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S2: You know, if you're new listening to us here. I
S2: was blown away a number of years ago now, and
S2: I saw the words of Jesus where he said, it
S2: is to your advantage that I go, because the Holy
S2: Spirit will come, the Comforter, and He will guide you,
S2: ultimately guide you into all truth. And what a what
S2: an amazing what an amazing thing. By the way, if
S2: you want the biggest bodies of teaching on the Holy Spirit,
S2: it's John 14, John 16, and Romans eight. That is,
S2: you want the comprehensive deal. That's it. You can go
S2: to First Corinthians and find teaching on the power of
S2: the Holy Spirit. And yet those are more corrective in
S2: nature rather than instructive in nature. But the most illumination
S2: about the power of the Holy Spirit is what Jesus
S2: tells his disciples. He says, it's to your advantage that
S2: I go. It's just when I saw that, I'm like,
S2: hold the phone, Charlie Brown. If it's to our advantage
S2: that Jesus is gone, maybe we ought to plumb the
S2: depths of that advantage. Ali.
S3: If you have an advantage, you want to take it.
S2: Oh, what's that game where they have an advantage? What
S2: is that survivor advantage.
S3: Like I don't know.
S2: Yeah, that that reality show that barely made it. What
S2: are they on their 48th season advantage?
S4: I think they are season 40 something.
S3: Something like that.
S2: Yeah yeah yeah. It's it's really cool. And boy, sometimes
S2: wake up in the morning we go yeah, yeah I
S2: got I have one advantage please. Uh, right over here.
S3: You know my, my son plays travel basketball and he
S3: recently had showed up to a game and only there
S3: were only four kids on his team that showed up
S3: for the start of the team for the start of
S3: the game. So the other team had a one person advantage.
S4: And.
S3: Got to play five on four. Jeez, So.
S2: Did they hold them off? That's kind of.
S3: Fun, though, you know? I mean, halftime, they got their
S3: fifth guy to show up, and then they could at
S3: least be even. But for a whole half they were
S3: down one man and had to like if you got
S3: the advantage, take it.
S5: But cam, I could just see his little heart like, oh,
S5: he said.
S3: They just kept trapping me at half court. They just
S3: kept sending two at me and there was no one open.
S2: Well, no, I mean that's the that's actually wise defense.
S2: When you're up one, you go to the guard.
S3: You're using your advantage. Yeah. Use the advantage.
S4: Man.
S2: Yeah. And the other subplot there is the kids sitting
S2: in the stands going, dad, there's a team. I actually
S2: wouldn't have to fill the bench on.
S3: I'd be a starter right away.
S2: Dad, sign me up for these guys. They seem to
S2: not have enough personnel.
S3: They're undermanned today.
S4: It's crazy.
S2: Why is it that that happens? When my son was
S2: playing ball and not at the AAU level? Everybody shows up,
S2: suited up, ready to go. But in junior high and
S2: even early on in high school. He had a couple
S2: of games he started. There's four guys on the court.
S3: And you're going, can we get everybody to show up?
S3: And then you got to you're running around like like
S3: crazy men just trying to trying to not be overwhelmed.
S2: Yeah, it's it's crazy. So when you when you got
S2: an advantage when you're one up but you don't use
S2: it because that'd be a real loss. You find out
S2: the opposition's got four and you say, well, let's just
S2: play with four. No, if you got an advantage, take it, man.
S3: Use the advantage.
S2: Get them on the court. Uh, you know, sometimes we
S2: wake up in the morning, we go, man, do we
S2: need an advantage in rough news coming out of DC?
S2: We're going to break it down for you.
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S2: Well, for us to speculate, postulate Cogitate commentate on some news,
S2: it would be futile. And I mean that. I'm not
S2: trying to be cute here. There's some things that we
S2: need to bring in, and this is one of the
S2: things we tried to do here with Karl and Cruz.
S2: Bring in experts that actually have a way better handle
S2: on what's going on. Doctor Mitch Glazer is one of them, right? Ali.
S3: Yeah, from Chosen People Ministries. If you follow the news
S3: at all, you've likely heard about the murder that happened outside.
S3: Was it the Israel, the embassy?
S4: Uh, no, it was outside of a museum.
S3: The museum last night in DC. Let's get Doctor Mitch
S3: Glazer from Chosen People Ministries to weigh in. Coming up.
