Holy Spirit Gift Of Great Faith (325)

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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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continuing our series on the Holy Spirit and

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today's topic is Holy Spirit gift of great faith.

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So we're gonna really get into this and I believe

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the Lord's got something special for us today.

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How do we receive the gift of great faith and

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which scriptures will help us to best understand

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how to have great faith or even just faith? Does

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the Holy Spirit decide who receives a gift of

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faith? And from this I believe we will better

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understand the difference between feelings and

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faith. A very important topic, so let's get into

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it. But first, let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank

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you once again for your love, your goodness,

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your kindness, your faithfulness, your mercy.

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I thank you for my salvation. I pray you would

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bless those who are listening in today. I invite

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the Holy Spirit to come in and take complete

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control. I yield everything I've done to you.

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Holy Spirit, guide us and direct us. Teach us

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what you would have us to. get into and what

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we should avoid. Thank you for that now. I pray

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you would bless it and I pray that all those

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who are listening in would receive exactly what

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they're looking for. Father, I thank you again

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for your touch, your hand upon us, and I thank

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you for this Holy Spirit series that's being

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received so well. I give you praise for it and

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thank you for it now and give you all the glory

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for what's about to take place in Jesus name

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I pray, Amen. Well, we're going to get right

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into this today because we've got a lot to cover

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and I try my best to stay below the 30 minute

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maximum. That seems to be the amount of time

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that people show the most interest and you can

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keep their attention. So I hope that you'll be

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blessed by this. To get started on today's podcast,

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we must read a scripture. I believe that will

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help us build a foundation for great faith. and

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it's found in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and verse

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11 in the New Living Translation. It is the one

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and only Holy Spirit, the word says, who distributes

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all these gifts. He alone decides which gift

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each person should have. Now, there's something

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that I could have read before that, but I chose

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not to because I felt that I wanted to make that

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statement jump out because it's the Holy Spirit

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who decides. He distributes the gifts, all the

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gifts, including the gift of great faith. So

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this particular scripture is referring to the

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gifts of the Spirit that we read about in 1 Corinthians

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chapter 12, verses 7 through 10, and it includes

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all these things. I won't read all those verses,

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but basically, Basically it includes the gifts

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of advice or wisdom and knowledge and gift of

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great faith, gift of healing and performing of

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miracles and prophecy and discerning of the spirits

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and tongues and interpretation of tongues and

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all of these gifts we'll be talking about in

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upcoming podcasts. But today's particular podcast

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is going to deal with understanding great faith

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and understanding that the Holy Spirit is the

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one who decides who receives that and who does

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not receive that. So let's get ready. to help

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us with that. We're going to focus on the gift

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of great faith because so many people Desire

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faith they want greater faith. They want more

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more powerful faith. They want to have consistent

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faith. They want to have faith. That's unshakable

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They won't have faith that's just filled with

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power and I believe that that's available to

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us But we've got to understand exactly how the

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Holy Spirit operates and how we can receive this

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this gift of greater faith We all receive a certain

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amount of faith when we receive Jesus Christ

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as our Lord and Savior It comes upon us because

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of faith and then we're given a measure of faith

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So we'll get into that maybe a little bit in

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this podcast but definitely in podcasts to come.

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Matter of fact I did a podcast here a few weeks

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ago entitled dealing with unshakable faith. That's

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kind of faith that we all want to have faith

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that doesn't waver in the midst of trials and

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challenges and difficult you know things that

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we're facing in our lives so we want to understand

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all of that but today let's focus on great faith.

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Now it doesn't the scriptures say just faith.

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You know the Apostle Paul was talking about great

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faith. The Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Paul

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to refer to great faith not just faith. I believe

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this passage promises us that we have faith.

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It's up to us to believe for faith and that faith

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carries us through any challenge that we will

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ever face in our life. Faith to Christ. for physical

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or mental healings I know I've been fighting

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a lot of battles over the years with physical

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health issues and had to have my faith increase

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and had to have the strength of the Lord to carry

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me through these things and praise the Lord he's

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healed me in every situation that I received

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three different times in my life where my health

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was so bad that it was probably going to take

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my life but praise to our living God he delivered

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me from all those illnesses I give him all glory

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and praise now the Holy Spirit is the one who

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gives the gift of great faith he's the only one

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that's what the scripture told us in first Corinthians

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chapter 12 verse 11 we read it quickly again

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it is the one and only spirit who distributes

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all these gifts he alone decides which gift each

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person should have so we have to go to the Holy

