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This program is made
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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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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My name is Rick Renner
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and today we're returning
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to the series called, Spiritual Care.
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And as I've told you in previous episodes,
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I received this entire series one night in a dream.
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I dreamed it during the night.
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The dream was so lucid, it was so vivid.
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I saw every program,
everything that I taught,
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and I jumped out of bed,
ran to the room where I read
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and study my Bible and where I pray,
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and by the way, I pray
there every morning for you
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and I began to type out on my
computer everything I had seen
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in the dream and I
understood the Lord wanted me
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to teach it to you.
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So that is why this week
I'm doing this series,
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which is called, Spiritual Care.
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It is a 5-part series. It comes with the study guide.
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Everything in the series
is in this study guide
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because I believe in science
proves that when you read,
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while you see or hear the series,
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it really has a double whammy effect.
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It really causes the teaching
to get down deep inside you.
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And I'm so excited to
tell you about my book,
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which is called My Spirit Empowered Day.
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And I love this book
because God wants every day
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of our lives to be spirit empowered.
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And I believe this book will
help you step into the spirit
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empowered life.
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But if you want to know
more about these resources,
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just go online.
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Email address is on the screen
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or you can call the number on the screen.
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We would love to take your call.
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And whether you wanna
know about these resources
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or not, if you've got a prayer
need, also call that number
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or send us an email.
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And when we hear from you,
we're gonna release our faith.
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We're gonna pray scripturally, biblically,
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Jesus is gonna hear us
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and Jesus is gonna really do what needs
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to be done in your life.
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Say amen. Anyway, call the
number or send us an email
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and I want you to reach for your Bible.
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We always use the Bible in this program.
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And as I've been telling you recently, I am really believing
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for revival of the Bible in the church.
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And when I say a revival of the Bible,
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I'm not just talking about Bible reading,
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I'm talking about the art of verse by verse teaching
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of the Bible, which has nearly disappeared from the modern
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church. And my friends,
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when people are not given the verse by verse teaching
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of the Bible, they have great gaps in their
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spiritual understanding.
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So let's believe for revival of the Bible.
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But today I'm gonna return to the subject
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of taking care of people.
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This series is called spiritual care.
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And as I told you in the previous episode,
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no one impacted me more about how to care
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for people than my mother,
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Erlita Renner, who is now in Heaven.
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And in fact, it was my mother
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who established the Partner Care part of our ministry
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and she oversaw that part of our ministry for years
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and years and years.
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And we were Southern Baptists
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and as Southern Baptist, we did not believe
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that a woman could be a pastor;
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yet, my mother really had a pastoral gift.
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And so as I was growing
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and even though she couldn't be a pastor,
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that gift was in her.
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And my mother pastored
everything that moved.
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You could ask my sisters,
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they will tell you the phone
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because people knew if they needed help,
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they should call Erlita Renner.
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And mother was on the phone checking on people.
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And by observing my mother,
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I really learned there is nothing more
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important than people.
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And if you're connected to
our ministry, I want you
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to understand we value you
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and we believe there's nothing
more important than people
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and souls for whom Jesus died.
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And much of what we do in
our partner ministry is due
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to the teaching of my mother
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who really impacted me about the need
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to spiritually care for people.
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But in this series we've been seeing
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that God has not called us to do life alone.
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And it's so sad
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that people are lonely when
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to be connected to somebody else.
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And as we've seen Ecclesiastes 3:
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9 says - Two are better than one
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because they have a good reward for their labor.
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You can do a lot by yourself,
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but when you're connected
to somebody else, you
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and that other person
working together, your labor
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and your reward is much bigger.
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And this verse clearly says
two are better than one.
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And I wanna quickly review
another verse which we saw
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yesterday in Psalm 133:1-3.
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I just love this.
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It's really been a
hallmark verse in my life.
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Listen to what it says, Psalm 133 beginning in verse 1.
