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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, we're the Bible Guys, and if you're just

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<v Speaker 1>thirty first, because behind the scenes we're taking a hiatus

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<v Speaker 2>thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>some of our greatest hits.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in

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<v Speaker 1>practical ways. Hey, everybody, Happy Friday, the day after Thanksgiving? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody is looking forward to leftovers, turkey sandwiches, Yes, and

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<v Speaker 1>heating up everything.

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<v Speaker 2>And big screen TV's Big Screen TV sales.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh black Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what you met spending money like crazy?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, people do that, they do.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever done, although although it's not what it

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<v Speaker 2>you used to be. No, right, back in the old days,

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<v Speaker 2>we should tell all the young whippers that people used

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the stores. That's right, and we would

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<v Speaker 2>we would camp out on the sidewalks like four in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>No, not we day Yeah yeah, oh you never did.

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<v Speaker 4>No, oh, we used to do it. No fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fun, but like Bonnie and I miss it. We

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<v Speaker 2>used to it was so much fun. Oh yeah yeah, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>plot your your spending because we would get most of

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<v Speaker 2>our Christmas shopping done on Black Friday back then.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I would.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I did Black Friday one time just to

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<v Speaker 1>experience it, and I was like, I could do without this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, wow.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I saved it was it was a TV actually, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think I saved something like sixty five dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh well, then you didn't do it right, Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was.

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<v Speaker 3>It was not a big TV.

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<v Speaker 1>But I actually thought to myself, I would pay sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five dollars not to do that again.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, it was that bad.

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<v Speaker 3>I just didn't like it. I just didn't like it.

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<v Speaker 4>We liked it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, so but not anymore now you just sit

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<v Speaker 2>on your all stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>Haven't it is? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Way, today we're going to do a segment what.

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<v Speaker 2>This is great? What made Chris happy this week?

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<v Speaker 3>Happy this week?

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<v Speaker 4>I know?

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<v Speaker 2>So we we're forsaking everybody's favorite segment, What made Chris

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<v Speaker 2>mad this week? Yeah, instance, it's Thanksgiving. We thought we'd

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<v Speaker 2>give you one week, yes, one week this year to

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<v Speaker 2>be happy. Yes, one week, just just just this one day.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you muster it in your heart to find something

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<v Speaker 2>to be happy and thankful for?

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<v Speaker 4>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Thanksgiving weekend?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Jeff, I thought about this because I looked at

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<v Speaker 1>it mere moments before we started recording. Yes, and I

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<v Speaker 1>realized that I had to come up with something that

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<v Speaker 1>may be happy this week.

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<v Speaker 4>Realized he had to come up with something.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, I got to think of something that made

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<v Speaker 2>me happy. It's so foreign to your to you every

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<v Speaker 2>day living.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, wait a minute, that is not true.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to I had to think of something quick.

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<v Speaker 2>I am often happy. Okay, you have been happy in

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<v Speaker 2>the past, but at point there have been happy moments.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, there have been. So here's what made me.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what stood out in my mind is, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>what may be happy this week is the Lions victory

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<v Speaker 1>on Thanksgiving Day, how they destroyed the Bears.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, right, that's that's impressive. Yes, considering they haven't played yet.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a prediction. Yeah, that's a prediction. You're predicting, So

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<v Speaker 2>listen you realize how clever this is.

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<v Speaker 1>So clever we are recording a week before Thanksgiving, that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet what I'm doing is I'm celebrating that when

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<v Speaker 1>this airs, by the way, that the Lions have won

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<v Speaker 1>with confidence, Jeff, that we won, like.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember that we destroyed those stinking Bears.

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<v Speaker 1>You remember the hang on the two interceptions that our

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<v Speaker 1>defense had that was incredible, really one of them by

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<v Speaker 1>number zero?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow?

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<v Speaker 3>Really right? Yeah? The safety whatever is yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, wow that guy? And then you also remember that

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<v Speaker 1>forty six yard run by Gibbs.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, hey, hey, just somebody buy a watery day.

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<v Speaker 3>Play the number.

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<v Speaker 2>So the game, but just for those you're listening, the

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<v Speaker 2>game has not played yet. Yes for us, you're listening

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<v Speaker 2>now it did you know whether or not Chris.

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<v Speaker 3>And the score is going to be or no? It was.

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<v Speaker 2>Go he's gonna call a score too.

