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The Difference Between Worry and Concern with Dr. Winfred Neely & Speaking God’s Word in Spiritual Battle with Dr. Michael Rydelnik · Karl and Crew

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S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond. It's Carl
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S1: Now from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl
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S1: Freedom Friday. It is for freedom that Christ has set
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S1: us free. Don't be shackled by any yoke that would
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S1: attempt to. As we find in Galatians, a yoke that
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S1: would tempt to a great temptation is to get us
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S1: stuck on performance metrics. All the external stuff. Uh, it
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S1: was circumcision. That was the big deal. Boy, if we
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S1: can get these guys circumcised, that's how we define righteousness. No,
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S1: righteousness is a work of the heart. It's the power
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S1: of God that circumcises hearts that cut through the dross
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S1: of sin and shame and find freedom in Jesus Christ.
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S1: We can no longer do church the way we've done
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S1: it for years. We can no longer begin to be well.
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S1: We got to resist the temptation to measure faith by
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S1: the external. We've got to allow the Lord to work
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S1: deeply in our hearts. There's a great temptation to measure
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S1: things by the external, isn't there young thunder?
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S3: Every single day. It doesn't matter what it is. We
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S3: often look at the external stuff, and I mean, even
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S3: having been in Christ for seven years now, almost seven
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S3: full years, it's really easy if I'm not careful to say, hey,
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S3: you know, I'm, I'm doing pretty good. I'm, I'm serving
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S3: my community. I'm taking part in ministry. I think I'm
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S3: doing a great job on those things. And then God,
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S3: kind of like, thankfully, I get that, you know, that
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S3: quick conviction and reminder of, hey, those things you can
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S3: do and you were doing at times before you knew me.
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S3: So don't look at those as evidence. Do you trust
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S3: in me? Do you follow me? And do you love me?
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S3: And do you trust in my love for you? Yeah.
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S1: The word of the cross to those who are perishing
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S1: is foolishness. But to us who are being saved, it
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S1: is the power of God. And some of you might say, well,
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S1: what is being saved? Salvation is both an event and
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S1: an ongoing journey. That event of transformation. No one can
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S1: snatch you from the hand of God. You didn't choose him.
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S1: How can you deny him? And therein lies part of
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S1: the issue. And this is why we speak the gospel
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S1: here so often, is because we've looked at the general
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S1: landscape of Christianity in America, and we see wholesale inconsistency
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S1: with the calling of God on our life. And we think, well,
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S1: some people must be able to lose their salvation. No.
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S1: Talk about deconstruction. Well, these kids have deconstructed their faith. Listen,
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S1: you can't deconstruct what was never built on the rock
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S1: and his name is Jesus. This I'm convinced. After having
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S1: talked with a dozen young, generally young people of deconstruction,
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S1: my most the most vivid and most clear impression that
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S1: I got from these conversations that these these kids never
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S1: knew Jesus to begin with. So did they know the
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S1: church and are they deconstructing a Christian kind of ethic
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S1: or deconstructing their image of what the church is? Yeah,
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S1: but you can't deconstruct what was never built on the rock.
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S1: You can't do it. It's impossible.
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S3: I think it's a really fair statement because it changes everything.
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S3: Being on the rock changes everything.
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S1: Yeah. And can we can we slip off the rock?
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S3: Certainly 100%.
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S1: But this great salvation that we did not choose. God
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S1: called us, predestined us. First, Peter. God foreknew. And he
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S1: called us out. It's. It's radical. Radical indeed. Well, we've
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S1: got some news here that you aren't going to hear
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S1: anywhere else. You won't. And I've done my study this
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S1: morning on it. There is a protest that begins in Palestine,
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S1: in the Gaza Strip, and it begins in two hours.
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S1: Do you know anything about this, Jonathan?
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S3: I had not heard one thing about this. And, you know,
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S3: I've got the the news aggregators in front of me
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S3: gathering my stories, making sure I'm seeing the news of today, uh,
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S3: before the day starts. And it's.
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S1: Not.
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S3: In there. I haven't seen it. It's not.
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S1: It's not in there. It's called the June 26th Revolution. Ahem.
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S1: Hassan is one of the writers on this thing. He's
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S1: Palestinian Christian, he's a follower of Jesus. And they've got
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S1: 18 sites that are going up all around the Gaza Strip.
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S1: There are videos of little kids that are saying, rise up,
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S1: rise up against this terrorist regime. Iran apparently is funding
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S1: some of the pushback against these protests. The Hamas have
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S1: threatened people that if you dare to come out, it's
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S1: going to cost you your life. Israel actually has some
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S1: counter threats, surprisingly enough, saying you do this and we're
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S1: coming after you. But is it in the press anywhere? No.
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S1: Nowhere to be found. I did my searching this morning.
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S1: It's in The Jerusalem Post. It's in the Israel Times,
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S1: but it's nowhere else. Coming up here in a couple
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S1: of minutes. I had to get Omer Eshel on the
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S1: horn and gratefully he came in here. We'll get them
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S1: teed up here. What's going on in Gaza that you
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S1: need to know about today? That you aren't going to
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S1: hear anywhere else? We're going to tee it up for you.
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S5: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
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S1: You know, one of the great temptations is to not
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S1: see what we need to see that's going on around
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S1: the globe. And it's hard. Sometimes you have to dig
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S1: a bit. But as you know, I've had my eyes
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S1: set on the Middle East, especially what's happening with Iran
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S1: and our great brothers and sisters in Iran that are suffering,
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S1: suffering mightily, uh, the general population of Iran that is
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S1: just being abused under this brutal regime. Terrific. And it's
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S1: so much more than oil, so much more than nuclear
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S1: grade plutonium. It's people. And we got to remember that
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S1: that's what we're called to love our neighbors. It's the
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S1: great commandment love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul,
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S1: mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. So
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S1: we keep our eyes on what's going on around the globe.
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S1: And there is something happening in the Gaza Strip that
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S1: nobody's reporting on except The Jerusalem Post and Israel Times.
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S1: Got my dear friend with me right now, Omer Eshel,
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S1: thank you for taking the time calling in from Israel. Omer,
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S1: this is a big protest. 18 sites. The Palestinian people
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S1: have had it with Hamas, and Hamas is threatening them
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S1: with life and limb if they dare to protest. What's
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S1: going on from your perspective, my friend.
