All In with Jordan Easley

Jordan Easley - Healthy - Taking Care of the Temple

August 17, 2025 | S25 E34 | 28:30

Jordan Easley seeks to help people understand and apply God’s word to their lives.

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All In with Jordan Easley | Jordan Easley - Healthy - Taking Care of the Temple | August 17, 2025

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Welcome to "all in with pastor jordan easley."
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Today's message is about to begin and we invite you to
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Prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message
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From god's word.
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We hope and pray for god to speak to you today as you seek
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To live your life all in for jesus christ.
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And now from first baptist church in cleveland, tennessee,
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Here's pastor jordan easley.
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Pastor jordan easley: you know, i read this week that the weight
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Loss industry in america hit a brand new high this past year.
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A hundred and sixty billion were spent in america alone.
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An all new high.
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Meaning more than ever before, our world has a desire
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To be healthy.
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But the question is, what in the world does that mean to
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Be healthy?
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You know, i was reading 3 john one day and this is how john put
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It in his letter to his buddy, gaius.
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He said to him in chapter 1, verse 2, "dear friend, i pray
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That you are prospering in every way and are in good health, just
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As your whole life is going well."
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And when i started reading that verse and kinda digging into
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What that means, you know, the lord showed me that he cares
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About our holistic well-being.
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He wants us to prosper in every way and be in--look at what it
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Says, "good health."
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Good health in your whole life.
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And what does that mean for us to be--to have good health with
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Our whole life?
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Well, that's what we're gonna talk about.
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Over the next several weeks we're gonna walk through what
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That means and we're gonna see god's expectations regarding our
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Holistic well-being.
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And we're gonna discover that his word really has a lot to say
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About what our lives look like if they're being lived in a
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Healthy way.
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Physically, mentally, and spiritually.
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So i wanna encourage you to lock in with us in the
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Next couple of weeks as we dive into god's word.
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If you have a bible today, i wanna invite you to open
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To 1 corinthians chapter 6.
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That's gonna be our primary text for the day.
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1 corinthians chapter 6.
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And we're gonna begin by talking about our physical health
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Since that's where most people are in the world today.
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Most people are thinking physical goals and how we can
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Become healthier people.
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Most of us, if we're being brutally honest, we lack
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Discipline when it comes to managing and maintaining our
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Physical body.
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Now, we care about our body, but most of us lack discipline in
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Really taking that to the next level.
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I know that's been true in my life over the years.
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It's just kind of like, "oh, it is what it is," or "you know,
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It's not that bad," or "it could be worse."
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But the more i've studied god's word, the more i've realized
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This, that how i steward the resource of my body is actually
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Very important to god.
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And i want you to think about that today.
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How you manage and how you steward the resource of your
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Body is actually very important to god.
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That's what scripture says.
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And when you know that, here's how i see it.
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We'll either pursue the truth of god's word and the reality of
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God's expectations or we're gonna ignore the truth of god's
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Word, and we'll convince ourselves of a lie that says,
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"listen, how i care for my physical body isn't that big of
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A deal to god."
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We'll either take this path or we'll take the other path.
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You know this summer i was on a cruise with my family.
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And if you've ever been on a cruise, you know, that one of
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The most popular amenities on any cruise ship is the what?
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The unlimited soft serve ice cream cones.
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That's what, right?
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Well, one afternoon i was hanging out with my
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Father-in-law and we were doing something very serious.
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We were playing a mean game of shuffleboard.
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And afterwards we decided that we were gonna swing by the ice
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Cream machine and we're gonna grab a cone, you know, to
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Re-energize our bodies after playing an intense game on the
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Lido deck, all right?
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But that's our goal.
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We were gonna have a big ice cream cone and we did.
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We sat down at a table with an ice cream cone, but we quickly
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Noticed that next to us, at the table next to us, there was a
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Lady enjoying an ice cream cone as well.
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Only her ice cream cone was noticeably different than ours.
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And when i say that, i mean, hers was legit, three times the
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Size of ours.
