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Well. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. Everyone. This again,
This is Minister Van and I just want to share
a few words just to recarriage you. So I'm not
sure what time it is wherever you are. It's evening
time here, but wherever you are, I just hope and
pray that this word will be encouraging to you and

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that you will share it with others. The nice message
is called free but still shackled. Free but still shackled.
Let us go to God in prayer. Heaven and Father,
we come to you right now, Lord God. First God,
we wanna thank you, Lord God for all that you've
done for us. We thank you, Lord God because of

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who you are. We thank you, Lord God for your grace,
and we thank you for your mercy. Father. We thank you,
Lord God for allowing us to one more time to
share your word, Lord God, to share the good news Father,
with someone who may perhaps have lost their way, with
someone who may perhaps don't even know you, Father, but
someone who may be perhaps having a bad day today

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or bad evening tonight. Lord God, we know, Lord God,
that your word would go forth as you said it would,
that it would go forth and never return unto you. Board.
So we claiming victory right now, We claiming shackles coming
down right now in the name of Jesus. Father. We
thank you Lord God for listening. Ears Father and Lord,
we ask right now that we would decrease, Lord God,

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and that your spirit would increase in us. Father, that
just word would go forth and do what you have
accomplished it to do. And Jesus name be pray, Thank God, Amen, Amen,
Okay again the message knight is free but still shackled
Galatians five one. The NIV version says, it is for

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freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then,
and do not let yourselves be burned again by a
yoke of slavery. Free but still shackles. You see, the
scripture lets us know that we have a choice. You
can either live like, act like, walk like you believe

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the word of God and truly have been set free,
or you can be captive to the enemy and continue
to be bound by his lives and remain in a
paralyzed position. You do have a choice, because the scripture
here says, do not let yourselves be burdened again by
a yoke of slavery. Stand firm, then, and do not

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let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Free but still shackled. Imagine this. Imagine if you will.
You've been in prison for a long time. Finally someone
comes up to you and say you're free to go.
They take those old prison rags that you've been wearing

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for quite some time, and they give you a fresh
set of clothing. They then take you to the gate
that opens to the world. You look out, but you
don't go through that gate. You stand there gazing, paralyzed
by the thoughts and actions of the past. They tell
you again, hey, look, you're free to go, But there

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you remain frozen to that place, refusing to accept the
fact that you are free, refusing to accept the fact
that it's just that easy. You can walk through that
gate and have a brand new life waiting for you.
Yet you stand there, frozen, refusing to accept the fact
that you are free. Indeed, there are no longer bars

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set parading you from freedom, there are no longer restrictions
to what you can do, where you can go. But
yet something within is preventing you from moving forward. Something
within is preventing you from forgetting about your past and
moving forward forward with great expectations. Something from within you

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is causing you to wrestle with two opinions. Something within
you is causing you to be weighed down with all
those shackles. Something within its causing you to miss the
many blessings that God has in store for you, something
from within. You're free, but you're still shackled by the

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thoughts that rage within your own mind. You're free, but
you're still shackled, not fully understanding that he who just
loves sets free is free. Indeed, this scripture there excuse
the galations five to one. It is for freedom that
Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do

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not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
You are free, but you're still shackled, and your mind
won't allow you to stand firm and not be burdened.
That's not be entangled again by a yoke of bondage.
What is that one thing that is keeping you from
walking in your freedom? What is that one thing that

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you are allowed to hold you back from being all
that God wants you to be? What is that one
thing that you are allowed to keep you in bondage?
Before we answer that, let's pause for a minute. You see,
you are spirit, You have a soul, and you live
in a body. You are a spirit, You have a

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soul and you live in a body. For those who
of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our savior,
our soul Christs O, thank you Lord. Our soul has
been redeemed and wants to glorify and praise God for
sectin chances. But we all will admit that our thoughts
won't always line up with what's good. Our thoughts aren't

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always pleasing to God. Our thoughts aren't always pleasing even
to ourselves. For on our Christian journey. Scripture lets us
know that we need to renew our minds daily. Your mind.
You need to renew your mind daily, and be careful
what you allow to be planted in the garden of
your mind. Romas twelve two says, be not conformed to

