Join Pastor Carlton Byrd and
the Breath of Life team at the
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Mount Olive Church in Apopka,
Florida, January 10th to January
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23, for its 2016 winter revival.
Now, each night Pastor Byrd will
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bring a special word from the
Lord. There's going to be
soul-stirring music
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and Bible teachings that
will inspire and change lives.
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We invite you to join us
at the Mount Olive Seventh-day
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Adventist Church located at 3350
Clarcona Road in Apopka,
Florida. Pastor Byrd is
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the speaker-director of Breath
of Life, and he's going to be
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bringing the message on Sunday,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
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Saturday, January 10 to January
23. The doors open every evening
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at 7 o'clock. On opening night,
Sunday, January 10, we're going
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to be featuring the
Grammy-nominated recording
artist, The Walls Group.
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Now this dynamic brother-sister
ensemble was nominated for
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the best gospel performance
song at the 57th annual Grammy
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Awards, for their special
rendition of “Love on the
Radio.” You are not
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going to want to miss this urban
contemporary gospel quartet
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from Houston, Texas. Pastor
Byrd and the Breath of Life team
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are looking forward to seeing
you, January 10 through the
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23rd, at the Mount Olive
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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3350 Clarcona Road
in Apopka, Florida.
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For more information, call
(256) 929-6460. (256) 929-6460.
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PB:  Matthew chapter 4, verse
number 1. The Word of God says,
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Matthew 4:1, "Then was Jesus
led up of the Spirit into the
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wilderness to be tempted of the
devil. And when he had fasted
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forty days and forty nights,
he was afterward an hungred.
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And when the tempter came
to him, he said, If thou be the
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Son of God, command that
these stones be made," what,
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everybody? Aud:  Bread.    PB: 
"But he answered and said, It is
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written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word
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that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God. Then the devil taketh
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him up into the holy city,
and setteth him on a pinnacle of
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the temple, And saith unto
him, If thou be the Son of God,
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cast thyself down: for it
is written, He shall give his
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angels charge concerning thee:
and in their hands they shall
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bear thee up, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a
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stone. Jesus said unto him, It
is written again, Thou shalt not
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tempt the Lord thy God. Again,
the devil taketh him up into
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an exceeding high mountain,
and sheweth him all the kingdoms
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of the world, and the glory
of them; And saith unto him,
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All these things will I give
thee, if thou wilt fall down
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and worship me. Then saith
Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
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Satan: for it is written, Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God,
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and him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and,
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behold, angels came
and ministered unto him."
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Easy promises but empty
guarantees. Easy promises but
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empty guarantees. Father, speak
now. We have come expecting
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and anticipating a word
from You, so we need that today.
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Penetrate the aisles, penetrate
the airways, by the power
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of Your Spirit. When
the appeal time comes, Lord,
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You do Your work. In
Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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Easy promises but empty
guarantees. Happy New Year.
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Let me try that again. Happy New
Year.   Aud:  Happy New Year.
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PB:  One more time. Happy New
Year.   Aud:  Happy New Year.
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PB:  Many people can no
longer celebrate the arrival of
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a new year, they just celeb rate
the survival of the old year.
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Do I have a witness in this
place? Somebody today is happy
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not so much that it's 2016, but
they're happy that 2015 is over.
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For somebody, 2015 was rough.
If we're honest, 2015 was tough.
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2015 was hard; it was difficult.
There are some things that
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happened in 2015 that you
want to throw into the sea of
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forgetfulness. Do I have a
witness in this place? So, when
you come to a new year,
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you make promises to improve
your life and improve you.
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We call these promises
"resolutions." Everybody makes
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them. Don't sit and act like
you don't know what I'm talking
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about, everybody makes them.
Amen. Let me bowl down your
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alley. Somebody's got a
resolution, a promise, to lose
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weight. Exercise more. Drink
more water. Get out of debt.
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Save money. Stop being
late. Get out of church earlier.
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[Aud. reaction]   B:  Watch it
now. Ha-ha. Let go of grudges.
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Get over your ex, so
you can move to your next.
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[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
Stop texting while driving.
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Go to church more. Be
on time for Sabbath school.
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Go to prayer meeting.
Return a faithful tithe - amen!
