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How To Understand The Bible in 15 Minutes A Day · Godly Hacks

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  Are you ready to understand the Bible in 15 minutes or less?
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  Listen, a lot of people, they don't avoid the Bible because they hate God or
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  they don't want to know about God, but they avoid the Bible because they feel overwhelmed.
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  It's too big. It's too much. It's hard to understand.
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  They might think, where do I start? What do I do? What if I don't understand
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  it? Do I start Genesis or that strange book of Revelation?
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  What do I do? So then the enemy, the devil, you don't know who that is.
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  He makes you confused or intimidated.
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  And then the truth is that you don't really need an hour a day of theology degree
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  to understand the Bible.
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  You just have to start and you just need a simple plan.
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  So today in my Godly Hacks podcast, I am giving you three easy godly hacks to
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  help you understand the Bible in 15 minutes or less.
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  So if you've ever opened the Bible and you felt lost, this is for you.
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  If you want consistency, this is for you.
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  If you want to know God and hear his voice more clearly, this is for you.
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  It's not about trying to look religious.
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  It's not about building a real connection with other people.
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  It's about building a connection with God. And the Bible is not just a book.
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  It's the living, breathing word of God. And you're going to learn something today. Y'all ready?
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  Wrote a song about it. Here it goes. All right. Hack one.
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  The easiest way to understand the Bible in 15 minutes or less is to understand
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  the person it's written about, which is Jesus.
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  And the best book to find out about Jesus is the book of John.
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  So if you want to understand the Bible, you start with Jesus.
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  Don't start with the most confusing part or random genealogies,
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  but start with John. Why?
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  Because John shows you who is Jesus.
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  The book of John shows you Jesus' love, his power, his words,
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  his miracle, and his divinity.
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  And if you learn Jesus, the rest of the Bible will make more sense because all
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  of the Bible points to him.
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  It's amazing. So the first hack for you is in the first five minutes,
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  read a small section from John, not five chapters, not 10 chapters,
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  not a whole thing, but a section.
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  And then ask yourself three simple questions.
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  What does it show me about Jesus? What does it show me about people?
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  What does it show me about God, what God wants for me? And that's it. You just keep it simple.
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  You don't have to squeeze out 20 revelations every morning. You know,
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  that's the biggest thing when people read the Bible.
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  You know, sometimes you just need one word of God over and over and over until you get it.
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  Sometimes I've read the same thing over and over and over, and all of a sudden,
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  bam, it pops, and God shows me something new.
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  So if you were to understand the Bible, start with the one the Bible's written
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  about, and this is why John is such a powerful book to begin in.
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  And at the end of all these, I'm gonna go to these books and read something
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  to you from them, all right?
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  But we're gonna move past these and go to these hacks real quick. Hack two.
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  Read Proverbs for wisdom that you could use today.
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  This hack is real simple. You just read one chapter from Proverbs every day,
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  or just a portion of one, and then you're right on time. Why?
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  Because Proverbs gives you wisdom for real life.
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  Proverbs will teach you about your mouth, your attitude, your relationships,
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  about work ethic, about pride, being lazy, disciplining yourself,
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  money, discernment, self-control, all this stuff.
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  It's in the book of Proverbs. It's one of the best books ever.
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  So Proverbs will help you stop making dumb choices.
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  You know, there's so many people and they're like, I need prayer.
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  And then you find out what they need prayer for is a dumb choice.
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  The devil's attacking me, but it wasn't the devil.
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  Can I just tell you something if you're listening to me right now?
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  Your choices will fix 90% of your life. It's really not the devil.
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  Like if you're a chick and you did some goofy dude, it's not the devil.
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  It's that you chose a goofy dude. If you're a dude and you chase that chick
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  down just because she's hot, but she's the devil on wheels, it's not the devil's fault. It's yours.
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  So just make better choices and then you can live better. All right.
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  If John teaches you who Jesus is, Proverbs teaches you how to live.
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  This is where the Bible becomes practical.
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  You know, people are like, I need it to be practical. Yeah, read Proverbs.
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  It's where it moves from being just a holy book to something that connects your
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  attitude on Tuesday morning.
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  So don't just read the Proverbs like a fortune cookie, though.