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S6: I want to thank you again for having me. Yes,
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S6: I'm in shock that no media outlet is actually talking
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S6: about this. But yeah, there's a protest going on today.
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S6: It's called the Day of Rage. And it's not against Israel.
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S6: It's against Hamas, which are the villains of this story
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S6: from October 7th. And the problem is that 90% of
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S6: the population in Gaza wants to have a better life.
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S6: They want to have a better future for their children.
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S6: The problem is that they're being, uh, oppressed by 10%,
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S6: which is Hamas. But this is the same going on
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S6: all over the Middle East, not just in Gaza. And
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S6: I have to share this with you and our listeners.
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S6: So many people in Israel, including myself, are praying for
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S6: the well-being of those civilians in Gaza that only seeking
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S6: a better future for their children.
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S1: Yeah. If you dig a little bit, uh, Omer Eshel,
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S1: my guest right now, he's on he's on a line
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S1: that's difficult to hear, but we're going to we're going
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S1: to make sure we get his get it patched in
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S1: as clear as we can here. But there are children
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S1: that are going on social media that are that are
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S1: taking a stand saying, please free us from the hand
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S1: of Hamas. Why is it why is it that this
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S1: is not being reported?
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S6: Sadly, this is the hypocrisy of the media today. This
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S6: is it is the same as the people who protest
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S6: against Israel and against the United States and against the
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S6: value of the West. You don't hear them going against
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S6: the Iranian regime, against Hezbollah, and against atrocities of Boko
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S6: Haram or human rights in China. They only one sided.
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S6: They only doing things. You know, the hypocrisy. That's what
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S6: it is. And the sad reality is that the average
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S6: person is suffering. And the fact that the world media,
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S6: apart from Israel, don't speak about it. I think that
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S6: that shows where we are today, morally speaking.
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S1: Yeah. I think it takes what is the common narrative?
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S1: And it kind of upsets the apple cart, so to speak.
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S1: And so it's it's not being covered. Uh, what is
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S1: Israel saying to the Hamas? Should they get aggressive toward
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S1: their own people?
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S6: Israel has always said that since day one, we have
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S6: nothing against the Palestinians. We have everything against Hamas, same
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S6: as we have nothing against the Iranian people. We have
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S6: everything against the regime. Israel basically threatened Hamas, saying, if
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S6: you will attack, if you will shoot those innocent lives,
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S6: we will hunt you down, hunt down, meaning we're going
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S6: to target Hamas, not the civilians. But the problem is
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S6: that the West has been given a stage and basically
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S6: gave that behavior on, on a silver platter to those
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S6: horrific regimes. Because think about the people in Iran. They
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S6: they the West said help is on its way. And
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S6: it never came. So what we're doing now today in Israel,
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S6: we say to the people of Hamas, be careful, because
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S6: if you attack those innocent lives, we will hunt you down.
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S7: Yeah.
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S1: We're going to join you in a prayer. And I'm
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S1: going to ask you to pray In Hebrew. I'm going
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S1: to ask you to pray. Pray your heart language, and
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S1: we're going to join you in peace and protection for
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S1: the people of Palestine. Would you pray right now, Omer?
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S6: Absolutely. In Hebrew.
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S1: Yes.
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S6: Okay. Sure. Sha la la la. La la la la
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S6: la la la la la.
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S1: I love you. We're praying for peace and praying for
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S1: the people of Israel and for the precious people of
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S1: Palestine who do not want to be under the rule
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S1: of Hamas. And although it's not in the mainstream, we've
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S1: got a tens of thousands of people listening right now
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S1: that now have information and boom crew. You know how
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S1: to pray, uh, a protest, a peaceful protest, by the way,
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S1: over there calling for totally peaceful protest just to say, please, Hamas,
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S1: get us out of our tents, loosen up the foods. Uh,
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S1: please let us bring this country back to health. And
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S1: we're going to have all eyes on what's happening there today. Omer,
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S1: thank you for coming on air with us. I appreciate you, brother.
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S6: Thank you so much. And as as the media said before,
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S6: all eyes on Gaza. Seriously this time. Look at what's
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S6: going on.
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S1: Yeah. All eyes on Gaza. We will we will be watching.
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S1: Thank you. It's Carl and crew.
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S5: Hang on your spiritual pit stop to keep you going
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S5: in the race. You're listening to Carl and crew.
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S1: I think we've got our friend on the line, don't we?
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S3: Yeah we do. He is here.
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S1: Good. Let's bring them in. Doctor. Michael Riedel. How are
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S1: you this morning, young man?
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S8: Good. How are you?
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S1: Tremendous. Uh, I got up. I keep my eyes on
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S1: the Middle East all the time. Mhm. And I discovered
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S1: something that's nowhere in the press except the Jerusalem Post
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S1: and the Times in Israel. And there is a there's
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S1: a revolution. 18 sites in Gaza. It's called the June
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S1: 26th Revolution. This is little known. And I want to
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S1: make sure that everyone in the boom crew knows this.
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S1: So I'm going to spend some time on it with
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S1: you here. And then we're going to cover a lot
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S1: of topics. Michael, the Palestinian people have had it with Hamas,
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S1: and this is not being covered by the press. The
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S1: Hamas is threatening to cause harm if not kill anyone
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S1: that comes out. They've been confiscating those organizers phones and
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S1: threatening with life and limb. This is getting no press,
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S1: and we know why. But what's your take on this?
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S8: Well, it's not new. There was there were protests march
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S8: of I think, I think March of 2025. There were
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S8: different times when they protested the the Hamas theft of food. Remember,
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S8: Israel was providing all this food, Hamas was stealing it.
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S8: And the world was saying that that Israel was starving
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S8: the Palestinian population. Uh, there have been this has been happening.
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S8: But what happened immediately after the cease fire, you know,
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S8: that there were people taken out into the streets and
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S8: killed anyone that had expressed any protest or the same
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S8: thing that happened in Iran after they protested last year.
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S8: Do you remember that?
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S1: Yeah, sure.
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S8: Uh, remember, these are Hamas isn't just a as some
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S8: podcasters might say, you know, I don't even know what they're.
