Hello.
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My name is Shelley Quinn
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and I welcome you to
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Exalting His Word.
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Today we'll discuss
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how to increase
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the effectiveness of our prayer
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through the RHEMA word of God.
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We'll see that
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the Bible says no RHEMA word is
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impossible of fulfillment.
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And we'll learn
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the power behind declaring
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I am who God says I am.
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I hope you'll stay tuned for
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this exciting Bible study!
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First as our habit is,
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let's review our theme text
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Psalms 138:2.
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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 He exalts His word
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even above His name.
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What does that mean?
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That nothing is
more important to God
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than His word.
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He has given His word
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the highest rank of importance.
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God exalts His word because
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He has given His word
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more creative life giving force
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than anything
else on this earth.
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And God assigns
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the highest position of praise
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to His word.
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If we would only learn to
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follow God's example,
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our lives will be transformed.
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We will walk in love,
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joy, peace,
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and experience
the abundant life that
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Christ came to give us.
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer
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before we begin.
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Father God we thank you
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for the word.
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We thank you that
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you sent your living word
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Jesus Christ to die for us
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and that He lives to
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intercede in our behalf now.
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We praise you.
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We thank you
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and ask the Holy
Spirit to be our teacher.
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In Jesus Name,
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amen.
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Let's quickly review
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the difference between God's
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LOGOS word and His RHEMA word.
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As defined in the
original Greek language
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LOGOS implies
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the entire
expression of God's will.
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The vast unfolding of
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the reasoning of His mind.
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The Bible is God's LOGOS word.
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On the other hand,
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RHEMA implies a
specific word of God that is
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used for a practical
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and immediate function.
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And whenever God
gives a practical or
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personal instruction to
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an individual in the Bible
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it is clearly defined as
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a RHEMA word of God.
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Where you and I are concerned,
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the word of God
becomes RHEMA to us
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when we take a
single Bible verse
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confess it over our lives
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and personally apply it.
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Now let's look at John 15:7
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to see how the
Bible explains that
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the RHEMA word increases
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the
effectiveness of our prayers.
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Number one...
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You know what?
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I've concluded that
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abiding in the word of God is
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the way that we abide in Christ.
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As the entrance of His word
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increases in our hearts,
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something amazing
happens in our minds.
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God's thoughts start
to become our thoughts.
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His desires start
to become our desires.
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And we suddenly find that
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we want to do all
things for His glory.
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To bring honor to His name.
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When the word of
God is in our hearts,
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our prayers are
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no longer vain babbling.
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We start asking for His action
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according to the
will of God that is
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revealed in Scripture.
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Perhaps you're familiar with
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God's promise in
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Psalms 37:4 which says,
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"Delight
yourselves also in the Lord,
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"and He shall give you
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"the desires of your heart."
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Isn't that a beautiful promise?
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When we find our delight in God,
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His desires become our desires.
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We pray according to His purpose
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and He hears and answers.
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You know, sadly,
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some preachers have taken
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this promise out of context.
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And they've stunned
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an entire assembly of
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"name it and
claim it" believers.
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But let me say this,
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when our delight is in the Lord,
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the focus of our desires is
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not a new Mercedes Benz.
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In fact,
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when our delight is in the Lord,
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we will know His will.
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We will pray for
His will to be done
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and we will have confidence that
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our prayers are being answered.
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Let's look at I John 5:14,15
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the Bible says,
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God has taught me that
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praying His word back to Him is
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the most effective way of
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praying according to His will.
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He watches over
His word to perform it.
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And He also declares that
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His word does not
return to Him void.
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But that it accomplishes
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all the purposes
for which He sent it.
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Returning God's word to Him
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makes us like the
watchman on the wall.
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Let me read that to you because
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this is a great verse
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and I want to read it to you
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from the Amplified version.
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This comes from Isaiah 62:6,7
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from the Amplified.
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Listen...
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"I have set watchmen
upon your walls oh Jerusalem
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"who will never hold
their peace day or night.
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"You who are his servants
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"and by your prayers,
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"put the Lord in remembrance of
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"His promises.
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"Keep not silence.
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"And give Him no rest until
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"He establishes Jerusalem
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"and make her a
praise on the earth."
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Jesus said,
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if we abide in Him
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and His RHEMA word abides in us,
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we can ask what we will
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and it will be done
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according to His word.
