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Becoming Strong in the Lord Pt. 10 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. I'm John North here with you on this
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  Speaker 1: Friday morning to get this last work day of the
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  Speaker 1: week started in the best way possible.
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  Speaker 1: We're looking this week at what it takes to be
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  Speaker 1: strong in the Lord and to grow in our spiritual strength.
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  Speaker 1: We've looked at a number of things that are important
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  Speaker 1: for that, the importance of listening to God.
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  Speaker 1: The importance of learning to put God first in our finances.
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  Speaker 1: Not just to give a little bit of our leftovers
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  Speaker 1: to God or to figure out the least percentage that
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  Speaker 1: we could possibly give and be spiritually OK, but rather
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  Speaker 1: to be looking for ways to sacrificially invest in God's kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: Then we saw also that spending time in spiritual fellowship
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  Speaker 1: with other Christians is so important to our spiritual health,
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  Speaker 1: learning to take that time we spend with other believers
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  Speaker 1: and
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  Speaker 1: Instead of just hanging out with them, really getting into
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  Speaker 1: each other's lives, finding out what we can pray for
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  Speaker 1: each other about.
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  Speaker 1: A source of great strength.
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  Speaker 1: Today we come to Psalm 42.
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  Speaker 1: And the psalmist says this.
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  Speaker 1: As the deer pants for the water brooks.
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  Speaker 1: So my soul pants for you, O God.
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  Speaker 1: My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When
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  Speaker 1: shall I come and appear before God?
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  Speaker 1: How can you tell if your spiritual life is healthy?
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  Speaker 1: If you're strong in the Lord, well, you have a
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  Speaker 1: constant hunger for God, a thirst for God.
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  Speaker 1: Your soul pants for time with God.
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  Speaker 1: You look forward to reading the Bible and to what
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  Speaker 1: God's going to say to you in it. You look
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  Speaker 1: forward to some just quiet time walking and communicating with
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  Speaker 1: God at the end of the day. You look forward
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  Speaker 1: to bringing your prayer requests, the issues of your life,
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  Speaker 1: to God and seeing Him work in those things in
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  Speaker 1: ways that you could never produce.
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  Speaker 1: You want to know his truth. You want to be
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  Speaker 1: in His word, in the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: AW Tozer said the word of God, well understood and
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  Speaker 1: religiously obeyed, is the shortest route to spiritual perfection.
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  Speaker 1: Not that we'll ever be perfect this side of the grave,
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  Speaker 1: he goes on to say, and we must not select
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  Speaker 1: just a few favourite passages to the exclusion of others.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
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  Speaker 1: Learn to spend time in parts of the Bible that
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  Speaker 1: you don't normally hang out in.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the parts maybe the pages still stick together well,
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  Speaker 1: get them unstuck. Begin reading through your Bible. Find a
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  Speaker 1: systematic way of doing that and learn to expand your
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  Speaker 1: understanding of God.
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  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again as the deer pants
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  Speaker 1: for the water brooks.
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  Speaker 1: So my soul pants for you, O God.
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  Speaker 1: My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When
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  Speaker 1: shall I come and appear before God?
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  Speaker 1: Why don't you take some time right now today and
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  Speaker 1: get quiet.
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  Speaker 1: And listen.
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  Speaker 1: And after listening, speak to God.
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  Speaker 1: Open his word. Let him speak to you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm John North.