Gifts Of The Holy Spirit (330)

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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, Holy Spirit Gifts. The source and

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purpose of the gifts of the Holy Spirit will

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be covered. The gifts of the Holy Spirit were

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ordained by God, therefore God is our source.

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The purposes of the Holy Spirit are unlimited

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and the Gifts that I'm talking about will bring

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power that we cannot comprehend. This is an introduction

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to the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit. Heavenly

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Father, I thank you once again for who you are.

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I pray now that you would help us in this podcast,

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that you would bless it, that you would anoint

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it, and that you would take complete control

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of it. Holy Spirit, I yield totally to you and

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commit to you. I ask you to touch those who are

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listening in, that their hearts and their minds

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will be opened to receive what you have. Lord,

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in your word, and Father, in this podcast. Once

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again, I thank you for this opportunity. I pray

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blessings will come and we'll give you praise

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and honor for it. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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The scriptures tell us that God is the source

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of every gift or promise that Christians can

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ever receive. Matter of fact, every perfect and

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precious gift that we receive comes from the

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Father. In James chapter 1 verse 17, the New

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International Version says this, every good and

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perfect gift is from above. In 1 Corinthians

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chapter 12 and verse 4, in the New Living Translation,

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it says, there are different kinds of spiritual

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gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them

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all. And then in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and

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verse 11 it tells us that the only the Holy Spirit

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distributes all the gifts of the Spirit. What

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that means is that the only way that we can receive

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these spiritual gifts is when the Holy Spirit

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decides how to distribute them and who's going

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to receive which gifts and it's his complete

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control and that's what the Word of God tells

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us and that's what Paul is teaching those in

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the Church of Corinth because they were having

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a lot of confusion about the gifts. They didn't

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understand what was taking place and so he stepped

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in there to teach them and and help them and

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give them great instruction. So I would certainly

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encourage you to get the Word of God out and

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read 1 Corinthians chapter 12, chapter 13, chapter

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14. I've mentioned it in a prior podcast, but

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it's so important that we read what the Word

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of God has to say and what Paul said, because

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remember his words were inspired by the Holy

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Spirit and he's talking because of the Holy Spirit

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speaking through him. He's teaching and edifying

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us to understand how the gifts of the Spirit

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operate in every Christian who desires to have

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them. Now we know that the source of the nine

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power gifts and all of the gifts from the Holy

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Spirit, the source is God. And the Holy Spirit

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is the one that delivers them to us. Here are

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the nine power gifts. But first, why are they

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called power gifts? Well, they are supernatural.

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They are God's gifts. They are great gifts and

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they're designed to help believers and have believers

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be able to help others. These gifts help us to

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receive the answers for difficult needs or impossible

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circumstances. They are given to increase our

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faith. I'm not sure a lot of people think about

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the Holy Spirit that way, that it's going to

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be a way to increase our faith and our trust

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in God. It's going to be a blessing to give us

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more confidence in God's word. It's going to

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help us in every aspect of our life. And if we're

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searching for the gifts and we desire to operate

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in the gifts then remember they will build our

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faith as the Holy Spirit disperses them out to

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each and every one of us the gifts that he chooses

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that will cause an increase in our trust our

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faith and that knowing that God is able to do

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anything in this life and that nothing is impossible

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with our God now first allow me to quickly list

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the nine power gifts wisdom knowledge faith healing

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miracles prophecy discernment Between good and

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evil spirits and there's then tongues and interpretation

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of tongues now all of these gifts are supernatural

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They do not come by just reading books or listening

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to teaching on them and instructions on how to

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receive them they come when we yield and submit

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and surrender our will and our mind and our thoughts

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to the Holy Spirit so the Holy Spirit then is

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free to come in and Tribute the gifts that he

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desires now although these tools are beneficial

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to us It is the Holy Spirit at his job is to

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distribute them the type of the gift and to those

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who receive the gifts. Now see, I know I'm talking

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a little more about that than I probably would,

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but I think it's important that we understand

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that because sometimes I've heard teaching from

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people that just say, well, I'm going to get

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this gift and I'm going to get that gift and

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I prayed with this guy and he gave me this and

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he gave me that. No, that is not scripturally

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sound. The Word of God tells us very clearly

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that it's only the Holy Spirit who distributes

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the gifts for those that he chooses and the gifts

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that he chooses to use. All of these gifts have

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a purpose. Now let's stop for for a second. Every

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single gift has a purpose. It's not to make us

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just feel better. It's not to let us tell other

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people, oh by the way I've got the gift of tongues

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and I've got the gift of interpretation or I've

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got the gift of prophecy. They're wonderful and

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that's glorious, but it's not for us to boast.

