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Again today, for a very few minutes, you and

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I are going to listen in, as it were, to that

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sacred hour when Jesus was talking to the Father.

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I pray that you would have received as great

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a blessing as I have been receiving. in just

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talking about this beautiful portion of the Word

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of God as found in the 17th chapter of John.

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These words spake Jesus. He spoke the words audibly.

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Those near enough to him heard the words. And

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they saw him as he lifted up his eyes to heaven

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and said, Father, the hour is come. Glorify thy

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Son, that thy Son may also glorify thee. Now,

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in previous Heart to Heart Talks, we saw that

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the very first thing that Jesus said when he

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began this wonderful prayer with the Father,

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this conversation with the Father, and wouldn't

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you like to know what some of the other conversations

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were that Jesus had with the Father? Because

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every time that he withdrew from the crowd, going

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into the wilderness, going alone, we know that

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he spent time talking to the father. But this

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is a glimpse into the very heart of their relationship.

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And the first... thing that he reminded the father

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of was his position as son glorify thy son that

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thy son may glorify thee and then he leaves that

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relationship and speaks of himself as i have

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manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest

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to me out of the world Now we come to the third

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part. And we see him as he is talking to Father

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about us. I pray for them. And when he spoke

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of them, he was talking about those who were

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born again. Christians. Those who have accepted

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the Christ as their Savior, the Redeemed. I pray

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not for the world. Remember I reminded you that

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when he said, I pray not for the world, what

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he was saying, I am not at this moment in this

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prayer. Praying for the unregenerated. I will

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be giving my life. I have come for the salvation

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of all men. He's not willing that any should

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perish, but that all should come to eternal life.

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But he said, after this moment, Father God, I

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am praying for those who will carry on the work

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that I have been doing. Those who will take the

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responsibility. Those who will represent me.

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I'm leaving now. In the expedient that I go away,

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for I take a new position, the position of great

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high priest. And the same Holy Spirit has been

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so faithful in strengthening me. The same Holy

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Spirit who has given me the power to overcome

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temptation. The same Holy Spirit who has performed

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miracles through my life and in my earthly ministry.

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He will come. He'll be the same strengthner to

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them that he has been to me. I leave them not

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alone. I leave them not orphans. I leave them

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not in a state of frustration and confusion.

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I pray I desire Father God. that they too shall

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live this same glorious, victorious life that

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I have lived. And I am giving them, leaving with

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them, the greatest gift that is possible for

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me to give to my church, to these that thou hast

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given me, the one who has not failed me. I am

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giving them that gift, and that gift is the Holy

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Spirit. And then he continues. And all mine are

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thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified

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in them. In other words, Jesus is glorified through

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you. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is glorified

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through my life. As a Christian, as an heir of

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God, as a joint heir with Christ Jesus. Think

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of the responsibility that is ours. Jesus himself,

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in speaking to the Father, reminded him that

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he will be glorified in us. And now I'm no more

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in the world, but these are in the world. In

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other words, I'm leaving and taking the position

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of great high priest. But these are yet in the

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world. You and I are still in the body of flesh.

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We are still in the world. And I come to thee,

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Holy Father. Keep to thine own name those whom

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thou hast given me, that they may be one as we

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are. While I was with them in the world, I kept

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them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me I

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have kept, and none of them is lost but the son

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of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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And now come I to thee, and these things I speak

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in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled

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in themselves. And we're seeing something, that

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when he prays for us, His desire for us is threefold.

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He says to the Father, keep them in thy name.

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We've already discussed that. The third desire,

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that they may be one even as we are one. Oh,

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to me that's so vitally important. That is so

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vitally important. This glorious oneness in the

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spirit. What did he mean? Simply this. In order

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that I may reach the world, I'm not for the moment

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praying for the world, but for those through

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whom I am going to reach the world. He was praying

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for the instrument he was creating through which

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he would reach the world. And this instrument,

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that is, You and I, born again Christians, were

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to reach the world, we must be kept in his name,

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and we must also be as one. His words to Father,

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as we are one. First of all, that is vital and

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essential oneness. He was one with the Father,

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vitally, essentially. And now he prayed that

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these, kept in his name, may be one in exactly

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that same way, having a vital relationship. Not

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the oneness of sentiment or intellectual opinion,

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but the oneness that is living, one in life.

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therefore one in light, and therefore one in

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love. He and the Father were one in essential

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life. He and the Father were one intellectually,

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in all light, in all understanding. He and the

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Father were one in love. Keep them there. Keep

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them in the name that I have revealed and manifested

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to them. Keep them there. That they may be one

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as we are one. One in life. One in light. One

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in love. You've heard me say it over and over

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again. Referring to the three persons of Trinity.

