Title: "The Righteousness of God" Working it out in Marriage
Scripture: John 16:13-15
Scripture: John 16:13-15
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No, man, I am why. Let me tell you why? When
to stop? God and God keeptalking about? Will stop God in me?
He said, will stop God inme? God, you don't know
what I'm talking about. Let metell you, will stop God and check
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this out God, God, letme bring it down to you, Jesus
sort of time, cheld stop.Let me make the chase. Jo.
Hello, Oh I'm back. Weare back. We're back back, We're
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back, We're back. We're back. When you're back, We're back.
She's saying we're back, we areback, and she meant to say we're
back back, back tracked and that'sa we are back. Yeah, yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.Good evening everyone. Then, everyone
in this Monday night, I'm misterDevil Slats and Missus Devil Slayer. You're
listening to the Love Chapters the PositivePower twenty one Radio Network. Hallelujah Jerryman
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to our producer Jerry Royce and theentire Positive Power twenty one family. Yeah,
we praise God for you all.Shout out to Paula Brion Coach,
Crystal Doctor Sharita loved Lace. She'sdoing she's doing some things. She really
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is. I don't know if youwere able to check out social media.
But she's gone. Yeah, she'sgot such a beautiful word new uh projects
projects. Yeah, Man is definitelyexpanding, greatly expanding the ministry he places
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inside her as he is with allof us. I want to say,
so we thank God for the expansion. We thank God for his hand being
upon all of us that are justcommitted and have been faithful just to this
network as well. You know,when when He entrusts you with the small
things or with with with an assignment, he is faithful to increase. Yeah,
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what she said, Man, Sowe thank God for for just when
we celebrate with our brothers and sisters, Lady Lady Wisdom, Amen, good
time, even Jerry. So wethank God Skee. We we see Skee
Skei getting promoted children's programming. SoGod is definitely moving and media, y'all,
and we just we're just blessed tobe a part of the movements.
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Can I say something about media?Yeah, you know, because you know,
we know another force is running throughmedia that is that is that that
is confusing the minds of the masses. So thank God for this form of
media that we're putting forth for wecan spread the light of Jesus, you
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know, so we I like tothink that this network is in many other
networks that are promoting Kingdom business thatyou know, is vastly and it's very
much needed in in the expansion ofwhat radio has become, you know,
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especially on in in on social media. So I'm glad that we have planet
a place that Jerry has positive powerhas given us this network to promote his
beautiful God's beautiful essence. If youwill amen, all lujah baby you might
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need a in prayer. Sure dowe shout out to the nations. Oh
yeah, thank you for glory toGod. For everybody who's listening to the
radio show, I call you allour congregation. Yeah yeah, yeah,
sorry, yeah, this is achurch. It's a church right here.
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You know, we definitely love youguys. Yeah, thank you for everybody
that follows us the tunes in ofcourse, they expand to one hundred and
fifty nations and growing. I thinkthere's more nations now that that are tuning
in, that are picking up thisbroadcast, that are listening, that are
hunkering down with this word with uswho are really in horrible situations. How
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many people have been reaching out tous. Of course, the nations looking
for help, ladies and gentlemen.For all of those people that are in
the states, the United States thatare I think they got it bad.
Man. You know some people thatboy that are screaming out for food,
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shelter, medical supplies, medicine,and and just that they still push push
this gospel business. So be grateful, be thankful, be thankful. Don't
be those iziolites that was out inthe desert that was complaining all the time
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when God was blessing them. Don'tdon't don't be that complain. They did
not enter the promised land, allright, And the glory of God has
it, the grace of God hasit that we are right in the promised
lands. The promised land is inus. Who is Jesus and man?
So what do we got to complainabout? I mean, you don't know
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there are people that sleeping on Imean, I mean, of course we
can see it here right here inthe United States. But I mean it's
really bad out there because not onlydo you that they can't eat, they
don't have jobs, and so forthand so on, but they got enemies
out there who hate Christ, whohate anybody who follows Christ and they got
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their ak's and then their guns andtheir bonets and then swords, and they're
ready to chop somebody up if theyfind that you you practice the Word of
God. Yeah, it's real.So at least we don't have to go
through that. So thank your blessedstars that you wake up in the bed.
Did you wake up? Periodjah aman? And if I just may
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add real quickly before we pray,and you know there are are I mean
we live in the United States America, and there's just liberties that we have,
especially freedom of religion, freedom ofspeech. Certain countries just aren't privy
to so our expression and how weexpress our faith. Uh, we're blessed
in that arena. Some people can'teven I'm just I was thinking about China
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and some Asian countries who are likefervent followers of Christ, they can't even
express and worship, you know,Jesus, worship the Holy Spirit, worship
their God openly in fear of persecution, being beheaded, being killed. They
have to have underground ministries, gatheringsand so in that in that aspect,
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we are so fortunate to be sofree in the US of A to be
able to just share the name,speak the name of Jesus. In fact,
yeah, in fact, in inin the Asiatic land, in the
Asian territory, they look at youremails. The government studies your emails openly,
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and if you're doing anything or speakinganything that goes against uh communism or
anything like that which Christ goes againstcommunism, they will come to your house
and arrest you, arrest you onthe spot. You talk about freedom communist
countries like right China, yep,I was trying not to say a name,
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you said, you know, butso so they will come after you.
I mean, we're talking about armoreddown SWAT teams will come to your
door and arrest you. You willnever be seen again. So you you
have some liberty, some freedoms thatother countries don't have at your disposal.
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In fact, even if you're ifyou're listening to this broadcast right now,
if guess what if we were,if we were talking like this in some
Asiatic land, they come right there. They'll come right to the studio right
now and arrest us on the spoton air and cut us off. Yeah
you know, so, so blessyour stars. Let me go ahead and
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pray before we get go ahead,Love in my life bone bone, I
apologize. We will start talking andforget to pray. In speaking of prayer,
y'all, let's just get right intoit, Heavenly Father. We just
come before you, Father, liftingup our holy hands, Lord, coming
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to your throne of grace, withoutwrath, without bitterness, without anger,
without resentment, Father, and anyaught that we might have, anything that
we might have against anyone, Father, we just release them. We forgive
them right now. We receive yourgrace, your mercy, Father, and
the mighty name of Jesus Lord.And we thank you for putting the desire
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to reckon so with anybody that wemay have aught against or offended or anything
like that, putting that in ourheart's Lord, in the mighty name of
Jesus Lord. And we thank youright now Father, for fellowship with you,
Lord, that we are in rightsstanding with you today because we are
followers, we are faith people,we are christ followers. Lord. Most
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importantly, we are sons and daughtersof the Most High God. We thank
you, Father. I'm thank you, Lord for the liberties that you have
given us, the liberties that wehave Lord, living in the United States.
Father, And why am i sayingall this, Lord is because it's
so important to just have a attitudeof gratitude, and sometimes we can forget
to give you thanks and to giveyou praise even in the midst of the
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hardest and challenging moments of our lives. The soul Lord knows I need to
put you in remembrance of the smallestthings. It's just the smallest thing sometimes
that we can think about and giveyou praise for Lord, in the midst
of our pain, on our hardships. I talked about Paul tribulations, you
know. I talked about Paul lastweek, Father, and just and him
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be an example of him pushing through, Father and you giving him encouragement that
your grace is sufficient. It's sufficientfor the journey, it's sufficient for the
trial, for the hardship, andsufficient. Father. So we look to
your grace right now, the mightyname of Jesus, as we can overcome
every every situation, every stumbling box, every obstacle that's come our way this
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week, this weekend, Father,to try to push up, push us
down, Father, knock us offour perch. Lord, and we just
know even more Father that we're doingsomething right. It's not always something wrong.
But we're doing something white. We'remaking a difference. Wherever you placed
us, we're making it. We'rebeing an influence. Father, he caught.
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So I encourage my brother and sisterthis evening. I encourage you to
keep pressing forward to the mark ofthe Higher calling. Dust yourself off.
