Hello.
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I'm Shelley Quinn
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and welcome to
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Exalting His Word.
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We've got an exciting program
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for you today.
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We're going to learn how
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the confession of
our mouths can usher in
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the transforming power of God
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to change our lives!
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The world as we know it
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is coming to an end.
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Great spiritual stamina will be
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required to endure
the closing trials.
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The scripture
puts it this way...
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...If you do not
stand firm in your faith
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you will not stand at all!
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How can we stand firm in faith?
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You'll learn the answer today!!
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Before we begin our study
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let's review our theme text.
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Psalms 138:2
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And that verse says that
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God exalts His name
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and His word above all things.
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And that He magnifies His word
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even above His name.
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What does that mean?
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It's important for us to know!
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God has promoted His word to
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the highest rank of importance!
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That's what it means!
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God has assigned His word
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the highest position of praise.
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That's what it means!
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God has granted creative
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life giving force
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more power than anything else
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to His word.
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And it is so important!
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If Almighty God
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has done this for His word,
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and if this is His attitude
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about the word
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it's important that
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you and I do the same.
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If there's anything
that we need to learn
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is to exalt God's word.
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God has a plan for our lives
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and that plan is
revealed in His word.
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The miracle working power of God
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is contained in His word.
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And the infused power of
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His word and His spirit,
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by those things
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all that He has called us
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to be.
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bless our time together today.
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Father God
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we come before you humbly but
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boldly into your throne room.
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And Lord we are
earnestly seeking that
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your Holy Spirit
will be our teacher.
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Lord,
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Help us to see
this kingdom truth
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and to enter it.
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For your Glory,
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in Jesus name, amen.
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today we'll look at
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how we can take
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the LOGOS word of God
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and make it a RHEMA word to us!!
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Are you familiar
with those two terms?
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LOGOS and RHEMA?
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Let me briefly explain them.
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These are Greek words from
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the original Greek
manuscripts of the Bible.
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Both logos and RHEMA are
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translated into English as
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W O R D [spelling out]
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WORD!
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In English we say
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the Bible is the word of God.
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In Greek the Bible is
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the LOGOS word of God.
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LOGOS implies
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the sum of God's
revelation to humanity.
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The entire
expression of His will.
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Our English Bible
says Christ sustains us
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by His word of power.
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The Greek version says
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the RHEMA word of power is
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how Christ sustains us.
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RHEMA implies a
specific word from God
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used for a practical
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and immediate function.
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Where you and I are concerned,
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we can take a single Bible verse
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and make it RHEMA to us by
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confessing it over our lives
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and personally applying it!
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If this sounds
confusing just stay with me
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and you'll soon understand
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what I mean.
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You'll see the
transforming impact that
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this teaching can
have on your life!
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Have you ever taken
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a bite of food that's just
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so delicious you want to
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share the experience with
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someone you love?
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If I order a scrumptious treat
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at a restaurant,
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I instantly turn to my husband
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and I'll say...
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"Mmm, taste and
see how good this is!"
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Now, he doesn't
always share my enthusiasm,
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and you know,
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I'm disappointed when
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he refuses my offer!
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I usually follow
up with something like
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"Are you sure?
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"You don't know
what you're missing!"
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Well, as a Christian,
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I'm excited to share
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the goodness of God
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that I've tasted!!
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Like King David,
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I just want to
burst forth and say,
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"Oh taste and see that
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"the Lord is good!
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"Blessed is the
man who trusts in Him."
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In Hebrews 6:5
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the Bible speaks of those...
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[text on screen]
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Great spiritual stamina
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will be required to endure
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the closing
trials of this world!
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If we don't stand firm in faith,
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we won't stand at all!
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So, how can we
stand firm in faith?
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By partaking of God's promises.
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This is the way the
Apostle Peter explains it.
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In 1 Peter -excuse me...
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...2 Peter 1 chapter 4...
