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Break Your Thinking | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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If you'd turn in your Bible with me to 2 Corinthians
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chapter 10, we started there last week. And it's
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rare that I get to preach twice in a row, and
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so I'm going to preach the same message again.
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No, that's not true. I'm going to preach part
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two. And I want to just recap a little bit after
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I read verses 1 through 6. 2 Corinthians 10.
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1 through 6. Now I, Paul, myself am pleading
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with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
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who am present and lowly among you, but being
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absent and bold towards you. But I beg you that
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when I am present, I may not be bold with you
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with that confidence by which I intend to be
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bold against some who think of us as if we walked
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according to the flesh. For though we walk in
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the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
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but mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds,
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casting down arguments and every high thing that
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exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing
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every thought and captivity to the obedience
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of Christ. and being ready to punish all disobedience
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when your obedience is fulfilled. Father, open
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up your word to us this morning. In Jesus' name,
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amen. Amen. And so Paul, if you look down in
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verse 10, was dealing with people in his church
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that were challenging his authority. And it wasn't,
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I don't think, Paul that was so much concerned
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because they were defaming him, but because they
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were causing dissidence in the church and division.
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And so he recognized that the speech that was
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coming forth, it said, oh, Paul's bold in his
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letters, but when he's here, he's not the real
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deal. And that's what they were saying about
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Paul. It was dividing the church because many
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looked to Paul for leadership, and they were
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trying to diminish Paul's authority. And Paul
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was saying that, he was saying, when I get there,
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I'm going to deal with some. I don't want to
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have to be bold. I don't want to have to show
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the confidence that I have in Christ. But towards
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some of you, I will. And he refused to tolerate
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within the body that which would cause division.
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And so he was dealing with it head on. And he
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was saying these arguments, these vain imaginations,
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these fleshly carnal thoughts. that the enemy
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is using to destroy the church, I'm going to
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use the weapons that God has given to me, the
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weapons of our warfare that are not of this earth,
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they are not carnal, but they are mighty in God,
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and I'm going to use them to pull down these
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division -causing things. I'm not going to tolerate
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division in the church. And so, We talked about
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last Sunday the fact that sourcing matters. Where
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your authority comes from matters. And I believe
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that every one of us that have given our hearts
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to Jesus Christ have authority as sons and daughters
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in the house. Hallelujah. In Revelation chapter
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1, I didn't cover this last week, but the Bible
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says that you and I are kings and priests in
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the world today. And a king is little K. Jesus
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is the big K king. And we are the little K kings
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under him that carry out his mission in the earth.
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We have authority that have been given to us
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by Christ. Hallelujah. Sourcing matters. And
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I kind of finished with that first part. The
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weapons of our warfare are not carnal. They are
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not of this world. Before I go further, I want
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to just list, I did at the very end, but I want
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to walk through more weapons of our warfare.
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We have the authority of God, which we talked
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about already. We have... The Word of God. This
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is why every Monday morning when we have prayer
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online, in fact, you can join us on Facebook
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at 805 on my personal Facebook page, or you can
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come in person and you can pray with us in the
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prayer room at 805. It's a powerful time, but
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my mantra for that is read the Word, pray the
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Word, and live the Word. Because the word of
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God is a weapon of our warfare that is not carnal,
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but it is mighty in God. Hallelujah. The word
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of God. And so Ephesians 6, 17, part of the armor,
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the word of God. And so Ephesians 6, 17 says,
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take up the helmet of salvation, the sword of
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the spirit, which is. The word of God. Now how
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does this happen? This happens, we see it in
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Acts chapter 4. Peter and John had come back
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to the church having been told by the Sanhedrin
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not to teach anymore in the name of Jesus. Because
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they saw a man healed at the gate beautiful.
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And when the believers began to pray, this is
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what they prayed. They lifted up their voice
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in verse 24 and with one accord and said, Lord,
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you are God who made heaven and earth and the
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sea and all that is in them, who by the mouth
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of your servant David have said, why do the nations
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rage and the people plot vain things? The kings
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of the earth took their stand and the rulers
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were gathered together against the Lord and against
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his crown. And so here, in the middle of their
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prayer, they are praying Psalm chapter 2, verses
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1 and 2. They had read the Word, and now they're
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crying out to God, praying the Word of God. Amen?
