David Jeremiah - Walking in the Spirit

June 20, 2026 | 57:29

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - Walking in the Spirit | June 20, 2026

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Dr. david jeremiah: many would say,
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"i believe in the holy spirit."
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But my question is: do you know the holy spirit?
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Do you know what he does, what he provides?
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He was there at creation.
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He came in power at pentecost.
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He's the most personal and perhaps
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The most misunderstood member of the trinity.
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The study of the holy spirit as revealed in the scripture
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Shows he is more than a feeling,
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More than a force, more than an emotion,
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More than an experience.
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So who is the holy spirit?
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The holy spirit is god with us, god in us,
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And god at work through us.
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Discover more about the holy spirit
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Than you ever imagined,
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And experience his presence and power as never before.
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♪ lord, you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ lord, you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ people from every nation and tongue ♪
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♪ from generation to generation ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ oh, we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ oh c'mon ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ for who you are ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: you don't break the control of sin
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Over your life
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By determining in your heart not to sin again.
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You break that habit by inputting
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The ministry of the word of god
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And the holy spirit in your life;
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You overwhelm the bad habit with the habit of the spirit.
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Announcer: that's coming up today on "turning point."
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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From knowing about the holy spirit
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To deeply knowing him?
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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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"the holy spirit you may not know,"
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You will discover what it truly means
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To experience the presence and power of the holy spirit
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In your life.
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You may know about the holy spirit
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As the third person of the trinity,
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But do you know him as your helper,
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Your comforter, your counselor, and friend?
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In "the holy spirit you may not know,"
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Dr. jeremiah shows you how the spirit equips you
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With spiritual gifts,
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Provides guidance in your decisions,
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And empowers you to live the dynamic life jesus promised,
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Because you may not know the holy spirit
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As well as you think, but once you do,
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You'll never be the same.
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"the holy spirit you may not know" is yours
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For a gift of any amount in support of this program.
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Or for a gift of $75 or more, you'll receive
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"the holy spirit you may not know" set,
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Containing dr. jeremiah's new book,
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Teaching series on cd or dvd, correlating study guide,
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And the holy spirit strength bookmark.
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Containing dr. jeremiah's three powerful volumes,
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Guiding you deeper into your understanding
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And relationship with god the father,
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The son, and the holy spirit.
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Don't go another day without experiencing
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The presence, guidance, and power of the holy spirit
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In your life.
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Order "the holy spirit you may not know" book or set
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Or "the trinity collection."
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♪ i love you, lord ♪
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♪ oh, your mercy never fails me ♪
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♪ all my days ♪
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♪ i've been held in your hands ♪
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♪ from the moment that i wake up ♪
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♪ until i lay my head ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪
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♪ all my life you have been faithful ♪
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♪ all my life you have been so, so good ♪
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♪ with every breath that i am able ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪
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♪ i love your voice ♪
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♪ you have led me through the fire ♪
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♪ and in darkest nights ♪
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♪ you are close like no other ♪
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♪ i've known you as a father ♪
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♪ i've known you as a friend ♪
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♪ and i have lived in the goodness of god ♪
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♪ you're all my life ♪
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♪ all my life you have been faithful ♪
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♪ yes, you have, lord ♪
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♪ all my life you have been so, so good ♪
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♪ with every breath that i am able ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪
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♪ your goodness is running after ♪
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♪ it's running after me ♪
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♪ your goodness is running after ♪
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♪ it's running after me ♪
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♪ with my life laid down ♪
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♪ i'm surrendered now ♪
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♪ i give you everything ♪
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♪ your goodness is running after ♪
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♪ it's running after me, oh ♪
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♪ all my life ♪
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♪ all my life you have been faithful ♪
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♪ yes, you have, lord ♪
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♪ all my life you have been so, so good ♪
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♪ with every breath that i am able ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪
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♪ oh, i will sing ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪
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♪ i will sing of the goodness of god ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: dr. david jeremiah is delivering
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The unchanging word of god every month
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To more than half a million homes
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Through "turning points" magazine and devotional.
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Read articles and devotionals from dr. jeremiah each month
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That will encourage, challenge, and strengthen
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Your walk with the lord.
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As you explore the pages of "turning points" each month,
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You'll find inspirational articles
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From dr. jeremiah on biblical themes
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He believes are most relevant for today's times,
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As well as daily devotionals, including an uplifting thought
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From dr. jeremiah, a powerful verse to remember,
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A recommended scripture reading
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For deeper study, and a yearly bible reading plan.
