A Holy Spirit Led Life (349)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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I am your host, David Friend. Today's podcast

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is entitled, A Holy Spirit -Led Life. And there's

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a lot of great things we're going to cover today.

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We're going to talk about how the Holy Spirit

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brings new life to Christians. And is it possible

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to be led by the Spirit of God every day? And

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how do we know the voice of the Holy Spirit and

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that we also must desire His leading in order

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to receive the guidance and direction that God

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wants us to have from the Holy Spirit? So before

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we get into it, let's just ask the Holy Spirit

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to lead us. Heavenly Father, I thank you for

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who you are. I thank you for this podcast and

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how you've allowed us to have a tool that reaches

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people quite frankly around the world. I pray

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now that the Holy Spirit would come in and lead

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and direct the words that were spoken, guide

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us in the direction we should go. We surrender

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to you. We ask for your intervention and all

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that's said and done today. Thank you for this

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opportunity. Again, I pray that those who are

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listening in, that you would bless them, that

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they would receive what they're tuning in for.

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and I'll give you praise for it. In Jesus' name

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I pray, amen. There's so much that we need to

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learn about being led by the Holy Spirit and

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I think that continues on through our walk with

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God. I've been a Christian for a long time, but

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I still need to learn something every day through

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the word of God and through the leading of the

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Holy Spirit to help me to follow exactly what

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God wants when it comes to the Holy Spirit leading

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my life. Now the Apostle Paul kind of laid the

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foundation of what the transition was from the

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law to the new covenant of grace. We read about

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it in 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 6 in

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the New Living Translation. Remember these are

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the words of the Apostle Paul. Here's what it

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says, he has, now that's God has, so God has

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enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant.

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This is a covenant not of written laws, but of

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the Spirit. Now that's talking about the Holy

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Spirit is going to lead us and direct us. The

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old law said there were strict laws and directions

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underneath the laws of Moses, but Paul is telling

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us that now there is a new covenant, a grace

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covenant, and that's being led by the Holy Spirit.

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So this is a covenant not of written laws but

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of the Spirit. And the scripture continues, the

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old written covenant ends in death, but under

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the new covenant, the Spirit gives life. In his

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scripture, Paul is telling us that the Holy Spirit

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changed things. You see, before Jesus left, remember,

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he told his disciples that he had to go to the

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Father, but that he would leave Christians the

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Holy Spirit, the Comforter. Now, Paul is telling

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us in 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 6 that

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God made Christians capable of ministering the

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new covenant. the new covenant of grace brought

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on by the Holy Spirit that Jesus changed the

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old laws to a new covenant of grace the words

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the old written covenant that were that I read

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in scripture basically refer to the law of Moses

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the words under the new covenant which is greater

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leads to life they're basically telling us that

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the Holy Spirit is is the one who brings the

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new covenant of grace to new believers the new

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covenant is the Holy Spirit leading the gospel

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grace. Now I know maybe that's a little technical,

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maybe it's a little bit more theology than some

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want, but it's so important to understand that

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the transition was made because of the Holy Spirit,

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through the Holy Spirit, and He changed the whole

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pattern of life, the whole mindset of individuals.

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It's amazing radical change that took place then

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and that is still taking place to this day. Our

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lives can be radically changed by the power of

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the Holy Spirit and the grace of the Holy Spirit

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to lead us and guide us. I believe what I just

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read basically lays the foundation or the groundwork,

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if you will, for understanding this podcast on

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a Holy Spirit -led life. Now we cannot understand

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how to be led by the Holy Spirit without surrendering

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our thoughts and our actions to the Holy Spirit.

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There's a step of surrender that we must take.

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We've got to deny self and move closer to God.