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It's not for us to tell other people and to try

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and get other people to think that maybe we have

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something more important than they have. No,

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these gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to people

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who yield to the power of God and put the Holy

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Spirit first in their walk. They are not gifts

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for us to use any way that we choose or any way

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that we desire. The Holy Spirit tells us how

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they should be used and what direction they should

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be used. And once again, I need to emphasize

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that if you have not read 1 Corinthians chapter

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12, chapter 13, and chapter 14 in the New Living

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International or in NIV, whichever translation

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you like, I think if you haven't read that yet,

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you need to read that and read it over and over

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again and listen to what Paul says about how

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the gifts should be used and in what way they're

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right and in what way they're not being used

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properly. And so it's important that we understand

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that. So I want to make sure that that's solid

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and we need to understand that before we can

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continue on this particular podcast on the nine.

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power, gifts of the Holy Spirit. Here's a great

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scripture that Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter

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12 and verse number 7. He says, the manifestation

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of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit

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of all. So when the Holy Spirit comes forward

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in a church service or in a Bible study or just

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between a husband and wife or just simply you

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seeking God's presence and his guidance and direction

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and he speaks to you through the Spirit of his

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Spirit, it's given for the benefit of the profit

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of all Christians, and it's not to be used for

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one person for some kind of special interest

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or some special purpose. Now after this podcast,

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I'm going to cover each gift in greater detail,

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but I want to take a little time now, kind of

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introduce all of the gifts and talk about just

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some general statements I think that we're going

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to learn as we go through this continued teaching

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on this series on the Holy Spirit. So let's get

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into them right now. Let me just cover the nine

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gifts. As we move through them, I'll ask the

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Holy Spirit to guide and direct me as to how

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much I say, or whether I go quickly, or whether

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he wants me to have something special for each

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and every one of you. The first gift listed in

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the Word of God is wisdom. That's the ability

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to understand and clarify for others what God's

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Word says, what is false or what is true in spiritual...

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Teaching it's it's wonderful to have someone

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with the gift of wisdom and wisdom in your prayer

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group or in your obviously in your church We

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should have people with that gift because they

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are placed there to help us to Bless us to profit

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all of us is what that's other scripture said

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first Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 So we need

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to understand that wisdom is gives us the ability.

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It's not a nothing that we've learned in school

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It's not from a book that we've read although

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those things can be good They can be good tools

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and things that help us, but it's the ability

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All right, we're gonna move on now. The next

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gift is known as knowledge, and that means to

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know something we do not know based on our knowledge,

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or based on our teaching, or based on our education.

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Now, those are all good things, but our education

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is not always... you know, centered on the spiritual

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things. There's things that we have to learn

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in school that don't have a whole lot of spiritual

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content to them. And those are the things that

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will not give us spiritual knowledge or give

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us spiritual wisdom. So we've got to understand

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the difference between the two. You know, some

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people will come up to me and say, oh, that guy

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is really smart. He's really bright. I bet you

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he's really understand the Word of the God and

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he can do this and do that. And that's not necessarily

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true. I've seen people with extremely low education.

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I mean, they didn't have a degree. Many of them

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didn't even go to high school. but they are so

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learned in the Word of God and they have received

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an anointing of wisdom and knowledge through

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the gifts of the Spirit to be able to teach on

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any topic, any subject you can even imagine.

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So I think that's something we need to remember

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that it's not by might or not by power but by

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Spirit says the Lord. That's what the Word of

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God tells us. Now in 1 Corinthians chapter 2

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and verse 10 it says this in the New Living Translation,

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His Spirit searches out everything. and shows

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us God's deep secrets. Now, that's knowledge.

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That is the depth of spiritual knowledge. Let's

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read that scripture again, just very carefully,

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and I'll think about it. His spirit searches

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out everything. That means he knows everything.

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And if he's ever asked a question, he's got the

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answer to all of it. He searches out everything

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and shows us God's deep secrets, the deep things

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of God. You know, there's been times that I've

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been praying and seeking the Lord and the Holy

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Spirit moves upon me and I can just feel it.

