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Time always gives us time to change,

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but you have to decide you want to change.

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You have to decide by looking into the future

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and even looking in the past to determine your future.

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As you're in the present, what are you gonna do to change?

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What kind of things do you need to do

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to change your life for the future

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while you're in the present

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and you're looking back at the past?

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Your destiny is determined by how you use your time.

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And I want to talk about time gives you time to change.

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That I'm gonna do this in increments of one year.

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So you may be in the middle of the summer,

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you may be in the middle of the fall or the spring,

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doesn't matter what time of year,

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but where do you want to be a year from now?

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Because time always gives us time to change,

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but you have to decide you want to change.

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You have to decide by looking into the future

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and even looking in the past to determine your future.

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As you're in the present, what are you gonna do to change?

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What kind of things do you need to do

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to change your life for the future

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while you're in the present

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and you're looking back at the past?

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So one of the saddest things that happens in people's lives

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is when they never learn from their mistakes.

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And I've talked about this before,

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the one knock, the two knock

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or the three knock method of learning.

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And the three knock method is,

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you're standing in line with someone

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and you see the person and two people in front of you

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whack their head on the overhang.

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And then the second person not noticing

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or not caring about the first person

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whacks his head on the overhang

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and you all come and do the same thing.

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Or the one knock method is that,

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you see the person knock their head

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and you actually duck when you get there.

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So we can learn from other people's mistakes.

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We can learn from our circumstances.

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So I wanna give you six thoughts

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on changes you might consider in your life

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to make you a better person,

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to discover the destiny that God has for you.

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Here's the first.

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What do you wanna look and feel like

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this time next year?

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What do you wanna look and feel like this time next year?

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So I wanna talk about exercise and the importance of that.

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I mean, the research shows

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that the fastest way to oxygenate your brain,

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to increase your IQ,

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to actually become smarter is through physical exercise.

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So do you have a routine?

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Do you have something that you can do every day

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that can oxygenate your brain?

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I get up every morning between five and 6 a.m.,

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sometimes at four, sometimes at 6.30,

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varies on each day, but I get up early

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and it's the very first thing I do.

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I get up and I have this adrenal cocktail that I take,

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which is half a glass of orange juice,

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half a glass of coconut water,

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and then I sprinkle salt on it, mix it together,

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and I drink that thing.

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Now I don't drink it all at once,

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but I drink it during my routine.

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Then I go in and I work out,

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and I work out six days a week

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because I know that that's going to oxygenate my brain.

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Write this down, this is really important.

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A little done consistently

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is better than a lot done sporadically.

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A little done consistently

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is better than a lot done sporadically.

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I can't tell you how many times through the years

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because of being a gymnast in high school and college

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where I understood a lot about strenuous workouts

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that I thought that that's what I wanted to continue to do

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as I grew older, and so I'd do these strenuous workouts,

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but I couldn't stay consistent with it.

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I would do it for a while, or I'd do it for a couple months,

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and then I would fall by the wayside in my time management.

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And so I discovered about a year ago

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that it was actually better for me

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to be consistent with a little bit.

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So I cut back on the workout that I did,

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but I consistently did it, and I loved it,

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and it's really made an impact in my life.

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So I want to challenge you, what do you want to look like?

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How do you want to look physically?

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Because your physical appearance affects your mind.

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It really does.

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So when you feel good about yourself because you look good,

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then it affects your outlook, it affects your vision,

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it affects your relationships with others.

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So I believe working out is really, really important.

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And the other thing is is it actually increases your IQ.

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So mentally, it really does have an impact in your life

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by working out.

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Number two, if you're married, this is for those that are married, what kind of marriage

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do you want to have this time next year?

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Are there some relational conflicts with your spouse that you guys need to work on?

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Well set some goals.

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Think about it right now and begin to work toward that.

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Maybe you need a mission statement for your marriage.

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Why are you guys married?

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What's the purpose of your marriage?

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What's significantly different about the impact of your marriage versus when you were single?

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Because there's a reason that God brought you guys together and there's a purpose for

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your marriage and maybe you've never actually thought through what your mission is.

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What about your communication?

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I was counseling a couple recently and one of the big issues in their marriage was their

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inability to communicate.

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And I said three things, I want you to remember three things that are the key to a successful

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marriage.

