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The Rocky Road To The Will of God

In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley

Charles Stanley

October 25, 2020

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In Touch is the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

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The Rocky Road To The Will of God

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- Dr. Charles Stanley:
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- Dr. Charles Stanley:God loves each one
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God loves each oneof us individually.
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of us individually.He has a plan for our life.
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He has a plan for our life.He'll walk us through that plan.
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He'll walk us through that plan.He'll provide everything
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He'll provide everythingwe need.
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we need.There'll be difficulty, hardship
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There'll be difficulty, hardshipand pain and suffering,
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and pain and suffering,and loss.
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and loss.And all of that God will turn
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And all of that God will turnfor our good if I recognize the
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for our good if I recognize thesource of it.
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[music]- Dr. Stanley: Four decades
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- Dr. Stanley: Four decadesago, we started In Touch
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ago, we started In TouchMinistries to lead people
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Ministries to lead peopleworldwide into a growing
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worldwide into a growingrelationship with Jesus Christ.
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relationship with Jesus Christ.Throughout the years, we've seen
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Throughout the years, we've seenGod's greatness, his love and
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God's greatness, his love andhis blessings in such awesome
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his blessings in such awesomeways that we just want everyone
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ways that we just want everyoneto know him.
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to know him.So, let's open God's Word and
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- male announcer: Next on
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- male announcer: Next on"In Touch," "The Rocky Road
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- Dr. Charles Stanley: One of
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- Dr. Charles Stanley: One ofthe most important subjects in
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the most important subjects inthe Bible is the will of God.
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the Bible is the will of God.And unbelievers sort of scoff at
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And unbelievers sort of scoff atthe idea and believers
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the idea and believersoftentimes ignore it.
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oftentimes ignore it.But the truth is every single
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But the truth is every singleday you and I are either living
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day you and I are either livingin the will of God or out of the
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in the will of God or out of thewill of God.
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will of God.It's a choice we make.
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It's a choice we make.And it's a choice we make on the
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And it's a choice we make on thebasis of the decisions we face
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basis of the decisions we facein life and we face
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in life and we facemany of them.
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many of them.So, when you think about the
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So, when you think about thewill of God for your life, you
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will of God for your life, youthink about how you go about
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think about how you go aboutdiscovering His will, what you
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discovering His will, what youdo when you understand
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do when you understandwhat His will is.
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what His will is.Do you obey Him or do you not?
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Do you obey Him or do you not?Or you just think about it.
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Or you just think about it.Do you wonder why you get
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Do you wonder why you getyourself in trouble sometime?
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yourself in trouble sometime?And you think, "Well, if I'd
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And you think, "Well, if I'djust thought about so and so."
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just thought about so and so."Very important subject.
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Very important subject.So, what I want to title this
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So, what I want to title thismessage is this as I thought
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message is this as I thoughtabout "The Rocky Road
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about "The Rocky RoadTo The Will Of God."
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To The Will Of God."Because it's not easy and
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Because it's not easy andthere's stumbling blocks along
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there's stumbling blocks alongthe way, if we're not careful.
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the way, if we're not careful.And what I'd like to do is to
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And what I'd like to do is tosimply tell you about the
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simply tell you about theobstacles and let you ask
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obstacles and let you askyourself the question.
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yourself the question.Is that why I'm not seeking the
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Is that why I'm not seeking thewill of God for my life?
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will of God for my life?Have I neglected one of the most
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Have I neglected one of the mostimportant aspects of my life?
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important aspects of my life?So, I have a number of points
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So, I have a number of pointsand I hope you get them
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and I hope you get themall down.
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all down.And so, I want to begin with
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And so, I want to begin withnumber one.
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number one.One of the rocky roads is simply
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One of the rocky roads is simplythis and that's self-will.
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this and that's self-will.We want our way.
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We want our way.It's a matter of pride and
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It's a matter of pride andselfishness on our part.
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selfishness on our part.We don't want to ask God about
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We don't want to ask God abouta lot of things.
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a lot of things.We just like to do it and then,
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We just like to do it and then,then ask God to bless it.
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then ask God to bless it.But that's not His way
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But that's not His wayof operating.
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of operating.And people say, "Well, nobody is
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And people say, "Well, nobody isgoing to tell me how to live
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going to tell me how to livemy life."
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my life."That's a very foolish attitude
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That's a very foolish attitudebecause none of us, not one of
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because none of us, not one ofus is sufficient within
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us is sufficient withinourselves to live out the will
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ourselves to live out the willof God for our life.
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of God for our life.Nowhere in the Bible does He say
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Nowhere in the Bible does He sayit's a smooth road but it is a
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it's a smooth road but it is arocky road.
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rocky road.To think there's so many
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To think there's so manystumbling blocks to doing the
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stumbling blocks to doing thewill of God.
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will of God.You face them on your job, you
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You face them on your job, youface them at home and you look
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face them at home and you lookat your life and you think about
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at your life and you think abouthow many times have you stepped
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how many times have you steppedout of the will of God?
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out of the will of God?How many times have you almost
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How many times have you almostmissed the will of God
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missed the will of Godfor your life?
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for your life?So, it's a rocky road.
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So, it's a rocky road.And I simply want to mention
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And I simply want to mentionsome of those rocks and
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some of those rocks andself-will is the first one.