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♪ blessed are those who walk with him ♪
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♪ whose hearts are set on pilgrimage ♪
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♪ with jesus ♪
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♪ they'll see his glory ♪
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♪ blessed are those who die to live ♪
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♪ whose joy it is to give it all for jesus ♪
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♪ and for him only ♪
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♪ oh, jesus, all for your glory ♪
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♪ come on and praise the lord with me ♪
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♪ sing if you love his name ♪
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♪ come on and lift your voice with me ♪
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♪ he's worthy of all our praise ♪
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♪ come on and bring your offering ♪
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♪ sing if you've known his grace ♪
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♪ come on and lift up your holy hands ♪
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♪ he's worthy of all our praise ♪
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♪ bless god in the sanctuary ♪
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♪ bless god in the fields of plenty ♪
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♪ bless god in the darkest valley ♪
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♪ every chance i get, i bless your name ♪
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♪ bless god when my hands are empty ♪
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♪ bless god with a praise that costs me ♪
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♪ bless god when nobody's watching ♪
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♪ every chance i get, i bless your name ♪
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♪ bless god when the weapon's forming ♪
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♪ bless god when the walls are falling ♪
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♪ bless god 'cause he goes before me ♪
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♪ every chance i get, i bless your name ♪
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♪ bless god for he holds the victory ♪
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♪ bless god for he's always with me ♪
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♪ bless god for he's always worthy ♪
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♪ every chance i get, i bless your name ♪
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♪ every chance i get, i bless your name ♪
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♪ every chance i get ♪
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♪ come on and praise the lord with me ♪
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♪ sing if you love his name ♪
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♪ come on and lift your voice with me ♪
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♪ he's worthy of all our praise ♪
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♪ come on and bring your offering ♪
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♪ sing if you've known his grace ♪
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♪ come on and lift up your holy hands ♪
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♪ he's worthy of all our praise ♪
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♪ he's worthy of all our praise ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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♪ they say this mountain can't be moved ♪
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♪ they say these chains will never break ♪
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♪ but they don't know you like we do ♪
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♪ there is power in your name ♪
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♪ we've heard that there is no way through ♪
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♪ we've heard the tide will never change ♪
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♪ they haven't seen what you can do ♪
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♪ there is power in your name ♪
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♪ so much power in your name ♪
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♪ move the immovable ♪
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♪ break the unbreakable ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ from the impossible ♪
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♪ we'll see a miracle ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ we know that hope is never lost ♪
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♪ oh, for there is still an empty grave ♪
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♪ god, we believe no matter what ♪
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♪ there is power in your name ♪
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♪ oh, so much power in your name ♪
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♪ move the immovable ♪
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♪ break the unbreakable ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ from the impossible ♪
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♪ we'll see a miracle ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ you are the way ♪
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♪ oh god, you are the way ♪
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♪ when there seems to be no way ♪
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♪ we trust in you ♪
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♪ god, you have the final say ♪
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♪ you are the way ♪
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♪ when there seems to be no way ♪
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♪ we trust in you ♪
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♪ for you have the final say ♪
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♪ you are the way and the truth and the life ♪
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♪ you are the way ♪
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♪ you have the final say ♪
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♪ ooh ♪
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♪ move the immovable ♪
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♪ break the unbreakable ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ from the impossible ♪
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♪ we'll see a miracle ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ move the immovable ♪
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♪ break the unbreakable ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ from the impossible ♪
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♪ we'll see a miracle ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ oh, we believe for it ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ you said it, i believe it ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ and it is done ♪
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Allissa womack: sing it with me again.
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♪ you said it and i believe it ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ it is done ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ i believe it ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ it is done ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ i believe it ♪
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♪ you said it ♪
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♪ it is done ♪
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♪ move the immovable ♪
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♪ break the unbreakable ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ from the impossible ♪
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♪ we'll see a miracle ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪
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♪ god, we believe ♪
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♪ god, we believe for it ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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From knowing about the holy spirit
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To deeply knowing him?
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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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"the holy spirit you may not know,"
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And now here is dr. jeremiah with his message
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"walking in the spirit."
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Dr. jeremiah: if you've ever watched
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The halftime show at a basketball game,
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You know how hard they try to keep everything
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Entertaining for the crowd during that period.
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There are frisbee-catching dogs and trampoline dunkers,
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And even dancing unicyclists.
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But at a recent las vegas aces game,
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The stars of the show were 2 feet tall
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And still in diapers.
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It was the baby crawl race.
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Ten little ones lined up at the free throw line,
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While parents waved toys and rattled keys
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And made noises they'd never make
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In public anywhere else.
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The crowd was roaring.
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The players on the bench were laughing.
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And then something unexpected happened.
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One baby girl stopped crawling halfway across the floor.
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She wobbled for a moment as if she couldn't decide
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What to do next,
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And then to everyone's amazement,
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The little toddler stood up.
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Cameras came out, the whole arena
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Held their breath.
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She took one uncertain step and then another,
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And suddenly she was walking right into her mother's arms.
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Every parent remembers that moment,
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But never in public like that.
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And the bible talks about another kind of walk.
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It's interesting that in the bible,
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The terminology that is used to help us understand truth
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Is not difficult.
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It's easy to understand because it comes from
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Our own human experience.
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Walking is something every one of us knows about.
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And paul said it this way.
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He said, "walk in the spirit,
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And you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh."
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Now we all know what it means to walk.
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We learned that before our 2nd birthday.
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But what does it mean to walk in the spirit?
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How do you do that?
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To walk in the spirit means to live every day
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In dependence upon god.
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It is fellowship and reliance on the holy spirit
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To do what he came to do and what he alone can do.
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Sometimes we get the idea that the christian life
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Is a matter of grim determination.
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Maybe that's how you were taught at some point
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In your life.
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You get up in the morning, you square your shoulders,
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You tighten your belt, you draw in three deep breaths,
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And you determine in your heart,
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"today i'm gonna live for jesus, even if it kills me."
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And it just might.
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As worthy as that goal might sound,
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It is not how the lord intended us
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To live the christian life,
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And if you keep that up for very long,
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You will be exhausted.
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You'll be looking for a way to resign.
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The truth is living as a disciple of jesus
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Is not an issue of determination at all.
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It is an issue of dependence.
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It isn't trying, it's trusting.
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What a vast difference there is
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Between determining and depending
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And between trying and trusting.
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If i understand anything at all about the word of god
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And about the ministry of the holy spirit
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In the life of the believer,
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The relationship is one of depending on him
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To do his work through us.
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It is not our trying somehow to manufacture
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All the evidences of the holy spirit
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Through our own energy and determination.
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There are some major reasons why trying to live
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The christian life in our own strength won't work.
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One of the reasons why you can't do this
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On your own is that the demands of the christian life
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Are too demanding.
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Watchman nee once wrote a book called
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"the normal christian life," but the fact is
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There's nothing normal about it.
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The christian life is not hard.
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The christian life is impossible.
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If you try to live the christian life
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In your own strength, you will be constantly defeated,
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Constantly wondering why you can't do better.
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I once took a pencil and a yellow pad,
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And i listed every new testament instance
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Of the little word "walk."
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Let me give you a sampling of what i found.
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We are to walk in good works,
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"for we are his workmanship, created in christ jesus
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For good works, which god prepared beforehand
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That we should walk in them."
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We're to walk in good works.
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We're to walk properly: "let us walk properly,
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As in the day."
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We're to walk by faith, "for we walk by faith,
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And not by sight."
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We're to walk in love, "walk in love,
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As christ also loved us and has given himself for us."
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We're to walk as children of light,
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"for you were once darkness,
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But now are you light in the lord.
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Walk as children of light."
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You're to walk worthy of the lord,
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"walk worthy of the lord, fully pleasing him."
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You're to walk as jesus walked.