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Ours was here, hers was here.
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Ours was one flavor, hers was chocolate right here, vanilla
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Right here, swirl on the top, and she was just killing it,
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All right?
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She was killing this ice cream cone.
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And i couldn't take my eyes off of it.
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I mean, she's in there balancing this thing in her left hand and
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She's just--she is tearing up some ice cream and i'm
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Like, "wow!"
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But i noticed not only was that going on in her left hand, she
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Also had something crazy going on with her right hand.
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The whole time she's eating ice cream, her right hand is doing
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This right here.
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And i was like, never seen that before.
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I can't stop watching this.
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And she's doing this over and over again--doesn't
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Break stride.
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She just keeps doing this over and over again, close fist, palm
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Up, moving up and down for ten minutes.
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We were quietly discussing like, "what in the world is happening
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With this lady."
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I'm talking to my father-in-law.
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I'm like, "maybe she has a muscular thing.
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Maybe it's some kind of a twitch or some kind of a nervous tic."
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I had no idea 'cause i've never seen that before.
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But finally i was like, "i can't take it, i have got to talk to
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This lady.
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I gotta ask."
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And so, i broke the ice.
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This is how i started the conversation.
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I said, "ma'am, just wanna say, are you enjoying your ice
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Cream cone?"
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And she goes, "yeah, i'm enjoying it, it's awesome.
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It's my third one of the day."
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I was like, "first of all, that's incredible, all right?
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Very impressive."
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I told her it's impressive because it was impressive.
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Because it was like 10 o'clock in the morning, all right?
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And so, she just sit--she is killing this ice cream cone.
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But then i asked her this question.
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I said, "ma'am, i just noticed that you're eating that ice
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Cream cone, but your right hand has been going up and down for
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Literally ten minutes.
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I just wanna ask, is everything okay?"
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And she looks at me and she said, "yeah, this?
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That's nothing."
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I was like, "oh, it's something.
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Something's going on with your right hand.
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That is something."
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She goes, "oh, it's nothing."
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I said, "well, what exactly is happening?"
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And this is what she said.
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"oh, i got a new fitbit for my birthday and i'm trying to get
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My steps in for the day."
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Wow, wow.
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Hey, listen, we can live by the truth or we can
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Be convinced of a lie, amen.
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And in today's message that's what we're gonna do, we're
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Opening up our bibles and god's gonna give us some hard truth.
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Some truth that says this.
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That god expects us as believers to care for our bodies.
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He expects us to care for our bodies.
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Not just as an occasional thing, not just as a january 1 thing,
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Not just as a cosmetic thing to make ourselves look better.
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Listen, god expects us to pursue a healthy way of life
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As an act of worship.
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We're gonna see what that looks like today.
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1 corinthians 6:19 says, "don't you know that your body is a
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Temple of the holy spirit who is in you, whom you have from god?
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You are not your own, for you were bought at a price.
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So glorify god with your body."
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We're gonna walk through that text today.
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And the good news is, this is a message for all of us.
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In fact, if you have a physical body, will you just raise
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Your hand?
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That should be most of us today.
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Here's the thing, if you have a physical body, god's got a word
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For you about your body.
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I wanna encourage you to take notes as we walk through this
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Text today.
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And the first thing i want you to jot down is what the bible
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Just said, your body is a temple of god.
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That's what it says.
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"don't you know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit?"
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Listen, most of us have read that if we've been in church for
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A long time.
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But have you ever really unpacked what in the world this
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Is talking about that your body is a temple?
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Most of us have said that, we know that, but we don't
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Understand what that means.
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And hopefully, i can give you a little of context and
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Understanding of what god means when he tells us this
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Very thing.
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If you have a bible, flip over to exodus 25 real quick.
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I'm gonna jump over to another passage that will give a little
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Bit more context regarding what it means that your body is
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A temple.
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You know, what we're about to read--this happened after the
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Children of israel had been freed from bondage.
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This happened after the red sea was divided.
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It happened after they had crossed onto dry land.
