Holy Spirit And Our Will (352)

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Welcome once again to the Quality Christian Living

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podcast. I am your host, David Friend. Our series

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on the Holy Spirit seems to be gaining momentum.

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People are enjoying it and encouraging me to

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continue to stay on this topic. So we're going

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to stay there for as long as the Holy Spirit

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leads us. You know, the purpose of the Holy Spirit

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is to help believers and help non -believers

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become believers. Now, what are some of the ministries

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of the Holy Spirit? We talk about that and how

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can the Holy Spirit minister to us and and the

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fact is he that he also helps us to do God's

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will he's got a great assignment an incredible

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job you imagine having his job having to do what

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he needs to do is to keep Christians on track

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with God's will so today we're going to talk

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about the Holy Spirit and our will so let's just

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pray and ask for God's direction Heavenly Father

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we love you we need you we desire your help I

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ask the Holy Spirit now to come in and direct

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this podcast it's a very important one Lord as

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you well know that the Holy Spirit is always

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dealing with the will of man. So I pray that

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you would help us to understand your will and

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your direction in all that we do. I pray you

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would bless those who are listening in today,

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that you would touch them and help them to understand

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that God's will is always best and that the Holy

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Spirit is there to help us, each and every one

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of us, to know God's will and to do his will

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and then reap the rewards of doing that will.

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So Father, we ask your blessing now, your anointing.

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Holy Spirit, do what only you can do, I pray,

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in Jesus' name. Amen. Well, as I've mentioned

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in previous podcasts, the Holy Spirit prays for

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us. He prays for us to do God's will. He prays

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exactly what we need and He's our intercessor.

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He is our connector with God the Father. The

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Holy Spirit has a purpose to help believers and

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to draw non -believers to Jesus. You know, that's

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really His primary focus is to minister to us

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and help us because Jesus said when He left this

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earth, He says, I'm going to be leaving I have

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to go and it's better that I go because then

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the Holy Spirit will come and He will comfort

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you and He'll be with you and He'll direct you.

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The Holy Spirit tries to direct us to do God's

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will. I use the word tries because, you know,

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our will can overshadow the will of the Holy

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Spirit. And that means that we do what we want,

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when we want to do it and how we want to do it

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and why we want to do it and to whom ever we

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want to do it to. And that's not following God's

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will. And so the Holy Spirit can only attempt

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and try to direct us to do God's will. and that

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is his job, that's his assignment. And we then

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need to understand that our will has to be secondary

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to God's will, always in every situation. The

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Holy Spirit wants us to be delighted in doing

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God's will. I'm going to talk about that a little

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bit more in a moment, but think about that. Be

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delighted. Not, oh, God, I know your will, and

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oh, I don't know how that's going to happen,

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and oh, I don't think I can do that. And we do

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make all those statements when we know what God's

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will is. In my own life, I've had times when

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I was in ministry, and I wanted to get out of

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ministry. And I knew it was God's will that I

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stayed in ministry, but I went ahead and stepped

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out of it anyways. And I struggled. I mean, I

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had a very difficult couple of years until I

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jumped back into doing the will that God had

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placed for me in my life. And so we need to be

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directed and we need to be delighted. We need

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to receive it and take it into our heart and

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our mind, our soul, and make sure that our spirit

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is in total agreement with God's spirit. And

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so therefore, we need to be delighted I'll talk

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more about that in just a second. Now, the Holy

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Spirit does that. He wants us to be delighted

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because our will may be at odds with God's will.

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Matter of fact, many times it is. Even Jesus

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had a brief moment of wanting to do his will.

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You remember back in the Garden of Gethsemane

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where Jesus did not want God's will for the crucifixion,

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but he quickly changed and said this in Luke

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chapter 22 verse 22 in the New International

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Version. Here's what Jesus said, Father, if you

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are willing, take this cup. Now, another translation

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says, Father, if you are willing, take this cup

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of suffering away from me. That's the cup he's

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talking about, and that suffering is the crucifixion

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that's coming up and the humiliation and God

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deserting Jesus here on earth. So, in Luke 22,

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42 in the NIV, when Jesus said, Father, if you

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are willing, take this cup from me, he says,

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yet, but here's a big word, the biggest word

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that we can have many times in our life, yet,

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not my will, yours be done and it must be done

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so it's important that we understand that yet

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that yet is our will wanting to fight God's will

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and that's a battle that takes place in most

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of our lives just about every day there's something

