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<v Speaker 1>Today on Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren, we continue

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<v Speaker 1>in our riveting journey through the series The Invisible War.

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<v Speaker 2>In it will explore the.

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<v Speaker 1>Unseen world of good and evil and see how it

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<v Speaker 1>impacts our day to day existence. Join us for eye

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<v Speaker 1>opening biblical insights into the spiritual dimensions that influence our

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<v Speaker 1>lives in ways we never imagined. Right now, here's Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren with the final part of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>winning the Battle inside Me.

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<v Speaker 3>Second preliminary step to ending the battle going on inside

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<v Speaker 3>of you and winning the battle, I must detect and

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<v Speaker 3>disarm the lie I'm believing. I must detect and disarm.

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<v Speaker 2>The lie that I'm believing.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to understand that the number one way Satan

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<v Speaker 3>messes up your life is by suggesting lies to you

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<v Speaker 3>or to get you to lie to yourself. And that's

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<v Speaker 3>the number one way you mess up your own life

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<v Speaker 3>is lying to yourself. Every time you expose and challenge

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<v Speaker 3>a lie that you've listened to in your mind, you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to be further set free every time you sin.

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<v Speaker 3>You might write this down. In fact, look at this verse.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, if we claim to be without sin,

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<v Speaker 3>we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>He's saying there that sin causes us to deceive ourselves,

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<v Speaker 3>and deception causes us to sin. Now, we all tell

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<v Speaker 3>ourselves lies all the time, all the time. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>one of the big lies that you tell yourself is

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<v Speaker 3>this one. It's not really a problem. Oh really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not really a problem. My finances, they're not really

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<v Speaker 3>a problem. Our sex life, it's not really a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>My kids.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not really a problem. My work, not really my temper,

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<v Speaker 3>my foul mouth, my thought life, my little secret habit

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<v Speaker 3>over here in the corner.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not really a problem. Who are you kidding?

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, if we claim to be without sin,

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<v Speaker 3>we deceive ourselves, and.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is not in us.

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<v Speaker 3>So let me just ask you this real blunt question,

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<v Speaker 3>is somebody who loves you, what are you pretending isn't

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<v Speaker 3>a problem in your life? What are you pretending not

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<v Speaker 3>to know? What are you pretending isn't a problem in

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<v Speaker 3>your marriage? Isn't a problem in your personality? And you

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to admit it. The Bible tells us that

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<v Speaker 3>if I'm going to win this battle, I have to

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<v Speaker 3>stop lying to myself, and I've got to stop listening

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<v Speaker 3>to Satan's lives. And I want you to write down

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<v Speaker 3>a couple important things. We'll go into these in deeper

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<v Speaker 3>detail in following weeks. Behind every self defeating act is

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<v Speaker 3>a lie I have believed. Behind every self defeating act

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<v Speaker 3>is a lie that I have believed. Either I lie

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<v Speaker 3>to myself or or I let Satan lie to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, we have an amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Ability to lie to ourselves and to convince ourselves of

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<v Speaker 3>things that aren't true. Look at this verse up here

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<v Speaker 3>on the screen Jeremiah seventeen to nine. The heart is

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<v Speaker 3>deceitful above all things and beyond cure.

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<v Speaker 2>Who can understand it? What does it mean?

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<v Speaker 3>The heart is deceitful? We have an amazing ability to

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<v Speaker 3>lie to ourselves. The biggest liar you know is you,

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<v Speaker 3>And the person you lie to the most is yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>The person I lie to the most is myself. I

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<v Speaker 3>tell myself things are right when they're not right. I

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<v Speaker 3>tell myself things are okay when they're not okay. I

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<v Speaker 3>often tell myself things are not okay when they are okay.

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<v Speaker 3>And you do this all the time, and we rationalize

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<v Speaker 3>and we minimize and we make excuses and we tolerate

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<v Speaker 2>It's no big deal. It's no big deal.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're going to get free and if you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to have victory in this number two, write this down.

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<v Speaker 3>To stop defeating myself, I must stop deceiving myself. To

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<v Speaker 3>stop defeating myself, all those self defeating things in my

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<v Speaker 3>life that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like about me that I'd like to change.

