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, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn.
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And we welcome you
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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Amen.
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It's Sabbath,
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and we have family
members around the table,
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and we're so glad
the rest of our family,
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you are joining us.
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We have Don and Janelle.
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Don and I work together daily
and it's certainly a pleasure,
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Janelle is so
talented, bless her heart.
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She's a busy,
busy girl in graphics.
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Is that graphics design?
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In the publishing department.
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Publishing department, okay.
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Graphic design is what I do,
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but it's in the
publishing department.
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Yeah, you're right.
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And then we have my good friend,
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Eric, Eric Durant.
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Eric is one of
these smart guys...
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I try to be. He's an engineer.
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I try to be. And a pilot.
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And you name it...
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Very happy to be here.
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It's always a
blessing to be with you guys.
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Amen. You know what?
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It's just a blessing
on Sabbath to sit back.
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I don't know about y'all,
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but we've had a
crazy week, busy week.
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Busy, busy week.
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And so, on Sabbath we sit back
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and it's just like
as the Sabbath rules in,
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we can just exhale and relax.
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Amen. Amen.
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Honey, you wanna
start us with prayer?
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Let's do have prayer.
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Father as we come
together on this Sabbath.
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We thank you, Lord.
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Thank You for being in
our hearts and our minds.
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Father, we
dedicate this time to you.
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And we just ask, Lord,
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that through the
aid of the Holy Spirit,
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that what comes out of our mouth
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will fill hearts.
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We love You.
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We thank You, Lord, give
You all praise and glory.
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You are so worthy.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Tonight, we are going to
focus on a single scripture
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that we're going to
unpack with other scripture.
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And if you have your Bibles,
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you might want to
turn to 2 Timothy 1:7
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and excuse my squeaky voice.
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But I have to tell
you the honest truth
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why we're doing this.
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I was having a
day, the other day,
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I was in a lot of pain,
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feeling almost sorry for
myself and unmotivated almost.
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Have you ever
gotten to the point
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where you almost feel
spiritually paralyzed?
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It's like, I knew I
should pick up the Bible
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and read and pray.
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And I knew that
would make things better
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and I couldn't quite get to it.
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JD looked over
at me and he said,
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"Honey, what's going on?"
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And I said, "I'm
having a rough day."
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He said, "Well, you're smiling."
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And I said,
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"I'm smiling on the outside,
but I'm screaming on the in."
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And I told him,
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"I know I ought to
be in the Word of God
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for my own benefit and
to talk with the Lord."
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He said, "Well,
honey, let's read together."
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We did. And that helped so much.
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So when it came
time to do this program,
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we just found out about it.
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I needed to hear this message.
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2 Timothy 1:7, and it says...
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Janelle, why don't
you read that for us?
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Sure.
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2 Timothy 1:7,
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"For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear,
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but of power and of
love and of a sound mind."
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A spirit of power,
love, and sound mind.
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Amen.
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You know, when you
think about it, fear,
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that means to be
timid or cowardly.
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And I guarantee you,
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fear is being mass
marketed, is it not?
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It is the driving
force in today's society.
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You turn on the evening news
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and sometimes by the time
you finish watching the news,
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you're like,
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don't you ever have to
just take a deep breath?
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That's right.
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Fear causes confusion.
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It causes irrational thinking.
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Fear causes stress,
which is harmful on our body,
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misunderstanding
and speculations
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and Christians don't need
to face that kind of fear.
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Amen.
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Because God exchanges His power
for our weakness, doesn't He?
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Eric, why don't you
read Ephesians 6:10?
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Ephesians 6:10,
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"Be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of His might."
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I'll tell you,
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fear also brings about paranoia.
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I've seen a lot of paranoia.
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Amen. Yeah.
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So this verse, be
strong in the Lord
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and in the power of His might,
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that will fight paranoia.
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It will fight
all of those things
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that the devil
wants to bring upon us,
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to distract us
from who we should be,
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who we should worship.
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I believe another
thing that fear causes is
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the need to control things.
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You know, like it drives us
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to want to
control our environments
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and even the people
around us and all that,
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you know, do you see
that so much in our world
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where people
want to control things
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because they fear
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because they feel like
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they have to be
the one in control
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because maybe they,
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it gives them
some sense of security.
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I think that you said,
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so I'll try to
kind of touched on
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in the media they're using
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this is what fear does,
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it plays on our
emotions and our feelings.
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So, you know, if people have
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had some type of
traumatic event in their life,
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it kind of just triggers
that, right again, boom,
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you're kind of going
down that spiral again,
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it brings a trigger.
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Yeah.
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And so, so there are
some fearful things going on.
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The battle is real, isn't it?
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Most certainly it's real.
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And I'm learning that more
all the time that that he is...
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That the enemy is
looking for weakness
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and it just so happens
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because of his professionalism
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and because of his
time on this earth,
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he knows, and he's got a running
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resume on each one of us.
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That's right. Right.
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And so it's, it's
the good news is though,
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the good news is that
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when you think of power,
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what do you normally think of?
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Something that just like that.
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I think of dynamite...
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Or lightning bolt. Amen.
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Think of Dynamite. That's right.
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And whenever you're
talking about power here,
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what's that word in the Greek?
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Dunamis.
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Dunamis, first time I heard
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Shelley give a
sermon on dunamis.
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I thought what in
the world is this going?
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But I'll never forget dunamis
because it's close to dynamite.
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Right.
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So, you know, I can
connect those two together.
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And, but that's,
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that's who the
enemy is going against.
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He who has dynamite power.
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He who created all... Yes.
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You know, so
anyway... I remember...
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The enemy is indeed real.
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I remember when I
was reading about David
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and how all of Israel
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was afraid of
Goliath, the Philistine,
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but David wasn't afraid.
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He trusted in the Lord... Amen.
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And he stood up in
front of Goliath and said,
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you might be a big guy,
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but you're not
bigger than my God.
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Amen. Amen.
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So fear is, I've always
looked at it when I get afraid,
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it's a lack of faith.
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We should trust in the Lord
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that He's gonna
carry us through.
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And that always worked
for me to eliminate that fear.
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I have an acronym for fear,
false evidence appearing real.
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That's right. Yeah.
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And that's kind of what goes on,
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but you know, we all
get to that point sometimes
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where we don't feel like
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we're filled with
power and motivated
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because we've just experienced
the death of JD's brother,
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somebody we were very close to.
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I spent most Sabbath.
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I was counseling
with our loved ones
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who are grieving.
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I'm grieving too.
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But there's times that
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just our circumstances
suppress or even oppress us.
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But what is this dynamite
power that we're talking about?
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JD, you wanna
read Ephesians 3:16-21.
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Amen. Amen.
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That He, that's
God, that's Jesus.
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"That he would grant you
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according to the
riches of His glory
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to be strengthened with
might, with that dunamis might,
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through His Spirit,
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through the Holy
Spirit in the inner man
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that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith
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that you being
rooted and grounded in love
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may be able to
comprehend with all the saints,
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what it is, what is the width
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and the length and
the depth and the height
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to know the love of Christ
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which passes knowledge
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that you may be filled
with all the fullness of God.
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Now to Him, Jesus,
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who is able to do
exceedingly abundantly
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above all that we ask or think,
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according to the
power that works in us,
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to Him be the glory
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in the church by Christ
Jesus to all generations,
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forever and ever.
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Amen."
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Amen.
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So where is that dynamite power?
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How do we get
the dynamite power?
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Where is it?
Through the Holy Spirit.
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It's through the Holy
Spirit on the inside of us.
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That's what Jesus promised
His disciples, didn't He?
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He said,
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"Wait in Jerusalem
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till you receive
the power from on high."
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But what is this power?
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What does it do for us?
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One thing that it does,
it provides spiritual energy.
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Amen!
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Again, when you read John 16,
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another thing is that you
hear a victorious over sin.
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That's the big... I love that.
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Power to be victorious over sin?
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Hallelujah, what else?
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I think it
enables the Holy Spirit
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to do His work through us.
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Amen.
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Sometimes, right?
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Sometimes we get in the
way, we need that power.
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Amen. That helps us to witness.
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It helps us if,
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if you are blessed to
be able to deliver a sermon
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or, I mean, it's just amazing
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how it is to be
behind the podium.
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And you started sharing
and the Holy Spirit comes in
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and takes over.
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I mean, it's just
a high of its own,
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nothing better.
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And I think in
order to be filled
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with the Holy Spirit,
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we have to be emptied of self,
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because like we were
talking about earlier,
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before the program,
Eric and I were talking
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and about how,
sometimes we can get in the way,
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if we're so full of ourselves,
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that nothing
else is gonna come in,
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you know, Holy Spirit
doesn't have any room to move
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and He can't do what
He needs to do through us.
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Amen.
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When we have...
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When He says, He gives
us the spirit of power.
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When you think about it,
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power to bear up
under your trials,
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God will never
leave you or forsake you.
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He will carry you through.
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But what does
Romans 8:9 say, Eric?
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Romans.
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Romans 8:9,
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"But you are not in the
flesh but in the spirit,
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if indeed the Spirit
of God dwells in you.
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Now, if anyone does not
have the Spirit of Christ,
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he is not His."