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  Read it again and say, what's God warning me about here? What kind of person
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  is this verse telling me to become?
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  And is there something in me that needs to change? Now, I can already tell you're
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  going to need to listen to this episode like several times.
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  So just bookmark it and go back. I know I'm dumping a lot on you,
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  but it is 15 minutes, so I got to shoot it out there. All right.
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  The goal isn't just information. It's transformation. That's the Bible.
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  If following Christ was about info, Satan would be the smartest person out there
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  because he knows more than you and I do.
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  But following God is not about information. It's about transformation.
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  So, Proverbs will teach you how to actually live this thing,
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  all right? And we'll read some Proverbs in a minute. Let's go to Hack 3.
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  Read Psalm to learn how to pray and process life with God. This is a big deal.
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  A lot of people don't know how to pray, because they think prayer has to be polished or formal.
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  But Psalms will teach you something powerful that God can handle honesty.
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  In Psalms, you'll see David crying out, rejoicing, worshiping,
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  repenting, thanking God, questioning, declaring victory, and trusting God.
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  Psalm will teach you that the language of relationship is just that, honesty.
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  Come on, I don't know if you're married or you're dating somebody,
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  but do you want your spouse to come up to you and just lie to you all the time,
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  or do you want them to be honest?
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  Of course, I hope you want them to be honest. And so that's how God is.
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  He doesn't need you lying. Besides, He knows anyway. If you're lying, God knows.
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  So just be honest with the Lord. Lord, I'm really upset today.
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  Lord, I'm frustrated today. Lord, I don't know what it is that you're trying
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  to show me. I don't, I'm confused. I'm not getting it. Do you understand?
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  That's what you got to do.
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  So Psalm will teach you the language of relationship. So for the last five minutes,
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  read Psalm or a portion of it and turn it into a prayer.
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  David says that the Lord is a shepherd.
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  The Lord is my shepherd. And if Psalm talks about your fear,
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  pray about the fear. If it talks about praise, start praising.
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  If he talks about enemies, pray protection and victory for them.
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  Not against you, but you know.
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  If he talks about mercy, ask for mercy. Don't just read the psalm.
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  Pray the psalm. Pray, say a prayer.
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  The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not lack. He makes me lie down. You know?
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  You just speak it out loud. So don't read it, pray it. That's how Scripture
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  gets just from your eyes into your spirit.
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  Psalms teaches your heart to talk back to the God who is talking back to you.
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  And that is powerful. Amen?
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  So here's the simple 15-minute plan, and then I'm going to give you some scriptures.
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  Five minutes in the book of John to learn about Jesus.
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  Five minutes in Proverbs to gain wisdom.
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  Five minutes in Psalms to learn prayer. That's it. and anybody can do it.
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  It's simple. It's clean.
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  It's doable. And if you miss a day, don't freak out or whatever.
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  Just turn around and pick it back up.
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  The Word will steady you. The Word will sharpen you.
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  The Word of God will correct you. If you're not living right,
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  you'll read it and go, man, I should fix this. It'll comfort you.
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  The Word will renew your mind.
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  People say often, I want to hear God, but they won't open their Bible.
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  He is talking to you every minute, every day through that word.
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  And if you will read it, you'll begin to hear even maybe an audible voice or
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  something more clearly, but it starts with knowing who he is.
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  And God is not hiding from you.
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  Sometimes people are waiting for this new age guru kind of experience,
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  but God is just waiting for you to get quiet, get still, open the Bible and read the word.
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  You understand? All right. So let me give you some of these Bible verses.
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  Hack one, we said, start with John and learn Jesus first. John 20, 31.
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  These are written that you would believe that Jesus is the Christ,
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  the Son of God, and believing you would have life.
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  So John is powerful because it's written so you could believe in Jesus.
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  Does that make sense? That's why we read the book of John.
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  Hack number two, read Proverbs for wisdom. Proverbs 4, 7 says,
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  wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom, and in all you're getting, get understanding.
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  So Proverbs will give you wisdom
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  for real life, and the Bible says that wisdom is the principal thing.
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  What do you need wisdom for? Well, if you read Proverbs and somebody's a crazy
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  person, you're going to know because you've been filling yourself with the wisdom
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  of God, and sometimes you'll go, I don't think that business deal is right.
