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my question now is when we get to the

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point where the holy spirit makes a

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Bible verse important to us or we get a

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deeper uh understanding of a Bible

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passage is it important then to keep a

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written record of it for example in a

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personal Bible diary or Bible Journal

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because I don't want to lose the

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knowledge I received um so how do you

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handle this how can we organize and

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manage all the knowledge we receive so

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we don't lose it

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very practical the question you asked

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was my uh I remember in 2002 when I came

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to

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Synagogue Church ofin Nations I I

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discover things new there's a a

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teaching that was so deep and I was

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battling to understand it because of

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language barriers well because I'm a

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French speaking so anytime I come across

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uh a verse a Bible verse or a word of

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wisdom

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which seems so difficult for me I said

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to myself God help me to understand if I

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don't understand I don't reject it I

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will take the verse I will write it I

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what helped me a lot is that for example

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you say okay let me give an example the

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first word of wisdom I came say we are

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Sav to save others I said to myself how

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can we save

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others it's only Jesus I know as Savior

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how can we save others

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so I wrote it on a on a on a small note

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and I begin

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to meditate I never knew what meditation

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was about but I read to understand if I

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don't understand something it's very

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difficult to become part of me so but I

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will not reject it I will write it

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later I will go to the

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verse to read it once I read it I record

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it in my brain I memorize it I to do

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that before because I don't have time to

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read sometime sometime if you put it on

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a note because of activities you may

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even forget it but the Bible is meant to

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be stored in the speci in the shelf of

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our

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heart that's very it is effective so

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when you read the Bible and you come

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across a specific

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passage that speaks to you

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intimately so I write down and one day

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the prophet say I give you an advice

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create a file called don't go don't go

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don't let it go it was 2004 I grabed the

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idea anytime I come across a Bible verse

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I highlight you see my Bible it's

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highlighted everywhere full of colors

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rainbow rainbow yellow so when I

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highlight it I do something I use my

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phone I have a not

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note I write the

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verse and I learned and I learned the

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verse I make sure the verse I know this

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verse anytime I hear Matthew chapter I

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must know what it is because when you

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just get the the Matthew 11:28 what does

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it

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say I have to read it to possess it to

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become part of me and the prophet say if

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you take God's word to

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heart and made it a part of

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you that word by its very nature will

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change

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you and when it changes you you find

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yourself moved by the life of God so I

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said to myself okay since you are so

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busy attening to

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people people write notes on their

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hands do you remember it me I memorize

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it in my in my brain that's why

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meditation start thinking is not bad I

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memorize but if you memorize something

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as time goes on you lose it but I Contin

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to tell in my mind I want to understand

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what it means to understand what it

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means to understand it means before you

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realize it after one day it become part

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of me it's the exercise I did so I wrote

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it but after I wrote it I will go to the

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not when I go to the notes I will I will

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learn it learn it learn it by and

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continue to meditate it's meditation

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that keep the word into our

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heart because it's just like a computer

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so when I switch my computer on I have

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the RAM memory so if I type a uh a

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message if I don't save it and I switch

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off I may lose it so I have to record it

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somewhere so it's very good to keep

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record but what we need to do after

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reading after you have read whether a

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message or a Bible I go back to the

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message and that's where the key of

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meditation starts it's not something

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passive is

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active I will record it on the tablets

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of my heart once I understand the word

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it is with me it's is there forever just

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try to do it I said to myself okay every

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day I must get five words of wisdom five

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Bible verses I read in my Bible that

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must be part of me so if I'm in a

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vehicle or I'm in a bus I need to look

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for the Bible it there

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already now this is where Holy Ghost

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will help you Jesus said in John chapter

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14: 26

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that the holy spirit will bring to our

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remembrance the very words of Jesus yeah

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that's what I was thinking of and that's

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very the key sometime you think you have

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forgotten you okay you have read

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something in the

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morning but go to a quiet place and just

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try to remember what you have

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read while you doing ask Holy Ghost to

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bring to you'll be very surprised to