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So if a Christian,
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someone who calls
themselves a Christian
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does not recognize
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how important the Holy
Spirit is in their life.
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To me, that's it
right there. That's right.
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That if the Holy
Spirit is not dwelling in you,
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you're not Christ. That's right.
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So one thing we always do is
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we pray in the morning.
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That's the first thing.
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My eyes open, that's
the first thing I'm praying,
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is, Lord, fill me
afresh with Holy Spirit.
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Why do you think Jesus told
us to ask, to seek, to knock,
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and in the Greek
that's asking, keep on asking,
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seeking, keep on seeking,
knock and keep on knocking.
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And He says,
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how much more will
the heavenly Father
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give the Holy Spirit to those
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who keep asking and
seeking and knocking?
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Why do you think
it's important daily
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to ask for the Holy Spirit?
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I think we have to
remind ourselves daily
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that the Holy
Spirit is available to us
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and we have to request
that it stays available to us
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and that it works
within us, otherwise we forget.
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We begin thinking that
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the things that
happened today and yesterday
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and the day
before was our great work
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and it wasn't.
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Right. Amen.
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Every day has its
own set of challenges
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and only God knows what
we're gonna face that day
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and to be filled
with His Holy Spirit
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and to ask for that,
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it gives us that that
refreshing that we need,
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because we don't
know what lies ahead.
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And we need to be ready
in season, out of season.
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But, you know, I
was thinking about how,
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if we memorize scripture
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and we get that in
our minds, in our hearts,
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that it's gonna come
back when we need it.
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And the Holy Spirit
can do double the work.
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If when His Word is in us,
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it's just like
double, double duty.
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He brings to our remembrance.
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So that means
we've had been exposed to
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at some point of time.
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You know, what I
was thinking about is
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sometimes the best
that we can do is rent,
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but there's nothing
like having your own place
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which is permanent.
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Amen.
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So I would like
to think that daily,
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I come to the Holy Spirit
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and thank you for being in me.
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So now there's a permanence
that's in my heart, my mind.
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And as each day goes by
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and you're filled
with that love, joy, peace.
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You know, these are His
gifts that He puts in us.
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Well, it's who you become.
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And those are
those habits that...
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The enemy certainly
is out there to seek
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who he can desire or devour.
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Remember that he's
got that resume of us,
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so he knows we are weak.
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That's right.
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And so, boy, you
know, to me, it's just,
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I have a friend of mine says,
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well, I shouldn't say
this, but I am anyway.
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Yeah.
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Well, I'm not going to say it.
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Okay. You're being a good boy.
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I'm gonna be a good boy. Okay.
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I think Matthew 6:33
really touches my mind
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because it says,
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness,
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and all things
shall be added unto you."
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So the Holy Spirit
will give you wisdom.
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Just a quick story.
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I had a young lady that
wanted help shovel her driveway,
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and I really
didn't want to do it.
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I didn't feel like I should.
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I just kind of
waiver in my thinking,
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you know, so why
don't you go there
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and do it?
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And if I had not have done that,
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I would not have seen how
God would have blessed her.
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I'm actually on the door
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where she told me
her dogs got loose
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and they couldn't find them.
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So I began praying with her.
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As I was praying
that's what happened.
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The dog shows up.
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And here I am wavering
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and think, well,
maybe I shouldn't do this,
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but the Lord says, no, go do it.
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And in that, He
added unto a blessing.
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If I wouldn't have done that,
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I've never been
blessed by blessing her.
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It was just
incredible. That's right.
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But I think as you were adding
to the story, her husband,
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he was out been looking
for the dog all this time
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and he couldn't find it.
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And then here,
just out of nowhere,
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have the prayer
and here's the puppy.
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I mean, they'll
never forget that.
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Yeah. It's God.
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I was just gonna say,
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would you agree
that we're leaky vessels?
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Yes.
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And we can
grieve the Holy Spirit.
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The Bible says we can
resist the Holy Spirit.
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Absolutely. Guess what?
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We can even
quench the Holy Spirit.
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That's right.
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But I think, Eric, you touched
on the most important thing.
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The reason Jesus told us
to ask and keep on asking
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is so that we
recognize our dependence on God
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and that we do.
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You know, there are times
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I start off,
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I pray to be filled
with the Holy Spirit.
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And I'm so aware
of God's leading.
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Sometimes I get so busy
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and when I finish,
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I think, Lord,
did I let you lead?
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And then I think,
yeah, You were leading.
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But I think He
wants us to recognize that
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so that we know,
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and we can trust
Him and depend on Him.
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And that He...
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That Holy Spirit
when He is working in us,
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He will help us
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bear up under
persecution, under pain,
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under all
circumstances and trials.
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So He's the spirit of power,
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but what do you think He
means by the spirit of love?
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How does God
fill us with His love?
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Through the aid
of the Holy Spirit.
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Well.
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And what
scripture tells us that?
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You got that in Romans 5:5. Yep.
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You want to read it?
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Yeah, that's a
great scripture, you know.
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I'd like to actually
start in verse 3 if I can.
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A lot of people says on verse 3,
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"And not only so, but
we glory in tribulations."
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And I think
about how many people
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really wanna go through a trial,
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like you're
going through a trial
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and you're like, you know,
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I don't wanna
go through a trial,
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but I like that word
and that is patience,
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work with patience
and you study the word.
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I love this in the Greek,
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which I learned
it's actually means
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He's working on our character.
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So in his
character and experience
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and then of course,
experience leads to hope.
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Verse 5 that we're looking at,
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"And hope make it not ashamed
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because the love of God
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is shed abroad
in our hearts by,"
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I don't know
what that says there?
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What's does that say?
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"Oh, the Holy Ghost,
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which is given unto
you or given on to us."
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So yeah, it looks like
your question, how does,
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He fill us with His love
is through the Holy Spirit.
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And, you know, when
you think about this,
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I just love this.
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The Bible tells us
in 1 John 4:8 and 4:16,
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God is love.
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Well, the Holy Spirit
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then being God
is a spirit of love.
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That's right.
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And when He is in our heart,
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somebody asked me,
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how do you know
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if you're filled
with the Holy Spirit?
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Well, I think the number one
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evidence,
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it's not gifts and
signs and things you can do.
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It's love. Right.
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I think that...
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JD why don't you
read Mark 12:29-31?
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What did Jesus say
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is the most important
commandments for you and I?
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Well, it starts in verse 29,
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"Jesus answered him,
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'The first of all
the commandments is:
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'Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God,
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the Lord is one.
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And you shall
love the Lord your God
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with all your
heart, with all your soul,
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and with all your mind,
and all your strength.'"
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So in other words, totally.
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"This is the first commandment.
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The second is:
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'You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.'
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And there is no
other commandment
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greater than these.'"
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And, of course, the
focal point there is love,
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He's implanting that love in us
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of which means that we care that
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we want to do for others,
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it just comes natural, you know.
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That's right.
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At least the first time,
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it may be a
little bit difficult,
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but as you get into
it, the dog show up.
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Love is practiced
by self-sacrifice.
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That's right.
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Right? That's right.
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Jesus had self-sacrificing love.
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When His love is in us, how...
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Let me ask you, do you
feel without the Holy Spirit
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that you could
love the Lord, your God,
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with all your heart,
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with all your
strength, with all your might?
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No.
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It's possible
without Him, isn't it?
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Absolutely.
Absolutely. And the Trinity.
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How do you...
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What do you think about,
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could we love our
neighbor as ourselves
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without that divine love?
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Absolutely not.
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So, you know, I was, actually
one of our family members
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was at a sermon I was doing.
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And when I said I can't do this.
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And she was like,
"Oh, how awful to say?"
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And I said, "I can't do
it without the Holy Spirit."
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We just can't. Yeah. Yeah.
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I know.
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There's a scripture that
says you can have everything.
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You can have all knowledge.
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You can have, it goes
through a list of things.
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You can have everything.
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And if you don't have
love, you have nothing.
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Right. Amen.
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And I always remember that
because I know a lot of people
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who they don't have much,
they don't have much money.
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You know, they may not be
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the best-looking
person in the world.
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They may not have children.
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They may be in a
really tough situation,
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but they're the most
loving people in the world.
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And it attracts you to them.
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You know,
they're beautiful people.
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So you don't need everything.
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What you need is love.
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And that's the
thing we need to remember.
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Amen.
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When you said
that it attracts you.
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I was thinking,
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God woos us with His
love the way we woo others
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as we reflect that.
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That's right.
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How do we show our love for God?
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By being obedient, by
keeping His commandments.
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I always remember,
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I have it pops up on my computer
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every once in a while.
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Auto pop-up,
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obedience is the
highest form of worship.
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Amen.
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And so it's not necessarily
about bowing down to Him,
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even though that's a good thing.
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But if you bow down to
Him and you're not obedient,
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that bowing down means nothing.
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Absolute.
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I think it's a
reflection to you like...
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You were gonna say
something? No, go ahead.
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I think for me,
it's reflecting His love
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and the way that
we reflect that is
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in our families
and our neighborhoods,
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in our workplaces.
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And to me,
that's how we show Him
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love is by reflecting
it and what He gives us.
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I think too.
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And you talked
about this commandment
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and this one
always sticks out to me,
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the second commandment says,
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"Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself."
