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Romans twelve and this is Paul talking to 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 5: the Romans, and he's encouraging them and urging them with 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 5: great fervor to change their. 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 4: Minds to be more like God. And he says this. 41 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 5: He says, do not be conformed to this world, but 42 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 5: be transformed by the renewing of your minds. See, he 43 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 5: knew that God wanted to do something in his people, 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 5: but they couldn't keep thinking the old way and have 45 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 5: the new things that God wants to do. You've heard 46 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 5: it said like this, They couldn't put new wine and 47 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 5: old wine skins. They had to change their mind. And 48 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 5: you know what, that's the same with us today. We 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 5: can't be conformed to this world's culture. We can't be 50 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: conformed to the wrong types of thinking. We have to 51 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 5: be transformed by the renewing of our mind. You see, 52 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 5: our salvation on this earth starts in our mind. If 53 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 5: you're born again today, if you've given Jesus your life, 54 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 5: you're a new creature in Christ Jesus, and so your 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 5: spirit has been made new, It has come alive in 56 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 5: Christ Jesus. The problem is our mind needs to catch 57 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 5: up with what's going on in our spirit. All right, 58 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 5: But we can do that by not conforming to our 59 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 5: old thinking, but submitting ourself to the word of God, 60 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: to the teachings of God. You see, we are so 61 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 5: blessed because we can get the word of God at 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 5: our fingertips. We can google the Word of God. We 63 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 5: can take our phone and get our bib blel apps. 64 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 5: We can listen to podcasts, we can turn on the internet, 65 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 5: we can turn on the TV. 66 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 4: Listen. 67 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 5: We can put our music on our Christian faithful music 68 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 5: that declares the goodness of God. 69 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 4: We are so blessed. 70 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 5: We have to submit and stay under this word of 71 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 5: God so that it can change our thinking. You see, 72 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 5: some people may not have been brought up in church. 73 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 5: I was brought up in church, but you may not 74 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: be have been so you Maybe you have some things 75 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 5: that are contrary to what God wants you to think today. 76 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 5: Some of you have addictions. It's contrary to what God 77 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 5: has for you today. 78 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 4: You see. 79 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,559 Speaker 5: God is saying, don't be conformed by a habit, don't 80 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 5: be conformed by an addiction, don't be conformed by the 81 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 5: cultures of this world, the way this world thinks, but 82 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 5: be transformed by the renewing of your mind. You have 83 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 5: the choice of what you listen to, of what you 84 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 5: put yourself under. And God is saying, renew your mind, 85 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 5: change your mind, get into. 86 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 4: What I have for you. You see. 87 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 5: I talk to people all the time who have an 88 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 5: addiction and they are struggling to break the addiction. And 89 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 5: what I tell them is just don't stay down, get 90 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 5: back up, put yourself under the word of God. And 91 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 5: those strongholds. Those things that are trying to hold you back, 92 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: they can't stand. 93 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 4: Up against the word of God. 94 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 5: It's only a matter of time before your mind catches 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 5: up with what the spirit is doing. In Ephesians, the 96 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 5: Bible says, to him who is able to do exceedingly, 97 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 5: abundantly above all we can ask, think, or imagine. 98 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 4: I love that God can do anything. 99 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 5: But listen to the second part, According to the power 100 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 5: that works in us. See, God is saying, when you 101 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 5: transform your mind, you line your mind up with the 102 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 5: power that's in you. See, there's power in a made 103 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 5: up mind. There's power in a mind that says, no, 104 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 5: I'm not staying here. I'm on my way to greater places. 105 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 5: I'm on my way to God's destination. I'm not gonna 106 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 5: be held down by always. 107 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 4: An old pattern of thinking. 108 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 5: You see, I think about the apostle Paul, and he 109 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 5: was so passionate to let them know by the mercies 110 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 5: of God, by the grace of God, this can happen 111 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 5: for you. You see, people they drink drinks to detox 112 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 5: their body. Have you ever heard somebody say, you know, 113 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 5: drink this for five days and it'll get all the 114 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 5: junk out of your body. 115 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: You know. 116 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 5: They say that the stuff we eat, even the water 117 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 5: we drink, you know, has toxins in it. So people 118 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 5: want to be healthy, they want to detox their body. Listen, 119 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 5: when you read the Word of God and put yourself 120 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 5: under the word of God, you're detoxing your mind. You're 121 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 5: dislodging strongholds, your weakening their grip on you. Listen, you're 122 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 5: in a battle. You're in a battle, and it's time 123 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 5: to stand up and fight. 