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How to Overcome Depression [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 1: All right, so let's go for it. Let's see the
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  Speaker 1: scripture for today. Amen, and let's believe this and apply it.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, you could always test the word of God.
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  Speaker 1: It's okay. It's okay to test the word. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: why wouldn't you. This is an eternal word. Amen, A
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  Speaker 1: turn the Word of God, so we could apply it
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  Speaker 1: in our lives. How we suggest, though, that you get
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  Speaker 1: into a personal relationship with the God of the Word.
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  Speaker 1: So that way, every time that you read the Word,
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  Speaker 1: the Word will continue to teach you by way of
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, guiding you and guarding you and leading you
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  Speaker 1: to all truth, not into all fantasy, not until all myth,
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  Speaker 1: not to all fairy tests, but into truth. And you
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  Speaker 1: can apply real time in your life.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So that way you know for sure that the God
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  Speaker 1: of the Bible is real, holy and just and righteous
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  Speaker 1: in all.
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  Speaker 2: His ways, in all his ways, ladies and gentlemen.
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  Speaker 1: So let's go for it. Over how to overcome depression.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see, this is how we do it. We do
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  Speaker 1: it through the words tewod Corinthians, chapter number twelve, verse
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  Speaker 1: number nine. But he has said to me, my grace
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  Speaker 1: is sufficient for you, My loving kindness and My mercy
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  Speaker 1: are more than enough, always available, regardless of the situation.
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  Speaker 1: For my power is being perfected and is completed, and
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  Speaker 1: shows itself most effectively in your weakness. Therefore, I will
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  Speaker 1: all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that
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  Speaker 1: the power of Christ may completely and fold me and
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  Speaker 1: may dwell in me. Now it is the Apostle Paul
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  Speaker 1: talking to the church in Corinth, and I believe this
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  Speaker 1: word is relevant to us as well. God says his
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  Speaker 1: sufficient for the apostle, Amen is, his grace is sufficient.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take this the same way Apostle Paul
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  Speaker 1: took it, Amen, And I'm applied to my life knowing
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  Speaker 1: that if He did it for Paul and his is,
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  Speaker 1: God's grace is sufficient for Apostle Paul, Why wouldn't God's
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  Speaker 1: grace be sufficient for you and for me? His loving
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  Speaker 1: kindness and his mercy are available to all his children.
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  Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, before we were even his child,
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  Speaker 1: we experienced the grace of God. It's obvious because we're
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  Speaker 1: alive right, even when we were making bad decisions before
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  Speaker 1: that led us to depression. Because mental health, Amen, although
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  Speaker 1: sometimes it's developed that you know, because of some things
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  Speaker 1: going on at birth, or genetics, or mental issues that came,
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  Speaker 1: you know, because of other things other ways. But I
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  Speaker 1: see another way of how I became depressed. It was
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  Speaker 1: because I was making bad, poor decisions based on my feelings,
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  Speaker 1: based on my flesh. Didn't know God, didn't trust God,
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  Speaker 1: and I would go into dark places, and I didn't
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  Speaker 1: know how to overcome depression. But now in Christ, I
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  Speaker 1: boast about my weakness because I know in my weakness
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  Speaker 1: his power, the Lord's power is being perfected.
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  Speaker 2: Right. So enough of the.
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  Speaker 1: Days that people, especially leaders and preachers and people tell you,
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  Speaker 1: don't let people see you sweat, and all these cliches
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  Speaker 1: that they got from the world. It sounds cool, sounds motivating,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not biblical. Because the Lord himself Amen showed
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  Speaker 1: us that he had feelings, that he had emotion, and
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  Speaker 1: he wept. Jesus wept, right, our Lord, our savior, God
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  Speaker 1: Man wept. So why are we going around and telling them,
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  Speaker 1: you know, don't let people people see you, you know, struggle,
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  Speaker 1: hide this and hide that. When the Lord Jesus demonstrated
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  Speaker 1: his own love for us, and he demonstrated his feelings
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  Speaker 1: for his friend Lazareth, by weeping for his friend Lazarus. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: So why are we saying, oh, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you're depressed, you know, we can't let people see that.
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  Speaker 2: It shows weakness. The world says that. Amen. God actually
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  Speaker 2: and encourages.
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  Speaker 1: Us that in our weakness, his power is being perfected.
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  Speaker 2: So when I'm weak, I'm going to go for help.