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Now, I hope that in your devotions, when you
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read the Word, that you don't stop by reading
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the Word. but that you take the next step and
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that you pray the Word of God. Hallelujah. Because
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when you pray the Word of God, you are praying
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the perfect will of God. When you pray the Word
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of God, you are praying the will of God. Let's
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all say that together. When we pray the Word
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of God, we are praying the will of God. The Word
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of God. I could spend the rest of the morning
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on the Word of God, but let me move on. Jesus
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has given us his name. And it was at the gate
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beautiful where Peter and John looked at the
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lame man and said in verse 6 of chapter 3 of
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the book of Acts, silver and gold I do not have,
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but such as I have give I to you in the name
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of Jesus. Rise up and walk. Hallelujah. And I
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want to declare over the church today that God
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has given you His name. His name. It is by His
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name. It is in His name. It is the power of His
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name. Hallelujah. That is above every other name.
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The name of Darren Palmer does not go very far.
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The name of Cammie Palmer does not go very far.
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We are people. We are people. We are mere men
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and women in this room today. Our names are not
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very high. But the name that binds us all together,
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hallelujah, is the wonderful, powerful, eternal
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name of Jesus that is above every other name.
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And at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow
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and every tongue shall confess and every demon
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shall submit. Hallelujah. Jesus is above every
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other authority and principality on this earth.
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It is the name of Jesus. And Jesus taught us
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in John 14, whatever you ask in my name, that
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I will do. Are you under the name of Jesus? Are
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you living for Jesus? Are you living in the name
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of Jesus? When you speak the name of Jesus, there
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is power that is released. The weapon of our
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warfare. And then God has given us the blood
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of the lamb. He's given us his word. He's given
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us his name. And he's given us the blood of the
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lamb. And I want to couple this with another
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powerful gift that is not rooted on the earth,
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but happened on the earth. It is rooted in the
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heavens. And that is this, the blood of the Lamb.
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And the Bible couples with that in Revelation
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chapter 12, verse 11, the word of our testimony.
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Hallelujah. The word of our testimony. How many
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of you got a story of what God has done in your
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life? Lift up your hand. You've got a story of
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how God has shaped you and changed you and intervened
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in your life and rescued you. That is the word
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of your testimony. And it is not rooted in carnality
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and the things of this world. Your testimony
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is rooted in heaven. Hallelujah. And so when
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you were washed in the blood of the lamb that
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Jesus shed on Calvary, you were given a story
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and a testimony. Hallelujah. And Revelation chapter
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12. I want to read this because this is so powerful.
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Hallelujah. Revelation 12. I'll start in verse
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9. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent
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of old called the devil and Satan, who deceives
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the whole world. He was cast. to the earth. His
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angels were cast out with him. And then I heard
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a loud voice saying in heaven, now salvation
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and strength in the kingdom of our God and the
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power of his Christ have come for the accuser
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of our brethren who accused them before our God
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day and night has been cast down. And they overcame
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the devil and his angels by the blood of the
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lamb and by the word of their testimony. And
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they did not love their lives unto death. I'm
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getting a little loud this morning, aren't I?
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Because I'm excited about this. God has not left
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his people helpless. You are not helpless to
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face the things in this life. You are not helpless
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to just succumb to everything that comes your
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way. You have weapons of warfare that God has
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equipped you with so that you can fight and stand
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victorious in the mighty name of Jesus. He's
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given you the baptism. Of the Holy Spirit. In
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Acts chapter 1. In verse 8. But you shall receive
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power. When the Holy Spirit has come upon you.
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And you shall be witnesses to me. In Jerusalem.
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And Judea. And Samaria. And to the ends of the
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earth. Jude. The brother of our Lord said. But
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you beloved. Build yourselves up. In the most
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holy faith. Pray. in the Holy Spirit. Pray in
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the Holy Spirit. Glory to God. Ephesians 6 .18
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says, be watchful and persevere. Pray always
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with all prayer and supplication in the Holy
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Spirit. Pray in the Holy Spirit. Wow. He's given
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us the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You know,
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sometimes I don't know what to do. You don't
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know how many times that I have been discouraged.
