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hey guys my name is Joel sorgi and it's
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great to be with you again um I'm going
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to be picking up where I left off in our
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last Matthew 24:14 session together so
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if you haven't watched that and you want
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to get a little more context and kind of
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add a little more color to the things
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I'm going to be going into here in this
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session uh go ahead and hit pause and
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you can go find it on our YouTube
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channel or on the app wherever you're
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watching It's called The neglected
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Cornerstone and it kind of lays a
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framework that will make a little bit
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more sense of this um I don't want to
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spend too much time reviewing but at the
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end of the day what that session was
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really about was obeying the commands of
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Christ this whole series is about the
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proclamation of the Gospel that uh Jesus
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tells us in Matthew 24:14 that hey when
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this is preached in all the Earth then
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the end will come and in Matthew
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28:18 he adds a little more color to
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that and defines what it really means to
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preach the gospel and he says Go Make
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Disciples of all the nations baptizing
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them in the name of the father Son and
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Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all
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that I've commanded you and so this is
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really about the commands of Christ it
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is the litmus test for us as Believers
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it is the measure of our Fidelity and of
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our loyalty to him and so last week we
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kind of were in the abstract we were
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speaking a little more conceptually and
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broadly and uh in this session I want to
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get a little more zeroed in in Practical
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and there when it comes to obeying the
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commands of Christ there's so many there
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there there's so don't mean that in a
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negative way like oh there's so many
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commands we have to obey um I'm just
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saying you know where do you start um
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and I figured what better place than
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with our appetites what better place
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than with gluttony and I know that seems
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a little weird and a little strange but
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hopefully you'll stick in there with me
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and uh and stick it out here and and
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this will make sense to you too um but
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the reason I'm talking about gluttony in
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this session is because it's the
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antithetical expression of self-control
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which is a fruit of the spirit and
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naturally the fruit of the spirit is
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something that comes from the spirit
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it's the evidence of the holy spirit's
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work in us as Believers and so if if
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we're Believers if we're following
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Christ and we Proclaim him as our Lord
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then we ought to have the fruit of the
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spirit visibly displayed and exercised
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in our lives and so uh the reason I'm
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I'm jumping on this one it's a little
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obscure and it's it's a little it's a
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little weird to to to come after a topic
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like this but I feel like this I feel
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like it's poignant for where we're at
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and and uh hopefully you'll be open to
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hearing what I have to say about it so
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I'm going to pray and then I'm going to
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jump in and um just to give you a little
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warning uh last week I just turned the
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camera on and talked and this week uh as
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I was kind of thinking about this
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session and praying and journaling um my
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journal just kind of became a long kind
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of just like an essay
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and there's a lot to cover and a lot of
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stuff I really want to make a point of
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that I'm afraid my ADHD mind will not
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stay on track if I'm just trying to go
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off bullet point notes or memory so uh
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this is going to be a little bit
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different speed today it's going to be
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more like Story Time with Joel I'm just
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going to read you my journal entry um I
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did a little bit of editing for your
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sake so it's so it's uh hearable and
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discernable uh but uh I may interject a
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few things uh in between some of these
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paragraphs uh and then we'll we'll kind
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of wrap things up there after I'm done
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and and yeah that's it so uh I'm going
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to pray and then we'll Jump Right In
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Lord I Thank you for this opportunity I
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thank you that we get to examine your
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word and then we get to open ourselves
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up and have it examine us God I ask that
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you would plant a good seed in the soil
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of our hearts today that you would cause
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your word to flourish within us
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and that we would be responsive to what
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your holy spirit is saying to each and
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every one of us in the name of Jesus
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Amen do not be deceived God is Not
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mocked for whatever one SWS that will he
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also reap for the one who SWS to his own
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flesh Will from The Flesh reap
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corruption but the one who SWS to the
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spirit will from the spirit
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reap eternal life and let us not grow
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weary in doing good for in due season we
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will reap if we do not give
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up Galatians 6
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7-9 each of us will reap the full
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measure of what we've sown for those who
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reject Christ the wages of sin is death
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for the penitent the wages of obedience
