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Emotional Health [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 1: All right, good morning, God, bless your family, God, welcome
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  Speaker 1: continue to strive towards Amen. So thank you in advance
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  Speaker 1: for that as well. Emotional health ladies and gentlemen. It
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  Speaker 1: was made to my It was brought to my attention
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  Speaker 1: that this is Mental Awareness Months month. I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: that until our pastors presented it to us last Sunday, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, Wow, that's something that the Church,
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  Speaker 1: the Body of Christ, needs to be discussing.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. We need to be.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about emotional health, mental health. Amen, in the body,
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  Speaker 1: see what the Word of God has for us to sake.
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  Speaker 1: So we are here and we're gonna get into it. Man,
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  Speaker 1: emotional health to day in the morning, Devo. I wrote
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  Speaker 1: in many Christian communities, not all, but in many Christian communities.
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  Speaker 1: With my own eyes, I see this emotional health has
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  Speaker 1: been misunderstood or minimized.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of people are saying, you have a demon,
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  Speaker 1: or you need to pray more, or this is the
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  Speaker 1: popular when you need to get closer to God, whatever
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  Speaker 1: that means.
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  Speaker 2: Amen, you already know my stance on that if you
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  Speaker 2: follow me.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think anybody could get closer to God when
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  Speaker 1: God lives inside of every single one of us, every
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  Speaker 1: single one of His children. Holy Spirit, God lives inside
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  Speaker 1: So therefore the closeness is there. I think what happens
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  Speaker 1: is busyness and distractions, and the hindrance that we put
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  Speaker 1: on ourselves makes it harder for us to listen to
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  Speaker 1: what the Holy Ghost is saying and to be guided
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  Speaker 1: by a Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is next level
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  Speaker 1: lifestyles next level thinking and emotional health will really benefit
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  Speaker 1: from following the living, holy, righteous, loving God inside of
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  Speaker 1: us Psalms, chapter thirty four, verse number eighteen. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to be there today. Emotional health, what about it?
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: And if you know people right now that are struggling mentally,
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  Speaker 1: that are going through a lot, that are distracted, and
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  Speaker 1: that are being attacked by things of life, spiritual attacks,
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  Speaker 1: the enemy, old thoughts, old patterns, old sinful nature, then
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  Speaker 1: they should be listening or watching. You can share this
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  Speaker 1: with them as well. Emotional health, it is the thing.
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  Speaker 1: And God wants us whole, He wants us healthy, he
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  Speaker 1: wants a mind sober, He wants us to focus on
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  Speaker 1: him because he's the perfector of our faith.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: We don't stay focused on the Lord, then what are
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  Speaker 1: we looking at? If we don't stay focused on God's word,
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  Speaker 1: then what are we focusing on?
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  Speaker 2: Amen? Brother Frank, I see you.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, God bless you, Brother Frank, says God blessed
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  Speaker 1: brother Sam and their family.
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  Speaker 2: I'm back to work today. I'm very happy.
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  Speaker 1: I've been through a tragedy for about two months. You
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  Speaker 1: know what happened to me. So here I am, and
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  Speaker 1: let's see what happens. Let's see what God got for me.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm very happy to be back. Thank you Lord. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll celebrate with you. I'm happy that you're back
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  Speaker 1: and that you're feeling much better. And God is in
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  Speaker 1: your life and he's working through your life and you
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  Speaker 1: know that. Brother, So thank you so much for coming
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  Speaker 1: to the Morning Devo and for sharing that comment.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you. So let's go for it.
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  Speaker 1: If you have any questions, comments, concerns, prayer requests, praise
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  Speaker 1: If you're listening from sou Winers with Org, Amen, that
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: You can leave a voice message on the website as well.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot that someone is with a dot org
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  Speaker 2: If you're not on my email or text list, get
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  Speaker 1: Soone is with a z dot org. Scroll down to
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll be connected. Outside of the matrix of
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  Speaker 2: So let's go for it. Let's pray first.
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  Speaker 1: After we pray, we'll share this out for like sixty seconds,
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  Speaker 1: and then when we get back we'll get into Psalms
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  Speaker 1: thirty four, verse number eighteen, emotional health. Today on the morning,
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  Speaker 1: Devo Lloyd Jesus, I asks for your favor, your love,
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  Speaker 1: your grace, and your mercy to be evident in every
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  Speaker 1: single person that's watching or listening. I thank you, Lord, Guy,
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  Speaker 1: that the power of your Holy Spirit is poured out
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  Speaker 1: on all of us.