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Behold - it means, wow, listen to this -
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How good and how pleasant it is for brethren
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to dwell together in unity.
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Most people focus on the word unity,
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but you don't have unity unless you're dwelling together.
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And here we find a picture of people
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that are connected to one another.
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This is not the body of Christ
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These are people co-joined to each other,
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they're living in partnership
together, working together
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as co-laborers in the kingdom of God.
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They're dwelling together in unity.
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It is like the precious ointment upon the head
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that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard.
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So he's talking about Aaron - that went down to the skirts
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of his garments.
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those that are dwelling together
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and that are working together.
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And we know from the Old Testament
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that when they poured the oil upon Aaron's head, they poured
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and poured it, ran down his
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dribbled down onto his garment, down the pleats of his robe,
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until finally it went all the way to his feet.
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And Aaron was standing in a puddle of anointing.
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How would you like for the body of Christ to be so anointed
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that we're standing in
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Well, that's what happened
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when brethren are dwelling together;
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when we're in partnership with others doing the work of God,
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God bestows his anointing to the point
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that we stand in a puddle of anointing.
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And then verse 3 says - It is the dew of Hermon
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and as the dew that descended
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For there - there where brethren are dwelling together
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and working together and are in unity - there the Lord
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commands his blessing even life for evermore.
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And here the example of the anointing is likened to the dew.
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Alright, let's cover it again.
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What is dew? Dew is moisture that is in the atmosphere,
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but you can't see it, you cannot see it,
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you cannot make it manifest.
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But if the atmospheric conditions are just perfect,
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there is what is called a dew point.
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And when those conditions are met,
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suddenly the moisture in the
air shows up on everything
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and we call it dew. Wow! - it's on the grass.
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If your car's outside, it covers your car.
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If your kids left their bicycle
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or their toys in the
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it's on the toys, it's on the
bushes, it's on the flowers.
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Do is everywhere it just shows up.
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But for it to show up,
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the atmospheric conditions have to be correct.
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And now we find that when brethren dwell together in unity,
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when you're joined to somebody else in the body of Christ,
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you're working in partnership
with your local church
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or a faith community or you're
a partner with a ministry
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and together you're doing the work of God.
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It creates the atmosphere
for the anointing
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to show up everywhere.
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Just like Aaron was standing
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suddenly the anointing of God, like dew droplets
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of the anointings show up everywhere
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and the body of Christ is then covered
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with the anointing of God.
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That's what I want in my life.
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And I know that you want
that in your life as well.
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Well according to Psalm 133:1,
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this occurs when brethren are dwelling together,
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they're working together,
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they're partnering together
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Suddenly the anointing of God shows up.
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Well in our ministry have
some specific assignments.
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We read in Proverbs 10:21, The lips
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of the righteous feed many
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and we know it is our job
to feed as many people
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as possible, the wonderful word of God.
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And from this studio,
which is in Moscow, Russia,
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we are producing more than 2000 full
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TV programs every year in multiple languages,
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in all kinds of formats.
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And we're sending them around the earth
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because we know the lips of the righteous feed
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many. We do our part, but our partners also do their part.
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It's not just us, we're doing it with them.
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Then we also read in Romans 15:1, We then
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that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak
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and not to please ourselves.
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Then Galatians 6:2 says,
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Bear ye one another's burdens
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and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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And between Romans 15:1
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and Galatians 6:2, we find
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that God instructs us to care
for those who have any needs
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of any kind. We're to bear one another's burdens.
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That means that when we find somebody has a need, we're
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to crawl into that need
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and to help them carry that need
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so they're not carrying it alone.
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That's what we do from our Tulsa office.
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From our base in Tulsa and our offices
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and other parts of the world,
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we receive phone calls, we receive letters,
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and my friends, not only do we receive
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them, we call them back.
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We're communicating with people constantly
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because we really believe
that if you're strong, you're
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to bear the infirmities of the weak
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and that we're to crawl under the burdens
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that other people are carrying to help them carry it
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so they're not carrying it alone.
