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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Hey, are

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<v Speaker 1>you feeling stuck like maybe you've hit a wall and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing's moving forward. Well, you're not alone and you're not

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<v Speaker 1>without hope.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the Bible is full of people who faced.

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<v Speaker 1>Impossible situations Mary, Noah, Joe, the Apostle, Paul. They all

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<v Speaker 1>experienced one thing that changed everything, a breakthrough from God. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick begins his series called Seeking God for a Breakthrough.

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<v Speaker 1>Rick walks us through biblical accounts of faith, prayer, and perseverance,

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<v Speaker 1>reminding us that God still moves in powerful ways whether

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<v Speaker 1>you're in a season of waiting or searching for hope.

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<v Speaker 1>This series offers encouragement and biblical truth to help you

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<v Speaker 1>keep going and get the breakthrough you need. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get started with part one of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>how to Pray in a Crisis.

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<v Speaker 3>In this passage, we're actually going to look at how

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<v Speaker 3>to pray in a crisis.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope you're not in a crisis right now, but

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<v Speaker 3>you will be someday. So you need to take notes

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<v Speaker 3>because Sunday you're going to where are those notes of

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<v Speaker 3>Rick told me how to pray in a crisis? And

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to want to come back to this to

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<v Speaker 3>do what God tells you to do. Let's get right

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<v Speaker 3>into it. There's six steps we see modeled in Daniel's

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<v Speaker 3>life and in the prayer in this chapter on how

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<v Speaker 3>to pray a prayer that God answers. Number one, here's

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<v Speaker 3>the first step. Let God speak to me before I

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<v Speaker 3>speak to him. Let God speak to me before I

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<v Speaker 3>speak to him. This is called the listening step. You

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<v Speaker 3>listen to the voice of God. How do you do that? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to explain it, but there's a principle you

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<v Speaker 3>need to understand first, and it's this. God always makes

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<v Speaker 3>the first move in your life. You don't.

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<v Speaker 4>God is all.

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<v Speaker 3>He is the initiator of everything in your life, and

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<v Speaker 3>you are the responder. God never expects you to make

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<v Speaker 3>the first move. He always makes the first move. The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says that we love him. We love God because

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<v Speaker 3>He first loved us. God loved you a whole long

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<v Speaker 3>time before you ever loved him. The Bible says that

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<v Speaker 3>we serve God because God first served us, and he

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<v Speaker 3>knew we had a problem, and he sent Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 3>to die on the cross for us, long before we

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<v Speaker 3>even knew we had a problem. He served us before

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<v Speaker 3>we served him. The Bible says, we give to God

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<v Speaker 3>because God first gave to us.

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<v Speaker 4>Everything you have in your life is a gift of God.

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<v Speaker 3>The air you breathe, your life, your mind, your brain,

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<v Speaker 3>everything you've got is a gift from God. God will

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<v Speaker 3>never ask you to do something He hasn't already done

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<v Speaker 3>for you. God never asked you to do something that

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<v Speaker 3>he goes. Now, personally, I've never done this, but I'm

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<v Speaker 3>expecting you to do it. God always initiates, we always respond.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's even true with prayer. The reason we pray,

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<v Speaker 3>the reason we talk to God, is because God.

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<v Speaker 4>Has first talked to us in this book.

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<v Speaker 3>In this book the Bible, written over three five hundred

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<v Speaker 3>plus years, sixty six different authors that God inspired to

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<v Speaker 3>write these words down that he wanted written down. There

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<v Speaker 3>are literally thousands and thousands of promises from God to you,

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<v Speaker 3>to you, And what we do in prayer is we

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<v Speaker 3>claim the promises that He has said to us and said, God,

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<v Speaker 3>you said this, so I'm asking you to do this.

