Hello.
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My name is Shelley Quinn
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and I welcome you to
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"Exalting His Word."
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Today we'll discuss
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how we can operate
by the mind of Christ
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and increase the
measure of our expectancy.
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I'm glad that you've joined
us for this wonderful study.
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First let's briefly a review
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what it means to
exalt God's word.
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You know the Bible says in
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Psalms 138:2
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that God exalt his name
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and his word above all things
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and that he magnifies his word
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even above his name.
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That means that
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God has given his word
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the highest rank of importance.
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Nothing absolutely nothing
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is more important
to him than his word.
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He has assigned it the
highest position of praise.
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Because God has granted
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life giving power to his word.
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Power to accomplish
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all of his will.
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I think if the word of God is
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most important,
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what do you think -to him
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what you think should be
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most important to us?
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Let's ask the Lord to
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be with us today
in our study time.
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Father God,
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we come to exalt your name.
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And we come to exalt your word.
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Let it be our
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number one priority as well.
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And I pray in the name of Jesus
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you will send the Holy Spirit
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to each one of us now
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and be our teacher.
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In Christ name,
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amen.
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Picture this
for just a moment...
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You're seated at a table
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centered on an elevated stage
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and you're in view of
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an audience of thousands.
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And suddenly an old man
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disheveled in appearance,
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shuffles across the stage,
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and he takes the
seat right next to you.
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The debate is about to begin.
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The moderator calls on
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the elderly man to speak first
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and he speaks
with great authority on
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the theory of gravity.
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Now it's your turn to talk.
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So clearing your throat,
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(she clears her throat)
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you begin...
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Well...
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...all of these man's teachings
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...sounds impressive...
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...I don't believe
it can be proven...
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You see...
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...I just don't
think it can be seen.
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I don't think...
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...There's no real prove...
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...I don't feel.... uhm...
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...This
information is outdated...
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...How can we know
this for certain?...
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Well,
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the debate goes on...
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Your position is
uninformed but fixed.
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His words are
beyond your comprehension.
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Let me ask you...
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who do you think
would win this debate?
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You or
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Albert Einstein
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the physicist
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and genius Nobel prize-winner?
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There's something peculiar
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about human nature.
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We love to be right.
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Don't we?
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If we formed an opinion
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on a particular topic
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we defend it with
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all of our might
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and we dismiss anyone
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who challenges our ideas.
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Let's face it...
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We can be stubborn as a mule
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when we just KNOW that
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we're right about something.
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You know,
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the Bible says in James 3:13-18
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that there are
two kinds of wisdom.
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There's heavenly wisdom
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and there's demonic wisdom.
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We're instructed
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to gain understanding of God's
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righteous ways
of doing all things.
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And we're also counciled to
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demonstrate understanding
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by our good works
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done with humility.
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What does this tell us?
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It tells me that
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we should be
seeking the mind of Christ
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from the word of God.
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And we should be walking in
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the humility of Christ.
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Lead by the spirit of love
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and holiness.
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The Bible says...
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[Text on screen]
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You know,
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I belive that
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every human being in the world
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suffers from an inward emptiness
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until we develop
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an intimate relationship
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with the Lord.
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God designed us to be
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filled with His spirit of life.
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He created us in His image to
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participate in
his divine nature.
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And, there's a void in us that
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only God can fill.
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You know,
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some people will try to pack
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all the wrong stuff
into their lives but
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they can't find
the peace and joy.
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And then others recognize that
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only God can
satisfy their emptyness but
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they just don't know
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how to be filled with him.
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I meet many who have accepted
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Christ as their Savior.
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But they have
rejected His Lordship.
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Then,
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on the other hand,
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there are some poor souls
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who are walking in religion
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instead of realtionship.
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And they're completely
unaware of their condition.
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You know this is dangerous.
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Ignorance is not bliss.
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Others realize
something is missing,
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and they anxiously struggle to
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change their condition.
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This too can be dangerous.
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The struggle can
strengthen us but
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the anxiety is harmful.
