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Joni Table Talk Podcast (Video) - Jumpstart Your Day | April Simons · Shine FM

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  ♪♪♪
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  JONI: HELLO, AND WELCOME TO JONI TABLE TALK.
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  THE SHOW WHERE WE BRING YOU
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  REAL CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER.
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  I'M YOUR HOST JONI LAMB,
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  JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE
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  UNFORGETTABLE TESTIMONIES,
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  TACKLE HARD-HITTING TOPICS,
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  AND UNCOVER THE TRUTH THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES
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  WITH AUTHENTICITY, BIBLICAL WISDOM
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  AND A HEART FOR TRANSFORMATION.
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  SO PULL UP A CHAIR,
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  JOIN US AROUND THE TABLE
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  AND LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN.
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  ♪♪♪
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  RACHEL: FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, MORNINGS CAN FEEL
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  STRESSFUL AND RUSHED, NOISY AND OVERWHELMING.
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  BUT TODAY'S GUEST IS HERE TO SHOW US HOW SLOWING
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  DOWN WITH GOD CAN TRANSFORM NOT ONLY YOUR
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  MORNING, BUT THE WAY YOU CARRY YOURSELF THROUGHOUT
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  THE ENTIRE DAY.
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  WELCOME TO FRIENDS FROM THE TABLE.
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  I'M YOUR HOST, RACHEL LAMB BROWN,
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  AND I'M HERE WITH MY CO-HOST, DOROTHY NEWTON.
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  WELCOME.
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  DOROTHY: HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SHOW.
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  RACHEL: IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ONE.
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  AND WE'RE SO EXCITED.
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  WE HAVE APRIL SIMONS WITH US TODAY TO DISCUSS HER
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  NEW BOOK, JUMPSTART YOUR DAY.
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  APRIL: HEY.
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  RACHEL: WELCOME, APRIL.
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  APRIL: I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
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  RACHEL: THIS IS SO CRAZY. NORMALLY APRIL'S HERE AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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  APRIL: IT'S SO DIFFERENT, BUT I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
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  RACHEL: WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU,
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  AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEW DEVOTIONAL.
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  WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO START YOUR MORNING WITH GOD?
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  APRIL: BECAUSE IT SETS YOUR DAY UP FOR SUCCESS.
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  ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH GOD IS JUST GOING TO
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  MAKE YOUR DAY GO BETTER.
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  AND SO I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW,
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  YOUR DAY IS GOING TO TRY TO GUIDE YOU.
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  YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GOING TO TRY TO GUIDE YOU.
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  BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
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  WHAT IF YOU JUST SAY, HEY, I'M GIVING THE FIRST TEN
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  MINUTES TO GOD AND I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
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  JUST POUR INTO HIM AND LET GOD POUR INTO ME.
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  IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
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  RACHEL: YEAH.
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  AND I THINK IT REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE.
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  I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL SO OVERWHELMED
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  BECAUSE THEY FEEL BUSY AND LIFE IS CHAOTIC,
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  ESPECIALLY IN MY SEASON OF LIFE WITH LITTLE BOYS AND,
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  YOU KNOW, GETTING -- PACKING THE LUNCHES AND GETTING
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  THE WATER BOTTLE.
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  AND DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND TRYING TO GET
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  THEM OUT THE DOOR AND MAKE SURE
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  WE'RE ON TIME EVERYWHERE.
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  BUT IT REALLY CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST PAUSING AND
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  TAKING TEN MINUTES.
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  APRIL: RIGHT.
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  RACHEL: TO BE ALONE WITH THE LORD.
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  APRIL: AND YOU GOT TO REMEMBER,
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  I'M THE MOM OF FIVE, AND I WAS IN THAT SEASON,
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  AND I REMEMBER THINKING I USED TO READ
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  LIKE TEN CHAPTERS A DAY.
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  I THOUGHT, I CAN BARELY GET IN ONE.
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  AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON I WROTE IT JUST
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  TO SIMPLIFY THE GOSPEL.
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  THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS.
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  AND SO WE FILL OURSELVES UP WITH THE GOOD NEWS,
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  IT JUST HELPS US THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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  RACHEL: IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
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  YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, AND I'M SURE THAT OTHER
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  PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU GUYS THIS BEFORE,
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  LIKE YOU NEVER GO TO THE GROCERY STORE HUNGRY.
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  WHY?
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  BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET A BUNCH OF STUFF YOU DON'T NEED.
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  APRIL: EXACTLY.
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  RACHEL: AND IT'S THE SAME THING.
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  IT'S LIKE IF YOU GO OUT OF YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT FILLING
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  YOURSELF UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD,
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  ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS GOING TO COME OUT,
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  YOU KNOW, COME AT YOU AND IT'S GOING TO FILL YOU UP.
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  APRIL: RIGHT.
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  RACHEL: AND WHAT'S INSIDE OF YOU ULTIMATELY IS
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  WHAT COMES OUT.
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  APRIL: EXACTLY.
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  RACHEL: AND SO IT'S LIKE --
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  APRIL: YOU RUN THE DAY OR THE DAY RUNS YOU.
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  RACHEL: YEAH.
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  APRIL: SO YOU GOT TO HAVE THE GOOD STUFF,
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  THE GOD STUFF ON THE INSIDE.
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  RACHEL: YEAH.
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  AND I LOVE THAT. SO YOU HAVE EACH LITTLE, THERE'S SHORT DEVOTIONALS
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  AND THEN THERE'S LIKE FOUR ACTIVATION STEPS.
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  TELL US ABOUT THOSE AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
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  APRIL: WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY PRACTICAL AGAIN.
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  AND JUST I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT
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  FOR THE DAY.
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  AND SO SAY YOU WAKE UP AND YOU TALK ABOUT, WE'RE
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  TALKING ABOUT NOT COMPLAINING.
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  [ LAUGHTER ]
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  APRIL: I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CHAPTER OR NOT.
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  BUT ANYWAY, AND THEN ON BELIEVE IT
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  IT'S A SCRIPTURE.
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  BECAUSE ALL THIS IS NOT POSITIVE THINKING
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  IT'S BASED ON GOD'S WORD.
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  AND SO I'M GOING TO READ A SCRIPTURE, YOU KNOW,
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  DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT MURMURING AND COMPLAINING.
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  THAT'S MY FOUNDATION.
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  THEN I SAY, I HAVE A PART THAT SAYS, SAY IT,
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  GOD, I THANK YOU TODAY,
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  I'M JUST GOING TO WALK IN GRATEFULNESS.
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  I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN.
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  YOU KNOW, IT'S PUTTING YOUR WORDS INTO MOTION
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  BECAUSE YOUR WORDS CREATE YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
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  AND THEN I DO A PRAY IT.
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  I GIVE A SIMPLE PRAYER FOR THE DAY.
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  AND THEN I ENDED UP WITH LIVE IT,
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  WHICH IS A PRACTICAL ACTION.
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  YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THAT THING THAT I WANT
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  TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, NOPE.
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  I'M REMEMBERING WHAT I READ BASED ON GOD'S WORD,
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  AND I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN.
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  DOROTHY: RIGHT.
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  YOU KNOW, EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP, OF COURSE,
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  I'M JUST THANKING HIM.
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  JUST THANKING HIM AND PRAISING HIM.
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  BUT THE THING I SAY QUICKLY
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  IS THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.
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  GOD IS MY STRENGTH.
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  THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.
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  THE JOY OF THE LORD.
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  AND THEN I START MY DAY.
