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<v Speaker 1>Hey, friends, thanks so much for joining us today on

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching ministry of Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren. We're so glad to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And today, Rick continues in his series called Transformed. Together,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll dive into God's word and discover powerful principles that

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<v Speaker 1>can truly change our lives from the inside out spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation

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<v Speaker 1>to every part of your life. All right, well, let's

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<v Speaker 1>get started and join Rick for the final part of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called Change your Life by Changing your Mind.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason why most people are ineffective in life and

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<v Speaker 2>actually fail at life and actually don't enjoy life is

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<v Speaker 2>because they've never learned how to fight the battle of

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<v Speaker 2>the mind. This is so important. I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>explain to you one simple thing, how temptation works. Because

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, we're not supposed to be ignorant of how

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<v Speaker 2>satan works. We need to know how it works so

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<v Speaker 2>you're not caught off guard. So let me explain to

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<v Speaker 2>you how temptation works. Because it always uses the same

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<v Speaker 2>pattern James one fourteen and fifteen tells us the pattern

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<v Speaker 2>temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires,

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<v Speaker 2>and these evil desires lead to evil actions, and then

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<v Speaker 2>the evil actions lead to death. I notice temptation is

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<v Speaker 2>a process. It's not an isolated event, you know when

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<v Speaker 2>people talk about I don't know. It just caught me

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<v Speaker 2>off guard. It was just a one night's stand. No

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't. No, it wasn't. There were a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things that you gave into before you got to lowering

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<v Speaker 2>that barrier. Temptation is a process and the by Scott

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<v Speaker 2>describes exactly how it thinks. And there are four phases.

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<v Speaker 2>Write these down. Phase number one is temptation starts with desire.

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<v Speaker 2>So number one is desire. If you don't have any

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<v Speaker 2>desire for something, it's not a temptation. I have never,

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<v Speaker 2>ever in my life been tempted to smoke a cigarette.

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<v Speaker 2>Why there's no desire in me. I think they stink. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody asked me one they will smoke and send you

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<v Speaker 2>to hell. I said, no, make you smell like you've

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<v Speaker 2>been there, but it won't. But it's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>send you to hell. Okay, all right, do you remember

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<v Speaker 2>when they used to have smoking on airplanes. That was terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a friend who used to carry a card

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<v Speaker 2>with him and when a guy would light up next

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<v Speaker 2>to him on the plane, he'd hand him the card

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<v Speaker 2>and said, I notice you smoke. Will I chew? If

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<v Speaker 2>you won't blow smoke on me, I won't spit on you. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I've never been tempted because it just didn't smell good

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<v Speaker 2>to me. Now, there's a lot of stuff I've been

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<v Speaker 2>tempted in that you haven't been tempted in. But it

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<v Speaker 2>always starts with an internal desire. Now, he says, there

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<v Speaker 2>the lure of our desire. It begins inside you. Temptation

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't start out there, doesn't start on TV, doesn't start

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<v Speaker 2>on the street corner. It starts inside your mind. And

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<v Speaker 2>it often begins with a natural desire, not even an

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<v Speaker 2>evil desire. It can begin with a natural desire. You

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<v Speaker 2>have a natural desire for sleep. You have a natural

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<v Speaker 2>desire for water. You have a natural desire for food.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a natural desire for sex. You have a

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<v Speaker 2>natural desire to succeed in life. These are all God

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<v Speaker 2>given drives. The drive to achieve the drive for sex,

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<v Speaker 2>the drive to breed the drive. Those are normal drives.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing wrong with them. Okay, he listened closely. Temptation

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<v Speaker 2>turns a routine desire into a runaway desire, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>what makes it bad. It becomes more important than anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all you can think about, and any desire out

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<v Speaker 2>of control is destructive. Fire in a fireplace can warm,

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<v Speaker 2>fire on a cooking stove can cook great food, but

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<v Speaker 2>fire uncontrolled can burn your house down. All of God's gifts,

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<v Speaker 2>misused and abused, will burn your house down. Any of

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<v Speaker 2>them will sex, sleep eating any of those things. They're

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<v Speaker 2>good desires, good drives, but misused and abused, they mess

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<v Speaker 2>you up. Now. Often, temptation is an attempt to fulfill

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<v Speaker 2>a legitimate desire in your life, like I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to be loved. There's nothing wrong with that in the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong way. But the point is, it's like steel in

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<v Speaker 2>a magnet. If there were no desiring me, there would

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<v Speaker 2>be no temptations. That makes sense, okay, So temptation doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>start out there. It starts in here, in my mind

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<v Speaker 2>with desire. Step two in temptation always happens this way

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<v Speaker 2>is doubt, And what you do in doubt is you

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<v Speaker 2>begin to doubt two things. You doubt that God loves you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you doubt that God knows best. Because when you

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<v Speaker 2>start to get tempted, you go, did God really say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't have sex outside of marriage? Did God really say

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<v Speaker 2>forgive the person instead of get even with him? Did

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<v Speaker 2>God really say it's more blessed to give than to receive?

