How The Holy Spirit Brings Faith (348)

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Thank you for joining us on the Quality Christian

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Living podcast. I am your host David Friend.

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We're continuing our series on the Holy Spirit

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and today we're going to talk about a very important

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aspect of the Holy Spirit and that is that the

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Holy Spirit brings faith. You know, there's a

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lot of questions in my mind that kind of surface

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me for putting this podcast together. Things

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like how do we attain faith for our needs and

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who is our source of faith and what must we do

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to achieve greater faith from the Holy Spirit

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and can the Holy Spirit help our faith and And

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how do faith and grace work together? And what

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is the relationship between the Holy Spirit and

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faith? So you can see there's a lot of stuff

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to cover. But, you know, before we get into that,

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we need to pray first. Heavenly Father, I thank

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

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this podcast. Holy Spirit, I invite you to come

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in and take over, take complete control. I pray

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your blessings would be upon everything that's

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said. May your name be glorified. Touch those

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who are listening in. May they receive what they're

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tuning in for, I pray, in Jesus' name, amen.

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Lord for that. So let's get going here. To have

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faith, to have really deep faith, greater faith,

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we need an unquenchable, listen to this, what

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the Lord gave me, unshakable desire to have faith.

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Now we've got to have that really confidence,

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not in ourselves, but confidence in God that

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he is going to send the faith, that the Holy

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Spirit will be used to bring faith into our life.

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You see, with faith all things are possible and

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that's the important part of this and that the

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Holy Spirit is the one who brings faith into

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our life. Now everything that we need to have

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faith is provided to us by the Holy Spirit. We'll

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go through that in this podcast and kind of discuss

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what I'm really talking about. Everything we

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need to have faith is provided to us by the Holy

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Spirit. So let's look at a couple scriptures

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and see what I mean. In 1 Corinthians chapter

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12 and verse 3 in the New International Version,

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it says this, no one can say Jesus is Lord except

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by the Holy Spirit. You see, if it wasn't for

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the Holy Spirit, we would never understand what

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faith is. If it wasn't for the Holy Spirit, we

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could never receive Jesus Christ as our Lord

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and Savior. If it wasn't for the Holy Spirit

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that Jesus left here for us to help us, to comfort

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us, to bring us to a relationship with Him, if

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it wasn't for Him, we would not have an ounce

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of faith. Even in Galatians chapter 3, verse

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5, in the New International Version, listen to

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these words. So again I ask, does God give you

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His Spirit and work miracles among you by the

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works of the law or by your believing what you

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heard? What that means is, did it come because

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something was written in a book and a law that

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we had to follow up with, according to the Old

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Testament, or is it by faith? Was it by faith

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that we heard? Was it by faith that we received?

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Was it by faith that we received Jesus Christ

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as Lord and Savior? absolutely yes to all those

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statements. This is faith to receive Jesus as

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Lord is what they're talking about here and it's

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so important that we get that in our heart to

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understand where faith comes from and the source

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of all faith comes from the Holy Spirit who works

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upon us before we even come to know Jesus as

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our Lord and Savior. You see God's grace opens

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up our heart to have faith to become Christians.

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You know, this happens because of the Holy Spirit

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and through the Holy Spirit. Let me repeat that.

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I think that's important to take a second and

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think about that. God's grace opens up our heart

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to have faith to become Christians and see all

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that that takes place is through the working

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of the Holy Spirit. Once we receive Jesus Christ

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as our Lord and Savior, we know that the Holy

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Spirit comes to live and to dwell inside of us

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and to be with us each and every day. You see,

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Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to us as the opportunity

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to receive Jesus as Lord. See, for non -believers,

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He sent the Holy Spirit to draw them in. For

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believers, He sent the Holy Spirit to give instant

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comfort and guidance and direction and to be

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our guard, our protector. And so we owe everything

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to Jesus for His... for what he did on the cross

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and how he suffered for us but then we owe so

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much to the Holy Spirit who drew us into a relationship

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with Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit gives the

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gift of great faith. I'm gonna read a scripture

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here because I've did a couple of podcasts dealing

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with the power gifts of the Spirit and they're

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found in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verses 7,

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8, 9, 10, 11, 12 all of those verses talk to

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us about understanding what the gifts of the

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Spirit are. And this particular chapter, chapter

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12 in 1 Corinthians is one that we need to study

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and understand, to understand where the gifts

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come from and how the Holy Spirit operates in

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giving these gifts to whom He chooses to give

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the gifts to. So 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and

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verse 7, the New International Version says this,

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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit

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is given for the common good of all. Look at

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that. For the common good of all, all these gifts

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came forward. And this goes on to talk about

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the power gifts of the Holy Spirit. If you want

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to know more about the power gifts of the Holy

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Spirit, just go back about 15 or 20 podcasts

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and you'll see a series of messages that I did

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on the Holy Spirit, teaching about what the power

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gifts are and what the fruit of the Spirit is.

