The Lord has absolutely guided every phase of this podcast. I am so grateful for the spiritual growth I have had and have been blessed with.

As such, in this new phase of I Can't (HE Can), we are starting the "Sound Mind" series. This new series embodies what my personal bible studies are like. I will study them on my own and then share what my "interpretation" and knowledge gained from them is. As stated: this is simply my interpretation. I am vocalizing what the living Word has said to me only. Kindly open up your bibles, follow along if you wish - but please ensure that you are always gaining your own understanding as well.

I am here to help you grow, but the Lord is the only one that can birth true knowledge and wisdom. I thank you for listening and following along in these Holy scriptures. God bless you, my friends.

All right, everyone, welcome

back to I Can, he Can.

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This is episode 27 and I am so glad

that you guys are tuning in again today.

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It is actually January 7th and

I am recording much earlier than

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I usually do, so that you guys

get an idea during the week.

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It's just.

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Kind of crazy for me to record

anything for the podcast.

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So I usually tend to record either

Saturday or Sunday, which I know

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is not convenient because it does

put a little bit of stress on me,

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especially if it's on Sundays.

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Typically throughout the week I plan

and I pray, about what I wanna discuss,

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especially if I don't necessarily have an

idea, about what to talk about because.

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I mean, if I'm being honest, I

don't think I'm that exciting and

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I don't have that many interesting

things going on in my life.

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But there is always a lot to share from

Jesus and the Bible and God's word.

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So there is a lot to always

talk about in that aspect.

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However, for myself, it is a

little bit hard to sometimes

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just sit here and ramble.

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And I don't want it to just be about me.

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This is to glorify the Lord.

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So.

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With that said, I am recording early

because this year so far we're seven days

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in and I have had so many amazing, prayers

answered and, worries just kind of.

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Roll off my shoulders,

if I'm being honest.

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And these are just, you know,

decisions that had to be made,

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things that had to change.

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And not because anything negative

or anything bad happened per se,

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but sometimes there are things that

don't sit well with your spirit or

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things that can lead you down a path

that you just wanna leave behind.

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You know, and if I'm being honest,

I really am trying to do better.

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And when you're walking with Christ,

if you don't have that want to

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evolve, to grow, to mature, to be

wiser, to actually exercise your

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discernment, then what are you doing?

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I'm like, really?

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What are you doing?

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Is that a true walk?

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So there have been things for the past

few months in my life that I felt, not

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were weighing very heavily on me, but

things back to back just kept pointing

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to those wounds, per se, to those

wounds, for lack of a better word.

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I kept feeling those things, and I

kept being nudged and I kept being.

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I reminded of those

feelings that I had in me.

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So it was finally time that I came to

the realization that I needed more.

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I didn't wanna stay stagnant

and in order to continue to grow

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with the Lord, in my opinion.

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Of course, this is all my opinion.

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If you want your prayers

answered, you can't just.

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Sit around and wait for

your prayers to be answered.

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There has to be some sort of action,

some sort of change that comes along

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with the things that you're praying

for, because while we do have an

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amazing God, we do have an amazing,

loving father who wants the best for

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us and does want to see us happy.

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He also wants us to learn and to

grow from things that happen to us.

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So sometimes these things are just

here to make us stronger and teach us

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lessons, and that is essentially the

process that I have been going through.

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And even though some things may be

uncomfortable, I want to encourage

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you today to really just hone in on

those things that keep tugging at your

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heart and keep just pulling at you

saying, Hey, it's time for a change.

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It's time to move on.

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It's time to.

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Take a step back.

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It's time to move forward and make that

next move that's going to bring you

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either closer to the Lord or just bring

you into the next phase of your life.

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And with that said, this episode is

completely new to me in the changes

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that I have been feeling, the things

that I have been doing in my life.

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One of the things that really just

touched my heart in, in a heavenly way

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is the only way that I can explain it,

was the other day when I truly felt

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like I had an answered prayer and.

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I have been praying for quite

some time for having a sound mind.

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Now, if you follow me on social media, you

will know exactly what I'm talking about.

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If you are a close friend of mine who

is listening, you know exactly what I'm

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talking about because I have been rambling

about what this prayer is and why, but.

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I have been praying and imploring

God to please give me a sound mind.

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I am the kind of person who

always has something to say back.

