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Your Identity, Your Mission

Leon Fontaine

January 15, 2021

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Join Leon on the show today, as he shares on your God given identity and mission.

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-ANNOUNCER: What would youchange in your life?
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- What if you could unleash themiraculous in your
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everyday life?
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- Experience freedom, live inpeace, change the world. Become
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Spirit Contemporary. Join LeonFontaine, world renowned
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conference speaker, seniorpastor of Canada's fastest
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growing church, and CEOof Canada's only
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Christian TV station.
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-LEON FONTAINE: Who are you?What are you?
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And what is yourmission in life?
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Because the world is trying tobend you into something.
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-ANNOUNCER: In John 10:10, itsays that Jesus came to give us
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life, and life more abundantly.So, why is there such a
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disconnect between this biblicalpromise, and how most Christians
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live today? Why have so manybelievers become spiritually
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weak, and ineffective at sharingJesus' message of love? THE
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SPIRIT CONTEMPORARY LIFE is theanswer. It's being led by Holy
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Spirit, but in a contemporaryway. It's being Jesus and
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demonstrating His love in wayspeople can understand and
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appreciate. Spirit Contemporaryis unique for everyone. It never
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compromises the truth, and itnever makes others feel
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uncomfortable. It's freeingyourself from religious
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constraints, and walking freelyin God's amazing grace, for His
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purpose. THE SPIRIT CONTEMPORARYLIFE is absolutely crucial if
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the global church and her peopleare going to change the world.
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- Later in the show, we'll tellyou how you can reserve your
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copy of today's resource. Enrichyour soul and renew your mind
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with this timely series.
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- And now, from Winnipeg,Canada, pastor Leon Fontaine.
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-LEON: Well, I want to talk toyou today about something that
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it's just, it's always oozingand burning out of me, just you
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know, and I want to talk to youbecause so many of us treat
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church and God's Word as thoughit's just kind of we're
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consumer. We need this. We needthat. We need a little fix
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spiritually, go to church, getencouraged a little bit. And you
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so do not know what church is.And as you look at the world
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today and look at the thingsthat are going on, it's very
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apparent that so much of thebody of Christ has an identity
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crisis. They do not know whothey are. There's three things
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that your mouth should bespeaking every day, is who you
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are, what you are, and yourmission in life. Those things
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Jesus was always talking aboutwhen it came to Him. Who He was.
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What He was. What His missionwas. And so I want to talk to
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you about something that if youdon't begin to speak. If you
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don't begin to speak the Word ofGod. You're going to find that
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your life becomes such adouble-minded mess. You're going
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to find it hard to keep God'speace in your life. You will
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find it hard to keep God's joyin your life. You will find it
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hard to stay in faith becausefaith cometh by hearing and
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hearing by the Word of God. Soalthough you have the measure of
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faith, and although it's byfaith that we can overcome
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anything in this world, so fewpeople understand that your
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confession rules you. What yousay and what you continually say
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is ruling and reigning in yourlife. In Revelations 12:11, it
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talks about how the way weovercome the enemy on this
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planet. It says we overcame himby the blood of the Lamb.
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Another words, being born againin Christ Jesus. And then it
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says it's not just that positionin Christ. It's yes, the fact
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that you're born again. But thenit says and the word of your
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testimony. A testimony is averbal explaining, declaring
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what you are a witness to. Andit says they loved not their
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lives to the death. What is itin your regular conversation?
