Holy Spirit Led Thoughts (321)

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Once again, I want to welcome you to the quality

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Christian living podcast. I am your host David

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friend We're in a series dealing with the Holy

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Spirit and today's topic is Holy Spirit led thoughts

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and so today we will discover how it is possible

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for the Holy Spirit to help our thoughts in life

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and how can we defeat the attack of Satan on

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our mind and see how we can Control our thoughts

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and speak words that will please God We're gonna

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learn how the Holy Spirit helps us to live abundantly.

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So got a lot to cover but I know that the Lord's

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gonna help us with it, and so let's now go to

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the Holy Spirit and ask for his help. Heavenly

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Father, I thank you once again for who you are

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and for this podcast. I pray you would bless

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it and that you would anoint it, that the Holy

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Spirit would come in and direct my thoughts.

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Help me as I read the scriptures to interpret

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them the way, Lord, that you desire for this

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podcast, that people receive something very special

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when I read the word today. Holy Spirit, do what

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only you can do. Take control, take charge, direct

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our thoughts, control our process, and help me

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to discuss only those that will be pleasing unto

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you and be a blessing to those listening in.

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I'll thank you for it in advance because I think

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great things are gonna take place today and I

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give you all the glory for it. In Jesus name

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I pray, amen. To get started, I think I need

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to make this statement. The Holy Spirit desires

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to help us in the battle for our mind. You know

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there's a battle every single day for our mind,

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for our thoughts, what we say, how we respond,

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how we react, and... It's something that the

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Bible tells us about and warns us about that

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we need to submit and surrender ourselves to

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the Lord and let the Holy Spirit speak through

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us and use us in a way that only He can do. And

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so we really want to focus on that today and

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how the Holy Spirit has a plan for us and a way

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to help us to win the battle over our mind and

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to think those things that will be pleasing unto

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the Lord. So He will help now. He will help us,

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the Holy Spirit will, in our thoughts. He'll

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block them from becoming destructible work. He

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will caution us and even in the middle of our

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talking, you know, when we're speaking to someone,

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have you ever been speaking to someone and you're

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about ready to say something and all of a sudden

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you feel like, should I say that or not say that

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or how should I say it? When that happens, I

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believe if you're a follower of Jesus Christ

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that you are basically being touched by the Holy

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Spirit to help you speak the right things at

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the right time to the right person. So that's

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something that we want to talk about today. When

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Jesus left his disciples, he promised them that

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he would send the Comforter, the Paraclete, the

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Advocate, and the Counselor. We read about that

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in John chapter 14 and verse 16. So let me read

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that to you now. I will ask the Father, and he

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will give you another Advocate. This is Jesus

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speaking, who will never leave you. And verse

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17, he is the Holy Spirit who leads into all

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truth. Now, look what Jesus is saying to him.

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He's telling them, I've got to... plan for you.

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I've got something that's going to help you and

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guide you in each and every day of your life

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and every thought that you have and every action

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that you take. He says in John 14 -16, it's recorded,

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I will ask the Father. So he goes to his Father

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and he asks the Father to send the Holy Spirit

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and he'll be another advocate, which means I've

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been your advocate, I've been on your side and

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you've had my back and I've had your back. And

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he says that, he says, but he'll be another advocate

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who will never leave you. He's saying that he's

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always going to be there. You know, it's so important

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that as followers of Jesus Christ that we understand

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that we have power of the Holy Spirit in us each

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and every day and every single moment. And I

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know it's hard to act in the Spirit all the time

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and respond to the Spirit all the time, but we

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need to train ourselves and teach ourselves to

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surrender to Him, to His leading. And so therefore

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we'll say the right things at the right time

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to the right people and we'll be led by the Spirit

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of God to know exactly how to deal with every

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situation that we face in life. And he's telling

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us that he'll never leave us and that he is the

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Holy Spirit who leads us into all truth. So if

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we're looking for truth, then just just call

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upon the person of the Holy Spirit who lives

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and dwells in each power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Now Jesus went on to say things that are so powerful.

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He said that the Holy Spirit will live in them

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and that's something that we've got to understand.

