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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 this big flock
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of dirty sheep not far
from my house, just outside
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of Moscow, Russia.
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And I'm thinking about these sheep
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because the shepherd
keeps bringing hay and hay
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and more hay he abundantly
provides for his sheep.
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And it makes me think of the 23rd Psalm, verse 5
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which says, thou prepare us to table
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before me in the presence of mine enemies; my friends,
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Jesus loves us so much that even when we are in the presence
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of our enemies, he provides for us
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and that is what I'm going
to 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 uncertain
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times 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
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world. Let's join
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Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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Today I'm gonna talk to
you about God's promise
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of supernatural prosperity in your life.
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When I say prosperity, I mean
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that God will do anything he has to do
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to make sure you have
everything that you need.
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And we're going to find
this promise in Psalm 23.
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It is just marvelous.
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I'm teaching a brand new
series called Psalm 23 -
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The Lord is My Shepherd. I
want you to have this series.
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You need to hear it and hear it and hear.
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It is fed me and I believe
it's going to feed you
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and you need to really take
this teaching down deep
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inside you because the
Lord is your shepherd.
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In fact, you should just personalize that
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and say, Lord, you are my shepherd.
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And you need this series to
find out that 10 promises
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that our shepherd makes to you.
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It comes in multiple
formats with a study guide.
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The two of these together
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and right now we're
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of an Empowered Life.
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It is a small book, it's a fast read,
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And I want to remind you
that the moment you become a
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partner with our ministry, we're going to send you 2 books
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as our way of saying welcome to our partner family;
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the Combat Zone.
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I'm not prophesying a
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You're probably already in
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and Overcome in the midst
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of Any Difficult Situation.
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And this book is dedicated to
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to anyone who becomes a
part of the partner family.
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And today we're going to continue looking at the 23rd Psalm
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and I want us to review beginning in verse 1.
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And in Psalm 23:1, David says,
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The Lord is my shepherd,
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I shall not want.
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Verse 2: He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
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he leads me beside the still waters.
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Verse 3: He restores my soul.
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He leads me in the path of righteousness
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for his name's sake.
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Verse 4: Yea,
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though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
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I will fear no evil for thou art with me.
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Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
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We saw that yesterday,
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but today we're going to begin in verse 5,
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where David says, thou preparest a table
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before me in the presence
of my enemies - than he adds -
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Thou anoints my head with oil, my cup runs over.
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That's what we're going to see tomorrow.
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Then on Friday we're going to see verse 6
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where David says, Surely goodness
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and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
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and that will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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And in these amazing verses, we find 10 promises
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that the great shepherd makes
to every one of his sheep.
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Promise No.1: is God's supernatural provision.
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No.2: God's supernatural protection.
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No.3: God's supernatural peace.
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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 gives to us.
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No.7: God's supernatural correction.
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And remember there is protection in correction.
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Then No.8: what we're going to see today,
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God's supernatural promise of prosperity
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to give us everything we need
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for any situation that we are in.
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Then No.9: which is tomorrow,
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God's supernatural anointing.
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And finally, No.10, which we're going
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to cover on Friday, God's supernatural promise.
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But today we're going to go back to Psalm 23:5,
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where David gloriously says,
thou preparest to table
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before me in the presence
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of mine enemies.
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You have to remember that in
verse 4, he had just said,
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Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow
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of death, I will fear no
evil for thou art with me.
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David was describing a challenging time,
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and when you come back to Psalm 23:5,
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in the New Living Translation,
it says, you prepare a feast
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for me in the presence of my enemies.
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David had been through the
valley of the shadow of death.
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David had faced a lot
of enemies in his life,
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and here he says, God prepared a table
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for him even in the presence of enemies.
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Enemies represent a threat.
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An enemy could be an
individual who is against you,
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someone conspiring against you, someone
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who has ulterior motives
to do harm to you.
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An enemy may be a threatening situation,
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but David knew all about enemies.
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And when you read the
book of Psalms, the book
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of Psalms are filled with
verses about enemies,
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adversaries, and foes.