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<v Speaker 1>Du Bears scored ten points and the Lions scored thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh youth to go three games of fifty three.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to say I'm gonna split the difference. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to say I'm going to say forty.

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<v Speaker 3>Forty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, okay, okay, wow, all right, well, there you go,

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<v Speaker 2>two to ten, there you go.

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<v Speaker 3>So you're kind of a prophet, Yeah, I am a prophet.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah wow.

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<v Speaker 2>So do you know what the Bible says that if

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<v Speaker 2>a prophet lies, they're supposed to be put to death.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well that is not a fly in the New Testament,

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<v Speaker 3>because yeah, that's that's really bad.

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<v Speaker 2>If he prophesies false prophecies.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Well they have to claim it's from God.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not claiming this is just the top of your head.

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<v Speaker 3>This is yeah, this is me being clever. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, that means like if I were

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<v Speaker 1>to literally say this, I have a friend, a good friend.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, she's listening right now, but my good friend.

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<v Speaker 1>But but she she always would go like, if there's

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<v Speaker 1>like some magical thing that happens, to go and play

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<v Speaker 1>the lottery. Oh no, yeah, she does all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a good friend. So she's one of those people

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<v Speaker 1>who just can't, you know, get.

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<v Speaker 3>Away from that. Now. Granted not a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 3>but she's like, oh, must best be lottery.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lucky day. Yeah yeah, well Chris used up

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<v Speaker 2>all the good luck just right here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so don't don't don't use him as excuse to

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<v Speaker 2>go blow all your money.

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<v Speaker 1>That's correct, that's correct. Anyway, Hey, it's funny. I'm thankful

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<v Speaker 1>for the lions that.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope your predictions are correct. Yes, we will find out.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Jeff, to be honest with you, I'm happy thinking

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<v Speaker 3>about it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So so let me get this correct. So you're a prophet,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're prophesying these things. And secondly, yes, in a

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<v Speaker 2>segment that said, what made Chris happy this week? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you had to scramble to think of something, and you

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<v Speaker 2>thought of something that has not yet happened, and it

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<v Speaker 2>makes me happy. Nothing this week made you happy. You're

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<v Speaker 2>guessing next week made you happy.

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<v Speaker 1>How clever I am in this segment makes me okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well I'm proud of you too, Chris, job, good job.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I hope that you are correct on this prediction.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I am.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, So speaking of.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, come on, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm looking for some thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking for speaking, we're trying to think of a terrible

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have one here. Speaking of winning scores, winning scores, Solomon.

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<v Speaker 3>Is about to give us the formula on how to

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<v Speaker 3>win on life.

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<v Speaker 4>I was thinking about dishonest measurements. But there's that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh come on, yeah, keep it posuad, keep it positive.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay. I don't know, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I already did it.

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<v Speaker 4>You already found it. You already found it.

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<v Speaker 1>No, thank you, it's it, Okay. I came up with

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<v Speaker 1>the winning scores.

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<v Speaker 4>Winning scores.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to be We're continuing with Proverbs and

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<v Speaker 2>just downloading more wisdom for a little while. And Proverbs

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<v Speaker 2>chapter eleven, verse one says the Lord detests the use

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<v Speaker 2>of dishonest scales, but he delights and accurate weights. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I've heard that verse before. Yeah, like yesterday. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Honesty

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<v Speaker 2>guides good people. Dishonesty destroys treacherous people. Riches won't help

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<v Speaker 2>on the day of judgment, but right living can save

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<v Speaker 2>you from death. The godly are directed by honesty. The

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<v Speaker 2>wicked fall beneath their load of sin. The godliness of

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<v Speaker 2>good people rescues them. The ambition of treacherous people traps them.

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<v Speaker 2>When the wicked die, their hopes die with them, for

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<v Speaker 2>they rely on their own feeble strength. The godly are

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<v Speaker 2>rescued from trouble, and it falls in the wicked instead.

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<v Speaker 2>With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>will rescue the righteous. The whole city celebrates when the

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<v Speaker 2>godly succeed, they shout for joy when the wicked die.

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<v Speaker 2>Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper,

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<v Speaker 2>but the talk of the wicked tears it apart. It

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<v Speaker 2>is foolish to belittle one's neighbor. A sensible person keeps quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are

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<v Speaker 2>trustworthy can keep a confidence. Without wise leadership, a nation fails.

