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Welcome to 15 Minutes in the

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Word with New York Times bestselling

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author Joyce Meyer. On

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today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her

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study on the book of Colossians. Being

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a Christian doesn't offer us a

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life without problems, but God promises

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us something even better, His grace

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and strength to rise above our

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circumstances. The book of Colossians

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is truly a manual for understanding everything

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we have in Christ. In this unique

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Bible study, Joyce will show us how

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Colossians is our guide to becoming more

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like him and reflecting his love, joy,

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peace, and stability to the world

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around us. Now here's Joyce with

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the study on the book of Colossians. If

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you go to church often or

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if you listen to teaching

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often, read books often, watch my

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program often, you're likely

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to hear some of the same stuff

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over and over and over. And

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actually, I'm going to start

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this afternoon by backing up into

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some of the last things I

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was saying, and I'm

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going to say them over. Well,

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why is it important to hear the

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same stuff over and over? Well, the

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apostle Paul actually said, I don't ever

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get tired of telling you the same

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stuff over and over and over. You know why?

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Because we need it. And

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just because you got it underlined in your Bible doesn't

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mean it's working in your life yet. So

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I had a little experience

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last week that just brought this

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to my mind fresh. I was

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listening to a podcast while I was

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putting on my makeup in the morning and

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I was enjoying it. It was about

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words that can change your life. There

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was just a handful of them, but words that

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can change your life. And

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the first teaching I had

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missed, so this was the

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second one. And he mentioned that in

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the first teaching he talked about the word no.

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how important it is to

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say no at the right

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time, but that we shouldn't

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always give people a

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no with our attitude and our

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mannerisms every time we see them.

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That people are looking for

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acceptance and approval. And

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then he started to deal with the word yes, and

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that, you know, there's

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nothing that a person or

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particular a child loves

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to hear better than yes.

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Doesn't that feel good when

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you when you do something or

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you see mom and dad

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or The child brings home that report

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card or whatever it is and

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they get from their parents. Yes We

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all want that approval. So

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I really liked it and course when

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I hear teaching I'm always thinking about what I

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might be able to do with it and you know

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How I might work that into some

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of my teachings and so You

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know, I thought I had it. Yes. I understand

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that yes gonna give people a yes

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So I went out to do

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my morning walk and I have

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a daughter who lives pretty

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close to me and

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so she actually

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had two of my grandchildren

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with her and She was

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coming through the subdivision. She

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decided to come through our subdivision to get

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to her house that day because there was a friend

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of hers building a house in there and she wanted

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to see it so They

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honked the horn. I was like, oh, you

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know roll down the window

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my granddaughter Abigail is on

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the side where I'm standing

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and Hi grandma big smile

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on her face and

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she was eating french

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fries From a fast food

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restaurant. So the first

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thing I said to her

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was Abigail Do you have any idea how

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much junk is in those french fries? There

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are 22 other ingredients

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in those french

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fries other than potatoes

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And she said

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grandma And I could tell

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that she was disappointed

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well, I said well, I'm just trying

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to help you We know it's amazing

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how many times we think

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we're trying to help somebody

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Come on now, but really what

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we're doing is giving

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them disapproval or

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trying to help them with something they really don't want

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to be helped with. And she

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tends to be a little bit underweight.

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And she said, okay, everybody's always telling me

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to gain weight. Now I'm

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eating these fattening french fries so I can

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gain weight. And so,

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you know, we went on, ended up making a joke out

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of it. And, you know, as

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far as I think everything was

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fine, but I realized

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later, okay, I heard the podcast.

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I agreed with it. I

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walked right out of my house. Come

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on now. Had an opportunity to apply

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it. But

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I walked right out and gave her a

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no instead of

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a yes with my attitude. So

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you know what that tells me? I need

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to go back and listen to that thing again. And

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maybe again. And

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you know what we have to do a lot of times after

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we hear something? We have to

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practice. And so I

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want to make sure that I

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tell you that God will provide

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you with opportunities to practice what

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you've heard this weekend. Starting

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with last night

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about loving people that are

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hard to love. Amen.

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And then going on with some of

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the things that I shared this morning that

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we're going to continue with this afternoon. We

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don't know anything until we're

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doing it. And then

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even after we're doing it, We

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still have to have refresher courses. So

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you know what? If you're going to

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be a victorious Christian, you just got to settle

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down and say, I'm going to be a lifetime

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learner. It doesn't matter to me

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how many times I hear this over and over and

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over. Come on, tell me again. Tell me

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again because I need it all

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the time. So Father,

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we thank you for refreshing us

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again and helping us

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again. I stopped

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this morning somewhere around

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Colossians 1, 13 and 14.

