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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 1>In it will explore the unseen world of good and

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<v Speaker 1>evil and see how it impacts our day to day existence.

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<v Speaker 1>Join us for eye opening biblical insights into the spiritual

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<v Speaker 1>dimensions that influence our lives in ways we never imagined.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Here's Pastor Rick Warren would part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called winning the Battle Inside Me.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the Bible tells us that there are three mortal

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<v Speaker 2>enemies to your life that are out to mess up

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<v Speaker 2>everything God wants to do in your life. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>calls them the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. The

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<v Speaker 2>world is the value system around you. The flesh is

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<v Speaker 2>the old nature within you. And Satan is coming against

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<v Speaker 2>you and his des and his minions. During this series,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to look at what our angels and what

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<v Speaker 2>do they do? And what are demons and what do

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<v Speaker 2>they do? But I want us to begin the series,

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<v Speaker 2>we actually began it last week by looking at the

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<v Speaker 2>battle within. Because you are your own worst problem, You

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<v Speaker 2>are your own biggest enemy.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I talk to a lot of people who you know,

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<v Speaker 2>go around and they say, you know, I've got so

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<v Speaker 2>much stress from this boss, and I've got so much

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<v Speaker 2>stress from the kids, and I've got so much going

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<v Speaker 2>on from all these things, and I've got all these

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<v Speaker 2>problems in my life. I need to go to Tahiti.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem with that is when you go to Tahiti,

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<v Speaker 2>you take you. I mean, it's like the people who

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<v Speaker 2>talk to me and say, you know, I don't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>All my relationships suck, and they move from one relationship

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<v Speaker 2>to the next relationship, to the next relationship, to the

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<v Speaker 2>next relationship to the next relationship, and they say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they just why do I have some bad relationships? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the common denominator?

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<v Speaker 3>You?

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<v Speaker 2>You're the common denominator, and so something's got to change

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<v Speaker 2>in you. First, back in nineteen seventy, before many or

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<v Speaker 2>most of you were born, Walt Kelly, the famous cartoonist,

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<v Speaker 2>had a Pogo cartoon that became an icon in American culture.

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<v Speaker 2>It's here on the screen, it says, Pogo says, we

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<v Speaker 2>have met the enemy and he is us. And it's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm my biggest problem. Most of the time, Satan doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>even have to worry about tempting me because I'm messing

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<v Speaker 2>up my own life.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of the time, Satan doesn't even have.

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<v Speaker 2>To think about you, because you're doing a good job

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<v Speaker 2>of screwing up yourself. So what happens is we have

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<v Speaker 2>to work on all three of the enemies. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to start first with the internal war that goes onside you.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we're going to look at the world, and then

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to look at Satan. Now you may identify

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<v Speaker 2>with this letter that I got a while back, Pastor.

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<v Speaker 3>Rick, I need you to explain something to me.

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<v Speaker 2>When I first came to Christ, everything seemed to change

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<v Speaker 2>for the better. Immediately, I felt joy for being forgiven

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<v Speaker 2>for all of my shame, and I felt peace knowing

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<v Speaker 2>that God loved me, and I felt hope because I

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<v Speaker 2>learned that He had a purpose for my life.

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<v Speaker 3>It was all a great relief.

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<v Speaker 2>But after a while, my joy seemed to shrink, and

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<v Speaker 2>following Christ became a struggle. Old habits reared up their

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<v Speaker 2>head again, and I felt the tug of old ways

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<v Speaker 2>coming back. Now this really frustrated me because I thought

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<v Speaker 2>I was through with all of that. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>do the right thing, but I lack the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, and I can't seem to fulfill all of

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<v Speaker 2>my good intentions. I know what is right, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know what is wrong, and I really don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>do wrong anymore. And I know God doesn't want me

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<v Speaker 2>to do wrong. So why do I still make bad choices?

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<v Speaker 2>What's wrong with me? It's so frustrating. I sometimes wonder

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<v Speaker 2>if maybe I'm not really a Christian. Now, if you've

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<v Speaker 2>ever felt that way, you came to church on a

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<v Speaker 2>good weekend, because you're not the only one. Fortunately, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not alone. Every other believer has experienced this. And Paul himself,

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest Christian who ever lived, who wrote most of

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<v Speaker 2>the New Testament, next to Jesus Christ, is probably, without

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<v Speaker 2>a doubt, the greatest Christian ever lived. He talks about

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<v Speaker 2>this internal war in a very famous chapter of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called Romans chapter seven. What we're going to do

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend is we're going to look at the consequences

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<v Speaker 2>or the conditions that happen in your life when this

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<v Speaker 2>battle is going on.

