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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by following the voice of love.

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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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Listen to this powerful truth that Jesus shares in John chapter 10 verses 27 through 30.

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He says,

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Now I've spoken in past episodes about how I believe the root cause for so much of the anxiety

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and panic and stress and fear that we experience is really an accusation. An accusation is at the

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root of it all and the accusation simply put is this, I am not completely loved by God. Now that

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accusation can take on different forms. Sometimes it looks like an accusation we receive from

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another. Sometimes it's an accusation that we hold against another or one that we are holding

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against ourselves. And then sometimes that accusation is very bluntly an accusation we

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hold against God. But no matter how it manifests, it's a denial of the truth. And it's a denial

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that we choose to carry with us by believing we're all alone in this life. By believing that

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there is separation or the possibility of separation between us and our Heavenly Father.

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But Jesus says,

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He confirms there's no separation. Romans 8 also confirms this truth.

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You know, when we, when you listen to or follow another voice, you know,

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it can be the voice of your hard circumstances or the voice of your past or the voice of your

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negative emotions or even the voice of, you know, unloving actions from another.

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When you follow those types of voices, you open yourself up to walking in lies instead of walking

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in the truth. It doesn't make the truth any less true. You're still loved. You're still accepted.

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You're still not separated from the love of the Father, but you're unaware of it. And people who

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are unaware that they are completely loved do ridiculous things like trying to earn something

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they already have. The love of God cannot be earned, only received. And your enemy, your real

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enemy, not your next door neighbor, but your real enemy, Satan, he cannot change this truth. So he

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tries to change your mind instead. The Bible says that he is the father of all lies and he is the

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accuser of God's people. That's all he's got, lies and accusations. That's what his voice sounds like.

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He wants you to believe you're separated from your father. You're separated from the truth.

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You're distant. You're all on your own. You're not completely accepted. You're not completely loved.

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There's more to do. There's more to add to the finished work of Jesus. This is what your enemy

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wants you to believe. So my question for you is simple today. Whose voice will you listen to?

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Whose voice will you follow? The voice of love or the voice of the liar? Now just a word of

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encouragement on this from my own experience. When you are not convinced you are completely loved,

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even answering this kind of question can be done in dread instead of delight. So I want to invite

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you to delight in the truth today. Delight in putting it into practice. Delight in receiving

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the love of God. Delight in believing that you are completely loved. Don't let fear guide you in

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this practice. Oh my gosh, I'm going to get it wrong or I've got it wrong this whole time or

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I've wasted so much time. No, that's fear talking. Let love guide you. Remember God is love. So if

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you want to know what his voice sounds like, look to his word. I would encourage you to read 1

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Corinthians 13 today. He is patient, he is kind, and his faithfulness is covering you.

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today.