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But thanks for tuning in and thank you again for coming out today.

I like to get started with something funny. I heard about this five-year-old boy named Tommy.

He was his grandmother's birthday and after wishing her a happy birthday, he said,

My mother, how old are you? She said, Tommy, I'm 39 and holding. He thought about it a moment to grandmother.

How would you be if you let go? Hold up your Bible. 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 seeing yourself as a masterpiece.

Too many people go around feeling wrong on the inside. They don't really like who they are.

They think if I was just a little taller, if I had a better personality, if my metabolism was a little faster,

or if I just look like her, then I would feel good about myself.

No, when God created you, he went to great lengths to make you exactly like he wanted.

You didn't accidentally get your personality. You didn't just happen to get your height, your looks, your skin color, your gifts.

God designed you on purpose to be the way you are. You have what you need to fulfill your destiny.

If you needed to be taller, God would have made you taller.

If you needed to be a different nationality, God would have made you that way.

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