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realize that what you think you have

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forgotten begin to come begin good to

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come begin good to come that's the work

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of Holy

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Spirit and that's where meditation will

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start you

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read after you have read you close your

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Bible and think about what you have

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read think about it think about it as

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you walk think about it think about it

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before you realize it the thing will

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sink into your

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heart Prophet say when you eat food I I

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I match it I it's my mouth chew it I

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chew it I chew it thank you very much I

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chew it before I realize it I instinctly

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swallow it once it enter my enters my

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stomach I have no control over it

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there's a process going inside so when

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you read your Bible you read it to

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understand it you read it to get it into

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your heart because that word is there

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forever that's why when you are

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praying we call it Spirit prayer prayer

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in the power of Holy Spirit Holy Ghost

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will bring that word to remance to you

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you start worshiping worshiping and the

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word just spring from your spirit so

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what we need to do now I kept record I

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write it I have full of them see if my

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phone is I want to show you even CER

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consum me I don't know what I like to

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do show

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you I I I even snap The Bible Pages I

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read not to forget it I will snap it and

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read it and read it and read it and read

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till become part of me so all these

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notes are I reading daily reading any

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time I read a passage that really

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strikes me see my Bible I snap it I snap

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the whole page on my Note and once I

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finish reading I go back to it I always

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go back to it to read it to meditate it

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and that's when the Bible will become

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part of

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you I strongly

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believe that the Bible explains Itself

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by

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itself you can read a passage that seems

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difficult to understand and later you

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come across one scripture that is cross

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reference to that one that give you more

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light so what I do I put those verses

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together in a very logical are way and

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read it and go over it I go over it I go

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I trust Holy Ghost before you realize it

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it is part of you and one day you begin

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to pray all of the scripture come to

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come to your spirit and when I read my

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Bible I I gave you one one testimony one

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day the prophet say if you read 40

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chapters per day you got the Bible in

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one year in in one

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month I I say how can you read the Bible

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in one month 4 chapters perday I did it

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it's so quick you don't remember

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anything but what is there something

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mysterious in this Bible

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anytime you read

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it you will discover something

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new any time you read it first I read it

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again my mind get refreshed any time you

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read something new happen so what we

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need to

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do is to record instead of our shelves

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but on the shelves of your human spirit

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and that's the area of meditation that's

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what helps a lot many of my reference I

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don't need anymore they become part of

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me but those verse I read them I read

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them I read them I read them and when

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one

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day the man of the Prophet was saying

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that this is my advice when you are

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reading a

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message and you see Bible

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scriptures don't just read your Bible

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alone read the Bible but read the

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message read the message and read the

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Bible whatever message you come across

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go to the Bible and find out what is in

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line with the scriptures and that's what

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helped me a lot so when I came across

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that quote that say we are safe to serve

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others I begin to search I say wow I

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remember Bible say in book of First

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Corinthian uh the ministry of

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reconciliation

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absolutely yes that's Mutual

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reconciliation so knowledge come

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first but understanding comes later

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there are many verse we read today but

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later we get the understanding of it so

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the cross ref ref of the Bible is very

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important I meditate I learn it by heart

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I stop in my memory I begin to think

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about it till I get spiritual

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understanding of it once what you

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understand is what you keep forever yeah

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that that's what I wanted to say just

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quickly because when you talked about

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the Holy Spirit bringing to our

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remembrance he can only bring to to our

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remembrance what's already stored in our

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heart it's only the word in our heart

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that he will bring back to us at the

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time that we need it and you know he

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will use that word to to strengthen us

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to to fortify us to comfort us to to he

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will use that word but that word has to

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be stored in our heart and when you were

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talking about um you know do we write it

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down it's it's different to like when

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you're revising for exams you know when

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you're Rising for exams you know you

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pick up bits and you learn it's all it's

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all academic you know you just can write

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it out write it out put it in different

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colors and write out so many times but

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this is a matter that's why I just

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wanted to focus on you said

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understanding if you understand

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something it will stay in your heart

