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Thanks for tuning in and again, thanks for coming out today. I'd like to start with something funny each week.

You know these are just jokes. Please don't be offended by them. I heard about this man. He was in a dark restaurant.

He leaned over to the woman next to him and said, hey, would you like to hear a blonde joke?

She said, well, before you tell me, you should know that I am blonde, six feet tall and a professional bodybuilder.

And the lady next to me is blonde, six foot two and a professional wrestler.

And the lady next to her is blonde, six foot five, and the kickboxing champion of the world.

Now, do you still want to tell me the blonde joke? He thought about it a moment. He said, no, not if I'm going to have to explain it three times.

All right. I may need to ride home today. 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've boldly confessed 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 not giving away your power. Every day we have opportunities to get upset, to be frustrated, to go around offended.

Maybe our plans didn't work out. Somebody was rude to us at the office or what should have taken an hour ended up taking three hours.

Life is full of inconveniences. There will always be interruptions, people that are hard to get along with.

We can't control all of our circumstances, but we can control our reaction.

Now, heard somebody say, life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.

We should go out each day positive, hopeful, expecting God's favor. But at the same time we should be realistic knowing that most days are not going to go exactly as we had it planned.

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