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There are three, I believe, critical ways to

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be led by the Spirit of God. There's a lot more

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than three, but here's three basic fundamental

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things we need to do. First off, we need to seek

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God first before we make decisions. If we want

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to be led by the Spirit of God, we must go to

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God first and seek Him. Rather than just making

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decisions here and making decisions there and

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doing what we think is best, we need to stop

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doing that. We need to just simply say, Holy

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Spirit, guide me and direct me, lead me. And

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it's crucial that we do that, otherwise we cannot

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be led by the Spirit of God. The second step

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we need to take is to claim that the Word of

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God is there to cover our life, that we Believe

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the Word of God is our guide, is our direction,

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is our instruction manual, if you will, to tell

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us how to live this life. And the third thing

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we need to do is to pray about everything. I

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mean everything. You know, I've said many times

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before, I don't even want to drive out of my

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driveway unless I surrender to the Holy Spirit

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and just ask Him, guide me, direct me. I pray

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for your hand of protection. And you might think

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that that's a little heavy, but I don't believe

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it is at all because I believe that the Lord

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wants us in all our ways to acknowledge Him and

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plan our life around Him. So let me repeat very

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quickly. the three things I think are crucial

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to understanding how to be led by the Holy Spirit.

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We need to seek the Holy Spirit, we need to pray

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and ask for guidance and directions, and we must

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surrender our life to God's Word. The Word of

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God has instruction for every single thing that

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will ever take place in our life. There's nothing,

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whether it be finances, whether it be marriage,

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whether it be careers, whether it be the church

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that we should attend, all those things. We have

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instructions on how to deal with all those issues

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in our life found in the Word of God, so we've

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got to get into the Word of God and place at

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least some of the Word into our heart and mind

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each and every every day that we live. There's

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no other way to be led by the Spirit of God.

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These steps really apply to everything that we

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need from the Lord. Now, I'm going to kind of

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change the direction of the podcast, so let's

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look at the results now of seeking and praying

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and reading God's word for guidance and direction

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in our life. Being led by the Holy Spirit brings

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the gifts and the fruit of the Spirit in our

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life. It brings everything that's good that needs

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to take place in our life. It brings it all to

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us. We receive spiritual insight. We receive

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wisdom from the Holy Spirit. We receive knowledge

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from the Holy Spirit. You see, Jesus acknowledged

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that he needed the Holy Spirit. We read about

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it in a... amazing story in the book of Luke

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in chapter 4 verses 1 and 2. Let me read that

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to you right now. I believe this really shows

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us how even Jesus needed the guidance and direction

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of the Holy Spirit. found in Luke chapter 4,

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verses 1 -2. We may go a few more verses after

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that. Found in the New Living Translation. Let

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me read this to you. Then Jesus, full of the

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Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River.

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He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness. Alright,

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right there. At the very beginning, Jesus has

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surrendered his will to God. Remember he did

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that in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before

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he was going to be crucified. And he was praying,

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take this from me, Lord. Oh, just take this cup

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from me. But then he quickly stopped because

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the Holy Spirit told him, him to surrender to

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God. He said, but no, not my will, but thy will

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be done. That was the Holy Spirit intervening

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in Jesus to give him direction. So let's look

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at what Jesus was facing here. It's called the

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temptation of Jesus. When we read verse one again,

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then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, okay, returned

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from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit

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in the wilderness where he was tempted by the

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devil for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing all that

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time and became very hungry. Obviously he did.

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So then he felt weak there, so then the devil

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wants to attack him just like the devil wants

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to attack us in our moment of weakness. Then

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the devil said to him, if you are the son of

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God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.

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But Jesus told him, no, the scriptures say people

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do not live by bread alone. Verse five says,

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then the devil took him up and revealed to him

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all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of

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time. He said, I will give you the glory of these

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kingdoms and authority over them. The devil said,

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they are mine to give to anyone I please. I will

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give it all to you if you will worship me." Jesus

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replied, the scriptures say, remember, look at

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this, Jesus filled the Holy Spirit, went and

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used the Word of God to fight his challenge.