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We all need to have
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the assurance of God's promises.
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We need to appreciate
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His plan for our lives
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and the power that we find
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when we're walking
in surrender to Him.
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You know,
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if we're arguing
against the wisdom of God,
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we won't win!
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The debate must be ended.
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What we need is
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increased faith.
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Because, if our faith is little,
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then we expect little.
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A loving God is
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calling us closer to Him
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and I believe we
want to draw nearer.
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But how do we do this?
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There's only one
solution for silencing
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the inward
struggle of human reasoning
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and drawing nearer to God.
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We have to go deeper
into the sweet water...
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of the Lord.
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In the Old Testament book of
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Ezekiel chapter 47...
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We find the
record of a vision that
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God gave his prophet.
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And in this vision
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the Lord showed him water
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flowing from the temple.
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And Ezekiel was led
through the water...
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At first it was ankle deep,
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then knee deep...
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Soon the water
was up to his waist
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and finally the water became
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deep enough to swim in.
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A river so vast that
no one could cross it.
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In the Bible,
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water symbolizes two things.
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The Holy Spirit of God
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and the Word of God.
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What God was
reavealing to Ezekiel
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was the depths of
the knowledge that
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could be found in His Word.
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The further we go into
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his sweet
healing streams of water,
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the more refreshed we become
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and the more we're regenerated.
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The deeper we go into God's word
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the more the Holy Spirit
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brings understanding
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and power to our lives.
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The debate of
human reasoning is ended.
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The Bible says...
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(text on screen)
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The mind of Christ.
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We need it!
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We want it.
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It's offered as a gift
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and we should
line up to receive it.
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If we had the mind of Christ
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we would understand God's plan
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and that old routine of
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three steps forward
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and two steps back
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would come to a halt.
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Jesus said that
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our lukewarm
condition repulsed him
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to the point that
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he would like to
spew us out of his mouth.
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I've known Christians,
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and I include
myself in this category,
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who've been
likewise disscusted by
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their state of being hot one day
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and cold the next.
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The blending of
these two conditions is
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so distastefully lukewarm that
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we are ready to spit it out.
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We have been given
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the mind of Christ.
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That's what the Bible says.
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We're just not drawing on it
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as we should.
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His thoughts and his wisdom
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are recorded in the Bible.
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The word of God is
the mind of Christ.
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The healing water.
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The source of life.
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Now some of us dip
our toes into the water.
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Some wade in ankle deep.
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Then there are those of us who
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venture in knee deep
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And there's a number of folks
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I think that have gone in
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up to their waist.
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Oh, but God wants us to
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take the plunge
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and swim in his river of
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healing waters.
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When we step out
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into the depths of His mind,
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the spirit
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and the word will become
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our spiritual inner tube
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supporting us
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throughout our life
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in absolute
dependence upon the Lord.
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Well stay tuned...
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We're going to pause
for a brief announcement
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and we'll be right
back to continue our study.
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If this dynamic series
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is 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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And it's available from 3ABN
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for a donation of any size.
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Please send
your love gifts to...
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God endowed his word with
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life giving power.
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A creative power that
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reproduces the
mind of Christ in us.
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And as we begin to plant
God's word into our hearts
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and speak it with our mouths
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we will be changed.
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He will cause
us to operate under
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the influence of
His understanding.
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He plugs us in
to his power source
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and he gives us His
strength that we lack.
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His power lightens the
lamp of our understanding
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and keeps us fully
charged and energized
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to walk by faith.
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He said to us
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my grace is
suficient for you for
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my power is made
perfect in your weakness.
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That's his promise
from 2 Corinthians 12:9.
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My Heavenly
Father had to allow me
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to reach the edge of distruction
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before He could teach me
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absolute
dependence upon His love
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and his power.
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I cried out in my trouble
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and he delivered me.
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He sent his word
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and healed me.
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I am the redeemed of the Lord
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and I no longer dispute
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his testimony of
who I am in Christ.