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<v Speaker 3>And God, you said that, so I'm asking you to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. So the Bible says that prayer actually starts

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<v Speaker 3>not with talking, but with listening. You listen to God. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>how do you listen to God by reading this book

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<v Speaker 3>or if you don't like to read listening to the Bible. Logically,

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<v Speaker 3>you need to let God talk to you. Then you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to know how to pray, what to pray, where

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<v Speaker 3>to pray, when to pray, and all those things. Daniel

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<v Speaker 3>did this. Now as we start this chapter nine, Daniel's

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<v Speaker 3>an old guy. Now, he's eighty five years old. He

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<v Speaker 3>started in the very first session on Daniel, he's fifteen.

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<v Speaker 4>Years old, the prisoner of war.

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<v Speaker 3>He's now gone through multiple changes in his life. Test

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<v Speaker 3>after test after test after test. He keeps getting promoted,

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<v Speaker 3>higher in authority, higher in power. He's now served three

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<v Speaker 3>different kings. And we know that the Babylonians defeated the Assyrians,

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<v Speaker 3>and then the Persians defeated the Babylonians, and so now

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<v Speaker 3>he's got a new boss. He's survived every administration and

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<v Speaker 3>no matter what the government was going on around him,

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<v Speaker 3>he keeps getting promoted, but he wants to go home

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<v Speaker 3>before he dies. He's eighty five years old, and he

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<v Speaker 3>knows that God had said in the Book of Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 3>that you'll be and drew in Babylon for seventy years,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I'm going to bring my people back back

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<v Speaker 3>to Israel. And he knows times up, but he also

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<v Speaker 3>knows that the people israel lights have not turned back

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<v Speaker 3>to God. Seventy years later, They're still as messed up

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<v Speaker 3>as they were before. And he goes, We're not any

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<v Speaker 3>closer to God than we were seventy years ago. And

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<v Speaker 3>I'm afraid God's just going to leave us here in

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<v Speaker 3>Babylon and not bring us back to Israel. So this

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<v Speaker 3>is his crisis, and here's how it starts. Daniel, Chapter nine,

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<v Speaker 3>verse one. It was the first year the reign of

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<v Speaker 3>Darius the Mead, who was made king of Babylon the

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<v Speaker 3>Babylonians by Cyrus, who was a Persian. You know, Babylon

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<v Speaker 3>is Iraq, Persia is Iran today. And he says, during

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<v Speaker 3>the first year of his reign, I Daniel was studying

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<v Speaker 3>the scriptures, and I learned from the word of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>as recorded by Jeremiah the Prophet, that Jerusalem must lie

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<v Speaker 3>for seventy years. It was destroyed, and he said it

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<v Speaker 3>won't be rebuilt until after seventy years. You guys get

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<v Speaker 3>to go back home. Now, I want you to circle,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're taking notes, circle the phrase studying the scripture,

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<v Speaker 3>and circle the phrase learned from the word. Study the scriptures,

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<v Speaker 3>learn from the Word. You will never pray effectively until

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<v Speaker 3>you study the scriptures and you learn from the Word,

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<v Speaker 3>until you get into this book every single day. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>the more you know this book the Bible, the more

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<v Speaker 3>prayers you're going to have answered. If you're ignorant of

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<v Speaker 3>this book, you don't know how to pray, you don't

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<v Speaker 3>know what to pray, you don't know when to pray.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't know the promises that God has made to you.

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<v Speaker 3>And so you got to read a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>this book every single day of your life so you

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<v Speaker 3>can learn those promises that God has made to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me show you this. Here's what Jesus said up

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<v Speaker 3>here on the screen. In John chapter fifteen. Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 3>if you stay connected to me and my word words

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<v Speaker 3>remain in your heart. What's he talking about? The Bible?

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<v Speaker 3>He says, these words remain in your heart. He says,

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<v Speaker 3>if you follow those two conditions, you may ask any

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<v Speaker 3>request you want in prayer and it will be given

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<v Speaker 4>Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoah, that's pretty much a blank check right there. You

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<v Speaker 3>can ask whatever you want in prayer and it'll be

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<v Speaker 3>given to you. Now, he says, notice this verse. If

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<v Speaker 3>I'm praying and I'm not getting an answer, the first

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<v Speaker 3>thing I need to check is am I meeting these

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<v Speaker 3>two conditions? Am I staying connected to God?