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That's what we need to do. When the devil comes

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to us and tells us this and tells us that and

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tries to get us to change our thoughts on something

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or modify our life or compromise on certain things,

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we need to throw a scripture back at him. That's

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what Jesus did. He says, the scriptures say,

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you must worship the Lord your God and serve

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only him. It says, Jesus, basically, was following

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the three -step approach that I told you at the

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beginning of this podcast, was one, we need to

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seek God, we need to pray, and we need to use

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the scriptures to guide and direct our lives.

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So the Holy Spirit will help us and direct us

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if we do those things. So basically, as we continue

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to read the story, we find out that Jesus obviously

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won the battle with the devil, and the Holy Spirit

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was the one leading Jesus through this battle,

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and He wants to lead us through every single

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battle. The Holy Spirit was there for Jesus and

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he's there for us each and every day. So let

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me give you an example now of how the Holy Spirit

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speaks to us to give us direction, give us instructions,

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and to lead us. I have to refer to something

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that took place many years ago when I was pastoring

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our church. Let me make a statement here right

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now and kind of question you. Have you, think

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about this, have you ever thought that you needed

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to call someone and when you called they had

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a need? they needed prayer or something. Well

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that happened to me on many occasions and many

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Christians that I know it will have expressed

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to me that they've experienced the same type

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of leading of the Holy Spirit. You see one day

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I was at church and I was just sitting there

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making a few phone calls to people just to see

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how people are doing. I like to check with them

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on Saturday sometimes just to call them and visit

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with them for a little bit just be sure they're

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doing okay and is there anything I can pray with

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them about. It was just something the Lord put

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up on my heart as I pastored the church to Saturday

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make contact with the people. Well on one particular

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Saturday when I called this one couple I called

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him and when the man answered the phone he said

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yeah what do you need and I thought oh this isn't

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starting off very well and I said well this is

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Pastor David at the church and I just want to

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just want to know is there anything I can pray

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with you about and he said yeah I guess you could

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he says our marriage is over we're splitting

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up matter of fact we were just leaving the house

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to go to the attorney's office and to start drawing

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up the papers for a divorce and I said well I

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believe that maybe it would be good idea if we

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talked a little bit before you did that so would

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you mind swinging by the church on your way to

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the attorney and maybe we can talk you see what

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had happened here was the Holy Spirit knew that

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I was trying to contact the people but he knew

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what people needed to contact more than others

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so he placed this person's this couples names

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in my mind, in my heart, and encouraged me to

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pick up the phone right then. Now had I waited

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and delayed and not done what the Holy Spirit

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wanted me to do, I could have missed the opportunity

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to help these people. So when I called, they

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were already heading out the door, planning on

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going, setting up all the paperwork for a divorce.

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But I asked them, would you please stop by the

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church so we could just pray a little bit and

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talk before you move on your way. And he said,

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yeah, I guess so. I won't do any good, but yeah,

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we'll do that. So they drove by the church and

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that was just me. by myself in their church on

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a Saturday and they came over and we sit and

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talk and we prayed and we talked and we prayed

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and we talked and we prayed and within about

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an hour or so you could tell that the Holy Spirit

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was moving in a very special way and they said

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they had thanked me for calling them because

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they didn't think that God really cared it really

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didn't matter if they kept their marriage together

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or not and they were just telling me all of their

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sadness and grief and everything but see the

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Holy Spirit intervened and and used me gave me

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the opportunity to be able to speak by the way

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they they didn't divorce. They never did. They

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basically realized that they just needed both

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of them to get their eyes on Jesus and off of

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the problems that they were facing. So they were

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struggling with issues just like you and I struggle

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with issues. But when the Holy Spirit is there

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and talking to us and pleading with us and trying

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to get our attention through something we read

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in the Word of God or a song that we're singing

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in church, then let's be sure and submit to Him

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and yield to Him because He wants to lead us

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and help us to go in the direction that we should

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go so we can solve a lot of the problems were

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faced, you know, in our life. So, I could give

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you numerous examples of the Holy Spirit, you

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know, speaking to me, talking to me, not in an

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audible voice, I've never heard the audible voice

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of the Holy Spirit, but in that still quiet voice,

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that voice that says, you need to call this person,

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or you need to go by and visit this person in

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the hospital, or you need to do this or do that.

