Ann Voskamp - Grief And Gratitude

January 21, 2025 | 27:29

The author of “Gifts And Gratitude” explains how our pain can coexist with thankfulness for God’s goodness despite the trials we face.

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Life Today with James Robison | Ann Voskamp - Grief And Gratitude | January 21, 2025
  • Coming up, after losing her sister at an early age,
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  • And recently losing her father,
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  • Ann voskamp clung to jesus
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  • By adding up her gifts and gratitudes.
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  • >> and to say, do i really believe that god is good now in this --
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  • It is like lightning has struck your family twice
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  • In such a traumatic way.
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  • But realizing that grief actually is a fuel
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  • For so much gratitude.
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  • Grief is a sign that you're missing someone that you lost.
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  • Randy: welcome to life today !
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  • Randy: welcome to life today ! i'm randy robison.
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  • Randy: welcome to life today ! i'm randy robison. tammy is with me.
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  • I'm randy robison. tammy is with me. we're excited because
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  • Tammy is with me. we're excited because ann voskamp is back with us.
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  • We're excited because ann voskamp is back with us. we're talking a little bit
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  • About her new journal.
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  • About her new journal. it is called
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  • About her new journal. it is called gifts and gratitudes .
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  • It is called gifts and gratitudes . it is based on her year
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  • Gifts and gratitudes . it is based on her year of one thousand gifts , which
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  • It is based on her year of one thousand gifts , which i know so many of you love.
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  • Of one thousand gifts , which i know so many of you love. so you're going to want
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  • I know so many of you love. so you're going to want to pick up this.
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  • So you're going to want to pick up this. but i'm thrilled
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  • To pick up this. but i'm thrilled to have ann back.
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  • But i'm thrilled to have ann back. she is so much fun to talk to.
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  • To have ann back. she is so much fun to talk to. tammy: i love her
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  • She is so much fun to talk to. tammy: i love her and i've gotten to do
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  • Tammy: i love her and i've gotten to do one women's event,
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  • And i've gotten to do one women's event, which i can't believe
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  • One women's event, which i can't believe it's only been one.
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  • Which i can't believe it's only been one. but i just fell crazy,
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  • It's only been one. but i just fell crazy, crazy for you;
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  • But i just fell crazy, crazy for you; for the way
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  • Crazy for you; for the way that you teach the word,
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  • For the way that you teach the word, for your love for jesus.
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  • That you teach the word, for your love for jesus. it was infectious.
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  • For your love for jesus. it was infectious. so, i'm going to start
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  • It was infectious. so, i'm going to start up at the top for those
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  • So, i'm going to start up at the top for those who might not know you
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  • Up at the top for those who might not know you like i know you.
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  • Who might not know you like i know you. can you paint a canvas for us
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  • Like i know you. can you paint a canvas for us of all the different
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  • Can you paint a canvas for us of all the different life-altering events
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  • Of all the different life-altering events that have shaped you
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  • Life-altering events that have shaped you and made you
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  • That have shaped you and made you who you are today?
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  • You feel like
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  • You feel like a long-lost soul sister to me
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  • A long-lost soul sister to me from the moment,
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  • From the moment, i mean we just really
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  • I mean we just really deeply connected.
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  • Deeply connected. maybe when you've gone
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  • You connect with people
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  • You connect with people who have gone through
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  • You connect with people who have gone through their valleys of suffering.
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  • Who have gone through their valleys of suffering. for me, as i opened up
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  • Their valleys of suffering. for me, as i opened up one thousand gifts ,
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  • For me, as i opened up one thousand gifts , my first memory is
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  • One thousand gifts , my first memory is i was four years old
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  • My first memory is i was four years old standing at the kitchen sink
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  • I was four years old standing at the kitchen sink on a chair washing dishes
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  • Standing at the kitchen sink on a chair washing dishes beside my mama.
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  • On a chair washing dishes beside my mama. out our kitchen window,
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  • Beside my mama. out our kitchen window, in a farmyard, a service truck
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  • Out our kitchen window, in a farmyard, a service truck came into the yard,
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  • In a farmyard, a service truck came into the yard, and didn't see
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  • Came into the yard, and didn't see my 18-month-old baby sister
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  • And didn't see my 18-month-old baby sister toddling after a stray cat.
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  • My 18-month-old baby sister toddling after a stray cat. amy was struck and killed
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  • Toddling after a stray cat. amy was struck and killed in front of mama and i.
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  • Amy was struck and killed in front of mama and i. when you're four years old
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  • In front of mama and i. when you're four years old and you see something
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  • When you're four years old and you see something so horrific,
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  • And you see something so horrific, it is deeply formational.
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  • So horrific, it is deeply formational. so by the time i was seven,
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  • It is deeply formational. so by the time i was seven, i was diagnosed with ulcers.
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  • So by the time i was seven, i was diagnosed with ulcers. and by the time
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  • I was diagnosed with ulcers. and by the time i was in my teens,
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  • And by the time i was in my teens, i was cutting
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  • I was in my teens, i was cutting trying to release the pain.
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  • I was cutting trying to release the pain. by the time
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  • Trying to release the pain. by the time i was in university,
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  • By the time i was in university, i was diagnosed
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  • I was in university, i was diagnosed with agoraphobia
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  • I was diagnosed with agoraphobia and full-blown panic attacks.
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  • With agoraphobia and full-blown panic attacks. so, fear had formed me
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  • And full-blown panic attacks. so, fear had formed me in so many ways.
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  • So, fear had formed me in so many ways. and then i --
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  • In so many ways. and then i -- i was saved as a teen
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  • And then i -- i was saved as a teen but sometimes you understand
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  • I was saved as a teen but sometimes you understand the love of god
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  • But sometimes you understand the love of god only at a cerebral level,
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  • The love of god only at a cerebral level, and it hasn't migrated down
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  • Only at a cerebral level, and it hasn't migrated down into the marrow of your bones
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  • And it hasn't migrated down into the marrow of your bones so that you trust him;
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  • Into the marrow of your bones so that you trust him; that he is a god of love
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  • So that you trust him; that he is a god of love and he is for you
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  • That he is a god of love and he is for you and he is good
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  • And he is for you and he is good and he is holding you.
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  • And he is good and he is holding you. and then someone dared me
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  • And he is holding you. and then someone dared me to pick up a pen.
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  • And then someone dared me to pick up a pen. she actually told me
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  • To pick up a pen. she actually told me to write down 100 things
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  • She actually told me to write down 100 things i loved.
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  • To write down 100 things i loved. i'm the kind of girl
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  • I loved. i'm the kind of girl that is going to --
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  • I'm the kind of girl that is going to -- i just write out the things
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  • That is going to -- i just write out the things i thought i loved.
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  • What i was doing was
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  • That god loves me.
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  • That god loves me. tammy: did that happen
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  • Tammy: did that happen right away?
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  • It was in the process
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  • It was in the process of writing it down.
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  • It was in the process of writing it down. i'm like, wait a second.
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  • Of writing it down. i'm like, wait a second. i wrote down the things
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  • I'm like, wait a second. i wrote down the things i love but actually,
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  • I wrote down the things i love but actually, these are not things
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  • I love but actually, these are not things that i have conjured up
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  • These are not things that i have conjured up on my own,
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  • That i have conjured up on my own, these are gifts
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  • On my own, these are gifts that i'm actually counting.
