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Episode 30: Shift Your Mindset—Pray Your Way Through · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising, everyone.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: I greet you in the name of Jesus on this glorious day.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Regardless of what is happening in our day, we have been blessed to rise and see another day.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: I am Rose, your host, and I'm so glad you are here at Women at the Well Rejoice.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for being here.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: You know, many of us come from families where the matriarch was a praying woman.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: You could hear her at night talking to the Lord.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Early in the morning she was talking to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: If something went wrong in the family, she was going to talk to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: She knew how to get her answers from the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, those women in those days firmly believed if anything needed to be done, God would direct and he would definitely fix the problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now it makes me wonder how many sleepless nights did they avoid.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Did they experience anxiety the same way we experience anxiety?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or did they feel the need for medication?
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe those women learned something we desperately need to recover today that prayer works.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, the women in the Bible can attest to this truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many of them literally prayed their way through difficult circumstances.
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  SPEAKER_00: They overcame their greatest challenges by crying out to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, I want to challenge us to shift our mindsets by learning to pray our way through.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: We want to shift our focus from simply trying to change our thinking to changing how we respond to life challenges.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead of letting panic bitterness or trying to control everything, everybody, every family member.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to let our mindset become more I will pray my way through.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, thank you for one more day.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for waking us up this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for watching over us during the night.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you that you are a God who answers prayers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you that no matter what comes our way, if we call out to you, Father God, you are fixed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you that you are a lamp to our feet and a light unto our path.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will steer us in the right direction at all times.
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  SPEAKER_00: We need only to seek your face.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the name of Jesus, we come before you, asking you to open our minds and our hearts, give us understanding, give us ears to hear and a heart to receive.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we thank you this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thank you for everything that you do for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is none like you.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, we're gonna go into the scripture.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever wondered about life and all the things that happened to you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever wanted something so much that you were in agony?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, Hannah wanted a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today many women can identify with Hannah's wanting.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, she was infertile, she was ridiculed, and she was heartbroken.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Hannah prayed her way through.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah knew that only God could provide her with a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only God.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 1 Samuel chapter 1 verses 9 through 16, we meet Hannah.
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  SPEAKER_00: We meet her challenges.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's go to 1 Samuel chapter 1 verses 9 through 16.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll be reading from the King James Version.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chap verse nine.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in shallow and after they had drunk.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Eli the priest sat upon the seat by a post of the temple of the Lord, and she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore, and she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but will give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Hannah, she spake in her heart, only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken, and Eli said unto her, How long will thou be drunken?
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  SPEAKER_00: Put away thy wine from thee.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Bilal, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah prayed for a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only did she pray, but she also kept her faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Along the way, Hannah had to shed many tears, but she kept taking them to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, God answered Hannah's prayer, and she praised him.
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  SPEAKER_00: In first Samuel Hannah offered a prayer of thanksgiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: First Samuel, the second chapter, the second verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is what Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: My horn is exalted in the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is none holy as the Lord, for there is none besides thee, neither is there any rock like our God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah prayed to the God who can, who will, and who does.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah shifted her mindset from despair to surrender.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember in verse fifteen, she answered the priest Eli, and Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, Hannah did not let judgment stop her.
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  SPEAKER_00: She poured it all out to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, the Canaanite woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: See, the Canaanite woman reminds us of a fierce caring mother.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her daughter was demon possessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet the Canaanite woman went straight to the source of answered prayers.
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  SPEAKER_00: She had faced delays, and then what seemed like silence from Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Matthew fifteen, verses twenty one through twenty eight, we find her challenges.
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  SPEAKER_00: Matthew fifteen verses twenty one twenty eight, it reads Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coast of Tyree and Sidim.
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  SPEAKER_00: And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coast and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thy son of David, my daughter is grievously vexed with the devil.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he answered not he answered her not a word.
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  SPEAKER_00: And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord help me.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he answered and said, It is not meat to take the children's bread and to cast it to the dogs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she said, Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
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  SPEAKER_00: And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Canaanite woman's prayer was answered because she refused to stop seeking Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her persistent faith, despite the obstacles standing in front of her like his disciples, resulted in the miraculously answered prayer of her daughter being released from being demon possessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prayer works.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our final prayer warrior is Anna, the prophetess.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anna had been a widow for many years.
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  SPEAKER_00: She spent a lot of time in the temple praying and fasting.
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  SPEAKER_00: In spite of her loneliness and decades of waiting, she remained a steadfast prayer warrior.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her challenge is found in Luke two, thirty six through thirty eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, we're still reading from the King James Version.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse thirty six and there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Penel, of the tribe of Asher.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was of a great age and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayers night and day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she coming in that instance, gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_00: See Hannah got to see Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: She had waited for a long time, but she got to see Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: She kept praying during her wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: She kept fasting during her wait, and she was able to see Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each of these women faced a completely different challenge in their life, but they all had one thing in common.
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  SPEAKER_00: They all had the exact same God, the God who restores, repairs, delivers, heals, changes outcomes, answers prayers, and continues with blessings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sister, the Bible encourages us to pray over four hundred times.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the Old Testament, prayer was a lifeline communication between God, men, and women.
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  SPEAKER_00: There were inner sensory prayers, prayers for deliverance, prayers to have children, prayers for rescue, prayers for food, and so on.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the New Testament, Jesus taught his disciples to pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prayer is our ultimate key to overcoming everything in our lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, when the storms arise and you start to become anxious, stop.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just stop.
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  SPEAKER_00: Find your secret place and talk with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, prayer does not require elaborate or fancy words.
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  SPEAKER_00: It could be as simple as Lord, help me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't let the challenges and obstacles that come our way overtake you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't rehearse problems over and over in your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't sit there wringing your hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just do like grandma or mother used to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take it to God in prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is ready to intercede on your behalf at all times.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just go to Him in prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: In closing, I want to let these scriptures anchor your heart this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: 1 Thessalonians 517 tells us to pray without ceasing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Matthew six.
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  SPEAKER_00: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when thou hast shut thy door, pray to the Father which is in secret, and thy father which see it in secret shall reward thee openly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Philippians four six be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be known unto God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, we thank you for prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, if you are not sure about how to pray or what to say, Jesus gave us the model in Matthew six, nine through thirteen.
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  SPEAKER_00: After this manner, therefore pray ye, our Father, which art in heaven, hallow be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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  SPEAKER_00: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thank you for joining me here at Women at the Well Rejoice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us shift our mindsets this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shift it into prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: And knowing that God answers prayer whether it's yes or no, he still gives you an answer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this water's living and this well never runs dry.
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  SPEAKER_00: If God says so, I will see you next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: So until next week, may God bless you abundantly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pray your way through your obstacles.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whatever they may be, or whomever they may be.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessings.