Prayer & Purpose with Margie Fleurant | CTN Episode 38

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pray it and he can answer it. The effectual fervent

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prayer of a righteous man avails much. God will

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put the prayer in your heart to pray so that

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he can answer it. It goes into the hearts of

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the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. What was the mission, or is the mission,

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not was, is the mission of the Holy Spirit? To

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reveal Jesus. The Bible says in John 16, 14,

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Jesus said, he will glorify me. Jesus also said

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in John 15, 26, when the Holy Spirit comes, he

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will testify of me. The Holy Spirit always points

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to Jesus. who is the key figure in all of God's

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plan. So it's the work of the Holy Spirit to

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reveal Jesus and to bring people to Jesus. In

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Jesus' earthly ministry, what was Jesus' ministry?

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What did he talk about a lot? He talked a lot

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about, yes, the kingdom, but he also talked a

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lot about the Father. And he came to the earth

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and he didn't reveal Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nisi,

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Jehovah Sidkenu, a God on a first name basis,

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Adonai. He came and he revealed to humanity the

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heart of a father who wanted to have a family.

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Right? So the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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are all in perfect harmony. They never had a

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crisis management meeting in heaven. They never

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tried to sit down and work things out. They have

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never had a power struggle in and amongst themselves.

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They all work in harmony. They all work together.

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It's the Father, the Son, and it's the Holy Spirit.

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How many of you love the Holy Spirit? So let's

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give a basic foundation. What's the basic foundation?

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Shabu talked about it last week. I'm going to

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highlight it and give you scripture. Everyone

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say scripture. In the Old Testament, he was never

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within them. He did not live in them. He would

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always come upon the prophets, the priests, and

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the king. And the reason he did that was? for

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service. But at the new birth, you and I become

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one with him. Jesus said, that which is born

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of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of

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the spirit is spirit. John 14, 16 through 18

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says, he, when the Holy Spirit comes, he will

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dwell with you. and he shall be in you. I like

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to tell people something like this. Do you know

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that you are the temple, the very sanctuary of

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the Holy Spirit? As God has said, I will dwell

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in them. I will walk in them. I will be their

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God. They will be my people. So in essence, we

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do have another person living on the inside of

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us. Honestly, I am personally very aware that

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I have another person, and I'm schizophrenic

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and I'm not crazy, I'm not bipolar, none of the

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above. But I have another person living on the

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inside of me. Let me give you something very

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practical. Because sometimes we like to go...

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Here's something very practical. When I moved

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into my house in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, I also

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live here, and I'm not going anywhere. Just saying.

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I was praying about a decision. Everyone say

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praying about a decision. And how many of you

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know that God cares about everything in your

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life? The big things, the small things, everything.

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You think about it like this. Every hair on your

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head is numbered. That's how precious we are

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to God. Then he goes on to say, in all your thoughts,

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he says, I've discerned them from afar. So he's

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a very beautiful, intricate. God who cares about

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the big things and the little things. And so

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I was praying about a very big need that I had.

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Because in Florida, you know, I'm not there all

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the time. And in Florida, things can happen that

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could really ruin your house. Mold is a big one.

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Big one. And just in general, water is a big

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one. And then putting the shutters on the windows.

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We had Two or three hurricanes last year. Unbelievable.

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We actually kept my shutters up. Two hurricanes

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in a row. I certainly can't do that, nor do I

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know how to do that. But he said, I will perfect

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everything that concerns you. I care about you,

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and if it concerns you, it concerns me. And I

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want to provide for you all of your needs according

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to my riches and glory. And if you just trust

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me with all of your heart, I will lead you on

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the best path for your life. I'm going to show

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you things to come and I'm going to help you

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and I'm going to strengthen you and I'm going

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to be there for you. And so for me, I was a little

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anxious about. finding a house watch person.

