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This program is made
possible by the giving
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and today I'm with a flock of
sheep that are all around me.
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They are amazing.
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But the reason I'm here is
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because I'm talking you
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to you today about Jesus
being the good shepherd.
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And the Bible tells us in Psalm 23:2, He makes me
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to lie down in green pastures
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and leads me beside the still waters.
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Those still waters represent
the supernatural peace
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that Jesus wants to give to
me and wants to give to you.
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And that is what I'm gonna
talk to you about today.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times.
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And doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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I've been waiting for you and you
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and I are gonna have a
wonderful time today in the
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23rd Psalm.
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And today we're going
to look at God's promise
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of supernatural peace.
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But hey, how did you like that
standup to today's program?
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Those sheep are not far from
where we live in Moscow.
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Wow. And when I was in the
midst of all those sheep
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who seemed so rambunctious
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and hard to control,
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I was thinking about Jesus
being the good shepherd
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in our lives.
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He lovingly takes care of us
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and he has made 10 marvelous promises
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to us in the 23rd Psalm.
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And that's why I want you
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which is called Psalm 23rd.
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The Lord is my shepherd.
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It is the first time I've
ever taught these verses
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and they are just loaded with insights
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to Jesus shepherding and
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The study guide is just marvelous
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because you can read it while you see it
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or while you hear it, and
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And today we're going
to return to Psalm 23
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and I'm gonna read the
whole Psalm real quick.
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Psalm 23:1 says, the Lord is my shepherd
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I shall not want.
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Verse 2: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
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We saw that yesterday.
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Today we're gonna see the
next part of verse 2:
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He leadeth me beside the still waters.
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Verse 3: he restoreth my soul.
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He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
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for his namesake.
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Verse 4: Yea though I walk through the valley
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of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil
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for thou art with me.
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Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
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Verse 5: thou preparest a table
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before me in the presence of my enemies,
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thou anoint my head with oil.
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My cup runneth over.
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Verse 6: Surely goodness
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and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life
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and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever.
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And in this Psalm, we see
10 guarantees that are made
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to God's people.
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No.1: God's supernatural provision.
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No.2: God's supernatural protection.
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We saw that yesterday.
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Today we're gonna see No.3:
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God's supernatural peace.
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Then No.4: God's supernatural restoration.
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No.5: God's supernatural guidance.
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No.6: God's supernatural confidence
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that he imparts to us.
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No.7: God's supernatural loving correction.
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No.8: God's supernatural prosperity.
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No.9: God's supernatural anointing.
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And No.10: God's supernatural promise.
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But in verse 1, it says,
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The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.
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And the two previous programs I've told you
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how a little girl misquoted this verse; she said,
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The Lord is my shepherd -
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that's all I want.
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But my friends, maybe she was right,
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because when you have the Lord, you have everything else.
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But when you come to Psalm 23:2, it says,
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he maketh me to lie
down in green pastures.
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He leads me beside still waters.
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And here we have God's supernatural peace,
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which is promised to you
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and to me. The words, still waters,
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paint a picture of serenity, tranquility,
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and peace that God promises to his people.
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And in a world today that is
filled with so much nonsense,
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agitation, commotion,
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and culture wars - ay, yi..we need to understand
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that Jesus is the prince of peace.
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That is what he is called in Isaiah 9:6.
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He is the prince of peace.
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And if we will come to him,
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even if we're living
in the midst of chaos,
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he will impart peace to our hearts.
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CS Lewis famously said - God cannot give us happiness
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and peace apart from himself
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because there is no such thing.
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Wow! But Jesus is our shepherd, so we need
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to hear what he had to say about peace.
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And in John 14:1
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& 27, Jesus said these amazing words about the peace
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of God that he wants to give to us.
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Jesus said - Let not your heart be troubled.
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If you feel that you're troubled, this is a word for you.
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Jesus said, let not
your heart be troubled.
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You believe in God,
believe also in me. Peace.
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I leave with you.
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My peace I give to you not as the world gives
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do I give to you.
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Let not your heart be troubled,
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neither let it be afraid.
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The Lord is our shepherd,
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so we need to really understand the words
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that our shepherd spoke to us
in these verses about peace.
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And the first thing Jesus said in John 14:1 was,
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let not your heart be troubled.
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What does the word, troubled means?
