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Hi and Welcome to the 41st episode of Leap.
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I'm your host,
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Lorene Henry and I appreciate you joining me in this space.
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Listen today I'm going to dedicate this episode to my mama,
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Karen Jackson and Flora Mississippi.
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Listen the reason why I'm dedicating this episode to my mom,
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she called me and she said baby,
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I really enjoyed whatever the episode was,
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but you failed to introduce yourself,
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I need you to introduce yourself every time.
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And I said well mama,
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I think I introduced myself,
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she says no,
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no you didn't.
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And you also did it in another episode.
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So hey y'all,
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I'm Laureen,
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Henry,
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the host of leap and thank you so much mama for always supporting me um for loving me and for caring enough to um tell me about my episodes.
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So that leads into what I'm talking about today.
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Being attentive to your people,
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let me offer a word of prayer,
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father in heaven,
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maker and creator of all things.
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I bless your name,
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jesus,
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I thank you for another opportunity to be in the space.
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Thank you for every listener under the sound of my voice.
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God,
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I appreciate them.
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I ask Lord that you bless them abundantly as you do this episode and every other person who will come to it and listen in jesus name.
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Amen being attentive to your people first of all,
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what does it mean to be attentive?
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Well the new Oxford american dictionary's definition of attentive is paying close attention to something assiduously attending to the comfort or wishes of others,
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it's to be very polite or courteous,
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being attentive.
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Now listen,
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when I say being attentive to your people who are your people who's in your circle,
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your square,
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your triangle.
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Mine is probably more like a square.
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And for me these are people who I could call and tell that I'm in jail.
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You see if I should ever go to jail,
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God forbid.
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Um you can't call everybody.
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So the people that I consider in my square would be people who would love me,
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pray with me and for me rebuke me and restore me.
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These are my these are my people.
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My people also have a prayer life because I'm not calling anybody when I'm struggling that I can't be free with or be real with.
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Let's be attentive to the people who support us.
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These people carry our stuff without asking for anything in return.
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Let's not be a slap in the face by not caring considering and being attentive to them.
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We don't want to make our people feel like they are the only givers in the relationship.
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Remember it's a relationship between two people.
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Both people should be givers as well as takers.
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Let us not confuse the temporary with a permanent.
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We must know our assignment.
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Some people are in our lives for a reason.
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Some are in our lives for a season and others are covenant or permanent lifetime people.
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Let's not neglect our people.
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Let's consider them.
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Let's check on them.
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Let's see how they're doing.
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Um Let's make sure that we invest and that we pour into our people.
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Many times we have people in our lives who are quality quality people and we overlook them and invest in people who don't give anything back.
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Can't give anything back and don't pour into us.
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Don't get me wrong,
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there's nothing,
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I mean nothing wrong with that because you know your assignment,
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however,
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do not overlook your people invest in those who invest in you pour into those who pour into you and be attentive.
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Yeah.
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They may be strong.
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They may look strong.
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They may not be complainers,
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but that is no reason to overlook them.
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See the people in my circle Triangle Square or whatever it is.
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The people in my space,
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my nucleus,
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the ones who hold me together,
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they don't complain.
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I mean when I tell you,
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they don't complain.
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They don't complain at all.
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They praise the Lord through it all.
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They bless the Lord.
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Um All is well,
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but they're not complainers of the group.
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I'm the complainer because that's that's just the way I am.
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Um That's my makeup.
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So I'm usually gonna say how I feel like if I'm feeling great and over the top of great and over the top.
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But when I'm down,
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I'm low and so you're gonna know like you're gonna know.
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But the people in my space,
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don't complain.
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And so therefore I must always be attentive and ask the hard questions now I say this to you,
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but don't be offended if nothing is said or all is well.
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Don't be offended.
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But also don't stop caring.
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Don't stop asking.
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Don't stop being attentive.
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It matters your people matter.
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Be attentive.
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Hey,
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thank you for listening to this episode.
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I appreciate you.
