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
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according to His will.
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Therefore,
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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
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and confess His
testimony over our lives,
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when we speak it with
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our living voice,
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God works a miracle in us!
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The potential of the harvest is
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in the seed.
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Jesus said that
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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,
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"meditate on these things.
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"Give yourselves
00:16:03.09\00:16:04.96
"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
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and 1 Timothy 4:15.
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What does it mean
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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
00:17:01.08\00:17:03.49
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
00:17:32.85\00:17:34.72
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
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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
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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
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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
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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\00:19:07.38
"So shall my word be that
00:19:07.41\00:19:10.58
"goes forth from my mouth
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"it shall not return to me void.
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"But is shall accomplish
00:19:16.92\00:19:18.62
"what I please
and it shall prosper
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"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
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"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
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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
00:19:59.59\00:20:02.50
after I've shared this teaching
00:20:02.53\00:20:05.00
and people have begun
00:20:05.03\00:20:07.50
practicing RHEMA affirmations.
00:20:07.54\00:20:09.00
And that comment is,
00:20:09.04\00:20:10.37
"Wow! This is powerful!"
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Oh I want you to taste and see
00:20:12.67\00:20:17.21
how good the RHEMA
word of God really is!
00:20:17.25\00:20:20.82
As we speak His word
00:20:20.88\00:20:22.85
in our living voice,
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He renews our minds.
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Worldly thoughts
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and attitudes wash away.
00:20:28.82\00:20:30.63
Whispers of our past
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are silenced.
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Our sense of
identity in Christ is
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deepened as we speak His word
00:20:37.13\00:20:39.87
with our living voice.
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He connects our thoughts to
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His plan for our lives.
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We're filled by His power.
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.58
We begin
concentrating all of this energy
00:20:49.64\00:20:54.05
on pressing forward to obtain
00:20:54.12\00:20:57.72
the goals of God's will.
00:20:57.79\00:21:00.99
By the power of His word
00:21:01.06\00:21:03.56
and His spirit,
00:21:03.63\00:21:04.96
our minds are renewed.
00:21:04.99\00:21:07.36
And God tranforms us
00:21:07.40\00:21:09.80
into new creations.
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The RHEMA word is
those scriptures that
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we take personally.
00:21:16.54\00:21:21.68
Confessing them over our lives,
00:21:21.71\00:21:23.51
and putting them into practice.
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That's how we taste and see
00:21:25.68\00:21:29.98
the goodness of God's word
00:21:30.05\00:21:35.79
and the powers of
the accompanying agents.
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And once you've tasted
00:21:37.43\00:21:39.03
I guarantee one thing...
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You're going to hunger for more!
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The Bible says that
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.37
it is the RHEMA word that
00:21:45.40\00:21:46.74
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,
00:21:57.71\00:22:11.43
God's LOGOS word as
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a smorgasbord.
00:22:14.13\00:22:15.60
It's just a whole table of
00:22:15.63\00:22:18.77
sacred nutrition that is
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.10
laid out buffet style
00:22:21.14\00:22:23.91
for us!
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He has provided this.
00:22:25.31\00:22:27.48
Everything that we need for
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.41
an abundant life
00:22:29.44\00:22:30.78
and Godliness
00:22:30.81\00:22:32.15
right here in His word.
00:22:32.18\00:22:33.62
Yet, we will die of
00:22:33.68\00:22:35.45
spiritual starvation if
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the only thing
that we do is observe
00:22:37.02\00:22:39.09
this divine dining arrangement.
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We've got to get our own
00:22:42.52\00:22:45.76
spiritual strength from this
00:22:45.83\00:22:47.56
by loading up our plates
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.33
and personally partaking of
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.73
God's word.
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.54
Our spiritual nutrition
00:22:54.57\00:22:56.37
comes from entering in
00:22:56.40\00:22:58.21
and practicing God's word.
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We must take the
LOGOS word personally
00:23:00.28\00:23:03.85
and make it RHEMA to us.
00:23:03.91\00:23:05.71
The vitality of
our Christian life
00:23:05.75\00:23:08.02
directly relates to
00:23:08.08\00:23:09.85
the amount of His
promises that we digest.
00:23:09.92\00:23:13.66
Bringing them into our hearts
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.66
and minds
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.29
and confessing them as
00:23:17.36\00:23:19.03
the RHEMA word of faith.
00:23:19.09\00:23:21.26
Jesus invites us
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.10
to dine with Him.
00:23:23.13\00:23:24.73
He says in Revelation,
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.47
"Behold I stand at
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"the door and knock.
00:23:28.70\00:23:30.71
"If anyone hears My voice,
00:23:30.74\00:23:33.34
"opens the door,
00:23:33.38\00:23:34.88
"I will come in
00:23:34.91\00:23:36.58
"and dine with him
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.38
"and he with Me."