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<v Speaker 4>God?

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<v Speaker 3>Is there anything between me and you that's out a whack?

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<v Speaker 3>Is there any fellowship broken? Is there something in my

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<v Speaker 3>life that I know is wrong and you know it's wrong,

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<v Speaker 3>and you said for me to get right and I

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<v Speaker 3>haven't got it right yet. That is a break in

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<v Speaker 3>the connection with God. But he said, if you stay

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<v Speaker 3>connected to me, you're in harmony with me. And he says,

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<v Speaker 3>my words, this book is in your mind, in your heart.

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<v Speaker 3>You ask anything you want in prayer and it will

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<v Speaker 3>be done. So if I'm not getting the answer, that's

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<v Speaker 3>one of the two problems. That's one of the two

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<v Speaker 3>conditions that need to be met. So Daniel is saying,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to study the word.

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<v Speaker 3>The more you fill your mind with this book, the

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<v Speaker 3>more you memorize some like Bible verses, the more answers

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to have in your life. Now, this is

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<v Speaker 3>so important to your life that I want to help you.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to help you develop the habit of you

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<v Speaker 3>never go to bed any day of your life without

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<v Speaker 3>spending at least a little bit of time, even if

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<v Speaker 3>it's a minute or two minutes, reading a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>of the Bible and then talking to God for a

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<v Speaker 3>minute or two or whatever. Now, last week we saw

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<v Speaker 3>that Daniel did this three times a day. He had

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<v Speaker 3>the habit, And I said, you think your life would

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<v Speaker 3>be any different if you had a conversation with God

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<v Speaker 3>three times a day your entire life, which he did

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<v Speaker 3>for over seventy years. Well, no wonder he missed a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of problems. No wonder he knew how to be wise.

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<v Speaker 3>No wonder he get kept, gotten promoted. He's talking to

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<v Speaker 3>God every day. I do this all the time as

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<v Speaker 3>I go through my day. I don't talk to God

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<v Speaker 3>once a day. I talk to God all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>And as I'm getting ready to go in the meeting,

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<v Speaker 3>I go, Okay, God, I'm going to need your guidance

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<v Speaker 3>in here. I don't know what you want to say

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<v Speaker 3>to these people. I don't know what they want to

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<v Speaker 3>say to me. I don't know what the problem is.

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<v Speaker 3>Help me to know the right thing. I'm depending on

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<v Speaker 3>you to give me the wisdom, the guidance and the

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<v Speaker 3>power to do what it is. And I got out

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<v Speaker 3>whole day. One of my prayers is often two words,

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<v Speaker 3>what's next? What's the next?

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<v Speaker 4>Lord? What do you want to do?

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm always seeking God, checking in with him. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to teach you this habit of having a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit of daily reading the Bible and praying, talking

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<v Speaker 3>to God two or three times a day, at least

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<v Speaker 3>three times a day, because it will revolutionize your life. Men,

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<v Speaker 3>it'll make you a strong man. It'll make you more confident.

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<v Speaker 3>Women, It'll make you a stronger woman. It'll make you

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<v Speaker 3>more confident, it will make.

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<v Speaker 4>You less fearful. If you will develop a habit of multiple.

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<v Speaker 3>Times a day you have a conversation with God, you

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<v Speaker 3>let him talk to you, and you talk to him,

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<v Speaker 3>you will handle your stress better. It will improve every

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<v Speaker 3>single area of your life. I guarantee it all right.

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<v Speaker 3>In chapter one, Daniel is worried about the crisis in

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<v Speaker 3>Now here's the thing. Daniel and Jeremiah are contemporaries. They

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<v Speaker 3>lived at the same time. When Babylon crushed Israel, Daniel's

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<v Speaker 3>taking a captive for the prisoner award at to Babylon.