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Those gifts are the fruit of the Spirit. And

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how the Holy Spirit just does nothing but just

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bless us and give us gifts. Obviously, He convicts

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us of our sin. He convicts us of... our times

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that we get away from God. We sometimes grieve

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the Holy Spirit because of our actions and our

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thoughts and the things that we go through, but

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the Holy Spirit's primary purpose was to bless

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us and to help us and to encourage us and to

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comfort us when we're going through various trials

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in our life. But the nine power gifts of the

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Spirit are covered quite well in previous podcasts,

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that those gifts are the gifts of wisdom and

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knowledge and great faith and healing and miracles

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and prophecy and discerning of spirits and tongues

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and interpretation. tongues and then in verse

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9 it talks about the gifts being faith that one

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of the one of the great gifts of the Holy Spirit

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is great faith there's got to be a lot of you

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out there who want great faith I do I want greater

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faith than I have right now I believe the Lord

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has helped me a lot in my life in so many different

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areas of my life and it's always because of the

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faith that he's placed in my heart and my trust

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and confidence in him has nothing to do with

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me everything to do with my relationship with

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the Holy Spirit and my relationship with the

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Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and God our Father.

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Now, to increase our faith, because I think that's

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one of the reasons you're listening in, because

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when you were looking for something to find about

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the Holy Spirit, this one says the Holy Spirit

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brings faith. So let's talk about how to increase

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our faith. We must believe in the unlimited power

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of the Holy Spirit. You see, God's power was

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placed in the Holy Spirit because it's God the

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Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

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They all represent God, one God, but the Trinity,

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three active ingredients that put together the

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Trinity that we love so very much. The Holy Spirit

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is God's Spirit living in the followers of Jesus

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Christ. Now, you know, I could just say that

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and move on, but I don't think I should. I think

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I should stop for a second, and if you're going

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through a challenge and going through a difficult

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time right now, I just want you to understand,

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if you've given your life to Jesus Christ, you've

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accepted Him as your Lord and Savior, as forgiveness

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of your sins, then He forgave you. And instantly

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you received the power of the Holy Spirit in

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your life. He came to dwell inside of you. So

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the Holy Spirit is God's Spirit living in followers

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of Jesus Christ. Now if you're not a follower

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of the Lord Jesus Christ, you can't have the

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Holy Spirit operating in your life. And if you

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know people who are not followers of Jesus Christ,

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that's why they get confused. That's why they

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get frustrated. That's why they go through so

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many more challenges than we do in our life.

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Well, we go through challenges, but they're going

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through just turmoil. when they avoid the Holy

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Spirit and avoid his leading and his yearning

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to draw them into relationship with Jesus. So

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if you don't know Jesus, just take a moment and

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say, Heavenly Father, I'm sorry for the sins

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I've committed. I ask you to forgive me of the

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sins I've committed. I believe that Jesus is

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the Son of God and he gave his life for me. And

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I want to thank you for what you did. So on this

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day, I receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior,

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and I promise to serve him all the days of my

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life. In Jesus' name I pray. Now, if you were

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not a Christian, Christian before you prayed

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that but you prayed that and you meant it with

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your heart and soul and all that's in you then

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Jesus Christ has forgiven you and the Holy Spirit

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has come to dwell and reign in you and help you

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throughout the rest of your life find a good

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church get the Word of God out read it and seek

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the Holy Spirit seek his guidance and direction

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okay let's get back now to the main focus of

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this particular podcast the Holy Spirit is never

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bothered, worried, anxious, afraid, or without

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hope. That Holy Spirit that I'm talking about

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dwells in every one of you who know Jesus Christ.