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And today I want to read some
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of these wonderful verses to you.
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Listen to this in Psalm 5:8, David says,
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Lead me oh Lord in your righteousness because of my enemies.
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In Psalm 6:7, David says,
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my eye grows dim because of grief.
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It grows old because of all my enemies.
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Psalm 6:10, let all my enemies be ashamed
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and sorely troubled.
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Let them turn back and be put to shame,
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suddenly. Look how much this topic
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of enemies was on David's mind, yet he knew what it meant
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to have a table set
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before him even in the
presence of his enemies.
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In Psalm 7:6, David says, Arise, oh Lord,
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in your anger, lift up
yourself against the rage
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of my enemies.
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Psalm 7:15, he, my enemy made a pit
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and dug it out and has fallen
into the ditch which he made.
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Psalm 18:3, I will call upon the Lord who is
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to be praised, so shall I be saved from
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my enemies.
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Psalm 18:17,
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He delivered me from my strong enemy
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and from those who hated
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and abhorred me for they
were to strong for me.
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If you feel your enemy
is too strong for you,
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call unto the Lord, he will deliver you.
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In Psalm 18:48, David wrote,
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Who delivers me from my enemies.
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In Psalm 25:2, David wrote, Oh my God,
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I trust, lean on, rely on
and in confident in you.
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Let me not be put to
shame or my hope in you
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be disappointed. Let not my enemies
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triumph over me.
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Psalm 25:19, Consider my enemies for they abound.
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They hate me with cruel hatred.
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Psalm 27:2, When the wicked, even my enemies
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and my foes came upon me to eat my flesh,
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they stumbled and they fell.
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David saw the deliverance
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of God in his life against his enemies.
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Then in Psalm 27:6, David writes,
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and now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies.
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Psalm 27:11, Teach me your way, oh Lord,
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and lead me in a path and even path
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because of my enemies who
are lying in wait for me.
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Psalm 27:12, Give me not to the will
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of my adversaries,
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for false witnesses have risen up against me
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and they breathe out cruelty and violence.
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Psalm 31:8, You have not given me into the hand
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of the enemy.
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Psalm 40:2:
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He describes what he felt
because of his enemies.
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He says - He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out
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of a miry clay and set my feet up on a rock
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and established my steps.
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God delivered him from
the hand of the enemy.
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In Psalm 41:2, David writes,
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The Lord will protect him and keep him alive.
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He shall be called blessed in the land
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and you will not deliver him into the hand
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of his enemies.
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Psalm 41:11, By this I know that you favor
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and delight in me
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because my enemy does not triumph over me.
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Psalm 55:23,
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But you, O God, shall bring them down to the pit
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of destruction: blood thirsty and deceitful
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men - those are his enemies -
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shall not live out half their days,
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but I will trust in you.
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Psalm 57:6,
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David says, My enemies prepared a net for my steps.
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My soul is bowed down.
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They have dug a pit
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before me into the midst of it,
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they themselves have fallen.
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God was delivering him from his enemies.
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In Psalm 56:9, David said,
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then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out,
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this I know for God is with me.
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Psalm 59:1, Deliver me from my enemies,
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Oh God, defend
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and protect me from those
who rise up against me.
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Psalm 60:11,
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Give us help against the enemy
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for vain is the help of man.
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Psalm 61:3, For you have been a shelter
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and a refuge for me,
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a strong tower against the adversary.
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Psalm 64:1, Hear my voice, oh God,
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in my complaint, guard
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and preserve my life from
the terror of the enemy.
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Psalm 71:13, Let them be put to shame
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and consumed who are adversaries to my life.
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Psalm 91:3.
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Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler.
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That is a snare that has been set by the enemy.
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Psalm 107:2, Let the redeemed of the Lord say
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so whom he is redeemed from the hand of the enemy.
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Psalm 108:12, Give us help against the adversary
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for vain is the help of man.
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Psalm 108:13, Through God, we shall do valiantly
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for it is He who shall
tread down our adversaries.
