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All right, I pray you had a great time those of you that are live you got to do some connecting

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and that is always a very powerful part.

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And now, I love every time we gather twice a month to share with you some thoughts.

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And of course, we are entering a new quarter if you're listening to this live we're entering

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a new quarter what an opportunity to set intentions to make this year powerful.

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And so, I was getting a lot of downloads.

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And I wanted to share some thoughts I know our first Tuesday calls are a little shorter

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because everybody's got to get to work and so on.

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But I want to share some thoughts with you because you guys have been having powerful

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wins and I'm going to share some really amazing wisdom from Genesis to even up level those

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wins and your ability to manifest to bring to life the desires of your heart.

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So let's start with prayer and I'll jump right in and share father I just thank you.

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I thank you for all the gifts you've placed in us, especially the gift of your spirit.

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You said we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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What an amazing, awesome, amazing privilege that we carry your spirit that you've said

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our words have the power of life and death in our tongue that you've said that we have

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the mind of Christ that you've said whatever we ask believing that we have received it

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that it is ours.

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Lord I thank you for this wisdom that comes from the creation story.

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I ask that your spirit will just speak through me.

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I ask that revelation knowledge will fly and that everyone on this will just flourish Lord

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into the highest potential you created them.

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I ask in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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So I have some noise.

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I can hear you guys.

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Be sure you mute during this and just push your mute button.

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We can unmute again when we connect right after.

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So I want to share some thoughts.

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I'm going to share the first part now and then on our Thursday call.

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I'm going to take it deeper with the rest of it.

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But I'm going to give it to you in small chunks because I feel what I'm about to share

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is more important than you apply it than that.

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I give you tons of information and overwhelm you, which I know I can do.

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So this is going to be very concise, but very, very deep.

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And it's going to be something for you to really practice and take to the next level.

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So what I want to know is someone give me a nod.

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Are you seeing the screen?

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Thank you for that.

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So then I'm going to close this up here for a second.

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There we go.

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And I'm going to make sure this is okay.

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Perfect.

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So this wisdom comes from the creation story.

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And so what I want you to realize, as you look at the creation story found in Genesis,

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is there's something very interesting right at the beginning, starting in the first verses.

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And that is that before the sun was created, before the moon, before anything was created,

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the book of Genesis tells us two things.

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One, that the spirit, the Holy Spirit, Ruach, hovered.

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So you've got the Holy Spirit's presence hovering, covering, being there.

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And God says, let there be light.

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Now you'll go down a few verses and he creates the sun and the moon.

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This is not the sun and the moon.

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You've got the spirit hovering and you've got light.

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Let me read it to you.

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Starting with verses one through three.

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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The earth was formless and empty and darkness covered.

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And the spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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And God said, let there be light.

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And there was light.

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Now, if you remember our teaching from last month when we were talking about balance and

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the divine feminine and the divine masculine, the feminine energies and the masculine energies,

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you remember that the spirit Ruach is in the feminine in Hebrew, it's in the feminine.

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And we said that the feminine always precedes the masculine.

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So the feminine, if you remember, is the vision, right?

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It's the intuitive, it's the heart, it's that substance, that spiritual substance that comes

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first.

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And then the masculine, which is the structure, which is the linear side of things, comes

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and supports it.

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And here, right in creation is the continuation of what we taught.

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So you've got the spirit first, and then God says, let there be light.

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Now, because this light is not the natural light from the sun and the moon, this light

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follows the moving of spirit.

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I believe that this is referring to the light of revelation or the light of inspiration.

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It's not the natural light, the sun and moon come later, but this is the spirit is moving.

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And then there is this light.

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And throughout scripture, remember scripture says that Jesus was the light of the world.

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Scripture says, you are the light of the world.

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Scripture prays that our hearts will be filled with light in the book of Ephesians, right?

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And so we know now with quantum physics, with getting into the deepest particle of the cell,

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the ultimate, you go deeper, deeper past the cell into the past, the protons and the neutrons

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and the electrons, and you go all the way and you get to light.

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We are beings of light.

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And of course, if you're looking any type of x-rays or spectro, spectro, I can't talk,

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but you know what I'm saying?

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Any of the things to scan disease is always a dark spot, right?

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And so if there's a, whether it's a cavity and a tool in our tooth or a spot in our lung,

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whenever there's an absence of light, it'll show up in the x-ray is darkness and that's

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sickness.

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Disease has come into that.

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And it's the same with our mind.

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You know, the Bible says our foolish minds became darkened.

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And so Paul was praying in Ephesians that we would be filled with light.

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So this is a very powerful beginning that everything begins with being aware of the

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presence of the Holy Spirit and for speaking and praying and decreeing and asking for light.

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And so I believe that this light that we see right here is inspiration.

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And we know that all scripture is inspired.

