How To Have It All (250)

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I want to welcome you to the 250th podcast of Quality Christian Living.

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I am your host, David Friend.

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This is a pretty exciting moment for me because I guess a couple years ago I didn't realize

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that we would be this far along in such a short period of time.

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But we're in a series dealing with success and abundant living and what prosperity is

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all about.

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Today's podcast is entitled How to Have it All.

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We're going to get into what having it all really means and how it applies to possessions.

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We'll look into the good and bad sides of being successful because some people receive

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financial success and they're just not prepared for it.

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They're not spiritually ready to know how to deal with it.

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And how does a Christian keep in balance the blessings of God, the spiritual blessings

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of God, and the financial and other blessings of God?

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I'll comment on the question, what is success?

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But before we do that, let's pray because I don't want to do anything without the

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Holy Spirit's guidance and direction.

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Heavenly Father, thank you once again for who you are, for your word, your promises,

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and for the gift of our salvation.

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That gift came with a great price where Jesus gave his life for us.

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I pray now that you would bless everything that's said today.

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For those who are listening in, I pray, Lord, a special blessing and anointing would be

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upon them.

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Father, they'll receive something special from you today and you'll get a better understanding

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of how success and abundant living and even prospering should be a part of our life.

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I just believe that.

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I believe it's going to be a very special podcast.

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I'm looking forward to it and I pray you would bless it, anoint it, and I'll be careful

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to give you the praise for it.

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In Jesus' name, I pray.

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Amen.

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Well, I hope that you've come today prepared to receive something from the Lord because

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I believe the Lord has given me some insight as to how to help people understand that as

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a Christian, we can be fathers of Jesus Christ.

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We can be successful.

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We can be spiritually successful and financially successful.

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Our lives can have wonderful positive things taking place in it.

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We can live that abundant life, but we've got to understand how it all ties together

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and how it relates.

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So I pray that this particular podcast would open up the hearts and the minds of those

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Lord who are listening in.

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So let's just get into it right now because I really want everyone to understand what

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do I mean when I say how to have it all?

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Because that's the title of this particular podcast.

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I've even thought about doing a book entitled How to Have It All because I believe it's

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such a strong statement for Christians and non-believers.

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A lot of people who are not Christians think that, well, if you become a Christian, you've

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got to be poor, you've got to be weak, you've got to be timid, you can't be successful,

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you can't have a nice home or a nice car.

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And that's really sad because there's really no restrictions on those things in the word

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of God.

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It doesn't tell us that we cannot have.

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All it talks about is what we can have and what we can receive and how to live the kind

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of life that we should live in order to receive the blessings that God wants to put in our

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life.

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Now, when we talk about the blessings of the Lord, we're going to talk about possessions

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a little bit because possessions that we have are a part of the blessings of God.

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But I want to talk more about things other than just possessions, although they're great.

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I want to talk about how to be successful and also how to have faith and how to be a

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faithful Christian, how to have success in our walk with God and how to have success

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in our business and the activities that we have, how to live life and live it more abundantly.

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Remember, those are the words that Jesus said.

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Jesus said in John chapter 10 and verse 10 that the devil comes around to kill, to steal

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and destroy.

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But he says, but I've come to give life and to give it more abundantly.

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So here are some examples of what I'm speaking about in this whole area of how to have it

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all.

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As a pastor, members would often come to me and they'd say, pastor, there's so many

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things I want to do, but I just, I don't have the time or I don't have the finances

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to do it.

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They might say something like, well, I'd like to tie the, I'd like to give 10% of my income,

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but I can't do that because I can't afford to pay my bills.

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And I have to stop them and say, wait a minute, just a second.

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The word of God says that we can do both.

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We can pay our ties and our offerings to the church and still have plenty of money left

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over to pay our bills.

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And people will look at me sometimes and say, well, I just don't know how that's possible.

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Well, let me just insert a little comment here about a book that I wrote.

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It's entitled, Experience the Joy of Dead Free Living.

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In that book, I talk about how to have it all, how to be able to tithe and pay your

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bills and save money and prepare for your retirement.

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Those are things that we can do.

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And the devil wants to rob us and say, well, just don't pay tithe because you can't do

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that.

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But you see, when we pay tithe, we become a better steward of what we have.