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S2: Precious young couple gunned down in cold blood last night
S2: in Washington, DC at a Jewish museum by a man
S2: when he was arrested, was yelling free, free Palestine, free,
S2: free Palestine. What's going on, Mitch Glazer? He's with us
S2: right now, president of Chosen People Ministries. What was your
S2: first initial response when you heard this news?
S6: Well, like you, Carl, I got up pretty early in
S6: the morning and, uh, found out about it immediately contacted
S6: our chosen people Ministry staff in Israel and to see
S6: how they were doing. I found out quite a bit
S6: about the couple if you wanted me to share some
S6: of that.
S2: Yeah, it's a precious story, actually. They were going to
S2: be engaged in Jerusalem this week, right?
S6: They were. But what some people may not know is
S6: that your own lozinski was a believer in Jesus.
S2: Oh he was.
S6: So this is the horrific murder of a young, dynamic
S6: Messianic Jewish person, uh, with a godly family in Israel.
S6: And I would imagine I can't say too much at
S6: this time because it would be too personal. I know
S6: for sure that he was was a believer. It looks
S6: pretty clear that his fiancée was as well.
S3: Wow. Doctor Mitch Glazer is with Chosen People Ministries, one
S3: of the oldest and largest messianic missions in the United States.
S3: Doctor Glazer, we have seen a resurgence in anti-Semitism, particularly
S3: since October 7th. This is often called the world's oldest hatred.
S3: Give us a picture of what this new anti-Semitism looks like.
S6: Well, this new anti-Semitism is dressed up in alleged political clothing. And, uh,
S6: from the name of the assailant, it doesn't seem like
S6: necessarily that he is an Arab or Palestinian himself. And
S6: so it's possible that he's one of those who has
S6: been influenced by all of the propaganda against Israel and
S6: against the Jewish people, and up until that's been coming
S6: out recently, in light of what I think is a
S6: defensive action on Israel's part, after the attack of October 7th,
S6: we had a major conference at Moody Bible Institute last
S6: fall that Carl was part of and where we were
S6: able to shine a light on those issues and, and
S6: help people see that there is an underlying anti-Semitism that's
S6: floating around the globe that is expressing itself in political terms,
S6: but it goes far deeper than that. And recent surveys
S6: have also indicated that anti-Semitism is is on the rise,
S6: not only in the United States, but unfortunately, we've demonstrated
S6: that it's on the rise across the pond in England
S6: and in Ireland for sure. Australia. And so many of these, uh,
S6: individuals who are allegedly taking a political stand against the
S6: modern state of Israel and their pursuit of their enemies
S6: who attack them on October 7th. We do see that
S6: there is an underlying anti-Semitism that is coming to the
S6: surface now. And this is the first murder shooting directly
S6: at close range. She knew exactly what he was doing.
S6: Of Jewish people. There were a couple of shootings at
S6: synagogues a few years ago. We thought that that may
S6: have died down, but obviously it has not. And so
S6: we are living in very dangerous times, which means my
S6: brothers and sisters in Christ need to be praying for
S6: the peace of Jerusalem and for the protection of the
S6: Jewish people. And I know as a messianic Jew and
S6: maybe speaking on behalf of many of the Messianic Jews
S6: who are who are listening and who are part of
S6: the body of Messiah all across the United States. I
S6: know that all of us would appreciate your prayers.
S2: Yeah, and we're going to do that before we're done here.
S2: Doctor Mitch Glazer, our guest right now, president of Chosen
S2: People Ministries. Good man of God, great man, got a
S2: great sense of humor. He's an absolute character I love Mitch.
S2: What a guy. I wish I could have more time
S2: with you, brother. You look at situations like you look
S2: like situations like this, and, you know, I don't want
S2: to read too much into it, but this. There's a
S2: radicalization that is happening on college campuses that has a
S2: heavy dose of irony. These were campuses here in the
S2: last decade that stood up for people that felt microaggressions.
S2: They would draw circles and safe spaces. And yet these
S2: same proponents Sense of protecting. Microaggressions are the same voices
S2: that are speaking loudly. I'm not saying they're promoting murder,
S2: but they're speaking loudly for terrorist groups. There has to be.
S2: You can't ignore a demonic, spiritually demonic influence going on here, Mitch,
S2: because it goes beyond common sense, my brother.
