A Path of Light

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Welcome to today's episode of Reflective

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Hour.

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I'm your host, Tammy Toney-Butler,

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but we all know who the host of

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this show is and everything that we do,

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and that's Christ,

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by way of the Holy Spirit,

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the Spirit of Truth.

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Holy Spirit,

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come and have your way in this time

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that we have together.

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May they hear you and not me,

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see you and not me.

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May they have spiritual ears to hear and

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eyes to see what it is that you

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have for them this hour.

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What message it is that you want to

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portray to your sheep, oh God.

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Help us, God.

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Guide us, God.

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Strengthen us, God,

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during this time together.

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Well,

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the Lord placed on my heart to do

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this episode today.

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And it's a path of light,

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a path of light,

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a pathway of light in a dark world,

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a less traveled path,

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but a path that leads to life.

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And do you know that path?

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Do you know that path?

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Many of you are facing challenges.

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unforeseen circumstances,

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adverse conditions.

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You've prayed,

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you've believed for a miracle,

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and yet you've still yet to receive the

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promise.

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What do you do when God's quiet?

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What do you do when you don't hear

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the still small voice?

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What do you do when you're facing a

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decision,

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but you're on your knees and you're

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praying to God and he's quiet?

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What do you do?

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Do you get over into your feelings?

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Or do you get out the word of

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God?

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And do you search for answers in his

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word?

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Asking him to reveal his truth.

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through His word so that you can see

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your way forward to your divine destiny

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all from the Creator's hands.

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For He knew you before He formed you

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and put you in your mother's womb.

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You had a purpose.

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You have a purpose.

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You were made for a purpose.

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We were put here

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to fulfill a kingdom assignment,

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a kingdom purpose.

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And often we can get distracted by the

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storms of life.

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And instead of seeking the source,

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we can seek comfort from outside sources.

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We can seek comfort from drugs, alcohol,

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relationships,

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from dark places that can never, ever,

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ever lead us

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to the light of truth,

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to the right path, the path of life,

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that narrow path of righteousness for his

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name's sake.

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We must follow God this season,

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get into his word,

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get alone with him and allow him the

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opportunity to speak to us in those dark

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seasons.

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and to bring the light of the truth,

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bring His clarity where there's confusion,

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hope where there's hopelessness,

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peace where there's been chaos.

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For God is a God of order,

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a God of peace and not of confusion.

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If confusion is in your camp,

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ask yourself this question, why?

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When did it enter?

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What did I do differently to bring in

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that confusion?

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When did my peace leave me?

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When did my clarity leave me?

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These are questions that we must ask

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ourselves as believers on the Lord Jesus

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Christ.

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Christ is in us and is our responsibility

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to maintain his temple,

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to be a purified bride ready for when

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he comes.

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Have you purified yourself?

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Have you cleansed yourself?

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Have you repented of things that you've

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done?

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Have you asked for his forgiveness?

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Have you forgiven yourself?

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We miss it.

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I miss it.

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And I ask him daily,

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create in me a clean heart, oh God.

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Remove anything in me.

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that would hinder or stop me from stepping

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into all you have for me and fulfilling

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the call you've placed on my life,

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my destiny assignment, my purpose.

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Purge me of anything that's not of you.

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Get anything out of me.

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Create in me the right heart, O Lord,

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and help me to have the heart and

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mind of Christ.

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Help me to see kingdom in everything I

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do.

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to not get over in my feelings,

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to not carry a fence,

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but instead to build up the body,

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a unified body under the head,

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which is Christ.

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We need to be unified.

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We need to come together as brothers and

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sisters in Christ,

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praying for one another,

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not judging one another.

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Yes, we can have discernment.

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We need discernment.

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And not everybody were to partner up with.

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It doesn't mean there's something wrong

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with them necessarily.

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It can be not the right timing.

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It could be that their assignment is

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completely different than yours.

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And if you stayed in their camp or

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partnered with them,

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then you would not fulfill your

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assignment.

