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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>We are so glad you're here with us. Today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to continue our series called The Keys to

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<v Speaker 1>a Blessed Life. And in these messages, Rick walks through

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and shows us how to

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<v Speaker 1>live a truly hopeful and purpose filled life. And now

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<v Speaker 1>here's the final part of it. Depends on who you

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<v Speaker 1>depend on.

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<v Speaker 3>Now listen to me very closely. You're most like Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>You're most like Jesus when you say nothing in the

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<v Speaker 3>face of attack, in the face of unjust, unfair criticism,

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<v Speaker 3>in the face of lies about you. You're most like

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus when you say nothing and you remain silent, and

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<v Speaker 3>you just say, I'm going to put this in the

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<v Speaker 3>hands of God and let him be my defender, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to try and myself and defend myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Back in One Peter two twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>We talked about last week jesus crucifixion and his resurrection.

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<v Speaker 3>It says when they hurled insults at him, Jesus he

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<v Speaker 3>did not retaliate. When he suffered, he made no threats back. Instead,

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<v Speaker 3>he entrusted himself to God to set things right. That

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<v Speaker 3>means I depend on God to me my defender. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I told you last week that they did six trials

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<v Speaker 3>for Jesus, three Romans, three Jewish trials. All of them

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<v Speaker 3>were sham trials, are all fake phony trials. And one

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<v Speaker 3>time the religious leaders take Jesus to Pilot, who was

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<v Speaker 3>the Roman governor of Israel at that time Palestine, and

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<v Speaker 3>they bring him in and they make a false charge

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<v Speaker 3>of Jesus and they said, this guy's trying to overthrow you.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants to be king. He wants your job, Pilot.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants to overthrow you. He thinks he's the king.

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<v Speaker 3>And Pilot looks at him and goes, is that true.

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<v Speaker 3>He's asking Jesus, you want my job? You're trying to

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<v Speaker 3>overthrow me. I'm the Roman appointed governor. You claim to

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<v Speaker 3>be the king of Israel, not when they don't have

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<v Speaker 3>a king. Do you want my job? Is that what

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<v Speaker 3>you're saying? And the Bible says Jesus would not even

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<v Speaker 3>dignify that false accusation with an answer. It said he

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<v Speaker 3>remained totally silent. He spake not unto them, He said

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<v Speaker 3>not a word under them. You are most like Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>when you face flack and don't defend it and don't

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<v Speaker 3>attack back.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here's an interesting thing. When people don't like.

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<v Speaker 3>You, they get what's called motivated reasoning, and so often

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<v Speaker 3>they'll just look. If people don't want to like you,

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<v Speaker 3>they'll believe anything negative.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't that true?

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<v Speaker 3>If people don't want to like you, they are quick

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<v Speaker 3>to believe the name, and they do not believe anything positive.

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<v Speaker 2>They only want to believe the negative. Now here's the problem. Today.

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<v Speaker 3>On the Internet, anybody can say anything about you, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's global, it's searchable, and it's permanent and it's never

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<v Speaker 3>going on. So somebody can say something bad about you

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<v Speaker 3>and it's there and nobody's ever taken it down. And

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<v Speaker 3>ten years from today, somebody can google your name and

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<v Speaker 3>find that and it wasn't true today, it won't be

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<v Speaker 3>true ten years of today, but they'll believe it. That's

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of world you're going to live in. So

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<v Speaker 3>you've got to learn how to depend on God's defense,

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<v Speaker 3>not your own. Why Because to be a leader is

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<v Speaker 3>to be misunderstood. If you're going to be a leader

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<v Speaker 3>in your home, if you're going to believe leader at

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<v Speaker 3>your school, in your community, in your church, or anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 3>To be a leader means somebody's going to misunderstand you.

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<v Speaker 3>You can spend all your time trying to correct those misunderstandings.

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<v Speaker 3>But here's what happens. If they don't like you, just

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<v Speaker 3>and they have motivated reason. A lot of people say, well,

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<v Speaker 3>if I teach them the truth, then they'll like me.

