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Thriving in our Choices Part 4

Living Proof with Beth Moore

November 24, 2020

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Today; Beth teaches us how to embrace God's healing grace for chronic regret.

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Thriving in our Choices Part 4

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Shall we not go eating fromthe tree of the knowledge
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of good and evil.
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We don't really have to askour loved one if a thought
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ever goes through their mindabout anyone
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Can I just say,"Don't go there."?
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Don't go there.Just don't even go there.
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I'm not saying I went thereor not.
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I'm just saying that, you know,I just was having this struggle
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and I'll never forgetwhat he said to me.
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It didn't satisfy everythingbut I've thought about it
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a million times.
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He said, "Elizabeth, I chooseyou every day."
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♪♪♪
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Turn with meto John chapter 15.
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John chapter 15 and I'm alsogoing to open for you,
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because it's very important thatwe make the distinction.
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One of the things I love to dois if I see Jesus speak
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something over the disciples,then I love to see--one
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of the questions I'm gonna askis, "Okay, is that for us also?
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Or was that for them?"
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Because, I mean, those werehis 12 or his 11 and then,
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of course, the apostle Paulbut can I just take
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and assure--now,I can pray anything.
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"O Lord, like you did for them,like you gave them a spirit
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of boldness in the Word of God."
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I can ask for anything,whether or not I gain that.
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But can I really go to itand just claim it?
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And can I believethat for myself?
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Well, I love to see are thereother verses
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where it's writtento the church at large
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where I can say,"Oh, that's not only them,
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it's also me,"and indeed there is.
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And that's why I've got my Biblealso open to Ephesians chapter 1
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because I'm gonna comparea verse with you.
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So John chapter 15 says,I wanna go to 12 to 17:
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"This is my commandment,
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"that you love one anotheras I have loved you.
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"Greater love has no onethan this,
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"that someone lay downhis life for his friends.
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"You are my friends if you dowhat I command you.
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"No longer do I call youservants,
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"for the servant does not knowwhat his master is doing;
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"but I have called you friends,
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"for all that I have heardfrom my Father
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"I have made known to you.
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"You did not choose me,I chose you and appointed you
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"that you should goand bear fruit
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and that your fruitshould abide,"
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fruit that lasts is whatthe NIV says and I love that.
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"Fruit that will last, thatwhatever you ask in my--the
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"Father in my name,he may give it to you.
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"These things I command you,
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so that you will loveone another."
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He said, "You did not choose me.
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I chose you."
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Now, this is so criticallyimportant because everything
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shifts right here on this truth.
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I want you to write downnumber four:
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"Choose to wholly embrace
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your chosenness."
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The most important choiceyou can make
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after you choose Christ
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is to fully embraceyour chosenness.
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There are several differentplaces I could send you.
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I'm thinking, also, be sure youpore over Colossians chapter 1.
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But I want you to hear thisportion out of Ephesians 1.
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I'm reading 3 and,oh, I'm gonna wanna go forward,
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but I'm just gonnatry to stop at 4.
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"Blessed be the God and Fatherof our Lord Jesus Christ,
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"who has blessed us in Christwith every spiritual blessing
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"in the heavenly places,
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"even as he chose us in him
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"before the foundationof the world,
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that we should be holyand blameless before him."
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It says: "In love he predestinedus to be adopted."
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It tells us in the next littleparagraph that we have--in him
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we have obtained an inheritance,we've been sealed
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by the Holy Spiritwho is our guarantee
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of our inheritance,is an earnest deposit over it
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until we have the full measureof it, face to face.
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We are chosen in him and,listen carefully,
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chosen before the foundationof the world.
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That means that he alreadyknew everything about you.
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He knew every pathetic decisionI was ever going to make,
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and he still says, "You did notchoose me; I chose you.
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I called you."
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I don't know, does thatrock anybody's world?
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Because what would happenif we truly,
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truly accepted that,
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that the God of the universewho by his voice said,
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"Let there be light,"and there was,
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who created the heavensand the earth
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by the power of his voice.