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  • These are gifts that i'm actually counting. i'm counting all the ways
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  • That i'm actually counting. i'm counting all the ways that god loves me.
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  • I'm counting all the ways that god loves me. like scripture tells us,
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  • That god loves me. like scripture tells us, perfect love
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  • Like scripture tells us, perfect love casts out all fear.
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  • Perfect love casts out all fear. perfect love kicks fear
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  • Casts out all fear. perfect love kicks fear to the curb.
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  • Perfect love kicks fear to the curb. as i started to write down
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  • To the curb. as i started to write down the things i was grateful for,
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  • As i started to write down the things i was grateful for, counting all the ways
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  • The things i was grateful for, counting all the ways god loves me,
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  • Counting all the ways god loves me, these one thousand gifts,
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  • God loves me, these one thousand gifts, i started to see that
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  • These one thousand gifts, i started to see that i was stepping over fear
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  • I started to see that i was stepping over fear and starting to relax
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  • I was stepping over fear and starting to relax into the expansiveness
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  • And starting to relax into the expansiveness of god's love
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  • Into the expansiveness of god's love that was all around me
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  • Of god's love that was all around me everywhere.
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  • That was all around me everywhere. tammy: so you felt the shift
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  • Everywhere. tammy: so you felt the shift even as you were writing?
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  • Tammy: so you felt the shift even as you were writing? ann: not only did i feel
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  • Even as you were writing? ann: not only did i feel the shift dramatically,
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  • Ann: not only did i feel the shift dramatically, but my husband
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  • The shift dramatically, but my husband felt the shift in me.
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  • But my husband felt the shift in me. because i moved
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  • Felt the shift in me. because i moved from living very anxiously --
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  • Because i moved from living very anxiously -- actually,
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  • From living very anxiously -- actually, i moved from living --
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  • Actually, i moved from living -- agoraphobia is being afraid
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  • I moved from living -- agoraphobia is being afraid of being in public spaces
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  • Agoraphobia is being afraid of being in public spaces that you can't escape from.
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  • Of being in public spaces that you can't escape from. i really didn't leave
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  • That you can't escape from. i really didn't leave the house very much at all.
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  • I really didn't leave the house very much at all. when i started to write down
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  • The house very much at all. when i started to write down all the things,
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  • When i started to write down all the things, it was very much like what
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  • All the things, it was very much like what we see the israelites do
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  • It was very much like what we see the israelites do in the old testament
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  • We see the israelites do in the old testament when they start to remember
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  • In the old testament when they start to remember all the ways
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  • When they start to remember all the ways that god loved them
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  • All the ways that god loved them in the past,
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  • That god loved them in the past, all the ways
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  • In the past, all the ways god's been jehovah-jireh
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  • All the ways god's been jehovah-jireh and provided for them.
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  • God's been jehovah-jireh and provided for them. that actually grows
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  • And provided for them. that actually grows and builds trust in this god
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  • That actually grows and builds trust in this god who is going to give
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  • And builds trust in this god who is going to give provisions and grace
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  • Who is going to give provisions and grace and gifts in the future.
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  • Provisions and grace and gifts in the future. so i actually started
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  • And gifts in the future. so i actually started to pen down the things
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  • So i actually started to pen down the things that i was grateful for,
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  • To pen down the things that i was grateful for, was growing my trust in god.
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  • That i was grateful for, was growing my trust in god. i didn't have to be afraid.
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  • Was growing my trust in god. i didn't have to be afraid. fear is this sense that
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  • Beyond the love of god.
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  • Beyond the love of god. when you start to count
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  • When you start to count all the ways god loves you,
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  • All the ways god loves you, you realize,
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  • You realize, god's love is infinite.
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  • God's love is infinite. i may not end up
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  • I may not end up where i expected to be.
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  • The way i want it to be,
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  • The way i want it to be, but jehovah-jireh,
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  • The way i want it to be, but jehovah-jireh, his presence is going
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  • But jehovah-jireh, his presence is going to be with me regardless.
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  • His presence is going to be with me regardless. his grace is going
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  • To be with me regardless. his grace is going to carry me through.
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  • His grace is going to carry me through. i can relax into his love.
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  • To carry me through. i can relax into his love. and really, the answer
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  • I can relax into his love. and really, the answer to so much of our anxiousness
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  • And really, the answer to so much of our anxiousness is the adoration of christ.
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  • That you said you were formed
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  • That you said you were formed in fear out of the grief,
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  • In fear out of the grief, the trauma.
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  • The trauma. and yet, here you are,
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  • And yet, here you are, writing books and journals
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  • Ann: not my default, randy.
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  • Ann: not my default, randy. randy: that's my question.
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  • Ann: not my default, randy. randy: that's my question. because so many people
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  • Randy: that's my question. because so many people get stuck in that grief
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  • Because so many people get stuck in that grief and disappointment
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  • Get stuck in that grief and disappointment a lot of times.
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  • And disappointment a lot of times. they can't get
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  • A lot of times. they can't get to the gratitude.
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  • They can't get to the gratitude. they will give it lip service
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  • To the gratitude. they will give it lip service but not live there.
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  • They will give it lip service but not live there. what do you say to someone
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  • But not live there. what do you say to someone who is still
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  • What do you say to someone who is still sort of stuck in that mode?
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  • Who is still sort of stuck in that mode? ann: first of all,
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  • Sort of stuck in that mode? ann: first of all, i'm so grateful
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  • Ann: first of all, i'm so grateful that god is emanuel,
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  • I'm so grateful that god is emanuel, that god who is with us,
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  • That god is emanuel, that god who is with us, and he is el roi,
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  • That god who is with us, and he is el roi, the god who sees us.
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  • And he is el roi, the god who sees us. he gives us withness
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  • The god who sees us. he gives us withness and witness
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  • He gives us withness and witness in the midst of our grief.
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  • And witness in the midst of our grief. when we look
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  • In the midst of our grief. when we look at the book of psalms,
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  • When we look at the book of psalms, david is pouring his heart out
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  • At the book of psalms, david is pouring his heart out to the lord
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  • David is pouring his heart out to the lord and he is honest
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  • To the lord and he is honest about his lament.
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  • And he is honest about his lament. scripture doesn't go ahead
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  • About his lament. scripture doesn't go ahead and show us david
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  • Scripture doesn't go ahead and show us david kind of putting on a mask
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  • And show us david kind of putting on a mask or a smiley face.
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  • Kind of putting on a mask or a smiley face. he howls to god,
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  • Or a smiley face. he howls to god, very vulnerably.
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  • He howls to god, very vulnerably. and honestly, he was thinking,
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  • Very vulnerably. and honestly, he was thinking, oh, can you say those things
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  • And honestly, he was thinking, oh, can you say those things out loud to god?
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  • Oh, can you say those things out loud to god? so god wants us to come
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  • Out loud to god? so god wants us to come with our honest lament.
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  • So god wants us to come with our honest lament. when we are a people
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  • With our honest lament. when we are a people of gratitude,
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  • When we are a people of gratitude, it is not toxic positivity.
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  • Of gratitude, it is not toxic positivity. we come not with complaints.
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  • It is not toxic positivity. we come not with complaints. complaints are:
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  • We come not with complaints. complaints are: here, god, i'm so angry
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  • Complaints are: here, god, i'm so angry and you're not a good god,
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  • Here, god, i'm so angry and you're not a good god, and all this.