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How many people can honestly say
00:22:37.49\00:22:38.82
they love themselves?
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I mean, we all
struggle with something else,
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but I mean really
in order to give love,
00:22:42.32\00:22:45.03
you have to have love.
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And I mean, you have
to have love for others,
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but also for your own self.
00:22:47.80\00:22:49.13
Well, I think too,
like with how do we...
00:22:49.16\00:22:51.57
Like, how would you
like explain loving ourselves
00:22:51.60\00:22:54.94
the way God loves us versus
00:22:54.97\00:22:56.44
how the world says we
should love ourselves.
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There's a difference
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I think in that
kind of love to you
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.38
and not being
arrogant or prideful
00:23:02.41\00:23:05.91
and that type of
love for ourselves, but...
00:23:05.95\00:23:09.25
Not a self-centered love.
00:23:09.28\00:23:10.62
Right, valuing who we are in
00:23:10.65\00:23:13.69
and because of
what He did for us
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and who we are in Him
00:23:16.06\00:23:17.76
and not because of,
00:23:17.79\00:23:19.13
you know, I'm just all
that, you know, type of thing.
00:23:19.16\00:23:22.20
It's a totally
different kind of love.
00:23:22.23\00:23:25.23
I also think when
you have the Holy Spirit,
00:23:25.27\00:23:27.77
it's easy to love
your family members.
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So when you grew
up with your mother,
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it's a lot harder
to love the stranger
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that you've never met.
00:23:35.31\00:23:36.78
Person that's not nice to you.
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It seems harder
to love your enemy.
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Right. You know?
00:23:39.75\00:23:41.08
So the Holy Spirit
gives you the ability
00:23:41.12\00:23:42.58
not only to love
your family members,
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but to love the
stranger that needs your help,
00:23:44.09\00:23:46.39
to love the
enemy that hates you.
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That's where the Holy Spirit
really comes into my life.
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It gives me that
capacity to go beyond
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.89
the immediate people around me.
00:23:52.93\00:23:54.60
I love a lot of people
that may not like me very much,
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but I love them
because I know God loves them.
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Amen.
00:24:02.14\00:24:03.47
And the Holy
Spirit gives you that,
00:24:03.51\00:24:04.84
in your heart.
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.21
Amen.
00:24:06.24\00:24:07.58
What came to my mind
as you were talking, Eric,
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was the story of Joyce Swift
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.85
and that how her
children were all killed.
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And then she
forgave the son or not,
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well, he was a neighbor,
00:24:20.26\00:24:21.82
a friend, I think it was,
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.46
but just the love that
00:24:23.49\00:24:24.99
she couldn't
master up on her own,
00:24:25.03\00:24:28.20
there was no way.
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I mean, how could
anybody forgive someone
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that did that to their family?
00:24:32.67\00:24:34.30
And it just made me think of,
00:24:34.34\00:24:35.94
you know, that
love and forgiveness
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.34
that He puts in our hearts
00:24:37.37\00:24:38.71
when some tragic
things like that happen,
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that we would never
be able to do on our own.
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That's right.
00:24:43.95\00:24:45.28
And it could be as simple
as caring for your neighbor,
00:24:45.31\00:24:47.32
being there to do
something nice for them.
00:24:47.35\00:24:51.45
We got two of the
greatest neighbors in the world.
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I mean, they come
over, they mow our yard.
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They'll help us. Right? Amen.
00:24:55.02\00:24:56.99
In fact, during
this big snowstorm
00:24:57.03\00:24:59.53
that we've just had,
00:24:59.56\00:25:00.93
he's got his tractor
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and front end
loader out there, you know,
00:25:02.33\00:25:03.67
and he's just all the neighbors.
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.40
And when he first
started and everything,
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.84
didn't have any gloves
on, but now he's tough.
00:25:07.87\00:25:11.31
But I mean, still.
00:25:11.34\00:25:13.81
It was wind
chills minus 16. Yeah.
00:25:13.84\00:25:17.15
He's out there and
clearing all that for us
00:25:17.18\00:25:18.98
and that's special.
00:25:19.01\00:25:20.35
Can I tell a quick
story? Oh, absolutely.
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So this morning I came in
00:25:22.52\00:25:24.62
and someone had a
broken zipper on their coat.
00:25:24.65\00:25:28.49
And this person
was using a paperclip
00:25:28.52\00:25:31.33
hooked through as the zipper.
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.56
And she came to me and she said,
00:25:33.60\00:25:35.06
can you help me fix my zipper?
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.97
So I took the
paperclip out and I helped her.
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.14
And we put the
right thing back in there
00:25:40.17\00:25:41.84
and got it super working.
00:25:41.87\00:25:43.54
And she thanked me.
And I thought, great.
00:25:43.57\00:25:46.14
So then I printed
this up right here
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and I needed a paper clip.
00:25:48.48\00:25:50.05
And I start looking
around, I need a paperclip.
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And the paperclip was the one
I just took out of the zipper
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and I put it in there.
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Praise the Lord.
That's His grace.
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So when you help people,
God blesses you in return.
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Amen.
00:26:01.32\00:26:02.66
And that was my
lesson from that.
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Would you agree
with this statement?
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I believe well, yeah.
00:26:08.00\00:26:11.70
I believe
00:26:11.73\00:26:13.07
nothing inspires
courage more than love.
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Amen.
00:26:16.97\00:26:18.31
Would you agree with
that? Yeah. Absolutely.
00:26:18.34\00:26:19.94
Where do we see
examples of that?
00:26:19.97\00:26:22.74
Desmond Doss.
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Desmond Doss is
a perfect example.
00:26:24.85\00:26:27.65
He had the capacity
to love the soldiers
00:26:27.68\00:26:30.52
that number
one, didn't like him.
00:26:30.55\00:26:32.59
Perks persecuted
him. Perks persecuted him.
00:26:32.62\00:26:35.32
And if you don't
know who Desmond Doss is.
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Tell us who he was,
00:26:37.23\00:26:38.56
'cause some people may not know.
00:26:38.59\00:26:39.93
He was a conscientious objector.
00:26:39.96\00:26:43.30
He didn't want to carry a weapon
00:26:43.33\00:26:45.10
during World War II.
00:26:45.13\00:26:46.84
So they gave him a
very difficult time,
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.94
even threatened him to throw,
throw him out of the military.
00:26:48.97\00:26:52.11
But he actually volunteered.
00:26:52.14\00:26:53.88
He was a Seventh-day
Adventist who became a medic.
00:26:53.91\00:26:56.78
That's right.
00:26:56.81\00:26:58.15
He became a medic because
he didn't want to carry a gun.
00:26:58.18\00:27:00.78
And it turned out that
00:27:00.82\00:27:02.52
the platoon that he served with,
00:27:02.55\00:27:04.79
they got the
most difficult mission
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.59
during this...
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.49
On this Island.
00:27:09.52\00:27:10.86
And they were
losing lots of people
00:27:10.89\00:27:12.46
and Desmond Doss
would go out repeatedly
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.93
and bring back the injury.
00:27:14.96\00:27:16.80
Over a hundred men
that he brought back.
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.90
Under heavy fire.
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.37
I think for 12 hours straight...
00:27:20.40\00:27:21.74
Yeah. And he did it out of love.
00:27:21.77\00:27:24.31
Most of the men,
he didn't even know
00:27:24.34\00:27:26.14
he went out and he
brought them back under fire.
00:27:26.17\00:27:28.58
Even those who had
given him such a hard time,
00:27:28.61\00:27:31.68
'cause he wouldn't work
on the Sabbath and whatever,
00:27:31.71\00:27:33.98
it was beautiful,
but, you see that.
00:27:34.02\00:27:37.72
So love of country,
love of your spouse.
00:27:37.75\00:27:41.79
Love, I mean...
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.43
When people love
something or someone
00:27:43.46\00:27:48.06
and they're in danger,
00:27:48.10\00:27:49.50
boy, love can inspire courage.
00:27:49.53\00:27:53.34
And I think that
00:27:53.37\00:27:54.70
that's why when God gives us
00:27:54.74\00:27:56.07
the spirit of power and of love,
00:27:56.10\00:28:00.11
I think that's
what He wants us to be
00:28:00.14\00:28:03.14
is courageous.
00:28:03.18\00:28:05.21
I think He wants us to...
00:28:05.25\00:28:08.38
I remember seeing
00:28:08.42\00:28:09.75
a woman raise a car.
00:28:09.78\00:28:15.69
Because her son
was under the wheel
00:28:15.72\00:28:18.79
and she was
probably five foot six,
00:28:18.83\00:28:21.63
probably 115 pounds.
00:28:21.66\00:28:24.53
And she picked that car up
00:28:24.57\00:28:26.80
and it was like,
you got to be kidding.
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.50
That's right.
00:28:29.54\00:28:30.87
That's funny that
you mentioned that
00:28:30.91\00:28:32.24
'cause that's
what came to my mind
00:28:32.27\00:28:33.61
when you're
talking about courage
00:28:33.64\00:28:34.98
and how I believe that,
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.34
you know, God
built that into us to,
00:28:36.38\00:28:37.71
you know, the
chemicals in our body.
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.08
And you talk about like
what that happened there,
00:28:39.11\00:28:40.78
there's that adrenaline.