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  Speaker 2: All we have to do is respond to your word,
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  Speaker 2: respond to your love, respond to your grace, respond to
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  Speaker 2: your mercy, respond to your forgiveness.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord for giving us the opportunity to be
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  Speaker 1: made new, a new creation, which means that we have
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  Speaker 1: a new mindset and our emotional health will be whole,
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  Speaker 1: made whole. And I know, Lord God, right now the
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  Speaker 1: people in desperate need of emotional health, mental health because
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  Speaker 1: of what life has thrown at them. But I pray
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  Speaker 1: Lord God that you give them the peace of God.
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  Speaker 1: The peace that you give not like the world is,
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  Speaker 1: but the peace that you give is next level piece.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you, Lo God for that next level piece.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you Log God for your mercy. I thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God for everything that you have done and how
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  Speaker 1: you lead us into all good things, into all truth
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  Speaker 1: by way of your Holy Spirit. So our pray, Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: that a mindset will be made new, and that we
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  Speaker 1: will respond only to what you ask and what you say,
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  Speaker 1: and we would repeat what you say over our lives,
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  Speaker 1: and we will no longer repeat the things of the world,
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  Speaker 1: and that you will help us navigate what we call
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  Speaker 1: life here on this side of eternity. I pray this
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  Speaker 1: by faith, knowing that you hear our prayers and you
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  Speaker 1: answer them according to every single individual situation and every
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  Speaker 1: single life that's in need of your response. I pray
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  Speaker 1: this's by faith in the Lord's name, in the name
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  Speaker 1: above every name and the name of the Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Amen to the Amen. So let's go for it.
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  Speaker 1: Help me share this out when I get back after
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  Speaker 1: the sixty seconds, we'll get right into Psalms, chapter number
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  Speaker 1: thirty four, Verse number eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. Amen. Insurance is some new.
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  Speaker 2: So to all those who allow me to share this,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much. Thank you so much. To Jesus
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  Speaker 2: loves You.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. And so I'm coming in now.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. A man.
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  Speaker 1: It really helps the algorithm. You already know how it
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Welcome back to the Morning Devo.
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  Speaker 2: Sir. It's good to see on the Morning Devotion. So
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  Speaker 2: let's go for it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get the word on the screen for those who
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  Speaker 1: out on anything that's happening here on today's Morning Devo.
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  Speaker 1: Try to be here five thirty in the morning Mondays
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  Speaker 1: through Fridays on the Eastern Standard clock Mondays through Fridays,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, and I try to be in a
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  Speaker 1: studio and sometimes when I'm not here, it's because life happens. Man,
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, starting this week, things are different
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  Speaker 1: now in our family, we also love one. So forgive
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  Speaker 1: me for you know, genially, I'm still in morning.
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  Speaker 2: I'm morning. I'm in the morning process.
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  Speaker 1: Celebrating life and morning at the same time, which is
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  Speaker 1: an amazing place to be. And without God, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think that would be something to be celebrating. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of people go into deep depression when they don't have God.
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  Speaker 2: They go into emotional health.
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  Speaker 1: Mode and it's not healthy for them when they don't
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  Speaker 1: have a stable, consistent Christ in their life. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: so grateful to have God in my life. Amen, Let's
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  Speaker 1: see if this is the right one here, Yes, emotional
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  Speaker 1: health Today in the morning Devo and we're to get
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  Speaker 1: to the scripture that shows us what God wants from us,
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  Speaker 1: or he wants us to know about him and his character.
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  Speaker 1: Psalms thirty four eighteen. The Bible says, the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: near to the heartbroken, and he saves those who are
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  Speaker 1: crushed in spirit, contrite and heart truly sorry for their sin.
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  Speaker 2: God is right there. He's near to the broken heart.
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  Speaker 1: And when I see people in distress and they're going
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  Speaker 1: through things in life, a lot of times, not all
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  Speaker 1: the time, but a lot of times, I mentioned to
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  Speaker 1: them that God is near them. And I know they
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  Speaker 1: think it's a cliche, but it's actually scripture.
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  Speaker 2: Reading it right here.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is near to the heartbroken, and he says
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  Speaker 1: those who are crushed in spirit. So that's you today.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to know that there's hope. That's you today.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to know that God sees you. If
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  Speaker 1: that's you today, I want you to know that God
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  Speaker 1: saves you. If you're truly sorry for your sin, or
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  Speaker 1: if you're truly seeking God's guidance through life, He's right
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  Speaker 1: there with you. And his word never returns to himself
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  Speaker 1: void like without power, where to God is full of
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  Speaker 1: power and he shows up in time of need. He
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  Speaker 1: shows up in the time of need, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: So as a Christian, mental health is a thing as well.