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And I interviewed some people, and aren't you

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glad we're all a team? My assistant found this

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one house watch person on the internet, and she

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said, check this guy out. His name is Nick. So

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he was my second person that I interviewed, and

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this is what I did. And I want you to listen

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to how I'm going to tell you this. I look on

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the inside of me when I was interviewing these

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people. Everyone say, look on the inside. We

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do lean to our own understanding and we have

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to use our heads, but you have another person

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living on the inside of you who really cares

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about making sure things go well with you and

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you're established. Doesn't the Bible say that

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the plans I have for you are plans to prosper

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you? not harm you, but give you a hope in the

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future. Oh, you know, well, this bad thing happened

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to me, and God was just teaching me. No, that's

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not God. The thief comes to kill, steal, and

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destroy. Every good and every perfect gift is

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from above. So Nick walks into my house, and

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I looked at him, and of course, I love order.

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I love order. Almost a little bit to a fault.

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I have to be careful. Because if you're like

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that, you have to be careful. Does anybody in

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here know what I'm talking about? So he had his

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sheet. He was very organized, very structured,

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had checklists, told me about what he was doing.

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And I was listening to him, and I liked the order

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that he had. It was the most incredible thing.

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And I always tell him, Nick, God brought you

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into my life. It was the most interesting thing.

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This doesn't always happen. But I literally,

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it was like I felt another person rise up inside

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me, look out of my eyes, and the Holy Ghost said,

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he's the one. Hire him. Do you see what happens

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when we listen to the Holy Spirit? We look on

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the inside and we allow him to talk to us, to

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guide us, to help us. Amen? So the Holy Spirit

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is within the believer. Let's talk about the

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Holy Spirit and his personality. Are we still

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good? I'm going to go just a little bit longer.

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Romans 8, 16 says, the Spirit himself bears witness

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with our spirit that we are the children of God.

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Everyone say himself. Verse 26 says, likewise,

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the Spirit also helps in our weakness. When we

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don't know how to pray, the Spirit himself makes

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intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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Everyone say himself. Himself. The Holy Spirit

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is a person. In the third person, masculine in

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gender and not an it. In the third person, neuter

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gender. The Holy Spirit is the third person of

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the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is not a mere influence,

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blessing, or manifestation. He is a person. He

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is a hymn. He has a personality. There's so many

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things I could say about that. Those of you that

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were here last week for the communion service

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and the service where Shabub spoke, I was sitting

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there in the front row, and as I was sitting

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there, the person of the Holy Spirit rose up

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inside me, and he said, there's many people here

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who have experienced extreme betrayal, and as

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they take communion, I can begin the process

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of restoring their soul. So I had the word of

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the Lord, and I had it on the inside. But when

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I got up to do the communion, I was so overwhelmed

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with the love of the Spirit that it was difficult

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for me to articulate the communion service. What

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is that? That's the love of the Holy Spirit.

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The Bible talks about the love of God is shed

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abroad in your heart by... the Holy Spirit. It

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was the manifestation of a person, the Holy Spirit,

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coming upon me, and I had a feeling, I had a

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sense, and I had the love, and it overtook me

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with emotion. The Holy Spirit is not an emotion,

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but when He manifests Himself upon you, you will

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at times have emotions that go with it. This

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is my book, Decision Time. Everyone should read

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this book, especially those of you who are at

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a crossroads in your life. You don't know what

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

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This is the book where you reach a place where

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

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in my life. I also include in this book how to

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hear the voice of God, which is important when

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

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at margieflaurent .org, you will see that this

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book is available to you. We're going to highlight,

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and I'm almost done, the role of the Holy Spirit

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and what Jesus ultimately said about him. Mary

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and the conception. I loved reviewing this yesterday.

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When the angel came to Mary, we're not going

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to read the whole thing. He said, you found favor

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with God. And you're going to conceive, and you're

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going to bring forth a son. You're to name him

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Jesus. He's going to be called the Son of the

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Most High. And basically, he's going to be the

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Redeemer of all mankind. So Mary is a human being.

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Mary steps back, and she asks the angel a question.

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She said, how can these things be? How is this

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word? going to come to pass? How can these things

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be? She said, I never knew a man. She was a virgin.

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And what was the response of the angel? You remember?

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Come on. Christmas 101. The Holy Ghost. The Holy

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Spirit. is going to come upon you. And the power

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of the Most High is going to overshadow you.

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I'm going to endow you. I'm going to overshadow

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you. And I am going to empower you. She was pregnant,

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the scripture says. The Holy One, she was pregnant.

