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DAILY DEVOTION DAY 12 Lesson Title Building a Strong Faith Community, rooted in Hebrews 1024-25 www.angelathomassmithbooks.com · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: So good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to Daily Devotion.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just out here, just trying to be who God
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  Speaker 1: has called me to be. I don't walk in any offices,
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  Speaker 1: don't carry any titles. I just know what He's done
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  Speaker 1: for me, and I just share my experiences. And through
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  Speaker 1: sharing my experiences, He's allowed me to be able to
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  Speaker 1: today out of a Closer Walk with I am that
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  Speaker 1: I am. It is a thirty one day teen journal
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  Speaker 1: to exploring the Bible. So we're gonna be coming out
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  Speaker 1: of this in today's topic is going to be building community,
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  Speaker 1: building community, and I tell you God is so intentional.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: He's so intentional and so perfect, so with our lives
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  Speaker 1: and the things that we do. I'm gonna share a
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  Speaker 1: testimony after I pray. I'm gonna share a brief testimony,
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  Speaker 1: and then we're gonna jump into the lesson. So, Father God,
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  Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, Lord, I thank you for
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  Speaker 1: this hour. I thank you for this opportunity that we
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  Speaker 1: can come before you, Lord God. I thank you for
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  Speaker 1: this new day that was not promised us. To stay
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  Speaker 1: that we've never seen before, and to stay that we
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  Speaker 1: will never see again. Lord God, and Father asks we
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  Speaker 1: seek you this morning, Lord God, I pray that we
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  Speaker 1: find what it is that we are seeking after. Of
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  Speaker 1: Lord God and Father I hope that we can find
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  Speaker 1: it in your word. On this morning, Lord God Father,
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  Speaker 1: we asked that you would clear our minds and our
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  Speaker 1: hearts that we will be able to receive that you
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  Speaker 1: are trying to share. On this morning, Father God, I
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  Speaker 1: asked that you remove me in the flesh, Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: and allow your spirit man to come forth, that I
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  Speaker 1: may be be able to deliver the message that you
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  Speaker 1: will have your people to receive. On this morning, Lord
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  Speaker 1: god Father, I thank you for this opportunity. I thank
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  Speaker 1: you for the platform, and I thank you for just
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  Speaker 1: extending your grace and your mercy one more time, giving
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  Speaker 1: us all an opportunity to get it right. Or God,
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  Speaker 1: and this is what I asked in your son Jesus' name. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
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  Speaker 1: I praise him this morning. I praise him this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you God, it's definitely intentional about the things
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  Speaker 1: that He do in your life. And if you just
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  Speaker 1: stay humble, and if you just stayed the course, it
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  Speaker 1: definitely would line up.
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  Speaker 2: Your life would just align. Yesterday, we were in a meeting.
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  Speaker 1: We are trying to plan I'm working with a young
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  Speaker 1: minister that's planning a million man march, I call it
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  Speaker 1: the Million Souls for Christ. And we were planning and
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about just the community coming together. And
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  Speaker 1: today I opened up the book and y'all, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: plan my lesson until this morning. I usually planned my
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  Speaker 1: lesson when I come out of five day in prayer,
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  Speaker 1: because God deals with me. When we come out of
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  Speaker 1: that prayer in the morning time, it's like He just
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  Speaker 1: be dealing with me autter prayer. So when I come
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  Speaker 1: out of five day in prayer, that's when I prepare
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  Speaker 1: my lesson for today. So when I opened this book
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  Speaker 1: and open it up today twelve, it was building community
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  Speaker 1: and it was just a confirmation to remind me that
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  Speaker 1: yet we are on the right path when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to being a part of the community and sharing what
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  Speaker 1: He's done for us. So I just want to encourage
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  Speaker 1: Marko on this morning. Know that your help is on
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  Speaker 1: the way, that God has not forgotten you, and that
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  Speaker 1: he's yet working in the mist, regardless of what it
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  Speaker 1: seemed like, even if nobody is showing up. Know that
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  Speaker 1: he's yet working in that vision that he gives that
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  Speaker 1: he gave you. He's gonna make provisions for that vision.
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  Speaker 1: So stay the course and your help is on the way.
