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Today, we are going to take a posture of peace by asking for help.

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Posture is a short, audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together, we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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In John chapter 14, verse 26, Jesus said,

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But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,

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He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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As people of God, followers of Jesus, we must remember this.

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We are never helpless, and we are never hopeless.

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We are never without help, and we are never without hope.

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And the help and the hope that we have been given, these are not far off things.

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These are not things off in the distant future somewhere.

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These are not things we will only have in heaven someday.

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You know, we actually won't need help and hope for heaven.

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Like, help for what?

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Hope for what?

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We'll be in heaven.

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No, the help and the hope that we have been given, that we have been promised,

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is for the here and now.

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It's for the circumstances that you are facing right now, today, this week.

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Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would teach us in all things,

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that the Holy Spirit would be our Helper.

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He says this in John 14, like I just read.

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And then in John 16, verse 13, He says,

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The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth, which means we never have to live a lie.

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We never have to live beneath our true identity in Christ.

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Hebrews chapter 13, verses 5 and 6 says,

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What can mere mortals do to me?

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The presence of God infuses us with the confidence to live unafraid,

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to live in our true identity above the circumstances we face in this world.

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You know, I used to let the belief, the feeling of helplessness dictate my life.

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It held me back from taking action, from living courageously.

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It made me anxious.

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It brought me panic.

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It kept me stuck in fear.

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And that is no way for a child of God to live.

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I was living beneath my true identity.

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I was living unaware of the presence of God in my life,

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of the presence of my Helper in my life.

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Now, you know, I didn't always recognize it to be, you know, quote unquote helplessness.

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Like I wasn't going around saying, oh, I feel so helpless.

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I called it other things.

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Like I would blame my personality.

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Oh, well, I'm introverted.

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I'm an Enneagram 6.

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I'm shy.

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I'm kind of scared of people.

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I'm anxious in social situations.

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You know, or I would cite my natural abilities or my lack of natural abilities.

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I would say like, I don't know how to do this.

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This is beyond me.

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I'm overwhelmed by this.

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I've never been good at fill in the blank.

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Or I would blame my lack of natural resources.

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I don't have this.

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I don't have that.

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There's not enough.

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I don't have enough.

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I'm not enough.

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It's easier to rely on less than to believe that something more is possible.

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But for the people of God, you and me, you know, we need to settle this truth in our hearts.

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We serve a God of endless possibilities and he never leaves us.

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He never forsakes us.

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He has given us himself.

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So we are never without help.

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And we are never without hope.

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You know, I realize now that my real problem, you know, wasn't any limitation based on my

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natural personality, ability, resources.

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No, my problem was I hadn't asked for help.

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Oh, you know, oh, sure.

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I prayed about situations, but not always with hope.

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Not always with an expectation for his goodness to come busting through the constrictions

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of my current circumstance, bringing his endless possibility.

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But I'm praying differently now.

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I'm practicing a different expectation in prayer, one that is based on truth.

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one that is based on what I have been promised.

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I have a helper, and I have hope.

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What do you need help with this week?

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The Bible says that the Holy Spirit dwells in us, so you don't even have to wait for

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Him to come and show up in your life.

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There's not a special prayer or chant or dance that you have to perform to get Him to come

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and help you.

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No, He's there with you right now.

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So no matter what you believe may inhibit you today, know that it can never overcome

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who inhabits you.

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Ask for help, place big expectations on His goodness, and believe more is possible, because

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it is.

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You were never called to perfect performance.

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You were called to partnership with perfection Himself.

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That's such good news.

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It means you can drop the pressure of performing on your own, and you can embrace partnership

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with the Holy Spirit today.