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He did not have to lifthis little finger.
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He took his hands to createthe form of man,
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so that he could get his handsinto it, touch, feel to it.
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Everything else, the soundof his voice,
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boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
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That one, that one,has chosen you.
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You are choice,child of God, choice.
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Remember when I told you thatof all the things about a human
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that conveythat we are image bearers,
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that whisper the image of God,
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I am not sure thereis one that more flagrantly
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testifies to it,than the pure power of choice.
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I think somebody thinks,you know,
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just act like he tolerates me.
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He's obligated to me.
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No, he made a choice.
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You were his choice.
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He chose you.
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I looked at the opposite terms.
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I love antonyms.I love--I just love words.
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So I love to see synonymsand I love to see antonyms.
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I looked up the opposite words.
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You know--alreadyknow what it's gonna be.
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It's gonna be rejection.
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It's to be ignored or rejected.
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Ignored.
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That is when you'renot even noticed.
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When I'm not even noticed.
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And then there's just, "Oh, I'mnoticed all right and a judgment
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was made that I'm not worth it.
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And so I'm rejected."
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Do you know that it would be usembracing our chosenness
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that would bring healing toso much of the brokenness
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we have sufferedover being ignored and rejected.
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Chosen, chosen.
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I just want you to sayout loud: "I'm chosen."
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Say it again: "I've been chosenby God."
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See, when Jesus, I mean,looks the world of--before
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the foundation of the world,sees all the generations.
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It's like, I just picture justlike laying out the day planner
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from the beginning to the endand choosing what generation.
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He's chosen the generations,the Psalmist says.
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And the book of Acts saysthat he even determined
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what places in the worldwe'd be in and what generations
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we'd live in so thatwe might seek him and find him.
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Chosen, chosen.
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I don't know.
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I don't know how much this meansto somebody
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but I pray this is gonna land,
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I mean land, with a personin this room.
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Listen carefully.
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You did not come up with you.
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Is that good news to anybody?
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'Cause you're thinking, like,
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"I don't think itwas a good idea."
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No, you did notcome up with you.
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Jesus did.
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You did not plan you.
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Jesus did.
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You did not choose you.
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You might go, "I wouldn'thave chosen myself."
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Well, good, you didn't have to.
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Because it wasn't you.
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Jesus did.
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You did not norhave you ever fearfully
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and wonderfullymade yourself.
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Jesus did.
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Jesus did.
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You did not set you apartbefore your birth
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for works prepared in advance.
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Jesus did.Do you hear what I'm saying?
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Ephesians 2:10,
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that he even thought,"You know what?
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"I am going to make herreally, really gifted at this.
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"I'm gonna set herin this generation.
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"I'm gonna give--this is theDNA I'm gonna entrust to her.
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"This is where I'm gonnaput her on the planet.
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"I'm going to make surethat I equip her
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"with these spiritual giftswhen she comes
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"and receives the giftof salvation
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"that I'm going to woo her with.
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"I'm gonna set her up for works.
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"I already know what I want herto do before the foundation
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of the world," Jesus did.
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You do not get to determineyour worthiness, Jesus does.
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You do not get to decideyour lovability.
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Really, that's not up to you.
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You don't decide,"Well, I'm unlovable."
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You don't get to decide that.
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Jesus already decidedthat you are completely
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and wholly lovable.
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He who is all knowledge,all brilliance,
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he who is creator, maker,
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potter to the clay,cleanser to the leper,
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redeemer to those soldunder slavery to sin,
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has pronounced you lovable,effectual, and beautiful.
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Now, I mean, either you candeal with that or you can't.
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But that is who you are in him.
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I wonder, would anybody--anybodyin the room be prepared
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to just simply decide today,
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"Maybe I will believe thatfor a change."
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I need to see a hand.
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I need to see a hand.
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Chosen, effectual, I havebeen equipped, I am called.
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I am called.
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I look up--I loveto look up words.
