I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We wish you a
very happy Sabbath,
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and we're so glad
that we're getting to share
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this time with you too.
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Get into the word of
God and to worship our Lord.
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I'm Shelley
Quinn. I'm J.D. Quinn.
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And we're just
thrilled to be here.
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Let me introduce
very quickly who...
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the 3ABN family
that's with us today.
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First we have
my very dear friend
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Mollie Sue Steenson,
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who is the vice-president
and general manager of 3ABN.
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And part of this family
that gets to come together,
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thank you Lord, and
welcoming the Sabbath,
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and just be a part together
of worshipping our Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's such a privilege.
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And then we have someone
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who's like a
spiritual daughter to me,
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and that is Jill Morikone,
and Jill as with her husband
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Greg Morikone, who is...
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You are the
production manager at 3ABN,
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and Jill is the assistant
to our president Danny Shelton.
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And we're just thrilled
to have you all here too.
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Thank you.
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It's a blessing to be joining
for family worship, you know,
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after the busy week.
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I mean 3ABN is good,
it's a good type of busy,
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but boy, it's sure is a blessing
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to have a
Sabbath hours, isn't it?
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Amen. And boy...
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Praise the Lord,
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that He gave us
those Sabbath hours,
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so that we can relax.
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But we also want to
remember to introduce someone
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that is with us,
who is behind the piano.
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And that is Summer Boyd.
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And Summer is such
a blessing to 3ABN.
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And such a wonderful pianist,
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we're just
thrilled to have her here.
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Now one thing that I
would like to say, you know,
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it's wonderful when
you can sit around a table,
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and you can talk about Jesus
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with your like
minded brothers and sisters.
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Amen. Yes, that's right.
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I know that I talk to
people quite often and they say,
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"Oh, I wish that I had
someone that believed like
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I do that I can
talk to, and talk freely,
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and this is an opportunity
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for what we're
gonna review tonight
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is that we can grow together.
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And we can try
to exchange ideas,
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but work and
focus off of His word.
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Amen. Amen.
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And our topic for
this study is going to be
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"Walking in the power of God,"
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so we want you to
just join with us,
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get your Bibles out,
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but first let's
open with prayer.
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Yeah, let's do.
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Father, as we come
together this Sabbath day,
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we just want to thank you Lord
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for Your mighty
gift of life itself,
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and second of all Lord,
for Your plan of salvation.
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And we just ask
Lord as, as we sit around
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and we visit and
hug each other's neck,
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we just ask Lord,
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that You will just
impress upon our hearts,
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what You want us to learn.
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Yes.
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And Father that we
can take what You give us
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to help make a difference
in other people's lives.
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Amen. That's right.
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Father, this is not
about any one of us,
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this is about you Lord.
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And Father we thank
You for the opportunity.
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We ask this in
the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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But we always like
to open with the song,
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and none of us here are
just what you would call,
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they don't let us have a
microphone and get out...
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caught on the stage.
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They haven't asked
us to do solos lately.
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Travel with the bus.
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Yeah.
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But, you know the Lord,
it doesn't matter to Him
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what we sound like,
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He said, just make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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So we're going to sing
number 537 in the hymnal,
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but the words will
also be on the screen.
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So sing with us, don't
just sit and watch us sing,
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that's boring.
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Sing to the Lord,
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and this song is
titled "He leadeth me."
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Amen.
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He leadeth me!
O blessed thought!
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O words with
heavenly comfort fraught!
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Whatever I do, where're I be
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Still 'tis God's
hand that leadeth me
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He leadeth me, He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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Verse three.
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Lord, I would
clasp my hand in Thine
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Nor ever murmur nor repine
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Content, whatever lot I see
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Since 'tis my
God that leadeth me
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He leadeth me, He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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And when my task on earth I done
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When, by Thy
grace, the victory's won
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E'en death's cold
wave I will not flee
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Since God
through Jordan leadeth me
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He leadeth me, He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand
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He leadeth me
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Amen. Amen.
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I love that song.
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When, by Thy
grace, the victory's won,
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and it is only by grace.
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And we're gonna find out
little more about that tonight
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actually as we talk about
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walking in the
power of God's spirit.
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Amen.
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Now, what we'd
like to do right now,
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we just can't pray too much,
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let's have a
prayer of thanksgiving.
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Yes.
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And we'll just
kind of go around,
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doesn't have to
be a long prayer,
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not in any particular order.
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Okay.
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Who would like to start,
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we're just gonna
pray to the Lord.
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Jill, you want to start? Sure.
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Oh, Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus,
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and we praise You.
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We praise You for who You are,
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that You're God,
that You're on the throne,
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that You've saved us
by the blood of Jesus.
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And we thank You for that gift.
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Amen.
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Father in heaven, thank
You so much for this week
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that You have brought us through
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for Your guiding us,
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it's the song I
was talking about.
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Father, we want to
put our trust in You.
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Yes. Amen.
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And Father, I
just want to thank You
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for our precious families.
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Yeah.
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Father, those who
are in love with You,
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those who are
still searching Lord,
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we just ask in
the name of Jesus,
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that they will
allow the Holy Spirit
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to touch their heart.
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Thank you.
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And they will follow Your lead.
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And I thank You Father
for Your grace and Your mercy
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and Your goodness is
renewed every morning.
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Thank Your Father,
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we can just commit
our lives into Your hands,
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and know that You'll
safely take care of this
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in Jesus name.
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Yes.
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And Father we just thank
You for Your plan of salvation.
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We thank You Father
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that You sent
Your son to die for us,
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while we were yet sinners.
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We thank You Father
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for the gift of
Your Holy Spirit,
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and Your word Lord.
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And we're so
grateful to You Father,
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that salvation belongs to You.
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For we know,
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we could never save
ourselves in Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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All right, well, let's
just hop right into this.
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What we're gonna
be doing is, this is
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"Walking in the
power of God's spirit,"
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and we're taking this.
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We're going to turn scriptures
into life affirmation,
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and what I mean by that is,
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when we are
taking God's promises,
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and we speak them over our life,
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we pray them back to God.
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And what I'm going
to do is read to you
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an affirmation from scripture.
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And then we're going to look
at the all of the scriptures
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that actually support that,
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so you'll
understand where we got this.
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Here is our affirmation.
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I'm walking in the
power of God's spirit.
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Everything my
Father requires of me,
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He empowers me to accomplish.
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He continues to
equip me and strengthen me,
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as I cooperate with Him,
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He works in me
to desire His will,
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and to do His will.
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I trust Him to cause me to be
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all that He has called me to be.
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I can't perfect
my walk by my flesh,
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I need His power to
overcome my weakness.
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I start with the spirit
and continue by the spirit.
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I'll not deny
the spirit's power.
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So now what we're going to do
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is, look at the scriptures
that support this affirmation.
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There's something
that, the Bible says,
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"Faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word."
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And there is
something that is so powerful,
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when we speak God's
word over our life, for you,
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you know, we speak God's
word into our children's life,
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praying over them, and
claiming those promises.
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Because it rewires
this computer up here,
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it really does get to us.
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You know, I think not
to interrupt you there,
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I think this book,
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"Life
Affirmations From Scripture,"
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was pivotal in transformational
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in my own prayer life,
and in my own walk with God.
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Because I used to think, I
enjoyed praying, and I did.
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And I would come
before God, and I would pray,
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and I know that the Holy
Spirit makes intersession for us
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when we pray with growing inside
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cannot be
uttered, and I know that,
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but I was just
praying my own thoughts,
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if that makes sense.
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My own understanding,
but when I understood,
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that we can open
up the word of God,
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and pray God's word back to Him.
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There is life-giving
power in the word of God.
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It revolutionized my walk
with Jesus and my prayer life.
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So this is powerful,
what we are doing here.
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Yeah, we're taking this word,
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which is a living word of force.
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The word of God is quick,
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what's that word
"quick" means alive,
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living powerful, sharper
than any two edged sword.
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I just looked it up, Henry Ford.
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And that's the
power of this word.
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It is.
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It's not that we're
not praying something
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into our lives, or
into our children's life,
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that is not filled with life.
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Amen.
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We're putting into their
lives, into their spirit,
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a life producing--
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words that have
life producing potential.
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Amen.
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They are life
creating as they go forth.
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This is a quick powerful
word, and it won't return void.
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Amen. Amen.
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Even to accomplish that thing
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which God designs
for it to accomplish.
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And just, since
we're taking that moment
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to talk about this
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"Life
Affirmations From Scripture,"
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was something that
the Lord worked in me
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so many years ago,
when I was very, very sick.
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But I had been
praying His promises,
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and still not feeling the faith
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until He led me to
the three scriptures,
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Isaiah 55:11,
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that says, His word
is not return to void.
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That's right.
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He says, but it
accomplishes every purpose
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for which He sent it.
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And Jeremiah 1:12,
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God says, You're
right, you sing correctly
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'cause I'm watching
over my word to perform it.
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In Romans 4:17, it says,
God who gives life to the dead,
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and calls things that are
not as though they already were.
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So that's what we're doing,
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when we pray
God's promises back,
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we're claiming--
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See God calls things are
not as though they already were,
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because He knows the
end from the beginning.
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But this is His
testimony about us.
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So as we pray that back,
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His word is
returning to Him, not void,
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because he's watching
over his word to perform it.
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You know, before you start,
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I thought of the
something long time ago,
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whenever you started doing this,
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how did it applied to me
from the practical standpoint.
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And all of a sudden, as
I was talking with someone,
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this just started
coming out of my mouth.
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I love the way the
Holy Spirit guides us.
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And all of a sudden
here you got little Johnny,
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he's going to have his
eighth birthday coming up,
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and he was wanting a
bicycle, and he says,
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"Oh, mommy, daddy,
can I have a bicycle?"
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And he says, "Well,
I don't know Johnny,
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you gonna have to kind of
step up the plate a little bit,
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and you need to work
on cleaning your room,
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helping with the
bringing the groceries
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in etcetera, etcetera."