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  BUT AS I'VE GROWN AND MATURED SPIRITUALLY, I'VE REALIZED
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  IT'S NOT JUST A FEELING.
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  TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT JOY LOOKS LIKE.
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  APRIL: JOY IS NOT A FEELING.
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  IF YOU WAIT FOR JOY,
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  YOU'RE GOING TO BE WAITING A LONG TIME.
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  JOY IS A DECISION, IN MY OPINION, IT'S A DECISION.
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  THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.
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  SO WHAT DOES THE ENEMY COME TO DO?
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  HE TRIES TO STEAL YOUR JOY.
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  SO YOU HAVE NO ENERGY TO BE THE MOM OF THREE OR FIVE
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  OR TEN.
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  YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO ZAP YOU
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  AND ESPECIALLY ZAP YOU FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
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  AND OVERWHELM YOU.
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  SO YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE ON JOY.
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  AND, YOU KNOW, I SHARED EARLIER
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  THAT DAVID HAD TO ENCOURAGE HIMSELF.
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  SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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  JOY MAY NOT AUTOMATICALLY COME.
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  BUT I'M GONNA CHOOSE JOY ON PURPOSE.
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  WHY SO DOWNCAST, O MY SOUL?
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  HOPE IN GOD.
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  THE JOY IS COMING TO ME
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  IN JESUS' NAME.
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  AND IT'S BASED ON GOD'S WORD.
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  IT'S NOT SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT.
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  AND IT'S GONNA COME TO PASS.
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  NO, IT'S I'M SAYING, I'M SPEAKING GOD'S WORD
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  AND IT HAS POWER IN IT.
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  DOROTHY: YEAH, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
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  A CERTAIN PLACE TO DECLARE HIS WORD
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  OR TO SAY THOSE WORDS.
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  A LOT OF TIMES I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST
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  SAYING, OKAY, I HAVE TO GO IN THE CLOSET
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  OR I HAVE TO DO THIS.
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  BUT YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
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  AND I KNOW
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  ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT YOU
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  IS THAT IN THE MORNING WE USED TO WALK, WALK,
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  WALK ALL THE TIME.
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  AND THEN AND THEN IT WAS A DECISION WHERE THOSE
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  MORNINGS WERE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU WERE
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  DECLARING THE WORD OF GOD ON YOUR OWN DURING YOUR
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  WALKS ALONE, BECAUSE IT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
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  SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST A, YOU KNOW,
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  DO IT THIS WAY EVERY MORNING, DO IT THIS WAY.
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  YOU JUST KIND OF DECLARE THAT, OKAY,
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  BEFORE I DO ANYTHING, THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO.
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  BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SHIFTED.
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  WHAT SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU JUST DECIDED,
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  OKAY, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO DO MORE.
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  APRIL: I THINK, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS IN LIFE,
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  LIKE SEASONS IN LIFE, YOU MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING
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  SOMETHING AND GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME
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  OR SOMETHING THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
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  AND I JUST KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT WHAT
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  I DO IN THE MORNING SETS MY DAY UP.
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  WHAT I SAY IN THE MORNING.
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  LIKE I DON'T GET OUT OF
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  BED WITHOUT SAYING, GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY,
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  AND GOD, I THANK YOU THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO
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  HAPPEN TO ME TODAY.
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  I'M DECLARING GOOD OVER MY LIFE.
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  I'M NOT DECLARING GRIEF OVER MY LIFE.
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  IT'S JUST LIKE, DOROTHY, IF YOU WAKE UP AND YOU
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  SAY, I GOT SO MUCH TO DO TODAY,
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  I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK.
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  I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
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  NO, LET'S FLIP THE SCRIPT AND LET'S JUST SAY, GOD,
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  THANK YOU FOR TODAY, GOD, I AM STANDING ON YOUR WORD
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  THAT TODAY IS THE DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE,
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  AND I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY.
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  I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT.
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  I'M GOING TO REJOICE IN IT.
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  AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO GREAT IN THAT MEETING.
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  I'M GOING TO DO GREAT WITH MY KIDS,
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  WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
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  IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY TAKING OWNERSHIP
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  OF YOUR LIFE.
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  RACHEL: NO, I LOVE THAT.
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  AND THIS IS, AS I'M SITTING HERE,
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  I'M LAUGHING IN MY HEAD BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY
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  HARDER FOR ME BECAUSE I'M SUCH A REALIST.
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  AND I'M LIKE, OH, I GOT, YOU KNOW,
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  HERE'S ALL THE THINGS AND HERE'S HOW I THINK,
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  YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
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  GO TODAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S TRUE.
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  LIKE YOUR WORDS SHAPE YOUR REALITY BECAUSE THE BIBLE
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  SAYS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH
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  IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE.
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  AND WHAT WE SAY AND
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  SPEAK OVER OUR LIFE REALLY DOES HAVE SUCH A POWERFUL
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  IMPACT ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
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  DOROTHY: YEAH.
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  RACHEL: AND SO IT'S LIKE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T SEE IT YET,
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  IT'S LIKE, THAT'S THE POWER OF FAITH, RIGHT?
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  IT'S, IT'S JUST SPEAKING IT INTO EXISTENCE,
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  KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT THERE YET,
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  BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT COMING.
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  DOROTHY: APRIL, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MIRACLE
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  IN YOUR MOUTH.
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  APRIL: OH!
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  MIRACLE IN YOUR MOUTH.
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  WELL, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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  IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SAYING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
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  SPEAK WHAT YOU SEEK UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE SAID.
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  SPEAK GOD'S WORD UNTIL YOU SEE GOD'S WORD
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  COMING TO PASS.
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  AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO FLIP IT AROUND
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  LIKE THIS, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS THINKING OF THE
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  WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHY NOT START THINKING OF THE
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  BEST CASE SCENARIO?
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  YOU MIGHT THINK, OH, NO, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S NEVER
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  GOING TO HAPPEN.
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  BUT WHAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN?
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  I JUST TRY TO FLIP IT AROUND.
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  YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS WHATEVER IS GOOD,
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  WHATEVER IS LOVELY, THINK ON THESE THINGS.
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  SOMETIMES WE SAY, WHATEVER.
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  WHATEVER, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.
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  WHAT IF YOU CHANGED YOUR WHATEVER, WHATEVER, OH,
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  WHATEVER'S GOOD.
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  WHAT IF IT WORKS OUT?
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  WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST SWITCHING IT AROUND.
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  BUT YOUR WORDS AND EVERYTHING,
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  IT'S JUST EVERYTHING IS SO POWERFUL.
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  THERE IS A MIRACLE IN YOUR MOUTH.
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  YOU CAN'T CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM
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  AND EXPECT A SOLUTION.
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  RACHEL: YEAH.
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  I THINK THAT'S SO GOOD.
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  I ALWAYS SAY IT'S EASIER
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  TO ACT YOUR WAY INTO A FEELING THAN IT IS
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  TO FEEL YOUR WAY INTO AN ACTION.
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  APRIL: SO TRUE.
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  RACHEL: BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES
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  YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT.
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  APRIL: NO.
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  RACHEL: BUT WE ARE WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY DO
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  AND THAT'S WHY DISCIPLINE IS SO IMPORTANT.
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  APRIL: YES.
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  RACHEL: BECAUSE IT'S JUST THOSE SMALL,
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  INCREMENTAL STEPS FORWARD THAT REALLY MAKE THE
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  BIGGEST CHANGES IN OUR LIVES.
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  APRIL: ABSOLUTELY.
