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Creflo Dollar - The God-Given Gift of Peace

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Creflo dollar: refuse to be down today.
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No down day, no down day, no sad day.
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None of that. refuse.
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It might be the first day without this person or that
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Person, or somebody went home to be with the lord.
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This is where you've got to tap into your oneness with jesus
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Christ, and you say, "my peace, the peace of jesus christ,"
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Which is, you know, i'm claiming that peace, the peace of
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Jesus christ.
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It is in me, praise the lord, and i am not gonna let it go.
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But never quite catching it?
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Creflo: hello, i'm creflo dollar, and welcome to
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Today's broadcast, praise god.
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Now, today we're going to close out this christmas holiday
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Season by looking at how grace redeems our story.
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When you open the new testament, the very first thing you see is
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A list of names, jesus's genealogy.
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Now, most people skip it.
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But i want to show you something so powerful: that hidden in that
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Genealogy is the story of grace.
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Matthew chapter 1 begins: "the book of the generation of jesus
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Christ, the son of david, the son of abraham," and then it
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Lists names, some heroes, but also some people with
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Messed-up past.
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Why would god include them?
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To prove that grace is the story of redemption.
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Now, think about who's listed in jesus's family line.
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Tamar, a woman with a scandalous past.
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Rahab, a prostitute who hid the spies; ruth, a moabite outsider,
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Not even part of israel.
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Bathsheba, a woman caught up in david's failure.
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Why are they there?
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Because god wanted you to know that grace doesn't erase messy
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People out of the story.
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Grace redeems them and includes them.
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When you look at your family, your past, your failures, don't
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Disqualify yourself.
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If grace could use them, grace can use you.
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See, religion wouldn't have kept those names in there.
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Religion would have got them all out.
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Religion says, "only the perfect can be included."
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But grace says, "bring me the broken, bring me the guilty,
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Bring me the unworthy.
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And watch what i'll do with those people."
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You see, the birth of jesus announces that your past no
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Longer has the authority to define your future.
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In fact, romans 5:17 says, "they which receive abundance
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Of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in
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Life by one, jesus christ."
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Did you hear that?
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Not just survive, not just get by, but reign, rule in life.
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Grace takes you from shame to reigning.
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And i want you to know that jesus brings jubilee.
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Look at luke chapter 4, verse 18.
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When jesus grew up and began his ministry, he declared
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His mission.
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Here's what he said: "the spirit of the lord is upon me, to
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Preach deliverance to the captives, to set at liberty
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Them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of
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The lord."
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That acceptable year, ladies and gentlemen, is jubilee, a year
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Where debts are canceled, slaves are freed, and land is restored.
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Do you see it?
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The baby born in bethlehem grew up to declare, "i am
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Your jubilee.
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Oh man, i'm telling you: "i am your restoration, i am
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Your freedom."
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Grace doesn't just cover your past--it redeems it, it sets
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You free.
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So how do i look at this from a practical application?
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How do i live this out?
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Stop identifying yourself by your past labels.
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Grace has given you a new name: righteous, beloved, child
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Of god.
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Stop carrying the shame of your family history.
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Grace has started a brand-new bloodline in christ.
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Stop settling for survival.
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Grace has called you to reign in life through jesus christ.
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When you look at your life, don't say, "this is just how it
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Is--'it is what it is.'"
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Instead, say, "because of grace my story is redeemed and my
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Future is secure."
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Now i want you to make this confession with me and mean it
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From your heart.
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Repeat after me.
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"grace has rewritten my story.
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Grace has broken the curse.
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Grace has redeemed my family line."
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Now, let's seal this confession of faith.
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I want you to say this out loud with me.
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"because of jesus, my past does not define me.
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Grace has redeemed my story.
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I receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness.
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I reign in life through christ jesus.
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Every curse is broken.
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Every shame is lifted.
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And my future is secure.
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I am redeemed, restored, and made whole by grace.
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Hallelujah."
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Now, that's the power of grace, and it's revealed in the birth
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Of jesus christ.
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Creflo: if you have your bibles, go with me to the book of saint
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John chapter 14 and verse 27.
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Saint john chapter 14 and verse 27.
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I want to talk to you for a few minutes on the subject entitled
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"the god-given gift of peace."