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<v Speaker 3>To stop defeating myself, I have to stop deceiving myself.

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<v Speaker 3>I must become a person of the truth. I stop denying,

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<v Speaker 3>I stop rationalizing, stop minimize. Is going to stop excusing

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<v Speaker 2>Again. Let me ask you a very blunt question.

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<v Speaker 3>What self destructive behavior in your life are you putting

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<v Speaker 3>up with? And you know it's bad for you, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know it's gonna cut years off your life, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know it's going to hurt you in the long run,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know it may red destroy a relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>But you justify it. What is the truth?

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<v Speaker 3>You need to admit? This is the second step to

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<v Speaker 3>winning the battle. Jesus said this next verse. When you

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<v Speaker 3>know the truth, the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Will what But first it will make you miserable.

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<v Speaker 3>The truth makes you miserable as long as you deny it.

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<v Speaker 3>The truth does not free you until you admit it.

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<v Speaker 2>As long as you deny the.

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<v Speaker 3>Truth, it doesn't help you. In fact, it just makes

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<v Speaker 3>you mad. The truth makes you mad, and the truth

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<v Speaker 3>makes you miserable. It is only when you are humble

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<v Speaker 3>enough to admit it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is really what I am.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, this is really what I do, and yeah

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<v Speaker 3>this is really a compulsion, an addiction, a habit, a

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<v Speaker 3>problem in my marriage, in my life, or whatever. When

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<v Speaker 3>you admit the truth, then it sets you free. It

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't set you free until you admit it. We'll come

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<v Speaker 3>back to this in future weeks. I delete or detect

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<v Speaker 3>and disarm the lie that I'm believing. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>Satan is the father of lies. All he can do

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<v Speaker 3>is lie to you. It's the only way can influence

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<v Speaker 3>is you can suggest lies that Jesus said, I am

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<v Speaker 3>the truth. You got to decide whether you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>listen to God's truth or the world's lies, or Satan's

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<v Speaker 3>lives or your own lives. Number Three, The third thing

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<v Speaker 3>I need to do to get started in overcoming this

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<v Speaker 3>battle is I must declare my struggle to another. Declare

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<v Speaker 3>my struggle what I'm struggling with to another. I'm struggling

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<v Speaker 3>with my mouth. I'm struggling with my mind. I'm struggling

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<v Speaker 3>with my memory. I'm struggling with my behavior. I'm struggling

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<v Speaker 2>I'm struggling with and and you.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says we just share it. Sharing, revealing your

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<v Speaker 3>feeling is the beginning of healing. Now, if all you

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<v Speaker 3>want to do is be forgiven, you just admit it

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<v Speaker 3>to God. But if you want to change and you

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<v Speaker 3>want to be healed and you want to be different,

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<v Speaker 3>God says you're gonna have to admit it to one

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<v Speaker 3>other person. You don't have to admit it to everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Just all you need to do is have one person

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<v Speaker 3>who's gonna love you unconditionally, accept it, pray for you.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to be an accountability partner. They're gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>a uh you know, nobody goes into battle fight in

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<v Speaker 3>a war by themselves. You go with the team, You

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<v Speaker 3>go with a platoon. You need a battle buddy. You

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<v Speaker 3>need one person in your life that your gut level

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<v Speaker 3>honestly frank with, and you can share that with and

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<v Speaker 3>if it's not your husband or your wife, then if

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<v Speaker 3>you're a woman, you need to get another woman to

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<v Speaker 3>share it with. If you're a guy, you need to

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<v Speaker 3>get another guy to share it with.

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<v Speaker 2>You.

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<v Speaker 3>Go look, I just need to tell you I'm struggling

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<v Speaker 3>with this. And by doing that, the relief valve is

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<v Speaker 3>opened and the pressure is off, and.

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<v Speaker 2>The boogeyman isn't as big as you thought he was.

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<v Speaker 3>Now the Bible claims this James five point sixteen. Confess

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<v Speaker 3>your sins to each other and pray for each other

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<v Speaker 3>so that God can heal you. When a believing person prays,

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<v Speaker 3>great things happen. Now he says, confess it, not to God.