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People would tell me I can't afford to pay my bills and still give 10% to my church.

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But that statement, you got to think about that, that statement limits God.

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You see, we can tithe and pay our bills and have retirement money and go on vacations.

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We can do it all because God's word shows us how to do that.

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When we decide to tithe, we must become better managers of what we have.

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Now, this is not a whole podcast on tithing, and you'll see that very quickly.

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Some Christians, they tell me that they can't find time to pray because their schedule is

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so busy.

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But if we pray first, then the rest of our time will be led of God.

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So we can have it all.

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We can pray and still have time for other things.

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Some believe that prayer is just something that you've got to set aside and you've got

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to block out huge amounts of time in order to spend time in it.

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That's just not prayer at all.

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Prayer can be 10 seconds, just stopping and seeking God.

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It can be an hour of prayer.

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It can be a two-minute prayer.

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The point of it is we can find time to pray if we pray.

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Because if we pray, the Lord will help us to balance out all our other activities and

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our busy schedules.

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Very couples will say to me that they can't find time to spend time together because they

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have their children and their children takes up all of their time.

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So they can't do both.

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Well, that's just not true.

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I believe if we spend time alone as a couple, we will find a way to have both time alone

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and time with our children.

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Think about that.

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Many times when my wife and I would have, when we have a date night or when we would

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go away for a couple of days to just get away from the kids and just have a great time to

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be together.

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What do we wind up talking about?

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The kids.

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We talked about those things.

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You might say, well, that's not a vacation.

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Yes, it is.

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You love your kids.

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We loved our children.

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We wanted to talk about them.

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We were concerned about them.

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But what's really important is when we spent time together, all of a sudden we found out

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a way that we could spend time together alone and also have all the time that we need to

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be parents and be good parents of our children.

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What I'm trying to show you is that we can have it all.

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We can live life more abundantly.

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We can live life more successfully.

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To me, how to have it all is defined throughout the Word of God in many, many scriptures.

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I'll just give you a couple here.

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As Paul wrote, he gave us an example of living life where we can have it all.

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The apostle Paul wrote a very popular scripture.

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People quote it all the time.

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I don't think a lot of people understand the strength and the power and the broad range

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of areas that that particular scripture, the one I'm going to read you, really how it applies

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in our life.

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The apostle Paul talks about how to have it all.

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It's found in Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 through 8 in the New Living Translation.

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These words are words of encouragement from Paul.

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The apostle Paul knew that Christians needed to be encouraged.

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There was a lot of stress.

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There was a lot of attack on them both physically, emotionally, financially.

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They were constantly under attack.

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He knew they need to be encouraged.

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So he wrote these incredible words to show us that we can have life and have it all.

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We can have life and have it more abundantly.

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So I'm reading it once again in Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 through 8 in the New Living

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Translation.

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Always be full of joy in the Lord.

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Let's just stop right there.

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Always be full of joy in the Lord.

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As a matter of fact, Paul felt that that was so important that he said, after he said that,

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he said, I say it again.

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Rejoice.

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He's saying, learn how to rejoice.

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Learn how to love God.

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Learn how to be happy in our relationship with God.

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First five, let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do.

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Remember, the Lord is coming soon.

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He's reminding these people that God's coming soon.

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Now people say, well, wait a minute.

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That was 2,000 years ago.

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And he said, coming soon.

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Well, coming soon in relationship to God's timing is a lot different than coming soon

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in our relationship.

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I believe that God is coming soon.

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Does that mean he's coming tomorrow?

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He could.

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He might.

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I'm ready if he does.

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If you're not a Christian, give your life to Jesus.

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Just say, I'm sorry for my sins.

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I surrender to you.

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I want you as my Lord and Savior.

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I promise to serve you.

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We need to get our relationship right with God because he could come tomorrow.

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But he's coming soon.

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And then he says in verse 6, don't worry about anything.

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What amazing words those are.

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A lot of times I would preach that in church and I would read it.

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And then after the sermon, I'd go home and I'd think, you know, I should have spent

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more time talking about what it means to not worry.

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And then here Paul is telling you this.

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You see, we can't have it all.

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We can't have the blessings of God be faithful in church, give help to other people and still

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have enough time to take care of ourselves and our own needs.

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So he says in verse 6, don't worry about anything.