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It happened after god had provided them water to drink and
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Food to eat.
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Food, by the way, that miraculously fell from the sky
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As god provided for his people.
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This happened after god had given them the ten commandments
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And after he had delivered them into a brand new land flowing
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With milk and honey.
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So, after all of that, one of the first things god instructed
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His people to do was to build a sanctuary.
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That's what we're about to read.
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He said, "build a sanctuary," which was basically a portable
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Place to worship god as they were traveling throughout
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The wilderness.
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But look at verse 8, god says, "they are to make a sanctuary
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For me so that i may dwell among them."
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Now, that word sanctuary is also the word temple, same word,
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Sanctuary, temple.
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Both words literally mean sacred place.
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So, in this verse, god says, "make me a sacred place," why?
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"so that i may dwell among them."
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Hey, i hope you understand today that you were created by a god
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Who wants to dwell with you.
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Hey, think about that.
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Almighty god, he has a desire to dwell with you.
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In fact, that word dwell in the hebrew is actually translated
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Tabernacle in our language.
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So, you could read that verse like this.
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God says, "make a sanctuary for me so that i may tabernacle
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Among them."
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So, we serve a god that wants to dwell with us.
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He wants to tabernacle among us.
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In fact, in the book of exodus, the sanctuary, or the temple, or
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The tabernacle, all synonymous, that was a place where the
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Presence of god dwelt with the people of god.
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That's what this is.
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And not only did people experience the presence of god
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There, they also experienced the glory of god there, they
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Experienced the power of god there.
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It happened in the tabernacle, the temple.
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It happened in the sacred place.
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In 1 kings chapter 8, verse 10, it says, "when the priest came
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Out of the holy place, the cloud filled the lord's temple, and
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Because of the cloud, the priests were not able to
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Continue ministering, for the glory of the lord filled
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The temple."
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See, the temple was a sacred place where god tabernacled with
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His people.
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And in this particular passage, god's presence was so powerful
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And the cloud was so thick, that the priest couldn't even do
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Their job, they had to up and leave.
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So, understand this today--in fact, get this in your notes,
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You ready?
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Where god dwells, is a sacred place.
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And by the way, the only thing that makes a dwelling place a
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Sacred place is the presence of god.
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A building is just a building if the presence of god isn't there.
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So, the only thing that makes a dwelling place a sacred place is
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The presence of god.
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Here's why it's so important that we understand this today,
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You ready?
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It's because the bible just reminded us in 1 corinthians
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Chapter 6, verse 19 that your body, my body is a temple of the
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Holy spirit.
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He's talking to believers here, right?
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And he says, "your body is now a temple.
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Your body is now a sacred place, a tabernacle," why?
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Because the spirit of almighty god dwells within you.
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Listen, no longer does god dwell in tents, or tabernacles,
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Or temples.
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When jesus came, he came as emmanuel, right?
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God with us.
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And he became the new tabernacle.
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In john chapter 1, verse 14, it says, "the word became flesh and
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He dwelt among us."
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So, get this today, jesus came to dwell among us and because he
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Did, now the holy spirit can dwell within us.
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I wanna get this again, you ready?
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Jesus came to dwell among us and because he did, the holy spirit
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Can now dwell within us.
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You know, in john chapter 14, jesus said, "if you love me, you
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Will keep my commands.
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And i will ask the father, and he will give you another
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Counselor to be with you forever."
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He is the spirit of truth.
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The world is unable to receive him because it didn't see him or
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Know him.
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But you do know him, because"--read this with me, "he
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Remains with you and will be in you."
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Hey, that's what paul meant when he said, "your body is a temple
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Of the holy spirit."
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He's talking about this passage.
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Where jesus says, "hey, if you love me, i will remain with you
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And i will be in you."
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He says, "once you're saved and living as a child of god, your
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Body becomes the new temple, and you're living with the presence
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Of god, and you are living with the person of god in you."
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Do we get this today?
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He's saying, "your body, ma'am, your body, sir, as a believer,
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Your body is the new tabernacle.