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I never want to just not have the

last word, and it's not because I am

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argumentative, even though I can be.

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but.

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I always overthink, I always

overanalyze and I give myself anxiety

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and it's really hard to not do

that when you don't have children.

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It's really hard to not do that

when you are put in situations where

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there's a lot going on around you.

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And I feel like I have always been like

that since I was in my early twenties.

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I don't think I was like that when I

was younger, but in my twenties I just

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put myself in a lot of situations where

I was doing too much, too much and I

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ended up just failing, falling flat on

my face and wondering why, you know,

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the expectations that I had weren't

being met, and it's because I wasn't

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seeking anything that was of God.

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I'm paying the price now because now

I am trying to untrain my brain and

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untrain my heart to not feel that way.

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And I can only do that

with the help of Jesus.

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And I'm very grateful, because through

prayer, through his word, through

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his wisdom, through his knowledge

that he has left us in the Bible,

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I, little by little am coming to

terms with the fact that I can do it.

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I can have that sound mind, but

I can only get that through him

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and through the Holy Spirit.

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So with that said, I learned of a

song by, an artist named Melissa and

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the name of the song is Sound Mind.

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And funny enough, that song came up on

my playlist when I least expected it.

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And I'm really grateful because

I never put a word to what I

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was looking for for myself.

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I just said that I wanted quiet.

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And yeah, quiet is sound mind in a

sense, but I never interpreted quiet

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as just my mind being silent, you know?

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If that makes any sense to you guys.

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However, when I listened

to this song, I never.

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Caught a part in the end of the

song, where she says that this

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is my inheritance, a sound mind.

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And then she mentioned something to

the effect of, this is what Jesus

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paid for with his blood, a sound mind.

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And when we get a sound mind,

it's essentially the Holy

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Spirit that's within us.

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Like we have that in us, and we

can use that to our advantage.

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And it's not to say that we can

just use and abuse the Lord.

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No, that's not what I'm saying.

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But we have the capability to tap into

the spirit and to call on him and use

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what he left us with our inheritance.

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Our inheritance is the Holy

Spirit, and it is a heavenly thing

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that we have at our disposal.

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So when I heard that I was in

worship in my car during lunch

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on Monday, this past Monday,

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but I was just praying.

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I was praying to God and

I was asking for that.

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And when I heard that one part

in that song, it just clicked.

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It clicked that that

is exactly what I need.

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That is exactly what I need.

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I just need to use the Holy Spirit.

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And it sounds silly because when

you're trying to make decisions that

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can change a big part of your life,

you don't really realize how much.

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You can use and call on the

Holy Spirit to help you.

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You really don't.

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Everyone thinks of God and Jesus,

but the Spirit, we have the

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spirit closer than Jesus and God.

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And I'm not saying that

He's not there beside us.

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No, absolutely not.

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He's always there and he's always present.

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But when Jesus died on the cross

and he resurrected three days later.

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He eventually left us with that

inheritance, with his spirit.

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So why are we not using it?

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Why are we not calling on the spirit

to help us, to guide us, to give

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us the wisdom, the discernment,

the knowledge to open up our eyes?

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Why are we not doing that?

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And anyway, so when I

finally had that revelation,

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man, I was so moved.

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I opened up my Bible as my kids were

sleeping and I sat on my bed and I

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was just, you know, I was probably

gonna go through like Proverbs or

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Psalms or go back to Deuteronomy,

which I'm almost done with.

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But I had my Bible marked on Ephesians,

and I have no idea why, because I have

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a bunch of like little sticky notes and

tabs in my Bible of things that I've read.

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And I don't have that marked, so maybe

I marked it at some point without

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realizing, but I'm so glad that I did

because when I opened the Bible on that

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particular page, it was right on the

first chapter of Ephesians, and the

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first word that I saw was inheritance.

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I could you not.

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I was like.

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Besides myself, honestly, I

started texting a few people and

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I was like, can you believe this?

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Like, I was praying about this and I

posted this on Instagram and look at this,

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and I have the word inheritance right

in front of me and I can't believe it.

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Yada, yada, yada.

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And guys, I just felt so inspired.

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I felt so inspired that I

started reading and man.

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It really is a living word.

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And mind you, I have learned a lot from

what I have read in the Bible, but nothing

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touched me more, nothing spoke to my heart

more and moved me more than this read of

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chapter one and Ephesians, and I know that

I have a lot of growing to do and I know

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that I'm going to have that same feeling.