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  • And you're not a good god, and all this. lament comes and says
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  • And all this. lament comes and says i'm in grief, i'm in pain,
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  • Lament comes and says i'm in grief, i'm in pain, yet you are a good god
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  • I'm in grief, i'm in pain, yet you are a good god in spite of this.
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  • Yet you are a good god in spite of this. the valley i'm in
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  • In spite of this. the valley i'm in is the valley
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  • The valley i'm in is the valley of your cupped hands.
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  • Is the valley of your cupped hands. when we give thanks
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  • Of your cupped hands. when we give thanks we're not saying
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  • When we give thanks we're not saying everything is good
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  • We're not saying everything is good in our lives,
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  • Everything is good in our lives, we are picking up a megaphone
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  • In our lives, we are picking up a megaphone and declaring god's goodness
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  • We are picking up a megaphone and declaring god's goodness in spite of what's happening
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  • And declaring god's goodness in spite of what's happening in our lives.
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  • In spite of what's happening in our lives. it really is.
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  • In our lives. it really is. so someone in the midst
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  • It really is. so someone in the midst of grief,
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  • So someone in the midst of grief, god carries a bottle
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  • Of grief, god carries a bottle to catch every tear.
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  • God carries a bottle to catch every tear. just as we write down
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  • To catch every tear. just as we write down our gifts to god,
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  • Just as we write down our gifts to god, god also is keeping a count
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  • Our gifts to god, god also is keeping a count and record
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  • God also is keeping a count and record of all of our tears.
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  • And record of all of our tears. so, we can be honest
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  • Of all of our tears. so, we can be honest with god
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  • So, we can be honest with god with all of our laments
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  • With god with all of our laments and all of our griefs.
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  • With all of our laments and all of our griefs. and grief isn't something
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  • And all of our griefs. and grief isn't something we get through
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  • And grief isn't something we get through and then move to gratitude.
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  • We get through and then move to gratitude. we don't compartmentalize
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  • And then move to gratitude. we don't compartmentalize the two.
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  • We don't compartmentalize the two. actually,
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  • The two. actually, i have found in 2021,
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  • Actually, i have found in 2021, i lost my father
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  • I have found in 2021, i lost my father in the same farmyard,
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  • I lost my father in the same farmyard, the same way
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  • In the same farmyard, the same way my sister was killed,
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  • The same way my sister was killed, crushed, and killed
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  • My sister was killed, crushed, and killed underneath a vehicle.
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  • Crushed, and killed underneath a vehicle. and to say,
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  • Underneath a vehicle. and to say, oh, do i really believe
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  • And to say, oh, do i really believe that god is good now
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  • Oh, do i really believe that god is good now when it feels like lightning
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  • That god is good now when it feels like lightning has struck a family twice,
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  • When it feels like lightning has struck a family twice, in such a traumatic way?
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  • Has struck a family twice, in such a traumatic way? but realizing that grief
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  • In such a traumatic way? but realizing that grief actually is a fuel
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  • But realizing that grief actually is a fuel for so much gratitude.
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  • Actually is a fuel for so much gratitude. grief is a sign
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  • For so much gratitude. grief is a sign that you're missing someone
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  • Grief is a sign that you're missing someone that you love.
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  • That you're missing someone that you love. grief is a sign
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  • That you love. grief is a sign that i was so grateful
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  • Grief is a sign that i was so grateful for their presence.
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  • That i was so grateful for their presence. so, grief actually fuels
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  • For their presence. so, grief actually fuels the gratitude.
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  • So, grief actually fuels the gratitude. we're not trying
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  • The gratitude. we're not trying to push the grief away
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  • We're not trying to push the grief away but to sit with the grief
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  • To push the grief away but to sit with the grief and comfort
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  • But to sit with the grief and comfort by picking up a pen
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  • And comfort by picking up a pen and saying, i'm going
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  • By picking up a pen and saying, i'm going to sit with the grief
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  • And saying, i'm going to sit with the grief and remember all of the things
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  • To sit with the grief and remember all of the things i was grateful for
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  • And remember all of the things i was grateful for about this person
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  • So grief doesn't ask us --
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  • So grief doesn't ask us -- gratitude doesn't ask us
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  • Gratitude doesn't ask us to whitewash away the grief,
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  • To whitewash away the grief, but grief and gratitude
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  • But grief and gratitude get to sit together
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  • Get to sit together before the face of god
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  • In his presence.
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  • In his presence. randy: was this
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  • The difference between saying
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  • The difference between saying oh, everything is good,
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  • Oh, everything is good, versus, no,
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  • But god is good
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  • But god is good and his presence is there
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  • But god is good and his presence is there in the tragedy.
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  • And his presence is there in the tragedy. because that's a very
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  • In the tragedy. because that's a very significant difference.
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  • Because that's a very significant difference. ann: it is, and i think
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  • Significant difference. ann: it is, and i think when we walk alongside david
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  • Ann: it is, and i think when we walk alongside david in psalms,
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  • When we walk alongside david in psalms, and we live in the psalms.
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  • In psalms, and we live in the psalms. scriptures tell us that
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  • And we live in the psalms. scriptures tell us that sometimes we don't even know
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  • Scriptures tell us that sometimes we don't even know how to pray,
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  • Sometimes we don't even know how to pray, that our spirit just groans.
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  • How to pray, that our spirit just groans. we don't have words
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  • That our spirit just groans. we don't have words and we're howling.
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  • We don't have words and we're howling. there have been not just days,
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  • And we're howling. there have been not just days, but whole seasons
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  • There have been not just days, but whole seasons that i have felt
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  • But whole seasons that i have felt a heart howl to the lord.
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  • That i have felt a heart howl to the lord. to sit with the psalms,
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  • A heart howl to the lord. to sit with the psalms, and let those psalms
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  • To sit with the psalms, and let those psalms give you words
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  • And let those psalms give you words for your prayers
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  • Give you words for your prayers and you're pounding
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  • For your prayers and you're pounding on god's chest.
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  • And you're pounding on god's chest. you see,
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  • On god's chest. you see, david gives us words
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  • You see, david gives us words to go ahead.
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  • David gives us words to go ahead. you can be honest about
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  • To go ahead. you can be honest about how long o lord, how long?
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  • You can be honest about how long o lord, how long? have you abandoned me?
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  • How long o lord, how long? have you abandoned me? have you forsaken me?
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  • Have you abandoned me? have you forsaken me? david gives us those words
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  • Have you forsaken me? david gives us those words and yet psalm after psalm
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  • David gives us those words and yet psalm after psalm after psalm he concludes
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  • And yet psalm after psalm after psalm he concludes that the steadfast love
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  • After psalm he concludes that the steadfast love of the lord
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  • That the steadfast love of the lord endures forever.
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  • Of the lord endures forever. and he comes back
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  • Endures forever. and he comes back to the position of
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  • And he comes back to the position of i can give thanks to the lord.
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  • To the position of i can give thanks to the lord. god is always good
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  • I can give thanks to the lord. god is always good and i'm always loved.
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  • God is always good and i'm always loved. and in his presence
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  • And i'm always loved. and in his presence is fullness of joy.
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  • And in his presence is fullness of joy. sometimes we want deliverance
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  • Is fullness of joy. sometimes we want deliverance out of our circumstances.