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I think about people that go to church
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and every week they come
to church lonely, they come
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to church burdened and
they leave church lonely
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and they leave church still burdened.
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They didn't really connect with anybody. My friends,
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it's not supposed to be that way.
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And that's why I say that if you've got a need,
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reach out to us.
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We really believe this is a
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And finally we come to the great commission,
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which is Matthew 28:18-20, which says, And Jesus came
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and speak to them saying -
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All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth.
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Verse 19: Go ye therefore.
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And the Greek means going keep on going.
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It's not what you're supposed
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to continually do.
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I've got a family, I can't go.
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with a faith community
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or when you partner with
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your finances, your faith
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and your prayers enables them to go.
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go and keep going.
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Teaching all nations
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and baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
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Verse 20: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
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I've commanded you, and my friends,
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it's unfortunate that in many churches today,
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the great commission is not even referred to
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and people don't even know what it is.
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people don't even know what that is.
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mandate that Christ gave
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to the church and this
ministry is committed
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to teaching all nations.
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That's why we write books,
produce study guides.
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because Jesus commanded us to
take his teaching to the ends
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of the Earth.
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call for us to do it,
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but we are so committed to
those who help us that I take
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to heart very seriously the words of God
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to the shepherds in Ezekiel 34.
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with shepherds or with the pastors
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because they're not doing their job.
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And the word of the Lord came unto me saying, Son
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of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel.
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I never want God to have to prophesy against me -
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Prophesy and saying unto them,
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Thus sayeth the Lord God unto the shepherds; woe be
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to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves.
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Should not the shepherds feed the flocks.
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There's nothing wrong
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but it's wrong for them to eat
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but not take care of the flocks.
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That's what God was upset about.
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to say to the shepherds - You eat the fat,
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you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill them
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that are fed, but you feed not the flock.
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or being clothed.
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He wasn't against that.
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that they were not
taking care of the flock.
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The flock is very, very
important in the mind of God.
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We're talking about the
flock of God, the church.
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have you not strengthened.
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Neither have you healed
that which was sick,
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neither have you bound
up that which was broken,
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neither have you brought again
that which was driven away.
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which was lost, but with force
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and with cruelty, have you ruled them.
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of Israel and here they are.
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No.1: You feed not the flock.
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No.2: the diseased have you not strengthened.
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No.3: you have not healed that which was sick.
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No.4: you have not bound up that which was broken.
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No.5: you have not brought again
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that which was driven away.
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So if we stop right there,
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we find the reason why God
was upset with the shepherds
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of Israel or with any shepherd
that fails to do their job;
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these were their failures.
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They were failing to
meet God's expectations.
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Well, if you look at
these list of failures
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and reverse it, then you find out
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what is God's expectation for
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how those are in spiritual leadership are
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to care for the flock.
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And I take this as God's mandate to me and to our ministry.
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And in fact, if you go to our ministry headquarters in
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Tulsa, these are on the wall in a very prominent position
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because we believe this
is God's mandate to us
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and how we are to care
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for those who've joined
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They're our partners. They
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Well, if you reverse it,
here are God's expectations.
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No.1: you must feed the flock.
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No.2: you must strengthen the 'dis-eased'.
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Understand that it's the word diseased,
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but I call it 'dis-eased'
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and I'll come back to
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No.3: you must heal that which was sick.
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No.4: you must bind up that which was broken.
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No.5: you must bring again
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that which was driven away.
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to spiritually care for people.
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Well, what does it mean? Let's begin with No.1.
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You must feed the flock.
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It's interesting that when you read Ezekiel 34,
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and over says to the shepherds of Israel,
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you did not feed you did not
feed you did not feed you did
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not feed the flock.
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and of any pastor in any church. We are called
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to feed the church of God.