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self-will is the first one.A second one is the influence of
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A second one is the influence ofother people.
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other people.Other people are quick to tell
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Other people are quick to tellyou how you ought to live your
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you how you ought to live yourlife, how you can make
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life, how you can makedecisions, what your decisions
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decisions, what your decisionsought to be, how you spend your
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ought to be, how you spend yourmoney, who you marry, how you
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money, who you marry, how youraise your children.
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raise your children.They can tell you all
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They can tell you allkinds of reasons of how to live
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kinds of reasons of how to liveyour life.
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your life.But the truth is, oftentimes
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But the truth is, oftentimesyou're listening to the wrong
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you're listening to the wrongvoices, because God is willing
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voices, because God is willingto show you what you need to
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to show you what you need toknow about any area of your life
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know about any area of your lifeif you're willing to listen.
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if you're willing to listen.They want to place their opinion
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They want to place their opinionabove God's opinion and they
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above God's opinion and theysay, "Well, listen."
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say, "Well, listen."When somebody says, "If I were
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When somebody says, "If I wereyou--" watch it.
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you--" watch it.They are not you to begin with.
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They are not you to begin with.They can't be you.
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They can't be you.They don't know what God's plan
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They don't know what God's planis for your life and they don't
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is for your life and they don'tknow what God's up to
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know what God's up toin your life.
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in your life.They may think that what's
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They may think that what'shappening in your life is
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happening in your life isterrible and God thinks it's
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terrible and God thinks it'sperfectly on time.
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perfectly on time.A third one of those obstacles
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A third one of those obstaclesis ignorance of God's
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is ignorance of God'sprinciples.
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principles.Naturally, you can't walk in the
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Naturally, you can't walk in thewill of God if you don't know
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will of God if you don't knowthe principles of God.
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the principles of God.So let me just mention a few.
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So let me just mention a few.For example, one of those
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For example, one of thoseimportant principles to walk in
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important principles to walk inthe will of God is
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the will of God islearning, listen, learning
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learning, listen, learningto wait on God.
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to wait on God.God's timing is a major issue
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God's timing is a major issuein living the Christian life.
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in living the Christian life.And then a second one is this:
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And then a second one is this:Learning to trust God, leave all
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Learning to trust God, leave allthe consequences to Him, which
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the consequences to Him, whichis a foreign idea to the world.
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is a foreign idea to the world.What do you mean trust God and
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What do you mean trust God andleave all the consequences to
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leave all the consequences toHim?
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Him?That's what faith's all about.
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That's what faith's all about.We walk a difficult road
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We walk a difficult roadoftentimes.
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oftentimes.The will of God is never
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The will of God is neverpromised to be easy.
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promised to be easy.We'll face obstacles in life,
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We'll face obstacles in life,but we keep moving in the
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but we keep moving in thedirection of obedience to Him.
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direction of obedience to Him.And then, of course, one of
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And then, of course, one ofthose principles is that God'll
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those principles is that God'llsupply all of our needs.
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supply all of our needs.Most people don't believe that.
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Most people don't believe that.They think they've got to supply
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They think they've got to supplythem.
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them.No, God will supply all of our
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No, God will supply all of ourneeds that when we're walking
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needs that when we're walkingin the will of God, we're going
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in the will of God, we're goingto have everything we need.
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to have everything we need.And then, think about this.
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And then, think about this.Walking in the will of God you
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Walking in the will of God youonly take one step at a time.
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only take one step at a time.When you get in your automobile
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When you get in your automobileat nighttime and you're going
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at nighttime and you're goingto take a trip, you cut on
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to take a trip, you cut onthe lights.
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the lights.And you can only go as far as
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And you can only go as far asthose lights will shine.
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those lights will shine.Watch this, the will of God's
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Watch this, the will of God'snot going to show you the whole
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not going to show you the wholepicture of your life.
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picture of your life.He's going to have all of us
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He's going to have all of uswalking a step at a time,
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walking a step at a time,trusting Him, obeying Him and
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trusting Him, obeying Him andbelieving--watch this--believing
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believing--watch this--believingthat what I can't see around the
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that what I can't see around thecurve, God's already seen and
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curve, God's already seen andHe'll get me there at the right
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He'll get me there at the righttime.
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time.Very important to keep the
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Very important to keep thetiming of God's will in our
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timing of God's will in ourlife.
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life.And then, one of the other
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And then, one of the otherobstacles is willful known sin
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obstacles is willful known sinin our life.
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in our life.Now you may want to jot down
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Now you may want to jot downthese four things because this
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these four things because thisis what it's all about.
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is what it's all about.First of all, sin deafens our
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First of all, sin deafens ourears to the voice of God.
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ears to the voice of God.When you choose to disobey God,
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When you choose to disobey God,you no longer hear God as
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you no longer hear God asclearly as He desires to show
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clearly as He desires to showyou and to speak to your heart.
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you and to speak to your heart.The second fact here is that it
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The second fact here is that itblinds our eyes to the vision
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blinds our eyes to the visionof God.
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of God.We don't know the will of God.
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We don't know the will of God.Willful sin in our life blinds
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Willful sin in our life blindsour eyes to the vision of God of
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our eyes to the vision of God ofwhat He's up to in our life.