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  • Sometimes we want deliverance out of our circumstances. and what gratitude does is
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  • Out of our circumstances. and what gratitude does is it delivers us
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  • And what gratitude does is it delivers us into his presence,
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  • It delivers us into his presence, enter into his presence
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  • Into his presence, enter into his presence with thanksgiving.
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  • Enter into his presence with thanksgiving. the ultimate deliverance
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  • With thanksgiving. the ultimate deliverance comes from being delivered
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  • The ultimate deliverance comes from being delivered out of the depths of despair
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  • Comes from being delivered out of the depths of despair into his very presence,
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  • Out of the depths of despair into his very presence, and there is healing.
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  • Into his very presence, and there is healing. so no, it is a process
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  • And there is healing. so no, it is a process for all of us.
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  • So no, it is a process for all of us. i always think
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  • For all of us. i always think it is like layers of an onion.
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  • I always think it is like layers of an onion. okay, like i've got this.
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  • It is like layers of an onion. okay, like i've got this. okay, now we go
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  • Okay, like i've got this. okay, now we go to another layer.
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  • Okay, now we go to another layer. but i think when we live
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  • To another layer. but i think when we live in his word
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  • But i think when we live in his word and steep in his word,
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  • In his word and steep in his word, especially the psalms,
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  • And steep in his word, especially the psalms, gives us language for grief
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  • Especially the psalms, gives us language for grief and gratitude
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  • Gives us language for grief and gratitude before the heart of god.
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  • And gratitude before the heart of god. randy: yeah.
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  • Before the heart of god. randy: yeah. there is always that pain
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  • Randy: yeah. there is always that pain he expresses,
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  • There is always that pain he expresses, and then the word "but,"
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  • He expresses, and then the word "but," or "and yet"
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  • And then the word "but," or "and yet" and then the promise.
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  • Or "and yet" and then the promise. ann: i think in the heart
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  • And then the promise. ann: i think in the heart of all people
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  • Ann: i think in the heart of all people who are wholeheartedly living,
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  • Of all people who are wholeheartedly living, those two chambers,
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  • Who are wholeheartedly living, those two chambers, it is grief and gratitude
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  • Those two chambers, it is grief and gratitude together.
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  • It is grief and gratitude together. it is joy and pain together.
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  • Together. it is joy and pain together. that is the wholeness of life
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  • It is joy and pain together. that is the wholeness of life in a broken world.
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  • That is the wholeness of life in a broken world. and we trust
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  • In a broken world. and we trust that because of the cross,
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  • And we trust that because of the cross, jesus is ushering in
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  • That because of the cross, jesus is ushering in the kingdom of god
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  • Jesus is ushering in the kingdom of god that is making
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  • The kingdom of god that is making all the sad things
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  • That is making all the sad things come untrue.
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  • All the sad things come untrue. he is redeeming all things
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  • Come untrue. he is redeeming all things in his time and in his way
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  • He is redeeming all things in his time and in his way and i can trust him.
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  • One of the gifts
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  • One of the gifts that you give to me
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  • That you give to me in this conversation
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  • In this conversation is also realizing
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  • Is also realizing the gift of journaling
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  • The gift of journaling and being able to write down
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  • Being honest about it,
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  • Being honest about it, and bringing it
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  • Being honest about it, and bringing it before the lord.
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  • And bringing it before the lord. and then also,
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  • Before the lord. and then also, maybe mirror that with okay,
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  • And then also, maybe mirror that with okay, here is my suffering,
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  • Maybe mirror that with okay, here is my suffering, here is what i'm dealing with
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  • Here is my suffering, here is what i'm dealing with today.
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  • Here is what i'm dealing with today. but then find something
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  • Today. but then find something to be grateful for even in it.
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  • But then find something to be grateful for even in it. in it, in the moment.
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  • To be grateful for even in it. in it, in the moment. so how do we --
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  • In it, in the moment. so how do we -- or is that a good way
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  • So how do we -- or is that a good way for us to find god
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  • Or is that a good way for us to find god in the moments of our stories?
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  • For us to find god in the moments of our stories? ann: i think it is john piper,
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  • In the moments of our stories? ann: i think it is john piper, he has this little poem
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  • Ann: i think it is john piper, he has this little poem i think of so many times
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  • He has this little poem i think of so many times when i pick up a pen
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  • I think of so many times when i pick up a pen after i've read scripture
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  • When i pick up a pen after i've read scripture in the morning.
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  • After i've read scripture in the morning. he says, "i do not know
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  • In the morning. he says, "i do not know how the light is shed
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  • He says, "i do not know how the light is shed or to understand this lens,
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  • How the light is shed or to understand this lens, i only know
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  • Or to understand this lens, i only know that there are eyes
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  • I only know that there are eyes in pencils and in pens."
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  • That there are eyes in pencils and in pens." tammy: ooh! i love that.
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  • In pencils and in pens." tammy: ooh! i love that. ann: when you pick up a pen
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  • Tammy: ooh! i love that. ann: when you pick up a pen and i start to write,
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  • Ann: when you pick up a pen and i start to write, you start to see
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  • And i start to write, you start to see things differently
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  • We are made by the word.
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  • We are made by the word. we're not just made up
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  • We're not just made up of atoms.
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  • Of atoms. we're made by the word,
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  • We're made by the word, you are made for words.
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  • You are made for words. we're made to steep
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  • We're made to steep in his word
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  • In his word and then we pick up a pen
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  • Where our hearts intersect
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  • Where our hearts intersect with god's heart.
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  • Where our hearts intersect with god's heart. so, when you pick up a pen
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  • With god's heart. so, when you pick up a pen and you open up
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  • So, when you pick up a pen and you open up a gratitude journal,
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  • And you open up a gratitude journal, and the reason i love this
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  • A gratitude journal, and the reason i love this particular gratitude journal
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  • And the reason i love this particular gratitude journal is that it is formatted
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  • Particular gratitude journal is that it is formatted such that --
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  • Is that it is formatted such that -- tammy: tell us about this.
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  • Such that -- tammy: tell us about this. ann: it is exciting.
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  • Tammy: tell us about this. ann: it is exciting. it is formatted so that this
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  • Ann: it is exciting. it is formatted so that this is the sixth of the month.
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  • It is formatted so that this is the sixth of the month. you would write down
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  • Is the sixth of the month. you would write down the three things
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  • You would write down the three things you're grateful for
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  • The three things you're grateful for on january 6th.
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  • You're grateful for on january 6th. and then you're going to go
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  • On january 6th. and then you're going to go through this entire journal
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  • And then you're going to go through this entire journal and then circle back
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  • Through this entire journal and then circle back so that on february the 6th
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  • And then circle back so that on february the 6th you are on the same page.
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  • So that on february the 6th you are on the same page. so each day
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  • You are on the same page. so each day when you write down
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  • So each day when you write down you're saying
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  • When you write down you're saying what am i grateful for
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  • You're saying what am i grateful for on this day of the month,
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  • What am i grateful for on this day of the month, from the previous month?
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  • On this day of the month, from the previous month? it is a built-in way
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  • From the previous month? it is a built-in way of remembering
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  • It is a built-in way of remembering the goodness of god.