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God breathed in spiritual, in spiritual, as you're breathing in the Holy Spirit, you're

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becoming filled with light.

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And what comes from that is inspiration, revelation, understanding, and still needs you to mute.

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I'm hearing some dogs and things.

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So all scripture is God breathed, it says, but given by divine inspiration in spiritual

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breathing in of God and is profitable for instruction.

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And so I believe that God is still the same yesterday, today, forever.

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He's still breathing inspiration into our lives.

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If we're open, remember that's the feminine, you know, the masculine is go, go, go set

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goals, be in action, keep moving.

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That's the masculine.

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The feminine is be still and know, right?

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And so that openness, that receptiveness.

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And so the very first step of manifesting of truly living your goals, dreams, and desires,

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seeing them come to reality, believe it or not, begins with that being still being in

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that receptive posture and asking.

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And so we ask this prayer, let there be light.

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So this month, I want you to think about these three stages that I'm going to share with

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you.

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And so the first stage is, are you allowing time to be still and allow God's spirit to

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hover in your life, allow God to, to move and then ask, decree and expect.

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light. So begin to pray this, Lord, let there be light in this

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situation. In the course of miracles, it just so happened

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that I was reading this in scripture at the same time that

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it came in, I got a devotional from the course of miracles that

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says, I will there be light. In other words, using our will and

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asking for light. And so we ask we decree we expect and then we

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wait. So wherever you are in your life, if you're if there's

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a what you feel is a problem or a situation that you desire to

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be resolved, or you're just ready to create something new in

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your life. This first step is learning to be still and ask for

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the light, just get in the habit of saying, let there be

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light. You know, this past week, I had to go to the dentist, and

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I've had some dental things that I'm praying miracles into, and

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all the way into the situation, Lord, let there be light in this

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situation, Lord speak through the dentist, let there be

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light. This could be in relationship issues, Lord, let

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there be light in this, it could be finances, Lord, let there be

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light. In other words, let the Spirit of God illuminate the

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situation so you can truly see, because in darkness, we cannot

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see the Bible says in darkness, we stumble around. And if we do

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not stop and ask for this light, then that's what we're doing.

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We're just hitting this wall and hitting this wall and hitting,

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you know, learning from the school of hard knocks. We're

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just busy, busy, busy, and we're bouncing around. And we're not

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walking in the light. So much of Scripture is about the light

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about being enlightened about walking in the light. And so the

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very first step that I want to leave with you as we go into

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this new quarter is to practice being still, and practice saying

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let there be light. And just be still don't do anything. Until

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you start getting that idea, that inspiration, that intuitive

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leading, this is a great time to journal. You know, almost every

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great author, poet, artist, creator, says they received

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their work by divine inspiration, they made it a

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practice of receiving this inspiration. One of my favorite

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books is called The Artist's Way, A Spiritual Path to Higher

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Creativity by Julia Cameron. If you are desiring, you see

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creativity is a result of really walking of this in spiro, right

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in this, this inspiration of God, this divine creativity

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coming to you and coming through you. And so all great works, be

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they science or art or music or poetry, you know, theater, all

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these great works come through this light, this inspiration, I

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put a few examples in there. Madame Butterfly, right, the

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music of this opera was dictated to me by God. And I was merely

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instrumental in putting it on paper and communicating it to

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the public, Puccini, right? Or Brahms says, straight away, the

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ideas flow in upon me directly from God. Or Louis Armstrong,

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right? What we play is life. And so remember, we've talked about

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Lord, let just right through me, let me be an instrument right

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through me, coach through me, heal through me, teach through

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me, right? It's this, it's this open, that's the feminine, the

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divine feminine, it's this open, Lord, I'm open, Lord, I'm

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receptive, Lord, move upon me, move through me, speak through

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me, teach through me, touch through me. So this is the first

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step is we pause and we say, let there be light. And then we

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wait, we listen, we respond, we journal, okay. And then as we go

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into the next verse in Genesis, verse six, we see that, let

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there be firmament. Verse six, it says, and God said, let there

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be firmament in the midst of the water, let it divide the water

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from the water. Now in the book, Prosperity Secrets, Catherine

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Ponder really brings to light these scriptures. And it's an

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interesting perspective.

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that I have found true in my experience, when I read this, I went, yes, that's exactly how it

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happens. So she says this, she says, the word waters here symbolizes any situation you're trying

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to master. So I want you to think about it, right? Like the floods come, like you're just, you feel

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like you're drowning, right? Don't we use that metaphor? I'm just, I'm just drowning, right? I

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can't breathe, there's just water everywhere, right? And so these waters symbolize whatever

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it is that you're trying to master. And in order to master that situation, what you want, what you

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desire is a firmament in the mist. So I like the word firmament, pick up the word firm, firm,

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firmament. In other words, what you need now, you've prayed for light, now what you need is

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that firm feeling about it. And so the word firmament really denounce faith. If you go to

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Hebrews chapter 11, verse one, it says that faith is the substance. It's this firmament, faith,

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which is a heart stance, right? Faith is a belief, a total belief and trust, right? Scripture says

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in Hebrews 11, that faith is a substance. It's not just a thought, it's a literal substance.