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forever you can you can learn something

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by

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memory all of us have gone through the

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education system you know we we learned

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so many things that now we can't

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remember you know I'm sure so much of of

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of but the process of of that learning

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stays with us forever and once you

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understand something that understanding

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is in your heart and that doesn't leave

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you and and because what struck me from

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your question is you know how how can we

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make sure that all of this um doesn't

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leave us that we don't lose um what we

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read and I really like that point you

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made because um it's it's you know it's

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not just a matter of reading and it

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going in one ear and out the other you

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know we can't lose this because this is

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our life how do we how do we not lose it

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well we have to understand spiritually

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that's only through the help of the Holy

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Spirit but we have to start somewhere so

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don't condemn yourself don't

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if we're all on this journey together

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and that's why we said at the beginning

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that if your life is in Christ it's a

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new creation there's there's new

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revelation every day when you read the

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Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to help

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you you can read read things oh now I

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understand now I understand so it's a

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it's a it's a lifelong Learning Journey

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but I just wanted to emphasize on that

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point of understanding when you

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understand it with the spirit's help

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then you can't lose it you you you you

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might not know exactly the chapter and

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verse you know Vine is a walking

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Encyclopedia of the Bible I not like

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this if you ask him anything he'll be

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able to tell you the chapter and verse

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look I'm going to be honest with you I

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don't want to provoke you to say that I

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was not born Master when I was I was a

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young boy Muslim when I was young I

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learned to learn the Quran by

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heart I went to Quran in school and I

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learned them by heart and all those

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verses I learned by heart I still

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recorded here so I apply the same

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technique when I read the

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Bible I will read it I will memorize the

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whole thing so I will begin to read it

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in my memory I don't need to carry bible

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I memorize I now when I came across the

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book of prover if you have your Bible

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when you see the Book of

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Proverbs 4 verse 20-

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23 my

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son attend to my words I learn it by

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heart keep them in the midst of your

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heart for there are life for those who

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find him and health to all flesh keep

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them way in the midst of your heart and

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that's what is the most difficult we

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need to allow that word in the midst of

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our heart through that process of

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meditation meditating the Bible because

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I we said already that we meditate

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because we want to understand the Divine

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meaning Jesus spoke lot of Parables do

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will really understand what it means to

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apply

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it he

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said if your right hand disturb you

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catch it off or plag it off it's a he

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was speaking his Parable that's why in

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the in the parable of the s in Matthew

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chapter 13:

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19 Jesus said can you read it for

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us Matthew chapter 13: 19

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it's good to keep

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record when anyone hears the word of the

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kingdom and does not understand it then

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the wicked one comes and snatches away

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what was sown in his heart this is he

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who received seed by the

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wayside when anyone hears the word of

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the kingdom when you hear the word of

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the kingdom and does not understand it

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and we do not understand it then the

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wicked one comes and snatches away what

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was sewn in his heart that's is it the

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importance of understanding the Divine

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meaning of what I'm bring so when you

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are reading and you find you come across

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a a section sometime it is personal to

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you your heart will begin to ring that's

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why the prophet say read your Bible

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slowly attentively

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repeatedly mean sometimes some heart are

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very slow to understand that's dependent

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nature of our heart

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you go to read it you read it you read

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it slowly like the Ean un did in the

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book of act chapter8 he was reading he

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could not understand but did not drop it

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he kept on reading reading until he

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became a part of you once you understand

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it's there forever you may not remember

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the number of the Matthew 12 whatever

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but the meaning is inside of you that's

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what I wanted to say that's where I was

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going when I said that rine will know

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the exact chapter and verse

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I'm saying even if if you know we're not

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we all have different anyway everyone's

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different what I want to say is that the

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understanding of the scripture like for

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example you

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know what it says you might not know

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exactly where it is but you know what it

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says and you understand it and you apply

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it to your life that is what counts um

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you know and because for example this is

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the blueprint that we have The Sermon on

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the Mount in Matthew 6 you know this

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when when Jesus explained how we should