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And so inside of you is the power of no worry,

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no anxiety, no fear, no lack of hope. So we've

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got to draw on that strength. We've got to believe

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in that strength. We have access to those qualities

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when we surrender our lives to him. It's so important

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as we continue our speaking on the Holy Spirit,

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and especially when we talk about faith, that

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we realize this incredible power, unlimited power,

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this omniscient power, all power, all authority

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lives and wells inside of each and every one

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of us and that power doesn't worry that power

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is not anxious that power is not afraid and it's

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always filled with hope and so if we realize

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that that's in us and let's draw upon that and

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ask the Holy Spirit to help us to receive those

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promises that's why the Apostle Paul wrote in

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Philippians he wrote and he says to be we're

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to be anxious for nothing but everything through

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prayers petitions with thanksgiving let our request

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be made known to God and the peace of God that

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passes all understanding will guard our hearts

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and guard our minds in Christ Jesus. So for some

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of you who are struggling with worry or anxiety

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or fear, I just claim the power of the Holy Spirit

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would operate in you and help you to Take away

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those fears, take away that anxiety and replace

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it with faith and trust in Almighty God and the

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power of the Holy Spirit that's living and dwelling

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in each and every one of you. I'm gonna repeat

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something I said earlier. We have access to those

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qualities when we surrender our lives to Jesus

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and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside of

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us. We have direct access. There's no barriers,

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no walls to take down, no works that we have

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to do. We simply have access to the amazing,

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mighty power of the Holy Spirit. I just, I get

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excited just thinking about that. I just know

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that there's people out there who want to feel

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that same way and some of you do. Some of you

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have great faith. Some of you have a complete

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confident trust in the Holy Spirit and you operate

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in power and authority over the things that the

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devil tries to come up against you with. But

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then there's those out there that struggle with

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faith. You know, I pastored for 20 years and

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during that 20 years of pastoring, one of the

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things that I constantly heard people say that

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they had trouble with was they had trouble with

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anxiety. They had trouble with fear. and they

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didn't understand their purpose and I've always

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felt that it was because they had not allowed

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the Holy Spirit to operate in their life and

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to get the Word of God out and read about all

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the promises of God in the Word of God about

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how the Holy Spirit is there to comfort, to help,

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to protect, to lead, to guide and to keep us

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from having all of these challenges. Now I know

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sometimes these challenges happen and they can

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be temporary and they can kind of come upon you

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but if we go to the Word of God and we get on

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our face for God and ask for His comfort and

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direction, He will send comfort and direction.

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So if you're struggling with anxiety and weariness,

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just run to Jesus. Run to the Word of God. Find

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good Christian counsel and find someone who you

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can chat with, a pastor or a good friend who's

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a believer in Jesus Christ, and talk about the

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things of God and the goodness of God and be

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set free from that worry and anxiety. I claim

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that for your life in Jesus' name. I believe

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for it now. Now, think of this. What would happen

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if every follower of the Lord Jesus Christ would

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walk in the faith that God has prepared for them.

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The faith that is inside of them that is the

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faith and power of the Holy Spirit. The great

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faith that the Holy Spirit has available to people.

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Just think if everyone who were followers of

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Jesus Christ would operate and live in that faith

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and that power. I believe that most of them would

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be set free from anxiety and fear and depression

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and worry and they would all those things would

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disappear from them. Things like greed and lust

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and coveting and on and on and on. Those things

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would leave all of us if we would just simply

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totally depend on the Holy Spirit. Now I gotta

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take a second and share one thing with you. I

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also believe that in some people they have maybe

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a chemical deficiency or they have a diet problem

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or they have a job that is just hurting them

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physically and emotionally and it's really disturbing

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them and sometimes that fear comes from those

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things. You don't have fear that the devil threw

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in you but on the other hand where does fear

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come from? The devil is the one who comes to

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kill, to steal, and to destroy. But Jesus said

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that he's come to give life and give it to us

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more abundantly. But if you're having a problem

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with anxiety, and you've prayed, and you've sought

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the Holy Spirit, and you've read the Word of

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God over and over again, then you need to be

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counseled with someone else who believes in the

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power of God. And also, I believe it's nothing

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wrong with going to a doctor and having them

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check you to be sure that maybe it could just

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be a chemical deficiency. It may be some medication.

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Mild medication might be enough to pull you out

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of that and then build... lay a foundation to

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help you build upon having a stronger walk in

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faith and have depression and fear and those

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things be removed from your life. So don't feel

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bad if you're struggling with it and it's something

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that you need chemical treatment. I don't have

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a problem with taking certain medications. I

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don't have a problem with prayer. I go to God

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first in prayer and if I don't get results real

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quick, I have no problem taking an aspirin. If

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I don't get results real quick, I have no problem

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going to see a doctor because I know that when

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I go to the doctor that God then can anoint that

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doctor. to give me treatments, maybe even better

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than what he's even aware of. Or our God can

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cause that medication that we take to work more

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efficiently. In my own case, when I was diagnosed

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with incurable bone marrow cancer, there's still

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absolutely no cure for it. And I was diagnosed

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with that nearly nine years ago. And the doctor

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said, if these medications, if things don't work,

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then you're probably not going to be with us

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in six months or less. And so when I was told

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that, I immediately told him by faith, the Holy

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Spirit gave me this, you can't scare me with

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heaven. but let's go ahead and move in with the

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treatments and let's take those treatments. Let's

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see what happens. I took chemo. I took things

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that some people say you just shouldn't take.

