Holy Spirit and the Supernatural (373)

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Welcome to the quality Christian living podcast.

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I am your host David friend today's podcast is

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entitled the Holy Spirit and the supernatural

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I believe it's going to be a blessing because

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the Lord's given me some very special things

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to share with you today We're gonna talk about

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how people say things like we must leave the

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natural and move into the supernatural. What

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are they talking about? And what does the supernatural

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mean to us? And how can we experience the Holy

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Spirit's supernatural power? Is it possible to

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live in the supernatural? So there's a lot of

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things to cover, and we'll just see how the Lord

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takes us through this. But before we get started,

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we need to pray. Heavenly Father, I ask your

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blessing on this podcast that you would anoint

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it, bless it, and that you would guide me through

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the whole thing. Pray the Holy Spirit would touch

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the lives of those listening in, and as we enter

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into the discussion on the Holy Spirit and the

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supernatural, I need you to take over, take complete

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control of this podcast. I surrender to you.

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Bless those that are listening in, and I'll be

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careful to give you praise for it. Now, in Jesus'

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name I pray. Amen. Now first we need to define

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what the word supernatural means. You see, it

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is God's divine actions. They are higher than

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our natural actions. Matter of fact, I need to

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read a scripture right here that talks about

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how God's powers and his thoughts are greater

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than ours and they're obviously supernatural

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over our natural thoughts. I'm going to read

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from the book of Isaiah in the New Living Translation,

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chapter 55, verses 8 and 9. My thoughts are nothing

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like your thoughts, says the Lord, and my ways

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are far beyond anything you could imagine. See,

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his ways are supernatural. For just as the heavens

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are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher

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than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your

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thoughts." So that kind of lays the groundwork

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that there's a difference between our thoughts

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and God's thoughts and the supernatural. The

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supernatural is above the laws of nature, and

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nature is what we struggle with, which we can

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refer to it also as our flesh, that robs us from

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having that supernatural relationship that we

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need with the Holy Spirit. You see, the supernatural,

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we read about in the Bible. These are divine

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actions of God. They are miracles of healings

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or resurrections or the creation power of God

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or salvation. And it's so important that we understand

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there's a major difference between what we think

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and what our thoughts are in relationship to

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God's thoughts and the supernatural thoughts

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and actions that the Holy Spirit wants to operate

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in our lives. need to understand that the Holy

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Spirit is the one that brings the supernatural

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to us. These supernatural activities, they can

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be experienced by followers of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. We read about the supernatural gifts

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of the Holy Spirit. And I'm not going to go into

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that whole teaching. I've done that before. But

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the supernatural gifts are the power gifts of

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the Holy Spirit of wisdom and knowledge and healings

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and prophecy and tongues and interpretation of

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tongues. And it goes on and on. There's so many

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wonderful gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are

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all supernatural. Jesus calming the waters is

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supernatural. Jesus healing those in the Bible

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where the Word of God tells us that He healed

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all the sick and that every kind of disease and

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illness was healed by the Lord Jesus Christ.

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These are supernatural activities. And they didn't

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cease, they didn't stop when Jesus left the earth

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and went to be with the Father and left the Holy

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Spirit here. No, the gifts can continue and they

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are continuing on. I know in my own life I've

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experienced miracle healings. I've seen miracle

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healings of individuals that the doctors are

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just amazed at. And even the doctors that I have,

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some of them I've talked to have said that they

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don't understand them, they don't know how they

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operate, but they've seen miracles of healings

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in their practice. You know, it would literally

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take hours and hours. to explain and to review

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all the supernatural events in the Word of God.

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So we're not going to do that because we're going

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to try and lay basically a foundation of how

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to understand the Holy Spirit and the supernatural.

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See, the supernatural is led by the Holy Spirit

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in Christians, in followers of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. The Holy Spirit wants us to yield to

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His supernatural abilities. We can live in the

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supernatural. only through the Holy Spirit. You

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know, the supernatural is anything from healings

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and great miracles to just simply that still,

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quiet voice that we hear that tells us to call

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someone or to apologize to someone or correct

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some actions that we've taken or make decisions

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on certain things. Those are just as much supernatural

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activities as the great healings and miracles

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that we read about. Let me give you some examples

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in the scriptures of supernatural power and the

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Holy Spirit and how they work together. Let's

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start with the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians

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chapter 5 and verse 22. The fruit of the Spirit,

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quite frankly, is a supernatural gift from the