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Matthew 1 .18, she was found to be with child

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by the Holy Spirit. So he was very active in

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the conception. The Holy Spirit needs to be very

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active in the conception of what God is wanting

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to do in building the church. He said, I am going

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to build my church, and the gates of hell will

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not prevail against my church. But I need my

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people, which are called by my name, to allow

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me and receive my enablement. receive my power,

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receive that which I need in order for them to

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conceive and ultimately give birth, in my opinion,

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to what many have said, to one of the greatest

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moves of God the earth has ever seen. It's been

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spoken, it's been prophesied, it's been said

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by real prophets, not fake ones. real prophets,

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that we are definitely living in the last of

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the last of the last days. And the glory of the

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latter house is going to be greater. And when

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I heard Kenneth E. Hagin say, read the book,

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I believe in visions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Read

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the book. Jesus told him in one of the visions,

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he said, there is coming a move of God, and it's

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going to be a faceless move, which is what I

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like. And the only one that's going to get the

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glory is Jesus, the author and the finisher of

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this revival. It's going to be a faceless movement.

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And the only one getting the glory is Jesus.

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He said, but there's coming a revival. He said,

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it's going to culminate all the other moves of

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God that's ever happened in the earth. And he

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said, and then he said, I'm going to come for

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my people. Don't get afraid that people talk

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about the last days. I don't major on that. But

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I'm telling you, you can sense it on the inside

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that that he's standing at the door and he's

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knocking and he's saying, now is the time. This

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is the place. You are the people. I am getting

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ready. Will you open yourselves up and allow

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me to do what I desire to do? Or are you going

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to box me out? out and not allow me. Some of

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the most funnest favorite services I've ever

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been in is, yes, the word of God. But when the

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Holy Ghost begins to move and manifest, amen,

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we need both. Praise God. And then the angel

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goes on to say in verse 37, with God, nothing

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will be impossible. Well, you know what I've

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learned in my life? My life. That when I have

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the Holy Spirit working in my personal life,

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working in my ministry, I could never do this

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without the Holy Ghost. Are you kidding? I know

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that nothing, absolutely nothing, absolutely

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abeste, nothing is impossible. Nothing. How can

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these things be? The Holy Ghost will come upon

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you. The power of the Most High shall overshadow

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you. How am I ever going to get in ministry?

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The Holy Ghost is going to come upon you. How

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am I going to preach? I'm such an introvert,

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and I've got so much warfare in my mind. The

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Holy Ghost is going to come upon you, and the

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power of the Most High is going to overshadow

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you. And if you trust me, I will turn you into

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another man. But we've got to let him. You know,

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it's the Mel Robbins theory. Let them. Well,

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we got to let the Holy Ghost move. And when you

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open your heart up, he starts out with a trickle.

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And then you keep opening because now you're

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getting comfortable with him. Oh, that was the

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Holy Ghost. And then you open your heart and

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then he comes in and he has a cup of water flowing

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through you. And then, oh, that was the Holy

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Ghost. You know, some people do the, oh, I'm

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not one of them. I know I got the shoes going,

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but I'm a little more conservative. I see I'm

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in meetings, people are on the floor. It's like,

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let them. Don't look at them. That's how they

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express themselves. Right? But you just open

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yourself up to the Holy Ghost, and then a cup

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flows out. And then as you yield to him and allow

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him to move, and then it begins to come up like

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a rushing mighty wind, like a rushing force that

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comes. God said, I don't want you to be ankle

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deep. I don't want you to be, you know, knee

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deep. I want the rivers of my presence to overflow

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my people in this day and in this hour. Don't

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we have enough seeker -friendly churches? Aren't

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you bored with hearing things? You know, I could

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go to therapy to hear the things I get in some

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churches. Amen? How many of you want the power

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and the presence of the Holy Ghost? The Holy

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Spirit was active in Jesus' ministry. Luke 3

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.21, we're going to skip over this. The Holy

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Spirit was the one that came upon him at the

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baptism. Jesus did no mighty works until he was

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baptized in the Holy Spirit. And I'll tell you,

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I'm just going to introduce Wednesday night,

