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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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Hello, friends. My
name is Denise Renner.
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Welcome to my program.
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I'm so excited that you're with me today
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because we're gonna talk about
being an imitator of God.
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Ephesians 5:1 says,
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Therefore be imitators of God as
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dear children.
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And when I first saw that scripture, I thought
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to myself, what does it mean to imitate God?
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And as I've been studying, I've been finding out some just
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delicious things from the word of God of
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how we can imitate him.
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And I wanna offer to you my 5-part video series
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called, How to Be Imitators of God, and a Study Guide.
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I want you to have these
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because we need this
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to hear today
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and what you're going to
hear several days now,
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because God said for us in his word
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to imitate him,
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and we need to know how to imitate him.
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programs, please let us know
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because we want to rejoice with you.
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But I want you to stay with me
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and we're gonna open the word of God
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and we're gonna see
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how we can imitate God
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as dear children.
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It's time for big miracles
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and spiritually, and most importantly,
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of Christ Jesus living in you.
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It's time with Denise Renner.
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I'm so excited to get started
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talking about being an imitator of God.
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And as we've already said, Ephesians 5:
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1 says,
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Therefore be imitators of God
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as dear children.
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And today we're going to
talk about being an imitator
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of God in being a victor and not a victim.
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You know, I remember when
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my granddaughters,
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they were just little 3, 4, 5,
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and they would go in my closet
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and they'd get my high heels out
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and they would start
walking in my high heels.
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Well, what were they doing?
They were imitating me.
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I remember one of our other
grandchildren, they took one
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of Rick's coats and it, they put it on
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and they just acted like
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they were their grandpa.
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Well, people say
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that imitation is the greatest compliment.
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Well, if we imitate our father,
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it is the greatest
compliment to our father
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that we would want to be like him.
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And today I wanna show
you through this scripture
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that Jesus was never a victim.
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He was always a victor.
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So how can we be a victor?
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Well, let's look at how Jesus was a victor
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and the example that he
is to us as a victor.
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Some people say
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that Jesus was a victim
when he was on the cross,
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but I wanna show you, he was not a victim.
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He was a victor.
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Look at John 10:17
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and 18, and you're gonna see
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that Jesus, they didn't take his life,
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he laid down his life.
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It says, therefore, my father loves me
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because I lay down my life
that I may take it again.
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No one takes it from me,
but I lay it down myself.
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I have power to lay it down
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and I have power to take it
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again. They didn't take Jesus' life,
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Jesus laid down his life.
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He was an absolute victor at the cross.
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Religion has painted Jesus
as a victim on the cross.
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He was not a victim, he was a victor.
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I wanna show you again in in John 17:1,
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we see more of
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how Jesus was not a victim - he was a victor.
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It says, Jesus spoke these
words, lifted up his eyes
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to Heaven and said, Father,
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the hour has come, glorify your son
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that your son also may glorify you.
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Jesus looked at the cross at the
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death at hell.
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He looked at it as that he was going
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to glorify God
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and God was going to glorify him for
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that's not a victim,
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that's a victor.
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Then we see in, in Hebrews 12:2,
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it says, Looking unto Jesus, the author
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and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy that
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was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame
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and is sat down at the right hand of the Father.
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He's not a victim, he is a victor.
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Do you see that?
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Because he looked at the
cross, not as a place
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of somebody's taking
his life, he is a victim
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to their punishment.
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But he went into the death of the cross
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as a victor,
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and he went into it with
the joy set before him.
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This is so powerful,
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and in Hebrews also 1:9,
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I just want you to see
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how Jesus is really is
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because we can have these
religious pictures in our mind
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of him being a victim.
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And when we are called
to imitate him, we've got
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to know exactly what to imitate.
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And look at this.
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This is Hebrews 1:9,
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and listen to the description of Jesus.
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You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness.
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Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you
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with the oil
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of gladness more than your companions.
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If you would have been with
Jesus, if we would have gotten
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to be with Jesus in the flesh according
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to this verse, we would have said - Wow,
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he's really something.
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But he's the happiest person.
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He's so joyful, he's so
joyful, he's so happy.
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That's what that verse says.
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He was the happiest
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among all his companions.
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So when we see Jesus, we
don't see this victim.
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We see a victor.
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So when he says imitate God as dear children,
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then we are imitators
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of God in being a victor and not a victim.
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Now, it's really easy in this life, this fallen world,
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everything that's going on around us,
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how imperfect we can be,
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how imperfect others around us can be,
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that we can act like we're
a victim and not a victor.
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We can even feel sorry for ourselves.
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That is a victim mentality.
Now, how would I know that?