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The morning came, morning
came, it is his birthday,
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all he couldn't run,
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because he'd
been making his bed,
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he'd been
cleaning up everything,
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and sure enough,
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he walked into living
room, his eyes got so big,
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'cause there was
this beautiful red bike.
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And he couldn't wait
to get out there on that.
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Yeah.
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And so mom and daddy says,
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"Listen, Johnny,
there are few things
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that you gonna have to
know before you go out there,
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that you can
only ride this bicycle
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on the sidewalk,
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you cannot get out
there on that street.
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There's people
coming up and down,
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and accidents happen.
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Do you hear Johnny,
please tell me that you hear."
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"Oh, yes mommy, yes
mommy, I hear, I hear.
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That afternoon, after school,
he goes out, gets on his bike,
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goes out there,
meets his friends.
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They want to dart out
on the street immediately.
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He says, "No, wait a
minute, I can't do that,
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mommy says, we got
to stay on the street.
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Sidewalk. Sidewalk.
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I mean on the
sidewalk, thank you.
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Mommy would stand
the door open, he was,
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oh, how proud she was
that Johnny had listen to her.
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And had said the
same words back to them.
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And all of a sudden,
that made sense to me,
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whenever we give
the words back to Him.
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Oh, I just see
that God looks down,
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"Oh, thank you J.D.
that you were listening--
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And you accepted my testimony.
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And that you've
given it back to me.
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Yes.
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And so that-- That's practical.
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That is very
practical and, it's a win-win.
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Sure it's.
Johnny wins, mommy wins.
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J.D. wins, God wins.
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Amen. Amen.
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One more scripture,
Joshua 1:8, don't you love that.
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This book of law,
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shall not depart
out of your mouth.
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But you shall
meditate on it day and night,
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that you may observe to do
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according to all
that's written there in.
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For then you will
make your way prosperous,
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and you will have good success.
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The whole purpose of the word
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is for us to
meditate on it day and night,
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and it to change us.
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Amen.
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And he said, he
mentioned like this.
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Then we will make
our way prosperous,
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and be successful.
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Amen. Amen.
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But what we're gonna do now,
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is we're going to
start on our study,
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Walking in the
Power of God's Spirit.
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And our first
scripture is Ephesians 3:16,
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Ephesians 3:16 I will read this,
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this is coming out of the NIV.
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There are several, but I
chose that for this book,
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because it made
more practical sense.
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I pray that out of
his glorious riches,
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he may strengthen you with power
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through his spirit
in your inner being.
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Paul here is
praying for the Ephesians,
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and what does he say,
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he's praying that out
of God's glorious riches.
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You know, God has
unlimited resources,
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unlimited power,
unlimited everything.
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Not out of us, but out
of His glorious riches.
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He, God, may strengthen you,
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you, you, me, you
at home with power.
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And that word in
the Greek is Dunamis.
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It's dynamite power. Amen.
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But how, through his
spirit in your inner being.
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It is only as we
open up our heart to God.
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And day by day
we need to do this.
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We need to pray, and
say, you know, I tell people,
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you've heard that
American Express commercial
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that says, "Don't
leave home without it."
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Well, I'll tell him,
"Don't leave home without Him."
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The first thing we
need to do in the morning,
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is pray to be filled
afresh, with the spirit of God
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because we were
converted by God's spirit.
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But to continue in
our Christian walk,
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we can only continue
by the spirit of God.
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So to me, this is
a scripture, that--
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and I love the whole, you
know, he goes on here to say,
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as you go on in Ephesians,
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that Christ dwells in
our heart through faith.
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And that we become
rooted and grounded,
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and Paul say,
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"Big rooted and
grounded and love,
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so that you can understand
the height, and the width,
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and the depth, and
the length of God's love,
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and to now to Him who's
able to do it measurably
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more than what you could ask
or think to Him be the praise.
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Amen.
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I like what it says,
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I pray that I have
His glorious riches,
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He may strengthen you.
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So not only does God
ask us, to come before Him,
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like you mentioned,
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every morning, it asked
to be filled with spirit,
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ask for that power.
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To walk out the Christian walk,
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God calls us to
pray for other people.
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Amen.
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Not to pray for
other people just,
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God I ask that you bless J.D.
and give him a good day today.
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Father he needs power,
the Holy Spirit from on high.
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Amen.
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So we can actually ask
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for the Holy
Spirit's anointing God's power
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to work in the
lives of other people.
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Amen. Amen.
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And you know
something that we do.
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I pray every
morning and every night,
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at least twice a day,
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praying that God will
pour out His spirit on all
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who call upon His name.
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There are those who
are calling upon His name
00:19:15.98\00:19:18.85
who don't know Jesus Christ.
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There are those
who call upon His name
00:19:21.56\00:19:23.79
who are of their
monotheistic religions,
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they believe in God.
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But they haven't
learned about His sons.
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So I'm just pouring,
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praying that God
pours out His Holy Spirit,
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that way each person can be
lead by God integrated truth.
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You know, I like this
too, 'cause it's amazing,
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you know, I have
an imagination ark,
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and it's amazing
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where you can think
about all kinds of things,
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imagine all sorts
of stuff, excuse me.
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I like this, it says,
00:19:49.22\00:19:50.55
"Now to him who is
able to do immeasurably
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more than we can ask or imagine.
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I mean, you know,
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you can imagine
all sorts of things.
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But God is able to do
more than we can even imagine,
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take care of us more
than we can even fathom.
00:20:02.76\00:20:04.27
Yes, amen.
00:20:04.30\00:20:05.63
He's got it all in
control, comes back to faith
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.67
in my opinion that you
know, okay, just trust God,
00:20:07.70\00:20:10.14
He's got it, He
will take care of it,
00:20:10.17\00:20:12.04
and trust Him.
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And it's in
relation too are measured by
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or to the extent that His power,
00:20:15.38\00:20:18.25
is it work within us.
00:20:18.28\00:20:19.61
Yeah. Yeah, and
it's not our power.
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And who make that decision,
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how much powers
it work within me?
00:20:22.38\00:20:23.72
Just as much as I will
allow Him to put within me.
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That's right.
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He they hungers and
thirst after righteousness
00:20:26.72\00:20:28.92
will be filled.
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So it rest on me,
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so He is going to
work effectually within me,
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according to the power
00:20:35.10\00:20:36.87
that I have allowed
to be imparted into me.
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Yes.
00:20:38.77\00:20:40.10
You know, that's a great point,
00:20:40.14\00:20:41.47
'cause I can't just sit
back here in my chair and say,
00:20:41.50\00:20:42.84
"Okay, you said you're gonna
do more than I can think of,
00:20:42.87\00:20:45.54
and you just stay
here and dream and dream."
00:20:45.57\00:20:47.84
We have to do
something about it.
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That's right. Okay,
yeah, that's well said.
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And there's a lot of people
that do sit in their chair,
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and if it doesn't
go just their way,
00:20:54.42\00:20:56.22
well then God's at fault.
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Correct. You know, God died.
00:20:57.62\00:20:59.69
I knew that, there
are some issues with him.
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But boy, whenever he comes down
to capital, like capital H-I-S,
00:21:03.46\00:21:08.83
we are talking about
here, the creator of all.
00:21:08.86\00:21:11.40
Yep. He spoke.
00:21:11.43\00:21:14.47
It was done. Yes, sir.
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.47
And that's who owns the
cattle on a thousand mountains.
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That's who, it
just says right here,
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I know Shelley,
just let me say this,
00:21:25.51\00:21:27.42
because this is powerful.
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And Psalms 51,
00:21:28.82\00:21:30.42
I was looking at
the owning the cattle
00:21:30.45\00:21:33.09
on a thousand hills.
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Psalms 50:1.
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Yes. Okay.
00:21:35.86\00:21:37.19
And I thought,
wow, that's fantastic,
00:21:37.23\00:21:39.49
but then it goes up
here in verse 1, Psalms 50:1,
00:21:39.53\00:21:43.20
"The mighty one
the Lord has spoken,
00:21:43.23\00:21:45.47
and called the earth
from the rising of the sun
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towards going down."
00:21:48.64\00:21:50.21
Amen.
00:21:50.24\00:21:52.27
He is capital T-H-E. Oh, yeah.
00:21:52.31\00:21:56.08
The One. That's right.
00:21:56.11\00:21:57.45
So, that's whose glorious riches
00:21:57.48\00:22:00.52
that he is willing to share.
00:22:00.55\00:22:02.52
Amen.
00:22:02.55\00:22:03.89
So I'm going to simply
now pray back Ephesians 3:16
00:22:03.92\00:22:09.42
to our Lord.
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.43
Heavenly Father, I thank You,
00:22:11.46\00:22:13.96
that it is out of
Your glorious riches,
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.36
that You
strengthen us with power,
00:22:16.40\00:22:19.90
through Your Holy
Spirit in our inner being.
00:22:19.93\00:22:23.24
Help us to open up
our heart to You Lord,
00:22:23.27\00:22:26.47
and to receive Your power.
00:22:26.51\00:22:28.81
We pray that You will
pour Your Holy Spirit into us,
00:22:28.84\00:22:32.88
and into all who
call upon Your name,
00:22:32.91\00:22:35.28
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.79
Amen. Wow.
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.15
Mollie Sue?
00:22:38.19\00:22:39.52
Hebrews 13:20, 21.
00:22:39.55\00:22:46.26
It says, "May the
God of peace equip--"
00:22:46.29\00:22:48.76
And I'm gonna stop
there with that word equip.
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.83
Do you recall when
Shelley said earlier,
00:22:51.87\00:22:54.34
that it's like American
Express that old commercial,
00:22:54.37\00:22:57.74
"Don't leave home without it."
00:22:57.77\00:22:59.97
Well, Jesus gave us
one of those in Acts 1:4,
00:23:00.01\00:23:03.45
He told us not to
leave home, He told the--
00:23:03.48\00:23:06.01
Don't leave home without this.
00:23:06.05\00:23:07.38
Let me read this to you.
