279: David Little – Exhortation: Depending on God

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Welcome to good Chris Elfion
talks.

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I’m Levi.
And I’m Chris.

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this week’s talk.
Hello, this is Brother Chris.

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For this week, we’re listening
to an exhortation that was given

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by.
Brother David Little.

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Last July of 2023 that he gave.
At their Verdugo hills, Ecclesia

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this.
Exhortation was one that he

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mentions at the beginning of
his.

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Exhort he was.
Working on writing earlier in

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the the month of June, but the
last Sunday that he was working

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on it was.
Actually, the day.

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Before he would then.
Have a heart attack.

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Which makes this exhortation
even more poignant for him, and

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the topic in particular
especially impactful for him.

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In The Expectation, Brother
David is looking at the

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willingness that we sometimes
slip into in our own lives.

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To try to solve the problems we
face.

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On our own, rather than relying
on God, and often times turning

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to God for strength or guidance
can be the last.

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Choice that we.
Will make until.

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All else has failed us.
He is reminding us that.

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God should be our.
First choice.

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And without going into.
Greater detail about what he

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talks about because I want.
You to hear it from him.

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I think this is a excellent
reminder to us, and I know I

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found it to be a reminder to
myself as well, because

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sometimes we can be too caught
up in the day-to-day things to

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be instead focused on trying to
solve things the way that we

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normally would in.
Day-to-day life.

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I will make mention that he.
Talks about a.

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Hymn that was sung before the
exhortation that was Hymn 137

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and that he particularly enjoys
that.

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Favorite.
His favorite?

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Verses from there based on Psalm
3 and looking at verse.

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Five.
So I wanted to mention.

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Both the hymns in that
particular reading, in case you

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wanted to read through the hymn
or that passage in Psalms or

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even listen to the hymn itself
on a pre recorded way.

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Because I think both of them are
an excellent a base and a

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reminder for us to be the
encouragement as we take on our

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walk.
I know we at.

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Verdugo feel especially blessed
to have Brother David to be part

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of our ecclesial family and I
am.

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Incredibly thankful that he was
willing to.

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Share this exhort as a very.
Personal topic for him, but I

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had multiple.
People at the.

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Ecclesia and also some folks
that listen to some of the

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recordings of Verdugo recommend
it.

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After they heard it.
And he was gracious enough to.

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Allow us to share.
It with everyone here and I hope

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that you find it to be just as
encouraging and uplifting as.

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Those of us that heard it live
or have previously.

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Listened to a recording.
Did as well.

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I’m also especially thankful to
God for watching over brother

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David during last year when he
had his heart attack.

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That they were able to act on it
quickly at the hospital where he

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works.
And that he has been able to

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make a full recovery.
So with that, I will now turn

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you over.
To brother David Little for his

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expectation that he gave at
Verdugo Hills last July.

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Entitled depending on God.
Good morning everyone.

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The medication sometimes messes
with my voice, so bear with me

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sometime.
Normally when I know that I’m

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going to be speaking, I start
thinking about the subject I

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want to go over probably about a
month before.

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SO I’ll look at the readings and
if that doesn’t inspire me, I’ll

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probably think of something that
maybe that I’m struggling with

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because my theory on that is if
I’m having a problem, maybe

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somebody else is having the same
problem.

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I was scheduled for to do this
expectation on June 18th, but I

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traded with Russ because he
asked me to.

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And the reason I’m mentioning
this is because this subject and

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that hymn that we sung this
morning I chose before I had

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that heart attack.
I used our on that Sunday before

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I used our quiet time here that
we do to write the outline of

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this expectation.
With that said, it’s story time.

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When I was in elementary school,
I would normally take the bus to

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school and to and from school.
I think it was probably maybe

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kindergarten first grade.
It was pretty early on in life,

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and one morning I remember that
I had some doctor’s

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appointments, so my mom drove me
to the doctor’s appointment and

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then she dropped me off at
school.

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Now I have a very logical mind,
and probably why I work well

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with computers is because
computers are quite logical.

