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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>We are so glad you're here with us.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to continue our series called The Keys

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<v Speaker 1>to a Blessed Life, And in these messages, Rick walks

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<v Speaker 1>through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and shows us how

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<v Speaker 1>to live a truly hopeful and purpose filled life. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>we're back with part two of God blesses a heart

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<v Speaker 1>of integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>So how do you get it? How do you get integrity?

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<v Speaker 3>What does it even look like?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>In Psalm chapter fifteen, the fifteenth Psalm, David gives us

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<v Speaker 3>eight characteristics of what it means to walk or live

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<v Speaker 3>with integrity. Let me read it to you Psalm fifteen

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<v Speaker 3>one to five. Lord, who may stand in your sanctuary

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<v Speaker 3>and who may live on your holy mountain?

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<v Speaker 2>And what's he talking about here?

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<v Speaker 3>This is a metaphor, he said, God, who gets to

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<v Speaker 3>be close to you? You, That's what he's saying. Who gets

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<v Speaker 3>to be your friend? All that thing stuff I just

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<v Speaker 3>was talking about earlier. Who gets to live in your presence,

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<v Speaker 3>Who gets to experience your power, who gets to understand

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<v Speaker 3>your peace? Who gets to live your purpose?

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<v Speaker 2>God?

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<v Speaker 3>Who gets to be your friend. That's what he's saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Who may stay in your sanctuary and live on your

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<v Speaker 3>holy mountain. Here's the answer, the one who walks with integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>Circle that walks with integrity. And then he gives us

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<v Speaker 3>eight characteristics of a man who has integrity or a

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<v Speaker 3>woman who has integrity, and here's what they are.

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<v Speaker 2>A Number one.

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<v Speaker 3>He speaks the truth from his heart. You don't lie

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<v Speaker 3>when you have integrity. He refuses to slander others with

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<v Speaker 3>his tongue. WHOA anytime you put down anybody else, you've.

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<v Speaker 2>Just lost integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>Anytime you slander anybody else for their politics, or their religion,

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<v Speaker 3>or their lifestyle, or any other difference, cultural difference, whatever,

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<v Speaker 3>he says, you've just lost your integrity. He refuses to

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<v Speaker 3>slander others with his tongue. He won't listen to gossip.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh now we're meddling, says. If you listen, not share it.

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<v Speaker 3>But even if you just listen to it, you've lost

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<v Speaker 3>your integrity. He will not cast a slur on his

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<v Speaker 3>fellow man. Instead, he honors those who fear the Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>and he keeps his promises even when it hurts. He

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<v Speaker 3>lends his money freely without charging interest. In other words,

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<v Speaker 3>he's very, very generous. That's a mark of integrity, and

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<v Speaker 3>he cannot be bribed by money. Whoever does these things,

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<v Speaker 3>these things will never be shaken. You won't have security

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<v Speaker 3>in your life. You want to get rid of all

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<v Speaker 3>the insecure in your life. Get integrity in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to have stability in your life, Get integered

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<v Speaker 3>in your life. You want to have the confidence Tom

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<v Speaker 3>was talking about. Then you've got to get integered in

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<v Speaker 3>your life. When you lack integrity, you go through life insecure.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says the man of integrity walks securely. And

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<v Speaker 3>the whole reason you don't have security, the whole reason

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<v Speaker 3>you feel insecure so much time, is because you lack integrity, wholeness, authenticity,

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<v Speaker 3>and an unmixed motivation. What I want to do now

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<v Speaker 3>is give you a little checklist. It's a pretty quick checklist.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not going to take a lot of time for

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<v Speaker 3>me to explain it. In fact, I don't have to

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<v Speaker 3>illustrate it because once I say these things, you'll understand it.

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<v Speaker 3>Integrity demands that every area of your life is treated

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<v Speaker 3>with the same intensity that you say, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>have the same commitment to excellence in my marriage as.

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<v Speaker 2>I have in my career.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to have the same commitment to excellence in

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<v Speaker 3>my ministry and in my parenting as I do in

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<v Speaker 3>making money. I'm going to have as much commitment to

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<v Speaker 3>the right motivation as I do into doing the right thing.

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<v Speaker 3>So let me just give you six of the common

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<v Speaker 3>ways you can work on these this week from the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, you become a person of integrity by keeping

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<v Speaker 3>your promises. By keeping your promises, people of integrity keep

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<v Speaker 3>their word. If they say they'll do it, they'll do it.

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<v Speaker 3>If they say they'll be there, they'll be there.

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<v Speaker 2>They say you.