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  Speaker 2: I ask God for help.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to ask the children, my brothers and sisters
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  Speaker 1: for help in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: So when you hear somebody saying, you know, don't let
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  Speaker 1: them see you, or you know, just you know, be
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  Speaker 1: strong and all that, it sounds motivating, but it's actually
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  Speaker 1: something they're getting from the world, like sayings from the world, right,
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  Speaker 1: And it's like almost like another cliche. And we don't
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  Speaker 1: live on cliches when you're in Christ. We live in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: We live on his word, and his word works through us,
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  Speaker 1: and His power is made perfect in our weakness. So
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  Speaker 1: He knows we are frail and weak. He knows when
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  Speaker 1: we are depressed, he knows when we have anxiety, he
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  Speaker 1: knows when we're struggling mentally, physically, and emotionally. He doesn't,
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  Speaker 1: like I said earlier, doesn't fold his hands and just
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  Speaker 1: watch us and say, now, what are you going to do?
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm not gonna help.
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  Speaker 1: Know He's with you, He's in you, he's working through
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  Speaker 1: you by way of Holy Spirit. So yes, we do
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  Speaker 1: have emotions. Men have emotions, ladies and ladies, men have emotions.
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  Speaker 1: I know women have emotions. We all have emotions, We
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  Speaker 1: have feelings. But we need to be strong and courageous. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: like Joshua and the Old Covenant, how God encouraged the
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  Speaker 1: soldiers back then, and the prophets back then, and the
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  Speaker 1: men of God back then, of course strong and courageous.
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  Speaker 1: And then we see it in a New Covenant. Right
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus shows up, he shows his feelings, he shows
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  Speaker 1: emotion based on love. He is God, God in the
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  Speaker 1: flesh right, and he's showing us that he has emotions.
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  Speaker 1: But he was mentally stable. And when he went through
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  Speaker 1: the worst thing in life, Acruscifixion, he went was pretty
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  Speaker 1: much ignored of who he was, a man, denied.
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  Speaker 2: He had called them all kinds of things. A man.
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  Speaker 1: He could have went into a state of depression himself,
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  Speaker 1: but he relied on God the Father Amen to get
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  Speaker 1: him through. I'm relying on God the Father to get
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  Speaker 1: me through. Thank you Jesus. By the grace of God,
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  Speaker 1: havn't been touched with severe depression. I've been depressed sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: but not like it used to be when I was
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  Speaker 1: in my early twenties. I used to get really depressed
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  Speaker 1: and get into bad spaces of depression. But now that
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  Speaker 1: I know more of who God is through his word.
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  Speaker 2: And through experience with him.
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  Speaker 1: Amen, when depression nights on my door, I said, hold on, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: can you answer that?
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: Figuratively speaking, So, depression is a hard journey. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: downplaying this any which way. I'm saying that, Oh, you
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  Speaker 1: just press though, you say this, and you say that.
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  Speaker 2: And depression is gone. It could be a hard journey.
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  Speaker 1: But as a child of God, I have a solid
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  Speaker 1: foundation in Christ Jesus to help you go through it,
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  Speaker 1: to help you navigate through life when it's depression. When
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  Speaker 1: it's depression that's trying to get you out the point
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  Speaker 1: to remember that you're not alone, not alone, And that's
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  Speaker 1: something that you might be saying.
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  Speaker 2: I heard that a lot. I hear that a lot. No,
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  Speaker 2: you're not alone for.
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  Speaker 1: Real, You're not alone, and God is with you every
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  Speaker 1: step of the way.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: If you start believing and trusting in the Word of
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  Speaker 1: God for your life, through your life, in your life, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: things are going to change for you for real, like
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  Speaker 1: life is going to be different.
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  Speaker 2: Life is still gonna hit us.
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  Speaker 1: We're still going to go through pain, struggle, loss of
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  Speaker 1: loved ones, We're still going to go through all of that.
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  Speaker 1: But when depression tries to master you, Amen, you can
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  Speaker 1: no longer. You don't have to say yes to depression
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  Speaker 1: any longer you have Holy Spirit. I don't know you
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  Speaker 1: could grieve Holy Spirit, but I don't know if the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit could be depressed.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So you rely on the Holy Spirit, God that lives
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  Speaker 1: inside of you, if you're born again, if you're a
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  Speaker 1: believer in Christ, if you receive the forgiveness of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and now you're empowered by Holy Spirit to fight and
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  Speaker 1: know that even though it's a tough journey, and even
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  Speaker 1: though it could mentally hurt and physically hurt and spiritually hurt,
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  Speaker 1: God's with you, helping you through it. He's with us
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  Speaker 1: in it. We're never alone a man, even when we
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  Speaker 1: go through struggles of mental health and depression. So first
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  Speaker 1: number one, embrace your identity in Christ. Very important to
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  Speaker 1: know who you are in Christ and who He is
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  Speaker 1: in you. Second, correct things for our seventeen I mentioned
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  Speaker 1: the scripture a lot. We're new creations, Amen. Now that
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  Speaker 1: we're new, we're experiencing the newness of God. So we
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  Speaker 1: when weakness shows up mentally, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, addictions,
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  Speaker 1: when those things happen, we have to rely on our
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  Speaker 1: newness in Christ, our new identity, not in our old identity,
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  Speaker 1: because that's going to take us out. That's going to
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  Speaker 1: get us more depressed, it's going to get us more anxious.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to make us do things that we're not
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  Speaker 1: supposed to do. But when you know and focus on
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  Speaker 1: the newness of God, that's what really counts. So Cheryl says,
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  Speaker 1: we are new creations through Christ. We are never alone.
