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Episode 28 — Shift Your Mindset: Being Content · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Glen Rising Sisters, I am so glad to meet you at the womb on this glorious day that we have been blessed.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rose, your host, and this is Women at the Well Rejoice.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, have you ever had the craving so strong that you felt like you just had to give in to it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I certainly have.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't always buy what I crave, but the temptation is still there.
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  SPEAKER_00: This past Monday, after working the program on PBS called America's High Dog, I developed an intense craving for food.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wanted it piled high with chili, cheese, relish, and onion.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as a diabetic, I knew that was not a good idea for my health.
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  SPEAKER_00: As I drove to run an errand, or to run several errands, I had to stop and have a serious what came to my mind was a prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord help me to be content with the food I have and to honor my well-being.
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  SPEAKER_00: I had to repeat that to myself several times while running my errands.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, my body's a managing diabetes means I am fully responsible for what I place in my mouth into my breast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Praise God now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I didn't stop to purchase that beef wing or one hot dog or anything.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as it turns out, I had already cooked the first pot of peanut on Sunday after church, so I really had plenty at home.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what I did, when I got back home to my own kitchen, I made myself a perfectly healthy salad and was completely well pleased and content with what I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, keeping what I drew, I think shift your mindset.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we are diving deep into what truly means to be content.
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  SPEAKER_00: So give your coffee, your tea, or your lemon water.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let's see how we can shift our mindsets.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, we come to you on this glorious day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ah, this beautiful day that you have allowed us to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thank you for our eyes opening, being able to get out of bed, being able to have the use of limbs.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thank you, Lord, for your grace, your mercy, and your loving kindness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, as we feel at the world today, give us understanding on being content.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us understanding appreciated what we have at the moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, your word says that you will always provide for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are our producer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to be content with your producer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, we thank you for joining us here today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Open our hearts and minds to hearing, understanding, and walking out your word.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' holy name.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: To understand and I want to look at the story of Martha.
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  SPEAKER_00: She embarked on a profound journey to discover true contentment, eventually realizing that nurturing her spiritual presence was far more fulfilling than suscumbing to the demands of daily distractions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's look at Luke chapter 10, verses 38 through 42, and I'll be reading from the New International Version.
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  SPEAKER_00: You ready?
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  SPEAKER_00: As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her homes.
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  SPEAKER_00: She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.
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  SPEAKER_00: She came to him and asked, Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself?
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell her to help me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Martha Martha, the Lord answered.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed, or indeed only one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know our king.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I have often wondered how Martha Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul after Jesus kindly and gently rebuked her.
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  SPEAKER_00: He explained that true peace comes from resting at his feet.
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  SPEAKER_00: I understood that deeply in mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: The more I ask God to help me be content, the less I crave that food on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I know it may seem like a small thing to turn away from certain foods.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might be like, what's the big deal?
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  SPEAKER_00: But look at this.
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  SPEAKER_00: What about those bigger cravings?
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  SPEAKER_00: The cravings to keep up with the Joneses.
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  SPEAKER_00: The cravings for the bigger house.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fancier car.
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  SPEAKER_00: The expensive design of wardrobe, the fleet vacation, the right neighborhood, the title, the right man, or the man, somebody else's man, or the social and professional.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are bigger things.
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  SPEAKER_00: These desires can become a massive source of discontentment.
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  SPEAKER_00: They distract us from God, from our families, and from our inner peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many times we just need to stop and have a talk with Jesus to help us make it through the craving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only are these worldly pursuits a distraction, but you know they can be incredibly cost and can push us into unnecessary debt, cause nice, create arguments in our homes, and bring about severe hardships.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a world that constantly tells us we need the next best thing, more achievements, more projects, more of some.
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  SPEAKER_00: Working back to practice being content is a powerful radical act.
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  SPEAKER_00: Contentment isn't about complacency, it's about peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Contentment means being deeply grateful for where you are right now and appreciating the fruits of your hard work while still holding space for future possibilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the beautiful balance of faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: And where I am right now is exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: God knows where we're.
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  SPEAKER_00: We only have to ask Him.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also have to practice active gratitude.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many times we fail to recognize our blessings because we are constantly looking for the bigger things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you realize that simply breathing in and out today is a massive blessing?
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  SPEAKER_00: Breathing in and out right now is a blessing.
