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Taking Authority Over Your Emotions Part 3

Creflo Dollar

August 10, 2020

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Creflo Dollar: Yourcircumstances and the stuff
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that's not an excuse foryou to be depressed, why?
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'Cause you haveauthority over how you feel.
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Your circumstancesis not an excuse
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You have authorityover how you feel.
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It's not an excuseto be helpless.
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It's not anexcuse to be hopeless.
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Creflo: Now, Philippianschapter 4, verse 6 through 7.
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A'ight now, I'maease into this.
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This is so important, verse 6,and he says: "Be careful,"
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or, "Don't be anxious."
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He's talkin' aboutan emotion here.
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"Don't be anxious for nothing."
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"Don't be anxious," anxiety.
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Don't be anxious for nothin',but in everything," he said,
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"by prayer and supplication withthanksgiving let your requests
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be made known unto God," okay?
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Don't be anxious,but take it to God.
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And he says, and what happensis when you do that, "The peace
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of God, which passes allunderstandin', shall keep
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your heart, and it'll keepyour mind through Christ Jesus."
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It'll keep your emotions.
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What he's saying is, isno matter what's goin' on,
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take it to God, focusin on him; and for us,
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we have somethin' thatthe world doesn't have,
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a way to stabilize our emotions,a way and a person we can go
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to to stabilize our emotions.
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Where do you go through in themidst of a bad circumstance,
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and the emotions are justgettin' ready to pop off?
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He says, "Go to God."
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Focus immediatelyon God and his Word.
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That is what you have toharness your emotions
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and to keep you emotions stable.
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Now, if you don't makeuse of that as Christians,
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then your emotions will justpop off just like the world
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'cause they not goin' to God.
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They're goin' to logic.
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They're goin' to humanism.
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You and I, we can control ouremotions because we are going to
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focus on God when ouremotions try to do somethin'
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they don't need to be doing.
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So, first base, I needto put my emotions
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on God, not the circumstance.
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I need to put it on God.
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And that's so easier said thandone 'cause I know a lot of us,
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we don't do that right away.
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That's not the firstthing you think about,
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but eventually, you gottacome to the point of saying,
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"Before this thing popsoff, I've got to get God."
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Even to just say somethin',"Jesus, help me."
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Somethin' that will help getyour emotions to a place where
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they're submitted to God.
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All right, now, now,remember John 14:1.
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The Lord doesn't expect us tohave positive emotions only
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when everything isgoin' our way.
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John 14:1 says: "I wantyou to have good
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emotions when you're in trouble.
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I want you to have goodemotions when things
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are not going your way."
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He's not expectin' for us justto have positive emotions just
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when everything's goin' our way.
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And basically, that's whatthe world has been
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taught, includin' the church.
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"Hey, when everything'sgoin' good, I'm good."
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But Jesus is sayin', "No, I wantyou to have the right emotions
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when things arenot goin' your way."
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That's what makes us holy.
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We separate ourselves fromhow the world governs their
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emotions and how we do it.
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We won't do it, theworld says, "Well, if
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circumstances bad,emotions bad."
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Christians say,"Circumstances bad,
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but I choose to have these kindof emotions that line up
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with the Word of God,"that's what makes us holy.
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Holiness is always aboutnot being common with the world.
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That's what holiness is.
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Holiness is, "I'm gonna be doin'opposite what the world's gonna
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be doin', andconduct myself that way."
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Now, let me showyou this, John 16:33.
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Oh, this is a fascinatingjourney we takin'
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here tonight, praise God.
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"'These things haveI spoken unto you,
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that in me you might have peace.
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In the world, you'regonna have,'" what?
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"In the world,you're gonna have," what?
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Excuse my English, but what isit you gonna have in this world?
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Some trouble, right?
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So why you keepgettin' surprised,
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like it's not supposedto come upon you?
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Watch this, and thetime trouble comes on you,
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you start blamingyourself for the trouble.
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You remember you'reunder the grace of God.
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God is notresponding to your behavior.
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He's responding to your belief.
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Are you listenin' to me?
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And you keep--every timesomethin' happens to you,
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you wanna blame yourself for it.
