CTN TV Episode 15 You Don't Have To Hide From God Part 2

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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. 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 my broadcast.

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I'm your host, Margie Florent. We're going to

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continue on the subject of you don't have to

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hide from God. But by way of review, we're going

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to go ahead and dive into Genesis chapter 3,

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verse 6 through 13. where we see in these verses

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of Scripture that God approached Adam and Eve,

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and then Adam and Eve did something whereby they

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hid themselves from the presence of God. And

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in this teaching, I'm going to teach you how

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to approach God confidently, that you don't have

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to hide from God, that you are the righteousness

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of God in Christ Jesus, that you are a new creation,

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and you don't have to hide from God. it there

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let's go ahead and by way of review read Genesis

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chapter 3 it says here so when the woman saw

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that the tree was good for food and it was pleasant

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to the eyes and a tree desired to make one wise

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she took of it Of the fruit and she ate it. Now

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we know that God told Adam and Eve, you are not

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to touch this particular tree, this particular

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fruit. But here we see her disobeying God, disobeying

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the commandment of the Lord. She went ahead and

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she did it anyway. Then the eyes of both of them

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were opened and they knew that they were naked

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and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves

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coverings. they heard the sound of the Lord God

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walking in the cool of the day and Adam and his

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wife hid themselves from the presence of God

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among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord

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God called Adam and he said to Adam, where are

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you? And so he said, I heard your voice in the

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garden and I was afraid because I was naked and

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I hid myself. And God said, who So in our last

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broadcast, we specifically honed in on the words.

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Where are you? When after they had fallen, after

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they had sinned, God comes down and he wants

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to have fellowship with them, meet with them.

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And all of a sudden something has changed. The

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dynamic has changed, not physically, so to speak,

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but relationally. And so he says to Adam and

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he says to Eve. Where are you? Now, that Hebrew

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word is a very unique and powerful word, especially

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in this context. And it is the only time this

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Hebrew word is used. And he's the word means

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it carries a deep emotional weight. especially

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in context. While the word itself is grammatically

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a simple question, we find that many Jewish and

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Christian interpreters through the centuries

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have understood this word where to express much

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more of a request than a location. So we find

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in this verse, again, this is a review. This

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is an invitation. not condemnation, okay? Rather

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than confronting Adam and Eve and saying with

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anger, where are you? What is going on? This

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Hebrew word denotes a gentle question that reflects

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God's mercy, God's love, God's compassion. It

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reflects his desire for reconciliation. Again,

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he's not angry. He's not mad. He's saying, where

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are you? It's a chance for Adam to come forward

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and confess. He's giving him an open door. I'm

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here. Where are you? What happened? Now, we note

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that in this verse, these verses, it's the first

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recorded divine human dialogue after the fall.

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So this is the law of first mention. So in my

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opinion, this adds gravity to God's first words

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to humanity. And these first words are, where

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are you? Not how dare you? OK, but where are

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you? Which opens our hearts for space, for reflection

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and return. So where are you? So God says to

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Adam and Eve. Where are you? And what was their

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response? Their response was, I was afraid. I

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was naked. And I hid myself from your presence

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where they once had beautiful fellowship time

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together. You know, a connection. It has now

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been severed. So as we look into this teaching,

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I want to talk to you about your prayer life

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and my prayer life. And the question is, do we?

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Have the mindset of Adam and Eve whereby we are

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afraid of the presence of God. We fear going

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before him. We feel like we have to cover ourselves

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and hide from him. Or are we open and honest

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with our heavenly father? This brings me to the

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subject of sin consciousness versus a righteousness

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consciousness. Adam and Eve, they had a sin consciousness.

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Something had changed. They knew something had

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changed. And now all of a sudden they have a

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what I call sin consciousness. What is a sin

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consciousness? They covered themselves. They

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hid themselves, like I said, from the presence

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of God. And they were afraid. Their faith in

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God and their trust in God has turned into fear.

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Why? Because they were naked. They needed a covering

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and therefore they had to hide themselves. So

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that's sin consciousness. We're afraid of God.

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We are afraid to approach him. We don't want

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him to see everything about us. Whereas my friends,

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he knows everything about us anyway. He considers

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our frame. He remembers that we are dust. He

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knows that we're human. So instead of hiding

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from him, we need to just be open and honest

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with God. Okay, that's how I like to approach

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my relationship with him. He knows everything

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anyway. He knows how many hairs I have on my

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head. The Bible says he discerns my thoughts

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from afar. He knows our attitudes. He knows everything.

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So instead of running and hiding from him. We

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need to have confidence that our father said,

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I'll never leave you. I'll never forsake you.