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You know, in Luke chapter 18
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He spoke of a parable
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about a persistent widow
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to show us that
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we ought always to pray in faith
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and not to give up.
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We can pray
without loosing heart if
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we know we're praying
according to His word.
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As Christ
concluded this parable,
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He exposed the
burden of His heart
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with this sorrowful note.
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He said, Never the less
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when the Son of Man comes,
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will He really
find faith on earth?
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Will He?
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Will He find faith in you?
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He will if His word has
become your RHEMA affirmation.
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If we're personally
applying God's promises to
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our lives we have reason to
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pray with great
confidence and faith.
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The Bible says that
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no RHEMA word of God is
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impossible of fulfilling.
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Let's look at Luke 1:37,38.
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In Luke 1:37 it says,
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Luke 1:38 says...
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[text on screen]
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Now I don't mean to confuse you
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by using two
different translations to
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provide sequential scriptures.
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But that's the
only way to bring out
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the fullest
expression of the Greek text.
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Because in the Greek,
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both scriptures
refer to the RHEMA word
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and you know something?
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Most translations of Luke 1:37
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stop at "nothing is
impossible with God".
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The original Greek
text goes on to say that
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no RHEMA word of God is
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impossible of fulfillment.
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These verses come from
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the account where
the angel told Mary that
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she would give
birth to the Son of God.
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With incredible faith
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Mary trusted God
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and she received His word
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into her heart
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willing to apply it
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personally in her life.
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And God blessed her.
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Because she believed that
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He would fulfill His word.
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The creative power of the word
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went to work in her
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and God birthed
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His purpose in her.
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By His power,
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the word became flesh.
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This is the profound thought.
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And I pray that
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the Holy Spirit is
working in your heart
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to bring understanding.
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It is God's desire that
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we recognize
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the creative power in His word.
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He wants us to
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plant His word into our hearts.
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He wants us to let it be
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the word of faith that is
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coming from our mouth.
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He yearns for us to
acknowledge His plan
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and know who we are!
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Who we've become since
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we have accepted
Christ as our Savior
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and God has
included us in Christ.
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Our loving
Heavenly Father wants to
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bring His purposes about
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in our life.
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We'll be forever changed
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if we could grasp this truth.
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No RHEMA word of God is
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impossible of fulfillment.
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Understanding this
will create the desire to
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partake of His promises.
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To the end result that
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we will also partake of
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His divine nature.
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Our identity crisis
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will fly out the window.
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We'll recognize
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the privilege of being called
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the Children of God.
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God knows the end
from the beginning.
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And do you know what?
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So can we if
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we can just get into HIS WORD!
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Where His plan is revealed.
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I know His plan
is far greater than
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what I am currently living.
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And I trust that
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Nothing He has promised is
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impossible of fulfillment.
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We just have to
depend upon His power
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to do the work in us.
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Please stay tuned
through this brief announcement
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because we'll be right back
to continue our Bible study.
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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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God wants to increase
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the measure of
your expectations.
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The measure you use will be
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measured back to you.
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That is a
definite Bible principle.
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An apathetic attitude
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towards God's word is
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a dangerous heart condition.
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Jesus warns us of
this in John 12:48.
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He says that it is
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dangerous to
reject the RHEMA word.
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What John 12:48 says it that...
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[text on screen]
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A loving Savior wants us to
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receive all that He has for us.
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He wants to equip us
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thoroughly to do His will.
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He wants us to
depend on His power to
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be made perfect in our weakness.
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It is Almighty God
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who will work in you to
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line your
desires up with His will.
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It's the creator of the universe
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who will work in you to
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empower you to act.
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We have nothing to fear
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as long as we depend
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on His power to
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walk in obedience to His word.
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That being true,
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I still must consider this...
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My conduct reveals
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my attitude toward Christ
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and the word of God.
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If I refuse to
receive His word as RHEMA
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(A word that I'm obeying
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(and actively
applying to my life),
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then I'm setting my self up to
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have judgment
pronounced against me.
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Instead of for
me in the last day.
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At the point that I refuse to
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receive His word
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and put it into practice,
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I am at the same point
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rejecting Christ.
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Let me proof that in scripture.