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<v Speaker 2>There is safety in having many advisers. There's danger in

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<v Speaker 2>putting up security for a stranger's debt. It's safer not

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<v Speaker 2>to guarantee another person's debt. A gracious woman gains respect,

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<v Speaker 2>but ruthless men gain only wealth. Your kindness will reward you,

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<v Speaker 2>but your cruelty will destroy you. Evil people get rich

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<v Speaker 2>for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last.

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<v Speaker 2>Godly people find life, evil people find death. The Lord

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<v Speaker 2>detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those

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<v Speaker 2>with integrity. Evil people will surely be punished, but the

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<v Speaker 2>children of the godly will go free. A beautiful woman

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<v Speaker 2>who lacks discretion is like a gold ring and a

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<v Speaker 2>pig snout.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>Away with words.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, the god that can look forward to a reward,

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<v Speaker 2>while the wicked can expect only judgment. Give freely, become

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<v Speaker 2>more wealthy, be stingy, lose everything. The prosperous or the

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<v Speaker 2>generous will prosper. Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

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<v Speaker 2>People curse those who hoard their grain, but they bless

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<v Speaker 2>the one who who sells in time of need. If

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<v Speaker 2>you search for good, you'll find favor. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>search for evil, it will find you. Trust in your

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<v Speaker 2>money and down you go. But the God they flourish

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<v Speaker 2>like leaves in spring. Those who bring trouble on their

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<v Speaker 2>families inherit the wind. The fool will be a servant

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<v Speaker 2>to the wise. The seeds of good deeds become a

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<v Speaker 2>tree of life. A wise person wins friends. If the

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<v Speaker 2>wicked sinners? Well, there you go.

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<v Speaker 3>A beautiful woman who.

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<v Speaker 3>Gold ring and a pig's snout, And what a vision.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he's talking about how, first of all, pigs are

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<v Speaker 1>were an unclean animal. That's correct to those who are Jewish,

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<v Speaker 2>Ye, what in modern times we say, it's like putting

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<v Speaker 2>lipstick on a pig, right, right, same same idea. It's

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<v Speaker 1>Know, an unclean animal in the mud having a gold

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<v Speaker 1>With extremes there, right, A beautiful woman who lacks discretion,

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<v Speaker 1>beauty is is made dirty and made unattractive by her

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<v Speaker 1>lack of discretion. Right, that's what it is, right, So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it's pretty pretty incredible. Hey, you know what, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what verse I like? Actually the one that stood

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<v Speaker 1>out to me, which one vers no tell me, Chris, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I was about to vers over twenty. The Lord detests

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<v Speaker 1>people with crooked hearts, but he delights with those with integrity. So, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I did a message one time, I think I I

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineties, and I still remember it, and those

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<v Speaker 1>on it and everything else. But anyway, it was called

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<v Speaker 1>the Rise of Personal Integrity. And the idea is that

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<v Speaker 1>when you lack something, let's just say, like you're having

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<v Speaker 1>a moment of temptation in this area, because everybody has

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<v Speaker 1>different areas that they're weak at, right, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>let's just say you lack something in this one scenario. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have integrity, integrity will rise to the surface

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<v Speaker 1>and it will fill in the gap in which you lack.

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<v Speaker 1>So I did was I did like this series in

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<v Speaker 1>he lacks instructions from parents, right, and so he lacks

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<v Speaker 1>it good advice. And so what ends up happening is

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<v Speaker 1>the Babylon. He's put into a scenario where he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>Then all of a sudden, what happens, void of instruction,

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<v Speaker 1>What happens is is I built the case that integrity

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<v Speaker 1>rose to the surface, and it came out of him, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>through the you know, through the lens of him saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I will not defile myself, right and then uh, and

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<v Speaker 1>then and then I then I built another case where

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<v Speaker 1>it says, uh, you know, uh, he doesn't have any

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<v Speaker 1>pastoral guidance from a pastor, he's gotten no spiritual advisor.

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<v Speaker 1>Then all of a sudden, because he lacks that in

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<v Speaker 1>his life, uh, you know, it's the rise of personal integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>You know when when he lacks uh uh you know, discernment,

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<v Speaker 1>do or no, no, it's it's the it's the entrapment

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<v Speaker 1>of the king. And then all of a sudden, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>his his integrity rises. Anyway, I built all these scenarios

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<v Speaker 1>where he lacks something, something's missing, and then integrity rises.