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Let me repeat that!
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This is 2 Peter chapter 1
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and verse four!
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He says,
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(I'm gonna read it
from the Amplified Version)
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"He has bestowed
upon us His precious
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"and exceedingly great promises
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"so that through them
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"you may escape by flight
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"from the moral decay
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"that is in the world
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"and because of
covetousness, lust and greed
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"and become sharers,
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"partakers of
His divine nature."
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How did that scripture say?
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That we partake
of His divine nature
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and escape the
corruption of the world?
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Through the promises of God.
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WE must taste
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the heavenly gift
of God's promises!
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To escape evil
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and partake of the
divine nature of Christ!!
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In Christ, we can stand firm
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by the faith
through grace in God.
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If you choose to participate
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in His divine nature,
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God vows to conform you to
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the image of His Son.
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I think we all
want to be conformed
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to the image of Jesus.
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Don't we?
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We want His
character to reproduce in us.
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Aren't you hungry to partake of
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God's heavenly gifts?
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Do you desire to
understand how Christ
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can perfect His
power in your weakness?
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We cry out for the
solution to our dilemma
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and our answer comes from
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looking into the word
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as our life source.
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In John 6 verse 63
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Jesus said,
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"The spirit brings life
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"the flesh counts for nothing."
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And then He said,
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"The words that I speak to you
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"are of the Spirit
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"and they are life."
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God's word WILL
bring life to you!
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If you have accepted
Christ as your Savior
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all of God's
promises belong to you!
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That's what the Bible says!
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And the Bible says that
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you are a new creation in Him.
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If you will put your faith
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and trust in God
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and accept His testimony about
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who you are as His child,
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He will work all of
His promises in you!
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We can listen to sermons
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from now 'til kingdom comes
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and we won't be partakers of
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His divine nature
unless we personally
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accept His testimony
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and put His word into practice
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in our lives.
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We need to take God's word
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as RHEMA
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and make it
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our affirmation of faith!
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How?
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All you have to do is
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speak God's
promises over your life.
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And by faith,
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accept His vows are
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what God is
willing to do in you.
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You've got to get
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plugged in to
God's power source!
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His life giving word!
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And RHEMA affirmations are
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the most efficient
connection that I've found.
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They transfer His
mighty energy to us
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and we're converted
to His way of thinking!
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We will look at
some Bible verses
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in just a moment that refers to
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the benefits of
God's RHEMA word.
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When we come back
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right after this
brief announcement.
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If this dynamic series is
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making a
difference in your life,
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then you should know about
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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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Thank you for joining us again!
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The Bible reveals
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this practice of
RHEMA affirmations
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can bring many
wonderful benefits.
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Let's look at
some Bible verses that
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refer to the RHEMA word of God.
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In Romans 10:8-10 and 17
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the Bible says...
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[text on screen]
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Let's unpack
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the promise of these scriptures.
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What's in our mouth?
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What's the word of faith?
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Scriptures of God!
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That we confess with
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our living voice
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the word that has
become RHEMA to us.
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With our mouths we confess
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the testimony of
God over our lives.
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And the scripture says that
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with our mouth confession is
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made unto salvation.
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How does faith come?
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By hearing
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the RHEMA word of God spoken.
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You know something?
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Faith will develop quickly if
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you're declaring God's word
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with your own living voice.
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Let me explain what I mean.
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In Romans 8:29
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the Bible says that
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if you have accepted
Christ as your Savior
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you are predestined to be
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conformed into His image.
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Now, if I tell you that
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your destiny is
to become like Jesus
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my words may not
penetrate your heart.
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But if you take God's testimony
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from Romans 8:29
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and by RHEMA affirmations say...
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"I am predestined
to be conformed to
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"the image of Jesus!"
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I'll tell you something...
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When you say that
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this promise will grow
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and flourish in your heart
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and in your mind!
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Our confession
increases our faith
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and the promises of God
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are ushered into
existence by faith.
