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Episode 83: Free Me, Favor Me - Part 1 · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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  Right, God, bless you, God bless you. Once again, we
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  welcome you to this another edition of In Time Revival Ministries US a podcast.
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  I am your host, Pastor al Zachary, and I want today to begin
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  a short little series on this particular topic. It is personal in the sense
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  that it is something that I have in I would just say my list kind
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  of a list of prayers, personal prayers request that I have of the Lord.
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  And this this this particular list of things, category of things items,
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  if you will, came to me about a month ago, around the end
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  of October, and I have tried to develop a habit of taking notes of
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  these things when I have them in my spirit. So I went to record
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  them and subsequently made a few modifications as time went on, and today I
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  want to begin what I anticipated or thought would be just a one single episode
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  recording of these but as you're going to see, and I want to keep
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  this each episode now short, of course, as possible. There are seven
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  things here that I thought I would be able to get into one episode,
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  but I would not would not be able to do that without making it at
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  least two hours or more. So I'm going to take them one at a
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  time and disseminate them in order as I have them, am going to give
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  to you now. So the title that I came up with in this particular
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  prairie quest, and that's what it is, personal prairie quest that I want
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  to share is free me, favor me, Free me, favor me.
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  That's the title. So just giving it a title for the sake of being
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  easy somewhat to remember. Because there are four things that I want the Lord
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  to free me from. I just have four category of things. There are
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  others, of course, that I want to be free from. These things
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  I want to be free from from, and then there are things that I'm
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  asking the Lord to favor me with in conjunction with the things I need to
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  be free from. Amen, thank you Jesus. First of all, let
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  me give you all seven of these. There are seven of them. Four
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  of them are things I am personally requesting that the Lord free me from,
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  and the other three are things that I'm asking the Lord to favor me with.
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  Number one. These are the four things I'm asking the Lord to free
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  me from. Lord free me from number one, fear, Lord, free
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  me from number two, folly, Lord, free me from number three,
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  faltering Lord, free me from number four foolishness. So Lord, again in
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  summary, free me from fear, folly, faltering, and foolishness. And
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  of course, in that freedom, I want the Lord to favor me with
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  these three. So this is my prayer request. To favor me Lord with
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  number one faith, favor me Lord with number two focus, favor me Lord
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  with number three fruitfulness. So again I want the Lord to favor me with
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  faith, focus, faithfulness. Now, as you can certainly discern here if
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  you are listening carefully, all of these begin with the letter f f fear,
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  folly, faltering, foolishness. I need to be free from faith,
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  focus, faithfulness. I want the Lord to favor me with. Amen,
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  I'm going to take on number one today that I want to be free from.
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  This is this is my personal prayer requests, and I'm going to share
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  some scriptures of course Bible. I can't get away from the word of the
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  Lord, because that's what this is all about. Amen. This is where
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  we get our nourishment. This is what we must live by. As the
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  Lord said to his people in antiquity, man shall not live by bread alone,
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  but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of Lord. So
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  we're going to have a couple of scriptures that we're going to Amen address also
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  in this soul. Let me move to this very first prairie quest of mine
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  that I want to be free from is fear. Freedom from all fear for
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  the child of God is a highly desirable place to be. And what the
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  Lord I believe without equivocation a man, I think the word of God is
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  crystal clear on this. God has purpose for his children, Amen, to
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  have the confidence and the assurance of living in this fallen world, Amen,
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  free of fear and also having a bondness a man that will remove even the
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  ultimate fear of death itself. Amen, I believe this is what God has
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  and I believe the word of God. Of course, I'm not just believe
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  the word. I know the word of the Lord. Amen supports this.
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  That God's desire, God's will, God's purpose for his children, Amen,
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  in this fallen world is for each and every one of us to live with
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  confidence, with assurance, Amen, with boldness that will remove even the fear
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  of death from us Jesus. As a matter of fact, the Bible makes
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  again this clear has conquered and removed from us the fear of death, of
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  hell and the grave. And we furthermore are given the blessed assurance of knowing
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  that the moment we are absent from this body, we are present with the
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  Lord, and subsequently, of course, instantaneously at that moment, we are
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  free from this mortality, from this corruptible. In conquering and removing from us
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  the fear of death, the fear of hell, the fear of the grave,
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  we now can and should be free from all of our other fears a
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  man fears, such as what man can do to us, what the devil
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  may desire to do to us, or from the fear of any sickness,
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  any disease, any affliction, that that that that may come upon us.
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  In this and keep in mind, this is what the Bible teach us about.
