March 14, 2024
"Coming In Hot: Sinner or Saint?"
Join Jimmy and Annette as they talk about the power of your identity. Are you a Sinner who sometimes Saints? Or are you a Saint who sometimes Sins?
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and we'll be right back.
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Don't get down
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when you're seeing the worst
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cause the last will be the first
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What a day I'm telling you
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all things will be new
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living up in a down world
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Yeah we're living, yeah we're living
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living up in a down world
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This is Jimmy and Annette
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and we are coming to you
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from the Bridge Church
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Shreddersburg Studios
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with episode number 57
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of Living Up in a Down World
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How are you doing over there baby girl?
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I'm doing great, although I came to work
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and I left my computer at home
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which is a big no no
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because you do look a little lost
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I can't work without my computer
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although I can do only so much
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with my phone
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Your phone's on fire over there
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So it's going to be an unproductive day
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I know that was not a good move for you
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Yeah, you left your iPad at home on Sunday
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and you needed that
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That was misery because I use it for my music
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I know
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We use multi tracks and I needed it
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and so I ended up having to use paper
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which hadn't been that in forever
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I was trying to write on paper
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I can't do that
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so I'm so used to the computer
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I get it, I get it
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Well listen if y'all hear some noise going on
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it's because we've got construction going on
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above us, beside us and the wall next to us
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And we asked him
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Just 30 minutes, just give us 30 minutes
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Can you take a coffee break
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because we just want to really get this in
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This has been a convergence week
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It's actually spring break here in Texas
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and while everybody seems to be lounging around
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we've just pedaled to the metal
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We have not stopped
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It's been wall to wall
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That's for sure
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So wow
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I was so committed to getting this
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I really wanted to get this out
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because we're talking about
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the title of the show today is Coming In Hot
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and we're just talking about things that matter
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to you, the listener, and matter to us
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as followers of Jesus, disciples of Christ
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what we would call apprentices of Christ
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and so we just have some things we want to share with you
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and encourage you with
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even if it's going to be a little bit short today
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it's no less powerful
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because what we have to share is going to matter, right?
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Right, right
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So where are we getting this amazing information from?
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Well, Pastor Brian Mandel preached on Sunday
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and we're doing, yes, a series on the mind wars
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and I would say it's one of my top series that we have done
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which I say we because you and I are one
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and so when you're up there, I'm up there
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It was actually your idea
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You brought this to me a while back
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I did, I felt like it was time to do something
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that has to do with the mind
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and all these wars that we have going on
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in our mind
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Did I hesitate one bit?
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It so resonated with me
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I was shocked
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because sometimes when I say
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I feel like we should do this
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you'll go, hmm, let me pray about that
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I'm a processor by nature
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but this time you didn't
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You said, no, we need to do this
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I knew this was it
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It was the right thing
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And so Pastor Brian is preaching once a month
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and you're preaching the rest of the times
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and what he preached on was really powerful
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and I think a lot of people don't understand
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what our identity is once we become a Christian
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that we're no longer sinners
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Yeah, I was going to say
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so what's the classic line that we hear?
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Oh, I'm just a sinner
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I'm just an old sinner
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Sinner saved by grace
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Well, yeah, you were
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but you're not a sinner now
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You're a saint who sometimes sinned
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but your identity is not sinner
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Nailed it
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And I think it's so hard on me
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because the Bible talks about
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we are a new creation
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When we come to Christ
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we're totally new
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not a new version of our old self
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but a new person
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He sees you totally whole
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You're without blemish
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He doesn't see anything else
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It doesn't mean that we stay that way
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because there are times when we just mess up
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We're not always walking in the Spirit
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That's good
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who sometimes sin
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But I love this too
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because you've preached this before
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and I'm totally on board with this
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that we have the capacity
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and the power not to sin
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That's in the word
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That's in the Bible
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But people don't realize
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that we could literally not sin
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if I sin
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He didn't say when
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He said if
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But we think that we don't have the capacity
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to not sin
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and yet we don't in and of ourself
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to keep us from sinning
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a lot of people have a hard time
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because they don't understand that
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We've heard preachers in the pulpit
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I could name one
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but I don't want to name him
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because he's wonderful
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What does he say?
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How does he say it?
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He says you know Lord
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I'm a sinner
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I'm a sinner
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I'm a sinner
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I just want to stand up and say
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I love you but no
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called a sinner
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where it sounds like that
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the chief of sinners
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and so people go
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well he called himself a sinner
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but actually he was referring
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if you read the context
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he was referring to
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before he became a Christian
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His prior life
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where he killed people
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and he was angry
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and hateful
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Which would be the chief of sinners
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he is now
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That is so powerful
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If we could get a hold of that
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So how do we help people
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so you're listening to the show
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and you're thinking
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well that sounds good
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but I still feel like a sinner
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I still make mistakes
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and one of the things I would say
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and I want you to jump off on this
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is you're not a sinner
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who sometimes saints
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You're a saint who sometimes sins
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Sins? Right
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Sorry, my phone's ringing
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Who's calling you right now?