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And I haven't always won those battles, but sometimes
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I do win those battles. And when I win that battle,
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do you know one reason why? It's because I begin
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to pray in the Spirit. I begin to pray in tongues.
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The baptism of the Holy Spirit. God has equipped
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me and empowered me with a prayer language that
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he wants to equip you and empower you with your
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prayer language by baptizing you in the Holy
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Spirit. And when I'm baptized in the Holy Spirit
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and I begin to pray in the Spirit, oh, that thing
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that gets on me, does that thing ever get on
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you? It tries to just weigh you down. It tries
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to steal from you. I begin to walk. I like to
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walk and pray in the Spirit. I begin to walk
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through my kitchen and through my living room,
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and I begin to pray in tongues, and I begin to
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lift them up, lift up my prayer language to the
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Lord, and it isn't long before that thing is
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broken, and it just lifts up off of me. It's
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a weapon of my warfare that is born in heaven
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that the enemy cannot steal from me. I want to
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wrap this portion up, so let me just list them,
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the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In 1 Corinthians
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12, they come from heaven. They are not sourced
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in carnality. Here's another one. We sang about
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it this morning. Praise. I want to say it again.
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Praise. I want to say it one more time. Praise.
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Shake your neighbor and say, Praise! Praise!
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Praise is a weapon of our warfare. Let the high
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praises of God be in their mouth and a two -edged
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sword in their hand. Praise is a weapon. The
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enemy wants to silence your voice. But when you
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lift it up, In praise. God has ordained praise.
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Even in the mouths of children. He has ordained
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praise. Well, you don't know what I'm walking
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through, Pastor. You just don't know what I'm
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walking through. I'm telling you that if you
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will lift up your voice in praise, no matter
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what you're going through, Oh, if you will lift
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up your voice and shout unto God with the voice
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of triumph, hell will tremble. Hell will begin
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to say, what is happening here? What is going
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on here? It's just like in Acts chapter 16, when
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Paul and Silas were in prison, and they were
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going to be executed the next day. But at midnight,
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Paul and Silas were praying and they began to
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sing hymns to God. Hallelujah. And the prisoners
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were listening and suddenly there was an earthquake,
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a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
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the prison were shaken and immediately all the
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doors were open and everyone's chains were loosed.
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It happened because of praise. I want to challenge
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you that are convinced that, well, my calling
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is to love the Lord my God with all of my mind.
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And so I'm just very cerebral in my relationship
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with Him. But there's three other parts to that.
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We got to love the Lord our God with all of our
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mind. We got to love the Lord our God with all
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of our heart and all of our soul and all of our
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strength. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And so I just
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want to challenge you in the midst of your hardship,
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in the midst of your struggle, keep. praising
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God. Do not let the enemy steal your praise.
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Do not let him silence the weapon of praise that
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is sourced in heaven. Hallelujah. You keep praising
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God. You keep praising God. Earth might do what
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earth is going to do, but I'm going to praise
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the Lord. I'm going to give glory to the King
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of Kings and to the Lord of Lords. That will
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set a person free. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
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Glory to God. And there's more, but I want to
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end with this one. God has given us the weapon
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of one another. Look at the person next to you
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and say, you're my weapon. You're my weapon.
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You are my weapon. You know, marriages in this
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room, you are each other's weapon. I've seen
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too many marriages agree together to move away
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from God. I'm believing for marriages that agree
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together that say, hey, we're going to go after
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God with all of our heart. We're going to lift
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one another up to the Lord. We're going to stand
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together in Jesus' name. Friendships in the house.
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We stand together in Jesus' name. There's too
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many people that are carnal and just dragging
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each other around. You don't have to get that
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close to God just so you go to church. No! What
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did Jesus say? Again, I say to you that if two
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of you agree on earth concerning anything you
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ask. It will be done by my Father who is in heaven.
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For where two or three are gathered together
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in my name, there I am in the midst of them.
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I want the power of God to flow through my friendships.
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I want iron to sharpen iron. I want us to draw
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each other closer to the Lord, closer to the
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Lord, closer to the Lord. I got a need. I've
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been praying on my own, but I haven't seen breakthrough
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yet. So brother, will you join with me and will
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you pray with me? Because the Word, I know God
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is listening to me when I pray on my own. But
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if you'll join with me, then we'll fulfill Matthew
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18, 19, and 20. And we'll agree together in the
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name of Jesus. One puts a thousand to flight.