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.45
And He gave us that
chemical in our bodies
00:28:42.48\00:28:44.82
that would kick in
at that moment too.
00:28:44.85\00:28:47.56
It's just amazing
how He built our bodies
00:28:47.59\00:28:49.79
to do that kind of stuff.
00:28:49.82\00:28:51.16
Of course, I'm
sure there's angels
00:28:51.19\00:28:52.53
that help in some cases too,
00:28:52.56\00:28:54.93
but it's just
amazing to think about,
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.97
you know, these little people
00:28:57.00\00:28:59.20
that did these
amazing things at that moment
00:28:59.23\00:29:02.17
when there's
something, you know,
00:29:02.20\00:29:04.34
either heavy or not
just a heavy object,
00:29:04.37\00:29:07.54
but just heavy, you know,
a heavy situation in general.
00:29:07.58\00:29:11.88
And you know the
things that He put in us
00:29:11.91\00:29:14.58
to be able to cope with stress
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.12
and those hard things like that.
00:29:16.15\00:29:18.05
It's just amazing.
00:29:18.09\00:29:19.42
And you know how the
angels minister to us
00:29:19.45\00:29:21.02
through that
and the Holy Spirit,
00:29:21.06\00:29:23.63
and He helps us get
through those moments.
00:29:23.66\00:29:25.73
And you can look at that person
00:29:25.76\00:29:28.50
and see they're
physically not capable
00:29:28.53\00:29:30.30
of doing what just happened.
00:29:30.33\00:29:31.87
Yeah. But God did it.
00:29:31.90\00:29:34.24
That's why I
have such a hard time
00:29:34.27\00:29:36.54
understanding why
anyone would not love Jesus
00:29:36.57\00:29:40.01
if they knew
what He did for them.
00:29:40.04\00:29:41.44
Right.
00:29:41.48\00:29:42.81
'Cause He did it out of
love. He went to the cross.
00:29:42.84\00:29:44.18
So how could you
not love a God...
00:29:44.21\00:29:45.71
I realized
there's lots of religions
00:29:45.75\00:29:47.32
and lots of faith,
00:29:47.35\00:29:48.68
but how could you not love a God
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.12
who came down and
suffered and died for you?
00:29:50.15\00:29:52.05
You know, even the scripture,
00:29:52.09\00:29:53.59
why don't we turn
there in 1 John Chapter 1
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.03
or excuse me, 1 John Chapter 4
00:29:57.06\00:30:00.60
And, Eric, why
don't you go ahead
00:30:00.63\00:30:02.36
and read 17 through 19
00:30:02.40\00:30:04.27
because what you're
touching on is the idea
00:30:04.30\00:30:08.24
when the Holy Spirit is in us.
00:30:08.27\00:30:10.61
And as you read
in Ephesians 3:16-21,
00:30:10.64\00:30:14.81
we begin to understand
00:30:14.84\00:30:17.45
the height, the
width, the length,
00:30:17.48\00:30:19.45
the depth of the
love of God for us.
00:30:19.48\00:30:23.12
And the Bible says
00:30:23.15\00:30:24.65
we love Him
because He first loved us.
00:30:24.69\00:30:28.02
1 John 4, let's look
at verses 17 through 19.
00:30:28.06\00:30:33.16
"Love has been
perfected among us in this:
00:30:33.19\00:30:37.57
that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment,
00:30:37.60\00:30:40.84
because as He is, so
are we in this world.
00:30:40.87\00:30:44.91
There is no fear in love,
00:30:44.94\00:30:46.78
but perfect love casts out fear,
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.58
because fear involves torment.
00:30:49.61\00:30:52.11
But he who fears
00:30:52.15\00:30:53.75
has not been
made perfect in love.
00:30:53.78\00:30:56.45
We love Him
because He first loved us."
00:30:56.48\00:30:59.59
Hallelu.
00:30:59.62\00:31:00.96
You know, that,
isn't that perfect.
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.59
That's a perfect segue
into what does he mean by self,
00:31:02.62\00:31:07.86
by a sound mind,
00:31:07.90\00:31:09.63
there is no fear in love
00:31:09.66\00:31:13.74
because perfect
love casts out fear.
00:31:13.77\00:31:17.11
So what does Paul mean
00:31:17.14\00:31:19.51
when he says
spirit of power of love
00:31:19.54\00:31:23.48
and sound mind?
00:31:23.51\00:31:24.85
What does the
scripture mean by sound mind?
00:31:24.88\00:31:29.18
I think that
probably being disciplined.
00:31:29.22\00:31:32.29
Yeah. Spiritually disciplined.
00:31:32.32\00:31:33.79
Right.
00:31:33.82\00:31:35.16
Self-control. Absolutely.
00:31:35.19\00:31:36.83
Fruits of the spirit.
00:31:36.86\00:31:39.36
And having the
ability to adequate,
00:31:39.39\00:31:41.46
reason something out...
00:31:41.50\00:31:42.83
Absolutely.
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.20
And, you know that,
which you feed that's what's...
00:31:44.23\00:31:47.17
That's where your
reaction's going to come from.
00:31:47.20\00:31:51.34
I like, what, what's his name?
00:31:51.37\00:31:52.77
Who was it that said that
I'm having your lower passions
00:31:52.81\00:31:55.61
and subjecting to
your higher powers.
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.01
You're going to
have your lower passions
00:31:58.05\00:31:59.41
'cause, you know, the feelings
and emotions will take over.
00:31:59.45\00:32:01.38
That's what we
see in the world today
00:32:01.42\00:32:02.78
is everybody's,
00:32:02.82\00:32:04.15
you know, these feelings
and emotions are taking over,
00:32:04.19\00:32:05.59
but it's really keeping
that mind, reasoning mind
00:32:05.62\00:32:07.72
is Romans 12:2 talks about,
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.82
I think we're going to
talk about a little bit later.
00:32:09.86\00:32:11.19
Absolutely.
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.56
You know, I just
want to point out
00:32:12.59\00:32:13.93
in the Greek the word is,
00:32:13.96\00:32:15.30
so from the source
00:32:15.33\00:32:16.80
and it's, it is
to be disciplined.
00:32:16.83\00:32:21.00
It is to have self-control.
00:32:21.04\00:32:24.71
And I think when
we are not motivated,
00:32:24.74\00:32:30.58
this is why I needed
this scripture the other day
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.61
when I was so unmotivated,
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.92
because I was letting
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.28
the weight of my
circumstances get down on me.
00:32:36.32\00:32:39.49
It was like, Lord, I
need You to motivate me.
00:32:39.52\00:32:45.39
And He brought
this scripture to mind.
00:32:45.43\00:32:46.96
Wow!
00:32:47.00\00:32:48.33
That's why we're
having this Bible study.
00:32:48.36\00:32:50.33
But a sound mind,
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.53
our mind can only be in balance,
00:32:52.57\00:32:56.40
be disciplined
and self-controlled,
00:32:56.44\00:32:59.04
if we're under
the right influence.
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.98
Right.
00:33:02.01\00:33:03.35
As you said the word influence
what came to my mind was
00:33:03.38\00:33:06.25
the influence of music,
00:33:06.28\00:33:08.68
influences of friends, of family
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.89
and how all of these
things can contribute, yeah,
00:33:11.92\00:33:15.59
and be distractions.
00:33:15.62\00:33:17.43
And can make our
minds scattered or not,
00:33:17.46\00:33:23.73
you know, and not in
line with the Holy Spirit.
00:33:23.77\00:33:26.23
And to me, you know,
00:33:26.27\00:33:29.27
if I have too
many things going on,
00:33:29.30\00:33:31.47
I can't focus.
00:33:31.51\00:33:32.91
And what we're talking about,
00:33:32.94\00:33:34.71
you know, also
about being balanced
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.81
and to be able to
focus on one thing at a time
00:33:36.85\00:33:39.85
and do it well,
00:33:39.88\00:33:41.42
instead of having 50
things going on at once,
00:33:41.45\00:33:45.99
I believe that, you
know... Multitasking.
00:33:46.02\00:33:48.12
Fifty, and it is,
I was gonna say that
00:33:48.16\00:33:51.03
because you know, a lot
of the times people say,
00:33:51.06\00:33:53.19
"Oh, women can multitask,"
00:33:53.23\00:33:54.56
but it'll make you go crazy.
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.87
Just honestly,
it'll make you go crazy.
00:33:56.90\00:33:58.83
Oh, what was I doing here?
00:33:58.87\00:34:00.20
And then before, you
know what you're doing,
00:34:00.24\00:34:01.77
all these other things
00:34:01.80\00:34:03.14
and like you're
talking about discipline.
00:34:03.17\00:34:05.54
I think it helps to
be able to stay focused
00:34:05.57\00:34:07.74
and do what
you're doing, do it well,
00:34:07.78\00:34:10.08
and get it done
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.45
and then move on
to the next thing.
00:34:11.48\00:34:12.81
I mean, there are some things
that you could get started
00:34:12.85\00:34:14.18
and then go back,
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.55
you know, but as
far as multitasking
00:34:15.58\00:34:17.75
and trying to do all this stuff,
00:34:17.79\00:34:20.02
that our brains are
not meant to multitask
00:34:20.06\00:34:22.82
because we're not made to
do all of that stuff at once.