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power of God operating and the Lord is telling

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me to do this or go in this direction and it

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usually is something to help somebody that's

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in need in their home or need in their marriage

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or someone that just needs a phone call. That's

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something that the Holy Spirit gives us and those

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are things where God understands what the need

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is. He also understands what the solution to

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that need is and then he speaks to us through

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the Spirit of God that lives and dwells inside

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of us to give us the gifts of wisdom and knowledge.

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to be a benefit to the church. Now our lives

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are going to be blessed. I'm not saying that

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these things don't bless us. You know, I really

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believe the gifts of the Spirit are kind of like

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a large piece of conduit where we are open. We're

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the conduit. And the Holy Spirit comes in with

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a blessing. He's got wisdom. He's got knowledge.

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He's got the deep things of God. He's got all

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these things for us. He wants to help us to understand

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what the Word of God says. He wants to help us

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to understand who's a false teacher and who is

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a true teacher, what true spiritual truth is

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all about and all that's for us and he pours

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it into a conduit that we receive and that conduit

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goes through us and blesses us and edifies us

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and helps us and draws us closer to God and builds

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our faith and does so much for us and then like

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a conduit it goes out through us and matter of

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fact there's so much that comes to us that it

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flows from us to other people you know we are

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blessed to profit others also You know, the same

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thing applies to our finances. Now, I know this

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is not a lesson or a podcast on finances, but

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when we're blessed, God intends it to be a blessing

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for us, but he also intends it to be a blessing

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for others. We're to use what we have to take

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care of what we need, and he'll give us an abundance

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of blessings, whether it be financial, whether

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it be spiritual, whether it be health, to reach

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out and bless someone else. That's how the Holy

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Spirit operates. We'll get into these too in

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detail in upcoming podcasts, but I just think

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it's important to and understand that this kind

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of knowledge and this kind of faith is truly

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spiritual, supernatural spiritual. Okay, now

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the next one that's listed here is faith, wisdom,

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knowledge, then faith. It says it's the gift,

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this is what I've written down. The gift of faith

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is having trust in God for something you cannot

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accomplish. It's having faith for something that

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you can't see. It's calling for something that's

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not as though that it is. And yet the Bible tells

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us that faith is substance. That means you can

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reach out and grab a hold of it. It's evidence.

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It means it's proof that something has happened.

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Faith is something that you believe or you don't

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believe. Now, some people come to me and they

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say, Pastor, I need more help with my faith.

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I'm struggling with my faith. And I like to stop

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them and say, no, you have faith. They'll say,

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I don't have any faith, and it's so weak. And

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I'm going to say, no, no, no, that's not true.

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God has given all of us a measure of faith. And

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you're a Christian. You follow Jesus Christ as

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your Lord and Savior because of the faith that

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you had to believe with the Holy Spirit. told

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you to draw you into a relationship with Jesus

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Christ. So most of us have greater faith than

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what we imagine is possible, and we need to understand

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that the Holy Spirit is there to give us greater

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faith. The gift of faith, in my words, is having

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trust in God for something you cannot accomplish

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on your own. All right, let's go to the next

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one now. Healing. Now this gift is the anointing

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of the Holy Spirit to believers, and it's to

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help them to know and understand that healing

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is about to take place. And that healing will

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be for both physical and emotional needs. You

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know, there have been times that I've prayed

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for people that I knew instantly that they were

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healed. Now, as a new Christian, I wouldn't say

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anything. I'd kind of hope they understood and

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I wouldn't say anything. But then as I tried

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to get closer to the Lord, I started reading

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Paul's teachings. I discovered that when the

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Holy Spirit moves upon me and I pray for someone

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and he shows me that the gift of healing that

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he's placed in me is being... poured out upon

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these people, and these people are receiving

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their healing, and I can remember a lady once

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that had a terrible problem, a diabetic problem,

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and she came up to me and she said, I'm just

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suffering with this, it's getting worse. I said,

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why don't we just believe that God will heal

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it? And so we prayed, and at the end of that,

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the Holy Spirit impressed upon me, tell her that

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she's healed, go to the doctor, get it confirmed,

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but she has been healed. The power of the Lord

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Jesus Christ came through the Holy Spirit to

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me, and the Holy Spirit then gave me... that

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opportunity to pray for healing for this person.