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  Speaker 1: I just wanted to share that this morning, y'all, because
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  Speaker 1: sometimes we get discouraged and the things that we're doing
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  Speaker 1: when we don't get the participation that we think that
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  Speaker 1: we deserve. But we still have to understand that God
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  Speaker 1: is working on his time and that everything will work
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  Speaker 1: out in his time, and it's not about our timing,
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  Speaker 1: but it is his time and that matters, y'all. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and jump on into the lesson
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  Speaker 1: so I can let y'all go. Don't want to keep
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  Speaker 1: y'all long, So I got to make sure that I'm
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  Speaker 1: keeping track of time because I want to be done
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  Speaker 1: by eight. So y'all got thirty two minutes to give
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  Speaker 1: y'all this message, so I want to make sure I'm
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  Speaker 1: giving it to you.
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  Speaker 2: So y'all this morning.
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  Speaker 1: The lesson title is building a strong faith community, and
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  Speaker 1: the scripture is coming from Hebrews ten, twenty four and
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. It says, and let us consider how we
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  Speaker 1: may spur one on one another on towards love and
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  Speaker 1: good deeds, not giving up meeting together as some are
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  Speaker 1: in habits of doing or in the habit of doing,
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  Speaker 1: but encouraging one another.
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  Speaker 2: And all the more as we see the day's.
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  Speaker 1: Approaching that means we're supposed to be help makes one
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  Speaker 1: to another, that we're supposed to be supporting each other,
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  Speaker 1: uplifting each other, and encouraging each other on this journey.
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  Speaker 1: So this morning, I say to community. Community is the
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  Speaker 1: heart of God's design in our lives. While personal faith
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  Speaker 1: is essential, we are never meant to journey alone. There's
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  Speaker 1: a unique power and blessing and gathering together, encouraging one
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  Speaker 1: another and building each other up as the body of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Each of us brings something vital to the table. Today,
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  Speaker 1: let's discover how supporting and uplifting others leads us all
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  Speaker 1: to greater strength, greater joy, and greater faith. I'm sorry, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: I was a light over here on the screen was
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  Speaker 1: on outside. I had to see what was going on.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, y'all. So I'm sorry. I remember a season
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  Speaker 1: in my life when, y'all, I felt isolated in my faith.
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  Speaker 1: I went to church, but I didn't truly connect or
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  Speaker 1: feel connected with others. My prayers felt shallow and my
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  Speaker 1: burden seemed heavy. It was when I stepped out to
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  Speaker 1: join Bible study and to serve alongside others that I
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  Speaker 1: discovered the strength of community. As we share our struggles
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  Speaker 1: and celebrate victories and pray for each other.
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  Speaker 2: My faith was deepened.
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  Speaker 1: I realized God places us in communities not only for growth,
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  Speaker 1: but also so that we can lift others when they
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  Speaker 1: are weak to true spiritual growth blossoms when I learned
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  Speaker 1: to both give and receive encouragement within the community of faith.
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  Speaker 1: Today's lesson is centered on the truth that we grow
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  Speaker 1: stronger in faith by support and encouraging each other within
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  Speaker 1: our faith community. God did not design us to walk
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  Speaker 1: this journey alone. According to Hebrews twenty four and twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: we are called to gather together to inspire one another
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  Speaker 1: towards love and good deeds. To continually encourage each other,
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  Speaker 1: especially as challenges arive. Remember, I want you to speak
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  Speaker 1: this over your life today. I am an important part
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  Speaker 1: of my faith community. I am an important part of
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  Speaker 1: my faith community. Let the truth God, your actions reach out,
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  Speaker 1: connect and become a source of encouragement to those around you.
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  Speaker 1: When we invest in each other, everyone grows and the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God is strengthened. Want to share three things
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  Speaker 1: with you this morning. Understand that we are called to
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  Speaker 1: spur each other on, to cheer each other on, to
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  Speaker 1: lift each other up. And as we if we go
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  Speaker 1: to Hebrews ten and twenty four, it say community isn't passive,
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  Speaker 1: it's active. God wants us to intentionally encourage each other
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  Speaker 1: to love good works, motivating one another to live out
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  Speaker 1: boldly in faith. He wants us to consistently gather so
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  Speaker 1: that we can be strengthened by each other. If we
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  Speaker 1: read in Hebrews ten and twenty five. It's say, meeting together,
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  Speaker 1: whether in church, small groups or in fellowship, it is crucial.