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In the future, I know that I'm gonna

have that same feeling in the future, but

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I feel like I truly followed where the

Lord was guiding me on that Monday as I

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was praying and when I opened it, it was

just clear as day that I need that sound

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mind and that decision that I had to make

and, these changes that I had to make in

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my life, it, it was just clear as day.

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I was on the right path because Jesus

wanted to give us peace and give us

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rest in him through his sacrifice.

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You know, he, he wants us to rely on him.

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He came to serve.

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He came to serve us.

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And yes, we are also servants of the

Lord But Jesus came to show us what

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a servant is and how he was going to

sacrifice himself for us so that then

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we can be reconciled with the Father.

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And I truly, truly

understood the meaning of.

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Having that inheritance and having that

sound mind and using the Holy Spirit

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to my advantage when I really need it,

and I really, really, really pray that

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whoever is listening to this remembers

that you can also tap into that.

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You just have to call on him.

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The Spirit is within us.

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The spirit is alive.

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The Lord is alive.

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This book, this holy book in

front of us that we open is alive.

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We have to have that

faith and call on him.

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That's all we have to

do, and he will answer

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Sometimes the silence is also an answer.

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But we just need to have that

peace of mind and knowing that

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he is there and he is within us.

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So without further ado, I am very excited

about this next series and I wanna make

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it, a separate series to what I usually

do on the podcast, which is choose a topic

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and discuss and tie it back to scriptures.

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Which I love that, and

I'm not gonna not do that.

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However, I have felt so inspired

and so moved and just illuminated,

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really illuminated by the fact that.

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I was spoken to so clearly, and I

just wanna share that with you guys.

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please know I am very

new to reading the Bible.

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I don't wanna steer anyone in the

wrong direction, anything that I read,

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I am giving my interpretation of it.

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Also using definitions and things that

are within the Bible that I'm reading.

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I encourage you guys 150% to

grab your Bible, to open it and

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to read it for yourself now.

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please have your Bibles open.

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I am human.

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I am a person.

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I am reading what is in front of me,

but you guys need to also learn how

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to have the Bible speak to you because

just because it speaks to me in this

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way may not be how it comes off to

you or how it speaks to your heart.

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And I really, really, really, again,

hope that you guys open up your Bible

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and then you'll do your own study.

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So all I want this to serve is as a bit

of inspiration, for you guys to open up.

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The living word and just go through

it and let it speak to you in

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the same way that it spoke to me.

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So without further ado, I am

reading the new King James version,

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this is Ephesians chapter one.

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So Ephesians is one of the

Apostle Pauls four prison letters.

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I believe chapter one through four, is

the more theological part of Ephesians.

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I'm only gonna read chapter

one and break it down with the

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notes that I had from my study.

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Paul describes God's work for salvation.

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he also describes the work of the

spirit and sealing a believer, meaning

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like once you receive the spirit,

that's your seal, like you already

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have that heavenly gift within you.

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And of course, the importance of grace

and faith in the salvation process.

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So these are very, very important

if you are new to the faith.

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I don't wanna get into too much of

the summary detail from the Bible.

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So again, I encourage you

guys to go through that

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yourself, do a little research.

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I'm pretty sure that most Bibles

nowadays have the summary and how

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to study the book specifically.

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But again, it's very important that you

guys do that because I'm not an expert.

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This is how it spoke to me.

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Now I'm going to begin.

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Ephesians Chapter one verse one, greeting

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the

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will of God to the saints who are in

Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus.

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grace to you and peace from God, our

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Blessed to be the God and Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed

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us with every spiritual blessing in

the heavenly places in Christ, just

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as he chose us in Him before the

foundation of the world, that we should

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be holy and without blame before him.

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And love having predestined us to

adoption as sons by Jesus Christ

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to himself according to the good

pleasure of his will, to the

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praise of the glory of His grace.

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By which he made us

accepted in the beloved.

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Now, that was verse one through six,

and in verse two, I actually have

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Amen written by that because it's just

such a beautiful and brief prayer.

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It says Grace to you and peace from our

God Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Who doesn't want that peace?

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Who does not seek just tranquility?

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And what better way to get that

from, from God and from Jesus.

