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You 39 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 4: may be seated. 40 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 6: I just want to encourage all of us today with 41 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 6: the scripture that's found in Romans. Romans twelve, and this 42 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 6: is Paul talking to the Romans, and he's encouraging them 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 6: and urging them with great fervor to change their minds 44 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 6: to be more like God. And he says this. He says, 45 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 6: do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed 46 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 6: by the renewing of your minds. 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 4: See, he knew. 48 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 6: That God wanted to do something in his people, but 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 6: they couldn't keep thinking the old way and have the 50 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 6: new things that God. 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 4: Wants to do. You've heard it said like this. 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 6: They couldn't put new wine in old wine skins. They 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 6: had to change their mind. And you know what, that's 54 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 6: the same with us today. We can't be conformed to 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 6: this world's culture. We can't be conformed to the wrong 56 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 6: types of thinking. We have to be transformed by the 57 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 6: renewing of our mind. You see, our salvation on this 58 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 6: earth starts in our mind. If you're born again today, 59 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 6: if you've given Jesus your life, you're a new creature 60 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 6: in Christ Jesus. And so your spirit has been made new. 61 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 6: It has come alive in Christ Jesus. The problem is 62 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 6: our mind needs to catch up with what's going on 63 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 6: in our spirit. 64 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 4: All right, But we can do that by. 65 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 6: Not conforming to our old thinking, but submitting ourself to 66 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 6: the word of God, to the teachings of God. You see, 67 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 6: we are so blessed because we can get the Word 68 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 6: of God at our fingertips. We can google the Word 69 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 6: of God. We can take our phone and get our 70 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 6: Bible apps. We can listen to podcasts. We can turn 71 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 6: on the internet, we can turn on the TV listen. 72 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 6: We can put our music on our Christian faithful music 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 6: that declares the goodness of God. 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 4: We are so blessed. We have to submit and stay. 75 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 6: Under this word of God so that it can change 76 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 6: our thinking. You see, some people may not have been 77 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 6: brought up in church. I was brought up in church, 78 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 6: but you may not be have been so you maybe 79 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 6: you have some things that are contrary to what God 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 6: wants you to think today. 81 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 4: Some of you have addictions. 82 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 6: It's contrary to what God has for you today. 83 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 4: You see. 84 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 6: God is saying, don't be conformed by a habit, don't 85 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 6: be conformed by an addiction, don't be conformed by the 86 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 6: cultures of this world, the way this world thinks, but 87 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 6: be transformed. 88 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 4: By the renewing of your mind. 89 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 6: You have the choice of what you listen to, of 90 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,239 Speaker 6: what you put yourself under. 91 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 4: And God is. 92 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 6: Saying, renew your mind, change your mind in to what I. 93 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 4: Have for you. You see. 94 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 6: I talk to people all the time who have an addiction, 95 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 6: and they are struggling to break the addiction. And what 96 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 6: I tell them is just don't stay down, get back up, 97 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 6: put yourself. 98 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: Under the word of God. 99 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 6: And those strongholds, those things that are trying to hold 100 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 6: you back, they can't stand up against the word of God. 101 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 6: It's only a matter of time before your mind catches 102 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 6: up with what the spirit is doing. In Ephesians, the 103 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 6: Bible says, to him who is able to do exceedingly, 104 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 6: abundantly above all we can ask, think or imagine. I 105 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 6: love that God can do anything. But listen to the 106 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 6: second part. According to the power that works in us. See, 107 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 6: God is saying, when you transform your mind, you line 108 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 6: your mind up with the power that's in you. See, 109 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 6: there's power in a made up mind. There's power in 110 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 6: a mind that says, no, I'm not staying here. I'm 111 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 6: on my way to greater places. I'm on my way 112 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 6: to god destination. I'm not gonna be held down by 113 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 6: always and old patterns of thinking. You see, I think 114 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 6: about the apostle Paul, and he was so passionate to 115 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 6: let them know by the mercies of God, by the 116 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 6: grace of God, this can happen for you. You see, 117 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 6: people they drink drinks to detox their body. Have you 118 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 6: ever heard somebody say, you know drink this for five 119 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 6: days and it'll get all the junk out of your body. 120 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 7: You know. 121 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 6: They say that the stuff we eat, even the water 122 