Hello.
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I'm Shelley Quinn
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and I welcome you to
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"Exalting His Word".
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Today we'll be addressing
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a very serious problem that
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most of us are facing
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whether we realize it or not.
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And that is...
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an identity crisis .
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We suffer from
mistaken identity because
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we don't understand
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God's amazing love for us.
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And we don't recognize
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His plan for our lives.
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If you're joining us for
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the first time today,
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let me explain
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where I got this series title
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"Exalting His Word".
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It comes from Psalms 138:2
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And in that verse it says that
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God, He exalts His name
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and His word above ALL things.
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And He magnifies His word
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even above His name.
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Well what does that mean?
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If we just go right
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straight to the bottom line...
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...it means that God exalts
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His word over EVERYTHING.
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Nothing is more important
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to God.
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God has promoted His word to
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the highest rank of importance.
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He has assigned His word
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the highest position of praise.
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He exalts His word
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above everything because
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He has empowered His word
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with greater force
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than anything else.
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God has granted creative
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life giving power to His word.
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Power to
accomplish all of His will.
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And if God's word is
His number one priority,
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what do you think
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our number one
priority should be?
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The word of God
reveals His plan for lives.
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And it will actually
develop His plan in us
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and through us
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because the word contains
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the creative power
to transform our lives.
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God declares His
word is life to us.
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Let me set the stage
for today's teaching.
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Let's consider for just a moment
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the mentality of God's people
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after He delivered them from
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the bondage of slavery in Egypt.
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As God's presence went with them
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through the wilderness
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He performed many
miracles on their behalf.
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But no matter how
many wonders they witnessed
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they still would not place their
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trust in God's word.
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The Bible says
his promises were of
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no benefit to them
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because they wouldn't mix faith
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with His message.
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When they came to the land that
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God had vowed to give them
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they saw the inhabitants of
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the land as GIANTS.
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And they felt in comparison
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like they were
mere grasshoppers.
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God's people were literally
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shut out of the Promised Land
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because of
their sin of unbelief.
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Their arrogance of
doubting God's testimony
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was like a slap
in the face of God.
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Their refusal to trust
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and believe Him showed that
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they regarded God as a liar.
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Let me ask you this...
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Are we suffering from
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the same wilderness mentality?
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Like the Israelites
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do we find it difficult
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to accept God's testimony
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about us as His people?
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Do we have the
grasshopper identity syndrome?
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That's what we're
going to discuss today.
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The identity
crisis of God's people.
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Before we begin,
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let's go to the Lord in prayer.
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Father God,
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in the Name of Jesus
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we come to you
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and we ask Father that
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you would send your Holy Spirit
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to be our teacher
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and that you
would magnify your word
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in our hearts.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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I'd like to start
today with a story
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about a farmer in a banker.
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Two Christian friends
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and while standing in
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his wheat field,
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this farmer
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and his banker,
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were talking about their
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joint Ministry
efforts for Christ.
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The banker dressed in
a three-piece suit said,
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"I have an
anointing from the Lord."
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Now outfitted it in overalls
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the farmer glanced down
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and began digging
the toes of his boot
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into the soil
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and he said,
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"Oh Mercy, I love the Lord
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"and I serve Him
with all my heart but
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"I wouldn't dare say that
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"I'm anointed."
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Which of these
men acted in humility?
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Christ was the
anointed one of God
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filled with power from on high.
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Now wasn't the banker boasting
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when he claimed that
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same annoying thing?
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Aren't we naturally drawn
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to simple self abasing
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attitude of the farmer?
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I often use this
story in churches
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when I speak to show
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our upside down thinking.
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When I invite
audiences to vote for
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the example of true humility
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they almost always
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the majority would choose
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the farmer hands down
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and they dismiss the banker
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as a hypocrite.
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Perhaps because
this story reminds us of
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the Pharisee and
the tax collector.
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The Bible account of two men
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praying in the
temple is given in
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the Gospel of Luke Chapter 18
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And there a pompous Pharisee
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stood praying before the Lord
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and he was thanking God that
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He wasn't like other sinners
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and He began to
list his deeds of
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religious performance.
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And his judgmental attitude,
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flowed from a spirit of
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self righteousness
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and it contradicted God's truth.
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We're all sinners
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in need of a Savior.
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And we're all
counseled in the Bible
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not to compare
ourselves to others.