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"Oh, I couldn't pay this bill.
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I must've didsomethin' to deserve this."
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You don't understandwhat this grace is about.
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"Oh, you know, if I'daprayed a little longer,
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then this mightnot have happened.
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I did somethin' tomake this happen to me."
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That's--you're underthe grace of God.
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You're not under the law,where sin was judged harshly.
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So, when we are facingtrials and tribulations,
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we are commanded to be of what?
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"Good cheer because Jesushas overcome the world."
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He says, "You know what?
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In the middle of trouble, Icommand you," what is he sayin'?
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Take authority of your emotions.
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Talk to your soul.
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"Soul, bless the Lord.
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Be of good cheer."
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When's the lasttime you did that?
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When's the last time whenyou thought, "I am gonna
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bite the bullet," and yousaid, "You know what?
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Soul, be of good cheer."
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It's a powerful thing if youjust open your mouth and do it.
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It's a powerful thing in themiddle of a crazy situation
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if you'll just openyour mouth and do it.
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Be of good cheer.
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What are you doin'?You're talkin' to your soul.
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You're talkin' to your emotions.
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David, "Bless theLord, O my soul."
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul."
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"I don't feel like blessin' him.
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I'm havin' a horribleday, but that's not
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what I'm gonna choose.
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Bless the Lord,be of good cheer."
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Be of good cheer, boy.
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You'd be amazed of the spiritualinteraction that takes place
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when you take authority andcommand your emotions to line up
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with the Word of God instead oflinin' up with the circumstance.
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Now, our emotionalstability doesn't depend upon
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circumstances orhow things are going.
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"If my circumstancechanges," most people say,
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"then everything'llbe all right."
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How many of youknow that's not true?
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Your circumstance canchange, but like I said before,
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the problem a lot of timeis not your circumstances.
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It's your emotions.
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'Cause a lot of times, people'scircumstance get their emotions
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so messed up, then it causesdis-easement in their body
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just from that one circumstance.
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Do you know you can get cancerif you have the right kind of
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circumstance and then allowyour emotions to respond
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according to that circumstances?
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It shocks your system intoa place, and before you know
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it, cancer cells have sneakedout of their place and now
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you're strugglin' with somethin'in your physical body because
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you didn't know how totame your emotions
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and take authorityof your emotions.
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This is so, so very serious.
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So, "If circumstances couldchange, then everything
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would be all right," that'snot true, that's not true.
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Everything's not gonnabe all right just 'cause
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a few circumstances change.
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You think it will.
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"Oh, if I only hadmoney to pay all my bills,
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then everythingwill be all right."
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No, it's not,because you're emotional.
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You don't even know howto control your emotions.
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You lose yourtemper all the time.
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Paying all your bills is notgonna make everything all right.
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Do you know, I knowpeople who are out of debt, and
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they're having more emotionalproblems than they were?
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They thought theproblem was money.
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The problem's not money.
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The problem's not havin' a lotof money or not havin' no money.
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Circumstances canaffect you some,
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but that's not the whole deal.
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You remember, the Bibletells us that godliness plus
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contentment equals great gain.
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You gotta learnhow to be content.
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You gotta learnhow to be content.
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You gotta learn how tobe content where you are.
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And the way you become contentis you quit comparing yourself
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amongst yourself and you startlookin' at God and thankin' him
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for what he has done foryou instead of lookin' at one
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another, and it's never enough.
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It's never enoughlookin'--it's never enough.
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You gotta look at God.It's always gonna be enough.
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You look at one another,it's never gonna be enough.
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Why?'Cause that's discontentment.
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Always lookin' at what somebodyelse got, and you thinkin' that
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you would be better ifyou could be in their situation.
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No, no, no, you've gotto learn how to take
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authority over your emotions.
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So, yes, while circumstanceswill have some impact, it's not
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gonna be the whole treatmentof what's goin' on in your life.
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You gotta learn how to--thereare people I know that live in
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horrible situations, but theygot a good attitude, and
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they're much happierthan people that got
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a whole bunch of stuff.