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<v Speaker 3>Can count on it, You can count on it. People

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<v Speaker 3>of integrity keep their promises. This is verbal integrity. And

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<v Speaker 3>the Bible says in Proverbs twenty five, verse fourteen, people

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<v Speaker 3>who promise things that they never give. He says, they're

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<v Speaker 3>like clouds and wind that bring no rain. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>they're worthless. There's been a hot bunch of hot air.

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<v Speaker 3>This is vapor, and there's nothing to them. They don't

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<v Speaker 3>bring wind, they don't bring rain, they don't bring any benefit.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just all smoking mirrors.

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<v Speaker 3>So my question to you is this, what promises have

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<v Speaker 3>you made that you have not kept? And you need

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<v Speaker 3>to keep them before integrity? Say, have you made some

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<v Speaker 3>promises your kids? Broken promises are the number one cause

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<v Speaker 3>of bitterness in children. The number one cause of bitterness

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<v Speaker 3>broken promises that parents said. I said up, Mom, you

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<v Speaker 3>said Dad, you said, they break the promise. Have you

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<v Speaker 3>made a promise to your spouse about something you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to change and you haven't done it. It's a broken promise.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you made a promise to God, a spiritual promise,

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<v Speaker 3>a vow and you haven't kept it. That is a

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<v Speaker 3>lack of integrity. Now I know that what happens is

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<v Speaker 3>we say, well, the circumstances have changed, doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>If you made a promise.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to keep your word, even if it is

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<v Speaker 3>not beneficial to you. Do you remember that Psalm FI

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<v Speaker 3>we just read. Let me look at it again here

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<v Speaker 3>on the screen. So I'm fifteen verse four. God blesses

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<v Speaker 3>the one who walks with integrity, who keeps his promises

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<v Speaker 3>even when it hurts, even when it cost you more.

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<v Speaker 3>And you thought I was going to cost you. You

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<v Speaker 3>keep your promise. I said, I'd sult to you for that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna sell it to you for that, even though

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<v Speaker 3>it's worth a whole lot more or whatever. You keep

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<v Speaker 3>your promises even when it hurts. I remember when Matthew,

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<v Speaker 3>my youngest son, was young, and he really struggled with

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<v Speaker 3>panic attacks as part of his mental illness. Panic thanks

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<v Speaker 3>are not mental illness, but he had that in addition too,

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<v Speaker 3>and he struggled with a lot of fears in his life.

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<v Speaker 3>And I really wanted him to go to camp, but

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<v Speaker 3>he was afraid to go to church camp. And so

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<v Speaker 3>I made a promise to my young son. I said,

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<v Speaker 3>Matthew is sixth grade. So Matthew, if you'll go to camp,

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<v Speaker 3>I promised to go with you, and then you can

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<v Speaker 3>handle it. You won't be afraid. I'll be there with you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be your camp counselor I'll go with you. And

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<v Speaker 3>he decided he didn't want to go, so I went

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<v Speaker 3>ahead and I took some other commitments that week. Then

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<v Speaker 3>he decided he wanted to go. And I had made

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<v Speaker 3>a commitment to speak to one hundred thousand men in

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<v Speaker 3>a stadium of promise keepers in Atlanta. So I broke

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<v Speaker 3>a promise to speak to the promise keepers, to keep

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<v Speaker 3>a promise to my son, and I have never never

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<v Speaker 3>regretted that. Now I would have had a whole lot

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<v Speaker 3>more fun speaking to one hundred thousand men than being

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<v Speaker 3>a camp counselor in sixth grade camp. You become a

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<v Speaker 3>person of integrity by keeping your promises.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Become a person of integrity by paying your bills.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you may not think.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a big deal, but it's a big deal

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<v Speaker 3>to God. This is financial integrity. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>over and over and over and over again that the

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<v Speaker 3>way you use your money is a test of your integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you spend more money than you make That is

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<v Speaker 3>a lack of integrity. Do you get yourself in debt

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<v Speaker 3>to things that you can't pay off, That is a

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<v Speaker 3>lack of integrity. The Bible says, people of integrity pay

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<v Speaker 3>their bills. It's like keeping your promises financially. Now, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not going to go into all the different ways, but

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<v Speaker 3>let me just give you a couple. Here's a couple verses. First,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't default on loans and you pay off your

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<v Speaker 3>credit card. Psalm thirty seven to twenty one says the

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<v Speaker 3>wicked man borrows and never pays back. And not only

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<v Speaker 3>that this one's really meddling. Some of these are going

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<v Speaker 3>to get a little personal here. You don't defraud the

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<v Speaker 3>government of taxes. The Bible says in Romans thirteen, verse

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<v Speaker 3>six and seven, the authorities working are working for God.

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<v Speaker 2>Pay what you owe them.