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I know most of us don't have any problem relating

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to that and understand that, but there's some

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people that we, and I've been to the point at

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times when I don't always surrender to the Holy

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Spirit at the right time. And usually when I

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make that mistake, I find out very quickly and

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that's the Holy Spirit telling me, you didn't

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listen to me, you didn't hear what I had to say,

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you didn't come to me. And so that is the crucial

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part of this teaching is having Holy Spirit -led

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thoughts so that we'll also have Holy Spirit

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-led words that we speak. And the Bible says,

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let the words of my mouth and meditation of my

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heart be acceptable to you. Well, that's just

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what we're talking about here and what we want

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to focus on today in this podcast today. Let

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me ask you a question. As a follower of Jesus

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Christ, how often do we think of what Jesus said?

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The words that he just spoke, that he's going

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to send us an advocate who won't leave us and

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that he'll lead us into all truth. How often

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do we rely upon that? The Holy Spirit lives in

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us and he does comfort us. At least that's his

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desire is to comfort us. We've got to yield to

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him, submit to him, open up ourselves to receive

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his comfort. He wants to counsel us. He is for

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us and not against us. If you're feeling down,

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you know, if you're frustrated as a follower

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of Jesus Christ, you get frustrated, we all go

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through those times of frustration, maybe a little

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bit of irritation will come into our life. As

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soon as we start feeling that, we've got to remember

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that the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, He's on

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our side. He's for us. And you say, well, does

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He correct me sometimes? Absolutely. That's what

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His job is to instruct us and help us and even

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give us discipline on the things that we say

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and the actions that we take. So we've got to

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stop and say to ourselves, Even though I'm going

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through this, I've got the greatest power that's

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ever walked on the face of this earth, living

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and dwelling inside of me, ready to help, willing

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to help, able to help, and we've got to submit

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to Him, surrender to Him, and that's something

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that is difficult, but then the more you do it,

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the easier it gets. The more we rely on the Holy

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Spirit, the easier it is to continue to rely

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on Him and seek His face and seek His guidance

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and seek His direction. Now I want to pray for

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you right now. This is a good time to do that.

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I believe in now is a time as we're just getting

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into this podcast to talk about how we can receive

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what the Holy Spirit wants us to have. Heavenly

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Father, help us to never take for granted or

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ignore power that lives in us. Help us, Lord,

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to surrender to you, to submit to you. Help us

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to understand that the power of the Holy Spirit

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is a gift from God the Father. Jesus sent him.

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to be our advocate, to be the one who is there

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on our side, who's there to counsel us and to

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comfort us and guide our thoughts. The very thoughts

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that we have as they come into our mind, he's

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ready to sort them out. He's kind of like our

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editor. You know, I'm an author and I've written

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a number of books and with every book that I

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write, I have to hire an editor. I need an editor.

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I need someone who will come in, take a look

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at what I've said and evaluate it and make sure

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that it flows right, that the grammar is right,

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that the punctuation is proper, that I've said

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things, maybe I didn't use one word too often,

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or maybe I didn't explain a word clear enough,

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or something like that. Just the editing part

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of my book, because I write a book that has some

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35 or 40 thousand words in it. I'm going to make

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mistakes. I'm going to use a is when I shouldn't

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be saying isn't and those types of things. So

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an editor comes in to correct that and I have

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to hire them to do that. And I bring that example

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up because as Christians, the followers of Jesus

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Christ, the Holy Spirit is our editor. He's the

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one inside of us saying, not now, don't say that

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now or say it this way or find another opportunity

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to say it. When you hear that voice, you hear

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that, yield to it. Yield to that power, that

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presence because the Holy Spirit knows what's

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best for us. Have you ever said something and

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said then after later said oh crumb I wish I

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hadn't said that man I wish I hadn't said it

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that way or I wish I hadn't said at this time

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you know we've all done that we all have and

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so we want to allow the Holy Spirit to yield

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to the Holy Spirit to edit our conversations

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to edit what we write down the email that we

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send or the letter that we write or the card

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that we write edited if we're having problems

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with people in our family maybe there's challenges

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going on we have a wayward child a son or a daughter

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or grandchild or a husband a wife or not getting

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together and we write a little note we shouldn't

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just write that note with our own words our own

