You know what friends? When you really come to know God and His works, you finally realize all He does is "perfection". Even the failed relationships, the failed jobs - all of things that put us through the ringer - suddenly become something we can laugh at! And thats's because God knows our beginning and our end. There is nothing He has not thought of. Trust and know that all He touches is made perfect, just for you.

All right, everyone, welcome back to

another episode of I Can't He Can.

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I'm your host, Sai, and this is episode

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Aren't we all perfectionists?

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It seems nowadays that we are all trying

to seem like life is beautiful and

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perfect every single day, 24 7, and that

could not be further from the truth.

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So I am here today to discuss.

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I have been literally shredded into pieces

and have come to the realization that

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I have a lot of work to do on myself.

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I have a lot of work to do on

myself, and the more I read the

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Bible, the more I walk with Christ,

the less shiny I seem and you know.

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I don't blame my family for seeing

me the way that they see me and for

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judging me the way that they judge

me now that I am walking with Jesus.

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And I only say that because

they know the real me.

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They see all of the imperfections.

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They see all of the.

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Work that I need.

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And so I'm grateful for that, but

it's a hard truth that I see now and

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anyway, coming to terms with the fact

that God is such a perfectionist and

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that he has a plan for us all is not

always easy, but it gives us hope.

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It gives us hope and there

is always something to do

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better, something to learn,

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and that's beautiful.

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there is hope and his name is Jesus.

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Okay, and so what can we consider

trials a trial in this day and age?

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Honestly can be anything.

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You guys really, we are so consumed by the

smallness of the world that anything that

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disrupts our daily living pattern probably

stretches us a little thin, right?

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It leaves us anxious, sleepless,

and even quiet, although our

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minds are screaming for help.

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James chapter one, verse two through four

says, consider it all joy, my brethren,

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when you encounter various trials,

knowing that the testing of your faith

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produces endurance and let endurance have

its perfect result so that you may be

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perfect and complete, lacking in nothing,

so that we may be perfect and complete.

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Lacking nothing, but how can we be these

things when it's almost impossible to

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find true joy through these hard times?

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We won't lack anything if and

only if we trust and endure

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with faith, and it's hard.

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It is even more on a daily

basis, if I'm being honest.

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If we're going through trials

every single day, left and right.

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It's hard.

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But what was revealed to me recently is

that God has an answer for everything.

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He may not have shared this with you yet.

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He may not have spoken or revealed

himself to you yet, but rest assured

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that he is the ultimate planner.

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He is the ultimate mediator of life

and the ultimate perfectionist.

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He is the creator of all things.

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God was meticulous in every way.

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Every body of ocean, every

piece of land has a purpose.

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Every creature that inhabits those

oceans and that land serve a purpose.

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So how could you?

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How could I?

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The ones that are a smid less than

the angels, like the Bible says,

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are not going to have a purpose

for these trials that we live.

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We have dominion over everything in

the land, like Psalm eight, six says,

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so how can I change your perspective?

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What if I can shift your

point of view with the same

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revelation that I had recently?

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See, I posted this on my Instagram story

and TikTok the other day, and it reads.

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Just a thought.

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If you keep making the same

mistakes over and over, it's okay.

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That could only mean a

lesson was not learned.

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The issue at hand was not corrected.

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There's no shame in that.

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However, when you go through that

situation again, try it again, but

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this time with Jesus, God shows up.

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If you call on him, have faith

that he will show up, have faith

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that he will guide you and see

how that works out for you all.

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Glory to God.

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And you see your trials, your troubles,

your debts, pains, heartaches,

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breakups, even the good times.

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It is all part of our God's plan,

and yes, we can deviate and create

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some more obstacles for ourselves,

but just like a parent, sometimes you

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have to let your kid go through the

fire so they can learn lessons and

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learning right from wrong are what

shaped children to be honorable adults.

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Heck, that's why we

have the Old Testament.

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It's all the laws, all of

the rules, everything that

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God thinks is just and right.

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And while that is not part of our

salvation now, It's still taught

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humans what it is that we need to

do that is right, and the things

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that we shouldn't do that are wrong.

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And even then, my friends, we will still

face temptations we will most likely do

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wrong, even when we know that it's wrong.

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It sounds redundant, but it's so true.

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Sin is a thorn in our flesh.

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The same way that Second Corinthians

12 says, sin is a thorn in our

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flesh, but with that thorn, our

strength is made perfect by Christ.

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Why?

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Because if we call on him and we have

faith in his works, we will have rest.

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Notice, I didn't say it will be okay.

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No, no, no, no.

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A lot of the times, even if we

call on him, things are still not

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gonna be fully okay, but we have

to go through these things in life.

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It's preparation.

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But God loves us enough to send Jesus, to

give us rest and to redeem us once again.

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Let's read second Corinthians

chapter 12, verse seven through

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10, the thorn in the flesh, lest I

should be exalted above measure by

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the abundance of the revelations.

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A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a

messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I

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be exalted above measure Concerning this

thing, I pleaded with the Lord three times

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that it might depart from me, and he said

to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for

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my strength is made perfect and weakness.

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Therefore, most gladly, I will rather

boast in my infirmities that the

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power of Christ may rest upon me.

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Therefore I take pleasure and infirmities

and reproaches and needs and persecutions

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and distress for Christ's sake, for

when I am weak, then I am strong.

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And speaking of Christ, he understands us.

