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Cross & Crown [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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Good morning, Good morning family God. Welcome back to the Morning Devo.
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So good to see you in the morning on these sessions. Man, Morning
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Devo. We've been going strong or glory to God by the grace of God
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right for years now. So praise the Lord Amen for what he's doing,
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what he continues to do, and the power of his word today for a
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morning Devo. I think this is a little heavier than normal, Amen,
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but this is what the Lord put in my heart and in my mind to
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speak on this morning. And grace yourself because this is something I believe that
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if we get a nice grip and understanding on this, will really change some
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ideas that we probably would have that I had for sure about the cross and
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the crown. The cross and the crown. When you think about the cross,
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at least when I think about the cross, I don't think about something
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real pretty at all. Maybe some people could think of what Jesus did as
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something beautiful Amen, which it is Amen in its entirety. But the cross
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itself right represents something you know, cruel, and what happened on the cross
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wasn't pretty. It was ugly, and from that cross that represents what the
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Lord Jesus did right for us, for me and for you. Amen.
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Now we could have a crown. Amen. I'm gonna put that together in
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a minute. I just want to welcome everybody. Good morning to those who
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are listening and watching. For those who are watching on social media platforms and
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on YouTube, God bless you again. And also for those who are listening
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at Soul Winners with a z RG amen cele Ratio network. They have Valley's
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number one urban gospel music station online since two thousand and eight. Welcome back
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to the Morning Sessions, Amen, the morning Devo. So my question is
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this, is it worth remaining faithful to Christ? Think about it? Is
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it worth remaining faithful to Christ even through hard times? Even through hard times?
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We're gonna be in James Chapter one, verse number twelve, even through
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hard times? Are you faithful to Jesus even through hard times? I know
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it's easy to be faithful to the Lord to God, Amen, when everything's
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all good, everything's gravy. And what about the times Amen, on one,
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it's not so easy. What about the times when you're presented with your
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own cross, when your own sacrifice. What about the times that, even
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though you know you'll get a crown for doing something according to the Lord,
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according to what he wants to you to do. Amen. But when hard
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times come, are you still faithful? Think about it? Amen? I
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see you, Kevin, God bless you man. Welcome to the morning,
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Devo, Welcome back. Push ups got you looking ripped? Listen man,
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push ups that I'm doing for Saint Jude's during this time at my age.
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Amen. It's a struggle, but it's so worth it, Amen. And
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I gave my words, so I'm just going through with it. So thank
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you so much for coming through and noticing what I'm doing with the push up
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challenge. Amen. So Kevin's talking about at this time of the recording,
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for whatever time you listen or watch, Amen, I'm attempting three thousand push
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ups for the month of March from the time it is recording. So I
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know I can't I would like to date these recordings because somebody might be listening
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and watching this a year from the time I recorded it, Amen. But
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from the time it is recording, I'm attempting three thousand push ups. All
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glory to God if he allows it, Amen. Is for a good cause.
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If you want more information about that, you could just follow me on
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my social media platforms, and you'll know what I'm talking about. Amen.
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It's good morning, brother Kevin. Amen. So let me show it before
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we get it further. Let me just remind you about the cross. But
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I found in my notes about the cross across of Christ. The cross is
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a symbol of the ultimate trial, painful. Right, that's not something beautiful,
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right, being in pain torturous? Right? Who wants to be tortured?
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I don't. I don't think you want to be tortured, humiliating and
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agonizing death. So when you see the symbol of the cross, as a
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believer, we know that Jesus, our Lord, is not on that cross
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anymore. You see those chains Jesus pieces, we call it Jesus depend on
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the cross still, Amen, I guess it is to remember what he did.
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But the ultimate remembrance that Jesus said and the word of God is to
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remember him at communion, right, that his body was broken for us and
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his blood was spilled for us at the communion. He said, do this
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in remembrance of me. He knew he was coming back, he knew that
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he wasn't going to stay on that cross. But that's what it represents.
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That's what we see on the Cross. We see pain, trial, torture,
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humiliation, agonizing death. I know this is happy for more than Devo,
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but I want you to track with me so you could get the idea.
