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We as a church are on a journey.
That journey we've entitled the 

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pathway to praise. 
It's a unique journey because 

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not everybody wants to be on 
that pathway. 

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Unbelievers do not. 
They refuse the pathway to 

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praise, but the believer 
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In fact, the Bible says in 
Isaiah 4321 that the people that

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I have formed for myself, they 
will declare my praise. 

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And so the believer is on this 
unique journey to praise and 

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honor his God. 
It's, it's like a, the, the 

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journey leads to a great grand 
crescendo in heaven because 

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that's where we're going. 
And when we get there, the 

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praise will be enormous. 
But while we're here on earth, 

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we're, we're on this pathway to,
to praise. 

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And while the unbeliever refuses
the pathway, we we truly relish 

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the pathway. 
We seek to live for the glory 

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and honor of God, and we truly 
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The Bible gives commands, and 
the most frequently repeated 

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command in the Bible is the 
command to praise the Lord or 

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give thanks to the Lord. 
And yet, as often as it's 

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repeated, we so infrequently 
obey it. 

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And you would think that as 
often as the Lord says that we 

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are to rejoice in the Lord, we 
are to give thanks to His name, 

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we are to praise his name, that 
we would be the people that 

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would want to do that all the 
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But we find ourselves at times 
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the Lord. 
The phrase Hallelujah is a great

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phrase, great word. 
It's from 2 Hebrew words hallel 

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which means to praise or to 
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Yahweh, Yahweh, God. 
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celebrate God, we are to boast 
in God, we are to praise God. 

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And that's why the the 
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to praise, because they refuse 
to to boast in the Lord. 

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They refuse to praise the Lord, 
but the believer relishes to do 

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that. 
They've been created for that, 

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they've been formed for that, 
and therefore they engage in 

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praise to their God. 
That's why the the Bible says, 

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let not the rich man boast or 
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And neither let the the mighty 
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riches, or the wise man boast or
glory or celebrate or praise his

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wisdom. 
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let him who boasts or let him 
who praises, praise this way 

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that he boasts in the Lord who 
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justice and mercy on the face of
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The unbeliever doesn't want to 
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They, they glory in their riches
and their wisdom and their might

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and they want to boast all about
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But the believer know that they 
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They, they give hallelujahs to 
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They, they praise his name. 
And that's why the journey is so

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unique. 
And at the same time it, it can 

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be perplexing, but it's a, it's 
a great journey. 

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And as we travel along this 
journey, we've looked at the 

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privilege of praise. 
We looked at the prophet of 

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praise last week. 
It was the people of praise. 

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And yet it's true that we find 
ourselves, even though we're on 

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this pathway, at times reluctant
to praise and to boast and to 

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celebrate the Christ. 
The question comes, why is that?

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Why is it if I'm formed by God, 
and those who are formed by God,

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created by Him, they, they will 
declare my praise? 

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Why is it then then I have 
trouble doing that? 

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Why is it that sometimes as I 
journey along this pathway, I 

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find myself opposed to boasting 
in the Lord or celebrating His 

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name? 
Well, that's why today's title 

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is called the Prerequisites to 
Praise. 

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There are certain prerequisites 
that, if not a part of your 

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life, will keep you from 
praising the Lord, boasting in 

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the Lord, celebrating the Lord, 
giving thanks at His name, 

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rejoicing in who He is. 
And so I thought that we could 

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look at the prerequisites of 
praise today and in doing so, 

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help you understand why at times
I, I don't praise the Lord or 

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celebrate his name when I 
should. 

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The Bible says in Psalm 33 verse
#1 that that praise is, is 

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beautifying, fitting to the 
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It's it's, it's that what's, 
what's fits us the best praise 

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is that which beautifies our 
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But yet at times we we are 
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The question is why? 
Why does that happen in its 

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centers? 
I believe around the 

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prerequisites to praise and the 
prerequisites fall into 4 

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categories. 
There there are four legs in 

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which you stand on the pathway 
to praise and as you journey 

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along this pathway, these these 
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right direction. 1 is the peace 
of Christ, second is the word of

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Christ, third is the name of 
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Christ. 
So if the If the peace of Christ

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does not rule in your heart, you
will not be thankful. 

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If the word of Christ does not 
reside in your heart, you will 

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not give thanks to the Lord. 
If the name of Christ does not 

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radiate from your heart, you 
will not give praise and 

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celebrate the Christ. 
And if the fear of Christ does 

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not reign supreme in your heart,
you won't rejoice with 

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trembling. 
There are your 4 principles. 

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If you got your Bible, turn to 
Colossians chapter 3, Colossians

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chapter 3 and we will show you 
how these all come together. 

