Hello
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and welcome to
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Exalting His Word.
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My name is Shelley Quinn
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and I hope that you'll be able
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to stay tuned with us for
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the next 30 minutes.
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The Bible truth that
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we'll introduce today
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can bring you great joy
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and peace and victory
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over all the
circumstances of your life!
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Today, we're going to look into
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the most liberating truth
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in the Bible.
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God's perfect law of liberty!
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Our theme text
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for this program is
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Psalms 138:2
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and that verse says that
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God magnifies
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and exalts his name
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and His Word above all things.
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And he magnifies
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His Word even above his name.
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You know because
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this is a life changing truth
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I frequently like
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to rehearse this.
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And each week
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as we go over this,
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we can allow God to
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imprint on our minds
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what is His top priority.
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Because God exalts His word
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above everything.
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That means nothing.
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Absolutely nothing
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is more important to God
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than His word.
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He has assigned His word to
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the highest rank of importance.
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He has given it
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the highest position of praise.
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God exalts His word
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above everything because
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in the word of God
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there is creative
transforming power.
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Power to
accomplish all of His will.
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Let me ask you a question.
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Do yo really understand that
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God has a plan for your life?
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Would you like
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to put His plan
into motion for you?
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The word reveals
God's plan for you
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and it contains
the creative power
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to transform your life.
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If our creator
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exalts His word
above everything else,
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what do you think should be
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most important to us?
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God is watching
and waiting for us.
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To come to Him
and embrace His love.
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He is eager for us
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to overcome our identity crisis
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and learn the privileges in
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the power that's available to us
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if we've
accepted Him as our Savior
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and Father God.
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Let me explain what I mean
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by identity crisis.
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You know, most of us
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don't understand
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God's plan for our lives.
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We don't understand
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what it means
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to be recreated in His image.
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We have little appreciation for
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the power of God
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to change us.
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We simply don't recognize
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who we've become when
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we've accepted
Christ as our Savior.
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So we suffer from
an identity crisis.
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But if we would
learn to exalt God's word!
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Oh over our limited
human understanding,
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God will give us
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the victory in overcoming
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our identity crisis
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and our lives will
be forever changed.
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Today, we're going to discuss
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God's boot camp for eternity.
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More important than that,
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we'll examine God's
perfect law of liberty.
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If we understand
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and live by
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the perfect law of liberty
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we will be empowered by God
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to put His word into practice.
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God will set our hearts free
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from our earthly burdens!
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He will teach us to be
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more than
conquerors over the problems
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and the weight of sin.
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Let's pray
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and ask God's blessing over us
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and invite the Holy Spirit
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to be our teacher.
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Heavenly Father,
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we come once again Lord
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to entreat you that
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you would teach us your will.
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Father God teach us
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who we are in Christ.
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Teach us the plan that
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you have for our life.
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I ask now for a special
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anointing of the Holy Spirit
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over my mouth
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and over the ears of everyone
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who is listening Father that
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the Holy Spirit
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might lead us into your truths.
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We give you all the praise
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and the honor and the glory,
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in Jesus Name, amen.
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It's important for us
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to understand that,
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right here and now,
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Christians are
living in a training camp.
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In some ways,
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we can compare
our experience with
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the US military boot camp.
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Where,
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new recruits receive training
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in Government authority
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military discipline
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and weapon usage.
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Did you know that
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the term "boot
camps" stands from
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the issuance of
military footwear.
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And it was
military issued boots!
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And new recruits
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are drilled to
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the point of exhaustion
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in this foot gear.
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Sometimes they
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find it difficult to
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appreciate the systematic
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training system.
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The limits of
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human endurance are tested
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and the development of
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inner strength is demanded.
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You know,
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some soldiers question
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the value of their
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boot camp experience that
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is until they enter battle.
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I recently saw
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a US military pilot who
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was interviewed on television.
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And, an Iraqi missile
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had shot down his plane
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and he'd been taken captive.
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On camera during the interview,
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he credited
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his survival to
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the training that
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he had received in boot camp.
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And he was quite appreciative!!
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Life on earth is
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the training camp for
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the people of God.
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In the practice of His word,
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we are trained for
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the battles of life
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and a much more
critical mission.
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Eternity.
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Our training ensures
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our success here on earth
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and our maturity to manage
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the eternal inheritance that
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God wants to give us
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with wisdom.
