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Sharing good news of great joy to all people,

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Elation Church. This week we are having Caleb

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and John for our live church service in Davenport,

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Florida. And I know that many of you can't make

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it to that live service, so I've decided to record

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this message especially for those of you who

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are unable to attend. Now, we begin this year.

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talking about God's plan for us. And since this

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is the first Sunday of June, I want to ask you

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something. Are you thriving? Yeah, this week's

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message is really going to be a recap of our

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first message of the year, which we entitled

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How to Thrive in 2025. But since we're already

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five months complete into this year, I want to

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ask you something. Are you thriving? And maybe

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you remember what thriving means. I mean, it

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means that you're growing, that you're developing,

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that you're being successful, that you're being

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fulfilled, that you are flourishing, that you

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are prospering. You see, that's God's plan for

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you and for me. is that we thrive. You might

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say, well, where do you get this at in the Bible?

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Well, Jeremiah 29 11, many of you have memorized

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this verse or heard this verse hundreds of times.

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It says this, for I know the plans I have for

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you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and

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not for disaster, to give you a future and a

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hope. So God tells us, that his plans for us

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are for our good. They're good plans. They're

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not disastrous plans, right? They're good. God's

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plan for you is for your good. Now, we look at

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this word and that word good in the Hebrew language

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is a word that you may be familiar with. That

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word good that translated in English is actually

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the Hebrew word Shalom. Maybe you've heard that

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word. I mean, it's actually part of one of God's

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names that we've recently gone through. You know,

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a lot of the different names of God. God is Yahweh

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Shalom. So God's plan for us is Shalom. Most

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of us recognize that word and we would say, well,

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the definition. of shalom is peace. And you would

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be correct in saying that. So God's plan for

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you is peace. Well, it means peace, but it means

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more than peace. When you look at the Hebrew

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word and look at the strong definition of the

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Hebrew words in that particular word, it means

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more than peace. It also means safety. It means

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well -being. It actually means happiness. It

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means health. It means prosperity. And it means

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peace. So as I look at those words, I mean, I

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say that that's the definition of us thriving,

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right? That we're walking in safety and we're

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in well -being and we're happy and we're healthy

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and we're prosperous and we have the peace of

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God. So do you have those things? Is that plan,

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is God's good plan for you being fulfilled in

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your life right now? See, there's something that

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could be stopping God's good plan for us, and

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it's not that God is holding out on us. So let's

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take a look. In the Bible, not just thoughts

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out of my head, but direction coming from Scripture,

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from the Holy Spirit. Let's take a look in the

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Bible at what could be stopping God's plan for

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our peace, for our safety, for our well -being,

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for our happiness, for our health, and for our

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prosperity. I'd like to call your attention to

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Mark chapter 6, verses 1 through 6. Very early

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in Jesus' ministry, it says this, Then he went

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out from there and came to his own country, and

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his disciples followed him. And when the Sabbath

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had come, he began to teach in the synagogue.

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And many hearing him were astonished, saying.

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And they were astonished and then they said something.

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Now this word saying is the Greek word lego.

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The Greek word lego. And here's what it means.

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It means to lay forth in words. So they were

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astonished and then they began to establish something.

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They began to systematically say something and

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have a set discourse. They're building something

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and establishing something with their words.

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That's what the word saying in our English Bibles

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means. It comes from that Greek word Lego. So

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what are they saying? What are they establishing

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with their words? Verse two, they're picking

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up in verse two. Where did this man get these

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things? And what wisdom is this which is given

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to him, that such mighty works are performed

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by his hands? Listen to what they said. Is this

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not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother

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of James, Joseph, and Judas, and Simon? And are

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not his sisters with us? So they were offended

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at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is

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not without honor except in his own country,

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among his own relatives, and in his own house.

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Listen to verse 5. It says, Now he, Jesus, could

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do no mighty work there, except that he laid

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his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

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And he marveled because of their unbelief. So,

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I've got a question for you. Did Jesus want to

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do more in his own hometown? I mean, he went

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about doing wonderful miracles and multitudes

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of people were healed. But in his own hometown,

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it says that he could only lay hands on a few

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sick people and heal them, and he couldn't do

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any mighty work there, is what the Bible says.

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So, did Jesus want to do more? I believe he did

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because he wound up doing more everywhere else.

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The question is, was Jesus able to do more? Now,

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you might say, Jesus is God. He can do what he

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wants to do. No, the Bible tells us specifically

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that Jesus marveled at their unbelief and their

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unbelief that was built up and established through

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the words that they said. It hindered Jesus.

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It stopped Jesus. from being able to do more,

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from being able to do the things that he wanted

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to do. See, they systematically built and established

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unbelief with their words. And we need to be

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reminded. I mean, I know it's only been five

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months, but if we truly grasp what the scriptures

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are telling us, then our answer to are we thriving

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would be yes, in every area of our lives. So

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if you say, yes, I am thriving in every area

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of my life, then maybe you don't need to listen

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to this again. But if not, we need to apply what

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we hear. You see, our words, your words, my words,

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and our unbelief can limit what God is able to

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do for us. Let's take a look at Mark chapter

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5, verse 25. Says this, now a certain woman had

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a flow of blood for 12 years and had suffered

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many things from many physicians. She had spent

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all that she had and was no better, but rather

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grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came

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behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

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For she said, that's that same Greek word, lego.