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I always like to write those things down because

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I don't want to miss out. I want to be sure that

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I am given the opportunity to minister to someone

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or reach out and be led by the Spirit. So please

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don't think that I'm acting like some kind of

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super spiritual person or whatever, but I'm really

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not in any shape or form trying to do that. I

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only want you to know that there are examples

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that even you know you've had where that quiet

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voice, that still quiet voice, told you to do

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something. And we need to surrender to that still

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quiet voice and allow the Holy Spirit to lead

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us, to direct us, and help us in the direction

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that we should go. Okay, well, I hope that helped.

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I hadn't planned to talk about all that, but

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I believe the Holy Spirit wanted me to share

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that story with you. Now, how do I know that

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it was the Holy Spirit that did that? And as

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a matter of fact, let me ask you that question.

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How do you know that when you're praying, it's

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the Holy Spirit's voice that you're hearing or

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that you're being impressed by the Holy Spirit?

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Well, there's a way to confirm that and verify

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whether it's the voice of God or whether it's

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a self -voice or the devil trying to confuse

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us, whoever. it might be. I believe that we know

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it's the Holy Spirit when that still quiet voice

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gives us something to bless us, to help us, to

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encourage us. Now this is how my wife and I test

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a thought or an action that we want to take.

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First we pray. First we just pray. We find out,

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Lord help us to be in agreement on something

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as we want guidance and direction from the Holy

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Spirit. We know if it's the Holy Spirit that

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responds to us, if what we are thinking lines

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up with the Word of God. The Holy Spirit is speaking

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to us and He will speak to us in the way the

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Word of God would tell us to go. For example,

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if we're struggling on whether people care for

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us or not or thinking about us or that there's

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anybody out there that cares at all, the Holy

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Spirit will remind us sometimes of Psalm 46 .1

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that God is a very present help in times of trouble.

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That's the Holy Spirit. When He throws a scripture

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and He gives you a scripture that encourages

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you and helps you in that situation you're going

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through, we know that it's the Holy Spirit if

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we are at peace with the direction that we're

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hearing. We know it's the Holy Spirit. if it's

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something that my wife and I are in total agreement

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and in unity about, and we say, yes, that's right,

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that's the direction that we should go, that's

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the decision we should make. So there's so many

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ways that we can know that it's the Spirit of

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God, but we need to stop and listen, we need

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to seek Him, we need to know if what we're hearing

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lines up with God's Word, know if we're in agreement.

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Now, if you're not married, you're a single person,

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then find a good friend to pray with. If you

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are single and you don't really have that person

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around you all the time that you can talk to

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and visit to and whatever, then and have a good

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Christian friend and say, there's something I

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need to make a decision on. Would you pray with

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me? Would you talk with me? Let's have a cup

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of coffee or something and just get together

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and seek the Holy Spirit, pray and use God's

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Word to guide and direct you. how we know that

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it's the leading of the Holy Spirit that's taking

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you in that direction. When the Holy Spirit leads

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us, we understand God's Word better. Let me repeat

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that. When the Holy Spirit is leading us, we

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will understand God's Word much better. Now I

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suggest that we read scriptures frequently, daily

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at least. half a dozen, three or four or five

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scriptures a day that we quote. I know in my

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own particular case, I've had a lot of physical

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problems, a lot of healings that the Lord has

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healed me of, and diseases and cancers and things

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that are just amazing how God did a miracle in

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my life and healed me. And so I start out every

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day thanking God for scriptures, like Luke 17,

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19, where Jesus looked at a man and said, your

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faith has healed you. and scriptures that tell

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us that he prayed for the masses and they were