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<v Speaker 2>And you start doubting God's word. We see this from

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<v Speaker 2>the very first temptation and Adam and Eve they're in

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect environment. Okay, it's paradise. They have no clothes

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<v Speaker 2>and no kids. Hello, how do you mess up that? Really?

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<v Speaker 2>Satan comes and says, hey, see that tree over there.

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<v Speaker 2>Did God really say you can't eat of that tree?

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<v Speaker 2>What is he doing? He's getting you to doubt God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he says, God knows that if you eat

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<v Speaker 2>that tree, you'll be as smart as he is. What's

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<v Speaker 2>he doing? He's getting you to doubt that God loves you,

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<v Speaker 2>that God's rules are for your benefit. Every time you

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<v Speaker 2>give into temptation, you are believing a lie. You think

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<v Speaker 2>you know better, You think God doesn't know best. You

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<v Speaker 2>think that you know what will make you happy more

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<v Speaker 2>than he does. So there's always the desire, and then

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<v Speaker 2>there's the doubt did God really say? Do I really?

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<v Speaker 2>Does God really love me? Isn't God just being a

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<v Speaker 2>little prudish about this? Is it really true? And on

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<v Speaker 2>and on and on. Then the step three is deception.

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<v Speaker 2>And the third thing that Satan does is he replaces

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<v Speaker 2>God's truth with his lie and he says, God, you

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<v Speaker 2>won't die if you eat this God had already said

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<v Speaker 2>you eat this fruit, you're gonna die. Now God said,

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<v Speaker 2>you can eat anything in the hole in the entire park,

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<v Speaker 2>Yellowstone Park called Eden. You can eat anything in the

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<v Speaker 2>park except this one tree. What does man do? He

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<v Speaker 2>goes immediately to the one tree. It's the minimum amount

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<v Speaker 2>of temptation possible, but it allows a choice. Satan changes it. Also.

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<v Speaker 2>God says you can't eat a bunch of stuff, and

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<v Speaker 2>reason he doesn't want you to because he doesn't want

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<v Speaker 2>you to be as smart as he is. He is

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<v Speaker 2>giving you a lie. He is deceiving you. Notice it

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<v Speaker 2>says in that verse he says, I am lured. He

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<v Speaker 2>said temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desire.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle the word lure, that's a fishing term. Hey, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>enticed he're talking about using bait there. Now, any of

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<v Speaker 2>you fishermen, some of you are, The secret of good

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<v Speaker 2>fishing is real simple. You got to use the right bait.

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<v Speaker 2>Salmon eat a certain kind of bait, and trout eat

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<v Speaker 2>another kind of bait, and fish will even change what

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<v Speaker 2>they're eating feeding on at different times of the day.

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<v Speaker 2>And how many fish are you going to catch with

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<v Speaker 2>a bare hook? None? Zero, none, So obviously you got

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<v Speaker 2>to put some bait on there. You got to have

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<v Speaker 2>a lure question. What kind of bait does Satan use

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<v Speaker 2>on you? Do you even know? Do you know the

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<v Speaker 2>one he always uses on you? And he keeps coming

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<v Speaker 2>back to it because it gets you every time. It

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<v Speaker 2>hooks you every single time. It may be from something

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<v Speaker 2>long time ago that a parent said to you, but man,

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<v Speaker 2>when that thing comes out, you are just so hooked.