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I'm with you always. You don't have to run from

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me. As a matter of fact, when you sin, I would

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encourage you to run to Jesus, run to the presence

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of God. Don't run away from him because he said,

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when you run to my throne, I'll give you the

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grace and the mercy you need in your time of

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trouble. As a matter of fact, if you have a prevailing

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habit or sin, in your life that you can't get

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free from, instead of running from God, go to

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him, run to him, run to the presence of God,

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because he's the one that can help you. The Bible

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says there's no temptation taken you, but such

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as is common to man. But God said, I am faithful.

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I will, with that temptation, provide for you

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a way of escape. And I'm hearing in my spirit

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right now, I will also strengthen you with might.

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By my spirit in your inner man, I'll give you

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the strength to stand against that sin. I'll

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give you the strength that you need to overcome

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it. Just come to me. Okay? So we're going to

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get into our righteousness consciousness after

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this break. The Lord spoke to me one day. He

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said, Margie, many of my people desire to be

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intimate with me. They desire to spend time with

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me. They desire to have a vibrant prayer life,

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but they just don't know where to begin. They

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just don't know how to start. So I wrote this

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book with that in mind. Encountering God through

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prayer. Simple strategies to develop a powerful

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prayer life. I take the reader from the very

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basics. Begin where you are. Begin with 15 minutes.

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Find a quiet place in your house. Go into a closet

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if you have to. Shut the door. Just begin where

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you are. And I teach the reader about the heart

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of the father. Because if you don't know who

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God is, you're not going to understand his character

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and his nature. And you'll be afraid of him.

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So I go into the heart of the father. Who is

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the father? What's his character? What's his

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nature? And then I take the reader all the way

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up. to what I call contemplative prayer. So if

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you would like a wonderful resource on how to

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begin your prayer life, I encourage you to get

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this book, Encountering God Through Prayer. Go

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to my website at margieflaurent .org. Okay, let's

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talk about righteousness consciousness. How must

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we approach him? Well, first of all, if you've

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never given Jesus Christ and made him the Lord

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of your life, given him access into your heart,

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I would just encourage you today to come to Jesus.

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The Bible says, when you come to me, I will in

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no wise cast you out. So if you've never accepted

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him as your personal Lord and Savior, you can

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come to him right now. And when you confess with

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your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your

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heart that God has raised him from the dead,

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say that with a heart of faith. you will be saved.

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So first of all, we've got to come back to the

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heart of our father through accepting Jesus and

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confessing him as Lord and savior, because in

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Adam, all fell short of the glory of God. All

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have sinned through Adam, but through Jesus Christ,

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we are reconciled unto him. How should we approach

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Him in our righteousness consciousness? Number

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one, come back to the heart of the Father. Number

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two, believe that He is. Hebrews 11 .6 says,

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Without faith it is impossible to please Him,

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for he who comes to God must believe. that he

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is and he is a rewarder of those that diligently

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seek him so we must believe that he is well who

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is he Well, the way we get to know him is through

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studying the word of God, looking into the word

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of God, finding out what his character is. What

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does the word of God say about our heavenly father?

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And when you know who he is, it builds confidence.

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It builds relationship with him. It builds an

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understanding of his heart. And when you know

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him and you understand his heart and you have

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that confidence, you know that you can go boldly

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to his throne. And you don't have to hide from

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him. So get to know him through the study of

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the word of God and even through prayer. Okay.

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So how should we approach him? With a righteousness

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consciousness. Second Corinthians 5, 17 through

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21 says, if therefore, if anyone is in Christ.

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He is a new creation. So when you accept Jesus

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Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, something

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changes. You are translated out of the kingdom

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of darkness and you were translated into the

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kingdom of light, into the kingdom of his dear

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son. And if anyone is in Christ, the Bible says

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you become a new creation. Old things pass away.

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The old nature is gone and all things have become

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new. And it goes on to say, for now, all things

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are of God who has reconciled us to himself through

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Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry

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of reconciliation. That is. that God was in Christ.

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He was reconciling the world to himself, not

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imputing their trespasses to them and has committed

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to us the word of reconciliation. And it goes

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on to say that we're ambassadors for Jesus Christ.

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And verse 21 says, for he made him who knew no

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sin to be sin for us. What and why that we may

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be the righteousness of God. In him. So when

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we approach God. We approach him in Christ. We

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approach him because we're washed in the blood

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of Jesus. We approach him because we're in him,

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in Christ, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness

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of sin. So when we go to the throne of God, we're

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going to the throne of God with a different mindset.