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  • Of remembering the goodness of god. when you pick up
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  • The goodness of god. when you pick up a gratitude journal
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  • When you pick up a gratitude journal and you're just
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  • A gratitude journal and you're just writing down the things
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  • And you're just writing down the things you're grateful for,
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  • Writing down the things you're grateful for, it is not a built-in format
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  • You're grateful for, it is not a built-in format to review and recount
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  • It is not a built-in format to review and recount and recollect.
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  • To review and recount and recollect. i love it when i write down,
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  • And recollect. i love it when i write down, oh these are things
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  • I love it when i write down, oh these are things i'm grateful for.
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  • Oh these are things i'm grateful for. oh! where was i in september?
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  • I'm grateful for. oh! where was i in september? where was i back in august?
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  • Oh! where was i in september? where was i back in august? god is writing a good
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  • Where was i back in august? god is writing a good and faithful story in my life.
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  • God is writing a good and faithful story in my life. when i recount
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  • And faithful story in my life. when i recount all of the ways
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  • When i recount all of the ways god has been faithful
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  • All of the ways god has been faithful in the past,
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  • God has been faithful in the past, i'm growing my trust and --
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  • In the past, i'm growing my trust and -- count on in the future.
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  • I'm growing my trust and -- count on in the future. so something really beautiful
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  • Count on in the future. so something really beautiful and sacred and holy to say,
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  • So something really beautiful and sacred and holy to say, oh! i'm grateful
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  • And sacred and holy to say, oh! i'm grateful for this today.
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  • Oh! i'm grateful for this today. actually,
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  • For this today. actually, i was thinking of branson
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  • Actually, i was thinking of branson and i'm realizing,
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  • I was thinking of branson and i'm realizing, oh i'm grateful being here.
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  • And i'm realizing, oh i'm grateful being here. branson must, oh my goodness,
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  • Oh i'm grateful being here. branson must, oh my goodness, the lord has had me
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  • Branson must, oh my goodness, the lord has had me in the same place
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  • Four months ago.
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  • Four months ago. oh look, god is writing
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  • Four months ago. oh look, god is writing a redemptive story
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  • Oh look, god is writing a redemptive story because sometimes in our lives
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  • A redemptive story because sometimes in our lives i don't see the hand of god.
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  • Because sometimes in our lives i don't see the hand of god. but that's why when you see
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  • I don't see the hand of god. but that's why when you see all the way through scripture
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  • The israelites,
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  • The israelites, they go ahead and recount,
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  • The israelites, they go ahead and recount, they remember.
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  • They go ahead and recount, they remember. because in the midst
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  • They remember. because in the midst of remembering
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  • Because in the midst of remembering the goodness of god,
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  • Of remembering the goodness of god, on this day of the month
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  • The goodness of god, on this day of the month and all the previous months,
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  • On this day of the month and all the previous months, when we are being
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  • And all the previous months, when we are being literally re-membered,
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  • When we are being literally re-membered, put back together
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  • Literally re-membered, put back together in the midst
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  • Put back together in the midst of our brokenness.
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  • In the midst of our brokenness. we see all --
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  • Of our brokenness. we see all -- god is picking up
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  • We see all -- god is picking up all the pieces and
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  • God is picking up all the pieces and writing a redemptive story.
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  • All the pieces and writing a redemptive story. so there is something
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  • Writing a redemptive story. so there is something very, very powerful
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  • So there is something very, very powerful to be a people of remembrance.
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  • Very, very powerful to be a people of remembrance. do we have a rhythm of life
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  • To be a people of remembrance. do we have a rhythm of life and a way of life that
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  • Do we have a rhythm of life and a way of life that allows us to keep remembering
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  • And a way of life that allows us to keep remembering the goodness of god,
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  • Allows us to keep remembering the goodness of god, which re-members, and puts
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  • The goodness of god, which re-members, and puts back our broken hearts?
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  • Which re-members, and puts back our broken hearts? tammy: that's important
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  • Back our broken hearts? tammy: that's important for me.
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  • Tammy: that's important for me. i don't know, randy,
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  • For me. i don't know, randy, if you feel the same.
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  • I don't know, randy, if you feel the same. but i think
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  • If you feel the same. but i think what i hear you saying
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  • But i think what i hear you saying and what resonates with me is
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  • What i hear you saying and what resonates with me is if i happen to hit a bump
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  • And what resonates with me is if i happen to hit a bump in the road,
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  • If i happen to hit a bump in the road, and today is a hard day,
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  • In the road, and today is a hard day, and something has just
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  • And today is a hard day, and something has just punched me in the gut,
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  • And something has just punched me in the gut, i've lost my breath
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  • Punched me in the gut, i've lost my breath and i'm on my knees
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  • I've lost my breath and i'm on my knees and i'm asking god,
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  • And i'm on my knees and i'm asking god, where are you today?
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  • And i'm asking god, where are you today? and i can't find you.
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  • Where are you today? and i can't find you. i can't find you.
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  • And i can't find you. i can't find you. i don't know where you are
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  • I can't find you. i don't know where you are and i can't hear you.
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  • Into those places.
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  • Into those places. so i think
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  • So i think what this would mean
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  • What this would mean to my spirit
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  • To my spirit is that i could say even,
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  • Is that i could say even, if i don't feel god right now,
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  • If i don't feel god right now, i'm numb.
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  • Let me go back --
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  • Let me go back -- ann: to this day.
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  • Let me go back -- ann: to this day. i have a pen.
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  • Ann: to this day. i have a pen. tammy: yes,
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  • I have a pen. tammy: yes, and see and read.
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  • Tammy: yes, and see and read. ann: on this day
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  • And see and read. ann: on this day the sixth day of december,
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  • Ann: on this day the sixth day of december, the sixth day of november,
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  • The sixth day of december, the sixth day of november, the sixth day of october,
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  • The sixth day of november, the sixth day of october, look at how god came through.
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  • The sixth day of october, look at how god came through. tammy: god has come through
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  • Look at how god came through. tammy: god has come through and god is good.
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  • Tammy: god has come through and god is good. so he will come through today.
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  • And god is good. so he will come through today. but just stay
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  • So he will come through today. but just stay and remain faithful,
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  • But just stay and remain faithful, and trust god
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  • And remain faithful, and trust god with the pieces of your heart
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  • And trust god with the pieces of your heart because he holds them
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  • With the pieces of your heart because he holds them so close.
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  • Because he holds them so close. and he's always been good,
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  • So close. and he's always been good, even if life
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  • And he's always been good, even if life has not been good.
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  • Even if life has not been good. ann: and what i love too,
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  • Has not been good. ann: and what i love too, on each day it has
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  • Ann: and what i love too, on each day it has all these scripture verses.
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  • On each day it has all these scripture verses. when you can't remember
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  • All these scripture verses. when you can't remember anything to thank god for,
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  • When you can't remember anything to thank god for, can i just copy out the verse?
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  • Anything to thank god for, can i just copy out the verse? can i copy out
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  • Can i just copy out the verse? can i copy out the promises of god?
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  • Can i copy out the promises of god? his promises are yes and amen.
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  • The promises of god? his promises are yes and amen. or at the back,
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  • His promises are yes and amen. or at the back, we have a little pocket
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  • Or at the back, we have a little pocket that you can go ahead
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  • We have a little pocket that you can go ahead and stick your pictures in.
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  • That you can go ahead and stick your pictures in. tammy: i did not see that!