He cut up by shaw. Youmay have flipped up, you may have
you know, cussed up, youmay have acted in whatever way. But
the grace of God is here tocarry you to here the I forgive you.
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So receive the forgiveness this day.Receive the grace of God to move
and press forward. Amen, Amen, and holland thank you. Right now,
Father, I could stay on thisright now, stay on this very
topic right now. Let me tellyou something. Thank you time, and
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let it just be very fruitful.In Jesus name, we pray. Amen,
continue, Amen, fruitful. Amen. Amen, let me tell you
something. I'm going to talk toy'all. I talk to y'all for a
second. Let me talk to y'allfor a second. Okay, I want
to talk. Okay, let metell you something. When I met my
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wife, I was like one ofthe one of the main things that attracted
me to her she was a prayerwarrior and always blessed to just say the
right things. And I always whenevershe prays. Notice you'll notice I always
always usher her into pray. It'sbecause the way that she prays, you
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know, it amazes me, youknow, because I know it's something that
I need. So so so Ijust wanted to say, you know,
when God made woman to be aman's helper, he knew what he was
doing, you know, because I'mnot I'm not I'm not the best prayer
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prayer warrior. I mean, myprayers, I believe still need work.
And so I study what my wifesays as she's praying. I actually study
it, and it's it's like ait's like a must that she praised because
it's like I'm, oh, yeah, I'm going to add that to my
prayer. And I'm gonna add tomy prayer. But hallelujah, glory to
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God for Man's greatest helpmate, thewoman man. And I'm gonna go into
a story about I'm gonna m amen, Amen, and I'm gonna go into
You're welcome, and I'm gonna gointo another sermon about the helpmate and the
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leader, and then that's that's,that's it. It's this thing is boiled
in my head. I've gone overwith some some things with my wife,
and it's gonna be. It's gonnabe. Uh, it's gonna be.
It's gonna be borderline. So getready, get ready, y'all. Go
ahead. Well, welcome back toanother episode. We have been talking about
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the awesomeness. Oh, I justwanted to say, you've been holding the
radio show down, so you've beendoing your thing. Now, mind my,
my mind, you guys, Shethis is, this is, this
is the person that did They neverthought that she spoke well and never wanted
to be a public speaker, neverwanted to even be a passer. And
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she's she's tanned up for the Lord. She's tanned up for the Lord.
And man, I actually gave alittle bit of my testimony last week.
We weren't here regarding that. Ifyou've all been tuning in and we've been
talking about the awesomeness of God.But we've been switching it up a little
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bit and just sharing about our weekendsbecause we've had a busy month coming out
of the book signing and doing aradio tour with Jerry and my husband,
transitioning from one job to another,a career job, career, let me
get it right, career career,amen. And so we've been giving on
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personal testimonies about just how God hasbeen awesome, yeah, and seeing his
awesomeness in our lives personally. Andso I had some time just to really
talk to you all, heart,heart, and I appreciate you allowing me
to do so. And I justshared some I was very transparent share some
things that I wasn't expecting to share. But you know, I always try
to be available for the Lord touse me however he sees fit. So
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you aren't on. But oh boy, we talked about so many things.
Husband, I know you had achance to listen to it. But yeah,
it's awesome. Yeah. We wehad a successful what I what I
deemed to be a successful book signing. You know, it only takes doesn't
take a crew, just takes afew when you have the right people showing
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up. Yeah, yeah, wowclub because it was I mean, it
was a little cue. It wasa crew there, but but but more
or less, it wasn't a crowdlike awesome a thousand people crow but but
but the heart and energy they showedwas like that it was a good it
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was a good group and it wasreally really inspiring. So stay tuned for
the next book, y'all, becausethey're coming. They are coming and more
refined, more professionally done, andand remember it's all for the Lord.
So you know, pick yourself upa copy of The War on Divorce the
Art of the Art of War onDivorce, man, and stay tuned for
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our projects. Will be coming outwith some more project. I know some
people were like, oh, theythought that this was our book, but
stay tuned. That's what I saidabout more books coming. Yeah, but
I mean from us, yeah right, yeah, from us. We're working
on it, Lord Lord will soyeah, working on it as we move
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forward. A lot of good thingscoming, right, yes, yes,
So we were talking about or Iwas talking about the refining process of me.
I was actually talking about our individualchapters and just talking specifically about how
marriage has come to really refine meand how it can refine you, the
power of partnership. Then I alsoshared how I was dealing with some physic
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I was dealing with how I'm dealingwith being disabled, and that's taken me
like a long time to really sayso it was a little bit liberating to
say that that I've been challenged withthat for some time now, and how
God has really seen me through thisprocess, and you know, I've come
a long way. And so Iwas basically just giving him, paying homage
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to just his healing power and howfar I've come, and encouraging, you
know, other leaders to press throughand show up. Like even even today,
I was having some challenges and Ihad to really tap in and really
be obedient and allow the Holy Spiritand his grace to take me to to
continue to move forward and really dowhat He's called me to do, and
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not in my strength, but inHis strength. And then I also I
really gave you big ups because Isaid, you have been this just this
pillar of stability you know, forme, like you were. Like God
is so gracious and awesome that whenyou are when you have character qualities or
traits and you know, sometimes youdon't know how God is going to change
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you or to bring change into yourlife, he sometimes brings that solution and
he can bring it in a person, you know, and he brought that
in you and in the Covenant ofmarriage, you know, qualities that I
didn't have you had. So it'slike orange sharpens IronBirds with the flock together,
that power of partnership. When you'rearound somebody, their qualities, you
know, they rub off good andbad. So I have been able to
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watch your walk, witness your walk, how you handle everything, and it's
maybe a better person, more forgivingperson, And that to me is the
awesome awesomeness of God when you cancome out or you can benefit from a
relationship and be better and even justnotice how you've been better and maybe things
if you struggle struggle with, Likewe were talking about forgiveness, it's like,
oh, it's not that hard toforgive an you more because I've had
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somebody with me who is a isa very quick forgiving person. So now
I know what that looks like.Like I know I read it in the
word, but now I could Isee it. It's like people talk about
a good marriage, but it's onething to see it in Operation wants you
to read about a good marriage,and then it's another thing to actually see
it in operation. What it lookslike. I've seen you walk in meekness,
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I've seen you bounce back. I'veseen you so I have to give
you. I had to you know, give you, give you your props.
You know why sum it up?Yeah wow, because you know we've
had a lot of discussion over this, and that's true. A lot of
times, you know, you youwanted to like to capitate people, and
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I had to be there to belike no, no, no, forgive,
forgetation. Ways it used to bea thug oh boy, but yeah,
so I never realized that, ohwow, you really did listen and
you really did pay attention. Andthat's true. Yeah, things things have
changed greatly. So glory to Godfor that. Glory to God for that.
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And here it is. I wasjust picking you up as a prayer
warrior and you bring big You're biggingme up as a forgive, forgiving warrior,
you know, picking you up asa as a child of God.
A love walk a person that walksin love when you don't really you know,
I'm thinking about scripture and you knowsometimes this love walk, you can't
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comprehend it. You can't come prephendthe love that God has for us,
and you can't really comprehend the lovethat we're supposed to show. So when
it's an operation, you're like,what, yeah, understanding, right,
model that which I wasn't accustomed to, right, Yeah, And in fact,
that's just that, that's just whathappened with Moses and the Israelites when
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they were walking in the desert,when they had to go through what they
had to go through, they didn'tunderstand they was going through a process there
was only supposed to take eleven days. It was only supposed to take eleven
days for them to reach the PromisedLand. Because of their being complaining and
murmuring and grumbling, it took fortyyears. Okay, So they didn't understand
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the process. The person that theywere supposed to look at as an example
was Moses. Because Moses kept onforgiving them. He had no choice because
he was in cohoots with God.But so in saying so soon saying that,
yeah, so it's so important thatwe realized that we are examples of
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Christ. Remember Moses felt, Mosesfelt, and he paid for it.