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God promises in His word that
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when He creates a new heaven
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and a new earth
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He will not permit sin
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to rise again.
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Only those who have been trained
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by practicing His word
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will understand the wisdom
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and the love of
God's eternal plan.
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The value of our training
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will be forever acclaimed!
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The errs of eternal life
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we'll have
learned through experience
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not to repeat
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the rebellion
in sin that brought
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such horrible consequences!
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Only those that are trained
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by practice in His ways
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will be suited for
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God's eternal inheritance.
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In this parallel
application to boot camp
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we can say that God's recruits
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are issued foot gear.
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Our feet have been fitted
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with the Gospel of peace
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and since gospel means
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good news...
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then I guess you could say that
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we've been registered in
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the "Good News Camp"!
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In this camp,
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we're being trained in
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the authority
of God's government
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and the disciplines of love,
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joy, peace
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and obedience.
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The Lord of Hosts issues us
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weapons of Spiritual warfare
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and these powerful weapons
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can take our thoughts captive
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and make them obedient
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to His will.
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Our weapons can pull down
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the vain arguments by which
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the enemy tries to build
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a stronghold in our minds.
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In our camp
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it would seem that
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some strategies of
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our commander and chief
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are difficult to understand.
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As the Lord's army
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we often think that we
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should use all of
OUR might in the battle.
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That's often our attitude,
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isn't it?
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Well, this error causes great
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discouragement and exhaustion
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among our ranks.
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We miss the greatest weapon
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and aid of our training.
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In fact, we miss
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the most powerful
weapon in God's arsenol.
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[information on screen]
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Unlike the US military,
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God does not train us
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to draw on an inner reserve of
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human will power.
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Rather, the Lord instructs us
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not to do anything
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in our own strength!
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Jesus said, apart from Him
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we can do nothing!
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God wants us to
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depend totally on Him!
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To overcome all of
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the obstacles of our lives!
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Jesus said that
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His power is made perfect
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in our weakness.
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Our training prepares us
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to stand firm in faith.
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Knowing that the
battle belongs to the Lord
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and that He
gives us the victory.
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Drawing on God's strength is
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the only way that
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we overcome our weaknesses.
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The only success route in
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our training camp for eternity.
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You know the Lord
often has to lead me
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back to Galatians 3:3.
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There the Bible says that
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we are foolish to think that
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we can perfect our walk
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by the power of our human flesh.
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Instead, we must
rely on the provision of
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the power of the Holy Spirit.
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This is
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the most important strategy
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to avoid the enemy's missiles.
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And even if a
surprise attack strikes
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and the enemy takes us captive
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our only hope of survival
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and eventual release is
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to draw on God's power!
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There is a second
camp here on earth.
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It's a slave camp that
some mistakenly call...
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'Camp Feel Good'.
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Because this camp follows
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the downward trend
of the world system.
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Recruits find it
easier to march in step with
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the majority and do
what comes naturally.
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There's not rigorous training.
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There's no rigorous discipline.
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Instead people in this camp
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follow their own consciences
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and decide for themselves
what's right and wrong.
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Since God's complete
authority is not considered,
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they think they are walking
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in freedom from His laws.
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Free to do as they choose.
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But, what they
don't recognize is that
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the master deceiver...
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...Satan himself,
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is manipulating and
controlling their actions.
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This evil leader
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prows around,
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plotting their destruction while
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parading as an angel of light.
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He leads by deception.
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Counterfeiting
the good things of God
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and promising
freedom to his troops.
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Expecting
freedom these poor souls
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don't realize that
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they've become
slaves to corruption.
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For the Bible says
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that a man is a
slave to whatever
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has mastered him.
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The deception is so cunning that
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the draftees of "Camp Feel Good"
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aren't aware that
they're walking in darkness
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along the broad
path to destruction.
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Proverbs 14:12 says,
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There is a way that
seems right to a man but
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its end is the way of death.
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Oh, if only these
poor precious souls
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would stop their
march of madness,
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and stand in attention to God,
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He would open
their eyes from darkness
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and He would deliver them
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from the mistaken identity!
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God will bring them
into His marvelous light
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and guide their steps
to the narrow path of life
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where they'll find
joy in His presence.
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Well, it's time for
a quick announcement
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and then we'll be right back.
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Please stay tuned because
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we're gonna be talking about
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God's wonderful law of liberty!