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And being a
symbol together with Him,
00:23:08.78\00:23:10.45
he commanded them not
to depart from Jerusalem,
00:23:10.49\00:23:13.49
but to wait for the
promise of the Father,
00:23:13.52\00:23:15.59
which He said, you
have heard from me."
00:23:15.62\00:23:17.53
Do you know what
that promise was,
00:23:17.56\00:23:18.93
it was the
infilling of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:18.96\00:23:20.40
That's Acts 1:8.
00:23:20.43\00:23:21.96
And this is in red,
this is something Jesus said.
00:23:22.00\00:23:24.60
But you shall
receive power. Amen.
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.67
When the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.84
and you shall be witnesses to me
00:23:29.87\00:23:31.27
in Jerusalem and
Judah and Samaria
00:23:31.31\00:23:33.24
unto the ends of the world.
00:23:33.27\00:23:35.08
So he said, he told them,
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.75
"Don't leave
Jerusalem without it,
00:23:36.78\00:23:39.15
because there is that
power that we walk in.
00:23:39.18\00:23:42.55
So here in Hebrews 13:20 and 21,
00:23:42.58\00:23:45.65
"May the God of
peace equip you--"
00:23:45.69\00:23:48.52
How does He equip you?
00:23:48.56\00:23:49.89
With the power
of that Holy Spirit.
00:23:49.92\00:23:51.69
"Equip you with everything good
00:23:51.73\00:23:54.80
for doing His will,
and may he work in us
00:23:54.83\00:23:58.90
what is pleasing to
Him through Jesus Christ."
00:23:58.93\00:24:02.27
So I love this
scripture equipping,
00:24:02.30\00:24:04.64
that equipping, the
equipping of the saints.
00:24:04.67\00:24:07.48
We don't equip
ourselves. That's right.
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.14
Only He can equip us,
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.75
and He's given us
everything necessary
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.98
through His word,
through the power of His word,
00:24:13.01\00:24:15.22
through the
power of the infilling
00:24:15.25\00:24:16.58
of His Holy Spirit.
00:24:16.62\00:24:17.95
But where does it
start, that equipping starts
00:24:17.99\00:24:20.36
when we realize
our need for a savior.
00:24:20.39\00:24:21.96
Amen.
00:24:21.99\00:24:23.32
When we say,
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.69
"Oh, mighty God, I
am wretched and lost,
00:24:24.73\00:24:28.60
and what I need is a savior,"
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.20
and Shelley then
begins that equipping process.
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.90
Absolutely.
00:24:32.93\00:24:34.27
You know, in the New
King James Version, it says,
00:24:34.30\00:24:37.07
"May the God of
peace make you perfect
00:24:37.11\00:24:41.11
with everything good."
00:24:41.14\00:24:42.94
And the reason I
chose NIV equip you,
00:24:42.98\00:24:46.82
is because some people
have such a visceral reaction
00:24:46.85\00:24:51.55
to the word
perfect or perfection,
00:24:51.59\00:24:54.36
when you're talking about that.
00:24:54.39\00:24:55.92
But that's what he's saying is,
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.76
and it's God
who's doing the action.
00:24:57.79\00:24:59.39
Amen.
00:24:59.43\00:25:00.76
It's not us, we
can't do the will of God.
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.33
That's right.
00:25:02.36\00:25:03.70
If we're not equipped
by God with His Spirit.
00:25:03.73\00:25:05.87
Yeah, He equips us,
and the word perfect,
00:25:05.90\00:25:08.70
I know there are people
that shy away from that word,
00:25:08.74\00:25:12.54
but in my
understanding of that word,
00:25:12.57\00:25:14.28
it just means mature.
00:25:14.31\00:25:15.64
Yes.
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.01
Don't we all
want to mature? Yes.
00:25:17.05\00:25:18.38
Make us mature,
it's a maturing process
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.75
and it's as we allow him
to do that maturing process,
00:25:20.78\00:25:26.15
we've been called
to be the sons of God.
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.72
Amen.
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.09
But don't yet
appear what we shall be,
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.09
but we do know the
theories that work,
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.20
that is going on
within us, but it's a process.
00:25:35.23\00:25:38.50
Since beloved now
are you the sons of God.
00:25:38.53\00:25:41.67
And as we mature, we
mature into that full stature.
00:25:41.70\00:25:45.77
Yes.
00:25:45.81\00:25:47.14
I like what you
said as far as process,
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.51
'cause I think that's key,
00:25:48.54\00:25:49.88
'cause an oak tree
doesn't go from an acorn
00:25:49.91\00:25:51.25
to a full grown
hundred foot oak tree
00:25:51.28\00:25:53.25
one day to the next.
00:25:53.28\00:25:54.62
It's a process to that maturity.
00:25:54.65\00:25:56.25
And I think that
sometimes, you know,
00:25:56.28\00:25:57.62
we can get maybe impatient
or wherever we think we're at,
00:25:57.65\00:25:59.89
we look at
somebody else and say,
00:25:59.92\00:26:01.26
"Oh, man, they
should be mature by now."
00:26:01.29\00:26:02.62
Yeah. But it's a process.
00:26:02.66\00:26:03.99
It's a daily process.
00:26:04.03\00:26:05.36
Is that becoming as
many as received Him
00:26:05.39\00:26:07.53
to them gave you
the power to do what?
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.50
Become.
00:26:09.53\00:26:10.87
To become is
that becoming process.
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.53
That's right. Yes.
00:26:12.57\00:26:13.97
But, you know, it is
one thing what you said is
00:26:14.00\00:26:16.94
we shouldn't be judgmental,
we shouldn't be looking,
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.37
but there is a problem
00:26:19.41\00:26:20.94
if somebody's been in
the church 20 or 30 years
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.58
and they're still in diapers.
00:26:23.61\00:26:25.48
That's true, they're
still drinking the milk.
00:26:25.51\00:26:26.85
They should be
the meat of the word.
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.22
Yeah, they're still,
00:26:28.25\00:26:29.58
if they are only getting
the milk of the word still,
00:26:29.62\00:26:30.99
I mean, there is
a maturing process.
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.32
And I think God wants
us to cooperate with Him.
00:26:33.36\00:26:35.62
But I think that, you know,
it brings a proportional there.
00:26:35.66\00:26:38.39
I love that word
immeasurably, proportionally.
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.50
Yes.
00:26:40.53\00:26:41.86
Because some people,
00:26:41.90\00:26:43.23
they do mature more
rapidly than others.
00:26:43.26\00:26:45.97
Sure.
00:26:46.00\00:26:47.34
And as we
talked about while ago,
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.10
then that will be
the amount of maturity,
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.37
and that will
determine how they are equipped.
00:26:52.41\00:26:55.78
Yes.
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.15
And, you know,
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.51
we're looking at from a
babe to a full grown man.
00:26:58.55\00:27:02.18
How in the
natural, because you--
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.52
the spiritual and the natural,
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.15
they can be compared
one to the other, how.
00:27:06.19\00:27:09.49
In the natural how
does a baby mature,
00:27:09.52\00:27:12.06
is through the
food that it takes in.
00:27:12.09\00:27:13.43
Sure.
00:27:13.46\00:27:14.80
And what is our food, or
what is our spiritual food?
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.46
Is this very word, Shelley,
that we're looking at today
00:27:16.50\00:27:19.13
and studying and seeing
how to apply it to our lives
00:27:19.17\00:27:22.40
and how to pray it back to God.
00:27:22.44\00:27:24.07
Amen. And it
become affective in us.
00:27:24.11\00:27:25.44
Amen. Amen.
00:27:25.47\00:27:26.81
Mollie, why don't
you pray that scripture
00:27:26.84\00:27:28.18
back to the Lord.
00:27:28.21\00:27:29.54
Okay, Holy Father, we praise You
00:27:29.58\00:27:30.95
and we thank You for
the power of Your spirit,
00:27:30.98\00:27:34.38
that is at work
within us to equip us Lord,
00:27:34.42\00:27:38.72
to do every good
work, and to do Your will.
00:27:38.75\00:27:42.59
Father we commend our
lives into Your hands,
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.79
we give ourselves to You.
00:27:44.83\00:27:46.70
And we ask Lord,
that you would do
00:27:46.73\00:27:49.33
what is pleasing to You
in our lives, in Jesus name.
00:27:49.36\00:27:52.53
Praise God. Amen.
00:27:52.57\00:27:54.27
Amen. Amen.
00:27:54.30\00:27:55.87
Jill, would you like to
take Philippians 2:12 and 13.
00:27:55.90\00:27:57.94
I would.
00:27:57.97\00:27:59.31
I think this is one of
my favorite scriptures.
00:27:59.34\00:28:02.38
I like this one very much.
00:28:02.41\00:28:04.18
And to be honest, in my--
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.75
not that I'm the
hundred year old tree,
00:28:06.78\00:28:09.78
I'm just a little sapling,
00:28:09.82\00:28:11.45
but I'm not an acorn
anymore, thank you Jesus.
00:28:11.49\00:28:13.22
Praise God. Amen.
00:28:13.25\00:28:14.59
So I'm a growing
sapling, but in my acorn days,
00:28:14.62\00:28:18.19
this scripture
used to terrify me.
00:28:18.23\00:28:19.79
Me too.
00:28:19.83\00:28:21.16
The beginning of it,
00:28:21.20\00:28:22.53
it says, Philippians 2:12, 13.
00:28:22.56\00:28:25.90
"Therefore, my beloved
as you've always obeyed,
00:28:25.93\00:28:29.77
work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling,"
00:28:29.80\00:28:35.14
and if you stop there,
00:28:35.18\00:28:36.98
I did have a lot
of fear and trembling
00:28:37.01\00:28:39.18
'cause if you
stop at that point,
00:28:39.21\00:28:41.92
I thought I'll work
out my own salvation,
00:28:41.95\00:28:44.65
God, I thought it was by grace,
you're are saved through faith
00:28:44.69\00:28:48.22
and that not of yourselves.
