Holy Spirit Brings Unshakeable Faith (322)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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Once again, I am your host, David Friend. We're

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in a series dealing with the Holy Spirit and

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today's topic is The Holy Spirit Brings Unshakeable

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Faith. We're going to talk about how the Holy

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Spirit can strengthen our faith today and discover

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how to walk in faith greater than what we've

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currently experienced. We will understand the

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difference between faith and unshakeable faith

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and where does the Bible show us how to receive

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and maintain greater faith. Well, there's a lot

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to cover but we're just going to ask the Holy

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Spirit now to come in and help us and guide us.

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Heavenly Father, I come to you once again and

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ask for your touch, that you would anoint this

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podcast, that you would bless it, and I ask the

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Holy Spirit to take charge, to take control as

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I yield to him. All that I've put together and

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everything that we've come up with, Lord, it

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will be of no value unless the Holy Spirit anoints

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it and touches it. And I also lift up those who

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are listening in today that you would bless them,

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that they would receive what they're looking

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for, greater strength in their prayer life and

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greater faith than they've ever known before

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and understand how the Holy Spirit will bring

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unshakable faith, faith that is absolutely not

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impacted by circumstances. So Lord, I believe

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this is going to be a wonderful podcast that

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will help a lot of people provided I yield and

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submit to you. I pray now you would bless those

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who are listening in, and I'll be careful to

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give you the praise and the glory and the honor

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for what you're about to do and how you're going

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to touch and bless lives, and I'll thank you

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for it now. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Well,

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today we're going to look at a lot of different

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areas of the Holy Spirit, bringing us powerful,

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greater faith than what we have ever imagined

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or even thought possible, and we're going to

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look at how many of us want to have unshakable

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faith. Now, some people think, well, that's impossible.

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No, it's not impossible because the Bible tells

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us that we can be anxious for nothing, that we

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don't have to worry about anything, that we can

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bring everything to God. And so if we allow ourselves

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to be led by the Spirit of God, I believe we

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will experience unshakable faith. So the question

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was, how many of us want to have that? Well,

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we've got to decide in our own heart and mind

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that that's what we desire in our prayer life

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and our walk with God. You see, I defined unshakable

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faith as never being anxious or worrying about

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anything. Paul was one of the greatest examples

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of unshakable faith that we read about in the

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Word of God. The example of that would be all

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the powerful scriptures that he wrote under incredible

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pressure when he was in prison. He was beaten

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and bruised and they were trying to kill him,

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starve him to death and yet he had incredible

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unshakable faith and I believe he could only

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do that through the power and the anointing of

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the Holy Spirit and it's the same way for us

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today. We all know that sometimes we need a boost

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in our faith. Now if you don't feel that way,

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well then maybe we ought to humble ourselves

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a little bit more and say that all of us have

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wished that we'd have more faith and I certainly

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believe there were times in my life that I wish

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I had more faith and those things pop up when

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you never expect them. The Bible shows us that

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there are many different levels of faith. I've

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talked a lot of this about this in prayer podcasts

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on having faith for miracles and having faith

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to believe for things that are not as though

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that they are and these are all part of this

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series that we're talking about on Holy Spirit

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led prayers and on Holy Spirit brings unshakable

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faith and the Holy Spirit leads us and guides

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us into greater faith. You see, the Bible talks

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about little faith. It talks about great faith.

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It talks about mountain -moving faith. We all

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go through times of a lack of faith. The secret

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to having great faith consistently is to surrender

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to the leading of the Holy Spirit. God's Word

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shows us the best source of unshakable faith.

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that lives inside of us. It's the Holy Spirit.

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As Christians, we have that unshakable faith

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living and dwelling in us because it's the person

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of the Holy Spirit who lives and resides in each

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one of us. So if that powerful faith is in us,

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why can't we receive it? Why can't it come out

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in our heart, in our mind, in what we speak and

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what we say and what we pray and what we have

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faith for? Because I believe it can. It is obvious

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that I'm referring through this whole podcast

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to the Holy Spirit. He has the power to take

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us to great faith, to greater faith, to unbelievable

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faith, unwavering faith. We must never forget

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though that God's promise to his followers is

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that he wants to bless us. He's given us hundreds

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and hundreds of examples of promises that he

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has for us, and those promises come and are fulfilled

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when we operate and submit ourselves under the

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leading and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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We see scriptures all over the place talking

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about the power of the Holy Spirit. Let me pull

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this one out that I found. very interesting the

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other day, found in Zechariah chapter 4 and verse

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6. It's not by might nor by power, that's referring

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to man's power, but by my spirit says the Lord

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Almighty. So we can't force ourselves to do things.