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  • And stick your pictures in. tammy: i did not see that! ann: yes, so i carry
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  • Tammy: i did not see that! ann: yes, so i carry the pictures around of things
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  • Ann: yes, so i carry the pictures around of things that i'm grateful for.
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  • The pictures around of things that i'm grateful for. so when i can't remember,
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  • That i'm grateful for. so when i can't remember, i have all these pictures
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  • So when i can't remember, i have all these pictures or ticket stubs or something.
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  • I have all these pictures or ticket stubs or something. look, god has been so good,
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  • Or ticket stubs or something. look, god has been so good, and so faithful.
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  • Look, god has been so good, and so faithful. he will continue
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  • And so faithful. he will continue to write a good story
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  • He will continue to write a good story for my healing
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  • To write a good story for my healing and his ultimate glory.
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  • For my healing and his ultimate glory. tammy: you look like,
  • 00:16:06.688 --> 00:16:08.090
  • And his ultimate glory. tammy: you look like, it seems like,
  • 00:16:08.157 --> 00:16:09.892
  • Tammy: you look like, it seems like, you found the way
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  • It seems like, you found the way to live life fully.
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  • You found the way to live life fully. do you feel
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  • Ann: oh, i think
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  • Ann: oh, i think we're all on a journey
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  • We're all on a journey all of the time.
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  • All of the time. but i think --
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  • But i think -- the people of god are jewish,
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  • Judah is related
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  • Judah is related to the hebrew word
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  • Judah is related to the hebrew word for thanksgiving, "todah."
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  • To the hebrew word for thanksgiving, "todah." "todah" and "judah"
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  • For thanksgiving, "todah." "todah" and "judah" come from the same root.
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  • "todah" and "judah" come from the same root. the people of god,
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  • Come from the same root. the people of god, the jewish people
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  • The people of god, the jewish people are meant to be
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  • The jewish people are meant to be a people of thanksgiving.
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  • Are meant to be a people of thanksgiving. when we know we are on
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  • A people of thanksgiving. when we know we are on the way, do we have
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  • When we know we are on the way, do we have a practice and a way of life
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  • The way, do we have a practice and a way of life that keeps us giving thanks?
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  • A practice and a way of life that keeps us giving thanks? because we ultimately
  • 00:16:44.293 --> 00:16:45.360
  • That keeps us giving thanks? because we ultimately don't give thanks
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  • Because we ultimately don't give thanks for the things
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  • Don't give thanks for the things we've been given,
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  • For the things we've been given, we give thanks
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  • We've been given, we give thanks because we get to be
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  • We give thanks because we get to be in the presence of god.
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  • Because we get to be in the presence of god. enter into his courts
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  • In the presence of god. enter into his courts with thanksgiving.
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  • Enter into his courts with thanksgiving. and the message says,
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  • With thanksgiving. and the message says, the password,
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  • And the message says, the password, enter with the password:
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  • The password, enter with the password: thanksgiving.
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  • Enter with the password: thanksgiving. thanks.
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  • Thanksgiving. thanks. so when we go ahead,
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  • Thanks. so when we go ahead, a lot of things
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  • So when we go ahead, a lot of things can be messy in our lives
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  • A lot of things can be messy in our lives but there is always,
  • 00:17:04.346 --> 00:17:05.414
  • Can be messy in our lives but there is always, always, always something
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  • But there is always, always, always something to be grateful for,
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  • Always, always something to be grateful for, ultimately, the cross.
  • 00:17:08.050 --> 00:17:09.318
  • To be grateful for, ultimately, the cross. if we can't think of anything
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  • Ultimately, the cross. if we can't think of anything in our lives circumstantially,
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  • If we can't think of anything in our lives circumstantially, turn our eyes back to jesus
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  • In our lives circumstantially, turn our eyes back to jesus and write down
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  • Turn our eyes back to jesus and write down all of the riches
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  • And write down all of the riches we have in christ.
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  • All of the riches we have in christ. and when we live
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  • We have in christ. and when we live in a posture of thanksgiving,
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  • And when we live in a posture of thanksgiving, we get more of jesus himself.
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  • In a posture of thanksgiving, we get more of jesus himself. randy: what's interesting
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  • We get more of jesus himself. randy: what's interesting is the israelites
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  • Randy: what's interesting is the israelites were commanded to build
  • 00:17:25.367 --> 00:17:26.435
  • Is the israelites were commanded to build those ebenezer stones.
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  • Were commanded to build those ebenezer stones. right?
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  • Those ebenezer stones. right? that was a visual,
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  • Right? that was a visual, physical reminder
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  • That was a visual, physical reminder because we do forget.
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  • Physical reminder because we do forget. and god was like --
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  • Because we do forget. and god was like -- ann: we are a people
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  • And god was like -- ann: we are a people who are constantly forgetting.
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  • Ann: we are a people who are constantly forgetting. randy: take the time,
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  • Who are constantly forgetting. randy: take the time, build something
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  • There is nothing sacred
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  • There is nothing sacred about the stones,
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  • About the stones, it is about the remembering
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  • It is about the remembering of who is behind them.
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  • Of who is behind them. to me it says
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  • Necessarily just arrive,
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  • Necessarily just arrive, it has to be cultivated.
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  • Necessarily just arrive, it has to be cultivated. ann: yes!
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  • It has to be cultivated. ann: yes! with an intentionality,
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  • Ann: yes! with an intentionality, with a rhythm.
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  • With an intentionality, with a rhythm. because
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  • With a rhythm. because what we ultimately need
  • 00:17:53.595 --> 00:17:54.796
  • Because what we ultimately need is a gratitude muscle
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  • What we ultimately need is a gratitude muscle so that when the crises hit,
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  • Is a gratitude muscle so that when the crises hit, we remember, oh!
  • 00:17:57.199 --> 00:17:58.300
  • So that when the crises hit, we remember, oh! i know what to do
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  • We remember, oh! i know what to do in a stressful situation.
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  • I know what to do in a stressful situation. i pick up a pen
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  • In a stressful situation. i pick up a pen and start seeing, looking,
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  • I pick up a pen and start seeing, looking, and turning my eyes,
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  • And start seeing, looking, and turning my eyes, it's eye practice again.
  • 00:18:04.206 --> 00:18:05.340
  • And turning my eyes, it's eye practice again. training what
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  • It's eye practice again. training what i'm going to look for.
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  • Training what i'm going to look for. looking for the gifts
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  • I'm going to look for. looking for the gifts and the graces of god
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  • Looking for the gifts and the graces of god so that i know what to do
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  • And the graces of god so that i know what to do in the midst of the crisis.
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  • So that i know what to do in the midst of the crisis. i will continue to give thanks
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  • In the midst of the crisis. i will continue to give thanks to the lord
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  • I will continue to give thanks to the lord and look for his goodness.
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  • To the lord and look for his goodness. because ultimately,
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  • And look for his goodness. because ultimately, when we lead with gratitude,
  • 00:18:17.853 --> 00:18:19.555
  • Because ultimately, when we lead with gratitude, we have this attitude
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  • When we lead with gratitude, we have this attitude that everything comes after
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  • We have this attitude that everything comes after the goodness of god first.
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  • That everything comes after the goodness of god first. randy: so good! so good.
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  • The goodness of god first. randy: so good! so good. you may not be there
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  • Randy: so good! so good. you may not be there right now.