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S8: They're just a group. They're a political group mainly. No
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S8: they're not. They are a murderous terrorist group. And they
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S8: are going to hold on to their control of anything
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S8: they have by, by violence. And so I wouldn't be
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S8: surprised if we, you know, if people go out into
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S8: the streets, uh, unless there's protection, I don't know what
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S8: Hamas will do. I just said that's.
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S1: Yeah, I just had Omer Echelon and he's saying that
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S1: Israel is telling Hamas that if you if you injure
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S1: or kill any of these people, we're going to come
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S1: after you. This heartbreaking. Ihab Hassan is a Palestinian Christian
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S1: who's writing on this on X. And so I've been
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S1: following him a bit. Yeah. He's saying that this thing
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S1: is so funded by Iran you can't even understand it.
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S8: Oh, of course, just like Hezbollah, just like the Houthis. Uh,
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S8: it's it's the same, same difference. It's funded by Iran
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S8: proxies to go to war with Israel. And, you know,
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S8: when people say, why is Israel there in Lebanon trying
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S8: to deal with Hezbollah, it's because Iran once says that
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S8: that they won't have a cease fire with the United
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S8: States unless Israel stops dealing with Hezbollah, then Hezbollah keeps
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S8: shooting at the north of Israel. I'm like, I don't
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S8: even understand how people think that Israel should sit back
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S8: and allow Hezbollah to shoot. By the way, people I love,
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S8: my family lives in the north of Israel. They have
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S8: missiles that have landed by Hezbollah all around them. So
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S8: I think I think well, yeah, the government's responsibility is
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S8: to deal with Hezbollah. They have to do that to
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S8: protect their people. So yeah, it's the same thing. And
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S8: now Hamas has been weakened, but they have taken every
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S8: day of this cease fire to rearm to. And if
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S8: we're going to give billions of dollars to Iran now
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S8: with the memorandum of understanding. Where do you think that
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S8: money is going to go towards food for the Iranians,
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S8: towards water for the Iranians, which they need desperately? No,
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S8: it's going to go to Hamas, to Hezbollah. Hamas is
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S8: going to rearm in a greater way. They're going there
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S8: right now. They are training new terrorist soldiers. It's I
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S8: just I'm when I look at the situation, I just
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S8: wonder how in the world anyone thinks this is Israel
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S8: should not do anything.
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S1: Headline of silk on here. Um, a couple of days
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S1: ago and we had to do a little ear warning
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S1: and so I won't get too graphic here, but I'll,
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S1: I'll be clear enough where you get it. But with
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S1: the Shah deposed, what, 47 years ago, it ushered in
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S1: a new regime, obviously in Iran. They promised the world
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S1: they they gave nothing but one of the things that
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S1: they've done, women's rights are absolutely crushed in Iran and
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S1: seen most visibly in the marrying age. I believe 12
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S1: to 15 is the marrying age. But you can go
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S1: to a mullah and get almost a temporary bride is
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S1: as young as five years old. And they will give
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S1: you almost almost like indulgences before the Reformation. They'll give
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S1: you a pass somehow to go do this. This is rape,
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S1: this is carnage. It's it's evil. I don't even have
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S1: words for it. Michael. What? What's on your heart with that?
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S8: Well, I just I have a dear friend, an Iranian woman. Uh,
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S8: she and her husband were in my congregation in New York.
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S8: He's a Messianic Jew. She married him and finally started
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S8: attending our congregation just when she could. And she came
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S8: to the Lord And you know, I love these people.
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S8: They were my congregation 35 years ago. Okay.
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S1: And then you're only 42. So that's pretty good.
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S8: Yeah. Right. It's amazing. I was a very young pastor, young,
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S8: a baby preacher. So they I was a young pastor,
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S8: but not that young. But anyway, the, the I came,
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S8: I was at the congregation and I and she came
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S8: and we were talking and she has relatives there. She
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S8: is just she, she has become the most outspoken, angry, not,
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S8: I think, in a righteous way. Person opposing this regime.
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S8: And if you talk to the Iranians who are living
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S8: here in the States, as you.
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S1: As I do.
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S8: This, this is. They don't understand why the world has
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S8: not risen up to protect the Iranian people. The. They
20:34
S8: just don't understand. It's like people want to bury their
20:37
S8: heads in the sand. Do you apparently talked about this
20:40
S8: with someone? I've talked about the very same situation with
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S8: this friend of mine. But where do we hear that
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S8: on the news? Do any nations talk about that in
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S8: the U.N.? It's just it's just ignored. And and I,
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S8: I am aghast that that people are protective and defensive
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S8: of Iran. I just don't understand it.
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S1: Well, we've got to believe that this is a spiritual war, Michael.
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S1: There's no other way to explain this. It's. The God
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S1: of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving.
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S1: I mean, that's it's that simple, isn't it?
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S8: Oh, yeah. Yeah. And and I, I also think that, uh,
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S8: people it's no different than World War Two in the
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S8: 1930s and the 20s as Hitler was rearming. And in 1933,
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S8: he he he gets power. And for five years, six years,
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S8: all the European nations that could have crushed what he
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S8: was doing. Or they said, we just want peace. And
21:43
S8: it sounds so noble to say we just want peace.
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S8: But what it led to was the worst carnage in history.
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S8: And I, I really believe that when we say, oh,
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S8: we want peace, we just want peace. It sounds noble.
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S8: And I think this is the spiritual delusion. But but
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S8: what it really is, is, is it? It's allowing evil
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S8: to prosper.
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S1: Bonhoeffer was a rare bird in Germany. There were a
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S1: few with him, but the church was relatively silent during
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S1: that period. What have we learned from that, Michael?
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S8: Well, here's something that most people are not aware of. Hitler. Uh,
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S8: in the 30s wanted a movement in Germany of taking
22:29
S8: care of defective, removing defective people, they were taking those
22:33
S8: who were mentally disabled and those who were physically disabled
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S8: and taking them away from their families, and they were
22:41
S8: killing them. Are you aware of that? Are you doing.
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S1: I did, I did know that.
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S8: Yeah. But then it was the church that protested and
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S8: the church that spoke up against that and stopped it.