00:28:48.26\00:28:49.62
It is the gift of God,
00:28:49.66\00:28:50.99
not of works, lest
any man should boast.
00:28:51.03\00:28:52.99
So that, this
scripture used to confuse me,
00:28:53.03\00:28:55.30
work out your own salvation.
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.77
In the Greek, now,
Shelley, you can correct me,
00:28:57.80\00:28:59.97
because she's the
resident Bible expert here.
00:29:00.00\00:29:03.10
But to me, when I studied,
it work out your own salvation,
00:29:03.14\00:29:06.37
it means to carry to completion.
00:29:06.41\00:29:08.58
It's the same word you
were just talking about Mollie,
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.81
that maturing
processing, the perfection,
00:29:11.85\00:29:14.88
work out your own salvation.
00:29:14.92\00:29:16.25
God wants to
carry to completion.
00:29:16.28\00:29:18.85
It says with fear and trembling.
00:29:18.89\00:29:20.72
I have the Andrews Study
Bible and at the bottom here,
00:29:20.76\00:29:23.83
it says, with humility--
00:29:23.86\00:29:26.96
Not trusting in
yourself. That's right.
00:29:27.00\00:29:28.76
With respectful obedience--
00:29:28.80\00:29:30.13
Yes. And insincerity.
00:29:30.17\00:29:32.57
But then the next
verse is my favorite.
00:29:32.60\00:29:34.90
Amen.
00:29:34.94\00:29:36.27
It says fore--
00:29:36.30\00:29:37.64
Amen.
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.01
Therefore, it is
God who works in you,
00:29:39.04\00:29:41.74
both you at home,
us around the table,
00:29:41.78\00:29:43.55
each one of us.
00:29:43.58\00:29:44.91
Amen.
00:29:44.95\00:29:46.28
He works in us both to will
and to do of His good pleasure.
00:29:46.31\00:29:50.25
And in the Greek, the
will means the wish, desire
00:29:50.29\00:29:53.96
and the do means power, the
aid that He wants to give us.
00:29:53.99\00:29:58.79
So God saying,
00:29:58.83\00:30:00.20
"I know you can't work
out salvation yourself,
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.96
but if you come
before me in humility,
00:30:03.00\00:30:05.53
in submission and
willingness to let me,
00:30:05.57\00:30:08.97
I will give you the
desire to be victorious.
00:30:09.00\00:30:12.57
I will give you the desire
to follow me, to follow my way,
00:30:12.61\00:30:16.75
and I'm going to
give you the power,
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.21
because I know you
don't have it yourself."
00:30:19.25\00:30:20.85
You know, Jill, my experience
was exactly the same as yours.
00:30:20.88\00:30:23.42
I would read Philippians 2:12
00:30:23.45\00:30:25.32
and I cannot tell
you how many years
00:30:25.35\00:30:27.82
I tried to perfect my
flesh in my own strength
00:30:27.86\00:30:31.59
to work out my salvation.
00:30:31.63\00:30:34.16
But what actually helped
me, I was maybe 21 years old
00:30:34.20\00:30:38.70
when I got my
first amplified Bible.
00:30:38.73\00:30:41.14
And the way it says there
00:30:41.17\00:30:43.04
is work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
00:30:43.07\00:30:46.51
But then it goes on to say,
but not in your own strength,
00:30:46.54\00:30:50.91
for it is God who works
in you too willing to do.
00:30:50.95\00:30:54.92
And what I
found is that when we,
00:30:54.95\00:30:58.65
how He changes our will is,
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.32
when we're willing
to surrender to Him
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.26
and say, Lord, I'm
willing to be made willing,.
00:31:03.29\00:31:06.09
you know, change my desires.
00:31:06.13\00:31:08.56
And that's his first act,
00:31:08.60\00:31:12.50
is He lines our
will up with His,
00:31:12.53\00:31:15.34
but even when you get
that desire, if you just,
00:31:15.37\00:31:18.47
as you were
talking about earlier,
00:31:18.51\00:31:20.38
if you're just sitting back
and you're reclined in chair
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.21
and not doing anything.
00:31:22.24\00:31:23.58
God can't work in you to act.
00:31:23.61\00:31:25.75
It takes a step of faith,
and as you step out in faith,
00:31:25.78\00:31:29.35
then the power of
the Holy Spirit shows up.
00:31:29.38\00:31:31.92
Amen. And God
works in us to act.
00:31:31.95\00:31:35.82
Amen.
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.19
Jill, why don't
you pray that back.
00:31:37.23\00:31:39.49
Father, we come
before You, we thank You
00:31:39.53\00:31:42.60
that we are Your
sons and daughters.
00:31:42.63\00:31:44.37
We thank You Lord Jesus
00:31:44.40\00:31:46.57
that You want to
work your salvation
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.47
into each one of us.
00:31:49.50\00:31:50.84
We give you
permission to do that.
00:31:50.87\00:31:52.57
Thank You that You are a God
00:31:52.61\00:31:53.94
that You are the one who
is working in us just now
00:31:53.98\00:31:57.45
to give us the desire,
00:31:57.48\00:31:59.11
to line up our will,
our desire with Yours.
00:31:59.15\00:32:02.78
And thank You for
giving us the power
00:32:02.82\00:32:05.89
to walk this
Christian life in Jesus name.
00:32:05.92\00:32:09.32
Amen. Amen.
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.23
Well, now we're
going back to Mollie,
00:32:11.26\00:32:13.36
you guys are
going to do one, two,
00:32:13.40\00:32:14.73
but you each chose
your own scriptures.
00:32:14.76\00:32:17.23
That's right,
yes. All right, Mollie.
00:32:17.27\00:32:19.47
Well, I've got Galatians
3:3, "Are you so foolish--"
00:32:19.50\00:32:24.57
Boy, how to start a scripture.
00:32:24.61\00:32:27.61
"Are you so foolish
having begun in the spirit
00:32:27.64\00:32:31.15
are you now being
made perfect by the flesh."
00:32:31.18\00:32:33.92
And I just want to take you back
00:32:33.95\00:32:36.95
to when you
first made Jesus Christ
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.15
the Lord of your life.
00:32:39.19\00:32:40.66
How many of you remember that,
all the joy of your salvation.
00:32:40.69\00:32:43.32
Yes.
00:32:43.36\00:32:44.69
So excited, you had found
the creator of the universe
00:32:44.73\00:32:48.60
and you found that He loved you.
00:32:48.63\00:32:49.96
Amen.
00:32:50.00\00:32:51.33
He loved you so
much, He died for you,
00:32:51.37\00:32:52.70
the joy of your salvation.
00:32:52.73\00:32:54.67
We were so quick to
repent, remember that,
00:32:54.70\00:32:58.64
Jill, we could even have a
bad thought and we would say,
00:32:58.67\00:33:02.11
"Oh, God forgive me,"
because we were close to God.
00:33:02.14\00:33:05.65
We had that--
00:33:05.68\00:33:07.02
Again, it's the
joy of our salvation,
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.42
that we first sense when we--
00:33:09.45\00:33:12.25
the newness, the freshness.
00:33:12.29\00:33:14.52
Oh, and having the
burden of our sin rolled away.
00:33:14.56\00:33:17.63
And we're
standing before the Lord.
00:33:17.66\00:33:20.16
I like to say like
little just loving God,
00:33:20.20\00:33:23.06
and ready to do
anything He would have us to do.
00:33:23.10\00:33:27.04
We are so close to
Him and so willing.
00:33:27.07\00:33:29.30
And we spend time in the word
00:33:29.34\00:33:31.11
and we don't
know how to do much.
00:33:31.14\00:33:34.48
We've got zeal,
00:33:34.51\00:33:35.84
we've got more zeal
than we know what to do with,
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.25
not to wits worth of wisdom,
but, oh, we love the Lord.
00:33:38.28\00:33:41.88
Yeah. The joy of our salvation.
00:33:41.92\00:33:44.29
We began in the spirit.
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.29
Did Jill begin in the spirit?
00:33:46.32\00:33:47.69
Oh, we began in the spirit.
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.79
And then, Mark talks
about the cares of this world,
00:33:49.82\00:33:55.53
that start mounting up on us.
00:33:55.56\00:33:58.50
And we start
looking at the situations,
00:33:58.53\00:34:03.47
we start looking
at the circumstances.
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.77
We get so busy,
we start doing this,
00:34:05.81\00:34:08.58
we get real busy
for God sometimes
00:34:08.61\00:34:11.15
at the sake of our
relationship with God.
00:34:11.18\00:34:14.78
And if you're not careful,
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.35
if we don't keep
ourselves in that freshness
00:34:17.39\00:34:23.22
and that place with God,
where we're sensitive to Him.
00:34:23.26\00:34:26.70
And the drawing of His spirit,
00:34:26.73\00:34:29.23
then we're going to find
us falling into that area
00:34:29.26\00:34:33.13
where He's had
begun in the flesh
00:34:33.17\00:34:35.70
are now you may perfect,
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.61
or began in the spirit
are now you may perfect
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.11
by the flesh, start
relying on our flesh.
00:34:40.14\00:34:42.91
Start instead of being
sensitive to the spirit,
00:34:42.94\00:34:46.28
and I know
00:34:46.31\00:34:47.65
none of y'all at this
table have ever done this.
00:34:47.68\00:34:50.12
When God by the power
of His Spirit convicts you
00:34:50.15\00:34:53.66
there's something
you're doing is wrong.
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.46
I thought you're
having is wrong in action,
00:34:55.49\00:34:57.83
and you start justifying it.
00:34:57.86\00:35:00.23
And you start
rationalizing it. Oh, yeah.
00:35:00.26\00:35:02.10
You've just changed
00:35:02.13\00:35:03.47
from that
sensitivity to the spirit,
00:35:03.50\00:35:05.87
and you've morphed yourself
00:35:05.90\00:35:07.64
into the
rationalizations of the flesh.
00:35:07.67\00:35:11.81
Oh, Lord, let us repent of that.
00:35:11.84\00:35:13.48
Amen.