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<v Speaker 3>I call it the.

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<v Speaker 2>Emotional costs, the emotional costs of having this battle in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. And Paul says that they are sick things

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<v Speaker 2>that happen in your life when you don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with this battle that's going on inside of you.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Paul explains the cause of this battle, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he explains the cure, and we're going to look

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<v Speaker 2>at that both this week and next week. Now, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to just read you this passage first. It's up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen. Romans, Chapter seven, Verses fifteen to

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's what Paul says.

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<v Speaker 2>And I really love this because it's a gut level,

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<v Speaker 2>keeping it real kind of approach. Paul doesn't mince any words.

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<v Speaker 2>He's transparent about his own struggles. He's very honest about

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<v Speaker 2>the frustration he feels. Verse fifteen, he says this, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand myself at all, for I really want to

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<v Speaker 2>do what is right, but I can't. I do what

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to, I do what I hate.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I know perfectly well that what I'm doing is wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>and my bad content proves that I agree with these

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<v Speaker 2>laws that I'm breaking. But I can't help myself because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm no longer doing it. It is sin inside me

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<v Speaker 2>that is stronger than I am, that makes me do

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<v Speaker 2>these evil things. In other words, you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to gossip but I end up doing it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be impatient, but I end up being impatient.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to say bad things to my kids,

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<v Speaker 2>but I do. I know how to take better care

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<v Speaker 2>of my health, but I don't. He just goes on

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<v Speaker 2>and on about all the things in life. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>it's sin inside me that's stronger than I am and

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<v Speaker 2>makes me do these things. Says, I know I'm rotten

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<v Speaker 2>inside as far as my old sin nature is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>But no matter which way I turn, I can't make

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<v Speaker 2>myself do right. I want to, but I can't. When

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do good, I don't. And when I

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<v Speaker 2>try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm doing what I don't want to do, it's

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<v Speaker 2>plain where the trouble is. Sin still has its me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's grip. He actually starts to seem a little

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<v Speaker 2>discouraged here, like it's like it's going to be unchangeable.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, seems to be a fact of life that

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<v Speaker 2>when I want to do what is right, I inevitably

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<v Speaker 2>do what is wrong. I love to do God's will

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<v Speaker 2>is so as so far as my new nature is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's something else deep within me? Am I in

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<v Speaker 2>my lower nature that is this war within my mind

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<v Speaker 2>and wins the fight and makes me a slave to

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<v Speaker 2>the sin that's still within me. In my mind, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be God's willing servant, but instead I find

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<v Speaker 2>myself still in slave to sin my old ways. So

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<v Speaker 2>you see how it is. My new life tells me

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<v Speaker 2>to do right, but the old nature that is still

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<v Speaker 2>inside me loves to sin. Oh what a terrible predicament

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in. Who will free me from my slave to

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<v Speaker 2>this deadly lower nature? Thank God, it has been done

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<v Speaker 2>by Jesus Christ, our Lord. He has set me free.

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<v Speaker 2>Now can you hear the frustration? And in Paul's voice,

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<v Speaker 3>Is baring his soul.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's going on here is he's explaining the battle

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<v Speaker 2>that happens in your life when two things occur. When

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<v Speaker 2>you try to please God by your own strength, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be frustrated and you're going to fail when

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<v Speaker 2>you try to do it on your own strength. And

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<v Speaker 2>number two, when you try to change things in your

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<v Speaker 2>life from bad to good by simply willpower, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to work and you're going to eventually give up. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the encouragement that ought to be here. Paul is not

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<v Speaker 2>a new believer. This guy's not a novice.

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<v Speaker 3>He is a mature believer.