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to Jesus is eternal life
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Paul is clear in Galatians 6 to believe
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otherwise is not only deceit but active
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mockery of God when a seed is sewn and
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watered it takes root and when the seed
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of the Gospel takes root in our heart it
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grows and bears Godly fruit if it's
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uprooted unfed or neglected in any way
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it either produces bad fruit or none at
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all Galatians 5:1 19-24 says now the
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works of the flesh are evident sexual
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immorality impurity sensuality idolatry
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sorcery enmity Strife jealousy fits of
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anger rivalries dissensions divisions
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Envy drunkenness orgies and and things
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like
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these I warn you as I warned you before
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that those who do such things will not
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inherit the kingdom of God but the fruit
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of the spirit is love joy peace patience
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kindness goodness faithfulness
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gentleness and
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self-control against such things there
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is no law and those who belong to Christ
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Jesus have crucified the flesh with its
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passions and
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desires the fruit of the spirit is the
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evidence of Christian
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maturity and Christian maturity is the
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evidence of obedience to God while not
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all the fruits of this Spirit mature in
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our lives at the same rate their
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presence in the life of a sincere
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believer is required you cannot exercise
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one while neglecting the others without
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suffering diminishment in them all while
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some of the fruits of the spirit are
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visible in the western church today some
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of them have all but
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disappeared our obedience and desire
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have become selective and we are
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suffering devastating consequences as a
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result of our
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neglect perhaps one of the most Gravely
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neglected fruits of the spirit in the
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church today is
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self-control the presence or absence of
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self-control reveals the same exact
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thing about every one of us the true
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desire of our
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hearts James 1:1 14-16 says but each one
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is tempted when he is drawn away by his
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own desires and enticed then when desire
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has conceived it gives birth to sin and
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sin when it is fully grown brings forth
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death
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when sinful desire takes root in the
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heart the Fulfillment of that desire
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becomes our ultimate
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Pursuit over time it grows and matures
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eventually claiming preeminence in our
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lives the dosage of Narcotics required
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to get someone high in year one of their
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addiction is not the same dosage that
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will be required 5 years later in order
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for the drug addict to satiate their
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desire restraint must be cast off in
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favor of overc consumption
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in the end any fleshly desire becomes
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like
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saltwater the more you consume the more
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you thirst and the more you thirst the
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more you
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consume self-control is the evidence of
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God's lordship in your life gluttony is
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the evidence of your own claim to
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lordship over your life the common
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understanding of gluttony is overc
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consumption of food but the New Oxford
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American Dictionary also defines
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gluttony as habitual greed 1 Corinthians
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6:9-11 says or do you not know that the
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unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
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of God do not be deceived neither the
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sexually immoral nor idolators nor
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adulterers nor men who practice
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homosexuality nor thieves nor the greedy
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nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers
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will inherit the kingdom of God and such
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were some of you
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but you were washed you were Sanctified
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you were justified in the name of the
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Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of
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our
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God Philippians 3:1 18-19 says for many
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walk as enemies of the Cross of Christ
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their end is destruction their God is
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their belly and their glory is in their
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shame with Minds set on Earthly
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things greed is a manifestation of
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gluttony and gluttony is the diametric
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opposite of
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self-control according to scripture if
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you're greedy you will not inherit the
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kingdom of God and if your God is your
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belly you are an enemy of the
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Cross it's easy to identify certain
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forms of gluttony habitual overeating
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which leads to obesity disease death
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alcoholism and drug addiction which lead
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not only to a Litany of health issues
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and premature death but also destroy
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relationships and potential achievements
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workaholism pornography social media etc
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etc etc the list goes on all of these
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obvious vices are serious and we must
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address them headon with humility Grace
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conviction courage Clarity wisdom and
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steadfastness but these are not the only
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enemies of
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self-control and gluttony doesn't
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manifest exclusively in our physical
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vices our spiritual appetites and greed
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have given birth to things that we not