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And you have an assignment by God that

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you need to fulfill.

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I don't know about you,

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but when I get to heaven,

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I want him to say, well done,

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you good and faithful servant.

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You did it.

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You finished the race well,

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and you fulfilled what I sent you on

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earth to do.

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And remember,

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we are to bring the kingdom of heaven

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to earth.

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Our Father who art in heaven,

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hallowed be thy name.

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Thy kingdom come,

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thy will be done on earth as it

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is in heaven.

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Jesus taught us how to pray.

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We need to be about the Father's will.

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Jesus was all about the Father's will.

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So I say to you today,

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take this time to pause, to reflect,

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look inward and see

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Am I traveling along that narrow path?

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Am I bringing light to others when I

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step into a room?

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Am I being the light that's shining in

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the darkness?

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Or when I enter a room,

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do I bring in darkness?

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Do I slander others with my words and

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tongue?

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Or do I speak blessings and life over

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people?

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Not everybody's call you're going to

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understand.

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Not everybody's assignment.

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We aren't supposed to.

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God used people throughout history for his

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will to be done.

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He spoke through a donkey.

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He used Pharaoh.

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He used people that were sinners.

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He used Rahab, a prostitute.

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Mary was an unwed teenager when she was

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called

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to bring Jesus into the world,

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the seed of life,

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who gave us all life and who is

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the only way to eternal life.

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Nobody gets to the Father but through the

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Son and believing on the Lord Jesus

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Christ,

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his work done on the cross at Calvary,

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that he died on the cross and rose

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again, was the Son of God,

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rose again and is seated in heavenly

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places to the right of the Father.

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You must believe on his birth, his death,

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his resurrection.

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You have to confess with your mouth that

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you know Jesus was raised from the dead

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and make him Lord and Savior of your

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life.

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That's how you enter into the eternal

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kingdom and have eternal life.

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You don't have to do anything to earn

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it.

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It's not by works.

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You don't have to have yourself all

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cleaned up.

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You can be messy and still call out

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to God and call out to Jesus and

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say, save me, save me.

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I don't know about you,

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but I need the Holy Spirit.

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I need the spirit of Jesus that lives

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inside of me to help me in this

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world,

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to help me to maintain righteousness and

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purity and to follow the ways of the

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kingdom of God and not the ways of

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the world.

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You can't do these things in your own

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strength.

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You have to rely on the Holy Spirit

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that's in you.

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And if you miss it, just fess up.

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Say, I missed it, God.

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I know I did,

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or I think I did.

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I don't even know God,

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but I know I just want to be

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washed clean.

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I want to be purified.

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I repent.

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I forgive myself and I forgive them, Lord.

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I don't want any unforgiveness in my

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heart.

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I don't want any bitterness.

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I don't want any offense.

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I don't want any hate.

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I don't want any rejection.

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I don't want anything in me that's keeping

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me from the fullness of what you have

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for me and me manifesting your light and

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your glory and your truth to a dark

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and dying world.

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Use me, God.

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I'm willing to go.

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Use me.

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Use me, God.

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Who shall I send?

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Send me.

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Send me, that's what I say, Lord,

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when we call to remembrance Isaiah.

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Send me, Lord, I'm ready.

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Help me, Lord,

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to be that light in a dark world.

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And even if I don't understand and even

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if I don't have all the answers,

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I'm going anyway because I'm going by

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faith and I'm going to obey you and

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I'm going to rest in you.

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And my rest is found in you in

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my surrendered obedience to your will.

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And that's today's episode of Reflective

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Hour.

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I want you to stop, pause, pray,

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and ensure that you're on the right path,

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that you're leading others to the light

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and not into more spiritual darkness.

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God bless you.

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God keep you.

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May his light shine upon you.

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May you see him in all that you

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do today.

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called to remembrance his goodness,

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his love, and his mercy.

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Glory be to Jesus.

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Glory be to Jesus.

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Glory be to Jesus.