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what He's up to in our life.And naturally you're not going
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And naturally you're not goingto be happy about your life if
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to be happy about your life ifyou don't know where
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you don't know whereyou're headed.
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you're headed.Then the third thing is it
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Then the third thing is ithardens our heart to our
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hardens our heart to ourawareness of God.
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awareness of God.Disobedience to God always
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Disobedience to God alwayshardens your heart.
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hardens your heart.And this is why people stumble
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And this is why people stumblealong the way because they're
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along the way because they'reallowing sin in their life
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allowing sin in their lifethat's a distraction.
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that's a distraction.And God's best is ahead of them,
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And God's best is ahead of them,and they get sidetracked because
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and they get sidetracked becausethey would allow sin in their
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they would allow sin in theirlife.
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life.And then how many times have I
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And then how many times have Iheard people say, "Well, I just
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heard people say, "Well, I justdon't want--I just don't
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don't want--I just don'tunderstand why God treats me the
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understand why God treats me theway He treats me."
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way He treats me."No, it's how you're treating
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No, it's how you're treatingHim.
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Him.You're not listening to Him.
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You're not listening to Him.You're not obeying Him.
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You're not obeying Him.And things are not going to work
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And things are not going to workout for you.
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out for you.There's no promise in God's Word
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There's no promise in God's Wordthat He's going to bless your
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that He's going to bless yoursin, your disobedience, and your
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sin, your disobedience, and yourindifference to Him.
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indifference to Him.Life's just not that way.
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Life's just not that way.And then of course, sin dulls
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And then of course, sin dullsour conscience to the Word of
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our conscience to the Word ofGod.
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God.When people say, "Well I read
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When people say, "Well I readthe Word of God, it doesn't say
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the Word of God, it doesn't saya thing to me."
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a thing to me."It's because you're living in
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It's because you're living indisobedience to God.
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disobedience to God.You're not listening to Him.
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You're not listening to Him.You have your own mind and heart
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You have your own mind and heartmade up.
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made up.And when you think about this,
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And when you think about this,anything that does what?
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anything that does what?Deafens my ears to Him, blinds
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Deafens my ears to Him, blindsmy eyes to Him, hardens my heart
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my eyes to Him, hardens my heartto Him, and dulls my conscience
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to Him, and dulls my conscienceto Him--I'm in trouble.
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to Him--I'm in trouble.And when you're out of the will
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And when you're out of the willof God, this is what happens.
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of God, this is what happens.You begin to sense that
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You begin to sense thatsomething's not right.
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something's not right.You wonder why.
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You wonder why.Don't look somewhere else, look
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Don't look somewhere else, lookwithin your own heart to see
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within your own heart to seewhat's going on in my own life.
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what's going on in my own life.Do I really and truly want to
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Do I really and truly want toknow and to walk in the will
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know and to walk in the willof God?
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of God?And then of course, one of those
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And then of course, one of thoseobstacles along the way is
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obstacles along the way isdoubt.
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doubt.Because living the Christian
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Because living the Christianlife is not easy--it's easy
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life is not easy--it's easyto doubt.
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to doubt.And when we doubt God, what
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And when we doubt God, whathappens?
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happens?We make wrong decisions.
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We make wrong decisions.So, if I doubt Him, what am
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So, if I doubt Him, what amI doubting?
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I doubting?I'm doubting--let's think about
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I'm doubting--let's think aboutthis, analyze this for a moment.
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this, analyze this for a moment.If I'm doubting God, what am I
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If I'm doubting God, what am Idoubting?
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doubting?I'm doubting that God has a will
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I'm doubting that God has a willfor me, personally.
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for me, personally.He may have some general will,
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He may have some general will,but not for me personally.
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but not for me personally.Yes, He does.
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Yes, He does.I'm doubting that God will make
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I'm doubting that God will makeHis will known.
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His will known.Well, why should God make His
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Well, why should God make Hiswill known to me personally?
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will known to me personally?Because He loves us.
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Because He loves us.Then we doubt what we're hearing
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Then we doubt what we're hearingfrom God.
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from God.Well, I must not be hearing from
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Well, I must not be hearing fromGod because that sounds too
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God because that sounds toogood.
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good.I've had people say that.
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I've had people say that.So we doubt Him.
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So we doubt Him.We doubt that we can do what He
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We doubt that we can do what Herequires of us.
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requires of us.And oftentimes this is where
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And oftentimes this is wherepeople step out of the will
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people step out of the willof God.
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of God.God requires something of you,
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God requires something of you,and because you doubt that He
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and because you doubt that Hewill enable you to do it, you
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will enable you to do it, youstep out of the will of God, you
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step out of the will of God, youget ahead of Him or behind Him,
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get ahead of Him or behind Him,things don't work right, and you
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things don't work right, and yousay, "See, I trusted God and it
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say, "See, I trusted God and itdidn't work."
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didn't work."No.
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No.You didn't trust God.
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You didn't trust God.You didn't obey Him.
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You didn't obey Him.You weren't on His schedule.
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You weren't on His schedule.And if you'll think about every
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And if you'll think about everymorning you get up, every day's
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morning you get up, every day'sdifferent.
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different.But as a follower of Jesus,
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But as a follower of Jesus,every day is different except
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every day is different exceptfor one thing.
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for one thing.We have Him all day long to
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We have Him all day long toguide us, to lead us, to show us
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guide us, to lead us, to show usthe way.