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  Speaker 1: I know that the Scripture says that we have the
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  Speaker 1: mind of Christ and we are partakers of His divine
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  Speaker 1: nature through Christ his son.
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  Speaker 2: Have that, and I'm not going to put a butt
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  Speaker 2: after that. We have that.
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  Speaker 1: And on top of that, He wants us to be
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  Speaker 1: sober minded. So as a Christian, mental health refers to
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  Speaker 1: the inclusion of God in us working things out well,
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  Speaker 1: my function properly. When you have peace, I believe you
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  Speaker 1: have healthy emotional health. When you have love and grace
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  Speaker 1: and forgiveness from God, I believe that helps your emotional health.
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  Speaker 2: God wants this whole.
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  Speaker 1: So when we look at it through a Christian worldview,
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  Speaker 1: we look at emotional health and mental health as a
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  Speaker 1: way to live, not as an option. Right, And I
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  Speaker 1: know a lot of things. Somebody was saying that they're
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  Speaker 1: going through a thousand things and then running through their
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  Speaker 1: mind right now, like it was a post that I
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  Speaker 1: read or somebody that I know that I follow. They
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  Speaker 1: were saying, there's a thousand things going down in their
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  Speaker 1: mind right now. And when that happens, You're not gonna
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  Speaker 1: be able to sleep. Sometimes it happens to me. I'm
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  Speaker 1: thinking and thinking, trying to figure things out, like I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to do this, I'm going to do that, thousands
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  Speaker 1: of voices and my mindset starts racing and I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: to sleep, but my mind never shuts off.
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever been there?
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  Speaker 1: That's unhealthy, that's not a good place to be, And
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  Speaker 1: I admit that sometimes I'm there, But I have to
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  Speaker 1: remind myself that God is close when I'm distracted. God
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  Speaker 1: is close when I'm heartbroken. God is close when I'm stressed.
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  Speaker 1: God is close when I lose the loved one, and
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  Speaker 1: he's close to you as well. Bro the wine God
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  Speaker 1: blessed God, blessed Brother Sam and everyone someone that's tuned in.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for the blessing. My friend. I'm a broke,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Bro for coming through. So listen.
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  Speaker 1: Emotional health, take care of it to biblical principles and
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  Speaker 1: our faith in God. Let me give you an example.
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  Speaker 1: You may be facing anxiety or depression.
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  Speaker 2: Thout God. Anxiety and depression could rule over you. You
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  Speaker 2: won't be able to rest, you won't be able to sleep,
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  Speaker 2: you feel like like you can't breathe, but it's time
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  Speaker 2: to breathe again because God wants us to breathe. Elohean
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  Speaker 2: brother of God, wants you to breathe again. He wants
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  Speaker 2: to renew and restore you. He wants to redeem you.
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  Speaker 2: Romans twelve two says, be transformed by the renewing of your.
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  Speaker 1: Mind and highlight. There is the role of mental emotional
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  Speaker 1: renewal in your spiritual life and in my spiritual life
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  Speaker 1: as well. God is mindful of our mindset right burnout,
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  Speaker 1: especially among people who are ministry. And you hear this sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: and I always wondered, how is that possible that a
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  Speaker 1: minister of God could be burned out emotional health. It
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  Speaker 1: could be something that's pressing so hard on the ministry,
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  Speaker 1: or on the minister or the leader, or the pastor,
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  Speaker 1: or the preacher or the evangelist or the apostle or
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  Speaker 1: the prophet right or the teacher, whatever office God puts
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  Speaker 1: you in, wherever He has you ministering at, it could
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  Speaker 1: be overwhelming sometimes, but that overwhelmed is an indicator that
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  Speaker 1: you're not walking in peace. Like my spiritual dad Ralph
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  Speaker 1: Richard says, relax, just relax and man, God got us.
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  Speaker 1: We are in the right place, the right hands, at
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  Speaker 1: the right time.
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  Speaker 2: We need to relax, take.
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  Speaker 1: The burdens off of us, because God says in his
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  Speaker 1: word that we need to cast our burdens unto him,
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  Speaker 1: take all our burdens and put it at the feet
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Why. Because He cares for us, cares for us.
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  Speaker 1: He wants us to live in a free way, not
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  Speaker 1: in a way that we have to that we think
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  Speaker 1: that we have to span the whole world and save
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  Speaker 1: the whole world and do everything on our own. We're
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  Speaker 1: never alone in Christ. We have everything. Trauma and grief
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  Speaker 1: right now and grieving the loss of my brother in law,
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  Speaker 1: and I see trauma in my family and other people's family,
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  Speaker 1: my friends, and those things are real.
