Holy Spirit Promises

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Again, I welcome you to the Quality Christian

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Living Podcast. I am your host, David Friend.

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We are in the middle of a wonderful series on

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the Holy Spirit. Today's topic is the Holy Spirit

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Promises. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I thank

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you for who you are. I pray you would bless this

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podcast and I ask the Holy Spirit to come in

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a very special way and to help people and to

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bless them and touch them. And I'll be careful

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to give you praise for it. I believe great things

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are gonna take place as we invite the Holy Spirit

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to lead us. For I ask these things in Jesus'

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name, amen. Well, the Holy Spirit promises to

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guide us, to help us, to deliver us, to give

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us power and to give us peace. Really, the promises

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of the Holy Spirit require, though, Christians

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to obey God's Word. We want to jump and get the

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promises, but we don't understand there's a condition

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through the promises. And it's a simple condition.

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Just follow the Word of God. And all these promises

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open up to us. We must claim or ask for the promises

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of the Holy Spirit. They won't just come automatically.

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We need to pray and receive the Holy Spirit.

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They are easy, quite frankly, very easy to find

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out what they are throughout God's Word. And

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today we're going to look at a number of scriptures

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that will help us understand what the promises

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of God are and how the Holy Spirit operates.

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You know, in my introduction, I basically was

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talking about how the Holy Spirit promises the

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gifts, you know, of wisdom and counsel and guidance

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and peace and all those wonderful things. Well,

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he does. It would be wonderful to get into those

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right now. But first, I think I'd be making a

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big mistake if I didn't mention the gifts of

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the Spirit that we read about in 1 Corinthians

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chapter 12. Let's do that right now. You know,

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the New King James Version, 1 Corinthians chapter

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12, verse number 4. There are different kinds

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of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the

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source of them all. Now that's very important,

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we'll talk more about that later. There are different

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kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.

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God works in different ways, but it is the same

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God who does the work in all of us. Verse 7.

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A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we

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can, listen to this, help each other. See, we

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don't just get the spiritual gifts so that we

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can just get the blessing and the gift. We receive

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a gift so that we can bless the kingdom and bless

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the family of God. It says so that we can help

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each other. To one person the Spirit gives the

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ability to give wise advice. To another, the

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same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.

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The same Spirit gives great faith. To another

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and to someone else, the one Spirit gives the

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gift of healing. He gives one person the power

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to perform miracles and another the ability to

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prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to

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discern whether a message is from the right spirit

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from the spirit of God is what it's saying or

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from another spirit still another person is given

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the ability to speak in unknown languages while

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another is given the ability to interpret what

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is being said it is the one and only spirit who

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distributes all these Gifts he alone decides

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which gift each person should have now I read

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a lot there But I think it's so important to

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understand that these are all gifts that are

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available But we got to remember it's the Holy

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Spirit who decide who gets what gifts and I think

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it partly It's because of whether they can trust

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them to operate properly in the gifts because

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the Spirit of God knows our spirit They know

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what our intentions are they know what our motives

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are we knows what our desires are so we want

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to be sure that if we're seeking these gifts

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that we seek God first, then we ask the Holy

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Spirit to give us the gifts that we would like

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to operate in these gifts and yield to Him and

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say, I receive what you have for me. And I believe

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if we do that, we're approaching the Holy Spirit

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in the proper form. So I thought I should take

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a little bit of time in the beginning of this

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podcast to cover the... proper way to seek the

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gifts of the Spirit and what our mindset must

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be like and what our intentions are and what

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our desires are. In addition to that, in 1 Corinthians

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chapter 13, Paul goes on to talk about how love

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is the greatest gift. You see, the greatest promise

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or gift of the Holy Spirit is love. Listen to

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what Paul has to say. If I could speak all the

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languages of earth and of angels, but didn't

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love others, I would only be a noisy gong or

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a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy

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and if I understand all of God's secret plans

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and possess all knowledge, and if I had such

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faith that I could move mountains but didn't

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love others, I would be nothing. He's basically

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saying that love is the most important thing.

