Holy Spirit Led Peace (342)

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Welcome once again to the Quality Christian Living

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Podcast. I am your host David Friend. Today's

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podcast is entitled Holy Spirit Led Peace. Now,

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peace is a challenge for a lot of people. Today

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we're going to talk about how is it possible

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to live in peace when we face trials, sometimes

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daily? How does the Holy Spirit help us? And

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what causes us to either live in peace or live

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with constant strife? What are the best scriptures?

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to help us understand how to have peace and how

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the Holy Spirit leads us. Before we get into

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it though, let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for your

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goodness. Thank you for the opportunity, Lord,

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once again, to get into your Word and to bring

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forth a Word that will help change lives. I ask

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the Holy Spirit to come in now and do what only

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He can do, and I ask you to take charge, take

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control. I pray that those who are listening

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in would receive this powerful message because

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it's powerful because it comes from the Word

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of God. It can be powerful when the Holy Spirit

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anoints it. I believe that we have something

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special for today. So I pray you would bless

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it now, Father, and I'll give you praise for

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it. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Well, this is

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so important to stay into this Holy Spirit. Series

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that we're doing because the Holy Spirit is just

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everything to us without him operating in our

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lives We're just we really don't have a lot of

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hope without the power of the Holy Spirit in

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us We'll make many mistakes now We'll still make

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mistakes and do things that we shouldn't do and

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say things we shouldn't say even the Holy Spirit's

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in us But he will help us to correct it to make

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things right to get back on track And that's

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the glory of having the Holy Spirit living and

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dwelling inside of each and every believer Now

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to understand how the Holy Spirit will lead us

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into peace we must examine our faith, our motives,

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and our desires, all three of them. Our faith

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is crucial and the motives that we have can make

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such a negative impact on us, our good impact

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on us, and our desires must line up according

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to the Word of God. We must deny self and surrender

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to the Spirit of God. Our flesh is the enemy

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of God's Spirit. We receive power when we receive

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the Holy Spirit. Before we receive Jesus as our

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Lord and Savior, we live to according to our

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fleshly desires. We just did whatever we wanted

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to whenever we wanted to do it and sometimes

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didn't even feel bad about it. The beauty of

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having the Holy Spirit in us and guiding and

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directing our life is that He checks us, He corrects

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us, He gives us comfort, He backs us up, He's

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there as a source of strength and hope, He brings

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forth the promises of God, He brings forth the

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fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience,

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goodness, kindness, gentleness and self -control.

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The Holy Spirit is just everything to us, but

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we've got to understand our flesh hates that.

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The flesh wants to do things on its own and we've

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got to run from that. Our salvation removed the

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old ways we did things. We became a new creation.

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The Holy Spirit came to dwell in us. We must

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continue to submit to the Word of God and the

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leading of the Holy Spirit in order to have a

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Holy Spirit -led life filled with peace. There's

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a wonderful scripture that helps us in this area.

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It's found in Romans chapter 8 and verse 4. For

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all who are led by the Spirit of God, our sons

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of God, which simply means, now that sons also

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means believers, it means anyone who's a follower

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of Jesus Christ. So for all who are led by the

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Spirit of God, we want to be led by the Spirit.

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Those of you who are listening in, I pray that

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that's your goal today to be able to do that.

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I know it's my goal every day to walk in the

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Spirit and not carry out the lust of the flesh

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and not allow my flesh to beat me up and try

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and draw me into things that God doesn't want

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me to be a part of. I thank God for the Holy

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Spirit. Before receiving Jesus Christ as my Lord

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and Savior. I served self. I served myself. Everything

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in my life was focused on what's best for me

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is what's best for everyone else. It was a terrible

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attitude. I was married. We had a little boy

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and after several years of marriage our marriage

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was okay. We were getting along just fine and

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all that but I was really motivated. My career,

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my work was number one in my life. I wasn't a

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follower of Jesus Christ. I had a wonderful wife.

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We've been married now for 58 years and God has

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blessed our years together. And just to stop

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and think that what the Holy Spirit did for us

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and what the devil wanted to do to us. I'm so

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thankful that when I became a follower of Jesus

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Christ that the Holy Spirit told me to deny self

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and to serve God. All human nature is founded

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on self. It's focused totally on self. Now as

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a new creation, I was forgiven of my sins. Those

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sins would never be charged against me again.

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In 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 17, listen

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to the scripture. Therefore, if anyone is in

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Christ, that means anyone who is a follower of

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the Lord Jesus Christ, it says, therefore if

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anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.