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thoughts we need to yield to the Holy Spirit

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and ask the Holy Spirit to guide the words that

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we write so that we'll say the right things many

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times when I see people having major challenges

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with their children they've got prodigal kids

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or the kids have just turned against them for

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one reason or another I tell them don't write

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them these long letters because they'll just

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get frustrated with them just send them a little

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postcard and on the postcard says God loves you

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and I love you and that's about all you need

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to say and they'll get that card and they'll

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look at it and think, wow, they're thinking of

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me. Now, they might still be upset with you,

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but they'll look at that card and they'll think,

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that's nice that they sent that. They may not

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tell you that, they may not say that, but they

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saw those words and they didn't see a bunch of

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explanations about why your conversations have

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gone bad or why you've had the disagreements

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that you've had. They're not going to go there

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because all they'll simply have is just a comment

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from you that says, God loves you and I love

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you. And when you do that, you take away the

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outside influence of things that you maybe shouldn't

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have said and you allow the Holy Spirit to operate

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in love through you to express love to others.

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Because the Bible says that love never fails.

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There's a lot of talk about love in the Bible.

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There's a lot of talk about the gifts of the

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Spirit in the Bible, the fruit of the Spirit,

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and all these things. But bottom line, it always

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ends with it's all about love. Because love is

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the greatest thing we can show. So the Holy Spirit

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is the one who can bring that love so that we'll

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have the right loving words to say rather than

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try and explain ourselves about how we want these,

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see things corrected or changed. or modified.

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So I hope that's connecting with you because

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I recently, I think the reason I brought that

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up is because recently I've had a lot of people

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I've been talking to that are having conflict

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with their kids and the kids will, they'll send

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their kid a letter and then the kid will just

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tear it up and send it back and just say, I didn't

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read this trash, this garbage. And it's just

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terrible. They have terrible experiences. I had

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a couple once where the married couple were having

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problems with their mother, this gal's mother.

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They just had a terrible time with her and they

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were out of state. And so this young couple would

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send pictures pictures of their children to their

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mother and their mother would get the pictures

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and she'd tear them all up, the baby pictures,

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tear them up, put them back in an envelope and

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send them back and say, I don't want to see these

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disgusting pictures. And it was just terrible.

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And they said, what do we do? How do we get a

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hold of her? And I said, take a postcard and

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just write on there that God loves you and I

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love you. And don't put anything else on there.

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Don't say, I'm sorry about this or I'm sorry

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about that and I wish you would have understood

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this or wish you would have understood that.

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No, no, no, no. Don't do that. Just Jesus loves

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you and I love you. send it to them and they'll

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get that card and they'll say and I said and

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they might even tear it up and send it back to

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you but that's okay that's okay because they

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saw the words that you spoke and they saw the

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words love and it will break down barriers and

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I've had situations quite a few of them over

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the years where people have said that little

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process has helped mend relationships with people

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family members or friends you know that that

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they had where they were having all kinds of

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struggles and they were trying to write letters

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back and forth bottom line If we show love, that

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prevails. They may still be angry, they may still

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be upset, but they can never get away from the

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fact that you've said that. And I believe those

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words are being led by the Holy Spirit. So let

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me just leave that with you. And I hadn't planned

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to talk about that, but I think there's some

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people out there that may have needed to hear

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those words because you're having a struggling

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relationship with some people and you need to

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know how to write them and how to notify them.

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And I think that's something that you should

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at least try. See, the Holy Spirit will help

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us if we need physical or emotional healing.

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Whenever we need anything, all we must do is

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press into the power inside of us. Press in until

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we start to live abundantly. Press in until we

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believe that we are an overcomer. Press in until

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we live without anxiety, fear, doubt, and worry.

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Press into the Holy Spirit to ask Him to help

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guide our thoughts and the words that we speak,

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and He will send healing. He will send wisdom.

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He will send instructions, direction. He may

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discipline us, but that's okay because when He

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disciplines us, we're going to be blessed by

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it, and we're going to be a blessing to other

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people. So I pray that we need to understand

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that the key to controlling what we say and what

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gets into our mind is to press into the Holy

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Spirit. We need to call upon the Holy Spirit

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to defeat our evil thoughts, our negative thoughts,

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our hateful words. Call on the Holy Spirit with

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confidence in the scriptures to help us. Here's

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an example of a scripture that will help us in

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those times of need. In 1 John chapter 4 and

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verse 4 in the New Living Translation says this,

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but you belong to God, my dear children, you

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have already won a victory over those people.

