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The Battle of the Mind is a Real Thing! | Ep 54 (AUDIO ONLY)
Episode 5427th July 2026 • I Can't (HE Can) • Sarai Collado
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The battle for the mind is real! Especially the moment we give our lives to Christ. Jesus never said this walk would be easy. Thank goodness we have the Holy Spirit to guide us and His Word. Follow along for the scriptures that have helped me in times when my mind mostly needed His peace. I pray this blesses you.

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All right, you guys.

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Welcome back to another

episode of I Can't, He Can.

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This is going to be a little

bit different, kind of going

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back to the beginning per se.

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I told you guys that I was going to

be taking a little hiatus, a week

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to just kind of gather myself really

spiritually, 'cause sometimes we

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have to take a step back and really

focus on what it is that we need.

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life sometimes requires us to slow down.

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and I have really been feeling that in

my heart lately, and the more that I do

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things and I don't listen and I continue

with the day-to-day routine and I just

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do more than I should be doing, the

more I continue to be pointed back to

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the fact that God wants us to be still,

quite literally how His word says.

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and that doesn't mean that you

have to just drop everything and

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disappear, and fall off the face of

the earth, stop talking to people.

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That doesn't mean that.

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To be clear, m- in my opinion, as I always

say, in my humble opinion, I think that

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we just sometimes have to weigh what it

is that is going to benefit us, that will

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lead us to continue to walk with Christ.

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Now, I say that because sometimes

when we're tired and when we're

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exhausted, me for example, we lash out.

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We can get frustrated.

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this was me for a very

long time with my children.

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I know that I've said that open

and honestly here on the podcast

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that I was, like, borderline

verbally abusive to my children.

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not physically, but I

didn't even realize that.

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I didn't even truly realize the depth

and the seriousness of how mentally

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burnt out I was, and also physically.

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You know, also 'cause of, like, my whole

MS stuff, which I don't really, like,

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put too much weight on that anymore

per se now that it's not there, but

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I just don't pay any mind as much.

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But anyway, I digress from that.

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Point is that we don't realize sometimes

how mentally burnt out we are, and then

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we lash out, or we talk back, or we give

attitude, and just all these things that

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little by little keep us away from God.

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And even though we may still pray,

we may have those, like, five-minute

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prayers as we're driving, I'm not

condoning this but I'm just saying

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'cause it's the reality, sometimes

we'll just not even want to pray.

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we are just so done and so tired with

the world that we don't want to pray.

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And again, since last week that I had

mentioned, on my Instagram I said that I'm

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gonna take a week hiatus and not post last

Monday's episode, which is this one that

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just passed, obviously if you're seeing

this, this is me not in a hiatus anymore.

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but again, I just needed to take a

pause, collect myself, and continue.

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And if I'm being honest, this

is not the Sound Mind series,

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chapter five of Revelation.

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This is just, talking about

our minds, and praying over our

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minds, and staying grounded.

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I really think that that is- The

topic of this video, if you can't

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tell already, completely winging it.

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The only thing that I have prepared

are scriptures that really stuck

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out to me, in this past week, and

I wanted to share it with you.

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you know, deep down, you may be

watching this, but the reality is that

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I'm a woman, 35, almost 36, with a

full-time job, two children, married, a

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household, and I'm sitting in front of

a computer and I'm talking to myself.

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That's the reality.

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but deeper than that, in my heart, in my

mind, see it as, you know, whatever you

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will see it as, I believe to my core that

the Lord implanted in me a want and a

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need to share how He has, has changed me.

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And we just had our year,

anniversary, praise the Lord.

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a year from now, even saying, "Praise

the Lord," when He deserves the praise,

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felt a little uncomfortable to me.

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and that just goes to show

how He's worked in me.

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and I want to share that.

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I want to share that, and to some extent,

like I was saying, I feel like I was

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chosen, not to do anything special, change

the world, make a huge difference, or,

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do something life-changing for thousands

of people, or maybe even hundreds.

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I'm just a girl, like I said, sitting in

her room talking to herself, but declaring

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the life that Jesus Christ can give you.

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Declaring.

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Declaring because it is fact

that He changed my mind.

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He changed my mind.