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Right. So, because of that, because of the Cross and us
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clinging to what Jesus did, the resurrected Christ, right when we go through
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some things, I want to read it in James chapter number one, verse
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twelve. There's a crown coming and there's another verse that I'm gonna give you
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that compliments James one twelve, so you could get a grasp of what I'm
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saying this morning. So if you have any questions, comments, earns,
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any prayer requests, don't hesitate to leave it on a live chat. That's
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what we're here for, Amen. We're here to communicate, to be in
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a community, a safe place, no judgment, no debates, no argument,
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just straight up word of God. To devote some time to the Lord
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Jesus by way of his word and by way of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
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But we're doing the thing. And what did I just do? I
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think I just I just do what I think I did. I think I
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just stopped my broadcast on the player he's still there. I'm leaving alone.
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I think it's still there. I'm gonna keep that on. I think I
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stopped something here. But anyway, let's go for it. We're gonna pray
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first. After we pray, we shut us out for like sixty seconds.
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Then when we come back on the other side of the sixty seconds, we'll
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get right into what we got for today. Amen. James, Chapter number
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one, verse number twelve. Father, thank you so much for this time,
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for this opportunity, for this amazing grace that you have allowed us to
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experience so far in our life. Thank you, Lo God, for every
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single person that's watching and listening right now, that's listening right now, I
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pray Low God a hedge protection over them. I pray Low God, that
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you would show them your grace and your mercy, and that you, Lo
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God, would teach them by way of Holy Spirit, just the way you
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teach me by way of Holy Spirit. Thank you for what you did on
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across, Lord Jesus, because what you did on across so many years ago
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allows us to get a crown, a crown that James talks about and the
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crown that the scripture talks about. And we're gonna be presented that today this
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morning. Lo, God, so I speak life according to your word over
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every single person right now on the other side of the screen and on the
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other side of this mic, that you would love, God, help us
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to grow in the faith and to be more than what we consider ourselves to
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be according to your word, that we will be exactly who would call us
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to be, and we would be something powerful in this world that we're living
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in because of Your spirit in us in Jesus name, Amen and amen justin
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I see you, Man, God blessed, Good morning, God, bless
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you. Welcome back to the morning DeVos because you see my friend and my
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brother. So listen, let's go for it. Sixty seconds. Help me
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share this out so as many people as possible. If you know people right
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now that are not on social media like that, just send them straight to
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live that. So winners with a z o orgy or you could send them
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to so winners with a z o orgy, just send them the link and
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be like, yo, I want you to check this out and you'll be
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surprised what happens. But share this out on your socials and your pages and
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your groups, and after the sixty seconds. I'll be right back. S
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oh man, oh man, oh man, your voices in the bad that's
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moved, its monitoring the sounds. It's weird that I literally think, I
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what you call it, stop the stream from my radio network. I don't
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see the player anymore. I don't see my little meter that usually slides across
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the things. So I'm a little nervous of thinking that I stopped stream,
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which is weird right now that I don't see. But it's still playing.
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So far, so good. If I have to restart, I'll restarted my
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apologies. So let's go for it. Hey man, Let's see what the
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word of Gud has for us today. James, Chapter number one, verse
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number twelve. And the question is is it worth remaining faithful to Christ Jesus
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even through hard times? That's the kicker, Even through hard times. I
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know it's easy when the times are good, Well what about hard times?
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Jesus showed us and demonstrated his own love on across for us, and he
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died, and three days later he rose again. And I believe that resurrection
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power is still available to every single one of us who put our trust and
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hope and faith in him. Amen, we still have that resurrection power.
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Amen. Sister Joanne, I see you. Good morning, God bless you.
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Welcome back to the morning. Devo. Elda Katina, God bless you.
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Good morning, God bless you. Welcome back to the morning Devo.
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Amen. So let's just keep on going. Let me just see right here,
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if still good on the streams. Amen. And so just a little
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early in my bad so let me just quickly quickly saym put this up on
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that way. Everybody. It's still good here. Amen. It's like we're
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running everywhere. But see on my control panel here you would be like,
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how is this still going when something is turned off? Right now? Amen,
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So just give me one second, my apologies. This is what happens
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when you're live early in the morning, Amen, multitasking. But God is
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good, He's good. It's so worth the effort. Amen, is so
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worth doing what I'm doing. Amen. And I know that first first part
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of your day. Amen, things will look different, you'll feel different,
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you'll respond different when you're going through hard times and trials because you know something
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something, You know that the Word of God is evident in your life because
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you're experiencing the power of Holy Spirit working through you. Amen. And you
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know about the cross, and now you're going to know about the crown.
