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Jack Graham - The Christ Life For Your Life

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

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Power Point with Jack Graham | Jack Graham - The Christ Life For Your Life | May 3, 2026

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There is no person that god cannot save!
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There is no promise that god will not keep!
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There is nothing that our god cannot do!
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All right. take your bibles and turn with me to john's gospel,
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Chapter 14.
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And the title of this message is the christ life for your
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Life. because we're talking about what does it mean to be a
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Christ-centered christian? are you living a selfish life or a
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Christ-centered life? a self-centered life or a
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Christ-centered life? many people know christ as savior,
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And he is resident in your life. he is present. but is he
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Preeminent? is the resident lord reigning and ruling in
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Your life?
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The book of colossians tells us by jesus, who is the creator,
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All things hold together. by him, all things consist. it's
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Like god's gravity. everything holds together by the power of
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Jesus christ. he's the christ of the cosmos, and he's the
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Christ of your life. and so no wonder so many lives are
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Spinning out of control because christ has not given his proper
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Place of preeminence in our lives.
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We are in the upper room with the lord and his chosen ones,
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His followers, the disciples, and it's thursday night.
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Thursday night, and he is observing the passover for the
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Last time with his disciples. and he has just told them that
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He is leaving them and that they will now live without his
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Physical presence. and of course, these men are shaken by
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This. they're troubled. there's a shudder in the room,
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Shockwaves are through the room. and then the lord,
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Because he sees their broken hearts, he begins giving them
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Promises, extraordinary promises, incredible, amazing
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Promises. and in the upper room discourse, the conversation
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That jesus has in chapters 13 through 16 in the gospel of
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John, and then a prayer to seal it in chapter 17, in this, you
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See and hear all of these promises. and also he gives
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Christians, you and me, clear commands as to how we are to
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Love him by obeying him and following him.
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In chapter 13, he talks about love. first corinthians 13 is
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Called the love chapter, but john chapter 13 is also the
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Love chapter. it says that he loved those disciples to the
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End. he loved them all the way through. and then he said in
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Verse 34 of chapter 13, “by this shall all men know that
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You are my disciples, that you have love for one another, even
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As i have loved you, that you love one another.” and this is
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The new command that christ gives to us.
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And then he makes an astounding statement that picks up where
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We're going to go today in the scripture. beginning in chapter
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14, verses 12 through 16, he said, “truly i say to you,
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Whoever believes in me will also do the works that i do,
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And watch this, and greater works than these will he do
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Because i'm going to the father. and whatever, whatever
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You ask in my name, this i will do that the father may be
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Glorified in the son. and then this promise, if you ask me
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Anything in my name, i will do it. and if you love me, you
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Will keep my commandments. and i will ask the father and he
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Will give you another paraclete, helper, one called
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Alongside of you to be with you forever.”
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You clearly see that jesus claims to be who he is and that
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Is god. he says, ”you believe in god, believe also in me.”
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And he says, when i go away in my absence, you will not be
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Left alone. you will not be orphaned. but i will send you
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The holy spirit. in john 16, verse 7, he says, “it's to your
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Advantage that i go away.” how could anything be better than
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The presence of jesus? that's what the disciples are
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Thinking. and yet he says, it's to your advantage, it will be
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Better for you that i go away. and then that indescribable
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Statement, greater works will you do than even the works that
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I have done.
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But three incredible promises right here in this passage of
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Scripture and others to follow. first, is the promise of his
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Presence. he said, i will be with you. throughout the 14th
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Chapter of john, jesus describes the ministry of the
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Holy spirit. and just who is the holy spirit and what does
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The holy spirit do? the holy spirit is christ in you. when
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You become a christian, the spirit of the living god, the
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Spirit of jesus himself enters your life. and jesus is
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Assuring these men and all of us and every christian in every
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Generation that we are always helped by the holy spirit. he
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Calls him the helper, the paraclete, or the comforter,
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One called alongside of you.