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They--I know people who'velost this and lost that,
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but they had a great attitude,and they just took it with a
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grain of salt, and just wentahead and did--and they're much
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happier than folks whoappear to have everything.
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You're really never gonna getnothin' until you learn how to
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be grateful forwhat you already got.
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Because when you get somethin'more than what you already got,
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you're not gonna even have--youringratitude and your bad
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attitude is gonna somehowseparate you from the progress.
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You gotta learn how tobe okay with you first.
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You know, a lot of times, whenyou're not okay with you,
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you ain't okay with nobody'cause you made 'cause
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you ain't okay with you.
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If you can be okay with you, andthen you can be okay with other
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people, and then you canbe okay with where you are,
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who you are, what you've got,and then learn how to be happy.
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Isn't that what Paul said?
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Paul says, "I can be--I'velearned how to be content
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in any situation that I am in."
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You gotta learn how tobe that way, all right?
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So, the lights went out.
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Oh, my God, you'remiserable and frustrated
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because your lights went out.
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Get a candle andsome pork and beans.
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Get a Bible, pray intongues, and wait till
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the lights come back on.
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What's the matter with y'all?
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Look at Psalms 139, and verse 8.
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Let this be anencouragement to you that,
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no matter where you are andwhat happens in your life,
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let this be anencouragement with you.
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Look at what he says here:"If I ascend up into heaven,
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thou art there: if Imake my bed in hell,
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behold, thou art there."
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So no matter where you go, youfind the joy in knowin' that
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wherever you go, God's there.
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Wherever you are, and whoeveryou're with, God is there.
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You should rejoice overthat, that "whatever
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circumstance I'mwith, God's here.
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Whatever situation I gotgoin' on, God's here.
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The bills need to be paid,God's here, God's here."
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You've got to be a Christianwho can pull that up and say,
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"God's here, allwill be well, it'll be fine."
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And constantly walk in faith.
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I freak out over people when Itell them about my testimonies
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of how I believe God,and they want what I have,
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but they don'twanna do what I say do.
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That blows my mind.
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If they have a need, myneed is probably way bigger.
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You understand what I'm sayin'?
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You know, my needsare astronomical,
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as far as where thisministry is concerned.
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You know, I praise God for themillion dollars we took up for
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renovations, but a milliondollars ain't no money, y'all.
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You know, you gottaunderstand, a million dollars,
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it's gonna get somerenovations done.
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You know, somebodythinkin' that,
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you know, a million dollars, wegonna build a whole new--that
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don't cost no million dollars.
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You know, you talkin'about the soft costs
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and the stuff like that.
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A million dollars--Chris,help me.
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I mean, that was'bout what we did
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just to grade the place and--
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Chris: It was more than that.
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Creflo: Yeah, it was morethan that just to move trees and
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get it ready to build somethin'.
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And this roof wasover--just the roof was a
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couple million, $2 million.
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And I'm just sayin', you talkin'about you need a thousand
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dollars right quick, and ona weekly basis, I may need half
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a million, a million dollarsjust for operatin' costs.
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If I let that get to me,it'll mess--I won't be
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no good for nothin'.
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I won't be no good for nothin'.
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But what I have todo is what I teach.
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God's there, we donedid all we can do today.
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Tomorrow's comin', hallelujah.
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Do what we do teach people.
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Sow a seed and believe God.
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And that's whatwe've been doin'.
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Sow a seed and believe God.
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And you know what?
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We've never had,like, these, like,
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gigantic, miraculousmanifestations,
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but we alwayslanded on our feet.
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Just believe God, and youalways land on your feet.
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Other than that, I would be--I'dbe messed up by now.
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I wouldn't even beable to talk to nobody.
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"Pastor, how you doin'?"
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"Baby, don't mess with menow, I'm thinkin'.
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Need more money.
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Need a million dollars by3 o'clock, oh, Jesus.
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They gonna cut that off.They gonna take this."
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My attitude nowis, "God's there.
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God is for me.Who can be against me?
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It'll be all right.It'll be all right."
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It's been all right all these,what is this, 32 years here?
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In 32 years, yes, it'salways been all right.