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Two puts ten thousand to flight. What can an
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entire church do? I believe that there is so
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much. Power locked up in the church that has
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not been released yet. It's time for it to be
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released in the name of Jesus. These weapons
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of our warfare, they are not carnal. They are
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mighty in God. Woo! Hallelujah! What's the most
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powerful thing in Logan County? It's the church.
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But she is suppressed and silent. But it's time
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for the church to arise. And I don't mean politically.
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It's time for the church to rise in the power
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of the kingdom of God and see souls set free
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in Jesus' name. Breaking down the lies of the
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enemy, the things that are not true in Jesus'
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name. And then the final thing, I was... I believe
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that every one of these things has to be touched
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by this one. This one is not a standalone. When
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you speak in the name of Jesus, you have to couple
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it with this one. When you plead the blood of
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Jesus, you have to couple it with this one. When
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you agree with your friend, you have to couple
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it with this one. When you praise, you have to
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couple it with this one. And this weapon of our
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warfare that touches every other weapon of our
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warfare is this. It is, in fact, Paul said in
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the armor, he said, and above all, above all,
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take up the shield of faith. Hallelujah. The
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shield of faith. We have to have faith in God.
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We have to have faith that when I pray in the
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name of Jesus, he will do what I ask. We have
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to have faith that when I agree with my brother
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and my sister that God is going to move. May
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the Lord increase the weapon of faith among us
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in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
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Okay. The weapons of our warfare. God's called
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us to use them. Oftentimes, he's called us to
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use them to tear down carnality. Paul was tearing
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down carnality in the church because he refused
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to tolerate it. I'm not going to let carnal thinking
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supersede the God kind of thinking. And oftentimes
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in our own lives, We tolerate carnality. Things
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sourced from the earth. Carnality. Since this
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word was given a couple of weeks ago, this verse.
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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. I
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have been seeing in my own life carnality. By
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that I don't mean gross sin. That's not what
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carnality is. Carnality means of the earth. Limiting
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myself. To humanness. I have not repented so
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much before the Lord as I have in the last two
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weeks. I've been seeing desires in my life that
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are for my own gain. I've been asking God to
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cleanse my heart of things that... I have begun
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to do subtly and really not even notice them.
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First, I did them because God told me to do them
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and He put them on my heart. But subtly, a shift
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happens and I do them to gain notoriety among
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people. Among Christians. I've been seeing so
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much in my heart that I've... That I've just
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said, God, I need a thorough, thorough cleansing.
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The details that surround what brought this all
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out, I don't have time to share this morning.
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And God has done a partial work, but even yesterday
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I had thoughts and I had to confess them before
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the Lord and say, God, wash. me clean. My biggest
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enemy to overcome by the weapons of our warfare
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is not the devil, but it is the thought processes
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and the things that enter my own heart. And I
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fear that oftentimes We tolerate the kinds of
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thinking in our lives that limit God. Some questions
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I wrote down. Is my decision -making process
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more led by human reasoning? Or is it soaked
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in prayer and listening to the heart of God?
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Am I envious of the lifestyles that others enjoy?
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Am I envious of the positions, even in the church,
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that others enjoy? Do I resist the things that
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feed my spirit, finding it easier to give my
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time and resources to feeding my flesh? Am I
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generally, when I really step back and pause
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a moment and look, am I generally unsatisfied
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with the life that God has given me? Am I argumentative?
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Do I have a constant need to be correct? Do I
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crave the accolades of men? Do I crave what others
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think of me more than what God thinks of me?
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These are all things that are tied to carnality.
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When a Christian is carnal, they open up the
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door for it to lead to things that are not just
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of this world, but to lead to things that are
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actually evil and sinful. Carnality will lead
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you down that road because it is void of God.
