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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We

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Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes.

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Speaker 2: We love you, and if you're ever in our area,

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Speaker 2: please stop buying be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for tuning in today and thank you

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Speaker 2: again for coming out. And I like to start with

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Speaker 2: something funny and I heard about this country couple. They

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Speaker 2: were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary and they had never

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Speaker 2: had an argument before, not one. Somebody asked them the

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Speaker 2: secret of their success, and the husband explained. As they

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Speaker 2: were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, the wife's

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Speaker 2: horse refused to go.

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Speaker 1: She got off, looked the.

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Speaker 2: Horse in the eyes and said that's one. The horse

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Speaker 2: went a little bit further, stopped again. She got off,

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Speaker 2: looked the horse in the eyes and said that's two.

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Speaker 2: Went a little bit more, but stopped once again. This time,

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Speaker 2: she got off, pulled out her revolver and shot the

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Speaker 2: horse dead. He said, what in the world are you doing.

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Speaker 2: You can't just shoot an animal. She looked at him

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Speaker 2: and said, honey, that's one hold up your bibles and

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Speaker 2: we don't recommend that. Now, this is my Bible. I

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Speaker 2: am what it says I am. I have what it

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Speaker 2: says I have. I can do what it says I

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Speaker 2: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God.

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Speaker 2: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 2: appreciating the people.

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Speaker 1: In your life.

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Speaker 2: There are people around you that are making you look good,

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Speaker 2: people that are using their gifts to make your life easier,

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Speaker 2: people that are going out of their way making sacrifices

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Speaker 2: so you can accomplish your dream. None of us got

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Speaker 2: to where we are on our own. The more you

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Speaker 2: give credit to others, the more God will bless you.

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Speaker 2: The scripture says, humble yourself and God will exalt you.

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Speaker 2: It takes humility to say I didn't get here by myself.

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Speaker 2: I had awesome parents, I have an amazing wife. I've

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Speaker 2: had friends that have believed in me. There's no such

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Speaker 2: thing as a self made person. Even before we were born,

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Speaker 2: people were watching over us, doctors, nurses, medical staff. When

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Speaker 2: we arrived, our parents, grandparents made great sacrifices to make

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Speaker 2: sure we were taken care of. We've all had friends, coaches, teachers,

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Speaker 2: mentors that went the extra mile to make us better.

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Speaker 2: And then there are people that we might not think

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Speaker 2: much about. They're in the shadows, but they make our

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Speaker 2: life easier. We sleep better at night knowing the police

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Speaker 2: trash collectors come by twice a week. The grocery store

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Speaker 2: keeps them stocked. Your life is easier because somebody is serving,

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Speaker 2: somebody is investing in you. My question is are you

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Speaker 2: thanking them? Are you telling them how you appreciate it,

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Speaker 2: expressing your gratitude. I realize the reason I look good

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Speaker 2: is because I have a lot of people that make

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Speaker 2: me look good. I have an incredible staff, an amazing family,

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Speaker 1: I am quick to give them the credit.

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Speaker 2: My suit is pressed and clean today because my friend Sam,

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Speaker 2: who owns a clothing store, won't let me wear it

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Speaker 2: unless he first presses it. I tell him, Sam, I've

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Speaker 1: Bring it over here.

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Speaker 2: I want it to look perfect. The funny thing is

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Speaker 2: I don't even take it to him. My friend Johnny

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Speaker 2: comes by the house, gets my suit, takes it to Sam's,

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Speaker 1: I stand up and look nice.

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Speaker 2: But I realize it didn't happen by myself. I've got Sam,

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Speaker 2: Did it took three people to get me in this suit?

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Speaker 1: No wonder? I look so good.

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Speaker 2: Tain't for granted the people that are making your life easier.

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Speaker 1: Be generous with your thanks.

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Speaker 2: Take time to express appreciation, write a note, send a text,

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Speaker 2: or the old fashioned way, pick up the telephone. Hey,

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Speaker 2: I want to tell you how much you mean to me.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for making me look good. Those simple words

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Speaker 2: will go further than you can imagine. When you acknowledge

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Speaker 2: their sacrifice, their input, their talent, It builds incredible loyalty.

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Speaker 2: When they know you know they're making you look good,

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Speaker 2: do even more. See, people have no problem helping you succeed.

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Speaker 2: They have no problem making your life easier as long

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Speaker 2: as you give them the proper credit. As long as

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Speaker 1: But the reason many.

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Speaker 2: People get stuck is they start taking people for granted.

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Speaker 2: They become proud and think, I did this on my own.

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Speaker 1: Good my suit looks.

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Speaker 2: No, it says they're in Proverbs, pride goes before a fall.

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Speaker 2: One reason is when you become proud and you don't

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Speaker 2: acknowledge those that have helped you, your team becomes weak.

