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I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about this mother.

She was cooking breakfast for her two young boys.

Ryan was five and Kevin was three. They began to argue over who

should get the first pancake. She saw this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said,

boys, boys, if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother have the first pancake. Ryan turned to

his younger brother and said, okay, Kevin, you be Jesus. Say it like you mean it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same.

In Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about approval addiction.

Too many people make decisions based on what other people will think about them. They run everything through a filter.

How is this going to make me look?

How will my friends, my coworkers, perceive me?

Will they be impressed?

Will they applaud?

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