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And when they’re not, that’s
when I go, hey, you’re not being

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logical, and I try to figure out
why.

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So since Mom dropped me off, Mom
would be picking me up.

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So I stood outside the school
after school and I’d let the bus

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go and I waited for mom and mom
didn’t show up.

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So me being me, I walked home.
Now according to Google Maps,

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it’s was a it’s a 2.66 mile walk
and would take somebody about 45

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minutes to walk in.
And I got home because I knew

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the way, you know, because I’m
pay attention to where I’m

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going.
And I’m, I’m pretty good at

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that, you know, if I’ve been
somewhere, I can get back to it

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usually.
So I walk into the house and I I

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see my mom and she says you’re
early because I beat the bus

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home.
And the reason for that is

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because my stop was second to
the last.

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So it went up into the hills of
Monrovia and then back down and

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then got there and I told her
that I walked home and she did

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not believe me.
It’s the walk didn’t seem that

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long, but I guess if you’re, you
know, in elementary school, it

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probably was pretty long.
But that kind of started my my

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independent streak.
Fast forward a little bit to

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when I was about 10 years old.
That’s when we got our first

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microwave and Mom showed us how
to properly cook a hot dog, you

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know, poke it so it doesn’t
explode and put it in there.

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We already learned how to do
those TV dinners where, you

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know, you have to unfold part of
the that aluminum, put them in

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and that.
But then we’re also taught how

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to do our own laundry.
And the reasons for this was

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because Mom was going to nursing
school and wouldn’t have time

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for us anymore.
So we had to take care of

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ourselves.
Each of us received a key to the

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house, so we became part of that
generation known as latchkey

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kids.
So a lot of times we get home

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from school, probably later on,
probably junior high, almost

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high, and we come home and
there’ll be nobody home.

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It’ll be just us kids, so we,
you know, take care of

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ourselves.
Maybe dad could home or mom

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often worked overnight or
Anyway, that’s one thing.

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I guess you can say that
probably is the goal of any

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parent.
I’m not a parent, so I can’t

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really have a true idea of this,
but you want your kids to be

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independent at some point.
Some parents can probably not be

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that way, but I’m pretty sure
that most parents want their

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kids to be independent on and on
their own.

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So because of this, I’ve become
very independent, so I rely

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pretty much on myself.
I live by myself.

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I haven’t had to, haven’t had to
go home for lack of not having

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support.
Once I moved out, I did move

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back in after my dad passed, but
that was because mom needed my

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support.
So when the pandemic hit,

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nothing really changed for me.
Because I work at a hospital, I

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still went to the hospital every
day because the computers will

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break down and you have to be
there for a lot of the work that

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I do.
And staying home was not a big

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deal because I like to tell my
friend a lot.

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My good friend, I tell her I’m a
hermit, so it wasn’t a big deal

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for me to, you know, to be at my
apartment and not leave.

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Sometimes I don’t leave for the
weekend at all.

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And I’m pretty good at you know
I can keep myself entertained.

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So I I it’s not that I don’t.
I do enjoy being around people.

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I have my collegiate family
here, which is great.

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I still have my brother and
sister.

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My parents have you know been
gone for a while.

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I have a second family.
You may know them the riches,

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they’ve kind of adopt me.
They invite me for holidays and

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stuff, and they’re really good
friends to me.

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And like I said, they’re they’re
like a second family.

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So this is where my struggle
comes in.

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If I’m this independent, if we
are this independent, how do we

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become dependent on God?
Well, I’d like to start out this

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journey by looking at something
we really don’t have control

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over, but we maybe just think
about it because it it hinders

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us.
So when you turn over to Romans

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Chapter 7, and we’re just going
to read about 10 verses here, So

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Romans Chapter 7, starting at
verse 15.

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And I’m reading from the ESV to
to the end of the chapter.

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For I do not understand my own
actions, for I do not do what I

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want, but I do the very thing I
hate.

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Now, if I do what I do not want,
I agree with the law, and that

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is good.
So now it’s no longer that I who

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do it, but sin that dwells
within me.