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It was a hard
lesson to go through.
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God escorted me
through very difficult terrain.
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But all the while
he was craddleing me
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in his love.
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And oh how sweet the victory!
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When he thrust out the doubt and
the disbelieve of the enemy!!
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The Bible says
in Deutoronomy 33:27
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That the eternal
God is your refuge
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and underneath are
his everlasting arms
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and he will thrust out the
enemy from before you saying,
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Destroy.
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God said, Jesus prayed...
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That was Christ'
prayer just before
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he entered the
Garden of Getsemani.
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He faced the hour of
his passion at Calvary
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with his eyes fixed on
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his Holy and Righteous Father.
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But his heart was focused on us.
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He prayed that
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the word of God
would make us holy
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because without holiness
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no one will see the Lord.
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in Hebrews 12:14
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He prayed
according to God's will
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and he knew his prayer was heard
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and answered.
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God would make us holy by
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the creative power of his word.
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Satisfied Christ
pressed on to fulfill
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the plan of his
passion offering himself up
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as a sacrifice for our sin.
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And at the
cruel cross of Calvary
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God lavished his
love on you and me.
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The Bible said God demonstrates
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his own love toward us
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and that while we
were still sinners
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Christ died for us.
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That's Roman's 5:8.
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And to win the hearts of sinners
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he gave his all.
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Why would you think that he
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would do anything less for us?
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Now that we've
become his children
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an all loving,
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all-powerful God
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is willing to do all things
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in us,
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for us
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and through us.
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He yearns for us
to draw on his power.
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He longs for us to come
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and partake of his promises.
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God has included us in Christ as
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co-heirs with his Son.
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He positioned us in Christ.
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If we're abiding in Christ
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we're lined up to
receive the blessings that
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flow from the head of his Son
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to each member of his body.
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You know the Bible says,
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in 1 Corinthians 1:30 that
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it is because of God that we are
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in Christ Jesus
who has become for us
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our wisdom from God,
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and our righteousness,
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our holiness,
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and our redemption.
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And 2 Corinthians 1:20 says that
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if you are abiding in Christ
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then all of God's
promises are yours.
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Yes! And amen!
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And also, that through him,
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the amen can be spoken to
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the glory of God!
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Aren't we
instructed in the Bible that
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it is God who works in us
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to cause us to will
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and to act
according to his good purpose?
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No wonder Paul could say
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I know whom I have believed.
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And I am persuaded that
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he is able
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to keep that which
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I have committed to him
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until that final day.
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He wrote that to Timothy
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in II Timothy 1:12.
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Let me ask you something...
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what more can we ask for?
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Christ paid the ultimate prize
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to redeem us from sin.
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God includes us in Christ
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when we accept his
gift of salvation by Grace.
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We can partake of all
of his wonderful promises
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his word,
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and his spirit
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work in us to empower us
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to walk in God's will.
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And above all
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God bows to
complete the good work
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that he has begun in us.
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That is,
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if we simply give him permission
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to do this by
cooperating with him.
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We have to quit leaning
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on human understanding
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and start leaning on his word.
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Perhaps you're familiar with
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the little book
called the prayer of Jabez.
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It made quite a stir
in the Christian community
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not long ago.
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When it was first published
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I was flooded
with copies from people
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who had been
attending my meetings.
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So many thought that
I would enjoy reading it
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because it was
similar to a message that
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The Lord had earlier
impressed this thought on me...
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"Teach my people to
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"increase the measure
of their expectations.
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"The measure they use
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"will be measured back to them."
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I only now one
way to teach this.
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I encourage everyone
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to get into his word
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and know him for who he is
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and learn who we are in him.
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The word is the answer!
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It gives us the
overcoming power!
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It will help us overcome
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our identity crisis
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and as we learn
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who we are in Christ
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we will increase the measure
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of our expectations.
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The word reveals
God's plan for our lives
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and it is essential that
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we earnestly seek him
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and exalts his
word above all else.