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He spoke to me in a way that only

He can speak, in a way that silences

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the world and quite literally

just pauses everything around you.

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And through the Holy Spirit, little

by little, 'cause it did take time,

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little by little, truly revealed to

me the things that I had to remove.

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and not just people, but also things,

also actions, my own way of being.

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And, it's hard.

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It's a journey for sure.

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It's a lifelong journey, which is why the

Bible says that we must endure to the end.

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It's a lifelong journey.

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but He quite literally, by changing

my mind and showing me how wretched I

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was, in that I saw how much He loved

me and how many a times He saved

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me without me actually receiving

already salvation at that time.

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Before I believed the gospel, before

I, I even knew what the gospel was

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And I've even said that to my shame,

like my pastor says, I love that.

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to my shame, 'cause it's true,

how shameful that I didn't

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even know who Jesus was.

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I knew who God was.

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Yeah, I heard of Jesus, and not

to, like, blaspheme or make fun of

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that at all, but I had no idea who

Jesus Christ was and what he did.

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Yet here I was, going to church for

a few months to then only finally on

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my own be nudged and read the Gospel.

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So I say all that to say that

that same way that He spoke to me,

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He brought people into my life,

that nudged me to go to church to

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learn of Him, He changed my mind.

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And with that, He did a work in my heart.

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Slowly, taught me how to listen more,

'cause that's one of my problems.

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I speak too much, I do too much,

and I don't stop and stay still,

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and I certainly don't listen enough.

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I acknowledge that, and

I'm working on that daily.

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David one day will have to come on here

and give you an update on how I'm doing.

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Um, but the reality is that He

spoke to me and changed my mind,

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and in turn has healed many things.

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Still working on healing many things.

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But because, because, and

here's, here's the kicker.

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But because the mind is being healed and

changed and transformed, like my heart

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and everything else in my life, here comes

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The S word or the E word.

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I don't even wanna talk about him.

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He does not deserve any

honorable mention, only Jesus.

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The one that fell, let's

just leave it at that.

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But here comes that person or that thing

that deserves no honor, and that thing

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tries to get you every day, tries to

get you every single day, and tries to

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pick at you like a bully, picking at

you like a bully, and pulling on the

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strings that he knows will get you to

grieve God, and to grieve Jesus, and to

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grieve the Holy Spirit that resides in

you because you believe in Jesus and the

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gospel and what he did on that cross.

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So the mind is the most important

thing that we need to protect.

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that's why I took that break.

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Not 'cause there was anything

going on in my mind per se.

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I have for the past few weeks

not really been sleeping well.

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again, nothing in specific,

but my mind was just racing.

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Racing, can't shut down, having

trouble just finally falling asleep.

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that has gotten a bit better, I will say.

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Has gotten a bit better.

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Some days more than others.

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but for like a week, the week before

I took that hiatus, that week I just

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probably slept like three hours a night.

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so we must protect our minds.

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And then also to point out, funny

enough, and I, I really feel like

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the Lord just ministers to the people

around us to give us the messages that

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we need, our pastor, Pastor Edward,

from our church, Living Upward, which

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you guys should tune in on YouTube

because it's just wonderful, He actually

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also mentioned about our complaining.

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And we complain for everything,

everything, everything, and it's a

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mindset, and he pointed that out as well.

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And it wasn't like a TED Talk type,

exhortation or anything like that.

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It just a side conversation

from the scripture that he was

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reading in Ephesians, Ephesians

chapter one, and it just…

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It came about, and he pointed

it out, and it's very true.

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When we are not in that right godly

mindset and we are protecting our minds,

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we are just so easily, steered away.

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and because I already had that in my

mind for that past week, that I just

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had to be still, I wanted to point

that out because it's not a TED Talk.

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It's not like an aesthetic

thing that you see online now.

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Like, oh, you have that boss babe

mindset or that go-getter mindset.

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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Nothing in this world is about

riches, is about any of that.

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It's our…

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It's, it's about God.

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It's about Jesus, and it's about what He

did for us to wash us of our sins, and

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reconc- reconcile us back to the Father.

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So anyway, guys, it's

just, it's not that hard.

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It's not that hard.

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It's not that crazy.