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  SPEAKER_00: A real blessing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you realize that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you told God thank you for allowing me to breathe?
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  SPEAKER_00: Breathe in his air and then breathe it out this morning?
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  SPEAKER_00: Just in case you forgot.
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  SPEAKER_00: For some people, just being able to sit up in bed is a hard, fart battle, but it's a blessing.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you find yourself focusing heavily on a long to-do list or stressing over what hasn't happened yet, pause, breathe in, and breathe out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Acknowledge what is worth and celebrate what has happened.
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  SPEAKER_00: Celebrate the daily habits that keep you grounded, the peaceful mornings, and the small victories that all go unknowns because we're looking over the fence.
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  SPEAKER_00: We must also learn to silence the next chapter track.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all understand that it is wonderful to want to achieve great things in this life.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is wonderful to have big goals, vision boards, and projects for the future.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, if we only live for the destination, we will miss the beauty of the journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Contentment means pulling your mind out of next year, out of next month, out of tomorrow, and grounding yourself fully in the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right now, today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Matthew 6 34 in the King James Version tells us take therefore no thought for the morrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sufficient until the day is the evil thereof.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, you got enough going on today.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the way, tomorrow might not come.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 10 Timothy six, verse 68, we are reminded of the beautiful connection between spiritual fulfillment and material clarity.
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  SPEAKER_00: But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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  SPEAKER_00: For we brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, for we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
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  SPEAKER_00: All that we accumulate and accomplish materially will not matter when we leave this earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: From shifting our mindset to one of true godly contentment will protect our peace and guard our happiness and definitely secure our joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can we take a moment to rejoice?
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  SPEAKER_00: We came here for the simple and beautiful miracle of the breath moving in and out of our lives right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to take for granted that we woke up, we fell up, and we're standing on your firm foundation today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, hallelujah for the gift of life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord, that I talked to our ready food.
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  SPEAKER_00: We praise you for the thing in our kitchen, the peace in our heart, and the safety surrounding us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for protecting us from the things and stuff we wanted.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God is in exactly what we need.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are thankful in your presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's celebrate the quiet mornings, the healthy choices, and you give us day in and day out to honor our temple.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every single victory, no matter how strong to the world, is a testimony to your goodness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: We pull our minds out of tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: We must silence the words of the next chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we rejoice in the absolute beauty of right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we will rejoice and be glad to eat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we thank you and we praise you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 693 says, I will praise God's name in psalm and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give God some praise and thank you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him praise for the right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, Almighty God, we thank you for this glorious time spent together at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we thank you for gently reminders from your word that our peace, our work, and our contentment are found solely at your feet, not in the hustle of this world, and not in the chasing after material things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Forgive us, Lord, for the times we allow ourselves to get distracted, worried, and upset like Martha, focusing on the heavy-to-do list in the next chapters, and still are resting in your presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, give us a supernatural strength, just as you gave the Apostle Paul, say with confidence that we are content in every in any circumstance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, we thank you for the food on our tables, the clothes on our back, and the very breath in our lungs.
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  SPEAKER_00: We declare today that our bodies are your temple, and we ask for your continual guidance and discipline to honor our well-being in everything we do.
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  SPEAKER_00: As my sisters go about the rest of the week, I pray that you guard their hearts and minds.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to follow the noise of comparison, looking over the fence, to appreciate the journey we are on, and to confidently say, I have enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: And where I am right now is exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: God sees me.
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  SPEAKER_00: He knows me.
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  SPEAKER_00: We love you, God, we praise you, and we give you all the glory and honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Praise.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' mighty miraculous and marvelous name, we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we thank you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, this brings us to the end of another beautiful episode here at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for spending this time with me today.
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  SPEAKER_00: My prayer for you this week is that whenever those worldly praises start to preach in, you will pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: Breathe in and out and have a little talk with Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Allow you to shift your mindset into total concern.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, you don't need the next best day to be blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are already fully blessed where you are in the now, the right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Please share this episode with a sister who needs a little reminder to find her peace today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And don't forget to subscribe so we can continue to grow together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, keep choosing what is better.
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  SPEAKER_00: Guard your peace and continue to rejoice.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rose, your host, and this has been Winnie at the Well, rejoice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a blessed, healthy, and beautiful week, sisters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this water is living and it will never run high.
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  SPEAKER_00: If God says so, I will see you next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: So until next week, God bless.