CTN TV Episode 14 You Don't Have To Hide From God Part 1

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You pray it and he can answer it. The effectual

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fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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God will put the prayer in your heart to pray

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so that he can answer it. Goes into the hearts

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of the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. I want to welcome you to our broadcast

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and I'm your host, Margie Florent. Today's title

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is called You don't have to hide from God. Now,

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unfortunately, a lot of believers, they hide

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themselves from the presence of God. They're

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afraid to pray. They don't want to come into

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the presence of God. And there's all kinds of

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reasons. Today on this broadcast, I'm going to

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address just a few, and then we're going to dive

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into the fact that God wants you, wants me to

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have a deep and close, intimate relationship

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with him through prayer and through meditation

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and his word. Okay, so let's talk about why people

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don't pray. Hosea 4, 6 says that my people are

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destroyed because of a lack of knowledge. The

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reason people don't pray is because they don't

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understand God's character. They don't understand

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his heart. They don't understand his love. They

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don't understand their place positionally in

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Christ. And therefore, there is a lack of knowledge

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and it keeps people from entering into the presence

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of God. Number two, the Bible says where there

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is no vision, the people perish. So a lot of

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times people just don't have a vision of why

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they need to pray or a vision of what their prayer

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focus should look like. So that's the beauty

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of this broadcast. We are explaining the power

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and the purpose of prayer and why it is so necessary,

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specifically in the prayer of intercession, which

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we're going to talk about. As we move forward,

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you're going to come to know and understand that

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we have to have a vision when we pray because

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it's the vision that keeps us running the race.

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It's the vision that we have that keeps us focused

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in the place of prayer. So why don't people pray?

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Because of a lack of knowledge, because there

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is no vision. And also the Bible says. Mark 4,

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14 about the condition of our heart. So the Bible

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says in the sower sows the word. And these are

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the ones by the wayside where the word is sown.

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When they hear Satan comes immediately and takes

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away the word that was sown in their hearts.

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And likewise, there are those. who when the word

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is sown, it's sown on stony ground, when they

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have heard the word of God, immediately they

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receive it with gladness, but they have no root

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in themselves, and so therefore they endure for

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a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution

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arises for the word's sake, immediately they

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stumble. Now, these are the ones sown among thorns,

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They are the ones who hear the word and what

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happens to them and the cares of this world,

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the deceitfulness of riches, the lust of other

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things enter in and choke the word. So sometimes

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people don't pray or enter into the presence

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of God. It's because of the condition of their

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heart. I think personally, mainly it's because

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the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of

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riches, the lust of other things. enter in and

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these. sayings can choke our prayer life. What

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do you mean by that? I mean, we get too busy.

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We get too overwhelmed. We get too distracted.

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There are so many things that are keeping us

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from the presence of God. And that's another

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reason why people don't pray. I know I have to

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fight that every day of my life because the cares

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of the ministry come upon me. The cares of the

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things that I have to do in my everyday life.

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There are just so many distractions. And therefore,

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I find myself not entering into the presence

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of God and making room for him in the secret

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place. Number four, another reason why people

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don't pray is because people get discouraged

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with their prayer life. Jesus said himself, men

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ought to. Always pray and not faint. Don't faint.

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Don't get discouraged. Jesus said it himself.

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And oftentimes I find that people get discouraged

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in their prayer life. They haven't seen the answers

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that they want to see. They haven't seen the

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time frame. They haven't seen God move as quickly

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as they would like. And therefore they just stop.

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Praying. That's why it's important for you and

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I that when we pray to hold fast the confession

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of our faith without wavering, having done all

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this stand, just keep standing. Therefore, hold

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fast to God's promises. We don't want to become

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weary in well -doing because in due season, my

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friends, we will reap our prayer fruit, the things

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that we have desired. God's timetable. is not

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our timetable so therefore let us not grow weary

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and well -doing let's not let discouragement

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enter in and choke our prayer life okay what's

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another reason why people don't pray Well, another

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reason is because there's a lack of discipline,

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okay? It's just like going to the gym, right?

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We have a vision of what we want to look like.

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We have a vision of how we want to be healthy

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in our latter years. So therefore, we go to the

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gym, we work out, we eat healthy, and it's a

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discipline. Well, prayer too is a discipline.

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And I know you've heard me say it. Prayer goes

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from sacrifice to joy, from a desire. to a discipline

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and to a delight. So a lot of times people don't

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pray because there's a discipline to being a

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man and a woman of prayer, especially when it

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comes to what I call closet praying. Now, there's

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another kind of praying we're going to get into

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again as we move on, and that's continual prayer

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or praying in your in your bed. But generally

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speaking, it's a discipline to have an awareness

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of the presence of God, that he's within you.