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healed, and scriptures that tell us they healed

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every kind of disease and illness. Those are

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scriptures that I repeat every day and thank

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him for that, not just in my life, but in the

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lives of others that we pray for. So I suggest

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then that we read scriptures daily, then pray

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that the Holy Spirit helps us understand how

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that scripture relates to us. Let me give you

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an example of what I'm talking about. One of

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my all -time favorite scriptures is in Proverbs

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chapter 3 verse 5 where it says I trust in the

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Lord with all your heart lead not on your own

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understanding and all your ways acknowledge him

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and he will direct your path. Now when I read

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that scripture it reminds me of so much the help

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that I received I should say so much from the

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Holy Spirit because the biggest challenge that

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I've had in my life is that my understanding

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gets in the way of God's will or my understanding

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gets in the way of what the Holy Spirit wants

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me to do and so that scripture really helps me

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when I'm in the midst of trying to make a decision

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on something. And I say, Father, and I pray the

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scripture, not just read the scripture, but I

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pray the scripture. I say, Father, I thank you

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that you want me to come to you and that I should

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trust you with all of my heart. Thank you for

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that. And Lord, I thank you that I'm told not

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to lean on my own understanding. And I pray now.

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that I will not lean on my own understanding,

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and that in all my ways I'll acknowledge you.

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And I thank you, Lord, that the scripture tells

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me that you will then lead my direction, my path,

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my way. You'll guide me, Father. You see, when

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we apply that scripture to our lives through

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prayer, then we really connect with the scripture.

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It becomes very personal to us. I love to claim

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the promises of God for the lives of some people,

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individually, specifically for people, and pray

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with them and tell them how to pray the scriptures,

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not just say the scriptures, but to pray the

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scriptures. Now, that may not help you, but I

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believe it will if you truly trust it and realize

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that praying the scriptures is a way to get them

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deeper into your heart and to enable each and

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every one of us to allow ourselves to be led

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by the Spirit of the Living God. Now, when we

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yield to the Holy Spirit, all of the abilities

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of the Holy Spirit are available to us. Now,

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think about that for a second. Let's just take

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a second to think about that. When we yield,

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that means surrender, submit to Him. When we

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yield to the Holy Spirit, all of His abilities,

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all of His power, all of His authority of the

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Holy Spirit are available to us. That's just

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amazing. If that doesn't rock your boat, I don't

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know what will. It's so important that we understand

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that that power of the Holy Spirit that dwells

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inside of us, that He gives us abilities and

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enables us and gives us the power and the strength

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that we need to deal with whatever we face in

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life and we can learn to be led by the Holy Spirit

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if we understand that. The Holy Spirit has God's

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wisdom. Some people say, well, the Holy Spirit

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isn't God. Well, no, He is God. It's God the

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Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

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It's the Trinity. We believe in that. If you

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don't, Then you might say, well, I don't believe

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in that because I don't believe in three gods.

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Well, I don't believe in three gods either. I

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serve one God. But there's three persons of the

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Holy Spirit. Jesus, the Son of God, and God,

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the Father. And that's the Trinity. And that's

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the Triune Godhead, the powerful Triune Godhead.

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And each one has purposes throughout the scriptures

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that change the lives, change directions of kings,

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change directions of leaders, of pastors, of

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non -believers to become believers, of people

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like The Apostle Paul hated Christians, wanted

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to kill Christians, and when the power of the

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Holy Spirit came upon him on the road to Damascus,

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his life was radically changed and just made

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him completely a different person, a 180 degree

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change in his life. The Holy Spirit has God's

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wisdom, so therefore we can have God's wisdom.

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He understands spiritual truth and evil spirits,

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so therefore we... can understand spiritual truth

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and see and identify evil spirits. He counsels

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us, so therefore we can counsel others. He gives

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us strength, so therefore we can help others

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to receive strength. He has all knowledge. He

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has God's love. So therefore we can have God's

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love. We can have God's knowledge. These are

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things the Holy Spirit has for us. He wants to

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lead us into them, through them, and direct us.

