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How do I stay connected to God? [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 1: So the weirdest thing happened. Good morning, God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: I looked at my alarm clock, woke up. Then I
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  Speaker 1: looked back at the alarm clock and I was like, um, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I overslept.
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  Speaker 1: So these things happen just prove to you that I'm
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  Speaker 2: So thank you so much for your patience.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you to my sister Cheryl for texting me and
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: And I woke up in a shock. I was like,
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  Speaker 2: I was in a weird morning state thinking I was
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  Speaker 2: already awake. Weird.
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  Speaker 1: I actually dreamt that I was awake. That's funny. But
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much. Good morning to you, got blessed.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Morning Devo, New week, new session.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually holiday today for some people who are not
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  Speaker 1: Amen, We're here, and we are so devoted to the
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  Speaker 1: for me, this is better than a day off, This
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  Speaker 1: I have to respect the time because I have scheduled
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  Speaker 2: Amen. Amen, So let's go for it.
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  Speaker 1: Today we're talking about the question how do I stay
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  Speaker 1: connected to God? And when I say I, not only me.
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  Speaker 1: I really want you to ask yourself that question. How
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  Speaker 1: do you stay connected to God? Listen to this stay
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  Speaker 1: connected to God in a world that often seems godless.
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  Speaker 1: Have you noticed that this world is getting more godless?
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  Speaker 1: It seems godless, but there are godly people. Obviously, God
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  Speaker 1: is still on the throne. God still reigns over the
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  Speaker 1: one that's controlling the world's system. Right, but sometimes this
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  Speaker 1: world seems godless. Well, it's all about recognizing your unbreakable bond,
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  Speaker 1: unbreakable bond with.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus, right with God. Through Jesus, we're.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna be in Ephesians, chapter number one, Versus thirteen and fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: Today in the Morning Devo, if you have any questions, comments, concerns,
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  Speaker 1: or any prayer requests, please don't hesitate to leave it
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  Speaker 1: on a live chat.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're here.
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  Speaker 1: For, amen, and so we could get that going as well.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're listening, I sol Winners with his z
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  Speaker 1: patience and thank you for being there. I see there
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  Speaker 1: was a lot of people just there. They were probably
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  Speaker 1: listening to the music of like it's supposed to be
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  Speaker 1: a morning devotion, and I apologize I got to the
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  Speaker 1: studio a little late, but we're here, amen. So let's
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  Speaker 1: pray first. After we pray, we'll shared this out for
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  Speaker 1: like sixty seconds, and when we come back on the
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  Speaker 1: other side of these sixty we'll get right into today's
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  Speaker 1: question on the Morning Devo. How do I stay connected
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  Speaker 1: to God?
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  Speaker 2: Father?
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much that we have an unbreakable bond,
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  Speaker 1: that we are in perfect communication, perfect union with you
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  Speaker 1: by way of your Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Although the world seems like it wins and the system
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  Speaker 1: seems like it's so strong and powerful over us.
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  Speaker 2: It's really not. We are in this world, but we're
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  Speaker 2: not of this world. Thank you Jesus for.
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  Speaker 1: Rescuing us, saving us, redeeming us, restoring us, renewing us.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord God for protecting us, guiding us, guarding us.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you, Lord God for every single thing that
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  Speaker 1: you have doing, that you have done and are doing.
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  Speaker 2: In our lives.
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  Speaker 1: As you are our Lord, our savior, our king, and
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  Speaker 1: we just follow you.
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  Speaker 2: We follow and we never let go.
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  Speaker 1: But we have perfect union with you by way of
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  Speaker 1: what your finished work says and what your finished work has.
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  Speaker 2: Done in our lives.
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  Speaker 1: So I speak life over all of our lives in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Holy name. I had your protection over myself, my wife,
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  Speaker 1: our family, our children, our grandchildren, and every single person
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  Speaker 1: that's listening and watching on the other side of this
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  Speaker 1: mic and on the other side of the screen, and
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  Speaker 1: a powerful name of Jesus. I pray this by faith,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that you are able to respond to the prayers
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  Speaker 1: of your children, and we are expecting what you expect,
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  Speaker 1: and that's victory.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: We praise by faith, and all those who agree with
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  Speaker 1: this prayer, we say amen to the Amen, help me
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  Speaker 1: share this out sixty seconds. When we come back, we'll
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  Speaker 1: get into today's morning d Evil Ephesian chapter one Versus
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  Speaker 1: thirteen or fourteen. I'll be right back. Alright, alright, let's
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  Speaker 1: go for it. Sister Joeyne see, I see you. Good morning,
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  Speaker 1: God bless you, God bless you. Welcome back to the
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  Speaker 1: morning Devo. Sorry for my lateness a man, Brother Frank,
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  Speaker 1: I see you, God bless you. Amen, and your family
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  Speaker 1: as well. Love you too, brother Frank, Thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for coming.