00:34:22.86\00:34:28.30
We just, we can't.
00:34:28.33\00:34:30.97
Can I add, I'm
gonna let you talk,
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.33
I promise, but
let me say one thing.
00:34:32.37\00:34:35.10
We've been
through in three months
00:34:35.14\00:34:38.71
the death of seven friends
00:34:38.74\00:34:40.58
and then JD's brother,
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.91
and you all know
my very close friend,
00:34:42.94\00:34:45.58
Mollie Sue,
00:34:45.61\00:34:46.95
who is Mollie Sue
Steenson was like my sister.
00:34:46.98\00:34:50.69
What I've found about grief,
00:34:50.72\00:34:53.56
and especially the
past couple of weeks
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.62
since Franklin died.
00:34:55.66\00:34:57.43
Grief is very disorienting.
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.83
You know, time is warped.
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.80
You know, it's kinda like,
00:35:02.83\00:35:05.17
you mean his
funeral was just a week ago.
00:35:05.20\00:35:07.77
You mean what?
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.14
It seems like in some ways
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.64
he's been dead forever
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.04
and others said
he's not even gone,
00:35:12.07\00:35:14.44
but what I've
found myself doing is
00:35:14.48\00:35:19.28
I would start something.
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.82
JD, I wasn't able,
because I couldn't travel,
00:35:21.85\00:35:24.79
JD went and preached
his own brother's funeral,
00:35:24.82\00:35:28.02
but I would start a task.
00:35:28.06\00:35:30.53
And then I was
doing something else
00:35:30.56\00:35:31.93
and doing, and I
wasn't finishing anything.
00:35:31.96\00:35:35.93
So I think what you're saying,
00:35:35.96\00:35:40.00
when we have a lot of
distracting influences
00:35:40.04\00:35:44.37
in our lives,
00:35:44.41\00:35:46.21
it's hard to be productive.
00:35:46.24\00:35:48.64
If we're going to
have a sound mind,
00:35:48.68\00:35:52.08
we've got to
have the Holy Spirit
00:35:52.11\00:35:54.62
because it's actually...
00:35:54.65\00:35:56.72
JD, why don't you
read Galatians 5:22?
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.92
The idea of self-discipline
is a fruit of the spirit.
00:35:59.95\00:36:05.69
Amen.
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.06
In Galatians 5:22-23,
00:36:07.10\00:36:10.07
"But the fruit of the
spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:36:10.10\00:36:14.74
longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
00:36:14.77\00:36:18.77
gentleness, self-control."
00:36:18.81\00:36:21.21
There it is.
00:36:21.24\00:36:22.58
Self-control.
00:36:22.61\00:36:24.58
A great little I'll read here.
00:36:24.61\00:36:25.95
And I've got this Remnant Bible,
00:36:25.98\00:36:27.32
Christ Object Lessons.
00:36:27.35\00:36:28.68
This is growing
and bearing fruit.
00:36:28.72\00:36:30.65
It says, as you
receive the Spirit of Christ,
00:36:30.69\00:36:32.19
we're talking about that,
00:36:32.22\00:36:33.56
the spirit of unselfish
love and labor for others,
00:36:33.59\00:36:36.29
you will grow and
bring forth fruit.
00:36:36.32\00:36:38.43
The graces of the spirit
will ripen in your character.
00:36:38.46\00:36:41.13
Your faith will increase,
your convictions deepen,
00:36:41.16\00:36:44.00
your love be made perfect.
00:36:44.03\00:36:45.83
More and more you will
reflect the likeness of Christ
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.10
in all that is pure noble
and lovely and unselfish love.
00:36:48.14\00:36:51.87
I mean, that's a
really powerful thought.
00:36:51.91\00:36:53.88
Why do you think
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.24
the Bible calls it self-control?
00:36:55.28\00:36:56.61
I mean, if the Holy
Spirit's working in us to will
00:36:56.64\00:37:00.08
and to do his good pleasure,
00:37:00.12\00:37:01.85
why isn't spirit control?
00:37:01.88\00:37:03.35
Why is it self-control?
00:37:03.39\00:37:07.76
What we were talking about
earlier with the sound mind,
00:37:07.79\00:37:10.39
it almost applies in this sense.
00:37:10.43\00:37:13.16
I found that
00:37:13.19\00:37:14.53
the greater the
trials that you face,
00:37:14.56\00:37:17.63
the more sound of
mind you are in the future,
00:37:17.67\00:37:21.44
because it seems like
the trials make you wiser
00:37:21.47\00:37:25.24
and they make you stronger.
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.11
So that when
future trials come up,
00:37:27.14\00:37:30.51
you faced it already.
00:37:30.55\00:37:31.88
You've been there.
00:37:31.91\00:37:33.25
And it's all joy, brother,
because you've been there.
00:37:33.28\00:37:35.45
So it stabilizes
you in many ways.
00:37:35.48\00:37:37.95
One of my hobbies
used to be aviation
00:37:37.99\00:37:41.19
and I always admire test pilots
00:37:41.22\00:37:42.92
when they were
in so much trouble,
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.29
they were always cool.
00:37:44.33\00:37:45.66
They were always level.
00:37:45.69\00:37:47.43
They never got upset.
00:37:47.46\00:37:48.86
They always figured
their way out of a problem.
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.80
Discipline. Discipline.
00:37:50.83\00:37:52.67
And that didn't
come naturally for them.
00:37:52.70\00:37:54.50
That came because
00:37:54.54\00:37:55.87
a lot of them were
former World War II pilots.
00:37:55.90\00:37:58.24
They'd been through the war.
00:37:58.27\00:37:59.61
They'd been through the trials.
00:37:59.64\00:38:00.98
So suddenly when
they're facing this new trial,
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.81
they'd been through it before.
00:38:02.84\00:38:04.18
So they were of sound mind.
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.18
So, yeah.
00:38:06.21\00:38:08.32
Let me read this.
00:38:08.35\00:38:09.68
'Cause I like, and
it's segueing out of that
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.39
kind of being a
cousin right here.
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.56
Talking about the tree,
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.46
you know, a lot of people
call it the Christian tree
00:38:17.49\00:38:19.59
because of the
fruit that it produces.
00:38:19.63\00:38:21.73
But in following
that, it being cool, okay?
00:38:21.76\00:38:25.57
From the tree, I got
this out of the commentary,
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.40
from the tree we
may pluck and eat.
00:38:28.44\00:38:32.21
In other words,
00:38:32.24\00:38:33.58
because of the trials
that we've gone through, okay?
00:38:33.61\00:38:36.04
We can of the
fruit of the spirit,
00:38:36.08\00:38:37.48
love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, self-control.
00:38:37.51\00:38:40.62
From this tree,
we may pluck and eat
00:38:40.65\00:38:42.78
and we may then
guide others to it.
00:38:42.82\00:38:46.25
Amen. Amen.
00:38:46.29\00:38:47.69
So here you got the World War II
00:38:47.72\00:38:50.16
cool guy now
teaching the younger guy.
00:38:50.19\00:38:52.59
Grace under pressure.
00:38:52.63\00:38:53.96
Okay, which is, that
is our responsibility.
00:38:54.00\00:38:55.60
Exactly right.
00:38:55.63\00:38:56.97
That they may also eat.
00:38:57.00\00:38:59.30
And so what a lesson in life,
but it all starts with love,
00:38:59.33\00:39:03.14
joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, kindness.
00:39:03.17\00:39:06.68
Here's my thought.
00:39:06.71\00:39:08.04
Let me read Romans 8:13,
00:39:08.08\00:39:10.98
because you
know, it's interesting,
00:39:11.01\00:39:14.95
love joy, peace.
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.38
This is stuff we, we
experience internally.
00:39:16.42\00:39:21.96
Patience, kindness, goodness.
00:39:21.99\00:39:24.53
That's something we express
00:39:24.56\00:39:26.90
as a result of the
Holy Spirit to others,
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.83
but then
faithfulness, gentleness,
00:39:29.86\00:39:33.07
which is meekness or humility.
00:39:33.10\00:39:36.10
And self-control is
what we expressed toward him.
00:39:36.14\00:39:40.54
Self-control that
always fascinated me,
00:39:40.58\00:39:42.74
but here's, let's unpack that.
00:39:42.78\00:39:44.78
Romans 8:13 says,
00:39:44.81\00:39:48.28
"If you live
according to the flesh,"
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.09
what's going to happen?
00:39:50.12\00:39:51.45
You'll die.
00:39:51.49\00:39:52.82
But you will die.
00:39:52.85\00:39:54.72
"But if by the spirit
00:39:54.76\00:39:59.46
you put to death
the deeds of the body,
00:39:59.49\00:40:02.86
you will live."
00:40:02.90\00:40:04.53
How many people,
00:40:04.57\00:40:06.13
how many parties
are operating there?
00:40:06.17\00:40:09.14
It's like one.
00:40:09.17\00:40:12.34
See it's, if by the spirit,
00:40:12.37\00:40:18.11
but the spirit's
not gonna force you.
00:40:18.15\00:40:19.85
God's not into control. Right.
00:40:19.88\00:40:22.32
God is not in to control us.
