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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,

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Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to

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Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening

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Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants

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Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after this short word from

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Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer to let the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit lead your life. A Prayer to Let the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit Lead your Life, written by Emily Rose Massey

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Speaker 1: read by Lea Gerard. Your word is a lamp to

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Speaker 1: my feet and a light to my path, Psalm one,

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Speaker 1: nineteen one oh five. What does it look like for

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to lead in a Christian's life? From

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Speaker 1: the onset, it's helpful to define biblically as it relates

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Speaker 1: to human experience the work of the Holy Spirit. In

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Speaker 1: John sixteen seven through eight, we see that the work

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Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit is to convict the world of sin, righteousness,

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Speaker 1: and judgment. With this being established in the life of

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Speaker 1: the Christian, we are continually being conformed by God's grace

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Speaker 1: to the likeness of his Son. We seek to obey

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Speaker 1: the commands of Scripture and live our lives in obedience

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Speaker 1: to Christ, being led by the Spirit is the antithesis

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Speaker 1: of being led by the flesh, as we see in

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Speaker 1: Galatians five seventeen through eighteen. When we're led by the Spirit,

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Speaker 1: we're putting to death the ways of the flesh, because

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Speaker 1: the sins and desires of the flesh are opposed to

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Speaker 1: the Spirit. Being led by the Spirit is not a

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Speaker 1: passive or mysterious leading or a subjective feeling, but rather

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Speaker 1: an active, ever present fight in the life of the Christian.

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Speaker 1: Some believe they're led by the Spirit through dreams, as

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Speaker 1: if God is trying to tell them something, or they

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Speaker 1: saw a butterfly flying in a certain direction and that's

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Speaker 1: how they knew God was leading them versus the Bible. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: this subjective, experience based reliance leads to many misunderstandings of

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Speaker 1: what it looks like to be led by the Spirit. Therefore,

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Speaker 1: Bible study and prayer time are critical. Thankfully, we as

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Speaker 1: disciples of Christ aren't left to human subjectivity and confusion.

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Speaker 1: We have God's word as a lamp to our feet

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Speaker 1: in a world of darkness and sin. The Spirit will

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Speaker 1: always use the Word to guide us. Psalm one nineteen

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Speaker 1: one oh five says your word is a lamp to

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Speaker 1: my feet and a light to my path. If we

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Speaker 1: need direction in our lives, the best way is to

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Speaker 1: fill our hearts and minds with God's word. This will

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Speaker 1: increase our trust in God and will no longer live

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Speaker 1: in fear of the what ifs of life. We can

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Speaker 1: instead rely on his divine providence to overshadow every step

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Speaker 1: we take. As we study the scriptures and ask the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to illuminate truth to us, we learn to

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Speaker 1: rest in God's sovereignty. We learn to trust that He's

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Speaker 1: in control and that he will care for every detail.

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Speaker 1: Give us wisdom and help us resist the temptation of

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Speaker 1: the flesh. Let's pray, Father God, I need direction in

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Speaker 1: my life. I often want some type of external, tangible

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Speaker 1: evidence or a sign that will give me the answer

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Speaker 1: or show me the way. I know You've called me

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Speaker 1: to walk in the spirit and not the flesh. I

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Speaker 1: trust that the Holy Spirit guides me by the truth

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Speaker 1: that is found in your holy written word. I repent

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Speaker 1: for looking to signs, omens, and dreams which are subjective,

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Speaker 1: and commit to building my life upon your word, which

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Speaker 1: is a strong foundation that cannot be shaken or changed.

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Speaker 1: Give me a hunger to study the scriptures, so that

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Speaker 1: I may know you and your will, and walk in

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Speaker 1: wisdom to make righteous decisions that please only you. Please

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Speaker 1: strengthen my faith and trust in your sovereignty, so that

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Speaker 1: I can rest in the knowledge that your providential hand

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Speaker 1: leads me every day, even when I cannot always see

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Speaker 1: it or understand it. Thank you for your word, which

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Speaker 1: is a light to my path and a lamp to

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Speaker 1: my feet, so I can see the narrow way clearly

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Speaker 1: that you are calling me to walk on in Jesus' name. Amen.

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