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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for joining us for Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we bring our series The Invisible War to a

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<v Speaker 1>close as we take one last look at how the

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<v Speaker 1>unseen world of good and evil intricately shapes our day

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<v Speaker 1>to day existence. Join us for eye opening biblical insights

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<v Speaker 1>into the spiritual dimensions that influence our lives in ways

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<v Speaker 1>we never imagine. Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with

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<v Speaker 1>the final part of a message called never fight your

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<v Speaker 1>battles undressed.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the fifth thing you need, and of course this

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<v Speaker 2>is what a soldier needs, is he puts on the helmet.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course the helmet was probably the most important

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<v Speaker 2>part of a soldier's war centurions where because if you

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<v Speaker 2>get a head wound, that's often a mortal wound. If

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<v Speaker 2>you lose your head, you lost it. And so you

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<v Speaker 2>want to have I mean, not many people are walking

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<v Speaker 2>around headless, right, Okay, So you want to wear a helmet.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, you got to put on the helmet,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the next verse, verse seventeen. He says, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to put on the helmet of salvation. Salvation. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what is the purpose of a helmet? It is to

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<v Speaker 2>protect your mind, your mind. And so the fifth piece

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<v Speaker 2>of weapon of weapon protection you need is sanity. Sanity

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<v Speaker 2>and sanity means I protect my mind from evil thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>I protect my mind. That's what a helmet does. It

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<v Speaker 2>protects your mind, It protects your head. And if you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to win the spiritual battles of life over doubt, discouragement, depression,

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<v Speaker 2>defeat and all the things you got to learn how

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<v Speaker 2>to control your thoughts, you got to have sanity. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't say hanity. I said sanity protecting my mind from evil.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what is it that protects my mind from evil? Salvation?

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<v Speaker 2>When I get put on salvation, I get a whole

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<v Speaker 2>new mind. Let me just say it this way. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know Jesus Christ, if you don't have him

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<v Speaker 2>in your heart, if you're still outside the family, you

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<v Speaker 2>friend have zero protection against Satan, none whatsoever. Satan's not

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<v Speaker 2>afraid of your words. He is afraid of God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>Satan's not afraid of your thoughts. He is afraid of

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<v Speaker 2>god thoughts. And it is salvation that protects your mind

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<v Speaker 2>and protects the home of a salvation. Now, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to go into this in a lot of detail

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<v Speaker 2>because We've spent weeks talking about the importance of guarding

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<v Speaker 2>your mind, but it is amazing to me what people

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<v Speaker 2>allow in their mind, what they'll read, what they'll think,

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<v Speaker 2>what they'll listen to. You know, let's just admit it.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what television is? It's a drug with

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<v Speaker 2>a plug. That's really all it is. It's a drug

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<v Speaker 2>with a plug. And most of it on there is

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<v Speaker 2>not really very good for your brain. There's some good stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's some stuff that's just fluff, but there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of stuff on there that's actually bad and it's

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<v Speaker 2>not good for your mind. The Bible says this in

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<v Speaker 2>Colostion three two. Keep your mind on things above, not

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<v Speaker 2>on worldly things. That means when Satan puts a dart

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<v Speaker 2>and he shoots a dart of doubt in your mind,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, I'm not going to believe that I got

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<v Speaker 2>the helmet of salvation on. Instead, I'm going to think this.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot choose what happens to you. You cannot choose

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<v Speaker 2>everything that's going to happen if you do, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can choose what you think about. You have one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent control over that. And when you choose to think

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<v Speaker 2>on things that are good and true and right. And

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<v Speaker 2>just when you choose to think on the word of God,

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<v Speaker 2>you are putting on the helmet of salvation. Now when

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<v Speaker 2>you think about each of these issues, integrity and purity

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<v Speaker 2>and serenity, peace and certainty and sanity, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>that is. It's a perfect picture of Jesus. What this

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<v Speaker 2>is talking about is letting Jesus Christ live through your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody has more integrity, more sanity, more purity, more certainty

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<v Speaker 2>than Jesus Christ. Now there's one other thing that you

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<v Speaker 2>have to have in order to fight the battles in

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<v Speaker 2>life and win. And Paul says, you got to put

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<v Speaker 2>on every piece and the fifth piece is maturity. If

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<v Speaker 2>you write this down, maturity And what is maturity just

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<v Speaker 2>knowing a lot of the Bible? No, it is knowing

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible and knowing how to use the Bible against Satan.