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Holy Spirit. It's love and joy and peace and

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patience and goodness and kindness and gentleness

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and faithfulness and self -control. These are

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things that are above our natural ability. We

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can be in the midst of some really difficult

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times but have joy and peace. That's a supernatural

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experience. We can be going through some of the

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most difficult trials, we can have terrible diagnosis

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from the doctor telling us that our sicknesses

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are bad, they're terrible, they're even life

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-threatening, and yet still be at peace and have

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joy in our heart. The gifts of the Spirit that

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I've talked about previously a little bit, like

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miracles and greater faith and wisdom and tongues

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and all those things, are more examples of the

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supernatural operating in the lives of Christians.

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Examples of divine healing like Jesus raising

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Lazarus from the dead. We read about it in chapter

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11 of the book of John in the New Living Translation.

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Let me read a couple of verses there that I think

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would help us understand the working of the Holy

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Spirit and how we see the supernatural in operation.

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Now in the story of Jesus and Lazarus, remember

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that Lazarus was a dear friend of his and Lazarus

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was loved by so many people. Well, Jesus was

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called upon to come back because Lazarus was

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sick and he delayed because he had things to

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do. doing ministry, and he wasn't able to leave

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right then and run to the aid of the family and

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to Lazarus. But when he got there, when he arrived

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there, he walked up to Martha. This is recorded

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in John chapter 11 verse 24, New Living Translation.

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And Jesus basically says to Martha, your brother

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will rise again. And she's saying, well, if you'd

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have been here sooner, I'm kind of paraphrasing

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it, if you'd have been here sooner, he wouldn't

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have died. And Jesus just simply says, your brother

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will rise again. Verse 24, he says, yes, Martha

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said he will rise when everyone else rises at

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the last day. And then Jesus in verse 25 says,

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no, no, no. He says, I am the resurrection and

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the life. Anyone who believes in me will live

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even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and

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believes in me will never die. Do you believe

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this, Martha? I thought that was... Really important

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to read that, that do you believe this, Martha?

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So do we believe in the miracle power of Jesus,

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the resurrection power of Jesus, the supernatural

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power of Jesus, and how those supernatural powers

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are operated in our lives through the anointing

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of the Holy Spirit? So Jesus then called Lazarus

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forth and said, Lazarus, come forward. And Lazarus,

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they rode the stone back. Lazarus walked out

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and he had his barrel cloths on him and they

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had to remove all that. and he was up and about

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and moving and eating and doing the things that

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any living person would do. So this is a great

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story of the supernatural, but one where it's

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important that we operate and... And understand

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when Jesus said to Martha, do you believe this,

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Martha? Do we believe this? Let me ask each and

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every one of you listening in today, do we all

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believe in supernatural power? Do we believe

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in healings and miracles? And if we don't believe,

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we've got to go to the Word of God. We're going

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to need to go to the Holy Spirit and help Him

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with our unbelief. And so with that, we can receive

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the anointing and the power of the Holy Spirit

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to take us into the realm of the supernatural,

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maybe like we've never experienced. Here's a

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couple more scriptures I think that would be

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helpful to listen to. Acts chapter 1 verse 8

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in the New Living Translation. Listen to this,

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but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit

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comes on you and you will be my witnesses. Right

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there we're hearing from Jesus that the power

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of the Holy Spirit will come upon us and anoint

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us. That's supernatural power. And then in 1

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Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 27 the New Living

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Translation says, all are given different gifts

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to build up the body of Christ. Once again talking

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about the supernatural, being led by the Holy

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Spirit. And then in Galatians chapter 3 and verse

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5, the New Living Translation, God gives His

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Spirit and works miracles among you. Once again,

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the connection between the Holy Spirit and miracles

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and the supernatural. We read in Romans chapter

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8 and verse 9, the New Living Translation, the

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Spirit of God lives in you. Now I wanted to read

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that one before we move on because it's so important

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we understand that when we become the followers

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of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit comes

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to live and dwell in us. And Paul is telling

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the people in Rome about this and explaining

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to them that the Spirit of God lives in you.

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So we've got to believe that. That may sound

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pretty basic to some people, but quite frankly,

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we've got to start at the beginning, and that

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is to have faith to believe that the Holy Spirit

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is living in us. And so the Bible tells us that

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greater is he that is in you than he that is

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in the world. That's simply referring to the

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power of the Holy Spirit, the supernatural power

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of the Holy Spirit. So do we believe, like Jesus

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told Martha, do you believe? Well, I'm asking

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everyone out there, do we believe that we have

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living in us the supernatural power of the Holy

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Spirit? So I hope that that kind of settles that.