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And my friends, were not
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to prepare food at the very last moment.
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We're to treat them like they are
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God's holy people that have gathered around the table.
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feast to the people of God
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and to serve them food
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that they can trust is
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We've gotta bring them
teaching they can trust.
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of our own ministry.
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And God said to the shepherds
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but this is my expectation.
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You must feed the flock.
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This is why we produce programs.
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YouTube, writing books, doing study guides
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because we believe this
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to feed the flock.
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dis-eased.
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physical sickness.
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that people are dis-eased in many parts of their life.
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and you look at your congregation,
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everybody might look great,
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but if you dig a little
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that people in your church, even people
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that seem successful, they are
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dis-eased in various areas of their life.
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People are dis-eased,
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for example, in their self-image.
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People are dis-eased in their emotions
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and in their mind. People are dis-eased in their
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relationships.
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People are dis-eased in their social life.
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Unfortunately, many people are dis-eased
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in their church life.
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People are dis-eased in their finances.
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People are dis-eased in their marriages.
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People are dis-eased in their physical health.
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anyone entrusted with the
spiritual care of others is
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to address all these various areas
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as dis-ease needs that need to be strengthened.
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We are commanded to strengthen
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and that is a priority in our ministry.
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But then No.3: it says, you must heal thus sick.
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and the body.
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When Jesus died on the cross, he paid the price
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with his stripes for you to be
healed in your entire being:
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in your mind, in your soul, in your body.
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And we have a God-given
responsibility to heal those
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that are sick in any of these areas.
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need in any of these areas,
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we want to pray for you.
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Then No.4: bind up the broken.
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You must bind up the broken.
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that have been shattered or fractured in life.
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My friends, almost everybody's been shattered.
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Everybody has been fractured
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People are broken by life experiences.
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People are shattered by relationships. They really are.
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People are shattered by divorce.
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People are shattered and
broken by financial stress
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and financial need.
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People are shattered and
broken by health issues.
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So many people are fractured
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and God has given us the call to heal
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and to bind up those that are fractured
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and those that are broken.
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that; it is such an honor.
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And finally, No.5: you must bring again those
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that are driven away.
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Do you know a lot of
people who have left church
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and when they leave church,
nobody even checks on them
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and they think, well, now I
found out how important I was.
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Nobody has even noticed I'm gone.
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Many people leave church
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because they misunderstood something
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that happened at church.
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People leave for all kinds of reasons. They're offended.
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That's a bad reason to leave a church.
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well, good riddance, God says - You're to go after them.
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You are to bring again those that are driven away.
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They're not to live in isolation.
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They're supposed to be in the church,
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functioning in the church.
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And I'm gonna tell you, that's why we
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as a ministry are very, very serious
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when it seems somebody has disappeared, we're calling them.
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We're checking on them, not
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because we're a big brother that wants to control everything
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and it's not about money, it's about their soul.
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We wanna make sure that they are all right
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and you need to have the same
attitude in checking on people
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that have disappeared from your life.
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And finally it says, you
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We're talking about the unsaved.
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Hey, it's great to care for our own,
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but if we care for our own,
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but we're not reaching the
people that Jesus died for,
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we're missing a major part of
what God has called us to do.
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My friends, all of this is
so very, very important.
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So here it is: You must feed the flock.
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You must strengthen the dis-eased.
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You must heal that which was sick.
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You must bind up that which was broken.
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You must bring again that which was driven away.
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And so many have been driven away.
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We need to go after them and bring them back.
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You must seek that which was lost.
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That is God's mandate to shepherds
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or to anybody who is entrusted
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with spiritual care of others.
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Now I want you to think
about how you can apply this
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to your own life and the way
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that you take good spiritual
care of people that you know
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and people that you love.
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But hey, we're gonna start here again tomorrow.
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This has been good, but I'll be back
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and I'm gonna pray for
you in just a moment.