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<v Speaker 1>And and so what I did I remember this, This

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<v Speaker 1>is the illustration that sticks out in my mind so.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know what blood type you are? No, you

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<v Speaker 3>do not.

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<v Speaker 1>You really need to find this out because I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've mentioned this before.

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<v Speaker 4>But uh have like red blood?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I've seen it plenty of times.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know that in the old in the olden times,

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<v Speaker 1>they thought that blood was blue because your veins were blue,

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<v Speaker 1>and then when it hit the air it was red.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's not true.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>No, not a long but anyway, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>Mary Poppins even things that underneath your blood is blue

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<v Speaker 1>and then take fandic goes common knowledge. Anyway, The point

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<v Speaker 1>is is that I have oh positive blood. And what's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting is is, let's just say you have like a

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<v Speaker 1>you could only give it to people who are a negative.

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<v Speaker 1>But because I'm O positive and oh negative is the

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<v Speaker 1>is the best. Oh negative is universal, but positive, I

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<v Speaker 1>can give it to like four different people. And because

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<v Speaker 1>my blood contains more factors of what that person lacks.

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<v Speaker 2>And so, my, my, that's why I keep you wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right just in casese you're like a mag of

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>So so but but but so I contain more factors

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<v Speaker 1>of what people lack, right, And that's what integrity is.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the universal donor.

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<v Speaker 1>So no matter what it is that you lack in

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<v Speaker 1>lack strength, or you lack wisdom, or you lack instruction,

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<v Speaker 1>or you lack accountability.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it was accountability of friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, because because because Daniel no longer had his friend

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<v Speaker 1>Schick Meeksheck and Mendigo with the lion in chapter six, that's.

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<v Speaker 3>What it was. It was you lacked accountability. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet what happens uprises personal integrity. So all that

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<v Speaker 1>to say, that's a big long explanation to say that

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<v Speaker 1>he delights with those with integrity. Integrity is a word

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<v Speaker 1>that when you have integrity, it really is almost everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like it's you know, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Want wisdom, you want discipline, you want uh, faithfulness, you

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<v Speaker 1>want all of these things. Well, integrity is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those words. If you have integrity, it's sort of like wisdom, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the wisdom of character. Right.

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<v Speaker 4>And you need.

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<v Speaker 2>God's integrity, yes, right, you need the way that God

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<v Speaker 2>would do a thing, the right way, integrity meaning doing

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<v Speaker 2>the right thing the right way, Yeah, consistently.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got another fun story. I remember my good friend

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Driscoll. He since then passed away, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>we were racing to go to AMC to race to

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<v Speaker 1>a movie. It was both he and I were in

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<v Speaker 1>the car. We were late, and we walked over and

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<v Speaker 1>we had these little ATM things where you can just

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<v Speaker 1>go boop and you hit it, then you select the

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<v Speaker 1>movie and you do everything else. Well, back when they

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<v Speaker 1>had those kiosks when they first came out, you could

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<v Speaker 1>nobody checked you and you would get like a five

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<v Speaker 1>to the chios I said, you can hit that student discount.

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<v Speaker 3>We both laughed, but I wasn't really serious, but we

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<v Speaker 1>He went to one ATM and I did the other one,

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<v Speaker 1>and we both hit boop, and then we said movie

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<v Speaker 1>time boop. Just los in the movie boop, And then

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<v Speaker 1>and I go student discount boop and I hit it

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<v Speaker 1>and he looks at me and goes, integrity boop a

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing, and I go Pastor Chris, Pastor Chris, and

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<v Speaker 1>I go and I go cancel boop, you know, card

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<v Speaker 1>boom boe time boop. And I'm like, I'm like, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like Slythering in the humiliation because I'm joking crooked

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<v Speaker 1>hearts right, I'm joking, like thinking it's so funny, like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I get a discount and he's like integrity and he

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<v Speaker 1>shouts it out, and I'm like, I cannot have good

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<v Speaker 1>for him?

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<v Speaker 3>What dude.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's literally twenty eight years later and I still

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<v Speaker 2>Good for him, you know, the one that jumps off

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<v Speaker 2>for me. And I may have told this story. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if I've told this story on on the

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<v Speaker 4>But I grew up.