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And if it's somethin' comeup where you can't get it or
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can't--maybe you didn'tneed it in the first place.
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Maybe--"Well, I lost the new car."
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Maybe you didn'tneed the new car.
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Don't buy a newcar that hurt ya.
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New car, what'syour note for the car?
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That's $1.200, that hurt.
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Take that car back andget out of that pain.
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Somebody said, "Well, theyain't gonna take it back."
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I said, "What'd you do?"he said, "I drove it
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up there and left itin front of the gate."
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I don't knowhow that story came out,
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but he said, "It ain'tin my hand no more."
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So, we talk aboutsupernatural peace here.
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Your circumstances is not anexcuse for being defeated.
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Your circumstanceswill not be an excuse
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for you being depressed.
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Your circumstances willnot be an excuse for
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you to be helpless or hopeless.
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Let me say that again.
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Your circumstances and the stuffthat you go through in life,
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that's not an excuse foryou to be depressed, why?
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'Cause you haveauthority over how you feel.
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Your circumstancesis not an excuse
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for you to be defeated, why?
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You have authorityover how you feel.
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It's not an excuseto be helpless.
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It's not anexcuse to be hopeless.
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Why?You have authority.
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In other words, you cando somethin' about that.
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Now here's what I wantedto get to today, and I think
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I have time to do this.
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Go to James chapter 1:13.
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What's then thesource of temptation?
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James chapter 1, and verse 13.
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Now, as I begin toteach this, this is
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somethin' that's pretty radical.
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James 1:13: "Let no man say,when he is tempted," tested or
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tried, "'I'm tempted of God':God cannot be tempted with evil,
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neither tempteth he any man."
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So one of the first steps toovercome negative emotions is to
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say, "Father, it's not yourwill that I be this way."
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Say it: "Father, it's notyour will that I be this way."
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That's the first thing.You see right?
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It's the first thing.
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"It's not your willthat I be depressed.
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It's not your willthat I be in grief.
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It's not your willthat I be hopeless.
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That's not your will."
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God is not the one whomakes people depressed.
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God is not the onewho discourages people.
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He's not the one tomake people angry,
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and he's not the oneto make people bitter.
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That's not God'swill for your life.
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"God cannot betempted with evil,
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neither tempteth he any man."
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That's not God.
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That's your emotions thatyou're not takin' charge over.
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Now, what causes this?
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Look at the next verse,James chapter 1, verse 14:
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"But every man istempted," tested or tried,
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"when he is drawnaway," watch this,
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"of his own lust,and he's enticed."
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"Every man is tempted,"pressured, tried, "when he
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is drawn away of his ownlust, and enticed."
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Now, he said, "Every man."
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Everybody say, "Every man."
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That means thereis no exception.
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Every man includin' allmankind, includin' every
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man and every woman.
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The Scripture saysthat, "He is enticed,
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or he's drawn awayby his own lust."
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Now, zero-in onthis word "lust."
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We usually look at this word"lust" as dealin' with some kind
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of sexual desire or we look atthis "lust" as dealin' with some
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type of sexual perversion.
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Now, even though it appliesin this situation, and it would
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be true just what we read it,I want you to know tonight
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that the word, this word,and I'm gonna prove it,
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it literally refers toany type of strong emotion,
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any type of strong emotion.
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And I'ma look at threeScriptures to show you.
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This is not like everytime you read "lust"
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it's talkin' about sexual lust.
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It's talkin' about, "But everyman is tempted when he is drawn
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away of his ownstrong emotions."
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He's drawn away byhis own strong emotion,
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and then he'senticed because of that.
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Now, let me show youwhat I'm talkin' about.
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It's any type of strong emotion.
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Look at James 4:5.
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"Lust" is used in apositive sense here.
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In James chapter 4:5, he says:"Do you think that the Scripture
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sayeth in vain, 'TheSpirit that dwelleth
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in us lusteth to envy?'"
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A'ight, so, you know theHoly Spirit's not havin'
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some sexual perverted desire.
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So what is hetalkin' about here?
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Where it says, "The Spirit thatdwelleth in us lusteth to envy,"
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this is not talking aboutthe same kind of
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perversion of our nature.