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Because I feel sorry for myself many times. I wasn't,
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I was thinking that I was a victim
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of someone else's treatment or thoughts,
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but God says in his word, Ephesians 5:1,
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Therefore be
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imitators of God as dear, dear children.
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So we could say,
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therefore imitate God,
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you imitate him right now.
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You are not a victim. You are a victor.
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Instead of carrying your head down
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and your shoulders down, no, no,
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dear friend, you are not the victim
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that this world is walking around as.
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You are a victor,
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you can hold your head up high.
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Now, does it say because you feel like it?
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No, because it's saying
that you're to imitate him.
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You're to act like him.
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It's a matter of choice
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about our will.
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How do I imitate him?
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How do I imitate him in a
situation where I don't even,
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I feel like a victim and not a victor?
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You put on victory.
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Now, let me go on, share
it with you some more.
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Many times we, as I said,
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we don't see ourselves as a victor.
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We see ourselves as a victim.
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Now, I wanna introduce to you another you.
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The real you and the real you is the victor.
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Look at Romans 8:37:
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Romans 8:37.
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This tells you exactly who you are.
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It says, Yet in all these things,
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we are more than conquerors through him
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that loved us.
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It doesn't say we are conquerors.
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It says, we are more than conquerors.
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That's your identity right
now, right this minute.
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You are not a victim. You are a victor.
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You are more than a conqueror.
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And then it says
conqueror of these things.
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Well, what kind of things
is he talking about?
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If you go back up to verse 35:
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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Shall tribulation or distress or persecution
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or famine or nakedness or peril
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or sword. As it is written for your sake,
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we are killed all day long.
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We are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter.
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Yet in all these things,
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we are more than conquerors through him
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that loved us.
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You could have said - Oh my, they are truly victims.
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They're persecuted, they're in famine.
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They don't have enough clothes.
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Someone is attacking them with a sword.
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And we would look at that kind of person
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and we would say they were a victim
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of someone else's action,
but not in Christ.
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That person, this scripture just said,
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is not a victim but a victor.
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And not just a victor
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more than a conqueror
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through him that loved us.
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Oh, friend, this is really powerful.
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This is our true identity.
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It's so important that you believe
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and take a hold of what
I'm telling you today.
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It's gonna help you sleep better, I promise.
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The Bible says that as a man
thinks in his heart, so is he.
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Now, you can know this Bible verse,
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but it matters what you
believe about yourself.
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That's what matters.
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Because what you think in
your heart about yourself is
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what you are if you choose
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to believe -
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no, I'm not a victim.
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I'm a victor.
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He made me a victor through Christ Jesus.
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My situation is tough.
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I don't like how I'm being treated,
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but I am a victor.
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I'm more than a conquer
through Christ Jesus.
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That's exactly what we just read.
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I wanna tell you some
more about who you are.
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In Colossians 3, it says
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that you are the elect of God.
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It says that you are holy.
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Now in some different religions, we have all these statues
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and and we call these statues, saints and,
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and probably those statues of those people were saints.
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But what does the word, saint, mean?
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God just called you holy.
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That means saint. What does it mean?
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It means one who is set apart
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for a holy purpose.
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That's you. He just called
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you holy.
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He just called you elect of God.
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And there's something else that you are.
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You are the beloved.
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Now, when we're fighting
a victim mentality,
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we might even feel like not the beloved.
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These are just feelings.
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We might feel like they're rejected.
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You might be rejected by someone,
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but you are not the rejected.
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That's not your label.
That's not your identity.
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Your identity is I, I
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am the beloved.
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I'm not the rejected. I'm the beloved.
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I'm not a victim of your treatment of me.
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I am a victor.
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The word of God says about me
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that I am more than a conqueror.
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Oh, friend, I've given you good news today.
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In Colossians 1:22,
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it says that again, that you're holy.
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blameless; blameless because you don't do anything wrong:
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blameless, because you do everything right
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and you are so great.
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No, you're not blameless because of that, you're blameless,
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called the blameless because of the blood of Jesus:
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because of your trust in the blood,
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because of the one who lives on the inside of you;
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and who lives on the inside of you?
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The victor, not the victim.
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The real you is the victor.
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Oh, this is so powerful
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and we've got to be so careful
friend that we change the way
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that we think, that we change
what we say about ourselves
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no matter what's going on around you
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or what you're enduring,
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but that you identify with the word
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of God: that you can say, I know I'm going
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through this and I'm going through that,
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but the word of God calls me beloved.
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The word of God calls me the elect of God.
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The Word of God calls me blameless.
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That's the truth.
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The word of God calls me
more than a conqueror.
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Now, that's the truth.