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John Willoughby
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Oh, in the middle of our podcast
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You're not a sinner who sometimes saints
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You're a saint who sometimes sins
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and that is so important
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to get that in the right order
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and yet I think in my past
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I was always taught you're a sinner
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You're a sinner
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I think I've heard that so many times
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that you just attend to adopt that
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as your moniker and you're a sinner
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You're a sinner
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and you can't get away from that
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and that's what we're here
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to try to change your mind
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in that wrong thinking
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That we're saints that sometimes sin
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If we could just change
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It's just a few words we're changing
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It's just a nuance
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It can change your whole life
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Sounds like a quarter turn
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as Bob Goff uses that terminology
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It's just a quarter turn
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It's a nuance
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and it makes the massive difference
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because out of the abundance of the heart
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the mouth speaks
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Well, and as a man thinks
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so is he
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then you're always
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probably going to become that
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I'm a sinner who every sometimes saints
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but I'm a sinner
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then whatever you behold
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that's what you become
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what you concentrate on
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and what you gaze upon
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is what you gravitate toward
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and so many people have a sinner identity
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You're sinner-centric
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It's kind of the same thing
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as someone who gets sick
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at the same time every year
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Oh, I hear this all the time
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and they say
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Oh, well, fall's coming
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This is when I always get this sickness
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Hey, fever, this time of year
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every year at this time of year
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Well, sure enough, it happens
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I do believe in the power of your words
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I do because the power of your words
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are not just words that come out of your mouth
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but it's what you're thinking in your heart
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You say what you think
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Some of us say too much of what we think sometimes
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Well, it's that scripture I quoted a minute ago
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Out of the abundance of the heart
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the mouth speaks
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Exactly
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So whatever is inside of you
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is going to come out of you
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and I've always said it this way
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We leak out what we're full of
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Good or bad
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And so I think this is why we decided
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to talk about this on the show
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because there's a lot of people out there
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probably have never even heard this
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Yeah, because even some of the older hymns
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really have a sinner-centric
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Yeah
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Save someone like a wretch like me
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And as I read that from the perspective
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of being a saint, I go, yeah, that's true
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because I was that
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I was a wretch, I was a sinner
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But it was past tense
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But I'm not there anymore
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That's all past tense, it's all in the past
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Because now in Christ, I'm a saint
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who sometimes sins
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And when I do, the Bible says
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I have an advocate with the Father
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which is Jesus Christ the righteous
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Because people say this
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They say, well, if He has forgiven you
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of all of your past sins
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your present sins and your future
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then what's the point?
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They're like, so I can kind of go do whatever I want
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because He's going to forgive me
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But why would I want to do whatever I want
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knowing He's going to forgive me?
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Our wants should be because out of love
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I want to do right instead of just what I want
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Obedience
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That's what needs to change
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It's that cart before the horse
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horse before the cart, which is it?
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Which came first, chicken or the egg?
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I mean, it's all those metaphors
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because you're right, a lot of times we think
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if I obey Him, then He'll be pleased with me
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and then He'll bless me and then I'll be okay
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But that's wrong thinking too
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Can you even imagine living that way?
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No
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And so many people do
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because they constantly feel like
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I'm such a scoundrel, I'm such a mess
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We even use phrases like I'm a hot mess
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We're joking, it's funny
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and we get what people mean by that
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but when your identity is that
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and you actually believe that's what you are
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then you will behave and you will become what you believe
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and out of that center you'll live your life
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So everything, it becomes a massive filter
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through which you see everything
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Center
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I'm a sinner
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I can't even hardly believe
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I'm not worthy
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I'm just not worthy
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We hear that a lot
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Oh, we hear it all the time
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From Christians
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It's heartbreaking because
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we see them like Jesus sees them
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He sees them as beloved
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He sees them as no condemnation
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No judgment
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That word condemnation means to judge down
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Judge down
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I love that
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That's what it literally means in the Greek language
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And we have new Christians especially
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but not just new unfortunately but mostly new
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Religious people who have grown up in the church
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that they've never heard anything about identity
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and the identity is huge
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And they've been beat down by a Sunday school teacher
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or beat down by a pastor
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or beat down by other Christians
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where everything is negative and dark
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and yet Jesus said in John 10, 10
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I came that you might have what?
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Life
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And that word is zoe
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which means the God kind and the God quality of life
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He says I've come that you may have zoe
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to the full abundant life
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And that's what Jesus wants for us
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Now you can go into an argument about what is the abundant life
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Well it's life that's full of peace and joy
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It doesn't mean everything is always going right
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but you can have peace in the midst of the storm
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You can have a knowing and all knowing that God is there
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even when everybody else has rejected you
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I mean there's so much more to the Christian life
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than us asking God for something like a Santa Claus
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and receiving it
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I remember a Bible professor one time talking about
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God has not called you to be happy
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and then somebody slipped their hand up, maybe me
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slipped their hand up and said
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well the Greek word for blessed means happy
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and he went into theological acrobatics
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and he shot me down
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Which is ridiculous
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Because he had this bold statement that
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you're not supposed to be happy
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you're supposed to be joyful
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and I'm like well tell your face that sir
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because I didn't say that out loud
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Right, you better not have
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No, I thought it
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You would have probably got
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Who knows what would have happened
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You're not joyful
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Yeah
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You're not rejoicing in anything
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You're negative, you're critical
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You've got a spirit of eor on you
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A demonic spirit of eor
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Did you know there's one of those?