S6: It is. I mean, I would speak directly to the
S6: Jewish issue, Carl, because God made a covenant with Abraham,
S6: promised a people, a land and a future for Israel,
S6: and even gave the geographic boundaries of the land of
S6: Israel in Genesis 15. And now we see that there
S6: are movements that are becoming more and more overt in
S6: their anti-Semitism and Anti-israelism and under the guise, I think,
S6: sometimes of political radicalism. Carl, I was a young, unsaved
S6: Jewish hippie.
S2: Yeah.
S6: In the late 60s and early 70s. And I was
S6: I was at Columbia with some of those. Right when
S6: those riots were taking place. And, uh, there was a
S6: different feel to those riots than what's happening today. Those
S6: were kids searching for peace. And but these today, these
S6: today are smaller, actually, but more radical and more vicious. And, uh,
S6: there's a darkness to it. Carl. And so I think
S6: that it, it shows a certain Satanic involvement with what's
S6: happening on campus. And obviously it's not. And this is
S6: one of the big deals about the shooting call. It's
S6: it's not just campus. It just moved off campus in
S6: the most violent of ways. And so this is we
S6: need to take notice of this. I think that the
S6: landscape changed last night with the shooting of this precious couple.
S3: Doctor Mitch Glazer, Chosen People Ministries with us right now.
S3: Doctor Glazer, what are some of the lies that are
S3: being told about Israel that you believe are sort of
S3: cultivating this acceptance of anti-Semitism and of hatred of the
S3: Jewish people in general?
S6: Number one, I think, is the accusation of genocide. That's
S6: a false charge. We've already demonstrated that this charge of genocide,
S6: which was brought before the International Criminal Court by South Africa,
S6: that was then supported by Ireland, 16% of Irish, quote unquote,
S6: Christians in a recent survey were favorable towards Israel. Let
S6: me redefine that. That means almost 75% were not. And
S6: so I think there's an underlying anti-Semitism in all of
S6: these all of these issues. And so I think that
S6: genocide is is terrible, of course. But Israel was not
S6: committing genocide. Israel was trying to defend itself. And every,
S6: every couple of hours, even over the last few days,
S6: maybe 2 or 3 times a day, actually, maybe more.
S6: I get emails, I mean, WhatsApp messages from our staff
S6: saying sheltering, sheltering, sheltering because missiles are coming in not
S6: just from the Houthis, but from still from Gaza. And
S6: so this this war is not over. So where's the genocide?
S6: Who's attacking a nation of innocents? It's not Israel who's
S6: attacking a nation of innocents. There's military action, terrorist actions
S6: against Israel. Israel is defending itself. So that's a false charge.
S6: And it's a very serious false charge.
S2: We're going to pray here in just a moment, Mitch.
S2: What are the most responsible biblical responses to something like
S2: this for a Christ follower. What do you say?
S6: I've got three P's for you. Call. I'm an old
S6: Baptist preacher, you know, even though I'm Jewish, you know.
S6: So the first one is to pray. Pray for the
S6: peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122, verse six. They will prosper
S6: who love thee. It's prayer with a promise. Uh. God
S6: chose Abraham, chose the Jewish people, has great plans. First
S6: coming came through the Jewish people. Second coming will come
S6: when the Jewish people turn to Christ. Just look at
S6: Romans 1111 through the end of the chapter. There's no
S6: doubt that Satan is trying to destroy the Jewish people
S6: because he wants to destroy the Messiah and he hates God.
S6: And so, uh, this is a very important thing, uh,
S6: to see. And the antidote to a spirit, the best
S6: weapon in a spiritual battle is prayer and the word
S6: of God. And so we have to fight, like, with,
S6: like we're fighting a spiritual battle. We need to be
S6: on our knees. So that's prayer. Number two is to preserve.
S6: And we have to understand that we have an obligation
S6: as Christians to help preserve the Jewish people. God said
S6: to Abraham, I will bless those who bless thee, curse
S6: those who curse thee. And so God wants us preserve
S6: the Jewish people. And the third little pea is, I believe,
S6: grows out of these first two. And that's to protect
S6: Christians need to be able to protect the Jewish people.