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this world, but be transformed by the renewer of your mind,
that by testing you may deserve what is This is
the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Don't stand there at that gate to freedom and watch
the world pass you by while you let the old
man linger and strangle you. Don't stand there at that

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gate and allow all those spiderwhebs to clutter your mind
and paralyze you. Don't stand there at that gate to
freedom when Christ has a deed set you free and
allow all those negative thoughts to take root in the
garden of your mind. Don't you stand there at that
gate to freedom and allow those negative thoughts to take root.
Then you yourself begin to nourish and cultivate those thoughts

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with negative words coming out of your mouth, free but
still shackled. How do you shake all those shackles? How
do you stand up in your God given image and
say enough is enough? How do you stand firm on
the word of God and not let yourselves be spurredened
again by a yoke of slavery? How do you go

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to pass and move forward in victory? How do you,
my brother, be free with no shackles? There are two
absolute things you must do on a daily basis, and
this would be the focus of our lesson this evening.
Two absolute things. Number one, you must renew your mind.
You must renew your mind. And two, you must speak

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all the positive things. You must let go of all
the negative, defeating words that try to slip in underwear.
These two things you must do if you are to
be truly free of the shackles that continually weigh you down.
So let's talk about renewing your mind. Renewing your mind
on a daily basis. What does it mean to renew?
It mays to refresh, to refresh if Hsians four twenty

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two through twenty four, phase that you put off concerning
the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according
to the deceitful lust, and be renewed in the spirit
of your mind, and that you put on the new Man,
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

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You see, you need to meditate on God's word and
you need to allow it to take root in the
garden of your mind. Do you struggle with bitterness, anxiety,
depression or other emotional pain. You need to meditate on scripture,
truth more and more and renew your mind and the
hope of Jesus Christ. Renewing your mind. Let's focus on

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Emiippitiness four eighth a Fiptiness a fifth. Philippinius four eight
really tells us about what things we should think of.
Philipping four A says, whatsoever is true, whatsoever it's noble,
whatsoever is right, whatsoever is pure, whatsoever is lovely, whatsoever

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is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, Think on
these things. So instead of thinking on the negatives, false things.
Think of what's true, Think of what's pleasant. Think on
all those good and pleasant gifts that come from God.
You see, you must renew your mind on a daily basis.

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You must take on the mind of Christ. Now this
doesn't happen overnight, but it can't happen when you begin
to study and meditate on God's word. So here's a question.
How can I know the mind of Christ by meditating?
First Corinthians two twelve says, Now we have received not
the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is

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of God, that we might know the things that are
free to given to us of God. Thirteen. What things
also we speak not in the words which man's wisdom teachers,
but which the Holy Ghost teachers. Comparing spirits of things
with spiritual the fourteenth verse says, but the natural man
receives nothing natural things of the receive nothing things of

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the spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.
Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually deserved. Fifteen.
But he that is spiritual judges all things. Yet he
himself is judges of no man. Sixteen For who has
known the mind of the Lord. Here we are right here,

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for who has known the mind of the Lord, that
he may instruct him. But we have the mind of
Christ talking about this new man, We have the mind
of Christ. Meditate on God's words. Psalms one, nineteen eleven
says that the word of God hid in your heart.
Let the word of God be hidden in your heart,

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so that you do not sin against him. Psalms the
first of chapter of Psalms, in the first the third
verse says, bless us is the man who walks not
in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the
sway of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scuffers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates.

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He is like a tree planted by streams of water
that yields is foot in its season, and its leaf
does not wither. At all that he does, he prospers.
I want you to think about that before we go out.
Think about that for a minute. Blessed is a man
who walks not in the council of the wicked. He's

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like a tree planted by streams of water that yields
its fruit and its season. And if leaf does not wither,
and all that he does props stand still like a
tree planted by the streams of water, and don't bulge.
When negative thoughts come to your mind, cast them down.
Second Corenthius ten to four, and the NIV version says,

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the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of
the world. On the contrary, they are divine power. To
demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments in every pretension that sets
itself up against the knowledge of God. And we take
captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. The

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scripture lets us know that you can take captive every
negative thought, you can cast it down. So how do
you renew your mind by casting down everything that does
not come from God. How do you know if it's
not coming from God? By According to Galatians the fifth
chapter and the twenty second verse, anything that goes contrary
to the fruit of his Spirit does not come from God.