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So we have to ask and seek that peace,

and we can only find that through Jesus.

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Now, when I read verse three,

the first thing that really

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stood out to me from that verse

is the words spiritual blessing.

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In the heavenly places, verse three

says again, blessed be the God and

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Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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So blessed is God, who is the

Father of our Lord, of our Jesus.

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And then it says, who has blessed

us with every spiritual blessing

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in the heavenly places in Christ?

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what I'm understanding from this is

that God has blessed us with Jesus.

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Whom Jesus carries all of the spiritual

blessings of the heavenly places, meaning

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heaven and everything that is God.

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So we were blessed with God in

human form, who carries all of

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the heavenly things that God is.

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How amazing is that?

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Like honestly, we literally had a

walking God on Earth who was perfect.

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Now in verse four.

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It says just as, and I have

this all circled actually.

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It says, just as he chose us in him before

the foundation of the world, that is

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actually half of verse four, and I have

that circled because it says he chose us

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in him before the foundation of the world.

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So when I read that back, he chose us in

him before the foundation of the world.

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I am understanding that.

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He, God the Father, knew exactly what

was going to happen, what Jesus would

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do and the sacrifice that he would

do for us, and God still chose us.

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Before everything else in the world.

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And then verse four continues and

says that we should be holy and

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without blame before him in love

having predestined us to adoption

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as sons by Jesus Christ to himself.

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Okay?

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Again, that made me a hundred

percent think like, wow,

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God really always had this.

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Part of his plan.

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And I say that because verse five says,

having predestined us predestined, like

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there was already something written out

for us that said that we would be adopted.

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It says, having predestined us to

adoption as sons by Jesus Christ.

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So we are the sons of Jesus

Christ himself, according to

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the good pleasure of his will.

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The good pleasure of God of his will.

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Verse six, to the praise of the

glory of His grace, by which he

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made us accepted in the beloved.

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So God made us accepted

in the beloved Jesus.

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So we were predestined for adoption

to be sons of Jesus for himself.

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For God because it was the

good pleasure of his will

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and to the praise of the glory

of His grace by which he made

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us accepted in the beloved.

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I have chills right now.

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Honestly, every time I read this, I, I

get chills 'cause it's it's so beautiful.

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It's so beautiful how all along.

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We were in his plan and our

plan is to be back with him.

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That's amazing.

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Verse seven.

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In him, we have redemption through

his blood, the forgiveness of sins

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according to the riches of his grace.

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That right there is

essentially what the gospel is.

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We have redemption through

his blood, so we are forgiven.

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Redemption.

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We are redeemed.

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We are forgiven through his blood.

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Because of his death, because of his

sacrifice, the blood that he shed for us,

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the forgiveness of sins, he became sin.

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He took all our sin.

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So there is forgiveness for our sins

according to the riches of his grace.

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Again, remember, Jesus

is God in human form.

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So this is through the riches.

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Of his grace.

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We are rich because we have

the grace of God through Jesus.

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Wow.

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I absolutely love that verse.

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That's chapter one, verse seven, and

again, it says in him, we have redemption

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through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins according to the riches of his grace.

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Verse eight.

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Which he made to abound towards

us in all wisdom and prudence.

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It abound towards us.

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Abound towards us in all

wisdom and prudence, meaning

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he knew what he was doing.

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He knew what he was doing.

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And it didn't matter 'cause

it was coming for us.

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That redemption through the

blood was going to be for us.

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'cause we were, we were what?

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Verse five.

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We were predestined.

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For that adoption through Jesus.

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Verse nine, having made known to us the

mystery of his will, according to his good

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pleasure, which he purposed in himself.

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Now, that one took me a little bit

to understand, and again, this is,

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you guys already know the drill.

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This is my interpretation.

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Verse nine.

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Having made known to us

the mystery of his will.

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So Jesus, when he was with the disciples,

he basically gave the disciples exactly a

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play by play of what was going to happen.

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He opened up the mystery of the

father's will to them, and we have

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it here in the Bible, like we know.

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We know what's going to happen.

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And then it says, according to his

good pleasure, which he purposed in

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himself, so God through his own pleasure.

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He wanted us back with him so

bad that he sent us his son in

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human form to be sacrificed to

then receive us back one day.

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That is amazing.

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Having made known to us

the mystery of his will.