S6: We had a rally in New York, and we had
S6: an Australian Jewish believer who said something that I will
S6: never forget, and that is we need to let the
S6: pro-Palestinian protesters and those who hate the Jewish people know
S6: that in order to get to the Jewish people, they
S6: have to first get through the church.
S2: Yeah. Powerful.
S6: So Christians can protect the Jewish people. If you see
S6: it locally, handle it. If you hear about it globally,
S6: pray about it. Stand against it. Use your social media
S6: in a positive way. Pray. Preserve. Protect the Jewish people.
S6: And that will be an incredible testimony, by the way,
S6: to your Jewish friends.
S2: Mitch, I love you. Let me do this right now. Father,
S2: thank you that you hear our prayers. Our prayers right
S2: now are not without power. We do not serve a
S2: God who has hands that cannot move and feet that
S2: cannot walk. You are able and Lord, in your providence
S2: and power we ask you to thwart evil. We ask
S2: in the name of Jesus. And we speak in the
S2: name of Jesus. The Lord rebuke you, Satan, you have
S2: no authority here. And Lord, we do pray. We do preserve.
S2: We do protect. And we thank you that you are good.
S2: We thank you that you have emotions of weeping over
S2: people without a shepherd. And you extend a hand to
S2: every person, even this young man who took the lives
S2: of this precious couple last night in DC. And you're
S2: reaching out and offering him today life in Christ Jesus. And, Lord,
S2: I give you thanks today. It calms our heart to
S2: know that we can talk to the God of the universe.
S2: And so we pray. Peace over Jerusalem, peace in this world.
S2: And we know that that day will come when the
S2: Prince of Peace will arrive. And everything will be brought
S2: into balance. But until then, Lord, we pray, as you've
S2: called us to pray in Jesus name. Amen.
S3: Amen.
S6: Thank you, Brother Carl. I love you too. And let's
S6: all remember to pray for the family of Daniel and Sarah.
S2: We will do that. We will do that.
S6: That was that was murdered. Yeah.
S2: Thank you, Mitch, for coming in here this morning.
S3: Doctor Mitch Glazer was our guest this morning. If you
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S2: Yeah, grateful for you being here this morning, guys. Lots
S2: to pray for in our world today. And we're not
S2: done yet. Coming up we're going to be tackling this
S2: identity thing from a posture of discipline. What do we need?
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S3: What do you believe to be true about yourself? If
S3: you had to pin down your identity? Who are you?
S3: It's easy to start to pin on. I am this
S3: based on your family, based on your job, based on
S3: your accomplishments. But who are you in Christ? It's so
S3: important that we have our identity in Christ fixed and rooted.
S3: We're going to get some help with this with Doctor
S3: Richard Blackaby joining us. Coming up.
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S2: Well, we've been tackling identity in Christ and identity in Christ.
S2: I think it was popularized probably by Neil Anderson in.
S3: Okay.
S2: Uh, I think Neil probably popularized this, but, boy, when
S2: he began to speak of the power of identity to
S2: overcome so much stuff in this broken and fallen world,
S2: it really created an avalanche of teaching on this. And
S2: one of the most incredible Bible studies ever is experiencing God,
S2: finding where God is working and join him. I mean,
S2: come on, that's just I mean, you just lift that
S2: from the heart and the pulse of experiencing God. And
S2: one of those minds behind all this is Doctor Richard Blackaby.
S2: You know, Richard, thanks for being with us here. First off, today,
S2: thank you for being with us. But this whole issue
S2: of identity in Christ, you know, you can sit there
S2: and read bullet points about who you are in Christ.
S2: But until those move from almost like print on a
S2: page to imprint our heart, they're just words, aren't they, Richard?
S7: Exactly. You know, that's why my dad wanted to go
S7: from not just knowing God, but experiencing him because he said,
S7: people know a lot about God, but it's not a
S7: reality yet. It's just something they know in their head.
S3: Why do you think that is such a disconnect? Because
S3: I think that that is the lived experience of so
S3: many people that they know a lot. They've acquired a
S3: lot of knowledge, but it does feel sort of disconnected
S3: from their day to day reality.
S7: We have this sense that if we know about something,
S7: that we're actually experiencing it, that it's a reality in
S7: our life. And boy, I tell you, if Christians were
S7: just experiencing everything they already knew in their head, the
S7: the world would be turned upside down.
