1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,120 We consume so much and yet we do so little. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,600 And when you consume so much and do so little, you get 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,880 spiritually overweight. You have so much that is on you 4 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:14,320 that has never reached in you. We don't gain authority by 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,520 listening to YouTube's. We gained authority by John 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,320 would go out and preach and everything in my world would 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,200 fall apart. And I remember saying to John, 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,000 you are not praying enough. And he said, well, if I am 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,800 walking in obedience, then it's because you are not standing in 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,600 your God-given authority when I am gone. 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,880 How did you swallow that? And I didn't like it, but I'm 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,760 watching people go to other people to get words instead of 13 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,160 getting in the word. If you want more authority in 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:57,480 the Spirit, you need to actually, you know, in Matthew 15 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:03,560 chapter 28, Jesus told his disciples all authority in 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,880 heaven and on earth have been given to me and I give it to 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,400 you. So where is all this authority? 18 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:18,200 Because I see so little of the authority of heaven in action on 19 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,920 our earth. And today we are going to be 20 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:26,040 talking about the challenges of authority, having authority in 21 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,040 the spirit, why you don't have authority in spirit or how to 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,240 recover your authority in the spirit. 23 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,160 And today I'm joined by my daughter-in-law, Christian, who 24 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,600 we always love to have these multi general rational 25 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,080 conversations about authority. And Christian, I think that I 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,640 think the first thing I want to do is define what authority is, 27 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:51,080 because I think we've seen so much abuse with authority that 28 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,120 people immediately when you say authority, they, they kind of, 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,920 they have a cringe factor. But authority, all authority 30 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,640 actually comes from God. And authority has a purpose. 31 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,760 First of all, we're talking about healthy authority. 32 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,280 Authority is for provision, protection and direction. 33 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,920 Parents have authority over their children for those three 34 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,360 things. Leaders have authority over 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,840 those they lead for those things. 36 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:24,080 But when authority is misused, then we know what happens is it 37 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,640 turns into its darker form, which is not authority, but 38 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,720 manipulation, domination, toxic authority, whatever, different 39 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,400 things like that. But I mean, I'm, I'm seeing so 40 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,440 many people pull back when they need to actually push in when it 41 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,360 comes to the issue of authority. Yeah, well, I love that you even 42 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,480 open up with Matthew 25, because this idea that authority is 43 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,360 ours, granted in different spheres and uses. 44 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,360 But you know, you hear in the Bible, OK, the enemy has 45 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,920 dominion over the earth, so there's no authority and we just 46 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,280 have to cross our fingers and hope the devil doesn't tempt us. 47 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,520 But you're suggesting anyone watching this has authority that 48 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,640 we need to to tap into? Yeah, here's the thing. 49 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,560 Here's the thing. And I and it's, it was mentioned 50 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:10,800 almost 90 times, depending on what translation I have the ESV 51 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,920 87 times. You find the word authority in 52 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,600 in the New Testament. I'm not even going into the Old 53 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,280 Testament in the New Testament and Jesus, he understood when 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Satan confronted him, he said, hey, hey all, all of this has 55 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,680 been given to me so I can give it to you. 56 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,880 Just bow down and worship me. And Jesus was like, no, but 57 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,560 here's the thing. Jesus flipped the narrative. 58 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,320 He took back everything that Adam had yielded. 59 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,920 And now he is saying to his disciples, all authority and 60 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,640 heaven and earth have been given to me and I'm giving it to you. 61 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,240 But what I've learned about authority is if you don't take 62 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,120 it, if you don't understand what you have, it's like you have no 63 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,360 authority. You know we need a 30, right? 64 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Yes, I mean, you have you have an adorable 18 month old and you 65 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,000 have a three-year old. And something I've learned is if 66 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,400 you don't take your authority with your children, they'll 67 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,800 they'll take it from you and they'll use it to get you. 68 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,880 I mean, they will just run rogue in your household. 69 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:21,880 They like and laughing hysterically. 70 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,040 She looks back like, do you see me? 71 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,840 Well, and I, you know, I, I'm just thinking back because I was 72 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:28,200 knowing that we're going to have this discussion. 73 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,680 I started to think when this actually really changed for me. 74 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,160 I remember John was traveling and it felt like John would go 75 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,880 out and preach and everything in my world would fall apart. 76 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,720 I remember he left on one trip and literally as he was leaving, 77 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,200 the air conditioner blew up. And you know, there's a lot of 78 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,720 places you're like, oh, no big deal. 79 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,760 We lived in Florida and it was in the summer. 80 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,520 Air conditioner blows up and I'm like, what? 81 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Children split open their chins, all this different stuff. 82 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,320 And it just was consistently John leaves, everything falls 83 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,840 apart. And I remember saying to John, 84 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:06,040 you are not praying enough. If you are praying more for your 85 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,600 family, then none of this would be happening. 86 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:13,040 And John in true John Bevier forum said, Lisa, am I obeying 87 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,280 God? And I hated when he asked me 88 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,600 that question. I was like, yes, I hate this 89 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,360 question. And he said, well, if I am 90 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:26,160 walking in obedience, then it's because you are not standing in 91 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,720 your God-given authority when I am gone. 92 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,120 How did you swallow that? I didn't like it, but I also 93 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,640 didn't like what I was living in. 94 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,600 I just remember even there was a time period where I was so 95 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,560 scared at night, I would feel this demonic conflict while my 96 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,800 husband's out there ministering. Literally, I felt like I was 97 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,800 having a spiritual battle at home, children vomiting, 98 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,240 children getting hurt, feeling this fear in my own house. 99 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,600 And my reaction to that was to shut my bedroom door, pull the 100 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,720 covers over my head and just pray. 101 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,800 And and then one day I just snap and I was like, enough, I am not 102 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,000 going to cower. And if Jesus died so that I 103 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,840 would have authority, then I need to be under His authority. 