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  This is a temporary tabernacle in which we live. So we should be
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  with with the with the fear of death conquered, with the fear of death
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  removed a man, we should not have the fear of of of of of
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  of the devil, the fear of what man can do to us a man,
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  the fear of sickness, disease, or any other thing, any other
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  affliction, anything and bodily harm. I mean because keep him out again.
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  We are living in a temporary tabernacle, and because we have a waiting for
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  us, an eternal, glorify body, every one of us amen that is
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  not made with hands. We are to be forward looking to that glorious state
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  of that eternal amen home that God has for us, rather than being fearful
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  of what might befall us in this decaying body, flesh that is again corruptible
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  and temporary. Paulward put it this way. I'm going to read a few
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  verses from Tewod Corinthians, chapter number four. Listen to what he says,
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  For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the
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  life of Jesus also may be manifested in our Listen what he says, mortal
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  flesh, the life of Jesus manifested in our mortal flesh. So then he
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  says, death is working in us, but life in you. And since
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  we have the same spirit of faith, I trust that we all have the
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  same spirit of faith. According to what is written, he says, I
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  believed, and therefore I spoke. We also believe and therefore speak knowing.
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  Listen This is the confidence. This is when you have confidence. This is
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  when you have assurance. This is when you are persuaded. This is what
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  the apostle says, knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also
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  raise us up with Jesus and will present us with you. This is the
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  confidence that the apostle has, a man of the resurrection of his mortal body.
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  Amen, for all things, Listen to what he says Verse fifteen,
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  for all things for your sakes. That grace having spread through the many,
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  may cause thanksgiving to a bound to the glory of God. Therefore, therefore,
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  on the basis of this confidence, of this boldness, of this assurance,
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  of this knowledge, of what we know, of what we have been
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  given, of what we have been a man assured of, the Apostle says,
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  therefore, we do not lose heart. We do not lose heart,
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  even though our outward man is perishing. This body, this human body,
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  Amen, this temporary tabernacle Paul is speaking of, even though the outward man
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  is perishing. We didn't come here to stay, y'all. You didn't come
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  here to stay. I mean, your life is but a vapor. Your
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  time here is three score years and ten, and if our reason of strength,
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  they be eighty years. The Great Moses Amen, in his Psalm number
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  ninety, said, Lord, teach us to number our days, that we
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  may apply our hearts to wisdom. We didn't come here to stay. The
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  outward man is perishing, but Paul says, yet the inward man is being
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  renewed day by day for our light affliction. Whatever may come upon us.
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  Amen, our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working
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  for us. Oh man, I wish, oh I wish I had just
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  a h just just a few moments. It's just just to all to dwell
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  on that. But I don't want to. I don't wanna. I don't
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  want to run with it. I want to run with it, but I
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  don't want. This is even even the just give me, give me one
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  second, give me, just give me a few seconds, even the bad
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  things that we see as bad, even the afflictions, even the persecutions,
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  even the trouble that comes our way. Listen what the Bible is saying here.
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  It is working for us because Romans eight twenty eight, All Jesus have
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  me, All things work together for the good to them who love them,
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  to them who are the called according to its properts. So paulss for our
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  light affliction. And he says, it's light stuff, and it is compared
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  to what God has for us. These little trials, these little troubles,
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  these little pains, these little persecutions, these little tribulations, these little afflictions,
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  light things for our light affliction. And by the way, this is
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  a man who had been beaten more than three times, four times, five
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  times, perhaps constantly persecuted and harassed for the name of Jesus Christ. Because
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  he a man, persisted in maintaining his faith and belief and confidence and assurance
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  and boldness in preaching that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior. You're only
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  way out a man. And so he was persecuted. And listen what he
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  said. These are light afflictions, and they are only for a moment,
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  and they are working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
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  Oh, help us Jesus to understand what you have in store for us.
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  While we do not listen what he says, verse eighteen, last verse,
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  while we do not look at the things which are seen. Because if
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  you keep your eyes and your focus on what you see with your mortal,
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  with your human and from your human perspective, Guess what's gonna Guess what's gonna
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  move in fear, doubt, unbelief. So polss while we do not look
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  at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.
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  For the things which are seen are temporary. Oh help us, Jesus,
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  Help us Jesus. The things which are seen are temporary, But the
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  things which are not seen are e turnal. People of God, People of
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  God. It is indisputable that the will of the Lord for his saints in
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  the earth in all generations is to live in faith and not listen Old Testament,
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  New Testament. The just shall live by faith. Without faith, it
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  is impossible to please God. Faith and fear cannot coexist together. Living with
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  fear is an opening, and it is the golden opportunity for the spirit of
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  torment to come into the life of the one who allows fear to come into
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  that opening, wherever, whenever it may be. And make no mistake about
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  it, People of God, and do not be deceived in your heart or
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  in your reasoning. Fear does not come to be a companion but a terroristic
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  ruler with the ultimate goal of destroying whatever measure of faith inside of you.