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So let's move on to the next part of our podcast

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today. Let me just ask a question. What does

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the supernatural mean to us? all of us. Is it

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possible to live in the supernatural? Well, I

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believe that it is because the power of God is

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inside of us, living inside of us, dwelling inside

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of us, and we can live in the supernatural. What

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it means to Christians is to live abundantly,

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to live with a joy in their life, to live with

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peace. It means living a quality Christian life.

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You know, that's the name of this podcast that's

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been operating. This one's been operating for,

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what, four and a half years now. In the last

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year, we've been focusing totally on the Holy

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Spirit but quite frankly supernatural living

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means that we can live that quality Christian

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life that we're talking about so we can live

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not just a get -by life or just kind of barely

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keep our mind focused on things, but literally

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have abundant living and have an overcoming life

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and becoming more than conquerors. That's the

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life that the Holy Spirit wants to bring to each

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and every one of us through His supernatural

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powers. Living in the supernatural is living

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in the Holy Spirit. We are able to do that based

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on what the Bible tells us in 1 John chapter

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4, verse 4, New International Version. The one

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who is in you, I mentioned this just a moment

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ago, but now I'm going to read the specific scripture.

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The one who is in you, that's the Holy Spirit,

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is greater than the one who is in the world.

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So because of that, we are able to live in the

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power of the Holy Spirit, the supernatural power.

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Now when we start to talk about the supernatural,

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the thoughts of great miracles and healings and

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resurrection power and Jesus walking on water

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and feeding the 5 ,000 with a couple of fish

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and a couple of pieces of bread, all those are

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things we think about the supernatural and those

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are supernatural activities but the supernatural

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is also that small still quiet voice of the Holy

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Spirit reminding us to call an old friend maybe

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to apologize for some past actions that's a supernatural

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act or a thought that maybe you need to change

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maybe the things that you're doing in your life

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or that you should become more active in your

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church or use your talents more or even use them

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at all in the church. Those are the supernatural

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empowerments of the Holy Spirit wanting to work

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through each and every follower of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. You know, this kind of reminds me of

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the time several years ago when I was, my wife

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and I were praying and thinking about it was

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time for me to step down from the church as the

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senior pastor and to bring in a younger person

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so that we can continue to grow and continue

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to attract all ages of people, not just the older

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folks that we had, but that we could kind of

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turn our church over to someone else. I could

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help them or work with them. But it was something

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that we prayed pretty heavily about it. And we

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needed the Holy Spirit to intervene with us.

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So we were praying. And so I was out one day

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during this period of time and just going out

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doing some errands from the church. And as I

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was driving by a coffee shop, I felt the Holy

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Spirit. impressed me didn't talk to me in an

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audible voice I've never heard an audible voice

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of the Holy Spirit but he impressed upon me to

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go into this coffee shop and I didn't want to

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it was a time of day where I didn't really want

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any coffee but I felt a very heavy impression

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to go in there so I stopped my car walked in

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went in there grabbed a cup of coffee thinking

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why am I getting this I don't even really want

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this but as I was leaving the store I walked

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past a gentleman that I thought think I know

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that guy but I walked out the door and just kind

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of passed him and All of a sudden, the Holy Spirit

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stopped me and said, go back in there and apologize

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to this person. You walked past him. Maybe he

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saw you and thought that you weren't being kind

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to him. And I thought, well, I'm not going to

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do that. But then it was very heavy. I mean,

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a definite heaviness that was on my heart that

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I had to go back in and see who this person was.

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So I went back in this place. But I walked right

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past him, walked out another door. Then the Holy

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Spirit says, get back in there. And I walked

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back in again. And I stopped in front of this

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fellow. He was sitting there with his laptop

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and had his face straight down in his laptop

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and his coffee and all this good stuff and wasn't

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paying attention to anything around him. And

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I leaned over and I said, hi, I think, are you

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Pastor Luke? And he put his head up and it was

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him, it was Pastor Luke Barnett. And all of a

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sudden he looked at me with a surprise and he

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said, wow, it's great to see you here. And I

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said, well, do you have a second? could we talk

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for a second? And so I asked him a question.