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that we are thinking about that God gets us off

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and tells us that's not right don't think that

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way go in a different direction that's following

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God's will just those little thoughts that we

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have in our mind when all of a sudden we get

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upset with someone someone says something to

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us that we don't appreciate and we want to say

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something back well it's God's will that We don't

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get even with people or judge people or get angry

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with people. We just simply should move forward

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and pray for that person who has given us a difficult

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time. See, the key word in that scripture in

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Luke 22 is yet. We need to say, however, our

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yet, not my will be done, but your will be done

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in every single area of our life. And I'm not

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saying that's easy. I'm not saying that's easy

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at all. It can become very difficult, especially

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when someone that you care for, that you love,

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hurts you. They do something against you. And

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our natural response is, in our own flesh, is

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to want to get even, or want to say something

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back, or want to make a quick statement. But

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I've discovered over the years of being a follower

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of Jesus Christ, and especially as a pastor for

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over 20 years, that I've got to understand that

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people don't always say what they mean. People

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don't say things that really is a good description

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of who they are. They might say that in anger,

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or in frustration, or wherever it might be. And

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they're outside of God's will, and we just to

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pray for them and love on them and care for them

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and help them get them back in. You know getting

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into an argument with someone is really most

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the time just kind of a waste of time. We just

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simply when someone disagrees with us we need

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to pray for them. Bible says pray for those who

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persecute you, who come up against you, who charge

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many things against you. That's just a powerful

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statement that we need to learn in order to do

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that we've got to submit to the Holy Spirit,

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yield to Him and ask Him to know exactly what

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we should do and what God's will is in each situation

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that we have. Now, I love to use the word delight

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when thinking about doing God's will. I mentioned

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this earlier just a little bit, but let's go

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a little bit more into this. I think it's so

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important to understand that word delight. We

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must delight ourselves in God's will. Delight

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ourselves in what He wants us to do. Delight

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ourselves in His goal for us. Delight ourselves

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in what the Holy Spirit tells us to do. the unctioning,

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if you will, the moving of the Holy Spirit, that

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still quiet voice inside of us that tells us

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what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and

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be delighted in that, and be happy to do it,

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even though it may be something we don't quite

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understand. Now in Psalm, chapter 40, verse 8,

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in the New American Standard Version, the psalmist

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said this, I delight to do your will, oh my God.

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Now that's simply as direct as you possibly can

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be. I delight to do your will. And that's where

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we need to get in order to understand how to

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be led by the Holy Spirit to know God's will

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in our life and to run from our will or our thoughts.

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Now that doesn't mean that we don't have good

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ideas and good thoughts, but anything I believe

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that's good, any good thought or idea or plan

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that comes into our mind, we need to give God

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credit for that. We need to thank the Holy Spirit

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for that. I don't like to take credit for anything

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anymore. If I preach a sermon and someone says,

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oh, that was a great message. I don't want to

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say, yeah, well, I put 20 hours in putting it

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together, worked hard on it. No, that's not giving

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God the glory. But when someone says, that was

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a great message or I enjoyed that podcast, I've

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got to immediately tell them the Holy Spirit

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is doing something wonderful and I thank Him

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for giving me what He gave me. for this particular

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podcast or that particular message that I may

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have spoken. Here's another wonderful scripture

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found in the book of Psalms in Psalm 37 verse

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4 in the New Living Translation. Take delight

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in the Lord and he will give you your heart's

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desires. Well, look at that. What a wonderful

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scripture that is. Take delight in him. Once

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again, that word delight jumps into us. The sad

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thing is that we sometimes want to delight in

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ourselves or delight in our desires and not delight

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ourselves in the Lord. Let me make that a little

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clearer. Psalm 37 -4 says this. take delight

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in the Lord and he will give you your heart's

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desires. He is not saying take delight in our

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desires, but many times, I know we're human and

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we have fleshly thoughts and ideas, many times

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we delight in our thoughts. We delight in what

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we want to do. We delight in that new car. We

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delight in that new house. We delight in maybe

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having new friendships. We need to delight ourselves

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in the Lord and then he will give us our heart's

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desire. We can't delight in our desires. We've

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got to delight ourselves. in God and following

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his will in our life. To delight in God, really,

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and to delight in his will is having trust in

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God. We need to trust the Lord with all of our

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heart. We need to not lean on our own understanding.

