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Hello friend. Welcome to
Time With Denise Renner.
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I'm so glad you're with me today
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because we've been talking about
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how we can love others better,
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and I've been receiving
some of your comments.
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Thank you so much.
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I know that this program,
this subject is very important
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because the Bible says in the last days
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that men's hearts will grow cold
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and they'll be rebellious,
they'll be haters of God,
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there'll be inventors of evil,
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they will be disobedient to parents.
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They will want to judge everybody and criticize everybody.
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And oh, it's, it's not, it's not a pretty place.
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You can see it in Romans 1.
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And it's, and that's, I believe that's where we are.
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And we need to know how
we can love others better.
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We've got to have equipment
from the word of God, how
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to love others better.
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And I wanna offer you my
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10 part video series: it's How
Can I Love Others Better?
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And I'm even suggesting that
you could do a Bible study
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with your friends and this would make amazing conversation.
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And it comes with a study guide.
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You can have a study
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And then also to today,
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I wanna offer you my 2 little books, Gift of Forgiveness
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Oh, I'm so excited about today
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because we're gonna talk about
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how we can love others better,
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but how we can use our own self-control.
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So stay with me and I'm coming right back.
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It's time for big miracles
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of Christ Jesus living in you.
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It's time with Denise Renner.
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So we're talking about how
we can love others better.
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And we've talked about how
we can't say to people,
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I don't need you, and we keep
and are harden our hearts.
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Can't do that. What about - help me - I'm being critical.
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Again, we've talked about that
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and how we need to keep criticism out of our heart, out
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of our mouth, and speak praises to each other
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and encourage one another.
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And what does patience
have to do with love?
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Patience has a lot to do with
love. What about our words?
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Oh gosh. Our words can
either build up or tear down.
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And the importance of forgiveness - we talked about that.
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And then about being thankful.
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All these attributes are going
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to help us love people better.
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That's really important.
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And today we're going to talk about
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How we can take our own Thoughts Captive
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with our own self-control that the Holy Spirit put
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inside of us when we got born again.
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It's so important that we recognize
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that fruit of the spirit - self-control -
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and that we love God with not
only our heart and our soul,
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but also with our mind.
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And that our mind agrees
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with the word of God.
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And the Bible says that you're
to love the Lord your God,
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with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind,
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and with all your strength.
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And, and then, nowadays, people say - Well,
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your mind is the control center of your life.
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Well, we as Christians, we really don't want it
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to be our mind to be the control center.
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We want our spirit mingled
with the Holy Spirit,
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the the 3rd person of the Godhead on the inside of us.
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We want that to be our control center.
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And we're learning about how much power we have
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in the fruits of the Spirit in our spirit.
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And we're gonna talk about this one today, Self-Control
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and how powerful
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that is in causing our mind to think
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right. And I wanna start with
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amazing example,
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and I believe that that's Daniel.
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So I want you to go with me to Daniel and it's chapter 2,
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and in Daniel 2,
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what's happened is the children
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of Israel have been taken captive by Babylon,
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by King Nebuchadnezzar.
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King Nebuchadnezzar has made eunuchs out
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of different young men.
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Daniel's one of those: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego,
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his friends also.
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And but it says
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that Daniel purposed in his heart
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that he would not defile
himself before God.
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And he even told the king's
main servant, he said,
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please don't give us this food, your wine,
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all your fancy food and just
give us vegetables and water.
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And that was a risk right there.
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But the man did that
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and he found that the Hebrew children
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were stronger, 10 times
stronger than all the others
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who were eating the king's
delicacies and his wine.
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So one day
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the king, he has a dream,
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and in the dream he didn't
know what the dream was
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and it's haunting him.
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So he doesn't know what the dream is.
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As of course, he doesn't
know the interpretation.
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And now he's losing sleep
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because he's so worried about this dream.
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So he went to all of his soothsayers and magicians
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and all these wise men,
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and he said, tell me what the
interpretation of my dream is.
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Well, they can't even tell
him what the dream is.
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So how can they tell
him the interpretation?
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And it's interesting to what they say
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because they, they say to the king, well,
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tell us the, tell us the dream
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and we'll tell you the interpretation.
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Well, the dream, the king
noticed that that was not
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the right way to act.
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And he said, if you do not tell me the
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interpretation to my dream: he said to all the soothsayers,
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all the magicians, all these wise men, which Daniel and
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and Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego were in that group.
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He said, if you don't tell me,
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then I'm gonna chop you into pieces
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and I'm gonna burn your houses down.
