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of the God-called partners
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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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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple, but dive deep,
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revealing a truth that strengthens us, a love
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that emboldens, 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 I've been sitting right here just
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waiting for this moment.
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And today, I'm here with
my son, Philip Renner.
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Philip, welcome to today's program.
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I'm so happy to be here.
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I'm glad that you're here, Philip.
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And friends, I want to tell you,
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Philip has written an amazing
book called, A Fasted Life.
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The subtitle says - Developing a Lifestyle of Intimacy
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and Power With God.
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And this book is really, really practical.
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And I decided that we
needed to teach on fasting
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because Jesus covers it in Matthew 6,
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and actually all over the gospels, Jesus addresses fasting.
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And he taught on it to his disciples
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because he anticipated
they would be fasting.
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Now today, people kind of
act like it's something
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that we no longer need to do.
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But if Jesus expected
his disciples to fast,
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then he expects us to fast.
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And we need to know how to do it.
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But Phillip's book is just tremendous.
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And the whole series this week
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is called - What Jesus Said About Fasting.
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It comes with a great study guide.
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And today we're going to be sharing
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with you suggested guidelines for fasting.
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And if you would like
to have a copy of this,
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you can download it by going
online or give us a call
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and we will send a hard copy to you.
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But please also remember that
we're here to pray for you.
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And if you'll call the
number on the screen
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or send us an email, we're going
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to really release our faith.
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And Jesus is going to hear
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and Jesus really will do
what needs to be done.
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And sometimes it's different than
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what we think needs to be done.
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But Jesus loves you.
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And when we pray, he's going to move
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and he knows exactly
what needs to be done.
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So call the number or send us
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an email and we'll begin to pray.
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But Philip, in your book,
you have suggested guidelines
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for fasting, and there are 20 of them.
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And so I want you to begin reading,
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and let's go through all 20 of these
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as fast as we can today.
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If we can't finish it all today, we'll continue tomorrow.
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But Philip, let's begin with No.1. Are you ready?
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I'm ready. - All right, let's go.
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All right. No.1: Drink lots of water.
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You must be hydrated during the fast.
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Drinks with caffeine are not recommended.
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Caffeine dehydrates the body.
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What would you like to say about that?
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I'd like to say that it's very important
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that you drink water.
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And sometimes when you want
strength, you'll say - Oh,
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I want some coffee. But you have to be careful with that
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because caffeine dehydrates you
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and it will bring you to a place where you're tired again.
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But if you can get about a gallon of water a day,
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then you are going to
be very, very strong.
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And also all of the everything that needs
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to be flushed out of your body will flush out
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of your body through that water.
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Point No.2. - Point No.2: the toughest time
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of a fast will usually be the 3rd or 4th day.
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Your body is flushing out toxins that are being released
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through headaches, dizziness, fatigue.
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By the 5th day, your body will adjust
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and it will get easier.
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Now I can testify that is the truth.
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It's true. It's true.
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And a lot of people say,
Oh, I'm not healthy enough.
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About the 3rd or 4th day, I get sick
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and it must mean that I'm not healthy enough to fast. Well,
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what it actually means is all the junk
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that you ate is coming out
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and all of your cells are regenerating
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and your body is crying out.
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I've never been in this place before,
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but that's what's happening on the 3rd or 4th day.
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So I would say don't give up.
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No.3.
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Days when you feel pain or
lack of strength are usually
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because you are losing weight.
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Not because you are getting sick.
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Go and pray and you will be refreshed.
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Consult a doctor if needed.
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I've been in that place many
times where you feel pain
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and you're losing weight that day.
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And you can even feel it when
you're, when you're walking.
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You're walking a little bit slower.
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But be strong and take more time to pray
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because prayer is your food during fasting.
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And what I've noticed is that if you don't pray,
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you're going to be much more fatigued
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because you're not eating your food, which is prayer.
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Okay. No.4: - Never drink dairy such as milk
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followed by acidic drinks
such as an orange juice.
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This causes a very painful
explosion in the stomach.
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This happened to me and
it was very painful.
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And I had no idea about it.
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I didn't know that this
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that kind of thing was
going to really hurt.
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So be wise
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and do not mix fresh
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juice with milk.