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Well, it is the Greek word, tarasso, a well-known,
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often used Greek word,
which means to be shaken,
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to be troubled, to be
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to be perplexed.
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It depicts a state of anxiety
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or one who even feels
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It pictures one who feels
inwardly shaken, unsettled,
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confused, and upset.
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Jesus literally says,
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let not your heart be shaken and upset.
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You believe in God, believe also in me.
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Peace I leave with you.
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What does that word, peace, mean?
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It is the Greek word, eirene,
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that is used all over the New Testament
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to describe the peace of God, and my friends,
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this word, peace, the Greek word, eirene, is so powerful.
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Listen to how it was first used.
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It was used to depict the
cessation of conflict and war.
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The war is over. It's time for the conflict,
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all the fighting to stop; it is time
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to put away the conflict,
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and it depicts a time of
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after the war
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and the conflict has ceased.
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The distractions have been removed.
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It's a time of prosperity.
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The rule of order has come
in the place of chaos.
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It pictures a calm inner stability
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that results in the ability
to conduct oneself peacefully,
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even in the midst of circumstances
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that would normally be
traumatic or upsetting.
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It is the Greek equivalent
for the Hebrew word, shalom,
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which expresses the idea
of wholeness, completeness,
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or tranquility in the
soul that is unaffected
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by outward circumstances or pressures.
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So when we talk about the peace of God,
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it means the conflict, the disturbances
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that previously existed have been removed.
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Now all those distractions
have been put aside.
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Peace has come in the
place of former chaos.
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Now it's time for rebuilding, reconstruction;
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it is a peace that gives you tranquility in your soul.
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Even if you're in the midst
of upsetting circumstances.
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It is God's supernatural promise of peace,
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shalom, in your heart and in your soul.
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And Jesus says, I leave it
with you. What does that mean?
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Well the word leave, is the Greek word aphiemi, which means
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to permanently release to somebody.
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When Jesus said, I leave it
with you, he literally meant,
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I'm releasing it to you permanently.
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This is permanent. I'm sending it to you.
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I'm giving it to you. I
want it to stay with you
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for the rest of your life.
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And it pictures total liberation.
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So it doesn't matter
what was dominating you
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before: maybe fear, maybe turmoil, something upsetting you,
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Jesus has released a piece to you and to me,
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and his plan is
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that we be permanently
liberated from anything
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that previously stole our peace.
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And Jesus says, let not
your heart be troubled.
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Hmm. The word heart, is a Greek word, kardia.
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It's where you get the word for cardiac or a cardiac arrest
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or the cardiac ward.
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It's really this word, kardia.
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And technically it was used to
describe the physical heart.
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But in the Old Testament Septuagint, in the Old Testament,
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in the New Testament and another classical Greek literature,
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it was used to depict a person's inner self, their spirit
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or the very center or the core of a person.
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And Jesus was saying, don't
let your inner being be shaken
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because I've given peace to you
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and I have permanently released it to you.
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He says, don't let your heart be troubled.
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The word troubled, again,
the Greek word, tarasso,
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the same word which was used in verse 1, which means
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to be shaken, to be troubled,
disquieted, unsettled,
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perplexed filled with anxiety.
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It even pictures one who's
caught in a state of grief.
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It pictures one who feels
inwardly shaken, unsettled,
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confused, upset.
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But Jesus said, let not
your heart be troubled.
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Again, the word heart, the Greek word kardia;
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let not your inner self be affected by all these situations
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and neither let it be afraid.
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The word afraid is the Greek word, deilos.
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Listen to this. This word afraid,
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the Greek word deilos, depicts a gripping fear
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or dread that produces a shrinking back
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or cowardice.
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For example: maybe there's something that you are supposed
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to do and you're so fearful
to do it that you have a sense
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of dread and you keep postponing what you're supposed to do.
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You keep postponing it and postponing it,
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it's really turning you into a coward.
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You're not facing what you need to face.
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This word afraid, the Greek word deilos, is a gripping fear
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or dread that produces a shrinking back
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or cowardice; a dread that saps one's ability
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to look at the problem head on
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and causes him to retreat.
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Have you ever felt that. It
means to be timid to the point
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of being a coward?
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Jesus said, don't let this happen to you.
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Don't let dread control your life.
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It's interesting, the apostle
Paul uses this same word
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afraid, the Greek word deilos,
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in 2 Timothy 1:6 & 7, where he said, wherefore,
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I put you in remembrance.