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For I know that nothing good
dwells in me that is my flesh.

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For I have desire to do what is
right, but not the the ability

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to carry it out.
For I do not the good I I want,

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but the evil I do not want is
what I keep on doing So I find

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it to be a law that when I want
to do right, evil lies close at

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hand.
For I delight in the law of God

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in my inner being, but I see my
members another law waging war

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against the law of my mind and
making me captive to the law of

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sin that dwells in my members.
Wretched man that I am, who will

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deliver to me from this body of
death, thanks be to God, through

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Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then I myself serve the law

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of God with my mind.
With my flesh, I serve the law

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of sin.
I hope that I was able to

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emphasize my points there.
Did you count how many times

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that pronoun I was in there?
It’s quite a bit.

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Does this describe you?
We do like to beat ourselves up

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quite a bit.
Or maybe it’s just me, But this

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can become a hindrance for us
because maybe we focus too much

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on Romans 7 and saying, oh this
is me, I’m the chief Sinner, as

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Paul says, and we beat ourselves
up.

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But we forget a lot of things
and we forget the next chapter,

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and this is the next chapter
that we need to focus on.

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Romans 8 verse one.
There is therefore now no

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condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus.

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Now, speaker once said that
Romans 8 is an apology for

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Romans 7, and I love that.
So let’s look at a couple of

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other references and say that we
really shouldn’t be beating

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ourselves up on on these things.
So our first one is going to be

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first.
John chapter 2, verse 20 and 29.

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And now little children abide in
him, so that when he appears we

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have may have confidence and not
shrink from him and the shame of

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his coming.
We know that he is righteous,

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may be sure that everyone who
practices righteousness may be

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born of him.
And now the important parts of

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that is that we are practice
seeking righteousness.

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Now we have some musicians in
here.

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We know musicians practice.
But the reason you practice is

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to not make mistakes.
But you still make mistakes.

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So you keep practicing and you
keep practicing so you’re not

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making those mistakes anymore.
And that’s what we’re doing.

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We, we’re our own worst critics
when it comes to that.

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So you may slip up and that is
fine as long as you keep

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practicing.
Turn over just one chapter to

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1st John 321.
And this is also related back to

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Romans 7.
Beloved, if our heart does not

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condemn us, we have confidence
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So don’t let your heart condemn
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We are fallible creatures, so
when things like this happen,

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talk to God and move on and
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And that’s what Romans 7 kind of
says, that Paul is dwelling on

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us.
So we can always we always

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remember that we can go for God,
for the help, for forgiveness

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when we inadvertently sin.
Of course of course we should

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avoid intentionally sinning
continuing in first John there

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in first John 4 verse 13.
And and this is an important

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one, because it’s also part of
the prayer and John 17 By this

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we know that we abide in Him and
He and us, because He has given

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us of His Spirit.
And flip over to John 17/21/20

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and 21 we have We see that in
his prayer He asks do not ask

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for these only, but for those
who will believe in me through

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their word that they may be all
in one, just as you Father are

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in me and I am in you.
That they may also be in us, so

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that the world may believe that
you have sinned on Me.

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So keeping these things in mind,
let’s do some things.

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Let’s look at some things that
can help us become more

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dependent on God rather than
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So the 1st and most important
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humble.
It’s probably one of the most

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difficult ones for us to
accomplish, because if you say

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to yourself that you’re a humble
person, you’re not.

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I’m going to step into some
difficult train, so bear with me

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if I should stumble.
There is one verse that I’ve

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chosen, and I’ve recited this
for several, several years and

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modified it to be kind of a call
and an answer.

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Turn to Psalm 3, Psalm 3, verse
five.

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I lay down and slept.
I woke again for the Lord

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sustained sustained me.
If during the day I only managed

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to pray for my meals, I will say
this before I go to sleep.

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I’m laying down to sleep, but
I’ll wake if you sustain me.

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And when I wake up in the
morning, I recite the verse.