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It's a sacred place because god himself dwells there."
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So, if you're a note taker today, that's the first thing
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We've gotta get.
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Your body is a temple of god.
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But secondly, i want you to see, your body is also occupied
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By god.
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It's occupied by god.
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Let's go back to our verse in 1 corinthians 6. he said, "don't
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You know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit?"
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But get this part, "who is in you whom you have from god?
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You know, many people read verses like that and they
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Wonder, "how does something like that happen?
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I mean, how does a person go from just having a normal body
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To now all of a sudden, their body is the temple of god and
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Their body is occupied by god?
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I mean, that's a pretty wild idea."
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So, people wonder, "how does something like that happen?"
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And more than that, why?
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Why does it happen?
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Well, all those are good questions.
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But here's how the bible would explain it if you were to break
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It kind of into bullet form.
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First of all, when a person is genuinely saved, the bible says,
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"the holy spirit 'seals' the believer.
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The holy spirit 'seals' the believer.
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Ephesians 1 says, "in him you are also sealed with the
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Promised holy spirit when you heard the word of truth, the
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Gospel of your salvation, and when you believe."
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So, when you believe, the holy spirit seals you.
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And when this happens, number two, the holy spirit dwells
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Within the believer.
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So, he seals you and then he dwells within you.
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Listen, i didn't grow up hearing this a lot, but the truth is
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Your body is very valuable to god.
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I don't hear a lot of sermons on that.
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There's not a whole lot of bible studies on this.
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But the word of god is very clear that your body--what god
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Has given you with your physical body, that is very valuable to
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Almighty god.
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Let me ask you a question, what do you believe determines the
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Value of something?
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What makes something valuable?
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I read an interesting article the other day that said that a
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Baseball card recently sold for $12.6 million.
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A baseball card.
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I was like, "are you kidding me right now?
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Twelve point six million dollars."
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This was a 1952 mickey mantle baseball card.
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And that's a really great card, but i was like, "$12.6 million."
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There was a person who woke up one day, looked at that, and
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They're like, "yep, that is worth $12.6 million."
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I'm a little bitter about this story.
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The reason i'm so bitter about this story is because right now
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I literally have thousands and thousands of baseball cards in
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Shoe boxes under one of my beds.
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And it's just--it's in there and it's been in there for decades.
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Anybody else have baseball cards from when you were young?
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Anybody else?
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All right, some of you do.
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If you're like me, when i was young, i thought by now in my
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Life i would be long retired and very rich because those baseball
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Cards were gonna be worth a gazillion dollars.
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You know what mine are worth?
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Nothing, they're worth nothing, all right?
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And it's frustrating because i read stories like this, i'm
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Like, "man, what in the world?"
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My cards are printed on the exact same paper with the exact
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Same ink.
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I even have cards from that exact same year, 1952.
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So, the question is, what makes that card worth $12.6 million
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And my card's worth nothing?
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You know the answer to that?
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The answer is, somebody looked at that and said, "you
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Know what?
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That card is special.
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And because i believe that's special, i'm willing to pay a
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Crazy price for that card."
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You see, value is determined by what someone is willing to pay
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For something else.
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And when you think about it, that card's worth nothing unless
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Somebody looked at that and said, "you know what?
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I'm willing to pay what no one else will pay in order to
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Acquire that card."
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Hey, here's what your bible says.
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Are you ready?
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Your life is so valuable to our god, that he was willing to pay
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A price no one else was willing to pay.
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Our god gave his one and only son in order to save you.
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And he didn't just come to save your soul, he came to save all
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Of you.
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He wants all of you.
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I want you to think about this for just a second.
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Think about the premium that god paid in order to pay the penalty
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For your sin.
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Think about the price that jesus paid in order to purchase your
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Salvation because that's what the bible says, "the blood of
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Jesus paid for your sin and your salvation."
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When jesus saved us, he purchased us with his blood.
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Read that verse with me in 1 peter 1.