He all of a sudden didn't beHe wasn't that example anymore. He got
angry. Then he fell into thosemiserable people, miserable people's attitudes, and
he became miserable and he paid forit. Okay, because even he didn't
see the promised land. The Lordstill forgave him. He didn't forgive those
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people. But yeah, so insaying that, I want to say this,
you know, you never know who'swatching, and not only who's watching,
the people that are involved with you. And when you're on your love
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walking, your love talk, right, you gotta realize that those people,
the people that let me say thisright there, aren't on the same type
of love walk that you that youare on. You're gonna get pushback,
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but just because you get pushed backdoesn't mean that you're not still a good
example that they're going to still seeand follow later on. You see,
So when you're getting the pushback,when you're getting the well, why are
you being like this? And you'resupposed to be like this, but you're
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being like this because you know Godtold you to be like this. You're
being forgiven, You're being patient,you're being understanding, you being tolerant,
which is all attributes of Christ.Other people won't be able to see it,
but that doesn't mean that the brainis not recording it. Wood.
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So even though they might be inmisery, maybe it's gonna be pushed back.
It's gonna it's gonna be a wholebunch of are but you are actually
creating a future for them where they'regonna start put using you as an example
of all that's right. And thenwhat's gonna happen is that soon, sooner
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or later, they're gonna they're gonnacatch up to the curve and then they're
gonna start doing what you do.Experiment. They're gonna see the different outcomes
that happen. Before you know it, they're gonna be follow them. They
were gonna they're gonna be doing it. Yeah, and you know, yeah,
I mean I agree, and thenyou know it. I was talking
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to someone about this. But theway that you know or to test someone's
true character is through their consistency andwho they really are over a long period
of time. You know, Ihave to learn not to be so hasty
and judging characters so so quickly,you know, give it, Give us
some time, Give us some timeto really discern someone true character and their
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nature and who they are, becausethey'll show up consistently. That's true,
because I remember when I first metyou, how nice you were, and
you said hi. On the busdrivers, the cab drivers, the the
police, the the trained people allalways nice, you know, and and
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and and and and so now i'mthem pardon and now you know, I'm
exhibiting niceness to the passengers, tomy coworkers, to superiors. And the
people look at me and they wrinkletheir nose and burrow. They get to
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burrow in their forehead like who isthis? Why is he so nice?
And stuff like that. When Icome into the crew rooms and it's all
business, hello to everybody, youknow, and and they're looking at me
like what a person is this impact? Impact? It's still there. They
don't know what's a love walk.They have never probably seen it before because
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anybody in there just like rumpying.But it's making an impact. Yeah,
So what are we saying talking about? To pray for? Your pastors?
Are us and your pastors as well? Because we have a tall order when
it comes to loving one another andloving the body of Christ. You know,
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it can it can be very challenging, yeah, because y'all ain't easy
sometimes, you know, we wantto throw in the towel, y'all.
I'm just gonna be transparent talking leadership. Now, we're going in a whole
different direction, but maybe somebody needsto hear it sometimes some of us want
to like, oh, I don'tknow about this. Let me tell you
something. We don't. We don'tthrow in the towel. Y'all got to
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throw in the towel with us,because we we we're unshakeable, We're we're
inflappable. We keep coming that.Our mentor, one of our mentors,
told us, was you love theflock, the sheep anyway, doesn't matter
what they've done, what they've said. And I always remember that as a
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leader, the one that our mentorwho ordained us, he was like,
you know, when you become apastor, you're a pastor to the community
or a pastor. You're not justa pastor for yourself. You know you
are people are looking at you,and so it doesn't matter what the sheep,
the flock, the fold, whatthey do. You love them anyway.
And I'm like, love them anythinglike that? What Yeah, that
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means we gotta love the gossipers.We gotta love the gossipers. We gotta
love the haters. We gotta love. We gotta I mean we're talking about
of us. We gotta love thosethat get it wrong, they took our
intentions the wrong way. We gottawe gotta, we gotta, we gotta
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love those that listen to the naysayers. They said yes to us, So
first, so first, a lotof there's some people out there that say
yes to us, supposed to gothrough something with them, but because they
listen to somebody else, they saidno instead of coming to us to get
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the real take on it. Wegotta love them, we gotta love them.
Yeah, you know what better wayto practice? I believe that I
believe that I had I had itand it left me. I believe that
marriage is a place that has preparedus for this walk. Fact, relationships
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can prepare you for your next Ibelieve if you know, we we've had
to walk through so many things andissues, and even within this relationship,
we have to encourage for the pastoraljourney, the static journey to prepare us
for the things that we were endued. Like if we didn't, we're not
practicing it here. How can wepractice it out there? So it all
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starts here in this relationship, inthis covenant. To be able to write
love in that manner, to lovemy husband regardless you know, doesn't matter,
and and have that safety and securityand knowing Okay, man, I
messed up, or he messed up, he says something, I said something,
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We're gonna I'm gonna still love you, forgive you, practicing that forgiveness,
practicing that. I have to say, you know, it's a twofold
though it's twofold because one like yousaid, you know, we have to
exhibit patience, understanding love to eachother. Right. But and then the
other thing about marriage that's as greatis that we can go to each other,
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uh, to encourage each other whensomebody has let us down, and
somebody has talked about us, youknow, and don't get don't get it
wrong. We know everybody that talksabout us. We know everybody that gossips
about us. We know everybody thatgot the wrong the wrong take on something
when it should have come to usfirst to find out the real take on
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it. We know, all right, because we got a holy spirit that
tells us. So. Okay,So when you think you're when you think
that you're stabbing us in the backand we don't know about it, we
know when you're talking about us becauseyou got to four one one from somebody
else and you spreading the four oneone and somebody else. We know,
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Okay, with profits. So ofcourse we know. I mean, I'm
not I'm not showing off. I'mjust saying, we know, okay,
when you're when you're avoiding us,we know when you're avoiding us. We
know when you're doing something wrong.We know. Okay, don't think you're
escaping. We know. So youmight as just come clean and read out
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to us counseling. Yeah, weknow, So come clean and just come
to us and talk to us andtell us what it is that you did.
Tell us what it is who whowas saying something bad about us,
because we already know. It's likethe ministry of Jesus. He was the
great, he had he knew theBible talk in the gospels, he talks
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about, he knew the thoughts ofthe fabacy stats, and he still showed
grace. Even if we know,we still show grace, excuse me,
we are still challenged to show grace. And that's the discipline part. Not
to bring up your fault, notto bring up but to understand that you're
still growing. Yes, we arestill growing, and that's what the compassion.
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I was reading a scripture about makingallowances for one another. So we
had to practice making allowances. Foreach other. Yeah, we have to
make allowances bearing fault with one another. I believe that was in Colossians.
But that's what the Bible says.But when you are called to a position
in leadership, it does look differently. But we are still we still have
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to walk this out too, becauseDwayne is still my brother. No,
he's my spouse, but he ismy brother as well, because he's the
closest to me. Love your neighbors, you love yourself. He's my neighbor.
So I have to practice this.I cannot love you if I'm not
loving him, and that's the biblicalorder out of marriage. I remember when
we were I think maybe maybe ourfirst year of marriage. I believe it
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is our first year of marriage,our first year going into marriage that I
remember. I gave you the revelationthat you and my sister you did not
like that you're my sister in Christ. Yeah that's more than maybe five years
ago. Five ago, But yeah, going, if I may, can
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I turn our attention to scripture.We are talking about working out a marriage,
y'all, and I wanted to justread the scripture John fourteen sixteen.
I believe this is the NIV.It says, I will pray to the
Father and he will give you anothercounselor, that he may be with you
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forever. In the Greek is parreltosecomforter. It means in the Greek parrec
litose, meaning one called alongside tohelp, and it's translated advocates. Right,
Christ is the believer's paraclet with theFather when he sins the Holy Spirit,
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the believers in dwelling paraclet to helphis ignorance and infirmity and to make
intercession. And that's Romans eight twentysix. Romans eight twenty seven. I'm
gonna keep going and read on toverse seventeen says the Spirit of Truth.