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live our life

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you know that that you might not know

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everything word for word but we know

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what he said and we we apply it we we

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understand okay what it means when turn

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the other cheek okay love your enemies

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okay do this do that okay it it's

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something which becomes a part of you in

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the same way the more you read and

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that's why it's so um important that

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we're doing this journey through the

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Bible together we're going all the way

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through you know many people it's

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difficult to read through many many

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books in the Old Testament you know

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um and so to actually go through this

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whole journey encourages you to actually

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see okay what what can I see in this and

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as you read things will just jump out at

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you and when they jump out at you

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definitely everyone has a different way

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okay you can underline it highlight it

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write it down somewhere else like rasine

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said he takes a picture with his phone

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um any way that's the best for you but

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the the most important is that H you you

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you ask the Holy Spirit to help you

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understand and apply it to your life

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then can never you can never lose it you

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can never lose it it's it's here that's

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the Heavenly currency that that will

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will get you what you need in the

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kingdom of God and please continue

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reading because one day you say I've

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heard about this

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somewhere sometime I read one verse and

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I remember Paul said this I quickly go

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to Paul and make the connection because

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the Bible is Interlink

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once I got the connection important

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verses I make sure I get it by heart

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because there some like everybody know

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John 3:16 God so loved the world that we

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know those verse you know Romans 10:1 17

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Faith but when you come across your

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Bible there are some section where if

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your heart is a lord it will strike

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you you may forget you you either you

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highlight depend on system you have me

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what I do as I show you I snap the page

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this is the page I snap the page

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directly and then when I finish my day I

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will go back to the pages I read you see

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them this is my I'm sharing my technique

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to you because you ask me this is how I

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do I read this morning and I see the

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connection God was talking about let me

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tell you why was say about prophecy God

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say I will raise for them a prophet like

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you in the midst of the Brethren I will

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put my words what strike me is two words

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God say I will

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raise Prophet I will put my words I say

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wow this mean God is the one that raised

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the prophet not

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man number two I will put my words in

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his

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mouth means it's not just about

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receiving inspiration it's about

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expressing the word of God from your

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mouth mean the spirit of God will speak

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through

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you so I wrote those two I said wow this

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is teaching me lessen that God will

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raise and God will put the word mean the

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expression of Prophecy came through the

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power of Holy Spirit and I to ask myself

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what is the purpose of Prophecy I write

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that question later when I was reading I

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went to another section that gave me the

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answer and I and I noted here in the

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book of Jeremiah it's here he

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said if they are prophets and if the

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word of the Lord is with them let them

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now make

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intercession for the for the for the for

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the Lord of host that the vessel which

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they left in the house of the Lord will

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be taken back so that mean the purpose

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of the prophecy is to bring people to

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their heart back to God so I take those

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two verses and I get them into my heart

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now that understanding fix them for

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forever now God will raise and God will

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put his word in your lips so nobody can

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teach you to prophesy holy ghost that

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speaks through you so I read my Bible I

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take I take attention of every single

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word there are some words are so

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powerful why God you say it why this

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word why this verb why this and that's

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that understanding now make the Bible to

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become part of you as you continue to

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practice it to practice it to practice

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before you realize it it is there

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forever once you understand it but this

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is my record keeping record is very

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good so if you go to a church a service

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or you hear somebody preaching a

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wonderful

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message I heard the word wisdom I write

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it I heard something I write it when I

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go home I begin to meditate the more you

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meditate new revelation will come new

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understanding will come and that's just

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how this you transfer from the letter to

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the spirit from the written to Your

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Heart by thinking about it meditating we

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just have that time sometime we read we

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don't have to go back to it go back to

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it don't read it again turn it over turn

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it over till you get it right it's a

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gift of Holy Spirit and that's why I

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just wanted to say finally is that there

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is a power in actually reading the word

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you know it is a blessing as well to

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listen to the audio version of the Bible

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and have for example listen to have it

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how can I say listening to to scripture

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but there is such a power in physically

