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Episode 45- There Is Still a Reason to Give Thanks · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising, sisters, grand rising.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: What a wonderful morning this is.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, did you know that we are loved by God?
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: That we have hope in his faithfulness, and we can keep walking by faith.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: And today, we can cause, we can pause, excuse me, to give God thanks.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rose, your host, and this is Women at the Well Rejoice.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: I'm glad you took the time to join me today.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: Our November theme is love by God, living in hope, walking by faith, and giving thanks.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: As we approach Thanksgiving, let's keep these truths before us throughout the month.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: God loves us.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can put our hope in Him, trust in His promises, and recognize the blessings we sometimes overlook.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, sisters, grab your Bible, your favorite drink, tea, coffee, lemon water, and come sit with me at the well.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Father God, thank you for one more day.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for waking us up and keeping us through the night.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for all your provisions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for being Lord God Almighty, our salvation.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for your mercy, your kindness, your compassion, and Father, your love.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: Father, you know us completely, and yet you still love us.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: You provide for us.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: You give us strength.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: This morning, Father, open our eyes and hearts.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: Help us hear and understand your word.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: Help us recognize your presence and your care.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us grace to move forward in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep us in your love.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: Holy Spirit, you are welcome here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us receive what you would have us learn this morning and apply it to ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: Well, sisters, this morning is going to be a little different.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: But here we are together at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're going to begin.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to start with Lamentations 3, 21 through 24.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: And I'll be reading from the King James Version.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: Lamentations 3, verses 21 through 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it reads, This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because his compassions fail not.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are new every morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great is thy faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord is my portion, said my soul.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore will I hope in him.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, our subject this morning is there is still a reason to give thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't care what's going on.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a reason to give thanks.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: To be honest, I have not been feeling well these past few days.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: I had a trip to the emergency room and I really did not feel well.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I thought about preparing this podcast, I wondered, how am I going to do this, Lord?
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_00: I don't feel good.
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  SPEAKER_00: I haven't planned.
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  SPEAKER_00: I haven't read my Bible.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: I don't even feel like I'm hearing your voice.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Then while sitting at my table eating lunch yesterday, I looked at my refrigerator and there was a magnet with the words love and hope.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: And faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those words caught my attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought, love and hope?
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  SPEAKER_00: Then I began thinking about love, hope, and faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then thankfulness came into my mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: What an opportunity to remind one another and ourselves that we are loved by God, that we can hope in his faithfulness, that we can keep walking by faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I had to say thank you, Lord, for that inspiration.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: Then I went back to lie down and get some rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this morning, sisters, here we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: We do have something to discuss.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought the first place we should begin this was there is still a reason to give thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because even when we're struggling, when we do not feel well, or when things are not going the way we hoped, we can pause and look for something to thank God for.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we are watching for something so big and praying for something so big that we overlook the blessings already before us.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want the whole situation to change.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want the answer.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want the breakthrough or the problem settled.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can bring those desires to God, but while we wait, we can also recognize his care for today.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: Listen again to the beginning of our passage in Lamentations.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said, This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: The rite of lamentation speaks these words, a man deep suffering.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_00: He remembers God's mercy while sorrow is still present.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, sometimes we need to deliberately call something to mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can remember a time when God's word encouraged us, a song that encouraged us.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can remember when someone helped us.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can notice a mercy we have received this very morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: You open your eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: His compassion failed not.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are new every morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great is his faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps your finances are low, but there's food in your refrigerator.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pause and say thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you have a roof over your head and a place to rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Say thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone sleeping under the bridge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps someone called to ask you how you were feeling.
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  SPEAKER_00: Say thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps someone brought you a meal or helped you get to an appointment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: That care matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: I remember the older saints used to say he woke me up this morning clothed in my right mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: I truly understand that expression of gratitude.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were recognizing the blessings of another day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sisters, if you're confused, deeply discouraged, or struggling to think clearly, God's love reaches you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can ask for help.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are worthy of care.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of us can get up and walk around this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Others need assistance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some feel strong and others need rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wherever we find ourselves today, we can bring our needs to God and look for reminders of His love.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you are weary, receive the rest you need.
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  SPEAKER_00: If someone offers help, allow yourself to receive it with gratitude.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's turn to Psalms 150, verse 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says, Let everything that had breath praise the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Praise ye the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, we have breath this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can use that breath to say thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him praise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our praise may be a joyful hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may be a quiet prayer from the bedside.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may come through tears.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can come to him just as we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in 1 Thessalonians 5.18, 1 Thessalonians 5.18, it says, and everything give thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_00: In everything give thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, we can honestly say, Lord, this hurts.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am tired.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need your help.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we can also say, thank you, Lord, for loving me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for the care I received today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thankfulness gives us something to practice in the middle of everyday life.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you drink your water, pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you sit down to eat, pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: When someone offers kindness, pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: Recognize what you have received and tell God, thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, thankfulness goes a long ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: A long ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's have a rejoicing moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna give God some praise right here.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_00: Even though I have not been feeling well, I can still still say thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: I do have breath in my body, and this morning I can use that breath to praise Him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, you are my fortress, my provider, my protector.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for sustaining me and for the people who have helped care for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, what can you thank him for today?
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  SPEAKER_00: A meal?
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  SPEAKER_00: A place to rest?
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone who checked on you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Strength for another day.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're still in bed, still hurting or need someone's help, bring that to him too.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_00: God loves you right where you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your whisper, thank you, Lord, can be your praise this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: His compassions fell not.
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  SPEAKER_00: His mercies are new every morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great is his faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment and name one blessing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now tell him, thank you, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for loving us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for giving us hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for helping us keep the faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is still a reason to give thanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, thank you for your love, your mercy, and your faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for the blessings we recognize in those we so easily overlook.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, open our eyes to the ways we receive care each day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, you know every sister listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Comfort those who are grieving, strengthen those who are we who feel weary, provide for those facing financial difficulties, and help those who are unwell receive the care and rest they need.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us place our hope in you and hold firmly to your word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach us to walk by faith when we cannot see what lies ahead.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us grateful hearts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us recognize kindness and receive support.
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  SPEAKER_00: And share what we can with others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you that we can come to you honestly, God.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't have to come to you all fancy and all up.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can come to you just as ugly on the inside as we may be.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you accept us and you clean us up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord, for hearing our prayer and loving us through difficult days.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, today I want to challenge you to be intentional about thankfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look around and notice the blessings within this day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before the day ends, name three things you can thank God for.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can write them down or speak them aloud.
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  SPEAKER_00: They may be things you usually pass over.
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  SPEAKER_00: A meal, a moment of rest, a kind word, or someone's helping hand.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_00: And if a person has been a blessing to you, take a moment to thank that person too.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_00: Throughout November, we want to keep remembering that we are loved by God.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have hope in his faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can keep walking by faith and giving him faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining me today at women at the will rejoice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this one is living and this widow will never, never run dry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a wonderful day.