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the way.To point us to those stumbling
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To point us to those stumblingblocks along the way.
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blocks along the way.It is a rocky road.
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It is a rocky road.There are many difficulties in
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There are many difficulties inwalking and living in the will
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walking and living in the willof God for your life.
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of God for your life.We doubt that we can do what He
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We doubt that we can do what Herequires.
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requires.And you remember when God came
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And you remember when God cameto Gideon, to tell him what he
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to Gideon, to tell him what hewanted Him to do, He said, "Who
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wanted Him to do, He said, "Whoam I?"
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am I?"Have you ever said that to God?
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Have you ever said that to God?Sometimes when God makes a
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Sometimes when God makes apromise, because we judge Him by
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promise, because we judge Him byhow we see ourselves, we say,
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how we see ourselves, we say,"God, I could never do that.
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"God, I could never do that.I could never preach or I could
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I could never preach or I couldnever sing or I could never
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never sing or I could neverfulfill that particular position
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fulfill that particular positionin my job.
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in my job.I could never do that."
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I could never do that."Who are you listening to?
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Who are you listening to?You're not listening to God.
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You're not listening to God.You're listening to
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You're listening tothe devil's desire to
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the devil's desire tocause you to doubt what is
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cause you to doubt what isoftentimes the most beautiful
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oftentimes the most beautifulpart of God's will.
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part of God's will.He has something for you in the
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He has something for you in thefuture you can't figure it out.
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future you can't figure it out.You don't think you deserve it.
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You don't think you deserve it.And so, you give all kind of
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And so, you give all kind ofexcuses for disobeying God.
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excuses for disobeying God.We doubt Him because we don't
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We doubt Him because we don'thave the facts.
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have the facts.The facts are God loves each one
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The facts are God loves each oneof us individually.
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of us individually.He has a plan for our life.
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He has a plan for our life.He'll walk us through that plan.
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He'll walk us through that plan.He'll provide everything
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He'll provide everythingwe need.
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we need.There'll be difficulty, hardship
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There'll be difficulty, hardshipand pain and suffering,
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and pain and suffering,and loss.
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and loss.And all of that God will turn
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And all of that God will turnfor our good if I recognize
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for our good if I recognizethe source of it.
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the source of it.All difficulty and hardship
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All difficulty and hardshipand trial doesn't come
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and trial doesn't comefrom the devil.
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from the devil.God allows things in our life
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God allows things in our lifeto do what?
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to do what?To grow us up, to mature us in
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To grow us up, to mature us inareas that we're not mature.
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areas that we're not mature.And sometimes people trust the
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And sometimes people trust theLord Jesus Christ as their
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Lord Jesus Christ as theirSavior and then great difficulty
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Savior and then great difficultycomes into their life.
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comes into their life.Now watch this.
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Now watch this.That difficulty God allows in
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That difficulty God allows inorder to do what?
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order to do what?Shape them, mold us, make us,
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Shape them, mold us, make us,change us, eliminate stuff in
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change us, eliminate stuff inour life that shouldn't be
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our life that shouldn't bethere.
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there.We take it all personal and say,
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We take it all personal and say,"Well God doesn't love me.
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"Well God doesn't love me.It doesn't really work, because
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It doesn't really work, becauselook what's happening."
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look what's happening."Look at the apostle Paul.
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Look at the apostle Paul.Look at all of the major
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Look at all of the majorcharacters of the Scripture.
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characters of the Scripture.Think of the difficulty they
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Think of the difficulty theywent through--all of which God
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went through--all of which Godused to do what?
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used to do what?To accomplish His purpose and to
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To accomplish His purpose and tomold and make men and women
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mold and make men and womengodly.
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godly.And remember this is always
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And remember this is alwaysGod's goal.
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God's goal.God's goal is not to please you.
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God's goal is not to please you.God's goal is not to give us
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God's goal is not to give useverything we want.
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everything we want.God's goal is to fashion us like
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God's goal is to fashion us likeunto the likeness of Christ.
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unto the likeness of Christ.So, when there's doubt, doubt
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So, when there's doubt, doubtusually heads us in the wrong
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usually heads us in the wrongdirection.
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direction.So, ask yourself the question as
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So, ask yourself the question asbest you know your life, "Are
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best you know your life, "Areyou living a life of obedience
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you living a life of obedienceto Christ?"
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to Christ?"It's not easy because there are
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It's not easy because there aremany obstacles.
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many obstacles.And that's what I'm doing, I'm
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And that's what I'm doing, I'mjust listing them and one of
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just listing them and one ofthem is, we said feeling of
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them is, we said feeling ofunworthiness.
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unworthiness.As Gideon--look at Moses.
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As Gideon--look at Moses.When God came to Moses and Moses
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When God came to Moses and Moseslistened at what God's told him
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listened at what God's told himHe wanted him to do, he said,
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He wanted him to do, he said,"Mm, not me.
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"Mm, not me.I can't speak, I can't do this,
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I can't speak, I can't do this,I can't do that."
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I can't do that."And I wonder how many of God's
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And I wonder how many of God'sservants stepped out of God's
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servants stepped out of God'swill early in their life because
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will early in their life becausethey told God they couldn't
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they told God they couldn'tspeak, couldn't sing, couldn't
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speak, couldn't sing, couldn'tdo this, couldn't do that,
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do this, couldn't do that,wouldn't make it in that job.