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  RACHEL: AND IT'S LIKE, I KNOW FOR ME, I'M,
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  I'M VERY LIKE TYPE A PERSONALITY.
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  SO IT'S LIKE I HAVE MY WHOLE LIKE MORNING PLAN.
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  AND I REALIZE THAT IF I'M GOING TO GET TIME WITH THE
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  LORD, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LIKE
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  PUT IT IN MY ROUTINE.
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  APRIL: YEAH.
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  RACHEL: AND I LOVE THAT YOUR DEVOTIONAL,
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  IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A RESOURCE BECAUSE NOW IT'S
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  LIKE, OKAY, I HAVE SOMETHING IN HAND.
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  I CAN READ THIS CHAPTER, I CAN DO MY ACTIVATION STEPS.
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  I'M A SHAPER.
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  SO I LIKE A GOOD PLAN.
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  SO I LIKE THAT
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  IT'S LIKE, YOU MADE IT SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE
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  PICK UP AND REALLY JUST HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
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  RESOURCE TO START THEIR DAY.
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  APRIL: I'M SO GLAD.
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  I DIDN'T WANT IT TO OVERWHELM
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  ANYBODY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE START OUT FEELING
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  OVERWHELMED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK IT UP.
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  RACHEL: YEAH.
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  APRIL: SO I TRY TO MAKE IT EASY.
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  RACHEL: IS THERE ANY OF THE DEVOTIONALS THAT YOU PUT
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  IN THERE THAT ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL TO YOU?
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  APRIL: OH, THERE'S SO MANY.
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  AND I DON'T SHARE PERSONAL STORIES IN THIS BOOK,
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  I DID IN MY OTHER BOOK,
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  BUT YEAH.
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  RACHEL: THEY WERE INSPIRED.
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  APRIL: INSPIRED,
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  YEAH, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY ENDINGS.
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  DOROTHY: YES, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
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  APRIL: THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
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  AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAME OUT OF A SEASON OF MY LIFE
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  WHERE SOMETHING ENDED THAT WE HAD BUILT FOR A LONG
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  TIME, A CHURCH THAT WE BUILT FOR A LONG TIME.
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  AND IT WAS, I LOVE THOSE PEOPLE, LOVED, YOU KNOW.
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  I LEFT EVERYTHING TO COME HERE AND START THIS CHURCH.
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  AND LOVED IT, THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
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  AND ONE DAY EVERYTHING'S RIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US.
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  AND I DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
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  AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALIZED I HAD TO SHUT
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  THE DOOR ON IT.
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  THERE HAD TO BE A NECESSARY ENDING BECAUSE
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  JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS OVER DOESN'T MEAN GOD'S
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  THROUGH WITH YOUR LIFE.
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  BUT YOU GOT TO BE WILLING TO SAY, OKAY, GOD,
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  I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
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  I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ENDED.
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  IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR.
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  I DON'T LIKE IT.
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  THERE'S NOT ONE THING ABOUT IT THAT I LIKE.
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  DOROTHY: RIGHT.
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  RIGHT.
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  APRIL: BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SEE IT AS A NECESSARY ENDING.
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  AND GUESS WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS?
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  IF YOU SURRENDER IT TO GOD AND YOU GET YOUR MIND OUT
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  OF THE QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONING GOD AND
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  GETTING STUCK IN A MOMENT, THERE'S, GOD IS FAITHFUL ON
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  THE OTHER SIDE.
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  AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MIGHT BE TOYING WITH RIGHT NOW,
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  I FEEL LIKE THIS THING NEEDS TO BE OVER.
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  I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PIVOT.
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  I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY, IF YOU FEEL IT,
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  THEN THAT'S PROBABLY GOD SAYING, HEY,
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  THIS IS A NECESSARY ENDING.
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  TRUST ME THAT I GOT SOMETHING GREAT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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  RACHEL: MAN, THOSE ARE SO HARD THOUGH.
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  APRIL: THEY ARE SO HARD.
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  RACHEL: I HATE CHANGE.
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  [ LAUGHTER ]
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  RACHEL: IT'S, IT'S LIKE,
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  IT'S LIKE WHY?
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  WE HAD SUCH A GOOD THING GOING.
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  DOROTHY: BUT YOU CAN'T SAY HATE CHANGE.
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  WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THAT CASE?
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  APRIL: YOU KNOW WHAT? RACHEL: TEACH US, TEACH US, APRIL.
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  APRIL: THE HARDEST THING FOR ME TO DO WAS TO LEAVE MY
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  HOUSTON FAMILY, MY FAMILY, I MEAN,
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  I HAD MY OWN FAMILY, BUT TO LEAVE A SETTING,
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  AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MY KIDS WERE IN A GREAT
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  SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS.
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  DOROTHY: RIGHT.
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  APRIL: I MEAN, WE HAD GREAT JOBS THERE AND WE WERE PICKING
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  UP AND STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
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  I DID NOT LIKE THE CHANGE.
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  I AM GOOD WHERE I AM, I WAS COMFORTABLE AND YOU
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  KNOW, I HAD TO, I GOT TO THE PLACE ON I-20 AND I
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  JUST HAD TO SURRENDER IT TO GOD.
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  GOD, I GIVE IT TO YOU.
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  I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK,
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  YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT I DISCOVERED IS IT'S AN ALL --
• 11:52
  IT'S HOW I PERCEIVE IT.
• 11:55
  IT'S HOW I THINK ABOUT IT.
• 11:56
  BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE EVERY
• 11:57
  THOUGHT YOU THINK.
• 11:58
  AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO SAY
• 12:00
  THOSE THOUGHTS OUT LOUD.
• 12:01
  BECAUSE WHEN YOU START SAYING THOSE THOUGHTS OUT LOUD,
• 12:04
  THEY'RE STARTING TO CREATE SOMETHING
• 12:05
  IN YOUR WORLD.
• 12:06
  SO I JUST CHANGED IT.
• 12:07
  I SAY THIS, THIS IS SO TRUE.
• 12:09
  AND I'M, I'M GETTING BETTER WITH CHANGE.
• 12:11
  BUT I TELL MYSELF, APRIL, YOU'RE SO GOOD WITH CHANGE.
• 12:14
  YOU ARE SO GOOD WITH CHANGE.
• 12:16
  YOU CAN PIVOT.
• 12:18
  I CHEER MYSELF ON.
• 12:19
  I HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE CHANGE WAS ONE OF THE
• 12:21
  HARDEST THINGS FOR ME AND STILL SOMETHING
• 12:23
  THAT I WORKED THROUGH.
• 12:24
  RACHEL: BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TRUE THAT WITHOUT
• 12:26
  CHANGE, A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S NO GROWTH.
• 12:28
  DOROTHY: YES, THAT'S SO TRUE.
• 12:30
  APRIL: LISTEN TO THIS STATEMENT.
• 12:31
  GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.
• 12:33
  THAT'S WHAT CHANGED ME.
• 12:35
  AND THAT'S NOT EXACTLY FROM SCRIPTURE,
• 12:36
  BUT THAT SOMEBODY SAID THAT.
• 12:38
  AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE
• 12:39
  STUCK IN LIFE.
• 12:40
  I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A RUT.
• 12:42
  SO IF CHANGE MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE,
• 12:44
  IT'S OKAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK SOMEWHERE
• 12:46
  THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT ME.
• 12:47
  RACHEL: AND USUALLY WHEN GOD IS BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE,
• 12:49
  IT'S BECAUSE HE HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR US.
• 12:51
  APRIL: EXACTLY.
