The young man came
running out of the church,
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he was singing to
the top of his lungs,
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he was so excited.
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He went bounding own the street,
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skipping all the way
but an old man stopped him.
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He said, young man,
have you lost your mind?
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And he said, yes, I have.
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I got the mind of Christ now.
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Would you like
the mind of Christ?
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Would you like to have
that peace and happiness,
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that joy in your mind
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that just lifts you
up higher and higher?
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You can have it, stay
tuned to find out how.
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It's time to join
your guide, Jim Ayer,
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for an exciting
12 episode journey
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into "Remodeling Your Life."
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You're going to discover that
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God's transforming power is real
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and He's ready to
provide that power to you.
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Now here's your guide, Jim Ayer
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to take you on the
journey of a lifetime,
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an amazing and
dynamic experience with God.
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To this point in our
series you've been studying
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the desire of God to
call you from danger to safety
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using His prophets
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and the need for
radical change in your life
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using the dynamite power of
God and the authority of God
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to accomplish all
that He asked of you.
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Now it's time to
apply what you studied
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to enable your
transformation process
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so I can kick in the high gear.
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Now I want to share
an interesting thought
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that was done by Steve Brown.
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It appeared in
Christianity Today.
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He said, "Contrary
to popular opinion,
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sin is not what you
want to do but can't,
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it's what you should not
do because it will hurt you
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and hurt you bad.
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God is not a policeman,
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He is a Father
concerned about His children.
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When a child picks up a
snake and the father says,
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'Put that down
right this minute!'
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Well, the child
thinks he's losing a toy.
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In fact, he is not losing
a toy, he is losing a snake."
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Now in this particular instance
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this snake is a
wonderful sweet little girl
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but if the
father says put it down
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it's time to put it down.
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We need to change our mindset
with God to be over-comers.
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If you were to take an
order of your spiritual life
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how would it turn out?
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Are you growing each
year, are you stagnating?
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Maybe even going backwards
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but what's the
pattern, what's the goal,
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what's' the
vision for this to year?
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Do you have a
spiritual plan at all?
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If you ever hope to
go home with the Lord
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then you better have one.
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If you don't have one,
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then you probably
not going to get there.
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It's highly likely.
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Every person you
see in this world
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who has ever become
successful in the temple
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or in the spiritual world
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has a vision to focus upon
and a direction in their life,
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they are working toward a goal.
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Dr. Dennis Wadley tells a
story of Colonel George Hall
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who was a four handicap golfer
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before he ended up
in a Vietnamese prison.
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He always played one
round of golf in his cell
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in his imagination, his
little eight-by-eight cell,
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with black pajamas, bare feet
and a pail and a plate of rice.
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He never went
outside, his teeth rotted,
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his eyes went bad,
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and he got
atrophied and withered,
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but he played that one
round of golf faithfully
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very well
incidentally in his imagination.
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He played every putt,
he played every stroke,
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he played games
that the pros had played
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and he played games that
he had played over the years.
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He played it all in his mind.
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It's just absolutely amazing.
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When he came back he
played in the New Orleans Open
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and in the Open he
shot a 76, four over par,
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right on his handicap.
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The news media, they
were astounded and said,
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congratulation,
beginner's re-entry luck.
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Luck, you said, are you kidding?
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I never three-putted the green
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in five and a half
years of solitary confinement.
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This is the principle
that governs the universe.
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It applies to a spiritual
as well as the temple realm.
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As we behold so we become.
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The human mind
wired in such a way
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so that it
imitates what it sees.
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It wires itself if you will,
it becomes what it beholds,
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what it watches.
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That's why the
Bible offers this council.
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Finally, my friends,
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keep your minds
on whatever is true,
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pure, right, holy,
friendly and proper.
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Don't ever stop thinking
about what is truly worthwhile
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and worthy of praise.
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This is why I shutter
when we seem to struggle
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to figure out why
there's so much violence today.
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It's been
estimated that we spend
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three billion hours each
week playing video games.
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Three billion
hours on planet earth,
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that's billion with a "B"
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and the majority
contain violent content.
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The average child will
watch 8,000 murders on TV
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by the time they
leave elementary school.
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We are replaying
violence in our mind
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just like the POW in
Vietnam practice golf.
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As a world, we are mesmerized
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by the temptations of the devil.
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Dr. Keith Ablow
is a psychiatrist,
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an expert
witness New York's Time
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best selling author and more.
