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Speaker 1: You're listening to daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stangey,

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Speaker 1: and today's devotion is inspired by One Timothy, Chapter three,

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Speaker 1: verse two b through three, which says, sober minded, self controlled, respectable, hospitable,

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Speaker 1: able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle,

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Speaker 1: not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. When we come

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Speaker 1: to faith in Christ, we can be grateful that He

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Speaker 1: doesn't leave us in the same condition we were in

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Speaker 1: when He first found us. In Christ, we are made

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Speaker 1: of brand new creation. We are also in dwelled by

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, who grants us counsel, comfort and helps

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Speaker 1: us see things from the perspective of God. The Holy

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Speaker 1: Spirit has been given to us to help us along

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Speaker 1: the way during our brief time on this earth. The

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Speaker 1: fruit of His presence in our lives becomes visible in

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Speaker 1: all kinds of areas. This scripture tells us that a

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Speaker 1: spirit led man will be sober minded, He will exhibit wisdom,

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Speaker 1: common sense, and will be cautious about welcoming anything into

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Speaker 1: his life or body that has the power to negatively

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Speaker 1: alter his thinking. He will exhibit self control and not

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Speaker 1: act like a hot head. He won't be someone who

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Speaker 1: idolizes money or wastes his life vainly pursuing it as

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Speaker 1: his top priority because of the mistaken belief that somehow

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Speaker 1: money can bring ultimate satisfaction to the soul. A godly

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Speaker 1: man doesn't yield control of his life to unfruitful, unwise,

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Speaker 1: and ungodly pursuits. He is content to yield his life

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Speaker 1: to the control of the Holy Spirit. Let's pray, Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: read these verses together today from the Book of One Timothy.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, we're grateful for what you teach us here.

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Speaker 1: You teach us that we are to be spirit led people,

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Speaker 1: as we've come to know you through faith in your

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Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ. We also know that your Holy Spirit

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Speaker 1: lives within us, and he guides us, and he counsels us,

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Speaker 1: and he directs us, and he helps us to value

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Speaker 1: the things that we as believers are called to value. Father,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for the visible evidence of your Holy Spirit's

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Speaker 1: presence in our lives. As you change the way that

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Speaker 1: we think, and as you help us exhibit self control,

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Speaker 1: you give us abilities that we did not naturally possess.

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Speaker 1: You put us in the position where we're able to

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Speaker 1: resist ingesting substances into our bodies that have the capacity

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Speaker 1: to alter our thinking. Your spirit teaches us to be gentle.

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Speaker 1: Your spirit teaches us not to argue. Your spirit teaches

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Speaker 1: us not to love money. And Father, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the fact that this is evidence of the fact that

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Speaker 1: you are at work within us. Lord, we're so grateful

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Speaker 1: for the changes that you bring into our lives. We

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Speaker 1: used to think in a very worldly way, and we

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Speaker 1: used to want to satisfy the void in our soul

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Speaker 1: with worldly things. But Lord, you've convinced us that this

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Speaker 1: world cannot supply what we truly need. We need your son,

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, and true contentment and true joy cannot be

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Speaker 1: found any other way. So again, Father, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the ways in which you've made us brand new. As

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Speaker 1: we look at this portion of Scripture to day and

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Speaker 1: think about the implications of it, we pray that we

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Speaker 1: would walk as new people because of the change you've

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Speaker 1: produced within us. Thank you, Father for all that you're

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Speaker 1: doing on our behalf, and we commit ourselves to you

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Speaker 1: now and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,