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Or dairy
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products.
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Philip, I really like these suggestions
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because they're so practical.
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But how about No.5?
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Drink quality water with a pH balance of 7.5 and higher
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and quality juice, preferably freshly squeezed juices
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or organic.
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Okay, Philip, how do people
know they have drinking water
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with a PA balance of seven and a half?
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It says it on the bottle.
Okay.
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You just look for it.
That's pretty
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Simple.
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And honestly, you can study the internet
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and you can say what is good water?
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What is a good pH balance?
What should I drink?
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Okay. - No.6.
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No.6 is also connected to water.
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So let's go ahead and move to No.6.
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Let's go. Drink mainly
room temperature water
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or warm water so that your
body is not wasting energy,
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heating it up as it processes it.
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So if you drink cold water,
then your body is going
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to be cold and you're going to
be using energy in your body
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to heat up that water.
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So if you do room temperature
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or hot water, then you're going
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to strengthen yourself during that fast.
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And it's important to remember that when you're fasting,
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you usually lack heat in your body.
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You're a little colder anyway. Yes.
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And so you don't need to waste any of your energy
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by drinking water that is cold.
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Okay, Philip, how about No.7?
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No.7. On extended fast, your body core
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will not heat itself without food.
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There will be days when you
feel cold, even when it's
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outside or inside.
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Hot. Drink broth or,
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or warm your body with hot water,
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which is connected to what we just said.
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What do you mean by broth?
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I mean vegetable broth
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or chicken noodle broth.
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Because when you drink that,
it will strengthen you.
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Now that depends on what
the Lord has told you to do.
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If you do an all water fast,
then you don't drink broth.
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But if you're doing all liquids
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and you want something that will strengthen your body,
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then vegetable broth, beef broth will really help your body.
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No.8: - Don't fight your body
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whenever you feel the need to sleep.
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Even briefly, it is
necessary for strength.
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The amount of time you will actually sleep
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during a fast will be reduced overall
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because your body won't require as much.
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So when you're deep in a fast,
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you find yourself sleeping 3-hours, 4-hours.
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You don't even really sleep 5-hours, but it's
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because your body is no
longer processing that food.
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But through the day,
you may feel fatigued.
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And if you take a 15, 20-minute nap,
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it will really strengthen you
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and you won't feel any
pain in your stomach
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and you'll be able to continue.
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No.9: - Because your body does not need
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to process food during a fast,
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it focuses on healing your body instead.
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It is not uncommon for skin, eyes, inflammation,
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and stomach illness to
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I was healed through a fast.
I had issues with my stomach.
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And actually, I didn't know,
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but the doctor told,
would've told me never fast.
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But because fasting is supernatural,
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God healed my stomach,
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and now all the gastritis is gone
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and I can eat whatever I need
to eat. It was supernatural.
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Fasting really is a healing
and cleansing process.
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It throws all kinds of
toxins out of the body.
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I mean, it really is amazing,
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and there's a reason why God
tells us to fast, not just
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for spiritual reasons, but also
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for physical reasons. But how about No.10?
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Life responsibilities such
as taking care of your family,
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work, and church do not stop.
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You continue it all just as if you had
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all the strength in the world.
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So Philip, you're
telling me that you're not
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eating, you're fasting.
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Maybe you're on a limited fast,
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but regardless, you're on some kind of a fast.
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You feel weak, but still
you've got to continue
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with your normal responsibilities.
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Absolutely. You got to serve your wife.
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You got to be with your kids.
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You got to do what you need to do.
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I remember it was day 36
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or 38 on one of my fasts.
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And my daughter was like,
Daddy, pick me up. And I said,
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Sweetie, I don't have the
strength to pick you up,
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but I will walk with you
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and I will hug you. So you continue your responsibilities.
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It's not like you check out in life.
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No.11. - No.11.
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Physical exercise during a fast
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is beneficial up to two weeks.
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Work out to maintain strength, not to build it.
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Do not overexert yourself.
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So when you work out, you exert energy,
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but you receive that energy back.
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So when people are fasting,
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I would encourage them to go on a walk.
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I don't think you need to hit the gym
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and spend their two hours.
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You won't be able to do that.