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It's the most important gift that we receive

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and that we give out. Let's talk a little bit

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more about the gift of love. Galatians chapter

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5 and verse 22. Paul wrote this to let people

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understand how the Holy Spirit operates. I'm

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reading it in the New Living Translation. But

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the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in

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our lives. Love. Look at that. The very first

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one Paul mentions again is the significance of

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love. And then through love we receive then joy

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and peace and patience and kindness and goodness,

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faithfulness. gentleness and self -control. So

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the key to having all these other things is to

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have love and the key to operate in the gifts

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of the Spirit is to have love first. So the first

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fruit of the Spirit is love and what Paul is

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saying the most important gift of the Holy Spirit

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is love. You know as we saw in 1st Corinthians

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chapter 13 verse 2, all of the gifts or the fruit

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of the Spirit are wonderful but the gift of love

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is the greatest. Alright, so let's move on. I

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think we've probably covered enough there, so

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I won't hang on that for any longer right now.

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In 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 17, the

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New International Version, listen to this. Therefore,

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if anyone is in Christ, that means is a Christian,

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the new creation has come and the old has gone

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away. Now, why did I read that? Well, I read

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that for a couple of reasons. One is, I have...

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heard Christians some of them really wonderful

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people say well I'm Irish so I get to argue and

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have to argue a lot I gotta speak my mind or

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I'm Scottish or I was raised in a family where

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we argued a lot and we cussed a lot and that's

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just the way it was so I have a right to do those

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things it's just my nature and that's what I

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am well no I don't believe it's our nature any

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longer because what did I just read said Corinthians

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chapter 5 verse 17 therefore if anyone is in

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Christ we that means we're a follower of the

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Lord Jesus Christ the new creation has come the

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old has gone the new is here so when we think

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of it that way things change now it won't happen

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overnight I can tell you when people get converted

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they come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord

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and Savior some of those old habits pop up some

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of those come but we need to strive through the

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power of the Holy Spirit and a relationship that

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we have with the Holy Spirit to be that new creation

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that God made and all things become new we don't

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have to argue just because of our ethnic background

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are because of our cultural background, are because

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of our genealogical background, what our bloodline

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is. That stuff can change. The fact is that because

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of our bloodline we might all have blue eyes

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or brown eyes or dark hair or light skin or dark

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skin or whatever it might be. That's all wonderful

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and good. But the bottom line of it is who we

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are changes. What our heart is, what our mind

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is, how we think, how we act. That's what the

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Holy Spirit wants to do. And we need to surrender

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to Him so that He can change those bad habits

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those old things that we did I know when I was

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raised it wasn't we were not a Christian home

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we went to church but we didn't really surrender

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to look to the Lord none of us were saved my

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including my mom and dad and we had a lot of

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Irish in our family so there were so many arguments

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where people are yelling and screaming at each

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other and it just was so frustrating as a child

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I just didn't want to be a part of those things

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and I mean there wasn't anybody getting hit or

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thrown around or anything like that but just

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the language was terrible and just all that stuff

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I had a wonderful loving mom and dad but they

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had not understood what it was to be a follower

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of the Lord Jesus Christ and receive the Holy

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Spirit in our life, when it happened to them

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later on in life, because I was blessed to be

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able to pray with my mom and dad to receive Jesus

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Christ as our Lord and Savior, and they were

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in their early 50s when that happened, and everything

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changed. All of a sudden, the arguing stopped,

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the complaining stopped, the mom and dad changed

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radically. I mean, they were always loving and

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kind and very wonderful to me as their son and

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our family, but... I knew that something changed.

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They were different. They were absolutely changed,

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totally changed. And that's by the power of the

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Holy Spirit. And so they realized that... Showing

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love was more important than proving their point.