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Spirit for this so we must ask him for great

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faith. Now I believe there's nothing wrong with

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asking the Holy Spirit for great faith. We go

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to the Father. The Bible tells us Jesus taught

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us how to pray. We go to the Father in the name

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of Jesus. So we can go to the Father and say,

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Heavenly Father, I pray in the name of Jesus

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that I would receive greater faith. And I ask

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the Holy Spirit to give me greater faith, more

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powerful faith, more consistent faith, faith

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that takes me beyond my ability, the realm of

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my understanding, takes me to a new level of

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faith and trust and confidence and belief that

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God's Word will bring me through and that I will

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receive this faith to be able to pray for a great

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miracle and we can do that and pray for that

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and I would encourage you to do that. Now the

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gift of faith comes to us as we hear and believe

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and accept God's Word because that's where the

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beginning of faith is. Faith comes from hearing

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and hearing the Word of God and we've got to

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understand that we've got to hear and got to

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believe. Hearing is one thing actually hearing

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it but we've got to hear it to believe it. You

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know when the pastor preaches a sermon we hear

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it but do we really Do we hear it? I mean, do

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we really receive it? Do we take it in? Do we

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allow it to become part of us, to become part

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of our thought process, our minds, our heart,

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what we think about, how we think, and how we

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act? That's what faith is all about. Faith is

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there, and everyone knows it's there. We all

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have faith. I mean, just as simple as me sitting

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in this chair. I have faith this chair is going

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to hold me up, right? I also have faith that

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this microphone is going to record this, and

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I have faith that this recording will go out,

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and I have faith to believe that people will

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listen to it, people be touched that the Holy

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Spirit will help them and bless them and touch

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them and that people receive Jesus Christ as

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Lord and Savior that they'll listen to these

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podcasts and they'll commit their lives to the

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Lord and have a close walk with God or they'll

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stay with me to learn various topics we're talking

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about that they all require a certain amount

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of faith but in order to have a deeper faith

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a greater faith we've got to rely totally upon

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the Word of God we got to believe it to hear

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it and accept it we must read God's Word we must

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know God intimately, we must ask for faith. It's

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only then that the Holy Spirit decides who receives

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great faith. Now, if I was in a classroom right

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now, and I used to teach community college, junior

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college level for a number of years, and when

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I did that, I would ask for a show of hands for

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people, you know, did they understand what I

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was talking about? Or when I was preaching, I

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would ask people, as a pastor, I would ask people,

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how many people understand what I said or agree

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with what I said or believe what I'm saying?

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Raise your hand, just let me see that hand. And

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when you do that, I'm asking for confirmation.

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On a podcast, I don't get that. I don't have

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any way of knowing or hearing, so I have to have

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faith and trust in God to believe that he is

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going to use this podcast to reach out to people.

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And I thank God for it because now in nearly

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just under four years of doing this podcast,

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we've been blessed to see it go throughout many

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countries around the world, and I just thank

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God for that. He is the one who's received all

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glory and honor for that. Now the gift of great

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faith is supernatural and comes only from the

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Holy Spirit. The gift of faith is our source

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of hope. and the gift of greater faith is our

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source of hope and strength. The gift of great

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faith is proof of God's power through the Holy

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Spirit that can influence the world. I believe

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that. I truly believe that. When you walk around

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with faith, strong faith, great faith, people

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look at you and they say, I don't know how they've

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got that or how they receive that or I want to

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receive what they've got. And it's not that you

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have anything to boast in, but it's just simply

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that it's something that will draw people to

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us. If we confess that we believe in Jesus Christ

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and someone hears that, they're going to want

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to know why. It's because of our faith in Jesus

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Christ and receiving Him as our Lord and Savior

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and our faith to believe we're going to spend

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eternity in heaven with Him that draws people

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to us. So having a gift of faith and having that

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faith operating in our lives, it impacts others.