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only tolerate in church but actively
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celebrate things that may have started
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as innocent aspirations intended for
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good have matured into man-made
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Ambitions whose fruit is at odds with
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the fruit of the spirit our hunger for
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Effectiveness and desire for impact have
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given birth to the industry of
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ministry it's not wrong to set goals and
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cast a vision it's not wrong to work
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hard and be excellent thinking
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creatively and utilizing Innovation for
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the sake of the kingdom is a good and
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needed thing but when Good Things become
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God things we lose our way when we let
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the medium or cultural climate dictate
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the clarity of our message we leave the
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door cracked open for
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apostasy for
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example the church's sincere desire to
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evangelize the lost and minister to
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those in our community communities gave
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birth to a consumer-driven model of
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ministry and this was primarily in the
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the 80s and 90s we really saw the secr
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sensitive movement explode and in order
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to sustain the fruit of that model we
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have turned churches into organizations
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led by CEOs instead of flocks led by
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Shepherds we did this because we thought
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it would be a good idea to make Church
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approachable for Seekers we wanted to
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make it entertaining for attendees we
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wanted to make it comfortable for the
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world and we've succeeded at a
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cost instead of cultivating mature
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Believers healthy families and faithful
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Witnesses we've created donors members
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shareholders and constituents our
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appetite for numerical growth has left
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no room for our god-given responsibility
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to cultivate mature
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Believers it's impossible to preach the
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truth without prejudice when it
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conflicts with organizational
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interests another
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example the church's sincere desire for
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greater impact gave birth to the
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prioritization of influence and reach we
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focused on reach and influence because
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we deduced that if there were more
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eyeballs on us our Ministries would be
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more
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effective but instead of standing as
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faithful witnesses to the world we
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became more like it when you mistake
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celebrity and popularity for Godly
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influence and spiritual Effectiveness
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it's proof that the praise and approval
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of man is more precious to you than the
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acceptance of God when the desire for
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influence and popularity informs What
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You Preach you're no longer declaring
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truth to a fallen world you're
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proclaiming yourself to your
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friends James 4:4 makes it clear
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friendship with the world is enmity with
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God another
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example the sincere desire to receive a
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word from God faithfully and share it
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with those who need to hear from him
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gave birth to a pseudo prooptic culture
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steeped in wishful thinking
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self-gratification
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elitism power and
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manipulation and this one's really
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nuanced so I'm going to hit pause on
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reading for a moment and I just want to
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be really clear I do not despise
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prophecy scripture warns us against
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despising prophecy
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and the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
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of Prophecy and so we should be eager to
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hear his voice we should be eager to
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communicate his heart um but I think
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we've taken the gloves off a bit I can't
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tell you how many thus saith the Lords I
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have heard in my lifetime I I don't
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think I could count it I grew up in a
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very charismatic environment um kind of
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I don't know I don't know if there is a
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term for what I grew up and it was kind
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of Pentecostal meets post Pentecostal
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meets charismatic and there were all
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sorts of characters around and um one of
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the great things about the the
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charismatic movement if we want to call
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it that is that it created a sincere
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Ardent hunger for the work of the Holy
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Spirit to be manifest in our lives and
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and I believe that that's a good thing
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to reach for um but just like anything
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else it can become a tool it can become
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useful it can become convenient and and
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it can become a pathway to what you want
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uh and I've seen the prophetic abused
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for many years I've experienced it
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firsthand I've seen it in other people's
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lives and man it is it's so
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destructive the when it comes to
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disillusionment I'm kind of of the
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school of thought that God is not trying
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to prevent your disillusionment he's
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ensuring it uh he's committed to you
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coming to your end because at our end we
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find him um this is a part of our total
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depravity we need him we need him and so
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he wants us to come to the end of
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ourselves and for us to realize we have
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none of the answers and we don't have
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anything and he has everything and he's
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all we need um but I think when we move
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that process Along on God's behalf and