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I thought, "What does itmean that we are called?"
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Well, it means this."Beth?"
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That's as well as I couldcome to it.
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"Kevin?"
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It means called by name
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to be a follower of Jesusfore-ordained,
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planned for, holy,
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completely loved and purposed.
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This next few minutes,I wanna spend on something
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I think is really important.
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And, man, you know, maybe someof you are gonna go,
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"Well, I think thatshe really transferred
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what she has struggledwith to the rest of us,"
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and that would probably be true.
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But I have a feelingthat I am not the only one.
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Number five:Choose to wholly embrace
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healing grace forchronic regret.
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Listen,
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I am not hoping that Godmakes us feel better
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about this issue.
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I am praying he liberates uscompletely
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because what I'm talking aboutin this point to you today
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is that our chronic regretcan go on years,
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years, after our repentance.
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I need to see somebody's hand ifyou know what I'm talking about.
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Will somebody just be boldenough
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because I'm gonna tell you,it takes some boldness
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to really take Jesus upon his deliverance.
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And so I don't--I'mnot for playing games.
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If I'm in a particular situationand they're wanting to talk
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about something at a gatheringand about Jesus would do for us
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if we'd let him and I need itin the worst way, Bill,
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I'm just gonna be--I'm gonnawave my hand for it.
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Hi, I'm Selenaand this is Natalie.
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We know this has been one ofthe most difficult years for us,
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collectively, but wewant you to know that God
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has not once been farfrom you in all of this.
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(Natalie)We've put togethera personal boxed set
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that will include a Bible,a daily devotional,
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a digital downloadof Beth's full teaching
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a journal, and a pen.
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In the teaching includedwith your quiet-time box,
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Beth shares an exampleof how she does her
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daily personal timewith the Lord.
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(Selena)It's not necessarily somethingwe need to copy.
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Your individualrelationship with Jess
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gets to be its own thin.
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Perhaps you know a new believeror just someone looking
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to get more committedto the Word this year.
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This would be the perfect giftto help inspire them to find joy
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in the Scriptures daily.
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(Natalie)These tools, as Beth says,allows the Word
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to speak over youbefore the world does.
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We look forward to seeingyou next week.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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(Beth)I gotta tell you, we haveall been through a lot
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in the last year asI have never in my life.
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I say to you, I have neverhad more confidence
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in the pure gospel of ourLord Jesus Christ.
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♪ O my soul, lift up the name ♪
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♪ of the one who saves ♪
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♪ He reigns forever ♪
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♪ O my soul,lift up your praise ♪
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♪ I will riseand bless the Lord ♪
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♪ O my soul ♪
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♪ O my soul ♪
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♪ O my soul ♪
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♪ O my soul ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Let me tell you something.
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He's come to speakin power to us this weekend,
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because his Word
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is fresh and alive.
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That's the miracleof the Scriptures.
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(female announcer)Come join us in a city near you.
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There was a time that I wentto a conference in Australia
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and it was sucha powerful conference
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and so the host of it said,
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"Now, we just wanna prayfor anybody that needs healing.
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Would you just come toyour feet."
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And so it was sucha powerful moment
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and I'm just one of thosepeople,
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I want whatever God's doing.
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I thought, "How do I knowI'm not sick?"
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And so, I stood up.
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I mean, nothing was wrongwith me
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but I wouldn't have knownthat for sure.
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I mean, I could have hadsomething brewing
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I didn't even know about.
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And so, 'cause I just thought,"I want prayer.
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I want prayer."
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Well, when they had people comeand lay hands on us,
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I gotta tell you that I did--Iwent, "You know, y'all, really,
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there's really notanything wrong with me.
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I just wanna make sure."
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But, I mean, you can sit backif you want to
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but I'm just gonna tellyou something.
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If Jesus is offering it,I want it.
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I want it.I want it.
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I'm getting up.
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I went on my feet becauseI want whatever he's doing.
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I'm praying this over usthis weekend
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that we would be set free
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because this thingwill kill you.
