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All right, here we go. It is Friday, our last

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break of the day, and this is our last

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break of the week. It's been an interesting

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week. Wow, a lot of things

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going on. Yeah, it has really been crazy.

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Don't forget the Oscars are this Sunday

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night. If you choose to watch, if you're

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planning, I'm watching. I'm sure I'll be watching

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some of it, at least I know I will. Black

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Pants Yeah, Spike Lee, first

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time, Yeah, yeah,

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best picture I saw. If

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Black Panther don't win Best Picture,

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I'm

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where's the Oscar building there? And

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and Black and

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Black Clansman is also up directed by

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Spike Lee and this is his first time. So

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this is big, yeah being nominated. Yeah,

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this is big Steve Spike.

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Yeah, I don't know that. Yeah,

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yes, yea ye. Malcolm should

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have been oh my god, should

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have been not

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to mention a

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girl bleak bleak

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and Wesley Snipe shutout. Yes,

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yes, Big Brother might t was

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in there. I'm ready yah, okay,

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all right, so all

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right, Steve, here we are

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right along what I was going to talk. Okay, all right,

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Steve, take it away with your closing remarks. Well

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my remarks. Uh, today they've

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been used of

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late in opening and closing of the

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shows. Because I decided to try

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to be a bit more inspirational this year,

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kind of a mandate was put on me by God.

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I was asking God for some things

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that I wanted to happen in my life, and of course,

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as always, He has another requirement

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for me. I've learned that scriptures

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very very true to who much has given which

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is required. And so you know, as

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our God, as I ask God for

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things, you know, I got to be prepared

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to handle what comes

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along with it. I also have

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learned that when God is about to do something

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great in your life, that when

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you offer up prayers for your own

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happiness or success or you

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are you open or are you offer up

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thanks? You have to remember that

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God is not the only one that he is this prayer,

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that the evil forces that be they

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hear your prayer too. And

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the devil's only job is to make

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your life miserable. The

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devil has one mission in life to

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make you lose hope, to

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make you think God don't love you, and

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for you not to see the blessings or

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things that God is capable of doing in

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your life. That is simple

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as that the devil has no other

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mission, and he use any

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resource he possibly can to

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get that done. And I've

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learned that. And one of the things I want

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to point out to people, and I hope this helps

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you. Don't let others

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opinions shape your

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opinion of yourself. If

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you have a strong opinion about yourself,

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if you think if your opinion

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of yourself is that you're basically a

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good person. Now, we all make mistakes.

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I got that. But if your basic opinion of

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yourself is that you you're a good

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person, you're a caring person,

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You try to be a righteous person, you

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try to do the right things. Now

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when you make a mistake, here's

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what you cannot do. You cannot

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allow other's opinions

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to shape your opinion of yourself.

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It doesn't work that way because you got

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to remember the people who are having

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an opinion about you that don't

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really know you, And especially

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when they have a negative turn or

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negative opinion of you, you got

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to remember their job

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is to hurt, destroy,

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demolish, upset,

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prevent and stop you from

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having the life that God really has with

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you. It's really really

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just that simple. So

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I say to all of you, sometimes

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when things are falling apart, they

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may actually be falling into place.

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I want you to think about

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that. Sometimes

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when things are falling apart, they

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may actually be falling into

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place. You know, You've

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got to understand, man, there's

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a scripture that says something to the effect

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that all things work to

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the good for those that love the Lord,

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something to that effect. It's

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not verbatim that, but that's what

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it is, and that's what I believe.

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And that's the hope you have to hang on too,

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because listen to this. And

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I said this the other day, but I'm gonna say it to you,

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playing and simple. Every

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bad day I've

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ever had, every bad

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day that you've ever had,

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every day that I didn't think I

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was gonna make it, every day

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that you didn't think you was

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gonna make it. As

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you look back all on all

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of your darkest days, your

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track record for getting

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through those dark days is

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one hundred percent. And

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that, y'all, is good news.

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That is not a bad or horrible

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situation. That you've never

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made it through, not

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a single one. You

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are batting a thousand. Y'all, your

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dog days that you have rolled through, you

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batten one hundred percent. Got

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through every last one of them, even when

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you didn't, thank you would. That's

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the joy of it, man, that's

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the goodness. So when people are attacking

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you, don't let others opinions shape

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your opinions of yourself. If

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you know yourself to be a righteous person,

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that's because somebody say it ain't, so don't

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make it that. Don't let these people's opinion

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get in your head about who you really are. Don't

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let the devil get in there and block your

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blessings. Don't let him win the battles,

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don't let him win the war. Don't let him

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get you off task thinking you ain't this or

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you ain't that. A god don't love you because

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he does. Every bad day

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you've ever had, all the days

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you thought you wouldn't endue them. As you

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look back on it, your track record for surviving

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them is one hundred percent. And that's

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pretty good. Those are my remarks

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today. In your heart, go

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to work, y'all, have a

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great weekend.