104 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,320 And I was under my husband's authority. 105 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,240 He was being obedient to God. But if you do not understand who 106 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,280 you are in Christ, if you do not understand the authority of 107 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:26,160 God's Word, if you do not understand the authority in the 108 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,360 Spirit, then the enemy just has a heyday with you. 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,520 Something we've been saying at our house, which Arden doesn't 110 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,240 travel as much as John did, and I'm appreciative of that, but he 111 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,840 is faithful and what God's calling him to and obedient. 112 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,480 And something we've been saying is he's the leader of our home, 113 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,160 but how I set the tone of the house is the atmosphere. 114 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,520 It's this aroma. And so I think anyone watching 115 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,080 can say, yeah, I want to have that authority, too. 116 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,440 I want to walk in that because it really does make a 117 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,520 difference. And even uphold like, so I found 118 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,800 I wasn't upholding what what John and I had said, OK, this is 119 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,200 house that serves God. And it wasn't like we weren't 120 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,920 serving God. I was just allowing the enemy to 121 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,400 minimize and to shut down certain things that that I 122 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,760 actually wanted to grow in and develop in. 123 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,960 And I lived in fear instead of living in faith. 124 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,280 I lived in, you know, constant distraction instead of having a 125 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,800 discipline. And so for me, there was a 126 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:27,040 recovery of like, listen, I am not going to cower. 127 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,080 I am not going to complain. And Christian, can I just be 128 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,480 honest with you? I had gotten in the habit of 129 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:38,840 complaining as a young mother. And every time you complain, you 130 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:45,080 lose authority in the spirit, you lose authority in your 131 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,600 relationship. You lose authority even as a 132 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,160 leader with complaining. I discovered that the more I 133 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,760 complained, the less grace I had to walk into something and the 134 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,360 more I compromised my own authority as a mother, my own 135 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,440 authority in the spirit, my own authority to actually see 136 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,680 solutions in the middle of something. 137 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,760 And, and I feel like so many people, again, they're looking 138 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:15,600 for somebody else to be something that God says, I, I 139 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,440 have this for you. I mean, it's, it's kind of this 140 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,200 interesting dynamite. Here's Jesus. 141 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,240 I mean, he's fed the multitudes and then they come up again and 142 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,960 they have, they have a challenge and he looks as disciples and 143 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,640 he's like, you give them something to eat. 144 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,440 And I'm like, wait a minute. He's like, I feel like I've 145 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,919 already modeled this for you. Why are you not doing that? 146 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:38,320 And then again, we see this dynamic when it comes off the 147 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,280 mountain and there's a a young father. 148 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,680 Are we, I'm assuming as a younger father with whose son is 149 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,680 demon obsessed, throwing himself in the fire that he's brought 150 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,160 them to the disciples. The disciples, they cannot 151 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,680 figure out how to how to cast out that demon. 152 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:55,440 And then we know that Jesus said, bring him to me. 153 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:59,240 And then he says something not very nice, kind of toxic Jesus, 154 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,240 but some people might think, but I would just say direct Jesus 155 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,440 like you wicked perverse generation, how long do I have 156 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,400 to be with you? Jesus said this one only comes 157 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,120 out with prayer and fasting. And that was the Son of God who 158 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:14,920 said, I've been up there praying and fasting. 159 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,480 So I have an authority level that my disciples have not 160 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,680 tapped into yet. And so there is authority that 161 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:26,560 happens when there is accelerated consecration. 162 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,520 And too many people, they want more spiritual authority, but 163 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:35,880 they're not willing to lay down certain areas of their life. 164 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,960 And so, of course, Jesus is able to cast that spirit out. 165 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,440 And it's like, why? Why not us? 166 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,560 And that's when he tells them, hey, if you want more authority 167 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:52,920 in the spirit, you need to actually live in the spirit, not 168 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,600 in the flesh. And so I love that we have 169 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,520 outlined here a couple of ways that people might be 170 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,640 compromising their authority in the spirit, even unknowingly, 171 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,680 even unknowingly in the first one. 172 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,960 I love that you outlined that we are tolerating the things that 173 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,200 we should be confronting. You know, one of the things that 174 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,000 fosters authority is confidence and we feel so confident 175 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,320 partnering with good ranchers. It is 100% American meat from 176 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:28,520 local farmers and ranchers with no hormones, no additives, no 177 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,840 seed oils even called them. I love it because I know that a 178 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,280 portion of their profits are going to be donated to a number 179 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,640 of veteran organizations. 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I think people are really great 189 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,280 with confronting other people and tolerating their own things. 190 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,160 And so for me, like when I feel like God is saying, hey, this is 191 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,840 an area that you have tolerated, that you've made excuses for, 192 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,720 that you've just walked in. It's a pattern. 193 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,520 And I want to interrupt. I want to confront that area of 194 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,320 your life because Lisa, it is compromising your authority in 195 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,920 the spirit and, and #1 disobedience. 196 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,480 When, when God is actually dealing with the people, his 197 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,440 people, over and over again, we see him. 198 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,840 He confronts his people because he loves them. 199 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,520 He confronts them and he says, hey, this is what's going on. 200 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,080 You guys have enemies coming out against you. 201 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,080 You are losing in battle. Let me tell you why. 202 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,960 There's idolatry, there's greed, there's sin in the camp. 203 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:11,040 And God always says, I'm calling this out because I want to call 204 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:12,840 you higher. I want to give you authority, 205 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,080 but I can't give you authority in an atmosphere of compromise. 206 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,640 And so I feel like that's a huge dynamic and so I think the first 207 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,200 place we start with, hey, I want to have more spiritual authority 208 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,120 is say what am I tolerating in my life? 209 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:32,240 Maybe it's I go more towards entertainment, then I go towards 210 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,160 community, then I go towards consecration that I go towards 211 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,560 worship Bible, go to reading your Bible. 