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  Speaker 1: Yes we are, Amen. And I have to myself, well personally,
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  Speaker 1: I have to remind myself this often because you know,
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  Speaker 1: voices and life and issues and yeah, I remind myself
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  Speaker 1: weight I'm a new creation in Christ. When I get
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  Speaker 1: cut off and somebody flips me the finger, middle finger,
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  Speaker 1: because for whatever reason, I have to remind myself I'm
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  Speaker 1: a new creation.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Before I jump out this car and do something that
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  Speaker 1: might be fatal to me.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm protecting myself from others, Amen, because I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: of I'm not unsure. I'm not sure of my old
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  Speaker 1: person how he would react. So I have to make
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  Speaker 1: choices based upon my newness in Christ, not in my
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  Speaker 1: own way of thinking. Renewing our mind daily, believing and
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  Speaker 1: knowing we are who God says we are. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Chef for that. Yes, knowing who God says we are
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  Speaker 1: very important, Amen. Not repeating what the world says we are,
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  Speaker 1: not repeating after the world's patterns Romans Chapter twelve to right,
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  Speaker 1: We're not going to be conformed to the patterns of
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  Speaker 1: this world. Once you start conforming back to the patterns
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  Speaker 1: of this world, you're going to notice she's gonna start
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  Speaker 1: speaking things like the world speaks like again, like people saying,
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  Speaker 1: never let them see you sweat, don't show emotion, and
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  Speaker 1: you have to be strong, and this, that and the
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  Speaker 1: third come on. That's directly from the world, not from
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  Speaker 1: the word. Ay Man, Jesus is our example of how
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  Speaker 1: to live this life out from righteousness and godliness. So
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  Speaker 1: number two focused on renewing your mind, how with the
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  Speaker 1: truth of God's word. Sometimes I'm like, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think we're making this complicated too, over complicated things. We
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  Speaker 1: have the word, the will of God, perfect will of
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  Speaker 1: God over our lives. Read it, apply it, read it,
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  Speaker 1: apply it. If you can memorize some of these scriptures
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  Speaker 1: to that way, when depression knocks on your door, you
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  Speaker 1: could quote the scriptures of life over yourself. Take oil,
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  Speaker 1: lift it up to the Lord. He will bless it.
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  Speaker 1: Asking to bless the oil, and pour oil over yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Lay hands on yourself, oil on your forehead, on your mind.
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  Speaker 2: A man.
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  Speaker 1: It's a symbol of God's power. It's a symbol of
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  Speaker 1: God's power when we're weak. So we do these things.
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  Speaker 1: It's not so much ritualistic as it is believing in
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  Speaker 1: God's word. So focus on renewing your mind with the
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  Speaker 1: truth of God's word. Romans twelfth two. We see that
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  Speaker 1: in the scriptures. Meditate on scriptures that remind you of
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  Speaker 1: God's love. Reminds you of God's grace and God's presence.
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  Speaker 1: Because He's with us whenever alone. He said in his
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  Speaker 1: word he will never leave us nor forsake us. Think
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  Speaker 1: of the things like Philippians chapter four, Verse eight says,
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  Speaker 1: think of the things that encourage you. Think of the
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  Speaker 1: things that are above, that are true, that are noble,
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  Speaker 1: that are pure, that are loving, that are admirable, And
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  Speaker 1: then shift your focus from the negative thoughts, from thoughts
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  Speaker 1: of depression. Shift your focus from that, because we could
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  Speaker 1: stay in that depression for a long time if we
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  Speaker 1: stay focused on depression. Depression gives you negative thoughts. Last
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  Speaker 1: time I checked when I used to be depressed, When
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  Speaker 1: I used to struggle deeply with depression. Nobody knew, but
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  Speaker 1: I was struggling with it. The thoughts were not good, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The thoughts that were coming through my mind were not good.
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  Speaker 1: The were negative thoughts. But you could shift those thoughts
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  Speaker 1: from negative to the thoughts of God's promises, which are positive.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I'm all about being positive, but I'm not into positivity.
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  Speaker 1: I'm into the word more than positivity because I know
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  Speaker 1: positivity is real, shallow, like if anything goes wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. It's hard to stay in a positive mindset.
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  Speaker 1: But when you have the peace of God, Amen, that's
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  Speaker 1: not a mindset that easily goes away. It's an actual lifestyle.