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And there is a huge battle between flesh and
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spirit. And your pastor is not immune. And I
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have been asking God to give me a thorough, thorough
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cleansing to not cut the work short. I don't
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want to just come to the altar and say, Lord,
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forgive me, and then leave. I want a thorough
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cleansing and a washing in my heart and to gain
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a victory over carnality. Now, I want to read
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some verses to you. Are we doing good? Is everybody
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okay? You feeling good this morning? You feel
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good, all right? All right. I want to read some
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verses to you to let you know this morning that
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you are not alone. Now, these first two are both
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from the Gospel of Luke. The first one, the disciples
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had been walking with Jesus for two years in
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person. And so they had lived with him and done
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ministry with him and experienced an incredible
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amount of ministry. Now listen to this. Then
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a dispute arose among them as to which of them
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would be the greatest. Godly from heaven or carnal?
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Carnal. No question. And Jesus, perceiving the
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thought of their heart, took a little child and
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used a child as an illustration. But then, up
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to a year later, this was right before Jesus
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went to the cross. In the same gospel, in Luke
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chapter 22, so this is not a crossover scripture.
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This is a year later after that conversation.
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And it says in Luke 22, 24, now there was also
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a dispute among them as to which of them should
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be considered the greatest. It was still going
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on. The carnality that they were dealing with.
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And Jesus said to them, the kings of the Gentiles
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exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise
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authority over them are called benefactors, but
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not so among you. On the contrary, he who is
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the greatest among you, let him be as the younger,
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and he who governs as he who serves. Be the servant
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of all. That's what God sees. You see, Jesus
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flipped it all upside down. I want you to listen
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to Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. This
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is chapter 3, 1 Corinthians 3, verse 1. And I,
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brethren, could not speak to you as spiritual
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people, but as carnal. Babes in Christ. I fed
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you with milk and not with solid food for until
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now you were not able to receive it and even
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now you are still not able for you are still
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carnal. Wow. For where there is envy, strife,
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divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving
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like mere men? When one says, I follow Paul and
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another, I follow Apollos. Are you not carnal?
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And so, this thinking of carnality was pervasive
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to the twelve disciples. It was pervasive to
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the church of Corinth. Do you think that you
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and I are immune? We're not immune. We have flesh.
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And as long as we're on this side of eternity,
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there's coming a day where you don't have to
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fight it anymore. Hallelujah. But there's coming,
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and that day is not here yet. And so now we have
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to wrestle with ourselves and carnality. Carnality.
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We have to wrestle with ourselves. It desires
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comfort and convenience, the feeding of the flesh.
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It desires praise and the recognition of men.
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Jesus constantly taught us how to battle it.
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Deeds before men. Listen to what he said about
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the Pharisees. All their works they do to be
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seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad
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and enlarge the borders of their garments. They
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love the best places at feasts, the best seats
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in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces,
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and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But you
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do not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher,
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the Christ, and you are all brethren. It's what
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they love to be seen by men. And I have to be
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honest with myself and ask the question, is any
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of that in me? Did you know the opposite is true
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too? We like accolades and we like to feed our
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flesh. But the opposite is true too. We have
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entertained thoughts. That are not from God.
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I'll never arrive. I'll never get filled with
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the Holy Spirit. I'll never have enough money.
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I'll never lose weight or be healthy. Did you
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know that those kinds of thoughts are also rooted
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in pride? They're carnal. They're what? Idols.
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High places. Come down. That's a word from the
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Lord right there. Some of you have had things
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spoken over you. By authorities. You'll never
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amount to anything. And that thing takes root
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in your heart. And it becomes a part of your
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identity. But it is carnal. It is sourced not
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from God, not in heaven. It is sourced from the
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earth. It is sourced in your own mind. It is
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sourced from the generations that have gone before
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you that have spoken those things over you. It
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is sourced in the earth. And the whole reason
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for these weapons that we just spent 20 minutes
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shouting about. is to defeat and tear down these
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kinds of carnalities that have to be done away
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with. I'll never be free. I'll always be addicted.
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No! Why is it wrong? Why is it sinful to entertain
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those things? Because God did not. Say them.
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They are sourced in the earth and God's called
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you to a new place, son. He's called you to a
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new place, daughter. He's called you to believe
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his word in your life. He's called you to believe
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his promises in your life. He's called you to
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believe what he says is going to happen in your
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life. He's called you to believe his will for
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your life. Hallelujah. And it's time to tear
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it down in Jesus' name. It's time to say, no,
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it's not going to happen. This is a struggle
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worth engaging in. And for two weeks, I've been
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laying myself before the Lord saying, God, get
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these things out of my heart. Using the weapons
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of my warfare. One time in the last two weeks,
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I laid my hand on my head and I just began to
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plead the blood of Jesus over my thinking. I
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began to plead the blood of Jesus over my thinking.