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The first is communication, the second is communication, and the third is communication.

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So constantly talking, spending time together, working on stuff, communicating with each

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other about things that are good and bad.

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Maybe you have a date night where you guys go out on a date.

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Set that for the coming year.

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What about praying and reading the Bible together?

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The chance of divorce, statistics show, for those who pray and read the Bible together

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is one in 1,019.

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So virtually no one gets a divorce if they daily pray together and daily read the Word

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of God together.

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And I'm surprised how many Christian couples don't do that.

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So first, what do you want to look and feel like this time next year?

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Number two, what kind of marriage do you want to have this time next year?

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Number three, if you're single and you want to be married, what kind of people do you

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need to be hanging around with in the new year?

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So what are, over the next year, what kind of people do you need to be hanging out with?

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Let me just tell you, the best looking people are not in the bars.

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The most intelligent people, people look at me, everybody look at me, the most intelligent

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people are not in the bars.

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And I'm not saying people are unintelligent that go to a bar, because that would be about

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80% of our population.

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So very intelligent people who go to the bar, not saying anything negative about the bar

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per se.

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I'm just saying if you want to know the best people, you need to meet them at church.

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And that's absolutely the truth.

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And I met Liz on a mission project.

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I was a smuggler.

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So I was smuggling Bibles in China.

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That's where I met Liz, and we've been married now for over 38 years.

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So who are you hanging out with?

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Are you hanging out with people that are building the best into you?

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Do they have good habits?

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Are they positive?

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Are they relational?

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Are they kind?

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Do they challenge you in a positive way, or are they pulling you down?

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They're pulling you down.

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Get away from those relationships.

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Don't date those kind of people.

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Don't date the people that cause you to compromise in your convictions and your principles.

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Number four, what kind of a relationship with God do you want to have this time next year?

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We call it PB&J, Prayer, Bible, and Journal.

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Start each day in God's Word.

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Now my schedule is that I start each day with a workout, I drink my water, I drink my adrenal

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cocktail.

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I go work out for about 30 minutes, and then I get into the Word, and that's pretty much

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what I do.

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So my first hour to hour and a half is drinking water, drinking my orange juice, coconut water,

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salted adrenal cocktail, working out with weights, and then lastly, Prayer, Bible, and

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Journal.

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Start each day in God's Word.

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Spend time in God's Word, because I'm seeking the kingdom first.

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That's the most important thing in my life.

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I want to lay that foundation.

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It was a clinical psychologist from Canada, Jordan Peterson, said the most noble cause,

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the greatest challenge to humankind is seek first the kingdom of God.

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Isn't that amazing?

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He doesn't even consider himself, I don't believe, even a Christian, but he's understanding

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that this is the highest calling and the most noble cause of the universe.

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So what kind of a relationship with God do you want to have in a year?

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Number five, what kind of friendships do you want to have in a year?

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So over the next year, what kind of friendships do you want to have?

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Listen, folks, there's some relationships you need to drop this year.

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These people are not good for you.

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They're not healthy.

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You need to drop them.

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to drop them, and you need to develop some new relationships

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with some new people.

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And you need what we call blood-stained allies.

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You need some men and women who love you.

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They've got your back.

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They've got your six.

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They've got you covered.

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They're not going to cut and run when things

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happen that are not good.

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And so it may be time for a change of relationships

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this year.

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And number six, and lastly, what kind of job

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do you want to have this time next year?

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So if you're in a dead-end job, it

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might be time to brush up your resume

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and start thinking about another job.

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If you like your job, then be the best at it.

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Work hard at it.

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Do the very, very best that you can at that job.

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And I would say, as a caveat to that,

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that if you like 80% of your job,

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that is a home run, because you're never

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going to like any job 100%.

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But if 80% of your job is doable, and it's flexible,

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and you like it, and you enjoy it,

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you're in a great, great job.

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Time is more important than money.

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You may have heard the phrase, time is money.

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Time is more important than money.

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Time is the most important currency that you have.

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You spend time.

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You ever heard that phrase?

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I'm going to spend time.

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It's a currency that you have.

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So spend that currency in a good way

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that will be changing your life for the positive,

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changing your life toward the kingdom of God,

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changing your life toward a more intimate relationship

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with people and with the Lord in your life.

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I hope this is helpful.

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I'll see you next time.

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