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  Speaker 2: Right. I don't have liberty to say say so. God
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  Speaker 2: just reminded me just let it go. But I know.
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  Speaker 1: People that have for many years been caring for a
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  Speaker 1: loved one, right, maybe because they're sick, maybe because they
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  Speaker 1: have mental disabilities, maybe they have special needs. And when
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  Speaker 1: that person that they've been helping, hopefully with the help
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  Speaker 1: of God in their lives as well, goes on to
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  Speaker 1: be with the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Right, I think there's trauma there. Something that they were used.
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  Speaker 1: To doing and being a part of is no longer there,
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  Speaker 1: the persons no longer there. It could cause trauma and
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  Speaker 1: grief in a way that if we're not careful, and
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  Speaker 1: if you're not careful, if that's you. Without Christ, it
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  Speaker 1: could be a hard path, It could be a hard time,
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  Speaker 1: it could be a hard space to be in. But
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  Speaker 1: with Christ, He'll give you the peace. I know he
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  Speaker 1: gives me peace.
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  Speaker 2: What about you?
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  Speaker 1: The peace that this world does not understand. They'd be like,
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  Speaker 1: how is this guy? Or how is that girl? Or
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  Speaker 1: how's that man? Or how's that woman? How they keep
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  Speaker 1: on keeping on? How are they doing this? Why they're
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  Speaker 1: still praising their God? When x y Z happened in
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  Speaker 1: their family and x y Z is happening to their
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  Speaker 1: health or x y Z just happened to their car
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  Speaker 1: or whatever. Why are they still in peace? And why
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  Speaker 1: are they still praising and why are they still hopeful?
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  Speaker 1: The world doesn't understand the peace that God gives a
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  Speaker 1: son or a daughter God, they don't understand the Bible
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  Speaker 1: says that Jesus will give us the peace, not the
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  Speaker 1: way the world offers peace, but the peace of God,
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  Speaker 1: you have to have an understanding of that guilt and
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  Speaker 1: shame from past sin or life events.
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  Speaker 2: I was preaching too long ago.
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  Speaker 1: I had a five minute segment on Good Friday this
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  Speaker 1: past Good Friday, and God brought me to this place
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  Speaker 1: that people were walking in with guilt and shame, and
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  Speaker 1: it just hit me like I felt it.
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  Speaker 2: I felt the people's guilt and shame.
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  Speaker 1: For that moment, I had to contain myself with everything
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  Speaker 1: I had because right then and there when I said it,
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  Speaker 1: I felt the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Saying, they're here, and I know they're here, And I want.
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  Speaker 1: To minister to those who are going through guilt and
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  Speaker 1: shame from past sin or life events, because past sins
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  Speaker 1: that could make your.
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  Speaker 2: Emotional health get out of line really quickly.
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  Speaker 1: If you continue to focus on what you did in
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  Speaker 1: the past, and then on top of that, people and
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  Speaker 1: the devil are reminding you of your past, your emotional
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  Speaker 1: health is being attacked. You have to have the mind
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  Speaker 1: to understand that the past is the past, and God
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  Speaker 1: himself never reminds us of our past sin. He just
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  Speaker 1: tells us that we have a bright future and if
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  Speaker 1: we are sinning right now, he asses us to get
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  Speaker 1: up He asks of you and me to get up,
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  Speaker 1: not to start all over again, but to start fresh
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  Speaker 1: from where we are when we got up from whatever
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  Speaker 1: sin we might be struggling with. Since the joys good morning,
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  Speaker 1: God bless you, and she sends blessing also to the
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  Speaker 1: group in Jesus name.
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  Speaker 2: Amen for those who are listening or blessed by the
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  Speaker 2: sister Joyce, thank you so much for coming to the
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  Speaker 2: morning Devo.
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  Speaker 1: My sister and my friend Spiritual Truos for mental health.
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  Speaker 1: This is how we deal as with Christians, as we
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  Speaker 1: are Christians. This is how we deal with emotional battles,
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  Speaker 1: mental battles.
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  Speaker 2: Right, we pray, We pray.
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  Speaker 1: I know it sounds old school, but listen, it works.
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  Speaker 1: Prayer is powerful even when you ask for prayer.
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  Speaker 2: That's a powerful thing that you're asking a brother or sister.