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The fruit of his spirit love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.
All those good things come from God. If and the
thoughts come to your mind and they go against the

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fruit of His Spirit, you can trust the word of God.
It does not come from God. Anything that is not
wrapped up in one of these fruits of His Spirit
is sin. Therefore, if you are to be free from
any shackles, you must benew your mind daily by casting
down anything that is contrary to the fruit of His Spirit.

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If the thoughts enter your mind are not love, ask yourself,
is this hate? Is this connected to hatred? They cast
it down. If the thoughts enter your mind are not joyful,
ask yourself it's this sadness. It's this sadness, cast it down.
If the thoughts entering your mind are not peaceful, and
you know Jesus it is the press of peace, ask yourself,

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is this something that's troublemaking making. It's this trouble confusion.
And if they're against peace, then cast it down. If
the thoughts entering your mind are not long suffering, which
is patience, ask yourself, is this causing me to be
tric temple crick to anger? They cast it down. If
the thoughts entering your mind are not gentle, ask yourself,

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is this harshness against someone? They cast it down. So
forth and so on. Cast down any imagination that exalts
itself against the Word and the knowledge of God. In
other words, refuse to give in to negative thoughts, thoughts
that are not based on the fruit of His spirit.
Remember second tempathy one seven says God has not given

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you the spirit of fear, but of love and of
power and of a sound mind. So if fear attempts
to enter your thoughts, instead of giving into it, allow
His word to replace it. Know that He is the
press of peace. Words like I can do all things
through Christ, which gives me strength. What does it mean

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to meditate on the Word of God? It means to
study his word. Don't just read it, study pray and
ask God how you should apply it to a particular situation.
Trust Him listen closely to what he has to say.
Get to learn God's voice. Get to learn his voice
through his precious holy spirits. You see, God has given

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us his wonderful spirit to guide us and to comfort us,
to protect us. He stands ready to help you. Call
upon his help today, free but still shackles. Are you
allowing negative words to keep you in bondage? Are you
allowing negative words to keep you in shackles? Are you
hung by your own tongue? Stop speaking those negative words.

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What truly matters When it's all said and done. Mm
get this, when the dust settles, when the rubber miss
the road, when the curtains poured back, when all the
results are in, only speak the words for in the
final analysis and the final episode and the moment of truth,
and God says you shall live and not die, Then
that's it. Believe it not because I said it. Believe

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it's because he said it. Just know that God loves you,
and he said he would never ever leave you. He
knows your future, and he cares about every aspect of
your life. He knows you when you wake up in
the morning, he knows who you when you start off
in your day. He knows you at the sun side
of your day. He knows you when you lay your
head down to night. He knows the thoughts you have
before you go to sleep. He knows you even while

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you are slumber and sleeping. God knows you. He knows
when you wake up in the middle of the night.
He knows and sees that tear, that trick is down
your face. He can wipe away every tear from your face.
He and he alone can comfort you like nobody else care.
Jesus hallelujah. You see, sometimes you need to get up,
shake yourself and clear off those cobwebs from your head.

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Then settle yourself once and for all, plant your feet
firmanent on a solid foundation, and declare to yourself first,
and then declare to all to anyone who would come
into your presence, I must only speak the word, for
the word comes to me to give me liberty. I
will not receive any negative ism from you. Free but

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still shackled, are you allowing your own words to be
a stumbling block to you being shackled? Free? Free but
still shackled. Are the words coming out of your mouth
paralyzing you? Free but still shackled? Are your own words,
giving you life or giving you death. For all the
negative things you have to say, guess what, God has

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a positive word that you need to say to replace
those negative Those negative words statements like I'm always worried
on first rate, God says, mm mmm, you don't have
to be. To cast your cares upon me, says Jesus,
Verse Pter five seven. Cast all your cares upon gene Us,
for he cares for you. What happens when you wear it?