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He said, "for you know that you were redeemed
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From your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors,
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Not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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But with the precious blood of jesus."
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So, here's what that tells us.
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If we've been purchased by god and our bodies belong to god,
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Then our job is to take care of our bodies in a way that
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Glorifies god.
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That's what it is.
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I'm gonna say it again, if we were purchased by him, if we
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Belong to him, then our job is to steward these bodies in a way
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That glorifies him.
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We just read that in verse 20, "you are not your own," you
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Don't belong to you.
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He said, "you were bought at a price.
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So glorify god with your body."
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You say, "jordan, how do i glorify god with my body
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This year?
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It sounds pretty basic."
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But you know, these are practical biblical steps and god
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Gives us some--he gives us some wisdom in this area.
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And sometimes we just overlook it because it's so basic but
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Think about what would happen this year if you applied these
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Things to your life.
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The first one, eat healthy.
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How simple is that?
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But that is the kind of the core foundation of everything.
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Your intake determines your output.
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So, if you choose healthier foods and avoid overindulgence,
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You're gonna live a healthier life, most likely.
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Also practicing moderation as a way of honoring god's provision.
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I think it all starts right here.
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But not only should we eat healthy, secondly, i believe we
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Ought to exercise regularly.
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Exercise regularly, maintaining physical fitness will help us,
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You know, maintain a strong, physical life that's ready for
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God's service.
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I've got a good friend named pat.
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And pat always tells me--says, "jordan, you're a good
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Young man.
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But i want you to grow up to be a good old man.
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And you're not gonna be a good old man unless you take care of
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Your body.
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You gotta be healthy, you gotta be strong, you gotta be active,
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You gotta keep moving."
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And he's always pushing me to stay active.
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And i wanna encourage you to do the same.
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You know what?
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God's given you one life, he's given you one body.
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And my goal is to take care of this body so i could serve the
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Lord longer, make a greater impact for his kingdom
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For longer.
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And if i do, if i do my part, i believe that that will be
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Possible in my future.
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The third part of this is rest and recovery.
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This is something that we overlook a lot.
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But i believe when you prioritize good sleep, when you
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Prioritize down time in order to recharge your body and your
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Mind, that you're gonna live a healthier life.
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That's biblical as well, you gotta rest.
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Rest on the sabbath.
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Even god himself rested and he tells us to rest as well.
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Next one is avoid harmful habits.
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Think about it this way, your perspective ought to be
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Different today when you look at your body in the mirror
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Next time.
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When you look at your body, i don't want you to think, "ah,
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It's just my body."
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I want you to look at it and say, "no, it's the temple of
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Almighty god, it's his temple."
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So, ask this question, "is there anything in my life that i need
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To eliminate that is currently polluting god's temple?"
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I want you to ask that question today.
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"is there anything in my life that i should eliminate that is
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Currently polluting god's temple?"
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There are some people who are smoking, some people who are
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Drinking, some people who are overeating, some people who are
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Taking drugs.
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And let me just say it this way, it's not your body and we've got
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To eliminate the things that are polluting the temple.
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Think about it, it's his.
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He's allowed you to be the steward of it.
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And so, avoid harmful habits as a way of becoming healthier in
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Your life.
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Next one, we gotta practice self-control,
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Practice self-control.
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Train yourself to say no to those unhealthy cravings, those
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Unhealthy temptations.
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Unhealthy being the key word.
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Hey, i'm gonna go ahead and tell you though, you're gonna see me
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Eating cake at restaurants every once in a while.
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I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you, i'm gonna eat some cake.
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Anybody else gonna eat some cake this year?
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I'm gonna eat some cake this year, but here's what i'm not
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Gonna do.
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I'm not gonna eat cake all the time.
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I'm not gonna eat cake every day.
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I love me some good cake, but when you have cake every day,
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That's a problem.
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And so, i believe you've gotta be able to treat yourself, you
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Have to be able to reward yourself, you have to be able to
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Enjoy life but at the same time, if something is an unhealthy
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Pattern and there's something that you're doing too much or
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Doing too consistently that i believe this has to be something
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Where we say, "god, allow me to have--practice self control so
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That i honor you with my body."