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Oh yeah
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Oh, life's not good, not good for me
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It's good for you over there
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but it's not good for me
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So how can you be that light
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to the people around you that don't know Christ
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if you always have that attitude?
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Exactly
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The flip side of that is learning what it means
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to live up in a down world
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to say you know what, life is good
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I hit the lottery when I woke up this morning
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My pulse was, it was very early by the way
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I know
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But it's because I'm so high on life right now
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that I wake up uber early
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and I lay in bed to try to force myself to go back to sleep
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Because you think, well if I pray I'll go back to sleep
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And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
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Not often
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And so what happens is it's like, I just need to get up
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I want to get in God's word
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I want to meet with Jesus this morning
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We have things to talk about
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He's ordering my steps and delighting in the details of my life
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And I have to tell you
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I've always been a positive person for the most part
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But not like this
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This isn't just having a positive mental attitude, PMA
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This is having a Christ-centered attitude
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Where I realize every day is bonus time
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Every day is a gift, every breath is a gift
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Even the hard, challenging days are truly opportunities
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And the hard people are opportunities
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For growth and for growing ourselves
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Also for helping them
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So it's not that I'm high on life
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Because everything is great
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Every day is Friday because it's not
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This is Thursday actually
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And we're recording two days off
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Because we've been so busy this week
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But I'm high on life because I'm high on Jesus
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Because you trust Him
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I do
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And trust means you lean on Him
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You adhere to Him
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You rely on Him
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That's the difference
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A believing believer
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We talked about that earlier
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About how you can believe but not know Christ
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Because the demons believe
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And they tremble, tremble
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But they don't know Him
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Because they don't trust and rely on Him
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They don't adhere to
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There's a big difference
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So as believers, as someone who does trust, rely, adhere to
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We've also got to change our identity
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And realize we're not that old person anymore
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I love when we did baptisms
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The first one we did that was the most meaningful to me
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In this last year was when we did Tina's
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And then we did Adam's
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And then we did Brandy's
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And they all said, and I love it
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Because Tina was so exuberant
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She was so excited about getting
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And I think it was her that said, I can't wait
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Because when I come out, I'm really going to be a new person
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Although she was when she got saved
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But it's that picture of what baptism is
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Is you're going, that's your old self being
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It's dying, it's being buried
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And then you're raised up in newness of life
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To walk with Him
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And we even decided we're going to change
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How we're going to do baptism
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Because it's meaningful for some, but not for others
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We're going to make a change
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Starting with this next baptism that we're going to have
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That people literally have to go through
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At least an hour long class, if not longer
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Instead of 15 minutes before
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Oh yeah, you're saying, okay
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Yeah, we want people to really understand
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The significance of this
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How powerful it is
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And we need to be able to teach on
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Well, you're no longer a sinner
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Exactly
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And they might even look at us funny and say
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Well, wait, you didn't know what I did
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I said a cuss word earlier
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Or I thought this
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Or I thought this
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Yes, no
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Here's the deal, can I give you something?
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This is something Pastor Brian said
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This was really helpful
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He said this, so what do you do when you sin?
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Well, first of all, you recognize in 1 John 2, 1
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We have an advocate with the Father
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And the Bible even says, if you sin
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If you sin
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Not when, but if
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If you sin, you have an advocate with the Father
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Jesus Christ, the righteous, so there's that
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The second piece of that is
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What's your response to that?
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You need to say out of your mouth
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If you can just write this down where you can find it quickly
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That when that thought hits you, when that action
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When you mess up, when you trip, stumble or fall
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The first thing out of your mouth should be
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That's not who I am
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Right
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Because your behavior doesn't identify who you are
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It does not
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It's just a behavior
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It could be a learned behavior
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It could be a triggered response from your past
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It could be a mistake, a bad choice
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Whatever it is in the moment
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That doesn't mean that's who you are
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And so I love that, I wrote that down in big letters
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That's not who I am
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Yeah, I always say it this way, not today, Satan
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There you go, there you go
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It's like, nope, not today
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That's more preventative
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And sometimes we'll have a day that we're off
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Oh yeah
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And we just need to look back and go
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That's not who I am
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That's not me
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That's not me
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That doesn't identify me
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No, and that doesn't mean I continue in that
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It means I make a course correction
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Yeah, we're not defined by the silly things we do
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Or the sin that we commit
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We're defined by who God says we are
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And God says, you're my beloved
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You're my daughter, you're my son
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Love what he said to Jesus when he came up out of the
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Being baptized by John, his cousin
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He said, this is my son
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Son whom I'm well pleased
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Isn't that beautiful?