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And we, we truly, truly, truly just need

to circle back And keep things simple.

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Keep things simple, focus on our

priorities, focus on our homes, on

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our spouses, on our children, and

most importantly, focus on the Word.

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Focus on the Word, reading.

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Even if you don't know

where to start, just open.

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Just open and start somewhere,

because the more we read, the more

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we build a relationship with the

Father, and we get to know, we get

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to know who He is through His Word.

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and it all starts with our minds.

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It all starts with our minds, and

little by little, we eventually

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just build that want and that need

because we have that relationship,

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and we have that set foundation,

with wanting to get to know who God,

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and Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are.

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So in this week, I was

doing a lot of reading.

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honestly, very proud of myself.

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I've just had that, like,

want to just continue.

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and one of the things that I have been

getting better at is reading daily

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Psalms and Proverbs, which is easy.

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That's an amazing way to start

in your Bible journey if you

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don't know where to start.

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And, one of the scriptures that I actually

read and shared in, our church ladies

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group and even the Sound Mind, Bible study

roup was this one here, Psalm:

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And I don't know why this spoke

to me so much, but it has been

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part of my daily prayers now.

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and I hope and pray that it's

something that you guys can

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include, too, because it's…

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First of all, it's a beautiful Bible,

Bible verse, but second of all, it is

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such- A true and simple prayer that we

should all be asking for ourselves and for

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everyone around us, and it's Psalm 51:10.

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And it says, "Create in me a

clean heart, O God, and renew

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a steadfast spirit within me."

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Like I said, this week I

really needed that break.

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I'm gonna move this here as

I have the scriptures ready

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for you guys in my computer.

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but this week I really needed that

break, and man, what a time, what a time

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for me to come across that scripture.

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It just, it bounced off of the page.

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It truly did.

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It bounced off of the page, and

immediately, like, I paused, and I hate

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now grabbing my phone while I'm reading

scripture and sending it, but I, I had to

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because I didn't wanna lose, like, that

momentum in the moment and, and share it.

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And, like, my mind was, again,

just racing, but in a good way.

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And renew the steadfast

spirit in us, Lord.

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Give us a clean heart, clean mind.

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Like, what more can we ask for than

having clean hearts and clean minds?

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Again, I'll repeat it.

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Psalm 51:10, "Create in me a

clean heart, O God, and renew

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a steadfast spirit within me."

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And that's just beautiful.

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It's just, m- honestly, it's, like,

one of my favorite scriptures now.

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But that scripture reminded me of the

scripture that gave me the idea for

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the Sound Mind series, which obviously

is exactly what it is, sound mind,

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because God gives us a sound mind.

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When does He give us a sound mind?

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When we seek Him.

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If we ask Him, if we pray

to Him, He gives us rest.

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can't remember that scripture right now.

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It's not one of the ones that I had

ready, but I know that it says it

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in Matthew, that His yoke is easy.

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"Come to me all who are," Oh my gosh.

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I have it like in my mind,

but I don't know the wording

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and I don't wanna butcher it.

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Let me look it up.

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So that scripture is Matthew 11:28,

"Come to me all who are weary and

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burdened, and I will give you rest."

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So that one I w- didn't have

planned, but anyway, it just

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came up, so I wanted to share.

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But just like the sound mind series

came up, He does give us rest,

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and this is one of my favorite

scriptures, and it's 2 Timothy 1:7.

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And this is a testament, before I

read it, this is a testament that He

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does in fact give us a sound mind.

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And when I read this the first time,

I was like, wow, He, He sure does.

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And this is also something that I

try to include in my daily prayers.

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So again, 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has

not given us a spirit of fear, but of

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power and of love and of a sound mind."

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So in this week, after I saw

that scripture in Psalms:

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I added that onto this prayer

about having a sound mind.

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And truly, reading the Bible does

almost feel like a form of therapy.

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Like, if I'm being honest,

talking to myself right now is

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a form of therapy for myself.

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I get to just say whatever is on my mind

and really just declutter everything

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that's, like, racing in there, right?

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but that's the same effect that

reading the Word and getting to know

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God and Jesus Christ and the Holy

Spirit through the Word provides us.

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so it's important.