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Now let's take
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II Corinthians 5:17
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as another example.
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"That verse says that
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"if anyone is in Christ
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"he is a new creation.
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"The old is gone
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"and the new is come."
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Now, if you apply
this verse personally
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and confess
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I am a new
creation in Christ Jesus
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the old is gone
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and the new has come.
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I'm gonna tell you
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from personal experience
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you're gonna meet some
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little resistance at first.
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We are painfully aware of
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our short comings and failures.
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Aren't we?
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We don't always feel like
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the old is gone.
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But, we can't
trust our feelings!
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We must remember that
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God considers
it as accomplished!
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Because the Bible says
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His power is being exerted to
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complete the good works that
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He has begun in us.
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He knows the end
from the beginning!
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And He works all things
00:14:03.73\00:14:06.15
according to His will.
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Therefore,
00:14:08.47\00:14:09.78
the Bible says that
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He regards things that
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had yet to be completed as
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if they were already done!
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And you know something?
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We should too!
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According to II
Corinthians 4:13.
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And that says,
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[text on screen]
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So what is the spirit of faith?
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The spirit of faith is
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calling things that are not
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as though they already existed.
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The spirit of faith is
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taking God's
revealed purpose to us
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and speaking it over our lives!
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When we know His plan
00:14:59.23\00:15:00.20
and confess His
testimony over our lives,
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when we speak it with
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our living voice,
00:15:05.03\00:15:06.00
God works a miracle in us!
00:15:06.01\00:15:08.42
The potential of the harvest is
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in the seed.
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Jesus said that
00:15:13.03\00:15:14.38
the seed is the word of God.
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All of your
potential is wrapped up
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in the Holy Word of God!
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And as you repeat
His promises aloud,
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then He begins to wipe away
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our old attitudes
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and our old thoughts
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and He replaces
them with His thoughts.
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The life of Christ
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begins to form in us.
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His creative word power
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gives us the wisdom of Christ.
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And amazingly it shapes us
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and begins to shape
His image within us.
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The Bible councils us
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"let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly
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"in all wisdom."
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And then Paul said,
00:16:00.17\00:16:01.14
"meditate on these things.
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"Give yourselves
00:16:03.07\00:16:04.95
"entirely over to Him.
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T"hat your progress
might be evident by all."
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That's Colosians 3:16
00:16:10.67\00:16:12.68
and 1 Timothy 4:15.
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What does it mean
00:16:17.50\00:16:19.72
to meditate on the word?
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It means that
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we should give
serious consideration to
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what the word of God
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means to us on a personal level.
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What it reveals
about the character of God.
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His love
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and His plan for our lives.
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Meditation means to
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reflect on who we are in Christ.
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It's interesting that
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there's no commandment in
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the Bible to memorize
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and I think I understand why.
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It's a wonderful process for
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those who will work through it.
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The problem is
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the majority of us won't!
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You know, as
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I've traveled
from church to church
00:17:00.83\00:17:03.48
I've poled congregations.
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And less than 1% of members say
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they enjoy memorizing.
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In fact,
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I think if the church would quit
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referring to
scripture as memory text
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and start referring to His word
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as life to us,
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more people would
wake up and take notice.
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We would begin to recognize
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the scriptures have
a solid vows of God.
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What He desires to
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accomplish in our lives
00:17:32.87\00:17:34.75
and what He will accomplish if
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we'll just give Him permission
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and cooperate.
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When the word is in our heart
00:17:40.53\00:17:43.12
and when it is confessed
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by our living voice,
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we begin to practice it!
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Just like
Deuteronomy 30:14 councils us.
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[text on screen]
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Affirming the scriptures is
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not a mechanical
repetition of a text.
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It's not mind over matter.
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It's coming to God's word as
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our source of life giving power
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and elevating His thoughts
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above our own reasoning.