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I love that
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Just so beautiful
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We were talking earlier this morning
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As we were kind of batting around what we wanted to share on the podcast
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And one of them was, I said this to you, I said
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What would it feel like as a parent
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If our daughter Faith came to us
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She's 23 years old
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But at any time in her life she would come to us
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And the first thing she would say to us every time she came to us is
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I'm so sorry, I'm not worthy
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I'm so sorry, I know I messed up
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I'm a rotten sinner
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I'm a failure, I'm a sinner
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And you know me, I'm just an old sinner
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How heartbreaking to a parent would it be
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To hear that
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To hear that out of their mouth every time they made a mistake
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And can you imagine
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This really hit me hard today
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Can you imagine how God feels
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When every time someone approaches him
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The first thing out of their mouth is
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I'm so sorry, I'm such a sinner
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I messed up again
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I'm an idiot, I can't believe how stupid I was
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Or just every time you pray
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The first thing you say
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I know I'm just a sinner
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But God, thank you for what you've done
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No
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God wants to engage you
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Just like a parent wants to hear from their child
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He's saying no, no, no
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You need to change your vocabulary
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Bring me your report card and show me your A plus
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And this is the thing too
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And I was telling you this earlier
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As we were talking about this
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When I sin
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Yeah, not if, when
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And typically at the end of the night
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When I'm saying my prayers
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Because I want to talk to God before I go to sleep
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And then when I wake up I talk to Him all day
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But then I talk to Him when I go to bed
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I don't say forgive me for all my sins
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I say thank you Father
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That you have already forgiven me for all my sins
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That's how I end
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I do not say forgive me for my sins
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Because I did this, I did this, I did this
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Some people think they have to number their sins
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And tell everybody their sins
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I'd lay there for another hour every day if I did that
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I'd never get to sleep
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It'd be longer than that for me
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What if I worry if I missed one?
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What if I forgot one?
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And that's not God
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What if I die in my sleep and I forgot to confess one sin?
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Am I going to hell now?
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People actually believe that
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They do believe that
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I've talked to many people through the years
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I'm 40 years in this now doing ministry
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And I've met countless numbers of people who believe
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If they don't confess every sin
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That they're done
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That they're held back
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And that if you don't get baptized
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And you get saved that you're not going to heaven
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Well, that's erroneous teaching as well
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Yeah, and all baptism is
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It's a beautiful, beautiful thing
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And people need to get baptized
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Yes, it's an outward expression of an inward reality
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You're saying to the world, this is what happened to me
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And now I'm identifying as a follower of Jesus, a disciple
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But we need to take it seriously
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We do
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This is why I do have a hard time with children
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That are really small getting baptized
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And I would never
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I don't want to turn anyone away
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I don't think God would turn anyone away
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But they really
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It's hard for them to really understand
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And if you realize it
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Most of the adults that are getting baptized now
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Were baptized as a small child
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But their life took a whole different turn
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And now they're rededicating their life to the Lord basically
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And want to be baptized
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And there's nothing wrong with that
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I did the same thing when I was young
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But this is where I wish we as mature believers
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Can help those really understand what being saved means
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What being a saint means
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What being a sinner means
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And really go into detail about that
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And help people
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You almost have to
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You do have to say it over and over and over
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It's just like we listen to a message on Sunday
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And we're talking about it again
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Because we don't
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We want to get it down in our spirit, our soul
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We don't want to just hear a message and leave it
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We want to hear a message and talk about it
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And if anybody heard the message on Sunday
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And they're hearing us
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It might drop in their spirit now where it didn't before
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And that's our hope
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So can I encourage our listeners to do something?
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Yes
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So go to our website
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BridgeFBG.com
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And you can scroll halfway down on the front page
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And you'll see the sermons there
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And listen to the message by Pastor Brian Mandel
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It's a part of the series
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I'm going to pick up right where he left off
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And keep running down the track on this thing on this Sunday
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Until God tells you to move on
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Until God tells you
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Somebody asked me
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How long are you going to stay on this series?
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Because it's actually being very helpful
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I said I'll stay on it as long as you say it's being helpful
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Because we're here to help you
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Which is what happened when you did the Holy Spirit series
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It's going to be a few weeks and end up being six months
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So however long
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And it's a great series
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It is
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Well thank you
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And thank you to Pastor Brian
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Because he's knocking it out of the park
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And we're just so happy to have Pastor Brian and Naomi with us
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They're our spiritual kids
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Yes they are
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And yeah
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So I would encourage you to listen to that message
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I would too
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BridgeFBG.com
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Listen to it
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And if you want a daily dose of encouragement
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Just very short to the point
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Scripture based
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I write a daily devotional
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You can find it on our website
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LivingUpInADownWorld.com
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LivingUpInADownWorld.com
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And just hit blog
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It's one of the tabs
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Click on the blog
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And there is a daily post
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I post it every morning
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And it is there to encourage you in your journey of faith
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In your journey of discipleship
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Being a follower of Jesus
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And they're encouraging
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And they're inspiring
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And they are designed to help you
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I've been doing these for 20 years
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But they're fresh
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Every morning I write it every morning
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And post it immediately
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So it is hot off the press
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It's really good
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It's whatever God's downloading to me that morning
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I woke up this morning at 425
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I said, Father
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First of all I said, good morning Holy Spirit
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Good morning Lord Jesus
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And good morning Abba Father
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What do you want to say today?