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You know, it reminds me of years ago when I was

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first diagnosed with incurable cancer. I've had

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that several times, fought some amazing battles

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and God's brought me through every single time.

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But a lot of people, when they win the battle

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over cancer, they try to take credit for it.

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They say, well, I'm not gonna let that do that

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to me, I beat it, I beat it, and people say,

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you beat it, and I would never ever acknowledge

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that any cancer that's been defeated in my body

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that I beat it. It's the power of the Holy Spirit

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inside of me that gave me the ability to go through

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it, through the circumstances, and it's the healing

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power of Jesus that took that cancer from my

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body. So we must never take credit for things

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that we accomplish in our life. It's only by

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the Spirit that really great things are done.

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So read Zachariah once again, four and six. not

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by might nor by power, that's man's power, but

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by my spirit, says the Lord. That really means

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that only the Holy Spirit has what we need when

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we need it and how to have unshakable, unwavering

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faith. Now, to have greater faith, we must ask

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the Holy Spirit for help. We can pray for strength,

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for stronger faith, for unmovable faith, provided

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we surrender our strength to Him. and his strength

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and his power and we must never forget that powerful

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unmovable faith is a promise from God. He desires

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that his followers will be led by the Holy Spirit

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and he desires for his followers to have great

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faith, unshakable faith. I hope that you're enjoying

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this as much as I'm enjoying speaking because

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I really feel the presence of the Holy Spirit

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just all over this podcast today and so I believe

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he's lifting hearts, he's helping people, he's

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encouraging them, he's blessing them, he's telling

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them that they have hope and a future and a plan

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for their life has been designed by Him and I

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pray the Holy Spirit will reveal that to those

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who are listening and in Heavenly Father I just

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want to lift up those listening right now Father

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that you would open their hearts and let them

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to receive Father the understanding of how the

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The power of the Holy Spirit that dwells inside

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of them is greater than anything that they'll

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ever face in their life. And that power is far

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greater than cancer, far greater than sickness

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or illness or financial issues or marriage issues

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or kids going astray, whatever it might be. And

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that they have that power and that strength that

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they can draw upon to have greater faith, to

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have greater strength in their prayer life and

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have unwavering and unshakable faith, Father,

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like the Word of God tells us that we can have.

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And I pray you'll bless them with that. Jesus

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name. And for those who are listening in who

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don't know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior,

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I would be making a big mistake if I don't take

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just a moment right now to tell them that this

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is the time to surrender their life to the Lord

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Jesus Christ. So if you're not sure, if you're

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not positive where you're going to spend eternity,

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if you're not positive that heaven is in your

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future, that when we pass from this life to the

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next, that you don't know where you're going

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to go, we can settle that right now. So those

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of you who've never given your life to Christ,

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just repeat this prayer with me. I'll take just

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a moment to do this, but I really feel that of

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the Holy Spirit that this is the time. Say, Heavenly

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Father, I need you. The Bible tells me that I

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need a Savior. I need to make Jesus Lord of my

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life. But I've sinned and I've fallen short of

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his glory. So this day I repent of my sins and

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I ask Jesus to forgive me and cleanse me from

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all unrighteousness. And I receive Jesus as my

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Lord and Savior. And I believe that he was born

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of the Virgin Mary. He suffered. He died through

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that horrendous crucifixion. But He rose from

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the dead so that we could have eternal life with

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Him and He sits by the Father now. So I receive

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and I claim Jesus Christ as my Lord and my Savior

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and I promise to serve Him all the days of my

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life. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. If you prayed

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that prayer, I'm telling you it's been settled.

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Your relationship has changed and now you're

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a follower of Jesus Christ. You need to find

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a good church, get into the Word of God, get

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a good Bible and start reading the Gospels, Matthew,

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Mark, Luke and John and read the book of Romans.

