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- 0:37Are
- 0:37you
- 0:37tired
- 0:38of
- 0:38feeling
- 0:38behind?
- 0:40Not
- 0:40reckless,
- 0:41not
- 0:42lazy,
- 0:43just
- 0:43behind.
- 0:45Like,
- 0:45no
- 0:45matter
- 0:45how
- 0:46hard
- 0:46you
- 0:46try,
- 0:46you're
- 0:47always
- 0:47playing
- 0:48catch
- 0:48up.
- 0:49And
- 0:50today,
- 0:50right
- 0:50now,
- 0:51you
- 0:51don't
- 0:51have
- 0:51the
- 0:51energy
- 0:52for
- 0:52a
- 0:52full
- 0:52financial
- 0:53overhaul.
- 0:54You
- 0:54just
- 0:55need
- 0:55one
- 0:55small
- 0:56step,
- 0:56one
- 0:57small
- 0:57win
- 0:58that
- 0:58makes
- 0:58you
- 0:59feel
- 0:59steadier
- 1:00before
- 1:00you
- 1:00even
- 1:00go
- 1:01to
- 1:01bed
- 1:01tonight.
- 1:02Well,
- 1:02guess
- 1:03what?
- 1:04Today
- 1:04I'm
- 1:05going
- 1:05to
- 1:05give
- 1:05you
- 1:05that
- 1:05step.
- 1:27Hello,
- 1:28friend.
- 1:28Ralph
- 1:29Estep
- 1:29Jr.
- 1:30Here.
- 1:30This
- 1:30is
- 1:31financially
- 1:31Confident
- 1:32Christian,
- 1:32where
- 1:33every
- 1:33day
- 1:33my
- 1:34goal
- 1:34is
- 1:34to
- 1:34help
- 1:34you
- 1:34break
- 1:35that
- 1:35cycle
- 1:35of
- 1:35financial
- 1:36shame
- 1:37and
- 1:37do
- 1:37it
- 1:37with
- 1:38confidence.
- 1:39And
- 1:39today's
- 1:40topic
- 1:40is
- 1:40this
- 1:41one
- 1:42step
- 1:42you
- 1:42can
- 1:42take
- 1:42today
- 1:43or
- 1:43tonight
- 1:44to
- 1:44feel
- 1:45more
- 1:45financially
- 1:46stable.
- 1:47Let's
- 1:47get
- 1:47right
- 1:47to
- 1:48today's
- 1:48listener
- 1:48question.
- 1:49Ralph,
- 1:50I'm
- 1:51tired
- 1:51of
- 1:51feeling
- 1:51behind
- 1:52all
- 1:52the
- 1:52time.
- 1:53I
- 1:54don't
- 1:54have
- 1:54it
- 1:54in
- 1:54me
- 1:54for
- 1:55a
- 1:55full
- 1:55financial
- 1:55overhaul.
- 1:57But
- 1:57I
- 1:57need
- 1:57to
- 1:57do
- 1:58something
- 1:58tonight
- 1:59to
- 1:59feel
- 1:59less
- 1:59like
- 2:00I'm
- 2:00drowning.
- 2:01What's
- 2:02one
- 2:02concrete
- 2:02step
- 2:03I
- 2:03can
- 2:03take
- 2:03this
- 2:04evening
- 2:04that'll
- 2:05make
- 2:05my
- 2:05money
- 2:05situation
- 2:06feel
- 2:06more
- 2:07stable?
- 2:08I
- 2:08just
- 2:08need
- 2:09a
- 2:09small
- 2:09win
- 2:09to
- 2:10hold
- 2:10on
- 2:10to
- 2:11something
- 2:11that
- 2:12shows
- 2:12me
- 2:12I'm
- 2:12not
- 2:13completely
- 2:14lost.
- 2:16I
- 2:17just
- 2:17want
- 2:17to
- 2:17say
- 2:17thank
- 2:17you
- 2:17for
- 2:18sending
- 2:18me
- 2:18that.
- 2:18Thank
- 2:19you
- 2:19for
- 2:19the
- 2:19vulnerability
- 2:20in
- 2:20that
- 2:21because
- 2:21it's
- 2:22so
- 2:22easy
- 2:22to
- 2:22feel
- 2:23lost
- 2:23at
- 2:23times,
- 2:23isn't
- 2:24it?
- 2:24And
- 2:25we
- 2:25just
- 2:25need
- 2:25one
- 2:25win.
- 2:26We
- 2:26feel
- 2:26like
- 2:26we've
- 2:26been
- 2:27knocked
- 2:27down
- 2:27and
- 2:28drug
- 2:28across
- 2:29all
- 2:29kinds
- 2:29of
- 2:29terrible
- 2:30situations
- 2:30all
- 2:30week
- 2:31long.