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What is it day by day that youtalk about when it comes to who
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you are, what you are, and whatyour mission in life is. In
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Hebrews 4:14, a really coolverse it says, "Seeing then is
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we have a great High Priest whohas passed through the heavens,
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Jesus the Son of God." Then itsays, "Let us hold fast our
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confession." Yes, we've gotJesus as our High Priest. Yes,
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He's died on the cross. Yes, Herose again. Man, He's seated at
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the righthand of the Father andHe's made every promise. He's
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qualified you for. He's givingyou the gift of righteousness. I
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mean, it's stunning. But then itsays, "Let us hold fast our
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confession." We hear the wordconfession for negative things
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like confess your sins or Jamesconfess your faults. And you
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need take it in context as towhen you need help and how
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you're walking things out. Butfew people realize that much of
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the word confession professionin the Bible is your confession
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of faith. Your confession ofGod's Word. Your confession of
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the principles. You see, you arenot trying to become something
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that you are not. You are tryingto be who you is. And if you do
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not begin to speak and watchyour words and declare, confess,
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speak proper words in your life.You are going to be, I tell the
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story all the time and so manyof our church knew it. You're
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like a lion raised by a familyof poodles. You already are a
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lion. You just don't know itbecause you've been raised from
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the cub up by a poodle. You'vegot poodle thinking, poodle
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eating, poodle fears, poodleeverything. But you're actually
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a lion. And when you get bornagain, you need to understand
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something that Jesus is the lionof Judah. And that you and I are
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joint heirs with Him. As He is,so are we in this world. But
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it's not your position in Christthat rules you. It is your
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confession. Your confessionsrule your life. Not the devil,
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not God, not your mama, not yourpapa, not your upbringing, not
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the color of your skin, not thelanguage that you speak. It is
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the words coming out of yourmouth that the Bible teaches us
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have physical power, mentalpower, spiritual power. And so
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when you speak words, theydominate the world, spiritual
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world, physical world, mentalworld. And it doesn't matter
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whether it's in heaven or -,Words are so incredible. So many
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Christians today are sincere butweak. And listen, we don't want
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to be sincere and weak. I don'twant to be insincere and strong.
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I want to be sincere, but I wantto be strong in the things of
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God. In Psalm 27:1, David issaying, "The Lord is my light
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and He's my salvation. Whomshall I fear? The Lord is the
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strength of my life, who am Igoing to be afraid of?" What a
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stunning confession. He issinging this. He is declaring
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this. Much of what David wrotewas put to poems or was put to
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songs. And he's getting outthere and singing the Lord is
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the strength of my life. He ismy light. What does that mean?
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When you've got darkness in anarea, you don't know how to make
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decisions. You don't know whichdecision. You don't know what to
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say, what to do. He isilluminating your darkness. He
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is your strength forrelationships, strength for
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health, strength financially.And what kind of strength? Well,
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the strength of God is stunningand amazing. So my question to
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you is who are you? What areyou? And what is your mission in
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life? Because the world istrying to bend you into
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something. It is trying -, andthe enemy of our souls is firing
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fiery darts at your heart. Andthe shield of faith must snuff
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it out and the Word of God mustcome out of your mouth because
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the Bible says, "Fight!" I don'tfight devil. He's a defeated
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foe. I fight the good fight offaith. I fight to make sure that
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the words of my mouth aredeclaring who I am, what I am in
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my mission in life. In Proverbs4 the one of the wises men
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that-, Men that walked theplanet before the cross, is
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Solomon. He's talking here andhe's saying, "You need to give
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attention to God's words. Youneed to keep them in the middle
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of your heart." Why? Because theenemy's after your heart. God is
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after your heart. Your heart isthe autopilot of your future.
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When you go from Proverbs4:18-27, it says put away from
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you a deceitful mouth. Now,right away we think, "Well, then
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just speak the truth." No! He issaying stop speaking earthly
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principles when a Godlyprinciple overrides it. You see,
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wherever you are, what you arechallenges it. Wherever you are,
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whatever is messing with you.Who you are on the inside rises
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up against the situation andgoes, "This isn't who I am.