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  Speaker 2: Through to the morning Devo. Amen. So let's go for it. Man.
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  Speaker 1: We have a word here that I want to get into.
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  Speaker 1: How do I stay connected to God? Well, ask yourself
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  Speaker 1: the same question, regardless of what the world system is doing,
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  Speaker 1: what's happening in government, what's happening in the world system
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  Speaker 1: and the world and so much stuff going on, right,
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  Speaker 1: and you wonder, how do we stay connected? Well? I
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  Speaker 1: believe the word answers that question for us, Amen, And
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  Speaker 1: so we have a great opportunity right now to share
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  Speaker 1: this with our neighbors, with our friends, with our family members.
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  Speaker 1: We're unbelievers, those who don't even believe, and how we believe?
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: I think we have a perfect opportunity, Amen, to do
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  Speaker 1: this today, starting today. If you never realize this, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: hopefully God will show you through his word right now
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  Speaker 1: that we could be connected.
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  Speaker 2: Because we have a perfect connection. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: We don't have to worry about Wi Fi, Internet connection
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  Speaker 1: or any of that. We have Holy Spirit God, and
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  Speaker 1: we're in perfect reunion with Christ through his Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. So let's go for it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's put this on the screen for those who are
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  Speaker 1: just listening, No worries. I'm gonna read a word for
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  Speaker 1: word the way we're looking at it.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. Let's see if I got this right? Yeah, all right?
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  Speaker 1: How do I stay connected to God? Amen, it's a
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  Speaker 1: day on the morning, Devo. Here's the word Ephesian shot,
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  Speaker 1: the one verses thirteen and fourteen. In Him, you also
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  Speaker 1: when you heard the Word of truth, the good news
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  Speaker 1: of your salvation, and as a result, believed in Him.
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  Speaker 1: We're stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: the one promised by Christ Jesus himself, as owned and
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  Speaker 1: protected by God. We are sign delivered. There is absolutely
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  Speaker 1: no possible way that the Spirit of God can be
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  Speaker 1: snatched from us, other than God himself taking his spirit
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  Speaker 1: out of someone, So let's get that clear. But when
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  Speaker 1: we're in him, we heard the word of truth, we
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  Speaker 1: have the good news to salvation, and as a result
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  Speaker 1: believed in Him, we have to believe. Of course, we're
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  Speaker 1: stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. No
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  Speaker 1: one promised by Christ to make it. To make sure
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  Speaker 1: we know we're talking about the same Holy Spirit promised
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  Speaker 1: by Christ. Right, as owned and protected by God. The
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  Speaker 1: own part is where a lot of people. That's where
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people don't like that. No one owns me. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: all right, and that's true. Right, you don't own yourself.
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  Speaker 1: No one owns you. Okay, As old and protected by God,
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  Speaker 1: I have no problem admitting that. You can see the
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  Speaker 1: cross reference scriptures John seven thirty nine and Acts, chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty three for cross reference for those who are
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  Speaker 1: Bharans and Bible studies. Bible studiers, right, you could go
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  Speaker 1: to this cross reference. The spirit is the guarantee, the
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  Speaker 1: first installment, the pledge, a foretaste of our inheritance until
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  Speaker 1: the redemption of God's own purchased possession his believers to
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  Speaker 1: the praise of His glory.
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  Speaker 2: Man.
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  Speaker 1: That's how we stay connected. We're connected because we have
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit living in us. We're connected because we believe.
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  Speaker 1: We're connected because we're saved. We're connected because we're stamped
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  Speaker 1: and sealed by the promised Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus himself promised. Now we're owned by God, we're
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  Speaker 1: protected by God. That's why we walk around say no
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  Speaker 1: weapon formed against us shall prospect because we know ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: ultimately God has us.
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  Speaker 2: We're protected.
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  Speaker 1: Inheritance until the redemption of God's own purchase possession, because
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  Speaker 1: He's coming back for his possession right and this is
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  Speaker 1: to the praise of His glory, and that's powerful right.
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  Speaker 1: That's how we stay connected. There's like no secret to
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  Speaker 1: this right. We are born again believers. We are signed,
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  Speaker 1: sealed and delivered.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: In this world that is just acting crazy and it's
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  Speaker 1: on its own. Since the joyce is good morning, I
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  Speaker 1: see you. Good morning, God, bless you, and thank you
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  Speaker 1: for the blessings to the group as well. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for coming to the morning. Diva on having
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  Speaker 1: patience to your brother who showed up to the studio late.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a couple of more minutes here. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna pay attention to the timer just for the radio network. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll keep on going on.