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 6: we drink, you know, has toxins in it. So people 123 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 6: want to be healthy, they want to detox their body. Listen, 124 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 6: when you read the Word of God and put yourself 125 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 6: under the word of God, you're. 126 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 4: Detoxing your mind. 127 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 6: You're dislodging strongholds, your weakening their grip on you. Listen, 128 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 6: you're in a battle. You're in a battle, and it's 129 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 6: time to stand up and fight. It's time to say, 130 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 6: I'm not gonna let the wrong words come out of 131 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 6: my mouth. I'm not gonna let my way of thinking 132 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 6: stop me. I've heard people who are fighting illnesses and 133 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 6: they listen to the Word of God constantly. They've constantly 134 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 6: got it going. Whether they have the Word of God, 135 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 6: whether they have a good teaching, whether they have Joel, 136 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 6: whether they have praise, they are constantly bathing and sanctifying 137 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 6: their mind in the word of God. See, we're justified 138 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 6: in our spirit, but we have to be sanctified in 139 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 6: our mind. That means we have to set our mind 140 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 6: apart from the way of doing and being and we 141 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 6: have to get in God's way of doing and being. 142 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 6: You See, if we want to know God's will, We're 143 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 6: gonna have to know God's way. Now, he was telling them, 144 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 6: don't be conformed, but be transformed. And he was saying, 145 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 6: this is a process. Don't get down on yourself. It's 146 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 6: a process. And then he went on to say this. 147 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 6: He says, do not be conformed to this world, but 148 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 6: be transformed by the renewing of your mind. That by 149 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 6: testing you may be able to discern the will of 150 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 6: God for your life. What is pleasing, right and acceptable? 151 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 6: How many of you want to know the will of 152 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 6: God for your life. I want to know the will 153 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 6: of God for my life. I want to know the 154 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 6: will of God for my life. And God is saying, 155 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 6: through this transformation, through this new way of thinking, you 156 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 6: can take all these choices and you can put them 157 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 6: under the scrutiny of what you know. You can test 158 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 6: it and see shall I make it or shall I not? 159 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 6: Shall I choose it, or shall I go the other way? See, 160 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 6: you can put the choices you make every day under 161 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 6: the scrutiny of the word of God. 162 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 7: See. 163 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 6: God wants us to walk in confidence before him. He 164 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 6: wants us to know what his will is so we'll 165 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 6: know what way to go. It's kind of like taking 166 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 6: a test. Have you ever gone in when you're in 167 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 6: school to take a test or for your job. The 168 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 6: better you knew the material, the more confident you were, 169 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 6: the more answers. 170 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,719 Speaker 4: You got right. It's kind of like that God is. 171 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 6: Saying, this transformation comes little by little, but keep gain 172 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 6: and knowledge, keep testing your choices. 173 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 4: By what you know to be right. You know, we make. 174 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 6: Choices every single day, and those choices make us so 175 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 6: it's so important that we put our choices under God's authority. 176 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 4: Now, you know, sometimes we don't want to put. 177 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 6: Every choice under God's authority because some choices we just. 178 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 4: Want they look so good. God, I can fix this 179 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 4: with you later. Let me go ahead and make this choice, 180 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 4: you know what. And God knows that. 181 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 6: I mean, we've all been there, We've all done that. 182 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 6: And the good thing about God he can take our 183 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 6: bad choices and bring him glory and us good. 184 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 4: All right, he can. 185 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 6: He's a good God, and he loves us, and I 186 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 6: love the fact that he's not judging us. 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: The point is is that. 188 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 6: We need to not be afraid to take our attitudes, 189 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 6: our unforgiveness, our habits, everything about us, and put it 190 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 6: under the submission of God. See Paul was saying, be 191 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 6: a living sacrifice. Is how he started at be a 192 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 6: living sacrifice. What he was saying, he was going. 193 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 4: Go all in, Go all in. 194 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 6: Don't hold back certain areas of your life. You have 195 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 6: a bad habit, put it under God's authority. Don't hold 196 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 6: on to it and say, God, I'll fix it. As 197 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 6: soon as I fix it, then I'll come over here 198 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 6: and give. 199 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 4: It to you. 200 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 6: God is saying, give it all to me, the good, 201 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 6: the bad, the ugly. Put it under my word. Let 202 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 6: me break those things off of your life. See Jesus 203 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 6: came as the living Word. The Bible says he came 204 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 6: as the Word made incarnate, man made flesh, and he 205 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 6: walked among them. And do you know that when you 206 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 6: read the word of God, you get good teaching. You're 207 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 6: walking with g Jesus. And he's still doing what he 208 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 6: did those days in the Bible. He's still healing, he's 209 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,119 Speaker 6: still delivering, he's still setting free, he's still restoring. 