00:40:22.35\00:40:26.19
He made us beings of free will.
00:40:26.22\00:40:29.06
So He says,
00:40:29.09\00:40:30.43
if by the spirit
you put to death,
00:40:30.46\00:40:34.23
it is by the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:40:34.26\00:40:38.20
working in us
00:40:38.23\00:40:39.87
that we get.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.44
We have to cooperate with Him.
00:40:41.47\00:40:43.84
It takes the two of
us co-laboring together.
00:40:43.87\00:40:48.48
We can't
overcome sin on our own,
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.48
and He's not gonna
force us into that.
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.35
And let me say
this for your good team,
00:40:54.38\00:40:56.55
and that is the reason
00:40:56.58\00:40:57.92
that we invite the
Holy Spirit in daily.
00:40:57.95\00:41:01.32
Amen. Amen.
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.86
For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God,
00:41:03.89\00:41:07.93
these are the sons of God.
00:41:07.96\00:41:10.27
That's a legal term.
00:41:10.30\00:41:11.63
It means you're an heir of God,
00:41:11.67\00:41:13.27
whether you're a
male or a female.
00:41:13.30\00:41:14.67
Of course.
00:41:14.70\00:41:16.04
For you did not receive
00:41:16.07\00:41:17.41
the spirit of
bondage again to fear,
00:41:17.44\00:41:18.87
but you received
the spirit of adoption
00:41:18.91\00:41:21.68
by whom we cry
out, Abba, Father.
00:41:21.71\00:41:25.71
And that Abba is a tender,
00:41:25.75\00:41:30.99
intimate name for your Father,
00:41:31.02\00:41:34.32
like papa or daddy.
00:41:34.36\00:41:36.62
The spirit himself
bears witness with our spirit
00:41:36.66\00:41:39.29
that we are children of God.
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.20
And if children then heirs,
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.57
heirs of God and
joint heirs with Christ,
00:41:43.60\00:41:47.87
whoops, if indeed
we suffer with Him
00:41:47.90\00:41:51.37
that we may also
be glorified together.
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.48
Amen.
00:41:54.51\00:41:55.84
That's the part
people don't like to read.
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.25
Yeah.
00:41:57.28\00:41:58.61
Which, I mean, two things
I want to do one of these,
00:41:58.65\00:42:01.42
this could be my
next favorite paragraph,
00:42:01.45\00:42:04.22
but there's heirs
in what you just said,
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.19
and that now we've
been adopted by Him.
00:42:07.22\00:42:10.49
So we all wanna belong.
00:42:10.53\00:42:13.16
So now, we're
part of His family.
00:42:13.19\00:42:15.06
Amen.
00:42:15.10\00:42:16.43
Now, here again,
00:42:16.46\00:42:17.80
I took this out
of the commentary.
00:42:17.83\00:42:19.17
Boy, this is great,
talking about all the saints.
00:42:19.20\00:42:22.90
Okay.
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.27
That's special group,
00:42:24.31\00:42:25.64
whoever that is
00:42:25.67\00:42:27.01
and all the saints
part of the family.
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.44
That's right. Okay.
00:42:28.48\00:42:30.05
There are certain
spiritual transactions
00:42:30.08\00:42:32.61
that take place only
in the individual's heart,
00:42:32.65\00:42:37.42
but there are other matters
00:42:37.45\00:42:40.06
that belong to
the community of God,
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.39
saints, family.
00:42:43.43\00:42:46.46
And this comprehension
00:42:46.49\00:42:48.30
of the love of
Christ is one of them.
00:42:48.33\00:42:52.27
It is the common possession
that binds believers together.
00:42:52.30\00:42:56.37
That's good.
00:42:56.40\00:42:57.74
That is real
part of that family,
00:42:57.77\00:43:00.41
having a family name,
00:43:00.44\00:43:03.35
sons of God.
00:43:03.38\00:43:04.71
That's right. What
would we do without?
00:43:04.75\00:43:06.08
Amen.
00:43:06.11\00:43:07.45
But I'd like to
go to you, Donald,
00:43:07.48\00:43:10.99
because you've
mentioned Romans 12 before so.
00:43:11.02\00:43:14.92
How do we get to that point?
00:43:14.96\00:43:16.73
I mean, we've surrendered,
00:43:16.76\00:43:19.19
which just
simply means to yield.
00:43:19.23\00:43:21.13
We're submitting to God.
00:43:21.16\00:43:22.50
We're asking to be filled
00:43:22.53\00:43:24.63
with a dynamite
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:43:24.67\00:43:27.80
with the love of God,
and with the sound mind.
00:43:27.84\00:43:32.07
Romans 12 is a beautiful symbol.
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.64
We're talking about...
00:43:34.68\00:43:36.01
Now, I guess we're moving on
00:43:36.04\00:43:37.38
to a term called
transformation, right?
00:43:37.41\00:43:38.75
Yeah.
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.12
12:1 says,
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.48
"I beseech you
therefore brethren
00:43:41.52\00:43:42.85
by the mercies of God
00:43:42.88\00:43:44.25
that you present your
bodies, a living sacrifice,
00:43:44.29\00:43:47.09
holy acceptable unto God,
00:43:47.12\00:43:48.56
which is your
reasonable service."
00:43:48.59\00:43:50.99
I think there's
other translations,
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.49
which says, it's
your act of worship.
00:43:52.53\00:43:54.30
I really liked that.
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.73
Verse 2 says,
00:43:55.76\00:43:57.10
"And be not
conformed to this world,
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.33
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.60
that you may
prove what is that good
00:44:02.64\00:44:04.77
and acceptable and perfect
will of God, the renewing."
00:44:04.81\00:44:07.74
Wow.
00:44:07.78\00:44:09.11
So how is our mind renewed?
00:44:09.14\00:44:11.15
When you focus
on Philippians 4:8,
00:44:11.18\00:44:12.95
it makes me think of that.
00:44:12.98\00:44:14.32
Thinking on what
sort of things are lovely
00:44:14.35\00:44:15.68
or honest or
pure of a good report.
00:44:15.72\00:44:17.99
That's good.
00:44:18.02\00:44:19.35
How about 2 Corinthians 3:18
that we become what we behold.
00:44:19.39\00:44:22.42
That's right. Right.
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.33
What about
studying the Word of God?
00:44:24.36\00:44:27.10
We're washed by
the water of the Word.
00:44:27.13\00:44:30.73
You know, I love
2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:44:30.77\00:44:33.34
that we're new
creatures in Christ Jesus,
00:44:33.37\00:44:36.40
that the old is gone,
but, and the new is come,
00:44:36.44\00:44:39.27
but I guarantee you some
days I wake up and I think,
00:44:39.31\00:44:42.18
oops, the old is still around.
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.38
Same here.
00:44:44.41\00:44:45.75
You know, but so
what we need to do,
00:44:45.78\00:44:49.62
would you agree
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.39
is get in the Word
00:44:51.42\00:44:54.02
and understand
all of His promises.
00:44:54.06\00:44:56.09
2 Corinthians 1:20
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.99
are yes and amen in Christ.
00:44:58.03\00:45:00.23
So we need to find
out who are we in Christ?
00:45:00.26\00:45:06.53
Our spiritual identity,
00:45:06.57\00:45:10.11
but keep going on verse 3,
00:45:10.14\00:45:13.48
because I want
to show something.
00:45:13.51\00:45:17.61
I am so discouraged
00:45:17.65\00:45:21.88
or have such an angst
00:45:21.92\00:45:23.79
by the amount of
prejudice that is in the world.
00:45:23.82\00:45:26.92
And I wanna tell you something,
00:45:26.96\00:45:29.02
prejudice is
nothing more than pride.
00:45:29.06\00:45:31.09
Right.
00:45:31.13\00:45:32.46
It's thinking you're
better than someone else.
00:45:32.49\00:45:35.46
Pride is the
spirit of antichrist...
00:45:35.50\00:45:36.97
That's right.
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.33
And a sound mind
is not prejudice.
00:45:38.37\00:45:41.94
Read Romans 12:3.
00:45:41.97\00:45:44.37
"For I say, through
the grace given unto me,
00:45:44.41\00:45:47.11
to every man that is among you,
00:45:47.14\00:45:48.78
not to think of himself
00:45:48.81\00:45:51.25
more highly than
he ought to think,
00:45:51.28\00:45:53.25
but to think soberly,
00:45:53.28\00:45:54.72
according as God
hath dealt to every man
00:45:54.75\00:45:57.55
the measure of faith."
00:45:57.59\00:45:59.05
And something came to my mind,
00:45:59.09\00:46:00.42
I was coming up
this little skit.
00:46:00.46\00:46:01.79
And I thought about this,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.16
you know, you're talking
about this idea of pride.
00:46:03.19\00:46:04.53
I thought about this young man
00:46:04.56\00:46:05.89
who kind of
walks through school.
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.26
You know, he puts
on this deodorant stick
00:46:07.30\00:46:08.63
that says pride.
00:46:08.66\00:46:10.00
So, he puts on this
pride and people are going...
00:46:10.03\00:46:11.37
It seemed gooey.
00:46:11.40\00:46:12.73
Oh, you know, it was
kind of, oh, get away.