• 12:52
  THAT'S SO TRUE.
• 12:53
  RACHEL: AND IT'S JUST WAITING WITH THAT LIKE CONFIDENT
• 12:54
  EXPECTATION OF LIKE, LORD, WHAT'S NEXT?
• 12:56
  DOROTHY: ABSOLUTELY.
• 12:57
  RACHEL: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO BE DONE?
• 13:01
  APRIL: YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TO EACH HIS OWN.
• 13:04
  YOU GOT TO REALLY SEARCH OUT,
• 13:05
  YOU GOT TO REALLY PRAY AND YOU GOT TO FIND
• 13:08
  WISDOM FOR YOURSELF.
• 13:10
  I BELIEVE IN PROPHETIC WORDS, ABSOLUTELY.
• 13:13
  BUT WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE,
• 13:15
  I BELIEVE GETTING ALONE WITH GOD AND SAYING, GOD,
• 13:17
  SPEAK TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
• 13:19
  YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD, YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
• 13:21
  AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING, GOD,
• 13:24
  SHOW ME, SHOW ME WHAT TO DO.
• 13:26
  AND YOU'LL NOTICE HE MAY NOT COME DO LIKE WE TALKED
• 13:29
  ABOUT EARLIER, DO THE WRITING ON THE WALL,
• 13:31
  BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THINGS START SHIFTING AND THINGS
• 13:34
  START TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES AND DOORS START
• 13:38
  KIND OF CLOSING AND YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT, IS THIS GOD,
• 13:40
  AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THIS?
• 13:42
  SO YOU JUST, IF YOU LOOK FOR GOD,
• 13:45
  YOU'RE GOING TO FIND HIM.
• 13:46
  DOROTHY: YEAH.
• 13:47
  APRIL: SEARCH FOR HIM AND YOU WILL FIND HIM.
• 13:49
  ASK HIM FOR WISDOM.
• 13:51
  AND HE'S GOING TO, HE'S GOING TO DIRECT YOUR STEPS.
• 13:53
  HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.
• 13:55
  I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET SO WRAPPED UP AND THIS IS
• 13:58
  A BIG GOD.
• 13:59
  I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO ME.
• 14:01
  HE'S GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS LITTLE
• 14:02
  SITUATION, BUT I THINK HE WILL.
• 14:05
  I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE THAT HE'S, HE'S TALKED TO ME
• 14:07
  ABOUT SOME REALLY NOT VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.
• 14:11
  AND SO I JUST THINK GOD IS MORE,
• 14:15
  MORE READILY AVAILABLE THAN WE GIVE HIM CREDIT SOMETIMES.
• 14:17
  DOROTHY: YOU KNOW, APRIL,
• 14:18
  WHEN I READ YOUR BOOK,
• 14:20
  LIKE LITERALLY, YOU KNOW I READ IT FROM COVER TO COVER.
• 14:22
  RACHEL: THAT'S WHAT BESTIES DO.
• 14:23
  DOROTHY: IN ONE SITTING.
• 14:24
  IN ONE SITTING.
• 14:26
  AND WHAT I REALIZE ABOUT YOUR BOOK
• 14:28
  IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY NUGGETS
• 14:31
  FOR DIFFERENT SEASONS AND DIFFERENT SEASONS OF YOUR LIFE.
• 14:35
  AND THERE WAS ONE CHAPTER YOU TALKED ABOUT,
• 14:39
  YOU KNOW, JUST I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF IT.
• 14:43
  BUT IT WAS SO POWERFUL BECAUSE I FEEL
• 14:46
  LIKE WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF CHAOS, IT CAN BE.
• 14:50
  WHERE IT CONTROLS US RATHER THAN US DECIDING
• 14:53
  WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE IN OUR LIVES.
• 14:57
  AND I KNOW FOR MYSELF,
• 14:58
  I SAY YES TO A LOT OF THINGS.
• 15:01
  HOW POWERFUL IS THE WORD NO?
• 15:04
  APRIL: IT'S VERY POWERFUL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A MOM
• 15:06
  WATCHING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ALL
• 15:08
  THIS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN RUN YOURSELF
• 15:11
  RAGGED BY SAYING, YES.
• 15:13
  YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO GET ALONE
• 15:15
  WITH GOD AGAIN AND SAY, GOD,
• 15:16
  WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO PRIORITIZE IN MY LIFE?
• 15:20
  WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, THEY HAD FIVE SOCCER GAMES
• 15:22
  ON A SATURDAY.
• 15:23
  IT WAS CHAOTIC.
• 15:25
  AND I REALIZED ONE DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 15:26
  I HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE MY CALENDAR.
• 15:28
  I HAVE THE POWER TO SAY, NO,
• 15:30
  WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS THIS WEEKEND.
• 15:31
  WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
• 15:33
  GET INVOLVED IN SCHOOL SPORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
• 15:35
  SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING,
• 15:37
  ASKING GOD FOR WISDOM.
• 15:37
  GOD, HELP ME, SHOW ME WAYS I CAN,
• 15:40
  I CAN DO THINGS THAT MAKE MY LIFE EASIER.
• 15:43
  BECAUSE IF YOU RUN OUT OF ENERGY,
• 15:45
  IF YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, YOU'RE NOT REAL GOOD FOR YOUR FAMILY.
• 15:48
  SO YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOU GOT TO BE
• 15:50
  COMFORTABLE SAYING THE WORD NO.
• 15:52
  YOU GOT TO BE COMFORTABLE SAYING NO TO THINGS THAT
• 15:54
  DON'T DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION.
• 15:56
  DOROTHY: SO EVEN IF YOU PRIORITZE YOUR FAMILY,
• 15:58
  OVER THE KINGDOM WORK
• 16:00
  AND THINGS OF THE LORD, I MEAN.
• 16:02
  APRIL: OH, MAN, YOU'RE GETTING DEEP RIGHT THERE.
• 16:04
  [ LAUGHTER ]
• 16:05
  APRIL: YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE FAMILY IS FIRST.
• 16:06
  GOD IS FIRST, FAMILY IS THERE.
• 16:08
  ONE REASON THAT I FEEL LIKE MY FAMILY
• 16:11
  ALL SERVE GOD AND WE'RE NOBODY IMPORTANT
• 16:14
  IS BECAUSE OUR FAMILY
• 16:16
  WAS SO IMPORTANT TO MY PARENTS.
• 16:19
  THE CHURCH WAS NEVER OVER THE FAMILY,
• 16:21
  JUST LIKE YOUR PARENTS.
• 16:22
  I MEAN, WE KNEW WE WERE LOVED.
• 16:24
  WE KNEW IF WE NEEDED THEM, THEY WERE THERE FOR US.
• 16:26
  SO TO ME, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST MY FAMILY IS FIRST.
• 16:31
  RACHEL: YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
• 16:33
  LITERALLY SO MANY THINGS, SO MANY TRIALS AND CHALLENGES.
• 16:37
  AND JOSH WAS SAYING IT EARLIER LIKE
• 16:39
  YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW.
• 16:40
  BECAUSE YOU JUST CARRY LIKE THE JOY OF THE LORD WITH YOU.
• 16:43
  THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO STENCH ON ANY OF THE HARDSHIPS
• 16:47
  THAT YOU'VE FACED. LIKE YOU'VE JUST CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE SO JOYFUL.
• 16:50
  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IN ONE OF
• 16:52
  YOUR DEVOTIONALS IS LIKE, HOW IMPORTANT LAUGHTER IS.