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Speaker 2: Lack of thanks erodes loyalty. When you don't appreciate people,

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Speaker 2: they don't want to help you. They're not going to

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Speaker 2: go out of their way to try to make you

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Speaker 2: look good as long as you're taking all the credit. Now,

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Speaker 2: be more aware of who's making your life easier. That

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Speaker 1: Make sure they know how much you appreciate them.

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Speaker 2: Have them over for dinner sometime, Give them a gift

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Speaker 2: Express your thanks that coworker that goes out of their

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Speaker 2: way to teach you to share what they know. Take

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Speaker 1: Hey, I appreciate you so and end of my life,

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Speaker 1: I realize you don't have to do this.

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Speaker 2: Our children wouldn't be very smart if we didn't have

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Speaker 2: great teachers and principles and coaches and educators that give

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Speaker 1: To teach and educate them.

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Speaker 2: Have you think those teachers lately they're investing into your children.

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Speaker 2: I was at the hospital visiting a man a while back,

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Speaker 2: rubbing this man's feet and massaging them. When she left,

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Speaker 2: I said, I didn't know you had a problem with

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Speaker 2: me feel better. Don't take for granted the people that

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Speaker 1: Captain Charles Plum was.

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Speaker 2: A Navy fighter pilot in Vietnam he flew seventy five

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Speaker 2: successful combat missions, but on number seventy six, his plane

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Speaker 2: was hit by a surface to air missile and exploded. Somehow,

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Speaker 2: he was able to eject and safely parachute to the ground,

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Speaker 2: spending six years in a Vietnamese prison, he was released

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Speaker 2: came up and said, I know who you are. You're

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Speaker 2: Captain Charles Plum. You flew fighter jets off the US

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Speaker 2: Kitty Hawk in Vietnam. I remember when you got shout

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Speaker 2: Plum was amazed that he knew so many details.

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Speaker 1: He said, who are you and how do you know

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Speaker 2: He said, I was in the Navy, a sailor on

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Speaker 2: was the one that packed your parachute. Captain Plum got

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Speaker 2: up and gave him a big hug, and they talked

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Speaker 2: and reminisced for a few minutes. Then they said goodbye

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Speaker 2: and went their separate ways. That night, Captain Plum couldn't sleep.

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Speaker 2: He kept thinking about the man he had met.

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Speaker 2: He wondered what he might have looked like years ago

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Speaker 2: in a sailor uniform. He thought about how many times

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Speaker 2: he must have passed him on the ship and never

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Speaker 2: acknowledged him, never said hello, good morning. How are you see?

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Speaker 2: Captain Plum was a fighter pilot. He was at the

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Speaker 2: top of his field. Respected, everyone looked up to him.

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Speaker 2: This other man nothing wrong with him, He was fine,

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Speaker 2: but he was a sailor. He wasn't at Captain Plum's

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Speaker 1: Now it grated on his conscience.

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Speaker 2: He thought about all the lonely hours that sailor must

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Speaker 2: have spent in the hull of the ship, carefully sowing

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Speaker 2: somebody's life could depend on it. Now Captain Plum has

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Speaker 2: scenes making you look good, who's investing in you, who's

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Speaker 2: making your life easier?

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Speaker 1: Like Captain Plum?

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Speaker 2: Are you walking by people every day at the house,

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Speaker 2: how instrumental they are in your life.

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Speaker 1: They seem kind of insignificant. But if you didn't have them.

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Speaker 2: If they didn't do a good job, if they weren't there,

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Speaker 2: as secondary. You didn't get here by yourself. All along

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Speaker 2: the way, people have been packing your parachute. Have you

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Speaker 2: told your parents lately thank you for all that they did.

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Speaker 2: They got up early in the morning to make your breakfast,

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Speaker 2: They ran you a ball practice, made sure you had

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Speaker 1: They didn't do it because they had to. They did

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Speaker 1: it because they love you, because they want your life

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Speaker 1: to be better than theirs. Have you told your mom lately, Hey.

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Speaker 2: Mom, thanks for packing my parachute. Hey dad, thanks for

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Speaker 2: making me better. Hey you say, Joel, My parents didn't

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Speaker 2: done more of that. I'm not saying they were perfect.

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Speaker 2: They probably made mistakes, we all have.

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Speaker 1: But keep it in perspective.

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Speaker 2: Your mother changed your diaper, fed you when you were hungry,

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Speaker 2: kept you warm when you were cold, stayed up all

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Speaker 2: night when you didn't feel well.

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Speaker 1: The good far outweighs the bad.

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Speaker 2: You wouldn't be where you are if she didn't make sacrifices.

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Speaker 1: Take time to thank those that have made you better.

