The Holy Spirit Brings Joy (337)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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Once again, I am your host, David Friend. We're

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in a series dealing with the Holy Spirit and

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today's podcast is entitled, Holy Spirit Brings

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Joy. Here's some of the topics we're going to

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cover. How can we live with continual joy? Is

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it really possible? Why do we lose our joy? What

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does it mean when the Bible says joy is from

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the Holy Spirit? And what do you say when someone

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asks you this question? How are you doing? That's

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going to be kind of a lot of fun. I've got some

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thoughts about that. How did the Apostle Paul

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speak about joy and peace in his writings? Before

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we get into this though, we need to pray. Heavenly

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Father, I thank you for your goodness. I thank

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you for who you are. And I invite the Holy Spirit

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to come in and take control and guide and direct

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this entire podcast. And I pray that those who

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are listening in would receive exactly what they

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tuned in for. I pray that you would bless them,

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that you would anoint them and touch them. I

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pray that all of us would get a better understanding

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of how the Holy Spirit brings joy into our life.

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can have that joy, even through trials. So Heavenly

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Father, once again, I pray that you would bless

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and direct this podcast, and I pray that everyone

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who listens in would receive something very special

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from you, and I'll be careful to give you all

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praise and all glory for it. In Jesus' name I

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pray. Amen. Well, to get started, let's look

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at some scriptural promises of joy that are led

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by the Holy Spirit. In Romans 8, 14, listen to

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this, for all who are led by the Spirit of God

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are sons of God. So therefore, the Bible's telling

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us that we're all have the opportunity to be

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led by the Spirit of God. but there's only a

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certain number who will be led by the Spirit

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of God, and when we're led by the Spirit of God,

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He leads us into all truth, He leads us into

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joy, He leads us into a life, a quality life,

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a quality Christian life, a life filled with

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the joy of the Lord. Now, that scripture, I believe,

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tells us for all who are led by the Spirit of

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God are sons of God. It means that all Christians

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receive the opportunity to receive the fullness

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and the blessings and the joy of the Holy Spirit.

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Here's another scripture I think that has a lot

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to do with having joy in our walk with God. Galatians

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chapter 5 and verse 22. It says here, but the

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

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kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

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and self -control. Now, what's this telling us?

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That's so much there to tell us. It says that

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the Holy Spirit brings the fruit of the Spirit.

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Now, I did a series of messages on the gifts

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of the Holy Spirit and the nine power gifts of

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the Holy Spirit. The gifts, you know, of miracles

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and tongues, interpretation of tongues, and healings,

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and all these wonderful gifts. But, you know,

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another gift that the Holy Spirit has to bring

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to followers of the Lord Jesus Christ is the

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fruit of the Spirit. It's it's what the Holy

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Spirit produces in us and that is love and that's

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obviously So vital to have our walk with God

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and to love other people and to have joy and

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to have peace Those three go together so closely

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love joy and peace They just flow together when

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you say them you just feel a unity there a oneness

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with the Holy Spirit that we can have love joy

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and peace and then it says patience for those

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of us who need that and I'm certainly that's

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one that that I need from time to time and kindness

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and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness

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and self -control all of these are crucial to

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experiencing the joy of the Holy Spirit in our

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life. The fruit of the Holy Spirit are the characteristics

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God's Spirit. And joy is a fruit of the Spirit

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that we are able to receive if we draw close

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to God and we ask the Holy Spirit to lead us

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and guide us and direct us. Here's another scripture

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I think that pulls us together in 1st John chapter

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5 verse 4. It says for everyone who has been

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born of God overcomes the world and we get the

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victory over this world through faith. Now what

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that tells me is the Holy Spirit gives us victory

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that brings joy. because you can't have joy if

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you don't have victory. and the victory is brought

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to us by the Holy Spirit through the Holy Spirit

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as we yield and submit ourselves to Him. For

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everyone who's been born of God, those are followers

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now if you've not given

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your life to Jesus Christ and you wonder why

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you're having a lot of turmoil and challenges

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in your life, it's because you don't have the

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Holy Spirit living and dwelling in you. So why

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don't we take a moment and I want to invite everyone

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here who is not sure whether they're going to

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heaven or not, they're not sure of their relationship

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with God, to take a moment now and let's just

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Just set things straight and go to the Lord and

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ask for forgiveness. Just say, Heavenly Father,

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I need you. I need a Savior. I need you to change

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my life. I need to receive the baptism of the

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Holy Spirit. I need to receive the power of the

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Holy Spirit in my life. And so on this day, I

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surrender to you, Lord, and I ask you to forgive

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me of my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.