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S8: Hitler would only go as far as the German people
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S8: would allow him to go. And it's why Niemöller said
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S8: after the war, that if the church had reacted in
23:08
S8: the same way as they did to the. This terrible
23:12
S8: treatment of the disabled in the. Say, if they had
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S8: reacted in the same way about the treatment of the
23:20
S8: Jewish people, it might have prevented the Holocaust because he
23:25
S8: felt that Hitler would only go as far as the
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S8: people would go. So yes, the church was silent when
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S8: it came to the Jewish people, and as a result,
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S8: Hitler just went on and on. And so I guess
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S8: it tells me that you were right. The church was silent.
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S8: But when it when it came to an issue that
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S8: they cared about, they weren't. And they were effective. And
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S8: I think that's what makes their silence so much worse.
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S8: When it came to the the genocide of the Jewish
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S8: people in Germany and Europe.
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S1: Doctor Michael Redlich. My guest right now coming up, we're
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S1: going to shift gears. And uh, boy, this is this
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S1: is a sobering day. Be in prayer for the Palestinian
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S1: people in the Gaza Strip. Coming up here in a
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S1: couple of minutes. Going to shift some gears with Doctor
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S1: Michael Ray. We're talking a week of temptation. How does
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S1: the spoken word deal with, uh, spiritual conflict in spiritual war?
24:24
S1: We'll go right to the scriptures straight ahead.
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S5: Helping you take the next step in your walk with Jesus.
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S1: God longs for.
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S5: Us.
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S1: Today to seek him and ask him to move in
24:35
S1: ways that we never could.
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S5: You're listening to Carl and crew.
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S1: So I was digging through the word and doing a
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S1: word study on the word meditate. And I'm looking in
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S1: Psalm one. It says, don't hang out with fools. Mockers, scoffers,
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S1: meditate on the law day and night. Man, you're going
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S1: to be like a tree planted by streams of water.
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S1: Your leaf never withers and all you do, you're going
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S1: to prosper. And I popped over to Joshua one, and
24:58
S1: I find that Joshua was told, meditate. Things are going
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S1: to go well for you. You're going to have success
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S1: and prosperity wherever you go. And the word meditate, I
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S1: thought Michael was eastern meditation, which is kind of get
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S1: it in your mind. It's the Hebrew word Hagar. And
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S1: I told you, Michael, it means to utter, to moan,
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S1: to shout, to sing. It's audible. And you go, I've
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S1: known this and I've been teaching this. And I said, well,
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S1: why have I not heard it, Michael? Why have we
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S1: not heard that more?
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S8: I guess you weren't in my class that.
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S9: I thought.
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S1: I wasn't in your class. This is not a small thing, Michael.
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S1: This is big.
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S9: No.
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S8: No, it's it's it's something that's audible. And I think
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S8: a lot of people don't realize that that they think
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S8: when they meditate on Scripture, they kind of think about it.
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S8: But it actually is, it's it's muttering on it or
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S8: like speaking it, speaking it. Yeah. I think that most
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S8: people aren't aware of it. And by the way, I
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S8: think those are amazing passages. Psalm one. Uh.
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S9: My favorite Psalm, Psalm.
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S1: One one through.
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S9: Three. Favorite.
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S8: And the reason that makes them amazing is that Psalm one, uh,
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S8: at the end of, of, uh, you know, what it is,
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S8: is there are hinges in the, in the Bible there.
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S8: I call it the Velcro attachments of law and prophets
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S8: and then writings at the end of the law. Uh,
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S8: it says in Deuteronomy 34, it says, keep looking for
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S8: the prophet like Moses. That's really because Moses is dead
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S8: and no prophet has arisen like Moses. There was a
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S8: promise for a prophet like Moses. And then the very
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S8: next verse, the very next chapter is Psalm one after
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S8: Deuteronomy 34 in the Hebrew Bible, and then it says,
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S8: meditate on the law, and then Psalm two. After you
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S8: meditate on the Torah, you'll find the Messiah.
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S1: Oh, well, that's a little insight. Yeah.
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S8: And then the same thing happens, Malachi, at the end
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S8: of the prophets. And, and it's, uh, it's look for the, the, the, uh,
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S8: messenger who will announce the coming of, of the Messiah. Elijah.
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S8: Look for him. Yeah. So it's look for the Messiah.
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S8: And then the very next chapter is Psalm one. Meditate
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S8: on the law. Psalm two follows that.
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S1: Which well, then and then and then we see Jesus
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S1: coming out of 40 days in the wilderness gets tempted
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S1: by Satan. Here's the thing I've been championing here this
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S1: whole week. My goodness, he says. He quotes back Deuteronomy
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S1: to Satan and and he uses the word of God.
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S1: And then he says, man shall not live by bread alone,
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S1: but by every rhema word which is used 70 times.
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S1: New Testament spoken word of God, which is what he did.
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S1: And then we find it in Ephesians six, take up
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S1: the sword of the spirit, which is the rhema word
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S1: of God. This isn't new revelation. It's taking the words
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S1: of Scripture. And here again, speaking it out, this is powerful. Michael.
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S8: Yeah, I, I think that well, first of all, now
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S8: before you can speak the word, I'm going to just
28:05
S8: you got to read it.
28:06
S1: You got to read it.
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S8: You know, I find that it's amazing how few people
28:10
S8: who love God's word, who listen to Moody radio who, uh,
28:16
S8: who go to church when you speak with them about
28:19
S8: how they read the word. They say, well, maybe once
28:21
S8: or twice a week. No, you got to read the word.
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S8: It's got to be in the word every day. Uh, and, uh, my,
28:29
S8: you know, I, I maybe I wouldn't do that, but
28:31
S8: I have this wife that, you know, when I get
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S8: up in the morning and, uh, she's there at the
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S8: kitchen table with her cup of coffee and she is
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S8: reading the Bible and I think, oh, I have to
28:40
S8: go read the Bible.
28:42
S1: And now we know the secret sauce. It's your bride. Yeah. Yeah.
28:46
S8: So the so first of all, you got to read it.
28:49
S8: Then you've got to focus on areas and, and almost
28:55
S8: decide to memorize it. Because how do you mutter the
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S8: word of God if it's not in your head? Yes.
