Hello.
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My name is Shelley Quinn
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and I welcome you heartedly to
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Exalting His Word!
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Do you know what it means to
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be included in Christ?
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Do you know
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how God changes
us to conform us to
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the character of Christ?
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I hope you have a pen
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and paper ready because today,
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we'll be
discussing these things!
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And we'll be
looking at how to tap into
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God's source of power that
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He's made available to us.
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Before we begin,
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let me explain our theme text
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which is Psalms 138:2.
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In that text the Bible says
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God exalts His
word above everything.
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And what we want to see is
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what really does that mean?
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You know,
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when I first read this verse
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I missed the
impact of it because
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I just didn't quite understand
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the depth of importance.
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But as I studied in the Hebrew
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I've found out
something very interesting.
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What that verse
is saying is that
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God has promoted
as Commander and Chief
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He has promoted His word to
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the highest rank of importance.
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Nothing is more
important to God than His word.
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He has given
His word life giving
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transforming power!
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Power that is
over everything else.
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In fact, we need to ask our self
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why does God exalt
His word over everything.
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The answer is
really quite simple.
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In I John the Bible says,
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"In the beginning was the word
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"and the word was with God
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"and the word was God.
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"And in Him was life.
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"And in that life was
the light of all mankind.
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"And the word became flesh
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"and He gave up His lifeblood."
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Sacrificed His
life for you and I.
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That's why God exalts
His word above all things;
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and why we should as well!
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer
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before we begin our study.
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Heavenly Father
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we come today asking that
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your Holy Spirit
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would transform us.
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Teach us Father God.
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Help us to tap into the
power source of your word.
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And I ask a
very special blessing
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on my brothers and my sisters
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who are watching this program.
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And I ask a special
blessing over me Lord.
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That you would
cause us to be all that
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you've called us to be.
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Help us to walk in
step with your spirit.
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Not lagging behind
and not running ahead.
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In Jesus name amen.
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Now, let's look at all
were first affirmation.
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The first affirmation says...
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[affirmation on screen]
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Do you see what
we're doing here?
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What a Life Affirmation is
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it's just taking the Word of God
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and declaring
it as our testimony
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speaking God's word back to Him.
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Now, let me show you where
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I got this
scriptures for this affirmation.
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The first line says,
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"I am positioned
in Christ Jesus."
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That's what God says about you
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if you have accepted
Christ as your Savior.
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Let me give you
the verses for that!
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Ephesians 1:13-14 says this...
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"And you also
were included in Christ
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"when you heard
the word of truth.
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"The gospel of your salvation."
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"Having believed
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you were marked
in Him with a seal.
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The promised Holy Spirit who is
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a deposit
guaranteeing our inheritance
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until the redemption of
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those who are God's possession.
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You are God's possession!
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And He has
included you in Christ
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if you have accepted
Christ as your Savior.
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I Corinthians 1:30...
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I'm gonna read this
from the Amplified because
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it helps us
understand it better.
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Says this about you...
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"But it is from Him
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(from God)
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"that you have your
life in Christ Jesus.
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"Whom God has made
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(That's Jesus, He...)
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(God has made Jesus)
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"our wisdom from God."
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He has made Him
our righteousness.
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(Which means to be...
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(...He has put us in
right standing with God.)
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He has made
Christ our consecration.
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Making us pure and holy.
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And our redemption providing
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our ransom from
eternal penalty for sin.
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So, we see that in this verse
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God has included
us in Christ Jesus.
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Now, let's look
at the next line...
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And this one is interesting!!
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It says,
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"Because I have
received Christ as my Savior,
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"I now have a
spiritual union with Him."
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1 Corinthians 6:17 says this...
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"But he who is
joined to the Lord is
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"one spirit with Him."
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You know when I first started
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speaking that over my life,
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and I would say
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"Father I thank you because
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"I am joined with Jesus Christ.
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"That I am in
one spirit with Him."
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I absolutely knew that
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I was calling
things that are not
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as thou they were.