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His will was known through Jesus

according to his good pleasure,

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which he purpose in himself.

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Verse 10, that in the dispensation

of the fullness of the times, he

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might gather together in one all

things in Christ, both which are in

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heaven and which are on earth in him.

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So the way that I would

describe dispensation is the

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way that things were stewarded.

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So in this time when it's talking about

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That in the dispensation of

the fullness of the times, he

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might gather together in one.

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All things in Christ, to me, that is

discussing what the gospel is, how

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the spirit is going to be essentially

distributed amongst the people, but.

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I am understanding that because

it says both which are in heaven

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and which are on earth in Him.

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So he is essentially going to bring

all heavenly things and us the

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earthly people to him in Christ.

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before I continue to verse 11, I

wanna go back to this part in verse

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10 that says that in the dispensation

of the fullness of the times, he

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might gather together in one, which I

already read that part, but I actually

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had to speak with David about this.

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seek some sort of counsel

because I really had such a hard

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time understanding that part.

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That said the fullness of the times.

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I wasn't sure if it spoke about, in the

time where the letter was, was written

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by Paul or was it uh, before Paul's

time, or was it now, essentially after.

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discussing my confusion and the context

of what I was reading, we came to

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the conclusion that it is the age

that's to come, the full plan of God.

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So let's read that again now that I

read that, that in the dispensation

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of the fullness of the times, so when

all is said and done in the fullness

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of the times, he might gather meaning.

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God is going to gather together in one,

in one person, all things in Christ, both

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which are in heaven, meaning the angels

and those that are already in heaven and

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which are on earth, us in Him, in Jesus.

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sometimes you know, some things

aren't going to speak to you as

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clearly as you would hope, but.

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It's always ask questions.

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Always ask questions.

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Always write things down.

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Try and read around the text, see if

there's any footnotes or any definitions

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that can help because we're not always

going to understand what's in front of us.

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And sometimes, you know, we may read a

chapter, we may read a few verses, and the

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next time we read them a year from now.

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It's going to be completely

different and it's going to jump

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out at us, um, in a different way.

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And that's okay.

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It doesn't have to be perfect.

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What matters is that you actually pick

up the Holy Book and you open those pages

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and you just let it speak to your soul

in whatever way it has to speak to you.

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So let's continue on verse 11.

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In him also, we have obtained an

inheritance being predestined according

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to the purpose of him who works all things

according to the council of his will.

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And yes, I am using my actual Bible.

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I'm not going through, um, the

Bible app or anything on my laptop.

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I'm actually reading from my Bible.

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So you hear the pages.

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Um.

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But this is when I opened the Bible that

I had it, you know that I had it marked.

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This is when I saw inheritance,

that's the first word in verse

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11, all the way down there.

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And the first thing that jumped

out at me was inheritance.

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So in him also, we have obtained

an inheritance in Jesus.

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We obtained an inheritance, a

spiritual blessing, the Holy Spirit.

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The Kingdom of Heaven in Jesus.

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We have all of these things.

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we have salvation, we have redemption.

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There was atonement.

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There was atonement in

that sacrifice for us.

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He took all of our sin in Jesus.

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We find all things that are good, all

things that are heavenly, all things

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God, my friends, all things God.

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So in Him also, we have obtained

an inheritance being predestined.

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It was already in our plan.

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It was predestined according to

the purpose of him, the purpose

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of the Lord who works all things

according to the counsel of his will.

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God works all things according to his

own will because His will is perfect.

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Verse 12, that we who first

trusted in Christ should be

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to the praise of his glory.

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Verse 13.

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In him.

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You also trusted after you heard the word

of truth, the gospel of your salvation,

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in whom also having believed you were

sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

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Verse 14, who is the guarantee of

our inheritance until the redemption

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of the purchased possession

to the praise of his glory?

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Ugh, that is beautiful.

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I'm gonna read from verse 12 again,

but I'm gonna jump in and kind of

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give you my, my take on on these few

verses here that we who first trusted

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in Christ so us, that we also trusted

in Him because of what he did for us,

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should be to the praise of His glory.

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we need to praise Jesus for what he did

for God's glory through that sacrifice.

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Verse 13.

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In him, you also trusted after

you heard the word of truth,

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the gospel of your salvation.