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<v Speaker 3>It says, confess to each other and pray for each other,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you'll be healed. Now we've talked about this

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<v Speaker 3>verse dozens and dozens of times. Here settle back, So

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<v Speaker 3>I want us to memorize this verse today, just the

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<v Speaker 3>first part of it. So look up here on the

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<v Speaker 3>screen James five sixteen. Remember the hardest part is to

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<v Speaker 3>remember the address where the verse is in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>So you always say the address at the beginning and

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of the verse, and you'll memorize the

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<v Speaker 3>verse by saying it aloud over and over. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>remember something by saying it silently. You only memorize it

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<v Speaker 3>by saying it aloud. So you write it on a

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<v Speaker 3>card and then you read it over and over till

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<v Speaker 3>you get it down. So let's say this together, James

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<v Speaker 3>five sixteen. Confess your sins to each other and pray

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<v Speaker 3>for each other, so God can heal you. And where

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<v Speaker 3>is that verse found? James five sixteen? Now today our

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<v Speaker 3>memory verses what verse James five sixteen? And what does

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<v Speaker 3>James five sixteen say? Confess your sins to each other

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<v Speaker 1>Each other so God can heal you?

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<v Speaker 2>James five sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to write that down in a card,

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<v Speaker 3>and I want you to say it every day this week.

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<v Speaker 3>Revealing your feeling is the beginning of healing. Confess your

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<v Speaker 3>sins to each other and pray for each other, so

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<v Speaker 3>God can heal you. Now, one last version will close.

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<v Speaker 3>Galatians five sixteen says this, live according to your new

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<v Speaker 3>life in the Holy Spirit. Circle that phrase in the

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<v Speaker 3>Holy Spirit. Live your according to your new life in

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<v Speaker 3>the Holy Spirit. Then you won't do what your sinful

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<v Speaker 3>nature craves. Now The difference between Roman seven, which is

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<v Speaker 3>a picture of total defeat, and the picture of Romans eight,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a picture of a man or woman in total.

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<v Speaker 2>Victory, is this word spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>In Roman seven, the phrase holy Spirit is never mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>not one instead forty one times. We have I, me,

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<v Speaker 3>my myself, mind, all these personal pronouns. It's all about me,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not about the spirit. In Romans chapter eight, the

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<v Speaker 3>word spirit is mentioned nineteen times.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the difference.

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<v Speaker 3>Is whether you are going by my spirit are going

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<v Speaker 3>by the Holy Spirit to empower me. An example, let's

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<v Speaker 3>say you and I go down to the lagoon of

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<v Speaker 3>this afternoon and we're walking on the beach and I

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<v Speaker 3>see a dead seagull, and the seagull has only been

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<v Speaker 3>dead less than a minute, still warm. And I pick

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<v Speaker 3>up this dead seagull. Now it's still got the same muscles, bones, feathers,

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<v Speaker 3>wings that it had a minute earlier. But I pick

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<v Speaker 3>up that dead seagull and I throw it up into

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<v Speaker 3>the air, and what happens It comes right back down.

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<v Speaker 3>Why because the life is going out of it. It

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<v Speaker 3>is not the muscle, it is not the bones, it

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<v Speaker 3>makes a seagull fly. It is the life that God

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<v Speaker 3>puts into it. And when the life, when the spirit

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<v Speaker 3>is out of that bird, it ain't flying.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still got all it's all the same equipment, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's not going to fly.

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<v Speaker 3>You have the equipment to live a successful, victorious life,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's not worth anything if you don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot do it on your own.

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<v Speaker 3>If there's anything I want you to understand this week

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<v Speaker 3>but it can't fly without the spirit of God in it,

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<v Speaker 3>without the life that God puts in it. And you

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<v Speaker 3>can go out and have all the best intentions and

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<v Speaker 3>make all the promises to yourself which you have broken

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<v Speaker 3>over and over and over because you cannot do it

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<v Speaker 3>on your own. You cannot be like Christ. You have

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<v Speaker 3>to let Christ live through you. We'll be talking about

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<v Speaker 3>that in the days ahead. And what the spirit does

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<v Speaker 3>Spirit does for me the things I cannot do on

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have that power.

