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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Today, we're
going to learn how to
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take a Life
Affirmation from Scripture
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and pray
according to God's will.
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When we pray His
promises back to Him
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we know we have the answer.
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We'll learn how to seek
God's plan for our life,
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and walk in perfect peace.
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Now, this is going to be
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a 'good ole
fashion' Bible study.
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So you might want to
take some program notes.
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Before we begin,
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let's review our
theme text which is
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Psalms 138:2.
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In that verse
the Bible says that
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God exalts His name and
His word above all things.
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And He exalts His
word even above His name.
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Now, what does that mean?
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It means that
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nothing is more important to God
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than His word.
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He has promoted His word to
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the highest rank of importance
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and He has assigned His word
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the highest position of praise.
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God exalts His
word above all things
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because He has granted
creative, life giving power
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to His word.
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Power to
accomplish all of His will.
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And today you'll learn
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how to exalt God's word
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in a new way that will bring
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victorious
overcoming power to your life.
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Let's ask the Lord to
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bless our study before we begin.
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Heavenly Father,
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we come today to open your word
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and we ask that the Holy Spirit
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will be our teacher.
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We ask Father God that
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you will empower us by this word
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and we ask that as we plant
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your promises into
our heart Father, that
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you will help us Lord to
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retain your promises
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and to reap a
harvest of righteousness.
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In Jesus name,
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Amen.
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Now, let's look at our
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first Life
Affirmation from Scripture.
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It says,
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[information on screen]
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Do you see what
has happened here?
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The Lord lead me to
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take His scriptures
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and to write them out
in the form of a prayer.
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Praying His word back to Him.
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Now, let's take this apart
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line by line
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and I'll show you
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the supporting
scriptures for this.
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because I want you
to learn how to do this.
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There's so much power in this
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and it pleases the Lord
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when we pray His
word back to Him.
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The first line says,
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Heavenly Father
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I am seeking you
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with all my heart.
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I got that in part
from Psalms 63:1-4.
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The Bible says,
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"Oh God, you are my God.
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"Earnestly I seek you.
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"My soul thirsts for You.
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"My body longs for you
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"In a dry and weary land
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"where there's no water.
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"I have seen you
in the sanctuary,
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"and beheld your
power and your Glory.
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"Because your love
is better than life,
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"my lips will glorify You.
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"I will praise
You as long as I live.
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"And in Your Name I
will lift up my hands."
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Then the next line says,
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"Teach me how to
draw nearer to you.
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"Teach me how to
press in to your presence."
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I got that from two scriptures.
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James 4:8 says,
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"Draw near to God
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"and He will draw near to you."
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And Isaiah 6:1 says,
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"I saw the Lord,
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"sitting on the throne
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"high and lifted up.
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"And the train of His
robe filled the temple."
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Isaiah was pressing in to
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God's presence in prayer.
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And as He prayed with all of
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His heart soul,
mind, and strength,
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the Holy Spirit
lead him in prayer to
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where he really pressed in to
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the throne room of God.
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And he saw the
Lord high and lifted up.
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That is a precious
prayer experience but,
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it doesn't happen if
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we are just
praying nominal prayers.
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It doesn't happen when
all we're doing is asking God
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when we bring a
shopping list before Him.
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So, it's important
that we want God to teach us
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how to press in to His presence.
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The next line says,
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"You have loved me
with an everlasting love.
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"Help me to accept your love."
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You know, I got
that from Jeremiah 31:3.
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And it says,
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"The Lord has
appeared of old to me saying,
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"Yes, I have loved you
with an everlasting love.
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Therefore with loving kindness
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I have drawn you.
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And Ephesians 3:16-19 is
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where I got the part that says
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help me to accept your love.
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The Bible says,
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"I pray that out
of his glorious riches
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"He may
strengthen you with power."
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How?
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"Through his spirit in
your inner being so that
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Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith.
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and I pray that you being
rooted and established in love.
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May have power together
with all of the saints to grasp
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how wide and long and high
and deep is the love of Christ.
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And to know this love
that surpasses knowledge that
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you may be filled to the
measure of the fullness of God.
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And then the next line
in that affirmation says,
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"You have a plan for my life
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"and it's better
than the one I'm living."
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You know, I think each
one of us could say this.
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I know that the
more I learn about God,
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the more I realize
I have yet to learn.
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The more I learn about
God's plan for my life,
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the more I realize how little
I'm still walking in that plan.