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I said, I'm thinking of stepping down. This is

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not to be announced or anything, but I'm thinking

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of doing that. And I'd like to know if you know

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of maybe a younger person in ministry that I

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could work with, possibly turn the church over

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to. And he said, yeah. He said, that would be

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me. And I said, you, you've got this huge church

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that you have taken over from your dad and that

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Phoenix First Assembly at the time, that's what

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it was called. He had a great ministry. And I

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thought, well, you, I'm sure you're not going

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to want to step over and be involved in our church.

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He said, no, we've been trying for years to start

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an expansion of our churches and have mergers

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and merge with other churches. He said matter

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of fact a few days ago I was with the family

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in New York and we were having dinner and I said

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before we eat I'd just like to pray that I get

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a chance to meet with Pastor Friend and talk

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about his kind of what he's thinking to do in

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the church and if there's any way we could work

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together on anything and so he was telling him

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that and here three days later I run into him

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at a coffee shop. Well it was not a run -in to

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it was a divine appointment from God. because

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we chatted, we started talking about it, and

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within a period of 90 days we did a full merger

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and brought our two churches together and created

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something new called Dream City Church. And Dream

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City Church then from there took off and grew

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and got new campuses here and there and has continued

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to expand. But there was an intervention of the

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Holy Spirit, a supernatural intervention of the

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Holy Spirit to stop me in what I was doing and

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move me in the direction He wanted me to go and

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to meet with this pastor that I had known for

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years but hadn't seen for years and the Holy

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Spirit was there operating in that. Now I gave

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you that story, I know it took a little bit of

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time, but I gave you that story because I think

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it's so important to understand that that's how

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the Holy Spirit can work in your life. He can

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impress you to call someone or reconnect with

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someone or change jobs or change the way you're

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living your life or somehow become more active

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in your church, whatever it might be, listen

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to the still quiet voice of the Holy Spirit.

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That is a supernatural movement from God the

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Father. Now, the Holy Spirit led me into a supernatural

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experience and he can do the same thing for any

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one of us. He will do the same to any Christian

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providing that that particular Christian surrenders

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their will to the leading of the Holy Spirit

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and listens to that thought, that impression

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of the Holy Spirit. puts upon them. I'm positive

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that every single person listening to this podcast

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has had opportunities to enter into the spiritual

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power or the supernatural actions of the Holy

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Spirit. Matter of fact, when you receive Jesus

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Christ as your Lord and Savior, that is a supernatural

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movement of the Holy Spirit. The Bible tells

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us that the only way that we can become a Christian

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is if the Holy Spirit moves upon us and convicts

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us of our sin and tells us to then submit our

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lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. So that is a

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supernatural power and it's happened in every

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believer. Now, if you're not a Christian, you've

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not given your life to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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I need to stop right here. I really believe the

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Holy Spirit wants me to stop here because I don't

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know who's listening in. I'm sitting here making

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these podcasts every week. They literally go

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around the world and I don't know who's listening

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in, who's a Christian, who isn't. So let me take

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a moment. If you're not sure where you're going

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to spend eternity, whether heaven is in your

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plans, I'm going to ask you to just pray this

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prayer with me. Say, Heavenly Father, I need

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I need you to forgive me. I've sinned and fallen

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short of your glory, so I repent of my sins,

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ask you to forgive me, and cleanse me from all

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unrighteousness. Today, I accept Jesus Christ

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as my Lord and Savior. I believe that he was

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born of the Virgin Mary. I believe that he suffered,

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he was crucified, he was resurrected, though,

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from the dead, and he now sits at the right hand

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of the Father. So on this day, I surrender totally

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to the Holy Spirit and to receive Jesus Christ

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as my Lord and Savior, and I promise to serve

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you. all my life in Jesus' name. If you prayed

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that, you need to find a good church. You need

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to get the Word of God out and start reading

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it. I would encourage you to do that. Now some

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people say, why do you do these altar calls,

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these times to give people a chance to receive

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Jesus? Well, I don't do them just on my own.