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Your mind takes you all over the place. What does
it mean to cast your cares upon the Lord? It
means to live a life free of weary, knowing, trusting,
and believing that he who promised is well able to perform,
that he who promise has not forgotten you, that he
who promised is very qualified to fulfill his promises, that

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he who promise is yet faithful. While wearing he's well
able to handle any situation, while all our frustrations to
bother your mind, He's well able to mind your business.
When you say I'm always wear it and frustrated. When
you allow those words to come out of your mouth,
regardless of whether you realize it or not, you're telling
God that you don't believe he can do what he's

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promised he can do. MM. There's something in there. When
you say I've always wear it and frustrated. What you're
really saying is, I really don't believe it's that simple.
I really don't believe that I can cast my cares
upon Jesus and forget about it. MM. You see when
he says cast your cares upon him, for he cares

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for you, he's saying, I know what you need, I
know how you're feeling. I know what I haven't store
for you. So you go along. Now mind your business.
That is, obey my word and trust me to mind
your business. I got this, says God. I got this.
You say I'm always wearing and frustrated. Yeah, I know
he took care of that last situation, that last problem,

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that last LA relationship. But I still can't seem to
figure it out. Why am I always so frustrated? Why
am I always so wearing? This is the answer, because
you refuse to accept. You refuse his knowledge, and you'll
refuse to allow God to be lord in your life.
Free but still shackles. You. See, you have the faith,

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for He's given each of us a measure of faith.
You have everything you need as a Christian to be victorious,
but still you weary. You weary because you aren't activating
the faith that He's already given you. And how does
that make our Lord feel? That you simply don't trust
him free but steal shackles. Only speak the words? How

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many know that the word tells us the life and
death are in the power of your tongue. Proverbs eighteen
and twenty one. Death and life are in the power
of the tongue, And they that love is shy eat
the youth thereof. Do you want to be rid of
those shackles once and for all? Stop meditating on his

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word day or night night, and replace every negative words
with a word that comes from God. Du The Ramih
thirties chapter the nineteenth verse says, I call heaven and
earth to record this day against you that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore
truth life, that both thou and thy seed may live.

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Do you want to get rid of those shackles once
and for all? Life over death, Choose blessings over curses,
Stop speaking your own defeat, Start meditating on God's word
day and night, replace every negative word with a word
from the Lord. Free but stilling shackles. It's your spiritual
growth hindered by the very words that you speak. Come

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what may Just depend on His word and speak the word.
Stop speaking defeat. Stop speaking defeat. When you are going
through trials and tribulations and you feel like all hope
is gone, something may occur comes to your mind to
remind you about what God said about that situation. But
then you think to yourself, that doesn't make sense. Stop

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relying on your senses. I tell you. For example, you
may be facing a financial crisis and your beers are due.
The word of God tells you the trust and the
Lord with all your heart and lean not to your
own understanding. Then you say, well, that sounds good, that's fine.
But how it's trusting him and leading not to my
own understanding God to help me right now? That makes

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no sense. You say to yourself. You may be facing
this financial crisis and have all the ten dollars in
your name, and the spirit tells you to give that
ten dollars to someone else who is in need, And
you say to yourself, wait a minute, that makes no
sense at all. You may be facing any health issues.
You may have pain in your body, and the spirit
of God tells you go share some good news with

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a neighbel. Go talk to a nurse and adoct and
share good news to them. Tell them about the goodness
of God and what He's done for you. Something tells
you to count it all joy. Something tells you to
go feed the hungry, visit the sick, and you say
to yourself, I need food myself, I need healing myself.

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could take away your cash back and rewards points, perks
that stretch your budget and make life a little easier.
Losing these benefits means less money for your family's everyday
essentials like gas and groceries. It hurts you rely on
could disappear, leaving you with higher costs and fewer options.