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It influences other people's lives. Now a scripture

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that helps us to have great faith is one that

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is just so powerful. But before I read it, I

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want you to think about this. Only the Holy Spirit

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can reveal what this scripture is saying to us

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and what it means. Have you ever done that? Go

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to read a scripture and you start to read it

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and then stop. Say, Holy Spirit. Can you explain

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this to me? Can you reveal to me what this is

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speaking to me, what it's saying to me? I think

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that's what we should do when we approach reading

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the Word of God. So when I give you a scripture,

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and I give you something I believe that's going

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to be helpful and powerful, I need to stop and

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say, Holy Spirit, is this the one that I should

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use? And then I need to ask you, listening in,

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to ask the Holy Spirit to help you receive what

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the scripture's saying. Because remember, all

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scriptures are inspired, they were inspired by

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the Holy Spirit. Some people say, well, Paul

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wrote this and Paul wrote that. John wrote this

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and Peter wrote that and all that, and that's

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all good and well, but it was the Holy Spirit

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who really wrote it. It was the Holy Spirit who

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gave them what went into the Word of God. And

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so, Holy Spirit -inspired scriptures can come

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to us, and then the Holy Spirit can inspire us

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to receive His Word spoken through someone else

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to meet a need that we have. and those words

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were spoken, some of them, thousands of years

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ago. And in the case of Jesus Christ and the

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Apostles, just over 2 ,000 years ago, these words

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were spoken and they're powerful and they're

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lasting and they never let up. All right, now

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I'm ready to read the scripture. It's a pretty

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basic one, Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 1. Now

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faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the

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conviction of things not seen. Now, if you're

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a non -believer, then that's confusing, because

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how in the world can faith, which is something

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you can't see, assures us of anything, things

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that we hope for, and that is the conviction

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of things that we can't see. But when you're

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a follower of Jesus Christ, faith... You can't

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explain your faith in Jesus necessarily. It's

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hard to explain it to people. But when you have

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something that's in your heart, in your mind,

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and it's all that you are, it's who you are,

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it's how you think, and how you act, and how

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you react, it's only brought upon because of

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our faith and our trust in God's Word, and our

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faith and our trust in the Holy Spirit, and our

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faith and our trust in Jesus Christ as our Lord

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and Savior, that He's going to take us through

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everything in life, and we've got to rely upon

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that. So faith then becomes unassured. God's

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word is assurance. The New King James Version

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also has a little different way of translating

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Hebrews chapter 11 to 1. It says, now faith is

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the substance of things hoped for. And then the

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evidence of things not seen. Now, I did a series

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of podcasts here back, I'm not sure, probably

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a year or so ago, I'll tell you how to pull those

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up later on in the podcast, but I did a series

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of podcasts dealing with faith and hope. Matter

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of fact, it inspired me so much I wrote a book

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on it entitled, Faith for Miracles. I wrote another

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book entitled, another faith book entitled, How

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to Receive Everything from What we call nothing

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and that's basically believing for something

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that we can't see that it really is and it's

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going to happen it's called calling forth those

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things that are not as though that they are well

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this is all faith and it's all inspired by the

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Holy Spirit because without the Holy Spirit we

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wouldn't have we wouldn't be saved we wouldn't

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have the power of faith in our life we wouldn't

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have any opportunity to receive great faith in

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the Holy Spirit a comment I probably should say

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right now that I hadn't plan to say this, but

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I believe the Holy Spirit wants me to share this,

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is that great faith can come and go in our life.

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We can have really great faith at one moment,

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the Holy Spirit's operating in that, giving us

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that, and then we lose, we pull back and we don't

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have the trust and the faith or the confidence

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because we're going through something, and maybe

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we'll have a little lesser faith than what we

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had before. So remember, the gift of great faith

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comes from the Holy Spirit, but that doesn't

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mean that the faith that we have isn't vital,

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isn't important, and if it's not great faith,

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it's still faith, and it's still good. Now, what

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does it mean when we say the Holy Spirit decides

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who receives the gift of great faith? Now, some

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people might say, well, that's not fair. He's

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favoritism. Well, it's not favoritism. The Holy

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Spirit is drawn to people who are drawn to Him.

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And if you want great faith, then we need to

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rely upon the Holy Spirit's direction and guidance.

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I believe we're more likely to receive the gift

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of great faith if we're seeking God, if we're

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seeking a closer walk with God. a closer day

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-to -day, minute -to -minute experience with

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the Holy Spirit. Now, some people say, well,

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you can't live minute -to -minute with the Holy

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Spirit. I have to say, yes, you can. Yes, you

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can. That doesn't mean you're perfect. That doesn't

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mean that you're speaking about Him constantly

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and not doing anything else. I mean, we have

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to go to work and do our jobs. You know, we have

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to do certain things with people and we're not

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always involved in it. But we can have a day

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-to -day, minute -to -minute experience with

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the Holy Spirit because He lives and dwells inside

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of us. And because He dwells in us, He's always

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available. to us and we're always available to

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hear from Him. And He's many, many times wanting

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to speak to us when we're in the middle of other

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things and getting distracted and losing our

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focus on the things of the Lord or something

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spiritual in our mind and heart that the Holy

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Spirit will then try and help bring us back in.