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It reads this way verse 15. 
Let the peace of Christ rule in 

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your hearts, to which indeed you
were called in one body, and be 

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thankful. 
Let the word of Christ richly 

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dwell within you with all 
wisdom, teaching and admonishing

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one another, with psalms and 
hymns and spiritual songs, 

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singing with thankfulness in 
your hearts to God. 

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Then whatever you do in Word or 
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Lord Jesus. 
Give me thanks through Him to 

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God the Father. 
Those are the first three, the 

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peace of Christ, the word of 
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The peace of Christ must rule in
your heart. 

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That's what it says. 
Possibly let the peace of Christ

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rule in your hearts, for you've 
been called into one body and be

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thankful. 
So if the peace of Christ does 

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not rule in your heart, you will
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So what does that mean? 
Well, the word rule means means 

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to call the shots. 
It's the word where we get our 

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English word umpire and umpires.
They call balls and strikes, 

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They call fair a foul, They call
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They make the call. 
They're the determining factor 

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and whether or not you are safe 
or out, it's a strike or a ball 

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or whatever the case may be. 
They they call shots. 

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Unfortunately, now they they 
have instant replay to make sure

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that the empire got it right. 
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rules in your heart, it means 
that the very fact that you're 

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on God's side, let him be the 
governing factor in every 

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decision that you make. 
In other words, the Bible says 

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in Romans 51, having been 
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peace with God. 
Before you were saved, you were 

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at war with God. 
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But now that you've been 
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peace with God. 
So now that you're at peace with

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God, let that very fact be that 
which determines every decision 

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that you make in life. 
Let the fact that you're on 

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God's side determine which 
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How many times have you heard me
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decision you make today will 
determine your destiny tomorrow?

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Make a bad decision today, it 
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Make a good decision today, it 
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Excuse me, but whatever decision
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your destiny tomorrow. 
So whatever decision you're 

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going to make today, let the 
very fact that you're at peace 

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with God determine every 
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Let the peace of Christ be the 
ruling factor in whatever 

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decision you're going to make 
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When you do that, you'll be 
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And the reason you're not 
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making the decisions and then 
you don't like your decision 

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because then you got to live 
with the consequences and you're

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not thankful. 
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Christ rule in your heart 
because you have, because you're

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at peace with God and you have 
the peace of God in you, you let

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him make that decision. 
So when you decide to to date 

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someone, you let the peace of 
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In other words, you, you let the
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side determine who it is you 
date or you don't date, what job

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you take or what job you don't 
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versus what clothes you don't 
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You let the peace of Christ make
the deciding factor and whether 

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or not you came to church, 
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There are those who are not here
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peace of Christ rule in their 
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They let something else rule in 
their heart and that's what made

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their decision not to come to 
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And the decision they make today
will determine their destiny 

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tomorrow, just like your 
decision today determines your 

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destiny tomorrow. 
Isn't it interesting that when 

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you think of the armor of God in
the Ephesians chapter 6 and we 

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know about the armor of God, we 
we think about all those 

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different instruments that that 
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We think of the helmet of 
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We think of the sword of the 
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We think of the shield of faith,
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righteousness, that the belt of 
truth, but very few people ever 

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think about the gospel of peace 
in which our our feet are 

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furnished with. 
Paul says that our feet are to 

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be shod with the gospel of 
peace, or fitted with the gospel

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of peace, or furnished with the 
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That does not mean that your 
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about Jesus and the gospel of 
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That's not what that means. 
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that you're at peace with God 
because the gospel that was 

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preached to you solidifies your 
stance as you go to war because 

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you're on God's side. 
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those those feet that are fitted
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determine how you engage in 
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For instance, the Bible says 
flee your morality, flee 

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idolatry, flee the love of 
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Well, how do you do that? 
You do it because you you have 

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the right shoes on you. 
You have the gospel of of peace 

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that fits you perfectly so that 
when it's time to run, you can 

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run. 
When it's time to stand, you 

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stand, but you're at peace with 
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And because you're at peace with
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run rules in your heart. 
He moves you away from 

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temptation. 
That's why Paul would say there 

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is no temptation taken you put 
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But God always provides a way of
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Well, how does he provide the 
way of skate? 

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Because he's fitted you with the
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That's the shoes you wear. 
You remember growing up when 

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you, when you used to buy new 
shoes, how excited you were 

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about new shoes. 
And your mom would say, OK, OK, 

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just run down the aisle and see,
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And you take off running down 
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And then, whoa, man, I, I, I run
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And you were convinced that you 
could run faster because you had

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new shoes. 
Well, when you're born again, 

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you're at peace with God, and 
part of the armor you're fitted 

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with is the gospel of peace. 
They're the shoes you wear that 

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are furnished specifically for 
you so that you can make the 

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decision to run when it's 
necessary to run and flee 

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immorality and idolatry and 
youthful lusts, or to stand firm

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against the Wiles of the devil 
and be armored with those things

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that are fitted for you in 
Ephesians chapter 6. 