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wouldn't make it in that job.Listen.
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Listen.Don't underestimate--watch this
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Don't underestimate--watch thiscarefully--don't underestimate
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carefully--don't underestimatewhat He thinks you can do
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what He thinks you can dobecause He's there to help you
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because He's there to help youget it done.
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get it done.Help you to become the person He
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Help you to become the person Hewants you to be.
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wants you to be.So, don't make decisions based
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So, don't make decisions basedon how you think, make decisions
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on how you think, make decisionsbased on what has God called you
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based on what has God called youto do.
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to do.He's going to do whatever He
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He's going to do whatever Heknows is best for us, provide
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knows is best for us, provideeverything we need to accomplish
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everything we need to accomplishHis will and purpose for
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His will and purpose forour life.
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our life.Didn't say it was an easy road.
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Didn't say it was an easy road.And many people backslide.
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And many people backslide.Now what I mean by that is they
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Now what I mean by that is theyjust get back into sin.
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just get back into sin.They slip back into sin, and
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They slip back into sin, andit's not so much a slipping and
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it's not so much a slipping andis a matter of choosing to make
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is a matter of choosing to makea decision to do what you used
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a decision to do what you usedto do that God delivered you
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to do that God delivered youfrom because you don't think you
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from because you don't think youcan be the person God wants you
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can be the person God wants youto be.
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to be.But remember this, there's no
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But remember this, there's noplace in the Bible where God
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place in the Bible where Godsays as His Word, that if one of
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says as His Word, that if one ofHis children sins, that's it,
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His children sins, that's it,finished.
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finished.No.
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No.Why did He say?
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Why did He say?If we confess our sins, He's
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If we confess our sins, He'sfaithful and just to forgive us
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faithful and just to forgive usour sins and to cleanse us from
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our sins and to cleanse us fromall unrighteousness.
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all unrighteousness.All along the Christian way,
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All along the Christian way,we're going to make mistakes,
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we're going to make mistakes,and we'll sin at times.
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and we'll sin at times.And God has given us the
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And God has given us theassurance that He doesn't
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assurance that He doesn'tmake us an outcast because we
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make us an outcast because wedisobey Him, because we falter
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disobey Him, because we faltersomewhere along the way.
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somewhere along the way.We're not all as strong, and the
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We're not all as strong, and theother person may be at times,
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other person may be at times,and so, we make mistakes--choose
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and so, we make mistakes--chooseto disobey God.
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to disobey God.We pay the consequences.
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We pay the consequences.What do we do?
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What do we do?Walk away?
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Walk away?No.
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No.Ask God to forgive us sincerely
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Ask God to forgive us sincerelyand honestly and look to Him to
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and honestly and look to Him togive us wisdom and guidance and
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give us wisdom and guidance anddirection and a warning in our
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direction and a warning in ourheart to avoid that sin.
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heart to avoid that sin.He's not going to cast you out
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He's not going to cast you outbecause you falter somewhere
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because you falter somewherealong the way.
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along the way.And then, of course, one of
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And then, of course, one ofthose excuses we give is
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those excuses we give isbusyness.
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busyness."You know, I've just been so
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"You know, I've just been sobusy I don't have time to go to
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busy I don't have time to go tochurch.
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church.Well, I'm so busy I don't
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Well, I'm so busy I don'thave time to read the Bible.
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have time to read the Bible.I'm so busy I whisper,
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I'm so busy I whisper,right before I go to sleep,
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right before I go to sleep,I whisper a prayer."
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I whisper a prayer."Busyness is a tool of the devil.
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Busyness is a tool of the devil.We can all claim busyness
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We can all claim busynessas an excuse for our sin.
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as an excuse for our sin.Because, watch this, we live in
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Because, watch this, we live ina world--watch this--we live in
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a world--watch this--we live ina world that's in opposition to
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a world that's in opposition towho we are and the kind of life
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who we are and the kind of lifewe're living.
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we're living.We have a world that's
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We have a world that'sin opposition to who we are.
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in opposition to who we are.And I meet people every
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And I meet people everySunday--I would say every
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Sunday--I would say everySunday--from some other country
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Sunday--from some other countryin the world.
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in the world.And it's interesting the things
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And it's interesting the thingsthat they go through.
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that they go through.Suffering that they face at
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Suffering that they face attimes if they're willing to
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times if they're willing toshare, difficulty and
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share, difficulty andhardship--that's true
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hardship--that's trueeverywhere.
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everywhere.But because it's true doesn't
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But because it's true doesn'tmean I give up.
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mean I give up.Doesn't mean that I say, "Well,
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Doesn't mean that I say, "Well,you know, I just don't know
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you know, I just don't knowwhether I'm going to make it
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whether I'm going to make itor not."
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or not."Yes, you will.
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Yes, you will.You can make it if you simply
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You can make it if you simplyrely upon the Lord.
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rely upon the Lord.The Christian life's not easy,
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The Christian life's not easy,but one thing for certain, it
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but one thing for certain, ithas an awesome eternal end.
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has an awesome eternal end.God's going to take us home to
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God's going to take us home toheaven.