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  Speaker 2: The live stream. So let me get to my notes here.
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  Speaker 1: So if you keep on going with this, Amen, because man,
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  Speaker 1: I know I asked myself that question a lot said,
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  Speaker 1: how am I gonna stay connected?
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  Speaker 2: I know I'm connected? You know you're connected. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: It's just that the world is just. The world is
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  Speaker 1: doing what the world is supposed to do. The unsaved
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  Speaker 1: of doing what the unsaved are supposed to do. But
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  Speaker 1: right when we see people doing those things and going
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  Speaker 1: in that direction, it should it should. We should have compassion,
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  Speaker 1: we should be praying, we should we should feel something
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  Speaker 1: about that, and we do.
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  Speaker 2: Staying connected to.
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  Speaker 1: God in the world that seems out of control, it's
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  Speaker 1: about recognizing our unbreakable bond with God through Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Very important to know so as believers, is you know
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  Speaker 1: where united?
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Where united with Christ? Listen to this, where we are
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  Speaker 1: united with Christ and the spirit of God dwells within us,
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  Speaker 1: every single one of us who are God's child, God's children.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, Jesus is the only one who
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  Speaker 1: gives us the right.
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  Speaker 2: To be called children of God.
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  Speaker 1: So we're united. We're in dwelt by Holy Spirit, which
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  Speaker 1: means we are always always.
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  Speaker 2: Connected to God.
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  Speaker 1: We just read it in Ephesians chapter one, verses thirteen
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  Speaker 1: or fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: For your reference.
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  Speaker 1: You could also see this in Romans chapter eight, verses
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  Speaker 1: nine through eleven. So I love the Word because the
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  Speaker 1: Word confirms itself right, even if I misinterpret the scriptures.
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  Speaker 1: The scriptures are never misinterpreting itself. The Word of God
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  Speaker 1: never returns to him void.
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  Speaker 2: The Word of.
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  Speaker 1: God has no contradictions. Regardless of all these smart people
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  Speaker 1: that say there's many contradictions in the Bible, they can
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  Speaker 1: never show you one. And when they do, I'll get
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  Speaker 1: them clues of where they think the contradictions are, and
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  Speaker 1: they'll go to those and say, yeah, that's a contradiction,
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  Speaker 1: and then you could easily explain it. And man, I
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  Speaker 1: don't have enough time to go there. But there's seemingly
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  Speaker 1: contradictions in the scriptures that we know as believers, or
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  Speaker 1: if you don't know, maybe I'll do a Bible study
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  Speaker 1: on it. Though, so called contradictions and the scriptures that
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  Speaker 1: people say there's contradictions, error's mistakes. They're common. We know
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  Speaker 1: where they are, but they're actually not contradictions. But that's
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  Speaker 1: one another time. So the experience we have and the
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  Speaker 1: connection we have is something we need to strive for. Man,
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  Speaker 1: this connection is no other connection. You will never have
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  Speaker 1: a better connection to God by way of His Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit until the Lord Jesus cracks open the sky and
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  Speaker 1: redeems his church, takes us out of here and wants
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  Speaker 1: and all for all eternity. But in the meantime, we
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  Speaker 1: strive for this connection. It's a gift, a gift of
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  Speaker 1: grace that has been given to us through Jesus's.
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  Speaker 2: Death and his resurrection. And man, you they hear.
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  Speaker 1: This message all through my life, the death and resurrection
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen, because that's what burns
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  Speaker 1: inside me. I know for sure that we are born again,
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  Speaker 1: that we're saved, we're rescued, that we have a redeemer
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  Speaker 1: who lives. Amen in us until he cracks open the
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  Speaker 1: sky and makes him self revealed to the hord tire
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  Speaker 1: world once again. The Lord Jesus is coming back. So
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna experience this. We're gonna enjoy his connection, this
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  Speaker 1: connection we have with him, regardless of what the world
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  Speaker 1: is doing. Focus on renewing our mind with the truth
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  Speaker 1: of God's word. So let me quickly sign off on
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  Speaker 1: the radio show. Amen, and we'll do it the way
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  Speaker 1: I normally do it. But hold on, I don't go nowhere, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I got some more time here in the live stream
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  Speaker 1: with you guys and girls. So I thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for listening Sue the Morning Devo, and I prayed
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  Speaker 1: that this has hit you in a certain way that
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  Speaker 1: you're reminded of that you're reminded that you're signed, sealed
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  Speaker 1: and delivered by Holy Spirit and the finished work of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus. So God bless you all, God keep
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  Speaker 1: you all, and remember always that God is good.
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  Speaker 2: Please