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That means false prophets he was talking about.

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because the Spirit who lives in you is greater

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than the Spirit who lives in the world. Now,

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I have heard that statement all of my Christian

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life. Pastors preach it, evangelists come through,

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Bible studies and all this, and that scripture

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is used a lot, and it's wonderful. And that is

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because the Spirit who lives in you is greater

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than the Spirit who lives in the world. And it's

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important that we understand that, but it's another

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thing to understand, it's another thing to apply

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it, which simply means go to the Holy Spirit

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for help. Don't go to the world for help. A lot

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of people who struggle with problems and challenges

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might go to a counselor who's not a Christian.

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I don't think that's wise. I honestly don't.

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I don't think it's smart to go to someone for

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counsel and help if they're not a follower of

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the Lord Jesus Christ. Or they go to a church

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maybe that doesn't really preach out of the Bible.

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They use other things and other tools and stuff.

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I would not attend a church like that. I would

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stay away from it because I want to be taught

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the Word of God. Because I want to live that

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scripture that says, because the spirit who lives

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in you is greater than the spirit who lives in

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the world. We need to stay out of the world for

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any guidance or direction or wisdom and be led

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by the Spirit of God. Because what that's telling

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is that no matter what we're going through, God's

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greater. No matter what our challenges are, God's

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greater. Kind of reminds me, and I've used this

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before, and forgive me for using it again, but

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it kind of reminds me of when I was diagnosed

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with incurable cancer. I went to the doctor and

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he says, well, you've got a cancer that's incurable.

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You have multimyloma, bone marrow cancer. There's

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no cure. for it and unless this medication takes

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place unless things really happen unless we can

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do something to help you we doubt that you have

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even six months to live now when he said that

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you know it's so easy for my mind to jump in

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there and just make some statement you know or

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some people are gonna react differently some

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would cry some would weep some would get angry

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God whatever it might be the bottom line of it

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is the Holy Spirit instantly just hit me he just

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hit me and as soon as the doctor said that you

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probably may only have up to six months to live.

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As soon as he said that word live, I said, so

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let me get this straight. You are trying to scare

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me with heaven. Now that was not me. That was

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the Holy Spirit inside of me, because the scripture

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became alive in me. The spirit who lives in you

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is greater than the spirit in the world. The

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world was saying, you're going to die. There's

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no cure. It's over. You might as well just hang

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it up. But the Spirit of God said, tell him that

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the success of life is heaven and tell him that

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there's nothing that can happen to me here on

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earth that will take away the ultimate joy, the

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ultimate life of eternity with the Lord Jesus

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Christ in heaven. And I was even shocked at myself

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when that came out and that was, you're going

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to try and scare me with heaven. And the doctor

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looked at me and he said, wow, I've never heard

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that before. I've had people cry. I've had people

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get upset. He said all kinds of things. He said,

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but Never have I had such a quick response that

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said that. He said, you must really believe that.

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And I looked at the doctor and I said, you know,

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you watch this. God's gonna be glorified in this.

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And what the devil intended for evil, God's gonna

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turn out for good. And when I shared with him

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that my faith was not, I'm happy that he's there

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and I'm happy he has medication and I'll take

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the medication and I'll believe in prayer. I

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can tell you, at the end of the rainbow, there's

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heaven for those of us. And that's what God promises

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is, no matter what we go through here on earth.

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Bottom line, if we follow Jesus Christ and serve

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Him, then when we pass on from this life to the

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next, we're going to spend eternity with Jesus

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Christ and also with our saved unloved ones that

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we knew for years, we'll be reunited with them.

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So that's the type of response the Holy Spirit

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gives us. It wasn't me saying that, it was the

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Holy Spirit inside of me that gave me that instant

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response to encourage that And the doctor looked

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at me and said, wow, that's just amazing to hear

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that. And I said, yeah, before this is over,

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you will believe this, and you'll believe there's

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going to be a miracle. And thank the Lord, within

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eight months, instead of me being gone, my healing

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took place. They still were treating me constantly,

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and they still said there's no cure for it. And

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they still said, you have to take all this medication.