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I didn't feel like I
was one in spirit with Him.
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But the more I have
spoken that over my life,
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and I've been doing it
now for nearly eight years
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God is bringing
that into reality.
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God is causing me to
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walk in step with
Christ a little more
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each day knowing that
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I am really united with Him
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and one in spirit with Him.
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And He'll do the same for you
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if you'll just start speaking
His Word over your live!
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It's wonderful!!
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Now, the next part
of our affirmation said,
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"The law of the
spirit of life works in me."
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That comes from Romans chapter 7
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and I'm gonna read
verses 23-25 of chapter 7
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and also Romans 8:2.
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And this is what
the Bible says...
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"But I discern in
my bodily members...
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(that's the sensitive appetites
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(and wills of the flesh.)
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A different law,
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a different rule of
action that's at war
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against the law of my mind.
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And making me a
prisoner to the law of sin.
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See, in our human effort or
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in our humanness,
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we are prisoners
to the law of sin.
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But Paul goes on and he says,
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"Who will release
and deliver me from
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"the shackles from
this body of death?"
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Oh thank God He will!
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How?
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"Through Christ Jesus our Lord!
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"For the law of
the spirit of life
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"which is in Christ Jesus is
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"the law of our new being.
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"And that law has freed me,"
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Paul said.
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From the law of
sin and of death.
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Doesn't that give you
hope and encouragement?
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God never intended for us to
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try to walk with
him by human effort.
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He will put the law of
the spirit of life in us
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and if we'll just
learn to rely on Him
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He does the work.
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And praise the Lord
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there is no condemnation for us!
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When we're walking by
the power of His spirit
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and His word.
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Now let's go on
to our next line.
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It says...
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"When I look into the word
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"I begin to see a vision.
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"A reflection of
who I am in Christ.
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"And when I think and
act according to the word
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"I am blessed in whatever I do."
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I got back from James 1:23-25
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and let me read that to you...
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"Anyone who listens to the word
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"but does not do what it says,
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"is like a man who
looks at his face in a mirror
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"and after looking
at himself goes away
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"and immediately
forgets what he looks like."
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See if we look into the Bible
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when we open this Bible,
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this is the mirror reflection of
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who we are in Christ.
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The Bible describes to
us our new nature in Christ
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and some of those
things that the Bible says,
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some of God's vows and
promises about how He sees us
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they sound
incredible to our human minds!
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But God vows this about us
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and if we look into the word
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we'll see this
vision of who we are.
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But if we don't go out
and put the word into practice
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we're like a man
who's looked into the mirror
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and then gone away
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and forgot what he looks like.
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If we're not
practicing God's word,
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we forget what God says or
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who God says we are in His word!
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So, he goes on on
this verse and He says
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"But the man who looks intently
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"into the perfect law
that gives freedom..."
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(Do you remember that?
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(We studied about
the law of liberty
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(relying on God to
do a great work in us?
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(To empower us to do His will?)
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Anyway, he says...
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"The man who looks
into the perfect law that
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gives freedom and
continues to do this,
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not forgetting
what he has heard but
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doing it he will be
blessed in whatever he does.
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Now, let's put that
all back together again
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and look at our
life affirmation.
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This is what you can
say over your life if
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you have accepted
Christ as your Savior...
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[affirmation on screen]
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Let me tell you...
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God wants you to know
who you are in Christ Jesus.
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If you don't know
God's plan for your life,
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and if you
don't know who you are
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once you've accepted
Christ as your Savior,
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then you're suffering
from an identity crisis.
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And the only way
that you can overcome that
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identity crisis is
to get into the word.
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Let God show you
His plan for you life.
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Accept His testimony about
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what God has to say
about who you are in Christ.
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We must remember it
is dangerous for us to
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reject the testimony of God.
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Because the Bible
tells us in I John 5:10 that,
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if we do not
accept His testimony,
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it's like we are
regarding God as a liar.
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No wonder without faith
it's impossible to please God.