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But if you do some physical
exercise, you will wake up
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and you'll actually have more
strength than if you were just
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All right, No.12. - Journal during a fast.
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And after you break a fast, you'll be shocked at how much
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will be aware -
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you will be aware of God speaking to you
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during and after the fast.
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I believe that you have to,
you have to be like a writer.
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You have to have that pen and
you write down the revelations
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because if you don't write
down those revelations,
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you will lose them.
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But it's a great way to
practice hearing the voice
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of God by fasting.
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Philip, how do you journal?
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I journal through my phone.
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When I receive a message
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or I receive something
that the Lord tells me,
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I write it in my phone and
then I come back to it.
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And I even have places
in my phone that says
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words from the Lord.
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And I'll go back and I'll reread those
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and they'll encourage me because a lot
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of them have come to pass.
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Some of them, I'm still waiting to come.
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You know, Philip, I still
have the journals from when I
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was a university student studying
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journalism, studying Greek.
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And you know, every day I
would journal the things
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that God was saying to me.
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And now when I go back
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and I look at what I heard God say
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nearly 50 years ago, I can
see how accurate it was.
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And much of what God said to
me then is now coming to pass.
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But Philip, I have to tell
you, I don't journal now.
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And the reason I don't journal
is because I'm a writer.
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And when I begin to write something, I keep working on it
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and working on it and working on it.
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But I can tell you there
is a benefit to journaling
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and your mother journals as well.
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How about No.13?
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13. Just as you prepare to help your body adjust
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and begin a fast,
prepare to end your fast.
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Breaking a fast should happen
gradually. Important rule.
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The time devoted to breaking
the fast should be as long
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as the duration of the fast as well.
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What do you mean by that?
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I mean that if you fasted
three days, for instance,
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then you don't come out with a steak
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and macaroni and cheese.
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That is not a good idea.
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You need to, you need to have fresh juice
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if it was just a water fast,
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or you need to have a light salad.
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And it's better to have three
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or four light salads that day
than to start with a steak
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because your body is not ready.
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When you fast, your stomach shrinks.
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And so you need to gradually
stretch that stomach back so
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that you can have that steak or whatever your heart desires.
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But Philip, according to point No.13,
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if you fasted one day, you need to take a day to break:
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3 days - 3 days to break: 7 days - 7.
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So whatever you invested
in the fast, you need
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to invest in the same
time to break your fast.
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Yes. And Philip, in your book,
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you have such great suggestions about how to break a fast.
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And when we come back in
tomorrow's episode, that's
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what I want to talk about.
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Because a lot of people
make big mistakes in the way
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they end a fast.
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And it's the way they end their fast that makes them sick.
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It's not the fast. It's because they eat wrong
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after the fast and it
messes up their body.
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But how about point No.14?
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Correctly breaking a fast -
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will change your habits and your diet.
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It will change your body,
your soul, and your spirit.
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And when you break a
fast, it's interesting.
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The things that you did not
like that did not taste well.
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Your taste buds actually recharge.
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And it's like you have a new palate.
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And the things that you said
I will never eat, you try
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and you say, Oh wow, that
actually is pretty good. -
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So if you're tired of what you've been eating, go on a fast
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and you may end up with a new palate. How about
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No.15?
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Work out after a fast gradually.
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Taking vitamins with proper diet, reboots,
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and strengthens your system.
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I can remember when I was on a 40-day fast
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and I just didn't have
strength to eat a lot.
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And I knew that if I ate a lot,
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then I would mess up my stomach.
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But I said, Lord, I need vitamins.
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I need nutrients.
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And so I got multivitamins and
I ate them every single day.
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And then again, when you work out,
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you exert energy,
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but you receive that energy
back. It's very important.
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No.16. - Consult your doctor if you have any
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current health conditions
before attempting a fast.
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Use wisdom and proceed in
wisdom, not foolishness.
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If the doctor tells you, Do
not do this, then you need
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to have wisdom when you proceed.
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I think it's very important that we listen
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to our doctors. God
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gave us doctors and doctors are a blessing.
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Number 17: The
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length of a fast is based on the level of faith
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and what God has called you to do.
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Be honest with yourself
and how prepared your body
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and soul and spirit are.