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So here is the ministry of the holy spirit briefly. and that
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Is one, the holy spirit is in you. the holy spirit is not a
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Force outside of you or upon you. the spirit of the living
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God breathes in you. he is alive in you. the deity of our
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Savior, jesus, his deity inhabits our humanity. it's the
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Most important thing you can learn as a christian, even just
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Getting started. and yet so many christians had no idea as
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To the ministry of the holy spirit in their lives. to some,
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They're like those people at ephesus when paul spoke to them
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Of the holy spirit and they said, “we've not even heard
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That there is such a thing as the holy spirit.” and many
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Christians do not know the presence and the power of god's
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Spirit living in them. but i'm telling you, it's the most
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Important thing you can learn as a new christian.
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Have you discovered that the christian life is not
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Difficult? it's demanding. it's more than demanding. it is
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Impossible. all these commands that jesus gives to love like
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He loves, i can't love like jesus loved, but he has given
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Us his very spirit to live in us, to love through us, to
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Serve through us. and the holy spirit is absolutely essential
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For a christ-centered life and for a victorious christian
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Life. so the spirit of god indwells us and he instructs us
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And he is present with us.
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And not only that, but he is, he is, well, let me give you 1
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Corinthians 3:16, “do you not know that you are god's temple
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And that god's spirit dwells in you?” do you know this?
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Sometimes we say, welcome to the house of god. well, this is
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A church house, but this is the house of god. you are a
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Sanctuary for the holy spirit of christ who lives in you. 1
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Corinthians 6:19 “or do you not know that your body is the
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Temple of the holy spirit within you whom you have from
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God? you are not your own. he goes on to say, you've been
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Bought with a price, the precious blood of jesus.”
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And so we are inhabited by god's spirit. and yes, he is
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The holy spirit. and one of the purposes and priorities of the
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Holy spirit in our lives is to make us holy by making us more
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And more like jesus. it's the process that theologians call
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Sanctification, that we are made more and more holy as
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Christ becomes more and more powerful and ever present in
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Our lives. if there's anything, one thing you don't can't
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Afford to miss is the power and the presence of the holy
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Spirit. so he is in you. he is for you. the holy spirit is
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Your advocate before the father.
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The bible is the bestselling, most translated, and most
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Quoted book of all time, and yet so many have neglected
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Reading or have completely missed what the bible is all
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About. in a world of chaos and confusion uncertainty out
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There, the bible is the only constant. the only certainty is
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Jesus himself and his word, who is the same yesterday, today,
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And forever.
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Sometimes christians get caught up in seeking the power of the
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Holy spirit, and there is power in his presence. but don't get
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So caught up in seeking the power that you miss the person
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Of the holy spirit, that you miss the presence of the holy
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Spirit. he is our helper, our paraclete, our counselor, our
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Advocate. jesus is convincing his troubled disciples that
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They don't have to fear, because he will provide for
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Them everything that they need, and that goes for us as well.
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So no matter what problem, or trial, or trouble, or test, or
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Temptation you face, the comforter has come. he is with
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You, he is in you, he is for you, and he is upon you. and so
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Trust him, and believe him. he gives us the promise.
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He is our counselor, which means he speaks to us first and
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Foremost through his word. did you know, when you open your
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Bible, that you are encountering the ministry of
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The holy spirit? the bible, god's word, is not just a book
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From men, but god, by the holy spirit, through men, gave us
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His word. so in that way, jesus said, the holy spirit will
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Come, you can read it, this is your homework for today, read
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The rest of the 14th chapter. when the holy spirit comes, he
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Will teach you all the things that you need to know. and so
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We now have the scripture, the revelation of god, both old
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Testament and new testament. but in the old testament, the
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Promise of peace is given to us, and it is the shalom of
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God, and that peace comes by the holy spirit.
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You say, well, how is it possible that greater works
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Than he did that we will do? what does he mean by that?
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Because clearly, we can't do what jesus did. but think about
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It, jesus on earth was in one place at one time, and one
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Physical presence, one physical place. jesus never traveled
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More than a few miles from the place of his birth in his
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Hometown, in israel. he never spoke to millions of people. he
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Often spoke to large crowds, and people came to hear him
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From all over, but frankly, i speak to more people every
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Single day through media than jesus ever spoke to in his
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Lifetime. you say, are you bragging? are you saying you're
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Better than jesus? of course not, but i'm making the point
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That jesus is making. he said, now, i'm not going to be here
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In one place at one time any longer, but i'm going to send
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You the holy spirit, and the spirit will be in you, and you
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Will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth. i'm not
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Greater than jesus, and you're not greater than jesus, but he
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Does his greatest works and his greater works through us. when
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We speak, when we witness, when we share god's word, we can
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Expect his anointing. we can expect his power. he is in you.