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the more you pray in tongues, the more you stir

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yourself up and use your prayer language, the

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more the gifts of the Spirit will flow up out

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of you. John 7, 38, the more the manifestations

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of the Spirit will come. You're building yourself

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up. You're edifying yourself. You're bigger on

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the inside than you are on the outside. But in

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the ministry of Jesus, after he was empowered

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by the Holy Ghost, The Bible says he was led

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by the Spirit into the wilderness. But when he

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was led, he was, let me word it right, he was

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full of the Spirit. But I just have a little

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nugget. He was in the temptation, what is it,

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40 days, 40 nights, being tempted of the devil.

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And the interesting thing, one of the very first

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things the enemy tempted him on was his identity.

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And didn't God, when he came upon him, say, this

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is my beloved son in who I am well pleased? And

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what was one of the things he was tempted with?

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If you are the son of God. You see how the devil

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works? We cannot be ignorant of Satan's devices.

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He will always take a little bit of truth and

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he'll try to distort what God said about you.

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That's why it's important to renew our mind.

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So here's the deal. So Jesus, after he came out

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of that temptation, he came out filled with the

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Holy Ghost. He went in full, but when he came

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out, no, it says he returned in the power of

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the Spirit. What I've learned about trials and

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temptations, when you overcome them, you come

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out stronger. All right, so we're going to close

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with these two scriptures. And I'm not going

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to comment other than read them. You're right.

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So Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come

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and that he would continue the work of God after

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he went to the Father. Jesus, forgive us. Why

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have we neglected you, Holy Spirit? Forgive us.

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Help us to understand. and to know him and to

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understand his workings. I pray that you'd give

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us wisdom and revelation. John 16, 5, Jesus said,

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I'm going away to him who sent me. Yet none of

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you asked me, where are you going? Where are

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you going? We depended on you. We watched you

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teach. We watched you multiply the loaves and

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the fishes. We've needed your wisdom. When I

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was afraid, I knew you'd be there talking about.

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You're going away? You're going to leave us like

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this? Orphans? We have forsaken all to follow

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you. We've left houses and brothers and sisters,

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our nets, our jobs, and now you're telling us

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you're leaving? And Jesus said, because I've

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said these things to you, sorrow has filled your

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hearts. They're human. He said, however, I have

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a secret. I'm telling you nothing but the truth.

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When I say to you, it is profitable for you that

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I go away. Most people are not going to have

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visions of Jesus like Kenneth E. Hagin did. Sometimes

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I'm like, why don't you just walk into my room

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and talk to me like you talk to him. Who knows?

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But we have an invisible guide, and we have a

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teacher who is with us. But if I do not go away,

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the comforter, the comforter, Dave DeMola, remember?

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He would go paracletos. It means the comforter,

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the counselor, the helper, the advocate, the

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intercessor, the strengthener, the standby, will

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not. come to you but if I go away I will send

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them to you because see Jesus was all those things

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now he's sending his replacement to the earth

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and when he comes he will convict and convince

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the world and bring demonstration to it about

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righteousness about judgment about sin because

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they do not believe in me and about righteousness

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because I go to the Father It's the Holy Ghost

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that convicted you to get saved. That's all I'm

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going to say about that. Don't stop praying for

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your unsaved loved ones because it activates

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the Holy Ghost to convict them and convince them

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of their need for Jesus when you can't convince

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them. Because he's a person and he's right there

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and he's hovering over them. He's dealing with

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them. He's our teacher. But the helper, Jesus

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said, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send

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in my name. I love you, Holy Spirit. He will

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teach you all things and bring all things to

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your remembrance. You think I'm teaching you?

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I learned a lot today by some things I said.

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How does that happen? The Holy Ghost. He rises

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up. I've learned to yield. And when I sense something

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coming up, I say it, and it just fits. Lastly,

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John 16. Jesus said, I have so many things to

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say to you, but you can't really bear them now.

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You're not going to understand because you need

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help to understand. However, when he, the spirit

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of truth, has come, he will guide you into all

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truth. He will not speak on his own authority,

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but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he

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will tell you things. to come. Let's stand. Just

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lift our hands. 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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