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5 Most Important Things In Life Pt. 2 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. You know the best way to start your day, right,
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  Speaker 1: and that is by listening to God, because God wants
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  Speaker 1: to be involved in your life. He wants to speak
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  Speaker 1: into your life. He wants to guide your life. He
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  Speaker 1: wants to shape the way you view yourself, the way
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  Speaker 1: you view the world, the way you view this day
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  Speaker 1: of your life that you're starting today.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to be involved and that's why every weekday
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  Speaker 1: morning at this time we just open the Bible, God's word,
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  Speaker 1: and we let God speak to us and I hope
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  Speaker 1: even as you're listening now in your heart you're saying, God,
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  Speaker 1: what do you have to say to me today.
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  Speaker 1: This week we're talking about the 5 most important things
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  Speaker 1: in life. We looked at number 1 yesterday, which is
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  Speaker 1: your personal relationship with God. Number 2 most important thing
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  Speaker 1: in your life is the word of God. The Bible.
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  Speaker 1: I want to read you a few verses out of
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  Speaker 1: the longest chapter of the Bible, Psalm 119.
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  Speaker 1: Which has 175 verses in it, and all but 3
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  Speaker 1: of those verses talk about the word of God and
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  Speaker 1: its role in our life. Uh, let me read you
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  Speaker 1: from verse 105 to 112.
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  Speaker 1: The psalmist writes.
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  Speaker 1: Your word is a lamp to my feet.
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  Speaker 1: And a light to my path.
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  Speaker 1: I have sworn an oath and confirmed it to keep
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  Speaker 1: your righteous rules.
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  Speaker 1: I am severely afflicted.
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  Speaker 1: Give me life, O Lord, according to Your word.
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  Speaker 1: Accept my free will offerings of praise, O Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: teach me your rules. I hold my life in my
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  Speaker 1: hand continually, but I do not forget your law.
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  Speaker 1: The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I
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  Speaker 1: do not stray from your precepts. Your testimonies are my
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  Speaker 1: heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
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  Speaker 1: I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever to
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  Speaker 1: the end.
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  Speaker 1: Well, this is the expression of a man who has
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  Speaker 1: discovered the value of God's word in his life, and
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  Speaker 1: I want to tell you that if you learn to
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  Speaker 1: put God's word front and centre in your life each
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  Speaker 1: day of your life, you will find it.
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  Speaker 1: Guiding you in your relationship with God, also guiding you
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  Speaker 1: in your perspective on life, in your ability to have
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  Speaker 1: wisdom as you face difficult choices, difficult circumstances.
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  Speaker 1: It will help you in responding to the temptations that
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  Speaker 1: come into your life that draw you to things that
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  Speaker 1: you know will be self-destructive and destructive to your relationships
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  Speaker 1: with other people. In all of these situations, God's word
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  Speaker 1: is his self-revelation.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not just a book about God, uh, but
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  Speaker 1: the Bible tells us that God's Holy Spirit takes God's
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  Speaker 1: word and actively uses it in your life to guide
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  Speaker 1: you and to reveal God to you.
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  Speaker 1: It's, it's one of the most important things in your life.
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  Speaker 1: Do not neglect God's word. You may have a physical Bible.
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  Speaker 1: I love my book Bible, where I can turn the
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  Speaker 1: pages and.
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  Speaker 1: Underline things, circle things, make notes in the margin about
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  Speaker 1: what God's saying to me. You may use a digital Bible.
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  Speaker 1: I use my iPad often for my Bible, and it,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what media you're using to go to
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  Speaker 1: God's word, but it's so important for you to build
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  Speaker 1: your life around what God is saying to you. That's
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  Speaker 1: why every day it's a good practise at the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of your day just to.
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  Speaker 1: Read some of the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: There's many different reading plans. You can just read a
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  Speaker 1: chapter a day. It doesn't matter, but before you start reading,
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  Speaker 1: say to God.
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  Speaker 1: God, I want to know what you have to say
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  Speaker 1: to me today. What do you want to show me
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  Speaker 1: about yourself? What do you want to show me about myself?
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  Speaker 1: And how do you want to guide me in my
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  Speaker 1: life today? And then read with that listening attitude. Let
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  Speaker 1: God speak to you. Some of the things you read
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  Speaker 1: will be promises from God, and you can just lay
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  Speaker 1: hold of them and drive a stake in the ground
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  Speaker 1: and say, I trust you with this God.
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  Speaker 1: You will find God working deeply to grow you in
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  Speaker 1: your spiritual life as you put His word right at
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  Speaker 1: the centre.
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  Speaker 1: I'm John North.