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

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 2: The other day, my son did something so nice for me.

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Speaker 2: It was really special. He went out of his way

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Speaker 2: and took his time to really make me feel good,

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Speaker 2: and I did. I was so appreciative of what he did.

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Speaker 2: I called him up and I said, Jonathan, thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for what you've done for me. And I

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Speaker 2: began to gush and he said, Mom, I did it

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Speaker 2: because I knew you'd like it, and I wanted to

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Speaker 2: make you happy. He said, Mom, thanks for all you

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Speaker 2: do for me. Well as a parent, I was taken aback.

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Speaker 2: I thought, that's amazing his generosity and his kindness towards me,

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Speaker 2: And you know, it just took my heart and moved it.

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Speaker 3: It made me.

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Speaker 2: Want to do something even more special for him. It

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Speaker 2: got my attention. And you know, we always want our

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Speaker 2: children to be kind. We want them to appreciate what

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Speaker 2: they have, so we teach them that, but when they

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Speaker 2: actually do it, we're like praise God. That's amazing, you know,

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Speaker 2: and it moves us. It moves us. And see, I

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Speaker 2: believe that's exactly the way it is with our heavenly Father.

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Speaker 2: You see, he wants us to do the things that

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Speaker 2: are going to enrich our life, and when we actually

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Speaker 2: do them, it moves him.

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Speaker 3: It moves his hand of blessing. You see.

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Speaker 2: God knows that we are mature enough to be able

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Speaker 2: to handle what He has next for us. You see,

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Speaker 2: when we say to God, I not only praise you

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Speaker 2: and I thank you, but I'm going to take it

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Speaker 2: a step further God, and I'm going to show you

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Speaker 2: my thankfulness by my expression and my actions.

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Speaker 3: You see, there's.

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Speaker 2: Nothing closer to the heart of God than his children

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Speaker 2: doing something for someone else. You see, we were put

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Speaker 2: on this earth to not only be the praise to

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Speaker 2: God's glory, but to be his hands, to be his feet,

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Speaker 2: to be his kindness, to be his compassion. The Bible

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Speaker 2: clearly states that we are blessed to be a blessing.

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Speaker 2: We are blessed by Almighty God so that we can

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Speaker 2: go out and express our blessings through our actions, not

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Speaker 2: just through our words. I'm not talking today about just

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Speaker 2: material blessings. Yes, God wants you to have more than enough,

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Speaker 2: but you know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 3: I'm talking about.

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Speaker 2: Those blessings of favor, influence, peace, joy fulfillment, purpose, the

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Speaker 2: things that God gives us when we praise him and

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Speaker 2: when we show our praise through our actions. You know,

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Speaker 2: my son's maturity, like I said, made me want to

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Speaker 2: go out and do something else for him. It made

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Speaker 2: me understand that, hey, he can be trusted. I believe

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Speaker 2: this blessing is not going to harm him, but this

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Speaker 2: blessing is going to help him. It's going to help

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Speaker 2: him grow, mature and be everything that he's been called

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Speaker 2: to be. And do you know, I think that we

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Speaker 2: all need to go out and think every single day

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Speaker 2: what can I do to please God and try to

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Speaker 2: reach this level of maturity that says God, it's not

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Speaker 2: just good enough that I thank you, but I want

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Speaker 2: to show you through loving people, my gratitude, my expression

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Speaker 2: of thanks for me. You know what, God is moved

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Speaker 2: when we do that, When we go out and make

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Speaker 2: someone else's day.

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Speaker 3: You know what we're saying. We're saying, God, thank you

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Speaker 3: for making my day.

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Speaker 2: Because when you make someone else's day, God will make

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Speaker 2: your day when you do something for someone they can't

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Speaker 2: do for themselves. Pick them up, take them to a

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Speaker 2: doctor's appointment, pick them up when their car's broken down,

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Speaker 2: call them, shear them up.

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Speaker 3: Do something that no one else can do for them.

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Speaker 2: You know what, God's gonna do special things for you.

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Speaker 3: You see, there is.

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Speaker 2: A law and a principle in God's word, and it

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Speaker 2: says when you give, it'll be given back to you.

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Speaker 2: When you sew good seats, that good harvest will come

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Speaker 2: back to you.

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Speaker 3: See.

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Speaker 2: God knows exactly how we operate at our highest potential,

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Speaker 2: and he knows that when we are giving him praise

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Speaker 2: and we are finding our purpose in expressing that praise

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Speaker 2: by helping others, we're at our highest potential. You see,

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Speaker 2: you could have all the money in the world, but

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Speaker 2: you could be as miserable as ever because you don't

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Speaker 2: have purpose.

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Speaker 3: You're not functioning as your highest potential.

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Speaker 2: But when God, when he blesses you, there's no blessing

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Speaker 2: like it. There is nothing like the blessings of Almighty God.

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Speaker 2: So let's make someone's day and realize it's God gonna

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Speaker 2: make our day.

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Speaker 3: You're making our day.

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Speaker 2: God, Listen to what it says in Hebrews thirteen fifteen

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Speaker 2: and sixteen. It says, let us continually offer to God

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Speaker 2: a sacrifice of praise with the fruit of our lips,

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Speaker 2: giving thanks to his name. Then it goes on to

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Speaker 2: say this, and do not neglect doing good and sharing.

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Speaker 3: For with such sacrifices, God is pleased. You See.

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Speaker 2: He not only wants us to express our thanks by

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Speaker 2: praise by thanking him, but he doesn't want us to

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Speaker 2: forget to take that blessing and pass it on.

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Speaker 3: See, that's what pleases the heart of God.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's easy to praise God when everything is

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Speaker 2: going good. Right, when people are being nice. You got

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Speaker 2: that promotion at work, your kids are doing great. Hey,

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Speaker 2: everything is wonderful. It's easy to praise God. What about

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Speaker 2: when you're facing a challenge when it doesn't look like

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Speaker 2: you're going to have enough. How about your facing a

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Speaker 2: spiritual battle and you don't know why, but for some reason,

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Speaker 2: you just don't feel grateful. You See, that's what it

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Speaker 2: means when it says to offer up a sacrifice of praise. See,

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Speaker 2: it's something that you don't necessarily feel like doing. You

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Speaker 2: may not feel grateful today.

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Speaker 3: You may not look at your bank account and think

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Speaker 3: you have enough.

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Speaker 2: But that's when God says, I know how you operate,

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Speaker 2: I've designed you, and I know that if you will continually,

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Speaker 2: no matter how you feel, offer up this sacrifice of praise.

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Speaker 2: But don't stop there, don't neglect passing on this gratitude

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Speaker 2: to someone else.

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Speaker 3: He says, that's when you'll live a life that is fulfilled.

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Speaker 3: That's when you will please me. You see, when you

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Speaker 3: please God, the Scripture.

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Speaker 2: Says he will do things for you that you cannot

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Speaker 2: do for yourself. The Bible says, when you please God,

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Speaker 2: he'll make even your enemies.

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Speaker 3: Be at peace with you.

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Speaker 2: Listen, when you make please in God your highest priority.

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Speaker 2: I believe that's when you'll see your life go to

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Speaker 2: new levels and you'll see God do things for you

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Speaker 2: that you couldn't possibly do for yourself.

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Speaker 3: Amen, He's an awesome God.

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