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Loneliness is a horrible
thing to experience,
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but God never meant for you
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to be alone. From the very beginning
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He said - It is not good for man to be alone.
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In Rick Renner's 5-part series, Spiritual Care,
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you'll learn about God's design for people
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to live in partnership, community
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and spiritual connection with each other.
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In these lessons, Rick teaches: How
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to build lasting spiritual strength: How to strengthen,
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heal, and restore others in Christ's love:
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How partnering with others unlocks God's blessing -
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and more - available in digital
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or physical formats starting at just $11.
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Spiritual care will reinvigorate your relationship
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with your coworkers.
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In the kingdom of God, there's
something great in mighty
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that Jesus wants to do for you.
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In addition to this teaching series,
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you can order Rick's book - my Spirit Empowered Day
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for just $20.
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Every day of your life is
meant to be spirit empowered
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and you can really learn
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and practice what it means
to go deeper with the Lord
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through this 31 day devotional.
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Don't miss this special offer, the series, Spiritual Care
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and the book, My Spirit Empowered Day.
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Visit renner.org to order.
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Call the number on your screen
or scan the QR code now.
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Call or go online now.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner,
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and right now I'm standing
in the reception area
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of the Tulsa Ministry Headquarters.
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And this building is just so wonderful.
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You know the Bible tells us in Proverbs 10:21, The lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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And I know that is our assignment.
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God has called us to feed many
people the trusted teaching
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of the Bible.
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And together with you and all of our partners,
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we really are taking the trusted teaching of the Word of God
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to the very ends of the Earth.
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Right now, we've paid off about 82% of this facility
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and that is just wonderful.
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And my friends, we can
only do it with your help.
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So thank you if you're
already a part of the team.
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And if not yet part of the
team, please join us as a part
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of the Giving Team to pay off this facility
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so we can be finished with it
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and use these funds to
take the gospel further
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to other places across the world.
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Well, today we have covered a lot
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of material in this series, which is called, Spiritual Care,
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which comes with a study guide.
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And I wanna mention to you one more time my book,
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My Spirit Empowered Day.
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I know these resources
will strengthen your life
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and my friends, if you need prayer,
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just like I've taught in the
program today, reach out to us
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because we will crawl under the burden that you're carrying
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with you and spiritually we will pray
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and help you carry that,
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and so fulfill the law of Christ - what a privilege.
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Just call the number or send us an email
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and we will really begin to pray for you.
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But I wanna pray for you now.
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So put your hand on your heart.
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Father, thank you that
you've not called us
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to do life alone.
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You've called us to do life
with others that we partner
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with, and we work together
in the kingdom of God.
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And Lord, please give us a
deep sense of responsibility
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to spiritually care for others
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in the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen. Well, I'm gonna
be back here tomorrow.
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We're gonna start right here.
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Please don't miss tomorrow's episode,
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but until then I want you to remember Ecclesiastes 8:
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4 says, "Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey friends, my wife
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and I are coming to the United States
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to hold some wonderful meetings
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and I want to tell you about them,
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but please be sure to go to our website
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to affirm all these times and dates
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because sometimes things change.
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On Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January 30th, 31st
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and February 1st, we're coming to Mesa, Arizona,
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to Vida Church to be with Pastors Ben
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and Kara Diaz. On Sunday, February 8th, we're coming
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to Southfield, Michigan to be at Word of Faith
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with Bishop Keith and Pastor Deborah Butler.
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On Sunday, February 15th, we're coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma
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to be at Millennial Church with Pastors Paul
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and Karen Brady.
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And on Saturday and Sunday, February 21st
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and 22nd, we're coming to Midland, North Carolina
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to Encounter Church to be with Bishop Alan
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and Tera DiDio -
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and friend, I want to invite you to come to one
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of these meetings.
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We're waiting to see you there.
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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
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life.
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Amen. If you just prayed
the prayer of salvation
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with us, 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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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God called Partners of Renner Ministries.