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I mean, repented long ago,long ago,
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and you just keep replayingover and over in your mind.
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Do you see the victorythe enemy is getting here?
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But for any of us, did you havea season of your life or a time
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in your life or an event in yourlife or whatever,
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that honestly was your nightmareand it needs to be,
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in this case, one that youfeel responsible for,
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it not that you outrightly did.
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So I need to know ifanybody's involved with me here.
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So then, picture--I mean,there's your nightmare.
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So what would the enemy havemore important on his agenda
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if he did not want youto get on with it
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and be victorious in Christ
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since he cannot undoyour forgiveness,
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he's just gonna tryto make you feel
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like you're really not forgiven.
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And so, he just keepsyou in your nightmare.
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So the more we replay it,
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we're just stayingthere with it.
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And I mean, we do need to dealwith it, but I'm talking
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about things that could havebeen--they were years ago,
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years ago.
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Somebody in this room hadan abortion
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15 years ago--15 years ago.
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You've been brokenheartedsince this time.
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But, I mean, it is all youcan replay every time
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you come into an environmentlike this, you look around.
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I mean, it's justall you can replay.
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All you can replay.
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All you can replay.
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Somebody else had an affairten stinking years ago
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that you repented of,that you went
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and you received godly counsel,you dealt with your trash,
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you did what you had to do,you are living in freedom,
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you have not returned backto that sin,
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but you constantly--you arefixated on that regret.
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You really messed up somewherein your work in such a way
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that you lost your joband it just catapulted you
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into a time offinancial disaster.
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And it's just like,"But if I could go back,
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if I just--ooh, just, wouldn'tif I just--I wouldn't have."
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Do you see what we're doing?
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We're just livingin our nightmare
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because we have anightmare and we keep having it
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and we don't justhave it by night.
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We have our nightmare by day.
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We're just fixated.
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And so we stay right there
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'cause it's allwe can think about.
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I so regret it, I so regret it,I so regret it,
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I so regret it, I so regret it.
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We need healing.
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We need healing.
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We got to have us some healing.
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Do you remember when I told you
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that we've gotta get outof the mindset
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that we've ruined our livesbecause we are still alive
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and there's still a lotof life to live?
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Remember had a wreck?
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But that if we'd surrenderthat to Jesus,
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he could either repairthat wreck
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or he could buy it backfrom the devil.
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That's what you call redemption.
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Buy it back from slaveryto darkness.
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Some of you, I try to thinkbecause I like conversations,
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I like dialog, I like a classwhere we can talk and discuss.
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So I try to think what you wouldsay if we were in class
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and we could really talk.
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So I know what I would probablyhave wanted
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to say along the way.
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I'd probably wanna raise upmy hand and go,
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"Well, you know what?I object.
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And the reason why I object isbecause I don't think
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that's always true.
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Some people don't live longenough to see him
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do either oneof those two things,
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but I wannasay something to you,
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that is because you are assumingthat when your earthly life
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is over, it is done.
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And this is where we have got ussome skewed theology
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that is not what the Wordof God teaches.
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Listen carefully to Philippians1:6: "And I am sure of this,
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"that he who began a good workin you will bring it
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to completion at the dayof Jesus Christ."
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So you think just when you dropoff this body and it's dead,
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that all that's concerning you,all that concerns your life,
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is just done.
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Are you out of yourever-loving mind?
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He keeps on working and keepson working and keeps on working.
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Our testimony about this life isnot even finished until the day
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Jesus Christ appearsfor every eye to see
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and every mouth to confessthat he is Lord
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and every single kneeto bow before him.
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That's when our testimony
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for this lifetimewill be complete.
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'Til then, he's doing all sortsof stuff we can't see,
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all sorts of stuff we can't see.
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But tell you, I really hadsome wreckage.
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Just really had some wreckagein my own life
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and one of the thingshe's done to redeem it,
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this hit me afresh this week
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and I know it was to bring thisto you as part of our lesson.
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Because about Tuesday,
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I was studying for you
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and I got so excited,I started crying.