So not only do we have acounselor in the Holy Spirit, but he's
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also known as the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can't receive for it
doesn't see him and doesn't know him. You know him, I know him.
I just added that in for helives with you and will be in
you. Amen. So we definitelyneed the Holy Spirit. We need him
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to counsel us as he counsels you. He need we need him to be
to speak truth to us as wespeak truth to you. Yes, right,
listen, we we don't do thisin our own strength, right,
especially in marriage, we need acounselor. We need to go to the
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Father. Look, I was readingthis definition in the Greek for comforter paraclitos
one called alongside the help. Weneed help. We need help as leaders,
as pastors, we need help,right, We need help to walk
this coveing it out in marriage,and we have to turn to the Father.
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We have to turn to the HolySpirit. We got to turn to
our counselor. It says christis thebeliever's paraclet with the Father. When he
sends the Holy Spirit, he excuseme the Holy Spirit the believers indwelling paraclet
to help his ignorance and infirmity andto make intercession. That's amazing. You
know, when when I think ofcomforter, right, I always think of
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a comforter on the bed. Thecomforter on the bed is so he is
so good when you lay on itand you get under the cover, especially
on under the comfort, especially ona day where it's cold, and you
get under that comforter and it justenvelopes you and a heat that emanates off
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your body comes right back on youfrom the comforter, and you just want
to be under that comforter. Factever, God is the comforter m.
He's the one that you know,even even if you're not feeling good man,
you go under that comforter. Youknow, if you're feeling depressed or
whatever the case, you go underthat comforter. You feel so good under
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that comfort, like you're taking awayfrom the world. So that's what the
comfort it is. And you knowit's very true you need the comforter to
give you that word when you reallyneed it. Because without him, we're
not on this radio show. Yeah, without him, our marriage is not
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successful. Without him, we don'thave this ministry. We all we all
listened to what he told us.If he's in that ignorance weave of the
God at won we need the spiritof truth to convict us. We need
we need that because uh huh,we need yeah, we need that.
No, I meant to say weneed that meaning we need that conviction.
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We need to be checked. Weneed to we need that conviction. We
need our conscience to be convicted whenwe were doing or saying things. We're
in pride. We need the spiritof truth to reveal that. We need
the counselor. We need even whenwe're hurt, when we hurt one another,
we need that that humbles us,It keeps us from keeps us balanced.
Because because what you said, it'svery important at the ignorance pant,
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the ignorance factor. I like thatbecause ooh, this is deep. See,
because without Holy Spirit, we windup doing things that we're not supposed
to do. And that's just theway the world is. I was looking
at a program the other day.Is something where this guy actually thought that
he had to go out. Hewas looking at good times. Remember he
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was looking at good times. Andwhen in good times, JJ wanted to
go. They didn't have any money. They was gonna get kicked out of
the apartment. And JJ wanted togo and do some that he wanted to
uh steal from the store of whatit was. They couldn't pay their rent
and so the kids they had totry to do but wasn't right. But
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he wanted to go and make upa lie in order to get money from
from people on the street. Andit would have worked. James want went
went to try to hustle people outof playing pool, you know. So
they they went and tried to doways. And mind you, they were
a Christian household. But even then, media, the media, they were
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trying to show you that there's anotherway for us to get money besides going
God's way. You see, becauseat that time they wasn't thinking about Holy
Spirit and whatever case. They wasn'tthinking about going to the Holy Spirit.
They were thinking about going to theirflesh ways, the ways of the world
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to get what it is that theyneeded to get. And that's what happens
today in the movies. In thevideos, you see people getting things this
honest way because they think that that'sthe only way they get things. The
reason why people sell drugs is becausethey think that that's the only way to
get money. The reason why peopletake drugs is because they think that that's
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the only way to get away fromthe pangs of the world. The reason
why people rob, steal, cheat, cheat on their wives, cheat on
their husbands, cheat on their cheaton their loved ones, traffic their children,
or become a human traffic earth,you know, become a prostitute,
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become a pimp, okay, itis because they think that they need to
do things the way of the world. They think they need to do things
the way that they've been programmed throughthe media, through the radio, through
fashion to do things in this honestway, right, But then when we
have the Holy Spirit, the HolySpirit teaches us to do it in a
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way that's not honest, that's notdishonest, but is righteous. But it's
holy. See, because you cando things the honest way and still be
doing it the wrong way. Youcould be doing like like like what I
was doing when I was making allthat money I was doing, I was
making an honest living, but theliving that I was doing wasn't honest.
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Like what you're saying, is whatyou mean from the honest way, the
righteous way. There's a righteous wayto go about it, Yes, and
that means in business, that meansin marriage, like, just because you're
having issues with your spouse, doesn'tthat you go out and go out and
say, all right, you useas an excuse to go out and cheat,
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you know, no, righteously.It says, make allows for one
another, make peace with your brother, your sister, which is your spouse.
Reconcile, bring it back, bringthat back into harmony. We have
a responsibility to one another. Jesusshows us how to live, and we
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have to work and practice on doingthings a righteous way. And I even
mentioned business because it also applies inour business correspondence. It applies in everything
how we deal. But God expectsus to God. Oh are we?
Oh, we are coming to thattime? Y'all? Right? Up?
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And then wow, So to becontinued, Yeah, we're gonna We're gonna
continue this next week. I don'tknow if I'm gonna be able to be
present with you guys, but itwas good to be back. And guess
what, there is a way whereyou could find out how to deal with
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the issues and the situations that cometo you other than what you thought you
knew. And there's a Holy Spiritout there that is waiting to guide you.
Yes to all that's lovable, toall that's a love, walk to
all that shows patience and understanding.You can do it, but you got
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to do it with Jesus. Yes, And all you got to do is
bring them into your life. Ifyou're ready to take the plunge up.
You don't have to run in nochurch, you don't have to get a
downstan pool water. You can sayit right here and get the Holy Spirit
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to dwell inside you. It's apermanent residence in your life. Repeat that
to me, Heavenly Father, HeavenlyFather. I'm a sinner. I don't
want to send anymore, and Idon't want to send anymore. I'm a
heathen and I want to be holynow, and I want to be holy
now. My wife is looking atme. Sorry. I want you,
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Jesus. I want you, Jesus, to come into my life, to
come into my life cause I realize, cause I realize that your sacrifice your
life, that your sacrifice your lifefor me, for me. Come into
my life, Jesus, come intomy life, Jesus to shape me,
to shave me, hold me,hold me, and remold me and me
into what you got, into whatyou got, want me to be,
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want me to be. I repent. I repent all my sins, all
my sins, which means which meansI wanna make. I wanna make a
hundred and eighty degree change. Iwanna make a hundred and eighty degree change
to do God, to do God, what you want me to do,
what you want me to do.Thank you for entering my life. Thank
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you for entering my life. InJesus name, Jesus name. Amen.
Amen. If you just said thatprayer. Alijah, you are born again.
That's what the scripture says. Yourheart, confess with your mouth that
Jesus Christ died for you and Rosen'scoming back again. Your past, present,
and future sins have been forgiving.Y'all. Welcome to the Family of
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God. A thousand mee just glorified, a thousand angels magnified. Welcome,
Welcome you today. Welcome to theFamily of God. Love it. Reach
out to you if you want tolearn more about this salvation received. Yes
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the love chapters p O d atDuine the pastor at Pastor Kire. We
love to hear from you. Andthat's it for now. Y'all will see
you again next week, same time, same place, and like we always
say, we love you, myGod, Jesus in the Holy Spirit,
love you more. Now that's right. I'm let me tell you why.
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We'll stop God, God talking aboutstop. God will looked up God and
me. God, you don't knowwhat I'm talking about. Let me tell
you. We'll lift up God andme check this out God, God,
let me bring it down to yourGod. Jesus tore the time she told
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me God held to stop and thedrink blood. What makes the christ job,
and this this as the next
No, man, I am why. Let me tell you why? When
to stop? God and God keeptalking about? Will stop God in me?