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It's not automatic every single podcast, but

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there are times that I'm sharing something and

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the Holy Spirit then impresses me. That's a supernatural

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movement. And to offer the opportunity for people

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out there who are listening in, if they're not

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sure of their walk with God, if they've never

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given their life Jesus Christ. And you'd be surprised

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the number of people who listen to this podcast

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who've never committed their life to Christ and

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who then make that commitment to receive Jesus

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Christ as their Lord and Savior. That is a supernatural

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move of the Holy Spirit. So with that... I think

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this is a good time to just pray for people in

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general to understand, to receive that still

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quiet voice of the Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father,

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for those who are out there today, I know we

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all have needs. Some are having financial needs,

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some are having physical needs, some have maybe

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marital relationship problems, whatever it might

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be. I pray in the name of Jesus that you would

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now touch them and that the Holy Spirit would

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then speak to them and give them guidance, give

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them direction. I pray that the Holy Spirit would

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comfort them, Father, and give them peace. Pray,

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Lord, that the Holy Spirit would work our lives

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greater than we've ever experienced before, and

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I'll thank you for that in advance and give you

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all the praise and glory for it. In Jesus' name

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I pray, Amen. Well, I'm going to have to start

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wrapping this up, but I've got a few more things

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to say. I suggest that we read the supernatural

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miracles of Jesus that He performed in the Word

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of God. Go back through the Bible. Read the four

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Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Read

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it again and look at those miracles and then

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read about them. Look at the activities that

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took place up to those miracles and after the

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miracles and see how the Holy Spirit operated

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in these things. You see, the Holy Spirit descended

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upon Jesus when John the Baptist baptized Him

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and that initiated His ministry, His absolute

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full -blown ministry here on earth and that power

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of the Holy Spirit who was living in him and

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so when Jesus left he says it's best that I leave

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because if I don't leave you won't have the Holy

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Spirit working with you but if I leave then the

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comforter that I'm sending to you from the Father

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will come to you to live in you to dwell in you

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to give you peace give you guidance give you

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direction give you strength and lead your life

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if you'll yield to him so this is what we need

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to do we need to read the supernatural experiences

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of the Apostles how John wrote the book of Revelation,

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and how the Apostle Paul, who was anti -Christians,

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he hated them, he was killing them, he had no

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use for them, and yet while he was on the road

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to Damascus, Jesus appeared to him and said,

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why are you condemning me? Why are you attacking

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me? And Paul fell over, lost his sight, and the

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power of God just overwhelmed him. That was through

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the operation of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was there,

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but the Holy Spirit's the one that went to Paul

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and convicted him of his need to receive Jesus

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Christ as Lord and Savior. And look what Paul

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did in his life. We look at how the Holy Spirit

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helped King David when he ran into sin. And he

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knew that he had to confess his sins. And he

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says, Dear God, I've sinned against you. And

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he says, Create in me a new heart and restore

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unto me the joy of my salvation. So the Holy

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Spirit was moving upon King David when he was

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in the midst of his sin and helped him to come

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out of that and reestablish his walk with God.

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So just take a moment now to to think about the

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supernatural Holy Spirit and the experience that

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you've had in your life with Him. Obviously,

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if you're a Christian, you know Jesus Christ

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is your Lord and Savior, then you have had a

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supernatural experience there. And I know there's

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times when that still quiet voice tells you to

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do something. Have you ever been, you know, maybe

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doing something, being very busy, then all of

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a sudden a thought comes to mind, I need to call

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this person and talk to them, or I need to, when

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I get home, talk to my wife or my husband or

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my kids or something. share something with them.

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I truly believe that for followers of the Lord

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Jesus Christ that is a supernatural movement

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or a still quiet voice of the Holy Spirit giving

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us guidance and direction. When those things

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happen don't take them lightly. I can tell you

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there's been times that the Holy Spirit's told

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me to pray for someone and I wound up praying

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for that person for five, ten, fifteen, twenty

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years every day on my prayer list. Their name

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is on there to lift them up and pray for them

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and I don't know why I'm even doing it but I

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just know that I'm supposed to and then all of

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a sudden I'll run into that person and I'll find

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out that they were going through difficult times

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or that their healing had not taken place and

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maybe a challenge that they had in their life

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or a physical one or emotional one or wherever

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it might be and then I'll see that it's been

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lifted because of the power of the Holy Spirit

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so when those things happen and you're you feel

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that you should pray for someone please write

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it down and pray for them and keep praying until

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the Holy Spirit tells you you're done you don't

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have to continue praying and you can move on

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all right well I hope that this has been a blessing

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to you I've thoroughly enjoyed it I want to talk

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a little bit about the upcoming podcast after

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this one, if the Holy Spirit leads us this way,

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but I believe the topic is going to be the Holy

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Spirit full and being full of faith. It's about

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the life of Stephen, a man who was known as a

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servant of God. He served other people and he

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was known as a man full... of faith and the Spirit

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of God. And we're going to talk about his life

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and how we can have that same experience to walk

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in that power and leading of the Holy Spirit.

