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Well, God bless you to joy to come into your homes. We come with good news knowing that God rewards people that seek after him. And I know God has a good plan and a purpose for your life. And we believe you're going to be encouraged today. And we just love you and pray for you every single day. If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and see us. We give you a personal invitation, but we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in today. I'd like to get started with something funny each week, and this was sent to me by a 94-year-old woman that watches us every week, and see what you think. An 85-year-old widow went on a blind date with a 90-year-old man. When she returned to her daughter's house later that evening, she seemed upset.

The daughter asked, Mom, what's wrong? She said, I had to slap him in the face three times.

She said, you mean he tried to get fresh? She said, no, I thought he was dead.

All right, hold up your Bibles and say it like you mean it. Ready? 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 the importance of spending quiet time alone each day and learning to let your mind totally relax. We live in a very noisy society. We've got cell phones always ringing we drive to work into traffic

with the news constantly on you get home and the tv's blaring and doorbells ringing sometimes

you've got kids that are screaming one of the biggest stress inducers there is is simply noise and when

we are constantly being bombarded

by all this clutter, it's so easy

to get out of balance. We have to

learn to get quiet.

And David said in Psalm 23,

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