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  Fear comes to torment, Fear comes to destroy, Fear comes to wreak havoc
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  in your life, and fear will come to try to reason with you,
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  just to get into the door. It's like a salesman, coercing, convincing,
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  persuading. It's conniving because it's of the devil. God is not the
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  Bible's Oh help me, Jesus giving us the spirit of fear, the Bible
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  says, but of power, love and a sound mind. First four and
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  sixteen. We just covered this in a series in the God in the I'm
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  sorry the Epistles of John, but I want you to hear these three verses
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  from First John, chapter four, verses sixteen to eighteen. John says,
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  and we have known this again, No, this is what when you know.
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  This is where you get your assurance. This is where you's your confidence
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  from John the apostle knew. He knew what he knew. Amen, he
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  had confidence and assurance. And listen what he says. We have known and
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  believed the love. Oh, we know the love of God. We believe
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  in the love of God. And I get to that again just a moment
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  we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is
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  love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in
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  him. Love has been. Listen what he says, perfected among us in
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  this that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, Because as He
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  is, so are we in this world, right here in this world,
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  boldness, assurance, confidence, love being perfected in us. Where right here
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  in this world, in this lifetime. Amen, Thank you Jesus. Amen.
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  Listen with verse eighteen. There is no fear in love, but perfect
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  love, which is of God and from God. Cast out fear, perfect
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  love. Cast out fear because fear. Listen what the Bible says involves torment.
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  Fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
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  love. Ladies and gentlemen. Fear does not come alone. The spirit of
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  fear does not come by itself. He brings the spirit of torment to tear
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  you apart, to make you live in doubt, to remove your faith,
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  to shake the very foundation on which you are standing. He comes to kill,
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  to steal, and to destroy. The spirit of fear does because it's
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  the spirit that comes from the devil. It's of the enemy, and fear
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  is so prevalent in our world today because of our fallen nature, because of
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  the sin and the rebellion that is in us, which is against the righteous
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  rule of God. That's why fear is so prevalent. Sin and rebellion produces
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  fear, more fear. The more we sin, the more we rebel against
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  God, the more fear will rule and reign and run rampant in the heart
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  of men. That's what Jesus told us, is what the Bible tells,
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  the prophets, the apostles, the Word of God tells us how fear in
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  these last of the last days will run rampant. The Bible Jesus said these
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  words, men's heart would be failing them because of fear. That's where we
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  are, ladies and gentlemen, and its fear is so prevalent in our world
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  today again because we are continuing in our rebellion against God. Man is no
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  man living in the will of God, even in these last of the last
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  days. No man, no woman, nobody, no child of God.
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  No one who is living in the will of God need live in fear.
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  People of God, we need not live in fear, no matter what happens
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  because such an one has not only been freed from the power of fear,
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  but they also have a personal persuasion of the Lord being with them and being
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  for them. I can give you several examples from the scriptures. Noah had
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  it. Now, Noah moved with the fear of God. He believed God,
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  and without faith, the Bible says again, it's impossible to please God.
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  Noah had that confidence. Otherwise he would not have moved to build the
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  ark. He would not have obeyed God. A man, Abraham had it,
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  Joseph had it, the Hebrew midwives had it, and all of these
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  people. Listen, ladies and gentlemen, if you know your Bibles, all
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  of these people. Amen. They had their lives in jeopardy of others.
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  But they grew in their faith, They grew in their confidence, they grew
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  in their trust, They grew in their boldness to obey God, not live
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  in fear of what man could do to them, what the system could do
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  to them. Amen, and take for again real quick take for example,
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  the Hebrew midwives during the time of Moses, when he was born, Farewar
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  had given a decreed that all of the Hebrew baby boys were to be murdered
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  at birth. But the Hebrew midwives, the Bible says, feared God,
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  and they disobeyed the decree of Pharaoh. And we ought to obey God rather
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  than man. Anytime the law of man, a man comes in conflict with
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  the word of God, as Peter and the apostles said, a man before
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  the council, We're going to obey God rather than man. Amen. Daniel
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  and his companions they had it also, Amen, They defied nebu Canezzah,
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  Amen, the apostle Paul, Now I'm gonna close with this, and many
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  others. Also. They gained this confidence, this boldness, Amen, because
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  they refused to live in fear, refused to allow fear to come in again.