He said, will stop God inme? God, you don't know
what I'm talking about. Let metell you, will stop God and check
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this out God, God, letme bring it down to you, Jesus
sort of time, cheld stop.Let me make the chase. Jo.
Hello, Oh I'm back. Weare back. We're back back, We're
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back, We're back. We're back. When you're back, We're back.
She's saying we're back, we areback, and she meant to say we're
back back, back tracked and that'sa we are back. Yeah, yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.Good evening everyone. Then, everyone
in this Monday night, I'm misterDevil Slats and Missus Devil Slayer. You're
listening to the Love Chapters the PositivePower twenty one Radio Network. Hallelujah Jerryman
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to our producer Jerry Royce and theentire Positive Power twenty one family. Yeah,
we praise God for you all.Shout out to Paula Brion Coach,
Crystal Doctor Sharita loved Lace. She'sdoing she's doing some things. She really
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is. I don't know if youwere able to check out social media.
But she's gone. Yeah, she'sgot such a beautiful word new uh projects
projects. Yeah, Man is definitelyexpanding, greatly expanding the ministry he places
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inside her as he is with allof us. I want to say,
so we thank God for the expansion. We thank God for his hand being
upon all of us that are justcommitted and have been faithful just to this
network as well. You know,when when He entrusts you with the small
things or with with with an assignment, he is faithful to increase. Yeah,
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what she said, Man, Sowe thank God for for just when
we celebrate with our brothers and sisters, Lady Lady Wisdom, Amen, good
time, even Jerry. So wethank God Skee. We we see Skee
Skei getting promoted children's programming. SoGod is definitely moving and media, y'all,
and we just we're just blessed tobe a part of the movements.
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Can I say something about media?Yeah, you know, because you know,
we know another force is running throughmedia that is that is that that
is confusing the minds of the masses. So thank God for this form of
media that we're putting forth for wecan spread the light of Jesus, you
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know, so we I like tothink that this network is in many other
networks that are promoting Kingdom business thatyou know, is vastly and it's very
much needed in in the expansion ofwhat radio has become, you know,
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especially on in in on social media. So I'm glad that we have planet
a place that Jerry has positive powerhas given us this network to promote his
beautiful God's beautiful essence. If youwill amen, all lujah baby you might
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need a in prayer. Sure dowe shout out to the nations. Oh
yeah, thank you for glory toGod. For everybody who's listening to the
radio show, I call you allour congregation. Yeah yeah, yeah,
sorry, yeah, this is achurch. It's a church right here.
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You know, we definitely love youguys. Yeah, thank you for everybody
that follows us the tunes in ofcourse, they expand to one hundred and
fifty nations and growing. I thinkthere's more nations now that that are tuning
in, that are picking up thisbroadcast, that are listening, that are
hunkering down with this word with uswho are really in horrible situations. How
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many people have been reaching out tous. Of course, the nations looking
for help, ladies and gentlemen.For all of those people that are in
the states, the United States thatare I think they got it bad.
Man. You know some people thatboy that are screaming out for food,
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shelter, medical supplies, medicine,and and just that they still push push
this gospel business. So be grateful, be thankful, be thankful. Don't
be those iziolites that was out inthe desert that was complaining all the time
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when God was blessing them. Don'tdon't don't be that complain. They did
not enter the promised land, allright, And the glory of God has
it, the grace of God hasit that we are right in the promised
lands. The promised land is inus. Who is Jesus and man?
So what do we got to complainabout? I mean, you don't know
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there are people that sleeping on Imean, I mean, of course we
can see it here right here inthe United States. But I mean it's
really bad out there because not onlydo you that they can't eat, they
don't have jobs, and so forthand so on, but they got enemies
out there who hate Christ, whohate anybody who follows Christ and they got
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their ak's and then their guns andtheir bonets and then swords, and they're
ready to chop somebody up if theyfind that you you practice the Word of
God. Yeah, it's real.So at least we don't have to go
through that. So thank your blessedstars that you wake up in the bed.
Did you wake up? Periodjah aman? And if I just may
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add real quickly before we pray,and you know there are are I mean
we live in the United States America, and there's just liberties that we have,
especially freedom of religion, freedom ofspeech. Certain countries just aren't privy
to so our expression and how weexpress our faith. Uh, we're blessed
in that arena. Some people can'teven I'm just I was thinking about China
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and some Asian countries who are likefervent followers of Christ, they can't even
express and worship, you know,Jesus, worship the Holy Spirit, worship
their God openly in fear of persecution, being beheaded, being killed. They
have to have underground ministries, gatheringsand so in that in that aspect,
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we are so fortunate to be sofree in the US of A to be
able to just share the name,speak the name of Jesus. In fact,
yeah, in fact, in inin the Asiatic land, in the
Asian territory, they look at youremails. The government studies your emails openly,
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and if you're doing anything or speakinganything that goes against uh communism or
anything like that which Christ goes againstcommunism, they will come to your house
and arrest you, arrest you onthe spot. You talk about freedom communist
countries like right China, yep,I was trying not to say a name,
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you said, you know, butso so they will come after you.
I mean, we're talking about armoreddown SWAT teams will come to your
door and arrest you. You willnever be seen again. So you you
have some liberty, some freedoms thatother countries don't have at your disposal.
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In fact, even if you're ifyou're listening to this broadcast right now,
if guess what if we were,if we were talking like this in some
Asiatic land, they come right there. They'll come right to the studio right
now and arrest us on the spoton air and cut us off. Yeah
you know, so, so blessyour stars. Let me go ahead and
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pray before we get go ahead,Love in my life bone bone, I
apologize. We will start talking andforget to pray. In speaking of prayer,
y'all, let's just get right intoit, Heavenly Father. We just
come before you, Father, liftingup our holy hands, Lord, coming
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to your throne of grace, withoutwrath, without bitterness, without anger,
without resentment, Father, and anyaught that we might have, anything that
we might have against anyone, Father, we just release them. We forgive
them right now. We receive yourgrace, your mercy, Father, and
the mighty name of Jesus Lord.And we thank you for putting the desire
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to reckon so with anybody that wemay have aught against or offended or anything
like that, putting that in ourheart's Lord, in the mighty name of
Jesus Lord. And we thank youright now Father, for fellowship with you,
Lord, that we are in rightsstanding with you today because we are
followers, we are faith people,we are christ followers. Lord. Most
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importantly, we are sons and daughtersof the Most High God. We thank
you, Father. I'm thank you, Lord for the liberties that you have
given us, the liberties that wehave Lord, living in the United States.
Father, And why am i sayingall this, Lord is because it's
so important to just have a attitudeof gratitude, and sometimes we can forget
to give you thanks and to giveyou praise even in the midst of the
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hardest and challenging moments of our lives. The soul Lord knows I need to
put you in remembrance of the smallestthings. It's just the smallest thing sometimes
that we can think about and giveyou praise for Lord, in the midst
of our pain, on our hardships. I talked about Paul tribulations, you
know. I talked about Paul lastweek, Father, and just and him
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be an example of him pushing through, Father and you giving him encouragement that
your grace is sufficient. It's sufficientfor the journey, it's sufficient for the
trial, for the hardship, andsufficient. Father. So we look to
your grace right now, the mightyname of Jesus, as we can overcome
every every situation, every stumbling box, every obstacle that's come our way this
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week, this weekend, Father,to try to push up, push us
down, Father, knock us offour perch. Lord, and we just
know even more Father that we're doingsomething right. It's not always something wrong.
But we're doing something white. We'remaking a difference. Wherever you placed
us, we're making it. We'rebeing an influence. Father, he caught.
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So I encourage my brother and sisterthis evening. I encourage you to
keep pressing forward to the mark ofthe Higher calling. Dust yourself off.