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heaven.And He's going to bless us for
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And He's going to bless us forall eternity--for our
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all eternity--for ourfaithfulness, for our loyalty,
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faithfulness, for our loyalty,for our devotion because every
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for our devotion because everysingle one of us is a living
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single one of us is a livinglight, a witness of who He is.
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light, a witness of who He is.And so naturally, we're going to
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And so naturally, we're going tomake mistakes.
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make mistakes.Naturally there'll be times in
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Naturally there'll be times inour life we do what we know is
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our life we do what we know isnot the wisest thing to do, but
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not the wisest thing to do, butthere's a price to pay.
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there's a price to pay.And so, one of the most
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And so, one of the mostimportant things we do is spend
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important things we do is spendtime with Him.
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time with Him.It may be a short period of time
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It may be a short period of timeor a long period of time,
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or a long period of time,but all of us need that
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but all of us need thatrelationship.
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relationship.It takes--watch this--it takes
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It takes--watch this--it takestime to be a godly person.
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time to be a godly person.It takes time to walk
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It takes time to walkwith the Lord.
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with the Lord.It takes time to know His will.
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It takes time to know His will.But, it's a rocky road.
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But, it's a rocky road.And if you're looking for it to
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And if you're looking for it toget easy, I can tell you this.
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get easy, I can tell you this.It doesn't get easy.
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It doesn't get easy.Some things may not be quite as
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Some things may not be quite asdifficult as others, but
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difficult as others, butthere'll never come a time in
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there'll never come a time inyour life when living a godly
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your life when living a godlylife is easy and you can just
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life is easy and you can justrelax.
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relax.Next thing you know, you're
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Next thing you know, you'rebeing disobedient to God.
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being disobedient to God.God has given us a life.
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God has given us a life.He's given us an awesome life.
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He's given us an awesome life.He's given us the Holy Spirit to
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He's given us the Holy Spirit tolive within us, to walk with us
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live within us, to walk with usevery single day and to face
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every single day and to faceevery circumstance we face.
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every circumstance we face.Remember this.
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Remember this.You may feel like you're alone,
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You may feel like you're alone,but you're not alone.
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but you're not alone.You may feel lonely
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You may feel lonelybut you're not alone.
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but you're not alone.And when you look at your life,
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And when you look at your life,for example, and you think,
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for example, and you think,"Well, what am I missing?"
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"Well, what am I missing?"Ask yourself the question: Are
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Ask yourself the question: Areyou missing that precious time
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you missing that precious timeHe desires to spend with you?
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He desires to spend with you?To give you comfort, strength,
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To give you comfort, strength,wisdom, guidance, direction,
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wisdom, guidance, direction,support, help, warnings in
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support, help, warnings inyour life.
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your life.That's who He is.
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That's who He is.The Christian life's not easy.
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The Christian life's not easy.It's a rocky road, but having
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It's a rocky road, but havingthe Holy Spirit to enable us,
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the Holy Spirit to enable us,the presence of God in our life,
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the presence of God in our life,and all the promises of the Word
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and all the promises of the Wordof God, and this handbook, the
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of God, and this handbook, theWord of God itself, makes living
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Word of God itself, makes livingthe Christian life at its best,
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the Christian life at its best,no matter what's going on
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no matter what's going onaround us.
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around us.Where would you place yourself
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Where would you place yourselfin the Christian life?
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in the Christian life?Would you say that you're living
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Would you say that you're livingin the will of God?
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in the will of God?That you genuinely, honestly
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That you genuinely, honestlyattempt to walk in His will for
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attempt to walk in His will foryour life each day.
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your life each day.Or you find yourself complaining
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Or you find yourself complainingand moaning and groaning and
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and moaning and groaning andthinking, "Well, you know what?
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thinking, "Well, you know what?What's missing in
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What's missing inthe Christian life?"
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the Christian life?"Nothing's missing
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Nothing's missingin the Christian life.
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in the Christian life.Usually you can trace it all
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Usually you can trace it allback ultimately, to when is the
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back ultimately, to when is thelast time you sat down and read
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last time you sat down and readthe Word of God?
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the Word of God?Asked God to speak to your
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Asked God to speak to yourheart, show you His will for
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heart, show you His will foryour life.
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your life.You say, "Well, I don't even
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You say, "Well, I don't evenknow where to turn."
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know where to turn."It's amazing.
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It's amazing.When you don't know where to
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When you don't know where toturn and you turn some place,
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turn and you turn some place,you look down and looks like
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you look down and looks likeit's got your name on it.
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it's got your name on it.God knows what you need to read.
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God knows what you need to read.He knows when you need to read
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He knows when you need to readit and He knows exactly what it
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it and He knows exactly what ittakes to encourage your heart.
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takes to encourage your heart.So, ask yourself the question:
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So, ask yourself the question:Are you satisfied with your
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Are you satisfied with yourChristian life?
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Christian life?I don't mean that you think
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I don't mean that you thinkeverything's just perfect.
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everything's just perfect.But do you feel like you're
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But do you feel like you'regrowing?
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growing?Then I think of three things
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Then I think of three thingsthat I think people fear that
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that I think people fear thatthey'll miss it in the Christian
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they'll miss it in the Christianlife.
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life.Number one, they fear of what
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Number one, they fear of whatGod may require of them.
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God may require of them.And so, they think, "Well, you
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And so, they think, "Well, youknow, God may call me to be
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know, God may call me to bea missionary."