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<v Speaker 2>weird for me. How often circumstances in my life come

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<v Speaker 2>up and there's a proverb for it. Oh, sure, this

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<v Speaker 2>God's wisdom thing. So we were serving at a church

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<v Speaker 2>in Texas, and we went out. I took my family

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<v Speaker 2>out to Big Ben National Park, which is giant desert.

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<v Speaker 2>It's stunningly beautiful. I love the desert anyways. But we

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<v Speaker 2>Chizos Mountains, and then we go down in the valley

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<v Speaker 2>during the daytime do all kinds of fun things along

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<v Speaker 2>the Rio Grande River or whatever. And there's a canyon

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<v Speaker 2>called Bokias Canyon, and it's stunningly beautiful. And there's a

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<v Speaker 2>And Bokias was at that time kind of isolated. There

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<v Speaker 2>weren't any good roads that came in and out on

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<v Speaker 2>the Mexican side, so the citizens of Bokias would come

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<v Speaker 2>across the river. This is back in old days, before

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<v Speaker 2>nine to eleven, before all those things. They come across

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<v Speaker 2>the river, go down the road and then cut back

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<v Speaker 2>into Mexico in Santa Elena that village and then be

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<v Speaker 2>able to go do their business. So because of that,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a kind of the National Park rangers would

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<v Speaker 2>So I actually had a couple of park rangers, go,

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<v Speaker 2>have you guys gone across Bokis? He said, there's a

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<v Speaker 4>To the river.

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<v Speaker 2>Pay like a dollar per person. They'll row you across

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<v Speaker 2>the river. And then there's a guy Pedro. He has

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<v Speaker 2>And he has some donkeys. You can ride the donkeys

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<v Speaker 2>into the village. And then there's an amazing restaurant sells

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<v Speaker 2>these incredible tacos and burritos. Sitting on a hill. You

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<v Speaker 3>I want to go there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was magnificent. The music's playing, the guys are playing guitars.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you, sombreros the whole nine yards. It was

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<v Speaker 2>Well, my boys were like three and four, and they

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<v Speaker 2>So finally I said, listen, if you square water is life.

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<v Speaker 2>of trouble physically, and so you're going to be in

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<v Speaker 2>trouble if.

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<v Speaker 4>You waste any more water. You understand, Okay, yes, sir,

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<v Speaker 4>you're right. So we go in.

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<v Speaker 2>We have our tacos, we buy some little trinkets in town.

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<v Speaker 2>We come back and they row us across the river

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<v Speaker 2>and we're getting ready to hike into this valley and

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<v Speaker 2>this Mexican man steps out of the bush with a

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<v Speaker 2>like a soup can and he asks for agua, and

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan pulls this He was like four. He pulls his

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<v Speaker 2>can back and he goes, no, we don't waste water,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, no, come here, and I filled his

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<v Speaker 2>thing with water. He thanked me. We go on in

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<v Speaker 2>this hike. Well, I only had like twenty four ounces

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<v Speaker 2>of water off for each of us, and our water's

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<v Speaker 2>mostly gone. We hike in to this canyon and I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't realize it's substantially hotter in the canyon than it

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<v Speaker 2>is outside. We get to the end of our hike

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<v Speaker 2>and there's nothing there. You're just trying to walk back out.

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<v Speaker 2>We're two three miles into the canyon and we're out

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<v Speaker 2>of water. And I looked at my wife and my sons.

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<v Speaker 2>Their faces were red. They were You ever see somebody wilting,

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<v Speaker 2>You think, yeah, they're in trouble. And I realized they

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<v Speaker 2>were in a lot of trouble. We'd only pass one

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<v Speaker 2>tree in the canyon. So I get them back into

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<v Speaker 2>that shade, and then I said, I'll walk out. We

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<v Speaker 2>had some jugs of water in our car, so I

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<v Speaker 2>walk out. It was a couple more miles and I

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<v Speaker 2>come around the corner and these big, tall blond men

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<v Speaker 2>and this tall blonde woman come on the corner. And

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<v Speaker 2>this guy has an igloo cooler, one of those big

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<v Speaker 2>orange and yellow coolers on his shoulder with five gallons

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<v Speaker 2>of ice water. I can hear the icewater clank like

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<v Speaker 2>he's three miles in and he's carried, you know, five

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<v Speaker 2>gallons is forty pounds of ice water on his shoulder.

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<v Speaker 4>And they're just.