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other people's lives we do a lot of
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damage I know a lot of people who have
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turned their back on Christ because they
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were wounded so deeply by abuse in this
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category and that doesn't mean we should
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throw the baby out with the bath water
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I'm not I'm not trying to besmer
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prophecy and uh discourage you from
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trying to hear the voice of the Lord and
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giving it to those who need it um but
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when we mass-produce it uh we overc
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consume it um when we over consume it
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it's usually a sign that it's pretty
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useful to our Pursuits and uh and I
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think we need to exercise some restraint
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we need the fear of the Lord um I think
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if you really look back in scripture go
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just go take a glance through the Old
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Testament and see how God treats false
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prophets go read uh go read the New
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Testament and see how God deals with
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false Shepherds and what he thinks and
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when we tell lies out of wishful
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thinking and good intentions God told me
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thus sayith the Lord insert whatever
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your favorite phrase is uh when we do
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that we are participating in something
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that God is vehemently against and and I
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don't think all prophecy does that I
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really really don't but when we open the
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floodgates and we just say have at it
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you know and we go Gang Busters with it
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um there's a lot of collateral damage
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and and that's fruit that we have to
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reckon with and it's the opposite of the
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fruit of the spirit because yes God
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speaks to us but he also restrains
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himself did you you ever think about
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that God exercises restraint he
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exercises restraint and it's beautiful
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sometimes we want him not to be
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restrained we want him to solve our
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problems we want him to speak to us we
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want him to do the thing we can't do
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ourselves but in his sovereignty and in
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his goodness he restrains himself so
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that we do not get what we deserve so
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that we might have what we don't deserve
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we don't deserve salvation we don't
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deserve Redemption we don't deserve to
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sit at the right hand of Christ we don't
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but he gives it to us anyway and part of
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that is because he's restrained and
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that's reflected in his holy spirit of
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self-control
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I'm going to do one more
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example the sincere desire to spread the
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love of Christ to the Lost gave birth to
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an emphasis on Costless Redemption which
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is completely
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unbiblical we've attempted to lead
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people to the Lord gently by telling
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them that God loves them just the way
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they are and the results have been
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disastrous we offer salvation without
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repentance we offer affirmation instead
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of exhortation
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we offer Christ without the
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cross the Prophet Jeremiah had a very
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thankless task um the lord gave him a
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word of rebuke and correction for the
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nation of Israel and they would not
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listen to him um not going to go into
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all the details of the drama of the
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story but eventually God makes good on
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his promise and when Israel would not
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repent and turn to him uh one day
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Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Army
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showed up on their doorstep and what
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ensued was decades of War um of loss
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tragedy Devastation eventual enslavement
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of the vast majority of the nation and
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in 605 BC Nebuchadnezzar did something
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truly diabolical and heart-wrenching as
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he tore the families of Israel apart uh
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he decided he was going to abduct entire
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generation of Israeli teenagers bring
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them over to Babylon and reform them and
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among them were four young men Daniel
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Shadrach Meshach and Abednego and of
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their entire generation of
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contemporaries they are the only four
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that didn't bow their knee in Babylon
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who didn't get assimilated into the
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culture and I've always wondered why
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like why did it happen that way not why
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did they resist the
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temptation um because I think that's
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pretty self-evident in the the story but
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why did everyone else give
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in what compelled them to look at their
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captors their persecutors their
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oppressors and go yep I want to be a
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part of your team now and the reality is
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that Nebuchadnezzar was a genius um he
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won them over through their stomachs
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through their
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appetites um and when I look at Daniel's
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generation and I look at our generation
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in the church today I see a lot of
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similarity
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um I think we are by and large mostly
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motivated and driven um by our
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cravings and the reality is that
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whatever you consume the most of will
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consume most of you the only thing that
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sustained Daniel shedrach mishan and
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Abednego was their yes their loyalty to
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God but what does that practically is
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they had self-control they stealed their
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minds they kept their hearts pure and
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upright and they refuse to Bow their