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What does that mean, Philip?
That means you really have
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to ask God - What kind of a fast should I do?
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It's not a contest
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of doing more than your neighbor.
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That's pride. You really have
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to ask the Lord, What should I do?
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What am I prepared to do?
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That's why if you've never fasted, fast for a day, then fast
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for 3-days, and you'll find it's hard.
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And then you can gradually grow from there.
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Literally don't bite off more than you can chew.
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Exactly.
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I mean, if you've never
fasted before, start small.
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Learn what you're doing and
build your way through it.
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Okay, Philip No.18.
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Common sense is that you attempt a 3-day fast
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before you attempt a 21-day fast.
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Long fasts can have serious
consequences to your body
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if they are not done correctly.
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Now let's do No.19.
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A supernatural or dry fast is only
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for the spiritual mature
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and is to be initiated by
God, not you or others.
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Remember, God doesn't move by the length
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or type of your fast.
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Fasting changes you.
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It does not force God
to move on your behalf.
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What would you like to say about that?
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I would like to say that
fasting does not move God.
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You cannot physically
move God. God is strong.
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But fasting moves you into a position
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to follow after God.
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And when you're doing a dry fast,
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your body can actually not go
without water for three days.
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So when you're doing a supernatural fast,
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that can be dangerous if
you're doing it in the flesh.
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It has to be initiated by God.
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And when God gives it to you,
there'll be grace to do it.
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No.20. - Your family is important.
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Do not cause emotional harm to yourself
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or to your family or others.
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Walk in the spirit of
humility regardless of whether
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or not your friends or family
understand your journey.
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I remember when you first began to fast.
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I said, Philip, you better
be sure. And you know what?
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You listened to me because
you wanted - Yes, I did.
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When you wanted to do your
first extended fast, I said,
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Philip, I think it's great
that you want to do this,
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but you need to really be
sure that you're on track.
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That was my love speaking to you.
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I wasn't trying to harm
you or stop you. No.
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And it's really important that
you listen to your family.
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And I really love point number 20.
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Well, another thing that I want to add to point No.20
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is that when you fast and you're the head of your home
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and you fast - really, the whole family is involved in
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that fast because you're no
longer sitting at dinners
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and eating with the family.
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You're going to go and you're going to pray.
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And so your whole family has
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to really support you in that fast.
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And you can't check out
from your responsibilities.
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You still have to be the man of the home,
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and you have to provide for your family
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and do everything that God told you to do.
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And when they bless their food, they can pray for mom
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or dad to be strong while they're fasting.
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That's right. - But Philip, I love these 20 suggestions
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because I think they are so, so practical.
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And that's why I want everybody that's watching
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to have these for free.
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We've designed them. It is a
beautiful, beautiful handout.
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You can get yours by going online
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and downloading it for free.
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Or if you'll reach out to us,
we will send you a hard copy.
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These are 20 really practical
hands-on suggestions about the
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right way and the wrong way to fast.
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And Philip, I just want to thank you for writing this book,
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and I'm so glad you're with me and
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with all my friends today.
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But I think something really
important for us to talk about
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as we wrap it up this week is
the right way to break a fast.
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I remember during your 1st fast, your big, big 1st fast,
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you broke it by eating a bunch of chocolate pancakes
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and it made you sick.
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It was the wrong way to break a fast.
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And when you've broken a fast the wrong way,
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you learned very quickly the wrong way to do it.
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And so people need to understand that as well.
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So Philip, when we come back tomorrow, is it okay
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with you if we talk about how to break a fast?
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Absolutely.
Well, it's going to be good.
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And friends, we don't want
you to miss tomorrow's program
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because it's really going to be practical.
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Jesus taught on fasting because he expected his disciples
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and his followers too fast.
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So we need to know how to do it.
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And that's what these programs are about.
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But we'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Somebody has just asked the personal question -
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What did God once say to you that you still remember?
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Well, I remember many, many things that God has said to me.
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I remember the very 1st thing that God ever said to me.
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But really specifically,
I would have to say 1978
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when God said to me, write, write, write,
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and I will prosper what you write.
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Another time God said to me, I will speak
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through your fingers.
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Those words really stuck with me.