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But when you let the peace of 
Christ make the decision in your

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life, you're always thankful. 
Always. 

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But when you make the decision, 
not so much so when you're not 

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thankful. 
As you travel down the pathway 

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of praise, ask yourself, did the
peace of Christ decide what it 

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is I was supposed to do today, 
tomorrow, and forever? 

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When the gospel of peace rules 
in your heart, you will be 

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thankful. 
Now the Bible says in Isaiah 26 

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three that God will keep you in 
perfect peace, whose mind is 

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stayed fixed, focused on thee. 
And the Bible says in Psalm one 

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19165 that great peace have 
those who love your commandments

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and nothing causes them to 
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Great peace. 
That's where the second point 

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comes in. 
And that is the word of Christ 

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must reside in your heart. 
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He says, let the word of Christ 
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abundantly dwell. 
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means to to be at home. 
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home abundantly in your heart. 
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Christ resides within you, is at
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admonish one another and you 
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psalms and hymns and spiritual 
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That's the byproduct of the word
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you. 
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pathway to praise and you are 
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praise and hallelujahs to God, 
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word of Christ. 
Residing within my heart. 

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Is it overwhelmingly at home in 
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stranger to you? 
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to snack on the word of God 
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God. 
There's a big difference there. 

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You know, snacks are are great 
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to scarf on the word of God, 
devour the word of God every 

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opportunity you get to hear the 
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God, to listen to the word of 
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must consume you because you 
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home in your heart. 
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all over your insides and when 
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within you, richly dwells within
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instruction, admonition, and 
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You'll teach one another. 
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And look what Paul says. 
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and spiritual songs singing with
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Where in your church, in your 
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a certain song you sing in your 
heart to the Lord, that there is

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an expression of of praise to 
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dwells in me richly, and that 
expression is I. 

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I sing to one another with 
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Testament psalms, hymns, which 
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praise to God. 
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testimonial songs such as the 
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1 or Zachariah's song. 
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of of songs in the scripture and
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that's within you in your hearts
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matches the praise on your lips.
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and, and we sing songs of 
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matching what's on the inside of
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They're they're we're, we're 
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but our hearts are really some 
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affection for something else 
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resides within your heart. 
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in your heart, you give thanks. 
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in your heart, you give thanks 
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to God. 
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Christ says in verse 17, 
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do all the name of the Lord 
Jesus giving thanks through him 

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to God the Father. 
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Christ simply is who he is. 
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nature and and the the name of 
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deed, whatever you say today, 
tomorrow, for the rest of your 

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life, whatever you do today or 
tomorrow, the rest of your life,

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whatever you do in Word or deed 
to all in line with the 

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attributes and character of God.
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today should reflect, should 
radiate that your heart is right

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with God and you know God. 
What you do today should reflect

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that you know God and you honor 
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So whatever you do in Word or 
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name or in line with the 
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Jesus, and you will be thankful.
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or deed is not in line with the 
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you will not be thankful, you'll
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unthankful, you will not be 
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So you got to ask yourself, what
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What am I saying today that's in
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nature of the Lord? 
I say I serve. 

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Are my words radiating the truth
that I know Christ? 

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Are my words radiating the fact 
that I, my, my, the places I go 

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read the fact that I know 
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That is just so incredibly 
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My kids will tell you that when,
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used to always use this phrase 
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Don't defame the name. 
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the house, don't defame the 
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So they always thought it was 
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No, it's not my name, it's God's
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Don't defame, don't profane, 
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name of Christ. 
And whatever you do in Word or 

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deed, do all in the name of 
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If you're a parent today, I 
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adopt that with your children. 
When they get ready to go to 

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school, they get ready to leave 
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don't defame the name. 
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That should be the last words 
they hear from you as they leave

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their house. 
Don't defame the name. 

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Let those words ring in their 
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They go to school, they go to 
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Don't defame the name. 
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Because whatever you do in Word 
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name of Jesus Christ our Lord 
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Give thanks through him. 
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Him if you're opposed to Him and
living not in line with who He 

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is. 
Aren't you glad you came today? 