00:46:12.77\00:46:14.10
But then of course you
put on a stick of humility
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.90
and people are
just flocking to you.
00:46:15.94\00:46:17.71
But you know, it's
just like, I see this,
00:46:17.74\00:46:19.67
this pride is just repulsive.
00:46:19.71\00:46:21.84
It's like, ugh, get away.
You're just, I can't stand it.
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.65
So I mean that you
shouldn't think highly
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.18
more than you of
yourself than you should.
00:46:26.21\00:46:28.32
I always look at Paul
and Paul was very educated.
00:46:28.35\00:46:32.75
He was very prominent.
00:46:32.79\00:46:34.56
But when the Holy
Spirit was in him,
00:46:34.59\00:46:37.43
he said, I'm the least.
00:46:37.46\00:46:40.56
And I look at that and
I say, that's humility.
00:46:40.60\00:46:43.30
Amen.
00:46:43.33\00:46:44.67
But he went through
trials to reach to that point,
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.23
to get to that point.
00:46:46.27\00:46:47.77
You know, when you think
what he said in Philippians 2
00:46:47.80\00:46:50.67
about let this mind be in
you that was in Christ Jesus,
00:46:50.71\00:46:55.74
who was obedient even
to the point of death.
00:46:55.78\00:46:59.01
Let me tell you something.
00:46:59.05\00:47:00.38
To me, true humility
00:47:00.42\00:47:02.45
is recognizing your absolute
total dependence upon God.
00:47:02.48\00:47:05.85
That's right.
00:47:05.89\00:47:07.22
So when you go
through a day without praying,
00:47:07.26\00:47:11.56
who are you depending on?
00:47:11.59\00:47:13.63
Are you being humble?
00:47:13.66\00:47:15.56
You know, I mean, that's,
that's an eye-opener, isn't it?
00:47:15.60\00:47:19.10
And I love what Paul...
00:47:19.13\00:47:20.77
You know, you can add Romans
is one of my favorite books.
00:47:20.80\00:47:24.51
But when we think about
00:47:24.54\00:47:28.81
being self-controlled...
00:47:28.84\00:47:31.88
JD, why don't you
read Romans 13, 14,
00:47:31.91\00:47:34.38
because this one
gets to me every time.
00:47:34.42\00:47:37.62
If you wanna think about
00:47:37.65\00:47:39.72
being
self-controlled, here it is.
00:47:39.75\00:47:43.09
But put on the
Lord, Jesus Christ.
00:47:43.12\00:47:45.99
In other words, put
on the armor of light,
00:47:46.03\00:47:48.40
-L- I -G - H T of Jesus,
00:47:48.43\00:47:50.90
put on the Lord, Jesus Christ
00:47:50.93\00:47:53.77
and make no provision
00:47:53.80\00:47:55.20
for the flesh to
fulfill its lust.
00:47:55.24\00:47:58.27
In other words,
00:47:58.31\00:47:59.64
any unholy physical
cravings that you may have.
00:47:59.67\00:48:03.11
Maybe just think of
Romans 8:1 for some reason.
00:48:03.14\00:48:05.75
Romans 8:1 says,
00:48:05.78\00:48:07.78
"Therefore there's
now no condemnation
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.68
to those who are in Christ Jesus
00:48:09.72\00:48:11.92
walk not according to the flesh,
00:48:11.95\00:48:13.36
but after the spirit."
00:48:13.39\00:48:14.99
And that's what
here it's talking about
00:48:15.02\00:48:16.36
no provision for the flesh.
00:48:16.39\00:48:17.73
You know, it's like,
00:48:17.76\00:48:19.09
God wants to fill
you with His Spirit
00:48:19.13\00:48:20.46
as you're walking
towards Christ Jesus.
00:48:20.50\00:48:22.16
You're making that desire
00:48:22.20\00:48:23.53
to have that
relationship with Him.
00:48:23.57\00:48:24.90
What came to my mind
00:48:24.93\00:48:26.27
when you're talking earlier
about realizing our dependence
00:48:26.30\00:48:28.54
and our need for God.
00:48:28.57\00:48:30.11
In the recovery world
00:48:30.14\00:48:32.27
that we've been
a part of the last,
00:48:32.31\00:48:34.51
probably eight years
different aspects of recovery,
00:48:34.54\00:48:39.08
as far as...
00:48:39.11\00:48:40.45
You've been
counseling in that world, yes.
00:48:40.48\00:48:41.92
Helping and going
through it ourselves.
00:48:41.95\00:48:44.15
And in the 12
steps of life recovery.
00:48:44.19\00:48:47.96
And the first step is realizing
00:48:47.99\00:48:49.89
we're powerless
over our problems
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.56
that our lives had
become unmanageable.
00:48:51.59\00:48:54.13
And I think we could
all relate and understand,
00:48:54.16\00:48:57.67
you know, that
that's where it starts.
00:48:57.70\00:48:59.27
And we can't
experience recovery of sin.
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.07
And this doesn't
apply in recovery.
00:49:03.10\00:49:06.44
This applies in
anyone as a Christian,
00:49:06.47\00:49:08.74
you know, we have
to come to that point
00:49:08.78\00:49:10.25
where we realize
that we're powerless
00:49:10.28\00:49:12.38
over our problems
and that we need God.
00:49:12.41\00:49:14.62
And that's when He
can begin to heal us
00:49:14.65\00:49:17.52
from the inside out.
00:49:17.55\00:49:18.89
And those other things
will eventually go away
00:49:18.92\00:49:20.99
once He heals that inside
that's that has brokenness.
00:49:21.02\00:49:24.99
What does step three say?
00:49:25.03\00:49:27.06
He made a
decision to turn our wills
00:49:27.10\00:49:28.46
over to the care of God.
00:49:28.50\00:49:29.83
Amen.
00:49:29.86\00:49:31.20
Made your decision. So
if you make your decision.
00:49:31.23\00:49:33.17
What do you think He
means by make no provisions
00:49:33.20\00:49:35.14
for the flesh?
00:49:35.17\00:49:36.50
He means I'm
pretty sure He means that
00:49:36.54\00:49:41.51
flesh is all about self.
00:49:41.54\00:49:42.88
Yep.
00:49:42.91\00:49:44.25
It's about what's in it for me.
00:49:44.28\00:49:46.15
And as we all know, I
is in the center of sin,
00:49:46.18\00:49:51.15
and that's the last thing
we need to be focusing on.
00:49:51.19\00:49:54.02
So this verse says,
do not focus on yourself,
00:49:54.06\00:49:57.43
do not focus on your
needs, your wants your desires,
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.96
focus on your
neighbor, focus on God.
00:50:01.00\00:50:03.33
But...
00:50:03.37\00:50:04.70
And let's take
out a step further,
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.43
'cause that has to be the focus.
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.40
But let's say that
I'm addicted to sugar
00:50:08.44\00:50:13.27
and I need to lose some
weight or wannna be healthier.
00:50:13.31\00:50:16.91
How would I make no
provision for the flesh?
00:50:16.95\00:50:19.81
Don't buy the sugar.
Don't go down the aisle.
00:50:19.85\00:50:23.08
Go through your cabinets.
00:50:23.12\00:50:24.79
Take that out.
00:50:24.82\00:50:26.15
If I'm an alcoholic,
00:50:26.19\00:50:27.62
make no provision for the flesh.
00:50:27.66\00:50:30.33
Don't bring the alcohol.
00:50:30.36\00:50:31.69
And don't be
hanging around friends...
00:50:31.73\00:50:33.06
Don't be hanging, yeah.
00:50:33.09\00:50:34.43
Because they can get it for you.
00:50:34.46\00:50:35.80
If I'm trying to quit smoking,
00:50:35.83\00:50:37.57
don't be buying a
carton of cigarettes,
00:50:37.60\00:50:39.70
you know, make no
provision for the flesh.
00:50:39.73\00:50:45.24
I'd tell the story,
but I'd like to go on
00:50:45.27\00:50:47.28
'cause we just
have a few minutes left.
00:50:47.31\00:50:49.41
How do we receive
God's Spirit of power
00:50:49.44\00:50:54.98
and love and sound mind?
00:50:55.02\00:50:59.55
Can I read this one? Absolutely.
00:50:59.59\00:51:01.89
This is my
favorite verse in the Bible.
00:51:01.92\00:51:03.79
Praise the Lord. It's good.
00:51:03.83\00:51:06.03
Psalms 51:10,
00:51:06.06\00:51:08.13
"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.83
and renew a
steadfast spirit within me."
00:51:10.87\00:51:13.40
Amen. Can you read verse 11 too?
00:51:13.44\00:51:15.87
There's a piece in there.
00:51:15.90\00:51:17.24
I don't have verse 11 open yet.
00:51:17.27\00:51:19.61
Go ahead, Donald, while he...
00:51:19.64\00:51:21.14
Cast me not, cast me not away
00:51:21.18\00:51:22.64
from thy presence and take
not thy Holy Spirit from me.
00:51:22.68\00:51:26.31
Amen. Amen.
00:51:26.35\00:51:28.35
I love this first
because David is...
00:51:28.38\00:51:31.75
I love the song. Yeah.