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When cop killer
Christopher Dorner
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gathered a huge
following in of fans
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who were in
support of his rampage,
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Ablow was asked
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why people are in growing
numbers across to America
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supporting
killers and murderers,
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even creating fan
clubs in their names?
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His response was
telling, he said this...
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How does he gotten that support?
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Why are people coming
out and supporting him,
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he's a murderer?
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Well, Janet, unfortunately
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our society now is one in which
reality is giving way to fiction
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such that people
are, believe themselves
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to be many reality TV
versions of themselves
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and they are
vulnerable to seeing somebody
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who alleges that he is wrong
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as some kind of
larger than life figure.
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They are not
able it seems, right,
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many people are able to
empathies with these victims
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and imagine
what it would be like
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to lose a father or a husband
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because they are caught
up in the entertainment value
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of a horrible crime.
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And they can cast
this guy a hero because,
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hey here's the
script, you are the hero now
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because reality is under
seize everywhere in America.
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I couldn't have said it better.
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We are dragging
ourselves to oblivion
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and the devil is providing
the material to help us.
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How much do you
want the eternal prize?
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Are you committed to re-training
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your mind to win heaven?
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If so what would
it look like to you?
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Reading fewer novels?
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Maybe more time with your Bible,
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less time watching TV
or playing video games,
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a greater time
commitment to prayer.
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If you and I are
going to be remodeled
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and transformed
into the Christ image
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then we must
start by beholding Him,
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by looking at Jesus,
the one who is coming soon.
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You talk about reality,
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when we stand before
the judgment seat of God
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that will be far bigger reality
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than any television program.
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In order to
strengthen your faith,
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quicken your love
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and become more
deeply imbued with the spirit
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you must increase
the time by beholding
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the matchless
beauty of Jesus Christ.
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Choosing do to so
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is the first step to
the transformational ladder
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of getting in that process
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of climbing the
ladder of transformation.
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Even the Roman
centurion discovered that
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spending time with
God is life changing.
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It was his God
detail stand in duty
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at Calvary's cross.
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He beheld the events
of the day in the manner
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in which Son of God acted.
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At the end of the day
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when Christ had
died for you and for me
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the Bible records His testimony
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of this battle harden man.
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He said in Mark 15,
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and when the centurion
who stood across of Him
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saw that he cried out
so and expired he said,
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"Truly, this man
was the Son of God."
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It's true, by
beholding we become change.
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The question is, are
you practicing for heaven?
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As I thought about
this beautiful couple
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united in Christ
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I recall the
text that says that,
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when a man
leaves father and mother
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he is joined to his
wife to become one with her.
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The first marriage ceremony
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was performed by God
in the Garden of Eden
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and was to
represent the joining together
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of God and mankind.
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Marriage should be a beautiful
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reminder of the
close and eternal union
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God desires with us.
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We are to leave all others
and become His and His alone.
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As the song says,
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he gets sweeter and
sweeter as the days go by,
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because God is the God of love.
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He has the desire and capacity
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to make you joyful beyond words.
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Perhaps at sometime in your life
you fall in love with someone,
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what did you experience.
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Now I am guessing that
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because the human
reaction to love is universal.
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That person was all
you could think about,
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all you could focus upon.
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Everything and everyone
else took second position
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to the budding relationship.
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Am I right?
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Having had some
experience in both areas
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I can say that falling in love
with Jesus is far more intense,
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bringing amazing joy
and peace into one's life.
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I am not down playing
the one over the other,
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only pointing out that
the relationship with Christ
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is wonderfully
rewarding and fulfilling,
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superseding any
earthly relationships.
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There are a few biblical
examples of that love hunger
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that will be
found in your forever
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relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Let me read first
to you Psalms 42:1,
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"As the deer pants
for the water brooks,
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so pants my
soul for You, O God."
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Continuing in Psalm
63:1-7, "God, you are my God,
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early will I seek you,
my soul thirst for you,
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my flesh longs for you
in a dry and thirsty land
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where there is no water.
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Because Your loving
kindness is better than life.
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My lips shall praise You.
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Thus I will I
bless You while I live,
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I will lift up my
hands in Your name.
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Therefore in the shadow of
Your wings I will rejoice."
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And finally in Psalms
84:2, "My soul longs, yes,
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even faints for
the courts of the Lord:
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my heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God."
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You may be
wondering what I am doing
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here at the whiteboard.