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I hope that sticks with some people because you

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might come from a family where some of that stuff

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is taking place. Just keep hope. Keep focusing

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on the Lord. Pray for your family members that

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that spirit of anger and bitterness and stuff

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and unforgiveness that sometimes floats around

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in families, it can be removed through the power

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and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So I hope

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that might help someone, but I think the Holy

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Spirit gave me some thoughts that we should interject

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into this particular podcast. See, as followers

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of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have the opportunity.

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It doesn't happen automatically, but we have

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the opportunity to rise above our past. Our genealogy

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is not a wall that blocks the changes that need

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to come to our heart. The Holy Spirit wants to

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help us put on our changes. To some, it's instant.

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I mean, it's instant, overnight. And yet, to

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others, it may take time. It may take years for

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people to change. So for some of us who've had

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that change in our spirit and maybe our language

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or our background, we also then receive the fruit

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of the spirit which is Patience and so therefore

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if there's a family members or friends that you

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have and they're still struggling with that Just

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keep loving them keep encouraging them keep directing

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them to be faithful to the house of God to the

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faithful to Word and Prayer And you will see

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the change take place I'm telling you it'll happen

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in Jesus name the Holy Spirit is ready He is

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willing and he is able to help us But we must

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desire to serve the Holy Spirit and not our flesh

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we must have a desire to receive the Holy Spirit's

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gifts. Most important though is the gift of love.

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Now the entire Bible is really a big promise

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from the Holy Spirit. Promise for good things

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and promise for bad things that can happen. In

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2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 in the New Living

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Translation, here's what it says, all scripture,

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that's all, every single bit of it, all scripture

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is inspired by God and is useful to teach us

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what is true and to make us realize what is wrong

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in our lives. Now that's really quite a scripture,

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isn't it? When you think about how the Holy Holy

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Spirit wants to help us. He wants to bless us.

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Yeah, but he also wants to correct us. Let's

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take a little bit slower step through that scripture.

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Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 16, new living

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translation. I know some of you might be jogging

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while you're listening to this or riding a bike

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or exercising or whatever. Listen to this carefully.

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All scripture, that means every word of God is

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inspired by God. It says is inspired by God and

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is useful, all right? No question about it. It's

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useful. It does not contradicts itself. It is

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useful to teach us. what is true and to make

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us realize what is wrong in our lives. That's

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the beauty of the Holy Spirit. He will tell me,

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hey, you weren't very nice to that person or

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you didn't talk real... friendly to your wife

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or you didn't say something nice to your son.

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You need to go back and correct that. And I just,

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I really love that when that happens. I don't

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feel like I'm in trouble. I just feel like thank

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you that I can go patch that up and heal it up

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before it gets worse. That's why the Holy Spirit

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wants us to follow Him and that's why we need

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the promises of the Holy Spirit and want to listen

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to His promises. Now think about how we can receive

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Holy Spirit promises, okay? How can we actually

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receive them? Well, we receive them when we understand

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them and we understand them through the Holy

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Spirit and through reading the Word of God. In

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Psalm 119, 105, New Living Translation, listen

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to this, your word is a lamp to guide my feet

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and a light for my... Wow. So God's Word is the

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one who lights up the direction we should go

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and keeps us on the right path. The Holy Spirit

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is the one that keeps us on the right path. The

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path to make the right decisions, the path to

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have wisdom, the path to have knowledge for something,

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the path to know what is right and what's going

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to become a problem, those are all things that

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the Holy Spirit will help us with if we surrender

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to Him and we do that through prayer, through

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reading God's Word and seeking out the Holy Spirit.

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Here's another scripture, Luke chapter 17, 19.