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<v Speaker 3>But if actually you teach them the truth, it just

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<v Speaker 3>makes them more mad. It makes them more mad because

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<v Speaker 3>you've disproven they were wrong, and now I really don't

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<v Speaker 3>like you, and so they go and they find out

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<v Speaker 3>something else. The more effective you are in life, the

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<v Speaker 3>more you're going to be attacked. You know, I decided

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<v Speaker 3>a long time ago that I'm not going to spend

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<v Speaker 3>any of my time trying to answer every lie, every criticism,

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<v Speaker 3>every rumor, every gossip, every false misrepresentation. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just going to leave it to God. Why Because if

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<v Speaker 3>I did spend my time trying to correct all those things,

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't have any time for anything else. The more

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<v Speaker 3>influence you have, the more you're going to be criticized

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<v Speaker 3>in life. Just count on it, and pioneers get the

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<v Speaker 3>arrows in the back. If you're going to call the shots.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to take the shots. So to be a

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<v Speaker 3>leader in a business means you're going to be criticized.

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<v Speaker 3>To be a leader in a church means you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to be criticized, community, anywhere else. I want you to

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<v Speaker 3>be fearless. What God wants is a generation of fearless

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<v Speaker 3>men and fearless women who say, I'm gonna do the

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<v Speaker 3>right thing. Doesn't really matter what anything else, because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>living for an audience of one, well done, now, good

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<v Speaker 3>and faithful servant.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm living for. Now, you just leave it.

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<v Speaker 3>To God because you can't correct it all. And even

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<v Speaker 3>if you did, it's not they're not going to change

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<v Speaker 3>your attitude. Now let me show you a couple verses,

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<v Speaker 3>Psalm chapter two, verse twelve. God blesses and God protects

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<v Speaker 3>everyone who runs to him, not everybody who defends himself,

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<v Speaker 3>not everybody who fights back, not everybody who you know

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<v Speaker 3>goes tit for tatten And and you know you hit me,

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<v Speaker 3>I hit you back. No, God blesses those who run him.

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<v Speaker 3>So you let God be your defender against accusations and

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<v Speaker 3>against critics. The next verse, Psalm sixty two on your

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<v Speaker 3>outline gives us five metaphors for God's protection.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to.

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<v Speaker 3>Underline him, he says David's And by the way, David,

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<v Speaker 3>who wrote this, was criticized his entire life. He was

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<v Speaker 3>attacked his entire life. In fact, most of his life,

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<v Speaker 3>people wanted to kill him because they were jealous. And

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people are going to be jealous of

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<v Speaker 3>your success and they're going to want to attack you

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<v Speaker 3>for many different reasons. David says this, I depend on

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<v Speaker 3>God alone. I put my hope in him. He alone protects, underlines,

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<v Speaker 3>he alone protects, He alone saves. Underline saves. He alone

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<v Speaker 3>protects and saves me. He is my defender. Underline that

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<v Speaker 3>my defender. I shall not be defeated. Underlined not be defeated.

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<v Speaker 3>My salvation and honor depend on God. What's your honor,

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<v Speaker 3>it's your reputation, reputation. My salvation and my reputation depend

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<v Speaker 3>on God. He is my strong protector, and he is

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<v Speaker 3>my shield. Undersigned underside under aligne my shield. Now notice

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<v Speaker 3>the five metaphors. God says, He's my protector, He's my savior,

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<v Speaker 3>he's my defender, he's my victor, and he's my shelter,

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<v Speaker 3>he said, let me handle it. When you do that,

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<v Speaker 3>you are being poor in spirit. You're saying God, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not depending on myself. I'm depending on you. I depend

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<v Speaker 3>on your wisdom. I depend on your strength. I depend

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<v Speaker 3>on your timing and your plan. And I depend on

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<v Speaker 3>your defense, not mine. And when God sees a person

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<v Speaker 3>like that, he goes, that's my boy, that's my girl,

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<v Speaker 3>that's who I want to bless. You're most like Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>when you don't defend yourself. Now, one of the greatest

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<v Speaker 3>sources of stress you're going to have in your life

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<v Speaker 3>is anxiety about money. In fact, studies show it's the

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<v Speaker 3>number one cause of divorce financial pressure. It's the number

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<v Speaker 3>one anxious anxiety producing issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Money.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I going to have enough to survive? Am I

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<v Speaker 3>going to have enough to make it? Financial worries. It

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<v Speaker 3>keeps people awake at night, and it causes people to

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<v Speaker 3>all kinds of stupid things because they start worrying about money.