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And I want to

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go right back there

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and talk just a little bit

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more about the things that we

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already have that are

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already ours and helping

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us move past,

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continuing to pray for

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things or even sometimes

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beg for things. that we

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already have. Let's take, for example, the

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forgiveness of sins. Jesus

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has already died for all of

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our sins. It's

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already a done thing. He

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died for everything we ever did

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wrong and everything we ever

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will do wrong. Sin

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actually is taken care

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of, is not a

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problem. All we

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need to do is, number one, believe we're

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dead to sin, which is something the Bible

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tells us that we have in him. The

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more you believe you're dead to sin, the

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more you're going to realize that there's a part of

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you that really doesn't want anything to do with

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sin. And I think a lot

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of times we spend a lot of time fighting with something,

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trying, trying not to

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do it. And we just need to really learn

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to say, I'm dead to that. The

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real me, the born again me, doesn't even

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want to do that. So flesh just

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shut up because you're not going to get

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your way. Instead

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of saying, I'm so tempted. I'm so

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tempted. It's just so hard. I'm just

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so tempted. You're

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never going to manifest anything and neither

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am I if I don't believe

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that I have it. I

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want to spend this afternoon

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talking to you more about what's already

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yours. Hopefully

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getting you to believe that you have

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it even though you may not

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see it yet Faith is what the

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title deed to the things

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That are ours in Christ even

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though we don't see them

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yet We have the title deed

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of the promises of God

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and by faith we believe that

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what God says about us

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is true And not only do

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we believe it we learn to

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say it we learn to

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confess it so My

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sins are forgiven when I do something

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wrong. I need

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to confess my sins. I

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need to repent. I

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need to talk about my sin

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to God, not because He

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doesn't already know it, or

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not even really because it's not

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already taken care of, but because

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I need to get it out of me. I

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need to own up to it. I

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need to take responsibility for it, but

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then guess what? I don't have to

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beg God. to forgive me. All

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I need to do is say, God, I admit

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that I did this. I don't want to

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do this. I turn away from sin. I'm sorry.

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And now I don't

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suggest that you pray. So

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please forgive me for my sin

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because he's already done that. I'll

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tell you a more refreshing way to

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pray. So Father, I receive your

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forgiveness right now. Because you see, I

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think a lot of times we

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spend a lot of time begging

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for God to give us stuff

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that's already ours. And what we

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need to do is say, I

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receive that from you as a

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gift that you have already provided.

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I take it in its mind.

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Does anybody understand this? No,

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I'm not saying that if you ask God to give you

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something you've already got that he's going to say, oh, no,

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I can't answer that prayer because you prayed the wrong way.

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But I'm trying to give you a little fresher

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way to look at things, because

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I think we spend a lot of

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time trying to get something that really

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we need to do more receiving.

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To get means to obtain by struggle and

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effort. To receive means to

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take in what's being offered. To

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become like a receptacle and take

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in what's being offered. We say

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to people, did you get saved? Did

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you get the Holy Ghost? Did you get

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your healing? Did you get

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your breakthrough? Did you get your sins forgiven?

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And all that is just not biblical. The

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Bible says to as many as

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received him gave he power to

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become the sons of God. Have

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you received the Holy Ghost? So

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take a little time in your

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time with God and everything that

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you ask him for,

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take a moment and just

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receive it. I

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receive forgiveness. I

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receive the power of the Holy

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Spirit. I receive

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the deliverance that's

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already mine. I

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receive your righteousness that

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you've given me through Jesus

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Christ. I receive

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it's mine. Everybody say

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it's mine. So

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just a few things. I

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love this one. Luke 10,

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19, behold, I have given you

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authority and power. Not

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I will give it to you. I have given it to

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you. So how about if you say

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this, I have authority. No,

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you got to say it like you it. And

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I have power. Now,

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you know, the enemy has power, but he doesn't

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have authority. Jesus

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stripped him of that. So

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the only authority that he has

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is what we give him and

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most of the time we give

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it to him through unbelief We have

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authority and power over the

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enemy. I have

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given you Not I

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will give you I

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have given you say

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it again say I'm

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strong I Have authority

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I Have power I

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am forgiven You're

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gonna start to feel better now try walking around

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talking like that all

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day I Can do

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whatever I need to do

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Through Christ we need to

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get rid of all the weak thinking

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and start thinking strong Because if

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we think strong, we're gonna be

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strong. I

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Have given you authority and power To

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trample upon serpents and scorpions, and

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I've given you physical and mental

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strength and ability over all the

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power that the enemy possesses,

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and nothing shall in

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any way harm you. So

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that doesn't say that nothing can come

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against you, but it says that nothing

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has any ability to

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permanently harm you. Romans

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6, 2 says, how can

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we who died to sin live in it any longer? I'm

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not going to continue in sin. You're not going

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to continue in sin because we're dead to

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sin. That's not really what I want to

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do. I don't want to be jealous. I don't

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want to be greedy. That's not what I

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want. The real me, the born

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again me is dead to that. And

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through the power of the Holy Spirit, my

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flesh is going to come under control. Thanks

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for listening. Joyce's heart is to

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help us develop a stronger relationship with

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God through deeper study of the

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Bible. Digging into the book of Colossians

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is a great way to start that journey. As

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we begin looking into God's Word, there

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are many lessons to discover and inspiration

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for us to love Jesus and walk

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with Him even more closely than we

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already do. Remember, as Christians,

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we have everything we need to live a

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life of peace, joy, and growth, and it's

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all found in Him. For

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