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Speaker 2: I know people that are at odds with their parents,

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Speaker 2: But I found when you humble yourself and say thank you,

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Speaker 2: healing takes place. When you appreciate people, relationships can be restored.

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Speaker 2: You got to quit focusing on everything they did wrong

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Speaker 2: and find something they did right. Hey mom, Hey dad,

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Speaker 2: appreciating the people in your life. Tell that cousin, that

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Speaker 2: I have two brothers in law that are instrumental in

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Speaker 2: they do. I'm winning today because they're helping me to win.

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Speaker 2: My sister Lisa has worked at the ministry nearly thirty years.

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Speaker 2: When my father was alive, she used to sit behind

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Speaker 2: keep him up to speed on everything that's going on.

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Speaker 2: Lisa's very organized, very efficient. Two weeks after my father died,

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Speaker 2: I was sitting in his chair about to go up

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Speaker 2: and minister.

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Speaker 1: And Lisa was behind me.

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Speaker 2: She leaned over to whisper something in my ear, like

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Speaker 2: she had done with my father all that time. When

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Speaker 2: she leaned back, she heard God speak something to her,

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Speaker 2: not out loud, but write down in here. He said, Lisa,

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Speaker 2: just as you've served your father all these years, now

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Speaker 2: you are to serve your brother.

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Speaker 1: The last twelve years.

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Speaker 2: Lisa's been an incredible friend and incredible support, an amazing

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Speaker 1: When my dad died, my.

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Speaker 2: Brother Paul, as you know, gave up his medical practice

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Speaker 2: to come back and help us pastor the church. He

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Speaker 2: told my mother, Joel used to be just my younger brother,

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Speaker 2: but now he's my pastor as well. You wouldn't think

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Speaker 2: that I'd make fun of him so much, but I

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Speaker 2: can't help it. Don't take for granted the people that

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Speaker 2: are closest to you. Here's your assignment this week as

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Speaker 2: you go out, identify who's making your life better, who's

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Speaker 2: packing your parachute? Identify who's helping you to win. And

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Speaker 2: then number two very important, Express your appreciation. Don't just

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Speaker 2: think about it. Write them a note, call them and

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Speaker 2: take them out to dinner, pick up the phone, tell

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Speaker 2: them how much.

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Speaker 1: They mean to you. When you take.

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Speaker 2: Time to appreciate the people in your life, they will

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Speaker 2: be more loyal, they will do a better job. Plus,

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Speaker 2: you will feel rewarded. There's a satisfaction that comes from

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Speaker 2: lifting others up. When you express love, the other person

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Speaker 2: is blessed and your own life will be enriched. Remember,

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Speaker 2: none of us got to where we are on our own.

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Speaker 1: If you'll develop this.

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Speaker 2: Habit of appreciating the people in your life, you'll not

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Speaker 2: only have better relationships, not only enjoy your life more,

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Speaker 2: but you'll go further.

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Speaker 1: You'll accomplish more.

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Speaker 2: I believe and declare you'll become everything that God's created

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Speaker 2: you to be.

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Speaker 1: Amen. Do you receive it today?

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Speaker 2: We ever like to close our 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 1: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends,

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Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer.

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Speaker 2: We believe you got born again. Get in a good

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Speaker 2: Bible based church, Keep God first place.

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Speaker 1: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Are you in a situation where you feel lost, afraid, hopeless,

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Speaker 3: where there seems to be no solutions, no answers, no

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Speaker 3: way out.

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Speaker 4: It's time for your turnaround.

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Speaker 2: We all face situations that look like they'll never change.

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Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged. I love to send you

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Speaker 2: my book turn Around How God can take you from

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Speaker 2: a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover how God

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Speaker 2: can turn sickness into health, lack into abundance, addictions into freedom.

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Speaker 2: It'll inspire you to keep believing in have an expectancy

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Speaker 2: for things to turn in your favor. Recent weeks, we've

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Speaker 2: been celebrating the incredible life of my mother, her miraculous

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Speaker 2: turnaround story of overcoming terminal cancer over forty years ago.

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Speaker 2: It's a testimonial the power of God's promises. Just because

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Speaker 2: you don't see a way doesn't mean God doesn't have

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Speaker 2: a way.

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Speaker 1: Stay in faith. Your turnaround is on the way.

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Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 3: of any amount. This month, we would like to send

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Speaker 3: Through biblical examples, real life applications, and practical encouragement, you'll

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Speaker 3: His promises, you'll begin to see your greatest challenges.

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Speaker 2: can't bring you out of. There are turnarounds in your future.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for being with us today. Victoria and

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Speaker 2: I pray for you and your family, and we sure appreciate.

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Speaker 1: Your prayer and support.

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Speaker 2: Your generosity is helping bring hope to people around the world.

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Speaker 2: Special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for

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Speaker 2: you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the services

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