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Just starting to get the--seeingthe lesson coming together
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and just anticipating youand I just was getting ready
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and I just felt such joyin my heart
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and the tears werejust streaming down my cheeks.
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Maybe that was partof the redemption
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because I don't know whyany other reason
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except his sustaining grace,
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why it still hits me that way.
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I can pull into the parking lotfor Bible study in Houston
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and I don't know how to explainthis to you
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but I'm still surprisedcars are there.
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And I think that partof the redemption
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was just thankfulness.
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I just--I can't believe I lived
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and that I livedto tell about it
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and that he wouldput his name on me
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and let me have the privilegeto serve you.
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I just--it never--it never,30 years,
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it has never gotten old to me.
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And I just have to wonderand I jotted down--I
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don't know that I've neverjotted this sentence down.
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I jotted down,"Grace appreciation
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kills self-condemnation."
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I wonder if that could be true.
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That grace appreciation,that if, okay,
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so we blew it, so we blew it.
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We've repented, we're so sorry,we've wept over it,
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done what we know to doto make reparation
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if we hurt someone.
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Now, as the apostle Paul said,he called himself
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the worst of the worst,
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"I'm the leastof all the apostles.
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Greatest sinner of them all."
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Yet he said these wordsand I love 'em so much,
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they mean so much to me:
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"But his grace to mewas not in vain."
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I want you to stand to your feet
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and can we just praythrough this?
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I just wanna praythrough this with you.
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There are some versesthat God used to bring me
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some healing and I'm gonna tellyou something, girls.
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I am--there's a lot of precedentin the Word of God
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where acting the postureout of something
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is very, very much partof bringing us
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into that kind of a mindsetand heartset.
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In other words, when we bow,there's something to that.
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I just believe it.
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I mean, there's just somethingto coming to the altar.
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Like, today, you won't forgetyou came to the--there's
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just something about it,to just bend the knees.
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I'm not just talking about,"I'll bend the knees
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of my heart will--"
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Let's let the knees go aheadwith the heart.
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You know what I'm saying?
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As long as we're bendingsomething, let's just go ahead
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and drop it to the floor.
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And so I just--so when I reallywent through this with the Lord,
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I mean, I acted it outand I want you to
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in some ways do thatwith me today.
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If this is you, you've just gotchronic regret,
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I just wonder,
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I wanna read these versesout of Hebrews 10:19 through 23.
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This is in the NIVbecause I love the way
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the NIV words it.
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"Therefore,brothers and sisters,
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"since we have confidenceto enter the Most Holy Place
00:25:29.453 --> 00:25:31.889
"by the blood of Jesus,
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"by a new and living way openedfor us through the curtain,
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"that is, his body,since we have
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"a great high priestover the house of God,
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let us draw near to Godwith a sincere heart,"
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so we're not gonna cometo him with a bunch
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of bull, Hailey.
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And we're gonna bringour real-life story,
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the real thing.
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We're not gonna--we'renot gonna tone it down.
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We're gonna own it,we're gonna own it.
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So we come witha "sincere heart,
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"with the full assurancethat faith brings,
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"having our hearts sprinkledto cleanse us
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from a guilty conscience."
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"Let us hold unswervinglyto the hope we profess,
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for he who promisedis faithful."
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I just want today, could anybodyjust stand, to just,
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Lord, will you just please comeand tend
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to my guilty conscience.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Listen, our compulsivesecond-guessing
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is getting in the wayof our first love.
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Listen, at some pointwe gotta go,
00:26:52.403 --> 00:26:54.304
"Okay, I'm not positive if thatwas the right move or not.
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"But I did--I did the bestI knew how to do.
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"I sought wisdom,I've just said,
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"'I bow to you. This is yours,your authority over it.'
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"And so what I'm gonna do
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"is I'm just gonnabow to your sovereignty.
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"That's what I'm gonna choose.
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"That's what I'm gonna choose'cause you--what I know for sure
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is you can work it for good."
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