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Lately the Holy Spirit's told me, I really feel

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He's led me to pray that every single day that

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He convicts me that I need to have a closer walk

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with Him, that He impresses me that I need to

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have a closer walk with him and that I will feel

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his presence more and more as I make decisions

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as I talk to people as I'm driving across the

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city whatever it might be that I'm doing I want

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the Holy Spirit to guide and direct me and I

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believe that's really what the Holy Spirit wants

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in order to give us a stronger dose of faith

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if you will so what does it mean when we say

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that the Holy Spirit decides who receives the

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gift of great faith well first we must understand

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I believe that because the Holy Spirit decides

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who gets this gift that we've got to put our

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trust in Him to do what only He can do. Not everyone

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will receive this gift of great faith. That's

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what the Bible says. It's not for everyone. But

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I believe there can be a humongous, a huge amount

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of people who can receive great faith. Maybe

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it's only for a moment. Maybe it's for a day.

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It may be for a lifetime. But we must pray. That's

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how the Holy Spirit decides who to give that

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prayer to. I believe that. Who to give that gift

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of great faith to. We must pray and ask for stronger

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faith. Now everyone who becomes a Christian receives

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the gift of the Holy Spirit and a measure of

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faith. Now I'm not going to get into that right

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now because that will take me off in a different

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direction but everyone who's a follower of Jesus

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Christ receives the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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When you say Father I'm sorry for my sins I ask

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you to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness

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I promise to serve you all the days of my life

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I confess you as my Lord and Savior I receive

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you come into my heart give me life filled with

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your guidance and direction and your joy and

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peace for I receive you and I walk in you in

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Jesus name I pray amen when we pray that And

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we mean that, and it's real in our life. The

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Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside of us. And

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then we're given a measure of faith. It's a portion

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of faith. To some, it's larger than other people.

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And it's interesting we understand that because

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there are various levels of faith that each and

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every one of us has. So the gift of great faith,

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or any faith, is a supernatural anointing to

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trust God. Really, small faith, big faith, it's

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still, there's a certain level of faith there.

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And it's It's enduring trust. It's enduring trust

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and evidence in God's promises. It's unwavering

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faith. whether it be great faith or little faith.

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Romans 10, 17 says this, faith comes from hearing

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the message of Jesus. Now, I'm not sure what

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translation that is, but what they're saying

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is we get faith from hearing the message of Jesus,

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so when we share Jesus with other people, they

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can receive enough faith to receive Jesus Christ

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as their Lord and Savior, and their walk with

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God begins. It's interesting to note, I've preached

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on this before, I've written articles on it,

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I've commented about it in the books that I've

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written on faith, and that is that Jesus calls

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faith faith great, and he calls faith small.

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You know, he looked at his disciples once and

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he says, I've never seen such little faith. Oh,

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ye of little faith, he says. He just was irritated

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with them. And yet he saw a centurion who told

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him, if you could just heal my servant, you don't

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need to go to my house. You need to go there

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at all. I believe I have faith to believe that

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you can heal my servant. And Jesus said, I've

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not seen such great faith in all of Israel. He

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referred to this man. who was a centurion in

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the army, if you will, and this man stood up

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and had great faith to know that Jesus didn't

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have to go and lay hands on his servant, that

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Jesus could just speak the word. And so Jesus

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said that your servant's healed. And so there's

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levels of faith, and so don't beat yourself up

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if you feel your faith is weak. But on the other

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hand, if your faith is weak... then we've got

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to analyze and find out why is it? Are we trusting

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in God's Word? Are we praying daily? Are we seeking

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God daily? Are we reading at least some of the

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Word of God daily? And I'm not saying hours and

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hours and hours of it, but a portion of our day.

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I think one of the best things that we can do

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to walk in the presence of the Holy Spirit and

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have greater faith is to have a daily devotional

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of some kind. It might be getting up and praying

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over a list of people to pray for. It might be

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reading a devotional that somebody's written.

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I personally read one. every day I've done that

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for many many years it just kind of gets me off

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track gets me on track I should say in the in

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the right direction and when I'm reading that

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devotional it's kind of set me up for having

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greater faith for that day and there's scriptures

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in my devotional and I read some comments and

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then I pray over people and it just kind of gets

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me going how long does that take sometimes it

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takes 20 minutes sometimes it takes an hour it

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just depends on what it's what it's going to

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be for that day but I feel like that helps me

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to stay in line and helps me to walk in the Spirit.