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He is for you. he is with you. he is upon you, and he lives
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Through you. that's the first promise.
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The second promise that he gives is the promise of prayer,
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Not only the promise of the holy spirit, but linked, linked
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To the promise of the holy spirit is the promise of
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Answered prayer, of prayer. jesus said, look again in verse
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14, “if you ask anything in my name, i will do it. if you love
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Me, keep my commandments, that is, obey god, and i will ask
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The father, and he will give you another helper to be with
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You forever.” oh, yes, i should mention, jesus said the holy
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Spirit will never leave you. as a christian, the spirit of god,
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The living spirit of god will be in you forever.
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But he says, then pray in my name. ask and i will answer
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You. it's an incredible promise. he says, i'm going to
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Give you, remember, these troubled men, they were
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Shuddering, they were shaking regarding the prospect of life
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Without jesus on earth. they were freaking out. he says,
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“don't let your heart be troubled.” here's why. i'm the
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Way, i'm the truth, i'm the life. you can trust me. i'm
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Giving you the holy spirit, and i'm giving you a lifeline. and
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That lifeline is communication with me, and it's prayer. and
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In prayer, what happens? we experience his presence. we
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Know his power. we receive his provision. we gain his
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Perspective. that's wisdom. and in prayer, we invite his
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Protection upon our lives.
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There's a sermon right there. when you pray, there is his
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Presence, his power, his provision, his perspective in
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Life, and his protection. and i can add all of his promises
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That we pray in. we have this clear, unhindered connection
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With god, straight to him. and you know what? when we pray in
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Jesus' name, it's a local call.
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What does it mean to pray in jesus' name? to pray in jesus'
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Name is not just a sign off, you know, what we say to end
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The prayer. not just the ender. you may end your prayer, of
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Course, with in the name of jesus. but it means something
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More than a sentence or a saying.
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To pray in jesus' name, i want to mention four things, four
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Truths about praying in jesus' name. pray with, to pray in
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Jesus' name means that we pray with adoration of his name. in
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Other words, we honor jesus. we exalt jesus. we praise jesus
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When we call upon his name.
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So that's the second thing that when we pray in jesus' name,
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We're praying at his authority, not for his only his adoration,
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But we are praying in his authority, the name of jesus.
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If i give you, let's say i give my children or my grandchildren
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A right to use my name for something, to sign my name onto
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Something, that's, that's my name. it represents me. it
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Represents my authority. so when you pray in jesus' name,
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You're not praying in your name or in the name of the church or
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In the name of the pastor. you're praying in the powerful
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Name of jesus. and it is the name of jesus. and only in that
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Name do we have this then access to god. so we have
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Adoration. we have authority. we have, we are to pray in
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Jesus' name with alignment. so you look at that verse and it
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Looks like a carte blanche. i can pray anything and get it.
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No, when jesus taught us to pray in this way, he taught us
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To pray, if you love me, keep my commandments. he said, i
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Will ask the father, he will give you a helper to be with
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You forever. so that means we are to pray that the father may
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Be glorified, verse 13. so when we're praying like this, what
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Does this all mean? it means we're praying in alignment with
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The will of god in our lives and for the will of god in our
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Lives.
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John would later write in 1 john 5:14-15, “and this is the
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Confidence that we had toward him, that if we ask anything
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According to his will, he hears us. and if we know that he
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Hears us and whatever we ask, we know that we have the
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Request that we have asked of him.” so to pray in jesus' name
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Is to pray with his adoration at the foremost. and it is to
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Pray with authority. it is to pray in alignment with his
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Will. and then it is to pray with access. to pray in the
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Name of jesus means there is access direct. you don't need a
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Priest to pray for you. you don't need a pope to pray for
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You. you don't need a preacher to pray for you. we can all
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Pray. anybody can pray, and we're to pray for one another.
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But i don't get you access to god. no human being gets us
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Access to god. mary doesn't get you access to god. only jesus
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Gets you access to god, direct and personal access to god.
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That's why we don't pray in the name of mary. we don't pray in
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The name of the church. we pray in the name of jesus. it is in
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Christ and christ alone that we pray.