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And many other expressions built around just one word.
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And let's be honest, as we read those things
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And we let them mount up in our minds, we say,
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"there is no way.
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No way.
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We're called to do something that's impossible.
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It's not hard, it's impossible,"
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And the expectations of the bible for christianity
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Are very high.
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That's why so many christians get discouraged.
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I once had a lady walk into my office
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And turn her bible in.
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I'm not kidding you.
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She walked in and she said, "i can't do this,"
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And she turned in her bible like it was her badge
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Or something.
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So the demands of the christian life
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Are overwhelming.
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Can i get a witness? and we all know that, don't we?
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And then the determination of our enemy
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Is very strong as well.
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Not only is the walk difficult, but we have someone pursuing us
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Who is constantly laying traps for us
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Along the way.
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We have a determined enemy.
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He is real. he is after us.
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His whole goal, his whole reason for existence
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Is to undermine god's people,
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And he will go to any lengths to do that.
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Who is this enemy? of course you know who he is.
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He's the devil, satan, the adversary,
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And he has a team.
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Did you know that?
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Listen to paul's description of our situation
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In this paraphrase of ephesians 6:12.
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"for we are not fighting against people made of flesh
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And blood, but against persons without bodies--
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The evil rulers of the unseen world,
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Those mighty satanic beings
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And great evil princes of darkness
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Who rule the world;
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And against huge numbers of wicked spirits
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In the spirit world."
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Satan is an ancient and powerful foe
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With vast resources and bitter hatred of jesus
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And everybody who belongs to him.
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You wonder why christians are persecuted.
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They're persecuted because satan hates christians,
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And when satan gets control of someone,
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That hatred is responded to by that person.
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I become very concerned when i hear people joking flippantly
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About satan.
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Like, "i don't worry about satan.
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He doesn't know what he's dealing with
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If he's dealing with me."
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Oh yes, he does.
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I hear people joking about it,
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And scripture tells us
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That the mighty archangel michael
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Did not dare to bring an accusation
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Against the devil.
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I'm not saying that we should give him credit he doesn't need,
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But we must bear in mind that satan is
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A fierce, formidable enemy.
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We shouldn't overestimate his influence in our lives,
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But it's easy and dangerous to underestimate him.
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1 peter 5:8 says that satan is like a roaring lion,
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Ever prowling, seeking whom he may devour.
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And unfortunately, as you know,
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If you read the tabloids,
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Many christians are being devoured.
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He is devouring their influence.
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He's devouring their marriages.
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He's devouring their children.
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He's devouring their opportunities
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For ministry and service.
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They're literally being eaten alive.
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Revelation 12:9 tells us that "he is the great dragon,
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The serpent of old, the devil and satan,
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Who deceives the whole world."
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He is a dangerous and devious enemy,
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And his goal is to undermine and neutralize god's people.
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Satan doesn't waste much time
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With people who aren't christians.
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I mean, why would he?
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He's already got them.
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They're already on his side in the ledger,
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And they're already, whether they know it or not,
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Doing his will.
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But once you become part of god's family,
00:28:55.350 --> 00:28:57.719
You can count on a new relationship with satan.
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You can no longer take for granted
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That he will leave you alone, because he won't.
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You're no longer in the safe column
00:29:06.795 --> 00:29:08.530
Of his ledger.
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He puts you on his hit list, and he'll be after you
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For as long as you live on this earth.
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Do you remember the conversation that jesus had with peter
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Shortly before jesus went to the cross?
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Jesus looked into his friend's eyes and he said,
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"simon, indeed, satan has asked for you
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That he may sift you as wheat, but i have prayed for you
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That your faith should not fail."
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That's what satan wants to do.
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He wants to get his hands on our lives.
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He wants to shake us and sift us and unsettle us.
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In 2 corinthians 2:11, paul tells us
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That satan utilizes schemes, or devices,
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And the word "scheme" means the same thing as strategy.
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In other words, paul is saying that we shouldn't be
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Ignorant of satan's strategies
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To undercut our lives and destroy us.
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Satan has a strategy for each one of us.
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If you could sneak into satan's office,
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Take a peek into his files, you might be surprised to find
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A file folder with your name on it.
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And inside that file are all the strategies
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He's tried on you--
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The ones that have worked and the ones that have failed.
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He doesn't waste his time
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With the ones that don't work anymore.
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Instead, he uses variations on the strategies
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That have caused you to stumble in the past,
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And as long as they keep working,
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He keeps using them.
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Somewhere in that file cabinet, there's a file labeled
00:30:36.451 --> 00:30:39.420
"jeremiah, david."
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In that file, i wouldn't be surprised at all
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If there's a notation that reads something like this:
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"subject may be prone to discouragement,
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Especially if he becomes overly weary.
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This has worked several times before
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And seems a promising method of attack.
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Suggestion: make sure he stays very busy
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And physically tired.
00:31:00.875 --> 00:31:02.810
At all costs, keep him from extended times
00:31:02.810 --> 00:31:05.313
Of bible reading and prayer."
00:31:05.313 --> 00:31:07.315
So what is satan's strategy for me?
00:31:07.315 --> 00:31:10.051
He looks for ways to discourage me.
00:31:10.051 --> 00:31:12.320
He uses whatever people and whatever means
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And whatever circumstances it takes to achieve his goal.
00:31:15.890 --> 00:31:19.894
I know that to be true, but it shouldn't surprise me
00:31:19.894 --> 00:31:22.797
Because the scripture says he has a strategy
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For every one of us, and it's the same for you.
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Maybe your file says: "frequently tempted to gossip
00:31:28.403 --> 00:31:32.140
Or has quick temper or is prone to coveting
00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:35.510
And jealousy or is weak in the area of lust."
00:31:35.510 --> 00:31:39.180
Don't kid yourself.
00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.515
He knows very well where your vulnerabilities lie.
00:31:40.515 --> 00:31:43.885
It's all in his file.
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You've probably heard the statement
00:31:46.888 --> 00:31:48.523
That god loves you and has a wonderful plan
00:31:48.523 --> 00:31:50.692
For your life.