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<v Speaker 3>So let me just give you one more way to

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<v Speaker 3>depend on God, and that is this number five. I

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<v Speaker 3>depend on God's wealth, not mine, for my own safety,

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<v Speaker 3>for my own security. I depend on God's wealth, not

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<v Speaker 3>my wealth. For my security. If you put your security

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<v Speaker 3>in your bank account, you are an insecure person because

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<v Speaker 3>you can lose everything you got in the bank.

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<v Speaker 2>If you put your.

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<v Speaker 3>Security in your job, you are a very insecure person

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<v Speaker 3>because you can lose your job. Put your security in

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<v Speaker 3>your investments, you're a very insecure person because you can

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<v Speaker 3>lose your investments. You have to put your security in

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<v Speaker 3>something that cannot be taken from you, and that is God.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's what the Bible says about God's wealth, not yours

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<v Speaker 3>Philippians four nineteen. And my God will supply all my needs.

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<v Speaker 3>My God will supply all my needs from his abundant wealth.

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<v Speaker 3>Circle that is God's wealth, not your wealth. That makes

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<v Speaker 3>you secure from his abundant wealth because of what Christ

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus has.

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<v Speaker 2>Done for me.

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<v Speaker 3>So I depend on God's wealth, not my wealth. I

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<v Speaker 3>depend on how much God's got, not how much I've got.

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<v Speaker 3>To be secure and to not be anxious, I want

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<v Speaker 3>you to write this down. Write it down on your line.

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<v Speaker 3>My job is a channel, but God is my source.

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<v Speaker 3>Explain this very important. If you understand this, you'll have

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<v Speaker 3>so much less stress in your life. My job is

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<v Speaker 3>a channel, but God is the source of my supply.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me give you an example. If I were to

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<v Speaker 3>go home from this service and I were to turn

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<v Speaker 3>on the faucet in our kitchen and no water came out,

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<v Speaker 3>what would I do?

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<v Speaker 2>Would I say, Oh, my, the world has run out

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<v Speaker 2>of water.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no water left in the whole wide world. I

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<v Speaker 3>turned on the faucet, there is no more water left.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course not, I'd know. The problem is not with

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<v Speaker 3>the source. The problem is with the distribution point. The

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<v Speaker 3>problem is not the source. There's plenty of water in

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<v Speaker 3>the world. The problem is the channel. The channel has

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<v Speaker 3>gotten blocked.

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<v Speaker 2>One way or another.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know what, if one channel gets blocked in

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<v Speaker 3>your life and this faucet stops working, God can turn

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<v Speaker 3>on another faucet just as easy. And if God closes

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<v Speaker 3>a door in your life, he can open another door.

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<v Speaker 3>And if another door closes, he can open a window

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<v Speaker 3>and you can crawl through it. God is not limited

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<v Speaker 3>to your ability and capacity. Your job is a channel.

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<v Speaker 3>If you think that your job is what keeps you

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<v Speaker 3>financially secure, you are going to be insecure.

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<v Speaker 2>Your entire life.

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<v Speaker 3>Living poor in spirit means I realize that God is

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<v Speaker 3>the source of my supply, and I depend on God's wealth.