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And I receive now the Lord Jesus Christ as my

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Lord and Savior. I believe that he is the Son

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of God. He was born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered.

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He died. He was resurrected and He did it all

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for me. So because of all this, I received Jesus

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as my Lord and Savior. Now see, now if you prayed

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that prayer and have never prayed that prayer

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or something like it before, then you know if

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you've not prayed that before, then now you are

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a Christian. You are a follower of the Lord Jesus

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Christ and the Holy Spirit has come to live and

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dwell in you. And this scripture now applies

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to you, 1 John 5 for everyone who has been born

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of God. That's what just took place in you. Now

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for those who are already Christians, you already

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know Jesus Christ, you We know that, but use

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this scripture to explain to people the difference

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between not being a Christian and becoming a

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follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. able to get

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the victory over this world through our faith

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in the Lord Jesus Christ and being led by the

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Holy Spirit to receive the victory that will

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bring joy to our life. Joy comes to those who

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are led by the Spirit of God. That's what it

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says. That means joy comes to those who surrender

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to the Holy Spirit, who follow the Holy Spirit,

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who yield to the Holy Spirit, who submit their

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thoughts and their ideas, their comments and

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their words to the Holy Spirit and want to be

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led by Him in every single area of our life.

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I tell you, there's nothing better than that.

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When you're led by the Spirit of God and you

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know that you know that you know, the Holy Spirit

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is leading and guiding us and directing us through

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the challenges we face, through the good times

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that we face, and helps us in every single situation

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in our life. Now when we receive Jesus as our

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Lord and Savior, we receive the Holy Spirit,

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but that does not mean we will never have trials.

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We're going to have trials, we're going to have

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challenges. In Psalm chapter 30 and verse 5 it

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tells us this, sorrow or weeping may... Last

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for a night, that means for a period of time,

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but joy comes in the morning. What a glorious

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scripture that is. You know, I can't tell you

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the number of times that I've used that scripture

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to help someone who's struggling. Yes, sorrow

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comes. It comes upon us and it sometimes lasts

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for the night. It sometimes lasts a long time.

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It may last nights and weeks and months and sometimes

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even years where we're challenged with things.

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But joy comes in the morning. And the way that

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joy comes is when we surrender totally to the

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Holy Spirit and receive Him. his power and submit

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to receive the fruit of the Holy Spirit which

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is love, joy, and peace in our life. Now trials

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come, but joy is greater than trials. Let me

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repeat that. Trials are going to come, but the

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Holy Spirit and joy is greater than our trials.

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Joy overcomes trials. Joy keeps us living above

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the trials. Now think about that. If we can walk

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in joy, then we can live literally above the

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trials. And when we have a challenge, a problem,

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we just simply say, that just happened. Those

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things happen in life. I'm going to move on.

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It doesn't change my walk with God. It doesn't

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change my trust in God. It doesn't change my

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relationship with the Lord. It doesn't change

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my feelings and my heart. towards the Holy Spirit

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and so therefore we can then overcome joy and

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we can live above trials if we have true joy

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in our heart. That doesn't mean we're not going

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to have difficult times. That doesn't mean we're

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not going to feel down one day and up the next,

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but we can flatten that out and live a life of

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joy. I made a statement in the beginning of this

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and it said this, how can we live with continual

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joy? Well, because it's the joy of the Lord that's

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our strength. That's so powerful. powerful believers

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and it's the Holy Spirit's the one that brings

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that joy and that peace through the fruit of

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the Spirit and that joy does overcome trials

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and that even in the midst of all the trials,

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all the challenges that the Apostle Paul experienced,

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he still had a core of joy in his heart. He knew

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that he knew that he knew that He would win in

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the end. He knew that Jesus was his Lord. He

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knew where he was going to spend eternity and

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he knew that God would never leave him or forsake

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him. And because of God's Word, because of the

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strength he found in God's Word, as he wrote

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it and as he was inspired by the Holy Spirit

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to write it, he learned how to live above the

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trials and had joy continually in his life. Now,

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I have a good friend who has faced many, many

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years of physical trials, but he has chosen to

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receive joy. even in the midst of his challenges.

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Over and over again, I've seen this guy face

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horrendous and difficult times, but he continues

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to walk in the joy of the Lord and knows that

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he can live at peace regardless of what the world

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throws at him, whatever comes his way, whether

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the trials that happen that last for the night,

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he knows there's going to be joy in the morning.