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  Speaker 1: Isolation can make you vulnerable, but together we can be strengthened, protected,
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  Speaker 1: and inspired to persevere. Encouragement is God's two for growth.
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  Speaker 1: If you go over to Ecclesiastics four nine and ten,
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  Speaker 1: it's say two two two are better than one. Two
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  Speaker 1: is better than one. Two, it's better than one. If
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  Speaker 1: either of them falls, one can help the other up.
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  Speaker 1: Encouragement is more than kind words. It is spiritual force
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  Speaker 1: that keeps us running our race. When we feel weak
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  Speaker 1: or rear. It no two, because if one fall, the
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  Speaker 1: other can lift up. So remember you not on this
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  Speaker 1: journey alone. You should be being a helpmate to somebody.
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  Speaker 1: You should be encouraging somebody. You should be uplifting somebody.
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  Speaker 1: These are things that he has commanded. These are things
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  Speaker 1: that he had told us to do in his word. Y'all,
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  Speaker 1: these are commandments in his word. If he put it
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  Speaker 1: in his word, it is a commandment. It is something
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  Speaker 1: that we are supposed to be doing.
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  Speaker 2: He told us.
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  Speaker 1: So today I challenge you, don't just think about yourself,
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  Speaker 1: think about somebody else and don't think that you're on
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  Speaker 1: this journey by yourself because you're not allowed somebody to
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  Speaker 1: come in. Allow somebody to help you, Allow somebody to
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  Speaker 1: assist you on this journey. And understand that you didn't
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  Speaker 1: get put here by yourself. He told you, he said two.
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  Speaker 2: Or better than one.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't believe me, go over to Ecclesiastis for
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  Speaker 1: nine and ten and read it for your He didn't
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  Speaker 1: tell you to be moving in silence. He didn't tell
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  Speaker 1: you to be moving in secret. He said two are
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  Speaker 1: better than one. So no, you ain't got to do
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  Speaker 1: this by yourself. But be intentional about connections. Be intentional
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  Speaker 1: about who you connect with. Be intentional about who you
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  Speaker 1: connect with. And Proverbs twenty seven and seventeen it that
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  Speaker 1: as iron shoppens iron, so one person sharpens another. Seek
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  Speaker 1: our opportunities to join faith groups of ten gatherings, or
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  Speaker 1: simply check in regularly with fellow believers. Your presence matters.
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  Speaker 2: It matters.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't just get dropped out here. You didn't just
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  Speaker 1: get throwed out the sky. You didn't just get just
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  Speaker 1: get afflimated and just get placed here. There's a reason
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  Speaker 1: why you're here, and you're not here alone. So know
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  Speaker 1: that you have people that He's placed you with. He
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  Speaker 1: is intentional, so he said, be intentional about connections. You
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  Speaker 1: need to connect with people that you know or believers.
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  Speaker 1: People that you know are praying for you. People that
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  Speaker 1: you know are rooting for you, and not p R
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  Speaker 1: E why, but a p R A y R for you.
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  Speaker 1: They are prayer their prayers and they are praying for
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  Speaker 1: you and not p R E why. Okay, And then
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  Speaker 1: you got to practice encouragement daily. The scripture tells you
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  Speaker 1: that too. You got to practice daily encouragement. If you
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  Speaker 1: got to encourage yourself, encourage yourself, post sticky notes around
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  Speaker 1: and put you some encouragement words wherever you are, to
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  Speaker 1: encourage and speak over yourself. We got to learn to
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  Speaker 1: do this for ourselves. And first Desalonia five and eleven say, therefore,
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged one to another, build each other up. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a habit to send a note to somebody car
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  Speaker 1: or pick up the phone text saying to somebody on
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  Speaker 1: these social media sites that we are overflowing and posting
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  Speaker 1: our type of comments. So use your time wisely and
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  Speaker 1: be intentional and practice these things daily. Make it a
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  Speaker 1: happen small acts of encouragement have lasting impacts. Start with
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  Speaker 1: the small things, but know that they are needed, that
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  Speaker 1: they are necessary. And then not only that, offer and
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  Speaker 1: accept help without hesitation. Hear this again, offer and accept
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  Speaker 1: because a lot of us we will offer, but we
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  Speaker 1: won't be willing to accept. So he say, offer and accept.