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Now, on the other hand,
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and in contrast
the tax collector
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begged for God's mercy.
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Beating his breast
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and confessing his
sins before the Lord.
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And, his act of
humility agreed with
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the council of God's word.
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Can we compare the
actions of these two men,
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the Pharisee and
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the tax collector to
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the banker and the farmer?
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Yes.
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I think we can.
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But the results
might surprise you.
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We must first,
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at God's testimony,
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of who we are in Christ.
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The Bible says...
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[text on screen]
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Now that's God's
declaration about
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all who are abiding in Christ.
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Our act of humility
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is to accept God's testimony
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and not depend on
our own reasoning.
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The Bible
councils us in Proverbs 3:5
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[text on screen]
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If we're not going to lean
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on our own understanding,
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what is it that
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the Lord wants us to lean on?
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His word.
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He wants us to
trust His testimony even
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when we don't
understand how God is
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going to accomplish all things.
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We must cast down every thought
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and every opinion that
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proudly exalts itself
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above the word of God.
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Our experience may be
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our reality but
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it doesn't make them truth.
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Truth is measured
by only one standard.
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The Holy Bible of God.
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You know,
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if the banker
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and the farmer of
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my imaginary scene
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were abiding in Christ,
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guest who the
Lord would endorse?
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He would endorse the banker as
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the humble speaking man.
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Why?
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By affirming he had an anointing
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the banker the revealed that
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he believed and humbly accepted
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God's testimony.
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Now while the poor farmer
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thought he was being humble,
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he exalted his own opinion
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over the word of God.
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He spoke either from ignorance
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or from refusal
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to accept
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what the Bible teaches about
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his identity in Christ.
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Our lesson is this;
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Even if we don't feel anointed
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we must accept and agree that
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we are -if that
is what God says.
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We can't operate by feelings.
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Feelings are too often
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the defective product of
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warped human reasoning.
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Doubting God's word is
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the very essence of pride.
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And, since the beginning of time
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this has been the
devise that Satan has used!
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Doubt and
disbelief to trap us in sin.
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Christians are suffering from
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an identity crisis.
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We're walking in error because
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we don't know the scriptures
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or the power of God.
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[Reference on screen]
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I hope that the
end of this series
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God will erase our ignorance.
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I pray we will all come to
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a better
understanding of His plan
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in our identity in Christ.
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Let's look at a
couple of reasons
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we're in this
predicament in the first place.
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For some,
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the crisis of
identity results from
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a shameful
neglect of Bible study.
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We lived in a generation that
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seeks quick escape patches from
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the stresses of our world.
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Entertainment has been
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elevated to idolatry.
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Many sacrifice
great chunks of time
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following after
this coveted idol.
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And Christians aren't
immune to this practice.
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We can make many excuses to
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sit mindlessly in front of
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the television for hours.
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"Oh I need to relax.
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"My families doing it
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"and I want to be with them.
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"I deserve a break".
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It's easy to become satisfied
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with a meager
effort in Bible study.
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And let me tell you something,
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apathy is a
dangerous heart condition!
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On the other hand,
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there is a second group of us
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who are devoted to Bible study.
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Yet we still walk in
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the darkness of
mistaken identity.
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Our hearts don't overflow
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with love, joy, and peace.
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We aren't stirred to activity by
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the zeal of the Holy Spirit.
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We're impotent
instead of powerful.
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And we can't figure out why!
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In fearing others would
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judge us harshly
we hide our condition!
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What we don't realize is
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the same snare has trapped
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the feet of most Christians.
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In fact,
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countless souls
have approached me with
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the tears of this testimony.
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I think that they
seem to feel at ease
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in sharing with me
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because...
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-perhaps because I
minister by example
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telling of my past mistakes
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and how the Lord has
poured to His power unto me
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and brought me out of those.
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Then on the other hand
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maybe they share
with me just because
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they know their
secret is safe with me!
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Because when I leave
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their secret is stored
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at a safe distance.
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Christians cry out for
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the answer to the
crisis of identity.
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Many years ago that was
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my heart cry as well.
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And I asked the Lord to
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help me understand
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and the answer came from
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James 1:21-24
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[Text on screen]
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Here we are told that
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when we read at the word of God
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we see a vision.
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A reflection of
who we are in Christ.
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The word
reveals a mirrored image
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of our re-created
born-again nature.