212 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,640 Yes yeah. And, you know, and even even 213 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,200 just as of late, and here's the sad thing, you know, I'm going 214 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:51,720 to say as of late, but this, this will apply just as tangibly 215 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,520 6 months from now as it does right now is I'm watching people 216 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:01,120 go to other people to get words instead of getting in the word. 217 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,800 And, and here's the truth, like we need the Holy Spirit. 218 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:11,240 But if you do not have a grounding in scripture, you 219 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,400 cannot rightly divide and you can't discern whether is this 220 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,320 Lord speaking or. And then people get really mad 221 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,160 when they feel betrayed by somebody that they felt like I 222 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,200 trusted this person with my heart. 223 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,400 I was vulnerable. Well, why? 224 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,480 Like here's the thing, people will disappoint you. 225 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,920 That is why Jesus is the one we go to. 226 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,160 He is the living Word. And so we want to get our 227 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,160 spiritual authority by following his example. 228 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,120 And you know, I, John and I have said this for a long time. 229 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:53,240 If you are under teaching that is godly, it will always remove 230 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,960 the obstacles in your heart between you and God. 231 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:02,760 But if it is more man driven, you'll always want to be in the 232 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,160 presence of people, not in the presence of God. 233 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,160 And in the presence of God is where I get confronted on the 234 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,120 things I'm tolerating. Yeah. 235 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,480 I mean, do you have an example in your own life of anything 236 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,240 that you feel like that you could share that you were like, 237 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,320 I've been tolerating this and God has challenged me to 238 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,240 confront it. Yeah. 239 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,240 Well, I think you've been leaning into the idea because 240 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,000 you've talked a lot on spiritual warfare and I think a lot of 241 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,840 people have have garnered things from that. 242 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,240 But even this idea of OK, is this spiritual warfare? 243 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,960 Is this lack of authority? Is this because I'm sitting and 244 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,320 allowing things? And I think even what I'm 245 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,920 experiencing in this season, you know, writing the books that are 246 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,720 coming out. And you've had a lot. 247 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,920 Got a lot, but I resonate so much like, oh, it's easier to 248 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,040 complain. It's easier to be, you know, fed 249 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,440 up with like God, can you not just make this easier? 250 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,240 Can you not give me grace? I'm doing the good things. 251 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,680 And no matter where you are in your Christian walk, whether 252 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,960 you're a mother at home or you're a pastor, I think some 253 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,160 days it can think, well, I'm doing the right things. 254 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,560 Why is it not easier or why can't I just take the 255 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,440 comfortable route? But I love what you said of, you 256 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,320 know, if we want authority, we have to keep going deeper. 257 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,040 I was hit so strongly going up to launch week. 258 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,360 I was like, this is something I cannot do my own strength. 259 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,320 Like, Lord, do you want me to pray? 260 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,040 Do you want me to fast? Like, what do you need? 261 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,760 And I felt so much clarity in my mind, peace in my spirit from 262 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,840 just what he led me to do. And you know, I'll keep that an 263 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,200 intimate thing, But I'm just so grateful because there are 264 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,280 times, as you're saying, when we lean into, well, what feels 265 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,200 comfortable to do or what can someone else saying? 266 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,600 Like, what is someone else like? Can I live off the praises of 267 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,240 other people? Can I live off doing the good 268 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,120 thing? Or am I going to consecrate this 269 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,640 time? And I felt so much power from 270 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,320 that, especially when I was like, I feel like I have no 271 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,200 energy or I feel like, you know, these thought patterns where 272 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,640 whatever it may be are overwhelming. 273 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,840 And I hope that's just encouragement for anyone 274 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,640 listening of you know, I love that the that Jesus always got 275 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,120 the strongest were the people that were of faith and they did 276 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,680 have understanding. So if you feel like God's 277 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,120 challenging you, it's not because you're this far off 278 00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,240 person he doesn't want to be with. 279 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,240 It's because he's saying, I want to invite you closer. 280 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:05,760 You do have a knowing of me. Let's keep that the the thing. 281 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,080 I mean, God rebukes or disciplines, I guess I should 282 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,040 say it's a better word, disciplines, the children that 283 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,680 he loves. And it's not to reject us. 284 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,560 It's actually that we can have more fruit. 285 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:21,520 You know, I, I, I have such a sense that anytime that God 286 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,640 wants to do something in somebody's life, the enemy wants 287 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,640 to shut it down. And so there will always be a 288 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,400 oppression or a depression or a questioning of who do you think 289 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,440 you are? He'll go after your identity. 290 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,000 And if you don't know who you are in the spirit, you don't 291 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,240 know what you have in the spirit. 292 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,040 And so he will constantly go for the the deeper level. 293 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,360 And too many people think oppression is normal. 294 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,440 Too many think depression is normal. 295 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,320 Too many think being negative is normal. 296 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,960 That's just who I am. That's just what I have. 297 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,720 That's who my parents were. And, you know, I love that we've 298 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,560 had conversations with Doctor Lee Warren. 299 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,200 Yeah, maybe that is all true. Maybe you come from psycho 300 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:06,040 family like I did, But you can actually be a gatekeeper and 301 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,800 say, no, no, that's that's what has been. 302 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,240 But I'm taking my spiritual authority that as a child of God 303 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,160 going forward, I'm not tolerating these patterns. 304 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,880 We are setting a new pattern. And I don't think a lot of 305 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,480 people understand. As soon as somebody says that 306 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,359 the enemy doesn't like it, he's not like, yay, I'm so proud of 307 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:27,920 you that you're taking your spiritual authority. 308 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:32,920 He wants you to stay minimized. He wants you to stay down. 309 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,240 And, you know, I know a lot of times we are talking about, 310 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,560 well, how do you know what's spiritual? 