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<v Speaker 3>My God shall supply all your needs according to his

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<v Speaker 3>riches in Glory, in Christ, Jesus, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>trust in him that is going to handle me. Jobs

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<v Speaker 3>may come and go, bank accounts may come and go,

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<v Speaker 3>Economies can go up and down. Stock mar market's going

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<v Speaker 3>to go, bowl or bear, doesn't matter. My source of

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<v Speaker 3>supply is in God. And the more you do that,

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<v Speaker 3>the more blessed you're going to be. So here's the

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<v Speaker 3>first key to blessing. I don't depend on my wisdom.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't depend on my wealth. I don't depend on

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<v Speaker 3>my strength. I don't depend on my plan and timing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't depend on my defending myself. Instead, I

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<v Speaker 3>trust God in all of those areas.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's what I do.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take this and I want you to rate yourself

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<v Speaker 3>on each of these five. I want you to give

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<v Speaker 2>Or a minus.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go back over all five and a plus means

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing pretty good in this area. I'm trusting God

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<v Speaker 3>really well. A minus means I need to work on

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<v Speaker 3>this one this week. Okay, how about the first one.

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<v Speaker 3>I depend on God's wisdom, not mine. Okay, here's the test.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you talking to God constantly throughout the day and

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<v Speaker 3>are you reading the Bible every day? If you're not,

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<v Speaker 3>you are not depending on God's wisdom. You're depending on

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<v Speaker 3>your wisdom because you're not talking to him about your decisions.

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<v Speaker 3>You've given first choice to every decision, and you're not

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<v Speaker 3>reading his word. So you're either doing those things and

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<v Speaker 3>depending on him or you're not. So give yourself plus

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<v Speaker 3>or minus. How about second one, I depend on God's.

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<v Speaker 2>Strength not mine. Are you doing that?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you walking in the strength of the Lord or

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<v Speaker 3>those are you those who trust in the Lord will

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<v Speaker 3>renew their strength?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>Give yourself a plus or minus. How about number three?

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<v Speaker 3>I depend on God's timing, not mine. How impatient are you?

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<v Speaker 3>Plus or minus?

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<v Speaker 2>Am I going? God?

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<v Speaker 3>You are? You're You're too slow. I'm going to take

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<v Speaker 3>matters into my own hands. I'm gonna find me a man. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm taking it in.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>And are you just saying God, I'm gonna make sure

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<v Speaker 3>that I'm gonna make this job happen or whatever? Are

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<v Speaker 3>you depending on God's timing? Are you depending on your timing?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? Number four?

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<v Speaker 3>I depend on God's defense, not mine. How well are

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<v Speaker 3>you doing on that one? Somebody says something mean to

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<v Speaker 3>you on Instagram, you immediately slam them back. On anything else,

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<v Speaker 3>I depend on God's defense, not mine. And how about

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<v Speaker 3>where are you looking for your source of security? Are

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<v Speaker 3>you depending on man? I'm so nervous because I don't

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<v Speaker 3>have any money? Or are you depending on God to

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<v Speaker 3>meet your needs? Give yourself a plus or minus on

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<v Speaker 3>each of those. Now, what's the first step you need

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<v Speaker 3>to take in this first condition of the blessings of God? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>you need to make a public declaration of dependence. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>in America we have the Declaration of Independence, and that's

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<v Speaker 3>a good thing. But for you personally, you need to

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<v Speaker 3>make a declaration of dependence God. I'm depending on you

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<v Speaker 3>in all five of these areas. By the way, do

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<v Speaker 3>you know what the public demonstration of your dependence on

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<v Speaker 3>God is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's baptism.

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<v Speaker 3>Baptism is saying to the whole world, I am totally

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to depend on God for my strength. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to depend on God.

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<v Speaker 3>For my wisdom, my wealth, my defender, my plan in life.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm all in. I'm totally submersed into this will and

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<v Speaker 3>I am in, and God says, that's the person that

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<v Speaker 3>I want to bless. Let me show you this last verse.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this in Romans chapter six. This is

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<v Speaker 3>what happens in baptism. By the way, did you know

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<v Speaker 3>that baptism is actually a Greek word. It's baptizo, and

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<v Speaker 3>the word baptism simply means to dip or submerge. Baptism

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<v Speaker 3>isn't actually a word, it's a transliteration. The translation of

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<v Speaker 3>the word baptism is dip, So like chips and dips.