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[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
I just pray that these are
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easy promises and not
empty guarantees, because in
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many cases a New Year's
resolution is a promise to
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stop doing the
things you enjoy the most.
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But you know what? 2016
will be an interesting year,
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because there will be a
lot of promises made in 2016.
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Why? 2016 is an election
year, and it seems as though
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everybody's still
running for President.
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Everybody is making
promises from tax cuts to job
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creation to national
security to building walls to
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separate Mexico from the
United States. To denying
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some people from
entering into the United States,
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promises are being made.
But are these easy promises
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with empty guarantees? I
mean, really, can you deny
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anybody from coming
in to the United States?
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Can you really build
a wall separating Mexico
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and the United States?
Can you really lower taxes?
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Can anybody keep ISIS
out? Somebody said that
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promises made during
any presidential candidate's
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campaign should
really be called "proposals,"
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because after all,
campaigning for President of
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the United States is
really a marketing process
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where candidates
present themselves as products,
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differentiate themselves
from other products and
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then make proposals on
how they will perform if they
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get the job. While
campaigning can be enticing,
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talk is cheap. And even
candidates with the best
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intentions can have
difficulty making them happen.
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So don't promise what
you can't keep. Young people,
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don't promise good grades,
but you don't want to study.
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Brothers, don't promise
her a big house, a nice car,
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a fat bank account but
you don't want to work.
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Always fitting to do
something. It's a new year
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and I'm fitting to do
something. Talking about
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you following your
dream, you can still work a
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9 to 5 while you're
following your dream.
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Do I have a witness
in this place? Ladies,
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don't promise him
support and nurture,
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and all you want to
do is nag and complain.
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Stop overpromising
and underdelivering.
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Easy promises
but empty guarantees.
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But this business
of not keeping promises
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didn't just start with
New Year's resolutions.
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It didn't just start
with presidential campaigns.
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It didn't just start
from that man to that woman
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or that woman to that
man. Matthew, chapter 4 tells
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us that Jesus, the
Son of God, was hungry,
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tired, is approached by
Satan with easy promises
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but empty guarantees.
The text says that Jesus was
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led up into the wilderness.
He was tempted of the devil.
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Now, don't get it
twisted. God doesn't tempt;
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but God does test.
According to James 1:13,
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God doesn't tempt
anybody, but He does test,
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because remember, James
teaches that the testing
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of our faith produces
perseverance. Any teacher
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you've ever had tested
you. They tested you to
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reinforce what you
knew, or they tested you to
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try to find out what
you didn't know. When God
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tests you in life, what
kind of test giver is He?
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Is He reinforcing, or
is He teaching, or is He
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doing both? I wish I had time.
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God tests; Satan
tempts. Satan tempts Jesus three
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times in the text. First,
he tempts Jesus by appealing
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to his physical needs;
specifically, food. Somebody
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knows that when you're
hungry, it can make you do a
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bunch of foolish
things. Ironically, the same way
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that Satan begins to
tempt Jesus is the same way he
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begins to tempt Adam and
Eve, with food. That's why
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for some of you, your
problem is not drugs. You know,
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for Adventists, we shouldn't
have a problem with alcohol.
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Our problem is not
immorality - it shouldn't be.
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Your problem is not gossip.
Your problem is not money.
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But if there's one problem
that we have as a church,
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it's food. I wish I had
a witness in this place.
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And Satan knows your
problem. Jesus is not in a
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beautiful garden,
though. Jesus is in a desert.
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Adam and Eve were not
hungry, but Jesus was.
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Jesus hadn't eaten
for 40 days and 40 nights,
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and the devil tempts Him
to make stones become bread.
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But Jesus stood His
ground by standing on
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the Word of God. You
can always defeat the
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devil with the Word.
I wish I had a witness
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in this place.
Notice also in the text,
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Jesus doesn't say
"Hold up. Wait a minute.
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Let me look in the
Bible and find a verse
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to defend my
position." But Jesus already
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knew the Word,
because God's Word was hidden
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in His heart that He
might not sin against thee.
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Know what you believe.
I heard a preacher say,
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"Know why you believe it,
and know where it's found."