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If you don't know about the crown of the whole thing. Amen. So
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we're gonna put this on the screen for those who are watching, for Joe's
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who are just listening, No problem, Amen, no worries. Are gonna
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read this word for word for you as well for all my audio listeners,
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my podcast listeners, and my live stream listeners are so winnings with Isa or
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ged No problem. We're gonna read a word for word, Amen, Cross
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and crown right here in the morning, Devot James Shatter. One verse twelve,
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the Bible says, blessed, happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God.
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Amen. That's what happens when you're blessed. Right, you have all
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of that. You're blessed, happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God.
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Is the man who is steadfast under trial and perseveres when tempted. And man,
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of course, this part where it says the man a man mankind both
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genders male and female. Right, we're blessed is the man who is steadfast
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under trial and perseveres when tempted. That templation could be a whole lot of
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things. You know, you know what your temptation is right now. You
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know what you're being tempted with. Right now, a man of God sees
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it. But when you steadfast and undertrial and persevere when tempted from when he
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has passed the test, he or she has passed the test and been approved.
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There's an approval. After we pass the test, he or she will
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receive the victor's crown. Amen. Go ahead and symbolize pulling a crown over
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your head. You receive the victor's crown of life, not of death,
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but of life. Wish the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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This is all a love message. God loved us so much that he sent
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his very best, the loved One. So we have the lover, the
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loved one, and the beloved. Amen, and we all receive this blessing
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because of what Jesus did, not because of what an evangelist, a prophet,
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a passive teacher. You know, apostle, no is what Jesus did.
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When we're under trial and we're going through temptation. The Bible is clear
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that we're going to be in trials and temptation. But we also know that
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God is not the one that's tempting us. We know that there's an enemy
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that's out there prowling around like a roaring lion. He wants to steal,
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kill and destroy. We know that's the enemy, the devil. We're not
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talking about him right now. We're talking about being the blessed of God,
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those who are going through trial and persevering through temptation and trial. When we
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pass the test, and we will pass the test, right and we're going
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to be approved, we're going to receive what the Bible calls the Victor's crown
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of life, which the Lord has promised. It's a promise, and whatever
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God promises, we can count on it. We could bank on it as
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promised to those who love him. A love message right here between Liz,
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love message his son. That's not beautiful. I can't see the cross as
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being something beautiful. I know people say, oh, the cross, what
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Jesus did was beautiful, yes, ultimately, But what happened on that cross
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man, that thing was not it was gruesome. Amen. It wasn't a
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beautiful thing to look at to see. He meant it was a place of
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it. It was something that the Lord did. They meant for us because
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he loved us and he demonstrated his love. He didn't only speak about loving
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us, he demonstrated his love for us. Amen. It's a big difference.
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So the cross is the symbol of the ultimate trial. Right, So
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Jesus sacrifice on the cross. When you think about it, to cling to
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that promise, how about when kids, right when you're when you were a
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kid. When I was a kid, we hung on to our parents' promise,
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like if my dad made and peace. He died when I was only
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fifteen years old, But when I was a kid, I remember being so
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close to him when he used to promise something. Amen, I used to
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cling to his promise. It's be like my pops promised that he's gonna do
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this, that and the third A pop's promise he's gonna get me a Gi
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Joe toy. My pops promise that he's gonna be with me to see that.
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My mom and my dad were married, so my dad was like a
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part time dad. So my mom allowed him to see his kids anytime.
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Me and my sister are from the same dad. My mom allowed him to
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see us anytime he wanted. Amen. So he took the opportunity a lot
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of times to see us, and when he would promise us something a man,
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he would come through with that promise. Whether or not it was a
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monetary promise or something about getting us something, a gift or a present,
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he came through as much as he could. Amen, he came through with
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that promise. Right. It's just a promise that we clung onto when we
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were kids, so we would hold on tight, and there was no way
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of letting go of what our dad spoke over us and promised. In the
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same way, how much more, when God promises, our heavenly father promises
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something that we should cling onto his promise because we know we could cling and
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hold tight to the Lord's promise. So in the same way, we should
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cling to Jesus and what he accomplished on the cross. Remember Jesus on the
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cross. He said it is finished. And he didn't say I'm finished.