00:31:50.692 --> 00:31:52.126
That's very good news, but it's also true
00:31:52.126 --> 00:31:55.096
That satan hates you
00:31:55.096 --> 00:31:56.698
And has a plan to destroy your life,
00:31:56.698 --> 00:31:59.334
And he's after you with unbounded energy
00:31:59.334 --> 00:32:02.270
To see what he can do
00:32:02.270 --> 00:32:03.972
To make sure you do not succeed as a follower of jesus christ.
00:32:03.972 --> 00:32:07.809
That sounds scary, but remember this
00:32:07.809 --> 00:32:09.944
When you think of it: "greater is he who is in you
00:32:09.944 --> 00:32:13.247
Than he who is in the world."
00:32:13.247 --> 00:32:15.116
You ultimately have the winning card in your heart,
00:32:15.116 --> 00:32:19.587
In the person of jesus christ and the holy spirit.
00:32:19.587 --> 00:32:23.224
And then there's the destructive influence
00:32:23.224 --> 00:32:25.360
Of the flesh.
00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:27.261
In galatians 5:16 we read these words:
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"walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill
00:32:30.098 --> 00:32:33.368
The lust of the flesh."
00:32:33.368 --> 00:32:36.237
What does that mean?
00:32:36.237 --> 00:32:38.172
Take the h off of the end and spell it backwards,
00:32:38.172 --> 00:32:41.909
And what does it say?
00:32:41.909 --> 00:32:43.444
What is the flesh, you guys?
00:32:43.444 --> 00:32:45.413
It is self.
00:32:45.413 --> 00:32:46.981
It is selfish, me only.
00:32:46.981 --> 00:32:49.984
I am the key. i'm the center of everything.
00:32:49.984 --> 00:32:52.954
That's what the flesh is.
00:32:52.954 --> 00:32:54.789
It's a term that goes beyond bones and blood and muscle,
00:32:54.789 --> 00:32:58.559
Especially paul's writing tells us
00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:01.863
That the flesh is life apart from god,
00:33:01.863 --> 00:33:05.133
Centered only on you.
00:33:05.133 --> 00:33:08.169
The flesh is everything you are minus god.
00:33:08.169 --> 00:33:11.572
The flesh is everything you were
00:33:11.572 --> 00:33:13.541
Before christ became your savior.
00:33:13.541 --> 00:33:16.411
So paul says if we walk by means of the spirit,
00:33:16.411 --> 00:33:19.847
We won't be walking in the flesh.
00:33:19.847 --> 00:33:22.984
We won't be walking like god wasn't a part of us.
00:33:22.984 --> 00:33:25.987
Did you know that you can be a christian
00:33:25.987 --> 00:33:28.322
And act as though god isn't even in your life?
00:33:28.322 --> 00:33:31.459
I've known people like that.
00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:33.628
For all intents and purposes,
00:33:33.628 --> 00:33:35.196
Some christians are practical atheists.
00:33:35.196 --> 00:33:38.332
They live their lives as if there is no god.
00:33:38.332 --> 00:33:40.535
They are christians, yes. they've trusted christ.
00:33:40.535 --> 00:33:43.337
But somehow they've gotten away from walking with the lord
00:33:43.337 --> 00:33:46.474
And they are walking in their old flesh nature.
00:33:46.474 --> 00:33:50.845
The flesh can have great power over us.
00:33:50.845 --> 00:33:53.881
You don't lose your flesh
00:33:53.881 --> 00:33:55.216
When christ comes to live within you,
00:33:55.216 --> 00:33:57.251
And that's a strategy that we need to remember.
00:33:57.251 --> 00:33:59.620
When you become a christian, your old nature doesn't go away.
00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:03.324
Can i get a witness?
00:34:03.324 --> 00:34:04.859
"for the flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit,
00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:09.397
And the spirit what is contrary to the flesh.
00:34:09.397 --> 00:34:11.799
They are in conflict with each other
00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:14.335
So that you are not able to do whatever you want."
00:34:14.335 --> 00:34:18.005
How many of you have ever thought,
00:34:18.005 --> 00:34:19.340
"why can't i do what i know i'm supposed to do?"
00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:22.510
Because you're in a battle with the flesh.
00:34:22.510 --> 00:34:25.213
You're in a battle with the old nature.
00:34:25.213 --> 00:34:27.715
And what paul is saying is he's saying
00:34:27.715 --> 00:34:29.417
That there is a war going on within us,
00:34:29.417 --> 00:34:32.120
Flesh against the spirit.
00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:33.554
This is more than a matter of human willpower.
00:34:33.554 --> 00:34:36.591
I'm reminded of the story of the old farmer
00:34:36.591 --> 00:34:38.926
Who was once seen wrestling with a stubborn mule,
00:34:38.926 --> 00:34:42.163
And someone finally yelled out, "sam, where's your willpower?"
00:34:42.163 --> 00:34:45.700
And he wiped his brow and replied,
00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:47.502
"my willpower's fine.
00:34:47.502 --> 00:34:48.836
This mule's 'won't power' is the problem."
00:34:48.836 --> 00:34:53.241
Sometimes people ask me: why is the flesh so stubborn?
00:34:53.241 --> 00:34:57.545
Why does the flesh, self, the old you,
00:34:57.545 --> 00:35:01.048
Why does it still have such power in your life?
00:35:01.048 --> 00:35:03.885
I'd like to explore that for just a moment with you.
00:35:03.885 --> 00:35:07.388
I remember the first time i realized this
00:35:07.388 --> 00:35:09.957
And how it made so much sense to me.
00:35:09.957 --> 00:35:12.627
First of all, physical age versus spiritual age.
00:35:12.627 --> 00:35:16.964
I trusted christ when i was 15 years old,
00:35:16.964 --> 00:35:19.433
Which means my flesh had a 15-year head-start.
00:35:19.433 --> 00:35:25.139
Maybe yours had a 30 or 50 years before you came to christ.
00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:29.210
If you got saved at the age of 30,
00:35:29.210 --> 00:35:31.846
Your flesh had a 30-year head-start
00:35:31.846 --> 00:35:34.515
On the spirit.
00:35:34.515 --> 00:35:36.450
If you got saved at 70,
00:35:36.450 --> 00:35:38.619
Your flesh had a 70-year head-start
00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:41.923
On the holy spirit's reign in your life.