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The old is gone. The new is here. That's just

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glorious. I thank God for that. new creation

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that He made each and every one of us. We have

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a new nature. We have new life. To be led by

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the Holy Spirit, we must deny our former. old

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creation and live in our new creation that God

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put together. Satan wants us to go back in our

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old self, back to our old ideas and old thoughts.

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The Holy Spirit though, helps us to live in our

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new life and he's the one that brings peace.

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Now before I go any further, I'm feeling checked

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with the Holy Spirit to just take a moment and

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make sure that everyone is listening in here

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knows Jesus is our Lord and Savior. If you're

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not sure where you're going to spend eternity,

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if you don't know if heaven is guaranteed for

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you, I need you to pray right now. And if you'll

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just Just pray this prayer with all your heart

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and mind. Receive Jesus right now. the Holy Spirit

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will come to live and dwell in you. Now I know

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the majority of you are Christians, but would

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you just believe with me for those that you know

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that are unsaved, they don't know Jesus, that

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they would pray this prayer? Say, Heavenly Father,

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I'm sorry for the sins I've committed. I need

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a Savior. I need you to help me. I've sinned

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against you. And I'm so sorry. I repent of my

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sins. I ask you to forgive me and cleanse me

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from all unrighteousness. I believe that Jesus

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Christ is the Son of God. He was born of the

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Virgin Mary. He suffered. He was crucified, but

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he rose from the dead. And he did that for me

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and so on this day I received Jesus Christ as

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my Lord and Savior And I promised to serve him

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all the days of my life now if you prayed that

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Prayer and you meant it with all your heart you

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need to do two things one is find a good church

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a church that believes in the full Word of God

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and get yourself a Bible and Start reading through

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it read in the New Testament the areas dealing

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with we call them the epistles that that the

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Apostle Paul wrote Galatians and Philippians

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and Ephesians and those scriptures will help

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you so much and I strongly recommend you read

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the book of Romans and if you're a Christian

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and been one for a long time you might want to

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go back and read some of those scriptures yourself

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just to kind of strengthen your faith and renew

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your faith especially for Christians Romans the

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entire book of Romans is just so powerful and

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so wonderful so I thank you for Allowing to just

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sit and listen with me as we prayed with people

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to receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

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Okay, let's get continue on. One of my favorite

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scriptures on the subject of the Holy Spirit

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leading us into peace is Galatians chapter 5

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in verse 16. In the New International Version

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it says this, so I say walk by the Spirit and

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you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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Well, that's pretty direct, isn't it? Pretty

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exacting that we know exactly what that scripture

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is telling us and it's giving us the guidance

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and the direction that we need. Now see in my

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introduction I said that we must read the scriptures

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and find out what scriptures make a big difference

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in our lives and that we need to be led by the

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Holy Spirit and that's what these scriptures

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I believe will help you to do is to know how

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to be led by the Spirit of God and be led into

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peace. Here's another scripture found in Romans

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chapter 5 verse 1 in the New International Version.

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Therefore since we have been justified through

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faith we have peace with God through our Lord

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Jesus Christ. You see, it's already happened.

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A lot of people say, well, okay, now I became

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a Christian, now I'm waiting for peace to come.

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No, no, peace can come right then. You can receive

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the peace of God that passes all understanding

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right when you receive Jesus as your Lord and

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Savior. And if you've not received that peace

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or if you've gotten away from that peace, I pray

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that this podcast will help you to receive the

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peace that we all want to have in our life. The

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kind of peace that nothing can shake it, nothing

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can rattle or pull us out of a walk with God

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and living with peace in our life. Here's another

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scripture I think that'll help all of us. It's

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found in Romans chapter 15 and verse 13 in the

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New Living Translation. I pray that God, the

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source of hope, will fill you completely with

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joy and peace because you trust in him. You see,

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we can only have peace when we have faith and

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trust in God. Faith is crucial to peace. And

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trust is crucial to having peace because if we're

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struggling and we don't have peace it could be

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it just could be that you're just not trusting

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the Lord you're not having your confidence in

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the Lord or putting your your hope and your strength

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and all of your your faith into your walk with

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God in your relationship with the Lord Jesus

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Christ and Living with the power of the Holy

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Spirit in your life So I just pray that those

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of you matter fact I need to stop right now once

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again the Holy Spirit's checking me and I need

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to pray for those who are struggling for peace

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Father, for those who are listening in right

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now, I pray that you would bring peace in their

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life. If they're a follower of the Lord Jesus

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Christ, and Father, many are new followers by

