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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We're gonna have
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a good time today
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in the Bible.
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And I'm so glad that you can
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join us for
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this special program.
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Today we're gonna learn
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how to plug in to
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the power that's available
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to us from God.
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And by his power to
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leave all our past behind
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and move on to victory.
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But before we begin
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let's once again review
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the theme text
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for this program.
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It comes from Psalms 138:2.
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And in that verse
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the Bible says that
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God exalts his name
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and his word above all things
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and that he exalts His word
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even above His Name.
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Two questions...
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What does that mean
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and why does God do this?
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Number one
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"God exalts his word" means that
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he has given his word
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the highest rank of importance.
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More important to him
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than anything else is his word.
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And it means
that he has given it
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the highest position of praise.
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God has granted creative
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life-giving force to his word.
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Power that will
accomplish ALL of his will.
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So why does God
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exalt his word above everything?
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Because in the beginning
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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 the Word became flesh
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and he died for us.
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Jesus Christ was
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is
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and ever will be
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the living word of God.
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And when we hold the Bible
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in our hands
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it's like we're holding
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the hand of Christ.
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If we could only understand that
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God's word is life to us.
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He sent his Word to heal us.
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And if we would get
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into his Word
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recognizing these things
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our attitudes will be
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completely changed
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about the time that
we spend in the Bible.
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I want you to know that
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Bible study and
meditating on God's Word
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can be true
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a true joy.
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Let's ask the Lord to
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bless our study today.
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Heavenly Father
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we come to you in Christ
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and we thank you Father God
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for your word.
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We recognize that
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you are the giver of every good
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and perfect gift.
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And Father,
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we ask for a special measure of
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your Grace today.
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Send your Holy Spirit
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to teach us.
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Help us to
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plant your word
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in our heart Father God,
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and let it spring forth to
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a harvest of righteousness.
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In Christ Holy Name
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we pray
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amen.
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Well,
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now, let's look at
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our first life affirmation
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from scripture.
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What we're going to be doing is,
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taking
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some scriptures
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and speaking them back to God
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declaring,
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that His
testimony about us is true.
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And the first one says this...
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[on screen]
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Well
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that's a little bit difficult to
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say isn't it? [chuckles]
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We are so... aware
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of our own shortcomings
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but you know there is power
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in speaking God's word
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over your life.
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Because God calls
things that are not
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as though they already WERE.
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He sees it as done.
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And by faith
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we should accept God's testimony
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and speak it back to him
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and EAGERLY anticipate that
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God is going to do this
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in our lives.
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So now let's take this apart
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line by line
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and see where
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I got it from Scripture.
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We started off by saying
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I am a new creation
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in Christ Jesus.
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That's what the Bible says in
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II Corinthians 5:17.
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It says,
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"Therefore if anyone is
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"in Christ
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"he is a new creation.
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"Old things have passed away.
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"Behold
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"all things have become new."
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My problem and
your problem is that
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we dwell on those old things!
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And God is saying they really
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should not have any more part
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in our life.
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And He is changing us
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in a daily progressive way.
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Colossians 3:3 says this...
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"For as far as
the world is concerned
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"you have died.
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"And your new life,
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(your real life)
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"is hidden with Christ,
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"in God."
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If we would recognize that
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it would be different for us
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from this moment forward.
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We'll go on and we'll look at
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the next sentence
of that affirmation.
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It says,
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I do not dwell on the past,
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for God is doing
a new thing in me.
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And I just have to
stop and say this...
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I found myself,
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after the Lord first
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caused me to write
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this affirmation,
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I had been
speaking it over my life for
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probably for several months.
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And one day,
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I found myself
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dwelling on
something on the past.
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And suddenly,
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that affirmation sprung
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to my mind
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and I thought,
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Lord, forgive me.
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I'm not supposed
to dwell on the past.
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I am a new creation.
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I'm not gonna look
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at my circumstances.
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I'm not gonna
focus on my weaknesses.