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Hallelujah. Glory to God. I will. When I was
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35, I went through a health episode. Had to do
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with an infection that was in my head. And I
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gained victory over it. It took me nine months
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and a lot of work. It's a whole God testimony,
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which I'll spare you of this morning. But after
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that, when I would go to run, it was like there
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was space in my head that was left behind. And
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I could feel, this sounds crazy, I know, but
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I could feel my brain clicking when I would try
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to run. And I would go a mile. And I'd have to
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stop and I would feel like I was concussed. It
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was like there was now space in my head and my
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brain was getting sloshed around. And so that
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was when I was 35. It's now 18 years later. And
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I had convinced myself that I would never be
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able to run again. And I would never be able
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to get to the place where I wanted to be physically
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again. And two years ago I started running and
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I really got serious about it this year. And
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I want to tell you something that God has delivered
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me and healed me and completely set my body free.
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Hallelujah. There is right now, I know I'm tall
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and skinny and I've always kind of been tall
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and skinny and so I don't say this to... Exalt
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myself. But I have, I think I've lost 25 pounds
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since I started running this past summer. I feel
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better than I've felt in two decades. I see a
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physical transformation happening in my body.
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But it is not just that. It is that coupled alongside
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of that, there is a spiritual transformation
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happening in my body. And I'm beginning, in my
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spirit, and I'm beginning to believe the things
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that God has spoken over me. And I'm believing
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that that's going to trickle down, not just to
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me and to my wife and our family. She's always
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been a health nut. And now I'm thankful for that.
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I've kind of like, never mind, I'm not going
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to go down that road. Because she's going to
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listen to this. And then I'm going to get it.
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I'm going to get it. Paybacks are never good.
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she means more to me now than she ever has. There,
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I'll just say that. And some of the things she's
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given herself to mean more to me now than they
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ever have. And the blessing that is coming upon
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me and upon her is coming upon this entire body
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in Jesus' name. And this morning, we're going
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to break some of that wrong thinking. I will
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never be healed. I will never be able to fill
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in the blank. We break that in the name of Jesus.
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We plead the blood of Jesus over our thinking.
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Hallelujah. We plead the blood of Jesus right
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now. over every weight that has hindered us in
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the name of the Lord. Everything that is rooted,
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not in the mind of God, but in carnal type thinking
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that has allowed things to take root and determine
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our destiny. We refuse to give our destiny to
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the enemy anymore in Jesus' name. We refuse to
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let... Let the lies of the enemy. I love that
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song that Candace led. Get the liars out of the
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way. They don't have the final say. There is
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only one. Sovereign and supreme. Every word he
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speaks is holy. Hallelujah. The Lamb of God is
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overcome. My testimony is his blood. Hallelujah.
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Glory to God. These are the weapons of our warfare.
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They are not carnal. They are mighty in God.
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Hallelujah. Friend, you are not meant to be the
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tail wagged around by life for the rest of your
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days, just having to suffer at every turn and
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helpless and just having to just take it all
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the time like a punching bag. You are not the
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tail. You are the head in the name of Jesus.
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God created you and he's gifted you. to operate
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in power and authority and all of the things
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that God has given to you in Jesus' mighty name.
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And so I want to call you, friend, to two things.
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One, to brutal honesty. To stand before the Lord
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and to say, God, I just recognize, and to not
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be afraid to admit and recognize, I have been
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a carnal person. I have thought things I shouldn't
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think about myself and about others. I need you
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to come and cleanse me, God. I need you to wash
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me. I plead the blood of Jesus. I thank you that
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you have put your name on my life. You have called
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me to a higher place than this. And you get brutally
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honest and say, God, I have been content to stay
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on this plane and just stay here for the rest
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of my life and just wander and meander through
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life and just let all of these things happen
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up until now. And I ask that you would forgive
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me for that because I don't want to stay here
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any longer. I want to come up to where you are.
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I want to walk the way you've called me to walk.