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That's how I do it
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And that's how I start
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And I get up and get in the Word
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And that's what happens
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So we want to encourage you and equip you
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Listen, we're going to land the plane
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Because we've got so much construction
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I think they're getting closer to our wall
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And it's about to come through
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It sounds like they're about to come through the wall
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But we wanted to give you something to chew on for the week
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So hopefully it will help you
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Hey, we love you guys
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Hey, do check out our friends podcast
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Adam and Tina Curry
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Curry and the Keeper
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They just released number 80
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Yes, last night
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We'll never catch up with them now
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Because we're both doing weekly
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So we'll always be a little bit behind the curve
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But also Adam Curry's No Agenda
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Fantastic
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It's very good
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And listen, we want to say thank you to those who have boosted us
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In fact, Adam Curry, big time
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Of course
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A double, a double Strapper boost
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I have to do a Strapper boost
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And Sir Brian with an I
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Always encouraging, always bringing some life there
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Also with a Strapper boost
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And then, oh man, I've got to pull it up
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Because I
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You better hurry because it's getting closer
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I know, I'm working on it
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I'm trying, I'm trying
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My Thrill to Learned with 100 Sats
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Just very encouraging
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Let me read Adam's
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Missed my boost on the last show
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Making up for it with one of two and two of two
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We love hanging out with you guys
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Whether at a steak place, a snitchel joint
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00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000
Or just burgers at Backwoods
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Another great show
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My Thrill to Learned said
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Another great message
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I found that working with sleeping Christians
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And using my spiritual gifts of encouragement
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To awaken them keeps the fire of the Holy Spirit burning
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Staying grateful and meditating on Christ's providence
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Is so important for wanting to share and give
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So anyway, thank you
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My Thrill to Learned, Adam Curry
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We love you guys
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We just love everybody, don't we?
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We do, we do
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We really do, we're just lovers
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Mr. Chevy misses everybody
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But with all this construction stuff
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We can't have him here
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It would be too much
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It would be traumatizing
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It's traumatizing for me right now
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I know, this morning you were like
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I'm ready to go home
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I can study at home
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I can't think, we're straight right now
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Well, you're about to
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Hey, we love you guys
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Have an amazing week on purpose
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Remember, live up in a down world
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God's got your back
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Better yet, He's got you
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God bless you
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God bless you
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and we'll be right back.
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Don't get down
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when you're seeing the worst
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cause the last will be the first
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What a day I'm telling you
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all things will be new
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living up in a down world
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Yeah we're living, yeah we're living
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living up in a down world
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Oh
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This is Jimmy and Annette
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and we are coming to you
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from the Bridge Church
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Shreddersburg Studios
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with episode number 57
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of Living Up in a Down World
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How are you doing over there baby girl?
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I'm doing great, although I came to work
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and I left my computer at home
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which is a big no no
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because you do look a little lost
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although I can do only so much
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I know that was not a good move for you
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That was misery because I use it for my music
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and so I ended up having to use paper
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which hadn't been that in forever
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I can't do that
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so I'm so used to the computer
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Well listen if y'all hear some noise going on
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it's because we've got construction going on
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above us, beside us and the wall next to us
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because we just want to really get this in
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This has been a convergence week
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It's actually spring break here in Texas
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and while everybody seems to be lounging around
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we've just pedaled to the metal
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I was so committed to getting this
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the title of the show today is Coming In Hot
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and we're just talking about things that matter
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to you, the listener, and matter to us
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as followers of Jesus, disciples of Christ
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what we would call apprentices of Christ
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and so we just have some things we want to share with you
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even if it's going to be a little bit short today
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it's no less powerful
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because what we have to share is going to matter, right?
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So where are we getting this amazing information from?
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Well, Pastor Brian Mandel preached on Sunday
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and we're doing, yes, a series on the mind wars
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and I would say it's one of my top series that we have done
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which I say we because you and I are one
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that has to do with the mind
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and all these wars that we have going on
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because sometimes when I say
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you'll go, hmm, let me pray about that
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but this time you didn't
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and you're preaching the rest of the times
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and what he preached on was really powerful
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and I think a lot of people don't understand
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what our identity is once we become a Christian
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that we're no longer sinners
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so what's the classic line that we hear?
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because the Bible talks about
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we are a new creation
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we're totally new
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but a new person
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who sometimes sin
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because you've preached this before
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that we have the capacity
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and the power not to sin
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that we could literally not sin
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to not sin
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because he's wonderful
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He says you know Lord
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so you're listening to the show
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who sometimes saints
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to get that in the right order
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to try to change your mind
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Save someone like a wretch like me
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And as I read that from the perspective
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of being a saint, I go, yeah, that's true
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because I was that
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I was a wretch, I was a sinner
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But it was past tense
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But I'm not there anymore
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That's all past tense, it's all in the past
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Because now in Christ, I'm a saint
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who sometimes sins
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I have an advocate with the Father
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which is Jesus Christ the righteous
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Because people say this
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They say, well, if He has forgiven you
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of all of your past sins
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your present sins and your future
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then what's the point?