S2: How do we close that gap? Then? Let's get really practical,
S2: by the way, with us right now. Doctor Richard Blackaby. Yep.
S2: Richard is president of Blackaby Ministries International. And the impact
S2: of this ministry is profound. I mean, around the globe.
S2: Translated into many languages. So how do we close that gap, Richard?
S2: And I think this is part and parcel of our
S2: challenge here. We've got a lot of church attenders, but
S2: very few disciples or disciple makers. What is key? What
S2: are we missing?
S7: Well, you know, when it comes to discipleship, I think
S7: disciples are people who follow Jesus. Uh, they're not people
S7: who attend church. They're not people who believe in God.
S7: They're not good people. They're people who actually follow a person.
S7: Christianity is not a doctrine. Primarily, it's a relationship. It's
S7: a relationship with a person. And that's what experiencing God did.
S7: It reminded people that it's all about a relationship with
S7: a person. It's not just a title. You don't just
S7: call yourself a Christian. You don't just believe a certain
S7: set of doctrines. You actually start following a person and
S7: relating to him, and that changes everything.
S3: Richard Blackaby, our guest right now, talk a little bit
S3: about growing up. And, you know, obviously a very spiritually
S3: rich environment. Your dad, Henry and your mom, Marilyn Blackaby,
S3: talk a little bit about what that was like for you. Obviously,
S3: no families are perfect, but you had the benefit of
S3: really growing up in such a rich environment, how did
S3: that shape you?
S7: Yeah. You know, we were a very ordinary home, a
S7: very ordinary house family. But I'll tell you what. My
S7: parents acted and lived like God was real. And we
S7: were constantly being told to connect what was happening in
S7: our world with what God was doing. So if we
S7: came home and had a bad day at school, or
S7: we're facing a big test or we didn't have money
S7: for something, my dad would always put it back in
S7: terms of our relationship with God. He'd say, well, so
S7: what is God saying about that? How is God providing?
S7: If we came with a problem, he'd say, well, have
S7: you asked God about that? And we'd keep saying, well,
S7: you know, I believe in God. But I mean, this
S7: is this is real life. This is practical. Yeah. And
S7: my dad would say, well, nothing is more real life
S7: than God go to him. And he just refused to
S7: take the place of God in our life. And so
S7: it just made God real to us even as we
S7: were growing up as kids.
S2: You know, I remember listening to your dad at a
S2: seminar many years ago, and I believe he's one of
S2: the first ones that ever spoke it in a way
S2: that I understood it, he said. We're talking a lot
S2: to God, but we aren't really taking the time to
S2: hear his voice. How much of this relationship with God
S2: is lost because we aren't listening to him?
S7: Well, imagine any other human relationship. Imagine a marriage where
S7: you did all the talking, you know. Tell me how
S7: great of a relationship that would be. It stinks. It's
S7: all about interactive and and for a lot of people.
S7: And that's when people took experience in God. One of
S7: the first things they said was I was never taught
S7: that God actually spoke back. I just said my prayers
S7: every day. I just recited all the things I wanted
S7: him to do. But it never occurred to me that
S7: he might actually have some things he wanted to say
S7: to me, and that just revolutionized people's relationship. And when
S7: you realize when you talk about identity that you actually
S7: are in a loving relationship with the person who created
S7: the universe and that he actually wants to spend time
S7: with you, you can't tell me that you're not a
S7: significant person if God wants to spend time with you.
S3: Doctor Richard Blackaby. Our guest right now, and I know
S3: you regularly work with Christian CEOs of fortune 500 companies.
S3: You speak nationally on leadership. What's the biggest identity thing?
S3: I mean, not too broad of a brush, but there's
S3: some commonality in terms of the identity issues that high
S3: achieving Christians, those who've been maybe walking with God for
S3: a long time. But what's the identity piece that's often
S3: still missing?
S7: Well, you know, we're always letting someone else tell us
S7: who we are. Whether it's our kids that we grew up,
S7: you know, our parents that told us we were the
S7: smart one, the pretty one, the whatever, the rebel. Maybe
S7: kids at school, maybe it was our boss. But I
S7: think the problem is, and I've known people that were
S7: literally billionaires who were still deep down, trying to prove
S7: to their dad that they weren't a loser. And it's like,
S7: you've earned billions. Like you're very successful. You're still trying
S7: to convince someone who's dead now that you're a worthwhile person.
