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Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today. I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our

YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part

of one of our services. I'd like to start with something funny and don't be offended. It's just a

joke, but I heard about these three people, a Russian, an American, and a blonde.

They were talking together, and the Russian proudly said, we were the first ones in space.

The Americans said, well, we were the first ones on the moon.

The blonde said, that's nothing.

We're going to be the first ones on the sun.

The American, the Russian, they laugh.

You can't go to the sun. It's too hot you'd be

burned up. The blonde said, we know that. We're not that dumb. We're going to go at night.

All right, y'all. I'm married to a beautiful, smart, intelligent blonde, but I'm going to need

a ride home. But here we go, y'all. 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 being the authentic you. It's easy to go through

life trying to protect our image and always look good and impress people. We can't let them see our flaws, our shortcomings,

or they may think less of us. So we live with this pressure to perform, to pretend, and to wear a mask.

But the people we're trying to impress, the ones that look like they have it all together,

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