(32:05):
Tell Congress to guard your card and oppose the Durban
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Coolition, I don't feel no joy. That just makes no
sense to me. Well, you're free, but you're still shackled.
Are your all words and thoughts defeating you? You may
only have one coat on one whether that keeps you warm.
You may only have one blanket to keep you warm,
and you get their urge to give it up to
someone else, and you think to yourself, that's crazy, that

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makes absolutely no sense. Who told you to trust your
senses anyway? Why do that? You say? I be cold
if I gave my blanket away? When does God make sense?
What does God say about that? You may know of
someone who served God with all their heart. You may
know someone who fed the hunger hungry, visit the sick,
went out of their way to do things that were

(32:54):
pleasing to the Lord, and they ended up in a
place where they weren't supposed to be, or so you say.
You may be thinking to yourself, how did I end
up here? I love the Lord, I thought him first.
I strive to do right by my family and those
I meet on the way, and yet I am right
here with Hardy and his friends. Sometimes I'm lonely. Sometimes

(33:15):
I feel as if I'm tossed a side. Sometimes I
feel as if no one loves me. Then you think
about someone who was mean to everyone, didn't even strive
to live right by God, never attended church, churse ever
opportunities they got, drank or smoke like there was no tomorrow,
never gave a second thought to feed in the hungry
or visit the sick, And yet they are live an independent,
successful lives. Or so it appears. That doesn't see fair,

(33:40):
you say, how many know the appearance can be deceptists.
When life seems unfair, when your world seems this is
crashing down around you, when there are times you don't
see the end of your tunnel, go to the word
of God. John twelve forty six. Jesus says, I am
come a light into the world, that which ever believe

(34:00):
it on me, should not abide in darkness. When it
seems like the tuner is so long, so dark, Just
remember and say to yourself, what does God say about that?
Speak the word? Isaiah fifty eighteen says, and if thou
draw out thou soul to the hungry and satisfy the
afflicted soul, then shall that light rise in obscurity and

(34:23):
that darkness be as the noonday. When someone approaches you
in an unkind way and a nasty way, when they
say things that make you want to snap back at them,
just remember what would God do? What would God say
about this? Speak the word proverbse fifteen one says, a
soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stirrup anger.

(34:47):
A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir
up anger. When you are faced with the situation that
seems unbearable and you just don't know how you are
going to make it, remember what does God say about this?
Mark nine twenty three. Jesus speaks, and he says, if
thou canst believe all things are possible, then he says,

(35:11):
all things are possible to them that believeth Jesus said,
unto him, if thou canst believe all things are possible
to him that believers. When your enemies talk master to
you and tell lies on you, when they try to
make you feel bad and take your eyes off of God,
say to yourself, what does God say about that? Only

(35:31):
speak the word? Psalms one thirty eight and seven. Psalms
one thirty eight and seven says, though I walk in
the midst of trouble, thou shalt revive me. Thou's a
stretch forth thy hand against the raps of my enemies,
and thy right hand shall save me. When your body
is wrapped in pain, and it doesn't seem as if

(35:53):
you will with gain your strength. When your heart is
heavy and you don't believe you have enough strength to
make it through each hour more or less each day,
say to yourself, what does God say about that? Wraps
up the strength that God has given you from within?
And speak the word. Psalm twenty seven fourteen says, Wait
on the Lord, be of good carriage, and he shall

(36:15):
strengthen thy heart. Wait, I say on the Lord. When
it appears that your suffering will never end, and that
you can no longer endure, say to yourself, what does
God say about that? Only speak the word? Ralmost eighth
eighteen says, for I reckon. Paul says, for I reckon,

(36:36):
that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us. When at times you want to have a
pity party, When at times you believe you're all alone,
you appears that God is at a distance, say to yourself,
wait a minute, Wait a minute, Wait a minute, what
does God's word say about that? Jeremiah twenty nine thirteen says,

(36:59):
and yes, each shall seek me and find me when
you shall search for me with all your heart, with
all your heart, Think about that for a minute. Think
about that for a minute. When the times you believe
your family has forsaken you, you say to yourself, no
one loves me, no one cares. You believe that you