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As we absorb the
word into our hearts
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and as we return it to Him
00:18:28.07\00:18:30.05
with our living voice,
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He empowers us to do
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all that He requires of us.
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Then He bestows
00:18:37.20\00:18:38.82
the blessings of abundant life.
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God knows that His word
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will not return empty.
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Because He is watching
00:18:46.13\00:18:47.38
and waiting to
perform it in those
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who have faith to
accept His testimony.
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Listen to God's promises
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in Isaiah 55:11.
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That's where I'll start
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and then I'll also read
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Jeremiah 1:12.
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Isaiah 55:11 says this,
00:19:04.67\00:19:07.35
"So shall my word be that
00:19:07.40\00:19:10.55
"goes forth from my mouth
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"it shall not return to me void.
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"But is shall accomplish
00:19:16.90\00:19:18.62
"what I please
and it shall prosper
00:19:18.67\00:19:21.12
"in the thing
for which I sent it."
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That's what the Lord said!
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And then in Jeremiah 1:12
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He says,
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"I am watching to see that
00:19:28.73\00:19:30.52
"my word is fulfilled."
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The benefit of
RHEMA affirmations is that
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we began taking
God's testimony personally
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and as the word
becomes our testimony
00:19:41.43\00:19:44.95
it becomes more relevant to us.
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We become by the
blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of our His testimony.
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Just as Revelation 11:12 says.
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Personal
application of God's word
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has transforming power.
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There's one comment
that I hear repeatedly
00:19:59.63\00:20:02.55
after I've shared this teaching
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.05
and people have begun
00:20:05.10\00:20:07.55
practicing RHEMA affirmations.
00:20:07.60\00:20:09.05
And that comment is,
00:20:09.10\00:20:10.42
"Wow! This is powerful!"
00:20:10.47\00:20:12.68
Oh I want you to taste and see
00:20:12.73\00:20:17.25
how good the RHEMA
word of God really is!
00:20:17.30\00:20:20.88
As we speak His word
00:20:20.93\00:20:22.92
in our living voice,
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He renews our minds.
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Worldly thoughts
00:20:27.50\00:20:28.47
and attitudes wash away.
00:20:28.48\00:20:30.68
Whispers of our past
00:20:30.73\00:20:32.85
are silenced.
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Our sense of
identity in Christ is
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deepened as we speak His word
00:20:37.23\00:20:39.95
with our living voice.
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He connects our thoughts to
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His plan for our lives.
00:20:44.37\00:20:46.85
We're filled by His power.
00:20:46.90\00:20:49.68
We begin
concentrating all of this energy
00:20:49.73\00:20:54.15
on pressing forward to obtain
00:20:54.20\00:20:57.82
the goals of God's will.
00:20:57.87\00:21:01.02
By the power of His word
00:21:01.07\00:21:03.58
and His spirit,
00:21:03.63\00:21:04.72
our minds are renewed.
00:21:04.77\00:21:07.38
And God tranforms us
00:21:07.43\00:21:09.85
into new creations.
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The RHEMA word is
those scriptures that
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we take personally.
00:21:16.60\00:21:21.72
Confessing them over our lives,
00:21:21.77\00:21:23.55
and putting them into practice.
00:21:23.60\00:21:25.68
That's how we taste and see
00:21:25.73\00:21:30.05
the goodness of God's word
00:21:30.10\00:21:35.85
and the powers of
the accompanying agents.
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And once you've tasted
00:21:37.47\00:21:39.08
I guarantee one thing...
00:21:39.13\00:21:40.58
You're going to hunger for more!
00:21:40.63\00:21:43.88
The Bible says that
00:21:43.93\00:21:45.45
it is the RHEMA word that
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brings
spiritual nutrition to us.
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Let's look at Matthew 4:4.
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Jesus said, [text on screen]
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You know, I view the Bible,
00:21:57.80\00:22:11.45
God's LOGOS word as
00:22:11.50\00:22:14.12
a smorgasbord.