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S8: So so it's selective. I had a dear friend. She's
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S8: with the Lord now. She was, uh, she served with
29:08
S8: Chosen People ministries. Ruth with the truth. We called her
29:11
S8: Ruth Wardell. And and when she was about 80 years old,
29:14
S8: I was visiting her in Dallas. And and she said, oh,
29:18
S8: I'm memorizing the book of Romans now. And I said, really?
29:22
S8: And she said, yeah, I just finished Isaiah and I'm
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S8: now in Romans. She memorized the whole book of Isaiah.
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S1: Oh my goodness. And but that's what makes you rich.
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S8: Exactly. And what happens was that she could then she,
29:36
S8: without even realizing it, she was meditating on it. She
29:39
S8: was muttering the words. She would repeat it over and over.
29:43
S8: And so she was not just reading it. She was
29:46
S8: memorizing it and then speaking it. What grow out grows
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S8: out of it is speaking it.
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S1: Yeah, it's on your lips because it's so embedded in
29:54
S1: your heart. Oh, boom crew. I hadn't even thought of this,
29:57
S1: but I've got Michael here. Uh, Michael and I are
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S1: going to be on a cruise ship in Alaska about
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S1: a year from now, and we're going to have an
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S1: incredible time. We've got about 8 or 9 sessions. Micah
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S1: Tyler is going to be there to worship that truth
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S1: into our hearts. Revelation and response. We are so thrilled
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S1: to offer this to you guys in the Boom Crew
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S1: and beyond all that, listen to Michael on Saturdays, Open
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S1: we've got Michael here. Let's do a banner ad for
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S3: Yeah, this is a great opportunity. If you like the
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S3: awesome sights, go on to some great excursions. You know what?
30:46
S3: You're also going to be able to be discipled by
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S3: some people who really love the Lord, and you're going
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S3: to get off that boat deeper in your relationship with
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S1: Michael, I got word yesterday. We're way ahead of pace
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S1: of getting this boat loaded up. It's pretty neat, isn't it, friend?
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S8: I hadn't heard, I hadn't heard. Yeah, probably. Uh, I know,
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S8: I know, Carl, you're much more aggressive. I would say
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S8: we have way more days.
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S1: We have, we have. Oh, oh. Find it out. Oh, yeah.
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S1: I want to know what's going on. Absolutely. I'll give
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S1: I'll give you the numbers later on. But Michael, it's
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S1: been a joy to have you here today. I love you, brother.
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S1: You're a good brother.
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S8: You too. Thanks for having me. And and by the way,
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S8: I'm looking forward to that cruise because you've been to Alaska.
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S8: You are from Alaska? Me my first time. Oh, you.
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S1: Are.
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S1: It's an eye.
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S5: This is Carl and Crew on Moody Radio. Well, here
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S1: Freedom Friday and I want to hear your story. Yours
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S1: and the story is this. You were taken the bait
32:34
S1: of Satan on any given temptation, whatever that was. But
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S1: then one day it stopped because God in his grace
32:42
S1: worked powerfully in you, and you give all glory to God.
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S1: But what temptation has God given you victory over from
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S1: taking the bait? It may be used to kick your tail,
32:54
S1: but now you've gotten victory. And how did God give
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S1: you the victory? I'm asking you to call in right now.
33:01
S1: It is Freedom Friday. You got it. You took the
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S1: bait of Satan and you can remain anonymous if you want.
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S1: You took the bait of Satan, and it might have
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S1: been over and over again. But God gave you victory
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S1: and you stand today saying, by God's grace and his
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S1: grace alone, I'm getting victory over a temptation that I
33:22
S1: used to take the bait on. I want you to
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S1: give us a call right now. We got time to
33:26
S1: get a few callers in here. We're cramming a lot.
33:29
S1: £10 of taters into a £5 sack today.
33:33
S3: I love those £5 we have. We often have £10
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S3: of taters around here.
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S1: Yeah, we got £10 of taters.
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S3: We need to start getting £10 sacks. That's all I'm saying.
33:42
S1: Here we go. 805. Five, five. 78, 98. Want you
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S1: to call in. Let's go. Freedom Friday. You used to
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S1: take the bait of Satan. That temptation kept. You kept
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S1: biting it, man. You kept biting into that apple. But
33:57
S1: then God gave you victory. What did he give you
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S1: victory over? And how did he do it? 805. Five. Five. 78. 98.
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S1: Light em up in here. 805. Five. Five. 78. 98.
34:12
S1: It's freedom day.
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S5: Let's go walking closer to Jesus every day. You're listening
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S5: to Carl and crew.
34:21
S1: It's Freedom Friday. Talking temptation all week. So the question
34:25
S1: what temptation has God given you victory over? You were
34:29
S1: falling into it, taking the bait of Satan. And then
34:32
S1: by God's grace and power. And I want to know
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S1: how he delivered you. How did he set you free
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S1: from taking that bait of that temptation? 805 557898 Lisa.
34:43
S1: First time caller, Grand Rapids, Michigan. What's your story, Lisa?
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S10: Oh, yeah. I didn't have just one addiction. I had
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S10: many addictions. So it was drugs and alcohol, sex, food. Um, yeah,
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S10: you name it, I was addicted. And of the more
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S10: I wanted more all the time, you know? But he
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S10: has delivered me of that. He has freed me from that.
35:08
S10: And I'm very grateful for that. And how he did
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S10: it was by his grace and his mercy and his
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S10: love first of all. And then he also gave a
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S10: community of people, you know, and that was through, um, many, um,
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S10: 12 step recovery programs. Yep.
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S1: Lisa, so happy for you, sister. And you got the order, right?
35:27
S1: God's grace and mercy came in, invaded your life, and
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S1: then you got around people that were wanting the same
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S1: kind of victory. Awesome. Taking your calls 805, five, five, seven, eight,
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S1: nine eight. And be alert to this one. Maybe God
35:42
S1: gave you the victory over the temptation to gossip.
35:46
S3: That's real too. Just as real. In fact.
35:49
S1: The temptation to fudge on taxes, the temptation to fill
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S1: in the blank. We often go for the big boys
35:55
S1: and they're real. And when we get victory over those,
35:59
S1: a lot of people want to champion them. But what
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S1: is it for you? 805. Five. Five. 7898 Chris in Chicago.
36:06
S1: What do you say?