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He said I'm done, man, I'm dying. I'm done. He said
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it is finished. Right. What he had promised his father, Amen to
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accomplish here was finished. Amen, the cross. He accomplished on the cross.
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What he did on the cross basically is our salvation, mine and your
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salvation. We're born again. If we are scared because of the suffering that
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we face, that I face, If I'm scared about man, I'm going
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to suffer for this amen. Reason reminds me of the cross of what Jesus
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did. Okay, man, was he afraid to do what he did?
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No, he was a lot concerned, But I don't think he was afraid.
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If he was afraid, I believe he would have ran from it,
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or he would have changed his mind and been like, I'm not doing this
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for those people that are guilty. Jesus knowing that he was innocent, Jesus
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the sinless man, he did not sin. He was a perfect demonstration of
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a life of a believer. So we're scared because of the suffering face,
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we should cling even tighter to what Jesus did on that cross. Think about
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it. Fear is the opposite of faith. Right, Fear tries to cancel
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our faith. The opposite of fear is faith. Faith is the opposite of
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fear. Perfect love that God showed us and demonstrated through his son Jesus.
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It's a perfect love demonstrated cast out all fear and anxiety and all of that.
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It actually goes away. The only way you feel that fear again is
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if you forget about the Cross, if you forget about the Savior, if
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you put God to the side, you're gonna start experiencing all these old feelings
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of temptation, fear, anxiety, depression. I'm not saying that you're gonna
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you know, that's all going to go away, pres though it could.
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And man, the much that you put your time into God's word, those
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things could just disappear. But in the meantime, while we're going through these
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things, right, we have a cross to think about. We have the
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crown that we know we get because of what the cross, what Jesus did
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on the cross, and what he accomplished on the cross for the Robert Diaz,
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God bless you. Good morning, brother new Born. So listen,
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Jesus he paid the price for our sins. You hear me say this all
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the time, that God paid the price for our sins. He paid a
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debt that he didn't owe, and we owe a debt that we couldn't pay.
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Jesus did that because he loved us, and he still loves us.
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He paid the price of our sins. He pardoned and forgave us. This
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is only this message I know a lot of people say, oh, this
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is a copy of ancient writings, and these people wrote this before, blah
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blah blah. Listen, this is only found in the scriptures. There's no
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redemptive message like the redemption message that the Lord Jesus Christ has. Mormons have
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something that they consider to be the same. Islams has something that they considered
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to be same. Jobah Witness has something that they considered to be the same.
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When in the scriptures that we're reading right now from the Apostle James inspired
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by Holy Spirit God, this is written for us to see and understand.
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He redeemed us, He made us holy, as sanctified us by his work,
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not ours. And we know that deep down inside. When these puffed
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up preachers are preaching said I did this and I did that, deep inside
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they know that it wasn't because of God and his grace and his mercy,
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right and his love. They wouldn't be doing anything, none of those things,
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none of those exploits. We can't do anything if it wasn't for the
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work of God on that cross. We couldn't get this crown of life,
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the Victor's crown, if it wasn't because of what Jesus did for us.
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He redeemed us, He made us holy, and he safetified us. Sanctify
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means being set apart for God's work here on this planet, right now,
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in real time, right his work, not ours. The result is salvation.