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Starting with
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I Thessalonians 4:7,8
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[text on screen]
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If you've been rejecting
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the word of God
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I pray that the Holy Spirit is
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bringing you to Godly sorrow
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and true repentance right now.
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And I also pray that
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He will prevent you from
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being smothered by condemnation.
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You know the Bible says that
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when we confess our sins that
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God is righteous.
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He is faithful to
forgive us our sins.
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He will erase the record.
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And by the blood of Jesus
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He will remember
your sins no more.
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He is the God of new beginnings.
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Jesus says that
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we are blessed when we hear
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the LOGOS word of God
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and then obey it
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and practice it.
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This refers to
hearing a commandment
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or promise in the Holy Bible
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and making it RHEMA
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by personally applying it.
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We need to recall
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the perfect law of liberty that
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we previously studied.
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We must recognize our
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absolute total dependence
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upon Jesus Christ to
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perform a work in us that
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empowers us to walk in
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the commandments of God.
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Then,
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we'll walk in
the law of liberty.
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And as the Bible says,
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we'll be doers of the word
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instead of just hearers
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and we'll be
blessed in whatever we do.
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I want to read you
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one of my favorite
Bible promises that
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comes from Isaiah 43:1,2
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[text on screen]
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Always remember this...
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you are worth
nothing less to God than
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the price that
He paid for you with
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the precious
life blood of Jesus.
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He will complete the good work
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He has begun in you.
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God will pour His
love into your heart
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and empower you to love Him.
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With all of your heart,
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soul, mind and strength.
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Did you know that
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even in this response of
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love to Him
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we are totally
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dependent upon Him.
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God wants you to
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come to Him in faith.
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Earnestly seeking Him.
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He will reward you beyond
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your wildest dreams by
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the creative power of His word
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and the dynamite power of
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His Holy Spirit
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at work within you.
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He will cause you to
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be all that He
has called you to be.
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If you have your Bibles
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please turn to
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Ephesians 3:16-21.
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This is my prayer for you
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and I want to read it to you
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from the New King James version.
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Ephesians 3:16-21
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"That He will
grant you according to
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the riches in Glory
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to be strengthened with might
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through His Spirit
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in the inner man that
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Christ may dwell in your hearts
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through faith.
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That you be rooted
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and grounded in love
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may be able to comprehend
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with all the saints
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what is the width and the length
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and the depth
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and the height to know
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the love of Christ which
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passes knowledge that
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you may be filled with all
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the fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to
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do exceedingly abundantly
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above all that we ask or think
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according to the
power that works in us,
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The power of the Holy Spirit.
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"In the church to Him
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"be glory in Christ Jesus for
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all generations
forever and ever amen."
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You know this is our fifth study
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on RHEMA affirmations.
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And we started by noting that
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miracles follow the authority of
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the word of Christ.
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We've gone
through a lot of teaching
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just to prove the authority of
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the words of Christ.
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And what we want is to
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let that authority be exercised
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in our lives.
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It's not important that
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you remember the
terms LOGOS or RHEMA.
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What's important
to remember is this...
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[information on screen]
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You know
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the Holy Spirit
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first poured out
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the Life
Affirmations From Scripture
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into my heart
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in 1996
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as I was sitting in a
hotel room in Houston.
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And as He lead me
in this process of
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taking God's word
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and making it
my RHEMA utterance,
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I was uneasy about something.
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I noticed that
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many of the
affirmation began with
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"I AM".
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It seemed that
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I was assuming something.
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And it made me
very uncomfortable to
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speak in that way.
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Suddenly I was impressed to say,
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.90
"I AM WHO GOD SAYS I AM."
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Still I was uneasy
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speaking the affirmations in
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the form that seemed that
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He had given to me.
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And then the Lord lead me to
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Romans 4:17 that says,
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"God who gives life to the dead
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"and calls things that are not
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"as thou they already were."
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You know, His word says that
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we are predestined to
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become like His son.
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I'm not there yet!
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But God the one who knows
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the end from the beginning
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counts it as done.
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Who am I to argue with God?
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I think the reason
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the Lord lead me to speak
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because faith comes by hearing.
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And He knew that
I needed to hear it
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by my own voice.
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Without faith
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we can't please
our Heavenly Father.
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You know
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the next thought that was
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impressed upon my
mind was much deeper.