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I took medication for seven and a half years

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of chemo. And think about that. And God was going

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to be glorified in it, though. And God healed

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me and restored me. God for that. Give him the

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praise in Jesus name. Okay, let's move on. The

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Holy Spirit can help the battle over our mind

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and thoughts and actions. The Holy Spirit helps

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us win the battle against Satan. We will be able

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to keep Satan from knowing our thoughts if we

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yield to the Holy Spirit. Now, that's an interesting

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thought. That just popped in my mind. I thought,

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Lord, maybe I should make a comment about what

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that means. We will be able to keep Satan from

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knowing our thoughts if we yield to the Holy

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Spirit. You see, I don't believe that Satan knows

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our thoughts. I know Satan comes to try to change

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our thoughts and wants to direct our thoughts.

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He knows what we're saying and what we're confessing

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and what we're not confessing, but the actual

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thoughts in our mind, I believe, is something

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that is withheld from the devil himself because

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of the power of the Holy Spirit who lives and

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dwells inside of us. So when I made the statement,

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we will be able to keep Satan from knowing our

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thoughts if we yield to the Holy Spirit, that

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means if we're filled with the Holy Spirit, there

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won't be any room for any satanic attack upon

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us. Satan only knows what we speak out. Satan

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will suggest to us the thoughts that he wants

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us to accept. He wants to influence our thoughts.

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Satan tempts us to do what we don't want to do.

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The Apostle Paul talked about that. Remember

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in the Bible, the Apostle Paul said, you know,

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there's times that I do things that I know I

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shouldn't be doing, even while I'm doing them,

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I still do them, even though I know it's wrong

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that I shouldn't be doing them. And I know I

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said that kind of fast, but that's what he's

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doing. We've all done that. We've all said that.

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We've all said things and while we were speaking

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it, we knew we were being checked that, you know,

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we probably shouldn't go there and probably shouldn't

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say that and maybe this isn't a good area to

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go into. When we're being checked like that,

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that's the Holy Spirit trying to influence. The

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devil wants to influence us by getting angry

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and becoming mean and have vengeance on people

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and try to get even with people and some people

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start swearing at other people and that's what

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the devil wants to do. But the Holy Spirit wants

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to influence us so that we will be influencers

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of others, that our words will be led by the

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Holy Spirit and will have great power. I mean,

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totally great power. The Apostle Paul covers

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this particular topic in 1 Corinthians chapter

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10 and verse 13 in the New Living Translation.

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Listen to this, the temptation in your life are

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no different from what others experience. Let

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me read that again, the temptations in your life

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are no different from what others experience.

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See, other people are going through the same

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thing and God is faithful. That's crucial. Remember,

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as you're going through stuff, remember God is

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always faithful. He will not allow the temptation

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to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted,

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He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

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That way out is to yield to the Holy Spirit and

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then the Holy Spirit then will give us the way

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out of what we're going through, that challenge

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that we face, that difficult we face. These temptations

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can be temptations to get frustrated and angry

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at people or to feel defeated and destroyed at

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work or maybe through a physical problem or it

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might be. Those are temptations that come at

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us and they will come at us. But the Word of

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God tells us that the Holy Spirit will not allow

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the temptation to be more than we can stand.

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And it says when you're tempted, He will show

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you a way out so you can endure that situation.

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And I just think that's just so powerful because

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we all know there's a battle over our mind. We

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all know that we face it each and every day.

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As soon as I get up in the morning, I know the

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devil wants to start correcting my thoughts and

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start maybe feel like, oh, that's right. I got

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that meeting with such and such. I'm not particularly

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looking forward to that. You don't want to receive

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that. Just rebuke that and move on. Or you get

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up and think, well, I just ran out of coffee.