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She went to the doctor. She came back about a

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week later and told me that she was completely

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healed and restored. Now to God be the glory.

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To God receive all that honor and praise for

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what he did in that situation. There'll be a

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whole lot more in healing in the upcoming podcast.

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The next nine power gifts of the nine power gifts

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is miracles. This is a gift that is far beyond

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human understanding. It's It's way beyond our

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understanding. Science cannot explain it. Science

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has no way to understand it because the scientist

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is looking at what they feel they understand

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and what they've created. They're not leaning

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towards what God says that can take place in

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people's lives. And so it's a gift that is far

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beyond what we've ever learned or we've ever

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experienced in our experiences, or in our education,

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or wherever it might be. And here's a scripture

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I think that kind of helps us understand miracles.

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It's found in Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 20.

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It says, Now to him who is able to do exceedingly

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abundantly above all that we ask or think. You

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see, to him be the glory. Because God is able

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to do in us more than we can imagine. Exceedingly

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abundantly above. all that we can ask or even

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think about. Now, I've heard people preach about

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this and say, I'm a big thinker, I think big.

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Well, it doesn't matter how big you think God's

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bigger. It doesn't matter what we have in our

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background and all that, God is able to do exceedingly

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abundantly more than all of that. And that's

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called a miracle. I just believe that. I had

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my kidneys healed when I was 25 years of age.

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It was a miracle. The doctor told me, you've

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only got a short time to live. Your kidneys are

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failing. And this was many, many, many years

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ago when kidney transplants were brand new. And

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he said, you would never survive one. You have

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a terrible blood condition. You just would not

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survive the surgery. And so he said, just go

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home, take care of your situations, and just

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go from there. Well, I got home, started reading

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the Bible about healings and miracles and the

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gifts of the spirit. And my wife and I I prayed

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and we started believing that God was gonna give

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me that miracle and heal my kidneys. And so about

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six months later, I was supposed to go back to

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the doctor. So I went to see him. He looked at

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me and he said, I just ran all your tests and

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what have you been doing? And I said, well, we've

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been praying, trusting God and drinking a lot

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of water. He said, well, drinking a lot of water

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is great. He said, just praying, that's all else

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you've done? We said, well, that seems to be

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all we've needed, right? You just said, I'm fine.

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He says, you are completely healed. totally restored.

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Your kidneys are perfectly normal. You don't

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need any surgery. You don't need any treatments.

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That was a miracle that came into my life. I

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was a brand new Christian, 25 years of age, and

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the Holy Spirit moved in such a powerful way

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that He gave me that gift to believe for my miracle.

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And that was a gift that I could extend to myself.

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Some people say, well, isn't that kind of selfish?

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No, it's not. Matter of fact, a lot of people

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don't realize that when we operate on the gifts

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of the Spirit, it's to bless us. And so therefore,

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we can be blessed when we experience the gifts

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of wisdom knowledge faith healing and miracles

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and they do bless us and we should receive those

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and that's not person that's not selfish that's

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not self -centered that's just operating how

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the Holy Spirit wants to operate in our lives

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okay here's another one of the gifts prophecy

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in first Corinthians chapter 14 verse 39 it tells

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us about the word this word prophecy comes from

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God and it's to build up others. It has many

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uses and you know I can't really spend a lot

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of time on it now because it just deserves just

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complete attention because prophecy is so powerful.

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as one of the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit

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and yet there are times when it's not really

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understood and there's people that think that

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they're a prophet and maybe they're not. They

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need to get guidance or maybe they are a prophet

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and they don't understand it and they're operating

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below what God intended for them. So if that's

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something you feel that you would like to see

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in your life then you need to talk to your pastor,

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to other people who understand the gifts of the

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Spirit and tune into our podcast and listen because

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we will cover in detail the gift of Here's another

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one, another one of the gifts of the spirit.

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Nine power gifts. Discernment of various spirits.

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Now this is not human intellect or suspicions.

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It is to help believers identify various spirits.