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I took them. I prayed that God would anoint them

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and bless them. I thought of chemo as being something

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like the mud that Jesus mixed and put in the

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eyes of the blind man. And so we would refer

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to chemo as the mud that God was preparing for

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me. And God used that in a very great way. God

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touched it and he made the healing happen so

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much faster. Instead of being gone in six months

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and they continue to give me medication. I took

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chemo for many years but only because of God.

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I never once got sick. I never once threw up.

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I never once lost any hair. I had no side effects

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whatsoever because God protected me from anything

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bad that would happen and then allowed good things

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to happen. So I know this is kind of a deep subject

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talking about should we take medication or not

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or just leave things to prayer. I don't have

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a problem with that. Let me just add one more

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thought to that. One time I was talking to the

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doctor and I said you know I'm a pastor. I'm

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a man of faith. I believe that God's going to

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heal me?" And he said, yeah, I understand. And

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I said, but you know, let me ask you a question.

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All the medication that you're giving me and

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all the chemicals that you're putting together

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to give me, where was that created? Where did

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those chemicals come from? Did you find them

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here on earth? And the doctor said, well, of

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course. And I said, well. Isn't that something

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that God created? So therefore the medication

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that you're giving me are really bits and pieces

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of the creation that God made. And now man has

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finally come up with God given wisdom to put

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those things together to fight something like

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cancer. And the doctor said, wow, never thought

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of it that way. And I said, well, we should think

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of it that way because God is never going to

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leave us or forsake us. And he put that on earth

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so that we could get the treatment that we needed.

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So I'm going to leave it at that. And if you

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ever would like to talk about that sometime or

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have a question, drop me a line on my webpage

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that I'll give you at the end of this podcast

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and be happy to email with you or chat with you.

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Now we need a relationship with the Holy Spirit

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to have greater faith. That relationship begins

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when we receive Jesus Christ as Lord. According

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to the Apostle Paul, this relationship continues

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through our entire life. Our God promises he

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will never leave us or forsake us. I said that

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earlier but it's important we understand that

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and he does that through the Holy Spirit. That's

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the part that's so important to this podcast

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is that God said he'd never leave us or forsake

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us, but he does that through the Holy Spirit

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who comes to live and dwell inside of us. The

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following scriptures, just a couple of them here,

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will help us to get, I think, a better understanding

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of having greater faith. In 1st John chapter

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4 verse 4, the New International Version, it

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says this, the one who is in you is greater than

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the one who is in the world. Well, the one in

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us is the Holy Spirit. The one that's in the

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world is the devil himself. And so already we

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can build faith just from that one scripture,

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if we truly believe it, that he who is in me

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is greater than he that is in the world, then

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we can take authority over that illness, that

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sickness, and receive the power of God. Here's

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another scripture I think that's comforting.

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In Romans chapter 8 and verse 31 in the New International

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Version, it says, if God is for us, who can be

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against us? What a wonderful statement that is.

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If we need faith, we need to have trust in God,

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the Holy Spirit is there to help us and remind

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us, remind us that we can go to God for greater

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faith, because he disperses it. Spirit disperses

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that faith to whom He chooses. And I believe

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He chooses those who are hunger and thirst for

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it, who have a desire for it, and want to do

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it for God's glory and that God be honored and

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praised throughout the whole thing. But that

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scripture, if God's for us, who can be against

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it, kind of tells me it. What difference does

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it make if someone's against us? Because as long

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as God is for us, nothing, no weapon formed against

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shall prosper. And that when God wants to bless

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us, He will. And when He wants to hold back the

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blessing for a while, He will. But when He wants

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to pour out the Holy Spirit on us, he will do

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that also and we can walk and live in the power

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of the Holy Spirit and have greater faith for

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the things we face in life. Now our faith can

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carry us through anything because of 1 John chapter

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5 verse 4 New International Version. For everyone

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born of God overcomes the world. This is the

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victory that has overcome the world, even our

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faith. Now, here's some things to think about

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as we start getting towards the end of this podcast.