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Psalm 109:29, Let my adversaries be clothed
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with shame and dishonor
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and let them cover themselves
with their own disgrace
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and confusion as with a robe. Psalm 118:5
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6, I called on the Lord in distress.
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The Lord answered me and
sent me in a broad place.
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The Lord is on my side.
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I will not fear; what can man do to me?
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He's talking about his enemies.
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Psalm 118:13, My adversary thrust sorely at me
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that I might fall, but the Lord helped me.
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Psalm 124:7, Our soul has escaped
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as a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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The snare is broken and we have escaped.
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David is describing his escape
from the hand of the enemy.
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Psalm 138:7, Though I walk in the midst
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of trouble, you will revive me.
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You will stretch forth
your hand against the wrath
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of my enemies, and your
right hand will save me.
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Psalm 143:9, Deliver me, oh Lord,
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from my enemies, I flee to you to hide me.
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Psalm 143:12, And in your mercy
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and loving kindness, cut off my enemies
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and destroy all those who afflict me
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for I am your servant.
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Psalm 144:6, Cast forth lightnings
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and scatter my enemies.
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Send out your arrows and
embarrass and frustrate them.
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And then when you come to Proverbs 16:7,
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we find this glorious promise which says,
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When a man's ways please the Lord,
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he makes even his enemies
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to be at peace with him.
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So David knew something about enemies,
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and actually the verses that I've read
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to you are just a
sampling of all the enemy
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and adversary verses in the
book of Psalms. From beginning
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to end, David addresses the subject of enemies.
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So when you come to Psalm 23:5,
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and David says, Thou preparest a table for me
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in the presence
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of my enemy, David knows exactly
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what he is talking about.
in the presence of all
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of his adversaries, all of his foes
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and all of his enemies,
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God has faithfully set
a table in front of him
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and has lavishly provided for
all of the needs in his life.
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And I want to give you one amazing example
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from the Old Testament.
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David fled from King Saul
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because King Saul wanted to kill him.
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And the Bible tells us in 1 Samuel 21:10,
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and David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul
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and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
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Listen to verse 11.
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And the servants of Achish said unto him,
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is not this David the king of the land?
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Did they not sing one to another of him in dances saying,
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Saul Heth slain his thousands
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and David his tens of thousands: verse 12.
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And David laid these words in his heart
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and was so afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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This was an enemy.
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And now David was in the presence of an enemy - verse 13:
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And David changed his behavior before him
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and feigned himself mad in their hands
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and scrambled on the doors of the gate
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and let his spittle fall upon his beard.
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Verse 14: then said, Achish undo his servants, Low
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you see, the man is mad.
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Wherefore then, have
you brought him to me?
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Verse 15: Have I need of madman
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that you've brought this fellow
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to play the madman in my presence?
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Shall this fellow come into my house?
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But David did come into his
house, and it is remarkable
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because Achish had been one of his enemies.
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But the entire time that
David lived in that house,
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in the house of an enemy,
God set a table before David
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and David was lavishly,
taken care of by God.
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God met all of his needs
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and even more when he
was living in the land
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of Gath under the rule of King Achish.
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That is amazing.
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So in the presence of Saul,
God set a table before him.
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In the presence of Achish, God
set a table in front of him.
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He was richly sustained.
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And my friends, God has promised in the 23rd Psalm,
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he's going to richly
provide for you as well.
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How about the example of Elijah?
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Elijah had a serious enemy named
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Queen Jezebel.
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She hated him and Jezebel wanted to kill him.
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So Elijah ran for his life and
he sat under a juniper tree
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and in a state of hopelessness,
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he cried out in 1 Kings 19:4
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and said, Oh, Lord, take away my life.
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Wow! He fell asleep.
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And then he was awakened by an angel who said
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in 1 Kings 19:5, Arise and eat.
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And verse 6 says; And he looked
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and behold there was a cake baked on the coals
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and a cruise of water at his
head, and he did eat and drink
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and laid him down again
and he fell back asleep.
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But then he was awakened a 2nd time.