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New International Version. It's one I use a lot

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when I pray for people who are sick and having

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physical problems. Jesus is talking here and

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he said this to a man who needed healing. He

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said, your faith has made you well. You see,

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that scripture made a massive change in my life

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when I was diagnosed with incurable bone marrow

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cancer, diagnosed with and wound up losing my

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right kidney to cancer. And those are the types

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of ways that the Holy Spirit, his promises are

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real because his promises are His Word. The Word

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of God are the promises. Some people say, well,

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I don't have any of the gifts or any of the promises

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of God. Well, we all have the Word. And if we

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just get the Word out and read the Word, that's

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one of His promises. The beginning of this part

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of this podcast, I said the entire Bible is a

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promise from the Holy Spirit. I'm telling you,

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that's how we have to look at the promises of

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God. They will bless us so greatly that we will

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have an abundance of blessing to share with someone

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else. In Proverbs chapter 3 verse 15 in the New

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International Version, listen to this, trust

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in the Lord. with all your heart. Do not depend

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on your own understanding. Now, I know I've probably

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used that scripture 20 times in the last 370

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podcasts that we've done, but it's such a powerful

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scripture dealing with receiving the blessings

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of the Lord and receiving the promises of the

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Holy Spirit. We trust in the Lord, not in our

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bank account, not in our wisdom, our knowledge.

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It's nice to have a nice bank account. It's nice

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to have knowledge and understanding, but we can't

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trust in that because those things can go. You

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know, things are changing in the world today

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every single day. You know, I never even used

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computers when I was in business. It wasn't necessary.

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Now you can't survive without a network of computers

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and the internet and the artificial intelligence.

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It's all out there. Things change. So we've got

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to trust in God through all this with all our

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heart. All. The word A -L -L. All. Every part

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of our heart we must place our trust in God.

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Yes, we can use computers and yes, we can use

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those things, but our trust is always in God.

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him to help us in whatever we're going through.

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Do not depend, it says, on your own understanding.

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Once again, our own understanding will change.

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Our own understanding might fail us. Our own

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understanding might be affected by a physical

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challenge we're going through. But regardless

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of what we're going through, the Holy Spirit

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is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God

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is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I

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say that twice because it's so important to understand

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that nothing changes with God. He is consistent.

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He is He's always there. And the Holy Spirit

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is the same. He's consistent. He's faithful.

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He's always there. Jesus said in Matthew chapter

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19 and verse 26 in the New International Version,

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with man this is impossible, but with God all

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things are possible. There's another gift from

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the Holy Spirit. That word was inspired by the

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Holy Spirit through him to have those words written

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in this Word of God so we can have those words

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a couple of thousand years after they were written.

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With man this is impossible. It's impossible

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and we all have things that we're going through

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where it's impossible with us, but with God all

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things are possible. Over the years as a pastor

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and over the thousands of people that I've ministered

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to and prayed with and visited hospitals, we've

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always believed for healing. We've always believed

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that God's going to save that person's life and

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going to bring them through and it doesn't always

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happen. I don't always see people healed when

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we pray, yet at other times we pray and people

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are miraculously healed. We've seen amazing healings.

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in the hospital beds just before surgery where

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surgery wasn't even necessary. We've seen miracles

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on my own life, my goodness, my kidneys, the

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cancer battles that I've been diagnosed with.

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God is so faithful and it seems like more and

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more people are getting healed these days. More

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and more people are trusting in God and believing

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that God is their source and with God all things

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are possible. So Jesus said it, I believe it

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and the Holy Spirit will help that come to pass.

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He'll give us faith for healing for ourselves.

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for other people. The Holy Spirit will give us

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the blessings, the miracle gift that he gives

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to people and it's all possible. So don't say

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it's not for me or I'm not the one can have it.

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We need to approach the Holy Spirit and ask him

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because he is the one that decides who gets which

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gifts in that particular area. But there are

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many gifts that he doesn't need to decide because

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they're already determined. For example, he doesn't

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decide who gets saved and who doesn't get saved.