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We don't have to hide from him. We don't have

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to cover ourselves up because we're no longer

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naked. We're covered with robes of righteousness,

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and therefore we can stand boldly before our

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Father, and the fellowship that was lost in Adam

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is now restored in Jesus. Okay? Now, what happens

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if you sin? Well, how many of you know we all

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sin? OK, daily, I think every single one of us

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have fallen short and we do or we say something

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we shouldn't say or do. So what do we do? Do

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we do we just lose our righteousness and our

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fellowship with God or our relationship with

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God is broken and that's it? No. The Bible says

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we can go boldly to the throne of grace. The

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Bible says in First John one nine that if you

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sin. The Bible says if you sin. You can confess

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your sin to him and he is what? Faithful and

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just and faithful to forgive you of your sin

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and cleanse you. from all unrighteousness. Now

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I'm going to read one of my favorite scriptures

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found in Psalms 103. So when the devil comes

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at my mind and he says, well, you confess the

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sin, but God is still mad at you and God doesn't

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like you and you did that sin and it's never

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going to go away. Well, I just go to the Bible

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and I fight that condemnation and I fight that

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unbelief and I fight the devil with the scriptures

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just like Jesus did. it is written and it says

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right here in psalms 103 because the devil does

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not want you to walk with god The devil knows

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that when you walk with God, your weakness becomes

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a strength. Your strength is made perfect in

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your weakness. He knows that when you walk with

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God, you can do all things through Christ who

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strengthens you. He knows when you walk with

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God, things will work together and you're going

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to fulfill your purpose and you're going to fulfill

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your destiny. He is jealous of your relationship

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with God. So he doesn't want you. to to understand

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and know that when you confess your sin it's

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over and it's done with you can just move on

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and continue to walk with him so psalms 103 verse

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10 this is what i say to the enemy and if you

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have to say it right out of your mouth speak

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it right out of your mouth if the bible says

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he has not dealt with us according to our sins

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nor punished us according to our iniquities right

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Why? Because in Jesus, it was all dealt with.

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For as the heavens are high above the earth,

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so great is his mercy to those who fear him.

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As far as the east is from the west, devil, so

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far he has removed our transgressions from us.

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This is the word of the Lord. This is what God

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says about our right standing with him. This

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is what God says about our righteousness in Christ

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Jesus. This is the fact. You can stand on the

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promises of God. They are all yes and amen. As

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far as the east is from the west, that's how

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far our transgression is removed from us. And

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I like this. As a father pities his children.

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So the Lord pities his children. So the Lord

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pities those who fear him. He knows our frame.

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He remembers that we're dust. We're here in a

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fallen world. And that's why we need Jesus. And

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we stand in Jesus in our righteousness. And then

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we have Romans 8, 1. There is therefore now no

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condemnation. to those that are in Christ Jesus.

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So after you've confessed your sin, he's faithful

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and just to forgive you of your sin, cleanse

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you from all unrighteousness. And therefore,

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right now, there is no condemnation to those

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that are in Christ Jesus. So now you can pray.

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You could go boldly to the throne of God. You

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don't have to hide and you don't have to be afraid.

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We're going to conclude this teaching when I

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come back. There are several prayers spoken of

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in the Word of God. The prayer of intercession

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is just one of those prayers spoken of in Ephesians

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6 .18. And this particular book, Marked for Intercession,

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teaches the reader how to pray for your family,

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how to pray for your friends, how to stand in

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the gap for a nation, how to pray for leadership,

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and it goes on and on and on. I would encourage

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you to get this book and dive in deep so that

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you can be that man, you could be that woman

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that would stand in the gap and put up the hedge

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and be the love of God expressed in the earth.

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You can go to my website at margieflaurent .org

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and not only will you find my book, but I also

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have a workbook that goes with the subject of

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marked for intercession. Okay, let's continue

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in our teaching. We're talking about righteousness

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consciousness. How must we approach him? First,

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we come back to Jesus if we're not saved. Believe

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that he is. We come to him with a righteousness

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consciousness. No condemnation to them that are

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in Christ. I'm going to stop here for just a

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minute. I want to again remind you. that your

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mind is the battleground. So your heart can be

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right before God. You've confessed your sin.

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You've confessed that which you desire to confess

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before the throne of God. But remember, you have

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an enemy, John 10, 10, and it is the enemy who

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wants to kill, steal, and destroy your relationship

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with your heavenly father. So once the slate

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is clean, once you're, washed by the blood, the

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enemy may try to come in and speak to your mind

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and say, did God really say that you are forgiven?

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Well, that's where you go to the word of God.

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The word of God says, as far as the East is from

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the West. Yes, my sins are forgiven. And just

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rebuke the devil and walk on and walk with God

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with clean hands and a pure heart, because that's

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really what you have. Clean hands and a pure

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heart. So remember that you have an enemy and

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it's his desire to try to keep you from having.