311 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,120 And how do you know, you know what is just, you know, Yeah. 312 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,840 And I think that everything in our life begins in our 313 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,440 relationship with God. And so when we take actions in 314 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,760 the spirit, when we take action to say, you know what, I'm going 315 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,600 to, I'm going to read the word of God. 316 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,520 I'm going to renew my mind. I'm going to say what God says, 317 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,120 not what I've said in the past. I'm not going to allow the enemy 318 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,480 to take my words of complaining and murmuring. 319 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,040 I mean, you know, I used to do this to my boy, all the boys all 320 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,040 the time, you know, the, the murmuring, complaining. 321 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:13,600 I mean, I told them, I said, guys, do you understand that 322 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,440 complaining is what kept a generation out of the promised 323 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,640 land? You know, I I said complaining 324 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,320 is a constant undermining of the goodness of God, his provision. 325 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,760 It has no gratitude in it. And so gratitude will actually 326 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,400 and being God, I'm so thankful that I have health. 327 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,840 I'm so thankful for my family. I'm so thankful I have a house. 328 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,840 I'm so thank instead of, you know, comparison or instead of 329 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,440 you know what you don't see, Being thankful for what you do 330 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,760 have will actually increase your authority. 331 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,200 And so we can't tolerate complaining if we want to have 332 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,120 authority in the spirit. Can you share? 333 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,600 And we see in the Bible it says that we can bring our anxieties 334 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,720 to him. We can lay those feet. 335 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,760 What's the the fine line there of being honest of God? 336 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,920 This is a hard season. I need you to bring me out of 337 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,560 it. I cannot do this versus 338 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,840 complaining. Like how do we know which one 339 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,520 we're leaning into? Well, I think David models that 340 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,240 so well. I mean, he's like, hey, why are 341 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,480 they increase that trouble me. Many of them breathe. 342 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,120 I mean, he's like, take them out. 343 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:18,440 Yeah, he's like, no, but he's like, I've got everyone around 344 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,600 me saying there is no hope in him for him. 345 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,000 And God, I mean, he's got all of this. 346 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,240 Like this is how I see things. This is how I feel. 347 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,560 This is what's going on. And then he always flips it and 348 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,360 he says this is what's going on. But thou Lord our shield for me, 349 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,200 a glory and a lifter of my head. So you can, you can be honest 350 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,080 about your circumstance. You can be honest about your 351 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,760 challenges, but the kind of complaining I'm talking about is 352 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,480 an undermining of the goodness and character of God. 353 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,280 I think for me, I I can look back on my journals and there 354 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,400 were so many times I was like God if like I'm drowning, I feel 355 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,480 like I am drowning. I feel like I take 2 steps 356 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,280 forward and 18 back. God, I feel like my heart is a 357 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,720 brood of Vipers. I'm never just like I mean I was 358 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,240 just like I would write it all out and I would empty confess. 359 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:16,280 This is how I feel. But you and your word is a 360 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,000 light. Unto my path you are my guide, 361 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,400 you are my strength so I can I can empty my soul out before God 362 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,880 and complaining looks like you're not doing it fast enough. 363 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:32,680 I was good and you're not doing this for me or I I expected this 364 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,440 but that's complaining. The other is just humanity. 365 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,680 I mean we live in some crazy times. 366 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,480 I mean, I know for me and my heart I have found myself having 367 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,880 to really comfort myself. Like Lord, do you see all this 368 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,000 wickedness? Why are you silent? 369 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,920 Why are you not doing something? And then I have to say, but you 370 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:57,040 know it all, God, you see it all and you are the God Almighty and 371 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,680 you are the just judge. And so you have to start with 372 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,680 accuracy or what you're what you're wrestling with. 373 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,000 But then you you go back to him being the refuge and your source 374 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,200 of justice and strength. You don't take things in your 375 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,240 own hand. And you know I do that. 376 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,360 You. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 377 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:11,800 Go. No. 378 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:14,480 I love that you share that. It's actually we need to go to 379 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,400 God and express that because I've been doing research on even 380 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,120 health problems that are arising, which is so prominent 381 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:21,880 right now. It feels like spiritual warfare 382 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,800 in itself. They're saying one of the causes 383 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,960 of autoimmune diseases is suppressed emotion. 384 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,560 So I think if we're not, you know, coming to God and 385 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,880 releasing that, storing it for our own control and it's, you 386 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,800 know, causing damage in our relationships, in our faith, 387 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,280 even in our health. So I love that you expressed 388 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,320 that. And before we step to the next 389 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,800 way that we could be losing authority, we have a reflection 390 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,560 question. If you're like, I don't know, 391 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,360 maybe I need to tackle some things. 392 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,760 Ask yourself, what have I made peace with that the Holy Spirit 393 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,760 keeps bringing back to my attention. 394 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,320 That's such a great point to know. 395 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,880 Are we venting or are we actually releasing? 396 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,480 Are we being vulnerable and open or are we complaining? 397 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,040 And a reflection question for this topic and idea is am I 398 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:08,360 speaking to release God's truth or to release my frustration? 399 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,160 And you know, going going off of something that you said, I 400 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,480 remember coming to my husband and I would complain to my 401 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,920 husband and John would say you need to take these things to 402 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,120 God. And I'd be like, I don't want to 403 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,400 take them to God. I want to take them to you. 404 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,360 My husband, honey. Be like, wait, you know, has you 405 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:30,240 will lose spiritual authority if you go to the wrong source for 406 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,280 the right thing. And we have to know where our 407 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,080 source is and our husband is amazing as they are. 408 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,440 They are not our source in everything. 409 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,960 They're not. And that's wrong to put anybody 410 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,880 into that kind of place or to or to give anybody that much 411 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,840 authority over your life, You know, and, and there is 412 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,000 something and I, I want to say this to every believer out 413 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,920 there. There is something in your life 414 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:01,840 that fear wants to shut down and don't let it. 415 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,000 And it's it's on you. It's it's on you. 416 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,240 It's not it's not on anybody else. 417 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,280 I love don't tolerate it. Don't tolerate it. 418 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,720 I remember, I remember this older man and I feel like I've 419 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,440 said it, but I, it's worth repeating, said to John and I, 420 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,480 if you do not take your authority in the spirit, you're 421 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,440 going to watch others take it from you and use it against you. 422 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,440 And I do believe it's a spiritual principle. 