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We have that decision to make. That is a personal

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choice we have to make. The Holy Spirit convicts

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us of our sin, but we can reject Him or we can

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accept Him. And when we accept Him and we ask

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for forgiveness for our sins, we receive Jesus

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Christ as our Lord and Savior, it's done. It's

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done. And that's a blessing from God. And that

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was a blessing that came through the death of

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Jesus Christ on the cross. Through His sufferings,

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we could live and receive the abundance of God

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and receive the blessings of the Holy Spirit.

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You see, the greatest promise of the Holy Spirit.

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I mentioned love is the greatest of all the gifts,

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but I believe the greatest promise of the Holy

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Spirit is the promise of salvation which is love.

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The promise of salvation is a gift of love that

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Jesus had for us, that He loved us so much that

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whosoever believeth in Him would not perish but

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have everlasting life. God so loved the world.

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He loved us and so the promise of salvation is

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love in action. And the power of salvation is

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through the Holy Spirit because the drawing is

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accomplished through the Holy Spirit. Wow. John

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chapter 6 verse 44, New Living Translation. Jesus

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said these words, listen to this, for no one

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can come to Wow, what a glorious day that's gonna

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be. My goodness, my goodness. But I wanted to

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emphasize that because it's the Holy Spirit that

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draws us and that's because of the love of Christ.

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Love is always the greatest gift. Love is always

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the most important gift and the most important

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promise that God has for us. And that promise

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of salvation is for anyone, whosoever, anyone.

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Some faiths believe that, no, God picks and chooses

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who he wants. I don't agree with that. John 3

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.16 tells me that God so loved the world. that

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he gave his only begotten son that whoever, whosoever,

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whoever would come to him that he would forgive

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them of their sins and they'd be saved and they

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spend eternity with Christ and with their past

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loved ones who went to heaven. So let's remember

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the importance of love. I guess I can't seem

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to get off of that today. It seems like every

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time I think I'm through talking about that,

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the Lord wants me to extend that talk a little

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bit. Let's move on. When I became a Christian

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at 25 years of age, I faced a life -threatening

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kidney disease. I mean, kidney disease. It was...

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almost automatic I got saved and within a matter

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of a couple months I was told my kidneys were

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completely shot they were gone and the doctor

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said I'm sorry to tell you this but you have

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a terrible kidney disease it came from your service

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in Vietnam the exposure you had we checked your

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records and yes the military has all kinds of

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records showing that you had kidney disease that

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came apart because of the conditions you lived

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there in Vietnam and so therefore That has never

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changed and now it's worse than it's ever been

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and your kidneys are failing you and they won't

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last much longer. I was 25. My wife and I were

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expecting our second child. We had just become

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brand new followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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It probably couldn't have come at a better time

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that diagnosis because we were just filled with

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faith. And so I looked at the doctor and I said,

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so what do we do? And he said, there's nothing

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to do. Just drink a lot of water and come back

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in six months and we'll see how bad they are

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and how much longer you have to live. Isn't that

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nice? Anyways, so I went away for six months.

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and I prayed. We claimed the promises of God.

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We asked the Holy Spirit to help us. We asked

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for the gift of healing. We asked for the gift

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of miracles. We believed, we believed, we believed

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in God. We had other friends of ours praying

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the same way and God was so faithful. I went

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back in six months, went to see the doctor. He

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did all the testing on me. I met in his office.

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He looked at me and he said, what did you do?

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I said, well, we drank a lot of water. He said,

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OK. And we prayed. And he said, really? That's

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all you did? I said, well, that's not all we

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did. That's everything that we did. We drank

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water and we prayed. He said, well, your kidneys

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have been completely restored. I mean, completely,

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totally restored. They're like you've never had

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a disease at all. They're functioning normal,

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perfectly normal. And I'm telling you, that was

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just an absolute miracle from God. The Holy Spirit

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gave us peace. We were new Christians. And the

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devil came to kill, to steal, and destroy. And

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yet Jesus came that we could give in life and

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give in more. more abundantly. That's John 10,