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"the god-given gift of peace," and i'm telling you, we're
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Coming into a time in this next year where as christian people,
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Man, we've got to value our peace like we've never valued it
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Before because it is a weapon that will sustain us throughout
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The rest of the time.
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In the book of saint john chapter 14 and verse 27,
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He says, "peace be with you."
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And i'm reading out of the mirror study bible.
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"peace be with you.
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I give you my own peace--this is not the kind the world
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Gives," now watch the distinction.
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"this is peace in the midst of troubled times; therefore you
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Have nothing to fear.
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Let not your hearts be timid," or let not your heart be
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Troubled because, ladies and gentlemen, we have peace, the
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Peace that has been given to us, his peace, that's been given to
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Us in the midst of troubled times.
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So, whatever you bump into this upcoming year, you have to
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Remind yourself, "i have been given his peace."
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And this piece is designed for troubled times, praise god.
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Not just when everything's going good, not just when everything's
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Going according to your plan, but in the middle of an attack,
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In the middle of a hurt, in the middle of a situation you can't
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Figure out, remind yourself: "i have his peace, and this peace
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Works in the midst of troubled times."
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And he says, "since you have my peace and since it is designed
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For troubled times, there's no need to fear."
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Praise god.
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I'm telling you, the devil is in trouble if he comes by
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Your house, amen?
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Praise god.
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And then we remember that god is the source of our peace.
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So it's his peace.
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He's the source of love.
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He's the source of peace, and this peace has been tailored
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For trouble, i like that.
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It's been tailored for trouble.
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Don't be afraid.
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Don't be in fear.
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Don't let the economy and how it goes up and down--don't let
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Anything trouble you.
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It's now time to start practicing that i have
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Tailor-made peace for troubled times, amen?
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Praise god.
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And then in philippians 4:6-7 in the nlt, the question is: so,
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What do you have to do to experience this gift of peace?
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What's the recommendation from the word to experience this gift
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Of peace?
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He says, "don't worry about anything."
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I love it.
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Now that's a temptation that we're all tempted with: worry.
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He says, "don't worry about anything."
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Now, how many of you know you're not gonna be able to do that on
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Your own?
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You're gonna find yourself in the midst of the word, and
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You're gonna say, "lord, help me not to worry about this."
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And you make your mind up, "don't worry about anything."
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He says, "instead, pray about everything."
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How many of you know we're gonna move into this time of prayer
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In the month of january?
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We wanna shake hell up to the point where it recognizes, oh,
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The church is not done yet, right?
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He says, "tell god what you need," and then when you tell
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Him, "thank him for all that has been done."
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So, one of the things we recognize is that these are some
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Instructions of what we need to do to enter into that peace.
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Now look at this in the mirror translation, verse 6 and 7.
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It's a time where you can get into a worshipful atmosphere.
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He said then, in verse 6, philippians 6, he says, "let no
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Anxiety about anything distract you."
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So, anxiety and worry is a distraction.
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So, when the anxiety and the worry shows up, you ought to
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Say, "that's a trick.
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You're not gonna trick me this time."
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It's not just, "oh, well, we're human and we're no--" no,
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Anxiety and worry, it's a distraction, it's a trick.
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He says, "rather translate moments into prayerful worship."
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You can do that.
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You can translate each moment of distraction with worry, and you
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Can translate it into a worshipful, a prayerful,
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Worshipful atmosphere.
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And then he says, "and soak your requests in gratitude
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Before god."
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You know how you soak your request in gratitude
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Towards god?
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You realize, "lord, i've taken this before you," and you don't
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Spend the time begging god for it over and over again.
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You soak your request in thanksgiving, man.
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You just begin to thank god for it ahead of time.
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You begin to thank god and praise god for it ahead of time,
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Even though you don't see it.
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You don't have to see a thing to be thankful.
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You already know it, praise the lord, because of what he
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Told you, amen?
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And then in verse 7, "and then this place of worship," this
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Place that you've created, this place of worship and gratitude,
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He says, you're gonna, "witness how the peace of god within you
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Begins to echo the awareness of your oneness in christ," man.
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You start worshiping god in the middle of, baby needs a pair of
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Shoes, and the light bill due.
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You just start worshiping god.
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You begin to soak your your request before god.
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Then what will happen is you'll begin to realize your oneness in
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Christ jesus "beyond the reach of any thought that could
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Possibly unsettle you."