He cut up by shaw. Youmay have flipped up, you may have
you know, cussed up, youmay have acted in whatever way. But
the grace of God is here tocarry you to here the I forgive you.
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So receive the forgiveness this day.Receive the grace of God to move
and press forward. Amen, Amen, and holland thank you. Right now,
Father, I could stay on thisright now, stay on this very
topic right now. Let me tellyou something. Thank you time, and
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let it just be very fruitful.In Jesus name, we pray. Amen,
continue, Amen, fruitful. Amen. Amen, let me tell you
something. I'm going to talk toy'all. I talk to y'all for a
second. Let me talk to y'allfor a second. Okay, I want
to talk. Okay, let metell you something. When I met my
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wife, I was like one ofthe one of the main things that attracted
me to her she was a prayerwarrior and always blessed to just say the
right things. And I always whenevershe prays. Notice you'll notice I always
always usher her into pray. It'sbecause the way that she prays, you
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know, it amazes me, youknow, because I know it's something that
I need. So so so Ijust wanted to say, you know,
when God made woman to be aman's helper, he knew what he was
doing, you know, because I'mnot I'm not I'm not the best prayer
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prayer warrior. I mean, myprayers, I believe still need work.
And so I study what my wifesays as she's praying. I actually study
it, and it's it's like ait's like a must that she praised because
it's like I'm, oh, yeah, I'm going to add that to my
prayer. And I'm gonna add tomy prayer. But hallelujah, glory to
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God for Man's greatest helpmate, thewoman man. And I'm gonna go into
a story about I'm gonna m amen, Amen, and I'm gonna go into
You're welcome, and I'm gonna gointo another sermon about the helpmate and the
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leader, and then that's that's,that's it. It's this thing is boiled
in my head. I've gone overwith some some things with my wife,
and it's gonna be. It's gonnabe. Uh, it's gonna be.
It's gonna be borderline. So getready, get ready, y'all. Go
ahead. Well, welcome back toanother episode. We have been talking about
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the awesomeness. Oh, I justwanted to say, you've been holding the
radio show down, so you've beendoing your thing. Now, mind my,
my mind, you guys, Shethis is, this is, this
is the person that did They neverthought that she spoke well and never wanted
to be a public speaker, neverwanted to even be a passer. And
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she's she's tanned up for the Lord. She's tanned up for the Lord.
And man, I actually gave alittle bit of my testimony last week.
We weren't here regarding that. Ifyou've all been tuning in and we've been
talking about the awesomeness of God.But we've been switching it up a little
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bit and just sharing about our weekendsbecause we've had a busy month coming out
of the book signing and doing aradio tour with Jerry and my husband,
transitioning from one job to another,a career job, career, let me
get it right, career career,amen. And so we've been giving on
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personal testimonies about just how God hasbeen awesome, yeah, and seeing his
awesomeness in our lives personally. Andso I had some time just to really
talk to you all, heart,heart, and I appreciate you allowing me
to do so. And I justshared some I was very transparent share some
things that I wasn't expecting to share. But you know, I always try
to be available for the Lord touse me however he sees fit. So
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you aren't on. But oh boy, we talked about so many things.
Husband, I know you had achance to listen to it. But yeah,
it's awesome. Yeah. We wehad a successful what I what I
deemed to be a successful book signing. You know, it only takes doesn't
take a crew, just takes afew when you have the right people showing
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up. Yeah, yeah, wowclub because it was I mean, it
was a little cue. It wasa crew there, but but but more
or less, it wasn't a crowdlike awesome a thousand people crow but but
but the heart and energy they showedwas like that it was a good it
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was a good group and it wasreally really inspiring. So stay tuned for
the next book, y'all, becausethey're coming. They are coming and more
refined, more professionally done, andand remember it's all for the Lord.
So you know, pick yourself upa copy of The War on Divorce the
Art of the Art of War onDivorce, man, and stay tuned for
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our projects. Will be coming outwith some more project. I know some
people were like, oh, theythought that this was our book, but
stay tuned. That's what I saidabout more books coming. Yeah, but
I mean from us, yeah right, yeah, from us. We're working
on it, Lord Lord will soyeah, working on it as we move
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forward. A lot of good thingscoming, right, yes, yes,
So we were talking about or Iwas talking about the refining process of me.
I was actually talking about our individualchapters and just talking specifically about how
marriage has come to really refine meand how it can refine you, the
power of partnership. Then I alsoshared how I was dealing with some physic
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I was dealing with how I'm dealingwith being disabled, and that's taken me
like a long time to really sayso it was a little bit liberating to
say that that I've been challenged withthat for some time now, and how
God has really seen me through thisprocess, and you know, I've come
a long way. And so Iwas basically just giving him, paying homage
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to just his healing power and howfar I've come, and encouraging, you
know, other leaders to press throughand show up. Like even even today,
I was having some challenges and Ihad to really tap in and really
be obedient and allow the Holy Spiritand his grace to take me to to
continue to move forward and really dowhat He's called me to do, and
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not in my strength, but inHis strength. And then I also I
really gave you big ups because Isaid, you have been this just this
pillar of stability you know, forme, like you were. Like God
is so gracious and awesome that whenyou are when you have character qualities or
traits and you know, sometimes youdon't know how God is going to change
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you or to bring change into yourlife, he sometimes brings that solution and
he can bring it in a person, you know, and he brought that
in you and in the Covenant ofmarriage, you know, qualities that I
didn't have you had. So it'slike orange sharpens IronBirds with the flock together,
that power of partnership. When you'rearound somebody, their qualities, you
know, they rub off good andbad. So I have been able to
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watch your walk, witness your walk, how you handle everything, and it's
maybe a better person, more forgivingperson, And that to me is the
awesome awesomeness of God when you cancome out or you can benefit from a
relationship and be better and even justnotice how you've been better and maybe things
if you struggle struggle with, Likewe were talking about forgiveness, it's like,
oh, it's not that hard toforgive an you more because I've had
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somebody with me who is a isa very quick forgiving person. So now
I know what that looks like.Like I know I read it in the
word, but now I could Isee it. It's like people talk about
a good marriage, but it's onething to see it in Operation wants you
to read about a good marriage,and then it's another thing to actually see
it in operation. What it lookslike. I've seen you walk in meekness,
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I've seen you bounce back. I'veseen you so I have to give
you. I had to you know, give you, give you your props.
You know why sum it up?Yeah wow, because you know we've
had a lot of discussion over this, and that's true. A lot of
times, you know, you youwanted to like to capitate people, and
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I had to be there to belike no, no, no, forgive,
forgetation. Ways it used to bea thug oh boy, but yeah,
so I never realized that, ohwow, you really did listen and
you really did pay attention. Andthat's true. Yeah, things things have
changed greatly. So glory to Godfor that. Glory to God for that.
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And here it is. I wasjust picking you up as a prayer
warrior and you bring big You're biggingme up as a forgive, forgiving warrior,
you know, picking you up asa as a child of God.
A love walk a person that walksin love when you don't really you know,
I'm thinking about scripture and you knowsometimes this love walk, you can't
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comprehend it. You can't come prephendthe love that God has for us,
and you can't really comprehend the lovethat we're supposed to show. So when
it's an operation, you're like,what, yeah, understanding, right,
model that which I wasn't accustomed to, right, Yeah, And in fact,
that's just that, that's just whathappened with Moses and the Israelites when
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they were walking in the desert,when they had to go through what they
had to go through, they didn'tunderstand they was going through a process there
was only supposed to take eleven days. It was only supposed to take eleven
days for them to reach the PromisedLand. Because of their being complaining and
murmuring and grumbling, it took fortyyears. Okay, So they didn't understand
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the process. The person that theywere supposed to look at as an example
was Moses. Because Moses kept onforgiving them. He had no choice because
he was in cohoots with God.But so in saying so soon saying that,
yeah, so it's so important thatwe realized that we are examples of
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Christ. Remember Moses felt, Mosesfelt, and he paid for it.