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  I don't think that college is the right one to go to.
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  I don't think that friend, all of a sudden, you'll begin to know stuff because
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  you're feeding yourself on the wisdom of God. Does that make sense? All right.
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  I know it does. Amen. Okay. Quick break. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast,
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  All right. Read Psalms and learn how to pray in the process with God.
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  So hack number three. So Psalms 119, 105.
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  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
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  Psalm 143.8.
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  Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning. For you,
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  trust you caused me the way which I would walk for I lift up my soul to you.
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  Psalm teaches you how to talk to God, trust God, and let his word guide you
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  in daily life. All right?
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  Okay, so Psalm 1, start with John and learn Jesus first.
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  I'm sorry, not Psalm 1. Hack number one. Hack two, read Proverbs for wisdom
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  that you could use today.
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  Hack three, read Psalms to learn how to pray. It is very simple.
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  15 minutes a day. This could literally change your life.
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  God can tell you great, mighty things, and your life can be flipped around,
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  turned upside down, but for the good.
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  All right. So just rewind, rewatch this, whatever, write notes and stuff,
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  and God's going to help you today.
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  This has been Godly Hacks with Preach It Lisa. If this helped you,
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  share it with somebody who wanted to read the Bible, but doesn't know where to start.
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  And remember, you don't have to do everything at once. Come on,
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  y'all. You just got to start. All right.
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  Now, I'm going to pray. And this is my favorite part of the broadcast.
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  I know I just checked. Some of y'all are in Jordan, in South Africa, in the UK, in Ireland.
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  You're all over the world. And so I don't know where you are listening to me
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  right now. But let me tell you something.
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  God is a mighty God. God is a healer. God is powerful. And God is a deliverer.
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  Maybe you're watching me and And you watch this because you want to learn about
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  a business and you have no idea how to start. God can help you.
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  Maybe you're listening to this right now and you're like, I'm just sick.
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  I hope she says something about healing.
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  God can and will heal you today. He is faithful. He is holy.
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  There's nothing impossible to him.
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  Maybe you're watching it because you're like, I don't understand the Bible and
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  I'm real frustrated and I'm about to give up. Don't give up.
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  God loves you. He will help you through these simple tips.
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  It will change your life. So let me pray first and foremost for someone who
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  might be listening and doesn't know Christ I'm going to pray for you, my listeners.
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  If you're listening, you don't know Jesus. The first step is you got to know Him.
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  And the Bible said He came to set you free from your sins. You are not free
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  from sin unless you accept Him into your heart.
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  If I asked you if you died right now, would you go to heaven or hell?
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  And you say you don't know, that's a problem.
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  Let me help you. Okay? Say this, Father, forgive me. I am a sinner.
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  Jesus, I believe you came to earth to take away my sins.
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  Jesus, will you come into my
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  heart and will you be the Lord of my life and will you change me forever?
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  Thank you amen if you said that
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  simple powerful prayer just like that you came out
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  of darkness and into light now for you my viewers my
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  awesome amazing powerful viewers
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  slash listeners if you are watching me let me just say some stuff over
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  you you are awesome you are smart you are called you are anointed you are appointed
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  you are mighty you serve a great god he's holy he's worthy he's awesome and
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  he is working with you today can be the best day of your whole life god can
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  do something amazing and powerful through you. And I know that he will.
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  I know you're going to read this Bible and your life is going to be turned upside down for the better.
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  Father, I thank you for every listener today. I thank you. This gets quadruple and triple shared.
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  I thank you. This becomes one of the biggest podcast episodes of all time.
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  I thank you, God. You reach people all over the globe with this simple instruction to read your word.
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  I thank you, God, that you love people so much and
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  you want to bless them supernaturally thank you for their
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  hand of favor on your hand god that you're
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  going to work and move and have your being through them i thank
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  you that this day their lives are forever changed never to be the same again
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  So you can just go there, my books, my whatever. All right. I love you.
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  Jesus loves you. Here's a quick outro video.
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  Be blessed. Have a great day. I'll see you next time. Remember,
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  I try to bust these out every Tuesday and Thursday.
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