00:35:41.923 --> 00:35:44.692
Why is the battle so hard?
00:35:44.692 --> 00:35:46.160
Because the flesh was running before the spirit
00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:48.829
Ever showed up.
00:35:48.829 --> 00:35:50.898
Sometimes those habits and those things which you did
00:35:50.898 --> 00:35:53.834
Before you became a christian reappear.
00:35:53.834 --> 00:35:58.239
Before you were saved, you formed habits and reactions
00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:01.142
And thought patterns that cut deep grooves
00:36:01.142 --> 00:36:03.377
In your heart,
00:36:03.377 --> 00:36:05.046
And becoming a christian doesn't instantly erase
00:36:05.046 --> 00:36:06.948
Those ruts.
00:36:06.948 --> 00:36:08.282
The bible says: "old things pass away,
00:36:08.282 --> 00:36:10.151
And behold, all things are becoming new,"
00:36:10.151 --> 00:36:12.053
But they don't become new immediately.
00:36:12.053 --> 00:36:14.522
You don't immediately, when you become a christian,
00:36:14.522 --> 00:36:17.658
Realize that you never had any problems in the past.
00:36:17.658 --> 00:36:20.127
You know you had problems.
00:36:20.127 --> 00:36:22.063
There's parts of the american west
00:36:22.063 --> 00:36:23.631
Where you can still see wagon tracks
00:36:23.631 --> 00:36:25.733
From the oregon trail.
00:36:25.733 --> 00:36:27.735
No wagons have passed there in over a century,
00:36:27.735 --> 00:36:30.171
But the grooves are still etched in the ground,
00:36:30.171 --> 00:36:32.940
And it's the same with old patterns of sin.
00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:35.810
We may have turned in a new direction,
00:36:35.810 --> 00:36:37.845
But the old tracks remain.
00:36:37.845 --> 00:36:39.880
And if we are not careful, our wheels slide right back
00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:43.451
Into those paths.
00:36:43.451 --> 00:36:45.486
You may have gone places, practiced habits,
00:36:45.486 --> 00:36:48.356
Seen things before christ that you now reject.
00:36:48.356 --> 00:36:52.293
Yet the memories linger.
00:36:52.293 --> 00:36:53.861
You might be in worship when an old image
00:36:53.861 --> 00:36:55.763
Or an old craving suddenly flashes into your mind.
00:36:55.763 --> 00:36:59.700
That's the flesh and the enemy trying to pull you back
00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:03.170
Into familiar ruts.
00:37:03.170 --> 00:37:05.339
And there's another reason we struggle,
00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:07.642
And that's the influence of our culture.
00:37:07.642 --> 00:37:11.112
Let me ask you a question.
00:37:11.112 --> 00:37:13.014
What message does our culture promote today,
00:37:13.014 --> 00:37:17.685
The spirit or the flesh?
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It's no contest.
00:37:20.755 --> 00:37:22.957
Growing spiritually doesn't come easy.
00:37:22.957 --> 00:37:25.092
Take sunday morning as an example.
00:37:25.092 --> 00:37:26.694
It takes effort to join your local community
00:37:26.694 --> 00:37:28.996
For worship, as you have all done.
00:37:28.996 --> 00:37:31.399
You set the alarm, you drag yourself out of bed,
00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:34.035
Get the kids ready, drive across town,
00:37:34.035 --> 00:37:35.870
Find a parking spot, finally sit down,
00:37:35.870 --> 00:37:38.439
Hoping to hear from god's spirit.
00:37:38.439 --> 00:37:40.041
That takes work.
00:37:40.041 --> 00:37:42.209
But the flesh, that is effortless.
00:37:42.209 --> 00:37:45.279
You don't have to plan for it or put it on your calendar.
00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:47.782
The moment you flip on the tv or unlock your phone,
00:37:47.782 --> 00:37:51.085
It's there, parading itself, calling for your attention,
00:37:51.085 --> 00:37:54.588
Trying to shape the way you think
00:37:54.588 --> 00:37:55.990
And the way you feel.
00:37:55.990 --> 00:37:57.825
It hardly seems fair, doesn't it?
00:37:57.825 --> 00:37:59.660
What takes discipline to build can be undone
00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:02.563
With hardly any effort at all.
00:38:02.563 --> 00:38:04.765
And as believers we're pulled in every direction.
00:38:04.765 --> 00:38:07.568
We know that.
00:38:07.568 --> 00:38:08.903
We want a life dominated by the spirit,
00:38:08.903 --> 00:38:10.871
But the enticements of the flesh surround us,
00:38:10.871 --> 00:38:13.941
And soon we feel guilty and defeated and confused.
00:38:13.941 --> 00:38:17.311
"it must be me," we think.
00:38:17.311 --> 00:38:18.646
"i must be doing something wrong," we think.
00:38:18.646 --> 00:38:21.115
"something must be wrong inside of me."
00:38:21.115 --> 00:38:24.118
If we don't understand the nature of that struggle,
00:38:24.118 --> 00:38:27.088
It's easy to grow discouraged and think there's no hope,
00:38:27.088 --> 00:38:30.524
But there is an answer, and it begins with recognizing
00:38:30.524 --> 00:38:33.861
That the battle is real.
00:38:33.861 --> 00:38:36.630
If you are not having any inward struggle in your life,
00:38:36.630 --> 00:38:40.167
The probability is you don't have a new nature.
00:38:40.167 --> 00:38:42.937
Maybe the old nature is just very comfortable
00:38:42.937 --> 00:38:44.872
That you're doing what you've always done
00:38:44.872 --> 00:38:46.407
And everything is cool.
00:38:46.407 --> 00:38:49.477
But insert the new nature and world war iii can start
00:38:49.477 --> 00:38:55.015
Before you know it.
00:38:55.015 --> 00:38:57.718
Then there's the incompatibility
00:38:57.718 --> 00:38:59.353
Of our lifestyle with the world's.
00:38:59.353 --> 00:39:01.088
That's the third thing.