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We will have faith when the Holy Spirit has control

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over our thoughts. I'll be talking more about

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that I believe in an upcoming podcast. We will

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have faith to face illnesses, our disease, financial

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issues, divorce, our wayward children as long

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as we allow the Holy Spirit. control our thoughts.

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When we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit

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we will have greater faith. In Hebrews chapter

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3 verse 19 it tells us that the Israelites could

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not claim God's promises because of their unbelief.

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Let not that happen to each and every one of

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us. We want to claim the promises of God through

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our belief and our trust and confidence in Him

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and through the power of the Holy Spirit that

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lives in us. The Holy Spirit helps us have faith

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even if we don't live a godly life. Think about

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that. Even if we're in fighting sin and having

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battles with sin, the Holy Spirit can still help

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us to have faith to overcome the battle that

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we're facing. In Proverbs 11 verse 2, New Living

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Translation, pride leads to disgrace, but with

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humility comes wisdom. I use that scripture because

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we've got to avoid pride. When I talk about having

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faith, even in the midst of our living, if we're

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not really living for God or we're not serving

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in the way we should, we can still have faith

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to come out of it, to be pulled out of it. We

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must avoid pride. We must avoid arrogance and

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bitterness and and unfaithfulness, all of these

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hurt our relationship with God and our relationship

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with the Holy Spirit. But even if you're in the

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midst of trials, right now you may be struggling

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with a drinking problem, you may be struggling

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with a drug problem, you may be struggling with

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pornography, there may be something in your life

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you're struggling with. Let me just tell you,

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greater is he who is in you than he is in the

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world. Whatever that situation is you're fighting

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right now, the Holy Spirit can help you to overcome

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it. Take authority over that now in Jesus' name.

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Now only the Holy Spirit can help us have faith.

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faith and even increase our faith. The Holy Spirit

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takes us higher. The Holy Spirit has faith that

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causes us to become overcomers, to be more than

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conquerors. The Holy Spirit tells us that we

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can, we will, and we must. Nothing can interfere

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with the Holy Spirit. Spirit led faith. Holy

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Spirit faith brings something that is not to

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us for those who believe that it's gonna come.

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The Holy Spirit is the one that brought forth

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the words that Paul wrote in the book of Romans

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where he says that we call forth those things

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that are not as though they are. That's Holy

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Spirit inspired to believe that whatever we're

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going through, we're gonna beat it in Jesus'

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name. We're gonna take authority over it in Jesus'

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name and through the power that lives in each

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and every one of us, we'll be able to walk in

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that power and healing of challenges that we

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face in our life, whatever it might be, there's

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nothing too difficult for God. In Romans 10,

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17, it says, faith comes from hearing the word

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of God. I leave you with that as we get ready

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to close because we've got to get into the word

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of God. I gave you several scriptures today.

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I would encourage you to listen to the podcast

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again, write those scriptures down, read them,

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and make them a part of your daily living because

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God wants us to live in prosperity, to be abundant,

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have abundant life. Jesus said, I want you to

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have life and have it more abundantly. And I

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believe that with all my heart. And we can prosper

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spiritually. We can prosper in every area of

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our life. The word of God tells us that the Lord

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can bless us and he can prosper us in all things,

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that we can be in good health even as our soul

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prospers. So I pray that for you. Heavenly Father,

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bless those who are listening today. I pray,

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Lord, that they would receive strength from this

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podcast, from the scriptures that are here, from

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the words spoken through the Holy Spirit, that

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you would bless them and help them. For those

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who are struggling with anxiety and fear and

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things, Father, we take authority over that.

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that in the name of Jesus. And I pray that they

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would get the help they need, Lord. There may

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be some physical things that need to change,

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there may be some mental things that need to

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be changed, but Lord, you can help with that

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whole transition. I pray that people who are

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struggling with challenges that just can't seem

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to overcome, that they would find strength in

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your word. They would find strength through getting

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good counsel and good help from other believers.

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So I claim that now, and I pray for all those

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who want greater faith, that they would seek

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the Holy Spirit, that they would build their

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relationship with God the Holy Spirit, and they

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would increase that relationship to where they

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speak to him daily, they communicate with him

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daily, and seek God's word and read it daily,

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Father. I believe for that. There's going to

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be great results. I'm going to hear great results,

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I believe, from this podcast today. I just believe

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it, and I thank you for it now in advance, Lord.