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I lay down and slept.
I woke again because you

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sustained me.
I said this on June 4th, the

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night before my heart attack.
It is not lost on me that I

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quite possibly would have just
not woken up and just pass

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through the night.
However, I believe I woke up

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because the Lord sustained me.
I lay down and slept.

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I woke again, for the Lord
sustained me Fully.

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Depending on God involves
letting go of the power that you

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have and seeking humility before
God.

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You must recognize the proper
position and recognize who God

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is and that He alone creates,
maintains, and upholds all

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things.
Consider Revelation 4, verse 10

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and 11. 24 elders fell down
before him.

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He was seated on the throne and
worshiped him who lives forever

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and ever.
They cast down their crowns

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before the throne, saying,
Worthy Are you or our God to

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receive glory and honor and
power?

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For you created all things, and
by your will they existed and

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were created.
As we become more dependent on

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God, we must grow to trust His
word.

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We tend to put our trust in
worldly measures, and with the

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problem that we sorry, we tend
to put our trust in worldly

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measures.
The problem with that is that we

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resort to depending on God when
those measures fail.

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That God is a backup to whatever
problem we need to overcome,

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we’re told in Ephesians 320.
Now to him was able to do far

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more abundantly than all that we
ask or think according to the

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power at work within us.
In order to grow stronger and

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build dependence on God, we have
to spend time daily in His word.

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We have our daily Bible
readings.

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However, if you can’t quite get
through the readings, maybe it’s

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March and we’re in Leviticus.
I suggest something that a

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brother Peter said.
There are 31 proverbs, so pick

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the date and go.
For example, today is the 9th.

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Read Proverbs 9 but always read
something.

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Every day we have our little
walking group and we get a

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passive for a day to think on
and ponder as we walk.

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As long as you do something,
don’t skip it at all.

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There are two great books that
help us when we walk the Psalms

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and the Proverbs.
Appropriately, one follows the

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other from songs.
We learn specifically to praise

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God, to worship Him for His
goodness, strength, and majesty.

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By this means we look outward
toward God.

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From the Proverbs we learn to
match our praise with

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performance.
We look inwards.

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We let we see ourselves as we
really are feeble and prone to

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error.
We learn of the rules that we

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must follow to please God,
practical requirements of the

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truth for daily performance.
We learn what is required in

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putting to death the works of
the flesh, the dying to sin as

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Christ did, of living to God as
Christ did.

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When it comes to depending on
God, it’s it’s turning the focus

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from ourselves back to God.
Time with the Lord in prayer

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does just that.
We draw nearer to our Heavenly

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Father, bow before him, asking
for help and living fully

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dependent on him.
And he should do that for

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everything, not just praying for
the meals of the day.

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Not just praying for something
that maybe you need, Maybe just

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a prayer of praise.
Pray for other people.

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I find that’s the best type of
prayer because you’re looking

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outward.
Remember things that have

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happened to you in the past.
Listen in stillness.

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Look for his response and his
rescue.

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Be encouraged by his strength in
prayer.

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We return his greatness, power,
and unusual love.

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Who draws in to learn that
there’s no safer place than in

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full dependence of God?
Remember in times past when you

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depended on God and relied on
His strength?

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Write those Write those things
down, and then you can return

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those in praise intentionally
look for ways that God has come

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through for you.
Praise recognizes God for who He

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is and when we can praise his
very nature.

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We can take an example from
Daniel after God to get gave to

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him the mystery of
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

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Daniel Two verse 20 Daniel
answered and said blessed be the

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name of God forever and ever.
To him belong wisdom and might.

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He changed his times and
seasons.

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He removes kings and sets up
kings.

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He gives wisdom to the wise, and
knowledge to those who have

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understanding.
He reveals deep and hidden

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things.
He knows what is in the

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darkness, and the light dwells
with it with him.

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To you, O God of my Father’s, I
give thanks and praise.

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For you have given me wisdom and
might, and have now made known

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to Me What we ask of you, for
you have made known to us the

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King’s manner.
We know that God’s ways is not

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necessarily our ways, but little
by little we can surrender our

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moments to Him.
We will grow to depend on Him

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more and more.
We will grow to waver, to not

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waver and believing in God’s
promises and know with absolute

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assurance that He’ll come
through for us.