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So after hearing what he did for us

on that cross the gospel of Jesus, we

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believe because it is the truth and it

is our salvation, it continues and says,

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in whom also having believed you were

sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

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So those that believe in that gospel.

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It's in that truth.

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We are sealed.

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We have that inheritance.

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That's what it's talking about.

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We have that inheritance and that

inheritance is the Holy Spirit of promise.

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Verse 14, and I have this one

underlined because I love this verse.

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It says, who is the guarantee of

our inheritance until the redemption

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of the purchased possession

to the praise of his glory?

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Again, inheritance.

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And when I heard that song by Melissa

Helser Sound Mind, which was really

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where this whole idea for this series

stemmed from, there is a line in that

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song that says that Jesus basically

bought our inheritance with his blood.

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So that sacrifice was.

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A transaction.

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It was something that he did in order

for us to get something in return.

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And it was a brutal, brutal way

to be sacrificed and to die.

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And he did it all for us.

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All for you.

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All for me.

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So let's read 13 and 14 again

because it is just so powerful.

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In him.

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You also trusted after you heard the word

of truth, the gospel of your salvation,

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and whom also having believed you were

sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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who is the guarantee of our inheritance

until the redemption of the purchase

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possession to the praise of his glory.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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He is the guarantee of our inheritance.

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Jesus is the guarantee of our inheritance.

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Thank you Lord.

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I'm going to read, verse 15 through

22 continuously, and then I'm

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going to go back and, and jump in.

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I want you guys to really.

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Feel the verses, feel the scriptures

without that many interruptions.

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And then I can go back and,

and dissect it a little bit.

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So prayer for spiritual wisdom is

what these last few verses are titled.

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So verse 15.

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Therefore, I also, after I heard

of your faith in the Lord Jesus

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and your love for all the saints.

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Do not seize to give thanks for you

making mention of you and my prayers

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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the father of glory, may give you the

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spirit of wisdom and revelation and

the knowledge of him, the eyes of your

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understanding, being enlightened, that

you may know what is the hope of his

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calling, what are the riches of the

glory of his inheritance in the saints?

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And what is the exceeding greatness

of his power towards us who believe

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according to the working of his mighty

power, which he worked in Christ when

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he raised him from the dead and seated

him at his right hand in the heavenly

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places, far above all principality and

power and might and dominion, and every

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name that is named, not only in this

age, but also in that widge is to come.

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And he put all things under his feet

and gave him to be head over all things

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to the church, which is his body, the

fullness of him who fills all and all.

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Gosh, man, I love Ephesians so much,

and this is only chapter one you guys.

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This is only chapter one,

but this is beautiful.

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Beautiful.

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Beautiful.

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Absolutely beautiful.

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Ugh.

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I have chills again right

now just reading this.

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It's, it is so good for the

soul and so good for the mind.

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And so good for the spirit.

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Thank you, Lord.

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So verse 15 says, therefore I also,

after I heard of your faith in

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the Lord Jesus and your love for

all the saints, Very simple, very

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straightforward, 16 goes on to say,

do not cease to give things for you.

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so after you hear the gospel, after

you hear what the Lord Jesus did,

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do not cease to give thanks for you.

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Don't stop giving thanks.

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Praise the Lord.

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Open your eyes every morning

and say thank you, God.

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Thank you for your sacrifice.

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Thank you for giving us your son.

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And then 16 continues making

mention of you in my prayers

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exactly what I just said.

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You have to thank the Lord and say thank

you to him in your prayers, verse 17.

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That God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the father of glory, may give

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you the spirit of wisdom and

revelation in the knowledge of him.

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So of course, we have to have

thanksgiving when we're praying.

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It's not just asking for things, but

these little actions of just being

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grateful and saying, thank you for your

sacrifice, father, and all of these

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things, we can then ask for wisdom.

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For understanding, for Revelation,

for more knowledge of him,

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because it's not just asking for

monetary things, for vacation and

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for, you know, having patience,

which patience is amazing, right?

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But we also need to ask for more

understanding of him because when

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we understand God and we truly

have a relationship with him.

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We will be more at ease.

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We will know how to let things go

faster, and We won't be bogged down

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by the things of the world because

we are going to have an understanding

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of him and what he's doing for us.

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So we are not going to be weighed

down by all the things that

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aren't really gonna matter ever.

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So it's really important to take that

into consideration when, when you're

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praying it's not about the things that

you want, but it's about what Jesus

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can add to your life just by being him.