- 2:31And
- 2:31right
- 2:31now
- 2:31you're
- 2:31just
- 2:32man,
- 2:32I
- 2:32just
- 2:32want
- 2:33one
- 2:33win
- 2:33before
- 2:33I
- 2:34can
- 2:34go
- 2:34to
- 2:34bed.
- 2:35I'm
- 2:35going
- 2:35to
- 2:35give
- 2:35you
- 2:35that
- 2:36today
- 2:36because
- 2:37what
- 2:37I
- 2:37realize
- 2:38is
- 2:38stability
- 2:39starts
- 2:40with
- 2:40visibility.
- 2:42When
- 2:42you
- 2:42feel
- 2:42unstable,
- 2:44what
- 2:44I
- 2:44have
- 2:44found,
- 2:45it's
- 2:45usually
- 2:46because
- 2:46things
- 2:46feel
- 2:47unknown.
- 2:48You
- 2:48don't
- 2:49have
- 2:49clarity.
- 2:50You're
- 2:50not
- 2:51tracking
- 2:51things.
- 2:51You're
- 2:52uncertain
- 2:52about
- 2:52it.
- 2:54So
- 2:54today
- 2:54I'm
- 2:54not
- 2:54trying
- 2:55to
- 2:55fix
- 2:55everything.
- 2:56Right
- 2:57now
- 2:57I
- 2:57just
- 2:57want
- 2:57to
- 2:58help
- 2:58you
- 2:58turn
- 2:58on
- 2:58the
- 2:58light
- 2:59so
- 2:59you
- 2:59can
- 2:59see
- 2:59with
- 3:00clarity
- 3:00what's
- 3:01really
- 3:01going
- 3:01on.
- 3:02Well,
- 3:02how
- 3:02do
- 3:03we
- 3:03do
- 3:03that?
- 3:04First
- 3:04thing
- 3:04I
- 3:04want
- 3:05you
- 3:05to
- 3:05do,
- 3:05open
- 3:06every
- 3:06financial
- 3:07account
- 3:07you
- 3:08have,
- 3:08your
- 3:08checking
- 3:09account,
- 3:10your
- 3:10savings
- 3:10account,
- 3:11any
- 3:11credit
- 3:12cards,
- 3:12loan
- 3:13balances,
- 3:14car
- 3:14loan
- 3:14balances,
- 3:15mortgages.
- 3:16Don't
- 3:16judge
- 3:17yourself.
- 3:17I
- 3:17just
- 3:17want
- 3:18you
- 3:18to
- 3:18look
- 3:18at
- 3:18them.
- 3:19Because
- 3:19here's
- 3:20what
- 3:20happens
- 3:20to
- 3:20a
- 3:20lot
- 3:21of
- 3:21people.
- 3:22You
- 3:22avoid
- 3:22looking
- 3:23at
- 3:23it,
- 3:24and
- 3:24when
- 3:24you
- 3:24avoid
- 3:25it,
- 3:25it
- 3:25just
- 3:25creates
- 3:26more
- 3:26anxiety
- 3:28when
- 3:28you
- 3:28put
- 3:28it
- 3:29out
- 3:29there
- 3:29in
- 3:29the
- 3:30open.
- 3:30That
- 3:30clarity
- 3:32creates
- 3:32calm.
- 3:33So
- 3:34once
- 3:34you've
- 3:34looked
- 3:35at
- 3:35those
- 3:35things,
- 3:35I
- 3:35want
- 3:35you
- 3:36to
- 3:36write
- 3:36down
- 3:36three
- 3:37numbers.
- 3:37That's
- 3:38it.
- 3:38Just
- 3:38three.
- 3:39I
- 3:39want
- 3:39you
- 3:39to
- 3:40write
- 3:40down
- 3:40the
- 3:40total
- 3:40cash
- 3:41you
- 3:41have
- 3:41on
- 3:41hand.
- 3:42The
- 3:43total
- 3:43minimum
- 3:43payments
- 3:44due
- 3:44this
- 3:44month
- 3:45on
- 3:45all
- 3:45your
- 3:45debts
- 3:46and
- 3:47the
- 3:47total
- 3:47debt
- 3:47balance.
- 3:49This
- 3:49isn't
- 3:49a
- 3:49time
- 3:49to
- 3:50analyze.
- 3:51I
- 3:51just
- 3:51want
- 3:52you
- 3:52to
- 3:52ground
- 3:52yourself
- 3:53in
- 3:53reality.