210 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 4: Take his hand and put all of it under his authority. 211 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 6: We can't be afraid and listen. You know, we have 212 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 6: big decisions that we have to make in our life. 213 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 6: I've heard people say, I want to know the will 214 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 6: of God. Should I take this job, should I start 215 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 6: this business? Should I go back to college? Is this 216 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 6: the person I should marry? And those are all very 217 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 6: important decisions. But we need to put every decision under 218 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 6: the will of God, because the better choices we make, 219 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 6: the closer we are to those better decisions on those 220 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 6: big issues of our life. When I was a young girl, 221 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 6: I remember my heart. I would just say to God, God, 222 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 6: when I get married someday, all I know is this, 223 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 6: I want a man who loves you more than I do. 224 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 6: You see, my heart said this, God. I don't want 225 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 6: to be dragging anybody up. I don't want to be 226 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 6: constantly pushing them up. God, I don't want them to 227 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 6: sharpen me. I want us to be better together. I 228 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 6: want us to do great things for you. Now, girls, 229 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 6: I just want to tell you this. Don't say this part, 230 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 6: but this is literally what I said, because if I 231 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 6: was you, I would find a man with a job. 232 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 6: But I said, I said, God, he doesn't have to 233 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 6: have a lot of money. 234 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: You know what, he didn't have to be rich. 235 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 6: God, I just want him to love you, because my 236 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 6: heart was like this, God, you can do anything in 237 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 6: our life. 238 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 4: If we serve you, we can rise higher. We can 239 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 4: do anything. 240 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 6: But the bottom line is my gold standard is that 241 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 6: he loves you a lot. So when I met Joel, 242 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 6: he looked good on the outside and back from the outside, 243 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 6: and he looked like he was perfect. But you know what, 244 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 6: I didn't want to just judge him from the outside. 245 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 6: I wanted to judge my who I was gonna marry 246 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 6: by the word of God. And although he looked good, 247 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 6: he seemed to have the right credential, you know what, 248 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 6: that wasn't good enough. 249 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 4: I watched him, I studied him. I saw if his 250 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,359 Speaker 4: beliefs lined up with his actions. 251 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 6: I watched how he treated his family, what he said 252 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 6: about his friends, his generosity towards others. See, I let 253 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 6: that character line itself up with the word of God. 254 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 4: Then I could make an. 255 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 6: Educated, godly decision. You said, God wants us to be 256 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 6: confident in our decisions. As our minds are gaining more 257 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 6: knowledge and being transformed, then we can test our choices 258 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 6: and make the right decisions. Well, I had the peace 259 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 6: of God. He asked me to marry, so I did. 260 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 6: Thirty years later. It's been a wonderful decision. It's been 261 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 6: a great decision. Can I tell you girls, don't judge 262 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 6: from the outside, make sure their character lines up. You're 263 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 6: far too valuable to get together with someone who doesn't 264 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 6: appreciate you and know how to bring out the best 265 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 6: in you, who doesn't serve the living God. 266 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 4: You see, I made my decision. 267 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 6: I'd rather be home with a peanut butter and jelly 268 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 6: sanwich than with a man that wasn't good enough for 269 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 6: me and God. 270 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 4: All right, it's not worth it. 271 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 6: Every decision you make, use the word of God as 272 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 6: your goal standard. Keep conforming to God's word in his likeness. 273 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 6: Don't conform to the world, don't conform to habits. You 274 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 6: may be fighting something right now, and I just want 275 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 6: to encourage you to get yourself, submit yourself under the 276 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 6: word of God. Don't let anything come out of your 277 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 6: mouth that doesn't line up with what you want. Listen, 278 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 6: when you're in a fight, you got to fight to 279 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 6: the end. You got to be serious about where you're going. 280 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 6: God's work will renew you, strengthen you, and refresh you. 281 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 6: It'll detox all those old ways and I'll bring you 282 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 6: into the new ways of God. We love you so much. 283 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 6: You're awesome. 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