Welcome back.
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We're discussing
forgiveness today.
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We talked about the
parable of the sower
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who went out to sow,
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and who tossed the seed on
the wayside, the hard road.
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We discussed the first
two hindrances to the spirit,
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to the word of God
going into our heart,
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for the seed being planted.
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We had talked about
the corn, the green beans,
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the acorns, the squash.
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Any time that if you plant corn,
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you expect to receive corn,
you expect to harvest corn.
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If you plant green beans,
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you expect to
harvest green beans.
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Why?
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Because the potential of
the harvest is in the seed.
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God wants to plant His word
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deep into your
heart and into mine.
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And many times
we're like that road.
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We might be resistant to
the work of the Holy Spirit.
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So that's your first thing
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for this week as we
talk about our application.
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First assignment.
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Go to God, because
only God knows our hearts.
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Go to God and ask Him,
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am I resistant to the work
of the Holy Spirit in my heart?
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If I am, what are the areas?
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You know, the Bible
says the heart is deceitful
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above all things and
is desperately wicked.
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We don't even
truly know our hearts.
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So go to God and ask Him,
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what are the areas of my heart
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that are hardened
that are like that road,
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that will prevent God's seed,
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the word of God
from being planted deep
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and from taking root.
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Spend time in the word of God.
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Allow God to plow up your heart.
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Reads, if you're not
familiar with the Bible,
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I would encourage you
to begin in the gospels.
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I love the Gospel of John.
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May be pick the Gospel of John,
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and for the next week
read just a couple of verses
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every day from
the Gospel of John.
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The second thing,
go to God and say,
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what are the areas,
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what are the ways that
Satan has trampled on my life?
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Is there any
confusion in your life
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about the character of God?
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Has Satan told you lies
about who God really is?
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There again, we go
to the word of God,
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that tells us who God is.
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Is there any abuse in
your past or in your present?
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Is there any pain, things
that have been done against you?
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Whose name gives
you a sick feeling
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in the pit of your stomach
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when you hear
that person's name?
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Next week, we will
address and look at steps,
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keys that the Lord
Jesus wants to lead us on,
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to bring us to healing,
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to pull us out of that miry clay
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and to pour His
forgiveness into our hearts
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so that we can
extend it to someone else.
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In closing, our
scripture is Romans 15:13,
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"Now may the God of hope
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fill you with all joy
and peace in believing,
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that you may abound in hope
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by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
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