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So the next thing we see that happens,
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in verse 12 of chapter 2 - For this reason,
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the king was angry and very furious
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and gave the command to destroy all the wise men
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of Babylon. Verse 13:
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So the decree went out
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and they began killing the wise men
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and they sought Daniel
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and his companions to kill them.
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Then verse 14: then with counsel
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and wisdom, Daniel answered
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Arioch, the captain of the guard's army who had gone out
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to kill the wise men of Babylon.
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Friend, when I read this,
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I thought about the power of self-control
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and the benefits of self-control.
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Daniel answers this -
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he was probably a huge man.
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I mean, he's probably got the ax in hand: ready.
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They're already chopping people into pieces
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and burning their houses down.
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It was already going on.
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He was at Daniel's house
to bring him into the place
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to chop him into pieces and to burn his house down.
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And Daniel answers with counsel
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and wisdom.
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I thought - Lord, what kind
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of self-control is it
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that we could have
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that if someone is standing
there threatening our life
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and everything we own,
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but we answer not with fear
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and intimidation,
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but with counsel and wisdom.
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That was Daniel. That was Daniel.
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He answered with counsel and wisdom.
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And then it says - And he answered
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and said to Arioch, the king's captain -
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Why is this decree from the king's so urgent?
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Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel.
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So Daniel went in
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and asked the king to give time that he might tell the king
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the interpretation. Friend,
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to move in this kind of authority,
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this kind of peace takes great self-control.
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It's... a self-control that says - Fear,
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No, you don't have any place here.
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Yes, I know my life is threatened,
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but fear you have no place here.
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And as it says in 2 Timothy 1:7,
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God's not given us a spirit of fear,
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but of power, love, and a sound mind.
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Well, Daniel, he doesn't have
the Holy Spirit on the inside,
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but he is absolutely
operating from that place of
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that great fruit on the inside
of you and I - self-control.
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And he answers with counsel
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and wisdom, the very man who is going,
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is threatening his life and all of his possessions
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and says to him - let me go to the king.
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So Daniel has just great
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this is a great gift I'm talking to you about.
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I'm not just talking to
you today about Daniel.
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I'm talking today about you.
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I'm talking today about you
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and the self-control that's
on the inside of you.
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And that if we would tap
into that self-control,
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oh we would, we would move forward.
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We would be not intimidated.
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We would have peace in our heart:
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like Daniel moving forward like this to go talk to the king.
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He goes to the king. He's so bold.
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He says, give me some time
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and I'll come back with
the interpretation.
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Do you realize that if
he didn't come back with
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that interpretation, he was going to be chopped into pieces
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and his house was going to be burned down,
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but he had that confidence
from the Holy Spirit,
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not the Holy Spirit on the inside,
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but the Holy Spirit on the outside and
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and he said, it says in
verse 19 that he went
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to his companions
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and that they might seek
the mercies from God.
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And it says that Daniel saw a night vision
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and he received the interpretation.
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And Daniel praises God.
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And I wanna bring this out
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because a lot of times when God does something,
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we just go on, we don't really thank him.
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But look what Daniel did.
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Daniel said, blessed be the name of God forever
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and ever for wisdom and might are His.
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And it changes the times and the seasons.
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He removes kings and raises up kings.
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He gives wisdom to the wise
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and knowledge to those
who have understanding.
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He reveals deep and secret things.
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He knows what is in the darkness
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and light dwells with him.
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I thank you and praise
you, oh God of my fathers.
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You have given me wisdom and might
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and have now made known to me
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what we ask of you, for you have made known
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to us the king's demand.
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And the next thing with all boldness
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and competence,
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Daniel walks into the audience of the king
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and he says, I have what you need.
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And Daniel says...
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he answered in the presence of the king, verse 40:27,
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The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men,
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the astrologers, the magicians,
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and the soothsayers, cannot declare to the king.
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But there is a God in heaven who
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reveals secrets.
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And he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar
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what will be the latter days?
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Your dream and the visions
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of your head upon your bed were these. As for you,
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O king, thoughts came to you, your mind,
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while on your bed about what
would come to pass after this.
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And he who reveals secrets has made known
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to you what it will be.
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But as for me, this secret
has not been revealed to me
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because I have more
wisdom than anyone living,
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but for our sakes, who make
known the interpretation
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to the king and that you
may know the thoughts
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of your heart.
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This self-control
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and the peace that we receive
when we are operating in
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self-control.
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Along with that comes humility.
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Do you see the humility
that was in Daniel?
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Daniel didn't say, oh yes,
I am the brilliant one.
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I am the smartest one
living. He said, no, I'm not.
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I'm not the smartest one living,
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but this has been revealed.
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So basically you won't kill us all
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and that you'll know the
thoughts of your heart.