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These are not my rights andprivileges that are being
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portrayed here. And there'ssomething within you that
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confronts when you know who youare, what you are, and your
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mission in life. We've got tobegin to do what the Word says
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and not because, "Well, youknow, this confession Leon, I've
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got trouble with that." Wellthen, just go do what you want
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to do but you're going to havewhat you're going to have. And
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you're not going to be able tocontrol your own beliefs because
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speaking is one of the mostimportant parts of the process
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of faith, a process of who youare, your identity. Romans 8:14
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says that we are children ofGod. From verse 14 all the way
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to 17, it says that we are Hischildren. We are His heirs. That
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we are literally joint heirswith Jesus. Whatever Jesus
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inherited, we are joint heirs.It says here that when we, that
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we are literally in God's familyto such a degree that it says
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whereby we cry Abba, Father.Well, what does it mean in our
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society? That means looking atsomeone and going, "Dad!" If I
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go to the airport and there'speople that are meeting as they
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come down off that escalator,and there's family you know, or
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they're on the hug rug orwhatever it is. If someone runs
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towards a guy going, "Dad!" Iknow who that person is in their
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life. And the Bible says thatwho am I? That my very heart
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knows dad when I think aboutGod. That word "Father" bring
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such phenomenal love, suchattention. Well, what about what
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am I? Well, 1 Peter 24 says bywhose stripes you were healed.
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So health and healing andvitality and strength. That's
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what you have. It's not tryingto get. You've already been
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given it. The Bible says inRomans 8:2 that you're free from
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the law of sin and death. Thereis no addiction. There is no sin
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that can hang on to the believerwho is born again. But you've
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got to begin to know who youare, what you are, and what your
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mission is. And when you beginto realize and declare this in
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your prayer closet every day,I'm telling you where you are in
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addiction, where you are in sin,whatever is controlling you and
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shutting you down and destroyingyour relationships, your health.
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The Bible teaches us that whoyou are and what you are begins
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to confront that and you walkout free. Not just some magical
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little prayer, what's going onon the inside of you. What am I?
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James 4:7 says that when Iresist the devil, he flees from
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me. Now, that's not there forthose who don't know Christ. But
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because I am in Christ, theBible says I'm submitted to God.
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I resist the devil and he willflee, run in terror from me.
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That's what I am. That's whatyou are. Philippians 4:13, what
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are you? You can do all thingsthrough Christ who strengthens
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you. Romans 8:37, it says, "No,in everything you are more than
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a conqueror." Do you know whatmore than a conqueror is? I'm so
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tired listening to Christiansfight the devil. Oh, I'm
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fighting the devil in mymarriage, and I'm fighting the
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devil in my health, and I'mfighting the devil over my kids,
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and I'm fighting the devil overour finances and our career. Oh,
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the devil's after us. Nowhere inthe new covenant does it tell
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you that you are fighting thedevil. It says he's defeated.
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And it says you simply resisthim. It doesn't say pray to God
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to resist the devil for you. Itsays you resist him, and he
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flees. You and I need torecognize what we are. We are
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overcomers, born of God, made byGod. And on this planet He's
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designed everything for you towalk in such success, such
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overcoming power. The problem isthat we are sincere in our
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relationship with God but weakin our identity and what does
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this all mean. So what is mymission in life, pastor? Well,
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let's look at a few things. InJohn 10:3, it teaches us that we
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follow Jesus to such an extentthat He uses your name. Hey,
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Leon, this way. Hey, Bert, thisway. Hey, Ronda, this way. He
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literally leads you by name.Every one of us individually He
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leads you through choices on whoyou marry, where you work, how
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to handle things, etcetera. Thatour mission, follow Jesus. Jesus
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said in Matthew 16:18, I'mbuilding my church. Well, if
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Jesus is building His church,and you're following Jesus. Then
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whether you're in medicine orbusiness or the arts. Whatever
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you do is to assist Jesus inbuilding His church. Now, look
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around you. I'm glad we've gotproperties and buildings and
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lands and television stationsand radio and all. Yes, but
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that's not the church. You arethe church, and Jesus is
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building you. And we're usingall these things to reach people
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and to build people up. So whatis our mission? We're helping
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Jesus build His church. Andwherever the church is strong,
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countries are infected,affected, influenced. Wherever
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the church is strong, thatgrassroots affects leadership in
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every area of that city. Everyarea that is ahead when the
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church is strong. But when thechurch is not strong, then
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leaders can rise up all aroundyou that you don't want. The
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Bible actually says you getleaders after your own heart. So
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guard your heart. Declare theWord. Let the church of Jesus
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Christ rise up in such a waythat our hearts and our prayer
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together changes our nation, ourcities. It changes whatever is
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needed to bring the peace andthe blessing that God has given
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us. In Matthew 6:33, what's ourmission? It says to seek first
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the kingdom of God. Not seekfirst your career, not seek
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first your marriage, not seekfirst your sex life, not seek
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first whatever pleasures you'vegot. Pleasures follow us. At his
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right hand are pleasures forevermore. But we are to seek first
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His kingdom. How can we help Hiskingdom advance? How can we help
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Him reach the hurting and thelost? How can we let this world
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know that the greatest joy andpeace and success is in knowing
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Jesus. What's our mission inlife? John 15:8-9 says that we
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are to bear much fruit. We areto get results everywhere.