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  Speaker 1: So when someone comes to you as the offerer, and
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  Speaker 1: they come to you wanting to provide you with some assistance,
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  Speaker 1: don't accept it, because he's told us to accept and
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  Speaker 1: to offer. So it's a it's a back and forward thing,
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  Speaker 1: a back and forward thing. You give, I give, you give,
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  Speaker 1: I give, you give, I give. It's a back and
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  Speaker 1: forward thing, he told us, And he say do it
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  Speaker 1: without hesitation. Do it without hesitation. Galatian six and two
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  Speaker 1: is say carry each other's burdens. In this way, you
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  Speaker 1: will fulfill the law of corist. Do not be afraid
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  Speaker 1: to share your struggles or your needs with trusted community members,
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  Speaker 1: and be ready to support others and challenges as well.
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  Speaker 1: Don't always have your hand out. Don't always be looking
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  Speaker 1: for somebody to help you, but I always be looking
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  Speaker 1: to do the same. If if somebody is always helping you,
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  Speaker 1: be willing to help somebody else. Don't always have your
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  Speaker 1: hands out for me. I'm always gonna be the help
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  Speaker 1: of whether anybody help me or not, I'm always gonna
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  Speaker 1: be given. I'm always because that's what he's told me
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  Speaker 1: to do. Whether they show it back, I can't deal
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  Speaker 1: with that. He has to deal with that. But I'm
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  Speaker 1: doing what he told me to do. And if someone
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  Speaker 1: offer it, I'm gonna take it because he's told me that.
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  Speaker 1: He's commanded that. He say, offer and accept help without hesitation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be disobedient. When someone offer it, I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna take it. But if they don't offer it, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not gonna ask for it. But I'm gonna offer them help.
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  Speaker 1: But if someone offer help, i will take it, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna ask for it. And that's what he's
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  Speaker 1: told us to do. He said, offer and accept help
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  Speaker 1: when needed without hesitation.
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  Speaker 2: Get it.
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  Speaker 1: We got to understand, as thriving faith communities, it's built
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  Speaker 1: one act of love and encouragement at a time.
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  Speaker 2: When we show up. When you show up, When you
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  Speaker 2: show up, you and you back there. When we all
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  Speaker 2: show up, we build life.
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  Speaker 1: We build love and encouragement. When we show up, we
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  Speaker 1: speak life. And support to each other's. God's spirit moves
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  Speaker 1: powerful among us, bringing healing, bringing hope and strength. Remember
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  Speaker 1: you are essential. You are essential for this universe. Your
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  Speaker 1: taper is your gift, your prayers, your presence.
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  Speaker 2: It matters. He didn't just place you here. He has a.
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  Speaker 1: Strategic purpose for your life. That's something that you're supposed
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  Speaker 1: to be doing. Community bills, spiritual resis. As we engage
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  Speaker 1: uplift and care one for another, we reflect the love
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  Speaker 1: of Christ and find strength that we need to persevere,
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  Speaker 1: grow and feel our purpose. You ain't get dropped out
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  Speaker 1: of the sky. So know that there's something that you're
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be doing. So as we come together as
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  Speaker 1: a community, whether we're on social media or whether we
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  Speaker 1: come together live and in person, know that we have
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  Speaker 1: each other that we can rely on. If we're going
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  Speaker 1: through something, we should be able to be able to
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  Speaker 1: reach out to somebody within our community. And not only that,
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  Speaker 1: the ones that are in our community that support us
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  Speaker 1: and knows us is getting to know us. They should
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  Speaker 1: be able to feel in sense when something is going
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  Speaker 1: on and be able to offer that help. That's why
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  Speaker 1: we have to we have to come together and congregate
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  Speaker 1: and allow our spirits to intertwine into mix and to connect,
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  Speaker 1: because it says the spirit knows the spirit, and you
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  Speaker 1: have to spirre try the spirit by the spirit. You
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  Speaker 1: have to know who labors amongst you.
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  Speaker 2: You got to know that again.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to remember the affirmation of the day.
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  Speaker 1: I am an important part of my faith community. Let
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  Speaker 1: this truth, God, your action reach out connect and become
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  Speaker 1: a source of encouragement.
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  Speaker 2: To those around you. A lot of us we right
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  Speaker 2: here on social media.