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And so we give God glory and praise for that.

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Let's continue on. In Romans chapter 14 and verse

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17, it tells us that we have joy in the Holy

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Spirit. Now the Holy Spirit dwells in us 24 hours

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a day, seven days a week. Now that's kind of

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important to think about because we have good

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times and bad times during even one day or one

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day to the next or one week to the next. But

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we've got to stop and think that as a follower

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of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have the indwelling

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of the Holy Spirit in us 24 hours a day, seven

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days a week. He is always ready there to help.

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We need to talk to him. We need to thank him.

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We need to thank Jesus for the Holy Spirit. And

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when we do that, and when we give praise and

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thankfulness to the Lord, then it brings joy.

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If we're thankful people, if we're faithful people,

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if we're loyal people, we will be joyful people.

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I believe that. God rewards us with that, and

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that's what His Word says. And so I claim it,

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and I believe it, and I know it's for each and

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every one of us. So let me just stop here for

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a second. I just have a feeling now. But as I'm

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talking, there's some people that might be saying,

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yeah, this is all good. It's nice. It's interesting.

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But you know, really, is that really life? Can

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you actually live that way? Well, let me just

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pray for you, because I truly believe that we

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can live over trials and that joy will take us

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over trials. Let me pray for you. Heavenly Father,

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I know there are those who are listening who

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might be struggling with a trial, a challenge,

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because we all do. But I pray now, Lord, that

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we call upon you to send your peace that passeth

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all understanding. And that peace, Lord, would

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guard their heart. would guard their minds in

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Christ Jesus. I pray, Lord, that those who are

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struggling right now would realize in Psalm 46,

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1, where it says that God is an ever -present

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help in times of trials. And I thank you, Lord,

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for Philippians chapter 4 and verse 6 that tells

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us to be anxious for nothing but everything through

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prayer, petitions, and thanksgiving, let a request

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be made known to God. And I thank you, Lord,

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where Romans 8, 28 tells us that all things worked

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for good for those who love the Lord are called

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according to His purpose. And I thank you Lord

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that no weapon formed against us shall prosper

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and I could go on and on about the scriptures

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and the promises of God that will bring us joy

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in the midst of trials. I pray now that those

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folks that are listening in dealing with these

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trials and challenges would receive Blessings

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and goodness and strength and I ask it for it

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now and in Jesus name. I pray amen Well, I hope

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that was helpful I felt really led to the spirit

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to at that moment just speak a prayer into those

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who may be having a little bit of a challenge

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with something and maybe having a difficult time

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maybe receiving and accepting the joy of the

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Holy Spirit the disciples of Jesus when he sent

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them out to spread the good news. He talked to

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them and he told them what they would face and

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the challenge that they were going to face. And

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we read about it in Luke chapter 10 and verse

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21. And it tells us this, at that time Jesus,

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listen to this, full of joy. through the Holy

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Spirit said, now obviously he's the son of God

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and obviously had the Holy Spirit living and

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dwelling inside of him. But listen to that, he

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says, and at that time when he was facing a big

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challenge and he knew his disciples would be

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facing huge challenges going out, some people

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would attack them, some people will come against

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them, some people would love them, some people

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would care for them. But it says, because it

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says full of joy through the Holy Spirit that

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the thing that carried Jesus above the challenges

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of that day was that he was full of joy. And

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then he said, I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven

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and earth. In Luke chapter 10, Jesus is telling

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his followers, people will hate you, your challenges

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will be difficult, some will be good to you and

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others will not. But Jesus ends, in Luke 10 with

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these words, Jesus said, it says that he was

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full of joy through the Holy Spirit and that

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he was thankful and he knew that good things

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would take place to those who reach out and take

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a stand and share the good news of the Lord Jesus.

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Jesus Christ to others. Now I hope that that's

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not convoluted or a little difficult to relate

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to, but really what we're seeing is that in the

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midst of a trial, Jesus knew that he had to call

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upon the Holy Spirit who came to dwell and live

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inside of him, and when he did, that he could

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pass that on to his followers and help them as

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they were going to go out and face the trials

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each and every day, each and every week, every

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each and every month, and each and every year.