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saying that prayer that we just had just a few

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moments ago. Father, in either case, if they're

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a new Christian or they've been Christians for

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years, I pray that they would trust you and believe

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in your word and follow your word and seek your

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face and that they would be led by the Spirit

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of the Living God and claim these scriptures

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in their life. Father, I believe that each and

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every person struggling with peace right now

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would say what the scripture says in Galatians

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5 verse 16. So I say walk by the Spirit and you

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will not gratify the desires of the flesh. And

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Father, they'll repeat this scripture Romans

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5 1 therefore since we have been justified that

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means we're born again we're saved through our

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faith we have peace with God through our Lord

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Jesus Christ and I claim that for every single

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person listening in today if they're struggling

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with peace bless them and keep them I pray now

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in Jesus name amen well I said that our flesh

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is the enemy of the spirit I've mentioned that

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many times throughout podcasts and and that's

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so true that the that the flesh is the enemy

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of the Spirit of God In Galatians 5 17, this

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helps us, I think, to understand what I just

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said. Galatians chapter 5 verse 17, the New International

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Version says this, For the flesh desires what

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is contrary to the spirit, and the spirit what

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is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict

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with each other so that you are not to do whatever

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you want. You see, there's a conflict going on.

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There's a battle every single day in our minds,

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in our hearts, in our minds about what to do,

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whether it's the right thing to do or the wrong

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thing to do. It might be the way we respond to

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somebody. It might be the way we're driving to

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work and someone cuts in front of us and we say

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something we shouldn't say and we maybe yell

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at them or lay on the horn really heavy or something

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like that. That's not going to solve the problem.

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In order to have peace that's led by the Holy

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Spirit, we need to surrender to the Holy Spirit

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and deny the self that's in us, the self that

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drags us down and tells us to do whatever we

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want to do. There's people who live their whole

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life basically saying, I'll do things the way

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I want to do them. I'll do them my way. And it's

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all about their decisions and what they think

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is best. And they're denying the power, the potential

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power of the Holy Spirit in their life. So I

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pray that each and every one of us, myself included,

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would focus on being led by the Spirit of God

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so we can have greater peace in our life. Now,

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let me tackle another area. What is Holy Spirit

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-led peace? What does that really mean? Well,

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it's peace that surpasses our understanding.

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Now, that's kind of an interesting way to put

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it. It's really a great way to express express

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what peace is because we have peace sometimes

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in situations where a lot of people think we

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wouldn't have peace or maybe we feel we wouldn't

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have peace. Let me give you an example. When

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the Holy Spirit called my wife and I into ministry,

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he first called me and I shared that with my

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wife and she was so excited. She wanted to go

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into ministry. She was ready and willing and

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able and we went into ministry totally in agreement

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and both of us trying to deny self so we could

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move forward. At the time we owned a real estate

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development company. It was doing very well.

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Matter of fact, I was on vacation when The Holy

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Spirit called me to go into full -time ministry.

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It had been a very successful business for over

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15 years. And I'm not boasting, I'm just trying

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to tell you that the Lord came in and said, I've

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got something better for you than what this is.

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It was doing really well. We had a custom home

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building company. We did what we call land syndications

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where we buy properties. Investors would come

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in and join with us, invest into property. We

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would hold it for a while and sell it and make

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a profit. We made profit on everything we ever

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touched when it came to the land. in the custom

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homes. That's just to God be the glory for that.

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We kind of had everything lined up that we needed.

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I was 48 years of age. At that age, I already

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had about 13 years or so in full -time real estate

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development work. Prior to that, I was a banker

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for some 15 years, and so I had that kind of

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training. So everything was coming together.

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At the age of 48, you're at what they call your

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prime. I mean, when you're in business and you're

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48 years old, you are really at your prime. You

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learn from mistakes you've made. We all do. We

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knew with the right things to do, the right direction

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to go. We've learned a lot of things, had a lot

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of experiences. So that's where we were at and

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everything was moving so well for our business

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just to continue to grow and expand. The banks

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wanted to finance anything that we wanted to

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do. We had 15 years of experience in the business

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at that time. We had relationships with the city

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and the inspectors and help with zoning and the

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construction process. All these things were lined

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up. There were many investors who wanted to do

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business with us and had been doing business

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with us. and God had blessed those partnerships

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to where we were able to give them like a 35,

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40, 45 % return on their investment money. And

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of course that lined up nicely with them and

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they wanted to be a part of it. Everything looked

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like we would be expanding our business and then

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just continuing to grow and move on. But we were

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on vacation and I'd been reading a book on businessmen

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who became Christians and how their life changed.