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You'd argue then why must we suffer

and go through trials in the first

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place that I, well, how else will

our faith in the Lord be proven?

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That is as simple as

it gets, in my opinion.

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How else will our faith be proven?

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We're not just gonna stand on the

street corner and say, we love Jesus.

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We love Jesus.

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If we haven't gone through a few

things, I don't really think faith is

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born You must know about Jesus and

what he did for it to actually grow.

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I have said myself in a few

episodes before that, I'm ashamed.

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I didn't even know what

Jesus went through.

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I knew who God was, but then

again, I was taught about God,

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but I wasn't taught about Jesus.

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So yes, we have to suffer

and go through trials for our

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faith in the Lord to be proven.

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But you know what?

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God is so perfect and so detailed in

everything he did and does that even

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when he gave us his son, he didn't

make him come down as a spirit.

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He wasn't some sort of glorious looking

angel that would hover over society.

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No, he was just like you and

just like me, flesh and bones.

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I wish I could recall where I

saw that it explained in the

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Bible that Jesus seemed to be.

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Unremarkable an appearance.

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It escapes me right now, and I'm sorry.

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I wish I actually, um, could have

found that I tried to do a little

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bit of research, but for some reason

I couldn't find that scripture.

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So if I do, I will let you guys

know what it is in the next episode.

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However, just know that even in

God's plan to send us a redeemer,

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he made that redeemer part human

so that we could relate to him.

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He understands.

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Jesus knows all feelings and emotions

that we go through on a daily basis,

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and even more so he knows pain.

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He carries awe of our pain, plus

what he endured on that cross.

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Hebrews chapter four, verse 14

through 16 says, seeing then that

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we have a great high priest who has

passed through the heavens, Jesus,

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the son of God, let us hold fast.

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Our confession for we do not have a

high priest who cannot sympathize with

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our weaknesses, but was in all points

tempted as we are yet without sin.

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Let us therefore come boldly to the

throne of grace that we may obtain mercy

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and find grace to help in time of need.

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Guys, he sympathizes with our

weaknesses come boldly to the throne.

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We are tempted by sin and all

the same points that Jesus was.

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If that is not the perfect

judge, then what is?

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Then who is who else can be a better judge

than the one who went through it all?

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And then some.

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Your plan is detailed.

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I'm telling you, your plan in

life was refined like gold to the

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very extent of fire that you'll

feel that will have to shape you.

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God is the director of your life

and the writer of your purpose.

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One Peter chapter one, verse six through

eight says, in this, you greatly rejoice

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though now for a little while if need be.

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You have been grieved by various trials

that the genuineness of your faith

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being much more precious than gold,

that perishes, though it is tested by

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fire, may be found to praise, honor

and glory at the revelation of Jesus

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Christ, whom having not seen you love.

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Though now you do not see him yet

believing you rejoice with joy

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inexpressible and full of glory and

in all that perfection, my friends.

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Yes.

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And in all that perfection that God

has and has written down for us.

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there are lessons, there

is fire, there is rebuke.

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We don't just rebuke the enemy.

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No, the Lord rebukes us too, and

probably several times in a day,

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we are wrong almost every single

time because we don't listen.

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God gives, but he takes away and this

is done, especially when he needs you to

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listen to the direction that he is giving.

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And sometimes what you

face isn't even about you.

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Our minds are so warped that we assume

that all things point back to us.

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Why can't we be humble?

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Why can't we see that sometimes what we

go through can help the people around us?

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No, We are just a speck on earth that

is to be used for the pleasure of God.

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He made us for him.

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So maybe the Lord wants to use you.

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You're not just here to praise God.

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Maybe you're his vessel, you're his vessel

used to help in someone else's trial.

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So don't hold back and speak to God.

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But by the same token, shout out to

others what he has also done for you.

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Share how he has refined you.

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How he's changed you, how he's

still working on you, and that's me.

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I need to learn to shut up.

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Mind you, if I shut up, I may

not be doing this podcast.

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So I'm here speaking boldly, coming to

the Lord boldly every day, asking him

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to show me what it is that I need to do.

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But yes, I need to learn how to shut up.

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I need to know when to lower my voice.

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Especially when speaking to my

children, I need to listen for his

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direction and not just to others

around me, but to him as well.

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I need to listen, especially to

him, and for that reason, I've

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misinterpreted a lot of what he

is trying to show me and tell me.

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I keep wondering sometimes, God,

why aren't you speaking to me?

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But I realized he's very

clear in his silence.

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Some things are not for me, A lot of

things are, but if you're not quiet

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enough to try and understand his

direction, then you are simply misguided

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and you have a lot of work to do.

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So that's kind of where

I am at this point.

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Revelation Chapter three, verse 19 says,

as many as I love, I rebuke and chassen.

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Therefore, be zealous and repent.

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Be zealous.

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Yes, repent, especially come to the throne

boldly, as I mentioned a few minutes ago.

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There is nothing that you can't bring

to him that he does not already know.

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Not only is he omniscient, omnipresent,

but he already wrote this in your heart.

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He already knew what

you were going to say.

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He put it there.

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He simply wants you to speak to him so

that he can offer you his next step.

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Rest, and above all his love.

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We'll never understand

how much God loves us.

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But we will if we are quiet enough and

still enough and vigilant enough to see

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how detailed he has been in our lives.

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And so my friends, as always, I thank

you for tuning in and for listening.

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I hope this has blessed you.

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Until next time, take care.

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