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Confidence with your heavenly father and keep

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you from standing in the gap and praying for

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your families and praying for your loved ones

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and praying for your region and praying for the

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things that God has laid on your heart. Don't

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let another day go by with you staying in that

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place of condemnation. I don't know who I'm talking

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to. It may just be for one person that God has

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just interrupted my teaching. Stop wellowing

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or wallowing in doubt. in unbelief rise up and

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be strong in who you are in Christ Jesus take

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your place you are clean Jesus said because of

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the words I have spoken over you. Okay. Okay.

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So how do we approach him? We approach him boldly.

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The Bible says in Hebrews 4, 16, let us therefore

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come boldly to the throne of grace that we may

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obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time

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of need. Now that word boldly means the Greek

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is P -A -R -R. H -E -S -I -A. And it means the

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absence of fear in speaking boldly. Now, remember,

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Adam said, I was afraid and I hid myself from

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the presence of God. Well, under the new covenant

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as a new creation in Christ, we can go boldly

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with an absence of fear in speaking boldly. And

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it means confidence. And I love this. with cheerful

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courage. So you can go boldly to the throne of

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grace. You can go cheerfully before the throne

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of grace, joyfully before the throne room of

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grace, not with your head down, but with your

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head up. Okay. Webster says that that word fearless

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means to take liberties or in taking liberties,

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it means shameless. You can go shamelessly before

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the throne room of grace, boldly before the throne

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room of grace. Lastly, how do we approach him?

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Know that when you approach God, know that he

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loves you. 1 John 4, 8 says, there is no fear

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in love. There is. No fear in love. There is

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no fear in God. God is love. And there is no

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fear in love. But perfect love casts out fear

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because fear involves torment. But he who fears

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has not been made perfect in love. We love him

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because he first loved us. So when you approach

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God, know that he loves you with an everlasting

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love. And know that when you approach him, he

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says, no good thing will I withhold from you

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because you walk uprightly before me. You stand

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in my presence with clean hands and a pure heart.

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Know that I love you with an everlasting love.

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There is no fear in me. So when you approach

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him. Know that he loves you. So I want to ask

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you a question. Today, God's asking you, where

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are you? Are you too busy for him? Are you still

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afraid of him? Do you feel like you can't pray

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about the little things? Do you feel like you

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should only pray for the big things? Let me just

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tell you, whatever you pray, the Bible says,

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You ask, believe that you receive it, and you

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will have it, whether it's big or little. Some

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people say to me, well, I don't want to bother

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God with these little things. You can talk to

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God about anything and everything, both big and

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small. But again, where are you in your walk

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with him? I just want to encourage you to build

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your faith concerning his character. Build your

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faith concerning who you are in Christ. When

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you know who you are, it affects your relationship

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with him. I have a book I'd like to actually

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promote today. It's a book by my friend David

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Giuseppe. And in this book, he has all the in

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him scriptures all typed out for you, all ready

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to go. You don't even have to look them up. When

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you find out who you are in Christ, through Christ,

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in whom, it builds confidence in your prayer

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life so that you don't have to hide from him.

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And lastly, I just want to encourage you, if

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you sense a prompting in your spirit, that's

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the Holy Spirit drawing you into the presence

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of God. Just respond to him. Now I'm going to

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go ahead and I'm going to close with a prayer.

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So I just want you to open up your hearts and

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open up your minds to receive this prayer that

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I'm going to pray for you today. So Heavenly

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Father, I thank you for this word. I thank you,

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Lord God, that this word does not return void,

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but it goes out and it accomplishes and produces.

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that which you desire it to produce. And that

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is for your people to have closeness and intimacy

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with you and to stop running, stop hiding, stop

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being in condemnation. So Father, I pray for

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my listeners. I pray that the entrance of this

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word would bring light. I pray that they would

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come out of that place of despair and walk into

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the light of the truth of who you are and who

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they are in you. I pray for them, Lord, that

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the spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge

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of you would be granted to them. That the eyes

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of their understanding would be opened and enlightened

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in the name of Jesus. And by the way, I take

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authority over you, devil. In Jesus' name, and

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I rebuke the spirit of condemnation and shame

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and guilt off of my friends. In Jesus' name,

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amen. This is my book, Decision Time. Everyone

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should read this book, especially those of you

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who are at a crossroads in your life. You don't

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know what to do. You don't know how God is leading

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you. This is the book where you reach a place

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where you say, Lord, not my will, your will be

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done in my life. I also include in this book.

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How to Hear the Voice of God, which is important

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when you're making decisions. If you go to my

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website at margiefleurant .org, you will see

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that this book is available to you. Thank you

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so much for tuning in to today's podcast. It

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has been such a joy sharing this time with you.

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For more inspiration and resources on today's

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:42.460
topic, please visit our website at margiefloran

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.160
.org.