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And in 1 Kings 19:7, the angel
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of the Lord came again the 2nd time and touched him
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and said, arise and eat.
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God was literally setting the table
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before him, even in the
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And the angel said, arise and eat
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because the journey is too great for thee.
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And he arose and did eat and drink
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and went in the strength
of that meat, 40 days
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and 40 nights unto Horeb, the Mount of God.
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The journey was 150 miles.
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But once he had eaten the 2nd cake that God set
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before him, he had the
strength to supernaturally go
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for the next 40 days and nights.
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It was a divine replenishing, so strong
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that it brought strength into his spirit.
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It brought vigor into his body,
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it brought resilience in his mind.
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Wow, the result of God setting a table
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before him, even in the presence of an enemy.
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And my friends, that is the promise that God makes to me
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and the promise that God makes to you.
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And if you will survey your
past history, you'll see
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that even in moments when
you are living in threatening
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conditions, God faithfully
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provided for you. My friends, God is going
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to provide for you right now.
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We are promised in the 23rd Psalm,
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even in the presence of my enemies,
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you set a table before me,
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but you've gotta open your eyes
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to see the table God is providing for you,
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it's right there. Open your eyes
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and you will see that our great shepherd is being faithful
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to set a table in front
of you, even in the midst
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of a threatening situation. That is the promise
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of the great shepherd to every one of his sheep.
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I'll be back in just a moment,
and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question, What does it mean
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to be reprobate?
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Well, we find the word reprobate several times in the Bible,
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but particularly in Romans 1:28,
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where Paul is describing a society
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that rejects the knowledge of God.
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And he says, even as they did not like
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to retain God in their
knowledge, God released them
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to a reprobate mind.
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It doesn't really say that God
gave them a reprobate mind,
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but God just released them
to their own thinking.
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He released them to a reprobate mind.
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And the word reprobate, is the Greek word, adokimos.
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The word, dokimos describes something that's fit, something
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that's wonderful, but if you put an 'a' on the front,
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it cancels or reverses the condition,
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which means a reprobate mind is a mind
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that has become damaged. Though God created it brilliantly
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and to think correctly, something has happened to that mind
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and now it's become ill affected,
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and it no longer has the
ability to see what is right
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and wrong, whereas Isaiah says in Isaiah 5:
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20, a day will come when people will call lightness
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dark and dark - lightness.
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They will call good - bad, and bad - evil.
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That really is what is a reprobate mind.
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The 23rd Psalm is a
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the Lord is My Shepherd.
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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
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and Denise in 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 and all kinds of video
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and audio, 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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Today,
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we have covered a lot of verses about enemies
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and God setting a table
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before us even in the
presence of our enemies.
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If you feel that you are in
a threatening situation right
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now, maybe it's a person
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or maybe it's an ordeal
that you're facing,
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God promises He will set a table
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for you even in the
presence of that person
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or that situation.
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And if you'll open your
eyes to look, you'll see
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that God is taking care of you.
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That is one of his promises to his people
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that is recorded in the 23rd Psalm.
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And that's why I want you
to order the whole series
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called Psalm 23,
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The Lord is My Shepherd,
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and it comes with a wonderful study guide.
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My friends, this psalm is
just jam packed with promises
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and we need to understand those promises
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so we can embrace them and
experience them in our life.
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And God promises he'll set a table
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for you even in the presence of an enemy
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or a threatening situation.
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That's God's promise to you.
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And we're also offering
you right now the book
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by Tony Cook called,
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Because the Lord is My Shepherd, the blessings
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of an Empowered Life.
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Let us know how to pray for you.
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But Father, I thank you that it doesn't matter
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what we're facing or who is against us.
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You are the one who delivers
us and you set a table
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before us, even in the
presence of our enemies.
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Help us to open our eyes to see the table
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that you have put in front of us, in Jesus' name,
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Amen. I'll see you tomorrow,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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"Where the word of a king is there's power."
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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, I repent
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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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If you just prayed the
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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We would love to connect with you.
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
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Together we can make a difference
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