00:35:13.51\00:35:14.84
Yeah, you know,
when you think about--
00:35:14.88\00:35:17.28
I mean this scripture,
00:35:17.31\00:35:18.65
God spoke so clearly
to me one day in prayer,
00:35:18.68\00:35:21.15
because I was trying to
learn how to surrender to Him,
00:35:21.18\00:35:25.15
and I just confess,
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.96
and I don't know
about those of you at home.
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.99
But I've tried so many years
00:35:29.02\00:35:32.39
trying to perfect
my walk in the flesh,
00:35:32.43\00:35:34.86
not relying on the spirit.
00:35:34.90\00:35:36.40
You know, if only
I could study more,
00:35:36.43\00:35:37.77
if I could do pray more.
00:35:37.80\00:35:39.13
To do more.
00:35:39.17\00:35:40.50
If I could more,
do more, do more.
00:35:40.54\00:35:41.94
And so, as I am
praying, the Lord gave me
00:35:41.97\00:35:46.07
'cause I was praying 1 John 2:6,
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.34
that those who are in
Christ must walk as He walked.
00:35:48.38\00:35:53.45
And I realized, "Boy, I don't,"
and I'm just upset before God.
00:35:53.48\00:35:57.89
And so I'm just
really seeking Him,
00:35:57.92\00:36:00.86
and suddenly God
gave me this picture
00:36:00.89\00:36:03.66
in my mind.
00:36:03.69\00:36:05.06
And there was a
little bitty sugar ant
00:36:05.09\00:36:07.53
next to this huge elephant,
00:36:07.56\00:36:10.10
millions of times bigger
than that little sugar ant.
00:36:10.13\00:36:12.73
And here's what the
Lord impressed upon my mind,
00:36:12.77\00:36:15.44
this thought.
00:36:15.47\00:36:16.81
Shelley, your greatest strength
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.87
is like that of
this little sugar ant
00:36:18.91\00:36:23.04
in comparison mine
is like the elephant.
00:36:23.08\00:36:27.32
And it's like how do you think
00:36:27.35\00:36:29.08
that you can
perfect your Christian walk
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.09
in that little strength,
00:36:31.12\00:36:33.02
when all I ask of you
is to be yoked with me
00:36:33.05\00:36:36.99
and rely on my power.
00:36:37.03\00:36:40.10
That totally, boy,
00:36:40.13\00:36:41.46
that visual totally
changed my Christian walk.
00:36:41.50\00:36:45.10
Amen. And God showed me that.
00:36:45.13\00:36:47.60
That's an incredible.
00:36:47.64\00:36:48.97
Yeah, it is. It is.
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.34
And God gets all the
glory, it's not for me,
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.11
He spoke that clearly to me
00:36:52.14\00:36:53.91
just to impress that
thought upon my mind,
00:36:53.94\00:36:56.28
but you think of this
little bitty sugar ant,
00:36:56.31\00:36:58.88
this huge elephant.
00:36:58.91\00:37:00.32
And all of a sudden if the
ant is yoked with the elephant,
00:37:00.35\00:37:03.42
who is carrying the weight?
00:37:03.45\00:37:04.79
The elephant. Oh, absolutely.
00:37:04.82\00:37:06.15
Yeah.
00:37:06.19\00:37:07.52
So see, it's not that,
00:37:07.56\00:37:08.89
if I can eat
more strict vegan diet
00:37:08.92\00:37:11.99
or and I'm not
there's wonderful things
00:37:12.03\00:37:14.83
about the vegan diet,
00:37:14.86\00:37:17.73
but that's not
going to save you.
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.10
No, it's right.
00:37:19.13\00:37:20.47
And all of these things
that we try to do in the flesh--
00:37:20.50\00:37:23.81
I mean that's what when He
was riding to the Galatians,
00:37:23.84\00:37:26.54
they had Judaizers coming
there trying to get them to,
00:37:26.57\00:37:30.08
not only believe in Christ,
00:37:30.11\00:37:31.75
but to do all of these
other things, you know,
00:37:31.78\00:37:33.88
like being
circumcised and all of this.
00:37:33.92\00:37:36.15
And Paul saying to him,
00:37:36.18\00:37:37.52
"You foolish Galatians,
00:37:37.55\00:37:40.09
you gonna try to
perfect your walk in the flesh.
00:37:40.12\00:37:42.69
All we need to do is
rely on the Holy Spirit
00:37:42.72\00:37:44.76
and then God gives us the
power to walk in obedience."
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.93
Yeah. Yeah.
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.30
I know many
times that, you know,
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.13
trying to break it down,
00:37:51.17\00:37:52.70
that if you feel
the Holy Spirit is there
00:37:52.73\00:37:56.37
to send up the red
lights or whatever.
00:37:56.40\00:37:58.81
You know, their lives get
amber in your life, you know,
00:37:58.84\00:38:01.68
wait a minute here.
00:38:01.71\00:38:03.08
And do I run this
red light, or do I stop.
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.88
I've board many times, it says,
00:38:05.91\00:38:07.28
"Oh Lord, thank you
Jesus, but increase my faith.
00:38:07.32\00:38:11.19
Because I don't
want to get over here
00:38:11.22\00:38:14.69
where I'm trying to
be perfect in the flesh,"
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.06
because you know if
you've lived enough years,
00:38:17.09\00:38:19.56
you know that itself,
00:38:19.59\00:38:20.93
you'll flunk out
there real quick.
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.30
That's true.
00:38:22.33\00:38:23.67
Mollie, you want
to pray that back?
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.83
Okay, I thought Jill
had an answer coming.
00:38:25.87\00:38:27.84
Oh, I was just going to
say, you know, in my own walk,
00:38:27.87\00:38:31.34
I believe that I want
to begin in the spirit.
00:38:31.37\00:38:33.71
And I believe that
I'm walking in the spirit,
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.78
but it's amazing
that just every day
00:38:35.81\00:38:38.75
throughout the day
circumstances can arise
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.98
and all of a
sudden I'm switching.
00:38:41.02\00:38:42.92
Yes. Amen.
00:38:42.95\00:38:44.29
And I'm thinking, I'm
walking in the flesh now,
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.42
and I thought I
began in the spirit,
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.62
and I did begin in the spirit.
00:38:48.66\00:38:50.56
And I want to walk with
the spirit, in the spirit,
00:38:50.59\00:38:53.83
and all of a
sudden something happens,
00:38:53.86\00:38:55.83
and my flesh comes,
and I make a response
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.97
out of the
natural heart of Jill.
00:38:59.00\00:39:00.34
Yes.
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.70
Instead of submitting to
the power of the elephant
00:39:01.74\00:39:04.31
and I don't mean that
in a disrespectful way.
00:39:04.34\00:39:05.67
No.
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.04
But allowing God to
pour His spirit into me.
00:39:07.08\00:39:09.48
So I think this
verse, right here
00:39:09.51\00:39:11.28
is a moment by moment battle.
00:39:11.31\00:39:12.75
Yeah, it is.
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.12
And how do we get from
the flesh to the Spirit,
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.45
God forgive me.
00:39:16.48\00:39:17.82
Yes. And what does He do?
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.19
He forgives us. He'll forgive.
00:39:19.22\00:39:20.56
And we're back in
right relationship with Him.
00:39:20.59\00:39:21.92
You know, Mollie,
you were mentioning about
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.39
as far as trying to justify,
00:39:23.43\00:39:24.76
like when the Holy
Spirit speaks to us.
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.13
This happened to me recently
within our work in production,
00:39:26.16\00:39:28.16
I had several staff members
that I had said some things to,
00:39:28.20\00:39:31.33
and boy I feel
conviction from the Holy Spirit.
00:39:31.37\00:39:33.03
I should not have said
that to them, you know.
00:39:33.07\00:39:35.40
And so anyway,
00:39:35.44\00:39:36.77
I wrestled with this
through the rest of that day,
00:39:36.81\00:39:38.57
trying to justify
what I had said to them,
00:39:38.61\00:39:40.61
like I was
good, it was accurate,
00:39:40.64\00:39:42.34
you know everything.
00:39:42.38\00:39:43.71
But it was the
spirit how I said it.
00:39:43.75\00:39:45.08
Yeah.
00:39:45.11\00:39:46.45
So anyway, the rest of
the day through the night,
00:39:46.48\00:39:47.82
you know I obviously
slept, but it was not that well.
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.12
And anyway, I said,
00:39:50.15\00:39:51.49
"Okay, God, I got to go to these
00:39:51.52\00:39:52.85
several staff members
and crew members and say,
00:39:52.89\00:39:55.02
you know, I'm sorry, you
know I messed up and so."
00:39:55.06\00:39:56.62
Praise God.
00:39:56.66\00:39:58.09
Man, as soon as I made that,
00:39:58.13\00:39:59.46
you know said
yes to Holy Spirit.
00:39:59.49\00:40:00.83
Amen. Ease.
00:40:00.86\00:40:02.20
I felt much better, even though
00:40:02.23\00:40:03.57
I hadn't said
anything to the staff members
00:40:03.60\00:40:04.93
or the crew members yet,
00:40:04.97\00:40:06.30
and of course you know I did.
00:40:06.33\00:40:07.67
But it's funny how sometimes
you can wrestle with that,
00:40:07.70\00:40:09.04
and just say,
00:40:09.07\00:40:10.41
"No, Holy Spirit
no, I know I was right.
00:40:10.44\00:40:13.01
That was true, and but it was
not the spirit you how you said
00:40:13.04\00:40:15.91
it was not correct and so."
00:40:15.94\00:40:17.65
Greg just wait
till you are our age,
00:40:17.68\00:40:19.08
and you're thinking how
can we not learn that lesson,
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.75
'cause we still go through,
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.12
don't you still
do some struggling.
00:40:23.15\00:40:24.49
Well, I'm
disappointed in myself,
00:40:24.52\00:40:25.85
'cause this was
recent, you know,
00:40:25.89\00:40:27.22
it was like, "Oh my gosh."
