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Speaker 5: Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading

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Speaker 5: I hope you enjoy this message. Hebrews three point thirteen

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Speaker 5: says to encourage one another daily. Have you encouraged anyone today?

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Speaker 4: You have to make it.

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Speaker 5: A habit of encouraging people. The Bible says, encourage one

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Speaker 5: another daily. Now you know, it is great to receive

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Speaker 5: general encouragement. It's great when someone says, I like your outfit. Oh,

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Speaker 4: See it's great and uplifting to be.

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Speaker 5: Encouraged generally, and I think every one of us need

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Speaker 5: When we make a spiritual deposit in someone's life, a

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Speaker 5: spiritual encouragement, that it not only takes their life to

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Speaker 5: You see, we need to get good at spurring one

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Speaker 5: another on. When we love one another and encourage one

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Speaker 5: We're allowing God to extend his grace through us. You see.

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Speaker 5: When we realize that God can use us, that he

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Speaker 5: That's when you'll take a whole new perspective in how

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Speaker 5: You know, my mother is a great encourager, and she

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Speaker 5: That's been the very best part of my life.

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Speaker 5: Today I am standing in some blessings that have come

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Speaker 5: It's refreshing to the soul when someone makes a spiritual

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Speaker 4: See it is there are.

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Speaker 5: So many ways to encourage people. Like I said, there's

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Speaker 3: You have an.

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Speaker 5: Encourageer's heart, Turn on that fountain and let it flow,

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Speaker 5: and I believe you'll find that the blessings of God

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Speaker 5: will chase.

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Speaker 4: You down and overtake you. Amen. Amen,