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But I'm gonna
turn my eyes to you
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and know that this is what
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you are working in me.
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And part of this verse
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or part of that life affirmation
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about not dwelling on the past,
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it came from Isaiah 43:18-19.
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And there,
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the Lord councils us.
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"Forget the former things."
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In other words,
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don't earnestly
dwell on the past.
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And He goes on and he says,
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"do not dwell
on the past because
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"see I am doing a new thing."
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Now, it springs up.
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Do you not perceive it?
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God is doing a new thing in you.
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And if you are so busy
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dwelling on the past,
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you're not gonna recognize
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what He is doing.
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So, let's go forward now
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and look at the next line.
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It says,
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my old nature has vanished.
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Now, only my new
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Christ like nature
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exists.
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To this day,
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when I say that over my life,
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I know I am
calling things that are not
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as though they already were.
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That's what the
Bible says in Romans 4:17.
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That God calls things
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that are not yet accomplished
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in the physical realm
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as if they already were.
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Because in the Bible
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in Ephesians 1:11,
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it says that
God works all things
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according to his will.
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Well you and I are destined to
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become like Jesus.
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So, I can say,
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my old nature has vanished
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and now only my new
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Christ like nature exists.
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And I trust that
God is doing that in me.
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That comes from
Philippians 3:13,14.
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And you know
what Paul said there?
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He said,
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"I do not consider myself yet
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"to have taken hold of it
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"but one thing I do
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"forgetting what is behind
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"and straining
toward what is ahead.
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"I press on toward the goal,
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"to win the prize
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"for which God has
called me heavenward
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"in Christ Jesus."
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Now, let's put
it all back together
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and let's look at this
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in a new light.
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Taking this Bible study
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and speaking it back to God
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as an affirmation.
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[on screen]
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If you will try this,
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speak that over your life,
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you'll be amazed as how
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the Lord
reprograms your thoughts.
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And then,
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you wont let the enemy,
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the accuser of
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the brethren
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beat you up
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all the time.
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You know,
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we do more damage to ourselves
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by dwelling on the past
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and not recognizing who we are
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in Christ
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than Satan does
to us all day long.
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It's something
that we have got...
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You know the Bible says,
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that as we
believe in our hearts,
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so shall we become.
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You've got to
believe God's testimony!
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That's the only
way you are going to
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overcome the identity crisis.
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You've got to learn who you are
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in Christ.
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Now, let's look at
our next affirmation...
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[on screen]
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Let's look at that...
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It is by the power of his word
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and his Holy Spirit
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that God lights up
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every area of our lives
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and eliminates
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the darkness of our souls.
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Now, that came from
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Psalms 119:130
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which says,
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"It's the entrance of his Word
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"that brings light.
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"It gives understanding
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"to the simple."
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I don't know about you,
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but,
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I consider myself
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a simple person.
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I'm a human being.
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And my knowledge
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can not match
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the divine knowledge of God
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but the entrance of his Word
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will bring wisdom.
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And Ephesians 5:13,14 says,
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"Therefore, he says,
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"Awake oh sleeper
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"and arise from the dead
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"and Christ shall shine
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(or make day)
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"dawn upon you
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"and give you light."
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I think that if we
would only remember that
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Jesus said,
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"I am the light of the world,
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"and he who follows me
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"will never walk in darkness."
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If we wanna follow him
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we have to look into his word.
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That is the entrance of
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the Word brings light.
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Let's go on to our next line
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from our affirmation.
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And we said,
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He lights the
lamp of my inner being
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and he causes me to shine
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with his radiance.
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I stay plugged in to
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my power source
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and he gives my
life true purpose.
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I can testify to this
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that if you will plug in to
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the source of power
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that God has
made available to you,
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plug in to his word!
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The transforming
power of his word
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will literally
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convert your heart.