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knee to other gods they would not be one
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over through their appetites and when I
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look at the church today man and I've
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participated in this guys like I I am
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not a I'm not some sort of you know
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infallible voice over here or or some
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Prophet with a prophetic word for you um
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I've I've I've participated in the overc
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consumption of these things that we
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think are good but underneath are
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actually antithetical to the gospel and
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the reason they're antithetical to the
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gospel is because they don't produce the
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fruit of the spirit
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self-control and so my my charge to us
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and this is to me too guys like I I need
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this I am preaching to myself right now
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and it's a hard word is that man I I
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need to kill the idol of gluttony in my
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life and so do you um I need to kill the
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Cravings of the flesh and so do you and
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if we want to fulfill the Great
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Commission if we really want the gospel
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of the Kingdom to be preached in every
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corner of the Earth with faithfulness
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with Integrity with
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fruitfulness then we must first
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ourselves be willing to submit our Wills
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to his we must lay down the things that
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we long for In the Flesh whether they
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are physical vices of overt sin and
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debauchery or whether they're our
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favorite Idols that preach good and yeah
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I I don't think I have anything much
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more eloquent I I I think I just laid a
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bunch of heavy stuff on you guys and uh
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I don't apologize you know I'm not I'm
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not sitting here going oh I'm sorry this
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is heavy this was going to be heavy all
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along and I knew it so I'm not really
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sorry but I am sober and I feel the Lord
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putting his finger on my gluttony big
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time and we all do it this is America
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it's the American dream it's this is why
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the fruits of the spirit are
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antithetical to American culture in a
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lot of ways is
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because this is America you can do
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whatever you want you can have whatever
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you want abundance is available all you
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have to do is hustle and make it happen
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um and I can't think of something that
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is more dangerous to the beauty of the
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or maybe dangerous isn't the right word
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um because that's a little hyperbolic
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but um it's extremely damaging to the
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witness of the Gospel when we are fed a
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steady diet of lies that say you can
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achieve whatever you want and it's all
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good because you want it and and I think
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we need to get this under control in our
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lives or else we're not doing service to
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the gospel we're not being faithful
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Witnesses and so my my encouragement to
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us today is this let's obey the Lord
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when it comes to our appetites let's
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obey the Lord and Obey script rure when
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it comes to the things we set our
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affections upon and the things we
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prioritize whether it's in Ministry or
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in our personal lives and if we can do
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that I think we're going to unlock a
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special Grace in our families and our
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relationships and our churches a special
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Grace to walk in Humble obedience to God
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um and man that's the Legacy I want for
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me and my children for you and yours for
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your family for your friends for your
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community this is what I want for us
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this is what I hope you want for you is
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a legacy of humble Obedience of bonder
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servanthood to Jesus Christ and if we do
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that man we will be filled to
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overflowing with abundance beyond our
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wildest dreams it's and the reason it's
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beyond our dreams is because our dreams
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kind of suck our dreams are all about us
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they're not that interesting um and
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God's got some pretty interesting dreams
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for the future of this planet for the
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future of his
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Church uh and man I want to be right in
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the middle of it and I want to get this
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right and I think uh if you made it this
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far chances are you want to get it right
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too so I'm just going to pray for us um
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and then we'll be done Lord I Thank you
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for my brothers and sisters God I ask
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that you would give us Grace to walk in
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obedience that we would submit our flesh
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to your will that we would be obedient
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in all things and that our affections
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our desires the things we hunger and
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long for Lord that they would be
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submitted to you that they would come
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under you that your priorities would be
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our priorities the things that you
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hunger and thirst for would be the
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things that we hunger and thirst for
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Lord let it be said of us that we are
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the Blessed ones who hungered and
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thirsted for righteousness and that we
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were filled that we were satisfied that
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we were content in
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you Lord give us the grace to exercise
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is nurture and protect self-control to
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do war with gluttony and to put to death
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the appetites of the flesh that are
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antithetical to your will and your
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desire Lord we thank you for your grace
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amen maratha
