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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 Philippians Chapter two, verses

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Speaker 1: nine through eleven, which says, therefore God has highly exalted

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Speaker 1: him and bestowed on him the name that is above

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Speaker 1: every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every

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Speaker 1: knee should bow in heaven and on earth, and under

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Speaker 1: the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is

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Speaker 1: Lord to the glory of God the Father. Throughout the

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Speaker 1: New Testament scriptures, we're given a picture of who Jesus

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Speaker 1: is and what he is like. The picture we're given

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Speaker 1: is multifaceted. Some of the biblical examples share historical accounts

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Speaker 1: of the ways in which Jesus responded to people. He

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Speaker 1: showed kindness, compassion, mercy, and selfless sacrifice. At times, it

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Speaker 1: can be somewhat easy for us to take Christ's intentional

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Speaker 1: meekness and mistakenly assume it was a sign of weakness.

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Speaker 1: But that's not the case at all. His power, glory,

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Speaker 1: and authority are all made clear when we look at

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Speaker 1: the totality of God's word. The day is soon coming

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Speaker 1: when every knee will bow to Jesus and every tongue

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Speaker 1: will confess that he is Lord. Those who trust in

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Speaker 1: him now will bow to him and call him Lord,

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Speaker 1: and those who have rejected him will also bow to

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Speaker 1: him and call him Lord. The beautiful thing about knowing

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Speaker 1: this ahead of time is that we've been given the

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Speaker 1: privilege to worship Jesus and acknowledge him as Lord right now.

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Speaker 1: We don't have to wait for a few future day

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Speaker 1: to enjoy the blessings, benefits, and privileges of welcoming Jesus

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Speaker 1: to lead and direct our lives. Let's pray, Lord, we

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

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

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Speaker 1: at this portion of scripture from the Book of Philippians today.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, we're grateful that in this portion of your

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Speaker 1: word you remind us that we will all acknowledge your

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Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ as Lord, and that doing so will

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Speaker 1: bring you glory. Lord. We know that right now there

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Speaker 1: are many of us that make that acknowledgment of your son.

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Speaker 1: We recognize his divinity, We recognize his union with you

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Speaker 1: and with the Holy Spirit. But Father, we also know

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Speaker 1: that there are many in this world who completely reject

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Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ, and they go their own way

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Speaker 1: and refuse to allow you to call the shots in

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Speaker 1: their lives. Father, we know that that's a huge mistake,

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Speaker 1: but we also know that while we're still breathing, there's

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Speaker 1: time to correct that error. So Father, we pray that

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Speaker 1: if there be anyone in the hearing of this recording

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Speaker 1: today who as of yet has not received your son

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ as their savior and their Lord, that today

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Speaker 1: would be the day that they do. So, Father, we

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Speaker 1: know that you can accomplish that, and again we're grateful

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Speaker 1: for your great patience with us while you wait for

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Speaker 1: us to repent of our unbelief. So Father, we pray

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Speaker 1: that we would all acknowledge your son as Lord, and

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Speaker 1: that through your intervention, we would choose to do so

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Speaker 1: now instead of living our lives like we're the ones

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Speaker 1: calling the shots. Please forgive us of our arrogance and

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Speaker 1: help us to walk in the newness of life that

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Speaker 1: we find through a relationship with your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: Thank you again for this reminder from your word today

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