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So I can't get my coffee first thing. And then

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that starts messing up our minds. And it starts

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making us feel like, well, it's going to be a

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bad day. See, from then, it leads into getting

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out in traffic getting frustrated because the

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car traffic is bad and so then all of a sudden

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you get irritated someone you honk your horn

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at somebody when you're thinking you know I probably

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shouldn't have done that but you did anyways

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and that can just carry out through the whole

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day and just have a miserable time but we need

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to stop at the beginning of the day and say I

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can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens

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me I'm not gonna worry about anything or be anxious

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about anything I'm gonna bring everything to

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the Lord and then he'll give me the peace that

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pass us all understanding and tell you that's

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the kind of thoughts the Holy Spirit wants us

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to have now I believe that all All this tells

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us that the Holy Spirit can capture our thoughts

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so they will be focused on Him and He will help

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us. So Lord, help us, I should say, to receive

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this. When we yield to the Holy Spirit, God will

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reign in our heart and mind. Every word we speak

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can be Holy Spirit led. I believe that. And every

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thought is ruled by God and can be ruled by God.

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God can and will reveal the deep things that

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we need for us. Listen to what the apostle Paul

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wrote in 2 Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 5.

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Listen to this. We destroy every proud obstacle

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that keeps people from knowing God. We capture

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their religious thoughts and... teach them to

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obey Christ. That's how we have to handle these

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challenges that we face in the battle over our

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mind. The scriptures can apply to us and to other

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people and they do. They apply to everyone that

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we know. With the Holy Spirit, every word we

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speak will be held captive. Every thought is

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ruled by God. That's something that we need to

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read over and over again and place it into our

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heart and make a foundation of how we're going

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to control the thoughts that we have in our life.

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Now I believe it's possible that through the

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whole Spirit, our soul can live as Christ did.

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With the Holy Spirit, trials lead. to great victories.

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And the challenges that we will or currently

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face will bring greater faith to each and every

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one of us. Well, I hope that this has been a

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blessing. I've thoroughly enjoyed this podcast.

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It's kind of gone quickly for me, but I've got

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a couple things to say before I close it. I want

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to talk about the upcoming podcast, but I hope

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this has been a blessing to you. So let me just

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say a quick prayer for you. Heavenly Father,

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I pray that you'd take this and these words today,

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these scriptures and the teaching you gave us.

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There's a lot of things in here I hadn't planned

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to say, so I know the Holy Spirit gave some guidance

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and direction. that applied to people who are

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listening in. I pray that you would bless them,

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Father, and keep them. And I pray, Lord, that

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they would receive what you had for them today

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and they'd walk in the power of the Holy Spirit

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and the anointing of what would be upon their

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lives to be led to handle the challenges of life

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because we all face them. And bless them and

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keep them, I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Well,

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like I said, I hope this has been a blessing

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to you. I've certainly enjoyed doing it. Matter

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of fact, my next podcast coming up is entitled,

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The Holy Spirit Brings Unshakeable Faith. Now,

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that's a powerful statement. As a matter of fact,

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it's so strong that I am now going back and looking

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at a series of podcasts I did on unshakable faith,

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and I know I'm going to turn that into a book.

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The Lord has put that upon my heart, so I'm pulling

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out all my notes and all the things I had. I'm

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getting ready. It'll take a while. It'll probably

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take quite a few months, four, five, six months

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to get it done, but I truly believe I need to

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release that teaching because I've used that

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a lot on the podcast and also when I've spoken

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to people. So we're going to have just one podcast

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on The Holy Spirit Brings Unshakable Faith. We're

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going to do how can the Holy Spirit strengthen

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our faith? We're going to discover how to walk

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in faith greater than what we have. That we'll

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have a greater faith, I should say, than what

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we have. And we'll understand the difference

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between faith and unshakable faith. When does

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the Bible show us how to receive and maintain

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greater faith? So I believe the Lord's got something

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in store for us there. Now if you would like

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to know more about quality Christian living,

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you can go to my webpage. I'd encourage you to

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do that at davidcfriendauthor .com. And when

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you get to my webpage right on the front page

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there there'll be a link to my podcast this is

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the 321st podcast that we've done in almost I

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guess it's getting close to four years now and

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I thank the Lord for that but I just want you

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to scroll through there and find something that

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speaks to you we're in this series on the Holy

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Spirit and I don't know how long this is gonna

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go it could go on for months there's so much