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Instead he says, pray about everything.

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So if you want to know how you can have it all in life, how you can prosper in all things

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and be in good health, even as your soul prospers, then we've got to what?

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Not worry about anything.

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And instead, instead of the worry time, let's convert that into prayer time.

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So the next time we have something to worry about and you're thinking about it, I suggest

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you get a piece of paper and you write down your worry.

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Now this may seem silly to you, but I believe it's a good teaching.

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Write down the word, don't worry.

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And then write down your worry.

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And then when you look at it, pray about it.

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And I'm going to tell you something, by the time you're through praying about it, that

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worry will go away.

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That anxiety will either lighten up or totally disappear in our life because that's just

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the way God explains it in his word.

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We need to bring everything to him.

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When we do that, he's going to help us.

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So Paul says here again, don't worry about anything.

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Instead, pray about everything.

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That means everything.

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Now when he says everything, does that mean we should pray about where we should go have

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dinner?

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I think it does.

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Everything, does that mean we should pray which direction maybe we should take, which

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route we should take when we're driving to church or when we're going to a friend's house

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or something?

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I think there's nothing wrong with that.

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I know when my wife and I get in the car and we back out of the car, before we actually

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put the car in reverse, we get out and come out of our garage, I pray, Father, would you

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guide and direct us?

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Would you help us, Lord, to be safe?

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I plead the precious blood of Jesus over us that we be protected from any evil, danger

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or harm.

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I pray you would bless us, Lord, while we're out driving around and you'd bless the home

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where we're away and we thank you for that in Jesus' name.

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We just can't pull out of the driveway without doing that.

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Now, some of you might say, oh, now that's just a little over the top.

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I don't think so.

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I don't think so at all because it starts us off on our little journey, whether it's

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just to go up to the bank or get something to eat or go visit someone or go to church

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because I think before we start out, we're putting our hands, ourselves, in the hands

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of God, putting our lives in the hands of God.

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It's simple, make it routine, make it a habit and if you do it 10 or 12 straight times,

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it'll become a daily habit for you.

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So just a suggestion, don't get mad at me, but it says, pray about everything.

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And it says, tell God what you need.

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Well, that's what we need to do if we want to be blessed to receive what everything God

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has for us, the spiritual blessings of God and even the abundant living financial things

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that God wants to give us, or even the prospering that God says is okay for us to have.

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We've got to put it all together and believe that we can have those things and still grow

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closer to God.

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And you see, a lot of people don't want to hear a teaching on success or prospering because

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they think it draws people away from God.

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Well they're right, it can.

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Yes, it can.

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It can draw people away from God if people get blessed financially too much to where

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they don't know how to handle it.

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They're not spiritually prepared for it.

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So therefore they mishandle the financial blessing and it takes them out of church or

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takes them away from being faithful to the things of God or they do things that they

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shouldn't do or go places where they shouldn't go and I can understand that talking about

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success and prospering and those things can be difficult for people.

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But I believe that God wants us to have it all.

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He wants us to have success.

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He wants us to have spiritual success and he wants us to have financial success.

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He wants churches to be successful and if success doesn't mean that they'll be lifted

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up or that the church is all puffed up about look what we've done.

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I know the success is to give God glory and to reach out and help other people and draw

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us closer to God.

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That's what true success really is all about is living God's purpose for our life, operating

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in his will and seeking things that will be pleasing to God.

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That's true success and in that we can be blessed not only spiritually but financially.

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Alright I know this is an interesting way to describe it but I really believe this with

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all my heart.

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Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.

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Here's the apostle Paul giving us once again the steps to having it all.

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He says tell God what you need and then thank him for what he's done.

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I always like to start off saying Lord I just thank you for who you are.

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I don't like to start off by saying Lord thank you for answering this prayer and thank you

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for answering that prayer and think of it.

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Kind of like to start off by saying Lord thank you for who you are.

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Thank you for what you've done for us.

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If I do that I'll keep things in proper perspective and then thank him for a healing or answered

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prayer or something very special that he's done for us.

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But we've got to remember that we don't need to tell God what we need and thank him for

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all he's done.

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Verse 7, then it says, look at that after all that other stuff has happened, then you will

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experience God's peace.

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Which exceeds anything we can understand.

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By the way that's prosperity by the way to live in peace.