00:39:01.088 --> 00:39:02.523
Another reason we feel the pull of the flesh is simple:
00:39:02.523 --> 00:39:05.459
The moment you come to christ,
00:39:05.459 --> 00:39:07.928
You're no longer in step with the world.
00:39:07.928 --> 00:39:11.932
Your direction changes, your values shift.
00:39:11.932 --> 00:39:14.969
The current that once carried you
00:39:14.969 --> 00:39:16.570
Now runs against you, and that's not a flaw.
00:39:16.570 --> 00:39:19.774
It's evidence that you've been made new.
00:39:19.774 --> 00:39:22.410
We have watched this happen in our culture visually
00:39:22.410 --> 00:39:25.579
In these last weeks and months as we've seen the battle
00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:30.184
Between good and evil, the battle between christians
00:39:30.184 --> 00:39:32.953
And those who don't know christ, and the actual hatred,
00:39:32.953 --> 00:39:36.424
Vitriol hatred, for christian people.
00:39:36.424 --> 00:39:39.260
Why is that happening?
00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:40.694
That's a satanic thing that goes on.
00:39:40.694 --> 00:39:43.197
When you become a christian, you become a target.
00:39:43.197 --> 00:39:45.900
Some of you know that because it's happened
00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:47.601
Where you work or in your neighborhood
00:39:47.601 --> 00:39:49.670
Or among your family members.
00:39:49.670 --> 00:39:51.839
Christianity can be a uniter,
00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:54.041
But often it's a divider between people who know christ
00:39:54.041 --> 00:39:57.578
And people who don't know him.
00:39:57.578 --> 00:39:59.480
A. w. tozer once described the christian life like this.
00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.450
He said: "a true christian is a very unusual person.
00:40:02.450 --> 00:40:07.154
He loves someone he's never seen
00:40:07.154 --> 00:40:10.391
And speaks daily with someone he cannot see.
00:40:10.391 --> 00:40:14.195
He expects heaven because of another's merit.
00:40:14.195 --> 00:40:17.298
He empties himself to be filled and admits he is wrong
00:40:17.298 --> 00:40:20.468
In order to be made right.
00:40:20.468 --> 00:40:22.970
He goes down to rise up
00:40:22.970 --> 00:40:24.505
And is strongest when he is weakest.
00:40:24.505 --> 00:40:27.174
He gives to keep. he dies to live.
00:40:27.174 --> 00:40:29.643
He sees and knows what others say is impossible.
00:40:29.643 --> 00:40:33.080
The christian life doesn't really fit
00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:35.015
With the world around us," isn't that true?
00:40:35.015 --> 00:40:37.585
If you're a christian, in essence,
00:40:37.585 --> 00:40:39.320
You're in a minority.
00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:41.055
We do not live in a christian world,
00:40:41.055 --> 00:40:42.890
And we do not live in a christian nation,
00:40:42.890 --> 00:40:45.292
As much as that likes to be said.
00:40:45.292 --> 00:40:47.561
Our nation may have been founded on christian principles,
00:40:47.561 --> 00:40:50.431
But it has long since left that path.
00:40:50.431 --> 00:40:54.034
We are a godless nation, and if you're a christian,
00:40:54.034 --> 00:40:58.105
You walk in the midst of that environment
00:40:58.105 --> 00:41:00.641
And you wonder why it's hard, why it's difficult,
00:41:00.641 --> 00:41:04.778
Why it's impossible?
00:41:04.778 --> 00:41:06.280
The christian life really doesn't fit with the world,
00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:09.149
And we're different because of jesus,
00:41:09.149 --> 00:41:11.452
And that's a good thing,
00:41:11.452 --> 00:41:12.786
And i'm not saying we should hide from people
00:41:12.786 --> 00:41:14.421
Or act strange.
00:41:14.421 --> 00:41:16.290
Christ changes what we love and how we live.
00:41:16.290 --> 00:41:20.461
When you become a christian, you set yourself over here.
00:41:20.461 --> 00:41:24.098
It doesn't mean you don't have fellowship
00:41:24.098 --> 00:41:25.499
With those who don't know christ,
00:41:25.499 --> 00:41:27.668
But you are different.
00:41:27.668 --> 00:41:29.003
If you can be a christian and not be different,
00:41:29.003 --> 00:41:30.738
I don't know what christianity is.
00:41:30.738 --> 00:41:32.673
The bible says when christ comes to live within you,
00:41:32.673 --> 00:41:35.009
He changes you from the inside out.
00:41:35.009 --> 00:41:37.211
He gives you new desires, new hopes, new habits,
00:41:37.211 --> 00:41:40.014
New things to do, and some things not to do.
00:41:40.014 --> 00:41:43.384
It's amazing to me that i haven't preached
00:41:43.384 --> 00:41:45.386
On some things in a long time
00:41:45.386 --> 00:41:46.787
And somebody who's just become a christian
00:41:46.787 --> 00:41:48.389
Will come and say, "you know, dr. jeremiah?
00:41:48.389 --> 00:41:50.558
Since i got saved, i don't do this anymore.
00:41:50.558 --> 00:41:52.626
I don't do this anymore. i don't go here anymore.
00:41:52.626 --> 00:41:54.695
I don't do that anymore."
00:41:54.695 --> 00:41:56.730
And i wonder, "how in the world did you ever find out
00:41:56.730 --> 00:41:59.567
You shouldn't do those things?
00:41:59.567 --> 00:42:00.901
I haven't preached on any of those."
00:42:00.901 --> 00:42:03.203
And then i realize they have the best preacher going
00:42:03.203 --> 00:42:06.240
In the holy spirit.
00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:07.908
When you become a christian, how many of you know this:
00:42:07.908 --> 00:42:09.944
The holy spirit makes you uncomfortable
00:42:09.944 --> 00:42:11.812
With some of the things you used to do.
00:42:11.812 --> 00:42:13.747
He's making you uniquely different
00:42:13.747 --> 00:42:15.616
From the world in which you live.
00:42:15.616 --> 00:42:18.285
Now, if you want a good picture
00:42:18.285 --> 00:42:19.887
Of what it's like to walk in the flesh,
00:42:19.887 --> 00:42:22.122
All you have to do is read the 5th chapter of galatians
00:42:22.122 --> 00:42:25.426
Because it gives you a large-screen,
00:42:25.426 --> 00:42:28.195
Full-color picture of what the flesh is like,
00:42:28.195 --> 00:42:31.432
And it isn't pretty.