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And I got this
from Jeremiah 29:11-14
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It says,
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-This is the Lord speaking,
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"For I know the plans I
have for you says the Lord.
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"Plans to prosper you
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"and not to harm you.
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"Plans to give
you hope and a future.
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"Then you will call upon Me."
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When?
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When do we call upon God?
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When we recognize that
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God has a plan for our lives.
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It causes us to go to
the Lord and call on Him.
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And He says,
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"Then you will call upon Me
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"and you will
come and pray to me
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"and I will listen to you.
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"You will seek me and find me
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"when you seek me
with all of your heart.
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"I will be found by
you, declares the Lord
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"And I will bring
you back from captivity."
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God wants to bring
you back from captivity.
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No matter what circumstances
are in your life that
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are holding you captive,
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God can cut the chord of
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the wicked that
tries to bind you.
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That's what He
says in Psalms 129:4.
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That He is
righteous and He will.
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Then the next line of
that affirmation says...
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"I only have this lifetime to
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"prepare for eternity.
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"I realize my choices can
have eternal consequences.
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"Please cause me to
make the right choices."
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If you remember
we've been studying that
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God will cause us to be
all that He calls us to be.
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And we should be
like the Psalmist says.
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He says, "cause me to hear you!
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"Cause me to seek you!
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"Cause me to know you!
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"Cause me Father
God to know your will."
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We need to pray that!
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In Deuteronomy 30:19-20 it says,
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"I have set before
you life and death.
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"Blessing and cursing,
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"therefore, choose life.
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"That you may
love the Lord your God.
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"That you may obey His voice.
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"And that you
may cling to Him for
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He is your life.
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And in Philippians 2:13,
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this is where I
got the part about
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"Please cause me to
make the right choices."
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The Bible says,
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"For it is God who works in you,
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"Both to will and to
act for His good pleasure."
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You see the Lord
will do both in us.
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He will work in us to cause
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our will to line up with His
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and be in agreement with His.
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And then once He does that,
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all He asks of us,
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once the desires of our
heart have been changed,
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once the attitudes of
our mind have been renewed,
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what the Lord
simply asks is this;
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He won't force us to act,
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He says you just take
out one baby step of faith,
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and then I will
show up with the power
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and I will
empower you to do the will
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-My will.
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The next line says,
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"Teach me Your will.
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"Reveal to me the
path that I should walk,
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"to find joy in Your presence."
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I got this from three of
my very favorite scriptures.
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Psalms 143:10 says,
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"Teach me to do your will.
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"for you are my God.
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"May your good spirit
lead me on level ground."
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And Isaiah 48:17 says,
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"I am the Lord your God
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"who teaches you
what is best for you.
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"Who directs you in the
way that you should go."
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And then possibly,
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I think sometimes that I...
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You probably hear me say,
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"This is my
favorite scripture or
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"one of my
favorite scriptures..."
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I have so many!
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But this is one of
my favorite scriptures!
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It's Psalms 16:11 and it says,
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"You will show
me the path of life,
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"and in your
presence is fullness of joy
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"and at your right hand
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"there are
pleasures forevermore."
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I have found that is absolutely
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a true and
wonderful promise of God.
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The next line of
our affirmation says,
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"Cause me to seek you earnestly.
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"God is looking for those
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"who are earnest seekers.
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"Who want to know
His plan for their lives.
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"Who want to know Him better
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"and understand His love."
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I got that in part from
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Hebrews 11:6 and it says,
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"Without faith,
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"it is impossible to please God.
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"Because anyone
who comes to Him,
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"must believe that He exists
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"and that He rewards those
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"who earnestly seek Him."
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The next line of
our affirmation says,
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"Cause me to
trust in Your word."
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Proverbs 3:5-6
is where I got this.
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And it says,
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"Trust in the Lord
with all of your heart
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"and lean not on
your own understanding.
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"In all your
ways acknowledge Him,
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"and He shall
direct your paths."
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Let me ask you,
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if God doesn't want us to lean
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on our own limited
human understanding,
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what is it that you
think He wants us to lean on?
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He wants us to lean on His word.
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We should go to
the word for wisdom!
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We should go to the
word for understanding!
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Now, let's put all of
these back together...
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and see how this
affirmation comes out!
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[affirmation on screen]
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(We're going to pray
God's word back to Him.)
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Please stay tuned
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and we're going to
look at another affirmation
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right after this 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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Welcome back!
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Now, let's look at another
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Life Affirmation from Scripture.
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This one says,
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[affirmation on screen]
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Now, let's look
at that line by line.