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We need to acknowledge him in all ways and he

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will direct our path. That's Proverb 3 .5, one

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of my absolute favorites and I know that's a

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very important scripture for all of us to truly

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understand to do God's will and not our will.

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The Apostle Paul wrote an amazing scripture dealing

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with seeking God's will. Really a very powerful

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scripture. When I first read it, you might think,

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well, that doesn't really apply to this podcast,

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but think about it. The podcast is dealing with

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the Holy Spirit and our will, knowing that the

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Holy Spirit is helping us with our will to make

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it become God's will. And the transition, Paul

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talks about that and he doesn't use exact words

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but listen to what he says in in Philippians

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chapter 3 verse 7 and 8 in the new international

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version I'm gonna read it a little bit slower

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because I want you to savor it as I'm reading

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it to you but whatever were gains to me. That's

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what he's saying. Anything that was good in my

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life, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

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What he's saying is, anything that I did before

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coming to know Christ wasn't all that important.

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He says in verse 8, what is more, I consider

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everything a loss because of the surpassing worth

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of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whose sake

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I have lost all things. That basically he's saying

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anything that I want to do, desire to do, my

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will, if it was contrary to God's will. I consider

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them garbage that I may gain Christ." So here

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he's saying that if things are not God's will,

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then it's garbage. It literally is something

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that we should not allow to happen in our life.

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Now that's strong, but it's really wonderful.

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So I would encourage you maybe to go back and

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listen to this portion of the podcast again.

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Read that scripture again, because Paul is basically

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giving us an understanding of the difference

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between knowing his will and knowing God's will.

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Before he came to know Jesus Christ as Lord and

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Savior, everything he did was his will, and it

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didn't turn out very well for him. And after

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he came to know Jesus Christ, so he says everything

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that was done before this, it really wasn't worth

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anything. He even likes to use the word, well

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the translation uses the word garbage, and the

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bottom line of it is that it was worthless. Everything

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that he did before following the divine will

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of God was worthless. Now that doesn't mean that

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we didn't do something good in our life, that

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we didn't have times in our life where things

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were decent and peaceful, but if we truly want

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to have the surpassing worth of Knowledge that

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Paul talks about it the amazing unlimited power

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of God in our life and the anointing of the Holy

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Spirit in our life We've got to shun our will

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and receive God's will and we find that will

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through the leading and guidance in the direction

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of the Holy Spirit I believe all that Paul was

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talking about there was that God's will is what

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Paul wanted He didn't want his own will in his

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life from that day forward now in order to know

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and do God's will we must deny self obviously

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Self is an enemy of God flesh is an enemy of

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God in order to know God's will we must Submit

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ourselves and surrender ourselves and surrender

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our will to the Holy Spirit in 1st Peter chapter

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1 verses 14 through 16 I'm gonna read this out

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of the Bible in a new living translation. Let's

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listen to these words very carefully So you must

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live as God's obedient children Don't slip back

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into your old ways of living to satisfy your

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own desires. You didn't know any better than

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But you must be holy in everything you do, just

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as God who chose you is holy. For the scripture

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says this in verse 16, you must be holy because

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I am holy. So what God is telling us through

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his word, what the Holy Spirit is giving Peter

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to write, is give us instructions about don't

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go back and slip back into our old ways of living

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to satisfy the desires of our flesh. That is

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not God's will for our life. Peter delighted

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in God's will. Once he understood the difference

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between his will and God's will. He delighted

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in it. Peter desired God's will and he wanted

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the Holy Spirit to direct him. See, all believers

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are called to live a godly life and to follow

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God's will, but there's a battle. It goes on

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constantly. It is impossible to know God's will

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without following the Holy Spirit's direction

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in our life. Let me repeat that. That is so important

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for each and every one of us. It is absolutely

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impossible to know God's will without following

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the Holy Spirit's direction. Now, how does the

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Holy Spirit talk to us? That's still a quiet

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voice I've talked about many, many times. The

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Bible talks about it. That's still a quiet voice

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that tells us the direction we're on isn't correct,

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or we're making the wrong decision or saying

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the wrong words, and that the Holy Spirit is

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speaking to our spirit and telling us how to

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take the right steps and go in the right direction.