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.59
Yeah, but what I'm saying
is, at your age, you know,
00:40:28.62\00:40:29.96
you add the number of years of
difference between you and us.
00:40:29.99\00:40:34.06
And you would think
that we would finally learn
00:40:34.10\00:40:36.50
that as soon as the
Holy Spirit impresses us,
00:40:36.53\00:40:40.10
that we would
respond immediately
00:40:40.14\00:40:41.80
because He's always right.
00:40:41.84\00:40:43.67
And that's all
He's-- Thank You Jesus.
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.27
It's all where
you get the peace,
00:40:45.31\00:40:47.18
but there's still the times
that you sit and you struggle
00:40:47.21\00:40:50.48
for that 24 hour
period or something.
00:40:50.51\00:40:52.11
Oh, yeah, it's terrible.
00:40:52.15\00:40:53.58
Lord, why didn't I just respond?
00:40:53.62\00:40:55.42
And then you wonder why
I struggled for so long,
00:40:55.45\00:40:57.29
I should have just said yes
to the Holy Spirit right there.
00:40:57.32\00:40:59.05
Yeah, yeah. Well,
it's a hard lesson.
00:40:59.09\00:41:01.12
And hopefully as years go
by, you will do it more quickly.
00:41:01.16\00:41:03.79
Yeah, amen.
00:41:03.83\00:41:05.16
Because the older you get,
the less you won't hassles.
00:41:05.19\00:41:07.36
Yeah.
00:41:07.40\00:41:08.73
Not just the physical
hassles of everyday life,
00:41:08.76\00:41:10.87
but you know just, you
just want to be cleaned up.
00:41:10.90\00:41:15.70
Amen. That's right.
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.07
Amen. Be cleaned up.
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.44
So how to pray
this, Galatians 3:3, pray,
00:41:18.47\00:41:21.31
"Yes, God, we're foolish."
00:41:21.34\00:41:22.94
I think that's how I start this.
00:41:22.98\00:41:24.31
Amen. No, good.
00:41:24.35\00:41:25.68
Holy Father, we do recognize
that we do walk in foolishness,
00:41:25.71\00:41:30.05
and we ask You to
forgive us of that.
00:41:30.09\00:41:31.85
And Father, now we
speak over our lives
00:41:31.89\00:41:34.69
that we know we
began in the spirit,
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.76
because we began by accepting
You as our Lord and our Savior.
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.56
Amen.
00:41:39.59\00:41:40.93
We ask now, oh Father
that you would draw us
00:41:40.96\00:41:44.67
and continue to convict us
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.77
by the power of Your
spirit that we will not,
00:41:46.80\00:41:51.27
as we began in the Spirit,
00:41:51.31\00:41:52.64
now try to perfect our
salvation through the flesh.
00:41:52.67\00:41:54.18
Yes.
00:41:54.21\00:41:55.54
But Holy God, we will
by the power of Your spirit
00:41:55.58\00:41:59.21
continue to grow in your
nurturing your admonition,
00:41:59.25\00:42:02.78
and we thank You
for it in Jesus name.
00:42:02.82\00:42:05.19
Amen. Amen.
00:42:05.22\00:42:06.86
Amen. Amen.
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.26
All right.
00:42:08.29\00:42:09.62
Well, we're back to, Jill.
00:42:09.66\00:42:10.99
You boys are going
to get a chance here...
00:42:11.03\00:42:12.93
All right, Jill, let's...
00:42:12.96\00:42:14.30
We're doing okay.
Oh, one of my favorites.
00:42:14.33\00:42:15.90
Mine too.
00:42:15.93\00:42:17.27
2 Corinthians 12:9,
00:42:17.30\00:42:19.20
and this is in the midst
of Paul's discussion praying,
00:42:19.23\00:42:22.44
asking God to remove
his thorn in the flesh,
00:42:22.47\00:42:25.07
and then God answers
with this, the scripture.
00:42:25.11\00:42:27.84
2 Corinthians 12:9,
this is from an NIV.
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.95
"My grace is sufficient
for you, for my power..."
00:42:30.98\00:42:37.12
King James says strength,
but I like power a better,
00:42:37.15\00:42:39.65
because in the
Greek, that is power.
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.06
It is definitely
power. It is dunamis.
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.76
"For my power, is
made perfect in weakness."
00:42:42.79\00:42:46.86
And you know,
00:42:46.90\00:42:48.53
many times we wake up
and we feel strong in Jesus.
00:42:48.56\00:42:51.53
You know, I've
spent my time with God
00:42:51.57\00:42:53.67
and I'm feeling strong,
but I'm just being honest.
00:42:53.70\00:42:56.14
Some days I wake
up, and I feel weak.
00:42:56.17\00:42:59.31
And I say God, "I
can't even face this day
00:42:59.34\00:43:02.98
or I can't go
apologize like you asked me to
00:43:03.01\00:43:06.65
or I can't do what
you've called me to do today,
00:43:06.68\00:43:10.65
God I'm weak."
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.02
But He says, my
grace is sufficient,
00:43:12.05\00:43:16.96
My power it's made perfect.
00:43:16.99\00:43:18.89
And I think when we
realize we are weak,
00:43:18.93\00:43:22.16
and that's when God
can pour in His power
00:43:22.20\00:43:24.43
and that's when He can
use us most effectively.
00:43:24.47\00:43:28.70
What I really, what catches
my word in the scriptures,
00:43:28.74\00:43:32.87
the word sufficient,
00:43:32.91\00:43:35.34
because I think that
00:43:35.38\00:43:37.65
we all know
what a speed bump is.
00:43:37.68\00:43:40.45
Yes, I've hit them.
00:43:40.48\00:43:41.82
So we go down, and
we hit a speed bump.
00:43:41.85\00:43:45.55
And, boy, that
speed bump can disrupt us.
00:43:45.59\00:43:48.12
Yes, it sure does.
00:43:48.16\00:43:49.49
Call Jesus.
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.49
He hears us.
00:43:51.53\00:43:53.73
"It's all right J.D.,
my grace is sufficient.
00:43:53.76\00:43:57.63
But then there's those days
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.00
where you run
across a Pikes Peak.
00:43:59.03\00:44:02.30
If you don't know
where Pikes Peak is,
00:44:02.34\00:44:03.91
it's one of the
highest peaks areas
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
in Colorad in the United States.
00:44:05.31\00:44:07.54
No longer a speed bump,
Pike's Peak and you say,
00:44:07.58\00:44:11.15
"No way, Lord,"
00:44:11.18\00:44:13.21
but he uses the
same terminology.
00:44:13.25\00:44:14.75
Yes, he does.
It's good. It's good.
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.12
That's all right J.D.
00:44:16.15\00:44:18.19
My grace is sufficient.
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.06
And, oh, we talk about the
God that owns all the cattle.
00:44:21.09\00:44:26.76
Yep.
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.66
Realizes the rising
and the setting of the sun,
00:44:28.70\00:44:31.87
He says,
"Sufficient I can give you..."
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.80
Amen.
00:44:34.84\00:44:36.17
"My grace."
00:44:36.20\00:44:37.54
Amen.
00:44:37.57\00:44:38.91
And you know, if
we think about grace,
00:44:38.94\00:44:40.61
sometimes at least for me,
I used to kind of have this
00:44:40.64\00:44:44.01
ethereal idea of what grace was.
00:44:44.05\00:44:47.02
But if you think it's
God's unmerited favor,
00:44:47.05\00:44:49.68
His unearned, undeserved
gifts that He gives to us.
00:44:49.72\00:44:55.22
What are His
three greatest gifts?
00:44:55.26\00:44:57.43
For God so loved the world,
He gave His only begotten Son,
00:44:57.46\00:45:01.96
but whosoever believed
in Him would not perish
00:45:02.00\00:45:04.47
but have everlasting life.
00:45:04.50\00:45:06.33
So Christ Jesus
is His greatest gift.
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.40
Amen.
00:45:09.44\00:45:10.77
And then you've
already read it, Acts 1:8.
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.97
When he said wait for
the promise from on high,
00:45:13.01\00:45:15.81
the gift of the Holy Spirit
and then the gift of this word.
00:45:15.84\00:45:20.92
Amen.
00:45:20.95\00:45:22.28
This living active word.
00:45:22.32\00:45:24.39
So if you look at those
00:45:24.42\00:45:25.75
as the three
greatest gifts of grace,
00:45:25.79\00:45:29.19
all of a sudden
you've got to understand
00:45:29.22\00:45:32.89
the gifts to
understand the effects of grace.
00:45:32.93\00:45:36.36
And now you can see
that grace is Christ,
00:45:36.40\00:45:39.40
the Holy Spirit and His Word.
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.00
That's why it's
sufficient for us,
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.61
that's how His powers
made perfect in our weakness.
00:45:44.64\00:45:47.41
Amen.
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
Okay, we still have a
couple more to go to, so,
00:45:48.81\00:45:50.41
Jill, pray that one back please.
00:45:50.45\00:45:52.35
Father, we thank You.
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.72
We thank You for Your grace.
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.98
We thank You that
Your grace is sufficient
00:45:56.02\00:45:59.12
in every time of our need.
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.49
When we need it
God, Your grace is there.
00:46:01.52\00:46:03.79
We thank You that Your power
00:46:03.83\00:46:06.80
is made perfect in our weakness.
00:46:06.83\00:46:09.16
And we accept Your power
just now, in Jesus' name.
00:46:09.20\00:46:12.77
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:46:12.80\00:46:14.14
Thank you, Jill,
for praying it that way,
00:46:14.17\00:46:16.07
for saying we accept it,
00:46:16.10\00:46:17.44
because someone at home
needs to hear this right now.
00:46:17.47\00:46:20.28
You may be feeling
weak, you may be feeling like
00:46:20.31\00:46:23.31
"Oh, Lord, this
has been, you know,
00:46:23.35\00:46:25.31
what's wrong with me, Lord?
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.68
How could I blow it
so badly this week?"