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These are powerful. scriptures that will help

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you in your walk with God, but you've got to

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get around fellow Christians and fellow believers.

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Okay, we're going to move on, but it wouldn't

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have been right for me to go past that moment

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and not give people an opportunity. We never

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know how many people are listening in just because

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they're curious about the Holy Spirit, they're

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curious about what the word faith means, and

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they're listening in, but they've never surrendered

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their life to Christ. And those of you who are

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listening in today, if you have friends who don't

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know Jesus, or you're not sure what the relationship

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with the Lord is, make sure that you do. Make

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sure that you ask them if they've given given

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their life to Christ, if they know that they're

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going to spend eternity in heaven, and if they

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don't, then you can lead them in that prayer,

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a prayer that just tells them to confess their

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sins and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and

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then help them to be discipled and get into a

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church and get the Word of God into them. So

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I guess the Holy Spirit wanted us to have a little

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session here on that right now, so I feel perfectly

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comfortable now to move on. I believe the Spirit

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of God is pleased with that. All right, now in

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the Bible, let's get back to our topic today

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on how the Holy Spirit brings us unshakable faith.

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In the Bible, in Romans chapter 10 and verse

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17, the New Living Translation, it says a few

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words that are so powerful. It simply says this,

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faith comes from hearing, that is hearing the

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good news about Christ. So what that means is

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we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

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We have the faith to receive Him because by faith

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we come to Him and it's by grace that we're saved.

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So our faith and God's grace comes together and

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we're born into the kingdom of God. We're born

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again and we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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Now once we receive our faith, in Jesus Christ,

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then we receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit

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and we then get into the Word of God and where

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it starts to become... taught and inspired by

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the Word of God. Listen to this scripture here

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that talks about what the Word of God has to

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do to help us. In 2 Timothy chapter 3, verses

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16 and 17 in the New International Version, it

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says this. I'm going to read it slowly because

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I think it's so important we just salivate on

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each word. All scripture is God breathed. Wow,

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you could stop right there and realize that's

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the Holy Spirit who breathed those words into

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Paul, into James, into John, into Matthew, and

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Mark. Moses and all these people thought the

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Word of God, they were inspired by the Holy Spirit

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to bring words that were put into the Word of

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God, both Old Testament and New Testament. It

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says, all scripture is God -breathed and is useful

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for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, and

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training in righteousness. And verse 17 says,

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so that the servant of God may be thoroughly

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equipped for every good work. makes some of you

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think that we're kind of moving away from the

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teaching here on the Holy Spirit and having unshakable

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faith. But if we don't get into the Word of God,

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if we don't start reading the Word of God, the

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Holy Spirit inspired Word of God, we're going

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to miss out on understanding how we can have

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unshakable faith through our relationship with

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the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit brought

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all those words to us to help us, to instruct

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us, and to teach us. It says, and to rebuke us,

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and correct us, and train us in righteousness.

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So that's the Word of God. It's powerful. walk

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with unshakable faith unless we get the Word

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of God in us. I believe every time that we are

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faced with a challenge, we need to find a scripture

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that helps us beat that challenge or come up

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to that challenge or at least confront that challenge

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or defeat that challenge. And the reason I say

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that is that because the Holy Spirit inspired

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that word and then we need to get that word inside

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of us so that we can then rely upon that word.

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Otherwise, we'll not have greater faith. We will

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be tossed around by every wind of doctrine. We'll

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be tossed here and there. We'll run to this church

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and that church and this teacher and that teacher

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and we won't get solid and have a relationship

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with the Word of God and a relationship with

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Jesus, a relationship with other believers, and

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build that Christian walk that we want so that

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we can have greater faith than we have today.

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All right, let's move on. Now this scripture,

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and these scriptures that I've been reading today,

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quite frankly, point us to the Holy Spirit, that

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he teaches us, and I love it that he rebukes

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us. You ever get that little voice that says,

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you need to go back and apologize to that person?