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By being your Lord.

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It's amazing.

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It really is amazing when you, when

you understand that and you seek it.

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So verse 18.

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The eyes of your understanding,

being enlightened, that you may know

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what is the hope of his calling?

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What are the riches of the glory

of his inheritance in the saints?

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Again, like I said, us being

enlightened, having that understanding

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are eyes being opened to what

the riches of the glory are.

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So for example, like we, it's not about.

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Like money.

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It's not about gifts.

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It's about him.

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His glory, his peace, We should

pray to understand what it's

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going to be like in heaven.

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And if we can only come close to imagining

and knowing what that's going to be like,

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then really the things that you want here

on Earth are not gonna matter at all.

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And that's huge.

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That's huge for how we live our life.

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That is, that is an incredibly

important to understand so

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that we can just live at peace.

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It truly is

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verse 19.

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And what is the exceeding

greatness of the power.

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And of course, yeah, just understanding

the exceeding greatness, how

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big and how glorious, and how

powerful and how righteous God is.

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Just trying to gain that

understanding through prayer,

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asking for that spiritual wisdom.

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God, help me understand how great you are.

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Help me know and help

me love you even more.

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God, show me your glory, Lord.

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Show me what it is that

you want for me in my life.

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Not the things that I want,

but show me what you want.

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Show me your will, man.

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That's powerful.

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It's powerful.

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If you pray like that, it

completely changes everything.

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Verse 20, which he worked in Christ when

he raised him from the dead and seated him

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at his right hand in the heavenly places.

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And yes, that's where you really see

exceeding greatness and glory because.

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God has the power to resurrect someone.

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And he did that in Jesus.

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He came down in human form and he

lived among people in those times

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and, and he made miracles happen.

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And the same way that he made

miracles happen, he endured the

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worst of sacrifices and the worst

of pain, and he's the only one that

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would've been able to endure that.

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And just like that, he died and he

came back resurrected three days later.

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In perfect glory.

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Only God, only God can do that.

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Verse 21, far above all principality

and power and might, and dominion and

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every name that is named, not only in

this age, but also in what is to come.

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Um, that is beautiful.

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I love those words, principality

and power and might and dominion.

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God is above all things.

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God is above every single

thing in life, in the world,

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in the universe, in everything.

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There is nothing that He is not over.

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He is hovering over us, holding us

in his hand, verse 22, and he put

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all things under his feet, God.

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Put all things under

his feet, under Jesus.

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So there's God, there's Jesus,

and then there's all other things.

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And he put all things under his

feet and gave him Jesus to be the

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head over all things to the church.

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So Jesus is a cornerstone.

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He is the head of the church.

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And who is the body of the church?

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that's us, us humans,

us humans, us sinners.

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We are the body of Christ.

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The fullness of him, we are his fullness.

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How are we?

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His fullness?

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We're his fullness because

we have his spirit.

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So in a sense it's like there's a piece

of him in us, and once we come together,

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once that time comes where we are reunited

with him, we are reconciled to the father.

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He's going to be complete.

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So I take that line, which is his body,

the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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I take that as he's incomplete right

now because he left us with bits and

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pieces of him, and those bits and

pieces are more powerful than anything

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we will ever experience in life.

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Yet he gave us those little pieces of him.

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He left us with that.

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with that inheritance, with that gift.

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How beautiful.

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He did that for us.

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I'm gonna read 22 1 more time and

we're gonna call it a day, and he put

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all things under his feet and gave

him to be head over all things to

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the church, which is his body, the

fullness of him who fills all and all.

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My friends, it has been a pleasure

reading Ephesians chapter one for you.

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I have loved breaking it down and

giving you my interpretation of it.

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I pray that you guys will go back,

read it for yourself, whichever

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version that is that you have.

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Remember I have the Neo King James

version, but whatever version you have,

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I pray that it'll speak to you the way

that it spoke to me, and I pray that as

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we continue in the Sound Mind series, I

hope that it does amazing things for you.

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I hope that it.

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It takes you on a different route in

your walk with Christ, and I really

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hope that your eyes and your spiritual

mind are opened to what it is that he

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has in store for you in this Holy book.

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I thank you guys for listening.

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I love you all.

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God bless you, and I'll

see you again next week.

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Take care.