• 16:55
  APRIL: OH MY GOODNESS.
• 16:55
  RACHEL: TO GET THROUGH THOSE HARD TIMES.
• 16:57
  CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT THAT?
• 16:58
  APRIL: I CAN TELL YOU SOME STORIES, YEAH.
• 17:00
  YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LAUGHTER IS EVERYTHING.
• 17:04
  A MERRY HEART DOES GOOD
• 17:05
  LIKE A MEDICINE.
• 17:07
  YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE QUOTE THESE SCRIPTURES,
• 17:08
  BUT WE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THEM.
• 17:09
  A MERRY HEART IS LIKE GOOD MEDICINE.
• 17:12
  SO GOD WAS SAYING IT LONG BEFORE ANY PSYCHOLOGIST
• 17:14
  EVER SAID IT, ANY STATISTIC WAS EVER PROVEN.
• 17:16
  AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS IN OUR LIFE GET SO
• 17:19
  BAD, IT'S JUST WORTH LAUGHING ABOUT.
• 17:21
  AND I TELL, I HAVE A STORY OF MY KIDS IN MY HOUSE ONE
• 17:25
  TIME ON A SUNDAY MORNING, FOUR TOILETS
• 17:28
  OVERFLOWED AT ONE TIME.
• 17:29
  RACHEL: OH MY GOODNESS.
• 17:31
  APRIL: IT WAS LIKE THE TOILET DEMON HAD ENTERED OUR
• 17:32
  HOUSE AND I WAS ON THE VERGE OF CRYING.
• 17:36
  MY SHOES WERE MESSED UP, WE WERE GOING TO CHURCH
• 17:38
  AND I JUST -- IT WAS SO BAD.
• 17:41
  I STARTED LAUGHING AND MY KIDS LOOKED AT ME LIKE,
• 17:44
  WHO IS SHE AND WHERE'S OUR MOTHER?
• 17:45
  BECAUSE I WANTED TO SCREAM.
• 17:46
  I WANTED TO CRY.
• 17:47
  AND ONCE I LAUGHED, THEY ALL STARTED LAUGHING.
• 17:49
  IT TOTALLY CHANGED THE ATMOSPHERE.
• 17:51
  AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK LIFE IS TOO SERIOUS RIGHT NOW.
• 17:55
  I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE TIME EVERY SINGLE DAY
• 17:58
  TO JUST LAUGH.
• 17:59
  AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FUNNY FRIENDS,
• 18:00
  GET SOME FUNNY FRIENDS, TURN SOMETHING FUNNY ON TV
• 18:03
  AND JUST BRING JOY INTO YOUR LIFE.
• 18:06
  AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT AN EMAIL THE OTHER DAY AND A
• 18:09
  LADY SAID I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAUGHTER ON MY
• 18:10
  YOUTUBE AND, AND SHE SAID, I,
• 18:13
  THERE'S NOTHING REALLY FUNNY IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
• 18:14
  I'M SINGLE.
• 18:15
  I'M ALONE.
• 18:16
  IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY,
• 18:17
  MY HEART WENT OUT TO HER.
• 18:18
  BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WATCHING JUST TO
• 18:20
  FIND SOMETHING THAT BRINGS YOU LAUGHTER,
• 18:23
  FIND SOMETHING THAT BRINGS YOU JOY
• 18:24
  AND IT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
• 18:26
  IT'LL CHANGE YOUR DAY.
• 18:27
  DOROTHY: YEAH.
• 18:27
  RACHEL: THAT'S SO GOOD.
• 18:28
  WELL, HEY, YOU GUYS, STAY WITH US.
• 18:29
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• 18:31
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• 18:33
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• 19:12
  RACHEL: WELL, WELCOME BACK.
• 19:13
  WE'RE HERE WITH APRIL SIMONS TALKING ABOUT HER
• 19:15
  BRAND-NEW DEVOTIONAL, JUMPSTART YOUR DAY.
• 19:17
  ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT IN YOUR DEVOTIONAL
• 19:20
  IS HOW TO, HOW TO GET YOUR SPARK BACK.
• 19:22
  APRIL: YEAH.
• 19:23
  RACHEL: SO TELL ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE
• 19:23
  HOW THEY CAN GET THAT.
• 19:25
  APRIL: YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IN LIFE BECAUSE
• 19:27
  OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN LIFE, LIFE LIVES.
• 19:30
  RACHEL: LIFE LIVES.
• 19:30
  SAY IT AGAIN.
• 19:32
  APRIL: LIFE LIVES FOR SURE.
• 19:33
  AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST LOSE THAT THING THAT GOD
• 19:36
  PUT GOT BURIED DOWN ON THE INSIDE OF US AND WE'RE
• 19:40
  GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
• 19:41
  WE'RE A HUMAN DOING INSTEAD OF A HUMAN BEING.
• 19:45
  WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE CYCLE OF LIFE,
• 19:47
  WAKING UP, DOING THE SAME THING,
• 19:48
  NOT GETTING ANY JOY.
• 19:49
  AND I REALIZED THAT SOMETIMES WE, WE'VE LOST
• 19:52
  THAT THING THAT JUST IGNITES THE PASSION ON THE
• 19:55
  INSIDE OF US.
• 19:56
  AND SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT IN THAT,
• 19:58
  THAT CHAPTER IS JUST FIND YOUR SPARK, GET,
• 20:01
  GET ALONE AGAIN WITH GOD.
• 20:02
  WHAT'S THAT THING THAT JUST LIGHTS ME UP?
• 20:04
  MAYBE IT'S WRITING, MAYBE IT'S RUNNING,
• 20:06
  MAYBE IT'S COOKING,
• 20:08
  THAT'S NOT FOR ME.
• 20:09
  BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST FIND THAT THING THAT BRINGS
• 20:12
  YOU, BRINGS YOUR JOY BACK.
• 20:14
  BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH LIFE WITH NO SPARK,
• 20:16
  I MEAN, IT'S A DULL LIFE.
• 20:18
  SO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY RACHEL AND DOROTHY,
• 20:21
  SINCE WE'RE MOMS, YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET BURIED
• 20:24
  BENEATH EVERYTHING AND FAMILY.
• 20:26
  AND WE LOVE OUR FAMILIES AND WE LOVE EVERYTHING,
• 20:28
  BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THAT THING THAT LIGHTS YOU UP AGAIN.
• 20:31
  RACHEL: YEAH.
• 20:32
  LIKE YOU LOSE YOUR IDENTITY TO LIKE YOUR KIDS.
• 20:33
  AND IT'S LIKE, WHO AM I OUTSIDE OF MOM?
• 20:35
  APRIL: YEAH, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
• 20:36
  RACHEL: CURRENTLY THAT'S MY FAVORITE TITLE.
• 20:38
  SO I'M LIKE TOTALLY, TOTALLY LIVING IT.
• 20:40
  APRIL: EXACTLY.
• 20:41
  RACHEL: THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
• 20:43
  SO ANOTHER THING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IS BEING
• 20:44
  CONFIDENTLY INSECURE.
• 20:46
  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
• 20:47
  APRIL: YES.
• 20:48
  YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US AT ONE POINT,
• 20:51
  OR AT LEAST ME, I'LL USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.
• 20:54
  GOD MAYBE HAS YOU PREPARED TO DO SOMETHING.
• 20:57
  MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO
• 20:59
  SOMETHING THAT GOD'S CALLED YOU TO DO AND YOU'RE
• 21:01
  A LITTLE INSECURE.