00:46:26.72\00:46:29.55
But all you have to do
as Mollie said earlier is
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.55
pray and repent,
He will forgive you.
00:46:32.59\00:46:34.89
And then pray
for the Holy Spirit,
00:46:34.92\00:46:37.63
and open your heart and say,
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.39
Lord, we accept
it, we receive it.
00:46:39.43\00:46:42.30
I received this from you now.
00:46:42.33\00:46:44.43
Amen. Amen.
00:46:44.47\00:46:45.80
J.D., it's your turn.
00:46:45.83\00:46:47.17
One boy, one of the boys...
00:46:47.20\00:46:49.97
We've had fun commenting that...
00:46:50.01\00:46:51.34
Boy, we have.
This is good study.
00:46:51.37\00:46:54.01
I love this.
00:46:54.04\00:46:55.38
I love the scripture because
00:46:55.41\00:46:57.08
I've learned a number of things
about myself whenever I...
00:46:57.11\00:47:01.28
and that's Philippians 4:13.
00:47:01.32\00:47:03.75
We're familiar with for
Philippians 4:13, because,
00:47:03.79\00:47:06.62
you know, I can do
all things through Christ
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.29
who strengthens me.
00:47:08.32\00:47:10.23
We all interpret
00:47:10.26\00:47:11.59
and we all decipher
information differently.
00:47:11.63\00:47:14.26
Now, that's from the King James,
00:47:14.30\00:47:16.20
and the New King James.
00:47:16.23\00:47:17.60
But let me read it to you
00:47:17.63\00:47:18.97
in the
translation of the amplified.
00:47:19.00\00:47:22.74
"I have strength for all things
in Christ who empowers me."
00:47:22.77\00:47:27.71
I am ready for anything,
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.84
I'm equal to
anything through Him
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.01
who infuses His
inner strength into me."
00:47:32.05\00:47:37.12
I can see that because
when I do hit that speed bump,
00:47:37.15\00:47:41.49
when I do see Pike's Peak.
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.39
"Oh, Lord."
00:47:43.43\00:47:47.33
I don't need
that little sugar ant.
00:47:47.36\00:47:49.03
Yeah.
00:47:49.06\00:47:50.40
I need God to represent
here as the elephant, you know.
00:47:50.43\00:47:54.17
And I can hear him say,
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.21
"Okay, my son, I
will empower you."
00:47:57.24\00:48:00.58
Amen.
00:48:00.61\00:48:01.94
That's what we're
talking about here,
00:48:01.98\00:48:03.31
the walking in the
spirit of God's power.
00:48:03.35\00:48:06.35
I will empower you, I
will infuse the inner strength
00:48:06.38\00:48:10.59
that you need at
that particular time,
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.19
so that you can handle
this particular situation.
00:48:13.22\00:48:16.52
So thank you Jesus.
00:48:16.56\00:48:18.39
Yeah, I can't begin to tell you
00:48:18.43\00:48:20.86
how many times I've
been up against something
00:48:20.90\00:48:22.93
or had to do something.
00:48:22.96\00:48:25.33
Like
occasionally Pastor Lomacang
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.50
will ask me to teach at
church, to fill the pulpit.
00:48:27.54\00:48:31.77
And I just, and I feel so
inadequate about doing that,
00:48:31.81\00:48:35.28
and I except, and then
00:48:35.31\00:48:36.98
I just fuss it myself
for weeks before him saying,
00:48:37.01\00:48:41.08
just call him and tell
him no, you know, and I,
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.89
how many times I've had to
say to myself, I can't do this.
00:48:43.92\00:48:48.22
But through Christ,
I can do all things.
00:48:48.26\00:48:50.39
I can do this,
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.06
but it's only through
Christ as He strengthens me.
00:48:52.09\00:48:55.36
I can get through this day,
00:48:55.40\00:48:57.10
no matter what's
coming against me,
00:48:57.13\00:48:59.30
but it's only through
Christ as He strengthens me.
00:48:59.33\00:49:02.60
And so we can go
up against Pikes Peak,
00:49:02.64\00:49:06.74
immeasurable odds
when we realize, boy,
00:49:06.78\00:49:10.58
I can't do it, I can't do it,
00:49:10.61\00:49:12.58
but through Him
as He strengthens me,
00:49:12.61\00:49:15.12
I really can, I
can do all things
00:49:15.15\00:49:17.05
but only as He strengthens me.
00:49:17.09\00:49:19.95
Amen. Amen, Thank You Jesus.
00:49:19.99\00:49:21.32
That's what God wants to do.
00:49:21.36\00:49:22.69
You know, you think,
no matter what we face,
00:49:22.72\00:49:24.06
it could be a
cancer diagnosis, you know,
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.70
it could be a
marriage falling apart.
00:49:26.73\00:49:29.03
It could be, your kids
have walked away from Jesus.
00:49:29.06\00:49:33.10
It could be
something we think is simple,
00:49:33.13\00:49:35.84
but it's very difficult as
00:49:35.87\00:49:37.44
going and asking
forgiveness like Greg shared.
00:49:37.47\00:49:40.21
It could be any number,
or speaking for, you know,
00:49:40.24\00:49:43.04
in front of a crowd if
that's not your natural thing.
00:49:43.08\00:49:45.41
Whatever it is,
we can do all things.
00:49:45.45\00:49:48.22
Only through Him.
Through Christ, as He empowers.
00:49:48.25\00:49:50.99
Yes. Amen.
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.35
You know, lot of times you
may look, I'm sorry, Mollie.
00:49:52.39\00:49:54.09
No, I just said
that's beautiful.
00:49:54.12\00:49:55.46
Okay, because a lot of times
00:49:55.49\00:49:56.83
we may look at something
ahead of us like Pikes Peak,
00:49:56.86\00:49:58.66
you can see that
off in the distance,
00:49:58.69\00:50:00.03
sometimes you could see
an obstacle in the distance,
00:50:00.06\00:50:02.60
and you're like, "Oh
my goodness, let's see,
00:50:02.63\00:50:03.97
I don't have enough
fuel in my gas tank.
00:50:04.00\00:50:05.53
I don't think my gear ratio
00:50:05.57\00:50:06.90
is good enough
to get up this hill.
00:50:06.94\00:50:08.87
I don't even know
if my little bitty,
00:50:08.90\00:50:10.24
little car will even
make it up Pike's Peak."
00:50:10.27\00:50:11.94
But, you know, it's interesting
when you get to that point,
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.41
that's when God
actually can give you the power,
00:50:14.44\00:50:16.14
'cause you can look where
you currently are and say,
00:50:16.18\00:50:17.78
"Oh my, see the last days
are coming up, the final days.
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.15
I don't know that I
can even go through that."
00:50:20.18\00:50:22.42
But as we prepare
ourselves, get fuel in the tank,
00:50:22.45\00:50:24.79
make sure our
little car is ready to go.
00:50:24.82\00:50:26.92
God gives us the
power at that point,
00:50:26.96\00:50:28.42
'cause I've been
backpacking before
00:50:28.46\00:50:29.82
and you look up that mountain
00:50:29.86\00:50:31.19
and you see all
those switchbacks.
00:50:31.23\00:50:32.56
And you're like, "I
don't think I can make it,"
00:50:32.59\00:50:34.20
but step by step pretty soon
00:50:34.23\00:50:36.67
you're at the top of Pikes Peak.
00:50:36.70\00:50:38.13
So I think that's the key.
00:50:38.17\00:50:39.50
I want to just
put a little addendum.
00:50:39.53\00:50:41.27
Please.
00:50:41.30\00:50:42.64
To after I've been
through the weeks of,
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.37
I can't do this only through
You as You strengthen me.
00:50:44.41\00:50:46.98
I don't, and it doesn't
matter like Jill was saying
00:50:47.01\00:50:48.94
what that situation is.
00:50:48.98\00:50:50.68
The times I've walked off
of the platform or whatever,
00:50:50.71\00:50:55.45
and just God was there.
00:50:55.48\00:50:58.59
He empowered me
and strengthened me.
00:50:58.62\00:51:01.12
Amen.
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.49
I'm so glad, I did that,
I'm so glad, I didn't quit,
00:51:02.52\00:51:04.86
I'm so glad I
have relied on Him.
00:51:04.89\00:51:07.36
Because now I
feel victorious in Him,
00:51:07.40\00:51:10.53
because He did strengthen me.
00:51:10.57\00:51:12.20
And that prepares
you for the next battle,
00:51:12.23\00:51:14.24
you know because
we look back and...
00:51:14.27\00:51:15.60
Amen.
00:51:15.64\00:51:16.97
You know this is
biblical, he says,
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.34
let's back and see where
those altars are, and remember.
00:51:18.37\00:51:21.18
Amen.
00:51:21.21\00:51:22.54
Amen. Amen.
00:51:22.58\00:51:24.41
Jill or J.D?
00:51:24.45\00:51:25.78
Oh, J.D., yes.
00:51:25.81\00:51:27.22
Oh, Father, we come to
you in the name of Jesus,
00:51:27.25\00:51:29.32
we just want to thank
You Lord that You are there.
00:51:29.35\00:51:31.52
Amen.
00:51:31.55\00:51:32.89
That You are the rock,
Lord that we can call upon you
00:51:32.92\00:51:35.06
at any time and knowing
00:51:35.09\00:51:36.42
that You have ears
to hear and eyes to see.
00:51:36.46\00:51:38.89
And that You will empower
us to get past the obstacle,
00:51:38.93\00:51:41.43
that perhaps is in our way.
00:51:41.46\00:51:43.60
Father that You will infuse,
You're gonna strengthened us.
00:51:43.63\00:51:45.83
Yes, absolutely.
00:51:45.87\00:51:47.20
So that we can accomplish,
00:51:47.24\00:51:49.20
and fulfill our
destiny on this earth
00:51:49.24\00:51:50.91
according to Your plan, Lord.
00:51:50.94\00:51:53.01
We love You, and
we thank you again.
00:51:53.04\00:51:54.81
Amen.
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.21
Amen. Amen.
