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I like to start with something funny each week. I should mention this was sent to me by a woman.

But according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, male reindeer lose their antlers at the start of winter in early November.

Female reindeer keep theirs until the spring. This means that all of Santa's reindeer from Rudolph to Blitzen had to be female.

She goes on to say we should have known only women could drag around a fat man wearing a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost.

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 how you have hidden treasure. It's easy to get stuck in life till we think we've reached our limits.

I've gone as far as I can go. I'm not that talented. I could never accomplish my dreams. God wouldn't have given you the dream and then not given you the ability to do it.

You have what you need. The problem many times is it's buried on the inside. It's hidden treasure. You have gifts and talents that you've not yet tapped into.

There is potential that is waiting to be released. When God laid out the plan for your life he deposited in you the skill, the wisdom, the creativity, everything you need to fulfill your destiny.

Here is the key. It's not what you have in you that matters. It's what you get out. If you are going to reach your highest potential you have to tap into that hidden treasure.

I read where the continent of Africa has more natural resources than any other continent. They have more gold, more diamonds than North America, than Europe, than Asia.

But isn't it interesting? They're one of the poorest continents. Europe and North America have these big cities, wealth, prosperity. What's the problem? It's not what's in you. It's what you're getting out.

Buried on the inside of you right now is hidden treasure. You are full of resources. There are books, movies, songs, ideas, inventions, businesses, putting you by the creator of the universe.

Now my challenge is don't die with the treasure still on the inside. You have something to offer this world that nobody else can offer. You are unique, one of a kind. When God made you he threw away the mold. Don't go around wishing you had somebody else's gift. If you had their gift it wouldn't help you. It would hinder you. You're not anointed to be them. You're anointed to be you.

If God wanted you to look like them, have their personality and do what they can do, then he would have made you that way. You have exactly what you need. You're tall enough, you're smart enough, you're attractive enough, you're talented enough, quick comparing yourself to somebody else. You've been fearfully and wonderfully man. When you walk in your anointing, confident in who God made you to be.

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