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It's important that we find that rest in

the Word to help us get that clear mind

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and that sound mind because the world

is not going to give that to us at all.

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The world can provide us a

means to have money, 'cause the

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world does not give us money.

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God provides what we need, but we

can get that from the world, right?

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But the world is never going to give

us anything that's gonna give us

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true joy, happiness, or a sound mind.

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So it's important to be rooted in God and

focus, focus on getting our minds right.

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Another scripture that I had

ready for you guys was Second

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Corinthians chapter 10 verse 5.

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And this one says, "Casting down

arguments and every high thing that

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exalts itself against the knowledge

of God, bringing every thought into

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captivity to the obedience of Christ."

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Now, I wanted initially to read the

whole, lit- well, the first, like,

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paragraph in this chapter, chapter 10.

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I didn't wanna focus too

much on other things.

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Specifically, this one stuck out to

me because it's talking about bringing

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our thoughts into captivity and

taking it to the obedience of God.

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So if we know that God wants us to be in

prayer, if we know that God wants us to

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continue to seek Him, to do things right,

to focus on things of the heavens, and

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I believe I have another scripture that

talks about that, so I'll get to that one.

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But casting down arguments, the things

that lead us to get into an argumentative

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state that cause us, wrath, you know.

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For some reason now I can't think.

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Anger.

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I don't know why I thought of wrath.

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but things that upset us and cause us

anger, we need to cast those things down,

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and we need to be obedient and remind

ourselves that God wants us to just take

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those things captive and set them aside.

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and that's why I really wanted to just

read this to you guys, because I feel

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like it really solidifies and, like,

wraps it up with a little bow nicely.

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and we, we need to remember that sometimes

it's just, it's not worth getting upset.

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We need to just stay focused, like I said.

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but anyway, again, I'm

gonna read it one more time.

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Second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 5.

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"Casting down arguments and every

high thing that exalts itself

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against the knowledge of God."

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Okay, so if you know that these arguments

are gonna go against the knowledge of God,

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against what God wants for you, cast it.

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Cast it down.

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Tear it down.

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"Bringing every thought into

captivity," hold those thoughts

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captive, "to the obedience of Christ."

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I hope that made that very clear.

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so the next one that I'm going to read

is Philippians 4:8, and this is the one

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that I, I said that instead of focusing on

those argumentative thoughts, the things

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that make you upset, the things that anger

you, when you're in that moment, this

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is a very good verse to keep in mind.

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and it's the things that we should

be focusing on, the things that we

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should be seeking out, rather than

dwelling on the things that keep us

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in those dark and negative spaces.

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So Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally,

brethren, whatever things are true,

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whatever things are noble, whatever

things are just, whatever things are

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pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever

things are of good report, if there

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is any virtue and if there is anything

praiseworthy, meditate on these things."

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And in my Bible, I actually have, I

believe, like, those things in, like,

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a little square and highlighted, like

a little checklist, because it's true.

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Like, we're so quick to check things

off and put it in, like, a little

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negative box, but do we ever make

a list of pros, of good things?

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I don't think we do.

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I think we would rather just see the

negative, like outweigh good and bad,

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and if something is going to be bad,

then we'll just kinda leave it there.

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But what about good things?

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You know, and, and I'm gonna, I guess,

veer off for a moment and say that

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even in relationships, in marriages,

we're so quick to judge a person.

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We're so quick to see the things that a

person lacks, the physical appearance of

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a person, that we completely overshadow

the good things that they have.

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Like, I'm sure my husband looks at me

sometimes and is like, "Mm-hmm, I don't

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really like this or that or that."

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I mean, there's…

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There has to be something.

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There has to be something about

a person that sometimes you're

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like, "Mm, I don't know."

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So just imagine if you focused on

not casting down those arguments or

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those argumentative things, going

back to that 2 Corinthians verse-

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If you just focus on that kind

of thing and you didn't meditate

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on these good things, life

would be completely different.

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I'm pretty sure that that's the way that

we veer off of God's path, honestly.

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so the things that we should meditate on,

according to Paul, 'cause Paul is the one

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that wrote Philippians, the things that

we should meditate on are things that are

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true, things that are noble, things that

are just, things that are pure, things

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that are lovely, things that are good

to report, and if there is any virtue or

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anything that's praiseworthy in something.