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<v Speaker 2>Maturity is the ability to use the Word of God

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<v Speaker 2>against Satan. And unfortunately, most people don't know how to

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<v Speaker 2>do this. You may have been in church for a

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<v Speaker 2>year or two years or ten years and you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>lots of Bible taught, but you don't know how to

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<v Speaker 2>use the Bible again, satan. That is maturity, how to

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<v Speaker 2>use the word of God against the devil. Maturity is

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<v Speaker 2>when you practice the word of God, not just know it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here's a passage on the screen. It's not on

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<v Speaker 2>your outlines. It's a long passage, but it's important. Hebrews

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<v Speaker 2>five twelve to chapter six, verse one. Let me read

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<v Speaker 2>this to you. Paul's talking to believers, and he says,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you, guys, you've been Christians for a long time,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're still immature. You're still babies. He said, you

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<v Speaker 2>ought to be able to be a teacher. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what he says, though by this time you've been

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<v Speaker 2>a Christian this long, By this time, you ought to

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<v Speaker 2>be teachers. Now you ought to be teaching the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>not just sitting listening to it. But he said, you

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<v Speaker 2>still need somebody to teach you the elementary truths of

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<v Speaker 2>God's Word. You need milk, not solid food, he said.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody who lives on milk is still a spiritual baby.

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<v Speaker 2>But solid food is for the mature. And then here's

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<v Speaker 2>the definition of maturity. Who by constantly practice. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>not oh I know that Bible, not I've studied that Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>but I practice the Bible, who, by constant practicing have

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<v Speaker 2>trained themselves, and you can train yourself. That's maturity, who

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<v Speaker 2>by constant practicing have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

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<v Speaker 2>What's he talking about there? Maturity is when you know

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible so well that you go, you hear an idea,

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<v Speaker 2>you go, oh, that's not of God. Of course that's wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>that's foolish, that's dumb. This is right, that's wrong, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can quickly judge. You know that's not right because

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<v Speaker 2>I know what the Bible says. That's wrong. That's the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good thing. I shouldn't say that. I should

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<v Speaker 2>say this. I shouldn't do that. I should do this

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<v Speaker 2>because you've trained yourself to know right from wrong. He says, Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ. Teaching is

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<v Speaker 2>about Christ and go on to maturity and of faith

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<v Speaker 2>in God. Now, the seventh weapon that a soldier would have,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course this one is important, is his sword. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>a sword is so important because this is an offensive weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>You see the are you ticklish? Tom? This shield is

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<v Speaker 2>a defensive weapon, but the sword is an offensive weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>This one is where you're going after Satan rather than

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<v Speaker 2>him coming after you. You're taking over territory, you're expanding,

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<v Speaker 2>you're enlarging the kingdom. You're going after what you want

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<v Speaker 2>to go after in life. Because you're not just defending

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<v Speaker 2>yourself as some poor person under attack. You're saying, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>coming after you, buddy. You're not gonna get my family, Satan.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not gonna get my job, Satan. You're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get my career. You're not gonna get my marriage, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna get my mind. I'm coming after you. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible calls this the sword of the Spirit. And

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<v Speaker 2>notice the next verse, verse seventeen. He says, you take

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<v Speaker 2>the sword of the spirit, which is what is it?

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<v Speaker 2>The word of God? Look up here, this is your sword.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible is your sword, and the Bible says it

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<v Speaker 2>can cut and the sharper your sword is the more

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<v Speaker 2>you can do with it. This is your sword. Now

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<v Speaker 2>here's that. Listen to me very very closely. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>does not become your sword until you memorize it. If

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<v Speaker 2>it's all the words you're in this little book and

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<v Speaker 2>you got on your shelf, it does you no good

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<v Speaker 2>at all. But if you memorize a Bible verse. It's

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind, and remember that's where the battle is.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it becomes a sword. If you have a Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have one hundred Bibles on your shelf, and

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<v Speaker 2>as long as they're closing on the shelf, they do

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<v Speaker 2>you no good. There's no power in them just sitting there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's only when you take truth out of here and

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<v Speaker 2>you put it in here and you remember it, then

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<v Speaker 2>it becomes a sword. Now, Jesus taught us how to

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<v Speaker 2>fight Satan in the temptations that he went through in

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<v Speaker 2>the wilderness, And in every temptation he answers Satan's dart

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<v Speaker 2>with a quoted scripture. And Satan said, why don't you

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<v Speaker 2>do this? Why don't you do this? And Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>modeling it for us. He says, well, it says in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible da da da da Da Da Da da

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<v Speaker 2>da da, and he quotes back. Now, Jesus did not

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<v Speaker 2>pull out his pocket old Testament when he was tempted.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Satan said, look, I'll give you all these