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Listen to the heart of
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a loving heavenly Father
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as recorded in
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Jeremiah 29: 11 through 14.
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Are we always mindful that
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our destiny is to
become like Jesus?
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We are meant to be part
takers of his divine nature!
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We can't complete
the work by human effort.
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We need his spirit!
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Christ's power
will be made perfect
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in our weakness.
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If we learn to
depend totally on him
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we can trust our loving God.
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Every thing that
he does in our lives
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is for our eternal benefit.
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You know the Bible says
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in Jeremiah 31:3
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and then Chapter 33 verse 3...
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He says,
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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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call to me and I will answer you
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and I will show you great
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and mighty things
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which you do not know.
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If we will call to God
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he will show us things that
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are fenced in and
hidden in his word.
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He will show us a plan
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the plan that he
has for our lives.
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Aren't we wearied by
our limited expectations?
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God wants to fill us with love,
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joy,
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peace
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and expected
hope in his promises.
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He wants to fill
us with his power!
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And this will only happen if we
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giv him permission to work in us
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and cause us to exalt his word.
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We'll find salvation
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and righteousness
from faith to faith.
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In Romans 1:16,17
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Paul said,
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for I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of
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Jesus Christ for
it is the power of God
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to salvation for
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everyone who believes for in it
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the righteousness
of God is revealed
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from faith to faith.
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And as it is written
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the just shall live by faith.
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God says I am the Lord.
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I do not change.
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The Bible says
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Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday
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today
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for ever.
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The word who
created the entire universe,
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Jesus Christ,
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also created you.
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His passion over you is great.
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He died so that
you can have live.
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We don't have to be fearful
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in approaching the Lord.
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We only love him
because he first loved us.
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He wants to save us from
our limited human reasoning.
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He wants to save us from
self-destructive behavior.
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He desires to give
us an abundant life
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and a life of
indescribable glory in eternity.
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Why would we neglect
so great a salvation?
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How will we escape
if we ignore his plan?
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We don't have to
wonder what his will is!
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It is written and
it is written also
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your word a Lord is eternal.
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It stands firm.
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Let's look at
what the Bible says
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in Revelation 19...
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His word was to the
beginning of all things.
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Everything we know
came into existence
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by the word of God.
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The miracle of creation is
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wrapped inside his word.
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All of your potential is
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wrapped inside his word.
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His word is final.
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It cannot be altered.
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He is the God of his word
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and he does not change.
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We can have absolute trust
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in his loving kindness.
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It endures for ever.
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We can have absolute faith that
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his word does not
return to him empty.
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It's true God watches
over his word to perform it.
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I pray that God will give you
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an unquenchable
desire for his word.
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I pray that he will raise you up
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as a word warrior
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and empower you to
walk as Jesus walked.
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I pray he will
multiply his mercy,
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his love
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and his grace to you.
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I want to pray that
for you right now...
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Heavenly Father,
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in the name of Jesus Christ
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I ask Lord, you would race up
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my brother and my sister
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who is watching
this program today.
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Father give them
an unquenchable desire
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for your word.
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I ask the same thing for myself.
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Raise us up as word warriors.
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Father God teach us your plan.
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Teach us your will.
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Teach us who we
are in Christ Jesus
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and empower us
Lord to finish the work
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here on earth for
Christ's soon return
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in Jesus named, amen.
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Come.
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Listen to the heart of a loving
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heavenly Father
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who says
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come now and exalts my word.
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The Bible says
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I will confess
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and praise you oh God.
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With my whole heart
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I will worship
toward your holy Temple
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and praise your name
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for your loving kindness
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and for your
truth and faithfulness.
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For you have
exalted above all else
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your name and your word.
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And you have magnified your word
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above all of your name.
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God is calling to you today.
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He is saying,
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come, exalt my word.
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And if you will,
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God will change your life!
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I pray that you will
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spend your time making that
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which is most important to God
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the very same that is
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most important to you.
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Spend your time
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going before the Lord
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and exalting his word.
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