He all of a sudden didn't beHe wasn't that example anymore. He got
angry. Then he fell into thosemiserable people, miserable people's attitudes, and
he became miserable and he paid forit. Okay, because even he didn't
see the promised land. The Lordstill forgave him. He didn't forgive those
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people. But yeah, so insaying that, I want to say this,
you know, you never know who'swatching, and not only who's watching,
the people that are involved with you. And when you're on your love
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walking, your love talk, right, you gotta realize that those people,
the people that let me say thisright there, aren't on the same type
of love walk that you that youare on. You're gonna get pushback,
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but just because you get pushed backdoesn't mean that you're not still a good
example that they're going to still seeand follow later on. You see,
So when you're getting the pushback,when you're getting the well, why are
you being like this? And you'resupposed to be like this, but you're
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being like this because you know Godtold you to be like this. You're
being forgiven, You're being patient,you're being understanding, you being tolerant,
which is all attributes of Christ.Other people won't be able to see it,
but that doesn't mean that the brainis not recording it. Wood.
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So even though they might be inmisery, maybe it's gonna be pushed back.
It's gonna it's gonna be a wholebunch of are but you are actually
creating a future for them where they'regonna start put using you as an example
of all that's right. And thenwhat's gonna happen is that soon, sooner
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or later, they're gonna they're gonnacatch up to the curve and then they're
gonna start doing what you do.Experiment. They're gonna see the different outcomes
that happen. Before you know it, they're gonna be follow them. They
were gonna they're gonna be doing it. Yeah, and you know, yeah,
I mean I agree, and thenyou know it. I was talking
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to someone about this. But theway that you know or to test someone's
true character is through their consistency andwho they really are over a long period
of time. You know, Ihave to learn not to be so hasty
and judging characters so so quickly,you know, give it, Give us
some time, Give us some timeto really discern someone true character and their
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nature and who they are, becausethey'll show up consistently. That's true,
because I remember when I first metyou, how nice you were, and
you said hi. On the busdrivers, the cab drivers, the the
police, the the trained people allalways nice, you know, and and
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and and and and so now i'mthem pardon and now you know, I'm
exhibiting niceness to the passengers, tomy coworkers, to superiors. And the
people look at me and they wrinkletheir nose and burrow. They get to
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burrow in their forehead like who isthis? Why is he so nice?
And stuff like that. When Icome into the crew rooms and it's all
business, hello to everybody, youknow, and and they're looking at me
like what a person is this impact? Impact? It's still there. They
don't know what's a love walk.They have never probably seen it before because
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anybody in there just like rumpying.But it's making an impact. Yeah,
So what are we saying talking about? To pray for? Your pastors?
Are us and your pastors as well? Because we have a tall order when
it comes to loving one another andloving the body of Christ. You know,
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it can it can be very challenging, yeah, because y'all ain't easy
sometimes, you know, we wantto throw in the towel, y'all.
I'm just gonna be transparent talking leadership. Now, we're going in a whole
different direction, but maybe somebody needsto hear it sometimes some of us want
to like, oh, I don'tknow about this. Let me tell you
something. We don't. We don'tthrow in the towel. Y'all got to
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throw in the towel with us,because we we we're unshakeable, We're we're
inflappable. We keep coming that.Our mentor, one of our mentors,
told us, was you love theflock, the sheep anyway, doesn't matter
what they've done, what they've said. And I always remember that as a
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leader, the one that our mentorwho ordained us, he was like,
you know, when you become apastor, you're a pastor to the community
or a pastor. You're not justa pastor for yourself. You know you
are people are looking at you,and so it doesn't matter what the sheep,
the flock, the fold, whatthey do. You love them anyway.
And I'm like, love them anythinglike that? What Yeah, that
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means we gotta love the gossipers.We gotta love the gossipers. We gotta
love the haters. We gotta love. We gotta I mean we're talking about
of us. We gotta love thosethat get it wrong, they took our
intentions the wrong way. We gottawe gotta, we gotta, we gotta
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love those that listen to the naysayers. They said yes to us, So
first, so first, a lotof there's some people out there that say
yes to us, supposed to gothrough something with them, but because they
listen to somebody else, they saidno instead of coming to us to get
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the real take on it. Wegotta love them, we gotta love them.
Yeah, you know what better wayto practice? I believe that I
believe that I had I had itand it left me. I believe that
marriage is a place that has preparedus for this walk. Fact, relationships
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can prepare you for your next Ibelieve if you know, we we've had
to walk through so many things andissues, and even within this relationship,
we have to encourage for the pastoraljourney, the static journey to prepare us
for the things that we were endued. Like if we didn't, we're not
practicing it here. How can wepractice it out there? So it all
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starts here in this relationship, inthis covenant. To be able to write
love in that manner, to lovemy husband regardless you know, doesn't matter,
and and have that safety and securityand knowing Okay, man, I
messed up, or he messed up, he says something, I said something,
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We're gonna I'm gonna still love you, forgive you, practicing that forgiveness,
practicing that. I have to say, you know, it's a twofold
though it's twofold because one like yousaid, you know, we have to
exhibit patience, understanding love to eachother. Right. But and then the
other thing about marriage that's as greatis that we can go to each other,
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uh, to encourage each other whensomebody has let us down, and
somebody has talked about us, youknow, and don't get don't get it
wrong. We know everybody that talksabout us. We know everybody that gossips
about us. We know everybody thatgot the wrong the wrong take on something
when it should have come to usfirst to find out the real take on
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it. We know, all right, because we got a holy spirit that
tells us. So. Okay,So when you think you're when you think
that you're stabbing us in the backand we don't know about it, we
know when you're talking about us becauseyou got to four one one from somebody
else and you spreading the four oneone and somebody else. We know,
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Okay, with profits. So ofcourse we know. I mean, I'm
not I'm not showing off. I'mjust saying, we know, okay,
when you're when you're avoiding us,we know when you're avoiding us. We
know when you're doing something wrong.We know. Okay, don't think you're
escaping. We know. So youmight as just come clean and read out
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to us counseling. Yeah, weknow, So come clean and just come
to us and talk to us andtell us what it is that you did.
Tell us what it is who whowas saying something bad about us,
because we already know. It's likethe ministry of Jesus. He was the
great, he had he knew theBible talk in the gospels, he talks
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about, he knew the thoughts ofthe fabacy stats, and he still showed
grace. Even if we know,we still show grace, excuse me,
we are still challenged to show grace. And that's the discipline part. Not
to bring up your fault, notto bring up but to understand that you're
still growing. Yes, we arestill growing, and that's what the compassion.
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I was reading a scripture about makingallowances for one another. So we
had to practice making allowances. Foreach other. Yeah, we have to
make allowances bearing fault with one another. I believe that was in Colossians.
But that's what the Bible says.But when you are called to a position
in leadership, it does look differently. But we are still we still have
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to walk this out too, becauseDwayne is still my brother. No,
he's my spouse, but he ismy brother as well, because he's the
closest to me. Love your neighbors, you love yourself. He's my neighbor.
So I have to practice this.I cannot love you if I'm not
loving him, and that's the biblicalorder out of marriage. I remember when
we were I think maybe maybe ourfirst year of marriage. I believe it
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is our first year of marriage,our first year going into marriage that I
remember. I gave you the revelationthat you and my sister you did not
like that you're my sister in Christ. Yeah that's more than maybe five years
ago. Five ago, But yeah, going, if I may, can
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I turn our attention to scripture.We are talking about working out a marriage,
y'all, and I wanted to justread the scripture John fourteen sixteen.
I believe this is the NIV.It says, I will pray to the
Father and he will give you anothercounselor, that he may be with you
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forever. In the Greek is parreltosecomforter. It means in the Greek parrec
litose, meaning one called alongside tohelp, and it's translated advocates. Right,
Christ is the believer's paraclet with theFather when he sins the Holy Spirit,
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the believers in dwelling paraclet to helphis ignorance and infirmity and to make
intercession. And that's Romans eight twentysix. Romans eight twenty seven. I'm
gonna keep going and read on toverse seventeen says the Spirit of Truth.