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that he said, I'll never leave you. I'll never

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forsake you. I am with you always. And it's a

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discipline, Isaiah 26, 3, to keep your eyes stayed

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on him, your heart focused on him, even though

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you're going through your everyday life, even

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though you're vacuuming the floors or driving

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in your car. It's a discipline whereby you harness

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your mind. hook yourself up to the inside, and

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you know that Jesus is with you, you know the

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Father is with you, and therefore you make a

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commitment in your heart that you are going to

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communicate with Him, talk with Him, walk with

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Him, and I just heard in my spirit, the Spirit

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of God say, and abide. in him now lastly what

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is another reason why people don't pray because

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prayerlessness is a form of hiding from god and

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that's our subject matter in this broadcast you

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don't have to hide from god and we're going to

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find out in this broadcast the reason why people

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hide from god is because of a lack of knowledge

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of his character and just a lack of knowledge

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as to who we are positionally in Christ Jesus.

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Okay. Before we dive into more of our teaching

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and get into the depths of this teaching, we're

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going to take a break here and I'll see you when

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we come back. My book Contend, Stewarding the

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only that, there are outlines at the end of each

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we left off with our last point as to why people

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don't pray and that is because oftentimes we

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hide from God prayerlessness is a form of hiding

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from God now before we get into the teaching

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you think about your own relationships as humans

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oftentimes people hide emotionally from one another

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because they don't trust one another there's

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a lack of communication there's a lack of trust

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and therefore they hide from one another they

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don't always express everything that they're

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thinking they don't allow their walls to come

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down emotionally and therefore there's not the

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intimacy or the joy of that relationship because

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we are hiding from one another well the same

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thing holds true in our relationship with god

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there are times that we can hide from god now

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we're going to go ahead And we're going to read

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Genesis chapter 3. And I want you just to stay

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with me because I'm going to go ahead and read

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several verses. Now Genesis 3, 6 through 13 says,

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Now Adam and Eve fell. We know the story. So

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when the woman saw that the tree was good for

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food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, now this

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is the temptation, and the tree was desirable

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to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.

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Now we know what happened. She also gave it to

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her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of both

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of them were opened, and they knew that they

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were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together.

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and made themselves coverings. And then they

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heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the

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garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his

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wife hid themselves from the presence of the

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Lord among the trees of the garden. So Adam and

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Eve fell. They disobeyed God. They ate of the

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forbidden fruit. Here they sew themselves coverings.

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And we find that they're doing what? They're

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hiding themselves from the presence of God. Then

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the Lord God called to Adam and he said to him,

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Adam, where are you? And he said, I heard your

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voice in the garden and I was afraid because

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I was naked and I hid myself. And God said, who

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told you that you were naked? Have you eaten

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from the tree which I commanded you that you

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should not eat? And the man said, The woman you

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gave me to be with, she gave me of the tree and

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I ate. And the Lord God said to the woman, what

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is this that you have done? And the woman said,

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the serpent deceived me and I ate. So we see

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from the scripture that Adam and Eve disobeyed

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God. They fell from the presence of God. They

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disobeyed him. And suddenly they knew that they

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weren't covered. They knew that they needed to

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cover themselves. believe that God used to walk

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with Adam and Eve. He'd come down in the cool

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of the day and he would have fellowship with

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them. He would talk with them and he enjoyed

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their company. But all of a sudden something

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has changed. They're hiding from the presence

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of God. The trust is broken. And where there

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was faith, there is now an exchange. And the

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exchange is faith. has turned to fear. So instead

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of having this loving relationship with the father,

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loving devotional time with him, they are afraid

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there. They find that they're naked and they're

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hiding themselves from the presence of God. OK,

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now there's a remedy for that. And the remedy

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is Jesus Christ. came to the earth and he bridged

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the gap between god and sinful man and therefore

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man is now restored back into right fellowship

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with him as we confess him as our lord and savior

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believe in our heart that god raised him from

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the dead we are born again alive unto god and

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that relationship is once again restored because

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Jesus is referred to as the second Adam, but

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we're not going to go there right now. I want

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to emphasize some word that is right here in

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this verse where God said to Adam and Eve, he

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said, where are you? So I want to camp right

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here on this word where. Everyone say where,

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where. He said, where are you? Where in this

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verse is a unique and powerful word, especially

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in this context. God is not asking for Adam's

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physical location because he knows where Adam

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is. He's all knowing. He knows everything. He

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is referring to something different. Okay. He

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is saying, where are you? Meaning I'm inviting

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you to reflect. on your spiritual and your moral

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position because you disobeyed me, something

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has changed. I know where you are physically,

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but where are you in your heart? What has happened

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to us? Why is there some kind of change? Why

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is there some kind of disconnect? Adam, where

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are you? We walked together in the cool of the

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day. We had sweet fellowship. I gave you everything

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you could possibly want. Where are you? Where

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did you go? Now the Hebrew word is A -Y -Y -E

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-K -A and it means in the Hebrew, where are you?