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Or you get that little thought in your mind that

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says, I need to call my mom or dad or I need

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to do this or I need to do that. I believe as

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a follower of Jesus Christ, that's the Holy Spirit

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telling us there's something we need to do. It

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might be a slight rebuke. It might be a major

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rebuke. It might be that you had a discussion

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with someone and after the discussion, you just

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don't feel right about it. That's the Holy Spirit

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helping you. So then we need to correct that

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and make it right and go back to that person

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and just say, I'm sorry. feel you did anything

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wrong just say I feel like I'm supposed to apologize

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to you so therefore I do I want to please accept

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my apology and move on with our life that's the

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Holy Spirit rebuking us and helping us with our

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walk with God he teaches us he helps us in and

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trains us in what we should do how we should

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do it when we should do it and who we should

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do those things with and to now All of this prepares

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us to be equipped in everything we do our desire

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to do. I want to repeat that because I think

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that's so important. Let me just write that down

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so that I can get that, stress that to you a

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little bit. That all of these things that I'm

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giving you, they prepare us and they equip us

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for everything that we do or desire to do in

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our entire life. Because of the Word of God,

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their Spirit led and the Holy Spirit who dwells

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inside of us will help us to do the things that

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we should do. Therefore, if we desire greater

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faith, we must go to the Holy Spirit, who is

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the source. of our faith. He helps us in our

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faith. He encourages us in our faith. He helps

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us to walk in faith. He helps us to step out

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in faith, to take the challenges only faith can

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give us. Now, let me give an example of that.

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Many years ago, when I had a real estate development

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company, my wife and I were happy. Things were

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well. I was doing very well financially. We were

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being blessed. We were attending our church.

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We had a wonderful Sunday school class. Things

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were just going really great. We had a huge Sunday

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school class, had like 600 people on the roster,

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and we'd have well over 300 people every week

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in attendance in this Bible class at church.

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It was between the church services. And it was

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just wonderful. And I thought, well, this is

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it. This is what we're going to do the rest of

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our life, make good money, give a bunch to the

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Lord, and bless other people, and teach this

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class, and help people, and pray for people.

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And I thought, this was it. We're done. And then

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one day. Out of nowhere, I read a book on the

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life of Smith Wigglesworth, a great evangelist,

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and how he went from becoming a plumber at the

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age of 48 to becoming a full -time preacher and

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evangelist. He was an incredible evangelist.

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He lived to the age of 88, and he died in 1946.

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And when I read that, I was so touched because,

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now some of you are going to be shocked when

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I give you this next statement, I was born in

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1946. I know that'll shock some of you. Some

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of you think that I couldn't be more than 30

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or 40 years old, and some of you know I'm pushing

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80. I can tell you the experiences that I've

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had since I became a... follower of Jesus Christ

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are greater than any experiences I had before

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that. And so I read that book, this incredible

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man who went into full -time ministry, and I

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was 48 years of age at the time. And I felt the

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Holy Spirit tell me, if you'll go into full ministry

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and stay involved in full ministry, I'm going

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to bless you, and you'll be involved in ministry

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and active ministry until you're going to be

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at least 88 years of age, which is the year that

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how old Smith Wigglesworth was when he died.

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So the Holy Spirit was really dealing with me

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and teaching me to make a change. And we were

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comfortable in what we were doing. I mean, we

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had things going right. We were serving the Lord.

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Our marriage was just phenomenal. And at the

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time, we'd been married for 28 years. And I remember

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after reading that book, going to dinner that

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night with my wife, we were on the beach over

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in California. And I remember telling my wife,

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you know, honey, I felt the Holy Spirit speak

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to me today. And I think we're supposed to close

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our company down, shut it down, and go to work

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for the church for free. And she started crying

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in her tears and her eyes. And I thought, oh,

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it's OK. It's OK. We don't need to do it right

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now, because I thought maybe I would shock her

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a little too. And she said, no, no, no, I'm just,

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I'm crying because I'm happy. She said, when

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I was a little girl, I believe the Lord told

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me that I'd be married to a pastor or preacher

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someday. And when she said that, I was touched

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because we'd been married for 28 years. I'd never

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heard that. And think about it. Why would she

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tell me that when I was a banker for a number

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of years, then a real estate developer for a

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number of years? Things were very successful.

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We were in church. Everything was wonderful.