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His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

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Now that's success.

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That's prosperity.

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That's abundant living is to have peace.

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It doesn't mean that you've got a nicer car than your neighbor.

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Although you might, you might not.

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That doesn't really matter.

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You have peace.

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And you have peace regardless of your circumstances, regardless of what you're going through.

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Regardless of what we go through we've got to be at peace with God.

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And verse number 8 draft this particular scripture up.

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And now it says, alright he said all that up.

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He says, what he said was let's recap it real quick.

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Be full of joy for the Lord and let everyone be considered of them and remember that God's

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going to come soon and don't worry and pray and bring everything to God and tell him what

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you need and he'll give you peace and all that.

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Then he says, and now he says, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing.

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And this final thing is probably just as important.

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As a matter of fact it is just as important as anything else he said because when he said

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this one final thing this really brings it all together.

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Fix your thoughts on what is true.

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You want to have success spiritually and financially and in your life and everything

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you do then fix your thoughts on what is true because a pure mind is pleasing to God.

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And honorable it says things that are honorable and right and pure and lovely and admirable.

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Listen to this.

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Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

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I tell you I could give this podcast over and over again and if I didn't refer to the

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words that Paul spoke of in Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 through 8 in the New Living Translation

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or whatever translation you have, if I didn't bring those words up I'd be missing the point

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of how to have it all.

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We can have all that God desires for us.

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We can live in God's purpose for us.

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We can live in God's will.

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We can have a balanced life.

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We can have financial success.

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We can have friends and family.

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We can pay our tithes, pay our bills and save for our retirement.

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We can do all of these things in the name of Jesus Christ and the promises found in his

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word.

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We're going to move on now because I need to define just simply the word success.

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Let me take a look at success for Christians.

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Success is doing God's will in everything we undertake.

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I think you have to agree with that.

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It's living life abundantly according to God's purpose for us.

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It's success in marriage, in parenting, in work, at church, in our health issues, in

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our family issues.

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Everything that we do, God provides a plan for abundant living and success.

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We can have it all.

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Spiritual growth and success, spiritual maturity and abundance, spiritual increase and prosperity.

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In Proverbs 19, 21, New Living Translation, it says this, you can make many plans but

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the Lord's purpose will prevail.

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So in order to know what success is, we've got to operate in God's purpose.

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We can plan all that we want but it better line up with God's purpose for us and his

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will for our life.

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I have another scripture I think that tells us that we can have everything in life.

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We really can.

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It's found in John chapter 14 and verse 12.

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It's in the New Living Translation.

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I tell you the truth.

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Anyone, this is Jesus speaking, I tell you the truth.

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Anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done and even greater works because

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I'm going to be with the Father.

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Now some people say, well, how does that prove your point that we can have it all?

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Well, what Jesus is saying is there's no limits on us.

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There's no limit to what we can accomplish through Christ Jesus and we can have more

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than what we think we can have because Jesus says that we'll be able to accomplish more

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than what we think we can.

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What did Jesus mean when he said greater works we would do?

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Now this does not mean that we would be greater than Jesus because if anyone has ever told

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you that, that's ridiculous.

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There's no way that he's talking about that.

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Let me give you five little points here I think that proves what Jesus meant and what

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he was referring to us and what he was telling us in that scripture, John chapter 14 and

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verse 12.

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The first one is Jesus trusted his disciples.

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When he made that statement to them that they would do greater works because he trusted

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them.

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Now, just like he trusts us, have you ever related to that?

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Jesus trusts us just as much as he trusts them.

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When we first became Christians, when we become Christians, we do not have to earn the trust

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of Jesus.

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All along in our life we don't have to earn the trust of Jesus.

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He trusts us.

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He has confidence in us.

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He wants us to be blessed.

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Now obviously if we make a mistake we've got to repent of that and ask God to forgive

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us.

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That does not mean we're getting saved all over again.

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I'm not saying that.

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All I'm saying is that when we make a mistake we should be regretful of it and be sorry

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for it.

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We just wrap up point number one with Jesus trusted his disciples just like he trusts

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us.

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Here's point two on what Jesus was talking about in that scripture, John 14-12.

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Jesus knew the Holy Spirit would be with us and gift us with supernatural gifts just

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like he had.

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He said you'll do greater works.