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They're like, so I can kind of go do whatever I want
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because He's going to forgive me
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But why would I want to do whatever I want
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knowing He's going to forgive me?
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Our wants should be because out of love
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I want to do right instead of just what I want
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Obedience
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That's what needs to change
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It's that cart before the horse
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horse before the cart, which is it?
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Which came first, chicken or the egg?
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I mean, it's all those metaphors
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because you're right, a lot of times we think
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if I obey Him, then He'll be pleased with me
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and then He'll bless me and then I'll be okay
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But that's wrong thinking too
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Can you even imagine living that way?
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No
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And so many people do
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because they constantly feel like
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I'm such a scoundrel, I'm such a mess
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We even use phrases like I'm a hot mess
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We're joking, it's funny
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and we get what people mean by that
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but when your identity is that
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and you actually believe that's what you are
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then you will behave and you will become what you believe
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and out of that center you'll live your life
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So everything, it becomes a massive filter
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through which you see everything
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Center
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I'm a sinner
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I can't even hardly believe
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I'm not worthy
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I'm just not worthy
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We hear that a lot
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Oh, we hear it all the time
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From Christians
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It's heartbreaking because
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we see them like Jesus sees them
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He sees them as beloved
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He sees them as no condemnation
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No judgment
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That word condemnation means to judge down
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Judge down
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I love that
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That's what it literally means in the Greek language
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And we have new Christians especially
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but not just new unfortunately but mostly new
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Religious people who have grown up in the church
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that they've never heard anything about identity
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and the identity is huge
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or beat down by a pastor
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or beat down by other Christians
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where everything is negative and dark
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and yet Jesus said in John 10, 10
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I came that you might have what?
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Life
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which means the God kind and the God quality of life
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He says I've come that you may have zoe
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to the full abundant life
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And that's what Jesus wants for us
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Now you can go into an argument about what is the abundant life
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Well it's life that's full of peace and joy
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It doesn't mean everything is always going right
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but you can have peace in the midst of the storm
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You can have a knowing and all knowing that God is there
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even when everybody else has rejected you
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I mean there's so much more to the Christian life
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than us asking God for something like a Santa Claus
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and receiving it
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I remember a Bible professor one time talking about
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God has not called you to be happy
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and then somebody slipped their hand up, maybe me
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slipped their hand up and said
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well the Greek word for blessed means happy
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and he went into theological acrobatics
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and he shot me down
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Which is ridiculous
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Because he had this bold statement that
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you're not supposed to be happy
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you're supposed to be joyful
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and I'm like well tell your face that sir
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because I didn't say that out loud
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Right, you better not have
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No, I thought it
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You would have probably got
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Who knows what would have happened
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You're not joyful
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Yeah
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You're not rejoicing in anything
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You're negative, you're critical
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You've got a spirit of eor on you
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A demonic spirit of eor
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Did you know there's one of those?
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Oh yeah
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Oh, life's not good, not good for me
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It's good for you over there
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but it's not good for me
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So how can you be that light
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to the people around you that don't know Christ
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if you always have that attitude?
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Exactly
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The flip side of that is learning what it means
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to live up in a down world
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to say you know what, life is good
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I hit the lottery when I woke up this morning
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My pulse was, it was very early by the way
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I know
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But it's because I'm so high on life right now
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that I wake up uber early
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and I lay in bed to try to force myself to go back to sleep
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Because you think, well if I pray I'll go back to sleep
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And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
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Not often
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And so what happens is it's like, I just need to get up
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I want to get in God's word
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I want to meet with Jesus this morning
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We have things to talk about
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He's ordering my steps and delighting in the details of my life
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And I have to tell you
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I've always been a positive person for the most part
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But not like this
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This isn't just having a positive mental attitude, PMA
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This is having a Christ-centered attitude
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Where I realize every day is bonus time
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Every day is a gift, every breath is a gift
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Even the hard, challenging days are truly opportunities
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And the hard people are opportunities
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For growth and for growing ourselves
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Also for helping them
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So it's not that I'm high on life
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Because everything is great
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Every day is Friday because it's not
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This is Thursday actually
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And we're recording two days off
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Because we've been so busy this week
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But I'm high on life because I'm high on Jesus
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Because you trust Him
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I do
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And trust means you lean on Him
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You adhere to Him
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You rely on Him
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That's the difference
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A believing believer
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We talked about that earlier
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About how you can believe but not know Christ
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Because the demons believe
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And they tremble, tremble
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But they don't know Him
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Because they don't trust and rely on Him
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They don't adhere to
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There's a big difference
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So as believers, as someone who does trust, rely, adhere to
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We've also got to change our identity
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And realize we're not that old person anymore
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I love when we did baptisms
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The first one we did that was the most meaningful to me
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In this last year was when we did Tina's
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And then we did Adam's
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And then we did Brandy's
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And they all said, and I love it
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Because Tina was so exuberant
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She was so excited about getting
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And I think it was her that said, I can't wait
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Because when I come out, I'm really going to be a new person
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Although she was when she got saved
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But it's that picture of what baptism is
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Is you're going, that's your old self being
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It's dying, it's being buried
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And then you're raised up in newness of life
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To walk with Him
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And we even decided we're going to change
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How we're going to do baptism
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Because it's meaningful for some, but not for others
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We're going to make a change
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Starting with this next baptism that we're going to have
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That people literally have to go through
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At least an hour long class, if not longer
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Instead of 15 minutes before
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Oh yeah, you're saying, okay
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Yeah, we want people to really understand
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The significance of this
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How powerful it is
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And we need to be able to teach on
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Well, you're no longer a sinner
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Exactly
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And they might even look at us funny and say
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Well, wait, you didn't know what I did
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I said a cuss word earlier
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Or I thought this
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Or I thought this
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Yes, no
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Here's the deal, can I give you something?