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So we should really try to make

a list of those things instead

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of just focusing on the bad.

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I have four more scriptures for you guys.

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the next one that I have is Isaiah 55:8-9.

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Mm, I know you guys are

gonna recognize this one.

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This is a good one.

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It says, "For my thoughts are

not your thoughts, nor are your

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ways my ways," says the Lord.

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"For as the heavens are higher than the

earth, so are my ways higher than yours

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and my thoughts than your thoughts."

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Now, we must protect our

thoughts at all times.

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Sometimes we confuse things that are in

our mind for, and I'm guilty of this,

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for things that God may have spoken to

us, or maybe a seed that was planted,

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and we ask, "Is this of the Lord?"

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Listen, something that was very clear to

me, this past week, especially that week

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when I wasn't sleeping well, was that

if your thoughts are not bringing you

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peace, they are most likely not from God.

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And God's thoughts are thoughts that

are going to keep us focused, eyes

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on Him, and obviously away from sin.

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so that's just something that I wanted

to point out because I myself catch

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myself all the time praying and then

two days later thinking, "Oh my God,

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this is what I was praying about.

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Could this be God showing me this?"

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No, no, no, no, no.

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The enemy believes in God.

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The enemy also, like I said, knows

how to pull on your strings that

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will kind of try to steer you away.

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So you really, again, have to meditate

on the things that bring you joy,

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that bring you peace, all of those

things, so that you can then decide

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what actually is of God and what isn't.

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Don't let your mind be steered away.

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The next, verse that I have for you guys

is Romans 12:2, and it says, "And do

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not be conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind,

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that you may prove what is that good

and acceptable and perfect will of God."

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I know this is also a very popular

verse, but just like myself, my

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mind, I feel, has been renewed.

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I no longer am conforming

to the world, or I…

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Let me, well, let me, let me roll back.

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I try not to.

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I really, really try not to, which is

why I think my family, for a, a good,

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well, still, not, not even a while.

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Well, my family probably thinks that

I'm so radical in my Christianity.

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No, I'm not radical in my Christianity.

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I just see.

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I just see how wrong I was about

so many things, and I choose Jesus.

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I choose God, and I choose to make better

decisions now because He died for me.

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He died for me.

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He forgave me of my

sins, and we still sin.

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We try and, we should try not to, and

I certainly don't want to conform,

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and I don't want to continue.

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I want to do better.

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It's the least that He deserves.

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And, it's, it's, it's just, it's

hard to continue to endure when

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people are always poking at you

and, going against the grain.

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You know?

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They'll probably say, "You're

going against the grain.

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You're going against the

world, what's normal."

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When did it become normal to be in sin?

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Like, it's just horrible.

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But anyway, that's a whole other

conversation that I don't wanna jump into.

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I'm very, passionate about that, so

I- I'm just not gonna dive in there.

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Today is about the mind, staying focused.

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And, yeah, it's just, it's hard.

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It's hard, but I will not conform to

things of the world, and you shouldn't.

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You shouldn't either, 'cause this

world, this world is gonna fade away.

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We will go along with it, and

the question is, where are you

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gonna be when that happens?

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It's a very important question.

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So second to last scripture is

Romans 8:6, and it says, "For to be

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carnally minded is death, but to be

spiritually minded is life and peace."

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Guys, I wanna point out again,

this is completely unscripted.

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And I'm thinking right now,

like my hands are like shaking.

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The fact that I just said right

now and I asked the question, where

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are you going to be when the world

fades away and we go along with it?

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I truly didn't remember.

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I've read so many scriptures

that I truly didn't remember

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this was the next scripture.

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And again, Romans 8:6, "For to be

carnally minded is death, but to be

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spiritually minded is life and peace."

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So when this world fades away, if you

are focused on things of the world and

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not conforming, not conforming to God,

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not doing things right, not believing what

He did on the cross for us, the Gospel of

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Jesus Christ, that will lead you to death.

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That will lead you to death, and

I don't wanna be on that side.

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I don't wanna be on that side.

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I wanna be so spiritually minded that my

future, no matter what today looks like,

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no matter what today looks like, my future

is going to be peace and eternal life.