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He'll, they look at you and go,"How do you get results in your
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marriage like that? How do youraise kids and get results like
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that? How do you have sicknessand disease pushing at you
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and healing and health justkeep rising up. How do
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you get results?" That isfor the believer who
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follows Jesus Christ. 1 John3:8 says, "For this purpose
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was the Son of Godmanifested, that he might
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destroy the works of the devil."So you and I need to know. That
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yes, everywhere we go, when wesee poverty and sickness and
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disease and anger and jealousyand self-centeredness. Those all
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weren't in the garden that Godcreated. But this fallen angel
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Lucifer, in him when he began touse whatever creative power he
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was given to create sin andself-centeredness. All of this
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followed him, wasn't God'soriginal intention. Did you know
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that when it comes to you and Iserving Jesus and declaring our
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prayer every day. If you want toknow how to pray. Get up and
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take His promises and His Wordand declare who you are. Because
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who you are will begin to pushout where you are that is not in
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that same line. When you beginto declare what you are in
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Christ, it begins to push offsituations. It begins to bring
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the miraculous into your worldwhen you begin to declare what
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you are. When you begin todeclare your mission in life and
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I'm here to rise up and toinfluence this world for Jesus,
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to destroy what the enemy hasdone, to bring results in my
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life so that people areattracted to the Jesus that I
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serve. I follow Jesus and Heleads me by name, and I know His
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voice and another I won'tfollow. Listen to me, your world
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changes. My question to you. Doyou speak every day who you are?
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That's the most powerful prayingyou could do. Do you speak out
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loud and declare God's Word asto what you are? Do you speak
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His Word and His promises as towhat your mission is in life? If
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you'll begin, that's what youneed to do in your prayer
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closet. That's what you need todo when it's you and God alone
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in your car as you begin to findthe promises. And today, I've
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given you a few promises in eachcategory and they overlap. But
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your words that you speak out ofyour mouth. They rule your life
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and they rule your future. Now,where you are in life today is
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probably a result of how youwere raised and what your
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parents taught you or schoolingor whatever. So, but where you
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want to be for your future fromtoday and on. Make a decision,
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that I'm going to rule and reignwith Christ. Not when you get to
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heaven. Right now. It's yourwords. Your prayer time needs to
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be. My challenge to you is yougot to start. You got to start.
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You know, when my kids wereyounger. I can hold them in my
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arms night times and pray andspeak the Word of God over them
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and see health and life flowinto them. As they got older and
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got into their teens, I began tonotice that it was up to them
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and what they believed about whothey were. What they believed
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about what they are. What theybelieved about their mission.