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Only I may touch his clothes, I shall be made

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well. Immediately the fountain of her blood was

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dried up, and she felt in her body that she was

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healed of the affliction. And Jesus immediately,

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knowing in himself that power had gone out of

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him, turned around in the crowd and said, Who

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touched my clothes? But his disciples said to

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him, You see the multitudes thronging you, and

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you say, Who touched me? And he looked around

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to see her who had done this thing. But the woman,

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fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened

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to her, came and fell down before Jesus and told

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him the whole truth. And Jesus said to her, daughter,

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your faith has made you well. Go in peace and

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be healed of your affliction. Now, in this case,

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we see. That Jesus healed this lady, but listen,

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it wasn't all up to Jesus. But we also have to

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consider that it wasn't just all up to her either.

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I mean, she believed, she said, and she acted

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in faith. But the healing came from God, just

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like all healing, right? God is Yahweh Raphael.

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He is our healer. All healing ultimately comes

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from God. But this lady did something. She systematically

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built and established her faith with her words.

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You see, when the scripture uses that word Lego,

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when she said, if I can touch the hem of his

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garment, I'll be made whole. That doesn't mean

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that she said it one time. See, just knowing

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the definition of that word. It tells us something

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that she had been saying that a lot. She had

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said it over and over and over again. She heard

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that Jesus was healing people. She most likely

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believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah

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because the scriptures foretold that the Messiah,

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when he came, he would have healing in his wings.

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And that word wings is translated edge. It could

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be the edge of a garment. It could be a wing

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on a bird even. It translates to the hem or the

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edge of his garment. And so she was saying, she

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was establishing over and over again, if I can

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get to Jesus, if I can touch the hem of his garment,

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I will be made whole. I will be made well. And

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she said it and she said it and she said it and

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she said it because that's what this Greek word

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lets us know. Now, if we just read it in English,

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we might think she just said it one time, right?

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But the word means that she systematically said

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it. She built something. She established something.

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And that was her faith. And she did it with her

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words. See, our words are very important. If

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we want to thrive, if we want to experience God's

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good plan for us, then we have to participate.

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Our words come into play. If we're going to experience

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it, Our words have to line up with it. Jesus

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goes on to say this in Mark 11, verses 22 and

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23. It says, so Jesus answered and said to them,

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because his disciples were talking to him about

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faith and they had seen him speak to a tree and

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the tree withered up. So now the disciples are

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saying, hey, what's going on here? Jesus answered

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them and said to them, have faith in God. or

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have God faith. You see, we need to have faith.

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That's our part. It's not all up to God. It's

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up to us believing, hearing, believing, acting,

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saying. It's up to us too if we're going to receive

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the things of God by faith. It says have faith.

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In God, is what Jesus said. So what does that

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tell us? It's not all up to God. And it's not

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all up to us. Our part is faith. And his part

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is God. He does the God things. He does the supernatural

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things. But we play a part with our faith. Verse

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23, Jesus said, For assuredly, I say to you,

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whoever says to this mountain, be removed. and

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be cast into the sea and does not doubt in his

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heart but believes that those things he says

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and this word says is again that word lego if

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you don't doubt in your heart and believe the

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things that you say will be done jesus said he

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will have whatever he says so god's playing for

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us It's for our good. It's for our safety. It's

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for our well -being. It's for our happiness.

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It's for our health. It's for our prosperity.

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And it's for our peace. So if you look at your

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life today and you don't seem to be thriving,

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you don't look and say, wow, it's obvious that

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God's good plan is happening in my life right

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now. We need to remember it's not all up to God.

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See, we have to do our part. It's up to us. It's

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up to me. It's up to you to systematically build

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and establish faith with our words. We're going

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to have to speak against the things that are

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keeping us from the promises and blessings of

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God, that are keeping us from God's good plan

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for us. We've got to speak against those things,

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and we've got to speak in agreement with the

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promises and blessings of God. All the things

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in his word that he promises to us, this good

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plan that he promises to us, we need to put our

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words in agreement with it. We don't need to

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say things that contradict God's good plan in

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our lives. You know, if God's good plan is safety,

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we don't need to talk fear. We need to talk that

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we're trusting God, that he is going to keep

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us safe. If God's plan is for our well -being,

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and it is a good plan for our well -being, you

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know, we need to talk in agreement with that,

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not talk against it. If God's good plan for us

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is for our happiness, we need to set our words.

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on things in agreement with that, right? We don't

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need to talk about that we're sad and we're down

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and all those kind of things. If God's good plan

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for us as far as health, we don't need to talk,

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you know, well, you know, I've just got this

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summer cold and I get it every year and I'm going

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to keep it and it'll stay with me all the way

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through. I mean, we don't talk against health,

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right? God's plan is for our prosperity. We don't

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talk lack. If God's plan is for our peace, we

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don't talk fear. We talk in agreement with what

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God said. And that's how we work with him. And

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that's how we see his good plan come about in

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our lives is when we begin to systematically

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build and establish. Faith in God. Have faith

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in God, Jesus says. So we need to put our words

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in agreement with God's promises. Put our words

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in agreement with God's good plan. And then we

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can see it take place in our lives. Let's pray.

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God, thank you for your word. Thank you for your

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promises. God, I pray that we would take hold

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of this. It wouldn't just be... something that

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we listen to, but it will be planted in our hearts

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and it'll grow and produce a harvest in us, a

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harvest of faith. Help us to tame our tongues

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and speak your truth and not waver, not doubt,

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but know that you're a good God and you keep

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your promises and your plan and promises for

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us are for our good. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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