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<v Speaker 3>So you go home to parties say I'd like some

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<v Speaker 3>chips and baptism please, Because the word baptism literally means dip.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it means. It means the dip under. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>this is what happens in baptism. When we went under

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<v Speaker 3>the water, we left the old sin behind, and when

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<v Speaker 3>we came up out of the water, we entered into

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<v Speaker 3>a new life of grace. Then Romans six is this.

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<v Speaker 3>When we're lowered into the water, it's like the burial

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<v Speaker 3>of Jesus, and we're raised up out of the water.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like the resurrection of Jesus. We are raised to

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<v Speaker 3>live a new life. Now, if you've never been baptized

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<v Speaker 3>like Jesus modeled and in the way Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Was baptized as an adult.

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<v Speaker 3>He was thirty three years old and he is baptized,

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<v Speaker 3>you need to do that as your public declaration of

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<v Speaker 3>He said, well, I was baptized a baby. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>talking about that. Lots of us were baptized as babies.

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<v Speaker 3>Lots of us were dedicated confirmed his baby. There's nothing

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<v Speaker 3>wrong with that. But that was your parent's decision, not yours.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't even remember it. When Jesus was a baby,

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<v Speaker 3>they took him to the temple and he was dedicated.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what his parents did, and there's nothing wrong with

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good thing to dedicate your baby to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>But when Jesus was a full grown adult, he went

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<v Speaker 3>out and made his decision to be publicly baptized.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you done that? Have you fought?

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus commanded it. He commanded it that we'd be baptized.

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<v Speaker 3>And he said, if you're ashamed of me, I'll be

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<v Speaker 3>ashamed of you. Little boy asked for me on time,

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<v Speaker 3>pastor Rick, when can I get advertised? And that's what

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<v Speaker 3>baptism is. It's an advertisement for Jesus baptism, says, I

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<v Speaker 3>am all in. I'm totally submerged. I'm really into this.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not just tinkling in here, twink, I'm just tippling in.

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<v Speaker 2>I know. I am all in.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm going to depend on God for my strength.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm going to depend on God for my wisdom

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<v Speaker 3>and for my wealth, and for my defense and for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Plan of my life. If you haven't done that, what

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<v Speaker 2>are you waiting on? Really? Do you? Why not? Why not? Now?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, could it be that your pride is keeping

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<v Speaker 3>you from being baptized. That's the exact opposite of being

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<v Speaker 3>humble in spirit. It's the exact opposite of the attitude

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<v Speaker 3>that God blesses. That's power ahead. I'm going to pray

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<v Speaker 3>a prayer and you can follow me in it. Dear God,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you for sending Jesus to teach us how to live.

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<v Speaker 3>Just say that, Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>to teach us how to live and to die for

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<v Speaker 3>my sins. I want your blessing on my life. So

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<v Speaker 3>today I want to take this first step of learning

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<v Speaker 3>to depend on You more. Just pray this. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to depend on your wisdom this week, your wisdom, not mine,

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<v Speaker 3>so you can replace my confusion with your confidence. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to depend on your strength, not mine, so your

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<v Speaker 3>power can show up in my weakness. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>depend on your timing. Help me to be patient and

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<v Speaker 3>quietly trust. I know that at the right time, you

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<v Speaker 3>can change things instantly. And Lord, when people misunderstand me

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<v Speaker 3>or criticize me, I want to quietly trust you for

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<v Speaker 3>my defense.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to retaliate. I want to be like Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Finally, Lord, I want to look to you as a

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<v Speaker 3>source to meet all my needs.

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<v Speaker 2>Help me this week.

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<v Speaker 3>To walk in the strength of the Lord. Help me

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<v Speaker 3>to walk in the strength of the Lord. And as

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<v Speaker 3>my public declaration of dependence, I want to be baptized,

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<v Speaker 3>and I pray this in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen.

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