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<v Speaker 2>things if you'll fall down and worship, he didn't say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I know somewhere over here in Deuteronomy, hang

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<v Speaker 2>on just a minute, okay, Iatan, hang on, I know

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<v Speaker 2>over here, somewhere there's a verse that said, oh yea, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this is it. Oh no, no, that's not it here. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>he he just quoted it. He had it in his mind. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's admit he did have an advantage because he wrote it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote it. But the Bible does not become your

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<v Speaker 2>sword until you memorize it. The single most important thing

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<v Speaker 2>you can do as a Christian is memorize verses that

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<v Speaker 2>help you. Barnutt I started this when I was seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>years old. I have memorized thousands of Bible verses. That

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<v Speaker 2>gives me power, because when you're tempted, you never have

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<v Speaker 2>a Bible with you. Let's say you're tempted to spend

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<v Speaker 2>money you don't have on something you don't need, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're in Nordstroms and you see this good looking dress,

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<v Speaker 2>and Satan says, a fiery dart man, you'd look sexy

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<v Speaker 2>in that, but you can't afford a three hundred dollars dress.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, oh, come on, just get to put it.

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<v Speaker 2>Charge it. You can't afford it, but charge it now.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to pull out a verse out of

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<v Speaker 2>your pull out a Bible at that point, going now,

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<v Speaker 2>I know somewhere over here talks about not spending money

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have. You need to add it verse memory.

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<v Speaker 2>You say, what do I have to memorize the Old Bible?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course not what do you memorize the verses that

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<v Speaker 2>help you in the most tempting areas that you have.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have a problem with impatience, you better be

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<v Speaker 2>memorizing some verses on patients. If you have some problems

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<v Speaker 2>with anger, you need to be memorizing them versus on anger.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have a problem with watching where your eyes

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<v Speaker 2>go and lust, you need to be memorizing some verses

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<v Speaker 2>on lust. If you have a problem with spending too much,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to be reading through problems and going, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a good one, And you write it down on

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<v Speaker 2>a little white card, and you keep it there, and

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<v Speaker 2>you keep saying it over and over to you got

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<v Speaker 2>it memorized. You don't have to memorize the Old Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>but you need to memorize the ones that help you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're always copping out and not telling standing up

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<v Speaker 2>and saying what you believe, you need to memorize some

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<v Speaker 2>verses on courage. If you have problems with doubt, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to memorize some verses on doubt. So whatever you're

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<v Speaker 2>struggling with, that's what you need, because then you got

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<v Speaker 2>a sword to fight back. Otherwise, when Satan puts us

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<v Speaker 2>on your right, you got nothing to fight back with.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, I'm just gonna take you on, Satan, and

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<v Speaker 2>he stands back and goes. You think I'm afraid of

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<v Speaker 2>your words. I have no fear of your words. But

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<v Speaker 2>when you quote the word of God, that's sword. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the sword. And let me wrap it up with two questions.

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<v Speaker 2>First question, how do I put on all this weapon?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this guy handsome? You know? I tell you what?

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<v Speaker 2>Now you know what, ladies, just godly hunker, burning love,

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<v Speaker 2>is single and he will wear this on a first

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<v Speaker 2>date if you want to. You owe me. You owe

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<v Speaker 2>me on that one. How do you put on this

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<v Speaker 2>with this weaponry or this armor so you're protected against

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<v Speaker 2>Satan and discouragement and doubt and all these things that

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<v Speaker 2>he throws at you. Two words, write this down through prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>Prayer is the way you put on the armor. You

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<v Speaker 2>put on all of these pieces by praying about them

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<v Speaker 2>and you say, God, today, I need integrity in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I need it. I need to know your truth and

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<v Speaker 2>I need to do your truth. I need to build

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<v Speaker 2>my life on truth. And God, I need purity in

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<v Speaker 2>my life today. And there's a lot of impure things

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<v Speaker 2>out there. I don't want impure relationships, impure thoughts. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want impure motives. I need a clean heart. And

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<v Speaker 2>you ask God to give you a clean heart, and

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<v Speaker 2>you say, God, I'm so dressed out. I need I

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<v Speaker 2>need serenity today. I need peace. I need to put

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<v Speaker 2>on the shoes of good news of peace. And God.

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<v Speaker 2>Today I'm gonna be anxious and I'm gonna have worries

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna have fears. And God, I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to give me serenity and I want to put on

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<v Speaker 2>the shoes of peace. That's how you say it. And God, Today,

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<v Speaker 2>when there's doubts come at me, I need certainty. I

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<v Speaker 2>need to know. And you just mentally dress yourself. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't go into battle undressed. And God, I need sanity.