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And then Romans 12:2 says, that we are
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to renew our mind.
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What are we talking about right now - renewing your mind.
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And then it says in that
verse that you would know
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the acceptable, the good and acceptable
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and perfect will of God.
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When we start thinking
right, oh, hallelujah.
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We start believing right.
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We start believing
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and knowing the perfect will of God.
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That's so powerful. I wanna
read you this statement.
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I think it's, I think it's one
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that you should even write down.
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As we recognize who is in us
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and who we are, then it is easier
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to agree with God, agree with God,
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and throw off the victim mentality
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and put on the victor.
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You see, the power is not in
just knowing the scripture.
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The power is agreeing with the scripture.
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The power is aligning
yourself with that scripture.
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And when you say - No, I am not the victim.
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No, I am the victor,
then it's easy for you
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to put your shoulders
back and lift your head up
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and say - No, I'm the victor in this situation.
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I'm gonna be the victor tomorrow.
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I'm gonna be the victor
tonight when I do whatever
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it is you're gonna do.
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I'm gonna be victorious in that.
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So easy for our minds to
just drift when we have
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to do something and we've
never done it before.
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We don't feel confident about it,
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and we just start thinking,
oh gosh, I hope it works out.
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Oh gosh, I hope I don't mess up.
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Oh, and we start thinking like that.
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Well, if we're gonna imitate
God, we're gonna say, no.
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You know what? I'm the
victor in this situation.
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I'm going to do very good.
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Isn't that so much better than
sitting around thinking, oh,
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I hope I do good.
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No friend, the victor
lives on the inside of you
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and we've got to learn
to listen to the victor,
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and we've got to learn
to talk like the victor.
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I'm gonna do good tonight.
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I've studied: maybe it's an exam maybe, and you studied,
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but you just think, oh, I don't know if I'm gonna do okay.
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No, you studied. I'm going to do good tonight.
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Maybe you're going to
go into a conversation
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that's gonna be difficult
and you're so upset about it
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and you don't know what to do.
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No, the victor lives inside of me
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and the Holy Spirit, he's gonna guide me
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and he's gonna lead me
through that conversation.
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And I'm not going to be the
victim. I am not the victim.
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I am the victor through Christ Jesus.
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Oh, friend, this is the greatest news.
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This is the greatest news,
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and the Bible is telling
us to imitate God.
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Just imitate him. Okay?
I'm gonna imitate him.
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I am going to act like I am the victor.
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That is what that verse says.
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Now maybe, maybe you just
need one little practical
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suggestion.
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The Bible says in Colossians 3, that we are
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to put on tender mercies.
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Well, okay. It's an act, it's a decision.
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So to make a decision, I am
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say a person in your life is not
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so wonderful,
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and for you to get along
with that person instead
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of being crushed by that person
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or getting angry at that
person or guarding your heart
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and making a wall with
that person, the Bible says
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to have tender mercies.
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Well, God's had tender mercies on you,
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and he lives on the inside of you.
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So as an imitator of God,
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just like you put on your clothes,
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you didn't have them on
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when you woke up, you put them on.
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So that's what it's like to decide,
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I'm going to put on - it's my decision -
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tender mercies towards
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that person today.
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Oh, friend, we're out of time now.
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I want you to stay with me
'cause I'm coming right back
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and we are gonna pray together.
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Imitating your heavenly
Father is the greatest
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compliment you can give him.
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According to Ephesians 5:1, as a child of God,
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you are called to imitate
him each and every day.
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By following his example, you
can overcome obstacles, learn
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how to treat others and carry
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Friend, I'm so encouraged
just speaking those words,
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that the truth is God told us
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to imitate him in Ephesians 5:1,
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and the one that we are to imitate,
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the victor, lives on the inside of you;
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not a victim,
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the victor - the victor,
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the more than a conqueror
lives on the inside of you.
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The holy one lives on the inside of you.
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The blameless one lives
on the inside of you.
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Oh, we just need to take on the identity
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that is truly ours
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and just imitate God.
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God, I don't feel like this,
but I put it on right now.
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Just like we talked about putting on those tender mercies.
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But I wanna pray for you right now.
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Father, I just thank you for the victor that's on the inside
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of us and not the victim.
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I am not a victim. I am a victor.
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I am more than a conqueror
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through Christ Jesus who loves me.
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Lord, I thank you for your word.
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I lighten my heart up
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and my mouth up with the word
of God right now in the name
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of Jesus, and I thank
you, Father for the power
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that you've given me to do that.
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In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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It's been my privilege, my honor to be with you
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and I'll see you on the next program.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now; Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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I wish things have gone another way. I want to be healthy.
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