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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm James Seawood. Have you

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Speaker 2: ever gotten a relapse from a cold. You'll start to

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Speaker 2: feel better, think it's gone, but then it hits you again,

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Speaker 2: even harder the second time. Take a moment to breathe deeply,

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Speaker 2: thanking God for each breath as you sit in stillness

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Speaker 2: before him. Hit on. The rebound is where we find

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Speaker 2: ourselves in this story. Jesus tells us in Matthew twelve.

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Speaker 2: When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person,

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Speaker 2: it passes through waterless places seeking rest but finds none.

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Speaker 2: Then it says, I will return to my house, from

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Speaker 2: which I came, And when it comes, it finds the

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Speaker 2: house empty, swept and put in order. Then it goes

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Speaker 2: and brings with its seven other spirits more evil than itself,

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Speaker 2: and they enter and dwell there. And the last state

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Speaker 2: of that person is worse than the first. So also

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Speaker 2: will it be with this evil generation. It appears that

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Speaker 2: Jesus is saying something like this. You can clean up

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Speaker 2: your life, get rid of your demons, clean up your

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Speaker 2: act with religion and good works, but you won't find

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Speaker 2: real rest until you actually replace the cravings in your

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Speaker 2: life with full devotion to God. Evict the evil spirits

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Speaker 2: by all means, but replace the bad tenants with a

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Speaker 2: good tenant. A life is not transformed by the absence

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Speaker 2: of evil spirits, but by the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 2: Don't leave a void for sin to fill. Dear Heavenly Father,

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Speaker 2: I give you authority over my life. Please call out

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Speaker 2: the demons in me of self absorption, envy, anger, unkindness,

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Speaker 2: and all other sins that separate me from you. I

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Speaker 2: pray right now, Jesus, that the Holy Spirit comes to

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Speaker 2: lead me into all truth and take up residence in me.

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Speaker 2: I don't just want to flee from something I want

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Speaker 2: to flee to you. I don't just want to rid

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Speaker 2: myself of sin. I want to be filled with your spirit.

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Speaker 2: In your name, I pray, Amen, take a moment now

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Speaker 2: to see the emptiness left by the absence of sin,

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Speaker 2: filled with the love and power of God and the

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Speaker 2: wisdom of the Lord inhabiting every inch of your home

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Speaker 2: and of your soul. The enemy desires that failure take

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Speaker 2: root a person's life, but failure cannot take root in

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Speaker 2: your life without your permission. What sin have you given

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Speaker 2: permission to dwell within you? Confess it now. Jesus dealt

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Speaker 2: to our spiritual enemy of faithful blow on cavalry when

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Speaker 2: he died on the cross for you and was resurrected

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Speaker 2: on the third day. That is reason to rejoice and

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Speaker 2: to have hope you can be victorious, Lord God, I

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Speaker 2: pray for your protection on this day. You are my

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Speaker 2: hiding place, and under your wings I can always find refuge.

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Speaker 2: Protect me from trouble wherever I go, and keep evil

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Speaker 2: far from me. No matter where I am, I will

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Speaker 2: look to you as my protector, the one who fights

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Speaker 2: for me every day. Your love and faithfulness, along with

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Speaker 2: your goodness and mercy surround me daily, so I will

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Speaker 2: not fear whatever might come against me. My trust is

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Speaker 2: in you. Amen with your mind on this spiritual battle,

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Speaker 2: begin praying boldly for God to do what he won't

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Speaker 2: do unless you ask. Pray for the filling of the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. Until next time, may you abide in Christ.

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