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more to talk about and I just believe I want

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I need to be led of the Holy Spirit to know how

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long we go and what topics to cover so I pray

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that you maybe even pray for me to know that

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and to have God's direction there. If you'd like

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to know more about how to live a quality Christian

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life because that's what this whole podcast is

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about that I've been doing for these years. Just

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go through there and scroll through. You'll have

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help on finances. You'll have help on understanding

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the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the

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Spirit and on and on and on. So I pray that'll

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be a blessing to you. And then if you scroll

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down a little farther, you'll see a list of books

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that I've written on various topics and maybe

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those will bless you. And if you'd like to subscribe

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

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:14.859
.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Before I close out completely today on this podcast,

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let me just read a couple of topics that I'm

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going to be talking about in the upcoming weeks

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and months on the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit

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can be that still quiet voice giving guidance.

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The Holy Spirit brings a life filled with holy

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experiences. The Holy Spirit brings power, comfort,

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and direction to our lives. If we surrender our

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will to God, the Holy Spirit will take us into

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a level of abundant living. And that abundant

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living is just, quite frankly, a promise from

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God. God wants us to live abundantly. The Holy

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Spirit takes us from natural. to the supernatural.

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The Holy Spirit transforms the ordinary into

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the extraordinary. These are some more areas

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and topics. These are areas that I'm studying

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and getting working on to do podcasts on. Here's

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another one we're going to talk about. The anointing

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of the Holy Spirit brings a fresh, new, and safe

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direction from God. The Holy Spirit brings a

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flow of divine healings and leadings. The Holy

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Spirit fills our heart and mind so we will live

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in peace. We're going to talk about how the Holy

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Spirit brings a higher level of life as followers

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of Jesus Christ. and that he also brings God's

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way. God's will and his peace to believers, and

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that we can live filled with the Spirit to do

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greater works. You know, the same anointing that

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we're talking about today was the anointing that

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the Apostle Paul had when he received that incredible

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touch from God and when he gave his life to Jesus

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Christ on the road to Damascus. And here was

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a man who hated Christians. He oversaw the killing

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of Christians. He was there when Stephen was

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stoned to death, and he approved of all that.

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And here he was later on, walking down the road

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in the power of God. hit him. That was the Holy

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Spirit hit him and convicted him of his need

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to surrender to Christ and he did and what an

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amazing man of God he became. So I hope that

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you'll stay with me in this series on the Holy

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Spirit. We have so much to talk about and that's

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just some of the topics that the Lord's put up

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on my heart. So like I said, this could go on

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for quite a while and I'm really excited about

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it because I've never had a particular topic

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that seems that there's just endless the amount

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of things that we can discuss and where we can

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go from here. So I hope that you'll... tune in

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and listen to these podcasts, let your friends

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and family members know where we're going and

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where we're heading, and I think it'll be a blessing

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to you. So before I close, let me just give you

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a blessing. May the Lord bless you and keep you,

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and may his face shine upon you. May he be...

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gracious to you and give you peace. May you prosper

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and be in good health even as your soul prospers.

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So until next time, I pray that God would richly

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bless you and I pray that the power of the Holy

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Spirit would come alive in your life. If you

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

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just take a moment right now and say, Father,

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

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of my sins. I ask you to forgive me and cleanse

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me from all unrighteousness. I receive Jesus

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Christ as my Lord and Savior, and I promise to

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serve Him all the days of my life." If you prayed

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that prayer and you've never prayed it before,

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

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get a Bible, read the books of John, Matthew,

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

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These are great, great writings that will just

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change your life. And now that you become a follower

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of Christ, Get that Bible. Find one that's a

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good translation you'd be comfortable with. I

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like the new Living Translation. It works best

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for me. So I encourage you then to do that. But

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most importantly, get around Christian people.

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Find a good church and be a part of that. So

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thank you once again for listening in. This has

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been the Quality Christian Living Podcast number

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321 entitled Holy Spirit -Led Thoughts. I'm your

00:28:39.890 --> 00:28:42.170
host, David Friend, and I pray God will bless

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you and keep you. And I pray the Holy Spirit

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will lead and guide your thoughts. Thank you

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for listening in.