124 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 4: It's time to say. 125 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna let the wrong words come out of 126 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 5: my mouth. I'm not gonna let my whole way of 127 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 5: thinking stop me. I've heard people who are fighting illnesses 128 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 5: and they listen to the Word of God constantly. They've 129 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: constantly got it going, whether they have the Word of God, 130 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,239 Speaker 5: whether they have a good teaching, whether they have joel, 131 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 5: whether they have praise, they are constantly bathing and sanctifying 132 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 5: their mind in the word of God. See, we're justified 133 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 5: in our spirit, but we have to be sanctified in 134 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 5: our mind. That means we have to set our mind 135 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 5: apart from the old way of doing and being, and 136 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 5: we have to get in God's way of doing and being. 137 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 3: You. 138 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 5: See, if we want to know God's will, We're gonna 139 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 5: have to know God's way. Now, he was telling them, 140 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 5: don't be conformed, but be transformed. And he was saying, 141 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 5: this is a process. Don't get down on yourself. It's 142 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 5: a process. And then he went on to say this. 143 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 5: He says, do not be conformed to this world, but 144 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 5: be transformed by the renewing of your mind. That by 145 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 5: testing you may be able to discern the will of 146 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 5: God for your life, what is right and acceptable. How 147 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 5: many of you want to know the will of God 148 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 5: for your life. I want to know the will of 149 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: God for my life. I want to know the will 150 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 5: of God for my life. And God is saying, through 151 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 5: this transformation, through this new way of thinking, you can 152 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 5: take all these choices and you can put them under 153 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 5: the scrutiny of what you know. You can test it 154 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 5: and see shall I make it or shall I not? 155 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 4: Shall I choose it, or shall I go the other way? 156 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 5: See, you can put the choices you make every day 157 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 5: under the scrutiny of the word of God. 158 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: See. 159 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 5: God wants us to walk in confidence before him. He 160 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 5: wants us to know what his will is, so we'll 161 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 5: know what way to go. It's kind of like taking 162 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 5: a test. Have you ever gone in when you're in 163 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 5: school to take a test or for your job. The 164 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 5: better you knew the material, the more confident you were, 165 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 5: the more answers. 166 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 4: You got right. It's kind of like that God. 167 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 5: Is saying, this transformation comes little by little, but keep 168 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 5: gaining knowledge, keep testing your choices. 169 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 4: By what you know to be right. 170 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 5: You know, we make choices every single day, and those 171 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 5: choices make us so it's so important that we put 172 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 5: our choices under God's authority. 173 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 4: Now, you know, sometimes we don't want to put. 174 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 5: Every choice under God's authority because some choices. 175 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 4: We just want they look so good. God, I can 176 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 4: fix this with you later. 177 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 5: Let me go ahead and make this choice, you know what, 178 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: And and God knows that. I mean, we've all been there, 179 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 5: we've all done that. And the good thing about God 180 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 5: he can take our bad choices and bring him. 181 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 4: Glory and us good. All right, he can. 182 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 5: He's a good God, and he loves us, and I 183 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 5: love the fact that he's not judging us. The point 184 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 5: is is that we need to not be afraid to 185 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 5: take our attitudes, our unforgiveness are have everything about us 186 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 5: and put it under the submission of God. See Paul 187 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 5: was saying, be a living sacrifice is how he started 188 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 5: a be a living sacrifice. What he was saying, he 189 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: was going, go all in, go all in. Don't hold 190 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 5: back certain areas of your life. You have a bad habit, 191 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 5: put it under God's authority. 192 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 4: Don't hold on to it and say, God, I'll fix it. 193 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 5: As soon as I fix it, then I'll come over 194 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 5: here and give it to you. God is saying, give 195 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 5: it all to me, the good, the bad, the ugly. 196 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 5: Put it under my word. Let me break those things 197 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 5: off of your life. See Jesus came as the living Word. 198 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 5: The Bible says he came as the Word made incarnate, 199 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 5: man made flesh, and he walked among them. 200 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 4: And do you know that. 201 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: When you read the word of God, you get good teaching. 