423 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,000 It's also a leadership principle. 424 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,520 And and again, authority is for the benefit of others, not the 425 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,960 benefit of yourself. So what is the second way that 426 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,320 we could be undermining our spiritual authority? 427 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,560 Lisa yeah, I, I, I feel like right now in our social media 428 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,200 world, this is something we fall prey to really easy. 429 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:50,800 It is borrowing conviction instead of cultivating intimacy. 430 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:56,000 And there's so many people, they're following other people 431 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,720 and Oh yeah, you know, or reposting or looking at other 432 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,600 things at. And they read what other people 433 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,800 maybe have had a deep connection with God about, but they have 434 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,480 actually never experienced it. You know, I I know. 435 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,240 OK, first of all, you know, I was talking to somebody just 436 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:20,200 yesterday and I was telling them about how you, you gave Arden a 437 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:26,080 Bible that you had written your journey of actually really 438 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:31,680 surrendering and prayer to God and longing God. 439 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:37,000 This is, this is I'm scribing in your Holy Word my hopes for the 440 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,240 future. And you gave it to you, gave it 441 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,880 to him. So what happens is in those 442 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,560 times of feeling alone, in those times of seeing other people get 443 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,760 what you'd hope for, in those times of hardship, you develop 444 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,040 authority. And the truth is I could listen 445 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,520 to somebody else's message and preach it, but it would never 446 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:05,040 have the same authority in the Spirit because I can't borrow 447 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,800 authority from other people. I mean, think about I always am 448 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,680 like feeling bad for the guys are like, Hey, hey, you know, we 449 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,360 cast you out in the name of the Jesus that Paul's preaching or, 450 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,840 you know, and the demons are like, Hey, I know Paul, but I 451 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,240 don't know you. And, and the, the truth is we 452 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:32,760 have to know, not know about no. And authority comes by lessons 453 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,520 learned. I mean it, it's, it's so clear 454 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,480 and I, I wish we could just read a book and have authority. 455 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,400 Now, I do think we can read books and get principles, but 456 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,200 then usually on the other side of that principle is a battle, 457 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,760 you know, so you have to, you have to recover, you have to 458 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,040 fight. So you want the word that's been 459 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,600 made flesh in your life, the promises that you have already 460 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,720 tried and found to be true. It's not a matter of reposting, 461 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,720 it's a repositioning to a place of intimacy with God. 462 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,400 So he has spoken something to you. 463 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,560 He's written on your heart. No one can take it from you. 464 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,400 But too many people go the easy route and they just parrot what 465 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,200 they've already heard other people say. 466 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:20,120 And then when the enemy comes, it doesn't have a root because 467 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:24,240 it's not grounded on the rock of Jesus, it's shallow soil. 468 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,680 And when the persecution comes, it Withers and they lose 469 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,520 authority, like they're not going to produce fruit in that 470 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,640 area. It's that Angel quote that 471 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,120 people say you can't have a testimony without having a test. 472 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,640 Lisa, this is so good. This idea of you cannot live off 473 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,080 someone else's oil. You really need to cultivate 474 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,080 your own. So a reflection question for 475 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,040 anyone wondering, is this me? Do I need to resonate in this 476 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,480 area would be if my Bible closed and my favorite speakers went 477 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:55,000 silent on Instagram or wherever, would my faith still stand? 478 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,120 But I love that you mentioned that Jesus went into the 479 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:00,400 wilderness at the beginning of this because when I read it just 480 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,520 the other day it said and I noticed this part. 481 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,760 I sure it's always said that, but I just chose for the first 482 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,040 time. Scott will highlight different 483 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,280 areas, yeah. Right, it said that he was led 484 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,920 by the Spirit into the wilderness and when he come out, 485 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,080 he was full of the Spirit's power. 486 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,600 And so I think that's even what you're saying of these are good 487 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,240 things to be soaking up words, to be learning from people's 488 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,920 wisdoms and principles. But you have to soak it up. 489 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,720 You have to be filled up yourself. 490 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,280 It's not enough to sense the power like I love the woman that 491 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,000 had the issue of the blood, how she said it's not enough for me 492 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,520 to be near Jesus, like I I need to touch him. 493 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:37,160 I need to go that extra arms wreath to to be in his presence, 494 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,160 to touch him, to be full of, you know, this amazing thing that 495 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,720 I'm aware of. And so what's the what's the 496 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,480 guideline of knowing? I'm not just consuming wisdom on 497 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:46,880 social media. I'm not just following my 498 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,080 favorite preachers, but I am receiving like, what are the 499 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,640 things that people need to do to make sure they're not parroting, 500 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,080 but they're. Receiving Well, I do think I do 501 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,560 think again thank God we have access to preaching thank God we 502 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,320 have access to Bibles. Thank God we can go to a church 503 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,440 community, but I think you're missing the authority of a 504 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:09,160 lesson. If you sit and and just spectate 505 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,120 and do not say God. How does that work its way out 506 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:19,280 in my life Like what what how do I take what I have heard and 507 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:24,040 make that part of my daily bread my actions and too many people 508 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,600 like and especially here here's here in the United States. 509 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,600 We have so much, we consume so much and yet we do so little. 510 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,120 And when you consume so much and do so little, you get 511 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,560 spiritually overweight. And when you're spiritually 512 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:42,240 overweight, you have you don't have strength to carry because 513 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:48,040 you're you have so much that is on you, like information wise 514 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,840 that has never reached in you. And so like there's certain 515 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,120 areas in my life where I know I have authority. 