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Okay, let's move on now to Romans chapter 15

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and 13 as we continue to talk about how we can

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have the joy of the Holy Spirit. Paul writes,

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listen to this, now Paul, you gotta remember,

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Paul faced a lot of trials. I mean, every time

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I think of Paul, I think of him sitting in prison

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and writing the books of Philippians, Galatians,

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Ephesians, Galatians, writing those incredible

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books, and in the midst of all the trials and

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all the challenges that he had while he was in

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prison, listen to what Paul wrote in Romans chapter

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15 verse 13, it's recorded, may the God of hope

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fill you with all joy. Okay, that's a great way

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to start, and peace in believing so that by the

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power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.

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And see when we have hope, we have joy. and our

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hope is not in our circumstances, our surroundings.

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Our hope is in the joy of the Lord. Our hope

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is knowing that God brings joy and our hope comes

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in our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ

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to carry out in us what he did here on earth.

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Paul is asking God to fill believers with joy

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through the power of the Holy Spirit. So where

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does our joy come from? It comes as a gift, as

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the fruit of the Spirit that comes from the Holy

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Spirit. You know, it kind of reminds me of a

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story. of something that happened in my life.

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You know, when I talk about Paul talking about

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in his difficult time that we have the God of

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hope, may he fill us with all joy, where Jesus

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was saying that being full of joy through the

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Holy Spirit, these references kind of remind

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me of when we had a construction project going

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on in our house. We were remodeling our home

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that we had just bought and we were having it

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all torn apart from the inside out and all the

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construction workers were just complaining and

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griping and just complained about everything.

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and I'd walk in there and they'd be cursing and

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I'd walk in the room then they kind of calmed

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down a little bit because they know I didn't

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approve of that and so finally I got to thinking

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you know I need to do something to let these

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guys know that Jesus loves them and that the

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Holy Spirit can help them and you think well

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how do you do that with a bunch of rugged construction

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workers well I said Lord what do I do what can

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I do and so I went back home and I got a picture

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and I brought it in and I hung it on the wall

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And this picture was a wonderful rendering of

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Jesus facing a challenge that he had, but it

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shows the boldness of Christ. It was a wonderful

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picture, not very big. It was probably an 18

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by 20 type picture on the wall and it was framed.

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It was very nice. But I put it right in the middle

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of the house in the hallway where everybody had

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to walk by it. And before I put it in there,

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you could still hear the griping and the complaining

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and you heard the guys. Cussing and all this

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kind of stuff was going on and so I put the picture

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I say hey guys come here I Brought something

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in I think that'll help you And so half a dozen

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guys came into the hallway and I looked and I

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said, now Jesus is here and the Holy Spirit is

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here in the house and he wants to help you. He

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wants to give you some happiness and some joy

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and some peace. So let's see how that works.

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And they were all like, oh my, oh my. And the

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one guy says, well, you know, I'm Catholic. I

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know Jesus. And another one, another guy said,

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yeah, I was raised Baptist and I used to go to

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church and it was kind of cool the way they were

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chatting. But what was neat was I hung the picture

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on the wall and I left it. Now the house is torn

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apart. I mean, there's walls being torn down,

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there's floor. being torn up, the cabinets being

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torn apart, all these things are happening, but

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in the middle of all that I had a wonderful picture

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of Jesus on the wall. The very next day when

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I came in, it was peaceful and quiet. We could

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hear the machines operating and the guys talking

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and whatever. But there was this wonderful sense

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of peace in the room. And I just walked up to

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one guy and said, how's things going? It must

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be going well. He says, yeah, ever since you

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put that picture up, we're just kind of thinking

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different now. Well, see, that's what we need

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to do. We need to envision a picture of Jesus.

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Envision Jesus being filled with the Holy Spirit

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and receiving the joy of the Lord. And that will

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help carry us through all of our trials. Matter

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of fact, I left that picture up during the entire

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time of the construction. And through that entire

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time, I didn't hear any cursing. I didn't see

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any arguments. People were showing up to work

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on time. They were getting their work completed.

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So I guess Jesus became the watchman on the wall

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who was there just kind of overseeing what was

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going on. Now some people say, well, it was just

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a picture. No, it wasn't just a picture. It was

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a picture of Jesus. But the Holy Spirit was in

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the house, was there because we invited him in.