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Well, this is my
illustration for the day
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and I hope you like it.
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Here goes, Lord, I
want to experience.
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Experience what?
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There's a big
problem because a lot of time
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in our commitment to
God we put a huge period,
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we put up huge period
and we just stop right there.
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But I'd invite you
to erase the period
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and then continue on.
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Lord, I want to experience
an eternal happiness with You,
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an eternal friendship
with You, eternal joy with You.
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But you see, it's up to you.
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You can put in a
period in your life
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and what kind of life
is it really going to be?
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Well, if you
take out the period,
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erase everything that
looks anything like a period
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and continue on with the
sentence of your fellowship
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and friendship with God
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you're gonna be extremely happy.
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If you have the opportunity
to travel to Israel with a guide
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and then going to the
top of the Mount of Olives
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your guide probably
pointed out the chapel
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or the dome of the
ascension and said,
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from this spot
Jesus ascended to heaven,
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but how does the scripture read?
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Well, Luke tells us that
Jesus went as far as to Bethany,
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just over the top and down
the other side of the mountain.
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You know, all of those
scripture doesn't tell us
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why Jesus went
there, I think I know.
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Who live there in Bethany?
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Martha, Mary and
Lazarus lived there.
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Well, they were
Jesus' best friends.
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I think Jesus went
there to say goodbye to His
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very special friends.
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I'd like you to
think about this.
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Thousands upon
thousands of people
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crowded in around
Jesus continually,
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pushing, shoving and
wanting something from Him.
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But how many people wanted
to be close friend of His?
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There were not many.
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Was this because
Jesus was stand offish?
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Was it because He was
hard to make friends with?
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Well, the answer is no and no.
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The reason is
really very simple,
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few people wanted
to put in the time
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to be up close and personal
friends with Jesus Christ.
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They all wanted
something from Jesus
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plus most were unwilling
to invest their own time
00:13:09.47\00:13:11.98
and energy into
the relationship.
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They always
wanted something from Him
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but they didn't want
to give anything to Him.
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Most were unwilling to
work at the relationship.
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Isn't that why so many people
end up in divorce court today?
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They are unwilling to
put in the time in marriage
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and what it
takes to make it work.
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It's really no
different with the Lord,
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little in, little out.
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You see, it's all up to you.
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Jesus desires to
become your very best friend
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and loving companion.
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You are having a
hard time with that idea,
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that how easily
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as you focus on
the power of God.
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You know, I think
back to Baby Fae in 1984,
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remember that little girl
who had a heart transplant,
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a baboon heart placed within her
chest cavity to keep her alive.
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That surgery put
Loma Linda University,
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a Seventh-day Adventist hospital
on the map of the world.
00:15:10.15\00:15:14.13
Organ transplant science
has made tremendous strives
00:15:14.16\00:15:16.90
over the last 30
years and I am not sure
00:15:16.93\00:15:19.38
how many different
organs of the human body
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can now be routinely and
successfully transplanted
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but I do know
00:15:24.71\00:15:26.01
that the human
brain is not one of them.
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Transplanting a brain
requires a skill far greater
00:15:29.04\00:15:32.22
than any surgeon
here on planet earth has.
00:15:32.25\00:15:34.83
But why did I even
bring up this subject?
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Because the apostle Paul says,
the secrets to growing in Christ
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is to have His mind, a new mind.
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I want to share with you
what Philippians 2:5 says,
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"Let this mind be in you,
which was in Christ Jesus."
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Yes, we need a brain transplant.
00:15:50.38\00:15:52.71
We know that
Paul was not talking
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about a medical procedure
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but he's speaking of
a spiritual procedure.
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How can it happen?
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Well, in the same way
the creator of the universe
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transplanted God
into a human womb
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to be born into the world.
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We need to remove
all of the obstacles
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in our thinking process
00:16:14.17\00:16:15.73
that
continually place roadblocks
00:16:15.76\00:16:17.93
between what God can do
00:16:17.96\00:16:19.76
and what you think He cannot do.
00:16:19.79\00:16:22.26
Well, it's easy to--
for Him to accomplish
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anything He wants to,
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He just needs you to sign
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the authorization
papers for surgery.
00:16:27.77\00:16:30.45
When you begin
falling in love with the Lord,
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the mind transplants
starts to take place.
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It's natural and an inevitable
outcome of the relationship.
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Remember, it's a God
thing, it's all about Him.