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  Speaker 1: What does it hurt to put up an encouraging post,
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  Speaker 1: to go over to somebody's platform and leave an encouraging message.
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  Speaker 2: We sit on these.
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  Speaker 1: Lives and we won't even say something encouraging, And when
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  Speaker 1: we see people that's going through, we see people struggling,
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  Speaker 1: and won't even say an encouraging wle it's not costing
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  Speaker 1: us anything, but he say one small act of kindness.
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  Speaker 1: It does his heart great and it does money. When
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  Speaker 1: when we invest in each other, it's what everybody grows
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  Speaker 1: and the Kingdom of God is strengthened. When you saw
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  Speaker 1: that seed of encouragement into somebody, it encourages them to
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  Speaker 1: keep going, It encourages them not to quit. And you
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  Speaker 1: never know whose life is dependent on that person, Because y'all,
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  Speaker 1: we all have a mandate, we all have a place
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  Speaker 1: in the kingdom, and there's people that are rooting for us,
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  Speaker 1: people that are depending on us to succeed so that
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  Speaker 1: they can succeed. Y'all, people are watching, people need you
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  Speaker 1: to make it so that they can make it. Know
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  Speaker 1: that we didn't just get dropped out of the sky.
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  Speaker 1: He placed us here for a reason. He knew exactly
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  Speaker 1: what we would being doing. He knew exactly what we
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  Speaker 1: would go through. He knew exactly, He knew exactly who
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  Speaker 1: would be on this five today.
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  Speaker 2: He knew, he knew.
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  Speaker 1: So know that it's not an accident. It's not a coincident.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a happenstance. It was designed. It was meant
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  Speaker 1: for you to be right here to receive this word
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  Speaker 1: so that you can go out and share it with
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  Speaker 1: somebody else, because you're gonna come in contact with somebody
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna need a nugget that was dropped on today,
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  Speaker 1: and you'll be able to share it with them. Know
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  Speaker 1: that it's not about us. Know that it's not about us.
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  Speaker 1: And no matter where you are in this journey, know
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  Speaker 1: that you are valued and you are needed. Your presence
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  Speaker 1: feels a space that no one else can occupy.
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  Speaker 2: Your space.
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  Speaker 1: You feel a space that no one else can occupy
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  Speaker 1: your presence. So lean into your community with open arms
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  Speaker 1: and an open heart so that together we can grow
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  Speaker 1: stronger and that we can share the word of God.
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  Speaker 2: At the end of the day. That's what it's about.
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  Speaker 1: It's all about building this kingdom and allowing people to
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  Speaker 1: know who God is because somebody out there somewhere don't
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  Speaker 1: know Him and they're seeking for them. And all I
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  Speaker 1: ask is that I just desire that my life be
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  Speaker 1: a living example that somebody can see Him through me,
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  Speaker 1: that He can be glorified in all the things that
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  Speaker 1: I do, because I know that it's not by my strength,
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  Speaker 1: it's not by my might, it's not by anything.
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  Speaker 2: That I do.
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  Speaker 1: But I know that through Him we have all power
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  Speaker 1: and we can do all things through Him because He
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  Speaker 1: tell us that in his word, his word is not
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  Speaker 1: going to return to him today. So today I ask you,
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  Speaker 1: how will you intentionally encourage someone in your faith community
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  Speaker 1: this week this weekend? How will you encourage intentionally encourage
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  Speaker 1: someone in your faith community this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: How will you do this how will you do this?
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  Speaker 1: Y'all, Remember that he extended his grace and his mercy.
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  Speaker 1: He gave us another chance. Now, somebody didn't get a chance.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody didn't wake up this morning. Somebody didn't get to
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  Speaker 1: walk into this new day. But he extended his grace
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  Speaker 1: and his mercy for you. He gave you another opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to impact lives, to do something that you didn't do yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: He gave us a chance to get it right.
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  Speaker 1: So let's get it right today. Let's walk in all
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  Speaker 1: that that He has called and purpose us to do.
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  Speaker 1: Before I leave, I'm gonna pray us out, but y'all
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  Speaker 1: stay join us tomorrow, because tomorrow it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: special lesson on the beauty of creation and discovering how
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  Speaker 1: God's masterpiece can inspire you every day. Know that you
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  Speaker 1: are not a mistake. You're not an accident. It's not
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  Speaker 1: a coincident. You're all a part of his master plan.