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That I couldn't just use myfaith and get whatever I wanted
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for them. As you grow and riseup from a child into an adult,
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if we don't teach and show andmodel our children what we do in
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these areas. They won't be ableto. I can come along with my
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kids now and agree with themwhat they believe. What they
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believe about what they are.What my kids believe about who
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they are. What my kids believeabout their mission. They're an
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adult. They need to decide that.I was walking down a really bad
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street in one of our cities.We're just sharing and reaching
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out, walked up to this group offive guys and just kind of
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started talking, and they got upangry and mad and surrounded me
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right on the sidewalk on thestreet there. And they said,
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"This Jesus is your friend.Yeah, right." He started cursing
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and swearing. He says, "Theseare friends." He's pointing the
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guys that are standing around mein a circle. And he says, "Me
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and my friends are going to kickthe beep, beep, beep, out of
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you. What's your friend Jesusgoing to do for you now, huh?" I
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looked him right in the eye theringleader and I said,
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"Interesting." Says the Biblesays God's angel will protect me
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from you. So you got trouble orHe's going to give me the
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ability to take all five of youright now. He looks at me and he
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pause, and he goes, "What kindof Christian are you?" He was
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convinced that Christians areweak. That Christians are meek.
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That Christians are wimpy. ThatChristians need excuses. And he
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found and talked to somebodythat spoke so differently. I
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said, "I'm the real kind ofChristian. Can we talk to you
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about it?" They all sat down onthe fence. There's a board fence
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right there. And I talked tothese guys for 45 minutes to an
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hour about the Jesus that Iserve and what He look like
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according to Revelations 1. Andthe power, the authority that's
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invested in Him. That's beengiven to us. And it was an
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amazing time. I want you tounderstand something. You've got
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some choices to make. You goahead and keep blaming God, your
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mom, your church, the color ofyour skin, your language. Go and
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blame whatever you want. Butaccording to Jesus Christ the
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King of kings and the Lord oflords. When you give your life
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to Him, you're a part of God'sfamily and you are now designed
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to bring results, designed towin. You are more than a
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conqueror. What is more than aconqueror? Well, you know, if
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you're going to go conquer acountry, it's one thing to
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destroy it and fight. It takesreal wisdom to put in power
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grids and roads andneighborhoods and houses and
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fresh water and stores and ademocracy and system of
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government. You know, you canpush a trigger and bomb the
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thing down in no time. But to bemore than a conqueror. It means
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not just to win. It means tobuild the life that you've
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dreamed of. Whenever I meetChristians who are always
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fighting. I know they don'tunderstand what it means to be
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more than a conqueror. Theydon't understand that you are
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salt and light. We are wisemaster builders. We can build
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communities and homes andmarriages and families and
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careers and nations. We are theones who should rise up
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in this area.
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can also change someone else'seternity. So today, I'm asking
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everyday life. Effective prayermakes tremendous power available
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-LEON: One of the greatestthings people struggle with
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today is, who am I? So manypeople are trying to get their
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DNA checked out to see ifthey've got European in them, if
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they've got Mongol in them, orthey're from Indian descent from
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India. That they want to knowand that they seem to feel a
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sense of, "I've gotta find outwho I am." And none of those
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things are your identity. It'sgood to be proud and not
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embarrassed of where you comefrom and to be excited about it,
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but your identity is in Christ.And I wanna challenge you that
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you might think, "I'm Canadian.I'm American. I'm East Indian."
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Or whatever word, but you areHeavenian first. You are made in
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the likeness and the image ofGod. The language that you
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speak, the color of your skin,and whoever your forefathers
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were, is not your identity. Youridentity is in Christ. You're
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made in the likeness and imageof God, designed in heaven made
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by God and that is the family.That is predominant thing that
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you need to understand. God mayuse everything else in His
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purposes in your life, language,color of skin, background, and
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He will. But your identity isJesus. Don't let anything take
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that away from you. And that iswhere you'll have a peace. That
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is where you will have astrength. Because whenever the
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enemy comes in to tempt you offcourse or to begin to make you
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feel like you are not enough.You need to know I am a child of
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God. I know that the King ofkings is on the inside of me.
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That I was born with a purposeand there's something I'm gonna
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do for Him. Father, I pray rightnow. That we would release the
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things we cling to as ouridentity, failures, even
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victories. And we would look toYou, Father, as the author, the
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finisher of our faith. We wouldlook to You, Father, as our
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Father and we would believe thethings You say about us, not the
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things that our even humanfather, or human people say
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about us. But what Your Wordsays about us and what You say
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about us. In Jesus' name I pray,amen and amen.
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