(37:21):
are of no significance in anyone. Just say to yourself, wait,
you needn't see a lot of times we have to stop.
We have to pause, and we will just talk to ourselves.
Shake it all, shake it off. Say wait a minute,
Wait a minute, wait a minute. These are negative thoughts,
and they're not coming from God. What does the word
of God say? And you need you a place so

(37:41):
negative thoughts with words that comes from the word of God.
Do you want to be free, totally free of those
shackles that have been a burden to you and have
kept you in bondage? Do you want to be free
totally free of those shackles and wait that had so
easily beset you. That speak the words, speak the word
on a daily basis, And those shapherds got to come down,

(38:04):
They got to come there. Thus said the Word of God.
Psalms twenty three says the Lord is my shepherd. What
shall I want? What is a shepherd. What does a
shepherd do? A shepherd protects you, he gats you, he
cares for you. And that's what the Lord wants to
be in your life. Are you allowing him to be
your shepherd? Psalms twenty three two says, he makes me

(38:26):
to lie down in green pastures. He leaves me beside
the steel waters. That's rest unto your soul. That's rest
unto your soul. When everything arounds me seems to be chaotic,
when everything around may seems to be confusing, when everything
arounds me appears to be against me, he steals my waters.
So his peace surpasses all understanding. Everything around me may

(38:51):
appear dark and gloomy, but Jesus makes me to lie
down in green pastures. He gives me rest. He gives
me rest, and that's calming. And the next verse is
he restoreth my soul. He restores my soul. He leads
me in the past of righteousness for his namesake. You
see I can be free and free of all shackles.

(39:15):
These are times when my soul needs a refreshing, and
God knows it. So he speaks restoration to my soul,
and he leads me the past of righteousness for his namesake,
not for my sake, but for his son, Jesus Namesake. YEA,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

(39:36):
I will fear no evil. Thank you Lord, for thou
art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thy rod and thy staff, thou comfort me. Even though
I may walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
the shadow of death, fear may try to paralyze me.

(39:57):
What is fear, false evidence of and rear when the
earth all around me is seeking, staying on Christ, the
sun that rock I stand. I may be walking through
the valley of the shadow of death, or by faith
and the name of Jesus. Fear you got to go. Fear,
you have no dominion here, for God never leaves me.
Fear and faith does not mix, no more than water

(40:20):
and ore mix. Just like a good shepherd watches over
his sheep, he uses his rod and his staff to
comfort me. Every once in a while, I feel it
crickening and pulling to let me know he's still there
and I'm still his sheep. I may be tempted to
go off course. I may even go off course. And
sometimes but his gentle spirit. His loving spirit touches me

(40:42):
with his rod and his staff, and calmly rears me
back in that of parents are table before me. In
the presence of my enemies, Thou anonneth my head with
oil my cumf runneth over. What a mighty God when
our enemies are all around us. He loves me. I

(41:04):
personalized this women the enemies around me. He loves me
so much that he allows me to find favor, and
he leaves them shaken their heads. He leaves my enemies
shaken their heads. For what my enemy meant for evil,
God would turn it around for my good. Praise God. Surely,
surely mercy and goodness shall follow me all the days

(41:27):
of my life, and I would dwell in the house
of the Lord forever, goodness and mercy following me around
all the days of my life. Yes, yes, hallelujah, Thank
you Jesus. There is no place I can escape that
God doesn't know about. Yes, that's correct. Even when I
mess some God is still there, Yes he is. Especially
when I mess up. He's still there. Yes, he is.

(41:48):
His loving presence called goodness and mercies follows me, embraces me,
loves me. Yes, he does. Yes, goodness and mercy would
never leave you. Yes, it does. And get this, when
you come to the end of your journey and you
look back over your life and one of just what
lies ahead, you can rest and the knowledge that if

(42:10):
you belong to him, you will spend eternity with him.
And for some reason, if you ever begin to doubt,
say to yourself, what does the Word of God say?
The say about this? Gallatians five one says, for it
is for freedom that Christ has set me free. I'm
gonna stand firm there and do not let myself be
burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I'm gonna trust

(42:33):
the word of God because he did tell me that.
I've trusted in him, and never doubt if I accept
Him as my savior. According to John eleventh, chapter Jesus
speaks to the twentieth and Sei. Jesus speaks and says,
I am the Resurrection and the life. Be he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, Yet shall he live?