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  Speaker 1: He designed us to be right here where we are.
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  Speaker 2: No matter where you're going.
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  Speaker 1: Through, know that you are right where you're supposed to be.
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  Speaker 1: All hell can be breaking loose in your life, but no,
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  Speaker 1: that's where you're supposed to be.
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  Speaker 2: For this moment.
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  Speaker 1: There's a reason for every season. But don't stop praising him.
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  Speaker 1: No matter where you are, do not stop praising him.
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  Speaker 1: You praise him in the midst of your going through,
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  Speaker 1: and when you get to the other side, make sure
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  Speaker 1: that you tell somebody.
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  Speaker 2: How you got through.
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  Speaker 1: Don't sit down on what he's done for you. Do
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  Speaker 1: not sit down on his glory. Do not sit down
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  Speaker 1: on how he delivered you. See a lot of us.
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  Speaker 1: We come through, we come through the storm, we get through,
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  Speaker 1: and we get to the other side. But when we
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  Speaker 1: get to the other side, we fail to recognize what
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  Speaker 1: he's done for us. We fail to share it with
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  Speaker 1: somebody else. We'll sit down on it and hold it in,
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  Speaker 1: and it's doing nobody no good. When he's called us
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  Speaker 1: to testify, to share those things that God has done
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  Speaker 1: for us, he calls us to do that. He calls
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  Speaker 1: us to share what he's done for us, to share
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  Speaker 1: his goodness so that somebody else can see what he's done.
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  Speaker 1: Know that he didn't deliver you and set you free
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  Speaker 1: just to do it, but he did it for your
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  Speaker 1: good and for his glory, that he may be glorified.
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  Speaker 2: That others may see him through you.
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  Speaker 1: So keep pressing, keep going, keep praising him even in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of going through. Okay, I want you to
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged this morning. I want you to know that
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  Speaker 1: you're not alone on this journey. Before I leave, I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna pray and then I'm gonna drop some nuggets real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Have a couple of projects that I want to share
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  Speaker 1: with you, guys, if you may be interested in being
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  Speaker 1: a part. So I'm gonna pray us out really quick.
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  Speaker 1: Father God, in the name of Jesus, Lord, I thank
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  Speaker 1: you for yet this time that we've had to come
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  Speaker 1: before you, Lord god Father. I think I pray that
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  Speaker 1: this lesson that I've shared on today will be a
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  Speaker 1: blessing to someone, Lord god Father.
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  Speaker 2: May they pick up this book and share it with
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  Speaker 2: their youth.
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  Speaker 1: It is specifically designed for the thirteen to nineteen year olds,
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  Speaker 1: but I encourage anyone.
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  Speaker 2: That is a believer to pick it up and help apply.
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  Speaker 2: It'll help.
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  Speaker 1: It helps you to discover the Bible if you don't
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  Speaker 1: truly know. It helps you to dig a little deeper.
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  Speaker 1: It questioned, it expert voking questions. But it will cause
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  Speaker 1: you to be accountable of that that you've called us to.
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, but Father, we thank you for this hour.
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  Speaker 1: We thank you for the nuggets that will drop, Lord
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  Speaker 1: God and Father, I asked that you would just cover me,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, as I poured what I could pour, best
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  Speaker 1: that you've given it to me, Lord God, and best
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  Speaker 1: that I've studied. Lord God, Father, I thank you for
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to be used as your vessel. Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: and father asked we go out into this world on today,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, I asked that you would just go before us,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, open the doors that need to be open
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  Speaker 1: and closing those doors that need to be closed, Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: providing a path for us. Lor God, keep us on
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  Speaker 1: the straight and narrow, Lord God, that we won't go
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  Speaker 1: straight or lead anyone as straight.
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  Speaker 2: Father, I thank you.
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  Speaker 1: On this morning, I asked that you would just continue
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  Speaker 1: to have your way in our lives. Lord God Father,
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  Speaker 1: bless this broadcast, brest this message on today, and breast
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  Speaker 1: all those that are tuned in, Lord God, and those
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  Speaker 1: that will hear this as a replay or as a clip.
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  Speaker 1: Lord God Father, we thank you for your word, We
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  Speaker 1: thank you for the truth, and we thank you for
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  Speaker 1: what you have, what you are doing, and what you
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  Speaker 1: yet to do in our lives or Father, we know
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  Speaker 1: that you are faithful, and we know that your world
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  Speaker 1: will not return to you.