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We read the wonderful promises
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and observe the
image of our new nature.
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But laying our Bibles aside
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we immediately
forget what we look like!
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We lose the vision
of God's promises to us.
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And without a vision
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the promises perish.
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So we become hearers of the word
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and not doers.
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If you would like to study this
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teaching at your leisure
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you might be interested
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in the upcoming announcement.
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We'll be right back so
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please stay tuned!
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If this dynamic series is making
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a difference in your life,
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then you should know
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about a special study guide
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written by Shelley Quinn.
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Exalting His Word with
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Life Affirmations From Scripture
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is an in depth
study of the word of God.
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Please send
your love gifts to...
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Jesus said in Luke 11:28
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"Blessed rather are those
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who hear the word of God
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and obey and practice it."
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It's true
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some simply don't put
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God's word into practice
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because it requires effort...
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...and we're LAZY!
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Still most of us don't
walk in God's promises!
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Because we can't wrap our mind
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around the concepts.
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It seems impossible to
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apply such lofty statements
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to ourselves!
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Me!?
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I have been anointing from God?
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Focusing on our weaknesses
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instead of the power of God.
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We struggle with obedience!
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And our Christian
experience is lackluster.
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Without joy.
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Void of God's power we slip into
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a performance of external
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religious practices.
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Then guilt and condemnation
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come knocking at the door.
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We stumble.
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We strive to get
back up on our feet.
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Tidy our outward appearance
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and we put up a good front
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for others to see!
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No one else seems to be
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suffering from these problems!
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And it's like we go before
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the Lord and we say
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"What's wrong with me Lord?
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"Why do I keep failing you
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"and how can you keep love me
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when I keep failing you?"
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We sometimes feel so unworthy
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to receive God's love.
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Don't we?
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Well set your hearts at rest.
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God
demonstrated His amazing love
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by sending
Christ to die for you.
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You are worth nothing less
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than what He paid for you.
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You are a
special treasure to Him.
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Before you ever knew Him
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God paid your ransom!
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The price to
redeem and deliver you
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from the bondage of sin.
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You are worth nothing less than
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the prize He paid for you!
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It cost Him the
precious lifeblood of
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His Son Jesus Christ.
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Here's how the
apostle Peter said it.
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1 Peter 1:18-19
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[text on screen]
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That's how much
you're worth to God.
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You are worth nothing less than
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the price he paid for you.
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If you still feel unworthy
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to receive God's love
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put your memories to rest.
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Is there some sin that
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you've asked God
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to forgive repeatedly
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yet your memory of it just
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keeps coming back to haunt you?
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If you sincerely repented
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and confessed
your sin to the Lord
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He forgave you.
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Not only did He forgive you
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He also cleansed your
record of all unrighteousness.
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Accept that God's
ways are higher than ours.
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Quit trying to limit
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His ability to
forgive and forget.
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When God forgives
our confessed sins
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He remembers them no more.
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In loving mercy
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the Bible says
He removes our sins
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as far as the
East is from the West.
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In just a moment
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I'm going to give you a list of
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nine scripture references
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that will help you to belief
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and receive the
forgiveness of God.
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I hope you have a
pen and paper ready
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to jot down these verses.
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If you know anyone
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or will forgive them
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and they're
tormented by a passed sin
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please have these verses
ready to share with them.
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Before we put the
list on the screen,
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I wanna focus on
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one of the
scriptures included in the list
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because it will
give us a starting place
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for understanding God's ability
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to forgive
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and forget the sins
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which we sincerely repent
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and seek forgiveness from Him.
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If you have difficulty
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accepting God's testimony
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and His forgiveness,
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consider what the
Lord had to say about David
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in I Kings 14:8
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and this He said
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after his death.
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I'll put this on the
screen in just a moment
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but for now just listen.
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God instructed the
prophet to deliver a message
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to the wicked King Jeroboam.
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And he said to him,
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this is I Kings 14:8
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He said,
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You go tell Jeroboam
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that you have not been
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as my servant David
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who kept all of my commandments
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and did only what
was right in my eyes.
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Now remember...
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this scripture was
written after David's death.
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And I think that this
vividly points out one thing.
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God forgot what
David asked Him to forgive.
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You know King David
had a heart for God,
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didn't he?
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But he certainly
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and he did evil.
