YouTube - Equipped by God

YouTube - Equipped by God


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Dear friends it is important that we
always realize and keep in mind

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that we are CALLED for a PURPOSE

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that we are CALLED for the
PURPOSE of the MASTER

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and that HE WHO CALLED us

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will EQUIP us and that
HE will USE us

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for HIS GLORY

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It is NOT about us

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it is NOT about our plans

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it is NOT about our innovation

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and how good we are

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It is about the Kingdom of God

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and Jesus has a SPECIAL PURPOSE

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for each and every disciple

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it is HIS PLAN
it is HIS KINGDOM

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and we so easily LOSE FOCUS
ON JESUS

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it is so easy to get sidetracked

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and we must guard against that

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We must totally and constantly focus
ourselves on Jesus Christ

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Dear friends as we walk this walk
with Jesus

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there are MANY OBSTACLES

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and we will often have people

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ATTACKING us
from the side

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people CRITICIZING us

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But we must remember one thing
that we are here to SERVE our MASTER

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and we are seeking HIS APPROVAL
we are NOT seeking the approval of people

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It does not matter what people think

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it does not matter whatsoever

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what their OPINION of us is

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Many of us have the idea that we will
become better and better all the time

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we have been taught that

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that is the humanistic teaching

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that says that we must
IMPROVE ourselves

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Friends what we must realize is
that we are WEAK

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we are BORN INTO SIN

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And Jesus has put the new birth into us

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He has put His Spirit into us

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and that NEW BIRTH

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we must CULTIVATE

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That is why every morning

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as when we get up, we must DENY
ourselves and just forget about ourselves

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and FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST

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We are NOT going to get better

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in us the wickedness is as part of us
as the color of our skin

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as the blood in our veins

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it is just part of this earthly body
that is the LIMITATION that we have

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the handicap that we have is that
we are FLESH

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when we go down the street
or we go into town

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then we will be TEMPTED

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If we would switch on that television (TV)

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and we watch the things that are on there

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then we will be carried away

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and therefore we got to be careful

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that we make sure that we keep to
our KNITTING

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that we keep ourselves to the
PURPOSE that Jesus has called us for

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It is easy to get sidetracked

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and the devil will try everything
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to draw our attention away from
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but we ourselves must
NOT allow that, people

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And that is our PURPOSE

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is to FOCUS ourselves
on JESUS CHRIST

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ALL the TIME

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One of our biggest handicaps
is FEELING

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You know we get up in the morning
and we don't FEEL so good

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and we want to FEEL GOOD and
people do lots of things to FEEL GOOD

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They take MEDICATION to FEEL GOOD

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they go to the shops and they buy
stuff that they don't need

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to FEEL GOOD. And they do it with money
what they don't have

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they go and BORROW money

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they go and max out their credit cards

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which they shouldn't even have

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and then when they buy the stuff
they FEEL GOOD

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Some people over eat

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people do lots of things

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to FEEL GOOD

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They go and endebt themselves
buy a new car buy a new house

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but all of that does not bring us
satisfaction neither does that bring

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us closer to Jesus

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Some people are BESOTTED with
KNOWLEDGE

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They feel if they got a new book

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and they are reading a new book

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then they are going to be better off.

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Friends there is only one place

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where we find PEACE and CONTENTMENT

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and that is in the PRESENCE OF OUR LORD

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It is NOT in KNOWLEDGE

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it is NOT in things that we can BUY

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It is ONLY in the knowldege of
Jesus Christ our Lord

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and when we SUBMIT ourselves
FULLY to Him

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We must TOTALLY FOCUS ON JESUS

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and NOT allow anything

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to take our focus away from Him

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because that is what the DEVIL wants

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The moment we start looking at
other people or ourselves

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then we are looking at FLESH

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Amd dear friends we ourselves are WEAK

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you know it is so easy to gossip about
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and talk about their weaknesses

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and we easily forget our own weaknesses

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There is nothing good in us

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what is good is in Christ Jesus
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And that is why Jesus did not come
to patch up the flesh

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He did not come to improve the flesh

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He did not come to make us better

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No He came to take away the SINS
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and He came to ABOLISH this
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to REPLACE it with what is NEW

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And that is why we must
MORTIFY the FLESH

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We must DENY ourselves

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we must just FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST

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It is so easy to get busy with
self-examination

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you know people feel that if they
smoke less

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or they cuss less or they think less
bad things then they are better

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No, we just got to absolutely die to ourselves

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and NOT FOCUS on ourselves at all

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When we get up in the morning

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we must put our FOCUS ON JESUS

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and say Lord, I am living in
Your Kingdom now