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<v Speaker 3>Pay your personal and property taxes. You say, but Rick,

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<v Speaker 3>the government is wasting my money. Of course I know that, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>And they don't. The government lacks integrity because they're spending

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<v Speaker 3>far more than they take in. Okay, and they're doing

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<v Speaker 3>deficit spending. But you don't get to do that if

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<v Speaker 3>you have integrity. What they do with my taxes, they're

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<v Speaker 3>going to be accountable to God for. But I am

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<v Speaker 3>accountable to God to pay my taxes that do not

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<v Speaker 3>cheat on them, because if I do, I lack integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, to do that. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Number three, you become a person of integrity by keeping

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<v Speaker 3>your promises, paying your bills. And number three, this one's

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<v Speaker 3>really meddling. By refusing to gossip. That's what the Bible says.

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<v Speaker 3>This is relational integrity, and that is you don't talk

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<v Speaker 3>one way with one group of people and then go

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<v Speaker 3>talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>Them behind their back.

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<v Speaker 3>If you flatter somebody, and you butter them up and

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<v Speaker 3>you like they're best friends, and then behind them you

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<v Speaker 3>cut them off with the knees and you say one

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<v Speaker 3>thing here and one thing there, and you gossip. The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says, you lack integrity. You don't have it, and

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<v Speaker 3>you're not gonna have God's blessing on your life if

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<v Speaker 3>you keep on gossiping like that, And the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 3>if you listen to it. Did you know that accepting

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<v Speaker 3>stolen goods gets the same criminal indictment as stealing it,

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<v Speaker 3>and so accepting gossip is the same thing as offering

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<v Speaker 3>it up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a wrong thing. Every time you.

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<v Speaker 3>Gossip, you lose integrity. Do you talk about other people

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<v Speaker 3>behind their back? Can you keep a secret? The Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says this in Proverbs eleven, verse thirteen. A gossip can't

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<v Speaker 3>be trusted with a secret, but somewhat of integrity won't

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<v Speaker 3>violate a confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what we need today? We need men

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<v Speaker 2>and women of.

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<v Speaker 3>Integrity who know how to keep a secret and not

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<v Speaker 3>put it on Facebook or blab it on Twitter, or

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<v Speaker 3>pass it around on social media. You know, one of

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<v Speaker 3>the rules of our small groups is what set in

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<v Speaker 3>the group stays in the group. Why because everybody needs

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<v Speaker 3>a safe place of a few friends where you can

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<v Speaker 3>be real and be yourself and have not other everybody

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<v Speaker 3>go publish it about you. Real friends walk into your

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<v Speaker 3>life when everybody else walks out. And that's the purpose

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<v Speaker 3>of a small group, one of the purposes. And so

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<v Speaker 3>what set in the group stays in the group? Can

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<v Speaker 3>you keep a confidence? Or as soon as somebody says, now,

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<v Speaker 3>I've never told this to anybody, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Immediately go tell it somebody else.

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<v Speaker 3>If you do, you lack integrity. The Bible says this

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<v Speaker 3>there on the screen Proverbs ten eighteen. Anyone who spreads gossip,

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<v Speaker 3>God says you're a fool. Anyone who spreads gossip is

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<v Speaker 3>a fool. It's a foolish, destructive thing to do, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Number four, I'm just going through these pretty quickly. Integrity

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<v Speaker 3>is developed by keeping your promises, paying your bills, refusing

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<v Speaker 3>the gossip. Number four, by faithfully tithing. Did you know

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<v Speaker 3>that the Bible says that tithing is a test of integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the ways God tests my integrity is through tithing.

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<v Speaker 3>Do I trust him with my finances? Do I put

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<v Speaker 3>him first? Whatever? Wherever you put your money first is

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<v Speaker 3>what's most important to you. Let me say it again,

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<v Speaker 3>Wherever you put your money first is what's most important

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<v Speaker 3>to you. And the Bible says that tithing is a

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<v Speaker 3>test of integrity because Jesus said, wherever your heart is,

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<v Speaker 3>wherever your treasure is, that's where your heart's going to be.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can always know what's important to people by

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<v Speaker 3>looking at it and where they spend their money. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>what God says about this Malachi chapter three.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it right.

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<v Speaker 3>For a person to cheat God? Of course not yet.

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<v Speaker 3>You are robbing me, says the Lord. How he asked me.

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<v Speaker 3>You're spending my money by withholding your full tithe and offerings.

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<v Speaker 3>Bring to me the full amount of your tithe to

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<v Speaker 3>my house. Put me to the test, and you'll see

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<v Speaker 3>that I will open the windows of heaven and pour

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<v Speaker 3>out so much blessing on you that you won't even

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<v Speaker 2>All.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a test, and this is a promise. It's

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<v Speaker 3>the Pepsi challenge eirth Jesus, God says, I dare you

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<v Speaker 3>to trust me on this?

