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Today, we're going to take a posture of peace by living like an influencer.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves as a short, audible fist bump to remind you that God is

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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 1, verse 16, it says this about Jesus and you.

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For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

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Today I'm sharing my final clip from a conversation that I had with one of my spiritual mentors,

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Graham Cook.

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This conversation was from the 3 plus me Facebook challenge that's been happening this week

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where people from all over the world have been leaning into the truth of God's empowering

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presence in us.

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Something I know that many of us feel called to is influence.

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Don't be afraid of that word.

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We should feel called to influence, you know, and it's more than a title.

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It is a mandate of every believer to be an influencer in our communities, our networks,

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and within our spheres.

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You know, the vision God has for his kingdom advancing through his people here on earth,

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it's going to take more than just a high follower count or a robust platform.

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It is going to take the fullness of Christ, which you have already been given.

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In this clip, Graham shares what it looks like to be an influencer in any atmosphere

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or arena that you walk into, and he shares a story about how he became the antidote in

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a pressured situation.

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And also what I'm hearing, you know, you keep saying this is a, this is relational

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learning, this is a journey.

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This is not something that we ever graduate from.

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Like we're not going to arrive, even after five days, you know, we're going to, we're

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going to move the ball forward.

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There's going to be upgrades galore.

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I can already sense there's going to be so many testimonies from this community over

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the next five days.

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Absolutely.

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That's my expectation.

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However, I also know it continues.

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So 50 years from now, I'm still going to be upgraded in this revelation of my identity

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in Christ and the three plus me.

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Right.

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Because it's about fullness.

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I mean, if you're living in measure right now, there's a lot of territory in you that

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needs to become full of who God is.

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If you've had 30 years of worrying, you have some unlearning to do, because that means

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there's a territory inside you that more belongs to the enemy than belongs to you.

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Because he can touch that.

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You know, opposition attaches to what you don't remove.

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So what God is doing in this, he's removing the ability to be anxious and replacing it

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with peace.

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So that when you start to learn fullness of peace, the enemy can't touch you in the same

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way.

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And neither can people.

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And neither can situations.

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Because peace is so full, you already have an antidote to any negative situation living

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inside of you.

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And I love that.

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I love that when we learn the ways of God, we become the antidote in a pressured situation.

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I know that I can walk into a room and make a difference just by my peace.

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You know, I'm used to doing it in conferences.

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You come in and you know all of the chatter and people are coming in stressed or worried

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and all of that kind of thing.

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And my job, really, as a prophet and as a speaker, is to make sure that my peace is

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so big I could fill that auditorium.

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And I do that.

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I do that not just by speaking, but by using the right voice.

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So I speak in a certain way.

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Then what happens is the mood shifts in the auditorium.

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That's how powerful we all are learning to become in Christ.

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You are the difference maker in any situation because you know how God works.

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So I make that contribution, you know, into people, into circumstances.

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I can change the focus, the lens, just by saying, what if it's not like that?

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What if it's like this?

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So get people thinking.

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Because ultimately, again, three plus me, if you're in the room, that means God is in

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the room.

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You have brought the three with you.

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So no matter what, if it's a difficult conversation, if it's a hard meeting, if it's just a difficult

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atmosphere, even with what we're facing with this pandemic, you know, there is this fear

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and intimidation that can be, you know, over the airwaves and in the atmosphere.

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But we can shift that because of who is inside of us.

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That's who we bring.

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Yeah, it's not me plus three.

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It's not me having to, you know, it's the three of them plus me.

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So they come muscling in, you know, because we're here, we're here, we're always here,

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we're here for you.

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So it's us plus you.

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It's not you plus us.

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You know, it doesn't start with us.

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It starts with our awareness of them and who they are.

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And the three come in and straight away they change the atmosphere inside you.

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They bring peace.

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They bring rest.

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They bring joy.

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They bring who they are.

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So I like that, that when God shows up, I'm expecting him either to make me smile or to

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make my heart light, you know, because that's what Jesus said.

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My yoke is easy.

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My burden's light.

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It's like he's only looking after, what, 7.3 billion people or something.

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My yoke is easy.

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My burden is light.

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And he comes in saying, you know, all you who are weary and heavy laden, I will give

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you rest.

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So it's like you don't go through something to learn peace.

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You have peace so that you can go through something.

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So he gives you rest before the problem comes.

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The first thing he wants to do is, let's make, let's just upgrade your joy, your peace.

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That's why he says, rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice, right?

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Because we start from rejoicing.

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We don't end up there.

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I mean, we'll probably be laughing more at the end of it.

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But we're not working through this thing in order to get joy.

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Joy is always in us.

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And so when we rejoice, it's because we're with the three.

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And, you know, I love the way that God thinks about things.

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We are always working from something.

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We're always working from Jesus into something.

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Whenever moving, whenever working towards God, we're working from God.

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He's in us.

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You have everything you need.

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You're learning how to use it.

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And that's what fullness is, is you're pulling on that fullness all the time because you

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have an expectation.

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You know, it's like, it's like, you know, you get a credit card in the mail that gives

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you, you know, an amount that you can have right now.

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And but it doesn't work until you get in touch with the principle.

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You know, you have to get it accessed.

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You know, you have to get it online and working.

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And then you use it.

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And the principle for that for me is God gives you fullness now, then he teaches you

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how to use it.

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So you have fullness.

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You're not working towards fullness.

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You're working from fullness.

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You have fullness now, and he teaches you to draw from that account always in your situation.

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So we're never in a deficit with God.

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We're in fullness.

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So we're in fullness now because he's full.

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So we have to work from who he is.

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That's why it's three plus me.

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And I can draw on all the things that they have because that's my life now.

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My life is to know God and be with God.

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So we're never moving towards something.

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We're always moving from something into something.

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And I love that.

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So we're never in doubt.

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I have all fullness with me.

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He's going to teach me how to use the next part of fullness that he's given me.

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So when you think problem, you straight away think fullness.

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And if you don't think that, then you're starting from a place of deficit or a place of measure.

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And then you're practicing three plus me.

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You're practicing me plus three rather than three plus me.

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The fullness is the three and the vessel is being constantly filled by them in every

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situation regardless of circumstances.

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So here's a thought.

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What if you entered the season you're in right now?

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Pandemic, quarantine, perhaps a new marriage, new parenthood, maybe a new job or any personal

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battle perhaps that you're facing right now.

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What if you walked into the season full with everything you already need to live victoriously?

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What if you're not working right now to get peace or more joy or be more patient?

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What if you're living from those things?

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You are a vessel who is constantly being filled by the three in you.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3.

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And in Hebrew.

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through, it is shalom, shalom, meaning complete wholeness.

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Nothing missing, nothing broken.

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This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today, I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart, I trust the Lord.

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I am strong.

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I am victorious.

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I am whole.

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Remember friend, you are a living testimony of Jesus' ultimate win.

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Not because of anything you did, but because of what He did for you.

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With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display and Satan's defeat

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on replay.