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The Holy Spirit can speak to us through the Word

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of God, through a sermon, through a friend speaking

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to us about something, but the Holy Spirit has

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many ways that He can instruct us in God's will

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and keep us focused on God's will and desiring

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His will in our life. We can live a holy life

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if we walk in the Spirit. That doesn't mean that

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we are super righteous people. No, there's none

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righteous. No, not one. And the only righteousness

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that we would ever have is the righteousness

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of Christ that lives and dwells inside of each

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and every one of us. We can live, though, a good

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life, a holy life, a godly life, a righteous

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life, if we walk in the Spirit. Following the

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Spirit is the only way to know God's will. I

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think I've said that a couple times now, but

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that's so important that the only way to know

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God's will is to follow the Holy Spirit. It is

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only possible to live a holy life life if we

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do not try to be holy. You see, our efforts many

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times are pretty weak, pretty pitiful. Our ways

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are below what God's ways are. The Bible tells

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us that God's ways are greater than ours, his

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thoughts are greater than ours, so we want to

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have his thoughts, and we want to know his ways,

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and we want to know his plans. But we've got

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to try and stop trying to be holy. We can't do

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that because that's self. trying to become spiritual,

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and that doesn't work. And so therefore we give

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up, we surrender, we deny ourself. Trying is

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our flesh, and our flesh is an enemy of God.

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So therefore, stop trying and start believing.

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Start trusting by faith, claiming God's word,

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claiming the promises of God, and ask the Holy

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Spirit to guide and direct us in each and everything

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we do in our life. Now following. are a few scriptures

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I believe that should help followers of God's

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will. Those who really want God's will, who delight

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in God's will, they have a desire, they want

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to do everything God wants them to do. And I

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was talking to somebody the other day, we were

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chatting about knowing God's will and not knowing

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God's will, and this person said, you know, all

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I really want in life, for the rest of my life,

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is to follow God's will, to do what he wants

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me to do. He said, because when I follow God's

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will, then I'm at peace and I have a joyful life.

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But when I get back into my own will, and start

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doing what I want to do and don't listen to the

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Holy Spirit, then I become miserable, become

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sad, I became frustrated, even get discouraged

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and even depressed. And he said, but when I get

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out of that and I walk in the power and presence

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of the Holy Spirit and have a desire to delight

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myself in God's will, regardless of what it is,

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if I keep my delight on Him, He'll give me the

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desires of my heart. It was a really wonderful

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conversation that I had and the timing was very

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appropriate for this week. on this particular

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series on in this podcast so let me just give

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you a couple scriptures I think that'll help

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us to follow God's will in Matthew chapter 6

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verse 33 it's one of the oldest scriptures I

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remember in the very early part of becoming a

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Christian somebody taught on this one in Matthew

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6 33 I'm reading it out of the New International

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Version but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness

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and all these things will be given to you as

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well you see Jesus wants us to understand that's

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what we have to do first is seek God's will and

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then He'll bless us. The scripture that I just

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read is found in the book of Matthew chapter

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6, like I mentioned, and Jesus is giving instructions

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on teaching about money and possessions and what

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we need and how he's there to take care of us.

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He says in verse 31, so don't worry about these

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things, the things being how you dress and your

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finances and all that good stuff. Don't worry

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about them, saying what we eat and what will

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we drink and what will we wear. He says, these

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things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers,

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but your heavenly father already knows all your

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needs. And then he said the powerful words I

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read earlier in... Matthew chapter 6 verse 33

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Jesus said this seek the kingdom of God above

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all else there you go that's key above all else

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and live righteously and he will give you everything

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that you need now that is one of the most powerful

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scriptures that will probably ever try to live

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up to and that is to seek first God in all things

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seek ye first the kingdom of God and when we

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do that then whatever we need God's going to

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supply it according to his riches not ours or

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not the riches of some relative, but the riches

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that God has for each and every one of us. And

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I'm not talking just finances, I'm talking about

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the richness of knowing His will and living the

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life He wants us to live. things that Jesus is

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talking about here are material things, possessions

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and food and shelter and clothes and it's even

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following God's will. He says in all things we're

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to seek God first and seek his kingdom first.

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All right, let's move on. Another scripture I

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think that helps us with understanding how to

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get out of our will and follow the will of the

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Holy Spirit is found in Psalm 37 -4 in the New

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International Version. Listen to this, take delight

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in the Lord and he will give you desires of your

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heart. Now I threw that in a second time. because

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I think that is a big issue with a lot of people

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and struggling to know God's will. They want

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to delight in what they think they should delight

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in rather than delighting in the Lord and then

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trusting God that then he will give us the desires

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that we have. All right, I'll move on. Psalm

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37 .5 in New International Version. Commit your

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way to the Lord. Trust in him and he will do

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this. Okay, that was remember 37 .4 said, take

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delight in the Lord and he'll give you the desires

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of your heart. Then 37 verse five says, commit,

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follow up, you gotta commit. That means absolute

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commitment, total sold out to God. Commit your

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way, whatever you do, whatever we think, whichever

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direction we wanna go. Commit your way, your

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job, your marriage, your finances, your parenting,

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the things that are in your life. We've gotta

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commit them and commit our ways to the Lord.