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Know the Word. The
second temptation is to take
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a shortcut. The Bible
says the devil took Jesus
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way up to the Holy
City. Set Him, the Bible says,
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on a pinnacle and
says to Him, "If Thou be
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the Son of God,
cast Thyself down.
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For it is written,
'He shall give His angels
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charge over Thee.' "
Now, notice, the devil
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took Jesus way up. The
devil took Jesus high up.
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Way up in His spirituality,
way up in His religious
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consciousness. And if
the devil will take Jesus to
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the temple, you'd
better believe the devil will
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bring you to Oakwood.
The devil will make you sit
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up in here and refuse
to sing. Refuse to smile.
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Refuse to shake hands. Refuse
to pray. Refuse to praise.
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Refuse to thank God, as
if God hasn't blessed you.
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As if God hasn't delivered
you; as if God hasn't brought
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you through another
year. The devil took Jesus way
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up in the temple and said,
"If you are the Son of God,
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prove it. Jump. Throw
Yourself down and define what
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You should be doing, since
You are who You say You are.
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" He says, the law of
gravity does not apply to You.
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You don't have to worry about
things like height and depth;
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distance and danger;
drops and death. Just jump.
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You're always talking
about the Word. Doesn't the
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Word say in Psalm 91
that God will give His angels
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charge over you to
keep you in all your ways"?
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If that's, what the
Word says, then jump! Jump!
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The angels will bear You
up. Jump! You see, friends,
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the devil knew the
Scriptures. In fact, I tell you
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all the time, the devil
knows Scripture better than
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you and me. The devil
can preach better than you;
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he can preach better
than me. The devil always,
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however, takes
Scripture out of its context.
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And if you take
Scripture out of its context,
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you can make the
Bible say whatever you want
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the Bible to say. But
when you look at the context
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of Psalm 91, it's
talking about protection from
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dangers that someone
might accidentally or
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unfortunately be in.
It's not talking about
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manufacturing
situations which would try and
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force God to act
in a particular way.
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It's one thing to ask
God for God's protection
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if you accidentally
trip over something; it's
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another thing to jump
off a bridge and try to
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force God to rescue
you. Don't tempt God.
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Don't tempt God to
make God work an unnecessary
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miracle just to protect
you from your own foolishness.
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God intends for you to
act within intelligence
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and integrity. God
doesn't want just a dead church,
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but God doesn't want
a dumb church, either.
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God intends for His
people to be balanced.
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To be what,
everybody?   Aud: Balanced.
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PB:  To be what,
everybody? Aud:  Balanced.
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PB:  If life
insurance covers your life,
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you can't commit
suicide. If automobile
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insurance protects
your car, you must not
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deliberately
destroy it. If homeowners'
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insurance protects
your house, you must not
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burn your house
down. Don't you tempt God.
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Don't let the devil
use Scripture to tempt
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you to tempt God.
The devil knows how to
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manipulate Scripture to
twist and turn Scripture.
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The devil will take
all the love out of life,
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all the dignity out
of labor, all the joy out
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of worship. Where,
instead of being released,
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we become robots.
Instead of being free,
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we become fanatical.
But read the Word of God.
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God's Word says,
"Praise thee the Lord.
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Praise God in his
sanctuary. Praise him
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in the firmament of
his power. Let everything
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that hath breath
praise ye the Lord."
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That's why you've
got to read and know the
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Word of God for yourself;
not based on what Mama said.
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Not based on what
Daddy said. Not based on what
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the preacher said,
but you've got to know
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the Word of God for
yourself. "Thy word have
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I hid in my heart that I
might not sin against Thee."
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To the law and to the
testimony, if they speak not
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according to this word
it is because there is no
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light in them. Jesus
told Satan, "It is written.
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Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord they God."
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But you know what?
Satan hasn't had enough.
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That's just like some
of us; we don't get enough.
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The devil comes back a
third time. Somebody said,
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three's a charm. But this
time the devil takes Jesus
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up as high as he can. He
takes Jesus up, the Bible says,
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into an exceeding high
mountain, and he shows Him all
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the kingdoms of this world
and he said, "All these things
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will I give Thee, if You
just fall down and worship me."
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Satan had the unmitigated
gall, the most audacious
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temptation of all. Here is
Jesus, the Son of God. Jesus,
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who is God, being asked to
fall down and worship Satan.