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Now I made a comment earlier in this that the

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discernment of the various spirits is those of

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good spirits and bad spirits and really that's

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how it operates. I mean I have had many occasions

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where someone's walked up to me and I can just

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sense their spirit is so powerful and just so

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strong and they were in agreement on something

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and I can also tell you when people come up to

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me and I think they're confused and they've been

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hearing some teaching that wasn't necessarily

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strong or possibly they were cooperating, you

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know, and not understanding what they're listening

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to and allowing other spiritual things to influence

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them. That's very dangerous. And I've had people

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that I've had to pray for and tell them that

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you have a spirit of this or a spirit of that

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and that's the Holy Spirit giving me that so

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that I can share that with them so that they

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can grow and draw closer to God and benefit and

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profit from the spiritual gift of discernment

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of various spirits. An example, let me give you

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an example of that. Spirit speaks to us with

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a warning or to be cautious about something.

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Have you ever go out to buy something like maybe

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a purchase a car or maybe in something not quite

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as big maybe some clothes or something and as

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you make the purchase on a credit card or you're

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going to use the last cash that you've got you

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have that still quiet voice inside of you that

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tells you no not now. That's the Holy Spirit

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telling you and directing you and telling you

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not to make a purchase that it's not going to

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be good for you. And a lot of times people say,

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well, you know, how come God doesn't bless me

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with this or bless me with that? Well, God knows

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better about what will bless us and what will

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not bless us. And the Holy Spirit is inside of

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us to help us to make these decisions. And we

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need to rely upon him to help us to have discernment

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of various spirits. Now we'll cover this in depth

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in an upcoming podcast. Here's the next power

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gift of the Holy Spirit, and that's tongues.

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And it's basically to speak, to pray, to even

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sing in a language unknown the one with the gift.

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So we'll talk a lot about that and it's something

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that I don't take very lightly but one that is

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crucial to my walk with God and our walk with

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God. And finally the interpretation of tongues.

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It's for someone to interpret an unknown tongue.

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This is one of the nine power gifts that's so

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crucial for the church to operate the way God

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intended to operate with the Holy Spirit involved

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in activities, services, Bible studies, whatever

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it might be. But we need to have them all come

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together. So all these we'll be studying. I won't

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repeat all of them because that would be kind

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of redundant, but I just want us to think about

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what areas that we're focused on and then be

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sure and listen in to all of these. The Holy

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Spirit is still operating through followers of

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Jesus Christ to perform these gifts today. I

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know I've heard people who teach that know that

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past when Jesus went to heaven, but that's just

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not true. The bird of God tells me that God is

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going to operate this way until Jesus comes back

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and claims his church. And even then there's

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going to be even greater things that take place.

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So let's just give all the God the glory for

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it and let's desire to operate the way the gifts

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want us to operate and to receive them. and have

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a willing heart and an open heart to receive

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what the Holy Spirit wants to do in and through

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us. So let me just pray for you. I'm sure there's

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some that would like to have a prayer to have

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prayer over these particular areas. Father, I

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know there's people who've listening today that

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they're really desiring to get the gift of prophecy

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or tongues interpretation or knowledge or healing

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or whatever it might be, Father. But I just pray,

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Lord, that you would bless them and help them

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to focus on what the Holy Spirit wants to do

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and to yield to the Holy Spirit and to ask him

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to do what he desires to do because that's what

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will be best for each and every one of us. I

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pray blessing upon those who are desiring to

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pray in their heavenly prayer language and that

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would expand their time for prayer and expand

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their, quite frankly, their closeness to the

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Lord. I pray blessing to be upon him and I pray

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that you would pour out your spirit, Father,

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on all flesh, Lord. And once again, Lord, we

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believe that you desire to operate in the gifts

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and you do that through the Holy Spirit and we

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can operate in these gifts as the Holy Spirit

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guides us, directs us, leads us and distributes

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these gifts. I'll thank you for it in advance

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and give you praise. Heavenly Father, help us

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with the upcoming podcasts as we go a little

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more in depth on each one of these, Lord, to

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help us to study it, to be able to reveal it

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and explain it, Father, that your name will be

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glorified and you'll be lifted up. So I ask for

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these things now in the precious name of our

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Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, I'm

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going to have to wrap this podcast up because

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we try to keep them all under 30 minutes, and

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I just have a couple comments to make before

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we move on. If you'd like to know more about

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Quality Christian Living, that's the name of

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our podcast, you can go to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com and when you go there, your front page that

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pops up, you'll see a link to these podcasts.