• 21:03
  I DON'T KNOW,
• 21:04
  I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER AFTER MY DAD WENT TO
• 21:06
  HEAVEN, WATCHING MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WATCHING
• 21:09
  MY BROTHER SPEAK.
• 21:10
  AND I THOUGHT, MAN, HE'S SO GOOD.
• 21:11
  WATCH MY OTHER BROTHER SPEAK.
• 21:12
  AND I THOUGHT, OH MAN, HE'S SO ELOQUENT.
• 21:14
  WATCH MY SISTER SPEAK.
• 21:15
  I THOUGHT, LORD, HAVE MERCY.
• 21:17
  AND I THOUGHT, I'M NOT LIKE ANY OF THEM.
• 21:20
  AND, AND --
• 21:21
  RACHEL: YOU HAVE A VERY TALENTED FAMILY.
• 21:22
  [ LAUGHTER ]
• 21:23
  RACHEL: LET'S JUST PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
• 21:24
  APRIL: WELL, I WASN'T SAYING THAT, YOU SAID THAT.
• 21:26
  BUT ANYWAY, SO I
• 21:28
  JUST REMEMBER HOW ON THE FRONT ROW I REALLY WAS
• 21:31
  ENCOURAGED BY THEIR MESSAGE,
• 21:32
  BUT I KIND OF GOT DISCOURAGED BECAUSE I
• 21:34
  THOUGHT, MAN, I'M JUST NOT LIKE THAT.
• 21:35
  AND I WISH I WAS LIKE THIS.
• 21:36
  I WISH I WAS LIKE THAT, AND GOD SHOWED ME,
• 21:39
  YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE ANY OF THEM.
• 21:40
  YOU JUST NEED TO BE YOU.
• 21:42
  AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I'M,
• 21:44
  I NEVER GET UP FULLY CONFIDENT IN THAT, WOW,
• 21:47
  YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT TODAY.
• 21:49
  I JUST TRUST GOD.
• 21:50
  THAT'S THAT,
• 21:51
  AND I'M CONFIDENTLY IN, IN CONFIDENT.
• 21:55
  IS THAT WHAT I SAID?
• 21:55
  RACHEL: CONFIDENTLY INSECURE.
• 21:56
  APRIL: CONFIDENTLY INSECURE.
• 21:57
  THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME WHAT MY BOOK SAID.
• 21:59
  [ LAUGHTER ]
• 22:00
  APRIL: CONFIDENTLY INSECURE, THAT I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
• 22:03
  BECAUSE I KNOW GOD IS RIGHT THERE HOLDING MY
• 22:04
  HAND AND HE'S WITH ME.
• 22:06
  AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 22:07
  I, WE NEVER ARRIVE.
• 22:09
  WE NEVER KNOW IT ALL.
• 22:10
  WE NEVER GET TO THAT POINT.
• 22:12
  AND I THINK THAT'S A PART OF STAYING HUMBLE A LITTLE BIT.
• 22:14
  BUT, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ALL
• 22:16
  FIGURED OUT, DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T FEEL 100%
• 22:19
  LIKE YOU CAN GET UP THERE AND REALLY TAKE THAT STAGE
• 22:21
  OR WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST BE SECURE IN THE FACT THAT
• 22:24
  GOD IS NEVER GOING TO LEAVE YOUR SIDE.
• 22:26
  RACHEL: YEAH, I LOVE THAT.
• 22:27
  IT'S LIKE AN INVITATION TO WEAKNESS BECAUSE IT'S --
• 22:29
  APRIL: YES.
• 22:30
  RACHEL: IN OUR WEAKNESS, HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT.
• 22:32
  DOROTHY: THAT'S RIGHT.
• 22:33
  RACHEL: SO WE KNOW THAT IF WE'RE NOT 100% CONFIDENT IN AN
• 22:36
  AREA, IT'S OKAY BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO BE
• 22:37
  ULTIMATELY GLORIFIED WHEN WE STEP OUT IN FAITH.
• 22:40
  APRIL: EXACTLY.
• 22:41
  RACHEL: I LOVE THAT.
• 22:41
  APRIL: SO TRUE.
• 22:42
  DOROTHY: THAT'S THE THING I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ABOUT YOU,
• 22:44
  APRIL, IS THAT AND I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU WELL,
• 22:48
  BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE WATCHED ON YOUR
• 22:51
  JOURNEY IN LIFE IS THAT YOU ARE CONSISTENT AND YOU
• 22:55
  LOVE THE LORD.
• 22:56
  YOU ARE IMPERFECT, YOU KNOW,
• 22:59
  PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CAN SEE AND SAY, MAN,
• 23:02
  SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
• 23:03
  YOU KNOW, SHE HAS IT ALL TOGETHER.
• 23:05
  BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SHOW.
• 23:07
  YOU SHOW TRUE BEAUTY OF WHO YOU ARE.
• 23:10
  AND YOU LET OTHERS SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT PERFECT.
• 23:13
  WHAT ARE SOME PRACTICAL THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO
• 23:17
  TO ENCOURAGE THEIR IDENTITY AND BE SECURE AND
• 23:20
  CONFIDENT IN WHO THEY ARE AS A PERSON,
• 23:23
  AS A CHILD OF GOD?
• 23:24
  APRIL: YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
• 23:25
  YOU KNOW, I THINK IT JUST GOES BACK TO GOD'S WORD.
• 23:28
  YOU KNOW, WHO DOES GOD SAY YOU ARE?
• 23:30
  AND YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS YOU'RE HIS MASTERPIECE.
• 23:32
  GOD SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE CHOSEN,
• 23:34
  YOU'RE CALLED, YOU'RE ANOINTED,
• 23:35
  YOU'RE APPOINTED.
• 23:36
  EVERYTHING IN SOMEONE MIGHT SAY,
• 23:38
  I AM NONE OF THOSE.
• 23:39
  I GOT A PAST.
• 23:40
  I'VE BEEN DIVORCED FIVE TIMES.
• 23:41
  I'VE BEEN IN PRISON.
• 23:42
  I'M AN ADDICT.
• 23:43
  WHATEVER IT IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE,
• 23:47
  IT MATTERS WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE.
• 23:49
  AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT -- GOD'S WORD IS NOT A NEGOTIATION.
• 23:55
  WE DON'T GET TO SAY, BUT GOD,
• 23:57
  I DON'T THINK YOU COULD EVER USE SOMEBODY LIKE ME.
• 23:59
  NO, GOD ALREADY SAYS, I CAN USE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU.
• 24:02
  SO IT'S WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE?
• 24:04
  AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, DOROTHY,
• 24:07
  I THINK IT'S JUST SAYING IT OUT LOUD,
• 24:09
  SAYING IT WHEN YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, SAYING IT,
• 24:11
  YOU KNOW, SAYING, I CAN DO THIS, I GOT THIS.
• 24:13
  I'M BUILT FOR PRESSURE.
• 24:14
  I TELL MYSELF THIS ALL THE TIME.
• 24:15
  I'M BUILT FOR CHANGE.
• 24:17
  I CAN DO HARD THINGS.
• 24:18
  YOU GOT TO TALK TO YOURSELF LIKE IT'S
• 24:20
  SOMEBODY YOU BELIEVE IN BECAUSE GOD ALREADY
• 24:22
  BELIEVES IN YOU.
• 24:23
  GOD APPROVED OF YOU BEFORE ANYONE HAD THE CHANCE TO
• 24:25
  DISAPPROVE OF YOU.
• 24:27
  SO YOU JUST SHAKE OFF, YOU KNOW,
• 24:29
  SHAKE OFF WHAT ANYBODY HAS SAID.