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  Fear is not coming to be a just just just just a quiet Amen,
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  a mouse in the in the in the corner in the wall. No,
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  no, No, Fear comes to terrorize you. Fear comes to torment
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  you, Fear comes to dominate, Fear comes to rule over you. But
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  they gained the confidence, the boldness, and had no fear ruling. That
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  doesn't mean they didn't have fears, But fear did not rule, fear did
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  not take root, fear did not overtake them. And where do we get
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  it, ladies and gentlemen, where do we get this boldness and confidence and
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  dispelling of fear from our lives? We get it from the Word of God.
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  And before I go to Romans chapter eight, I'm going to close with
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  that. Once you hear these words, because he comes from the Lord.
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  Faith comes by here and hearing about the word of the Lord. And I
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  mentioned Abraham because the Lord came to Abraham and spoke to him, as he
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  did to many many others in the scriptures. Fear not, fear not,
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  Fear not. Fear is so many times prevalent in the Bible. Fear not,
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  fear not, fear not. Genesis fifteen and one, just one verse,
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  the Lord speaks to Abram before he even changed his name to Abraham,
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  and said these words. The Bible says the Lord said to Abraham in a
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  vision, do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your
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  exceeding, exceedingly great reward. Abraham, Do not fear. Do not live
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  in doubt, do not live in un belief. Do not worry. I
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  mean, Oh I wish I had the time. Oh my God, help
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  us, Jesus, help us Jesus, do not be afraid. Abram,
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  I am your shield. Your exceedingly great reward faith comes when God speaks to
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  us, and God has spoken, are we listening? Are we hearing the
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  word of God? Do we believe the report of the Lord? Or do
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  we believe what we're seeing with our eyes, hearing with our ears, processing
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  in our minds from our amen limited perspective? Whose reporter are we believing?
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  Romans eight thirty one, What then, shall we say to these things?
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  The apostle Paul, who again had this great confidence, I mean light afflictions
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  he called light afflictions? He said, what show? What shall we say
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  to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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  He who did not spare his own son, but delivered him up for
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  us all, How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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  Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? Are you fearful? Are
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  you fearful of someone bringing a charge against you? You should not be fearful
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  of being condemned, of being charged. Amen, Old help us Jesus,
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  who who again let me let me back up? Let me back up again.
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  I promise I'm gonna try to I'm this is one of my favorite passages
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  in all the Bible. This chapter, by the way, Romans aides,
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  So y'all just give me, just please be patient with me. I'm closing.
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  What shall we say to these things? Paul says? If God is
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  for us us, who can be against us? He who did not spare
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  his own son, but delivered him up for us all, How shall he
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  not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge
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  against God's elect? It is God who justifies, Paul says, What is
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  your fear? What are you afraid of? Who is he who condemned?
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  Paul asked, It is Christ who died, And furthermore is also risen,
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  who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for
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  us, for his people, for his sheep, for his children, for
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  his elect, for It's saints. Do you know that Jesus the Christ is
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  making intercession for you, that He is for you to deliver you from all
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  fear, all doubt, unbelief, and ultimately out of this present world?
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  Oh, my God, help us Jesus, who shall separate us from the
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  love of God? Remember what did John write? Perfect God is love,
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  and perfect love cast out fear? So who is going to separate us from
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  the love of God? Shall tribulation? Tribulation can bring fear? Distress,
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  Oh, oh, can distress make us fearful? Of course? Persecution?
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  Who wants to be persecuted, Who wants to be maligned, marginalized, ay
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  been canceled? Persecution for the name of Jesus, for the Gospel of Jesus,
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  for taking us stand. Shall persecution or famine or nakedness, or peril
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  or sword? The apostle Paul was one who experienced and was threatened by most
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  of these things himself on a personal level. Amen. But he says,
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  as it is written, for your sake, we are killed all day.
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  We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things,
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  listen what he says. We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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  For I am persuaded, that's where you want to be, people of
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  God. Persuaded. I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor
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  angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
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  come, nor height, nor death, nor any other created thing shall be
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  able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ,
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  Jesus, our Lord, Amen, I'm just going to close it with prayer.
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  Father, help us God speak to someone's heart. You've already given to
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  us all things that pertain to life and godliness. You've come that we might
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  have life and have it more bondantly, that we might have joy in this
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  world, even in the midst of persecution, even in the midst of a
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  man tribulations. In this world. You said, we will have trials tribulations,
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  but we ought to be of good cheer because You've already overcome the world,
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  and you've made us more than conquerors. So help us today, Lord,
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  to walk worthy, to live holy, to be free from fear right
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  here in this present world. In Jesus' name, we pray, We thank
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  you, Amen and Amen h m hm