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The Holy Spirit would be with us and we've been many, many more years than he did on

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this earth.

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Jesus said that word because he knew the Holy Spirit would be there to help us.

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Point three, Jesus worked his adult ministry for only three years.

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Jesus knew his disciples and all his followers would be available to work in ministry longer

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than he did on earth.

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Point four, Jesus knew that our wants and desires would be God's wants and desires

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as long as we are led by the Spirit of God.

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And point five, Jesus saw great potential in his followers just like he does you and

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I, he sees great potential in us.

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We've got to remember that.

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We can't allow ourselves to be robbed of the blessings of God and the goodness of God

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by going around feeling like well I can't do this and I can't do that and if I do that

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then I can't have that, that type of thing.

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We've got to let that go and ask God to direct those things.

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So I think I've proven my point.

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I think I've said enough on it so I'm going to move on.

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Now as we're closing out to the end of this podcast on how to have it all, let's look

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at greater works Jesus spoke to his disciples and future followers kind of in a different

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manner.

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Let me just give you some comments.

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I want to express how our God looks at us.

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It's so important to accept the promises Jesus made to his disciples because these promises

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were for us today.

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Our inability can be clothed with God's ability.

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Let me repeat that.

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Our inability, what we lack can be clothed with God's ability and who he is and what

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he can do.

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Man, we can't be limiting ourselves.

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Let God be God.

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Let him do what he wants to do, how he desires to do.

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I'm not saying we have any way to control what God does.

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I'm just saying allow God to do in our lives what he wants to do in our lives.

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Our lack can be replaced with God's abundance.

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However, in order to have it all, we need to have the evidence that God's Word is in

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us and that we understand God's will and his purpose for us.

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We can have success and prosper and have abundant living if we live for Christ and bless the

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kingdom of God with our success, our prospering and our abundance.

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See the reason that we are blessed is to be a blessing.

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When God gives something to us and blesses his people, he does it so that we can then

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extend that blessing to others.

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To meet our needs, yes, and to take care of us and provide for us, but also to bless others.

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We must believe that God desires.

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He wants to bless us.

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God wants to bless us, but we must be made available to his leading, his guidance and

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his direction through the Holy Spirit.

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Moses told God to get someone else, remember, to lead Israel because he said, if I can't

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speak, I'm kind of tongue-tied, I just can't speak.

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But eventually, Moses surrendered to God's will.

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So we need to yield to God.

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When he tells us something to do, when the Holy Spirit says, volunteer at the church

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or be extra kind to your family or to your wife or to a friend or do something to bless

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someone else, we've got to listen to that inner voice, that still quiet voice that tells

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us what we need to do in, quite frankly, every situation.

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As I close this podcast, let me give you seven words to think about.

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Just these seven words.

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I believe it'll help you understand what I'm talking about that we can have it all.

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Here are the seven words, where some see nothing, God sees everything.

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You know, I wrote a book entitled, Receive Everything From What Others Call Nothing.

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It's a book designed to tell us and help us understand what the apostle Paul was teaching

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in the book of Romans chapter four and verse 17, where he basically says to learn how to

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call forth things that are not as though that they are and not to give up on past dreams.

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That means not to give up on things that you believe could have happened or should have

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happened or needed to happen in your life and you kind of gave up on them.

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Maybe you had a dream to be a painter, but you gave up on it.

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Maybe you had a dream to write a book.

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Maybe you kind of prayed that someday you could go to college or whatever it might be.

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We should not give up on those things unless we know that the Holy Spirit doesn't want

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us to go in that direction.

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So this podcast was designed to help us understand that we can call forth those things that are

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not as though they are.

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We can tie and still have finances to take care of everything else.

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We can spend time in church and bless the work of the church and still spend plenty

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of time with our family.

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We can be a married couple and we can go out and have a date or we can get away for a little

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bit of time and still have plenty of time to be with our children.

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So please don't just look at things in your past and say, well, I just can't do that anymore.

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Pray about it, seek God about it and know His will in your life because God sees what

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we think is nothing.

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God sees everything and everything is possible with our God.

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We must not continue where we are today if we have dreams for tomorrow.

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Why not go where the Holy Spirit wants us to go?

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Let's pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for this opportunity I've had.

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I pray that you would bless those who listened in.