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I don't have all the answers, but I certainly

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know the one who has them, and I'm going to read

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his word and seek his word to get the answers

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that I'm looking for. Now here's an area I promised

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to cover when I introduced this podcast. What

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is the difference between feelings and faith?

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Feelings are emotional and can be easily impacted

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due to our circumstances. It's very important

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to understand that. Faith is a strong reliance

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on God's Word and His promises. Faith is, as

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we know, as we read about in the Word of God,

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it's substance. It's an assurance. It's a conviction

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of things hoped for. Feelings are things that

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we're thinking about or that we'd like to see

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happen, but we don't have a plan of attack. We

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don't really have the Holy Spirit helping us.

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Feelings are things that typically our body is

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trying to handle. I feel good one day. I feel

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bad the next day. But having Hope and trust and

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confidence in God to have greater faith will

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carry us through every day. Faith will keep us

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above the circumstances we're going through.

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Now I've used this comment before but I got to

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use it again and that is look at the Apostle

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Paul. Some of the greatest things that he wrote

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was in the middle of his greatest trials in prison.

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When he wrote the epistles and wrote Philippians

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and Galatians and Ephesians, when he wrote these

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words, he was in prison for some of these and

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he was facing horrendous trials. In prison, he

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said, I learned to be anxious for nothing. but

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everything through prayer, petitions, with thanksgiving

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I made my request made known to God and the peace

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of God that passes all understanding will guard

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my heart and guard my mind in Christ Jesus. That

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is great faith. That is great faith in the midst

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of circumstances and I'm really praying and believing

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that God is going to help all of you who are

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listening in to have that kind of great faith

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in the midst of any trial that you might have.

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The Holy Spirit can help us to focus on our faith

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and not rely on our feelings. Now I got to start

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wrapping this up. There have been several key

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events that have helped me to experience greater

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faith. I believe the Holy Spirit gave me a gift

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of great faith on several situations, many, many

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times over the years, in many situations for

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other people in my own life. My first experience

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was when I was diagnosed with kidney failure.

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I was only 25 years old, a brand new Christian,

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and the doctor said, this is going to take your

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life, and the Holy Spirit told me. pray, drink

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a lot of water, but pray and pray and pray and

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trust God and believe. And I was healed and I

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was restored from that. And then later on in

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life, I came down to making the decision to stay

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in business, to go into full -time ministry.

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And my wife and I needed a touch of greater faith

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to be able to step out in faith, to close our

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business down, stop our source of income and

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go to work for the church for free. And God blessed

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that and has prospered it. And now that we've

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been operating in that church now for some 28

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years, the senior pastors for almost 18 years

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and then a total of 28 years being involved in

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being a pastor in that church. A third time was

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when I had cancer issues, and a fourth time I

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had cancer issues. I was told that my life would

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only have six months to go, diagnosed with multiple

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myeloma bone marrow cancer, an incurable disease.

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They say to this day it's incurable, but God

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touched me, and I believe by God's grace and

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His mercy, I've been healed in Jesus' name. So

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these are things that happened in my life. I

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just want you to understand that. I don't go

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around saying, well, nothing bad ever happened.

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to me. No, I struggle with things. The Bible

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tells us that rain falls on the just and the

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unjust alike. So I'm going to have to wrap this

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up. My time is running out. We'll continue speaking

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in this vein in this direction as we continue

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on. Our next podcast is called, I believe it's

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going to be, The Holy Spirit Teaches Us Faith.

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But in closing, I want to pray for you. So let's

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do that right now. Heavenly Father, for those

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who are listening in, I know many of them have

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come and listened to this because they want greater

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faith, and that's wonderful, that's honorable,

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it's just awesome. And I just pray now, Lord,

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that these things we've taught about being led

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by the Spirit of God will help them to have the

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greater faith they need, to be faithful to the

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Word of God and faithful to prayer and seeking

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the Holy Spirit daily and asking for His guidance

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and direction literally to take care of us and

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lead us every moment of our life. So I pray you

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would bless them and that you would... Bless

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them with greater faith and understanding of

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that faith that will believe for it. anything

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because with great faith nothing is impossible.