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  Speaker 2: Boy, just as you've.
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  Speaker 1: Done it many many, many, many many many times before,
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  Speaker 1: we know that you will continue to do it for
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  Speaker 1: us or God, Thank you for this hour, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for this time, and this is my prayer and your
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  Speaker 1: son Jesus' name, Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Thank Him for you,
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  Speaker 1: guys on this morning. I thank Him for you on
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  Speaker 1: this morning as I was sharing, If you guys would
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  Speaker 1: like to purchase a copy of this book or any
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: books that's on my platform, you can go over to
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  Speaker 1: ww dot Angela Thomas smithbooks dot com and you can
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  Speaker 1: grab a copy of this book or any other books
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: that's over there. Most of my books are available on Amazon, Blurb,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: and matt Cloud. They're available in digital as well as
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: print as well as the magazine.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: So what I want to share with you guys is
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  Speaker 1: for those that may have a testimony, those that may
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: have a story, they may have something that they would
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  Speaker 1: like to share. We do have an opportunity where you
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  Speaker 1: can be a part of two anthologies that we are doing.
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  Speaker 1: One is a poetry anthology and it is for our survivors,
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  Speaker 1: those that have survived and want to share a journey
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  Speaker 1: survivor and hope you can definitely share in that.
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  Speaker 2: So we asked that.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to just reach out to me, you
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  Speaker 1: can send me a direct message or you can email
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  Speaker 1: me at Queen of Collaborations at gmail dot com and
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  Speaker 1: I will get some information out to you. We also
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  Speaker 1: have a devotion that we're doing is called I Think
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  Speaker 1: I'll Testify, and it's for those that want to share
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  Speaker 1: testimony in the form of a devotion. If you're interested
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  Speaker 1: in being a part of that, also, you can reach
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  Speaker 1: out to me at Queen of Collaboration at gmail dot
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  Speaker 1: com and share your journey. There is fees attached to these.
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  Speaker 2: To these books.
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  Speaker 1: There there's a fee of fifty three dollars. It's only
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  Speaker 1: fifty three dollars. If you decide that you want to
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  Speaker 1: join both, it is a fee of eighty dollars. So
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  Speaker 1: you can be a part of one anthology for fifty
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  Speaker 1: three dollars, or you can be a part of both
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  Speaker 1: of them for eighty dollars. If you're interested, all you
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  Speaker 1: have to do is just reach out to me via
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  Speaker 1: email and that it's Queen of Collaborations at gmail dot com. Again,
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  Speaker 1: that's Queen of Collaborations at gmail dot com. And I
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  Speaker 1: will send you the information, get you signed up, and
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  Speaker 1: start promoting you, because we already have some individuals that
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  Speaker 1: are signed up and their promos are already going out.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully we will be able to do live I want
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  Speaker 1: to do some live book signings with these projects because
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: hopefully in October we'll be able to do a live
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  Speaker 1: event here in Tallahassee or here in Georgia or either
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  Speaker 1: in Tallahassee, so that we can bring some of these
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  Speaker 1: authors together and and all of those things. So again
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  Speaker 1: I want to thank you guys for jumping on and
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  Speaker 1: being a part of they Lit devotion.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow. And normally I try to come
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  Speaker 1: on between eight and nine. Sometime i'll come on early,
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  Speaker 1: however the spirit leave me, that's how I go. But
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  Speaker 1: anytime after five am prayer before nine o'clock I try
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  Speaker 1: to go because usually sometime I have some other stuff
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  Speaker 1: that I have to do around nine nine thirty. So
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  Speaker 1: normally I try to get on and off by nine o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: But again, I want to thank you guys, for jumping
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  Speaker 1: on and thank you for those that have shared it out.
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  Speaker 1: I will see you guys tomorrow. I pray that y'all
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  Speaker 1: have a blessed day and that y'all just walk in
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  Speaker 1: your purpose. Know that you didn't get dropped out of
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  Speaker 1: the sky. There's a reason why you hear, and I
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  Speaker 1: just pray that God just continue to bless you beyond
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  Speaker 1: what you can see in the natural.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all have a great day. I love y'all and I'll
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  Speaker 2: see y'all back on tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: Ten