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And that should be the

goal for you guys, too

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The last scripture that I have

for you is Revelation 21:6.

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I know that we are going to be doing

chapter five of the Sound Mind series.

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I haven't fully gotten through Revelation.

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but this next scripture really did,

stand out to me because I recall

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it talking about water and the

fountain of life and, and what we

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can expect if we endure to the end.

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and I wanted to share it with you

because, again, the world is fading away.

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Our bodies are withering away.

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Time is passing.

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We're getting older.

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Our children are growing up, and

what are we going to have to show

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for ourselves, the day that we pass?

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You know, we're gonna have to,

we're gonna have to answer, and

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we're gonna have to answer to God.

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And David says, you know, I've

learned from David, my pastor also

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says about we all have an account,

and when I stand there, I want my

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account to be as mended as possible.

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My account is not gonna be clean.

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My account is pretty filthy, guys.

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I'm being honest.

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I'm being honest, and

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I'm just so grateful that

I know I've been forgiven.

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I know I'm saved.

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and for that reason, I want to do better.

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I want to do better, and I

want that life and peace.

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So Revelation 21:6 says, "And

He said to me, 'It is done.

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I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the Beginning and the End.

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I will give of the fountain of the water

of life freely to him who thirsts.'"

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And I thirst

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I am probably as thirsty as ever, and

that's not that worldly phrase thirsty.

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No, that, that's garbage.

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That's garbage.

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I want nothing of the world.

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I am thirsty for what God has

to offer, and not in a way that

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I only want to live in heaven.

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I don't wanna go to hell.

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No one wants to go to hell, okay?

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Nobody should wanna go to hell.

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But I am thirsty for that

peace that He offers.

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All the things that I can

imagine that are of the heavenly

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places, like Ephesians 1 says

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I want those things.

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I want peace now, here on Earth.

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I'm not gonna get peace because

my life is crazy with my children

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literally 80% of the day.

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That's okay.

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That's okay because I'm chosen as

their mother to steward them, and

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there's ways to go, and again, it's…

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I'm gonna have to answer for

how I'm teaching them, right?

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But I want peace, even here on

Earth, and you can make that peace.

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You can have that peace.

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You can grow that peace.

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But it all starts up here.

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It all starts up here,

and you have to seek God.

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He's there.

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He's waiting.

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And I know that I've said it, and I

know that Dagmara has said it, too.

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He's a gentleman.

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He's waiting at the door.

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He's waiting at the door for you to let

Him in, and He will sit at your table.

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And He will give you that rest.

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He will give you that peace.

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And what is most important, like my

pastor has been talking about for

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the past two weeks or so, I wanna say

specifically, 'cause that's what we're

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reading about, is that you will be sealed.

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Us believers that are not Jews, we

will be sealed with His Holy Spirit,

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and we will be saved, and we will one

day be reconciled back to the Father

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So I want that now.

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I want that seal, that promise.

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I want that peace.

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I want that joy.

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I want His Holy Spirit that already

resides in me, I wanna feel it even more.

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I want my children to feel that now.

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I wish I would've felt that

when I was their age, 5 and 11.

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But no, I felt it a year and a half

ago for the first time, and I feel

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it every day a little bit more.

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I feel it every day a little bit

more, and I'm feeling it even more

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The more that I understand my duties

as a wife and that I truly, truly read

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and understand what He wants from us.

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so I choose to take the break,

to slow down, to keep my mind

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and my eyes focused on Him and

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To just build upon this,

that He's given me.

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These videos, this life,

this home, this marriage

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This, job as a, as a parent.

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I wanna build on all of those

things in a godly way, and

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I can't do that without Him.

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I can only do it with Him, alongside Him.

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So thank you, guys.

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Thank you, guys, for listening.

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I pray that this has blessed you.

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I pray that you also have a clear mind.

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I pray that you have a sound mind

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And I pray that you just find it

sometime in your day to sit down

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and have that quiet time with Him.

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Even if you don't open your Bible yet, but

you just pray and you reach out to Him.

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I pray that for all of you.

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So until next time, we will be

continuing in the Sound Mind series.

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Thank you, guys.

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I love you all.

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Take care

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