516 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,600 You know, I I know I have authority in these areas because 517 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:02,000 I've seen God's faithfulness in my life in those areas, whether 518 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,920 it's through prayer, whether it's through obedience, whether 519 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,280 it's through that the study of the word until the word actually 520 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,920 really read me and reset some stuff. 521 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,520 And you know, there's certain areas where I like, I don't, I 522 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,360 don't, I would not be a help to anybody. 523 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,760 And you know, like, whether it's, you know, end time 524 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,480 eschatology or something, it's not it's not going to be my 525 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:27,000 strength because I haven't done that has that is not something 526 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,480 that I have done a deep dive in or really lived out. 527 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,960 But if you want to talk to me about what it means to free 528 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,520 yourself from the chains on your neck or captive daughter of 529 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:41,360 Zion, that was something that I walked through for nine months 530 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,320 just in prayer on Isaiah 52, verse one and two, until what I 531 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,800 saw in the Spirit, what I read in the Scripture became a 532 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,800 reality in my life. And it was painful because it's 533 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,040 easier. It's easier to expect somebody 534 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,440 else to be something for you that Jesus died for you to 535 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,720 actually have. And I mean, again, we going back 536 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,840 to what we said at the beginning, if all authority and 537 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,600 heaven and earth have been given to, why does Satan have so much 538 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,560 authority? Well, part of that's because we 539 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,080 live in that in between between the now and not yet. 540 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,520 We live in the in between of Jesus, his resurrection and his 541 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,920 return. And we are gaining authority, 542 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,800 but we don't gain authority by listening to YouTube's. 543 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:30,400 We gained authority by hearing and then doing, you know, not a 544 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,480 here only because when you're just a here, it says you walk 545 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,200 away and you forget. And too many people forget 546 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,160 they've been cleansed of their sins, forget they have authority 547 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,120 in Christ. They're looking for somebody 548 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,800 else to be something that Jesus already provided for them. 549 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,000 So good. I mean, it's the beatitudes 550 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,000 blessed are those that hunger blessed of those that lack. 551 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,840 And I think you're hitting it right on the mark for for where 552 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,760 we're at in this point in time in this country. 553 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,320 And just that awareness. I think it's so easy, especially 554 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,800 even spiritually, like I've received a little bit of guy 555 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,720 like thank you. That's it like keeping that 556 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,160 hunger. We've seen the Iranian church 557 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,040 and some of the Middle East of how it's exploding. 558 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,360 Like I think I saw something today. 559 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,320 It's a million plus have come to Jesus recently. 560 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,360 So what would you say about, I don't know, not this mindset. 561 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,280 I think it's really also easy to think, Oh, we're here in 562 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,960 America, what can we do? Or to feel so guilt ridden. 563 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,000 How do we feel inspired by people that are hungry and well, 564 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,520 people that are receiving to the place of what I want authority 565 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,920 for, for salvation like that in America. 566 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,200 Like how do we, how do we tap into that to rate, make a real 567 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,800 difference in our lives and like you said, using our authority 568 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,360 for others and for real genuine relationship and change? 569 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,880 I mean, first of all, Scripture gives us an outline to be a 570 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,560 voice for those who have no voice, speak up for those who 571 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,120 have no voice. It also talks about prayer. 572 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,000 I mean, and I mean, like, it is very interesting in a country 573 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,880 where we have so much opportunity to repost or just 574 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,840 talk on social media or say, gosh, it's so sad what's 575 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:13,040 happening. We forget that God is saying to 576 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:20,320 to you and me, I have given you access to my throne room and 577 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,440 instead of going to my throne room to ask for mercy and grace 578 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,480 for believers, mercy and grace for your nation because our 579 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,000 nation needs it. You're actually going to social 580 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,640 media or you're listening to things and allowing it to 581 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,720 overwhelm you instead of understanding. 582 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,120 He wants, God wants to give us like a push to say, do you see 583 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:47,440 the urgency of your day and your time cry out for those nations. 584 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,720 Like we can go to scripture and we can find enough scriptural 585 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,640 president to cry out for the nations that God says, I wish 586 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,800 that none would perish and that all would come into the saving 587 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:02,000 knowledge of Jesus Christ. And we know that God loves the 588 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,080 people of Iran. And, and you know, right now, I, 589 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,960 you know, by the time, I hope by the time this podcast launches, 590 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,040 there's peace in Iran. But right now there's so much 591 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,680 turmoil. And I believe that even in the 592 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,520 midst, we can either make a choice to see the devastation 593 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,840 and allow the devastation to overwhelm us, or to see the 594 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,640 opportunity in the Spirit where darkness is so evident, the 595 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,000 light shines brighter that we can actually pray bold, 596 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,240 unhindered prayers. And even going back to the 597 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,840 fasting, like, you know what? What if instead of watching a 598 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,440 show, we took that time and prayed for the people in Iran or 599 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,120 prayed for revival in our nation? 600 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:52,480 So, yeah, conviction should come from our own time with God. 601 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,520 Conviction should come from the word of God. 602 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,600 And then it's not just conviction. 603 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,600 Conviction should come with action. 604 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,520 And you know, John was telling me, and I can't remember exactly 605 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,240 what the Hebrew words are, but you don't just believe. 606 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:13,320 Believe and obey is synonymous. And so a lot of Americans have 607 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,159 no spiritual authority because they mentally assent, but they 608 00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,840 do not obey with her actions. That's so good. 609 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,679 And I think it's believe and obey. 610 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,480 I mean, I think we struggled to believe sometimes. 611 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,199 Like it's one thing to say, yeah, God can do that. 612 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:33,239 But I think there's a deeper level of God's nature, like you 613 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,480 were saying, going back to his nature, not just the answer, but 614 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,080 his nature. Something. 615 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,320 We've been having these women's gatherings and I've been so 616 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,880 filled up by them because we are doing that. 617 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,560 We're gathering, we're praying, we're having those courageous 618 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,400 conversations, we're communing together. 