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I got that part
of the affirmation
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from Psalms 18:28
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where the Bible says
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it was David who said
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"For you will light my lamp
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"the Lord my God will
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"enlighten my darkness."
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And then Isaiah chapter...
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Let's see,
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chapter 60 verse 1 says,
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Arise!
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Arise from the Depression
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and the prostration from which
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circumstances have kept you!
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Rise to a new life.
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Shine!
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Be radiant with
the Glory of the Lord.
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So arise and shine
for your light has come
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and the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
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Now, let's put this
all back together again...
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And let's speak this
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knowing that we have
scriptural support to say it.
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That we can declare
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"we are who God says we are."
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And this affirmation says,
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[read screen]
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Can you see how affirmations
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will plug you in to
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the transforming power of
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the word of God?
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It's amazing!
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And I hope that you will start
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making this your practice.
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Please stay tuned because
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we'll be right back
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after this announcement.
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Now here is our next affirmation
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and I hope this
is one you can use to
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help someone and
maybe it will help you.
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It says,
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[read screen]
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I got that in part...
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There's three scriptures
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I want to give you.
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We're gonna break this down.
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It says,
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"But you oh Lord..."
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-This is Psalms 3:3
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"But you oh Lord
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"are a shield for me."
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"The glory
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"and the lifter of my head."
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And Psalms 34:18 says,
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"The Lord is near to those
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"who have a broken heart
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"and he saves such as have
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"a contrite spirit."
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And in Psalms 147:3
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He says,
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"He heals the broken hearted
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"and binds up their wounds,
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"curing their pains
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"and their sorrows."
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So, the next part of that says,
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"Through Christ,
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"my comfort overflows."
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I encourage others
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with my testimony
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and share with them
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the same comfort that
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I have received from the Lord.
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That comes from
II Corinthians 1:3,4
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And it says,
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"Praise be to
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"the God and Father of
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"our Lord Jesus Christ.
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"The Father of compassion
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"and the God of all comfort.
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"Who comforts us
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"in ALL of our troubles
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"so that we can comfort those
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"in any trouble
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"with the
comfort that we ourselves
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"have received from the Lord."
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And in Psalms 32:7 says this,
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"You are my hiding place,
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"you shall preserve me
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"from troubles.
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"You shall surround me
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"with songs of deliverance."
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That makes me
think of Cory Tamboun
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and her book "The Hiding Place".
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Then, Isaiah 43:1-2
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one of my
favorite scriptures says...
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[text on screen]
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This is what God
is saying to you.
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I've called you by your name!
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You belong to me!
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[back to text]
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Then
Deuteronomy 33:27 says this,
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"The Eternal God
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"is your refuge
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"and underneath are
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"the everlasting arms.
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"He will thrust out
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"the enemy from before you
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"and He will say destroy."
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Now,
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let's put this back together
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and look at this affirmation.
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[read screen]
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Now,
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let's move on to
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our next affirmation.
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This is something
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I speak frequently
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over my life
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and God is making it
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come true in me.
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[read screen]
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This is really something that
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I speak so
frequently over my life
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and I want to take apart
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line by line for you.
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Because I want you to
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speak it over your life
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and God will watch over
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His Word to perform it.
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The first line says,
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"I have an unquenchable desire
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"for the inexhaustible
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"word of God."
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In Psalms 42:1,2
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The Bible says,
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"As the dear pants
for streams of water,
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"so my soul
pants for you oh God.
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"My soul thirsts for you
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for the living God.
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When can I go
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and meet with God?
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You can do that every day
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in your Bible.
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And in Jeremiah 15:16
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says,
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"Your words were found
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"and I ate them.
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"And your Word was to me
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"the joy and
rejoicing of my heart.
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"For I am called by
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"your name O Lord God of Hosts."
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Then in Psalms 119:103
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the Bible says,
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"How sweet are
your words to my taste!
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"Sweeter than
honey to my mouth."
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And in Job,
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chapter 23 and verse 12,
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Job said,
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"I have not departed from
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"the commandments of his lips.