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<v Speaker 2>You immediately get depressed, or you immediately get angry, or

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<v Speaker 2>you immediately get worried. And Satan got her hooked. I

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<v Speaker 2>put the right bait on that hook. Satan knows your

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<v Speaker 2>weaknesses and he hides the hook. Now, I call this

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<v Speaker 2>phased deception because you know why often we know there's

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<v Speaker 2>a hook there, but we still keep nibbling. We know

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<v Speaker 2>there's a hook, but we still keep nibbling. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>people who flirt in the office. How stupid is that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know there's a hook there, you know it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>there's only one way it could go bad, but you

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<v Speaker 2>still keeping knibbling. You say, I'm an adult, I won't

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<v Speaker 2>get hurt. I'll be careful. You're being deceived. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lure. Now, anybody who's done fishing, Tom's a fly

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<v Speaker 2>fisherman knows that lures can when you fly fish, they

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<v Speaker 2>can be pretty flashy, pretty flashy. And the flashier the

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<v Speaker 2>lure that what was that? That fish goes? What was that?

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<v Speaker 2>Holy I'm gonna swim over there. That thing looked it's flashy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's shiny.

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<v Speaker 1>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>That looks like Las Vegas. You know what. Las Vegas

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<v Speaker 2>is one giant lure in the desert and it's shiny

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<v Speaker 2>and it's bright, and they've got all you can eat

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<v Speaker 2>buffets for nothing, and somebody's paying for that, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get hurt, and you know, the poor suckers are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna you know, Las Vegas should just be called lost wages,

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<v Speaker 2>because next time you're going to tempt to be going

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<v Speaker 2>to Las Vega. Just give me your money, okay, just

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<v Speaker 2>give it to me, okay, okay, And then you save

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<v Speaker 2>the time, save the effort, and we'll use it for good,

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<v Speaker 2>all right. Temptation always looks better than it is. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Step four is disobedience and defeat. Disobedience and defeat. Now

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<v Speaker 2>we've moved from desire. There's something that's I want to

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<v Speaker 2>doubt God's word and God's love to deception. I'm believing

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<v Speaker 2>the lie that Satan's telling me. It's gonna be Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you can get away with this, it's all right, just

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<v Speaker 2>this once. It's not that bad, and I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you go to disobedience and then defeat, and

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<v Speaker 2>now it's sin. What began in the mind gets translated

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<v Speaker 2>into action and it goes like this, My attention becomes

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<v Speaker 2>an attitude, and my attitude becomes an action. Well, you

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<v Speaker 2>really spend a lot of time on this, but this

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<v Speaker 2>is how it works in the battle for your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had guys say to me, what's the danger of

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<v Speaker 2>a harmless fantasy? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not harmless. I want you to write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>What I flirt with, I'll fall for whatever I flirt with.

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<v Speaker 2>It may be a cupcake, I'll fall for whatever I

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<v Speaker 2>flirt with, I'll fall for. I need to refocus my attention.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, after desires conceived, it gives birth to sin,

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<v Speaker 2>and the end result is death. Says the Tragic consequt.

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<v Speaker 2>What's death the exact opposite of living? Now, listen, you

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<v Speaker 2>are free to choose anything you want in life. You're

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<v Speaker 2>free to make your choices, but you are not free

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<v Speaker 2>from the consequences of those choices. The moment you make

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<v Speaker 2>that choice, you are no longer free because there are

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<v Speaker 2>consequences that come to every choice, often unintended consequences, And

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<v Speaker 2>what you sow you will reap. And you cannot choose

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<v Speaker 2>the behavior and not choose the consequence. Now what am

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<v Speaker 2>I saying? The best time to win the battle with

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<v Speaker 2>temptation is before it begins. Look at this verse on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen. So I'm one nineteen one twelve. I have

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<v Speaker 2>made up my mind to obey your laws forever, no

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<v Speaker 2>matter what. Until you come to that point, you're just

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<v Speaker 2>gonna keep stumbling and stumbling and stumbling and stumbling. I

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<v Speaker 2>have made up my mind that's a choice. I have

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<v Speaker 2>made up my mind to obey your laws forever, no

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<v Speaker 2>matter what. All right, Three things, I said, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to make these choices every day. I have to focus,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to free, I have to feed. I said. First,

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<v Speaker 2>And then I have to free my mind from destructive thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about how that happens. And the third is,

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<v Speaker 2>Three things that will make the most difference in your

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<v Speaker 2>You've heard that old cliche. You become whatever you think about.