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I am living for You Lord Jesus

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Lord and Your Spirit determines
what I will do in this day

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and I don't know what is going to
happen today but I don't care

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My FOCUS is on JESUS and
Lord my TRUST is in You

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And our TRUST must be in JESUS

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our FOCUS must be on Him

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We don't know what will happen

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People are so concerned about what
will happen in the world

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And if we switch on the news
every day

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and we try and follow what is happening

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on the news channels and the
propaganda

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and the stuff that we see on
the Internet

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People then we will absolutely
become FEARFUL

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But those are the things that take our
FOCUS AWAY FROM JESUS

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we must not allow that

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We must totally focus on our Lord
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and He will GUIDE us

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And dear friends we got to TRUST the Lord
with all our heart

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and He will guide us

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He cannot let our foot slip

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You know, this world that we live in
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about abilities and capabilities,
self improvement

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and equipping yourself to survive in
this jungle that we live in

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this concrete jungle that it has become
amongst mean people

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Dear friends it is not about
equipping ourselves

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It is about FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST

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because He determines our life

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And we should learn to PRAY MORE

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and FOCUS MORE ON JESUS

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and ASK Him for His Holy Spirit

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to GUIDE us
to TRUST HIM

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That is the one thing people
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they DON'T TRUST GOD
they DON'T PRAY

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Part of the reason is because we
have become so SELF SUFFICIENT

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we have become so SOPHISTICATED

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There is so much TECHNOLOGY

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we have so many ways that we have
CONQUERED every thing

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but we have DESTROYED everything
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and in the process we are destroying
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Dear friends we are living in a
wicked world

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and if we allow our minds to go along

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to be drawn along with what is happening
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then we become CONFORMED
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I spoke to a doctor today or I had a
letter from a doctor today

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and he was talking about

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the things that they have to cope
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amongst other things, abortion

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and you know everything has just
become a procedure for money

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And people are CONDITIONED

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even Christians

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they are just conditioned

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to do everything for their
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and to FIT INTO this whole world

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It makes you feel sick

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if you see how people just want to
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and they got NO REGARD FOR GOD

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Where people who are suppose
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and you think of doctors that we
always think of them as people

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that help other people that
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try to heal the sick

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but to them it also become a
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I am not pointing a finger at a doctor

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I am just saying that this world has
become so wicked

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People the only place of PEACE

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and CONTENTMENT

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is when we put our
FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST

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Especially us as children of God

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who want to follow Jesus and
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we can not afford to be drawn into
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we must RESERVE ourselves onto Jesus
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Now you might ask me now
how do you live in this world

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if you are not part of it

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We must be GUIDED BY
HIS HOLY SPIRIT

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The Lord has put each of us

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in a SPECIAL SITUATION

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He has given us families
He has put us in a certain city

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amongst certain people

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to be a SHINING LIGHT

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to be WITNESSES for Him

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And dear friends the only Person that can
help us to be what He wants us to be

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is JESUS HIMSELF

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And that is why our TOTAL FOCUS
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Our dependance must
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We must SEEK HIM ALWAYS
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We must never stop
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Llike people say to me how much
should you PRAY every day?

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You got to pray all day

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you must never switch off

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Our focus must always be on the Lord
it does not matter what we are doing

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whether we are working, driving a car
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We must DO IT FOR JESUS

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and BY the POWER OF JESUS

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And whatever obstacles we run into

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in our job or in our daily situation

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with our spouses, with our children,
conflict at work.

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We always got to lean on Jesus

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and say Lord, how do You want me
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because remember dear friends

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we must be SHINING LIGHTS in
a DARK WORLD

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Many of us want to be taken out of it

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many people say I can't wait
to get out of this

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The Lord put us heare with a PURPOSE

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He put us here to SHINE

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And we must FOCUS ON JESUS
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And say, Lord how do You want me
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How must my LIGHT SHINE?

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Give me WISDOM

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And dear friends, if we ASK the LORD

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we FOCUS ON HIM

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Then FOLLOWING JESUS

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and letting the LIGHT OF CHRIST
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becomes natural because that
becomes our nature

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Not to do what I want to do

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not to react in the way that is
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but to react in a way that Christ
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The only way that we can do that

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is if we always focus on Jesus
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and we ASK HIS WISDOM

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We got to PRAY, PRAY MORE

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WAIT MORE ON THE LORD and
SEEK HIM

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He is our ONLY GUIDE

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He is our ONLY TEACHER

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and each of us

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have to got to seek to just PLEASE JESUS
IN EVERYTHING that we do.

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Just SEEK HIM MORE and MORE
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May Jesus bless you.