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It's talking about the HolySpirit within us longs for us
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jealously, that helongs for us jealously.
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Let me read this inthe Amplified Bible.
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The Amplified Bible says:"The Spirit whom he as caused
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to dwell in us," it usesthe word, "yearns."
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When you yearn for something,you have a strong desire for it.
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He says that, "It yearns overus, he yearns for the Spirit [to
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be welcome] witha jealous love?"
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So, here, this isa strong emotion.
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Here, this is not asexual perversion.
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It's a strong emotion.
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You also look in Exoduschapter 20, and verse 5,
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it tells us that: "Godis a jealous God."
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That's an emotion.Now, look at Galatians 5.
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Well, just write this down,Galatians 5:17,
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we're told that, "The flushlusts against the spirit,
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and the spiritagainst the flesh."
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In other words, it has a strongtype of emotion or desire for.
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So, all of these Scripturesin these verses are talking
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about the Holy Spirit.
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So, "lust" doesn't have torefer to the same type of sexual
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desire that the churchhas taught all these years.
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It can refer to anystrong, overwhelming
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emotion, positive or negative.
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Any strong, overwhelmingemotion, positive or negative.
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Now with that in mind, let'slook back at James chapter 1
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and 15.
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James chapter 1.
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Let's look at 14 and read 14through 15, James 1:14
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through 15.
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So now I want you to lookat this word lust as any type
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of strong emotion, a strongpositive emotion, or it can also
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be a strong negative emotion.
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He says, "But every man istempted when he is drawn away."
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Notice when you're tempted.
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You're tempted by thosestrong emotions.
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Notice how the temptation,tests, and trial comes.
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It starts off with thosestrong emotions.
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He says and then he's enticed.
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So your strong emotion comesand then you're enticed.
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Strong emotions, thenyou're enticed.
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Now look at verse 15.
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Then when those strong emotionshave conceived and see you can
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see here that sin is conceivedin strong emotions.
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When the strong emotions areconceived, it bringeth
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forth sin.
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So sin is conceived in thosestrong emotions.
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You get angry, you get angry,get angry, then you hit.
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Well, where did conceptions comefrom the hit somebody?
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In those strong emotions thatyou didn't take authority
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over because you didn't thinkyou had a choice.
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And so he says then when lusthas conceived it bringeth forth
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sin and then sin, when it'sfinished, it bringeth
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forth death.
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So it's through lust or it'sthrough strong emotions that
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a person is tempted and drawnaway into sin through strong
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emotions that the temptationfor sin happens in
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those emotions.
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So sin is conceived in emotions.
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Whoa.
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All of the sin you ever do isconceived in your emotion.
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Negative or positive.
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Every sin you've ever committedis conceived in your
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emotions first.
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What would happen if we startseeing that as the beginning
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part and deal with the emotionswe're no longer casual with.
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"Well, I'm just not gonnadeal with emotion.
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It's just an emotion."
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And you just walk around with itand while you're walking
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with it, you're considering itand you're entertaining
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it and you won't cast it down,
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you won't take authority,you won't do nothing with it.
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It's doing more with you thanwhat you're doing with it.
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So we've got generations ofchurch people who've never
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understood why they keepdoing the same thing, why?
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Because they thought thatemotions were just a response to
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the--a corresponding response toa circumstance in a situation.
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So I can't control it.
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It's not my choice,it just happens.
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Yeah, boy, I knew itwas gonna get silent
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in this place tonight.
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Silent.
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Oh my God.
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Now we do this and we knowthis--know to do this what
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I just talked about, we knowto do this with thoughts.
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We know in 2 Corinthians 10:5we cast down our thoughts.
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I'm asking you to do the samething with your emotions.
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We know that when we havethese negative thoughts,
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cast your thoughts down.
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And the great thing aboutcasting the thoughts down is
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that we can kind of get ahead ofour emotions, but sometimes
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we'll cast a thought down inour head and we'll still
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be emotionalabout something.
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And I'm asking you to cast downyour emotions just like you
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cast down your thoughts.
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Taking Authority Over Your Emotions Part 3

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