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  Speaker 1: You're believing and trust thinking God's word. Hey man, every
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  Speaker 1: negative thought captive. Yes, hold every negative thought captive to
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  Speaker 1: the obedience of the Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we got it.
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  Speaker 1: We got it, and you got it too. Replace it
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  Speaker 1: with the word of God. Yes, these are strategies that
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  Speaker 1: God gives us through his word. And this is not
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  Speaker 1: just hocus pocus, This is not just pine the Sky ideas.
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  Speaker 1: This is from the word of God. Thank you Chevell
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  Speaker 1: for sharing that. And it seems like you've been digging
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  Speaker 1: in because we all have to hold on. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you can hold onto the world system, you can hold
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  Speaker 1: on to the old way of thinking. You can hold
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  Speaker 1: on to that stuff. But something tells me that once
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  Speaker 1: we experience the old stuff, we know the results. So
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  Speaker 1: why would we continue doing the same thing over and
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  Speaker 1: over again, trying to get different results when we know
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  Speaker 1: that when we focus and trust in God's word, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to get the best results in life for this
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  Speaker 1: life on this side of eternity, and rely on trust
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  Speaker 1: on Him since the joys. Good morning, God, bless you,
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  Speaker 1: I see you on the morning, Devot. Thank you so much,
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  Speaker 1: my system, my friend for co thank you for being
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  Speaker 1: bold enough for trying to go to church yesterday in
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  Speaker 1: honor Sheeta Ice on my block. Amen, you saw my driveway,
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  Speaker 1: you saw my cars, and yeah, we couldn't make it,
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  Speaker 1: but you made an attempt. And thank you Jesus that
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  Speaker 1: he kept you and Nomah's safe on your way there
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  Speaker 1: and on your way back. Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: your boldness and courage. So lastly, remember this, remember that
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  Speaker 1: God's grace is sufficient. We read it for you tewod Corinthians,
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  Speaker 1: chapter twelve, verse nine. Apostle Paul said it. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to repeat what Apostle Paul said. If the grace
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  Speaker 1: of God was sufficient more than enough for the apostle, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna think that God's grace is available to us
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  Speaker 1: as well, and it's more His grace is more than
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  Speaker 1: enough as well. Good morning, brother Carlos, is good to
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  Speaker 1: see you, my bro. God bless you. Good morning, Welcome
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  Speaker 1: back to the morning, Devo new week. Right, Roseen, shine
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  Speaker 1: God's grace. When you're depressed, think of God's grace. And
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  Speaker 1: like I said earlier, I'm not going to say this
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  Speaker 1: is all easy. I'm going to say that this is
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  Speaker 1: a challenge that way of thinking, because if you're used
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  Speaker 1: to thinking the old way, if you used to following
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  Speaker 1: the patterns of the world you used to just buying
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  Speaker 1: self help books and positivity and all this other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Or if you're focused on the energy that people are
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  Speaker 1: talking about in the universe, you know, they're trying to
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  Speaker 1: get this energy from the universe, so that way they
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  Speaker 1: could you get this and manifest that matter. If you're
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  Speaker 1: into that, it's going to be a little different, a
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  Speaker 1: lot different trying to focus on the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: because the word of God is not based on energy
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  Speaker 1: or the universe or astrology or psychology. It's not relying
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  Speaker 1: God's word is not relying on those things. God's word
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  Speaker 1: is truth all the time, reliable all the time, relevant
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  Speaker 1: all the time. So when depression hits, and we have
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  Speaker 1: the truth of God's work to focus on to get
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  Speaker 1: our mind back into the things of the Lord, not.
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  Speaker 2: Trapped in the old way of thinking, if that makes
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  Speaker 2: any sense.
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  Speaker 1: So if that's you, if you're experiencing severe depression, don't
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  Speaker 1: be afraid to ask for help. It's also important to
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  Speaker 1: seek professional help, a Christian counselor a Christian therapist that
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  Speaker 1: not only has the power of God, which is incredible,
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  Speaker 1: they have knowledge by way of what they were taught
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  Speaker 1: in the field of mental health, So don't be afraid
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  Speaker 1: to ask for help.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: That could give you additional support and guidance as you
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  Speaker 1: work through your feelings of depression.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So enough of the days that people, your leaders are
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  Speaker 1: telling you or whoever tells you all. You're Christians, so
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  Speaker 1: you can't let the world see you and weak in
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  Speaker 1: our weakness. God's strength is being affected. That's the word
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  Speaker 1: of God.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. So thank you so much for hanging out with me.
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  Speaker 1: And apologize for the audio issues earlier, but it seems
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  Speaker 1: like it worked out. Podcasts will be up shortly after.
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  Speaker 1: Take this audio and put it on the podcast. So
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  Speaker 1: God bless you all. Got to keep you all remember
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  Speaker 1: always that God is good.
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  Speaker 2: Peace.