• 24:31
  MAYBE YOU HAD A FATHER THAT DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,
• 24:34
  DIDN'T POUR INTO YOU.
• 24:35
  MAYBE YOU HAD A MOM THAT DIDN'T POUR INTO YOU.
• 24:38
  YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO KIND OF SHAKE THAT OFF.
• 24:42
  AND I'M SORRY IF ANYBODY'S EVER BEEN THROUGH THAT.
• 24:44
  I HAD A GREAT MOM AND A GREAT DAD,
• 24:46
  BUT YOU GOT TO TAKE ON THE IDENTITY OF WHO CHRIST
• 24:48
  SAYS YOU ARE.
• 24:49
  RACHEL: IDENTITY IS SO IMPORTANT IN KNOWING
• 24:51
  WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
• 24:52
  AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU
• 24:54
  DIDN'T TRY TO BE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE
• 24:56
  THERE'S ONLY ONE YOU.
• 24:57
  DOROTHY: YEAH.
• 24:58
  APRIL: THANK YOU.
• 24:59
  RACHEL: AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE
• 25:02
  HAS TO GIVE TO THE WORLD.
• 25:03
  AND SO IT'S AMAZING TO SEE, YOU KNOW,
• 25:06
  HOW THE LORD HAS USED YOU WHEN YOU'RE A GUEST AND
• 25:09
  APRIL'S TRAVELING ALL OVER.
• 25:11
  YOU KNOW, SHE'S HERE DURING THE WEEK AND THEN
• 25:13
  OFF ON THE WEEKENDS, AND GOD IS REALLY USING YOU.
• 25:16
  HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY
• 25:18
  TO LIVE IN THAT OVERFLOW?
• 25:20
  APRIL: OH, MAN.
• 25:21
  YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE, EPHESIANS 3:20,
• 25:23
  THAT GOD CAME TO GIVE THE EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY
• 25:25
  IN OUR LIVES.
• 25:26
  AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT A BARELY GET BY GOD.
• 25:30
  HE'S NOT A -- I THINK HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH.
• 25:32
  YOU JUST KIND OF SURVIVE THIS LIFE.
• 25:34
  NO, HE CAME TO GIVE US LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.
• 25:37
  SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO SHAKE OFF A MINDSET.
• 25:40
  A MINDSET MEANS IT'S MINE TO SIT.
• 25:42
  I'M GOING TO SHAKE OFF THIS POVERTY MENTALITY.
• 25:45
  I'M GOING TO SHAKE OFF THIS LACK MENTALITY.
• 25:46
  I'M GOING TO SHAKE OFF WHAT'S BEEN TAUGHT TO ME.
• 25:50
  YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY THIS,
• 25:51
  IT RAN IN THE FAMILY TILL IT RAN INTO ME.
• 25:52
  IF YOU'VE COME FROM NEGATIVE THINKING,
• 25:55
  IF YOU'VE COME FROM JUST A MINDSET THAT ISN'T
• 25:58
  CHRIST-CENTERED, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO
• 26:00
  CHANGE IT BY GETTING INTO GOD'S WORD AND,
• 26:03
  AND REALIZE THAT GOD THAT CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH
• 26:08
  IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU.
• 26:11
  AND HE DOESN'T LOOK AT BACKGROUNDS,
• 26:13
  HE LOOKS AT POTENTIAL, HE DOESN'T LOOK AT YOUR PAST,
• 26:15
  HE SEES YOUR FUTURE.
• 26:17
  AND WE JUST GOT TO LET IT GO.
• 26:19
  I MEAN, I SAY THAT TO MYSELF,
• 26:21
  WE GOT TO LET GO OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MESSED UP
• 26:23
  ON BECAUSE I'VE MESSED UP SO MANY TIMES,
• 26:25
  BUT GOD'S NOT LOOKING AT THAT.
• 26:27
  HE'S LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL THAT HE'S PUT IN
• 26:30
  YOU IN THE PURPOSE THAT HE'S PUT IN YOU.
• 26:32
  SO THAT'S THAT OVERFLOW LIFE.
• 26:34
  RACHEL: I LOVE THAT.
• 26:35
  WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO LIVE IN WONDER,
• 26:37
  EVEN IN ORDINARY MOMENTS?
• 26:39
  APRIL: OH!
• 26:40
  RACHEL: THAT'S ANOTHER THING YOU TALK ABOUT.
• 26:41
  APRIL: YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT THIS.
• 26:43
  IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK, BUT WHEN MY DAD,
• 26:45
  BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN, HE WAS 77.
• 26:47
  HIS LAST TIME HE WAS, HE WAS AT LAKEWOOD.
• 26:51
  HE PULLED ME TO THE BACK.
• 26:52
  IT WAS A FULL AUDITORIUM, 8200 PEOPLE.
• 26:54
  AND HE PULLED ME TO THE BACK AND HE PULLED ME IN
• 26:56
  THE ROOM, CLOSED THE DOOR.
• 26:58
  THIS IS 60-PLUS YEARS IN THE MINISTRY,
• 27:00
  40-PLUS YEARS PASTORING LAKEWOOD,
• 27:02
  AND HE GRABBED ME.
• 27:03
  WE SAT DOWN, HE SAID, APRIL,
• 27:05
  CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT CHURCH TODAY?
• 27:08
  I THOUGHT, WOW, IT REALLY AFFECTS HIM ALL THESE
• 27:11
  YEARS IN THE MINISTRY.
• 27:13
  THAT TO ME IS THE WONDER OF JUST, MAN,
• 27:16
  GOD, I GOT TO WAKE UP THIS MORNING.
• 27:18
  SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT AFFORDED THAT CHANCE.
• 27:20
  THAT'S AMAZING.
• 27:21
  THAT'S A BLESSING.
• 27:22
  THANK YOU FOR IT.
• 27:23
  SO OFTEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE OR WHAT
• 27:25
  WE'RE MISSING.
• 27:27
  IF WE JUST TURN IT AROUND AND SAY, GOD, THANKS,
• 27:29
  THANKS FOR THIS FOOD ON THE TABLE.
• 27:31
  THANKS FOR THE ROOF OVER MY HEAD.
• 27:34
  THANK YOU FOR MY KIDS.
• 27:35
  SURE, THEY MAY NOT BE ACTING THE WAY THAT, THAT
• 27:37
  YOU WANT THEM TO, BUT HEY, THANK THEM FOR,
• 27:39
  THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BLESSINGS AND NOT BURDENS.
• 27:41
  REMIND THEM, BUT IT'S JUST NOTICING THE LITTLE THINGS
• 27:44
  ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
• 27:46
  TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
• 27:48
  AND GOD HAS DONE SO MUCH IN OUR LIVES.
• 27:50
  AND IF WE CAN PIVOT OUR EYES FROM WHAT WE'RE
• 27:52
  MISSING AND TO WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN US, IT,
• 27:54
  IT'S A GAME CHANGER.
• 27:55
  RACHEL: YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK
• 27:57
  IT'S ACTUALLY SO SIMPLE.
• 27:58
  APRIL: IT IS.
• 27:59
  RACHEL: WHY DO WE OVERCOMPLICATE IT SO MUCH?
• 28:01
  DOROTHY: OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
• 28:02
  I WAS ABOUT TO ASK THE SAME THING.
• 28:04
  RACHEL: REALLY?
• 28:04
  DOROTHY: YEAH.