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"I have treasured
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"the words of his mouth
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"more than my necessary food."
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And Jesus said to us
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in Matthew 4:4
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"It is written.
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"Man shall not live
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"by bread alone but
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"by every word that proceeds
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"from the mouth of God."
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God's word is our
spiritual nutrition.
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And then the Psalmist
in Psalms 119:11 said,
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"Your word have I
hidden in my heart.
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"That I might
not sin against you."
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So then let's look at
the rest of this affirmation.
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As a disciple of
Jesus Christ the Messiah,
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I live in and
according to his word.
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Because I
adhere to his teachings
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I have an
intimate knowledge through
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personal experience of the truth
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and the truth has set me free.
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That comes in part from
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John 8:31,32
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If you abide in my word.
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If you hold fast to my teachings
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and live in
accordance with them,
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then you are truly my disciples.
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Then you will know the truth.
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And the truth will set you free.
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And then Psalms 119:32
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The Psalmist said,
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"I run in the
path of your commands.
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"For you have
set my heart free."
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When our hearts are set free,
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we will -by the power of God
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run in the path of his commands.
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then Romans 6:22,23 says,
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"But now since you
have been set free from sin
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"and have become
the slaves of Christ,
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"you have your
present reward in holiness
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"and its end is eternal life."
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For the wages which sin pays
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is death but
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the bountiful
free gift of God is
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eternal life
through Jesus Christ
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in union with Jesus Christ
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our Lord.
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And John 8:36 says,
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"So if the Son sets you free,
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"you will be free indeed."
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So now,
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let's put this all
back together again.
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And I encourage you to
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speak this over your life!
00:24:51.27\00:24:53.35
[read screen]
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You know,
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just knowing the truth
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wont set you free.
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What it takes is that
you are living in the truth.
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We can consider the
life of the Pharisees
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and see this is an
accurate statement.
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The Pharisees had
memorized verbatim
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word for word
the scriptures of God
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yet they weren't
living in accordance
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to his word.
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They were very legalistic.
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They were very religious
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but they didn't have
00:26:01.90\00:26:04.68
a relationship with God.
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And because of that
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they didn't recognize the Savior
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the Messiah when He came.
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We've got to be
living in his word.
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If we are believing in his word
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we must be living in his word.
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And I can tell you
from personal experience
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from the testimonies of
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hundreds of Christians that
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I've shared this teaching with,
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that if you will
get into the word
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and speak it over your life,
00:26:39.03\00:26:41.68
instead of just studying it to
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be able to answer questions when
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you go to Sabbath school.
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If you will let
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God's word become part of you.
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If you'll plant his promises
00:26:53.87\00:26:56.15
in your heart
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and hold fast to
00:26:58.17\00:26:59.18
the promises of God
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and there's
something about speaking them
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that will help you do that.
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Then you'll find that
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God will set you free.
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Well I hope you've enjoyed
00:27:09.97\00:27:11.85
today's study.
00:27:11.90\00:27:13.25
And I really hope that
00:27:13.30\00:27:14.32
you will be able to
join us again next time
00:27:14.37\00:27:18.12
when we're going to learn
00:27:18.17\00:27:19.78
how to operate in
00:27:19.83\00:27:21.92
the mind of Christ
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and increase the
measure of our expectancy.
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God says
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the measure we use
00:27:29.47\00:27:30.55
will be measured back to us.
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May God multiply his mercy
00:27:32.90\00:27:35.82
his love
00:27:35.87\00:27:36.84
and grace to you
00:27:36.85\00:27:37.82
and watch over
his word to perform it
00:27:37.83\00:27:40.52
in your life
00:27:40.57\00:27:41.54
as you cooperate with him.
00:27:41.55\00:27:43.95
Please remember
to spend your time
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making that which is
most important to God
00:27:47.53\00:27:50.85
the very thing that is
also most important to you...
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"Exalting His Word"
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