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Th thou stir up the gift
of God, which is in you
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by the putting on of my hands.
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Verse 7: for God has not given us the spirit of fear,
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but of power and of love
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We're talking about God, our shepherd.
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The Lord is my shepherd.
The Lord is your shepherd.
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And our shepherd has not
given us a spirit of fear.
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But this verse tells us, fear is spiritual.
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The word spirit, is the Greek word, pneuma.
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The word pneuma, means it is spiritual
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like a spiritual force.
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It is amazing how a spirit of fear comes
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and tries to get on you and
suddenly you're disquieted.
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It is a spiritual force
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and the Bible calls it a spirit of fear.
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Th word fear.
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Again, the Greek word, deilos, the same word
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that Jesus used in John 14:27 when he said,
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neither let your heart be afraid.
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Now, Paul uses the same word in 2 Timothy 1:
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7 when he says, for God has not given us the spirit
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of fear, which again
depicts a gripping fear
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or a dread that produces a
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It is a dread that saps one's ability
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to look at a problem head on
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It makes one to be timid
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Instead, the apostle Paul
says, God has given you power,
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love, and a sound mind.
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The word power, is a form of the Greek word, dunamis.
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Indeed, it should be translated as the word power,
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but it carries the idea of
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that comes with enormous energy
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and produces phenomenal, extraordinary
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and unparalleled results.
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It depicts miraculous
powers that are impressive,
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incomparable, and beyond
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That's what God has given you.
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It is so contrary to a spirit of fear.
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God has released his dynamite power in you
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and it belongs to you
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and also love. God has given
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The word love is the Greek word agape.
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Many people deal with the spirit of fear
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because they've been hurt by others
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and they're afraid to love,
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they're afraid to trust.
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And for those moments, you
need to embrace the love
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that has been shed abroad in
your heart by the Holy Ghost.
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This word love is the Greek word agape, which depicts a love
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that gives and gives
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and gives even if it is never responded to, thanked
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or acknowledged.
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to your heart.
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And Paul says, God has given to you,
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listen to this, a sound mind: the Greek word, sophronismos.
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It is a compound of 2 Greek words; the word, sodzo,
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which means to be saved
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The word, phren, which depicts the mind
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or the intelligence; when you
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it can be translated, sound mind. It pictures one
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that is reasonable, balanced,
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that he thinks: one who thinks clearly and reasonably
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and balanced about himself
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but because it is a compound of sodzo and phren,
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and forms the word, sophronismos,
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it really pictures a saved brain
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or a delivered head,
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which means God did not design your head
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and your brain to be controlled by a spirit of fear.
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God has given you a brain that is delivered.
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He's given you a mind that is saved.
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That's what God has given you.
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But when you have a spirit of fear,
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you don't think rationally,
you think irrationally;
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it's not real, but it seems so real
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because of this irrational spirit of fear
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that is trying to control you.
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But God didn't give that to you.
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Jesus said, peace I give unto you.
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And Isaiah 26:3, it says,
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Thou will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is
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stayed on thee. The passion translation says it like this:
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perfect, absolute peace surrounds those whose
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imaginations are consumed with you.
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What are you thinking about?
The Lord is your shepherd.
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He will lead you to still waters.
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We know that David, in the Old
Testament, encouraged himself
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in the Lord.
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He led himself to still waters
when he was disquieted.
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The Bible tells us in 1 Samuel 30:6,
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in the amplified version,
David was greatly distressed,
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but David encouraged himself
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and strengthened himself in the Lord.
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And in Psalm 94:19, David said, in the multitude
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of my anxieties within me,
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your comfort delights my soul.
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You see, he had learned that
if he would go to his shepherd,
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his shepherd would lead
him to still waters,
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and Jesus will lead you
to steal waters too.
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In the 23rd Psalm, God
makes you a promise of
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supernatural peace.
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Listen to it again,
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Psalm 23:1, The Lord is my shepherd.
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Is he your shepherd - then personalize this.
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Make it a faith declaration.
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Say out loud, the Lord is - my - shepherd.
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And if he is your shepherd,
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then the 10 promises in
this chapter belong to you.
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And the 1st is, I shall not want; it is God's
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supernatural provision to your life.
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In verse 2: He makes me
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to lie down in green pastures. We have seen
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that is God's supernatural
protection which he
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provides to your life
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so you can lie down with no fear
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and no threat of what's
going on around you.