- 3:54Because
- 3:55what
- 3:55I
- 3:55see,
- 3:56fear
- 3:56exaggerates,
- 3:58but
- 3:58numbers
- 3:59tell
- 3:59the
- 3:59truth.
- 3:59Think
- 4:00about
- 4:00it
- 4:00like
- 4:00this.
- 4:00How
- 4:00many
- 4:01times
- 4:01have
- 4:01you
- 4:01said,
- 4:01oh,
- 4:02I've
- 4:02got
- 4:02a
- 4:02mountain
- 4:03of
- 4:03credit
- 4:03card
- 4:03debt.
- 4:04What
- 4:05does
- 4:05that
- 4:05mountain
- 4:05look
- 4:06like?
- 4:07Write
- 4:07it
- 4:07down.
- 4:08And
- 4:08then
- 4:09once
- 4:09you
- 4:09do
- 4:09that,
- 4:09I
- 4:10want
- 4:10you
- 4:10to
- 4:10identify
- 4:11one
- 4:11pressure
- 4:12point.
- 4:13When
- 4:13you
- 4:14write
- 4:14all
- 4:14those
- 4:14things
- 4:14down,
- 4:14you're
- 4:15going
- 4:15to
- 4:15feel
- 4:15one
- 4:15thing.
- 4:15You're
- 4:16going
- 4:16to
- 4:16be
- 4:16like,
- 4:16ralph,
- 4:16this
- 4:16is
- 4:17a
- 4:17pressure
- 4:17point
- 4:17for
- 4:17me.
- 4:18What
- 4:19feels
- 4:19most
- 4:19unstable?
- 4:21Maybe
- 4:22it's
- 4:22your
- 4:22bank
- 4:22account
- 4:23balance.
- 4:23You
- 4:23have
- 4:23that
- 4:24overdraft
- 4:24risk
- 4:25all
- 4:25the
- 4:25time.
- 4:26Maybe
- 4:27it's
- 4:27that
- 4:271
- 4:27billion.
- 4:27Oh,
- 4:28I
- 4:28hate
- 4:28this
- 4:28bill,
- 4:28Ralph.
- 4:29I
- 4:29just
- 4:29dread
- 4:29this
- 4:30bill.
- 4:31Maybe
- 4:31for
- 4:31you
- 4:31it's.
- 4:32Your
- 4:32account
- 4:32balance
- 4:32is
- 4:33always
- 4:33low.
- 4:34I
- 4:34just
- 4:35want
- 4:35you
- 4:35to
- 4:35circle
- 4:35one
- 4:36of
- 4:36those
- 4:37because
- 4:37that's
- 4:38going
- 4:38to
- 4:38become
- 4:38your
- 4:38focus
- 4:39for
- 4:39the
- 4:39next
- 4:39seven
- 4:40days.
- 4:41And
- 4:42then
- 4:42I
- 4:42want
- 4:42you
- 4:42to
- 4:42do
- 4:42this.
- 4:43I
- 4:43want
- 4:43you
- 4:43to
- 4:43take
- 4:43one
- 4:44protective
- 4:44action
- 4:45right
- 4:45now,
- 4:46tonight,
- 4:46before
- 4:46you
- 4:46go
- 4:47to
- 4:47sleep,
- 4:47for
- 4:47example.
- 4:48Maybe
- 4:49move
- 4:49$25
- 4:50into
- 4:50your
- 4:51savings
- 4:51account.
- 4:53Cancel
- 4:53one
- 4:53of
- 4:53those
- 4:54unused
- 4:54subscriptions.
- 4:55Yeah,
- 4:55you
- 4:55know
- 4:55I'm
- 4:55always
- 4:55talking
- 4:56about
- 4:56those.
- 4:58Set
- 4:58up
- 4:58one
- 4:58payment
- 4:59reminder,
- 4:59even
- 5:00an
- 5:00automatic
- 5:00payment.
- 5:01So
- 5:01I'm
- 5:01not
- 5:01going
- 5:01to
- 5:01worry
- 5:01about
- 5:02missing
- 5:02that
- 5:02this
- 5:02month.
- 5:04Maybe
- 5:04make
- 5:04one
- 5:04small
- 5:05extra
- 5:05payment.
- 5:07Or
- 5:07maybe
- 5:07text
- 5:08yourself
- 5:08this.
- 5:09No
- 5:10spending
- 5:10tomorrow.
- 5:12Because
- 5:12what
- 5:13I've
- 5:13seen
- 5:13is
- 5:13one
- 5:13protective
- 5:14move
- 5:15will
- 5:15help
- 5:15you
- 5:15build
- 5:16up
- 5:16real
- 5:16momentum.