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Jesus is the One who
should be worshipped, not Satan.
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And here is Satan trying
to tempt Jesus to worship him.
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The devil says, "If you
worship me, then I will give you
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all of this. If you bow
down to me, I will give you all
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the kingdoms of this world."
That the Son of God would
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worship Satan, that's
crazy. That the Son of God would
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bow down to the devil; that's
absurd. That the Son of God
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would reverence Satan; that's
foolish. Satan offers Jesus
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an easy promise with an
empty guarantee. How could Satan
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promise Jesus anything? How
could Satan promise Jesus the
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very world that Jesus
created in the first place? How
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could Satan promise Jesus
kingdoms when Jesus is the King
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of kings and the Lord of
lords? Jesus is God. I said,
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Jesus is God. At His
word the heavens were made.
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At His word, worlds upon
worlds swung yonder into space.
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At His word, the earth
was formed with living things.
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At His word, something came
out of nothing. At His word,
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the sun took its
station in the sky. At His word,
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the moon took her
station as queen of the night.
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At His word, stars took
their stations and unify
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the heavens. At His word,
beautiful birds came leaping
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from the waters. At His
word, the beasts of the field,
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the fowl of the air,
every living creature brought
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forth food in their season,
after their time. At His word,
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Adam was created. At His word,
Eve was created. At His word,
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I was created. At His word,
you were created. At His word,
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we were created. At His word,
He woke you up. At His word,
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He started you on your
way. At His word, He gave you
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something to eat, something
to drink, something to drive,
00:19:51.12\00:19:54.16
something to live in, and
something to live for. At His
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word! Who does Satan think
he is? How can he promise Jesus
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anything? It's an easy promises
with an empty guarantee. And
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friends of mine, if you're not
careful, Satan will do the same
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thing to you. He will promise
you love, but in all the wrong
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places. He'll promise you a
man, but that man is really a
00:20:21.35\00:20:24.79
monster. He'll promise you
au lady, but that lady is a
00:20:24.82\00:20:28.32
modern-day Gomer. He'll promise
you financial blessings, but
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because you haven't returned to
God, you're still cursed with a
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curse. He promises you a job,
but God didn't give it to you,
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so it's short-lived. He
promises you good health,
00:20:35.96\00:20:38.77
but you haven't stopped
smoking, stopped drinking,
00:20:38.80\00:20:40.37
eating fast food, drinking
all that soda, and you're
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still sick, in the hospital,
on meds, under doctor's orders.
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Don't fall prey to the
devil. Don't fall prey to
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his easy promises
with empty guarantees.
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You've got to fight the devil.
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2016, I'm
declaring war on the devil.
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Aud:  PB:  And the devil
doesn't just have a pitchfork.
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The devil just
doesn't have a red suit.
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The devil just
doesn't have horns coming out
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of his head. Some of
you sleep with the devil.
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Some of you work for
the devil. Some of you are
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neighbors with the
devil. Some of you are sitting
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next to the devil. I've come
to declare war on the devil!
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[Aud. reaction]   PB:  When
Jesus was in the wilderness,
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being tempted by the devil,
He had to fight in four ways.
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Number one, He had to fight
in private. In what, everybody?
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Aud:  Private.   PB: 
Come on, what, everybody?
00:21:42.60\00:21:44.37
Aud:  Private. PB: 
In private, not public.
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Satan took Jesus away.
Satan tempted Jesus and
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took Him away when
Jesus was all alone. We don't
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fight the devil in
public; we fight him in private.
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We may fight the
devil's temptations in public,
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but the outcome of that
public confrontation depends
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upon how much we did with
our private battle with Satan.
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The fight with evil is
about the control of our minds
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and our spirit.
That's not a public battle,
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that's a private
battle. Before the devil can
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get you to fall
publicly, he must first capture
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your mind and spirit
privately. Think about it.
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Whenever a bad
thought or a bad desire enters
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the privacy of your
mind and your spirit,
00:22:27.71\00:22:30.08
when that wrong
impulse comes into the privacy
00:22:30.11\00:22:32.88
of your mind and your
spirit, you have to decide
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whether you will
fight with the devil or run
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with the devil. You see,
nobody else - I'm looking
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at Elder Ashley, I'm
looking at Pastor Julius -
00:22:41.42\00:22:43.19
but I'm looking at them,
but I don't see the devil
00:22:43.22\00:22:46.73
in what he's doing.