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reading your Bible um that's what I just

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wanted to encourage you with that you

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know when you read it it's like

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literally the word can just jump out of

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the page at you um and so don't

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underestimate or under mind the power of

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actually reading the Bible your your

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physical your physical Bible um yeah

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yeah and second not on your tablet or

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your iPad or your phone I'm I'm all for

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physical physical Bible it's we like to

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but sometime you may situation where I

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have my physical Bible I have both but

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one thing is important I used to read a

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lot of Bible

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study sometime you want something quick

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what they say about this it's very good

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to read the Bible study we commentary we

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learn a lot from this but learn to

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develop build your own correct Bible

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Bible references cross references that

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will help you a lot because this thought

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expressed by this Apostle has been

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expressed by another one in a different

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way and they interconnect themselves and

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number two my personal experience when I

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read for example the Gospel of John now

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John is very deep so when I read John

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after I finish John I will go to First

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John second John third John he has a way

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of expressing the same truth in a

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different way and it will help you to

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get the context and the mind that's why

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if you say key verses you should write

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them write them write them and by you

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you meditate that Bible is always when

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you are praying now holy ghost will use

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that word in your heart to

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pray that's the

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key because when you are praying your

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prayer must be filled with the

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scriptures that's why it says the holy

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spirit will pray for you absolutely was

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you don't understand Spirit prayer okay

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Spirit prayer prayer in the power of the

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Holy Ghost Springs from need what is the

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need at the time of need Holy Ghost will

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bring to your remembrance the very word

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you pray for as you pray the scripture

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will come the scripture will come just

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trust him for

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that we went to a very good school you

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know the same when you have when the

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prophet will call who has message to

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preach to the church

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tomorrow wow you know prepare a message

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and preach to a

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congregation how can it

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be you write your message there's

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something to have a message you prepare

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you write there's another thing to stand

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before the public and to deliver the

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message and by the time you read the

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message you write the message you the

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way you study the Bible you study the

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message you you understanding

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order it by the time you begin to talk

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you realize that new inspiration become

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better than what you wrote the holy

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spirit will give you that's the work of

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holy spirit so when you are reading just

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on your bed try to remember what you

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have read without opening the Bible say

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holy spirit help me Lord bring to my

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remembrance just like your

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dream your dream but you woke up in the

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morning the dream vanish you don't

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remember you're trying to grab bits of

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it and it's like vanished

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that's where you close your eyes and ask

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Holy Ghost to help you to remember to

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remember he that's his job he bring to

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our remance the very words of Jesus at

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the time of

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need sword of the spirit but if the

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heart is empty there's nothing for him

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to remind you of so there are many

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things you learned when you were at

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school primary school and you must have

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forgotten but they are deeply

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embedded one day you will just come to

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your mind the same for a heart so it's

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good to to do like like the animals when

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they eat food they will bring it out and

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bring it out bring it out bring it out

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bring it out you refresh your mind

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refresh your Spin and before you realize

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it the seed the word settles in your

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heart at the point of

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understanding that is it once you

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understand it conviction come it is

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there

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forever so please I encourage you

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keeping record is good excellent keep

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giving your record but much more don't

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don't don't forget your so busy go back

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to the record read it in the night read

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it and meditate make sure every single

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day you get one or two scriptures you

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part of you was my my my my discipline

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dedication and

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discipline I dedicate my heart to the

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word and I discipline my mind by

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thinking meditating while the public

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transport I meditate on the Bible when I

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have break in my job I meditate the

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Bible so it become part of me because I

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I rehearse it rehear it become fully

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part of me that's that's what I

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did thank you thank you so much for that

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question um I believe it's blessed many

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people and we hope that you're you're

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blessed as well thank you so much and I

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want tell something you know one day you

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can meet somebody in the street can say

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can you tell me about who is Jesus

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you'll be surprised that day Holy Ghost

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will bring all the verses you have been

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reading

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and that's the expression the expression

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of the Holy Spirit to your remembrance

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it will flow like a river it is there

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thank you