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Last but not least, i believe we should pray consistently
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Regarding our bodies.
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Ask god to help you create new habits, to give you the
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Willpower and the desire to live disciplined in your life in a
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Way that honors him.
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I also believe that your prayer needs to be related to your
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Physical health that's out of your control.
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There's a lot of us today who are--we're unhealthy but it's
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Not our fault, right?
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We have a disease, we're battling something in our life.
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And this needs to be a part of your prayer pattern asking god,
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"god allow my body to be strong and healthy this year," why?
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"so, i could serve you, so i can make a difference for you."
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Remember, these bodies aren't for us, these bodies are
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For him.
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And i believe when we make prayer a part of our health
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Goals, i believe that god will allow us to live
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Healthier lives.
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Listen, can any of us get better at this?
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Just want--anybody in this room--can we get better at
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This, right?
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The rest of you are the epitome of health, right?
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You need nothing, you heard nothing, it doesn't matter, go
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Home and eat cake.
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God's word is good, it applies to us and i hope it makes a
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Difference in our lives.
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I hope this is a healthy year for every single person here.
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Would you bow your heads and close your eyes?
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Let's just pray real quick, "lord, we love you.
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And god, i pray for the person right now who needs to put
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Something on the altar before you, god.
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They need to put something on the altar that has no business
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Being a part of their health.
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And god, i pray that people will be surrendered before you today.
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Lord, help us surrender our minds, our bodies, and our souls
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To you as we walk through this life aiming to make a difference
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For your kingdom.
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Lord, thank you for loving us, thank you for challenging us as
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We begin a new year.
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And i pray as we embrace this new start, god, you would give
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Us discipline in the areas in which you tell us to prioritize.
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It's in jesus's name we pray," and all god's people
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Said, "amen."
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♪♪♪
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Pastor jordan: i believe one of the most powerful yet
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Underutilized tools that we have as christians is prayer.
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Philippians 4:6 says, "do not be anxious about anything, but in
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Every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving,
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Present your request to god."
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Starting this fall, i challenge you and everyone connected with
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"all in" to commit to an extended time of prayer for the
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One thing that we all treasure most, our families.
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Imagine spending the majority of the fall praying daily for
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Your family?
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Wouldn't that make thanksgiving and christmas season
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Even sweeter?
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To kick off this initiative, i'll be hosting a special
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Facebook live event on wednesday, september the 3.
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You can join me live as i lead in prayer.
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And i encourage you to share your prayer needs before the
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Event even begins.
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We have a special form available on our website that you can
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Access right now by following the onscreen prompts.
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Use this form to submit your request and then join me at the
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Facebook live event as we pray together over these
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Collective requests.
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Additionally, we will soon have a free printed booklet with
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Prayer prompts and other resources to help you dedicate
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This fall to praying for your family.
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I'll let you know when that booklet is available so that you
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Can order your copy right away.
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Thank you for being a part of the "all in" family.
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Your support means more than i could even express.
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I look forward to this powerful extended time of prayer
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This fall.
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And until then, continue to go all in with jesus.
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Pastor jordan: hey, we never want to end our broadcast
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Without giving you the opportunity to know jesus as
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Your personal lord and savior.
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If you'd like to make the decision to trust jesus and
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Wanna know more about what it looks like to follow jesus, get
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In touch with me right now.
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Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen so that we
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Can pray for you and also put information in your hands
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Right away.
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Today, we celebrate your decision and look forward to
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Being a part of your personal journey
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Of going all in with jesus christ.
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Announcer: this episode of "all in with pastor jordan easley"
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Has been made possible by the generous support of viewers
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Like you.
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We hope today's message encourages you as you strive to
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Live your life fully committed to jesus christ.
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♪♪♪
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Jordan Easley - Healthy - Taking Care of the Temple

August 17, 2025 | S25 E34 | 28:30

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