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I really believe you bless this podcast.

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It was one I look forward to doing.

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It's been delayed a couple of weeks in getting it together and getting it written.

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But Lord, I know now, God, Lord, the reason that you have me speak this because I believe

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there's people out there right now who need to dream again.

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They need to believe that not to give up on their past dreams and hopes and the things

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that they desire.

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I pray that you would bless them and I pray there are people that put limits on God and

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say, well, I can't do that and I can't do that.

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No, with God, all things are possible.

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So I pray that they would receive that word and walk in it and I pray that God will bless

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them.

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I pray that all of us will understand that where God sees everything when we see nothing

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is very important to understand.

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We've got to realize when we don't think something is possible, we've got to stop and say, but

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to God, all things are possible.

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So Father, bless each one that's listened in today.

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I pray that they would prosper.

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I pray that you would bless them, that you would help them.

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I pray that they would understand the significance of success first spiritually to grow in the

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Lord and then receive the blessings of the Lord and understand that you desire for them

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to live the abundant life.

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Otherwise, Jesus would not have said that in the word of God.

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So Father, once again, I pray a special blessing on all those who've listened in today and

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I'll give you praise and give you glory in advance for what's going to take place.

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In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

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Well, I hope that you've been blessed by this.

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I've enjoyed it.

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It's been fun and challenging at times.

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But on the other hand, what isn't challenging that has value?

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Anything that we accomplish in life, if we didn't put much effort into it, then it may

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not have been really anything that's all that great and all that important to us.

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So it's important we understand that we need to press into God.

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And when we press into him and draw close to him, then he'll draw near to us.

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So I pray that you've been blessed by this.

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If you would like to know more about quality Christian living, that's the name of our podcast.

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You can go to my webpage at davidseatfriendauthor.com.

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And when you go to my webpage, the front page popping out, the very front page, will have

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a link there to all my podcasts.

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This is podcast number 250.

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So that tells you there's a lot of podcasts and a lot of topics that we've covered.

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We've covered areas dealing with prosperity.

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We've talked about the issues of faith, faith for miracles.

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We did a long series on that.

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I had a series of about 20 podcasts on how to have a Christian business.

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I did another series on how to get out of debt, and that was probably another 10 or

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15 or more podcasts dealing with that.

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We've talked about the importance of drawing close to God.

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I had a series of messages on the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit and

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how to operate in those gifts and the fruit of the Spirit.

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So there's a lot of things there that are available to you.

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So I hope that you would scroll down the list and find something of interest to you and

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let your friends know about these teachings that are taking place.

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So once again, I'm so thankful that you've listened in today.

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And I would encourage you to let your friends know that we're going to continue our teaching

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in the area of success.

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Now my next podcast that I'm going to do for two sessions in a row, I'm going to be addressing

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things to our veterans.

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You might want to let your veteran friends know that we're doing a series.

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Every year I take at least two or three podcasts out and do a couple of them right around Veterans

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Day, which is on the 11th of November.

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So in that area, every year I'll do a couple of podcasts for our veterans.

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Me, interest in them is always quite surprising to me and it's some of the largest attended

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podcasts that I do each and every year.

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So I pray that you would let them know.

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That'll be the next two podcasts that I do.

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And then when we come back from that, I'll be picking up a new beginning back into this

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series and it's going to be entitled, that'll be like three podcasts from now.

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It is a spiritual battle to have success.

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And I'm telling you, you'll want to get this one.

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You'll want to listen to it because the Lord's giving me some very special things to share

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with you.

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And I thank you for listening in.

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I just have a few closing words for you.

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First of all, if you would like to subscribe to my podcast, you can do that by going to

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cpnshows.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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If you're interested in any of the books that I've written that I refer to in this podcast,

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you'll find them at the at momfront page on davidseefrendauthor.com.

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There's a list of the number of books that I've written that will maybe have helped

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you and I pray that they'll bless you.

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So with that, let me close with these words.

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May the Lord bless you and keep you.

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May his face shine upon you and be gracious to you and give you peace.

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May you prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.

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So until next time, may God richly bless you and may you receive the fullness of God's

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blessing for you to have success, abundant living and prosper.

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Thank you again for listening into quality Christian podcast.

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This has been podcast number 250.

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I'm your host, David Friend.