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"I am walking
in constant peace."
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Wouldn't you like that?
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His peace that guards my
heart in all circumstances,
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and is beyond
human understanding.
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That comes form
Philippians 4:6-7
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and it says,
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"Be anxious for nothing.
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"But in everything by
prayer and supplication
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"with thanksgiving,
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"let your request
be made known to God.
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"And the peace of
God which surpasses
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"all understanding will guard
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"your heart and mind
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"through Christ Jesus."
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The next line says,
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"God keeps me in
perfect peace because
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"my mind has a steadfast trust
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"in His Faithfulness."
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That comes from Isaiah 26:3
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And if you don't take
any other program note,
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write this scripture down
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It says,
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"You will keep
him in perfect peace
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"whose mind is stayed on you
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"because he trusts in You."
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You know whenever I realize that
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I'm loosing my peace,
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I know that my mind
is not focused on God.
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And the next verse says,
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"Whenever I begin, or,
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the next line of our
Life Affirmation says,
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"Whenever I begin to
feel stressed and anxious,
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"I realize my eyes are
not focused on my Lord."
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That comes from I
Corinthians 14:33.
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And that verse says that
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God is not the
author of confusion but
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He is the Author of Peace.
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So, if we're
walking in confusion,
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it's not God's fault!
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It's because our
eyes aren't focused in Him
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and our mind is
not trusting in Him.
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And then,
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the next verse for that is,
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John 14:27.
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Jesus said,
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"Peace I leave with you.
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"My own peace I now give
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"and achive to you.
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"Not as the world
gives do I give to you.
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"Do not let your
hearts be troubled.
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"Neither let them be afraid."
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Then the next verse or line of
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our Life
Affirmation from Scripture,
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says this,
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"I return my thoughts to Him
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"and place my
complete trust in Him.
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"He restores my peace
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"causing me to
overflow with hope by
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"the power of His Spirit."
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Let me give you the
supporting scriptures for that.
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Hebrews 12:2 says,
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"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.
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"The Author and
Perfector of our faith."
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And if our eyes are on Jesus,
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we'll have a totally
different perspective
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about that is
going on in our lives.
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Isaiah 30:15.
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I've often called this
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my life verse.
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I'm gonna read it from
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the "Amplified".
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"For thus said the Lord God
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"the Holy One of Israel,
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"in returning to Me
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"and resting in Me
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"you shall be saved.
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"In quietness
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"and in trusting confidence
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"shall be your strength."
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Isn't that beautiful?
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That's God's promise
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when we return
our focus to the Lord
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and we realize that
God is doing everything
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for our eternal benefit,
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we will find
quietness and confidence in God.
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And then Isaiah
32:17 says this...
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"The fruit of
righteousness will be peace.
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"The effect of
righteousness will be
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"quietness and
confidence forever."
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Romans 15:13 is
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the next verse for this line.
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And this is a verse that
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I often use at the Holiday time
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during the Christmas Season.
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When I send out greetings
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I write this verse in because
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it's such a beautiful verse!
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It says...
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"May the God of hope
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"fill you with all joy and peace
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"as you trust in Him so that
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"you may overflow with hope
00:22:09.00\00:22:12.15
"by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
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Something that's interesting...
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In the Greek,
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hope means "eager expectation".
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God is the God of
eager expectations!
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He plants His
expectations in us.
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He gives us that expectancy
when we know His word.
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When we know that He is
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watching over His
word to perform it.
00:22:37.20\00:22:40.82
As we plant His
promises in our heart
00:22:40.87\00:22:44.85
and hold fast to them
00:22:44.90\00:22:46.68
and speak them back to the Lord
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we can have hope.
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We can have that hope
that just bubbles over
00:22:51.17\00:22:56.22
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Now, let's put all of
those lines back together
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for our original affirmation.
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[Affirmation on screen]
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You know,
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there is something
that I have noticed
00:23:53.10\00:23:57.32
about all people.
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Peace is something that
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very few people are enjoying.
00:24:03.87\00:24:05.62
I know quite a few people
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.55
who seem to have it all
as far as material goods.
00:24:07.60\00:24:14.15
They have big houses.
00:24:14.20\00:24:15.48
They have nice cars.
00:24:15.53\00:24:16.72
They can vacation
wherever they want.
00:24:16.77\00:24:19.72
But the thing
that they're missing is
00:24:19.77\00:24:22.92
the peace of God.