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And if we truly grasp that hold onto that, we would hang on
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to him for dear life. And we won't let go. Don't let go
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to the Lord from the Lord, don't let go of his hand, don't
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let go of his promises, don't let go of his word, don't let
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go of his blessing a man, don't let go of his hand. Amen,
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I know the heart of God is for us to believe and the one
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who he sent, right, the will of the Father is for us to
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believe in the one who he sent, the Lord Jesus Christ. Why you
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ever thought about that? Because he knows we're gonna have hard times, we
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gonna go through trials, tribulation, and we need someone to hold on to,
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someone that is with our spot or blemish, someone who doesn't lie,
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someone who doesn't die, someone who's truly in love with us, someone who
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demonstrated his own love and this and this that while we were still haters of
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God. While I'm just gonna talk about me, while I was a hater
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of God, Jesus still die for me, a man, He still died
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for you too. So because of all of this we saw in James,
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he says, who remains steadfast on the trial. That's what James says in
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James Chapam one, verse number twelve. Right, I'm gonna give you a
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bonus scripture to compliment what he just said. Revelation chapter two, verse number
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ten. Right, Okay, let's see if I could get it. John
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said something similar. See in Apostle James said, we're going to receive the
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crown of life. In Revelation two, chapter two, verse ten, John
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the Apostle said something similar. He said, do not fear what you are
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about to suffer. Behold, amen, the devil is about to throw some
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of you into prison, that you may be tested for ten days. You
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have tribulation. Be faithful unto death. I know this is heavy for a
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morning. Devo. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the
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crown of life. Right here it is mentioned again, the crown of life.
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People are giving up way too soon, or I believe this. I
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see it in the spirit that we might be one step away, like one
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step away a man of receiving that crown of life. And people are like,
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nah, I can't do this, no one. They give up right
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there and then on the other side, or they see that how close they
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were to the victor's crown, how close they were of getting through that trial
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and tribulation, how close they were to the promise of God, how close
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they were, Amen to accomplish what God set us to accomplish here on earth.
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They turn away one step away. Man, I don't want that to
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be me. I'm stubborn with my faith. Amen. I want to keep
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on going, no matter what trial it is, what tribulation it is.
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When I'm facing I know I'm so close, Amen to that crown of life.
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One day I want to receive that crown of life. Amen. And
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it's not going to come by way of prettiness all the time or just good
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times. It's gonna be some hard times. Amen, to brace itself right.
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Hard times are coming, the trials are coming, tribulation is coming.
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But guess what, We'll receive the crown of life because we are empowered,
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we are sanctified, We are called a man we are protect it. Don't
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forget about the protection of God, Psalm ninety one. If you're going through
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a trial, a tribulation, an issue right now that is life threatening,
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speak Psalm ninety one. Go on your scriptures, go to Psalm ninety one
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and speak that over your life and Psalm ninety one. Man, we'll protect
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the updown, left, right all around us. Amen. Man, what
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a protection that God shows us in Psalm ninety one. So go for it.
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Amen, that don't hesitate, don't stop, keep on moving forward.
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Amen. Definitely don't turn back and start picking up old things, because when
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you turn back and start picking up old things, Amen, you're kind of
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like delaying the process, and you're picking up old things, and those things
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usually are sin because you're turning back and you're picking up things from your past.
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And God is not even reminding us of our past. He's reminding us
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of what's happening is going to happen in the future. Amen. He wants
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to draw us close, cling to his promises, cling to his word,
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cling to his life life giving word. Amen, and we will receive the
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crown of life a man. Couple of more minutes here, So this crown
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of this crown is not like the crown of royalty. Amen, It's not
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that, but like the wreath of leaves. Then an athlete would have been
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rewarded for a victory. Member. If you looked at any Greek movies from
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back in the days when they wouldn't shoot track and field or any sports,
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it man, they would give them that reef, that crown. Amen,
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because they were victorious of what they were doing or what they were competing for.
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They became victorious and received that wreath of leaves. Amen, like an
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athlete been rewarded for a victory. It's a prize, a reward. What
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do we do to deserve that reward of eternal life? What did we actually
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do? God did it. He did what we couldn't do. We know
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we couldn't earn our salvation, but instead we trust what Jesus did for us
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on the cross, and because of what he did, we could receive something
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eternal life and a crown of life. Amen. True believers in Jesus Christ
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hang on step fastly and with perseverance, no matter what they are enduring now,
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because they know the reward is eturnal and guarantee. They know He's worth
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it. Jesus is worth it. God's worth it. I'm out of time,
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man, go to John. Excuse me, James, chapter one.
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Read the whole chapter for yourself. I want to just send you out with
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a blessing. Man. It's so windy outside. I think all the we
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did recycling days today, and I think I hear my stuff flying flying up
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the street. So you know, pray for me this morning. I'm gonna
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probably have to run up and down my block getting the plastics that I put
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out there last night. Amen. So random, right, and just pray
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for me though. Amen. So God bless you all, God keep you
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all, or remember always thank God is good. Peace