00:42:31.432 --> 00:42:33.267
Galatians 5:19-21: "now the works of the flesh
00:42:33.267 --> 00:42:37.605
Are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
00:42:37.605 --> 00:42:42.042
Uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery,
00:42:42.042 --> 00:42:45.446
Hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
00:42:45.446 --> 00:42:49.617
Selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
00:42:49.617 --> 00:42:52.820
Envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like."
00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:58.258
It's kind of like a little sketch of life
00:42:58.258 --> 00:43:01.762
Without god.
00:43:01.762 --> 00:43:03.564
That's what life is like when god isn't present.
00:43:03.564 --> 00:43:06.867
That's like "here's life, take god out of life,
00:43:06.867 --> 00:43:10.004
And this is what you get, this list of practices."
00:43:10.004 --> 00:43:14.108
Does that convince you that we need help?
00:43:14.108 --> 00:43:17.277
The christian life demands more than our willpower.
00:43:17.277 --> 00:43:20.648
The enemy never quits.
00:43:20.648 --> 00:43:22.249
The flesh resists at every turn.
00:43:22.249 --> 00:43:24.652
Left to ourselves, we unravel.
00:43:24.652 --> 00:43:28.389
But that's not the whole story,
00:43:28.389 --> 00:43:30.424
Because the same spirit who raised jesus from the dead
00:43:30.424 --> 00:43:34.161
Now lives in us, so that day by day, step by step,
00:43:34.161 --> 00:43:38.365
We can overcome the flesh and walk in newness of life.
00:43:38.365 --> 00:43:41.935
Hallelujah for that truth.
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[applause]
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When i first started in the ministry
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Back in fort wayne,
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Bill bright, who was the founder of campus crusade,
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Often used a word picture about walking in the spirit,
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And it has stayed with me for years.
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In fact, there's a little tract you can get
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That outlines this in a very picturesque way.
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It went something like this: "if you ask the spirit of god
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To control your life, he does,
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And life is better than it has ever been before.
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You experience joy and a perspective in your days
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That is beyond anything you've ever encountered before,
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And along the way, sin reenters the picture.
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It's like a black ink splotch
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On a white piece of linen writing paper.
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You do something that grieves or quenches
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This wonderful holy spirit, who has been given to you;
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In a sense, you push him off the throne of your life
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And allow the old flesh nature back in control.
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What do you experience then?
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You experience discouragement and sadness."
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I've said many times over the years,
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A backslidden christian is more unhappy
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Than any non-christian could ever be,
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Because non-christians don't know
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The joy of fellowship with god.
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If you've known it and you don't take care of it
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And you allow sin to re-enter
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And push its way back into your life,
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You have a misery that is unparalleled
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Because you remember what it was like
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When you were in fellowship with god
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And now you're not.
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That's why david prayed, "lord, restore unto me
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The joy of my salvation."
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He didn't say, "restore my salvation."
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That was never in doubt.
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But the joy of his salvation was gone.
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And for some of you here today, that's true.
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You're a christian, you know you're a christian,
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You're on your way to heaven,
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But the joy of salvation has been pushed to the sideline
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Because the old flesh has gotten back in control.
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So bill bright said, when that happens,
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When you find that going on in your life,
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You have to practice what he called
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Spiritual breathing.
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Think of a normal physical breathing.
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What does it involve?
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Just two things, really: inhaling fresh air
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And exhaling bad air.
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It's what we do all day long, all night long.
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I can guarantee that if you're hearing these words right now,
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You are engaged in the business of inhaling and exhaling.
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Spiritual breathing is a similar process.
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Listen to this. this is an illustration.
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It is exhaling impure and inhaling pure.
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It is rejecting the bad and embracing the good.
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It works like this: when you become aware of sin
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In your life,
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You deal with it at that very, very moment,
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Wherever you are--in the car, at home, at the office.
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Let's say you just screamed at one of your kids.
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Maybe they pushed every button you have
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And a few you didn't even know existed.
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But you're supposed to be living in the spirit, right?
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What do you do when you become aware of your sin?
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Well, you could spend the rest of the day
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Justifying what you've done.
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I mean, after all, you've worked and slaved for those kids
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And they ought to show a little more appreciation
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And respect, right?
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But in your heart, you know better.
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In your heart, you know you've sinned.
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You know that you have grieved the holy spirit
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And he's made you aware of this sin,
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And he wants you to immediately confess it
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And seek forgiveness.
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That's why we have 1 john 1:9 in our bibles.
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Many people are surprised to find out that 1 john 1:9
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Was written to christians.
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Here's what it says: "if we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
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And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
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You say, "lord, i agree with you that what i just did was sin.
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I ask that you would forgive me for that sin."
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What have you done?
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You have just exhaled the impurity in your heart.
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You have just... moved the bad air out.
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Then you say, "lord, i don't want to live like this.
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I want you to come and continue to control my life.
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I want you to be the one who guides me in all of this.
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Please fill me again with your holy spirit."
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That's inhaling.
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You exhale the bad by confession,
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And notice what 1 john 1:9 says.
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It says, "if we confess our sins."
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This is not the sin nature.
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This is the activity of sin, sin, s-i-n-s.
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"if we confess our sins," if we confess the things
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That we do when we sin, "god is faithful and just
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To forgive us our sins."
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Now, watch the last paragraph, because the last little sentence
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Often gets omitted:
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"and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
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What that means is if you confess the sins you know about,
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God not only forgives that, but he forgives
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All the unknown sins that you have too.
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He not only forgives the sins you confess,
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But he cleanses you from all unrighteousness.
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He makes you clean from the inside out.
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So the greatest thing you can do when sin
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Is plaguing you and bugging you
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And following you and trying to trap you,
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As soon as you know you've sinned, confess it,
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Ask god to forgive it.
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And if you're like me, you're gonna have some cases
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Where you say, "lord, i'm sorry, but it's me again.
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And it's that again.
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And lord, please forgive me of that.