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You know,
00:23:40.18\00:23:41.52
the Prophet
Jeremiah understood this.
00:23:41.55\00:23:43.05
He said,
00:23:43.12\00:23:45.15
[text on screen]
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You know, largely,
00:24:00.87\00:24:03.87
faith depends on
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knowledge of His word.
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.54
Faith expects very little
00:24:07.58\00:24:09.54
when God's word is unknown.
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.01
We must be mindful
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.62
there are
different dimensions of
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.38
knowledge and belief.
00:24:15.45\00:24:16.85
There's the mental
accent dimension that sees
00:24:16.92\00:24:20.66
and accepts the Bible as truth
00:24:20.72\00:24:22.62
but there's no
personal application.
00:24:22.69\00:24:25.19
The greater dimension is
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when we enter into His truths
00:24:26.63\00:24:28.73
through personal applications.
00:24:28.76\00:24:31.37
Personal experience.
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Did you know that
00:24:33.00\00:24:34.47
it's possible to
be very religious
00:24:34.50\00:24:36.77
and still be suffering from
00:24:36.81\00:24:38.61
spiritual starvation?
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All we have to do is
00:24:40.51\00:24:41.84
consider the
life of the Pharisee
00:24:41.88\00:24:43.31
and we will see
this principle at work.
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.38
They had the
scriptures memorized.
00:24:46.41\00:24:48.98
Word for word!
00:24:49.05\00:24:50.39
Yet most were not
divinely nourished because
00:24:50.42\00:24:53.62
they didn't partake of
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.22
the word as their life
00:24:55.29\00:24:57.49
and as the substance that
00:24:57.56\00:24:59.59
they needed for life.
00:24:59.66\00:25:01.50
Hear what the Lord said to
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.93
Ezekiel in chapter two.
00:25:03.97\00:25:09.90
He said...
00:25:09.94\00:25:13.98
[text on screen]
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As Christians,
00:25:29.59\00:25:30.93
we are either strong or weak
00:25:30.96\00:25:33.46
depending on the amount of
00:25:33.50\00:25:35.30
God's word that is alive in us.
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.60
And that we practice daily.
00:25:38.63\00:25:40.77
Our Lord said that
00:25:40.80\00:25:42.14
we live by every RHEMA word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:25:46.37\00:25:49.11
When His word
becomes RHEMA to us
00:25:49.18\00:25:53.68
it brings down the veil that
00:25:53.75\00:25:55.85
clouds out our vision.
00:25:55.92\00:25:57.25
The veil of guilt that
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keeps us from entering
00:25:58.65\00:26:00.06
into His presence.
00:26:00.12\00:26:01.79
In addition,
00:26:01.86\00:26:03.19
something amazing
begins to develop.
00:26:03.22\00:26:04.86
That is described in
00:26:04.93\00:26:06.56
II Corinthians 3:18 that says,
00:26:06.63\00:26:08.96
"But we all with unveiled face
00:26:09.00\00:26:13.60
"beholding as in a mirror
00:26:13.64\00:26:17.37
"the Glory of the Lord
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.84
"are being transformed into
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.98
"the same image
from glory to glory
00:26:21.01\00:26:25.45
"just as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
00:26:25.51\00:26:29.78
Through the
nourishment of the word
00:26:29.85\00:26:31.99
and by the
power of the Spirit to
00:26:32.05\00:26:35.72
put the word into practice,
00:26:35.79\00:26:38.19
we begin to mature
00:26:38.26\00:26:40.33
in the image of Christ.
00:26:40.40\00:26:42.30
Becoming
involved in this practice
00:26:42.33\00:26:45.50
has caused me to gain
00:26:45.53\00:26:47.84
a true appreciation
00:26:47.87\00:26:49.24
for Job's declaration.
00:26:49.27\00:26:52.97
He said,
00:26:53.01\00:26:54.51
[text on screen]
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.61
The practice of
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RHEMA affirmations
00:27:11.43\00:27:13.33
requires discipline.
00:27:13.40\00:27:14.73
But it is well
worth the effort!!
00:27:14.73\00:27:16.06
There's a high return of
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.43
investment on our time.
00:27:17.47\00:27:19.50
Remember that
00:27:19.53\00:27:20.87
the Bible in its entirety is
00:27:20.90\00:27:22.64
the LOGOS word of God.
00:27:22.67\00:27:24.71
And the word becomes
00:27:24.74\00:27:26.21
RHEMA for us.
00:27:26.24\00:27:27.91
When we focus on a verse,
00:27:27.94\00:27:29.51
confess it by our living voice,
00:27:29.54\00:27:30.88
and apply it
personally to our lives.
00:27:30.91\00:27:33.82
I pray that
00:27:33.85\00:27:35.18
God is encouraging you to
00:27:35.22\00:27:36.79
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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