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a missionary."Don't be concerned about that.
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Don't be concerned about that."God may require me to do this,
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"God may require me to do this,that, and the other."
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that, and the other."No.
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No.Watch this.
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Watch this.A loving Father will only
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A loving Father will onlyrequire--watch this--what He
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require--watch this--what Heknows you're capable of doing
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knows you're capable of doingwith His help, His strength,
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with His help, His strength,with His wisdom.
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with His wisdom.Never require more than He's
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Never require more than He'swilling to enable you to do.
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willing to enable you to do.Secondly, a fear of failure.
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Secondly, a fear of failure.Say, "Well, I can't live the
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Say, "Well, I can't live theChristian life."
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Christian life."Well, none of us can live the
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Well, none of us can live theChristian life ourselves.
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Christian life ourselves.And we all fail at times.
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And we all fail at times.We ask God to forgive us and
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We ask God to forgive us andmove on, but we don't take it
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move on, but we don't take itfor granted and we don't do it
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for granted and we don't do itfoolishly or haphazardly.
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foolishly or haphazardly.If He says, "If we confess our
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If He says, "If we confess oursin."
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sin."That means if we agree with Him
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That means if we agree with Himabout it.
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about it.We confess our sins, He's
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We confess our sins, He'sfaithful and just to forgive us
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faithful and just to forgive usof our sins and to cleanse us
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of our sins and to cleanse usfrom all unrighteousness.
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from all unrighteousness.Pick us up on the road of the
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Pick us up on the road of theChristian life and move us on.
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Christian life and move us on.You don't live in the muck and
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You don't live in the muck andmire of disobedience and sin
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mire of disobedience and sinin your life.
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in your life.You ask God to forgive you
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You ask God to forgive youand you keep moving.
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and you keep moving.No such thing as a sinless
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No such thing as a sinlesssaint.
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saint.We're all contaminated, because,
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We're all contaminated, because,listen, the road to living the
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listen, the road to living thewill of God is a difficult road
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will of God is a difficult roadand we will stumble unless we
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and we will stumble unless welean heavily upon our Lord.
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lean heavily upon our Lord.Listen to Him, depend
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Listen to Him, dependupon the Holy Spirit.
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upon the Holy Spirit.And so, we say, "Well, I'm
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And so, we say, "Well, I'mafraid of what God may require
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afraid of what God may requireof me and--well, listen, many
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of me and--well, listen, manythings He'll require of you, you
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things He'll require of you, youcan't do without Him, but the
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can't do without Him, but theHoly Spirit came into your life
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Holy Spirit came into your lifeand sealed you as a child of God
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and sealed you as a child of Godwhen you were saved.
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when you were saved.Therefore, watch this, this is
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Therefore, watch this, this isGod's indwelling Spirit within
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God's indwelling Spirit withinyou to enable you to do any and
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you to enable you to do any andeverything God will require
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everything God will requireof you.
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of you.That's God's godly assurance.
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That's God's godly assurance.So, if we fail it isn't
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So, if we fail it isn'tHis part.
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His part.And He knows when we do fail,
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And He knows when we do fail,He's there to forgive us.
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He's there to forgive us.And so, we fear for example, of
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And so, we fear for example, ofwhat God may require of us.
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what God may require of us.We fear failure.
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We fear failure.Then one of the things we fear
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Then one of the things we fearis criticism.
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is criticism.How many times have you
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How many times have youdisobeyed God because you were
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disobeyed God because you wereafraid of what somebody may say
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afraid of what somebody may sayto you about your life?
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to you about your life?It's amazing how Christians can
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It's amazing how Christians canbecome afraid of other people's
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become afraid of other people'scriticism.
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criticism.Watch this.
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Watch this.You live a godly life, you're
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You live a godly life, you'regoing to be criticized.
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going to be criticized.You live a godly life and obey
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You live a godly life and obeyGod and attempt to walk in His
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God and attempt to walk in Hisway and His will, you're going
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way and His will, you're goingto be blessed no matter what.
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to be blessed no matter what.God is on your side,
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God is on your side,living within you.
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living within you.And listen, God is all about
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And listen, God is all abouthelping you, enabling you,
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helping you, enabling you,equipping you, entrusting to you
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equipping you, entrusting to youthe strength and wisdom,
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the strength and wisdom,and guidance you need to live
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and guidance you need to livea godly life because all of us
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a godly life because all of usshine brighter
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shine brighterwhen we're living godly.
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when we're living godly.So, let me ask you
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So, let me ask youa simple question.
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a simple question.As you look at your life it is
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As you look at your life it isnobody's business but yours.
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nobody's business but yours.Nobody else can read your mind
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Nobody else can read your mindthis morning.
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this morning.Would you say that you are
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Would you say that you arewalking in the will of God
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walking in the will of Godfor your life?
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for your life?Now I didn't say
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Now I didn't saythat you never sin.
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that you never sin.I didn't say
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I didn't saythat you never falter.
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that you never falter.I didn't say that you never
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I didn't say that you nevergoing to make mistakes.
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going to make mistakes.I didn't say you had to--in
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I didn't say you had to--inother words, do you believe as
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other words, do you believe asbest you know your life, you're
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best you know your life, you'rewalking in the will of God?
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walking in the will of God?Not the past.
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Not the past.Not what you're going to do.