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And I read a book, this book was really very

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important to me because I love to read about

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Christian businessmen and how they handled their

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issues and how they handled each and every day

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the challenges they faced and we basically had

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a good business going thing was really nice as

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I was saying but we're sitting on the beach over

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in California just having a nice time off and

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relaxing and I completed reading that book and

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I asked my wife I said honey do you have anything

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else maybe in the beach bag there that because

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I don't want to go all the way back up the hill

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and back to our room and get something else and

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she said yeah I've got a little something so

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she handed me this book it was a book written

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about faith. I'm written by a man named Smith

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Wigglesworth. And what an amazing little book

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it was. It couldn't have had 120 or 130 pages.

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It was a little tiny little paperback thing.

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It took me maybe an hour and 15 or 20 minutes

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to read it. It was a very, very quick read. But

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at the end of reading that book, everything changed.

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I knew instantly that the Lord was calling us

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into ministry. And it didn't make any sense because

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business was great. Everything was doing well.

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We were working in our church. We had a wonderful

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Sunday School class with hundreds of people attending

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it. Things were great. I served on the board.

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to the church. I mean, everything was great in

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our spiritual life. It was just wonderful. And

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I thought, Lord, this is the way it's going to

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be the rest of our life. But the Holy Spirit

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had another plan. God had another plan for us.

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I call it now a higher plan, a better plan. Even

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though the business was good, He had something

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in store for us that I had not even really thought

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much about. And that was full -time ministry.

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Everything was in place. But after reading that

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book, my wife and I went to dinner that night.

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And I looked at her and I said, honey, I believe

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the Holy Spirit directed me today to read that

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and that you had it in your bag. And she said,

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Yeah, I hadn't read it myself, but I thought

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you might enjoy it. And I said, well... From

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reading that, I believe the Holy Spirit spoke

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to me and we're supposed to close our business

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down and volunteer to work for free in the church

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and just get started as fast as we can. Sell

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off some of the properties we own, liquidate

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them and just move on. And she started to have

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tears going down her face and I thought, oh,

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it's okay. We're going to do it right now. And

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she said, no, no, no, those are sad tears, not

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sad tears, they're happy tears. She said, because

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when I was a little girl, I believe the Lord

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told me that I'd be married to a preacher boy,

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a pastor someday. And she says, and here it is,

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we've been married, at the time we'd been married

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20. eight years. We got married at 20 and I was

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48 and all of a sudden at 28 years I tell her

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the Lord's called us into ministry and I said

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we needed to go start a church and be full -time

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pastors and she was thrilled. She was absolutely

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thrilled. Now a lot of people I talked to heard

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me tell them we're gonna close up everything,

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sell our big fancy house, get rid of all the

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things that are expensive to operate and all

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that and live a more simple life, a quiet life.

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They were shocked. They were like, really? Are

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you okay? Can you handle this? See, we had peace

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though. The peace of God that passed us all understanding.

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Other people who were not called into ministry,

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and good people, Christians, many of them, and

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they were good people, but they were not called

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into ministry. They didn't understand what had

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taken place in our life. But we had understanding

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through the peace of God and the peace of the

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Holy Spirit. And I hope that that story, I've

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used it before, but not very often, but I hope

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that story helps you to understand that we can

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go from one thing to another thing and have a

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radical change and still receive peace that does.

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Surpass all understanding and it will guard our

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heart and it'll guard our mind in Christ Jesus

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You know we decided that this was the time to

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give up the business But only because the Holy

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Spirit led us to give up our house our our income

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was very strong and please I'm not boasting.

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I'm just trying to be very very Transparent with

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you and very real, but through the Holy Spirit.

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He gave us such peace that when I went to our

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pastor and said, I want to let you know, I want

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to go into full -time ministry. If I can work

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here at the church for you, I'll work for free.

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And he said, well, it's about time. I knew the

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hand of God was upon you. And he says, can you

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report Monday? And it was really a wonderful

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experience. And I mean, we became like little

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kids that were expecting Christmas the very next

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day. We were bubbling over with excitement and

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joy because all of a sudden, God gave us something

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totally new. We loved what we were doing. We

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lived a wonderful lifestyle. We got to travel

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to Europe. whenever we wanted to go. We traveled

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every summer. It was just an amazing lifestyle.