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10. So Jesus decided my life wasn't over and

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healed that kidney condition. We took no other

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medication, absolutely nothing. I could not have

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a kidney transplant because at 25, that was many,

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many years ago, the chances of survival and my

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condition were very slim. And the guy didn't,

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the doctor didn't think I had any chance of surviving

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a kidney transplant because they just, it was

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new. It was something they weren't doing a lot

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of. And besides I had a blood condition on top

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of it. Well, by the way, God healed that blood

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condition also. So bottom line, those things

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happen, and we just give God all the glory and

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all the praise. Now, what did the Holy Spirit

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tell me to do when I needed to be healed? Read

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His Word, claim His promises, and trust God.

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All those things. That was all at once, and that's

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what we had to hang on to. I didn't go back to

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the doctor for six months, but after six months,

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He was looking at me and saying, this is a miracle.

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I was directed by the Holy Spirit first to immerse.

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myself in God's Word. The words I read in the

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Bible showed me the promises available to me

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as a Christian, as a follower of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. Those same promises are available to

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anyone listening in today. No matter what you're

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going through, no matter what physical issue

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it is, emotional situation it is, financial situation,

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relationship situation, no matter what it is,

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our God is able. He's able to do exceedingly

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abundantly above anything we can imagine or even

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think. So with that, I'm going to pray right

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now. I was going to talk a little bit more, but

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I'm going to pray right now because I believe

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there's people out there who right now are needing

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prayer. You've got a condition. If you've got

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a condition in your body, just lay your hand

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on that part of your body, whether it's your

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back or your arms or your legs or your feet,

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whatever it might be, just find a place and lay

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your hands on there safe. Father, in the name

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of Jesus, I come to you. I claim my healing.

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I stand upon the promises of God. I believe that

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you're a very present help in times of trouble.

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That's what your word says. I believe, Father,

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that if I seek you first and your righteousness

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and your goodness, that I'll receive everything

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else. I believe that and I claim it. I believe

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in healing and I believe in miracles. So Father,

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right now, say, I receive my healing touch. I

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receive my emotional touch. I receive my financial

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blessing. I receive this in the name of Jesus.

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And I'll be careful to give you all glory, you

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all honor, and you praise for it in Jesus' name.

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Well, I hope when you prayed that, that you just

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meant that with all your heart. And if you kind

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of struggle with a little bit and said, well,

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I'm not sure, I'm not sure, well, then when this

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podcast is over just take a moment and maybe

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go back and listen to that part again towards

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the end of this podcast and just just claim the

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promises of God and say that's my prayer that's

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for my body that's for what I need that's one

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of the promises of the Holy Spirit you know when

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that diagnosis hit me I got the word of God I

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just got it in my heart so heavy. Then after

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that, I prayed for others who were facing physical

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challenges. Matter of fact, it was amazing that

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just before that happened there was a little

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boy in our church who had kidney failure. He

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was like four or five years old. And I prayed

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over him and he was healed. It wasn't me, it

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was the power of God and He was healed and this

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happened just a few months before I was diagnosed

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with a terminal kidney illness which didn't turn

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out to be terminal at all. So I started praying

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for others and God then told me to even pray

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more for others, find people with physical challenges

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and pray for them and tell them about what you're

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praying for yourself but pray for them and that

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was very beneficial. People were blessed by that.