(42:54):
And who sever liveth and believe it's in me, shall
never die. Believe it thoud, this Jesus asked. And then
in first John five one, John five eleven and thirteen,
Jesus says, these things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God, that
ye may know that you have eternal life, and that

(43:15):
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God,
who is the Son of God, Jesus the Christ. When
the enemy tries to bring fear into your heart or
try to tell you that you are losing your mind,
you say, what does God say about that? What does
God say about that? God tells me in second tempathy
once seventh that He has not given me the spirit
of fear, but of love, and of power and of

(43:38):
a sound mind. When I wake up in the morning,
when I make up in the middle of the night,
and perhaps I don't feel like praising him, I'm gonna
think to myself, I'm gonna praise him. But yet I'm
wonderfully and fearfully made. I'm gonna meditate on God's word.
I'm gonna holy speak those things that are positive. I'm
gonna speak his word. Psalms one eighteen and twenty four

(43:59):
says this, since the day the Lord has made, we
will rejoice and be glad in it. What does God
say about it? MM The circumstances don't look good, but
I'm not gonna be moved by what I see. Second
Corrections four eighteen says, while we look not on the
things which are seen n W, but all the things
which are not seen. For the things which are seen

(44:21):
are temporal, For the things which are not seen are eternal.
That second correct is four eighteen HM. I am redeemed
from the enemy. Psalms one O seven to M says,
let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he
has redeemed from the hand of the enemy. When sickness

(44:43):
tries to strike your body, when you feel like you
are gonna get ill, or when the doctors given you
a s a bad word, meditate. I tell you to
meditate on one Peter two twenty four that says, who
his own bear, his own self, bear our sins, and
his own body on the tree that we've been dead
to sins should live unto righteousness. By whose strife ye

(45:05):
are healed. Meditate on these scriptures day and night. You
already have peace, Jesus says peace. I leave with you
my peace. I give unto you, not as the world giveth,
give out unto you. Jesus says, Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Be strong in
the Lord and in the power of his might. Ep

(45:25):
Jesus six tears says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in
the Lord and in the power of his might. You
are blessed. Do you know how blessed you are? That
Jesus is your comforter. You are all ready blessed. There
are so many scriptures, so many scriptures that you can
go to and the words and replace those negative thoughts
and those negative words with so many scriptures. Just meditate,

(45:49):
meditate and speak on the word. Meditate on those scriptures
that would give you life. Meditate. You see, the Lord
is not slack concerning his promise, and some men slack
count slackness. That means, if the God said that that's it,
you can take it to the bay. Man may give
you a promise, and when you look for man, you

(46:09):
can't find him. But according to second Peter three nine,
the word of God says, the Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, and some men slack count slackness. But
it's long suffering towards us, not willing. That a'shou paris,
but that all should come to repent. So if God
said it, that settles it. Just speak the word speak
life to that dying situation. Speak life. Maybe you've had

(46:32):
an unexpected setback or loss. Your future is unknown to you.
All of our cruture is unknown. All of us need
to trust Jesus as I saved you. In Lord, you
can be sure if this one thing that He'll go
with you wherever you go. You can believe that because
God said it. God said it. God said it. So
in summary. In summary, you can be free of all

(46:52):
shackles and live a victorious life, the like that God
intended you to do. But you must do two things.
You got to be in New York mind daily and
stop speaking negative words your own defeat because you got
to stop being your awn worst enemy. You can't be
made whole by accepting Jesus Christ. And you're saving if
you're not already save. So even if you're saved, we

(47:16):
knew your mind on daily basis, and stop speaking negative words. Now,
if you've been listening to me or you know someone
who needs to hear this word that are not saved,
don't be selfish with this world. You see, everybody can
be made whole and can be free and broken, loose
every shackle, every shackle when they meditated on the word

(47:36):
of God and when you speak positive words. So if
they're not saved, if you're not saved, if you're not
repented of your sins and accepting Jesus into your heart,
what am I mean? What am I saying? If you're
not one you percent sure, so you will spend eternity
in heaven. I want you to listen very closely. No
man can save you. Your husband can't save you, Your