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<v Speaker 2>My life is insane right now. My schedule is insane.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, my world is insane. Right now. I need sanity.

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<v Speaker 2>I need the helmet of salvation. I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>help me protect my mind from all the goofy ideas

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<v Speaker 2>that Satan tries to throw in there and go, you're nuts,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of those wacky, crazy thoughts that I get.

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<v Speaker 2>I need sanity and God, I need maturity. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to memorize the Bible verse. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 2>memorized one verse a week, at the end of this year,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd have a fifty two versus memorized. That means you

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<v Speaker 2>got fifty two swords to use. You're no longer defenseless

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<v Speaker 2>against Satan. You need maturity, and so prayer. Write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Prayer is how we fight the battle. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people don't get prayer. A lot of people think prayer

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<v Speaker 2>is just something you just tag on. It's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like singing the national anthem before a game. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of nice. It's important to do, but it

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<v Speaker 2>has no relationship whatsoever to the game. It's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>say and you you know, and then and every colaugh

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<v Speaker 2>and then the real game starts. A lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>think that's what prayer is. Did you just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>do it? You do it before you eat, you do

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<v Speaker 2>it before you go to sleep. You do it in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning, you do it before a meeting, and it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really You didn't have to put your mind in

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<v Speaker 2>gears like Charlie Brown Christmas Special and the teacher. Wow

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<v Speaker 2>wow wow wow wow wow wow. Why uh, And it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't even matter.

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 2>Prayer is how you fight the battle. Prayer is how

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<v Speaker 2>you win the battle. And you put these things on. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Last question, when in your day is the best time

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<v Speaker 2>to get spiritually dressed for battle? Morning or evening? Yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you get up in the morning. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>you should have a quiet time in the morning. You

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<v Speaker 2>get up in the morning and you sit down and

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<v Speaker 2>you pray and you mentally put on the spiritual warfare

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<v Speaker 2>because you're getting ready to go out into battle. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>make a whole lot of sense to end your day

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<v Speaker 2>with a quiet time because you know that means you

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<v Speaker 2>get all dressed up in your war gear and then

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<v Speaker 2>you get in bed. That would be uncomfortable, okay, And

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<v Speaker 2>so you need to do it at the start of

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<v Speaker 2>the day. My challenge to you that you will begin

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<v Speaker 2>to use this metaphor in your prayer life and use

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<v Speaker 2>it with regularity. Memorize this metaphor so you can pray

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<v Speaker 2>these six things so you can say, Okay, God, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going into battle today. I need to have these six things.

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<v Speaker 2>I need integrity, I need purity, I need serenity, I

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<v Speaker 2>need certainty. Come on, God, I need your help. I

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<v Speaker 2>need sanity, I need maturity, and know what it means.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can memorize this, you can spiritually prepare yourself

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<v Speaker 2>for battle every day, and you're going to start living

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<v Speaker 2>in victory. What's bow our heads? Father, We know that

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<v Speaker 2>Satan lasts when we try to fight him without any

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<v Speaker 2>armor on and without any weapons. Forgive us for all

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<v Speaker 2>the times that we've thought other people or the enemy.

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<v Speaker 2>Help us to realize we're not fighting against people made

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<v Speaker 2>of flesh and blood. But the problem is behind the

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<v Speaker 2>problem problem, and it is the spiritual evil, the satanic influences,

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<v Speaker 2>the evil rulers and authorities, the unseen world, the powers

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<v Speaker 2>of darkness. And we're not going to win by human methods.

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<v Speaker 2>Help us to put on the mental armor of integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing and doing the truth of purity, keeping our motives

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<v Speaker 2>clean of serenity, living and speaking good news of peace,

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<v Speaker 2>and living in harmony. Help us to put on certainty.

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<v Speaker 2>Trusting your promises and sanity, protecting our minds from evil

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<v Speaker 2>and maturity using the word of God. Help us to

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<v Speaker 2>practice using it, and that we would do it, realizing

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<v Speaker 2>that is prayer. In prayer, we win the battles. If

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<v Speaker 2>you've never invited Jesus Christ into your life, say this prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ, as much as I know how, come into

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<v Speaker 2>my heart plus against Satan without you. I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to save me. I need salvation. I need the helmet

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<v Speaker 2>to protect my mind. So I asked you to come

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<v Speaker 2>into my heart and life and change me in your name.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray. Amen. Hi everybody, this is Rick and I

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