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S11: Hey. Good morning Carl. Um, I just want to appreciate
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S11: this topic. You guys have the Lord's Gandhi victory over
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S11: pornography and lustful thoughts of people other than my wife.
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S11: It's been a process of multiple years, but through not
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S11: just reading the Word of God, which is always great,
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S11: but fellowship with other believers at church. I do cohort
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S11: with Pastor Buchanan on the South side. I'm in a
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S11: class with him and some other guys and I'm, you know,
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S11: serving at church. Um, she just installed me and my
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S11: wife as deacons and it's been a blessing. And, but
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S11: just our relationship, you know, serving together, we've gone from,
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S11: you know, almost roommates to being like, really married. It's,
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S11: it's a wonderful feeling and it's just kind of crazy.
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S1: Chris. That is so cool. Chris. Yeah, keep them potted
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S1: up there. Um. Chris, you said a few things here
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S1: that are really important given your life away. Not least
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S1: that's a big one because sometimes the temptation is best
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S1: fought by getting that bigger. Yes, in your life and
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S1: you're living it. Chris. Thank you, my friend, for calling
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S1: in today. Powerful stuff. George. Charleston, South Carolina. What do
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S1: you say?
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S12: Can you hear me?
37:26
S1: Got you. Man. You're on air.
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S12: Okay. Yeah. So, um, basically, the Lord pressed upon my
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S12: heart several years ago about, you know, husbands love your wives,
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S12: even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for
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S12: it because I used to be constantly because of dissatisfaction
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S12: in our marriage. You know, Satan was tempting me with, well,
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S12: maybe she'd be better. Maybe she'd be, you know, she's attractive.
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S12: Maybe she'd be better, better, better. But, you know, several
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S12: years ago, the Lord just said, look, you got to
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S12: stop doing that. And trust me. Give yourself fully to her.
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S12: And it's turned my heart and my mind entirely around.
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S12: No matter what difficulties we go through. Ain't no different.
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S12: Ain't ain't no changing. She's my girl. The Lord has
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S12: blessed me with her. And she's mine forever. And I've
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S12: no temptation anymore.
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S1: Boom! George, you're a man's man. And you know what? God,
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S1: by his grace, birthed that in you. Stay humble. Okay, man.
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S13: Thank you.
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S1: Yeah. Love you. George. Charleston, South Carolina. So great. Let's
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S1: get a couple more in here. Greg. First time caller. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
38:34
S1: What temptation has God given you victory over.
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S14: Hey, hey. The main thing he's given me victory. Victory
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S14: over is worry. Like you were talking about earlier. Uh,
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S14: I was giving a life ending diagnosis, uh, here about
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S14: a week ago. Uh, I've been told I have a
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S14: disease that's not curable, and there's no really treatment for it. And,
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S14: the first thing I thought of is God saying, Greg,
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S14: I've got this. So? So I don't know what my
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S14: future holds, how much longer I have, but I'm going
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S14: to spend the time I have praising him and thanking
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S14: him for every day. Because one day, and it may
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S14: be sooner than I want, I'll be closing my eyes
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S14: on this earth, but opening and opening them in heaven.
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S14: No more illness, no more sickness, no more worry. No
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S14: more anything but peace.
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S1: Greg, I love you. First time caller. And I'm going
39:58
S1: to pray right now. Father, we know what the doctors
40:00
S1: have said, but you are sovereign over all things and
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S1: we aren't praying presumptively. But we're praying, believing that you
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S1: could heal our brother right now, all across America and beyond,
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S1: which is Locke and Hart's God. On behalf of our
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S1: brother Greg and I'm asking, your will be done on
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S1: earth as it is in heaven. And it could be
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S1: that you're taking him to his reward. But it could
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S1: be that you're saying, yeah, I'm going to do a miracle.
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S1: I'm going to blow some doctor's minds. And so we
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S1: pray that in Jesus name, Amen. Love it. Beautiful man.
40:40
S1: Let me get one more in here. Got a lot
40:41
S1: of calls coming in. Mark. Indianapolis, Indiana. Thank you. Man.
40:45
S1: What temptation has God given you victory over falling into.
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S15: Yeah. Well, Carl, when I was born again, I had
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S15: I would call it a pornography addiction. Uh, didn't. And
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S15: that went away, uh, for about a year. I had
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S15: no interest in that. And then after about a year,
41:05
S15: the temptation came back. I prayed to the Lord to
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S15: remove it over and over again, repeatedly. And the Lord
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S15: didn't answer. And then I read in Hebrews. Confess your
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S15: sins to one another. And, uh, I, I, uh. That evening,
41:24
S15: I called the other guitar player in our praise band
41:28
S15: to confess to him that Sunday morning, I confess to
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S15: my pastor. And then I confess to a lovely young
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S15: lady who is now my wife. And, uh, that took
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S15: care of it. God. God removed.
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S13: That.
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S1: Uh.
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S15: And I am free.
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S1: You know what hit me? You know what hit me, Mark?
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S1: God did answer it. He had you read in Hebrews
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S1: that you needed to get this out into the open
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S1: with a few brothers that love you. And that's awesome.
41:55
S1: Thank you, Mark, for calling in. Guys, here's the story.
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S1: I don't know what you're up against today. What temptation
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S1: community Confessing to one another. Walking into the presence of
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S1: God's mercy, the throne room of. I will do it
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S1: for you. His grace, the Word of God. We've heard
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S1: it over and over again. God will help you walk free.
42:20
S5: He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then
42:23
S5: he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Colin
42:28
S5: Crew on Moody Radio.
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S1: It's Carl and Crew. It's Freedom Friday, and we've been
42:33
S1: tackling temptation. And I want to give you two words
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S1: one proximity, second proclamation, proximity. Hebrews four camp out there.
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S1: We've got a great Messiah, a deliverer who tempted in
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S1: every way just as we are, but without sin. So
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S1: we have the privilege. Verse 16, Hebrews four, to go
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S1: into that throne room of grace. That's the throne room of.
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S1: He will do it for you. Now, do we have
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S1: something to do? Yeah, but we we step into the
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S1: presence of God. This is why proximity is so important.
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S1: All throughout the day, we're conversing with God by the
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S1: power of the Holy Spirit, prompted with words, scriptures. We
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S1: encourage other people. So proximity. Vital. Proclamation of truth, vital.