202 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 5: You're walking with Jesus. And he's still doing what he 203 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 5: did those days in the Bible. He's still healing, he's 204 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 5: still delivering, he's still setting free, he's still restored. Take 205 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 5: his hand and put all of it under his authority. 206 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 5: We can't be afraid and listen. You know, we have 207 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 5: big decisions that we have to make in our life. 208 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 5: I've heard people say, I want to know the will 209 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 5: of God. Should I take this job, should I start 210 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 5: this business? Should I go back to college? Is this 211 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 5: the person I should marry? And those are all very 212 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 5: important decisions. But we need to put every decision under 213 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: the will of God, because the better choices we make, 214 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 5: the closer we are to those better decisions on those 215 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 5: big issues of our life. When I was a young girl, 216 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 5: I remember my heart. I would just say to God, God, 217 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 5: when I get married someday, all I know is this. 218 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 4: I want a man who loves you more than I do. 219 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 5: You see, my heart said this, God. I don't want 220 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 5: to be dragging anybody up. I don't want to be 221 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 5: constantly pushing them up. But I don't want them to 222 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 5: sharpen me. I want us to be better together. I 223 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 5: want us to do great things for you. 224 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 3: Girls. 225 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 4: I just want to tell you this. 226 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 5: Don't say this part, but this is literally what I said, 227 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 5: because if I was you, I would find a man 228 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 5: with a job. But I said, I said, God, he 229 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 5: doesn't have to have a lot of money, you know what. 230 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 4: He didn't have to be rich. God, I just want 231 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: him to love you. 232 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 5: Because my heart was like this, God, you can do 233 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 5: anything in our life. If we serve you, we can 234 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 5: rise higher. 235 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 4: We can do anything. 236 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 5: But the bottom line is my gold standard is that 237 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 5: he loves you a lot. So when I met Joel, 238 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 5: he looked good on the outside and back from the outside, 239 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 5: and he looked like he was perfect. 240 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 4: But you know what, I didn't want to just judge 241 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 4: him from the outside. 242 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 5: I wanted to judge my who I was going to 243 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 5: marry by the word of God. And although he looked good, 244 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 5: he seemed to have the right credentials, you know what, 245 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 5: that wasn't good enough. I watched him, I studied him. 246 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 5: I saw if his beliefs lined up with his actions. 247 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 5: I watched how he treated his family, what he said 248 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 5: about his friends, his generosity towards others. See, I let 249 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 5: that character line itself up with the word of God. 250 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 5: Then I could make an educated, bodily decision. You see, 251 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 5: God wants us to be confident in our decisions. As 252 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 5: our minds are graining more knowledge and being transformed, then 253 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 5: we can test our choices and make the right decisions. 254 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 4: Well, I had the peace of God. He asked me 255 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 4: to marry, so I did. 256 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 5: Thirty years later, it's been a wonderful decision. It's been 257 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 5: a great decision. 258 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 4: Can I tell you girls. 259 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 5: Don't judge from the outside, make sure their character lines up. 260 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 5: You're far too valuable to get together with someone who 261 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 5: doesn't appreciate you and know how to bring out the 262 00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 5: best in you, who doesn't serve the living God. Yeah, 263 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 5: I made my decision. I'd rather be home with a peanut, 264 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 5: butter and jelly sanwich than with a man that wasn't 265 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: good enough for me and God. 266 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 4: All right, it's not worth it. 267 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 5: Every decision you make. Use the word of God as 268 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 5: your goal standard. Keep conforming to God's word and his likeness. 269 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 5: Don't conform to the world, don't conform to habits. You 270 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 5: may be fighting something right now, and I just want 271 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 5: to encourage you to get yourself, submit yourself under the 272 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 5: word of God. Don't let anything come out of your 273 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 5: mouth that doesn't line up with what you want. Listen, 274 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 5: when you're in a fight, you got to fight to 275 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 5: the end. You got to be serious about where you're going. 276 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 5: God's work will renew you, strengthen you, and refresh you. 277 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 5: It'll detox all those old ways and I'll bring you 278 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 5: into the new ways of God. 279 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 4: We love you so much. You're awesome. God is a 280 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 4: good God. 281 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Juelus Dean podcast. Help 282 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 6: let's continue to share the message of hope with those 283 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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