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This is just so basic, but yet 
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Such a blessing for all of us 
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some days are just bad days and 
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We don't praise him. 
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haywire. 
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them to go. 
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the peace of Christ? 
Was he ruling in your heart when

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you make that decision as to 
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And and is the word of Christ 
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Is it all throughout you are Are
you richly indwelt with the word

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of Christ because you you hear 
it, you hear it correctly, you 

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heed it constantly, you honor it
entirely, you hide it inwardly 

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because it's all about who you 
are, the word of Christ, and it 

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resides within your heart in the
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Is it radiating all throughout 
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so that when you speak, you 
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When you go places, you go where
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profaned, but glorified and 
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Psalm 2 studies around the the 
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If you want to live in peace, if
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you want to lift his name, you 
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So the Bible says in Psalm 2, 
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fear and rejoice with trembling.
Rejoice with trembling. 

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How do you do that? 
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Worship the Lord in fear? 
Maybe your text says reverence. 

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That's an OK word because you 
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Those who fear him do Revere 
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The unbeliever has No Fear of 
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The unbeliever does not fear 
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Only the believer fears him. 
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forgiveness with thee, that thou
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Why does God forgive you so 
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Because the unbeliever doesn't 
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does. 
So God wants you to worship him 

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in fear. 
He wants you to rejoice your 

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trembling, so he forgives you. 
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unforgiven don't do that. 
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but isn't it interesting? 
Psalm 100 verse 2 says worship 

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the Lord with gladness or serve 
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Psalm 2 says worship the Lord 
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fear. 
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Do I serve him with fear or with
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But if there is No Fear, there 
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no peace. 
Remember the the the Christmas 

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story, peace on earth with those
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Peace does not come on earth to 
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pleased, only with those with 
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So who is God pleased with? 
Psalm 14711 says God is pleased 

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with those who fear His name. 
See that So only those who fear 

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his name please God. 
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the peace of God. 
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Lord, fear the Lord, serve the 
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rejoice with trembling. 
To this man will I look, Psalm 

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66, I mean Isaiah 66 verse #2 To
this man will I look to him who 

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is broken and of a contrite 
heart, and who trembles at my 

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word, who shakes uncontrollably 
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say. 
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Lord all day long. 
We don't like to use that word 

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because we we want a candy coat 
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to reverence and be in awe of 
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that's not what it means. 
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What does that mean? 
Exactly what it says. 

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It means you fear the Lord 
because the unbeliever does not,

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not afraid of the Lord because 
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But when you come to know Him, 
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Not because you'll ever be 
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casts out fear, right? 
The love of Christ casts out 

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fear. 
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condemnation. 
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We don't have that kind of fear.
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Because we know that the love of
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I will never be judged or 
condemned by God because of what

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he's done for me at Calvary. 
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Fear that I would displease him,
dishonor his name, profane his 

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name. 
So Psalmist says, fear the name 

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of Christ. 
Let it be that which reigns 

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supreme in your heart, so you 
can rejoice with trembling. 

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It's interesting that the 
Christmas story is more about 

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fear than anything else. 
When the angels would have the 

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glory of the Lord shine all 
around the shepherds, they were 

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terrified. 
They were in fear. 

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So what did the Angel say? 
Fear not, fear not. 

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Why? 
Because you bring your good news

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with great joy. 
When the Angel appeared to to 

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Mary, he said don't be afraid 
Mary, because she was terrified.

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Look at the people who 
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Scriptures. 
Absolutely terrified. 

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Why? 
Because he's a consuming fire. 

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It's a fearful thing to fall 
into the hands of the living 

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God. 
But yet the Lord, his grace and 

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mercy, reaches out to save the 
lost and those who are saved. 

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They understand him, they get 
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That's why the Bible says these 
words Proverbs 2317 Live in the 

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fear of God always. 
That's what Solomon said as he 

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wrote to his son. 
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Blessed is the man who fears all
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That's the blessed man. 
The Bible says in Proverbs 3130 

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that charm is deceitful and 
beauty is vain, but the woman 

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who fears the Lord, she shall be
praised. 

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The Bible says over in the book 
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Isaiah chapter 8 verse #13 it is
the Lord of hosts whom you 

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should regard as holy, perfect, 
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It's the Lord of hosts, the Lord
of army armies. 

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Yavay Savayoth is the one you 
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When you do, He shall be your 
fear and He shall be your dread.

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And then and only then will he 
become your sanctuary, your 

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place of refuge, your place of 
safety. 

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The Bible says in Psalm 128, 
Blessed is everyone who fears 

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the Lord, who walk in his ways. 
When you shall eat of the fruit 

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of your hands, you will be 
happy, and it will be well with 

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you. 
Your wife should be like a 

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fruitful vine within your house.
Your children like olive plant 

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plants around your table. 
Behold, for thus shall the man 

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be blessed who fears the Lord. 
Do you fear the Lord? 