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The Word of God tells us that, that faith comes

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to carry us through the challenges that we face

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in each and every day. So Father bless them Father,

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may your face be upon them and shine upon them

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Father. And I pray Lord that people would start

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even right now to start let these scriptures

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sink into them and receive the fullness of your

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blessings that faith comes from hearing the message

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of Jesus and that faith is the assurance of things

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hoped for in the Well, I hope this has been a

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blessing. My goodness, this has gone fast. I

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don't remember doing a podcast that flowed smoother

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and quicker and went through it. I'm just so

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thankful to the Lord for that and helping us.

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So I pray that if you... have questions about

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this that you continue listening to our podcast

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series on the Holy Spirit and when you're talking

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about the Holy Spirit you're going to be talking

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a lot about having faith. If you'd like to know

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more about the Quality Christian Living podcast

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you can go to davidcfriendauthor .com and when

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you go to there right on the front page there'll

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be a link to the podcast we've done. This is

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podcast number 325 so there's a obviously a lot

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of them that we've done in nearly four years

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and if you Scroll down on that list of podcasts,

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then you'll see teachings on faith, teachings

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on finances, teaching on what it means to experience

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miracles in your life and how you can have faith

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for miracles. I've talked about how to get out

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of debt. I've got books there to help people

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understand how to help veterans going through

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challenges in their life, because I was obviously,

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many of you have listened before and heard that

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I was a veteran in the Vietnam War. And so bottom

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line, there's a lot there that's available and

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that you'll get to know more about quality Christian

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living. to my podcast you can do that by going

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to see PNShows .com or wherever you listen to

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your podcasts. Well, I truly believe that this

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has been blessed and led by the Holy Spirit and

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I pray that you will tune in to our next podcast

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coming up when we're going to talk about the

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Holy Spirit teaches us faith. We're going to

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get into trying to understand exactly where in

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the Word of God does it show us that we're being

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instructed how to have greater faith. Where does

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the Holy Spirit show us exactly how people of

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weak faith can have stronger faith and get into

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examples of great faith that came out of people

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who quite frankly had very little faith to start

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with. So I believe it's going to be blessed to

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the Lord and I hope that you'll let your family

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and friends know that we're continuing on our

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series on the Holy Spirit and we're going to

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hang in there for a little bit and how faith

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and the Holy Spirit work together. I want to

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close this out with just a couple of questions

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that people have sent in and asked to get information

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on. So for example, what does it mean to be led

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by the Holy Spirit? in our daily lives. Well,

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let's just kind of look at that for a second.

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You know, the bottom line is we've got to deny

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our flesh and deny our thoughts and yield ourselves

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to the Holy Spirit to take us through the things

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that we are faced with each and every day. Here's

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another question. How can someone recognize when

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the Holy Spirit is speaking to them? Well, I

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like to think about that, that when I have peace

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in my life, I know that I'm not hearing from

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the devil. I know that peace comes from our Lord

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and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit comes

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to give us and peace. So to identify when I believe

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the Holy Spirit is leading me and guiding me,

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it's going to be something encouraging, something

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positive, something that's lifting up. Good advice

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for people, or it's correcting my own life, things

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that I need to do differently, and that type

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of thing. But to recognize the Holy Spirit basically

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is that when you have peace... from what you're

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hearing, then you know it's from the Holy Spirit.

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Remember what Jesus said in John chapter 10 and

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verse 10. He says that the devil, well, he called

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him the thief, but he's referring to him obviously

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as the devil. The thief comes to kill, to steal,

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and to destroy. He says, but I've come to give

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people life and give it to them more abundantly.

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So I want to close this with a blessing. I just

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want to thank you so much for listening in to

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the Quality Christian Living podcast. Lord, I

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pray that you would bless these folks that are

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listening in and keep them and that your face

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would shine upon them. I pray that you would

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be gracious to them, Lord, that you would give

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them peace. I pray, Lord, that they would Prosper

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and be in good health even as their soul prospers

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and for ask that in Jesus name So until next

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time I pray that God will richly bless you I

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pray that you will receive faith beyond your

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wildest Imaginations and I pray that you would

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continue to seek each and every day a greater

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stronger relationship with the Holy Spirit Remember

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Jesus sent him to be our counselor give us comfort

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to be our backup He's got our back and the Holy

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Spirit is there to help us. He's right there

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inside of us If you know Jesus Christ as your

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Lord and Savior, you can go directly to Him anytime.

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If you don't know Him, then receive Him as Lord

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and Savior. Ask for forgiveness of your sins

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and receive Him this day. And I know that He'll

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come into your heart and change your life. Thank

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you once again for listening to Quality Christian

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Living. I am your host David Friend. May God

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richly bless you.