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Then David humbled himself
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and with sincere
love for the Lord,
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he repented of his sins.
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The 51st Psalm is
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the tender
record of David's plea
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for forgiveness
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and a marvelous lesson in
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the joy of repentance!
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In my Bible I've
made a note at Psalms 51
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to refer me to God's account
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in 1 Kings 14:8 of
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David's record
after he repented.
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I always want to remember
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the outcome of
our confession of sin.
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And that is...
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Hallelujah!
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That God forgets what
we ask Him to forgive.
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The message to King Jeroboam
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represented as
the very words of God
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causes me to
rejoice for another reason!
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If we want proof that
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every word of the Bible
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is divinely inspired,
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I think this is a
wonderful example.
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The writer of this account
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must have been
inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Any human agent
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presuming to write for God
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would've recorded
something like this...
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"You've not been
as my servant David
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"who after he committed adultery
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"and after he
was guilty of murder
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"he confessed his
sins and repented.
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"But after I forgave him,
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"David did what
was right in my eyes
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"for the rest of his life."
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Don't you agree that that's
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the only reasoning a
human mind could produce?
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We've been given the ability
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to forgive others by
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the grace of God.
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But, we lack the
capacity to wipe away all
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the memory of our
acts of forgiveness.
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In fact, we're amazed
to think that God does.
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If we come to God,
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with a humble heart
and confess our sins,
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not half-heartedly,
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but with sincere repentance
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and if we're ready to
turn away from our sins
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we are forgiven.
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The blood of Christ
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cleanses us from
all unrighteousness.
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He cancels out and blots out
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our
trangressions for His own sake.
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His grace is sufficient to cover
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all of our sins
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and he remembers them no more.
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Now, here is the
scriptural evidence
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for the position I
take on this matter.
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Let's look at
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these wonderful
Bible promises...
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In Ezekiel 18:21-22
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the Lord says,
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[text on screen]
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Then I John 1:7-9 says,
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[text on screen]
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Hebrews 8:10-12
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One of my favorites!...
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[text on screen]
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Ephesians 1:7
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[text on screen]
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And then in II Corinthians 12:9
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Isaiah 43:25
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[text on screen]
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Psalms 103:12
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says...
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[text on screen]
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Isaiah 44:22
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says this...
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[text on screen]
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And this reference
we referred to earlier
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I Kings 14:8
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When God was talking about David
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after his death
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and he said to the prophet
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to tell King Jeroboam...
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[text on screen]
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You know,
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I'd like to take just a moment
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and I would
like to pray for you.
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Because I believe
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there's some of you out there
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right now
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who have been suffering
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thinking that God
could not forgive you.
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And maybe that
guilt in condemnation
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has been a wall
between you and God.
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I want you now to
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come with me and
let's enter boldly
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but humbly into
the throne room of God.
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Let's seek the Lord's grace.
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I wanna pray with you.
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Heavenly Father
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right now we come before you
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to lift up Father myself,
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my brothers
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and my sisters.
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And Father God, all
those who are suffering.
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Father, those who
want to accept your love
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but have felt so unworthy.
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Help them to know Father God
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in the Name of Jesus
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help them to know
how much you love them.
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Help them to accept your
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forgiveness, Father.
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I pray that you would lead them
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to Godly sorrow
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and true repentance.
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And Father God,
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in the Name of Jesus
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I pray that your
people will understand that
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your power is made
perfect in our weakness.
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And by the power
of your Holy Spirit
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and the power of your word
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you can
transform our lives so that
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we will no
longer sin against you.
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We praise and we
thank you Father God
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for being such a loving Father.
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We thank you for the privilege
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of being your children
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and calling you Abba.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Well,
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we're out of time again.
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I hope that today's study
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has been a great
encouragement to you.
00:27:12.23\00:27:15.53
I hope that you are
seeing something new
00:27:15.56\00:27:21.37
about God and
gaining an understanding
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of the heart of
the Heavenly Father
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and His loving plan
just a little bit better.
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Please tune in next week
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and we'll continue to
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unveil the identity crisis.
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May God multiply
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His mercy, love,
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and grace to you.
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And may He
watch over His word to
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perform it in your life
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as you cooperate with Him.
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I pray that you
are being inspired to
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spend more time
making that which is
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most important to Him
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the very thing that is also
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most important to you...
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Exalting His Word.
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