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And I understood that God wanted to speak through my fingers
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and that he was calling me
to write and write and write.
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That's my part. His part is I
will prosper what you write.
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I can't do his part.
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But if I don't do my
part, then there's nothing
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for him to prosper.
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So to the best of my ability, I've taken
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that word from the Lord to let
God speak through my fingers.
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And I write, write, write, write, write.
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And God has been faithful to prosper
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and to bless what I have written.
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Fasting is a powerful
weapon in the spirit, yet it's
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so often ignored.
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In - What Jesus said About Fasting, Rick
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and Philip Renner will guide you on an exploration
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of the real purpose and power of fasting
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and how it strengthens prayer:
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brings spiritual clarity
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and positions believers to experience God's rewards openly.
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You will learn - the different ways to fast:
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the proper motivation for a fast: vital concepts for a safe
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and productive fast - and more.
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Available in digital
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or physical formats starting at just $11.
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This 5-part series will help you unlock intimacy
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and direction from God.
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In addition, we are offering you the book
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A Fasted Life, by Philip Renner.
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With this book, you can learn the pivotal connection
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between fasting and prayer
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and begin the powerful
journey of a fasted life.
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A fasted life can be yours for just $20.
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As our free gift to you, we also want
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to offer a printable sheet
of suggested guidelines
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for fasting to equip you
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as you pursue this spiritual discipline.
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You can order the series -
What Jesus Said About Fasting,
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and the book - A Fasted Life, by Philip Renner
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by going online or calling our team.
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Call the number on your screen
or scan the QR code to order.
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My name is Joel Renner, and
right behind me, we're about
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to have a special service
for homeless people,
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the homeless people of our wonderful city.
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But before we begin, I
want to ask you a question.
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Have you ever spent the cold nights walking the city streets
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of your town or in a shelter?
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I hope you never have, but many,
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many homeless people do
every single evening.
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And that's not the way
people are supposed to live.
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You know many homeless
people are good people.
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People who have kids,
people who have a home,
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people have an education,
had good paying jobs,
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but somewhere along the way
in life, they lost their way.
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And most of these
homeless people spend most
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of their nights in the cold,
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on city streets, or in shelters.
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And that is not the way anyone
should spend their nights.
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I am very proud to say that
our Moscow Baptist Church
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invites these homeless
people to a special service
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where they feel welcome and
they can hear about Christ.
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You know homeless people also
need to hear about Jesus,
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just like you and I heard about Jesus.
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It is so very important that they know
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that our church is open to them.
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Also, in addition to having
these special people in our
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church, we go to them on the streets
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and shelters where we have a hot meal and team made for them
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and where they can also get fresh clothes.
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And we pray for them and let them know
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that this care is coming from our church.
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They need to know that a church is a place
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where they can receive Jesus and help.
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If you're one of our partners, I want
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to say thank you so very much.
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Together, we're reaching
so many people of Christ.
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Jesus coming back soon,
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and we need to tell as many people
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as possible about Christ before he returns.
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That is so very important.
Please call us or go online.
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It's amazing that right from your home,
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you can be a missionary to somebody else.
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Well, today we have been
covering suggested guidelines
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for fasting, and they're right
out of Philip Renner's book,
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which is called - A Fasted Life: Developing a Lifestyle
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of Intimacy and Power with God.
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That's the subhead. It
is such an amazing book.
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And this week we're teaching a series,
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which is called - What Jesus Said About Fasting,
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and it comes with a study guide.
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But you can find out more
about all of these wonderful,
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wonderful resources by going
online or by giving us a call.
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And I remind you to please let
us know how to pray for you.
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And I'm going to pray for
you right now with Philip.
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And Father Philip and I pray
right now for our friend
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who has said, You know,
I'm going to do it.
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I've never done it, but I'm
going to do it. And Father,
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we pray that they will put
themselves in a position
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to receive your heart and
your power and your presence.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Well, Philip and I will be back tomorrow,
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but please remember that
Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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where the word of a
king is, there is 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.
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Lord, I repent my sin
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and receive you as my Savior and Lord.
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Wash away my sin 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 to
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renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ
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through every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world with the word of God.
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening,
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together, we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God-called partners of Renner Ministries.