(47:59):
wife can't save you. No man can save you. Only Jesus.
You have to put your trust in Jesus. John fourteen
six Jesus says to him, I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life. No man coming into the Father but
by men, no man. That's John fourteen six, Acts four

(48:21):
twelve says, neither is there salvation in any other for
is for there is no other name under heaven given
unto men, whereby we must be saved. So I'll ask
you this question. Wherever you are right now, right now,
take a pause. Are you saved? Are you born again?
Have you made the confession that Jesus Christ is lord

(48:42):
of your life? Because if you heaven. You are not free.
If you heaven, you got many shackles, many wastes bearing
out on you. Rama's ten nine says, Then if thou
shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall
believe in your heart that God has raised his son
Jesus from the dead, thou shall be saved. So the
first thing you need to do is admit, admit that

(49:03):
you are a sinnered You see, all of us have sinned.
Ramost three ten says, as it is written, there is
none righteous, no not once you need to be willing
to repent that it's a turn from your sins. You
need to believe that Jesus Christ died for you, that
he was buried and he rose from the dead. Ramost
ten ten says, for with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness,

(49:27):
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. So
through prayer, right now, right ever, you are, through prayer,
you can invite Jesus to come into your life to
become your personal savior. You see, this is the first step.
You see, You've got to invite him to come into
your life to become your savior before he could be
lord over your life. Ramas ten thirteen says for whosoever

(49:49):
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I thank God. I am a whosoever. What about you,
I thank God. I am a whosoever. So you can
say this prayer after me right now, right now, and
be serious. Don't play with this word. Be serious, Dear God.
I am a sinner and I need forgiveness. I believe

(50:13):
that Jesus Christ shared his precious blood and died on
the cross for my sin. I am willing to turn
from sin. I now invite Christ to come into my
heart and life as my personal savior. If you just

(50:34):
did that, if you just prayed that prayer of salvation
with me, if you trusted Jesus as your person savior,
my sister, my brother, you just be got a wonderful
new life in him. Praise God. I thank you. And
not only Ado, I thank you. Praise God for you.
But guess what, all the angels in heaven are rejoiced.
And write this very moment, Write this very moment. Heaven

(50:56):
stood still because you accept the Christ as you'll savior,
and he has given you any new life. Now you
need to get a good Bible and read it. Every
day to get to know Jesus better, talk to God
in prayer, meditate on his word day and night. Stop
allowing negative thoughts to penetrate your mind, and stop speaking
negative things. Then you need to get baptized and worship

(51:18):
and fellarships and serve as other brothers and sisters in
a local church where Christ is preached and the Bible
is the finner authority. And guess what, don't forget to
tell somebody else about Jesus. Don't be selfish what he's
done for you. He can certainly he will certainly gladly
do for someone else a man. Let us pray, Let
us pray Heaven their Father. We come to you right now,

(51:40):
Dear God, thanking you, Lord God for your word. This's God. Forth.
We thank you Father, for souls that have just come
crying out to you, Lord that had given your lives
to you. We thank you Father, And your words have
been in charite you to somebody in Lord God. Lord,
we thank you Father. Somebody now knows that they can
be free of everything, Lord God, that he who the
Son has said free is free. Indeed, Lord God, somebody somewhere,

(52:02):
Lord God can know that the minds that not need
to be entangled with the yoke of bodies, but they
can go out and be truly free in You and
the name of Jesus, Lord God. We thank you, Lord
God for using this vessel. We thank you, Lord God
for your honors. We thank you, Lord God that your people,
Lord God, are free and free indeed to worship for you,
to praise you, Lord God, to give you all the

(52:24):
honor and glory of praise, because you and you a law,
are worthy to be praised. We thank your Father because
you make us say head and not to tell. We
thank you Father that you bless us day, coming in
and going out. We thank you Father for all things,
because you do all things well. We give you all
the honor. We give you all the glory, and we
give you all the praise and Jesus precious name. Amen, Amen,

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and amenmen.

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