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So I pray now that all of us will surrender to

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the Holy Spirit. Jesus relied on the Holy Spirit.

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So must we. When Jesus went into the temptation,

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into the desert, into the temptation, The devil

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came after him, but he relied on the Holy Spirit

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to give him strength. The Holy Spirit gave him

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the scriptures to speak. The Holy Spirit told

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him how to address the evil one, the devil who

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was harassing Jesus. And so therefore, Jesus

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relied on the Holy Spirit, so we believers must

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obviously also rely on. the Spirit of the Living

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God. Jesus needed the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

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So do we. Jesus needed the anointing of the Holy

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Spirit to even start his ministry. So do we.

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We must live in the Spirit daily, not occasionally.

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In order to be led by the Spirit of God, it's

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a 24 -7. That's 24 hours a day, seven days a

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week. We need to be led by the Holy Spirit. Now

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that doesn't mean we won't make mistakes. It

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doesn't mean that we might go off in the wrong

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direction somewhere, but the Holy Spirit in us

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will direct us. See, I've talked so much about

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how the Holy Spirit blesses us and helps us and

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He's there and He comforts us and all that, and

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He really does. But He also admonishes us. He

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also corrects us. He also becomes stern with

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us. I believe when When we do something stupid

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and we say something to someone that's not correct,

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the Holy Spirit quickens us and tells us, now

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that wasn't right. You should not have said that.

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You need to go back and apologize for that. I

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remember playing golf with a Christian guy once.

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We were playing golf and having just a great

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time and just really just having a great time

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and my buddy was getting ready to hit the ball

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and just before he went to hit the ball, one

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of the golf, they called them golf rangers, he

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was in a golf cart and he drove around just to

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be sure that things were going smooth and going

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well. So he didn't pay any attention that my

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buddy was getting ready to hit the ball off the

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tee. And as my buddy drew the club back, this

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guy drove up and said, hey, how you guys doing?

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And it caused my friend to shank the ball. So

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my friend got really mad, and he ran over to

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this guy and said, how can you do that? How can

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you do that? You should know better than that.

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You work for the golf course. And he just ripped

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into the guy. And the guy said, I'm sorry. I'm

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sorry. I didn't mean anything. He just wants

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you to have a good time. So my buddy was really

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upset. So the guy apologized, and he drove away.

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Well, we got in the cart, and my friend and I

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were driving down. the cart and all of a sudden

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he stopped and he said, I should have never done

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that. That was wrong. You see, that was the Holy

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Spirit helping him. And he said, just a second.

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Could you wait right here? I need to do something.

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So I got out of the cart. We were up by the green.

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I got out of the cart. And he took off in the

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cart. And I thought, where in the world is he

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going? Well, he spotted the guy, the golf ranger,

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if you will, driving around. And he drove over

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to the guy, got out. And he spoke to them and

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talked to him for a little while. And he came

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back. And he said, I just had to apologize to

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him. I see. I thought that was so, I was so impressed

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by that. I thought, Lord, this fellow, this friend

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of mine is a great man. Yeah, he could have easily

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just carried that with him the rest of the day.

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But the Holy Spirit said, no, you can't do that.

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And so the Holy Spirit interrupted him, his golf

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game, and sent him off to apologize to someone

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after he yelled and screamed at the guy. So anyways,

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that's a story that some of you might think kind

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of silly, but it's not silly at all. I wish all

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of us would be led by the Holy Spirit to know

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when we need to call someone and apologize, or

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just do something nice for someone else. We should

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pray that the Holy Spirit helps us to have that

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type of sensitivity to Him. The Holy Spirit helps

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us to surrender to God's will and to help us

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have the desires of God's desires in our life.

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Galatians 5 -16 says, live in the Spirit. Well,

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we can do that. So I'm going to pray now. I'm

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going to close this podcast in prayer and just

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pray for you that the Holy Spirit would help

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and direct whatever you're going through in life.