So not only do we have acounselor in the Holy Spirit, but he's
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also known as the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can't receive for it
doesn't see him and doesn't know him. You know him, I know him.
I just added that in for helives with you and will be in
you. Amen. So we definitelyneed the Holy Spirit. We need him
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to counsel us as he counsels you. He need we need him to be
to speak truth to us as wespeak truth to you. Yes, right,
listen, we we don't do thisin our own strength, right,
especially in marriage, we need acounselor. We need to go to the
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Father. Look, I was readingthis definition in the Greek for comforter paraclitos
one called alongside the help. Weneed help. We need help as leaders,
as pastors, we need help,right, We need help to walk
this coveing it out in marriage,and we have to turn to the Father.
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We have to turn to the HolySpirit. We got to turn to
our counselor. It says christis thebeliever's paraclet with the Father. When he
sends the Holy Spirit, he excuseme the Holy Spirit the believers indwelling paraclet
to help his ignorance and infirmity andto make intercession. That's amazing. You
know, when when I think ofcomforter, right, I always think of
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a comforter on the bed. Thecomforter on the bed is so he is
so good when you lay on itand you get under the cover, especially
on under the comfort, especially ona day where it's cold, and you
get under that comforter and it justenvelopes you and a heat that emanates off
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your body comes right back on youfrom the comforter, and you just want
to be under that comforter. Factever, God is the comforter m.
He's the one that you know,even even if you're not feeling good man,
you go under that comforter. Youknow, if you're feeling depressed or
whatever the case, you go underthat comforter. You feel so good under
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that comfort, like you're taking awayfrom the world. So that's what the
comfort it is. And you knowit's very true you need the comforter to
give you that word when you reallyneed it. Because without him, we're
not on this radio show. Yeah, without him, our marriage is not
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successful. Without him, we don'thave this ministry. We all we all
listened to what he told us.If he's in that ignorance weave of the
God at won we need the spiritof truth to convict us. We need
we need that because uh huh,we need yeah, we need that.
No, I meant to say weneed that meaning we need that conviction.
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We need to be checked. Weneed to we need that conviction. We
need our conscience to be convicted whenwe were doing or saying things. We're
in pride. We need the spiritof truth to reveal that. We need
the counselor. We need even whenwe're hurt, when we hurt one another,
we need that that humbles us,It keeps us from keeps us balanced.
Because because what you said, it'svery important at the ignorance pant,
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the ignorance factor. I like thatbecause ooh, this is deep. See,
because without Holy Spirit, we windup doing things that we're not supposed
to do. And that's just theway the world is. I was looking
at a program the other day.Is something where this guy actually thought that
he had to go out. Hewas looking at good times. Remember he
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was looking at good times. Andwhen in good times, JJ wanted to
go. They didn't have any money. They was gonna get kicked out of
the apartment. And JJ wanted togo and do some that he wanted to
uh steal from the store of whatit was. They couldn't pay their rent
and so the kids they had totry to do but wasn't right. But
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he wanted to go and make upa lie in order to get money from
from people on the street. Andit would have worked. James want went
went to try to hustle people outof playing pool, you know. So
they they went and tried to doways. And mind you, they were
a Christian household. But even then, media, the media, they were
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trying to show you that there's anotherway for us to get money besides going
God's way. You see, becauseat that time they wasn't thinking about Holy
Spirit and whatever case. They wasn'tthinking about going to the Holy Spirit.
They were thinking about going to theirflesh ways, the ways of the world
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to get what it is that theyneeded to get. And that's what happens
today in the movies. In thevideos, you see people getting things this
honest way because they think that that'sthe only way they get things. The
reason why people sell drugs is becausethey think that that's the only way to
get money. The reason why peopletake drugs is because they think that that's
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the only way to get away fromthe pangs of the world. The reason
why people rob, steal, cheat, cheat on their wives, cheat on
their husbands, cheat on their cheaton their loved ones, traffic their children,
or become a human traffic earth,you know, become a prostitute,
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become a pimp, okay, itis because they think that they need to
do things the way of the world. They think they need to do things
the way that they've been programmed throughthe media, through the radio, through
fashion to do things in this honestway, right, But then when we
have the Holy Spirit, the HolySpirit teaches us to do it in a
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way that's not honest, that's notdishonest, but is righteous. But it's
holy. See, because you cando things the honest way and still be
doing it the wrong way. Youcould be doing like like like what I
was doing when I was making allthat money I was doing, I was
making an honest living, but theliving that I was doing wasn't honest.
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Like what you're saying, is whatyou mean from the honest way, the
righteous way. There's a righteous wayto go about it, Yes, and
that means in business, that meansin marriage, like, just because you're
having issues with your spouse, doesn'tthat you go out and go out and
say, all right, you useas an excuse to go out and cheat,
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you know, no, righteously.It says, make allows for one
another, make peace with your brother, your sister, which is your spouse.
Reconcile, bring it back, bringthat back into harmony. We have
a responsibility to one another. Jesusshows us how to live, and we
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have to work and practice on doingthings a righteous way. And I even
mentioned business because it also applies inour business correspondence. It applies in everything
how we deal. But God expectsus to God. Oh are we?
Oh, we are coming to thattime? Y'all? Right? Up?
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And then wow, So to becontinued, Yeah, we're gonna We're gonna
continue this next week. I don'tknow if I'm gonna be able to be
present with you guys, but itwas good to be back. And guess
what, there is a way whereyou could find out how to deal with
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the issues and the situations that cometo you other than what you thought you
knew. And there's a Holy Spiritout there that is waiting to guide you.
Yes to all that's lovable, toall that's a love, walk to
all that shows patience and understanding.You can do it, but you got
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to do it with Jesus. Yes, And all you got to do is
bring them into your life. Ifyou're ready to take the plunge up.
You don't have to run in nochurch, you don't have to get a
downstan pool water. You can sayit right here and get the Holy Spirit
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to dwell inside you. It's apermanent residence in your life. Repeat that
to me, Heavenly Father, HeavenlyFather. I'm a sinner. I don't
want to send anymore, and Idon't want to send anymore. I'm a
heathen and I want to be holynow, and I want to be holy
now. My wife is looking atme. Sorry. I want you,
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Jesus. I want you, Jesus, to come into my life, to
come into my life cause I realize, cause I realize that your sacrifice your
life, that your sacrifice your lifefor me, for me. Come into
my life, Jesus, come intomy life, Jesus to shape me,
to shave me, hold me,hold me, and remold me and me
into what you got, into whatyou got, want me to be,
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want me to be. I repent. I repent all my sins, all
my sins, which means which meansI wanna make. I wanna make a
hundred and eighty degree change. Iwanna make a hundred and eighty degree change
to do God, to do God, what you want me to do,
what you want me to do.Thank you for entering my life. Thank
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you for entering my life. InJesus name, Jesus name. Amen.
Amen. If you just said thatprayer. Alijah, you are born again.
That's what the scripture says. Yourheart, confess with your mouth that
Jesus Christ died for you and Rosen'scoming back again. Your past, present,
and future sins have been forgiving.Y'all. Welcome to the Family of
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God. A thousand mee just glorified, a thousand angels magnified. Welcome,
Welcome you today. Welcome to theFamily of God. Love it. Reach
out to you if you want tolearn more about this salvation received. Yes
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the love chapters p O d atDuine the pastor at Pastor Kire. We
love to hear from you. Andthat's it for now. Y'all will see
you again next week, same time, same place, and like we always
say, we love you, myGod, Jesus in the Holy Spirit,
love you more. Now that's right. I'm let me tell you why.
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We'll stop God, God talking aboutstop. God will looked up God and
me. God, you don't knowwhat I'm talking about. Let me tell
you. We'll lift up God andme check this out God, God,
let me bring it down to yourGod. Jesus tore the time she told
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me God held to stop and thedrink blood. What makes the christ job,
and this this as the next
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