- 5:18And
- 5:18then
- 5:19finally,
- 5:19I
- 5:19want
- 5:19you
- 5:19to
- 5:20do
- 5:20this.
- 5:20I
- 5:20want
- 5:20you
- 5:20to
- 5:21create
- 5:21a
- 5:21seven
- 5:21day
- 5:22stability
- 5:22promise
- 5:24for
- 5:24the
- 5:24next
- 5:24week.
- 5:25I
- 5:25want
- 5:25you
- 5:25to
- 5:25promise
- 5:26yourself
- 5:26this.
- 5:27No
- 5:28new
- 5:28debt,
- 5:29no
- 5:29emotional
- 5:30spending
- 5:30and
- 5:31no
- 5:31ignoring
- 5:31those
- 5:32balances.
- 5:33Just
- 5:33awareness
- 5:34and
- 5:35control.
- 5:36Let's
- 5:36think
- 5:37about
- 5:37this
- 5:37for
- 5:37a
- 5:37second.
- 5:37Seven
- 5:38days,
- 5:38that's
- 5:38manageable,
- 5:39isn't
- 5:39it?
- 5:40And
- 5:40when
- 5:41you
- 5:41can
- 5:41manage
- 5:41something,
- 5:42it
- 5:42builds
- 5:43confidence.
- 5:44Because
- 5:45what
- 5:45I
- 5:45will
- 5:45tell
- 5:45you,
- 5:46you
- 5:46will
- 5:46find
- 5:46here
- 5:47is
- 5:47that
- 5:48clarity.
- 5:49Seeing
- 5:50what
- 5:50the
- 5:50reality
- 5:51is
- 5:52will
- 5:52honestly
- 5:52calm
- 5:53the
- 5:53chaos.
- 5:55So
- 5:55here's
- 5:55your
- 5:55assignment
- 5:56for
- 5:56today.
- 5:57Open
- 5:57your
- 5:58accounts,
- 5:59write
- 5:59down
- 5:59those
- 6:00three
- 6:00numbers
- 6:00and
- 6:01circle
- 6:01one
- 6:01pressure
- 6:02point.
- 6:03And
- 6:03that
- 6:03can
- 6:03be
- 6:03your
- 6:04win
- 6:04for
- 6:04today.
- 6:05You've
- 6:05identified
- 6:06the
- 6:06issue
- 6:07and
- 6:07now
- 6:07you've
- 6:08got
- 6:08a
- 6:08transformation
- 6:09that
- 6:09can
- 6:09happen
- 6:10right
- 6:10away.
- 6:10It's
- 6:10not
- 6:10going
- 6:11to
- 6:11be
- 6:11an
- 6:11overnight
- 6:12transformation,
- 6:13but
- 6:13you're
- 6:13going
- 6:13to
- 6:13know
- 6:13what
- 6:13to
- 6:14look
- 6:14at
- 6:14and
- 6:14you're
- 6:15going
- 6:15to
- 6:15build
- 6:15some
- 6:15traction.
- 6:17Let's
- 6:17get
- 6:17into
- 6:17our
- 6:17Bible
- 6:18verse
- 6:18today.
- 6:18It
- 6:18comes
- 6:19from
- 6:19the
- 6:19book
- 6:19of
- 6:20Lamentations,
- 6:21chapter
- 6:213,
- 6:22verses
- 6:2222
- 6:23and
- 6:2323.
- 6:25Because
- 6:25of
- 6:25the
- 6:25Lord's
- 6:26great
- 6:26love,
- 6:26we
- 6:26are
- 6:27not
- 6:27consumed,
- 6:28for
- 6:28his
- 6:29compassions
- 6:30never
- 6:30fail.
- 6:31They
- 6:31are
- 6:31new
- 6:32every
- 6:32morning.
- 6:33Great
- 6:33is
- 6:34your
- 6:34faithfulness,
- 6:36friend,
- 6:36no
- 6:36matter
- 6:37how
- 6:37chaotic
- 6:38yesterday
- 6:39felt.
- 6:40And
- 6:40you
- 6:40might
- 6:40be
- 6:41living
- 6:41through
- 6:41an
- 6:42absolute
- 6:42chaotic
- 6:43storm
- 6:43right
- 6:44now.
- 6:45God
- 6:46gives
- 6:46you
- 6:46a
- 6:46promise
- 6:47and
- 6:47a
- 6:47fresh
- 6:47start
- 6:47tonight
- 6:48and
- 6:48a
- 6:49new
- 6:49beginning
- 6:49tomorrow
- 6:50morning.
- 6:51Let's
- 6:51pray
- 6:51together.