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If this dynamic series
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is making a difference
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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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Let's look at a
wonderful promise of God that
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is found in Hebrews 10:16,17.
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Listen to what God says...
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[text on screen]
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Before God ever laid
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the foundations of this earth
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He had the Calvary plan in mind.
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He knew what humans would do
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and how they would exercise
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the gift that He
gave them of free will.
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Free choice.
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So, God had this
plan in mind because
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He knew that we
couldn't save ourselves.
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In fact, he
planned to open a new
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and living way where
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we can return
boldly into his presence.
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And that way is a
sacrificial blood of His Son.
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The price that He paid to
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buy you and me out of bondage.
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He did for us what we
couldn't do for ourselves.
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Salvation is a gift.
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There's nothing you nor
I can do to save ourselves.
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We're saved by grace through
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faith in the completed work of
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Jesus Christ on the cross.
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But more importantly,
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or just as importantly,
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in His
continuing intercessory work
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as our High Priest.
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Even though salvation is a gift,
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the Bible still reveals that
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eternal salvation is ours ONLY
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if we obey God.
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This principal is recorded
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all throughout the Bible.
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But it's stated very sysinchly
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in Hebrews 5:9
where it says that
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Jesus became the author of
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eternal salvation to
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all who would obey Him.
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Here's where the
Apostle Paul had to say
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about salvation by faith
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and obedience to
God's ten commandments.
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It's found in Romans 3:31
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[text on screen]
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How can God place
conditions of obedience
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upon the promise of
the gift of salvation?
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Why does He put His
laws into our hearts
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and write them in our minds.
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In Matthew 5:19
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Jesus said that if
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we break the commandments
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and teach others to do the same,
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we'll be called "least" in
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the kingdom of heaven.
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In the New
Testament book of James,
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we're warned that if
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we break even one of
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His Ten Commandments,
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we're guilty of them all.
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Does a Holy and Righteous God
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ask more of us than
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we can deliver?
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The answer is revealed
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in God's perfect law of liberty.
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Let's look at that
perfect law of liberty
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found in James 1:25
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[text on screen]
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The same author who wrote
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"break one
commandment guilty of them all"
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here, in James 1:25,
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shares the secret of
walking in God's will.
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I give glory to God for
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increasing my understanding
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on His perfect law of liberty!
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It's my compass.
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And it sets my heart free
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to walk in joy
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and without fear.
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I believe that it's going to do
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the same for you.
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God's word reveals that
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everything He expects of us,
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He has already
empowered us to do.
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The law of liberty is this...
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[information on screen]
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Do you remember what Jesus said?
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It's in John 15;5
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He said...
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[text on screen]
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Now listen to the advice of
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the Apostle Paul...
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[text on screen]
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In other words, he's saying
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work out your salvation
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with self distrust.
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With serious caution.
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Tenderness of conscience.
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Watchfulness against temptation!
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Timidly shrinking from
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whatever might offend God
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and discredit
the name of Christ.
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I used to read these words
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and I absolutely would
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cringe because
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I didn't understand
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the law of liberty.
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I often felt defeated
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because I took
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the advice out of context.
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I barely noticed
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the power of God's plan that
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Paul revealed with
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his continuing comment.
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And this is what
it goes on to say...
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[text on screen]
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Do you see the beauty of
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God's promise to us here?
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It is God who works in us
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to cause us to desire His will.
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As we draw nearer to Him,
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seeking instruction,
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He puts our will
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in perfect alignment with His.
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He changes the
desires of our heart.
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You know
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the Bible tells us
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in Jeremiah 13:23 that
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we can not change ourselves
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anymore than a Leopard
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can change its spots!
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And listen to the council of
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the Apostle Paul gives us in
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Romans 8:13.
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In fact, if you have your Bibles
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you might want to turn there
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and mark this because this is
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one of my favorite promises.
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In Romans 8:13, he says,
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"For if you live
according to the flesh,
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"you will die, but
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-Now notice this..
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"If by the
spirit you put to death
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"the deeds of your body,
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"you will live."
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Do you see the promise there?
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It is only by the power of
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the Holy Spirit that
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we can put to death
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the misdeeds of our flesh.
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By God's grace and power
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he will renew our minds.
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He will transform our attitudes.
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He will change our desires!