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So I hope that you will let your friends know,

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that people know about the next podcast coming

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up, that we're going to have an opportunity to

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talk about how we can live a full life and filled

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with faith and the power of the Holy Spirit.

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So we'll get into that through the life of Stephen.

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It's a great story and one that I thoroughly

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enjoyed speaking about and listening to. people

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preach on. So with that I would like to tell

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you a little bit of how you can learn more about

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the Quality Christian Living podcast that we

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have. This podcast has been going on now for

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four and a half years. We've done about 375 podcasts

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now and so we've covered a lot of topics. If

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you'd like to know more about Quality Christian

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Living I'd like to go to my webpage davidcfriendauthor

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.com and when you get there the front page will

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pop up and there'll be a link on the very front

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page showing a link to podcasts. If you If you

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want to click that link on, it'll take you to

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all 370 -some podcasts and we'll show you the

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various topics. We have series there dealing

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with how to have greater faith. We have series

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there talking about how to receive miracles.

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A series on there how to be debt -free and to

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live a debt -free life. To understand the joy

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of being generous of our finances and our talents

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and our abilities. We talk about the gifts of

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the Spirit, the power gifts and the fruit of

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the Spirit. There's just on and on and on various

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topics. They usually run. anywhere from 10 to

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15 or 20 podcasts in a series. This is a particularly

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major change in our teaching here on Quality

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Christian Living and that is that we've been

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in on one topic, the Holy Spirit, now for a year.

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And quite frankly, I don't really have any thoughts

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of changing that and that we're going to continue.

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probably got another 30 or 40 podcasts with topics

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and titles and scriptures that I believe the

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Lord has given me in order to continue to teach

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on the Holy Spirit. So let people know that we're

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in this very long series on the Holy Spirit and

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that we'll continue there until the Holy Spirit

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tells me to do otherwise through that still quiet

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voice. So I hope that's been a blessing to you.

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If you'd like to subscribe to my podcast, you

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can do that by going to cpnshows .com or wherever

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you listen to your podcast. So I hope that these

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have been a blessing to you I I was amazed the

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other day when I was talking to somebody then

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they told me how many thousands of people are

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listening on a daily basis and and and how many

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countries that this has gone around now that

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has nothing to do with me Absolutely, nothing

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that is the power of the Holy Spirit at work

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I would have never even thought about doing a

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podcast unless the Holy Spirit gave me the idea

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as a matter of fact when I stepped down as the

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full -time senior pastor of the church I was

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thinking well, you know I'll have time to do

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this and do that and whatever. Well, the Holy

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Spirit has filled me up with the podcasts that

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we do, the number of books that I've written.

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When you're looking at my web page, you can scroll

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down a little farther and you'll see a number

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of books that I've written on the topics that

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I've talked about, generosity, finances, the

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gifts of the Spirit, miracles and faith. Those

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are all topics that are there. I had no idea

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that the Lord had all this intended for me. And

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so now it's been nearly 10 years since we've

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stepped down from the time service ministry that

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we had as a senior pastor and now my wife and

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I are heading up the congregational care ministries

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at the church. I have a lot of activity with

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the veterans in our church and business people

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and my wife is involved heavily with the widow

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ladies in the church. So I'm telling you the

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Holy Spirit is sitting there ready to expand

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our horizon and bring new things and new thoughts

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and new dreams and new activities into our life.

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So yield to Him, surrender to Him and heal one

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of you and has a great plan to bless your life.

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Well, I'm going to close this up now because

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I don't want to just keep rambling on here. I'm

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going to thank you first of all for listening.

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And if you enjoyed this episode, just take a

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moment to rate and review the podcast. It certainly

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is a blessing to us. You can leave a review on

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Network or just simply give us a star rating

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on Spotify. However you choose to do that, we

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certainly appreciate it, would love you to do

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that. So I'm going to close with a blessing for

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you. I pray, may the Lord Bless you and keep

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you. May his face shine upon you. May he be gracious

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to you and give you peace. May you prosper and

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be in good health even as your soul prospers.

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So until next time, I pray that God will richly

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bless you and the power, supernatural power of

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the Holy Spirit will become more and more evident

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in our lives. Blessings to you and your family.

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Thank you once again for listening to Quality

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Christian Living. I've been your host, David

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Friend. May the Lord bless you.