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<v Speaker 2>He's writing a book that's actually in the Bible. Is

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<v Speaker 2>a missionary to all of the Roman Empire. He is probably,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, the strongest Christian who ever lived next

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<v Speaker 2>to Jesus himself. And yet he says, you know, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I just can't figure it out. And there's things in

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<v Speaker 2>me I want to do that are right, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't do them, and the things that are wrong that

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<v Speaker 2>I end up doing. We're going to look this weekend

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<v Speaker 2>in detail, this week and next week at how to

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<v Speaker 2>you want to change but just can't seem to change.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, I want us to begin.

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<v Speaker 2>By looking at the cost of this emotional battle going

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<v Speaker 2>on inside of you. The emotional drain of trying to

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<v Speaker 2>do the right thing on your own power is exhausting,

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<v Speaker 2>and eventually you get worn out. And Paul lists six

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<v Speaker 2>emotional consequences. I want you to write these down see

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<v Speaker 2>if you identify with any of them.

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<v Speaker 3>He says.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing that happens when I try to fight

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<v Speaker 2>power is I get confusion confusion, and he says that

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<v Speaker 2>in the first verse here, verse fifteen, he says, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't understand myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand myself at all, for I really want

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<v Speaker 2>what I don't want to. I do what I hate. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>circle all of the eyes in this verse. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand myself, for I really want to do what is right,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can't. I do what I don't want to,

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<v Speaker 2>what I hate. He's says, something's wrong with me. Now

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<v Speaker 2>in this one verse he uses the first person pronoun

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<v Speaker 2>I six times. Now, this is the key to understanding

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<v Speaker 2>this chapter. These are two famous chapters in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Roman seven is about the defeated Christian life, and Roman's eight,

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<v Speaker 2>which we're going to look at next week, is about

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<v Speaker 2>the victorious Christian life. And in Romans seven, Paul uses

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<v Speaker 2>in just twelve verses, he uses the word I twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven times. He uses the word my six times, he

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<v Speaker 2>myself two times. In all, in all, He uses the

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<v Speaker 2>first person pronouns forty one times in twelve verses. Paul

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<v Speaker 2>has an eye problem, and you have an eye problem,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have an eye problem. And the problem is

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<v Speaker 2>I try to do it all my way, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to cause me to fail. I am my biggest problem. Now, notice,

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<v Speaker 2>That ought to encourage you that even Paul, this great

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<v Speaker 2>mature saint, doesn't have all the answers. If Paul doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>for me to go I can't figure out what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>tools like willpower. He says in verse sixteen. The next verse,

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<v Speaker 2>And you do too, when you do it and you

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<v Speaker 2>which means with in Latin, and science are scientia in Latin,

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<v Speaker 2>which means knowledge. Conscience means you do something with full

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge that what you're doing is wrong. You're not kidding yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Garden of Gethsemone to pray because he knows he's going

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes that's all a good friend does. A good friend

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<v Speaker 2>just shows up. They show up in your life. They

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<v Speaker 2>says to Peter James, on you guys, just hang out

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<v Speaker 3>Tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Peter, James and John fall asleep and they're sawing logs,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus comes back and goes, could you guys not

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<v Speaker 3>Could you know? Without going to sleep?

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<v Speaker 2>that causes confusion, and it causes guild and shame. The

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<v Speaker 2>third thing that causes when you don't know how to

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind, you going okay, Lord, today is going

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<v Speaker 2>by the end of the day, nothing has changed. And

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, here, you know, I'm no longer doing it now.

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<v Speaker 3>Is not worth the short term pleasure.

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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>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Pastor Rick with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, I want to share with you a note. I

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<v Speaker 2>got the mail from Alyssa. She wrote, Hi, Pastor Rick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a thirty three year old living in Jamestown, North Dakota,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much for your Daily Hope broadcast. I

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<v Speaker 2>listened to them regularly and I've learned so much. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I often think of specific people that I want to

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<v Speaker 2>I've shared them, but I do know that one of

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<v Speaker 2>my friends has been regularly listening to you now and

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<v Speaker 2>She's been struggling with a verbally abusive relationship for many years,

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<v Speaker 3>Rick. God has really used you to reach so.

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<v Speaker 2>Many people, and I think, thank you for being obedient

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<v Speaker 2>to Him and He's calling to you. I will continue

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<v Speaker 2>to pray for you. Thank you for impacting my life. Alyssa, well, Alissa,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for sending this message. You know we live

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<v Speaker 2>Would you find one person today and recommend that day

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