Nobody sees the devil capturing
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.27
your mind and binding
your spirit. That is done
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internally, in the
privacy of your thoughts and in
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the secret
yielding of your spirit.
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Let me break it down. You
all still don't have this.
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You can't fight a cold in
public. The only thing you
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can do is spread a cold
in public. The only way you
00:23:09.52\00:23:15.36
can fight a cold is to
go to bed and rest, so the
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immune and defense
systems in your body can do the
00:23:20.23\00:23:23.50
fighting. When you try
to fight the devil in public
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- I wish somebody was
getting this - the only thing
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.27
you're doing is spreading
the d evil. But to fight
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the devil, you've got to
come aside and you've got
00:23:32.21\00:23:36.01
to yield to God, so that
God's immune systems are in you.
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That the power of God's name,
the covering of God's name,
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the covering of God's blood,
the promises of God's Word,
00:23:44.92\00:23:48.99
the anointing of God's
Spirit, God's goodness and mercy
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can come to your
defense. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Number two:
You've got to the fight the
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devil in prayer. It's
a new year, but I still
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believe in prayer. I wish
I had some witnesses in here.
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[Aud. reaction]    PB: 
Let me tell you something:
00:24:08.28\00:24:09.81
You can't outrun the devil.
You can't outtalk the devil.
00:24:09.84\00:24:13.85
I know I talk a lot, but
I can't outtalk the devil.
00:24:13.88\00:24:17.45
You can't outthink the
devil, I don't care how many
00:24:17.49\00:24:19.85
degrees you have behind
your name. You can't outthink
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.89
the devil. You can't
out-trick the devil. You can't
00:24:22.92\00:24:26.53
out-politic the devil.
You can't out-buy the devil.
00:24:26.56\00:24:30.77
You can't out-sing the
devil. You can't out-preach
00:24:30.80\00:24:35.24
the devil. You can't
out-play the devil. You can't
00:24:35.27\00:24:39.41
out-breathe, out-amen,
out-shout or out-work the devil.
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Your only defense
against the devil, you've got to
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out-pray the devil. Ellen
White says to us in "Messages
00:24:48.92\00:24:53.22
to Young People" that daily
prayer is as essential as daily
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food." She says, "Angels hover
around the faithful who are
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given to prayer." Somebody once
told me that the strongest demon
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in hell trembles when the
weakest Christian prays. I sound
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the anthem; I've learned
how to pray. When people come up
00:25:17.85\00:25:22.75
against me in attack, I
don't have to worry about - I'm
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.32
getting older now - I don't
have to argue back with them.
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God bless you, thank
you for sharing. I fall
00:25:27.12\00:25:29.86
down on my
knees.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  When we
pray Jesus intercedes,
00:25:33.86\00:25:38.50
the Holy Ghost
anoints, and God, like He did
00:25:38.53\00:25:42.40
in Matthew 4, sends
angels to minister to us.
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Number three: Jesus fought
the devil with persistence.
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Now, there is no such
thing as a one-time knockout
00:25:53.28\00:25:58.02
punch with the devil. That's
what's wrong with some of us,
00:25:58.05\00:26:02.36
we think once beaten always
beaten. But let me remind you,
00:26:02.39\00:26:06.23
as the text says, the devil
will leave you; but he only
00:26:06.26\00:26:08.43
leaves you for a season.
You can beat the devil today,
00:26:08.46\00:26:12.60
but if you're not prayerful,
he will come back with the
00:26:12.63\00:26:16.20
same test and the same
temptation and beat you
00:26:16.24\00:26:19.61
tomorrow. That's why, if you
pray that God would use you to
00:26:19.64\00:26:22.11
beat him last year, you'd
better be prayed up this year.
00:26:22.14\00:26:25.68
The devil is persistent.
The only way you can beat the
00:26:25.71\00:26:30.62
devil is to be more persistent.
That's why the Bible says
00:26:30.65\00:26:34.26
you've got to pray without
ceasing. It's been said that
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with persistence, the slowest
turtle and the smallest snail -
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