619 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,080 Something that someone said at one of them recently is we need 620 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,320 to be, we need to have offensive prayers, not defensive prayers. 621 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,440 Like we need to have authority that goes out like you're 622 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,320 saying, preemptive and we're not just waiting for the attack to 623 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,840 happen, especially if someone's watching your. 624 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,680 Reaction. Oh, I am in the spiritual 625 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,800 warfare. We need to get offensive with 626 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,880 our prayers and that's offensive to the enemy is to take that 627 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,000 that that territory. So. 628 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,960 Well, and, and you know, going back to my earlier thing about 629 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,600 when, when John was like, if I'm in obedience, then there's 630 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,840 provision because there's provision and obedience. 631 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,600 So Lisa, you're not staying in your authority. 632 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,960 I remember I just was mad at him, and then I got mad at the 633 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,840 oppression and I went through my entire house. 634 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,520 First generation Christian, I don't know anything, but I had 635 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,000 heard that you could anoint your doors with oil and I did not 636 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,840 know what doors to anoint. So I anointed every single door 637 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,440 in my house and like open the front door and I was like all 638 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:48,640 oppressive spirits, all demon, anything that is not of the Holy 639 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,880 Spirit, I command it to go in Jesus name. 640 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,080 And I remember I was like out, out, out. 641 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,080 And my boys were like, wait, us, do we run out? 642 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,360 Like what are we saying? I mean my boys, I'm sure they 643 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:03,480 were like our mom has lost it. But the atmosphere shifted and 644 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,680 then I started to change the atmosphere from just like, I'm 645 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,000 not just going to leave a void where I've just yelled out, out, 646 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,480 out. I'm going to invite the presence 647 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,120 of God. So worship music, no 648 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:20,400 complaining, thanking God. Every time I found myself in a 649 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,800 battle, I would turn that battle to a posture of prayer. 650 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,240 You know, Addison makes fun of me. 651 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,840 He's like, yeah, we saw you all the time. 652 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,000 He he said I had a prayer shot. I'm pretty sure I didn't. 653 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,840 But anyway, I mean, that wouldn't be wrong, wouldn't be 654 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,480 wrong, but but I mean, I think I just would hit my knees and hit 655 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,000 my face. And there were times that my 656 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,040 prayer was just like God give me patience with my children. 657 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:46,240 And other times I would sense something going on Christian and 658 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:50,320 I'd be like, God, I do not know what what is going on, but I 659 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,280 know that I am not wrestling with flesh and blood. 660 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,240 So God, I'm going to humble myself before you. 661 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,880 I'm going to resist the devil, and he will flee. 662 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,840 Yeah. And, and I think too many 663 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:04,200 people, they fight it in arrogance rather than in 664 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,520 humility. Well, OK, so we need to and. 665 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,640 That would be that speaking from emotion rather than alignment. 666 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,120 Right. Well, to recap, we've given a 667 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,520 few ways of how we can be missing authority without even 668 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,360 realizing it. Point number one is tolerating 669 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,160 what God is asking you to confront. 670 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,960 Point #2 is borrowing conviction instead of cultivating intimacy. 671 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,440 Is there any takeaways that you would want to leave us with 672 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,840 because we know that we need that authority. 673 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,120 Yeah, well, and I love that you, you highlighted emotion rather 674 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,440 than alignment. You know, it's interesting. 675 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,080 Anger, anger is not constructive. 676 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:46,920 It says the wrath of man never works the righteous purposes of 677 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,360 God. So wrath is different than 678 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:50,800 anger. We've got anger, rage, wrath. 679 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:55,600 Those are the three stages. Anger is momentarily upset. 680 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,040 So anger is like a heightened awareness, like something is not 681 00:37:59,040 --> 00:37:59,920 right. OK. 682 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,480 Rage is when now you're like looking for a target. 683 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,400 And then wrath is when you are destructive with your anger. 684 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,960 Rage is all of a sudden there's a weapon on the table. 685 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,880 Like there's a weapon, there's something that can hurt people. 686 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:19,200 And then wrath would be taking that weapon and injuring someone 687 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,920 with it. So we don't want to do that. 688 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,680 We want to stay in anger. The Bible says in your anger do 689 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,760 not sin. So you can be angry and sin not. 690 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,840 So God gives us permission to be angry. 691 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,520 He does not give us permission to be destructive. 692 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,360 He gives us permission to be constructive. 693 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,520 And I think sometimes people think authority is yelling more 694 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:44,640 authority is attacking others. Authority is, you know, saying 695 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,800 I'm right in this, you know, owning your rights. 696 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:52,440 No authority is actually understanding something is not 697 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,320 right. How do I take this from a place 698 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,960 of destruction to construction? How do I take this to a place 699 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:06,200 where I'm not being emotionally manipulated or take an emotional 700 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,920 hostage or trying to emotionally manipulate other people and 701 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,280 actually go to the solution? And I know you guys, you've 702 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:13,920 heard me talk about this. When you're talking about 703 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:18,920 authority in the spirit, when somebody is escalating, you de 704 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,160 escalate. The people with authority are 705 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,400 the ones that de escalate, not the ones that escalate. 706 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:29,440 And so many times we see a couple that has a problem and 707 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,760 they push this problem to each side of the table. 708 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:33,760 It's your fault. No, it's your fault. 709 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:34,680 It's your fault, it's your fault. 710 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:39,280 Again, authority says, I'm not looking for a fault, I'm looking 711 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,120 for a solution. And a married couple sees 712 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,480 themselves on the same side of the table and the problem on the 713 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,640 other side. And so again, when we find that 714 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,680 we're in some kind of compromise where we're like a, why am I, 715 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,960 why does this keep happening? What's going on? 716 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,680 We have to be on the same side of the table as God and we need 717 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,560 to see that problem on the other side. 718 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,960 And we need to say, what does your word say? 719 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:02,880 What? Do you want me to do? 720 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,160 There have been so many times where I've actually taken 721 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,760 authority by going low, by going low. 722 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,320 Like I remember there was this conflict with somebody and I was 723 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,640 like, I didn't do anything wrong. 