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He can make it
happen if you choose.
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Start counting on God right now.
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There are amazing
things that will happen
00:16:49.89\00:16:51.38
when you open your
heart and your life to Him.
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But this is a process
00:16:59.89\00:17:00.98
that devil does not
want you to embark up on,
00:17:01.01\00:17:03.51
under no
circumstances does he want you
00:17:03.54\00:17:05.70
to receive the mind of Christ.
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Therefore the process of
receiving the mind transplant
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will not be pain free.
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Those who only want the crown
00:17:13.66\00:17:15.08
without the cross
will have neither.
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Jesus council as
this, take my cross He said
00:17:18.09\00:17:20.90
and follow Me.
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The prosperity gospel that is
so popular today is not factual.
00:17:22.87\00:17:27.63
Does God want us to
prosper and be in health?
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Yes, He does.
00:17:29.77\00:17:31.24
But you only need to
look at Jesus our example
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and you will see that the devil
hit Him hard and very often
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and we are
invited to follow Him.
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Keep in mind
00:17:40.72\00:17:42.03
that God
created you for eternity
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and not for time.
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Anything you give up
or go through in this life
00:17:45.77\00:17:48.07
will be rewarded
multi-fold in the next life
00:17:48.10\00:17:51.30
and the
blessings will never stop.
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The martyr throughout history
always kept this in prospective.
00:17:54.84\00:17:58.38
They knew that man
could kill the body
00:17:58.41\00:18:00.66
but not the person who
is hid with Jesus Christ
00:18:00.69\00:18:03.47
and will be
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We've all had nightmares
at sometime in our lives
00:19:25.69\00:19:28.04
but I dreamed
about having a daymare.
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You know, that's a nightmare
that happens in a day time.
00:19:30.36\00:19:33.61
All of a sudden I was
standing on a mighty plane,
00:19:33.64\00:19:35.85
looking at celestial
city in the distance.
00:19:35.88\00:19:38.70
I seemed to be
standing in a graveyard
00:19:38.73\00:19:40.59
with many other people.
00:19:40.62\00:19:42.51
Everyone like me was looking
toward that most beautiful city,
00:19:42.54\00:19:46.15
a beautiful city like
we've never seen before.
00:19:46.18\00:19:49.40
And all of a sudden
there was a giant of a man
00:19:49.43\00:19:51.43
standing in front of me,
he looked down to me and said,
00:19:51.46\00:19:54.42
I just resurrected
you, we can take that city.
00:19:54.45\00:19:57.78
Well, a chill ran up my spine
because I knew what this meant
00:19:57.81\00:20:01.55
and it was not good news.
00:20:01.58\00:20:03.76
I was in the
second resurrection,
00:20:03.79\00:20:05.63
the resurrection of the lost.
00:20:05.66\00:20:07.35
If you attend
most funerals today
00:20:12.05\00:20:13.86
you will discover that no matter
00:20:13.89\00:20:15.20
how evil the person was in life,
00:20:15.23\00:20:17.38
many preachers have dearly
departed sitting in heaven
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.31
and join the comforts forever.
00:20:20.34\00:20:22.78
It's just not true.
00:20:22.81\00:20:24.80
Now that everyone knows
00:20:24.83\00:20:26.46
how terrible Satan's
plan for the universe has been
00:20:26.49\00:20:29.33
the Lord will never allow sin
to raise its ugly head again.
00:20:29.36\00:20:33.36
The only ones admitted
to eternity are the people
00:20:33.39\00:20:35.87
who have fall in love
with Christ here on earth
00:20:35.90\00:20:38.58
and are proven
to be trustworthy.
00:20:38.61\00:20:41.35
I want to go home with Jesus
00:20:41.38\00:20:42.85
when He comes to
pick up His family.
00:20:42.88\00:20:44.74
How about you?
00:20:44.77\00:20:46.40
Do you want to be in
the first resurrection
00:20:46.43\00:20:48.01
and stand with Jesus on
the inside of the holy city
00:20:48.04\00:20:51.22
and not on the
outside with Satan?
00:20:51.25\00:20:52.92
In order for that to happen
00:20:57.10\00:20:58.29
the master worker
with your permission
00:20:58.32\00:21:00.83
must remake you,
totally remodel you.
00:21:00.86\00:21:03.89
This reconstruction
process is a necessity despite
00:21:03.92\00:21:06.94
what the devil
continually tells everyone.