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Not what you're going to do.But do you believe the best as
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But do you believe the best asyou know your life you're
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you know your life you'rewalking in His will?
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walking in His will?There'll be times in your life
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There'll be times in your lifewhen it'll be easier to be
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when it'll be easier to beobedient than other times.
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obedient than other times.There'll be times when it'll be
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There'll be times when it'll bevery difficult for you to be
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very difficult for you to beobedient to God because of the
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obedient to God because of thecircumstances in which you're in
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circumstances in which you're inthat maybe you didn't create,
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that maybe you didn't create,somebody else did.
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somebody else did.The safest place to be is in
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The safest place to be is inthe center of the will of God.
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the center of the will of God.Nobody else can put you there
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Nobody else can put you therebut you.
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but you.You say, "How do I get there?"
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You say, "How do I get there?"You ask God to forgive you
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You ask God to forgive youfor your sin.
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for your sin.And you tell Him that as best
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And you tell Him that as bestyou know your heart, "Lord,
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you know your heart, "Lord,I want you to govern my life,
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I want you to govern my life,guide my life, show me the way.
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guide my life, show me the way.And Lord with your help and
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And Lord with your help andstrength and the power of
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strength and the power ofthe Holy Spirit I'll do my best
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the Holy Spirit I'll do my bestto follow You."
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to follow You."You can't ever promise Him you
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You can't ever promise Him youwon't ever sin again.
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won't ever sin again.You can't promise Him
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You can't promise Himperfection.
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perfection.You can't promise Him
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You can't promise Himyou'll always do right.
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you'll always do right.But you can say, "Lord, here's
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But you can say, "Lord, here'smy life.
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my life.That's my heart's desire and I'm
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That's my heart's desire and I'mgoing to trust the Holy Spirit
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going to trust the Holy Spiritthat you placed within me and
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that you placed within me andpromised me the power and the
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promised me the power and thestrength to be obedient to you."
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strength to be obedient to you."Is that your prayer?
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Is that your prayer?Father, thank you, thank you,
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Father, thank you, thank you,thank you for grace.
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thank you for grace.Thank you that You understand
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Thank you that You understandwho we are, where we are, why we
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who we are, where we are, why weare where we are.
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are where we are.Thank you for Your willingness
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Thank you for Your willingnessto step into our lives at
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to step into our lives atany point.
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any point.Forgive us of our sin.
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Forgive us of our sin.Cleanse us, stand us up again
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Cleanse us, stand us up againand move us on in the center
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and move us on in the centerof Your will.
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of Your will.I pray that You have spoken to
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I pray that You have spoken toevery single one of us this
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every single one of us thismorning and I pray for that
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morning and I pray for thatperson who came today who
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person who came today whodoesn't even know anything about
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doesn't even know anything aboutYour will, who never thought
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Your will, who never thoughtabout that You have any real
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about that You have any realpersonal interest in their life,
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personal interest in their life,that they would surrender
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that they would surrendertheir life to You today.
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their life to You today.Thank you for loving us Father.
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Thank you for loving us Father.Thank you that You never, never,
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Thank you that You never, never,never give up on us.
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never give up on us.And thank you that the very
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And thank you that the verymoment we pass on from this life
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moment we pass on from this lifeto the next You'll be there
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to the next You'll be therebecause You said, "I will never
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because You said, "I will neverleave you nor forsake you."
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leave you nor forsake you."So, we say hallelujah this
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- announcer: If you've been
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- announcer: If you've beenblessed by today's program,
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[music]
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- all: Wow.
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- all: Wow.- male: Wow, wow.
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- male: Wow, wow.- male: Surprise.
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- male: Surprise.- female: Thank you, guys.
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- female: Thank you, guys.- female: The flowers are
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- female: The flowers arebeautiful.
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beautiful.- female: Yes, looking forward
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- female: Yes, looking forwardto it.
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to it.- female announcer: Even though
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- female announcer: Even thoughlife might take turns you
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- male: Hey, Briscoe, let's go.
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- male: Hey, Briscoe, let's go.- announcer: God created you
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- announcer: God created youwith a plan to fulfill an
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You may not realize how
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You may not realize howprofoundly God desires to
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profoundly God desires towork in you and impact others
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Just imagine what your life
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Just imagine what your lifemight look like a year from now
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might look like a year from nowafter connecting daily
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"God's Purpose for Your Life,"
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"God's Purpose for Your Life,"a new year-long devotional
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- male: Salt and light.
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- male: Salt and light.That's what Jesus wants from us.
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That's what Jesus wants from us.But if you're like me,
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But if you're like me,sometimes it's hard to define.
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sometimes it's hard to define.Do I add just a pinch of salt
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Do I add just a pinch of saltor dump the whole shaker?
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or dump the whole shaker?Do I light a candle or reach
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Do I light a candle or reachfor a spotlight?
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for a spotlight?Working through the Beatitudes
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Working through the Beatitudesthis year helped me see things
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this year helped me see thingsGod's way.
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God's way.The question is: how can we add
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The question is: how can we addthe essence of His grace and the
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the essence of His grace and thelight of His love to change
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- announcer: "In Touch,"
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leading people worldwide into
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a growing relationship with
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Jesus Christ and strengthening
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the local church.
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This program is sponsored by
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In Touch Ministries and is made
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