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This is something Pastor Brian said
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This was really helpful
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He said this, so what do you do when you sin?
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Well, first of all, you recognize in 1 John 2, 1
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We have an advocate with the Father
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And the Bible even says, if you sin
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If you sin
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Not when, but if
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If you sin, you have an advocate with the Father
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Jesus Christ, the righteous, so there's that
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The second piece of that is
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What's your response to that?
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You need to say out of your mouth
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If you can just write this down where you can find it quickly
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That when that thought hits you, when that action
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When you mess up, when you trip, stumble or fall
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The first thing out of your mouth should be
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That's not who I am
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Right
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Because your behavior doesn't identify who you are
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It does not
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It's just a behavior
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It could be a learned behavior
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It could be a triggered response from your past
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It could be a mistake, a bad choice
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Whatever it is in the moment
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That doesn't mean that's who you are
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And so I love that, I wrote that down in big letters
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That's not who I am
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Yeah, I always say it this way, not today, Satan
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There you go, there you go
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It's like, nope, not today
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That's more preventative
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And sometimes we'll have a day that we're off
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Oh yeah
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And we just need to look back and go
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That's not who I am
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That's not me
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That's not me
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That doesn't identify me
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No, and that doesn't mean I continue in that
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It means I make a course correction
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Yeah, we're not defined by the silly things we do
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Or the sin that we commit
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We're defined by who God says we are
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And God says, you're my beloved
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You're my daughter, you're my son
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Love what he said to Jesus when he came up out of the
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Being baptized by John, his cousin
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He said, this is my son
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Son whom I'm well pleased
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Isn't that beautiful?
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I love that
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Just so beautiful
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We were talking earlier this morning
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As we were kind of batting around what we wanted to share on the podcast
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And one of them was, I said this to you, I said
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What would it feel like as a parent
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If our daughter Faith came to us
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She's 23 years old
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But at any time in her life she would come to us
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And the first thing she would say to us every time she came to us is
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I'm so sorry, I'm not worthy
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I'm so sorry, I know I messed up
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I'm a rotten sinner
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I'm a failure, I'm a sinner
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And you know me, I'm just an old sinner
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How heartbreaking to a parent would it be
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To hear that
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To hear that out of their mouth every time they made a mistake
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And can you imagine
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This really hit me hard today
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Can you imagine how God feels
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When every time someone approaches him
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The first thing out of their mouth is
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I'm so sorry, I'm such a sinner
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I messed up again
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I'm an idiot, I can't believe how stupid I was
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Or just every time you pray
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The first thing you say
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I know I'm just a sinner
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But God, thank you for what you've done
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No
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God wants to engage you
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Just like a parent wants to hear from their child
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He's saying no, no, no
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You need to change your vocabulary
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Bring me your report card and show me your A plus
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And this is the thing too
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And I was telling you this earlier
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As we were talking about this
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When I sin
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Yeah, not if, when
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And typically at the end of the night
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When I'm saying my prayers
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Because I want to talk to God before I go to sleep
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And then when I wake up I talk to Him all day
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But then I talk to Him when I go to bed
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I don't say forgive me for all my sins
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I say thank you Father
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That you have already forgiven me for all my sins
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That's how I end
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I do not say forgive me for my sins
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Because I did this, I did this, I did this
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Some people think they have to number their sins
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And tell everybody their sins
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I'd lay there for another hour every day if I did that
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I'd never get to sleep
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It'd be longer than that for me
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What if I worry if I missed one?
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What if I forgot one?
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And that's not God
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What if I die in my sleep and I forgot to confess one sin?
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Am I going to hell now?