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And we also seen today in verse 2: He leads me
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beside the still waters.
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Jesus says, peace I give to you.
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Let not your heart be troubled.
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And if you will go to
Jesus who is your shepherd,
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he will lead you into a place
of tranquility and serenity
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and peace in your soul,
even if you surrounded
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by troubling circumstances; that is yours.
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It is promised to God's sheep in the 23rd Psalm.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I'm going to pray for you.
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Someone asked - What is a false prophet?
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The word false, is from the Greek word, pseudes.
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It can describe something
that is false, something
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that is bogus or someone
that is an imposter.
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The word prophetess,
which is the second part
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of the Greek word for a
false prophet, describes one
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who speaks on behalf of God.
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But when you compound
the two words together,
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a false prophet is a pretender.
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One who pretends to be a prophet.
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It could be translated a bogus prophet
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or a charlatan prophet,
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but it may be one who
began as a genuine prophet,
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but somewhere along the way they became fraudulent in their
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activities and therefore
they became bogus prophets.
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That really would be a
very good translation
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of the words - false prophets.
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And by the way, I would
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of false prophets and how to recognize
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who is a false prophet.
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The 23rd Psalm is a
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing in one
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of the long corridors in the
Tulsa headquarters building,
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and these corridors are
lined with photography
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of our past ministry.
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For example here, it's amazing.
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You see a picture of me and
Denise first starting our
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ministry as we're traveling
in the car with Paul
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and Philip on her lap,
and there's little Joel,
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but then you look over here
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and you see our Russian ministry.
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Here's Golden Stars with some of the Russian movie stars
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who came to help us. At that event,
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we had more than 16,000 senior citizens show up.
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That is amazing. Then you
see the youth ministry
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and us working with
members of the government.
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And here you see again, me and Denise in
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our first little church
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we started in Arkansas many, many, many years ago.
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And then you look over here
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and you see us filming TV programs.
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I mean there's just so much.
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And when you walk through these hallways
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and look at all these pictures, you're just surrounded with
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what God has done throughout our ministry and it is amazing.
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And now every day in this facility,
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ministry is taking place.
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Oh, I wish you could hear the phone calls.
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And when our team begins
to pray, it is like a roar
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of prayer that you can hear when you walk
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through our Partner Care Ministry:
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or the letters that are going out or the resources
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and resources are books and USBs
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and all kinds of video and audio.
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And it's going to the ends of the earth.
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And we're able to do all of that
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because we have a facility
where we can do it.
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And paying off this facility
is our current goal.
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You know, when we started the
Ministry Expansion Project,
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it was quite large.
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70% of it is already finished
and I want to say thank you,
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and now we need to keep it up
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until we knock out the remaining 30%.
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Please help us continue
until we finish it.
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And if you're not a part of the team yet,
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please pray about becoming a part
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of our Ministry Expansion Project giving team
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so we can pay off all of this
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and then liberate all that
money to take the gospel
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to the ends of the earth.
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And that's our desire.
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So I wanna say "thank you"
in advance for helping us.
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I pray that you've been
blessed by today's teaching.
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Tomorrow we're going to come back to Psalm 23
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and we're going to see the Lord is the one
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that restores our souls.
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Do you feel like you need a little restoration in your soul?
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Well, the good news is in the 23rd Psalm,
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Because the Lord is my Shepherd: The Blessings
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of an Empowered Life.
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Father, I thank you that you indeed are the prince of peace.
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Jesus, you are our shepherd,
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and your plan is to
lead us by still waters.
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And today we embrace those still waters.
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We choose to put our mind on you
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and you say you will
keep us in perfect peace
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if we'll do that.
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And we thank you for this in Jesus' marvelous name
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Amen. Well, we're gonna be back tomorrow
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and see how the Lord restores our soul.
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But until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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"Where the word of a king is there is power."
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Perhaps I have to do another test.
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The only thing to do is to wait.
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I wish things have gone another way. I want to be healthy.
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If there is no one to
support you, don't give up.
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Just contact us choosing
your available way.
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We're waiting for your call willing
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to give you prayer support.
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If two of you shall agree on
earth as touching anything
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that they shall ask, it
shall be done for them
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of my Father, which is in heaven.
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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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prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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Discover the many ways you can
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