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Now this word is different from all the other

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times this word where is mentioned in the word

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of God. This word carries something different.

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It carries a deep. Now, I want you to hear what

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I'm saying today. This is very important. And

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it's very difficult for me to share this teaching

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with you without sensing the heart of God rising

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up and my emotions getting involved because I

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can feel the heart of God towards you. And he's

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saying to many of you, where are you? I am calling

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you. I love you with an everlasting love. I want

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you to come into me all. you that are laboring

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and are heavy laden if you would come to me i

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would give you rest but i'm waiting on you to

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trust me i'm waiting on your obedience i'm waiting

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on you he's saying where are you come to me when

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you come to me i will in no wise cast you out

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i am like all the men that you have experienced

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in the earth i'm not like them i'll never leave

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you i'll never forsake you i'll never divorce

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you i'll never reject you i am with you always

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even into the ends of the earth i want you to

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come to me so in this verse the heart of god

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is where are you and it carries a deep emotional

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weight especially in context While the word itself

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is grammatically a simple question, many Jewish

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and Christian interpreters through the centuries

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have understood it to express much more than

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a request for a location, like I said. So let's

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talk about the literal versus the emotional meaning

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of this word, where are you? The literal is,

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where are you? Right? Where are you? There's

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an emotional, relational meaning to this word

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in the Hebrew. It says, in essence, in the emotional

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translation, where have you gone? Where have

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you gone from me? Or, what happened to our closeness?

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Okay, we're going to take a break right here,

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and I can't wait to share with you what else

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this word conveys. In this text, there are several

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prayers spoken of in the word of God. The prayer

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of intercession is just one of those prayers

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spoken of in Ephesians 6 .18. And this particular

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book, Marked for Intercession, teaches the reader

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how to pray for your family, how to pray for

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your friends, how to stand in the gap for a nation,

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how to pray for leadership, and it goes on and

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on and on. I would encourage you to get this

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book and dive in deep so that you can be that

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man, you could be that woman that would stand

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in the gap and put up the hedge and be the love

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of God expressed in the earth. You can go to

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my website at margieflaurent .org and not only

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will you find my book, but I also have a workbook

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that goes with the subject of marked for intercession.

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So God says in Genesis 3, 9, where are you? We

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already said that God is omniscient and he already

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knows exactly where Adam is physically. But he's

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referring to where is your heart? He's talking

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about where are you relationally with me? Now,

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let's talk about the emotional nuance of this

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word A -Y -Y -E -K -A. It is the cry in the Hebrew

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of a broken relationship. Many commenters, especially

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in Jewish and Christian theology, see this word

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as a divine lament. God is expressing sorrow,

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not confusion. So when we run from God or we

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hide from God or we're too busy for God, the

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inside in God's heart, He's saying, I miss you.

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I long for you. I want you to come to me. I enjoy

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you. You're my child. You are my sons and daughters.

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I created this family and they created this family

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so that I could have fellowship with you. Where

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are you? It's a divine lament. God is expressing

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sorrow, as I said, and not confusion. God is

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never confused. He's not the author of confusion

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and he's not confused. I think sometimes we need

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to locate ourselves. Where are we in our walk

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with God? Where are we in our prayer life? Where

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are we in our devotional time? Are we too busy

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for God? Here we have a loving heavenly father

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who longs for us to fellowship with him. intimacy

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with us who so loved the world that he gave his

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son so that when we believed in him we would

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not only have everlasting life but we would be

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restored back unto him in fellowship and in righteousness

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okay so God is saying what happened it also refers

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to it's like a green parent calling out to a

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child who has gone astray now those of you that

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are parents understand the scripture there that

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says if you then being natural parents know how

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to give good gifts to your children The Bible

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says, how much more does your heavenly father

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want to give good gifts to those that ask him?

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So here we as natural parents, we want our kids

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to be okay. We want our kids to be safe. We want

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our kids to be provided for. We love our kids.

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If anything's going on in our children's lives,

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we lament. We think about it. We hurt for them

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if they're hurting. We want solutions to problems

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if they're having problems. They need counseling.