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Heavenly Father, I thank you for this lesson.

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I thank you Lord that you want us to be led by

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the Spirit. I thank you for the scriptures you

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gave us and I pray now Lord that those who are

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listening in, if they truly truly want a stronger

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relationship with the Holy Spirit, want to be

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led by him every day, that you would help them,

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that you would direct them, that they would pray

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and seek you and use your word, Father, to help

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them through life. I thank you for this opportunity.

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I thank you for this teaching, Lord. It may be

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pretty basic to some people, but to some of us,

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we need to hear this type of word, Lord, to keep

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us on track, to be led by the Spirit of the living

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God. And I'll thank you for it now. In Jesus'

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name I pray. Amen. Well, I hope this has been

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interesting to you. I have thoroughly enjoyed

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this podcast. And I hope that you will continue

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to listen to these podcasts. The next one we're

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going to do is called The Holy Spirit in Us.

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And it's going to be another way to look at how

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the Holy Spirit operates in our life. And so

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I hope that you'll tune into that one and listen

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to it. If you would like to know more about the

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.680
Quality Christian Living podcast that we have,

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I would invite you to go to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com. And when you get there and pull up the

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front page, there's a link to all the podcasts

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that we've done. So we're in 340. the last four

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years that we've done, and the Lord has blessed

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them, and I thank the Lord for those, and you'll

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find various topics on finance, topics on the

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Holy Spirit, topics on faith and healing and

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miracles, and there'll be series like this one

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on the Holy Spirit that will bless you, so you

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can scroll down and take a look at those. In

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addition to that, if you would like to subscribe

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to my podcast, you can do that by going to cpnshows

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.940
.com, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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With that, I'm going to start to close out this

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particular podcast. But first of all, I want

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to thank you for listening. You could listen

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to a lot of different podcasts, but you chose

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to be a part of this one, and I thank you for

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that. I'd like to ask you, though, that if you

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enjoyed this podcast, that you would just take

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a moment and give us a rating and review the

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podcast. It really is helpful in the direction

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that we're going and to help us to reach out

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to more people. You can leave a review on Apple

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Podcasts, on Amazon Music, on Charisma Podcast

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Network, or give us a star rating. on Spotify.

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However you choose to support us, we certainly

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appreciate that and thank you for taking the

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time to do that. I mentioned earlier that my

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next podcast is going to be called Holy Spirit

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in Us and there's some things that I really feel

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we couldn't get into this podcast that it needs

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to kind of carry over into the next one. We're

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going to talk about what does the Holy Spirit

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bring to us and the Holy Spirit in us is that

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it's really Jesus in us. The Holy Spirit may

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interrupt what we plan to say and that's only

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if he's in us and lives and dwells in us and

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directs our life and that the Holy Spirit can

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adjust our thoughts, our words, our actions.

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Think about that for a second. So I'm looking

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forward to that podcast and I hope that you'll

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be a part of that. So let me just close by giving

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you a blessing and praying for you. I pray now

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that the Lord will bless you and keep you and

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that his face will shine upon you and that he

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will be gracious to you and give you peace. I

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pray that you'll prosper and that you'll be in

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good health even as your soul prospers. So until

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next time, may God richly bless you. May you

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be filled with the power and the strength of

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the Holy Spirit. May you be led of the Holy Spirit,

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may the Holy Spirit help each and every one of

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us to be closer to Him than we have ever been

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in our entire lives. Thank you, Father, for putting

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this together, that we've had an opportunity

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to share what you placed upon my heart, that

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you would bless it and multiply it. And I'll

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be careful to give you praise and glory for what's

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taken place today. For ask these things in Jesus'

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name. Well, thank you again for listening to

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Quality Christian Living. I am your host, David

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Friend. I pray that you'll come back and listen

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to our continuation of the topics dealing with

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the Holy Spirit in us.