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And I knew that
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it had to be the leading of
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the Spirit because
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I was astonished at the concept.
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It required much prayer
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and reflection
for me to accept it.
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And now as I share with you
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I encourage you to receive it
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in the same prayerful attitude.
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Let me first establish
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the foundation
for understanding.
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When God told Moses that
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He was going to send Moses to
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the Israelites
to deliver them from
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the Egyptian bondage.
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Moses wanted to know
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what God's name
was for reference.
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And we find the
record on this conversation
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in Exodus 3:13,14
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Let me read that to you.
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"Then Moses said to God,
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.95
"indeed when I come to
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"the Children of Israel
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"and say to them
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.26
"the God of your
fathers have sent me to you
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"and they say to me
00:24:25.39\00:24:26.96
what is His name?
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Moses asked God
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What shall I say to them?
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And God said to Moses
00:24:32.90\00:24:36.81
"I am who I am".
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And He said,
00:24:42.04\00:24:44.08
"thus shall you say to
00:24:44.11\00:24:45.58
"the children of Israel,
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.98
"I AM has sent me to you."
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God proclaimed His name as I AM.
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You know such a
declaration reveals that
00:24:59.13\00:25:02.06
God is not
dependant upon any power
00:25:02.10\00:25:06.90
but His own.
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He is almighty
and all sufficient.
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Maybe that's why I was
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uneasy to affirm the "I AM".
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But the Spirit of the Lord
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led me to a
deeper understanding of
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God's purpose in beginning
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my RHEMA utterances this way.
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And at the same time,
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He brought me into
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a deeper appreciation for
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the commandment of
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not taking the
Lord's name in vain.
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This is what I was
lead to understand.
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Anytime that I speak
00:25:44.67\00:25:46.51
the words "I AM"
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I should be cautious
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.51
by what
declaration follows that.
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If we declare something that is
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not scriptural
00:25:57.75\00:25:59.12
for example,
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if we say,
00:26:00.62\00:26:01.96
"I am SO stupid!"
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We are in a sense
00:26:04.73\00:26:07.23
taking the Lord's name in vain.
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On the other hand
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when we proclaim I am
00:26:11.93\00:26:14.70
and follow it by
an affirmation that is
00:26:14.74\00:26:19.47
from scripture,
00:26:19.51\00:26:20.84
we are in essence saying,
00:26:20.88\00:26:23.51
"by God's grace
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.41
"I am who God says I am."
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And did you know
that demonstrates that
00:26:30.12\00:26:33.22
we believe His testimony
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.56
and it brings God glory.
00:26:35.62\00:26:38.53
The Apostle Paul said it best.
00:26:38.59\00:26:41.36
He said, "but
by the grace of God
00:26:41.43\00:26:45.73
"I am what I am
00:26:45.77\00:26:48.44
"and His grace toward me
00:26:48.47\00:26:50.51
"was not in vain."
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You know once I gained that
00:26:52.91\00:26:56.08
same understanding
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.45
I was excited to speak
00:26:57.48\00:26:59.28
the affirmations over my life.
00:26:59.31\00:27:01.48
Just as He had given them to me.
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And I considered them
00:27:04.59\00:27:06.76
accomplished in His eyes.
00:27:06.82\00:27:09.32
Calling things
that have yet to be
00:27:09.39\00:27:12.29
revealed to my physical senses
00:27:12.33\00:27:15.30
through physical evidence
00:27:15.36\00:27:16.70
as thou they already existed.
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Let me ask you,
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isn't this the
very essence of faith?
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being sure of what we hope for
00:27:25.31\00:27:27.51
and certain of
what we do not yet see?
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Well, our time
is gone for today.
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May God multiply
00:27:34.12\00:27:35.95
His mercy love
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.39
and grace to you.
00:27:37.45\00:27:38.79
And may He watch over His word
00:27:38.82\00:27:40.26
to perform it in your life
00:27:40.32\00:27:42.16
as you cooperate with Him.
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I just want to remind you
00:27:44.89\00:27:46.70
please remember to
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spend your time making that
00:27:48.56\00:27:50.30
which is most important to God
00:27:50.33\00:27:53.80
the very thing that is also
00:27:53.84\00:27:55.77
most important to you...
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Exalting His Word.
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