724 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,760 I didn't do anything wrong. You know, I was like, I didn't 725 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,560 do anything wrong. And she wrote me a letter this 726 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,680 long, long time ago. She wrote me a letter and she 727 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,720 said all this stuff and I wanted to write back, you know, point 728 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,320 by point, but but that's not right. 729 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,280 And you did this and I didn't do this. 730 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,400 And but at the end of the letter, she said, do you 731 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,800 understand? And I wrote back and I, God 732 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:42,520 said, you may only write back. I understand. 733 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,920 So you can understand and not agree. 734 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,800 But I need to dismantle something because this was a 735 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,320 ramping of gossip. It was a ramping of a spiritual 736 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,680 warfare. It was a ramping of all sorts of 737 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,640 things that were unhealthy. And the truth is, I understood. 738 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,240 I didn't agree, but I understood. 739 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,640 And sometimes we just have to listen. 740 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,400 There's times that I've had a battle with my husband, you 741 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,080 know, and I can, I can fight or something, or I can just say 742 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,840 what's really going on here? Holy Spirit, show me and I'll 743 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,240 just get up and hug him. And I don't know, you know, if 744 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,760 you've tried that with Arden, but it actually probably works 745 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,560 pretty good, you know, because I'm just like, I'm sorry. 746 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,240 Let's, let's step back a little bit. 747 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,280 And what are you doing? You're recovering your authority 748 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,080 to not be emotionally manipulated or to emotionally 749 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,920 move and have a constructive conversation where you can be in 750 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,360 agreement. And you recover your spiritual 751 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,160 authority. Because even in a marriage, the 752 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,640 enemy knows if you can get a couple at strife, he will 753 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:48,200 compromise their authorities, parents, their authority in the 754 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,960 spirit, their authority with their finances, their authority 755 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,760 to build. And so too many people allow the 756 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,760 enemy to bring strife in. And when the strife comes in, 757 00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:00,720 people see their their spiritual authority compromised and. 758 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,960 Corrupted so it sounds like from this conversation that spiritual 759 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,000 authority is understanding what the true threat is, but the true 760 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,440 problem is humbling yourself to Lord. 761 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,960 What do I need to change or what I need to do and being 762 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,960 consistent with him. I feel like that's our. 763 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,000 Yeah, and understanding where your true authority comes from. 764 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:20,600 Yeah, Yeah, it comes from him. It's not from. 765 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,320 Under authority Having authority. 766 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,320 Yeah, not from knowing you got to do bloodlines this way and 767 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,280 all this. And this is the exact prayer to 768 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,160 pray. It's the Spirit in this heart. 769 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,200 So I think that's encouraging for anyone watching and thinking 770 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,520 I can take authority, I can learn authority. 771 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,720 Do you have any final thoughts on on the woman watching this? 772 00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:40,080 Just saying, where do I start? How do I begin to recover that? 773 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,640 Because I feel like I've had none for a long time. 774 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,280 Yeah, I think I feel like so many women and Christian, I was 775 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,520 going through some of my old like correspondence who asked me 776 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:53,520 a question and so many people say to me, I, I feel so 777 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,960 compromised in my authority because my husband is not the 778 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:02,200 spiritual leader of my house. I just want you to know you have 779 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,920 authority in the spirit, not because your husband is taking 780 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,760 his authority in the spirit, but because you are a daughter of 781 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,360 the most high God and you can come right into the throne room. 782 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,840 I love how God, he opens it up. Of course, of course he'd love 783 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,080 your husband to be a spiritual leader, but he is not going to 784 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:25,080 allow you to not have answered prayers or to be neglected or 785 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,520 have children that feel like they don't have peace. 786 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,880 You can actually go into the throne of God. 787 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,920 And I see so many women who actually understood this 788 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:40,960 foreshadowing of the ability to go into the presence of Jesus 789 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:45,920 and find out exactly what they needed they could find in him. 790 00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:48,240 So you can take your spiritual authority. 791 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:50,920 And if you're like, I don't even know what my authority is, then 792 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,440 you need to get into the Word of God. 793 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:56,360 God is amazing. He says all authority on earth 794 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,120 have been given to me and I'm giving it to you. 795 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:01,280 So you think, OK, what is that? Well, he says you can go into 796 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,160 the other world to make disciples, and disciples are 797 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:08,240 people who are disciplined in the word of God. 798 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,800 But you can go through all of these listings of the word 799 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,280 authority and you can find out he's given you authority over 800 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,280 serpents and scorpions. I I wouldn't try that one out on 801 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:23,520 real serpents and scorpions, but he's saying it over every power 802 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:28,600 of the enemy. So every area that you see lack 803 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:34,040 or theft in, you have the right to actually pray and recover 804 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,240 your authority. And the Word of God gives us all 805 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:41,920 sorts of promises. The promises of God are yes and 806 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,240 Amen in Christ. In Christ, Peter says that 807 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:51,080 everything we need for life and godliness has been provided for 808 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:54,840 us in Him. And so you've got to know who 809 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,920 you are in Christ. You have the authority of Jesus 810 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,400 name. He gave you his name and that 811 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:06,240 name is above every other name. So pray in the name of Jesus, 812 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,320 pray the word of God. Don't pray those reaction 813 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:11,520 prayers like Christian would say. 814 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,640 Don't allow the culture to form your prayers. 815 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,640 Allow the scriptures to form your prayers. 816 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:24,000 The word of God is A2 edged sword and we speak the word of 817 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,000 God and we speak the word of God. 818 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:30,240 It deals with things in the atmospheres in the Spirit. 819 00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:35,880 So become fluent in God's Word, speak the Word, do the Word, 820 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:41,160 believe the Word, obey the Word, and you will recover your 821 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,000 spiritual authority. 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