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And those thoughts are going to show up to try to unsettle you.
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And you gotta rise up and say, "i'm not going to be unsettled.
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I am gonna stand in my oneness with him.
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I'm gonna stay in this place of worship."
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Sometimes you can kinda get up and just feel kinda, you know,
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Whatever, but you have to open your mouth and just create this
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Atmosphere of worship, this atmosphere of thanksgiving.
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You gotta soak what you know from the word of god.
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Soak it in praise and gratitude.
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"father, i thank you."
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And people will think you're crazy.
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You're thanking god for something that's not here yet.
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But as far as you know, that one is with christ, there is no
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Doubt that it's going to be done because he's--you're dealing
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With jehovah, praise the lord.
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All you gotta do is back up and count your blessings and look at
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What god has already done.
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And if he did it once, come on, he'll do it again, amen?
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Praise god.
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Check out colossians chapter 3, verse 15.
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I'm gonna look at this in the mirror translations because here
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We can let peace rule in our heart.
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And i believe, this is huge, man.
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If there's ever a time to focus and to give place for peace, it
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Is right now, it is right now, that you're not gonna get caught
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Up in all of the division, you're not gonna get caught up--
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It is now that you begin to let peace rule in your heart.
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Verse 15, he says, "appoint the peace of christ as umpire in
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Your heart."
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I like this because it shows me internally what i'm doing.
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I'm going to appoint the peace of christ as umpire.
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Praise the lord.
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Let the peace of god rule in your heart like an umpire,
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Praise the lord.
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And you appoint the peace of god as an umpire.
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"we are all identified in the same person," the
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Scripture says.
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"there's only one body.
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We are born to be a blessing and exhibit his benevolence."
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Today, even make your mind up that "i am going to allow my
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Life to be an extension of the joy of the lord.
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I'm gonna allow my life to be an extension of the character of
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Jesus christ."
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Yeah, it might not feel too good, you might be unhappy about
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A thing or two, but hey, you have jesus on the inside of you.
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Allow your life to be used as an extension of joy and peace and
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Happiness and love.
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And i'm telling you, man, when you do that, you see how you
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Affect somebody else's life?
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Like a boomerang, it come and hit you.
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Refuse to be down today.
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No down day, no down day.
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No sad day.
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None of that. refuse.
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It might be the first day without this person or that
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Person or somebody went home to be with the lord.
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This is where you've got to tap into your oneness with jesus
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Christ, and you say, "my peace, the peace of jesus christ,"
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Which is, you know, "i'm claiming that peace, the peace
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Of jesus christ.
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It is in me, praise the lord, and i am not gonna let it go."
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Praise god.
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Amen.
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And then in proverbs 14:30, now in in the nlt, read this
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Proverbs 14:30 nlt, he says something if you're wondering,
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"well, what's the deal?"
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Is there something powerful about this peace, and is there
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Something powerful about having peace in your heart?
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Look at the scripture. i love it.
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He says, "a peaceful heart leads to a healthy body."
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Oh, my goodness.
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I'm gonna go ahead and declare that your body is healthy
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Right now, amen?
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Praise god.
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I'm gonna speak the harvest of your body, why?
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Because you're making your mind up that i'm gonna walk in peace.
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You talk to a person who's 90, 100 years old, they will tell
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You, "i don't let nobody bother me.
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I don't let nothing get on my nerve."
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"a peaceful heart leads to a healthy body."
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I was sitting next to my mother last night and was reading this
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Scripture, and i said--she said, "well, that makes sense."
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She said that makes sense.
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And i need y'all to get it right now.
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You're not gonna live a year where your heart is so
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Distracted and so cluttered with all of the stuff.
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Everybody's drama becomes your emergency: not gonna happen.
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Remember, if i'm gonna stay healthy, it's gonna be more than
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Supplements, praise god.
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It's gonna be a peaceful heart that's gonna give you a
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Healthy body, amen?
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Amen.
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And he says, "jealousy is like cancer in the bones."
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You have no need to be competing with anybody else.
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The only person you're in competition with is you
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From yesterday.
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From yesterday.
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You look at you from yesterday.
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"lord, help me to get better today than i were--
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Was yesterday."
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But you ain't got time to be jealous and envious of
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Somebody else.
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Why be jealous and envious of somebody else?