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and to help them, to help these guys, and the

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whole thing changed. The atmosphere, the construction

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changed, and I just give God glory and credit

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for that. Now, some might say, well, that doesn't

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really apply to this. I think it applies to it

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tremendously. When we keep our eyes upon Jesus,

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the things of this world will grow dim. They'll

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fade away, and that's what we need to do. Now,

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joy... is a decision that we make in both good

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times and bad times. We have to decide whether

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they're going to be joyful or not. Our circumstances

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will try to take our joy. There's no question

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about that. Joy is determined on what we focus

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on. If we focus on Jesus, if we focus on the

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Holy Spirit, if we focus on God's Word, then

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joy will become more prominent in our life. Joy

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is determined by claiming it in our prayers and

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claiming the promises of God that joy does come

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in the morning and that's That's really a way

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of life. We've got to understand that joy is

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a decision. No matter what we're going through,

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joy is a decision, and the Holy Spirit can give

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us the fruit of the Spirit, which is love and

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joy and peace, and help us to walk in joy. We

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need to focus our thoughts on what we read in

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Philippians chapter 4 and verse 8. Listen to

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this. The Apostle Paul, once again, I'm going

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to paraphrase it a little bit. Basically what

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Paul said in Philippians chapter 4 verse 8, he

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says, think on what is true and honorable and

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right and pure and lovely and admirable. So if

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we want to focus our thoughts on what is right,

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then we can have joy. If we focus our thoughts

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on what is honorable and what's true, what's

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pure and what's lovely and what's admirable,

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then we will tend to have greater joy in our

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life. And so I hope that example helps you and

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blesses you. We lose our joy when we take our

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eyes off of God's Word, when we stop praying,

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when we start complaining, when we stop helping

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others, when we stop being faithful to the house

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of God and being faithful to reading at least

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some of God's Word each and every day of our

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life. Those are things that we need to not do,

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not allow to happen in our life, is to take our

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eyes off of the things of God. When we focus

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on things like me, myself, and I, then we can

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lose our joy because we wrapped up in self. And

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the fruit of the Spirit is self -control. And

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so we need that in order to be able to operate

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with joy in our life, being led by the Holy Spirit.

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Now, you know, I cannot close. This podcast is

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moving very quickly, but I can't close this podcast

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on joy from the Holy Spirit without commenting

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on how some Christians respond when asked, how

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are we doing? Now, at the beginning of this,

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I made a question. I asked a question. I said,

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How do you respond when someone says to you,

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how are you doing? Well, I've seen a lot of responses

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over the years, and one thing I want to see is

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joy, but I see a lot of other remarks from Christians.

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Now that question needs an answer, like when

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someone says, how are you doing? You say, I'm

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blessed and highly favored by God. That should

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be a Christian's standard response to people.

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How you doing? I'm blessed and highly favored.

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There are times when the answer to my question

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of how are you doing comes up with comments like

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well I'm still breathing or I'm still above ground

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or I'm still able to eat and things like that

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which basically are the basic things in life

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that that we should be thankful for but we don't.

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respond with, how are you doing? And you say

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something like that. Well, I'm still above ground.

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I'm not dead yet. That to me is a sad comment.

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Some people think it's funny and maybe somebody

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that's listening in have said that and then think

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that that's cute and that's fine and there's

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nothing wrong with it. Well, I think there's

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a lot wrong with it because we are what we confess

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and if we confess that, well, the only thing

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that we've got in life is that we're still above

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ground. We're not buried and dead. I don't think

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that's really much of a testimony of the goodness

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of God in our life. Podcast has the title of

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Quality Christian Living. That's what the entire

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podcast is about. All the different topics, all

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the subjects for over four years now. And Quality

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Christian Living, it's not I'm still breathing

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or I'm still above ground. This podcast is dealing

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with living a quality life, a quality Christian

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life. Joy for all Christians is what the Holy

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Spirit loves. He wants us to have joy unspeakable

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and full of glory. He wants us to have this joy,

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joy, joy that's down in our heart. Those are

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old song titles. And he wants us to live in peace.

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He wants us to have love and joy and peace and

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patience and goodness and kindness and gentleness

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and faithfulness and self -control. And those

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are the fruit of the Spirit that we need to operate

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in our life and found in Galatians chapter 5

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to 22. So I'm just praying that all of us will...

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turn our eyes upon the things of God and realize

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that the Holy Spirit who is living and dwelling

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in each one of us is the one who brings joy.

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Let's focus on Him. Let's focus on joy. Let's

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think about things that are good and truthful

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and honorable and pure and lovely and admirable.

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And when we do that, the Holy Spirit then is

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going to minister to us. We grieve the Holy Spirit

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when we complain and gripe and moan and groan.

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But when we thank God for who the Holy Spirit

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is, and when we walk in joy and peace and hope

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then we don't grieve the Holy Spirit, we encourage

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the Holy Spirit. And if you encourage the Holy

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Spirit who lives and dwells inside of us, he's

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going to bring out more joy in every one of us.