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S1: This is the last chance we're going to have to
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S1: do it. This week we want to give you this link.
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S7: Yeah.
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S1: Text truth 805 5557898. Okay. Who. Sometimes the temptation is
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S1: to worry, and it's a. There's a difference between having
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S1: concern and letting that turn to worry. How do we
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S1: battle it? We got the we got a guy that he's.
44:21
S1: This is his wheelhouse. Hang on.
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S5: He's a sports fanatic with a stand for anything you
44:26
S5: can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's
44:30
S5: curling crew on Moody radio.
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S1: Jonathan, I got a question for you.
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S3: What's that?
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S1: Have you ever reached into a bag and realized there's
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S1: nothing there?
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S3: Yeah. Car keys, iPad, laptop, you name it. If it
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S3: was supposed to be in my bag, it's probably not there.
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S1: You know, the interesting thing is, when we're looking in
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S1: the wrong place for anything, and we can get tempted
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S1: to look inside ourselves for help when we're worrying. Mhm.
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S1: And you know what I find?
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S3: It ain't there.
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S1: Nothing's there, nothing's there. Oh, we got the worry, expert. Oh,
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S1: that's a horrible way to announce him coming in here.
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S1: We got the worry expert. We got Doctor Winifred Nealy
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S1: with us. We can give you a better title than that,
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S1: can't we, my man?
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S16: Well, I hope so. But the questions you raised when
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S16: you can't find your blood pressure and high blood pressure medicine. Oh, no.
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S16: And it's not there.
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S1: It's not there. What are we going to do? We're
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S1: going to jump into worry because there's great temptations to
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S1: look in ourselves or look to substances and those things.
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S1: But Doctor Neely's just returned from Senegal. What took you
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S1: back to that great land where you live for some time?
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S16: Well, you know, um, it was the celebration for the
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S16: completion of the Bible, the entire Bible in the Wolof language.
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S16: Oh my word. I served there, as you know, Carl,
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S16: for ten years in 1986, 19861987. The wool of New
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S16: Testament was completed, and finally, after 63 years of work,
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S16: the Bible and Wolf is complete.
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S7: Wow.
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S16: And I went over for the celebration and it was
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S16: a wonderful moment of renewal.
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S1: I can tell you're living. You're living it right now,
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S1: aren't you? Yeah, it's still on you.
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S16: It's still on me. I hope it never leaves me. Yeah,
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S16: but I plan to go back over. Lord willing, I
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S16: committed to the brethren there that I would come back over.
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S16: And who knows? I may wind up bringing you with me.
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S1: Wouldn't that be a joy?
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S16: That would.
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S1: Be. Oh, doctor Winfred Neeley, our guest right now. He is. Oh,
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S1: he's not retired, but he's stepped away from vice presidency
46:52
S1: here in academic dean of Moody Theological Seminary. He's professor
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S1: emeritus of Old Testament biblical interpretation and preaching at MBI.
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S1: And he's done a phenomenal work on the issue of worry.
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S1: I want to kind of transition to that. We're talking
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S1: about this week, temptation. And when we become worried, I
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S1: think the obvious temptations for worry, uh, without going into
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S1: the throne room of Grace is that we can medicate it.
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S1: I mean, we have people listening that when they get worried,
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S1: they drink. We have people that when they get worried,
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S1: they go buy stuff. When they get worried, they put
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S1: their head in a pillow and cry and find nothing
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S1: there but tears. Some look within for strength within and
47:45
S1: find that the shelves are empty. Mhm. It's a common thing.
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S1: We all battle it from time to time. Right, Winfred?
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S16: Yeah. Well, I think well, it seems to me that
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S16: in a part of that is our fear of facing life.
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S1: What it really is.
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S16: What it really is. And see, you know, we can
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S16: pick up the iPhone, see and start scrolling. Yep. As
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S16: a as a way, as a means of escape, actually.
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S16: And get lost there for several hours and or binge
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S16: watch Netflix. Yeah. You know, that kind of stuff for sure.
48:26
S16: And I think a part of that is the fear
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S16: of facing life, and also the demonic disturbances that we
48:40
S16: may experience in the process of facing life. Yeah. That
48:45
S16: drives us to coping mechanisms that we think are going
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S16: to solve the problem. And if we're honest with ourselves,
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S16: it doesn't solve anything because as soon as soon as
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S16: that stuff wears off, we're still. We wake up and
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S16: reality is still there and we have to come to
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S16: terms with, come to terms with, with, with life.
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S1: You know, one thing that struck me is that Satan
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S1: is really good at what he does. And some of
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S1: the stuff that we're worrying about when we get our
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S1: head into it. I'm not talking about our head. I'm
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S1: talking about a head filled with truth, saying there's there's
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S1: appears to be something here. When we get into it,
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S1: we find out oftentimes this was a nothing burger.
49:37
S16: It was a nothing burger. It didn't even have pickles
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S16: and mayo or anything.
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S1: It was a nothing burger.
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S16: It was nothing, man. It was nothing. And then you
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S16: ask yourself, my, what in the world was I all
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S16: anxious about in the first place? But a part of that,
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S16: a part of that is, you know, again, you're right, Karl,
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S16: that the devil gets us so wound up about stuff
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S16: that's not even there. Sometimes.
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S1: Sometimes it's not even there.
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S16: It's not even there. And a part of that is
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S16: because we're not willing, we're not willing to look, open
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S16: our eyes and look at our life circumstances as they
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S16: are with discernment and wisdom to see what's really, really happening.
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S16: And once you do that, you begin to think, wow, this,
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S16: this issue is not nearly as significant or big as
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S16: I thought it was. And by the grace of God,
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S16: we can get through this.
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S1: You know, it's interesting because and I love the byline
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S1: to your subtitle to your book, Experiencing the Peace of
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S1: God in every situation, every time I see that subtitle.
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S1: And by the way, this book, it's called How to
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S1: Overcome Worry. This is a phenomenal read. It's short, it's powerful,
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S1: it's actionable. But you know what it reminds me of?
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S1: Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face,
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S1: and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in
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S1: the light of his glory and grace. Oh my goodness.
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S1: Those are more than just little pithy words. There's truth
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S1: in that, right, Winfried?