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Trust in him, all right? And he will do this.

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He will give us the desires of our heart. As

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a matter of fact, our desires will become the

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desires that God places in our heart. I can remember

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as a young man, I always wanted to have fancy

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cars and when I first got married, I had a little

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problem with buying a car and I'd like it for

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a year and then I'd sell it and get another car

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and drive it for a year and get another car.

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And that's really foolish. Financially, I've

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talked about it in my books on finance, that

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you should never buy a new car every year and

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replace it because you take a beating financially

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on it. It's best to buy a three -year -old car

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every three years and you'll wind up doing much

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better as far as far better than throwing away

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a lot of money and I had a real problem with

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that because I was seeking the desires of my

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heart according to my will according to how I

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want to do it then I became a Christian some

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five years later and all of a sudden cars were

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nice and all that stuff I thought still thought

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they were fun but they became far less important

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in my life and all of a sudden I started making

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better decisions on automobiles I would buy old

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cars used cars and wear them out until they literally

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about tires about ready to fall off of them and

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then get rid of that one and get another one

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and I was able to then with those funds I wasn't

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spending or wasn't losing I was able to do have

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a nicer home for our family to live in able to

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give more finances to the Lord able to start

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tithing all those things changed because the

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desires of my heart changed and it was because

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the Holy Spirit taught me to delight myself in

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him and he'll even change my desires so that's

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a little bonus something that I thought I would

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throw in there because some people struggle understanding

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the difference between God's will and our desires.

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All right, let's move on again here. This is

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Romans number 8 verse 6 in the New Living Translation.

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So letting your sinful nature control your mind

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leads to death. That means spiritual death. But

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letting the Spirit control your mind leads to

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life and power. So therefore, once again, we

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go back to the Holy Spirit. He's the one that

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has to lead us. He's the one that has to direct

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us. He's the one that has to guide our thoughts,

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our plans, and he will help us to follow God's

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will for us in our life. The Holy Spirit brings

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a Greater life. Life. That life brings peace

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and joy and trust in God. It's so important that

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we take this teaching and understand that all

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that we've done in our life, it's not all garbage.

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You just don't throw everything away. Paul, when

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he meant garbage, he was saying things that I

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was doing on my own didn't turn out very well.

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But it's important for us to understand that

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we can do nice things and good things, but we

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can go better than that as a Christian. As a

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follower of Jesus Christ, we can do great things.

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Jesus said when he left, he says, greater things

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will you do than I've done. And the only reason

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he said that to them was because they were followers

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, if they were all

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ungodly people and doing their will and their

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desires, he would tell them, you're going to

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fail. You're not going to prosper. But he knew

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because they were followers of the Lord Jesus

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Christ, they would surrender their lives to him

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and seek God's will and not their will. And that's

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my prayer for each and every one of us today.

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So let's start closing this podcast out by giving

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you a prayer and just believing that God will

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help each and every one of us to follow the will

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of the Holy Spirit, which is God's will. Heavenly

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Father, thank you, Lord. Once again, for another

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podcast where you've guided our thoughts, directed

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us, helped us with the scriptures to explain

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what they mean in relationship to this topic,

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I pray blessing on all those who are listening

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in, who are struggling with understanding God's

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will or knowing God's will. Father, I pray that

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you would comfort them, Lord, that they would

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not beat themselves up from the mistakes that

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they've made in the past because you've forgiven

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them those. All of us, each and every one of

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us who have made mistakes when we repent of our

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sins and ask Jesus Christ to become our Lord

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and Savior and turn from those Ways and turn

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our lives to God and receive him as our Lord

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and Savior, then he forgives us and gives us

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a new life, a new path, a new plan, and a new

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purpose in our life. So I pray blessing upon

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each and every person listening here today that

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the will of God through the Holy Spirit would

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reign supreme in all of our lives. Help each

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one of us, Father, to do your will, to seek your

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will, to delight ourselves in your will. Thank

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you for that, Father. Thank you for guiding us

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through this podcast, and I'll be careful to

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give you praise and glory for it. In Jesus' name

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

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to you. I hope it's been a blessing to you. I

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thoroughly enjoy this entire series on the Holy

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Spirit. It's just been wonderful. I can tell

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that people are loving it because the number

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of people listening in is increasing consistently.