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The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Absolute

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deity. Absolute divinity. This very moment, even

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I'm speaking to you. There's God the Father.

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I always like to think of him as the big boss,

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seated upon the throne, and there is only one

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throne in heaven, that's the throne of God. God

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is seated upon his throne. At his right hand,

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the Son of God, the great high priest, the one

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who ever lived to make intercession for you and

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for me. In the world, this very moment, is the

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Holy Spirit, the mighty power of the Trinity.

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How vitally important is this mighty third person

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in the world today? Literally, he is the one

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who's holding the whole thing together after

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this moment. The great convicting power, the

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great strengthening power. But never forget,

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The Holy Spirit never works separate and apart

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from Jesus Christ the Son or from God the Father.

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Never once when Jesus walked on this earth, not

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for a second, did he ever work separate and apart

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from the Holy Spirit and from God the Father.

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Not one member of the Trinity ever works separate

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and apart from the other. That's why recently

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when I talked about prayer, and I told you at

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that time that very often, you know, every one

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of us gets to the place when we know not how

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to pray, seeking God's will, and yet it is so

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hard sometimes to know the perfect will of God.

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At a time like that, When you get to the place

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where you have no will of your own and you turn

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it completely over to the Holy Spirit, it's at

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that time that he, the Holy Spirit, who knows

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the mind of God, he who has perfect knowledge

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and perfect wisdom, knowing the perfect will

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of God, will intercede for you before the throne.

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But you can only... Get the perfect will of God.

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You can only know the perfect will of the Spirit

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and the perfect will of the Son when you get

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to the place where you have no will of your own

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and your will is surrendered to the will of God.

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You become one in Him. When Jesus walked this

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earth, as much man as though he were not God.

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Never once did Jesus ever seek to do one thing

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that was separate and apart from God's will for

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him. They were so much one. The Father was so

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much one with the Son, and the Son was so much

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one with the Holy Spirit. that the three were

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one. And in his desire for his own, this is one

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of the things that he prayed for, that they may

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be one even as we are. I cannot begin to tell

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you how much I desire that. Nobody in the whole

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world knows how many, many times I have stopped

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and looked up, knowing that I had to have the

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guidance, the leadership, the wisdom of God.

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Oh, did I have the wisdom. Wisdom of God. More

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and more and more, I realize how often the wisdom

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of man fails. I must depend on the wisdom of

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God in making decisions. Just one little decision

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that I might make can affect the lives of...

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of people. I dare not lead on my own understanding.

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I dare not. I dare not seek my own desires, my

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own wishes. I dare not live for self. I dare

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not. The responsibility is too great. There's

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too much at stake. In fact, there's everything

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at stake. And if it be that only one person's

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life was at stake, and I made the wrong decision,

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that one life in the sight of God is the most

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valuable thing in the world. Therefore, I must

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seek to carry out His desire for me and for every

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one of His children that I be one in the Spirit

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with Him even as the Son and the Father were

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one. Consider that. Just consider that. You say,

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all right, how is that possible? Paul understood.

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He understood perfectly well. When enclosing

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one of his letters, he wrote, the mercy of the

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Lord Jesus Christ. The love of God and the fellowship

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of the Holy Spirit. There is a closeness. There

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is a fellowship. Do you know what I'm talking

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about? Do you really know what I'm talking about?

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There is a communion. perhaps not an audible

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word is spoken. There is a constant communion

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that I do not have the vocabulary or the ability

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to express because it's something that is spiritual.

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And some of these spiritual experiences, one

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is unable to express in audible words. It's something

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that's there. It's something that's so sacred.

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It's something that you just don't tell the whole

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world about. It's like displaying the most priceless

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gem possible. You don't put it on display for

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the whole world, but it's there. It's precious.

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It's priceless. There can be such a oneness in

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the spirit between an individual, between a child.

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and his parents. Between the spiritual child

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and the Heavenly Father. Between the Holy Spirit

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and the Christian. That constantly you're conversing

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with him and yet a word is not being spoken.

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You're being guided by the Holy Spirit. When

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he guides, you follow. Remember, he is our guide.

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The Holy Spirit guides. He leads. And when you're

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led, you always follow. You know, inside of you,

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there's peace, there's joy, there's fellowship.

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And he gives wisdom. And he gives faith when

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faith is needed. And he gives strength when strength

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is needed. That's what Jesus was talking about

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when he said that they may be one even as we

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are one. That, my friend, is the... greatest

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experience a Christian can have.