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I know that's a sin, i know that's wrong,
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Fill me with your spirit."
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Some of you are going to say, "well, if i did that, pastor,
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Every time i sin, i'm going to be in prayer
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All day long, just one prayer after another."
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And that may be true, but let it happen,
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And what you'll discover is the more you do it
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And the more you experience it,
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The fewer times you'll have to do it
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And the less times it will happen.
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In fact, you may discover that you can live a whole day
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In the power of the holy spirit without having to exercise
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Spiritual breathing.
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But if you allow sin to remain in your heart
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And you stop seeking the filling of the spirit,
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You will wake up one day
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To discover you've been walking in the flesh
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For a long, long time.
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And my friends, that is a terribly dangerous
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And sad and sorrowful way to live your life.
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I once read about two young women
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Who died in a fire that swept through
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Their apartment as they were sleeping.
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Investigators determined the smoke detector
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Had been deliberately disconnected
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For a party the night before.
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Someone had pulled the plug so it would not shrill
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While food was cooking, and they forgot to reconnect it.
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And with no warning, the fire claimed two lives.
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In the same way, when we quench the spirit's voice
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And keep walking in the flesh, we put ourselves in danger.
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The spirit may be warning us, but we no longer hear him.
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You know, christians can live that way for years,
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Refusing to deal with sin and to re-appropriate
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The spirit's fullness.
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That's why ephesians 5:18 tells us in the present tense
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To "keep on being filled with the spirit."
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It's not a one-time deal.
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For many of us, it's every day,
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Many times a day, and you know,
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It's exciting to walk in the spirit.
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You sense you are a work in progress,
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Reshaped from within.
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You grow sensitive to his voice,
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More careful about the things you do.
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The interruption of sin feels so miserable,
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You want it to be gone right away.
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So you confess it, you erase it
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Through the power of the blood of jesus christ.
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In short, the holy spirit leaves his mark,
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And what is that mark?
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It's holiness.
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Have you ever watched race walking?
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I started with a story about a little child walking.
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I want to end with a story about race walking.
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I remember the first time i saw it
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I thought how weird it looked.
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It's really funny.
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The hips sway, the arms pump,
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And it seems like someone
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Is trying to walk fast enough to run,
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But they're not allowed to run, so they have to walk fast.
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Yet behind that awkward stride
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Is one of the most demanding sports in the olympics.
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It takes precision, endurance, and rhythm.
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No one knows that better than evan dunfee
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From richmond, british columbia.
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In the 2016 olympics, he walked 31 miles
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In 3 hours and 41 minutes, faster than most people
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Could run that far.
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The secret to race walking is rhythm.
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To stay consistent, athletes like evan train for years
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With a metronome or a keeping timer
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To master their pace.
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During the race, evan took about 200 steps a minute.
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That's 3 every second for almost 4 hours straight,
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Step after step, stride after stride.
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He stayed in perfect sync.
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I'd like to leave you with that picture.
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Walking in the spirit means letting the holy spirit
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Set the pace.
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Let him be the metronome in your life
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And just keep walking.
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Notice this is not jogging in the spirit.
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This is not running in the spirit.
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It's not ambling in the spirit.
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It's walking in the spirit.
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Walking in the spirit, one step after another,
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Keeping constant vigilance over your life,
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And don't get long interruptions because of sin,
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Because you now know what to do with that.
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You confess it immediately and ask for god's forgiveness.
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Exhale the sin, inhale the fullness
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Of the spirit of god, and keep on walking.
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"walk in the spirit," says the scripture,
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"and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh."
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That's a very interesting concept.
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Sometimes we think, "if i'm struggling with a sin,
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I need to concentrate on don't do that sin."
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How many of you know--let's say you're trying to lose weight
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And you know you shouldn't eat
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This particular kind of food
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Because it's inhibiting your progress,
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And so you say to yourself, "i'm not going to eat it.
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I'm not going to eat it.
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I am not going to eat those doughnuts."
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And the more you say you're not going to do it,
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The more the image of the doughnut
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Becomes prominent in your mind, and the next thing you know,
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You're scarfing down half a box of them.
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Because you don't break bad habits that way.
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You break bad habits by replacing them
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With good habits.
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And the same is true in the spiritual realm.
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You don't break the control of sin over your life
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By determining in your heart not to sin again.
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You break that habit by inputting
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The ministry of the word of god and the holy spirit
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In your life.
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You overwhelm the bad habit with the habit of the spirit,
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And when you do that, you can have victory.
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Oh, you'll have some setbacks, but now you know what to do.
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Here's the good news.
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Nothing you ever do that's wrong needs to last
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More than a few minutes.
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You don't have to wait to come to church on sunday
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And confess it.
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You don't have to wait to be in your small group
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To confess it.
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When you realize that you have dishonored the lord
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Or you've done something
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That you know doesn't please him,
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What you do is immediately you confess it to the lord
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And ask him to forgive you.
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And if you have to do that a lot these first days
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When you practice this, don't get upset over that.
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Just keep doing it and keep doing it,
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And all of a sudden one day you'll discover
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God has made you so sensitive to these things
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That you don't want to have to come to him again with it,
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Because you've already come to him so many times,
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And so you don't do it anymore.
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That's the power of walking in the spirit,
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And i wanted to say this all to all of us today
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Because we want to walk in the spirit,
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We want to do the things god has called us to do,
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And here's the formula right from the scripture
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To help us do that.
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Announcer: thank you for joining us today.
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As dr. jeremiah shared, you can know and experience
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But your relationship with the holy spirit begins
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When you put your faith in jesus.
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Dr. jeremiah: the bible doesn't say,
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"do not fulfill the desires of the flesh,"
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Although that would be a good command.
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No, it says, "walk in the spirit,
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And you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh."
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Don't concentrate on the negative things;
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Concentrate on the positive things.
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Fill your life with the fruit of the spirit
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And the other things will be pushed out of existence.
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They will just go away.
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Announcer: thank you for being with us today.
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Join dr. jeremiah next time for his message
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"the fruit of the spirit,"
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Here on "turning point."
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David Jeremiah - Walking in the Spirit

June 20, 2026 | 57:29

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