00:22:14.17\00:22:15.65
It's just a whole table of
00:22:15.70\00:22:18.82
sacred nutrition that is
00:22:18.87\00:22:21.15
laid out buffet style
00:22:21.20\00:22:23.95
for us!
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He has provided this.
00:22:25.30\00:22:27.52
Everything that we need for
00:22:27.57\00:22:29.45
an abundant life
00:22:29.50\00:22:30.52
and Godliness
00:22:30.57\00:22:32.05
right here in His word.
00:22:32.10\00:22:33.68
Yet, we will die of
00:22:33.73\00:22:35.52
spiritual starvation if
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the only thing
that we do is observe
00:22:37.07\00:22:39.15
this divine dining arrangement.
00:22:39.20\00:22:42.52
We've got to get our own
00:22:42.57\00:22:45.82
spiritual strength from this
00:22:45.87\00:22:47.62
by loading up our plates
00:22:47.67\00:22:49.42
and personally partaking of
00:22:49.47\00:22:52.82
God's word.
00:22:52.87\00:22:54.62
Our spiritual nutrition
00:22:54.67\00:22:56.45
comes from entering in
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.28
and practicing God's word.
00:22:58.33\00:23:00.25
We must take the
LOGOS word personally
00:23:00.30\00:23:03.88
and make it RHEMA to us.
00:23:03.93\00:23:05.72
The vitality of
our Christian life
00:23:05.77\00:23:08.05
directly relates to
00:23:08.10\00:23:09.88
the amount of His
promises that we digest.
00:23:09.93\00:23:13.68
Bringing them into our hearts
00:23:13.73\00:23:15.68
and minds
00:23:15.73\00:23:17.32
and confessing them as
00:23:17.37\00:23:19.05
the RHEMA word of faith.
00:23:19.10\00:23:21.32
Jesus invites us
00:23:21.37\00:23:23.15
to dine with Him.
00:23:23.20\00:23:24.78
He says in Revelation,
00:23:24.83\00:23:26.52
"Behold I stand at
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"the door and knock.
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.75
"If anyone hears My voice,
00:23:30.80\00:23:33.38
"opens the door,
00:23:33.43\00:23:34.92
"I will come in
00:23:34.97\00:23:36.62
"and dine with him
00:23:36.67\00:23:38.45
"and he with Me."
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You know,
00:23:40.23\00:23:41.20
the Prophet
Jeremiah understood this.
00:23:41.21\00:23:43.12
He said,
00:23:43.17\00:23:45.22
[text on screen]
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You know, largely,
00:24:00.90\00:24:03.88
faith depends on
00:24:03.93\00:24:05.65
knowledge of His word.
00:24:05.70\00:24:07.55
Faith expects very little
00:24:07.60\00:24:09.55
when God's word is unknown.
00:24:09.60\00:24:12.02
We must be mindful
00:24:12.07\00:24:13.62
there are
different dimensions of
00:24:13.67\00:24:15.42
knowledge and belief.
00:24:15.47\00:24:16.88
There's the mental
accent dimension that sees
00:24:16.93\00:24:20.68
and accepts the Bible as truth
00:24:20.73\00:24:22.65
but there's no
personal application.
00:24:22.70\00:24:25.22
The greater dimension is
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when we enter into His truths
00:24:26.60\00:24:28.78
through personal applications.
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.42
Personal experience.
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Did you know that
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.52
it's possible to
be very religious
00:24:34.57\00:24:36.82
and still be suffering from
00:24:36.87\00:24:38.65
spiritual starvation?
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All we have to do is
00:24:40.57\00:24:41.54
consider the
life of the Pharisee
00:24:41.55\00:24:43.35
and we will see
this principle at work.
00:24:43.40\00:24:46.42
They had the
scriptures memorized.
00:24:46.47\00:24:49.05
Word for word!