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The promise goes much further
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if we'll just cooperate
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with our Creator God.
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Once our minds
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have been restored
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and He lines up our will with
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His way of thinking,
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it's up to us to step out,
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in faith!
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God won't force us
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to do anything against our will.
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But if we'll
take that first step,
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God promises that His power
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will show up
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and the...
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That He will give us..
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the continued power
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to walk in a way that
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pleases Him.
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Let me paraphrase
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this amazing promise
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for you because
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I want you to have
this in your heart!
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This comes from what
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we just reviewed
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in Philippians 2:12,13
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When we come to the Lord,
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asking Him to teach us His will,
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He works us,
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-in us to line up
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our will so that it be
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in perfect alignment with Him.
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That's the first
phase of His powerful act.
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Is to renew our minds
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and place His
desires in our hearts.
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Then we must work out
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the saving Grace that
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He has put in our hearts
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by one simple step.
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There is a one foot gap
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between these two stages.
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Stage one is
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our mind being renewed
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to walk in
obedience to His will.
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But,
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we must turn our willingness
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into resolve and take action.
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Not depending on
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our own ability but
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depending on the leading of
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the Holy Spirit.
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As we step out in faith,
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the second phase of
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God's wonderful promise begins
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and God pours out
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power from on high!
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By the power of
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the Holy Spirit we can
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press forward and carry out
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the goals that
has God's given to us
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to obtain His promises.
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Let me read what
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the Apostle Paul wrote to
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the Philippians
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and suggests that
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we should also
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think about this.
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He said
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in Philippians 3:12-14
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[text on screen]
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If we're walking in
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the perfect law of liberty
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we can depend on God's power
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to walk according
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to His good pleasure.
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Knowing that after we have done
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the will of God,
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he will make certain that
00:24:57.86\00:24:59.73
we receive the promise.
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YES, it requires an effort!
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But it is a
Spirit empowered effort.
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I hope that you aren't doing
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what I was doing in the past.
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I used to take the baton that
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the devil handed me
00:25:18.55\00:25:20.22
and beat myself over the head
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.75
with guilt in
condemnation thinking...
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"Lord what's wrong with me?
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"Why can't I be a
consistant Christian?
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"Why is it three steps forward
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"and two steps back?"
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I really did suffer
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with a lot of guilt but
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it was because I was trying
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to do it in my human effort.
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And when I'd learned
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the perfect law of Liberty
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God changed my life.
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He really did!
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And I hope that's what
He is doing for you today.
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To recognize that
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He will cause you to be all that
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He has called you to be.
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Well our time is running out!
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It goes by so quickly!
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I hope you've
been encouraged today
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to recognize that
00:26:09.10\00:26:10.87
apart from Jesus
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you can do nothing.
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I hope you'll learned
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.04
to depend on God totally for
00:26:16.07\00:26:18.41
the power to walk in obedience
00:26:18.44\00:26:21.04
and be blessed.
00:26:21.11\00:26:22.81
Understanding his
perfect law of liberty
00:26:22.84\00:26:26.45
has changed my perspective.
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As the Holy Spirit leads me
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in a faith a walk of
00:26:32.35\00:26:34.36
the perfect law of Liberty
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God is transforming me.
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He makes my experience here
00:26:37.76\00:26:40.46
in this earthly
boot camp for eternity
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.70
an experience of great joy
00:26:43.73\00:26:47.17
and pays as I trust in him.
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And that's my
prayer for you too.
00:26:50.17\00:26:53.58
Please tune in next time
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.41
when we'll discuss
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.28
the power of God's promises.
00:26:58.31\00:27:00.78
And discover the pathway
00:27:00.85\00:27:03.59
to His blessing.
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May God multiply
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His mercy,
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His love,
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and His grace to you.
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And may He watch over His word
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to perform it in you
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as you cooperate with him.
00:27:16.06\00:27:18.40
And the best way
to cooperate with Him
00:27:18.43\00:27:21.94
is just going to
the Lord in prayer
00:27:21.97\00:27:25.47
and asking Him to give you
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.91
the desire for His word.
00:27:27.94\00:27:30.21
Asking him to
teach you from His word.
00:27:30.25\00:27:33.82
Please remember this!
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It is so important that
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we spend our time
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making that which is
most important to God
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the very thing that is
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also most important to us
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and that is Exalting
His Word above all things.
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Goodbye.
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