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  Speaker 1: Or a community of Christ for prayer. Get ready, because
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  Speaker 1: the Bible is plain. The Bible says the prayers are
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  Speaker 1: the righteous of much, and we are righteous. We are
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  Speaker 1: made right, and we are right standing with God the
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  Speaker 1: Father through Christ the Son. So when we pray, we
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  Speaker 1: are being heard by the Son, and the Son is
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  Speaker 1: Father and the Son are one, and Holy Spirit is
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  Speaker 1: even when we don't know what to prayer. Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: is helping us pray because Holy Spirit is God as well.
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  Speaker 1: Prayer and meditation on God's Word. Getting into the Word
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  Speaker 1: you already know. I always promote that get into the
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  Speaker 1: Word for yourself. See what the Word of God has
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  Speaker 1: for your life, individually, corporately in your family, for your friends.
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  Speaker 1: See what the Word of God is speaking. Because the
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  Speaker 1: Word of God is alive.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a book that we pick up that just
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  Speaker 2: stays like just words. Know those words never lose power.
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  Speaker 1: The words that are in the Bible through the Bible
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  Speaker 1: doesn't just contain the Word of God. The Bible is
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  Speaker 1: the Word to God, his blueprint to life, how he
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  Speaker 1: wants us to live in the abundance that He promised.
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  Speaker 1: It's all in the scriptures, fellowship and community. This helps
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  Speaker 1: your emotional health as well. You need to be surrounded
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  Speaker 1: by positive people if you're struggling with your mental health,
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  Speaker 1: if you're struggling emotionally, I really suggest you don't surround
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  Speaker 1: yourself with people that are going through those type of
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  Speaker 1: things as well. At least don't surround yourself with those
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  Speaker 1: people because negativity breeds negativity. So when you have people
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  Speaker 1: who are are fire for God or positive who have
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  Speaker 1: a good mindset and seeking God's help and guidance. I
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  Speaker 1: suggest you surround yourself with those type of people during
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  Speaker 1: the time of need. And of course we have rest boundaries.
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  Speaker 1: It's okay to say no. You can't be saying yes
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  Speaker 1: to every single thing that people asks of you or
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  Speaker 1: acts of me.
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  Speaker 2: I had to learn that the hard way. Years and
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  Speaker 2: years and years.
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  Speaker 1: I could not say no to anything that had to
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  Speaker 1: do with ministry, and that was causing a little sense
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  Speaker 1: of burnout. I believe God gave me and spared me
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  Speaker 1: from burnout, and he gave me the zeal to get
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  Speaker 1: what was asked of me done. Then I started realizing
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  Speaker 1: zeal is great, but wisdom is better. It's okay to
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  Speaker 1: say no because you can't do everything and I can't
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  Speaker 1: do everything, but together we could get a.
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  Speaker 2: Lot more done.
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  Speaker 1: And if somebody else can be referred other than me
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  Speaker 1: or other than you, aim and praise God. That means
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  Speaker 1: our community of faith, our family of God is growing,
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  Speaker 1: like our circle is growing, and we could rely on
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  Speaker 1: other people to do what God has asked us to
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  Speaker 1: do together, so that'll avoid mental health issues that will
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  Speaker 1: avoid help you avoid emotional health issues. Could God? God
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  Speaker 1: wants us whole. He wants us to help other people.
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  Speaker 2: Come up.
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  Speaker 1: He wants us to encourage other people, inspire other people,
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  Speaker 1: inspire ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: And we have the right tools to do it.
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  Speaker 1: We have the Word of God, we have the Community
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  Speaker 1: of God, the Body of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: We worship and we show gratitude as well. We are
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  Speaker 2: so thankful.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so thankful for what God has done in my life,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm thankful for.
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  Speaker 2: What He's doing in your life too.
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  Speaker 1: So many Christian communities, a lot of them, they feel
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  Speaker 1: like mental health is something that you know should not
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  Speaker 1: be or you're filled with the demon when you're going
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  Speaker 1: through some mental health issues, and that's not always the case.
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  Speaker 1: First Community in six nineteen and twenty read It for
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  Speaker 1: Yourself is an awareness that seeking help is not a
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  Speaker 1: sign of weakness. It's not a sign of weak faith,
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  Speaker 1: but an act of wisdom and stewardship of one's body
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  Speaker 1: and mind. This an amount of time. I hope you
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  Speaker 1: got what I'm saying. Amen, and man, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: have a great day. My day is full today glory
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  Speaker 1: to God, doing things productive and trying to contain and
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  Speaker 1: maintain my wholeness.
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  Speaker 2: Through Christ. Our mental and emotional health is intact.
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  Speaker 1: So God bless you all, God keep you all, and
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  Speaker 1: remember always that God is good.
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  Speaker 2: Peace,