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S16: That is a true statement. And when we take God
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S16: at His word and look Jesus by faith in the face,
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S16: the things of earth will indeed grow strangely dim in
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S16: light of his glory and his grace. And we are,
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S16: you know, we have a pep in our step. We
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S16: get up off our knees with strength and able to
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S16: get through the day in a way that honors God
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S16: and thank him for his peace and his joy that
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S16: he that he grants to us. But believe it or not,
51:50
S16: even there There's opposition. And I think this is what
51:53
S16: we don't expect sometimes. Yes. That there's there's going to
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S16: be opposition. And we need to understand that the powers
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S16: of darkness are going to oppose us, or they're going
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S16: to try to distract us and get us, get us,
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S16: get us all wound up about this and about and
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S16: about that. And we have to step back, and we
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S16: have to take a step of faith and trust God
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S16: and take a look at Jesus as we move forward
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S16: in faith. But God does not exempt us from the struggle.
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S16: You see, he doesn't exempt us from the battle because
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S16: he is in the business of strengthening our faith muscles. Uh,
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S16: helping that. He wants us to trust him. He wants
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S16: us to walk with him, and he allows us to
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S16: go through these things in order for us to learn
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S16: to trust him and take him at his word.
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S1: Yeah, I love it. You know, some people are, uh,
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S1: Battling right now, struggling with something that is a very
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S1: real worry. Um, and we talk a lot about wayward
52:56
S1: kids and wayward spouses and finances. And sometimes the kids
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S1: have walked away. Sometimes the spouse isn't doing well, sometimes
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S1: the finances are scarce. Those things are real. How have
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S1: you learned, especially looking at the book of Philippians, which
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S1: a lot of your book is anchored in here? How
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S1: have you learned that God allows us to experience peace
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S1: when the source of worry isn't invalid, when there is
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S1: something there?
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S16: Well, I mean, that's that's here is the thing. Uh,
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S16: there's a difference between worry and concern. And that's what really,
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S16: really helped me. There's a difference between worry and concern.
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S16: Worry is when I look at the source that's real
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S16: and conclude that I alone, in my own strength and
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S16: in my own wisdom, have to deal with it. It
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S16: is a form of practical atheism, as I've said on
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S16: so many occasions. We think and live and act as
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S16: if God is not a part of the situation. I'm
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S16: in my own constructed, closed system, and I am the
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S16: only person in the universe who can deal with this
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S16: particular issue. And that's worry. Yeah. Concern looks at the situation,
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S16: sees it for what it is, but also is looking
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S16: to the Lord Jesus Christ for grace, for help and
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S16: strength and wisdom, knowing that he will Walk with me.
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S16: He will hold me by the hand. He will strengthen me,
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S16: and he will give me all of the grace and
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S16: help and wisdom that I need to navigate this difficult circumstance,
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S16: and he will give me peace in the process of
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S16: going through it, so that when I get on the
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S16: other side of it, I will be, by the grace
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S16: of God, a better person, and having learned to trust God.
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S1: You know, it's interesting, just a few days ago, I
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S1: was in this text in Hebrews four, let us with
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S1: confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we
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S1: may receive mercy and find grace to help in time
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S1: of need. It's interesting, the writer of Hebrews doesn't say,
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S1: draw near to the throne of grace so that we
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S1: may see this issue of concern removed. He says that
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S1: we may find mercy and his power, God's power in
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S1: our time of need. I there's that's where maturity is born, right, Winfred?
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S16: Yeah, yeah. I mean, we we have to approach God
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S16: in faith, come to the throne of grace, and we
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S16: will find mercy and grace to help to enable us,
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S16: to empower us. Yeah. Um, in our, in our time
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S16: of need. But we come in faith, we come in
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S16: trust and, and God will meet us in those moments.
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S16: We do have to trust him. Yeah. We do have
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S16: to take him at his word. Because you look at
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S16: the text, it seems so simple, doesn't it? Yeah. It
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S16: it seems so simple. You know, let us draw near
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S16: to the throne of grace, so forth and so on.
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S16: And but and realizing. But this is a drawing near.
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S16: This is a drawing near in faith. This is a
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S16: drawing near in trust. Uh, this is literally walking, getting
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S16: out of the boat of our comfort zone to walk
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S16: on the water of the Word of God and take
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S16: Jesus at His word. And there is where we will
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S16: experience the power of God in victory and fellowship and
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S16: communion with Jesus.
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S1: And the half brother of Jesus. James said, don't let
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S1: a double minded man believe he will receive anything from God.
57:22
S1: How does a person. Let's just let's just wrap this
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S1: before I give a resource to you here. Boom crew.
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S1: How does a person get single sold single faith. How
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S1: does that happen?
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S16: That's a good question. And I think it's finally this.
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S16: We have to know the word yes. And we have
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S16: to know the word well. But knowing the word and
57:50
S16: knowing the word well is not an end in itself.
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S16: We know the word well. We know what God says
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S16: so that we take God. Now we take God at
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S16: His Word. This is why the study of the Scripture
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S16: is so important. Yes, when we take God at His
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S16: Word and trust him, and this will lead us to
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S16: that single sole place. But I want to suggest that
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S16: that's a daily experience.
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S1: Boy doesn't end, does it?
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S16: It doesn't end, Sir Karl. It doesn't end. Not this
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S16: side of heaven. I wish it did, but it doesn't
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S16: end because I can be in this single place yesterday.
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S16: And something can happen today that will get me off
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S16: my mark. And again, we have to take God at
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S16: His word again. This is what Paul says I die daily,
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S16: you know. And so, I mean, it's, it's a daily,
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S16: it's a daily experience. But I do want to I
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S16: do believe that we grow and we mature in the
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S16: process as we walk with the Lord Jesus Christ through
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S16: the years.
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S1: Amen. But I want you to get a resource that
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S1: is really going to help you. Some of you feel
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S1: overcome by worry. How do you overcome worry? It's by
59:09
S1: experiencing the peace of God in every situation. Doctor Winfred
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S1: Neeley has done an amazing job with this book. So
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S1: I just want you to text one word right now. Worry.
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S1: Just worry to 805 557898. Grab this link, grab a copy,
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S1: grab two, grab four, hand them out. Text worry to
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S1: 805 557898. God wants you to experience his peace today.