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The Seven Keys To Christian Living—Part 1 | Episode #343 | Encore Episode #014 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now, here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, all authority
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  Speaker 2: has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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  Speaker 2: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
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  Speaker 2: in the name of the Father and of the Son
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  Speaker 2: and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
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  Speaker 2: things that I have commanded you, and lo I am
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  Speaker 2: with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: That is taken from Matthew chapter twenty eight and verses
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  Speaker 2: eighteen through twenty reading from the New King James version
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  Speaker 2: of the Bible. Today, I would like to begin a
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  Speaker 2: series which we will entitle seven Keys to Christian Living.
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  Speaker 2: There are many writers of self improvement success oriented guides.
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  Speaker 2: In many ways these methods or strategies have found their
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  Speaker 2: way into Christian teaching. Is the key to successful Christian
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  Speaker 2: living and self improvement or God's empowerment. There are seven
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  Speaker 2: keys or principles that should be applied to every Christian's
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  Speaker 2: life because their extreme transforming power comes from God. We
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  Speaker 2: will identify them as ex keys or X keys. Let's
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  Speaker 2: view these keys as development in the Kingdom. The seven
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  Speaker 2: keys begin with exalting God's name as we read in
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  Speaker 2: Psalm thirty four three. Secondly, expect God's grace we read
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  Speaker 2: in Ephesians two verses eight and nine. Thirdly, express God's
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  Speaker 2: love John through sixteen is the personal expression of God's
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  Speaker 2: love by giving his son. Number four is extend God's forgiveness.
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  Speaker 2: We find this in John twenty verses twenty one through
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  Speaker 2: twenty four, and we're going to number five experience God's provision.
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  Speaker 2: We can see in Philippians chapter four and verse nineteen
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  Speaker 2: six we explode in God's power, and this you find
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  Speaker 2: through the Book of Acts, beginning with chapter one and
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  Speaker 2: verse eight, Philippians chapter four, verses twelve and thirteen, and
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  Speaker 2: also in Revelation twenty verse six. And then finally we
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  Speaker 2: are to expand God's kingdom again. Our core verse was
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  Speaker 2: Matthew twenty eight, eighteen through twenty. You know we're not
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  Speaker 2: self improved beings. We are transformed, empowered children of the
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  Speaker 2: Almighty God. And the scripture states that it is the
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  Speaker 2: Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Let me
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  Speaker 2: add that when we exalt his name, we extole his virtues,
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  Speaker 2: we express his praise, we experience his presence, and we're
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  Speaker 2: empowered for his work. This world awaits the transformed Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit fills Christian who is used of God to expand
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  Speaker 2: God's kingdom. Are you seven keys at work in your life?
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  Speaker 2: If so, have you inspired other believers in Christ to
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  Speaker 2: unlock the lost, suffering world that Christ died for and
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  Speaker 2: now lives through you? To use the keys. Whatever you
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  Speaker 2: bind on earth is bound in heaven, and whatever you
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  Speaker 2: loose on earth is loosed in Heaven. From Matthew Chapter
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  Speaker 2: eighteen and Versus eighteen through nineteen.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns Album, unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Homan Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when we begin to understand that this is
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  Speaker 2: normal Christian living, we establish the means of X keys
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  Speaker 2: not only being used, but being taught. And Jesus came
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  Speaker 2: and spoke to them, saying, all authority has been given
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  Speaker 2: to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and
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  Speaker 2: make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
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  Speaker 2: of the Father and of the Son and of the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I
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  Speaker 2: have commanded you. And lo, I am with you always,
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  Speaker 2: even to the end of the age. I'm in again
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  Speaker 2: from Matthew chapter twenty eight, verses eighteen through twenty and
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  Speaker 2: that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k Or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christy saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.