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Today we're going to take a posture of peace by removing the hook of intimidation from our hearts

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and our minds. Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale. Posture is a podcast that serves a short audible fist bump

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to remind you that God is in everything. Together we're going to be emboldened to

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take a daily posture of perfect peace. Today's episode is a clip from a recent

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conversation I had with Graham Cooke about the antidote to intimidation.

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So often we, we, you spoke about the enemy being worn out. By the way, that reminded me as well.

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As much as God believes this, obviously his word, you know who else believes it fully? The enemy.

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And so when we talk about you remembrance, the enemy comes to remind, try to remind us about

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our past and regrets because he knows he can't remind the Lord. So he tries to see if he can

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remind us. And I love what you said. We have this helper, the Holy spirit who is guiding us in all

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truth. So we're not helpless even against those reminders from the enemy. We are empowered to

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quickly dismiss and walk in truth. And like you said, we are starting from every circumstance,

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whether it's 27 days or three years, fresh and full, we're starting from a place of fullness.

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And so, so what typically, you know, again, when I was thinking like a dead person,

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I would be worn out by a situation that was lasting three weeks. You tie yourself up.

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Right. Cause I didn't understand that there was fresh mercy every morning available for me.

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Right. Not to earn, but to freely receive because it's a gift.

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Yeah. Okay. So in times when God has said to me, you know, when I've been in like

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one of my little weird phases and I'll start praying the way I prayed yesterday morning

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and the Lord just says, I thought we covered this yesterday, but in the sweetest kind of voice.

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So I'm going, yeah, yeah, we did. But, and he said, Graham, you're a sheep. You're not a goat,

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no boats, no boats. And I was like, all right, Lord, can we just go through one more time so

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that I've really got it. And then tomorrow I would like a test. I like it because I know

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with God's test, they're all designed for me to pass. Cause he never fails us. He never fails us.

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So every test is designed to is designed to pass, you know, in a life in Jesus is it's known in

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heaven as the challenge of God's delight. And what every day we're not being challenged by the enemy

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or situations or oppositional people. We're being challenged by goodness. We're being challenged by

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the presence of God. We're being challenged by God's delight. God delights to be with us, to be

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in us, to be working with us, to be partnering. It's his delight. And so the challenge for us is

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matching God's delight. You know, so for me, loving the learning is huge and being delighted.

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The enemy shows up, I'm delighted because it's not like it's going to hurt, you know, whatever

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oppositional thing shows up. I'm delighted because I know that I have fullness. I know that I have

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more resources than the enemy does. You know, God owns all the cattle on a thousand Hills, you know,

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he has all the resources. So that means the enemy is on a budget, which is why the enemy uses

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intimidation. It's a cheap budget item in hell. Literally, you know, you look at David and Goliath,

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you know, David goes as this huge guy giving a challenge and all the mighty warriors,

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they're all hiding in the baggage in the camp and nobody's responding. And so here's the enemy

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using one person against a whole army. That's intimidation. You know, he threatens, he intimidates

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and we fold. But then David comes along who understands what intimacy is. And he knows that

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your intimacy in God is intimidating to the enemy because he can't handle people who worship, praise,

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give thanks all the time. And so eventually David ends up, it's him and Goliath and David starts

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taunting him, you know, I'll feed your body. You know, Goliath says, I'll feed your body to the

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birds of the air and the beasts of the field. And David said, I'll feed your body and all your friends.

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That's what we call a clap back.

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Totally. Here's the thing. Here's the backstory though. David's just had a prophecy from Big Sam.

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He's come along and he's been anointed king in Israel. And David knows a thing or two about this

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kind of stuff. And so he knew facing Goliath that I've got a word over my life about being king.

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So I'm

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not king yet, which means I can't die,

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so it sucks to be you.

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And so he just, he takes five stones,

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not because he thinks he'll miss,

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but because he knows that Goliath's got four brothers.

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And he's thinking, if y'all wanna make this a feud,

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I'm ready for you, you know?

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And we know the story.

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So our intimacy with God is the most intimidating thing

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about us where the enemy's concerned,

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because he doesn't know how to handle it anymore.

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You know, he used to be in that environment,

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and now he can't handle that environment, you know?

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So, and all of that is a part of our fullness.

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It's all a part of this beautiful lifestyle

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that is so delightful to God.

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Today, remember, your intimacy in God

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is intimidating to the enemy.

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So let's match God's delight as he is in us,

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with us, for us, and partnering with us

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in every circumstance.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26.3.

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And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom,

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meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing,

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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, I am victorious, I am whole.

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Remember, friend, you are a living testimony

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of Jesus's ultimate win, not because of anything you did,

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but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today,

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you're putting Jesus's victory on display

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and Satan's defeat on replay.