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And then it means that we pray with anticipation. when we pray
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With anticipation like this, with access, alignment,
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Authority, adoration, we pray then with anticipation and
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Expectation because jesus said, i will ask the father and he
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Will give you a helper. the promise of the spirit. he said,
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You ask in my name, verse 13, and i will do it. why? so that
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The father would be glorified in the prayer that he answers
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For you.
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In philippians 4:6-7, and i'm reading in the new living, and
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We will get iut on the screen for you. scripture says, “don't
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Worry about anything. instead pray about everything. tell god
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What you need and thank him for all he's done. then you will
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Experience god's peace, which exceeds anything we can
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Understand. this is the peace that passes understanding. his
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Peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in christ
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Jesus.”
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So here's the next promise that we're talking about. there's
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The promise of his presence. we have the holy spirit. there's
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The promise of prayer and answered prayer. prayer in
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Jesus' name and flowing out of the presence of christ in your
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Life, centered in your life at the core of your being. flowing
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Out of your prayer rather than worry. you know, worry, if
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You're worrying about something, it ought to be a
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Prayer alert. did you know that? so you start to worry,
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There should be an alert going off. but it's time to pray.
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Sometimes we think, why pray about it when i can worry about
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It? no, don't worry, don't pray, but pray about everything
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With thanksgiving in your hearts, with gratitude for all
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That he has done. and then you're going to experience
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Something supernatural, something supernal. and that is
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Peace that cannot be put into words. it's the peace of god.
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John, verse 26 of chapter 14 and 27, “but the helper, the
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Holy spirit and the father will send in my name. he will teach
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You all things and bring to your remembrance all that i
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Have said to you.” that's the bible. that's god's word. you
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Say, well, i don't understand the bible. if you're a
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Christian, if you open god's word, he will illuminate. that
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Is, he will enlighten you to understand god's word, your
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Holy spirit. the holy spirit is the teacher. and then verse 27,
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Peace i leave with you. my peace i give to you, not as the
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World gives to you, give i to you. let not your hearts be
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Troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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So jesus closes these sentences with the same way that he began
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Chapter 14, don't let your heart be troubled. that's what
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This is all about. rather than shuddering and shaking and
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Troubling through your life, receive the promise of heaven
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And eternal life through jesus christ in christ alone, center
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Your life in christ, knowing that the holy spirit is in you,
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For you, with you, upon you, knowing that you can pray for
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God's protection, god's provision, god's present, god's
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Perspective. you can pray, and he said, i'm going to meet all
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Of your needs. and then comes this promise. you're going to
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Have peace. my peace i'm giving to you. his peace is our peace.
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The peace that enabled jesus to stand before the crowds, mocked
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And then crucified, not say a word, to be calm through it
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All, to go through that whole situation. those disciples
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Would know that jesus was perfectly at peace in the midst
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Of all of this when he laid down his life on the cross.
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The holy spirit has been speaking to some of you today.
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One of the ministries of the holy spirit is to convict
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People of sin, righteousness, and judgment, to convince
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People that jesus christ is lord as he claimed. i've been
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Speaking to some of you watching online and in this
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Room. you don't have peace in your life. you've been looking
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For it, trying to find it, and you don't have this peace.
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Sometimes people live their own way and they say, “peace,
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Peace, when there is no peace.” but if you want real peace,
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Lasting peace, if you want to know the presence of god in
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Your life, if you want power when you pray, to know truly
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When you pray that god will hear you. and i assure you,
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There'll be a time in your life, if it hasn't come
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Already, that getting through to god and an answer to prayer
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Will be the most important thing in your life. so if you
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Want to know that god's going to answer your prayers and give
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You peace, peace within and peace forever, then start with
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Having peace with god and to make your peace with god.
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And god reached down to us and gave his son, jesus christ, as
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The peacemaker. and he made peace, reconciling us on the
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Cross by giving his life to die for our sins. and he ended the
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War when we surrender our lives and trust in him. you can never
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Know the peace of god until you know peace with god. and that
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Starts in a personal relationship with him. and once
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It starts, it never stops because that peace is in us
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Now and forever.
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♪♪♪
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Jack Graham - The Christ Life For Your Life

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

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