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496 | Throwback - He is Enough · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl. Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman
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  at the Well Ministries, where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus
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  like the woman at the well in John chapter 4.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  Whether you are listening in our app, in your favorite podcasting app,
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  or on our website at watwm.org, we invite you to sit down with us as we look
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  to the scriptures to learn more about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living a life for Christ. She's a happy girl.
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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  When is enough? really enough. Sometimes in our lives, we feel that circumstances
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  and trials are going to overtake us.
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  Sometimes it seems that we are going under, but as a child of God,
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  we realize that we are never going under because we have Jesus and he is always enough.
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  Perhaps you're going through something right now that is frustrating you and
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  overwhelming you. I have good news.
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  Luke 22, 38 says, it is enough.
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  Join us as we take an in-depth look at what it means to know that God is enough.
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  He is all you need to overwhelm all things, defeat Satan, and to live a joyous, fulfilled life.
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  Hello, and thank you for joining us in this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries.
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  And I'm just really excited about the next little bit of time that we're going
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  to spend together as we look in God's word and talk about it is enough because he is enough.
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  And if you would, please, I'd like for you to please turn to Luke chapter 22
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  and verse 38. I'm going to look at the backside of verse 38.
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  And it says, and the Lord said, behold, it starts out that way.
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  And he ends that verse with, it is enough.
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  It is enough. And just let that sort of soak in for just a second.
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  And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords.
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  And he said unto them, it is enough.
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  It is enough.
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  Have you let that just move in your heart?
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  We are always struggling to find more. And we are always worried and anxious,
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  even though the Bible says to be anxious for nothing, but in everything with thanksgiving,
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  let your requests be made known unto God, and the peace of God that passeth
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  all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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  Yet we find ourselves worrying. Is it going to be enough?
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  Is it going to work out? Where am I going to get my food?
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  Do you remember the widow? and Elijah and she there she is going in to get her
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  cruise and her meal and a few sticks and some stuff and she's gonna prepare.
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  Her last meal for her and her son and then they're gonna die,
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  and along comes Elijah God's man and he says hey go get some sticks and you
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  make me something to eat first.
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  And I promise you that the cruise
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  of oil will never run dry and the barrel of meal will never run out.
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  But he said, give it to me first.
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  And in that instance, Elijah is symbolic of what we need to do with God.
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  God needs to be placed first and we need to give him our first fruits of all
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  that we have, our tithes, our offerings, our talents, our skills,
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  our time, and our energy, our love, and our dedication, and our devotion, and our loyalty.
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  He is enough.
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  Friends, remember the widow and her might.
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  All these people had given money in according to
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  what they had and the widow only had
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  a little might far less in
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  value than probably anyone else who had given but it represented far greater
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  sacrifice and a far greater faith probably than anyone else who had given because
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  the widow gave all she had when she gave her might,
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  and it is enough because when god is in it it is enough when abraham obeyed god,
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  strapped some wood on the back of his little lad isaac.
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  And headed up the mountainside, fully prepared to sacrifice his only son,
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  fully understanding that God would provide.
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  He is enough. When Daniel was thrown into the lion's den, God was enough because
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  he shut the lion's mouth.
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  Did he remove Daniel from the den? No.
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  But he kept the lions from having an effect on him.
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  And when the king, listen to me, when the king came to the lion's den that day,
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  he said, Daniel, Daniel.
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  Daniel said, here I am. And the king knew about Daniel's God because of Daniel's witness in the den.
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  You see, God doesn't say he'll remove the obstacle.
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  What he says is, I will provide. I will provide whatever it is that you're going through.
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  My God delivers, and he is enough.
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  He is enough. Shall we pray?
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  Our kind and most gracious to Heavenly Father, Lord, we just thank you for who you are.
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  And from the depths of my heart.
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  I thank you for whose I am. And Lord, I thank you that I serve a God that isn't
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  a little baby in a manger,
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  but is God of the universe, who is the great I am,
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  the Alpha and the Omega of the beginning and the end,
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  and who says I love you with every sunrise and every sunset,
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  who says I'm special with every breath he gives me.
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  Who says I'm worthy with every blessing, and who calls me friend as he walks
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  with me every day and talks to me.
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  Lord, I thank you that I know that your plan is to prosper me and to give me a great future.
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  And Lord I thank you that I know that all things work together for the good
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  to them that love the Lord and God I thank you for the peace you give me in
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  my heart that I know that if you remove me from the lion's den,
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  that somebody doesn't see you the way they need to Lord I pray that you would
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  increase my faith that you would strengthen my steps that you would brighten my light for you,
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  And Lord, I thank you that I know that you are enough.
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  And I ask you that my life would show that I believe you when you say,
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  I know what's best, and I want that for you.
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  Lord, I pray that I would be all that you would have me to be,
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  and that you would use this vessel of clay that you've chosen and that you've gifted with your words.
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  And I thank you that I don't take that lightly and I pray, Lord.
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  That I make you proud as I learn and I hear from you in the midst of your children and my family of God.
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  And all these things we ask in thy most precious and holy name we pray and all
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  of God's people said, amen.
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  Isn't the love of Jesus something wonderful.
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  I don't know how you feel when he stands in front of you and reveals himself
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  to you so clearly that you can feel him as he speaks.