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<v Speaker 3>Jeremiah is left behind in a defeated, broken city called Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 3>And in Jeremiah's book, God tells him those guys are

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<v Speaker 3>going to be there for seventy years. And Daniel reads

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<v Speaker 3>this and he starts getting hope. Here's what you want

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<v Speaker 3>to know what Daniel read. It's the next verse Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 4>He said I was studying the scripture. Here's what he

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<v Speaker 3>God says this to you. You will be kept in

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<v Speaker 3>Plans for you, not plans for your disaster. My plans

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<v Speaker 3>plans to prosser for you, not to harm you.

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<v Speaker 3>Have a plan for your life. It's a plan for

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<v Speaker 3>God says this to you. We know that verse, but

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<v Speaker 3>those days when you pray, I will listen. Now I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to listen very carefully. God says this to

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<v Speaker 3>purpose for your life. In fact, most people miss God's

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<v Speaker 3>two factors. I've promised to rescue you. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>you need done in your life. But he says, there

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<v Speaker 3>are two factors involved in you fulfilling your purpose in life.

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<v Speaker 3>Write these down. God's timing and my praying. God's timing

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<v Speaker 3>and my praying, and both of these have an important

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<v Speaker 3>role in what God wants to do in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>God's timing when he's going to do it, and you

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<v Speaker 3>you are praying when you ask him to do it.

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<v Speaker 3>Both of these are extremely important. So let me explain

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<v Speaker 3>what that verse just said. In Jeremiah, God says this,

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<v Speaker 3>I got a plan for you or life. I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>make you without a purpose. I created you for a

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<v Speaker 3>purpose and plan. And my plan for.

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<v Speaker 4>You is good. But it has a timetable.

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<v Speaker 3>And he says to these guys specifically, he says, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not gonna cut short my plan. You're gonna be in

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<v Speaker 3>Babylon for seventy years, he said, But and I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>gonna cut it short one day short. You're not coming

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<v Speaker 3>home one day sooner. You're gonna be there for seventy years.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's my plan and that's my attention. But don't worry.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a good plan. But he says, when the time

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<v Speaker 3>is right for me to fulfill your plan, you're all

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<v Speaker 3>going to go back home.

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<v Speaker 4>Then you're gonna have to do something.

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<v Speaker 3>You're gonna have to pray, and he says, and when

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<v Speaker 3>you pray, I will listen. Now I want you to

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<v Speaker 3>notice this. This is a very important verse in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we see God's sovereignty. He's in control and your responsibility.

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<v Speaker 3>You got something to do. God determines the timing of

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<v Speaker 3>his plan and purpose for your life. But when the

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<v Speaker 3>timing is right, you're still gonna have to pray because

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<v Speaker 3>he's not going to do it until you ask. He's

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<v Speaker 3>not going to force his plan on you. Ever, you

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<v Speaker 3>have to ask. Notice this verse on the screen, James,

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<v Speaker 3>Chapter four, Verse two. You do not have what you

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<v Speaker 4>Not ask God for it.

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<v Speaker 3>So you're telling me that God has some things he

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<v Speaker 3>wants to do in my life that are cool and

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<v Speaker 3>good and great, but they're going to happen unless I

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<v Speaker 3>ask for it. That's exactly what I'm telling you. God

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<v Speaker 3>has timing, but you have praying, and some things have

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<v Speaker 3>not happened in your life because you've never asked God

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<v Speaker 3>for them. You've never asked God to do them in

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<v Speaker 3>your life. He says, I intend to do it when

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready. That's timing, but you've got to pray for

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<v Speaker 3>it to happen. You have not because you ask not.

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<v Speaker 3>Now this leaves a little quandary in your life. You've

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<v Speaker 3>gone through this for how do I know when I'm

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<v Speaker 3>waiting on God? And how do I know when God's

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<v Speaker 3>waiting on me? Here's a good question.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay. He was like, you know, I really have this big.