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Well please stay tuned because
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we're going to take a quit
break for a brief announcement
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and then we'll be
right back to do our next
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Life Affirmation from Scripture!
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If this dynamic series is
making a difference in your life
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then you should know
about a special study guide
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written by Shelley Quinn.
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Exalting His Word with
Life Affirmation 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, here's our
next affirmation.
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[affirmation on screen]
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Now, let's take
that apart line by line.
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This is something
that if we can ever get
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this first part into our mind,
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God will totally
change our lives.
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And that is...
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The first line was
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"I am partaking of
God's divine nature by
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holding us to His promises."
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I got that from 2 Peter 1:3-4
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and this is what
the Bible says...
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"His (God's)
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Divine power has
given us everything that
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"we need for life and godliness
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"through our knowledge of Him
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"who called us by His
own glory and goodness."
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God has given us
everything that we need
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for an abundant
life here on Earth
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and godliness to
walk in holiness.
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Now this scripture
goes on to explain to us
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how we'll do this.
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"He has given us
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"His very great
and precious promises
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"so that through them,
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"through His promises,
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"you may participate or
partake of the divine nature
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"and escape the
corruption in the world
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"caused by evil desires."
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Do you see the
power of that promise?
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What God is saying is that
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it is through the
transforming power of His word,
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if you plant His
promises in your heart
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and speak them back to God,
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then what will happen is
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God is going to make
sure that you can escape evil
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and He's also
going to help you absorb
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the divine nature of Christ
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through the power of His word.
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All of God's promises
are His solemn vows to us of
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what He will do in our lives
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if we'll just
come to Him in faith.
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Well, let's go on...
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The next line says,
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"I am planting God's promises
in my heart to ensure that
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"I don't sin against Him."
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Now you know
where I got that one!
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That's Psalms 119:11 that says
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"Your word have I
hidden in my heart that
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"I might not sin against you."
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And you know,
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the more word we
speak over our life
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the more word that
we hide in our hearts
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the more that the
Lord really does help us to
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escape evil and
not sin against Him.
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I'll give you
just a quick example...
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The Psalmist said;
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"Oh Lord set a guard at
the door post of my mouth!"
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And I began
confessing that over my life!
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And suddenly I found that
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the Lord started delivering me
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I guess is a good way to say it
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from idle words!
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He delivered me from
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making judgmental
comments about people.
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Well, I should say
"He IS delivering me!"
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We all have a
problem with that, don't we?
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But, God will do
a great work in you
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if you will
partake of his promises
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and hide His word in your heart.
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Now the next line of
our affirmation says this...
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"All of God's
promises are mine."
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Yes Amen!!
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So be it!
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In CHRIST!
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Did you know that's
what the Bible says about you
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in 2 Corinthians 1:20?
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It says,
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"For no matter
how many promises,
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"no matter how many
promises God has made,
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"they are YES in Christ."
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And that means to you that
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if you are in Christ
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all of God's promises are yours!
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Our problem is
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we haven't been
partaking of His promises
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the way the
Bible instructs us to.
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Now, if we do start
partaking we can go on with this
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and look at the next line.
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"I eagerly anticipate
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"the fulfillment
of God's promises.
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"And this eager expectation
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"this hope is
anchor for my soul.
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"Keeping me from
being double minded."
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Let me read you the
supporting verses for
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this part of the affirmation.
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Hebrews 6:17-19 says,
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"Because God wanted to make
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"the unchanging
nature of His purpose
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"very clear to the
heirs of what was promised,
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"He confirmed it with an oath!
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"God did this so that
by two unchangeable things
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"in which it is
impossible for God to lie,
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"we who have
fled to take hold of
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"the hope that is offered to us,
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"might be greatly encouraged!
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"We have this hope as
an anchor for the soul.
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"Firm and secure!"
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Now the next line of
our affirmation says,
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"Through obedience
faith and patience,
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I am confident
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I will receive what
my Father has promised.