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Just look at your wife. 
Does she climb like a vine all 

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over you? 
Maybe you don't fear the Lord. 

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Maybe you fear her more than you
fear the Lord Could be. 

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How are your children? 
Like olive plants around your 

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table? 
Similar great blessing and joy? 

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Are your children a heartache to
you? 

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Ask yourself, do you fear the 
Lord, or do you fear the 

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reaction of your children to 
your decisions? 

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When you fear the Lord, you fear
no man, you fear no woman. 

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You fear nothing else. 
You only fear the Lord. 

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If you fear something else or 
someone else, you do not fear 

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the Lord. 
It's just that simple. 

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In fact, listen to this Psalm 
112. 

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How blessed is the man who fears
the Lord, who greatly delights 

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in His commandments. 
His descendants will be mighty 

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on the earth. 
Are your descendants mighty on 

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the earth? 
The generation of the upright 

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will be blessed. 
Wealth and riches are in his 

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house, and his righteousness 
endures forever. 

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Are there wealth and riches in 
your house? 

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It's not talking about money. 
It's not talking about diamonds 

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and jewelry. 
It's talking about, as Solomon 

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said in Proverbs 24, that by 
wisdom a house is built, by 

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understanding it is established,
and by knowledge all the rooms 

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are filled with precious and 
pleasant riches. 

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In other words, it's the richest
of character. 

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It's it's the richness of Christ
likeness. 

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It's the beauty of Christianity 
and all that it entails. 

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He goes on to say in verse 6, 
this man who fears Lord will 

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never be shaken, never never 
shaken. 

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The righteous will be remembered
forever. 

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He will not fear evil tidings, 
not fear of title, evil tidings,

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because it's hard to steadfast 
trusting in the Lord. 

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Do you think we fear the evil 
tidings that come through the 

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election process? 
Of course not. 

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We don't trust in politics, we 
don't trust in the election 

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process. 
We trust in the Lord. 

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That's where our trust is. 
And the man who fears God does 

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not fear evil tidings, and his 
heart is upheld. 

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He will not fear. 
In other words, there is 

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stability, security and strength
in those who fear the Lord. 

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And those who fear the Christ 
have the Christ reigning supreme

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in their hearts, and they 
rejoice with trembling. 

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The four prerequisites to praise
the peace of Christ. 

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It must rule in your heart, and 
you'll be thankful. 

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The word of Christ, it must 
reside in your heart. 

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And you will teach, admonish one
another, and you will sing 

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psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, and you'll sing in your 

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heart to the Lord, and you will 
give thanks the name of Christ. 

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It must radiate in your being, 
in your heart. 

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So whatever you do, in Word or 
in deed, it's all done in 

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accordance with the character 
and nature of God. 

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And you will be thankful that 
when you fear the Christ, you 

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fear his name because of the 
great holiness that's within him

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that makes him who he is. 
You are the person who has that 

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fear, reigning supreme above all
else, so that you fear nothing 

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else or no one else, because you
only fear the Christ. 

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Those are the four legs, the 
four prerequisites to praise. 

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If you ever wonder why you've, 
why you've gone through a day or

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a week or a month, God forbid, 
without ever praising God, 

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singing Hallelujah to God, 
giving thanks to God, it's 

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because one of those four 
elements are not true in your 

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life. 
Because once they're true, 

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you'll be thankful. 
You'll be grateful. 

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You'll sing the Hallelujah 
chorus. 

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You'll boast in the Lord. 
Let's pray. 

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Father, thank you for today. 
Thank you for the chance to look

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into your word. 
Answer a question that many of 

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us have on why is it there are 
days I am reluctant to praise 

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you instead of relish the 
opportunity to praise you. 

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Our prayer, Father, is that we 
would understand the, the peace 

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of Christ, the word of Christ, 
the name of Christ and the fear 

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of Christ. 
Basically, Lord, we just need to

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understand the Christ who you 
are. 

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That's the the basis for all we 
do because we give thanks 

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continually through your name, 
through you, based on who you 

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are. 
So I pray for everyone in the 

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room today. 
You'd encourage their hearts, 

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strengthen their souls, help 
them to look at their lives in 

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light of those scriptures and 
ask themselves the question, am 

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I living a Hallelujah life, 
boasting in the Lord, praising, 

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celebrating His name? 
And then ask the question, If 

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not, why not go back and look at
the text and Colossians and 

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Psalms and measure their life 
against what the Bible says? 

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God, go before the people of our
church, this church, Christ 

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community, use them to radiate 
the beauty of your name. 

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Thank you in Jesus name, Amen.