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People actually believe that
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They do believe that
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I've talked to many people through the years
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I'm 40 years in this now doing ministry
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And I've met countless numbers of people who believe
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If they don't confess every sin
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That they're done
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That they're held back
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And that if you don't get baptized
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And you get saved that you're not going to heaven
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Well, that's erroneous teaching as well
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Yeah, and all baptism is
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It's a beautiful, beautiful thing
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And people need to get baptized
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Yes, it's an outward expression of an inward reality
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You're saying to the world, this is what happened to me
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And now I'm identifying as a follower of Jesus, a disciple
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But we need to take it seriously
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We do
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This is why I do have a hard time with children
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That are really small getting baptized
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And I would never
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I don't want to turn anyone away
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I don't think God would turn anyone away
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But they really
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It's hard for them to really understand
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And if you realize it
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Most of the adults that are getting baptized now
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Were baptized as a small child
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But their life took a whole different turn
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And now they're rededicating their life to the Lord basically
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And want to be baptized
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And there's nothing wrong with that
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I did the same thing when I was young
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But this is where I wish we as mature believers
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Can help those really understand what being saved means
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What being a saint means
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What being a sinner means
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And really go into detail about that
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And help people
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You almost have to
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You do have to say it over and over and over
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It's just like we listen to a message on Sunday
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And we're talking about it again
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Because we don't
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We want to get it down in our spirit, our soul
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We don't want to just hear a message and leave it
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We want to hear a message and talk about it
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And if anybody heard the message on Sunday
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And they're hearing us
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It might drop in their spirit now where it didn't before
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And that's our hope
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So can I encourage our listeners to do something?
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Yes
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So go to our website
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BridgeFBG.com
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And you can scroll halfway down on the front page
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And you'll see the sermons there
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And listen to the message by Pastor Brian Mandel
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It's a part of the series
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I'm going to pick up right where he left off
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And keep running down the track on this thing on this Sunday
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Until God tells you to move on
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Until God tells you
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Somebody asked me
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How long are you going to stay on this series?
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Because it's actually being very helpful
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I said I'll stay on it as long as you say it's being helpful
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Because we're here to help you
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Which is what happened when you did the Holy Spirit series
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It's going to be a few weeks and end up being six months
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So however long
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And it's a great series
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It is
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Well thank you
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And thank you to Pastor Brian
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Because he's knocking it out of the park
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And we're just so happy to have Pastor Brian and Naomi with us
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They're our spiritual kids
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Yes they are
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And yeah
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So I would encourage you to listen to that message
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I would too
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BridgeFBG.com
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Listen to it
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And if you want a daily dose of encouragement
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Just very short to the point
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Scripture based
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I write a daily devotional
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You can find it on our website
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LivingUpInADownWorld.com
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LivingUpInADownWorld.com
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And just hit blog
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It's one of the tabs
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Click on the blog
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And there is a daily post
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I post it every morning
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And it is there to encourage you in your journey of faith
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In your journey of discipleship
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Being a follower of Jesus
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And they're encouraging
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And they're inspiring
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And they are designed to help you
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I've been doing these for 20 years
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But they're fresh
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Every morning I write it every morning
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And post it immediately
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So it is hot off the press
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It's really good
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It's whatever God's downloading to me that morning
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I woke up this morning at 425
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I said, Father
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First of all I said, good morning Holy Spirit
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Good morning Lord Jesus
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And good morning Abba Father
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What do you want to say today?
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That's how I do it
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And that's how I start
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And I get up and get in the Word
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And that's what happens
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So we want to encourage you and equip you
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Listen, we're going to land the plane
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Because we've got so much construction
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I think they're getting closer to our wall
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And it's about to come through
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It sounds like they're about to come through the wall
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But we wanted to give you something to chew on for the week
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So hopefully it will help you
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Hey, we love you guys
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Hey, do check out our friends podcast
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Adam and Tina Curry
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Curry and the Keeper
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They just released number 80
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Yes, last night
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We'll never catch up with them now
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Because we're both doing weekly
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So we'll always be a little bit behind the curve
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But also Adam Curry's No Agenda
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Fantastic
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It's very good
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And listen, we want to say thank you to those who have boosted us
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In fact, Adam Curry, big time
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Of course
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A double, a double Strapper boost
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I have to do a Strapper boost
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And Sir Brian with an I
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Always encouraging, always bringing some life there
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Also with a Strapper boost
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And then, oh man, I've got to pull it up
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Because I
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You better hurry because it's getting closer
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I know, I'm working on it
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I'm trying, I'm trying
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My Thrill to Learned with 100 Sats
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Just very encouraging
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Let me read Adam's
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Missed my boost on the last show
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Making up for it with one of two and two of two
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We love hanging out with you guys
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Whether at a steak place, a snitchel joint
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Or just burgers at Backwoods
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Another great show
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My Thrill to Learned said
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Another great message
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I found that working with sleeping Christians
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And using my spiritual gifts of encouragement
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To awaken them keeps the fire of the Holy Spirit burning
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Staying grateful and meditating on Christ's providence
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Is so important for wanting to share and give
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So anyway, thank you
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My Thrill to Learned, Adam Curry
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We love you guys
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We just love everybody, don't we?
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We do, we do
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We really do, we're just lovers
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Mr. Chevy misses everybody
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But with all this construction stuff
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We can't have him here
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It would be too much
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It would be traumatizing
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It's traumatizing for me right now
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I know, this morning you were like
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I'm ready to go home
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I can study at home
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I can't think, we're straight right now
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Well, you're about to
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Hey, we love you guys
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Have an amazing week on purpose
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Remember, live up in a down world
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God's got your back
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Better yet, He's got you
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God bless you
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God bless you