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Why would she share that with me and condemn

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me or put me through difficult times? So I thought

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she was very loving to hold that back and hold

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onto that promise. Well, when we did that, we

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went into full -time ministry. And when they

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made that transition, I said, Lord, I'm going

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to need something to carry me through this. And

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the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, get to

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the book of Proverbs and read Proverbs chapter

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3 and verse 5, trust in the Lord with all your

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heart, lean not on your own understanding, in

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all your ways acknowledge Him and He'll direct

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your path. That scripture absolutely led us through

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the huge transition from our business going to

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work for the church, get rid of our expensive

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home because I couldn't afford a big house like

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that anymore and our cars had to be changed and

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our travel plans all stopped. Everything changed

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in our life and we were so thrilled about it

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and so happy about it because the Spirit of God

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says, I've got something better for you. And

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since that time the Lord's blessed us with a

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wonderful church. The Lord allowed us to build

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a beautiful church in North Scottsdale. At one

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time the attendance of that church was running

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over 2 ,000. and people, we had three locations.

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And what a blessing it was because the Holy Spirit

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spoke to me in the midst of when I think everything

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was gonna go great, but then He didn't just speak

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to me, He gave me a source of strength. He gave

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me the scripture that would carry me through.

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And some of you may have needed that. I don't

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know why I went in that direction. I had no intentions

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of talking about this story, but I believe the

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Holy Spirit gave me that. So some of you out

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there are thinking about making a change. You're

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wondering about whether you should change jobs

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or switch things or move to a different city

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or buy a new house or not buy a new house or

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whatever it might be, you want to make decisions,

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I'm just going to tell you, pray about it, seek

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God, get the word of God out, find scriptures

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that speak to you, and allow the Holy Spirit

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to guide your steps, and you'll never regret

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that. I guess there's an old saying that says

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time flies when you're having fun. Well, I'm

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finding this fun. I'm finding this encouraging.

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I hope that you're being blessed. I hope you're

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receiving this and I'm speaking from my heart

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and I believe the Holy Spirit is leading and

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guiding us in this particular podcast especially.

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So in closing, unshakeable faith is not impossible.

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Remember what Paul said in Philippians chapter

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4 and verse 13. All things are possible through

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Christ, he said. Christ the one who strengthens

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us. Unshakeable faith is when we learn to live

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above what we are going through and look at what

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we will go to. Now let me stop for a second.

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to have unshakable faith, when you go to a challenge,

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they're tough, they're difficult. I've faced

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some incredible challenges in my life. I've had

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death sentences given to me by the doctors that

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you're only going to live so long. I've had that

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happen two, maybe, I guess three times if I throw

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in the loss of the kidney. And when I think about

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that, that I could have been lost in that and

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lost all that God had planned for me and not

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being able to do things. I would have never started

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podcasting. I would have never stopped writing

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if I would accept what they were saying, but

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just had to believe in what God had to do with

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me and that He had a plan for me. And we've all

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got to believe that. We've all got to receive

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the power of the Holy Spirit working and operating

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us and believe that He's able and willing and

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desires and wants to do that for us and in us.

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Only the Holy Spirit is able to bring greater

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unshakable faith. to each and every one of it.

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He is the only one that can do it. So if you

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want to read a book where just do this and do

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this or have this diet or exercise a certain

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way and you'll have greater faith, don't buy

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that. It's only by the Spirit of God. It's not

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by might or by by. by power, but by my spirit,

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says the Lord. And that's how we will have unshakable

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faith. So I'm going to pray for you now, and

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I'm going to believe that God's going to give

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you unshakable faith. Maybe not instantly. It

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might take months, weeks, years. I don't know.

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But if that's what you desire, just listen. I

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was going to say close your eyes and bow your

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heads, but you might be riding a bike or you

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might be walking, so you can't do that. But those

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of you who are listening in right now, just receive

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this prayer now. Heavenly Father. The people

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that have listened in today, Lord, you know they

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desire greater faith. They desire a closer walk

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with the Holy Spirit. They want to understand

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that the Holy Spirit that dwells in them has

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greater strength than they can imagine or even

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think. So Father, I pray now that you would bless

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them now. That you would let them be blessed

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in every area of their life. Father, that they

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would walk in strength and power and trust in

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your word. That they would understand, Father,

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that greater is he that is in us than he that