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There are benefits to depending
on God.

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Just run through some verses
here.

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Psalm 2510.
All the paths of the Lord are

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steadfast, are steadfast love
and faithfulness for those who

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keep His covenant and His
testimonies.

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God will guide us to His
unfailing love.

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But they who wait for the Lord
shall renew their strength.

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For they mount, for shall they
shall mount up with wings like

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Eagles.
They shall run and not be

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worried.
They shall walk and not faint.

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God will renew our strength.
Do not be anxious for about

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anything, but in everything by
prayer and supplication with

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Thanksgiving, let your let your
request be made known to God,

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and the peace of God which
surpasses all understanding,

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will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus.

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God will envelope this with this
peace, so that your faith may

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not rest in wisdom of men, but
in the power of God.

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Our faith will be deepened.
We have this as a sure and

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steadfast anchor of the soul, a
hope that enters into the inner

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place behind the curtain.
Our hope is anchored, so we have

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come here this morning around
this table to remember the

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sacrifice that Jesus gave, that
we may have life.

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And we know from John 5, verse
30 that Jesus says I can do

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nothing of my own.
And as I hear, I judge my

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judgement is dust because I seek
not my own will, but the will of

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him who sent me.
All that he could do, He could

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only do because he was dependent
on God.

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And I often wonder about that
prayer that he says in the

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garden and the cup that could be
removed from him.

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And we look for a little further
down at Luke 22 and being in

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agony, he prayed more earnestly.
His sweat become like great

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drops of blood falling down to
the ground.

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I wonder if that was just the
fear of what was going to

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happen.
I mean he has resurrected people

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before so he knows that that
power is there.

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And I wonder that he because of
the temptation and he refused

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Satan that the OR the the
temptation to you know create

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bread from these rocks or you
know you can have power over

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these kingdoms that he wouldn’t
use any power to maybe relieve

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some of the pain that he was
about to endure.

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The and and Mark We read that
the chief priests and the

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scribes mocked him, saying just
for that he saved others.

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But a him himself cannot save
and if he were to save himself,

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that would defeat the entire
purpose.

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He was only to be saved by God,
but he had to walk through that

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valley of death first.
I like to think that it was the

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dying part that he didn’t want
to experience.

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And I I can understand that
because I have often said that

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I’m I’m not afraid of death, I’m
afraid of dying.

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So while I sat in that emergency
room, I had a lot of time to

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ponder a few things.
I had said a prayer to get me to

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the ER safely.
I had said a prayer for the care

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team that I know would be
handling me and past God bless

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their hands.
The remarkable thing is that I

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was calm the entire time.
I wasn’t nervous.

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I wasn’t in a state of panic
because I realized one thing and

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you’re probably not going to
like this statement.

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I was fine with either outcome.
Either.

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I would be able to continue to
serve God here or I just beat

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beat the rest of you to the
Kingdom.

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I’ve often said that I don’t
fear death, I fear dying and

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epiphany that I had is that
death, death doesn’t really

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exist for us.
What is always said when

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somebody passes away in the
truth, their next waking moment

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is the resurrection.
So that’s what I like to say to

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you.
Don’t think of it as death,

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think of it as a resurrection
when that time comes.

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That being said, even though I
was fine with either outcome, my

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third prayer as I was being
wheeled in the operating room

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was a request to stick around.
Jesus was dependent on God to

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raise him from the grave.
I believe this sacrifice changed

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that for believers, and it
brings a peace upon us, because

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death is no longer an issue.
If we have the resurrection,

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death has become a footnote,
appropriately described as a

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sting it would be for us like
stepping through a door.

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So with that hymn this morning,
Father, I ask all my that all my

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life may be or ruled by thee,
because I depend on you.

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The changes then that surely
come I shall not fear to see,

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because I trust you, ask thee
for a steadfast vine, intent on

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pleasing thee, because not my
will, but yours.

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