00:21:06.97\00:21:10.43
Just that we are perfectly clear
on the transformation plan,
00:21:10.46\00:21:13.47
if you have your Bible
00:21:13.50\00:21:14.56
I'd like you to turn
with me to Ezekiel Chapter 36.
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I am going to read a few verses
00:21:18.40\00:21:19.73
from various
locations in the chapter
00:21:19.76\00:21:21.57
that give you an idea of where
I am going with this thought.
00:21:21.60\00:21:25.67
Verse 25 says, "Then I will
sprinkle clean water on you,
00:21:25.70\00:21:29.91
I will cleanse you," God says.
00:21:29.94\00:21:31.99
Verse 26, "I will
give you a new heart,
00:21:32.02\00:21:35.07
I will put a new
spirit within you,
00:21:35.10\00:21:37.09
I will take out the
stony heart out of you,
00:21:37.12\00:21:39.47
I will give you a new heart.
00:21:39.50\00:21:41.73
I will put My
spirit within you."
00:21:41.76\00:21:44.92
Verse 33 says, "I will cleanse
you from all your iniquities."
00:21:44.95\00:21:49.32
And verse 36,
the last half said,
00:21:49.35\00:21:51.32
"The Lord, I the Lord,
your God have spoken it
00:21:51.35\00:21:54.75
and I will do it, I will do it."
00:21:54.78\00:21:58.10
Twenty six times
in this chapter alone
00:21:58.13\00:22:00.37
the words of God are
using basically I will.
00:22:00.40\00:22:03.27
You see, it's
always all about God.
00:22:03.30\00:22:06.63
It was God who
clothed the demoniac on shore
00:22:06.66\00:22:09.53
covering His sinfulness
with His own righteousness.
00:22:09.56\00:22:13.01
But God did not want to leave
00:22:13.04\00:22:14.72
the old sinful mind
in this man in His heart
00:22:14.75\00:22:17.36
so He gave him a new mind too.
00:22:17.39\00:22:19.72
God's justice and mercy
00:22:19.75\00:22:21.04
to the angel of
the heaven into us
00:22:21.07\00:22:22.55
demand that we began
the remodeling process,
00:22:22.58\00:22:25.65
the renovation
of the entire being.
00:22:25.68\00:22:28.33
God does it all.
It's all about God.
00:22:28.36\00:22:31.38
I hope you will accept
this covering of righteousness
00:22:31.41\00:22:34.64
offered to you completely free.
00:22:34.67\00:22:36.54
The Lord invites you
to take Him right now.
00:22:36.57\00:22:39.79
Please accept the
master craftsman into your home
00:22:39.82\00:22:42.75
to accomplish this
amazing job of transformation.
00:22:42.78\00:22:45.84
Dr. Dennis Wadley once
said, learn from the past,
00:22:49.32\00:22:52.71
set vivid detail
goals for the feature
00:22:52.74\00:22:55.21
and live in the
only moment of time
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.31
over which you have
any control right now.
00:22:57.34\00:23:00.70
It's been said that
if you sow an action
00:23:00.73\00:23:02.63
you reap a
habit, you sow a habit
00:23:02.66\00:23:04.90
you reap a life and sow a life
00:23:04.93\00:23:07.04
and you reap a destiny.
00:23:07.07\00:23:08.92
Your daily actions
determine your destiny.
00:23:08.95\00:23:12.16
Meriah is a life, a mother
00:23:15.76\00:23:17.83
and a child of God
first and foremost.
00:23:17.86\00:23:20.82
She's had her share of problems
00:23:20.85\00:23:22.09
but she has chosen to sow a life
00:23:22.12\00:23:24.12
that will reap
an eternal destiny.
00:23:24.15\00:23:26.95
Meriah, I am so
very please today
00:23:26.98\00:23:28.95
that to let everyone
know that you are my daughter.
00:23:28.98\00:23:32.36
I am so proud of you
and your walk with God.
00:23:32.39\00:23:34.71
I want to hear how God
is working in your life,
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.14
transformation in action.
00:23:37.17\00:23:39.43
Meriah, tell me,
how is transformation,
00:23:39.46\00:23:42.47
how is God working in your life?
00:23:42.50\00:23:45.82
A transformation
action going on in my life
00:23:45.85\00:23:48.26
is just watching
God work everyday.
