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Speaker 4: somebody sent me this prayer about food goes like this, Lord,

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Speaker 4: grant me the strength that I may not fall into

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Speaker 4: the clutches of cholesterol at polyonsatris. I'll never mutter, for

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Speaker 4: the road to Hell is paved with butter. Cake is cursed,

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Speaker 4: cream is awful, and Satan is hiding in every waffle bells.

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Speaker 4: Above is a chocolate drop. Lucifer is a lollipop. Teach

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Speaker 4: me the evils of fried chicken from the South. Lord,

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Speaker 4: if you love me, shut my mouth, say it like

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Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what

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Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I'll never

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Speaker 4: be the same. In Jesus' name, God, bless you, Thank you.

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Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about take care

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Speaker 4: other people's needs and measuring up to their expectations that

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Speaker 4: we put ourself on the back burner. The demands of work.

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Speaker 4: the neighbor's birthday party. We can't let anyone down. They're

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Speaker 4: counting on us. We have this hero mentality. We're always strong.

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Speaker 4: We're always the one that comes through, that cheers them up,

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Speaker 4: we can become depleted, drained, worn out. We're making sure

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Speaker 4: everyone else is a priority. You need to make yourself

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Speaker 4: a priority. Your first mission is to keep yourself healthy.

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Speaker 4: It's not selfish to take time for you. You need

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Speaker 4: time to get refreshed, to be re energized. You shouldn't

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Speaker 4: If you're giving all the time and never filling back up,

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Speaker 4: don't you be good to you. You're kind to others,

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Speaker 4: be kind to you. Be generous to you, be loving

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Speaker 4: to you. Don't live with that hero mentality. Got to

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Speaker 4: will they say? People will take as much you give them.

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Speaker 4: They'll let you work twenty four hours a day if

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Speaker 4: it's not healthy, it's raising your blood pressure, causing you

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Speaker 4: to live stressed, overwhelmed. Nobody can make this change except you.

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Speaker 4: You have to be the one to say, I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: And every time this friend calls, not gonna live up

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Speaker 4: well being is good. And if you don't learn to

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Speaker 4: people that are counting on you to perform, to always

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Speaker 4: be there, They're not gonna say why don't you take

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Speaker 4: a break, Why don't you spend the evening doing whatever

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Speaker 4: They're expecting you to be there for them. The moment

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Speaker 4: Tell them Superman went to the phone booth and turned

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Speaker 4: back into Clark Kent. Superman was tired. Superman needed rest.

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Speaker 4: like it, but your health, your emotional well being, is

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Speaker 4: Don't be surprised if you feel guilty. I should be helping,

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Speaker 4: Do what replenishes you, what brings you back in balance.

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Speaker 4: I know my brother Paul gets refreshed by crocheting. When

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Speaker 4: could have felt guilty. There are so many needs, people

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Speaker 4: to heal, lepers to cleanse. I can't take a break,

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Speaker 4: But Jesus knew he had to take care of his temple.

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Speaker 4: Another man came passing through that was stranded needed oil

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Speaker 4: to lublcate his will. Keeper felt sorry for him and

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Speaker 4: keeper was so apologetic. He told how he'd used the

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Speaker 4: They said to him, very sternly. You were given oil

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Speaker 4: like this keeper, we're so good hearted. We want to

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Speaker 4: help this person measure up to their expectation. Run here,

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Speaker 4: keep them happy, all the while we're depleted. Our light's

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Speaker 4: going out. You've been given oil for one purpose, to

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Speaker 4: keep your light burning, to keep yourself healthy, whole and strong.

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Speaker 4: If your fire goes out, you can't help all those others.

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Speaker 4: If you're living depleted, a running on empty, you're not

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Speaker 4: shining like you could. You're making it. But what could

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Speaker 4: you be if you got back in balance, How much brighter, further, longer,

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Speaker 4: happier could you be if you did, like Jesus on

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Speaker 4: an irregular basis, took time to get refreshed, to be replenished.

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Speaker 4: I'm not saying to live selfishly. I'm not saying to

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Speaker 4: not work hard. I'm saying take care of your temple physically, spiritually,

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Speaker 4: because you're so strong, so gifted, you're always up, but

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Speaker 4: like all of us, you're human. You need to be refreshed.

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Speaker 4: Too many people are burning out. You can go for

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Speaker 4: up to you. Now I heard this saying it's easier

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Speaker 4: to maintain good health than it is to try to

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Speaker 4: regain lost health. When you live depleted, it's you down,

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Speaker 4: it's affecting your immune system. You need to get out

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Speaker 4: from under that pressure. Learn to say no. You may

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Speaker 4: have to eliminate some good things in order to stay healthy. Listen,

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Speaker 4: we need you here for a long time. What you

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Speaker 4: have to offer is amazing. Your gifts, your talents, your love,

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Speaker 4: keep your light burning. Yes, be good to others, but

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Speaker 4: don't forget to be good to you. If you'll do this,

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Speaker 4: I believe and declare. You're going to feel weights lift

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Speaker 4: have better relationships, more energy, and become all you were

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Speaker 4: created to be. In Jesus' name, if you receive it,

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Speaker 4: can you say amen? Amen? I'd like to give you

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Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 4: you my lord. If you prayed that simple prayer, we

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Speaker 4: believe you got born again. I want to encourage you

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