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Now this is podcast number 340, so obviously

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we've done a few of them. There's a lot of topics

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we've covered, anywhere from finances to spiritual

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issues to even help for veterans and issues dealing

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with miracles and how to see those happen in

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our lives and it's just a lot of stuff we've

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as the Holy Spirit has led us and I pray that

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you might want to listen to those they're all

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available all 340 of them all you have to do

00:23:07.509 --> 00:23:09.750
is tune in to them and listen to them we even

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had a series we did on finding your purpose in

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life and I believe the Lord blessed that one

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so I would encourage you to do that and if you'd

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like to subscribe to my podcast you can do that

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by going to cpnshows .com or or wherever you

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listen to your podcast well we're going to continue

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on this series on the Holy Spirit I'm not totally

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sure what the next one is going to be at probably

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will deal with wisdom and knowledge, you know,

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but then again I've been dealing with whether

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I should get into tongues, interpretation of

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tongues, so just let me have a little time to

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focus on that before I go to next week's podcast

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which will be coming up like we do one every

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single week and just listen for them and we'll

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cover every one of the gifts as the Holy Spirit

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leads us and guides and directs us. Well I want

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to thank you for listening. Now if you enjoyed

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this episode or if you enjoyed any of the episodes

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do. I have been remiss in not asking for that.

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The lady that helps me with my media work and

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my social media and all these things that I I

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know very little about. I just really enjoy doing

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the podcasts and studying, get ready for them,

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and bring these messages. And from that, books

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have been birthed from these podcasts. I just

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thank the Lord for that. But when it comes to

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this techie stuff, I need help. And so I've got

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someone who helps me, and she's always saying,

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that'll make her happy. And I would really appreciate

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if you do that. Lately, we've had several people,

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quite a few of them, who have expressed a desire

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to How can they give us a review? And so we've

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just given that word, that information for you.

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And if you'd like to know more about the books

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that I've written, the things that I've done,

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you can just take a look on our webpage, davidcfrandaauthor

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.com, and all of the last six books that I've

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written are listed on there. They're all available

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on Amazon, and I hope that they'll be a blessing

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to you. So I want to thank you for listening

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in today. I'm thankful that you've been a part

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of the Quality Christian Living podcast and this

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series on the Holy Spirit. You know, when you

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talk about the Holy Spirit there's so much to

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talk about and you can go on and on and on and

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just literally you can just convert the whole

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podcast over just talking about the Holy Spirit

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and not have to handle any other topics or any

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other subjects and I just don't feel that I'm

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supposed to do that at this time and but I do

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believe that this teaching is going to open up

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hearts I've had people already tell me that they've

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been filled with the Holy Spirit since they've

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been listening to the teachings on the Holy Spirit

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that they've they've their fair their prayer

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time Their faith is just increasing and growing

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because that's what the Holy Spirit does when

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he works with us and he ministers to us and through

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us to others. Our faith is growing and exploding

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because the Holy Spirit wants us to have great

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faith. and not just kind of like a little tiny

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faith or a little touch of it. He wants us to

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have great faith and I think we can receive that

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and we will receive that as we seek the Holy

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Spirit in His direction and the things that He

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desires for our lives. So I'm going to close

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this right now with a blessing and just want

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to thank you so much for being a part of Quality

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Christian Living. Now I pray that the Lord will

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bless you and keep you. and that his face shall

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shine upon you, and that he'll be gracious to

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you and that he'll give you peace. And may you

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prosper and be in good health even as your soul

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prospers. So, until next time. May God richly

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bless you. We're going to be on this series now

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about the Holy Spirit until the Holy Spirit tells

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me you're done. I can see another 10 or 15 maybe

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or more podcasts at least the topics because

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we have once we get through the gifts of the

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Spirit I want to talk about the fruit of the

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Spirit because I think a lot of people don't

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realize that the Holy Spirit is there to give

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us the gifts of love and of love and joy and

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peace and patience and goodness and kindness

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and gentleness and self -control. He wants to

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help us with that and he's the one that brings

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the fruit through the Spirit into our lives,

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which is really our gifts from the Holy Spirit.

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If you want more joy in your life, and you want

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more peace in your life, and you want more faith

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in your life, then stay with us on this series

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as we continue to talk about the Holy Spirit.

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Once again, I want to thank you for listening

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to Quality Christian Living. I am your host David

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Friend. This has been podcast number 340, dealing

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with the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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Thanks again for listening. See you next time.