- 6:53Father
- 6:53God,
- 6:54you
- 6:55see
- 6:55how
- 6:55tired
- 6:56people
- 6:56are.
- 6:57You
- 6:58see
- 6:58the
- 6:58mental
- 6:58load,
- 7:00that
- 7:00quiet
- 7:01fear,
- 7:02that
- 7:02feel
- 7:02of
- 7:03always
- 7:03being
- 7:04behind.
- 7:05So
- 7:06right
- 7:06now,
- 7:06Lord,
- 7:06I
- 7:06ask
- 7:06that
- 7:07you
- 7:07will
- 7:07replace
- 7:07panic
- 7:08with
- 7:08peace.
- 7:10Lord,
- 7:10help
- 7:10our
- 7:11listeners
- 7:11face
- 7:11the
- 7:12numbers
- 7:12without
- 7:12shame.
- 7:14Give
- 7:14them
- 7:14courage
- 7:15to
- 7:15take
- 7:15one
- 7:15small
- 7:16step
- 7:16today
- 7:16or
- 7:17tonight,
- 7:17whenever
- 7:17they
- 7:17do
- 7:18that
- 7:18and
- 7:18remind
- 7:19them
- 7:20they're
- 7:20not
- 7:20consumed.
- 7:22Lord,
- 7:22your
- 7:22mercy
- 7:23is
- 7:23new,
- 7:24your
- 7:24faithfulness
- 7:25is
- 7:25steady
- 7:26and
- 7:27stability
- 7:27can
- 7:27truly
- 7:28begin
- 7:28with
- 7:29just
- 7:29one
- 7:29faithful
- 7:30action.
- 7:31And
- 7:31we
- 7:32ask
- 7:32this
- 7:32in
- 7:32Jesus
- 7:33name,
- 7:34Amen.
- 7:36Friend,
- 7:36I
- 7:36want
- 7:37to
- 7:37leave
- 7:37you
- 7:37with
- 7:37this
- 7:37piece
- 7:38of
- 7:38encouragement.
- 7:39You're
- 7:39not
- 7:40lost,
- 7:41you're
- 7:41not
- 7:41drowning.
- 7:43You're
- 7:43just
- 7:43one
- 7:44small
- 7:44step
- 7:44away
- 7:44from
- 7:45steadier
- 7:45ground.
- 7:47And
- 7:47I'd
- 7:47love
- 7:48to
- 7:48hear
- 7:48from
- 7:48you.
- 7:48If
- 7:48you've
- 7:48got
- 7:49a
- 7:49question
- 7:49for
- 7:49the
- 7:49show
- 7:49or
- 7:50hey,
- 7:50if
- 7:50you
- 7:50just
- 7:50want
- 7:50to
- 7:50share
- 7:51something
- 7:51that's
- 7:51going
- 7:51on
- 7:51in
- 7:52your
- 7:52life,
- 7:53some
- 7:53win
- 7:53you've
- 7:54had
- 7:54or
- 7:54something
- 7:54you're
- 7:54struggling
- 7:55with,
- 7:55go
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- 8:00we'll
- 8:01put
- 8:01a
- 8:01link
- 8:01to
- 8:01that
- 8:01in
- 8:01the
- 8:01show
- 8:02notes,
- 8:02but
- 8:02I'm
- 8:02going
- 8:02to
- 8:02give
- 8:02it
- 8:03to
- 8:03you
- 8:03again.
- 8:03Listen,
- 8:03you
- 8:04can
- 8:04just
- 8:04call
- 8:04and
- 8:04say,
- 8:04ralph,
- 8:05here's
- 8:05what's
- 8:05going
- 8:05on.
- 8:06Doesn't
- 8:06have
- 8:06to
- 8:06be
- 8:06a
- 8:06question,
- 8:06just
- 8:07share
- 8:07something
- 8:07for
- 8:07the
- 8:08show.
- 8:08What's
- 8:09working
- 8:09for
- 8:09you?
- 8:09What's
- 8:10not
- 8:10working
- 8:10for
- 8:10you?
- 8:10I
- 8:11love
- 8:11to
- 8:11hear
- 8:11from
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- 8:11listeners.
- 8:13Go
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- 8:18so
- 8:18thank
- 8:19you
- 8:19so
- 8:19much
- 8:19for
- 8:19joining
- 8:20me
- 8:20today.
- 8:21I
- 8:21want
- 8:21to
- 8:21encourage
- 8:21you
- 8:22to
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- 8:23May
- 8:23God
- 8:24bless
- 8:24you
- 8:24and
- 8:25you
- 8:25have
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- 8:26day
- 8:26today.