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<v Speaker 3>Dream for my life, and I really think this is

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<v Speaker 4>Do with my life. But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>It hadn't happened yet. So am I waiting on God?

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<v Speaker 3>Or is God waiting on me?

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<v Speaker 4>Well? This explains it right here.

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<v Speaker 3>What it means is this, if I've asked for God

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<v Speaker 3>to do something really great in my life, and I've

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<v Speaker 3>prayed about it and I've asked, and there's nothing between

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<v Speaker 3>me and God. As far as I know, I'm doing

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<v Speaker 3>what he wants me to do. There's no big sin

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<v Speaker 3>that's over here in this corner that I'm going. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I know God wants me to do this, but I

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<v Speaker 3>haven't done it. And if I've asked God, and like

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus said, I'm connected to God, we're all copasetic, we're

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<v Speaker 3>all we're in harmony me with God and I'm in

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<v Speaker 3>the Bible.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm reading the Bible every day. His words in me.

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<v Speaker 3>If I pray and I ask, and that's all true,

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<v Speaker 3>and I haven't had the answer. Yet then I'm waiting

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<v Speaker 3>on God. It has all to do with his timing.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just waiting for God. God says I'll do it,

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<v Speaker 3>but I'm just going to do it in my timing,

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<v Speaker 3>and I just need to be patient. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 3>if I have something really great that i would like

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<v Speaker 3>for God to do in my life, and I've always

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<v Speaker 3>wanted God to do it, but I've never asked I've

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<v Speaker 3>never asked God to do it, never ask for God's help,

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<v Speaker 3>never ask for God's guidance in my dream. Then God's

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<v Speaker 3>waiting on you. If you haven't prayed about it, God is.

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<v Speaker 4>Waiting on you. You have not because you ask not.

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<v Speaker 3>So let me just start with this first point by

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<v Speaker 4>What do you really want in life?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you really want in life? But you've never

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<v Speaker 3>asked God for it? Did you know that the Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says you can ask God for anything? You can ask

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<v Speaker 3>God for anything. First step, listen to God. I read

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit a word, I let God speak to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I talk to him. Now here's step two. Step

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<v Speaker 3>two is focus my attention on God. This is the

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<v Speaker 3>second step in the kind of prayer that God gets answered,

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<v Speaker 3>so focus my attention on God. And in Daniel chapter nine,

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<v Speaker 3>verse three, it says this, so I turned my face

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<v Speaker 3>to the Lord seeking him. All right, circle the phrase

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<v Speaker 3>turned my face. I turned my face to the Lord

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<v Speaker 3>seeking him. Husbands, let me talk to you for just

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<v Speaker 3>a minute. I'm going to give you a marriage tip

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<v Speaker 3>that will pay great dividends in your life the rest

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<v Speaker 3>of your life. I have noticed, and I've developed this

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<v Speaker 3>habit that whenever Kay talks to me, I turn my

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<v Speaker 3>face toward her. Physically, whenever she starts talking, I literally

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, she loves it that because when you turn

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<v Speaker 3>your face to somebody, it's that you have my undivided attention.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm totally focused on you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, all the wives are clapping right now. Okay, great, great, yeah, okay, Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody likes this.

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<v Speaker 3>When you talk, you want people to turn their focus

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<v Speaker 3>to you. Pity the poor substitute teacher who stands up

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<v Speaker 3>at her, and it's like in the old Peanuts cartoons.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow wow wa wow wow whah and she's just blathering on.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody's tuned in, nobody's listening. Turning your face shows attention.

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<v Speaker 3>When my kids were little, they used to grab me

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<v Speaker 3>by their face and look at me, daddy. You're not

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<v Speaker 3>paying attention. Look at me, daddy. They wanted eye to

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<v Speaker 3>eye contact. That is the highest gift you give anybody

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<v Speaker 3>is your attention. It's more important than chocolate, roses or money,

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<v Speaker 3>giving your kids, your wife. Your attention is the highest

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