measured up. Why don't you let all

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Speaker 1: that go. You're growing, you're changing. God is pleased with

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Speaker 1: you right now, and it's okay to feel good about

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Speaker 1: who you are. Some of you. This is the whole

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Speaker 1: reason that you're not enjoying your life. You've got this

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Speaker 1: war going on on the inside. But if you can't

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Speaker 1: get along with yourself, you'll not only not get along

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Speaker 1: with others, but you won't be able to have a

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Speaker 1: proper relationship with Almighty God. You know as well as

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Speaker 1: I do. If you don't think that God is pleased

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Speaker 1: with you, then you won't go to God boldly. You'll

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Speaker 1: go around with a weak worm of the dust mentality.

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Speaker 1: I made all these mistakes, and I've got all these weaknesses,

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Speaker 1: and God, I know you could never bless me. Think

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Speaker 1: about how that make God feel. Here. We are His

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Speaker 1: sons and daughters. We've been chosen, we've been approved, we've

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Speaker 1: been accepted so many times. We believe these lies and

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Speaker 1: we go around with this poor, defeated mentality. Please understand,

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Speaker 1: God is pleased with you right now. Now. I want

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Speaker 1: to challenge you again today to get up every morning

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Speaker 1: and put on that breastplate of God's approval, put your

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Speaker 1: shoulders back, Quit thinking about what you're not. Make the

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Speaker 1: most of this day. Friends, you are a child of

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Speaker 1: the most High God. Don't waste another minute going around

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Speaker 1: feeling bad about yourself. You may have some weaknesses, you

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Speaker 1: may have some shortcomings, but the good news is God

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Speaker 1: is still working on you. Quit over analyzing yourself, quit

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Speaker 1: picking yourself apart, and just get up every day and

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Speaker 1: do your very, very best knowing that God is changing you.

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Speaker 1: My prayer today is that every one of you is

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Speaker 1: going to go out of here feeling good about who

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Speaker 1: you are, and that you're going to be free from

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Speaker 1: these burdens of guilt and low self esteem. And now

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Speaker 1: I know this. If you will get in agreement with

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Speaker 1: God and be positive toward yourself, and then God promises

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Speaker 1: he will change you from glory to glory. You will

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Speaker 1: rise higher and higher, and you'll become awe that God's

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Speaker 1: created you to be Amen, you receive it today, or

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Speaker 1: he never likes to pose 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'll

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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. If you prayed that simple prayer,

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Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good

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Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to

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

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

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Speaker 2: you and mind. He used his words. He spoke everything

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Speaker 2: into existence, late oceans and dry land, plans, sun and stars, animals,

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Speaker 2: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power.

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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: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often

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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: never get healthy, I'm not attractive, this dreams impossible. Instead

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Speaker 1: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future.

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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. You

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Speaker 1: want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words.

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Speaker 1: There are declarations in it that you can make over

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Speaker 1: your family, your health, your finances, and your future when

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

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Speaker 1: see His favor in greater ways.

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

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Speaker 2: to the ministry this month, we want to send you

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Speaker 2: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you

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Speaker 2: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy

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Speaker 2: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity

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Speaker 2: as you discover the authority and power of speaking God's word. Yes,

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Speaker 2: Speak the Blessing will unlock life changing possibilities that are unlimited.

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

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Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I

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Speaker 1: hope you'll request your copy to day. Remember you can

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

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Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, listen on Serious exam. We'll keep you

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Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired.

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