• 28:05
  RACHEL: SHE'S LIKE SITTING HERE AND I'M LIKE,
• 28:06
  I CAN DO ALL OF THIS.
• 28:09
  LIKE, WHY IS IT SO HARD?
• 28:11
  APRIL: BECAUSE LIFE IS HARD.
• 28:12
  LIFE IS NOT EASY.
• 28:14
  WE, WE FACE THESE OBSTACLES AND WE FACE,
• 28:16
  MAN, HARD TIMES.
• 28:18
  AND YOU KNOW, THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
• 28:21
  BUT I THINK IT'S JUST GETTING BACK WHAT YOU FOCUS ON.
• 28:25
  WHAT YOU FOCUS ON IS EVERYTHING.
• 28:28
  IF I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY AGAIN,
• 28:30
  GOD, I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THIS DAY.
• 28:34
  I JUST DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT. I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT ONE MORE DAY VERSUS GOD,
• 28:38
  I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
• 28:39
  I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING THINGS TODAY.
• 28:41
  I'M NOT LOOKING AT ALL THIS JUNK ON THE SIDE.
• 28:43
  I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY LIFE
• 28:46
  DICTATE WHAT KIND OF DAY I'M GOING TO HAVE.
• 28:47
  I'M JUST GOING TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE YOUR WORD.
• 28:49
  RACHEL: YEAH, WE'RE SAYING, HEY, LORD,
• 28:51
  I KNOW I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
• 28:52
  APRIL: EXACTLY.
• 28:53
  RACHEL: BUT THROUGH YOUR POWER I CAN,
• 28:56
  I ALREADY HAVE THE VICTORY.
• 28:57
  APRIL: YEAH.
• 28:57
  RACHEL: I CAN OVERCOME.
• 28:58
  APRIL: RIGHT.
• 28:59
  RACHEL: I'M GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY.
• 29:00
  SO IT'S LIKE ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR OWN WEAKNESS AND
• 29:01
  GLORIFYING HIS STRENGTH.
• 29:02
  DOROTHY: IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THE SCRIPTURE,
• 29:04
  PHILIPPIANS 4:13.
• 29:05
  I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
• 29:07
  WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
• 29:08
  APRIL: RIGHT.
• 29:09
  DOROTHY: YOU KNOW, APRIL, ONE OF THE THINGS BEFORE MISS
• 29:12
  DODIE PASSED, SHE DID THE FOREWORD TO YOUR BOOK.
• 29:16
  APRIL: MY FAVORITE.
• 29:17
  DOROTHY: AND, AND OF COURSE, YOU SAY YOU ARE HER FAVORITE.
• 29:20
  [ LAUGHTER ]
• 29:22
  DOROTHY: BUT HOW HAS THAT BEEN PART OF EVERYTHING THAT
• 29:25
  YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR LIFE?
• 29:28
  HOW IMPORTANT HAS THAT FORWARD MEANT TO YOU?
• 29:31
  NOT JUST BECAUSE SHE WROTE IT,
• 29:33
  BUT BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN PART OF EVERYTHING THAT
• 29:35
  YOU HAVE BEEN DOING?
• 29:37
  APRIL: YES.
• 29:38
  YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY.
• 29:40
  [ LAUGHTER ]
• 29:40
  APRIL: IT'S EVERYTHING.
• 29:42
  SHOOT.
• 29:43
  SORRY.
• 29:44
  IT'S JUST EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S A PIECE OF
• 29:46
  HER THAT'S STILL IN ME.
• 29:49
  DOROTHY: THAT'S RIGHT. APRIL: AND SHE'S THE MOST AMAZING PERSON I'VE EVER
• 29:52
  MET IN MY LIFE, I'VE EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE.
• 29:54
  AND, AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE SHE WAS SUPER SPECIAL,
• 29:57
  BUT MAN, SHE CHANGED MY LIFE.
• 29:59
  SHE'S THE ONE THAT CAUSED ME TO BELIEVE
• 30:01
  GOD FOR ANYTHING.
• 30:02
  IF YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY BE HEALED OF CANCER, MAN,
• 30:04
  I CAN BELIEVE ANYTHING.
• 30:05
  SO IF I CAN JUST CARRY ON AND GIVE PEOPLE HOPE,
• 30:10
  GIVE THEM LIFE AND PRAY FOR PEOPLE,
• 30:13
  BELIEVE IN PEOPLE AND JUST, JUST DO THE SIMPLE THINGS.
• 30:17
  YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN PRISON,
• 30:18
  YOU CAME AND SAW ME.
• 30:19
  WHEN I WAS HUNGRY, YOU FED ME,
• 30:21
  AND WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WEAR,
• 30:23
  YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO WEAR.
• 30:24
  IF I CAN JUST DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
• 30:25
  AND I'M NOT EVEN TRYING TO SOUND SPIRITUAL.
• 30:27
  THAT WAS JUST MY LITTLE FIVE-FOOT-TWO MAMA,
• 30:30
  SO IT'S IMPRINTED ON MY HEART.
• 30:32
  AND IT WILL,
• 30:33
  I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SHAKE IT.
• 30:34
  AND I DON'T WANT TO SHAKE IT.
• 30:35
  DOROTHY: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
• 30:36
  RACHEL: WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT SHE
• 30:37
  MADE THROUGH YOU.
• 30:39
  AND NOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
• 30:40
  AND I REMEMBER LIKE MISS DODIE,
• 30:42
  LIKE HER FAVORITE THING WAS LIKE PRAYING FOR
• 30:44
  PEOPLE FOR HEALING.
• 30:45
  DOROTHY: YES.
• 30:46
  RACHEL: SHE WOULD, SHE WOULD LIKE GO AND DO WHAT WAS LIKE
• 30:48
  THE PRAYER LINES AT THE CHURCH.
• 30:50
  APRIL: PRAYER LINES.
• 30:51
  SHE DID A DRIVE-THRU HEALING SERVICE.
• 30:52
  WE'VE CONTINUED HER HEALING SERVICE THAT SHE
• 30:54
  DOES VIA ZOOM.
• 30:55
  I'LL DO IT TODAY,
• 30:56
  TONIGHT WHEN I GO HOME.
• 30:57
  RACHEL: OH MY GOODNESS.
• 30:58
  APRIL: CONTINUE IN THE LEGACY BECAUSE THERE'S HURTING
• 30:59
  PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
• 31:00
  RACHEL: THAT'S AMAZING.
• 31:01
  WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE TAKE FROM
• 31:03
  YOUR NEW DEVOTIONAL?
• 31:04
  APRIL: I HOPE THAT THEY
• 31:04
  JUST TAKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
• 31:06
  IT'S POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
• 31:09
  HE'S A GOOD GOD.
• 31:10
  AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY CAN START
• 31:12
  YOUR DAY OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
• 31:14
  RACHEL: WELL, THAT'S SO GOOD.
• 31:15
  AND HEY, AS WE CLOSE, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER GOD
• 31:17
  DID NOT DESIGN YOU TO LIVE FROM STRESS.
• 31:19
  HE DESIGNED YOU TO LIVE FROM PEACE.
• 31:21
  AND WHEN YOU STAY ROOTED IN HIS LOVE AND YOU SPEND
• 31:23
  TIME IN HIS PRESENCE, YOU BEGIN TO LIVE MORE FREELY
• 31:26
  AS THE PERSON HE CREATED YOU TO BE.
• 31:28
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• 31:34
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• 31:39
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• 31:40
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• 32:07
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• 32:12
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• 32:14
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• 32:16
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• 32:19
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• 32:22
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• 32:23
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