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We want to get them counseling. We'll do whatever

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we can do to make sure our kids are safe because

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that is the love of a parent. Well, Jesus said

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in Matthew 7, 11, if you then be a natural parent,

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know how to give good gifts to your children

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and want your children to be taken care of. He

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goes on to say in the scripture, and I love it.

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He said, how much more? will in context your

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heavenly father give good things to them that

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ask him in this regard it's talking about the

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holy spirit but think about it if you love your

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children the way you love your children god says

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in this scripture how much more do i love you

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his love is so big there's a height a depth a

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length a breath and the length and the love of

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god it passes knowledge ephesians 3 says it's

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so wide it's so vast we cannot even comprehend

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the love of god it passes all of our understanding

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well i just really want to know that kind of

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love i want to tap into that kind of love. And

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I believe you want it as well, because on the

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inside of you, God has created you for intimacy.

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God has created you for fellowship. God has created

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you with a heart. I think it's Colossians 3,

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like Paul said, I want to know you. I want to

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become more deeply and intimately acquainted

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with you, perceiving and understanding the wonders

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of your person. So on the inside of each and

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every one of us, there's this capacity. Can I

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say it like that? To know God and to want to

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be known by him. So here we say, how much more

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will your heavenly father give good gifts to

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those that ask him? So in this verse, Genesis

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3, 9. This is an invitation. Where are you? It's

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an invitation, not condemnation, which is, I

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believe, why some people hide from God because

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they're condemned. But in our next broadcast,

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we're going to get into that and we're going

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to starve your doubts and feed your faith so

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that you. can go boldly to the throne of grace

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and obtain mercy and grace in your time of need,

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even if you have sin. Okay? So this, where are

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you, is an invitation, not condemnation. Now,

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if you've had any kind of negative parental circumstances

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or experiences, you hear the word father and

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you automatically get afraid because your father

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was abusive. or your father was mean, or your

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father would hit you, or your father would ignore

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you if you did something bad. Well, God is not

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like our natural father. He is, the Bible calls,

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a perfect father. So he's not like these earthly,

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imperfect parents that every single one of us

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was raised with. But God is a perfect God. You

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know what I love about him is that he is consistent.

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He said, I am the Lord God. I change not. I keep

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my word. I am reliable. He is. consistent. Okay.

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So we're going to do some more of that. Starve

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your doubts. We're going to be feeding your faith

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when it comes to the character of God, because

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the reason we hide from God is because we don't

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understand his character. We don't understand

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his heart. We don't know who he is. We think

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he's schizophrenic. He's mad at us one day and,

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and, and he's accepting us the next day. No,

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that's not who God is. He said, I am the Lord

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God. I change not. Okay, so where are you? So

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rather than confronting Adam with anger, God

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begins with a gentle question. This reflects

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his mercy, his love. If you ever want to know

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the character of God, read 1 Corinthians 13.

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Love or God, God is love. Love is patient, kind.

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It is consistent, never fails, and so on and

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so forth. So God is love. And this where are

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you question is a reflection of his love. It's

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a reflection of his mercy. That's why the Bible

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says we can draw boldly to the throne of grace

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or the throne of mercy. It's also. A desire for

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reconciliation. Well, what I did is just, I'm

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just too far gone. There's nobody too far gone.

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Look at Paul or Saul. On the road to Damascus,

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heading in the wrong way on his own road, persecuted

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the church, murdered Christians. He wasn't too

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far gone. Are you that bad? Well, it doesn't

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matter anyway, because sin is sin, whether it's

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big or little. Where when I was raised, there

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were venial sins and mortal sins in God. The

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only sin that we will be held accountable for

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is our rejection of Jesus Christ. So it says

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here, where are you? you, this is a desire for

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reconciliation and it's a chance for Adam to

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come forward and confess. So God was reaching

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out to Adam and in his mercy and in his love,

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he's saying, where are you? He's not mad at you.

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He's not angry with you. He loves you with an

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everlasting love and he wants you. He wants me,

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all of us. To come to him and obtain mercy and

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grace and fellowship with him in our time of

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need. Okay, we're going to have to stop here.

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But in our next broadcast, we're going to dive

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in deep as to how we can approach God and not

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hide from him. You pray it and he can answer

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it. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous

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man avails. God will put the prayer in your heart

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to pray so that he can answer it. It goes into

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the hearts of the people. It doesn't return void.

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It produces results. Thank you so much for tuning

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in to today's podcast. It has been such a joy

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sharing this time with you. For more inspiration

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and resources on today's topic, please visit

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our website at margiefloran .org.