00:24:49.10\00:24:50.12
Yet most were not
divinely nourished because
00:24:50.17\00:24:53.68
they didn't partake of
00:24:53.73\00:24:55.28
the word as their life
00:24:55.33\00:24:57.55
and as the substance that
00:24:57.60\00:24:59.65
they needed for life.
00:24:59.70\00:25:01.52
Hear what the Lord said to
00:25:01.57\00:25:03.95
Ezekiel in chapter two.
00:25:04.00\00:25:09.92
He said...
00:25:09.97\00:25:13.98
[text on screen]
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As Christians,
00:25:29.60\00:25:30.68
we are either strong or weak
00:25:30.73\00:25:33.48
depending on the amount of
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.35
God's word that is alive in us.
00:25:35.40\00:25:38.65
And that we practice daily.
00:25:38.70\00:25:40.82
Our Lord said that
00:25:40.87\00:25:42.18
we live by every RHEMA word that
00:25:42.23\00:25:46.38
proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:25:46.43\00:25:49.18
When His word
becomes RHEMA to us
00:25:49.23\00:25:53.75
it brings down the veil that
00:25:53.80\00:25:55.92
clouds out our vision.
00:25:55.97\00:25:56.94
The veil of guilt that
00:25:56.95\00:25:57.92
keeps us from entering
00:25:57.93\00:26:00.05
into His presence.
00:26:00.10\00:26:01.78
In addition,
00:26:01.83\00:26:03.02
something amazing
begins to develop.
00:26:03.07\00:26:04.85
That is described in
00:26:04.90\00:26:06.55
II Corinthians 3:18 that says,
00:26:06.60\00:26:08.98
"But we all with unveiled face
00:26:09.03\00:26:13.62
"beholding as in a mirror
00:26:13.67\00:26:17.38
"the Glory of the Lord
00:26:17.43\00:26:18.85
"are being transformed into
00:26:18.90\00:26:20.98
"the same image
from glory to glory
00:26:21.03\00:26:25.48
"just as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
00:26:25.53\00:26:29.82
Through the
nourishment of the word
00:26:29.87\00:26:32.02
and by the
power of the Spirit to
00:26:32.07\00:26:35.75
put the word into practice,
00:26:35.80\00:26:38.22
we begin to mature
00:26:38.27\00:26:40.35
in the image of Christ.
00:26:40.40\00:26:42.35
Becoming
involved in this practice
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.55
has caused me to gain
00:26:45.60\00:26:47.88
a true appreciation
00:26:47.93\00:26:49.28
for Job's declaration.
00:26:49.33\00:26:53.02
He said,
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.55
[text on screen]
00:26:54.60\00:26:57.65
The practice of
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RHEMA affirmations
00:27:11.43\00:27:13.32
requires discipline.
00:27:13.37\00:27:14.58
But it is well
worth the effort!!
00:27:14.63\00:27:15.92
There's a high return of
00:27:15.97\00:27:17.42
investment on our time.
00:27:17.47\00:27:19.52
Remember that
00:27:19.57\00:27:20.65
the Bible in its entirety is
00:27:20.70\00:27:22.65
the LOGOS word of God.
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.72
And the word becomes
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.22
RHEMA for us.
00:27:26.27\00:27:27.92
When we focus on a verse,
00:27:27.97\00:27:29.52
confess it by our living voice,
00:27:29.57\00:27:30.88
and apply it
personally to our lives.
00:27:30.93\00:27:33.82
I pray that
00:27:33.87\00:27:35.05
God is encouraging you to
00:27:35.10\00:27:36.82
test this process for yourself!
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Set aside 20
minutes each day for a month
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and see what happens!
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I can promise you one thing.
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If you'll be consistent
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in this practice of
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speaking God's word
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over you life,
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and accepting His
testimony about it
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you'll discover that
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the power of speaking
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the RHEMA word of faith
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results in God's
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change in your heart.
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