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I want to pause for
just a second because
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I always like to remind people
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obedience is the
pathway to blessing.
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God's love is unconditional but
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all of His promises are
conditioned on our obedience.
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Let me read to you
the scriptural support for
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this part of the affirmation.
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Hebrews 10:36-38 says this...
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"For you have need of endurance
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"so that after you have done
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"the will of God you
may receive the promise."
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And it goes on to say...
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"For yet in a little while
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"and He who is coming
will come and not tarry.
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"Now the just
shall live by faith but
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"if anyone draweth
back the Lord says,
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"my soul have no
pleasure in him."
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But don't miss
Hebrews 10:36 there!
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It says,
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"After you have
done the will of God,
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"you will receive the promise."
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We plant the
promise in our heart.
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We ask God to be all
that He has called us to be.
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We ask Him to lead
us by the Holy Spirit
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and then, we take
that first step of faith
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and God works in us
not only to will but
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to act according
to His good pleasure.
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And then, after
we've done the will of God
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we receive the
promise, hallelujah!
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In Hebrews 6:12 says this...
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"Do not become sluggish but
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"imitate those who thru faith
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"and patience
inherit the promises!"
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Now, let's put all of
those lines back together
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and let's look at our
affirmation again because
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this is something that you
can declare over your life!
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If you are in Christ Jesus
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this is what the
Bible says about you.
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This is God's
testimony about you!
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[affirmation on screen]
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Now our next
affirmation goes like this...
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[affirmation on screen]
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Now let's take
this apart line by line
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and see the scriptural
evidence for this affirmation.
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The first line says
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"I am beholding the Lamb of God
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"focusing on His love,
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"light, life, and power."
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I got that from a
couple of scriptures...
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John 1:29
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The prophet John said,
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"Behold the Lamb of God who
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"takes away the
sins of the world."
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And I think that the Holy
Spirit inspired him to say
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"Behold Him".
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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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Now, let's look
at the next line.
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The next line said,
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"I become who I behold".
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In other words,
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I develop the
character traits of
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the one who
occupies my attention.
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Let me give you
two verses for that...
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Psalms 17:15 says this,
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"As for me I will behold
Thy face in righteousness.
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"I shall be satisfied when
I awake with that likeness."
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I can't wait 'til
resurrection morning when
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everyone who comes
up out of the grave
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will be changed in an instant!
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And they will behold him
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and they will be coming out
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and be satisfied because
they were awake in His likeness.
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And in II Corinthians 3:18 says,
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"But we all with unveiled face,
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"beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord
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"are being transformed into
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"the same image
from glory to glory."
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You know, glory
really can be described
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as God's character.
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So, we're being transformed
into the image of Jesus
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from one level of His
character to the next.
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And the
scripture goes on to say,
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"Just as by the
spirit of the Lord."
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It's the Holy
Spirit who is leading us.
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And then the next part says,
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"I will focus on His strengths
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"rather than my weaknesses."
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That's one of
my favorite verses!
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II Corinthians 12:9-10
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when Jesus said,
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"My grace is
sufficient for you for
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"my power is made
perfect in your weakness."
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And Paul said,
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"Therefore, I will
boast all the more gladly
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"about my weaknesses
so that Christ's power
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"may rest on me for
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"when I am weak
then I am strong."
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Now, let's put
that all back together
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and look at our affirmation.
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[affirmation on screen]
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I don't really understand
what it is about humans.
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We think that we need to
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try to do all we can
for God in our own effort
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and God never
intended it to be that way.
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He wants us to
rely on His power.
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I hope that you've
enjoyed today's study
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and that you will
join us next week when
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we'll see how God renews
our thoughts and attitudes
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and how we can live
in resurrection power.
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May God multiply His
mercy, love and grace to you
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and watch over His word
to perform it in your life
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as you cooperate with Him.
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Please remember
to spend your time
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making that which is
most important to God
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the very thing that is
also most important to you...
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Exalting His Word!
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