00:23:48.29\00:23:50.63
You know, so many
times I think that
00:23:50.66\00:23:53.48
we can be like
the children of Israel
00:23:53.51\00:23:55.24
and we can forget the miracle
that we just came through
00:23:55.27\00:23:59.27
and we hit the next roadblock
00:23:59.30\00:24:00.86
and we can get
all panic and wonder
00:24:00.89\00:24:04.49
what is God going to do
next, God where are you?
00:24:04.52\00:24:07.48
And it's just
trying to hold fast to Him
00:24:07.51\00:24:11.20
and hold fast to know that
00:24:11.23\00:24:13.22
He brought us
through the last trial
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.39
and He's gonna bring us
00:24:16.42\00:24:17.59
through the trial
that we face currently
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.88
and it's just exciting
to watch Him work everyday
00:24:19.91\00:24:24.54
from the little things to
the big things in our lives.
00:24:24.57\00:24:28.53
My secret to find a
relationship with God
00:24:28.56\00:24:31.00
is to not categorize Him.
00:24:31.03\00:24:34.06
God doesn't have
like a little spot here
00:24:34.09\00:24:36.18
in my life or little spot there,
00:24:36.21\00:24:37.90
He is part of
every part of my life.
00:24:37.93\00:24:40.59
He is like my
finger as a part of me
00:24:40.62\00:24:44.54
like my heart is a part of me.
00:24:44.57\00:24:46.57
He's not just-- it
doesn't just have a category,
00:24:46.60\00:24:50.26
He is my entire life
and fits in each part
00:24:50.29\00:24:54.23
of everything I do in
life, every part of it.
00:24:54.26\00:24:58.72
Journaling is fabulous
00:24:58.75\00:25:00.32
because Journaling is a way
to keep track of the miracles
00:25:00.35\00:25:04.54
that God has done in your life.
00:25:04.57\00:25:06.39
Sometimes we
may-- a year from now me
00:25:06.42\00:25:09.92
may forget the wonderful things
00:25:09.95\00:25:12.62
that God has done
for us in the year prior
00:25:12.65\00:25:15.70
and Journaling
is a great way to--
00:25:15.73\00:25:18.34
whether you take five
minutes a day or 15 or an hour,
00:25:18.37\00:25:22.23
whatever time that you decide
is best for you to set aside
00:25:22.26\00:25:27.26
to write down some miracles
that God is doing in your life
00:25:27.29\00:25:31.28
and then it's wonderful to be
able to revisit those later on.
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And so you can see if there
is doubts in your mind ever
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that God has
pressed in your life
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and that He is with you.
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Just go back through those pages
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and read some of the miracles
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that God has done for you.
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And it's really amazing to
watch Him work in your life.
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I absolutely see growth now
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from where I was five
years ago in my spiritual walk
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and I believe
the reason for that
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is time spent with God.
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And not only time spent with God
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but recognizing the blessings
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that He has
brought forth in my life
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and recognizing
Him at work in my life.
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You know, friends
come in all varieties
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of close friends
to distance friends
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but the friends
that are really close,
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usually are the ones
that you spent time with
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and I believe that,
that's how it is with God.
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You know God has a great
desire to be our best friend.
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He cares about
every aspect of our lives
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and everything
that we go though.
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And the more time
that we spend with Him
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the more we
will get to know Him,
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the more we will
recognize His voice
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and the more that we
will fall in love with Him
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and just want to be with Him
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and spend more
time with Him everyday.
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I believe that God will
bless the time that you give Him
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and once you commit
to give Him your time
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He will bless that immeasurably.
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And if you start out
with five minutes a day,
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I believe that five
minutes will grow to 10 minutes
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and that 10
minutes will grow to 15
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and 15 will grow
into half hour and an hour
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and the time will
grow and you will grow
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because of the time
that you devote to God.
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But I believe
that He tells us that
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we got to step
out in faith first
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and once we step out in faith
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and give that
time He will bless it.
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Meriah, thank you
so much for coming.
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As you can see God is at work
in the lives of real people.
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It can't be explain by science
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but transformation
is real nonetheless.
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True happiness is not a location
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we can travel to
nor is it something
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we can earn by our efforts,
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nor can it be worn or consumed.
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It can only be
obtained through our conscious
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daily choice of
becoming God's best friend.
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When Jesus resides inside
of you happiness has arrived.
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I can testify that
after, it get sweeter
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and sweeter as the days go by.
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Once you taste the
Lord and see you will wonder
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why you ever waited so long.
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