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<v Speaker 2>Walking along like nothing. And they see me. I look

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm all ready to die. They come running back

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<v Speaker 2>with their water to my kids. They soak us, They

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<v Speaker 2>fill our water bottles with ice water. They soak their hats,

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<v Speaker 2>They give them bandanas to put around their necks, and

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<v Speaker 2>they refresh them. And one who carries forty pounds of water,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, eight gallons of ice water into this place.

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<v Speaker 1>Well maybe that was their mission for the day. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's let's go carry some ice water into the canyon.

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<v Speaker 4>Find some dummies. Yeah, y dummies.

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<v Speaker 2>They were like angels. Right, So we're walking out of

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<v Speaker 2>the thing. Well, when I had given the water to

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<v Speaker 2>that Mexican man, Jonathan said, Daddy, why'd you waste that water?

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, well, Jonathan, the Bible says, if we

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<v Speaker 2>refresh people, God will refresh us, so you never have

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<v Speaker 2>to worry about being generous to other people.

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<v Speaker 4>God will take care of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, then we get in trouble in this canyon just

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<v Speaker 2>an hour later, two hours later, and we I thought

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<v Speaker 2>my family was going to die. I thought I've crossed

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<v Speaker 2>the line. Honestly, it's one of the it's the only

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<v Speaker 2>time in my life that I felt like I killed

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<v Speaker 2>my family. And so I'm barely making it out. And

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<v Speaker 2>God has these people, angelic beings in my mind carrying

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<v Speaker 2>this ice water, and they totally refresh. So my son's

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<v Speaker 2>four years old. We get to the car and Jonathan goes, huh, Daddy,

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<v Speaker 2>God did refresh this, didn't He got in the car

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<v Speaker 2>and I remember thinking, oh my gosh, because I hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>put the two and two together. So I just quoted

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<v Speaker 2>this verse because I'm a Christian dad that quotes Bible

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<v Speaker 2>verses to his kids. But my son, at four years old,

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<v Speaker 2>picked up. God took care of us in that moment, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and he gave us water. So I don't believe these

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<v Speaker 2>verses are only figurative. I believe them to be literal. Yes, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And you can't outgive God. So he says, the generous

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<v Speaker 2>will prosper, and those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

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<v Speaker 2>The verse before, give freely and become more wealthy, be stingy,

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<v Speaker 2>and lose everything that doesn't make sense the way that

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<v Speaker 2>we know the world works. All I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>is the older I get. When I've been reading these

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<v Speaker 2>verses since I was eight years old, they didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>sense to me. How do you give freely and get

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<v Speaker 2>more wealthy? And all I can say now at fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three is it's absolutely true, absolutely true, and then he says,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you you refresh others, and you'll be refreshed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's absolutely true. These aren't just nice ideas and cute concepts.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe these things to be absolutely true.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah yeah, yeah, well.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, giving freely it's it's uh, it's I think

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<v Speaker 1>I you know, this will air a week from now,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're wrapping up a series that's talking about generosity

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<v Speaker 1>and uh. And and one of the statements that I

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<v Speaker 1>made last week, which would have been two weeks ago now,

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<v Speaker 1>was that we are designed to give our lives away. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So God, so God, you know, he actually made us

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<v Speaker 1>that way. Relationally, financially, we're supposed to give. And so

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<v Speaker 1>so I built the case and said that that if

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<v Speaker 1>you live your life for yourself and you're the main,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, priority, and you look out for yourself more

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<v Speaker 1>than others.

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<v Speaker 3>And you die, it is a wasted life.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, right, because in every single way, relationally, financially, and

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<v Speaker 1>everything else, we are just designed to give our lives away.

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<v Speaker 1>And only when we do that we actually discover life.

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<v Speaker 1>We discover life. And that's a financial principle, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>also a relational principle.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, So it's awesome. And I think the principle is

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<v Speaker 2>God is a generous god, and you can't outgive God.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>So when he sees you acting like him, you choosing

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<v Speaker 2>to be generous, God goes, oh, I'm gonna be generous

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<v Speaker 2>to that one. Because God's looking for conduits to pour

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<v Speaker 2>his blessing into the world around us. And when we

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<v Speaker 2>hang on and that can't flow through us, but when

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<v Speaker 2>we let go, it flows through us. We'll always have

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<v Speaker 2>enough even while we're supplying and providing for others. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's awesome, incredible, awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, hey, that is our time, and so thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>being here this week with us, and hopefully we'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you on Monday on the Baba Gosh