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<v Speaker 2>Most well, you think about Jesus. Guess what you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to become like like Jesus. Second time of the two

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<v Speaker 2>eight keep your mind on Jesus Christ Hebrews twelve Three.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about Jesus. Example, he held on. Are you having

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<v Speaker 2>start feeling like you're ready to give up. Think about

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<v Speaker 2>what Jesus went through think about Jesus. Number two, think

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<v Speaker 2>about others. Think about others. Philippians two four says don't

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<v Speaker 2>others too and what they are doing. Do you realize

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<v Speaker 2>how counterculture that is everything in the world teaches you

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<v Speaker 2>best for me looking out for number one? Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>could go on down a whole list of these phrases

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<v Speaker 2>most counterculture statement I think of in our culture to

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<v Speaker 2>begin this book with? And I just said, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>about you. That is the most counterculture statement you can

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<v Speaker 2>make in our world today. It's not about you. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like a slap in the face. So I just thought,

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about you. Okay, it's not about you. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not about you. It's not about you. It's all about God.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's only in giving your life away that you

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<v Speaker 2>will understand what it really means to live. So think

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<v Speaker 2>about others Hebrews ten twenty four. Let us think about

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<v Speaker 2>each other and help each other to show love and

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<v Speaker 2>do good deeds. And the best place to practice that

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<v Speaker 2>small group this week. Let's think about each other. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>help each other to show love and do good deeds.

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<v Speaker 2>In your small group. That's the laboratory for love. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the place to learn and unselfishness. Think about Jesus, think

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<v Speaker 2>about others. Number three, Think about eternity. That's the third

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<v Speaker 2>Think about eternity, that there's mortal life than just here

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<v Speaker 2>and now. The problem that we do today is we

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Colossians three to two. Let Heaven feel your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not think only about things down here on earth.

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<v Speaker 2>King James version says, set your minds on things above,

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<v Speaker 2>not upon things on the earth. Let Heaven fill your thoughts. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>he's no earthly good. That's a bunch of baloney. You

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<v Speaker 2>minded actually do any good, And those who are most

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<v Speaker 2>heavenly minded throughout history are those who've done the most

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<v Speaker 2>good on earth bar none. It is not the earthly

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<v Speaker 2>minded people who get the most done on earth. It

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<v Speaker 2>is the most heavenly minded people who get the most

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<v Speaker 2>done on earth for good. It's just not true. He's

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<v Speaker 2>so heavenly minded and no earthly good. The problem is

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite. We're so earthly minded, we're no heavenly good.

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<v Speaker 2>All we think about is budget and baseball and bills

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff like that. One Corinthians two nine. No eye

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<v Speaker 2>has seen, no ear has erred, and no mind has

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<v Speaker 2>imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that, and when you start thinking about that,

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<v Speaker 2>all of the problems, little nitpicky problems in your life

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<v Speaker 2>go see so inferior compared to the glory, the joy,

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<v Speaker 2>the pleasure, the enjoyment, the things we have to look

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<v Speaker 2>forward to in eternity. I need to feed my mind

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<v Speaker 2>on truth every day. I need to free my mind

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<v Speaker 2>from those destructive thoughts. I can choose not to think

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<v Speaker 2>them by changing the way I think, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>I'm focused on the right thing, I don't have time

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<v Speaker 2>to pay attention to the wrong thing. When I'm watching TV,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like what I see. I just flipped the channel.

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<v Speaker 2>Change your attention. I'm no longer tempted. It's real simple.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's vow for prayer. Father, you gave us our minds.

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<v Speaker 2>We were made in your image. This is the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>gift You've ever given us, the gift of intellect. And

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<v Speaker 2>we realize it's our greatest asset, and yet it is

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest battleground. And we realize that the world, and

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<v Speaker 2>the flesh, and the devil all team up to thwart

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<v Speaker 2>our best intentions. Now you pray, just say a simple prayer. God,

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<v Speaker 2>help me to put into practice what I've just learned.

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<v Speaker 2>Just say, God, help me put into practice what I've

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<v Speaker 2>daily basis. I want to feed my mind with truth

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. And I want to free my mind

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<v Speaker 2>from destructive thoughts by taking every thought captive, to make

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<v Speaker 2>it obedient to Christ, to not just let my mind

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<v Speaker 2>run wild. Help me to be wise the temptation. Realize

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<v Speaker 2>when desire is turning the doubt, to deception, to disobedience.

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<v Speaker 2>Just say this, God, I'm going to make up my

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<v Speaker 2>mind to obey your word forever, no matter what to

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<v Speaker 2>think about Jesus, help me to think about others, help

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<v Speaker 2>me to think about eternity, that my life may be

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, such great words of wisdom from pastor Rick today,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope you were blessed like I was. And

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<v Speaker 1>now here's Rick to tell you about a resource that

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