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The same jesus that opened doors for them can open doors for you.
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But remember, y'all are not the same person.
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It's all right.
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Nobody has to fail for somebody to succeed.
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Amen?
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So, remember that now: "a peaceful heart, a healthy body."
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A peaceful heart, a healthy body.
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Now, i ain't doing no--i ain't doing--
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The funerals are going down.
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You're not gonna be leaving before your time.
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Somebody else got to do your work.
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No: peaceful heart, healthy body.
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Amen.
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And then 1 peter chapter 3:10-11.
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Here's what he says in the nlt because, you know, it's--
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This is something that i've thought about a lot, and i want
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You to see if you can get this in verse 10 and 11.
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I'm gonna read both of them.
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He says, "here's what the scripture says."
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He says "'if you want to enjoy life--'" how many of you wanna
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Enjoy life?
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Dude, if you want to enjoy life, he's talking to you now.
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He's--now he's just talked to your body.
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He's gonna tell you how to enjoy life.
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"if you want to enjoy life and you wanna see many happy days--"
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How many of you wanna see-- just now--you don't want to just
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Live long, but you wanna see many happy days, right?
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Notice what he said, he said, "keep your tongue from
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Speaking evil."
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Watch your mouth.
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"keep your tongue from speaking evil," watch this, "and your
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Lips from telling lies."
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Lying, lying. all right?
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And look at verse 11.
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He said, "turn away from evil," and he said, "go ahead and
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Do good."
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Go ahead and do good.
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He said, "search for peace."
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Search for it.
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You know there'll be days where you have to search for it.
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"search for peace, and work to maintain it,"
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Praise the lord.
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He's given us these wonderful things that happened as a result
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Of us pursuing peace.
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And pursue peace everyday, pursue peace.
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You're gonna have a lot of opportunity to be stressed.
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You're gonna have a lot of opportunity to be emotional in a
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Negative way.
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You're gonna have all those opportunities, but here is what
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We're gonna use.
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We gonna use this god-given weapon and gift of peace,
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Amen?
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Romans 5:1 in the nlt.
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So, we live long by maintaining peace.
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Live long by maintaining peace.
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In verse 5--verse 1 he says, "therefore, since we have been
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Made right in god's sight by faith, we have peace with god
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Because of what jesus christ our lord has done for us."
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Because of what jesus has done, we have peace with god.
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It's not because of what you have done, but because of what
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Jesus has done, we have peace with god.
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Now that sounds good, but you know how i've been lately.
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I don't like to just, you know, give you a little religious
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Statement and and not figure this out.
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What has jesus done?
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What--you know, jesus, because of what jesus has done, we have
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Peace with god.
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Well, what has jesus done?
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Well, let me show you real quick.
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Luke chapter 2 and verse 14.
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What did jesus do so we could have peace with god?
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Luke 2 and verse 14, he says--go back to the king james.
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He says, "glory to god in the highest, and on earth, good will
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Towards men."
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What did he do on earth that caused the angels to begin to
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Make this statement?
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He ended the war between god and man's sin.
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He ended that war between god and man's sin.
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God's not mad at you no more because of jesus.
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God's not sending you to hell because of jesus.
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God's not trying to make life rough for you so he can show you
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Something because--he's ended the war between god and man.
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What does that look like?
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Well, 1 john 2:1-2, he says, "my darling little children, the
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Reason i write these things to you is so that you will not
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Believe a lie about yourself."
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No more believing lies about yourself.
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And here's the biggest lie.
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"i'm a sinner saved by grace."
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Well, which one are you?
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I ain't a sinner no more, so i'm saved by grace, amen?
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No longer believing a lie about yourself.
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Praise god.
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"if anyone does believe a distorted image to be their
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Reality, we have jesus christ who defines our likeness face to
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Face with the father, and he is our paraklestos, and the one who
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Endorses our true identity."
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You remember the prophecy a couple of weeks ago, and the
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Very end of that prophecy says, "you're about to meet your
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True self," amen?
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"he endorses your true identity, being both the source and the
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Reflection of the father's image in us."
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Jesus, thank you for this wonderful amazing tailor-made
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Gift of peace, so when trouble comes, we take hold of what he
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Has given to us.
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God bless you.
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Creflo Dollar - The God-Given Gift of Peace

December 25, 2025 | 27:29

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