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But God said, no, no, no, no, I have something

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better for you. And I am so thankful that the

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Holy Spirit interrupted what we had planned for

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our life and brought something greater. into

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our life and I wouldn't if I went back and had

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the chance to change it all I wouldn't I would

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relive the whole thing all over again because

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God continues to bless and continues to give

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us opportunities to lead people to Jesus and

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work in ministry and do now that is our full

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-time service okay let's move on the Holy Spirit

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brings peace that the world can't just can't

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even imagine Holy Spirit peace cannot be explained

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to non -believers in Jesus Christ they just can't

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you know I could not explain our story to people

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very well, people that knew me. It's kind of

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ironic, shortly after we made that change and

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I went... back to school and took some classes

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and things and I went and became ordained as

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a pastor. And I went through all that process.

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Our friends came over to our home and I was 50

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years old at the time, celebrating our 50th birthday.

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Now they had always seen us in these great big

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luxury homes that I had been building and selling

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for years and driving the big fancy cars and

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all that stuff. And they came to see us and noticed

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that we had modest automobiles and noticed that

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we were living in a very small little house,

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a very modest little house. And they would say,

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are you okay? See, they couldn't quite understand

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it. and some were not, but they were struggling

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with understanding. And I said, we've never been

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happier in our life. We have never, ever experienced

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any greater joy other than coming to know Jesus

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Christ as Lord and Savior. This is right up there,

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right next to it, second to it. And that is to

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know that God's calling us at this stage of our

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life, at the age of 50 years of age now. Going

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into full -time ministry, we were ordained. And

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shortly after that, we started a church and God

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blessed it. And we've been now attending that

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church for some 20, 28 years. and still pastoring

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there. We senior pastored it for about the first

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18 years and then we turned it over to another

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group that we know very well and the church is

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still moving along for the glory of God. You

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see, peace that I'm talking about, it's peace

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that is opposite of what our flesh wants. It's

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peace completely direct, directly opposite of

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what our flesh wants. It is peace that restores

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relationships, like past friends who've broken

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up, friendships that have fallen apart. And it's

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so important that we understand that the peace

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of God comes in to build us up, to give us strength.

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It's peace that carries us through our trials,

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our illnesses, and even divorces, our financial

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failure, our loss of a job, our friends turning

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against us, whatever it might be. still have

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peace. Holy Spirit -led peace will take us through

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whatever we face in life. Now since going into

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the ministry, you might say, well now it's probably

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everything's been perfect for you and you have

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no challenges. No, we've had a lot of challenges.

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Matter of fact, I've been diagnosed with two

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terminal cancer diagnosis, one kidney failure

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diagnosis, and during those times, God gave us

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peace through the whole thing. I know many of

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you who listen to me have heard me say this before,

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but there's some new listeners today that I'd

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like for them to hear this. When I was diagnosed

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with multiple myeloma bone marrow cancer no cure

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for it not expected to live all that long that

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one doctor said you know Possibly only six months

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as maybe as all did you have yet to live and

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when I heard that word Instantly the Holy Spirit

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had me tell him so you're trying to scare me

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with heaven now. That's called peace You're told

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that you're gonna die. You don't understand even

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the diagnosis, but you've been told you're gonna

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die that this is incurable There's no cure for

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it. And by the way, there's still to this day

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is no cure for multiple myeloma bone marrow cancer

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And yet here I am Living proof that God is in

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charge and God heals, but God will take us all

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through the most difficult trials We've got to

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put our trust in him our confidence in him If

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any of you are going through a similar trial

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a physical problem, whatever it might be I just

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I'm gonna close in prayer in just a moment And

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I believe that God's gonna bring you that peace

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that pass us all understanding Holy Spirit led

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peace is not giving up. It's not quitting. It's

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not being lazy Holy Spirit pieces is having a

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well -being. It's all this well with my soul

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all this well with my spirit. It's wholeness

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as we go through trials. It's Galatians chapter

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5 verse 22, which is one of the fruits of the

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Spirit, which is peace. It's Ephesians chapter

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4 verse 3, New Living Translation. Make every

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effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit,

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binding yourselves together with peace. Holy

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Spirit -led peace is Romans chapter 12 and verse

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18 in the New International Version. If it is

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possible, as far as it depends on you, live at

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peace with everyone. You know, that means we

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can live at peace no matter what we face, the

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trials, whatever it might be. Even if you're

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having major battles with people, we can still

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live at peace, as much as it depends with us.

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And it depends in us based upon our walk with

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God and our relationship with the Holy Spirit,

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who is the giver of peace. So let me close with

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prayer. Heavenly Father, I thank you for this

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podcast. I thank you how it's flowed so smoothly

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and how you've led it and directed it. And I

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pray now for those who maybe are struggling with

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peace, they've got challenges in their life that

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they still don't know how to deal with them.