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And you've inspired me, Lord, to help me to put

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a book together dealing with understanding our

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relationship and listening to the Holy Spirit.

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So something very special has taken place. So

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I pray that you would continue to bless it. Our

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next podcast that we're going to move into is

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simply entitled More of the Holy Spirit. Now

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some people might say, well haven't we already

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covered it all? No, not by a long shot. We could

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do podcasts on the Holy Spirit for the next 50

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years of my life and I can tell you that we would

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never be able to complete. all that the Holy

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Spirit has for each and every one of us. Now

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I'm not saying we're going to be doing this for

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the next 10 years, but I do want you to understand

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that I want to be led by the Holy Spirit as to

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know how long we continue and when we should

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move on to a different topic. Quality Christian

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Living is a podcast designed to help Christians

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live a quality life, quality Christian life.

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If you'd like to know more about Quality Christian

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Living, you can go to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com. And when you go to my webpage and pull

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it up, the front page right there will have a

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link. that says. podcasts and it tells you just

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click that link and you'll open up to some 350

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today I think is the 350 first podcast in about

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four and a half years and so the Lord has blessed

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it every week we bring a new message and sometimes

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two or three messages in a week but it's important

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that we understand that the Holy Spirit needs

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to guide us and direct us in every area of our

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life and so that's what quality Christian living

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is about when you click that link on you'll look

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at the be able to see the podcast and then choose

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what areas you'd like to have maybe a little

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bit of with, areas on finance, areas on veterans

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and how they deal with life because I've served

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in the military. There's podcast series on there

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on the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit,

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the power gifts of the Holy Spirit, walking in

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the Spirit. There's series on having faith and

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understanding what miracles are and how to have

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faith for miracles. Just a plethora of topics.

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I hope that'll be a blessing to you. In addition

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to that, if you'd like to subscribe to my podcast,

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you can do that by going to cpnshows .com or

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wherever you listen to your podcast. So I just

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want to ask you a little favor if I can right

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now. If you've enjoyed this I want to thank you

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for listening and if you've enjoyed this podcast

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I'd like you to take a moment to rate and review

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the podcast. It really helps us reach out to

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more people. You can leave a review on Apple

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Podcasts, Amazon Music, Charisma Podcast Network

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or just give us a star rating on Spotify. Now

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however you choose to support us we certainly

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appreciate it and thank the Lord for that. Well

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I pray that you'll continue to stay with us as

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we continue this series on the Holy Spirit but

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before we close I just want to give you a blessing

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and just say another little prayer for you. Heavenly

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Father I pray Lord that you would bless those

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who are listening in that you would keep them

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and that your face would shine upon them and

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that you would be gracious to them Father and

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that you would give them peace and Father I pray

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that you would prosper them in all things and

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that they would be in good health and that their

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soul would prosper I believe for that for them

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and I pray for those who are seeking more of

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the Holy Spirit that they would Tune in next

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week for that podcast to help each and every

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one of us desire more and delight ourselves in

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knowing more about the Holy Spirit and operating

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our life being led by the Spirit of the Living

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God. I thank you for it now and I'll give you

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praise for it. Bless those who are listening

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and those who prayed that prayer in the middle

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towards the end where I told them to give their

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life to Jesus Christ. If they repented their

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sins and invited Jesus into their life, I pray

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they'd find a good church, Lord. Get the word

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of God out and read it and find a church that

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will preach the gospel message. and let the new

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pastor there know that they just became followers

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of Jesus Christ and they want to know how to

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serve him in a greater way. Bless and keep them,

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I pray now, in Jesus' name. Well, once again,

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I hope that you enjoyed this podcast. I pray

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that God would richly bless you. I pray that

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you would receive a great anointing from the

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Holy Spirit to move stronger and closer to the

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walk of God that you desire. I pray that you

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would delight yourself in the Lord and then he

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would give you the desires of your heart. Bless

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and keep everyone, I pray. Thank you once again

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for listening to Quality Christian Living. I

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am your host, David Friend. Thank you for being

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a part of this podcast. May God richly bless

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you.