00:24:22.97\00:24:25.15
There is no real joy
00:24:25.20\00:24:29.88
The pleasures that
they are entertaining
00:24:29.93\00:24:31.75
themselves with
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leaves them empty.
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And I know that most people
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I believe that
you also seek peace.
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We all do!
00:24:47.80\00:24:48.77
We all lose our peace at
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sometime or another because
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there are
things that happen that
00:24:52.57\00:24:54.75
will interrupt
our focus on the Lord.
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The nice thing about it is that
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if you will particularly take
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.08
Isaiah 26:3
00:25:03.13\00:25:04.52
and speak that
over your life saying...
00:25:04.57\00:25:07.02
"God keeps me in perfect peace
00:25:07.07\00:25:09.98
"because I trust in Him.
00:25:10.03\00:25:12.02
"And my mind is
steadfastly on Him."
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God will do
something interesting
00:25:15.90\00:25:17.82
and I can tell you this
00:25:17.87\00:25:19.42
by personal experience.
00:25:19.47\00:25:20.52
I had been
speaking that scripture
00:25:20.57\00:25:22.78
over my life
00:25:22.83\00:25:24.32
for quite some time.
00:25:24.37\00:25:26.75
And then,
00:25:26.80\00:25:27.92
one day something happened that
00:25:27.97\00:25:29.72
was really very distressing.
00:25:29.77\00:25:31.75
I fretted and I fuss
00:25:31.80\00:25:33.78
and I rung my hands
00:25:33.83\00:25:35.45
and I just warded around
00:25:35.50\00:25:37.18
doing all kinds of things
00:25:37.23\00:25:38.22
with absolutely no peace!
00:25:38.27\00:25:41.12
And suddenly
00:25:41.17\00:25:42.15
the Lord got my attention.
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.48
And He impressed
this thought on my mind...
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Where are your eyes focused?
00:25:47.50\00:25:49.88
On the circumstances or on Me?
00:25:49.93\00:25:53.88
And you know something?
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As soon as I returned
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my focus to the Lord,
00:25:57.97\00:26:00.05
fixing my eyes on Jesus Christ,
00:26:00.10\00:26:02.25
the Author and
Finisher of my faith,
00:26:02.30\00:26:05.75
He did restore my peace!
00:26:05.80\00:26:09.88
My circumstances hadn't changed,
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.92
I was still
facing the same battle!
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But all of a sudden
00:26:16.70\00:26:18.68
I knew that God
was walking through
00:26:18.73\00:26:21.05
this fiery trial with me.
00:26:21.10\00:26:23.15
I knew that He would never
00:26:23.20\00:26:25.18
leave me nor forsake me.
00:26:25.23\00:26:26.75
I knew that He loved me
with an everlasting love.
00:26:26.80\00:26:30.88
And that He was
00:26:30.93\00:26:32.92
a shield of protection over me.
00:26:32.97\00:26:36.12
And He restored my peace!
00:26:36.17\00:26:39.68
And because I was walking in
00:26:39.73\00:26:42.12
the peace of God with hope that
00:26:42.17\00:26:44.58
the Lord was gonna work
these circumstances out,
00:26:44.63\00:26:48.55
I was actually able to
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.72
meet these circumstances.
00:26:52.77\00:26:54.85
Meet the challenge
with much greater strength
00:26:54.90\00:26:57.82
because I was
relying on His power to
00:26:57.87\00:27:02.28
be made perfect in my weakness!
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Well, please join us next week
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when we'll develop affirmations
00:27:05.87\00:27:08.98
about salvation by grace
00:27:09.03\00:27:10.95
and the glorious
act of redemption.
00:27:11.00\00:27:14.32
I pray that God
will multiply His mercy,
00:27:14.37\00:27:19.72
love and grace to you
00:27:19.77\00:27:22.65
and His peace to you.
00:27:22.70\00:27:25.25
And I pray that
00:27:25.30\00:27:26.52
He will watch over
His word to perform it
00:27:26.57\00:27:30.35
in your life
00:27:30.40\00:27:31.82
as you cooperate with Him
00:27:31.87\00:27:33.12
by planting His
promises in your heart
00:27:33.17\00:27:35.48
and speaking
them back to the Lord.
00:27:35.53\00:27:38.18
Please remember
to spend your time,
00:27:38.23\00:27:41.78
making that which is
most important to you
00:27:41.83\00:27:44.98
the same thing that
is most important to God
00:27:45.03\00:27:49.85
and that is,
00:27:49.90\00:27:51.15
spend your time
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Exalting His Word!
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