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Speaking of which, thank you again for being here with me.

Let's get started.

Good morning and welcome back.

I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving weekend.

If you're listening to this on launch day, that you're

enjoying the holiday season, that the weather's good where you live. There's so many things to

praise God for just all the time, and I hope that what's going on around you in life is

amplifying the goodness of God. But today, regardless of what's going on externally, I want to

talk to you more about what's going on on the inside.

That inner voice that you have that's constantly in conversation with yourself, hopefully being honest with yourself, that inner voice, what is it accomplishing for you?

I want to ask just some open-ended early questions as we get going.

I think the way that you think about yourself, the way you think about God in your life and your

relationship with him and all of these internal, personal, private things are building out the

template for your life. And whether you believe that or not, let's assume so with a couple of questions. What if the things that you think for the rest of this month and year, the things that you think about who you are, the way that you talk to yourself about who God is, and what is possible? What if that isn't just inner monologue? What if it is actually the script

for next year? The next year will play out exactly as you internally decided. Right here and now,

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