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<v Speaker 3>And second, he fulfills in me what God desires to

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<v Speaker 3>do in my life. Now, resolutions are good, they're a

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<v Speaker 3>good start, but they'll only get you so far. Then

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<v Speaker 2>That's power. Heads.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, all of our best intentions are not good enough.

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<v Speaker 3>The alcoholic who says I'll never take another drink, and

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<v Speaker 3>never gonna look at it again is going to fail.

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<v Speaker 3>How many promises to yourself have you broken?

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<v Speaker 2>To let the Holy Spirit do it.

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<v Speaker 3>and you finally realize you can't live the Christian life

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<v Speaker 2>So what's your problem?

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<v Speaker 3>Temper, impatience, self control, being honest, fought life, pride, laziness,

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<v Speaker 3>skeletons in the closet. The problem is that skeletons don't

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<v Speaker 3>Me trying to flap my wings against gravity is like

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<v Speaker 2>My own power.

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<v Speaker 3>God has given you a new nature if you've invited

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<v Speaker 3>Christ into your life. But we are still sinners after

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<v Speaker 3>we believe, and there is that battle between the two dogs.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of you really feel defeated today and you say,

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<v Speaker 3>your own. You cannot be Jesus Christ. Nobody can be

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus like Jesus can, and He can live through you

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<v Speaker 3>if you will let his spirit empower you with new

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<v Speaker 3>life and it will lift you, lift you up out

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<v Speaker 3>of the cycle of sin. I want you to pray

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<v Speaker 3>this prayer right now. Dear God, you know the confusion

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<v Speaker 2>You know the frustration I feel.

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<v Speaker 3>You know the guilt and the shame, You know the

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<v Speaker 3>compulsions and habits and addictions, and you know how many

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<v Speaker 3>times I've made promises to myself and to you that

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't kept. Today I realize that I have two

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<v Speaker 3>ask you to use this series to help.

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<v Speaker 2>Me have victory.

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<v Speaker 3>Deepen my understanding of what Jesus Christ has done for me,

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<v Speaker 3>show me how to let go and how to let

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<v Speaker 3>your spirit live through me.

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<v Speaker 2>And this week, help me.

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<v Speaker 3>To challenge the lies that Satan puts in my mind,

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<v Speaker 3>and to challenge the lies that I tell myself, to

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<v Speaker 3>detect them and to disarm them, to stop deceiving myself.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to know the truth about me, and I

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<v Speaker 3>want it to set me free and help me to

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<v Speaker 3>have the courage to declare my struggle to one other person,

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<v Speaker 3>a battle buddy, a co worker, a friend in arms

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<v Speaker 3>fighting their battle too, and may I be offer unconditional

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<v Speaker 3>love and receive it. Help me to confess my sins

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<v Speaker 3>to others and pray for others so that God may

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<v Speaker 3>heal me and help me to live according to your

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<v Speaker 3>new life in the Holy Spirit. If you've never invited

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus into your life for the first time, you don't

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<v Speaker 3>have any resources.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to say Jesus Christ, come into my life

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<v Speaker 2>right now, live in me.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't understand it all, but I want to learn

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<v Speaker 3>to trust you, love you, follow you, and most important,

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<v Speaker 3>let you live through me by your spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray this in your name. Amen.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi everybody, this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 3>today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer

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<v Speaker 3>for the very first time, or you just recommitted your

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<v Speaker 3>life to Jesus again today, would you let me know

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<v Speaker 3>about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment. So

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<v Speaker 3>write me Rick at pastor Rick dot com and say, Rick,

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<v Speaker 3>I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life

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<v Speaker 3>to Christ. And I'll send you some material that will

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<v Speaker 3>help you on your journey with Jesus. And I'll also

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<v Speaker 3>pray for you. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 3>according to five specific purposes. He said, You've got to

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<v Speaker 3>love God with all your heart. That's worship and love

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<v Speaker 3>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 3>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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<v Speaker 3>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 3>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 3>I've taught you. That's discipleship. And we call that the

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<v Speaker 3>Great Commission. We believe it Daily Hope that a great

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