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And what's so amazing to me is the dream
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that God gave to this wicked king,
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to a wicked king, was the culmination
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of the ages.
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I'm not going into it.
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You go and read it,
it's completely amazing.
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He gave that dream to
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that wicked king,
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and he gave the revelation of
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what the dream was
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and it's interpretation to Daniel.
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Why could God trust Daniel?
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Because first of all, in chapter one,
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Daniel purposed in his heart
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that he would not defile himself.
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Second, he had such self-control,
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that he answered a man who was coming to kill him
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with wisdom, with counsel
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and wisdom. Friend,
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when we operate from that place of self-control,
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we open our ourself to a place
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where God can trust us with more.
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And maybe, you know, Daniel gave
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that interpretation to the king.
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The king prostrated himself
on the before Daniel,
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and elevated him in the
kingdom, gave him many gifts
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and riches,
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but it started with a heart that purposed to not
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to defile himself and 2nd - self-control.
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And he stood there when
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murder was facing him with counsel
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and wisdom. For him,
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when the enemy comes against us,
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let's say thoughts come against you,
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maybe accusing thoughts come against you,
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and then you listen to those thoughts,
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and then it affects your emotions,
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and then it affects what you do.
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And here's this onslaught from the enemy.
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Well, you don't answer those thoughts, with thoughts.
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You answer those thoughts
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and that attack with words.
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Daniel was operating not just with thoughts,
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he operated with words.
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He said - Let me go to the king.
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Let me ask my God - will seek God.
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Now, I'll go into the king.
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I'll tell the king that I have the answer.
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Do you see how he was operating?
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Not from just thinking,
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but he was operating
from a place of speaking
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and taking authority.
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And the Bible says in 2 Corinthians
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and it's chapter 10, and it's verse 4 and 5,
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and it says that we can take the thoughts of the enemy
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that try to come against us,
we can take them captive.
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Look at this scripture.
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It's verse 4 of 2 Corinthians 10:4 -
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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
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but they're mighty, mighty in God
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for pulling down strongholds.
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The weapons that you have,
if you just think, well,
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that's not so very powerful.
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But if you speak these
weapons, they're powerful
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and they pull down strongholds.
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They pull down accusation from the enemy,
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they pull down -
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maybe you're accusing yourself: maybe you're listening
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to his accusations against you or somebody else.
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Your thinking won't stop that
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but your words can: just like Daniel. Listen to this
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and you will operate in great authority.
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Look at verse 5:
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Casting down arguments in every high thing
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that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
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bringing every thought into the captivity, to the obedience
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of Christ.
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You see, when we use that beautiful fruit of the spirit
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self-control -
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and we say - No, to the enemy - No,
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to these thoughts - No, to anything
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that is against the obedience of Christ.
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I'm bringing that thought down.
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If that's against the knowledge of God, I'm bringing
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that thought down.
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Do you see how we step into that authority? Daniel -
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what amazing authority that he stepped into with
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that self-control brought him into that place
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of great authority.
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When you and I take advantage
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and acknowledge what God
has given us in our spirit,
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self-control,
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and we use the weapons that he's given us,
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and we say - No, devil - you are not in authority
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here - I am,
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and I am going to cast down arguments
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and every high thing
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that exalts itself against
the knowledge of God.
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I'm gonna bring every thought into the obedience
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and captivity of Christ.
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When you step into that
place of authority,
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the devil has to move out of the way.
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Oh, friend, we have authority.
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And how is this gonna help
us love others better?
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Well, when the enemy
comes in against us, tries
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to bring fear on us,
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and we act like a fearful
person, well that that affects
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how we treat people.
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What if the enemy comes against your mind
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about accusing someone else?
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If you pull that thought down,
that's gonna help you love
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that person better.
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You may be the very person
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that the answer is on
the inside of you for
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that other person.
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Oh friend. You are not the
victim. You're the victor.
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And God has given you that amazing fruit
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of the spirit on the inside, self-control,
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that you can use your mouth
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and you can pull down every stronghold
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or lie from the devil
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that would come against you in your mind,
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and that is going to help
us love others better.
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of the Holy Spirit on the
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coupled with you speaking
to those thoughts
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that come against you,
maybe against yourself
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or against someone else, and you pulling that into captivity
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and obedience of Christ.
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as we need to be.
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God has not left anything else out
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that we just stand as a victim.
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No, we are complete victors
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Father, I thank you that
you have equipped us,
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outfitted us on the inside of
our spirit with self-control.
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And you've given us the power
to pull down any strongholds
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that are, that are trying
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of lies in our mind,
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and we can pull them
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of the Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we thank you for this power
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and authority in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Friend, I've enjoyed
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Please let us know how
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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