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The third decision was to be in church whenever

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the doors were open. Don't miss gathering together

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with the people of God. Go to church, hear the

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sermon, be there, listen to the worship songs

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and be a part of them. Participate in the worship

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part and be blessed. That is when I realized

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that other Christians had compassion for me and

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they prayed for me. When they saw me praying

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for others, they prayed for me. When they saw

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that I heard about my kidney condition and knew

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that the miracle took place and that little boy's

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body was healed, they prayed for me. I didn't

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ask them to pray for me. I didn't tell them,

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you know, hey, would you please gather around

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me, anoint me with oil and pray for me. The church

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turned into an absolute miracle of prayer. And

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it's truly remarkable what God did when God's

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people stand up and trust in His word, trust

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in the promises of the Holy Spirit and accept

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the fullness and blessings that God has in store

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for them. I received a miracle healing and God

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be all the glory all the praise and all the honor

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I really believe that this particular podcast

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was anointed to give people a focus on two things

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one was love have that foremost in your heart

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and when we have that first then all these other

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things will be added into us secondly that we

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need to believe in prayer and and and thirdly

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we need to believe in God's Word and claim it

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claim the promises they're yours God gave them

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to you They're yours to meet your need. Remember

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in Luke 17, 19 when Jesus said, your faith has

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healed you? He talked to a man who needed to

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be healed and that man was healed because Jesus

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said, your faith has healed you. I believe that's

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going to happen in people today. I believe people

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are going to tell their friends and family members

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that something special, a miracle took place

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in their lives. And I just pray now that you

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would be blessed in all that you do. I'm going

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to have to close this podcast because I'm running

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out of time. But bottom line, thank you so much

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for listening. And if you'd like to know more

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about quality Christian living, I would encourage

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you to go to my webpage at davidcfranauthor .com.

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And when you get there, right on the front page,

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you'll see a link to all the podcasts. Matter

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of fact, I think this is number 371. So if you

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go there and try looking for them, they're all

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numbered. And out of those 371, there's been

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one entire year or 52 messages, lessons, if you

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will, on the Holy Spirit, dealing with what we

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have been talking about. And then prior to that,

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we talked about... But our dealing with the Holy

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Spirit talks about just about every area of our

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life, whether it be physical needs, financial

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needs, whether it be emotional needs, whatever

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it is, the Holy Spirit is there to help us. I

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also had a series of messages on miracles, on

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faith, on finances, and how you can be blessed

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in receiving the fullness of God. So if you want

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to pull that up and hit that link, you'll see

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a whole list of podcasts There'll be a topic

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that I hope you'll listen to. You know, I find

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it interesting. I'm seeing now that people are

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going back and reading and listening to my podcasts

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that were done, you know, two and three and four

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years ago and pulling them up. I can look back

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and I get a report of what people are listening

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to and it's just amazing to see how people are

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going back and looking for something that will

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bless them. So I hope that'll be a blessing to

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you. That's why we're doing the podcast called

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Quality Christian Living. It's so that all of

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us can live a quality Christian life and live

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Don't live below what God intended for us, but

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live at the level that he intended. In addition

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to that, if you'd like to subscribe to my podcast,

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:13.819
you can do that by going to cpnshows .com or

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:16.500
wherever you listen to your particular podcast.

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So I want to just thank you so much for listening.

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I really do appreciate that. And if you enjoyed

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this episode, I'd like you to take a moment to

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rate it and review the podcast. You know, it

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really helps us to be in contact with more people.

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You can leave a review on Apple podcasts. I've

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been seeing an awful lot of them come in lately.

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Amazon Music, Charisma Podcast Network, or just

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give us a star rating on Spotify. However you

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choose to support it, we appreciate it. We'll

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be thankful for it. And we give God all the glory

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and honor. So I'm gonna wrap this one up our

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next podcast. I don't know the title I usually

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give you the title of the following one give

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you a couple things what we're gonna cover All

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I can tell you is it's gonna be on the Holy Spirit

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I may be talking about the Holy Spirit and Holy

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Communion I really think that that's a topic

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that needs attention So we'll see how the Lord

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leads us, but I don't really have it right now

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to put it in this particular podcast So just

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tune in and there'll be another podcast coming

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up on the Holy Spirit So let me give you a blessing

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may the Lord bless you and keep you may his face

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shine upon you and and 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

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next time, may God richly bless you. Thank you

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for listening to Quality Christian Living. I'm

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your host, David Friend. See you next time.