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  But I know how I feel. I know that I feel sometimes in shock and awe,
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  but I also just feel amazed that the God of the universe is mindful of me,
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  enough to hold my hand.
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  Play with me. And you see, he promises that to all of us.
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  If we just open up his word and our hearts and let him in, what does it mean
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  when he says it is enough?
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  1 Peter 4, 12 and 13 says this, and just listen to him.
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  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you
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  as though some strange thing has happened unto you.
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  But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings,
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  that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
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  Do you see? He opened it up with Beloved.
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  What an endearment. the god of the universe opens up his sentence to you with
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  beloved think it not strange,
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  concerning this fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing
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  happened to you he picked it out for you and he's provided a way he says i am the way.
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  Specifically to make you what he wants you to be or to use you the way he wants
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  to use you and to allow you to in some way assimilate with him in his glory.
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  Beloved, it is enough. In 2 Timothy 3.12, he says that the godly will suffer persecution.
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  And you say, why? Why me, Lord? Lord, you know, we probably should say, why me, Lord?
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  But not for the same reason that we do. We often say, why me,
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  Lord? Because we don't see him in his glory.
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  We don't see his perfect plan for us. We don't see how he's providing for us.
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  We just basically want to know, what did I ever do to deserve something like
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  this? The truth of the matter is, we should think of it that way, too.
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  Because we should be saying, how could you possibly be thinking of me?
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  How could you possibly be wanting this opportunity for me to serve with you
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  and share in your glory as you exalt me in due time?
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  How could I possibly be the one that you've chosen to do your work?
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  And the reason is because it is enough.
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  Jesus Christ as Savior is enough. Jesus Christ as friend is enough.
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  Jesus Christ as your banker is enough. Jesus Christ as your supplier is enough.
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  Jesus Christ as your Father is enough.
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  Because he is enough.
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  And the devil would like for you to look at things differently.
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  He wouldn't want you to understand the honor of being able to share in his glory.
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  He wouldn't want you to understand the depth of his love for you.
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  Beloved, you are the God of the universe's beloved one.
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  Whom he died for. And he said, I'll never leave you.
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  And you can do all things through me because I am enough.
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  Kim, don't look to the world for your help. Kim, don't get your eyes off of my plans for you.
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  Don't look and compare yourself horizontally. Look vertically.
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  Look at me. Watch me. Look at me.
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  When I was a little girl and I would get scared, played national tennis,
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  and sometimes I would get nervous and my dad always sit in a certain place in the stands.
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  He would say to me right before the match, Kimmy, just look at me.
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  When he gets scared, just look at me.
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  And when I would look at him, I would see such love and admiration,
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  such adoration and such care.
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  And nothing else mattered that was around me because I could see that.
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  And as much as my daddy loved me and as capable as he was, it's nothing compared
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  to my heavenly father who says, look at me. Kim, look at me.
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  Beloved, look unto me. Let go of the world, Kim. There's nothing in it for you.
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  Let go of the hopes and dreams that have fleshly, worldly content.
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  They're so far below what I have for you.
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  Let go, Kim, of the things that hold you down, the weights which so easily beset you.
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  Let go, Kim, and let me have Lorraine.
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  Don't get so stressed out about the obstacles. They're just stepping stones to my glory in you.
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  They're just stepping stones to my growth in you.
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  Kimmy, lean on me and try me at my word.
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  Me. When everything else goes round and round, I'll still stay solid.
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  Do you remember Peter? He's walking on the water because he's looking at him.
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  And suddenly he falls. And immediately, Jesus picks him up.
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  He says, look at me. Focus, Peter.
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  Focus, Kimmy. My friend, I don't know where you are. I don't know what you're doing.
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  And I don't know what lies that Satan has fed you.
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  But he walketh around as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
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  And the circumstances of this life may have you looking at him.
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  And the devil may have whispered things in your ears that's caused you to forget that he is enough.
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  And things may have happened that's made you forget that sweet,
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  serene walk that you have with him because you've learned early and long and hard to trust.
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  And when the rest of the world is looking at the things around you,
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  you're so accustomed to looking to him. But something's happened.
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  And the weariness of this life has got you down because you're going in your strength.
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  And you've stopped looking unto him.
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  But now it's a new day. and you've got to do what Peter did.
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  Peter took his eyes off of him like we have, and he fell immediately.
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  But he threw his hands up and he said, save me. And immediately, Jesus saved him.
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  Because see, he's enough. He's all you need. He knows and he cares.
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  In matthew 6 8
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  he wrote these words for you and
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  don't forget them be not you therefore liken to them for your father knoweth
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  what things you have need of before you ask him matthew 6 verses 31 to 33 so
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  beautiful therefore take no thought saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink,
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  or whither well shall we be clothed?
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  For after all these things do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knoweth
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  that ye have need of all these things.
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  But seek ye first the kingdom of
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  God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
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  Psalms 91.4 says, He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust.
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  His truth shall be thy shield to protect you and thy buckler to make you strong.
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  2 Corinthians 12.9, he said, My grace is sufficient for thee,
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  for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
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  Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities,
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  that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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  In 1 Samuel 17.47, he said, David, and all this assembly shall know that the
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  Lord saveth not with sword and spear.
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  For the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hands.
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  The battle's not yours and that's a good thing because you can't win it.
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  But greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
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  And regardless of where you're standing and what your need is, he is enough.
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