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I'll be careful and I'll give you praise and

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glory and honor for all these things, and Father,

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I pray that you would be lifted up and that your

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name would be glorified. I thank you for it now

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in Jesus' name. Amen. Well, I hope that you were

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blessed today. I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast

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and I pray that it was a blessing to you. If

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you'd like to know more about quality Christian

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living, I would encourage you to go to my webpage

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at davidcfriendauthor .com. And when you get

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there, you'll see a link to all the podcasts

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we've done. This is our 300 and what, 48th podcast

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that we've done in this last 25, I think 30 of

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them have been dealing specifically with the

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Holy Spirit. So I hope that you will be able

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to download those and listen to them. They don't

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cost you thing to do that. In addition to that,

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when you go into my webpage you'll scroll down

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another page and you'll find a list of books

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that I've written. They're all on Amazon if you'd

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like to be blessed by those. They're available

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for you and I pray that you would be blessed

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by it. My most recent book was entitled Faith

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for Miracles and I wrote it because I did a podcast

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series on it and the Lord blessed it and anointed

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it and people were blessed and healed. It was

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just amazing and so the Holy Spirit impressed

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me to turn that into a book and so I just released

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that just a couple of months ago. It's on Amazon,

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so I hope that you may find that of value to

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you. So I'd like to, as I'm getting ready to

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close this thing, just... pray over you again

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in a moment, and also want to thank you for listening.

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And if you enjoyed this episode, please take

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a moment to rate and, you know, do a review of

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Podcasts, on Amazon Music, and Charisma Podcast

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Network, or give us a star rating on Spotify.

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However you choose to do that to support us,

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we certainly would appreciate that very much.

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

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

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.com. or wherever you listen to your podcast

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so I just feel impressed of the Holy Spirit just

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another short little pray for you and just just

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pray for those who maybe are struggling they're

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new Christians and they're struggling with this

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idea that the power of the Holy Spirit's in them

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they don't think their life has changed that

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much or maybe they're questioning maybe their

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faith a little bit I just pray for them Heavenly

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Father I ask that the Holy Spirit would reveal

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himself in a very special way to those who've

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listened in today, especially those who are struggling,

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understanding what the Holy Spirit's all about

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and understanding what your word has to say about

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it. I pray that you would open their hearts and

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that the Holy Spirit would do a marvelous work

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in them and reveal to them the truth that he

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has. There's really only one truth in the world

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and that's having a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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And that truth was passed on to the Holy Spirit

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who dwells in all believers, all followers of

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Jesus. And I pray, Father, for those who are

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been Christians for a long time, or those who

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are new to the faith, that you would bless them

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and keep them. May your face shine upon them,

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be gracious of them, Father, and give them peace.

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Give them peace that passes all understanding,

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and it will guard their heart and guard their

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minds, Lord, in Christ Jesus. And I thank you

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for that, Father, in Jesus' name. Well, I hope

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that, once again, I say it again, that you enjoyed

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this podcast. We're gonna continue our series,

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and our next podcast is entitled, let me just

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look it up here, I wrote it down someplace, Holy

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Spirit Led Life. It's having a life led by the

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Holy Spirit. So if you're a new Christian, you

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might find this fascinating, not because I'm

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doing it, but because I'm using the Word of God,

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and I'm praying that the Holy Spirit would anoint

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it and bless it so that you'd receive the power

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to understand how to live a Holy Spirit -led

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life, a life that is filled not with perfection,

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but a life that's filled with help in the midst

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of trials, a life that can receive joy in the

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midst of difficult circumstances, a life that

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raises above what we're going through, life filled

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with the power of the Holy Spirit. So I pray

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that you would tune in and listen to it. Let

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your family and friends know about it. Encourage

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them to be a part of the Quality Christian Living

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podcast. So we're going to continue in this series

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on the Holy Spirit until the Holy Spirit tells

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me that we need to go in a different direction.

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Once again thank you so much for listening in

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and I'm going to repeat a blessing that I like

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to sign off with each podcast with and it's a

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blessing for each and every one of you who are

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listening in right now. I pray that the Lord

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will bless you and I pray that he will keep you

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and I pray that his face will shine upon you

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and that he would be gracious to you and give

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you peace. May you prosper and may you be in

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good health even as your soul prospers. I thank

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you for that now. So until next time I just pray

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that God will richly bless you that as you seek

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the power of the Holy Spirit that he will fill

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you to overflowing and you'll have an abundance

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of peace and joy. and be blessed in everything

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that you put your hand to. Thank you once again

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for listening to Quality Christian Living. I

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am your host David Friend. We will see you next

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time.