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is in the world. And they would understand that

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the word says that Nothing is impossible with

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God. So Father, I just pray in the name of Jesus

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for an outpouring, an outpouring of the Holy

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Spirit in the lives of people listening in, that

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they'll receive unshakable faith. They'll read

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the Word of God where Paul says to be anxious

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for nothing and don't worry about anything he's

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saying, that they'll receive that and the anxiety

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will go away and their trust and their confidence

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will be in you and not in others and not other

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situations. But Lord, I believe that's going

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to happen in their lives so I believe for that

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and I claim it in the name of Jesus. I call forth

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those things in their life that are not, that

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they've been looking for, that they need to have

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happen in their life. I call them forth as though

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that they are. That's just a quote from the Word

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of God from the Apostle Paul. And Father, I believe

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that for their life and I pray they'll receive

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an anointing. Father, and a powerful anointing

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of the Holy Spirit would guide and direct them

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and lead their steps and help them, Father, to

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be more than overcomers, more than conquerors,

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Father, and live a great life filled with faith,

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unshakable, unwavering faith. And I believe for

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that in them, and I pray that that will start

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even at this moment right now, for we ask it

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

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I hope that was a blessing to you. I can't imagine

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enjoying doing a podcast more than I did this

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one, and I pray that you would just continue

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to be with us and stay with us as we continue

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this series. Our next podcast is going to be

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entitled, Holy Spirit, Faith and Power. Now it's

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kind of a little choppy in that title, but just

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stay with me because we're going to get into

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something. We're going to talk about how the

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Holy Spirit brings greater power than we can

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even think about. In the next podcast, we're

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gonna see how the Holy Spirit brings faith and

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power together, and that we'll learn that from

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the life of Stephen, as we read about him in

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the book of Acts chapter 7, and we'll better

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understand how faith and power bring great results,

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and how can we be full of the Spirit like Stephen

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was. Boy, what a... powerful comment that is.

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We're going to get into that in our next podcast.

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Well, I encourage you to invite your family and

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friends to join us for this upcoming podcast.

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If you'd like to know more about Quality Christian

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Living, I would encourage you to go to my webpage

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at davidcfriendauthor .com and when you go there,

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the very front page, it talks about Quality Christian

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Living and the front page has a link to all my

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podcasts and this is podcast number 322 and so

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I really believe that you can tell that there's

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been a lot of podcasts we've covered and there's

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There's topics there dealing with how to get

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out of debt, how to walk in the Spirit, how to

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experience miracles in your life, and how to

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have faith for miracles. There's issues there

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dealing with how to find your purpose in life.

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There are just a number of topics that we've

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covered over the last nearly four years now we've

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been doing these podcasts. So I would encourage

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you to do that. And if you would like to, after

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you look at that link that's on there to those

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podcasts, just scroll down one page and you'll

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see a list of books that I've written. I hope

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that'll be a blessing to you. I've got some books

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there, a couple of them on for because I'm a

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Vietnam veteran, so there's books there to help

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veterans with PTSD and problems with exposure

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to Agent Orange and things that will help them.

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In addition to that, there's about it, I have

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a book there entitled Generosity, What's in it

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for Me, because that's on the premise that give

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and it should be given into you. There's a book

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on faith entitled Receive Everything from What

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We Call Nothing, and so it's really the premise

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of calling forth those things that are not as

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though they are, so I hope that'll bless you.

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In addition to that, if you'd like to subscribe

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

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.com. Well, once again, I hope this has been

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a blessing to you and before I close this podcast,

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I'd like to give you a little blessing. Now may

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the Lord bless you and keep you. May his face

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shine upon you. May he be gracious to you and

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give you peace. May you prosper and be in good

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health even as your soul prospers. So until next

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time, may God richly bless you. May you walk

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in unshakable faith. May you receive the power

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of God in your life. have greater faith and greater

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trust in God and walk filled with the Holy Spirit.

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As we continue these series, I know the Lord

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has something very special intended as we've

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got a lot of topics yet to cover. So I pray that

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you'll be richly blessed. Once again, I want

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to thank you for listening to Quality Christian

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Living. This has been podcast number 322, The

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Holy Spirit Brings Unshakable Faith. Thank you

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once again for listening.