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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by partnering with the Word of God who is already

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living in us. 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 1 verses 1 through 5 it says,

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him,

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and without him was not anything made that was made.

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In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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So Jesus is referred to here as the Word. Just as we use words to express ourselves,

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God expressed himself through Jesus. And later in verse 14 it says,

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The Word, Jesus, became flesh, and he dwelt among us.

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Now there are so many words dwelling among us today on our screens, in our ears,

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spoken to us, about us, over us. Words are so powerful, you know,

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they form new thoughts, they express new ideas, and they create new realities.

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And often we carry the words that were spoken to us, and about us, and over us,

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and we carry them with us as we travel through life, even words that have been

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spoken about us years ago. And we let those words, good or bad,

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create our reality, tell us how to live, tell us who we are.

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Now let me ask you this, are the words that you're carrying inside of you today,

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are they negative or positive? Is the goodness of God or the criticism

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of people creating your thoughts today? Is it peace or fear that is ruling

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your emotions? You know, recently I sensed the Holy Spirit ask me this question,

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Lyns, are the words that you're carrying inside of you right now accurate?

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And I realized, you know, I was carrying and actively partnering

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with some pretty negative false words that had been spoken to me in the past,

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and even some words that I had spoken over myself. Now in James chapter 1,

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in verse 21, it tells us to humbly accept the word planted in you,

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which has the power to save you, save you from really a lesser reality.

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James is speaking about the word of God, and he encourages us not just to listen

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to the word of truth, but to respond to it. Don't just hear it,

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but carry it with you, partner with it. It is speaking to you of your real life,

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and it's creating that reality in you, the fullness of Christ that you have

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been given. You have the word of God living in you, and it is superior

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to all other words. God's word overrides any lesser word spoken to you,

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spoken about you, or spoken over you. And it's time to uproot and throw away

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any lesser word that you have been carrying about yourself.

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Stop letting them replay over and over in your mind. Stop letting them dictate how

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you live. Stop letting them create barriers in your relationships.

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Stop letting them tell you who you are. Instead, I want to encourage you

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to partner today with the word of God, who is no longer just dwelling among us,

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but he's now living in you.