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I want to be who you've called me to be. I want
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to become who you've created me to become. I
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won't forfeit my destiny anymore. I want to tell
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you something that I know isn't true, but it
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was the way I was feeling, and I told this to
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Cammie a couple nights ago. I said, I fear that
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there are things in life that have already passed
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me by and are too late to recover. And I told
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her, I said, I know that's not true, but I'm
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telling you that because that's how I feel right
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now. Do you know you can be honest? And I want
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to call you to honesty before the Lord because
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that's how we get those things out of us. In
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James 5, it says, confess your sins one to another
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and pray for each other that you might be healed.
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Amen? And so you say those things not to glorify
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those things, but to get them out in the open
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and so they can be defeated in the name of Jesus.
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They can be gone in the name of Jesus. There
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is nothing that is irredeemable. You are redeemable.
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You have not gone too far. You have not that
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God can't bring you back. You have not sinned
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too much that He cannot forgive you. He can restore
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and set free and heal in Jesus' name. And then
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the second thing, so I want to call you to brutal
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honesty. And then the second thing, I want to
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call you to radical obedience in taking up the
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weapons of our warfare and using them in Jesus'
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name. You're not denying your humanity. You're
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honest before the Lord. but you're also taking
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the gifts that he's given to you and the weapons
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of your warfare, and you are using them in Jesus'
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name. They are mighty in God. Hallelujah. Oh,
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somebody give God praise right now. Give God
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praise. Give God praise. Hallelujah. Thank you,
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Father. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father.
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Just begin right now. I'm going to ask the worship
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team to come. We're going to do that song again,
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So Be It, Hallelujah, in just a moment. That's
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going to be our celebration moment. Before we
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engage in that song, I just want to have a moment
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of repentance and a moment of... Just turning
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to the Lord and responding to the Word. One of
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the most beautiful words in my life before the
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Lord is the word repentance. Because when I confess
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my sins, 1 John 1 .9 says that He is faithful
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and just to forgive my sins and to cleanse me
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from all unrighteousness. Repentance is a beautiful
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thing. If you've had thoughts that you've entertained,
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some of them have defined your life, repent,
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turn to God. Say, God, I believe you. Let's just
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bow our heads all over this room. Is there anybody
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here this morning that would say, Pastor, I've
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heard the word and really I'm under conviction?
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Because I've tolerated carnality. If that's you
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all over this place, just lift up your hand to
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the Lord. Yeah, yeah, all over the room. You've
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tolerated carnality. But right now, God says
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no more, and you need to agree with him in Jesus'
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name. In fact, just put your hand on your mind
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right now. And just... Use the weapon of the
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blood of the Lamb and just say, Lord, wash my
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mind and my thinking in the blood of the Lamb.
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Lord, we break every word curse right now in
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Jesus' name. Lord, we thank you for victory over
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every vile thought, every thought that diminishes
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God's plan for our lives, God's ability in our
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lives. We break it off in the name of Jesus.
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And we plead the blood of the Lamb over our minds
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right now. We tear down thoughts that exalt themselves
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against the knowledge of God. We tear them down
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in the name of Jesus. We take up our cross daily
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and follow God. Hallelujah. We use the weapons
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of our warfare. Oh. Jesus, we call on your name
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right now. And we thank you, Lord Jesus, for
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redeeming our thoughts and a new training to
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come into effect. Because tomorrow morning we're
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going to get up and those thoughts might still
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be there, but we're going to plead the blood
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of Jesus over them and command them to leave
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in the name of the Lord. We're going to lift
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up our hands and we're going to praise you. And
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we're going to say, God, I am going to fulfill
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the calling on my life. I am going to walk with
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Jesus today. I am going to think the way you
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want me to think today in Jesus' name. God, I
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thank you for victory in the name of the Lord.
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That these weapons are mighty in God, but if
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they stay on the shelf, they do nothing. God,
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help us to use these weapons that you've given
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to us. to govern our own lives, to move away
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from the carnality that we all carry more and
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more and more and more. We wrestle. It's this
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battle between flesh and spirit, but God, we
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refuse to just wander through life letting flesh
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dominate. God, we believe your word. And we follow
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after you. In Jesus' mighty, mighty name. Hallelujah.