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  • If you want
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  • If you want to pick up the phone
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  • If you want to pick up the phone and call somebody
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  • To pick up the phone and call somebody who will pray with you
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  • And call somebody who will pray with you and encourage you,
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  • Who will pray with you and encourage you, do that right now.
  • 00:18:34.136 --> 00:18:35.237
  • And encourage you, do that right now. we have a telephone number.
  • 00:18:35.304 --> 00:18:36.371
  • Do that right now. we have a telephone number. we have christians,
  • 00:18:36.438 --> 00:18:37.573
  • We have a telephone number. we have christians, people who love god,
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  • We have christians, people who love god, that will pray with you,
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  • People who love god, that will pray with you, that will help you
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  • That will pray with you, that will help you turn your eyes,
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  • That will help you turn your eyes, help you start
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  • Turn your eyes, help you start to cultivate gratitude.
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  • Help you start to cultivate gratitude. look, it is a journey.
  • 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.881
  • To cultivate gratitude. look, it is a journey. you're not just going to --
  • 00:18:45.948 --> 00:18:47.049
  • Look, it is a journey. you're not just going to -- you don't just go,
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  • You're not just going to -- you don't just go, okay, i'm there.
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  • You don't just go, okay, i'm there. and you know what?
  • 00:18:49.251 --> 00:18:50.419
  • Okay, i'm there. and you know what? we're here for each other.
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  • And you know what? we're here for each other. that's why we have this.
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  • We can also pick up the book,
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  • We can also pick up the book, gifts and gratitudes .
  • 00:18:54.089 --> 00:18:55.057
  • We can also pick up the book, gifts and gratitudes . and tammy, we can get that
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  • Gifts and gratitudes . and tammy, we can get that in people's hands today.
  • 00:18:56.158 --> 00:18:57.326
  • And tammy, we can get that in people's hands today. tammy: oh! i would love
  • 00:18:57.392 --> 00:18:58.493
  • In people's hands today. tammy: oh! i would love to be able to do that.
  • 00:18:58.560 --> 00:18:59.595
  • Tammy: oh! i would love to be able to do that. i think, randy,
  • 00:18:59.661 --> 00:19:00.796
  • To be able to do that. i think, randy, just as growing our faith,
  • 00:19:00.862 --> 00:19:01.897
  • I think, randy, just as growing our faith, i think it is the practice
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  • Just as growing our faith, i think it is the practice of even journaling.
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  • I think it is the practice of even journaling. my father has been a journaler
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  • Of even journaling. my father has been a journaler since i was a little kid;
  • 00:19:05.434 --> 00:19:06.501
  • My father has been a journaler since i was a little kid; thousands and thousands
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  • Since i was a little kid; thousands and thousands and thousands of books.
  • 00:19:08.470 --> 00:19:09.838
  • Thousands and thousands and thousands of books. he will tell you
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  • And thousands of books. he will tell you how many squirrels
  • 00:19:11.106 --> 00:19:12.074
  • He will tell you how many squirrels he hunted today.
  • 00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.275
  • How many squirrels he hunted today. how many fish he caught,
  • 00:19:13.342 --> 00:19:14.409
  • He hunted today. how many fish he caught, very specific.
  • 00:19:14.476 --> 00:19:15.577
  • How many fish he caught, very specific. but i love that.
  • 00:19:15.644 --> 00:19:16.712
  • Very specific. but i love that. it's been
  • 00:19:16.778 --> 00:19:17.813
  • But i love that. it's been a great example to me.
  • 00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:19.014
  • It's been a great example to me. there's so much life
  • 00:19:19.081 --> 00:19:20.215
  • A great example to me. there's so much life that comes from writing down
  • 00:19:20.282 --> 00:19:21.416
  • There's so much life that comes from writing down what's going on in your life,
  • 00:19:21.483 --> 00:19:22.584
  • That comes from writing down what's going on in your life, and you will find
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  • What's going on in your life, and you will find the absolute lover
  • 00:19:23.785 --> 00:19:24.853
  • And you will find the absolute lover of your soul.
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  • The absolute lover of your soul. i think you'll be able
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  • Of your soul. i think you'll be able to work through that.
  • 00:19:27.189 --> 00:19:28.257
  • I think you'll be able to work through that. i would love, we would all
  • 00:19:28.323 --> 00:19:29.458
  • To work through that. i would love, we would all love to get you this book.
  • 00:19:29.524 --> 00:19:30.626
  • I would love, we would all love to get you this book. so if you're able to come
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  • Love to get you this book. so if you're able to come alongside us and help us
  • 00:19:31.893 --> 00:19:32.961
  • So if you're able to come alongside us and help us with this fantastic mission
  • 00:19:33.028 --> 00:19:34.096
  • Alongside us and help us with this fantastic mission that we're doing,
  • 00:19:34.162 --> 00:19:35.230
  • With this fantastic mission that we're doing, we're going to get it out
  • 00:19:35.297 --> 00:19:36.398
  • That we're doing, we're going to get it out to you right away.
  • 00:19:36.465 --> 00:19:37.532
  • We're going to get it out to you right away. but first,
  • 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.800
  • To you right away. but first, randy: i want you to see
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  • Tammy: every time i go into
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  • Tammy: every time i go into a village that is suffering,
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  • A village that is suffering, that is struggling,
  • 00:19:45.841 --> 00:19:47.042
  • That is struggling, where there has been death
  • 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:48.277
  • Where there has been death because of their water source.
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  • Because of their water source. i'm sorry.
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  • I'm sorry. i'm so sorry.
  • 00:19:52.581 --> 00:19:55.284
  • I'm so sorry. and then i realize
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  • And then i realize before i leave that
  • 00:19:56.818 --> 00:19:58.053
  • Before i leave that i have to be more than sorry,
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  • I have to be more than sorry, i have to do something,
  • 00:20:00.756 --> 00:20:02.824
  • I have to do something, especially if
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  • Especially if it's been presented to me
  • 00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:05.160
  • It's been presented to me and now i know the problem.
  • 00:20:05.227 --> 00:20:07.262
  • And now i know the problem. do you know there are more
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  • Do you know there are more than 800 million people
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  • Than 800 million people without access
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  • Without access to clean drinking water?
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  • To clean drinking water? that seems
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  • That seems like a humanitarian crisis.
  • 00:20:14.936 --> 00:20:16.538
  • Like a humanitarian crisis. randy: it is.
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  • Randy: it is. it doesn't matter where
  • 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.474
  • It doesn't matter where we've gone over decades now,
  • 00:20:19.541 --> 00:20:21.343
  • We've gone over decades now, we've been out there
  • 00:20:21.410 --> 00:20:22.411
  • We've been out there in different countries,
  • 00:20:22.477 --> 00:20:23.712
  • In different countries, and we hear these stories,
  • 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.980
  • And we hear these stories, but guess what?
  • 00:20:25.047 --> 00:20:26.748
  • But guess what? you are still the answer.
  • 00:20:26.815 --> 00:20:29.551
  • You are still the answer. it's very simple.
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  • It's very simple. let me break it down for you.
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  • A gift of $48 right now
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  • Will provide ten people
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  • With clean drinking water
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  • For a lifetime.
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  • That's based
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  • On the average cost
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  • Of a complete well
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  • Being about $4800.