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Well, I hope that this has been interesting.

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I've really enjoyed this particular podcast because

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it's such an up, encouraging one, and I'm hoping

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that people walk away from this and know that

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they can have the joy of the Lord, and that is

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their strength. And so I pray that you'll be

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blessed. So let me just close in a quick prayer.

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Heavenly Father, thank you once again for this

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podcast for the time that we spent on it. I thank

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you that the Holy Spirit has led us and directed

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us. I pray the Holy Spirit now would help each

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and every person who's listening in to receive

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what they need today. If they're struggling with

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financial problems, I pray Lord that you would

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give them peace and pass us all understanding

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to guard their heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

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If they're struggling with an illness, Father,

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I pray that the healing of the a powerful healing

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of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the divine miracle

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healing touch of the Lord Jesus Christ would

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reach into them and touch them physically and

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heal them and restore them. And those may be

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her struggling with maybe some frustration and

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some disappointments and things in her life.

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I pray that the joy of the Lord would come in

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and would overflow in them, Father, and they'd

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receive it to be blessed. I thank you, Lord,

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for this podcast. I thank you for the time that

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we spent. I thank you for those who've listened

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in, and I pray that they'll continue to be blessed

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and give you all glory. and praise for it. In

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Jesus' name I pray, amen. Well, that went fast.

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My goodness, this podcast went fast. If you'd

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like to know more about the Quality Christian

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Living podcast, this series we're in now is called

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On the Holy Spirit. You want to know more about

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it, you can go to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com. And when you go there, in the front, first

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page that pops up there, there's a link to all

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the podcasts we've done. This is podcast number

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two, or I should say, let me correct that before

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I say that, it's number 337. And so you can tell

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we've done a lot of podcasts. There's series

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on the Holy Spirit. There's series on getting

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out of debt. There's series on walking in miracles

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and living a life filled with power. There's

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articles. There's series, I should say, on the

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Holy Spirit and faith and prayer and just literally

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every aspect of living a quality Christian life.

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And I hope that you might go back through those,

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scroll through them and listen to them because

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people, quite frankly, listen to them daily.

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And we're so blessed to have the opportunity

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to reach out to so many different countries who

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have enjoyed these podcasts and have even been

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told that these podcasts are now being used for

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Bible studies in other countries where they're

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using them to teach on the Holy Spirit or teach

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on miracles and healings and things of that like

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that. So I pray that this will bless you when

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you look those up. If you go down a little farther

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on my web page to the next page after the link

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to the podcast you'll see a number of books I've

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written. I believe there are five books now that

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are there on Amazon and dealing with with help

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for veterans, dealing with experience the joy

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of debt free living, teaching on generosity and

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what's in it for us and how can we be blessed

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when we are a blessing to other people and just

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a number of topics there that I hope will be

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a benefit to you. So I hope you might look at

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those and they may be of help to you. If you'd

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like to subscribe to my podcast, you can do that

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by going to cpnshows .com or wherever you know

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you listen to your podcast. So I do want to thank

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you for listening and let know that if you enjoyed

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this episode, please take a moment to rate and

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review the podcast. It really helps us reach

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more people. You can leave a review on Apple

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Podcasts, Amazon Music and Charisma Podcast Network,

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or give us a star rating on Spotify. However

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you choose to do that to support us, we certainly

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would appreciate it. It gives us the opportunity

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to reach out to more people and share the love

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of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. Once

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again, I want to thank you for listening in.

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Our next podcast is entitled The Holy Spirit

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brings peace. We're going to look at how can

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we live in peace during trials? Why do so many

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live without peace? And why is my favorite scripture

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on peace, Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 through

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7? And we're also going to look at have you struggled

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with finding peace? Why is peace so difficult

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for non -believers? And how do you feel about

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peace? What is peace in your life? So those are

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the areas the Holy Spirit leads us in that direction.

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That's where we plan to go. in our next podcast

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called Holy Spirit Brings Peace. So, once again,

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I want to thank you for listening to the Quality

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Christian Living Podcast, and let me close with

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this little blessing for you. May the Lord bless

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you and keep you. May His face shine upon you.

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May He be gracious to you and give you peace.

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May you prosper and be in good health, even as

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your soul prospers. So, until next time, I pray

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that God will richly bless you. This has been

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podcast number 337, How the Holy Spirit Brings

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Joy. I'm your host, David Thank you once again

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for listening and don't forget to tell someone

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else about this series on the Holy Spirit. I

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pray that the Lord will bless it for them. Thank

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you once again.