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.68
Well, Greg, we got 2
Timothy 3:1-5 for you.
00:51:57.71\00:52:02.98
Okay.
00:52:03.02\00:52:04.35
And this comes from the NIV.
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.55
I like this translation here,
how this text is described.
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.09
So 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
00:52:09.12\00:52:12.39
It says, "There
will be terrible times
00:52:12.43\00:52:14.96
in the last days..."
00:52:15.00\00:52:17.57
Then it goes on
to describe this.
00:52:17.60\00:52:19.07
"People will be
lovers of themselves,
00:52:19.10\00:52:22.07
proud, unholy, unforgiving
without self-control.
00:52:22.10\00:52:27.48
Lovers of pleasure,
rather than lovers of God..."
00:52:27.51\00:52:31.21
Serious.
00:52:31.25\00:52:32.58
Then this last part.
00:52:32.61\00:52:34.12
"Having a form of Godliness,
but denying its power,
00:52:34.15\00:52:39.32
have nothing to do with him."
00:52:39.35\00:52:41.06
Yeah.
00:52:41.09\00:52:42.79
Serious text, obviously
we're in the last days,
00:52:42.82\00:52:45.06
I believe that,
without a shadow of a doubt.
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.43
Yes.
00:52:46.46\00:52:47.80
You know, and when I
pick this text, you know,
00:52:47.83\00:52:50.30
when I was reading it, you
know, you look at yourself.
00:52:50.33\00:52:54.20
You know I don't want
to be a lover of the world
00:52:54.24\00:52:55.60
that's for sure, but you know,
I do find aspects of the world.
00:52:55.64\00:52:59.37
I'm not a perfect
person in my own life.
00:52:59.41\00:53:01.34
You know, so I see
things in there, and I'm like,
00:53:01.38\00:53:02.88
"Dear God, please take
those things from my life,
00:53:02.91\00:53:05.75
because that's
not what I want to be.
00:53:05.78\00:53:07.48
I, you know, there's things
maybe that I are little idols
00:53:07.52\00:53:10.59
sort of
speaking, you enjoy this.
00:53:10.62\00:53:12.45
And I know I shouldn't like,
you know, like, for example,
00:53:12.49\00:53:16.76
it may be nothing
big, but may be just
00:53:16.79\00:53:18.39
how much time I give to God.
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.16
Like you're saying,
you don't want to just stay
00:53:20.20\00:53:21.53
in the milk of the word,
you should be progressing.
00:53:21.56\00:53:23.06
So it's like,
"God, I should give you
00:53:23.10\00:53:24.43
more time than I should."
00:53:24.47\00:53:26.67
You know, things like
that, 'cause I don't want to be,
00:53:26.70\00:53:30.24
I guess a bad influence,
because this last part.
00:53:30.27\00:53:32.37
Having a form of Godliness,
someone can look a certain way,
00:53:32.41\00:53:35.94
like I think in
these wax museums,
00:53:35.98\00:53:37.68
where they have a
look alike of something.
00:53:37.71\00:53:39.05
Oh, that's good.
00:53:39.08\00:53:40.42
Man, it looks
realistic, does it?
00:53:40.45\00:53:41.78
That's good.
00:53:41.82\00:53:43.15
It looks like,
if there was a wax,
00:53:43.18\00:53:44.52
there is
nothing like that of me,
00:53:44.55\00:53:45.89
but there's a wax
with wax image of me,
00:53:45.92\00:53:48.06
would that be the correct term.
00:53:48.09\00:53:49.42
I guess. Yeah.
00:53:49.46\00:53:50.79
But it's not me
and there's no power,
00:53:50.83\00:53:52.39
it can't walk, can't talk.
00:53:52.43\00:53:53.90
So I don't want to
have a form of Godliness,
00:53:53.93\00:53:56.06
but deny the
power, the power is who?
00:53:56.10\00:53:58.40
Jesus. God.
00:53:58.43\00:53:59.77
God's the one
that has the power.
00:53:59.80\00:54:01.14
The Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:54:01.17\00:54:02.50
So we can look at
Christian, but we don't.
00:54:02.54\00:54:05.07
Go to church, every Sabbath.
00:54:05.11\00:54:06.74
You can, you can say
all the right things,
00:54:06.78\00:54:08.74
you can do all the right things,
00:54:08.78\00:54:10.11
like you're saying vegan,
00:54:10.15\00:54:11.48
nothing against vegan, whatever.
00:54:11.51\00:54:12.85
But it doesn't save you,
00:54:12.88\00:54:14.22
it's not the
power that's in you.
00:54:14.25\00:54:15.58
It's Jesus Christ
that's the power in you.
00:54:15.62\00:54:16.95
So it's to me, this text
is a daily passage for me.
00:54:16.99\00:54:20.39
We're in the last days.
00:54:20.42\00:54:21.76
Man, I can be sucked
off into the world easily,
00:54:21.79\00:54:23.29
any of us can be so.
00:54:23.32\00:54:24.66
Yeah. Yeah.
00:54:24.69\00:54:26.43
Anyway that's my prayer.
00:54:26.46\00:54:28.26
Amen.
00:54:28.30\00:54:29.63
So I think the only way to pray
that one back is to pray that,
00:54:29.66\00:54:33.70
we will never deny that power.
00:54:33.74\00:54:36.24
Yes.
00:54:36.27\00:54:37.61
And, you know, it's
interesting that when he says,
00:54:37.64\00:54:40.54
have nothing to do
with these people who are
00:54:40.58\00:54:43.85
so ungrateful,
unholy without loving,
00:54:43.88\00:54:45.91
unforgiving, slanderous, brutal,
00:54:45.95\00:54:47.95
not lovers of the
good, the treacherous.
00:54:47.98\00:54:50.59
I think that we
have to be careful,
00:54:50.62\00:54:53.66
bad company corrupts
good morals the Bible says.
00:54:53.69\00:54:55.59
That's true.
00:54:55.62\00:54:57.03
So we do have to be careful
and pray for those people.
00:54:57.06\00:55:00.00
Absolutely.
00:55:00.03\00:55:01.36
But we shouldn't make them
our constant running companions,
00:55:01.40\00:55:05.27
because we
become what we behold.
00:55:05.30\00:55:07.44
Absolutely.
00:55:07.47\00:55:08.80
So, Greg, you want to pray.
00:55:08.84\00:55:10.17
Sure.
00:55:10.21\00:55:11.54
Father in heaven, we do realize
that we are in the last days.
00:55:11.57\00:55:14.41
And we do want to be
careful with the company,
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.68
and the things of the world
that we spend our time with.
00:55:16.71\00:55:20.95
And Lord, doing, I just pray
that in our own lives though,
00:55:20.98\00:55:23.79
that we would
look in our own lives,
00:55:23.82\00:55:25.85
because it's easy, the
devil is so slick, so subtle,
00:55:25.89\00:55:30.33
that we don't even realize
00:55:30.36\00:55:31.69
that we can being
sucked into the world.
00:55:31.73\00:55:33.13
So, Father, we want to have,
not just look like Christians
00:55:33.16\00:55:36.40
and say the right
things, do the right things.
00:55:36.43\00:55:38.70
We want to
actually have you in us.
00:55:38.73\00:55:41.50
So the things that are coming
out of us are true and right
00:55:41.54\00:55:44.91
and it's the true
power that is in us.
00:55:44.94\00:55:47.44
So, Father, we're thankful
that You are so willing,
00:55:47.48\00:55:50.15
for we just want to accept
that right now, that the power,
00:55:50.18\00:55:52.75
your power in us
can work mighty things,
00:55:52.78\00:55:54.92
and in Jesus name we pray.
00:55:54.95\00:55:56.28
Amen.
00:55:56.32\00:55:57.65
Amen. Amen.
00:55:57.69\00:55:59.02
And I really appreciated your,
00:55:59.05\00:56:01.02
the idea of the wax
model, that's amazing.
00:56:01.06\00:56:02.79
That's really good.
00:56:02.82\00:56:04.16
So let me pray
this affirmation back,
00:56:04.19\00:56:06.13
we spoke at first,
00:56:06.16\00:56:07.50
let me pray it
back to the Lord now.
00:56:07.53\00:56:09.93
Father, we thank you that
we are walking in your power
00:56:09.96\00:56:13.34
and that
everything You require of us,
00:56:13.37\00:56:15.20
Lord, You
empower us to accomplish.
00:56:15.24\00:56:17.47
Thank You that You equip in us.
00:56:17.51\00:56:19.01
Thank You that
You strengthen us,
00:56:19.04\00:56:20.81
and you'll complete this
good work You've begun in us.
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Thank You, Father, that
as we cooperate with You.
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You'll work in us to willing
to do your good pleasure.
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And that You causes to be
all that You've called us to be.
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Father, help us
always to remember that
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we cannot perfect
our walk by the flesh,
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that we need Your power
to overcome our weakness.
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Amen.
00:56:38.93\00:56:40.26
And thank You Father,
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that we started with the spirit,
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help us to always
continue by the spirit.
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Amen.
00:56:44.90\00:56:46.23
And never to deny the
spirit's power in Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.14
Well, I can't
believe how fast this went.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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Thank you for having us.
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And we want to thank
you at home for joining us.
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J.D., you want to
have a closing prayer?
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Yes.
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Father as we come to You again,
we just want to thank You Lord,
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that we can call upon Your name.
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And Father, that
we can be confident
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that you do hear our plea.
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Amen.
00:57:10.46\00:57:11.79
And Father, that you
are there to work in us,
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so that we can be all
that we could be in Your name.
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Again, we love You and
thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
00:57:19.93\00:57:21.27
Amen. Amen.
00:57:21.30\00:57:22.64
Thank you so much.
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And just for
those of you at home,
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remember that the Sabbath
in Exodus 31:13, God says,
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it is a sign that
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He is the one who
is sanctifying us.
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Thank you so much for joining us
00:57:33.25\00:57:34.88
and we'll see you
again hopefully next time.
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God bless. Amen.
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God bless.
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