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  • When we look around
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  • The various nations,
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  • 350 wells are the goal
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  • For this year.
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  • By the way,
  • 00:20:49.905 --> 00:20:51.073
  • I'd love to exceed that.
  • 00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:52.174
  • But we're looking at
  • 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.342
  • 350 wells,
  • 00:20:53.408 --> 00:20:54.476
  • An average $4800 cost.
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  • Some of you can drill
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  • A whole well, by the way,
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  • If you can do that,
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  • I would highly encourage it.
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  • You will change
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  • A whole village
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  • For a lifetime.
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  • But maybe with a gift of $144,
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  • You'll provide water
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  • For 30 people.
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  • Whatever you can do,
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  • Join us in giving life
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  • To others
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  • Through water for life.
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  • Your gift today right now
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  • Will make a difference.
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  • It will go a long way
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  • To saving lives.
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  • So please pick up the phone,
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  • Go online, and make
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  • The best gift you can.
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  • Every day, thousands of lives are lost
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  • To waterborne disease,
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  • And nearly half of those are children
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  • Under the age of five.
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  • Through mission: water for life
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  • You can give mothers hope and children a future
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  • As we provide clean, life-giving water
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  • For thousands of children and their families
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  • Before it's too late.
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  • With your gift today, you can help drill
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  • And establish 350 water wells this year.
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  • Your gift of $24
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  • Will help provide clean water for five children.
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  • A gift of $48 will help provide for ten.
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  • And $144 will help provide
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  • Life-giving water for 30 people
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  • For a lifetime.
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  • With a gift of any amount,
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  • We'll send you dr. don colbert's new book
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  • Spiritual health zone.
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  • Discover the key to living in divine health
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  • As you find a roadmap
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  • To adding joy, peace, and years to your life.
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  • With your gift of $100 or more,
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  • You may request the
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  • "he restores my soul" candle set.
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  • This decorative candle and match set
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  • Will inspire you to remember
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  • The restoring presence of jesus,
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  • The true light of the world.
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  • Finally, please consider a gift of $1200
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  • To help provide water for 250 people
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  • Or a gift of $4800
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  • To help sponsor a complete well,
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  • And request our new bronze sculpture,
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  • "lion of judah"
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  • Inspired by revelation 5:5.
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  • Please call, write, or make your gift online today!
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  • Randy: i hope you are
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  • Randy: i hope you are able to go online
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  • Randy: i hope you are able to go online or go to the phone.
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  • Able to go online or go to the phone. make the best gift you can.
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  • Or go to the phone. make the best gift you can. you can make
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  • Make the best gift you can. you can make such a difference.
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  • You can make such a difference. let me tell you,
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  • Such a difference. let me tell you, those people
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  • Let me tell you, those people who receive the blessings,
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  • Those people who receive the blessings, the gifts that you give,
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  • Who receive the blessings, the gifts that you give, they are grateful.
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  • The gifts that you give, they are grateful. we could cultivate gratitude
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  • They are grateful. we could cultivate gratitude in so many people.
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  • We could cultivate gratitude in so many people. you can cultivate it
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  • In so many people. you can cultivate it in your heart today
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  • You can cultivate it in your heart today when you request
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  • In your heart today when you request ann voskamp's book
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  • When you request ann voskamp's book with your gift.
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  • Ann voskamp's book with your gift. what a blessing!
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  • With your gift. what a blessing! tammy: i love it.
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  • What a blessing! tammy: i love it. gifts and gratitudes :
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  • Tammy: i love it. gifts and gratitudes : "a year of a thousand gifts."
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  • Gifts and gratitudes : "a year of a thousand gifts." i can't imagine
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  • "a year of a thousand gifts." i can't imagine getting a thousand gifts.
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  • I can't imagine getting a thousand gifts. that seems fun!
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  • Getting a thousand gifts. that seems fun! you seem fun!
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  • That seems fun! you seem fun! i love you, sister.
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  • You seem fun! i love you, sister. thank you so much
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  • I love you, sister. thank you so much for being here.
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  • Thank you so much for being here. will you come back?
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  • For being here. will you come back? ann: oh, my goodness! yes!
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  • Will you come back? ann: oh, my goodness! yes! tammy: count me as a gift
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  • Ann: oh, my goodness! yes! tammy: count me as a gift on your list?
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  • Tammy: count me as a gift on your list? ann: yes! a thousand times.
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  • On your list? ann: yes! a thousand times. tammy: sounds good!
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  • Ann: yes! a thousand times. tammy: sounds good! we'll do another show.
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  • Tammy: sounds good! we'll do another show. we'll see you next time
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  • We'll do another show. we'll see you next time on life today !
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  • ♪ we don't feel ready ♪
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  • ♪ we don't feel steady ♪
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  • ♪ question what we really have to give ♪
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  • ♪ stay where it's safer ♪
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  • ♪ claim faith but waver ♪
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  • ♪ is this how we're really meant to live? ♪
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  • ♪ we pray but never move ♪
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  • ♪ we say but never do ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to get our hands dirty ♪
  • 00:24:36.865 --> 00:24:42.504
  • ♪ be love: there's a whole lot of hurting ♪
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  • ♪ calling all hearts calling all hands ♪
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  • ♪ calling all feet to take a stand ♪
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  • ♪ why sit around and wait for a miracle to come ♪
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  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ a little somethin' might feel like nothin' ♪
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  • ♪ but in his hands it's all we'll ever need ♪
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  • ♪ to speak life to the broken ♪
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  • ♪ watch the blind eyes open ♪
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  • ♪ it's who he's calling you and me to be ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to get our hands dirty ♪
  • 00:25:32.621 --> 00:25:37.859
  • ♪ be love: there's a whole lot of hurting ♪
  • 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:43.031
  • ♪ calling all hearts calling all hands ♪
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  • ♪ calling all feet to take a stand ♪
  • 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:48.336
  • ♪ why sit around and wait for a miracle to come ♪
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  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be the change, be the hope ♪
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  • ♪ we can be the arms that don't let go ♪
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  • ♪ we can be a light in the dark ♪
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  • ♪ we are, we are where it starts ♪
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  • ♪ it's time ♪
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  • ♪ be love: there's a whole lot of hurting ♪
  • 00:26:16.464 --> 00:26:21.836
  • ♪ calling all hearts calling all hands ♪
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  • ♪ calling all feet to take a stand ♪
  • 00:26:24.606 --> 00:26:27.042
  • ♪ why sit around and wait for a miracle to come ♪
  • 00:26:27.042 --> 00:26:31.546
  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
  • 00:26:31.546 --> 00:26:34.749
  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ when we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be one ♪
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  • ♪ we can be the change, be the hope ♪
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  • ♪ yes, we can ♪
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  • ♪ we can be the arms that don't let go ♪
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  • ♪ calling all hearts calling all hands ♪
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  • ♪ oh! oh! ♪
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  • >> i went from believing my entire life
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  • I wasn't smart, i couldn't be a doctor, i wasn't capable.
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  • And then, heard one person telling me that.
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  • Tomorrow!
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  • Life today is made possible by the supporters of life outreach international.
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  • Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt purposes of life.
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  • The ministry features specific outreaches
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  • As examples of the programs it supports and conducts.
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  • Gifts are considered to be without restriction
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  • As to use unless explicitly stipulated by the donor.
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  • The ministry is a member of the ecfa.
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