00:51:31.79\00:51:33.76
Yeah, because David,
00:51:33.79\00:51:36.36
he would think he started off
00:51:36.39\00:51:38.09
well with Goliath
00:51:38.13\00:51:40.80
and he made some major mistakes,
00:51:40.83\00:51:42.86
but through it all,
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.23
he was always saying the
song, this verse, this prayer,
00:51:44.27\00:51:47.80
create in me a clean heart, God.
00:51:47.84\00:51:49.34
Well, you know what happens
after that down in verse 13...
00:51:49.37\00:51:51.54
That's really powerful.
00:51:51.57\00:51:52.91
Then I will teach
transgressors your ways...
00:51:52.94\00:51:55.54
Restore to me the
joy of your salvation.
00:51:55.58\00:51:57.31
Yes.
00:51:57.35\00:51:58.68
Sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
00:51:58.71\00:52:00.05
So He's preparing us
that we can help someone else.
00:52:00.08\00:52:04.09
You know, I just
want to say to those
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.05
who are listening to us tonight.
00:52:06.09\00:52:08.59
If you're in that situation
00:52:08.62\00:52:10.73
where you really are
feeling sorrow for your sin
00:52:10.76\00:52:14.13
and you wanna to
learn how to repent?
00:52:14.16\00:52:16.06
Just go to Psalm 51.
00:52:16.10\00:52:19.37
This is what happened
00:52:19.40\00:52:20.94
after David had had an
affair with a married woman,
00:52:20.97\00:52:25.84
Bathsheba,
00:52:25.87\00:52:27.21
sent her husband
to the front lines
00:52:27.24\00:52:30.48
so that he would be killed.
00:52:30.51\00:52:31.91
The prophet Nathan comes
in and tells him the story
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.62
about the little lamb.
00:52:34.65\00:52:36.12
That's a big lamb
00:52:36.15\00:52:37.79
a shepherd took and
slaughtered for his guest.
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.42
And David's saying,
"Off with his head."
00:52:41.46\00:52:43.46
And then Nathan
says, "You are the man."
00:52:43.49\00:52:46.23
And he goes to God
in Psalm 51 and says,
00:52:46.26\00:52:50.43
"Lord, against You and
You only have I sinned."
00:52:50.47\00:52:53.60
And then, it's
create in me a clean heart.
00:52:53.64\00:52:57.27
Look at 14:14.
00:52:57.31\00:52:59.01
Now that I'm here, I'm reading,
00:52:59.04\00:53:00.51
"Deliver me from
the guilt of bloodshed,
00:53:00.54\00:53:03.85
O God."
00:53:03.88\00:53:05.21
Amen. He was guilty.
00:53:05.25\00:53:06.61
Amen. He was surrendered.
00:53:06.65\00:53:08.45
But this is how he did.
00:53:08.48\00:53:10.49
So we in just
the couple of minutes
00:53:10.52\00:53:12.65
that we have left,
00:53:12.69\00:53:14.02
we've already
mentioned Luke 11:9, 13
00:53:14.06\00:53:17.03
which in the Greek,
let me tell you something,
00:53:17.06\00:53:19.23
Luke 11 Jesus said,
00:53:19.26\00:53:20.93
"Ask, and it
will be given to you,
00:53:20.96\00:53:22.36
seek, and you will find,
00:53:22.40\00:53:23.73
knock, and the door
will be opened to you.
00:53:23.77\00:53:26.03
But in the Greek,
these are linear verbs.
00:53:26.07\00:53:28.24
They are a progressive
and continuing action.
00:53:28.27\00:53:32.31
So the better translation
00:53:32.34\00:53:34.64
would be ask and keep on asking,
00:53:34.68\00:53:37.25
seek and keep on seeking,
knock and keep on knocking.
00:53:37.28\00:53:41.58
And then when you
get down to verse 13,
00:53:41.62\00:53:44.32
He's telling you
what you're asking for.
00:53:44.35\00:53:47.82
He says, if you know, being evil
00:53:47.86\00:53:50.99
know how to give good
gifts to your children,
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.19
how much more will
the heavenly Father
00:53:53.23\00:53:55.73
give the Holy
Spirit to those who ask
00:53:55.76\00:53:59.77
and keep on asking?
00:53:59.80\00:54:02.44
It goes directly
on to the next one.
00:54:02.47\00:54:05.07
Yeah, go ahead, honey.
00:54:05.11\00:54:06.44
Acts that'd be in Acts 5:32,
00:54:06.47\00:54:09.41
"And we are his
witnesses to these things.
00:54:09.44\00:54:12.25
And so also is the Holy Spirit
00:54:12.28\00:54:14.58
whom God has given
to those who obey Him."
00:54:14.62\00:54:19.72
If it's a gift,
00:54:19.75\00:54:22.12
why do we have to obey them?
00:54:22.16\00:54:24.43
Janelle, read John 14:15-17.
00:54:24.46\00:54:26.93
We got to connect those.
00:54:26.96\00:54:29.06
If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:54:29.10\00:54:30.57
Who is speaking? Jesus.
00:54:30.60\00:54:33.80
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments,
00:54:33.84\00:54:35.17
and I will pray the Father.
00:54:35.20\00:54:37.01
And He will give
you another Helper,
00:54:37.04\00:54:39.27
capital H for Helper,
00:54:39.31\00:54:40.78
that He may
abide with you forever.
00:54:40.81\00:54:43.75
The spirit of truth,
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.11
whom the world cannot receive
00:54:45.15\00:54:46.85
because it neither
sees Him nor knows Him.
00:54:46.88\00:54:49.75
But you know Him,
00:54:49.78\00:54:51.12
for He dwells with
you and will be in you."
00:54:51.15\00:54:55.29
So Jesus saying,
00:54:55.32\00:54:56.86
if you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:54:56.89\00:54:59.66
And then they're conditional.
00:54:59.69\00:55:03.37
If you keep My commandments,
00:55:03.40\00:55:05.13
I'm gonna give
you the Holy Spirit.
00:55:05.17\00:55:07.04
So we are led
by the Holy Spirit.
00:55:07.07\00:55:10.11
He convicts us.
00:55:10.14\00:55:11.54
He convinces us of our sin.
00:55:11.57\00:55:13.98
And so when we confess our sin,
00:55:14.01\00:55:16.78
1 John 1:9 says
we confess our sin.
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.95
That's obedience
to confess your sin.
00:55:19.98\00:55:21.85
He is faithful
00:55:21.88\00:55:23.22
and just to
forgive you of your sin,
00:55:23.25\00:55:24.65
cleanse you of
all unrighteousness.
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.89
And then what you
said earlier, Janelle,
00:55:26.92\00:55:30.63
then he gives
us the Holy Spirit,
00:55:30.66\00:55:32.46
but we can only
receive the Holy Spirit
00:55:32.49\00:55:35.26
to the degree
we're emptied of self.
00:55:35.30\00:55:37.67
So sometimes we've got
this much of the Holy Spirit.
00:55:37.70\00:55:41.47
Sometimes we got this much.
00:55:41.50\00:55:43.81
Sometimes we
are just overflowing
00:55:43.84\00:55:47.81
with the Holy Spirit,
00:55:47.84\00:55:49.71
but let's wrap all of this up.
00:55:49.74\00:55:52.91
And why don't you
read this one for us, Eric,
00:55:52.95\00:55:56.15
Ephesians 6:10-13.
00:55:56.18\00:55:59.35
How do we receive
the spirit of power,
00:55:59.39\00:56:03.63
and love, and sound mind?
00:56:03.66\00:56:06.76
"Finally, my
brethren be strong in the Lord
00:56:06.80\00:56:09.83
and in the power of his might,
00:56:09.86\00:56:11.83
I love this part,
00:56:11.87\00:56:13.20
put on the whole armor of God
00:56:13.23\00:56:15.17
that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil,
00:56:15.20\00:56:19.57
for we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood,
00:56:19.61\00:56:22.21
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:56:22.24\00:56:24.85
against rulers of
the darkness of this age,
00:56:24.88\00:56:27.78
against spiritual
hosts of wickedness
00:56:27.82\00:56:29.88
in heavenly places.
00:56:29.92\00:56:31.82
Therefore, take up
the whole armor of God
00:56:31.85\00:56:35.82
that you may be able to
withstand in the evil day
00:56:35.86\00:56:39.39
and having done all to stand."
00:56:39.43\00:56:42.13
Amen.
00:56:42.16\00:56:43.50
And let me tell you this.
00:56:43.53\00:56:45.03
If you don't
stand firm in faith,
00:56:45.07\00:56:48.10
you're not gonna stand at all.
00:56:48.14\00:56:51.07
So the spirit, let's read,
00:56:51.11\00:56:54.44
JD, why don't you read 2
Timothy 1:7, again for us?
00:56:54.48\00:56:58.88
"For God has not
given us a spirit of fear,
00:56:58.91\00:57:01.92
but of power and of
love and of a sound mind."
00:57:01.95\00:57:05.42
Hallelujah.
00:57:05.45\00:57:07.42
That's a two-hander, isn't it?
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Thank you guys so
much for being here
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and we're so grateful, honey.
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I'm glad we were
together for this program.
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I feel encouraged.
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We're so grateful
for those of you at home.
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Our prayer for you
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is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be yours today and always.
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Happy Sabbath.
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