S7: And it's amazing to me because people could be very
S7: successful and yet still their identity is being driven by,
S7: you know, their childhood experiences in their home. And, and
S7: I would say God wants to set you free from that.
S7: God wants to set your identity. He wants to say
S7: your your mind. You're my child. You're loved by me,
S7: and I walk with you daily. That's your identity, not
S7: what some bully said to you when you were in
S7: middle school.
S2: Okay, let's break this down. Let's get really practical here, Richard,
S2: because the conviction that I have that I've stumbled upon
S2: after now decades of being a pastor, is that we
S2: have introduced a level of disciplines that has actually launched
S2: us into a relationship with God that is very transactional.
S2: So here's what I mean. Praying, Bible study, church attendance, serving,
S2: giving all those things. But we've left out some of
S2: the most essential disciplines, which is modeled by Jesus quietness. Solitude, Attitude. Introspection.
S2: David's prayer. Search me. Know me. Try me when I
S2: say that to you. What do you say? What's your
S2: experience telling you?
S7: Well, two things. One is the disciplines are great, but
S7: they are a means. They're not an end. And I
S7: see a lot of people that use disciplines as an end.
S7: It's like, I'm going to do my Bible reading today.
S7: I'm going to save my prayers today. I'm going to
S7: make myself do all these things that Christians are supposed
S7: to do. But that's not a relationship. You don't enter
S7: into a relationship with a discipline. You enter a relationship
S7: with a person and you see the disciplines are things
S7: we can control. We get up every day and decide, okay,
S7: I'm going to spend 30 minutes reading my Bible. I'm
S7: not going to spend any time in quiet because I
S7: don't really like that anyway. I'm an extrovert, so I'll
S7: lean over here. But we're in charge, right? We're calling
S7: all the shots. You're right. But when you relate to
S7: a person who's far superior to you, who's your creator, well,
S7: then he calls the shots and he may lead you
S7: into quiet. He may lead you into meditation or into fasting,
S7: things that you wouldn't normally gravitate toward yourself. He's the
S7: one in charge, then, but often we're still in charge
S7: of our disciplines, and so we sort of customize them
S7: into the ones we like, and we avoid the ones
S7: we don't like, but we're still in charge. When you
S7: start to relate to God, you're not in charge anymore.
S7: People will say, well, I you know, I did my
S7: quiet time, then I was done or I prayed till
S7: I was finished. And sometimes I'll say, well, was God finished?
S7: Good word. Did God release you or were you just done?
S7: I suspect if we waited till God released us from
S7: our quiet times, we might spend a bit more time
S7: doing them.
S2: Yeah. And and realize oftentimes we compartmentalize quiet times. And
S2: so we got quiet time and hope that the fumes
S2: of that carries on. But the fact is, I mean,
S2: all our time can be with God. All right. Personal
S2: question what's God showing you lately in the quiet places?
S7: Well, to slow down, for one thing, I'm a type
S7: A driven person, and I like to get a lot done.
S7: I'm a hard worker, but God is saying I can
S7: get more done walking slowly with him, quietly with him
S7: than I can, running 90 miles an hour at a
S7: frenetic pace. And I mean, some people need to speed
S7: it up. But for me, people like me, I think
S7: slowing down is an act of faith to say, I'm
S7: going to trust God with this. But sometimes for me,
S7: just slowing down, I miss too much of God. Again,
S7: you sometimes you can feel like your work is the relationship.
S7: But God didn't call me to work. He called me
S7: to abide and he said, apart from him, I could
S7: do nothing. I'm having to learn that that charging off
S7: and getting a lot done is not the essence of
S7: the Christian life. It is staying as close to Christ
S7: as I possibly can. And when you do that, stuff
S7: just happens. Fruit just appears and you bear fruit and
S7: you don't even know how it happened. You just were
S7: staying close to Jesus. And I think that's the secret
S7: to really abundant, full Christian life.
S3: Wow. If you got nothing else out of this conversation,
S3: I hope you grabbed on to that last little bit.
S2: It. That's.
S3: Wow.
S2: That's the payoff.
S3: That is the payoff. And if you want more from
S3: Doctor Richard Blackaby, he has a blog that I want
S3: to point you to. More on abiding with Christ. Abiding
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