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<v Speaker 2>I dare you to trust me.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have the integrity to put me first in

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<v Speaker 3>your finances. Number five, You become a person of integrity,

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<v Speaker 3>keeping your promises, paying your bills, refusing the gossip, faithfully tithing,

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<v Speaker 3>by doing your best at work. By doing your best

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<v Speaker 3>at work, this is business integrity or vocational spiritual integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>Tithing and relational integrity, not gossiping and financial integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Paying your bills.

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<v Speaker 3>This is vocational integrity, of having integrity where you work.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you do your best at work? Are you to

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<v Speaker 3>just slough off when the boss isn't watching? See, some

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<v Speaker 3>people only work hard when the boss is around, when

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<v Speaker 3>the supervisor's around, and the rest of the time they're

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<v Speaker 3>goofing off. They're playing around, they're standing in a watercolor gossiping.

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<v Speaker 3>They're playing solitaire on the computer or reading some online magazine.

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<v Speaker 3>They're they're taking supplies home to their house, ripping off

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<v Speaker 3>as long as they're not being noticed. You may have

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<v Speaker 3>you to give a full day's work when you're paid

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<v Speaker 3>goof off. He said, Well, everybody else is slacking off.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody else works hard in my office. Well, so what,

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<v Speaker 3>they're not a follower of Christ, and maybe they don't

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<v Speaker 3>care about integrity, and maybe they don't care about leaving

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<v Speaker 2>But you do.

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<v Speaker 3>And so whether they work hard and well or not

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<v Speaker 3>is irrelevant. Let me show you some just a few

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<v Speaker 3>verses about this here in the screen. Proverbs eighteen, verse

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<v Speaker 3>nine says this, slack habits and sloppy work are as

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<v Speaker 2>That's what God says about it.

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<v Speaker 3>He says, you know, if you're just goofing off and

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<v Speaker 3>enough for this. You know, nobody's gonna even notice. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>that's like vandalism. Let me show you in the Living Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this, a lazy employee is as destructive

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you know, we're really getting deep here.

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<v Speaker 3>He's saying that if I am not given a full

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<v Speaker 3>day's work for a full day's wage, I may hate

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<v Speaker 3>my job. It doesn't matter if I hate it or not.

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<v Speaker 3>I am actually vandalizing and I'm sabotaging somebody else's business

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<v Speaker 3>if I'm not giving it my best. If I don't

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<v Speaker 3>give it my best, then I lack integrity. Let me

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<v Speaker 3>show you a couple other Versesphesian six six says this,

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<v Speaker 3>don't work hard only when your master, that's your supervisor

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<v Speaker 3>is watching, and then sure when he isn't looking, work

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<v Speaker 3>hard and work with gladness, and that's enthusiasm all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>even if you hate your job, as though working for Christ,

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<v Speaker 3>doing the will of God with all your heart. It

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<v Speaker 3>is God's will that you work hard and with gladness

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<v Speaker 3>all the time, as if you were working for Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, if you're a believer, your boss is and

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<v Speaker 3>your boss, your real boss is God. And whether anybody

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<v Speaker 3>else sees it or not, you said, nobody's going to

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<v Speaker 3>see whether I worked or not. God does, and he's

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<v Speaker 3>your boss. Your boss isn't watching you all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>but God is watching you all the time. And this

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<v Speaker 3>is a test. It's a test of integrity. And as

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<v Speaker 2>The owner of the business or my employer. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>show you another one.

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<v Speaker 3>Colossums three twenty two says this, and don't just do

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<v Speaker 3>the minimum that will get you by do your best.

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<v Speaker 3>That's integrity. Are you doing your best at work? If not,

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<v Speaker 3>you need to change. You need to what's called repent.

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<v Speaker 3>I need to not just do the minimum. I need

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<v Speaker 3>to give it my best shot, do your best. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>the next verse Colossians three twenty three, it's on your outline,

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<v Speaker 3>says this, work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do

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<v Speaker 3>as though you were working for the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Said it twice.

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<v Speaker 3>Anytime the Bible says something twice, you better pay attention. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>work hard and cheerfully is whatever you do as though

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Pastor Rick with a special message.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi everybody, this is Pastor Rick. I would like to

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<v Speaker 3>thank you. Thank you for being a part of our

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<v Speaker 3>I recently heard from a woman named Eunice in Cameroon.

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<v Speaker 2>That's powerful.

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<v Speaker 3>That's powerful, and that happened because your giving is helping

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<v Speaker 3>They're some generous friends who have offered a matching grant.

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<v Speaker 3>What that means is whatever you give will be doubled, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>want to encourage you and give your best gift you

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<v Speaker 3>of other people who still need to hear. There are

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<v Speaker 3>I thank God for you, and I am so grateful

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you.

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