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Lord, that these scriptures would help each and

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every one of them. I know it helps me just to

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read them again. Because even though I've gone

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through these things and you've helped me to

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have peace, there's still things that come up

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that want to rob me of the peace and the joy

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that the Holy Spirit has given me. And if I go

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to your word, and if we all go to your word,

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we'll receive the strength and the power we need

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to rise above. those things that try to take

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us down and take us out and discourage us. So

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I pray blessing upon all those Father who are

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needing peace in their life that you would pour

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out your Spirit upon them and that they would

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run to the Holy Spirit and run to your word for

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help and guidance. Now bless and keep them I

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pray and I'll thank you for it in advance. In

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Jesus name I pray. Amen. Well I hope this podcast

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has been a blessing to you. I've thoroughly enjoyed

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doing it. When I talk about a life being led

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by the Holy Spirit there are just so many topics

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we can talk about and if you'd like to know more

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more about Quality Christian Living, which is

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the overall title of this series, based upon

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this one is on the Holy Spirit. You can learn

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more about it by going to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com. And when you go there, right on the front

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page, you'll see a link to the podcast. And that'll

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take you to, this was the 341st, no, no, the

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342nd podcast that we've done. And the last,

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oh, close to 15 or 20 of them have been based

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totally on the Holy Spirit. So if you'd like

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to know more about what we teach what Quality

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Christian Living is all about. We've got a series

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of podcasts dealing with how to have greater

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faith, how to be able to live financially without

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debt, how to deal with the challenges of life,

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and on and on topics dealing with the fruit of

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the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. And those

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are all topics I hope they'll be a blessing to

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you. You can listen to those if you'll go to

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my webpage. And if you'd like to know some of

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.859
the things that I've written about, I've written

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.960
a number of books. I've got two more underway

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:52.559
right now, but my most recent one was called

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:55.299
Faith for Miracles, part I did a book entitled

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receive everything from what others call nothing

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and that's a crucial book for all of us to understand

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:03.680
people don't understand the faith that we can

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:06.119
have because it's they're not going through what

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.799
we're going through and they don't understand

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:10.079
where our strength and confidence is is not in

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ourselves but in God's Word and in the power

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of the Holy Spirit to help and lead us and it

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.240
goes through that same topic that same areas

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and there's other books dealing with help for

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.759
veterans and all kinds of different things so

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I hope that would be a blessing to you if you'd

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:24.420
like to subscribe to my podcast, you can do that

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by going to cpnshows .com or wherever you listen

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:31.559
to your podcast. Well, I want to thank you so

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much for listening and being a part of this podcast

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today. And I'd like to have you give me maybe

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a review would be kind of nice. I thank you first

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for listening. And if you enjoyed this episode,

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you choose to support us we certainly appreciate

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that and are thankful for it our next podcast

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is entitled how to experience the Holy Spirit

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now it's kind of an interesting topic how to

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experience the Holy Spirit well if you're a Christian

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you have the Holy Spirit living and dwelling

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inside of you your our bodies are the temple

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of the Holy Spirit so therefore shouldn't we

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just automatically experience him nope because

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our flesh and our thoughts on our own will will

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override what the Spirit's trying to do in our

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life because we have the freedom to choose what

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we decide to do with our lives. So we're going

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to talk about how is it possible to experience

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the Holy Spirit and have Him active in every

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area of our life. How can we live the kind of

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life that we've talked about in this series?

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We've had podcasts that deal with how the Holy

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Spirit helps with the prayer and helps us to

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have peace and helps us to have joy in our life.

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And now we're going to talk about how to experience

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just the overall experience of the Holy Spirit

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in our life. That's what God wants for each and

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every one of us and I know that that's what he

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wants for you individually. So I hope that you'll

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be open to that and I look forward to the next

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podcast that's coming up. Well I'm gonna close

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this podcast out with just a little little prayer

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and blessing if I will over you and I pray that

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this podcast has been a blessing to you. 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 I pray that God will richly bless you. I

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pray that you'll receive the peace of God that

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passes all understanding and that it will guard

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your heart and guard your mind in Christ Jesus.

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I thank you once again for listening to Quality

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Christian Living. I'm your host David Friend.

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We're continuing our series on the Holy Spirit.

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The next one we're going to deal with is how

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to experience the Holy Spirit in our lives. May

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God bless you.