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I'm thinking today of a verse in Mark chapter

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1, verse 25, where Jesus says, Be quiet, said

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Jesus sternly. Come out of him. And then, of

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course, the evil spirit shakes violently in verse

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26, and came out of him with a shriek. Bottom

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line is, he that is in us is greater than he

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that is in the world. The next time the enemy

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is messing with your head, trying to get you

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to think a thing that you shouldn't think, or

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do a thing that you shouldn't do, or give in

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to a temptation, Just tell him to shut up. Tell

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him in the name of Jesus. Tell him because you're

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a servant of God. Tell him because you're a child

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of God. Be found faithful, of course. Be found

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faithful doing the things that Jesus would have

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you to do. I submit that that would include serving

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in your local church, giving, sacrificing yourself

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for the kingdom of God, praying, reading your

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Bible, spending time, quality time with the Lord,

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discovering who you are in Christ, and activating.

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Those traits on behalf of the kingdom effort.

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Live for Jesus. And then whenever the enemy comes

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against you, tell him to shut up. Tell him to

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be quiet and leave you alone. Deny him and he

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will flee. I guarantee it. I wanted to encourage

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you with just a couple of additional resources

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while I have you today. The first one is the

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Life 4 Toledo app. Life, the number 4 Toledo.

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It's in the App Store. You can download it for

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free. All kinds of Life Station resources and

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New Heights resources in there for free. You

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can also download for free the Serpent and Seed

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app. It's Serpent and Seed. It's a game, really.

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Really appeals to kids, but I kind of enjoy playing

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the whole thing. Doesn't cost you anything. Doesn't

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have any ads. Totally free to learn the Bible.

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And pretty cool.