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Faith is a substance of what? Of things hoped for, of things not seen. In fact, Hebrews 11 says,

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faith is the evidence, it's the substance, it's the evidence. The amplified translation says,

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it's the title deed. And that's what this is talking about here. Faith is that firmament.

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So you pray for light and you wait for that inspiration, for that illumination. And then

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you get that firm feeling. It's that knowing, it's that assurance, it's that conviction. Yep,

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yep, yep, yep. God's got this. That's what you want to wait for. That's step two,

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where you just come to that place, you go, yep, God's got this. And so after you affirm light

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for a situation, often the first thing you notice is you begin to get this firm feeling of

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assurance, this conviction, this inner knowing that things are going to work out. And I want

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you to know that that is super significant. Don't brush over it. Recognize that that assured feeling

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is the indication that things are going to work out. That sense of peace is the proof. God heard

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your prayer. You got the light. The answer is coming. You may not see it yet. The answer,

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it may not all be resolved in that moment, but you, you are aware of the Holy spirit.

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You pray for light. You're still, and you wait. And that firmament, that firm place of knowing

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comes. And for me, that's often in journaling and it means so much to me. So I was praying about

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this dental situation. I was praying, praying, and I was just asking for light, Lord, give me

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light in this situation. And I was just waiting. And I just said, Lord, what do you say? Which is

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my favorite way of journaling. Lord, what do you say? Lord, what do you want me to know? What do

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you want me to understand? My favorite way to journal. And you just allow your hand to start

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writing. And I got this. God told me it was okay. God told me it was done. God told me it was

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settled. God told me it was resolved. I could stand on that. That's the firmament. That's the

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second stage. So stage one, be still say, let there be light. I will there be light stage two.

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You wait, you wait until you get that firm feeling, that knowing whether you're journaling,

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whatever it is that helps you just, and you get that sense of peace, right? Scripture says,

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let, let peace be your umpire. So that is the knowing you get that knowing and you go, okay.

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And then step three, which comes from verse nine, that says, let the dry land appear. And so,

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and God said, let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place and let the dry

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land appear. And it was so, so the next step is there's this gathering. Okay. And so I'm going

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to share what Catherine Ponder said, because she said it so well, she says, after you have,

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forget my typos, I'll go in and fix them. After you have decreed light as step number one,

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and after you've gotten an inner conviction, a firm feeling, the firmament that things are going

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to work out and then wait to see something happen. You want.

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the ideas to be gathered together in one place in your thinking.

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So gathering of these thoughts, gathering of these ideas.

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OK, this is the third step, gathering them all so that it becomes solid land.

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Right. You got all these floating ideas,

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gather them into a clear picture.

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this is where creative imagining, I put it right there, image,

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imagining that your God given image maker is so powerful.

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If there's anything I've learned over the last 30 years is the power

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of dedicating our imagination to God, using our imagination for good.

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We usually let our imagination run wild.

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We let it imagine all the worst case scenarios.

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What if I run out of money?

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What if I get sick? What if he leaves me?

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What if he doesn't love me?

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What if I never find we use our imagination for terrible things?

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And the imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

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And so, you know, scripture says we're transformed,

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our change, our transformation, we're transformed by the renewing of our mind.

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You see, the biggest problem is an undisciplined mind.

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We think that our thoughts just happen to us.

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We think our imagination can just go wherever it wants.

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No, this step three is gathering all the thoughts and and coagulating them,

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bringing them to solid form, and that happens by creative

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visualization, creative imagination, using your God given image maker.

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There's so many examples in scripture

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where God knew that until we wrap our mind around it, until we wrap our

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imagination around it, it's it's not going to happen.

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There's so many examples. Right.

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So if you think about Moses, you know, in Jordan, he took him up to Mount Nebo so

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that he could see as far as he could see the land.

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This will be yours.

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He knew Moses had to get it on the inside of him.

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When he called Abraham out of the tent,

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he says, Abraham, look up at the stars, count the stars.

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couldn't count anymore. And he said, that's how many children

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you're going to have. God knew that Abraham had to get this

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picture inside of him. It couldn't just be a word out there.

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It couldn't be a wishful thinking.

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He had to decree light.

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He had to get that firm feeling and he had to have it in his God given image maker.

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God knows we have to see it.

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We have to see it and then we have to believe it in order to have it.

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This is why having a vision board is so powerful.

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Having it everywhere.

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You can make the first page of your journal

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a vision board where you put some key pictures that help you.

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I used to for years and years on the inside of my journal, I had a picture

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of a woman you guys might have seen it in magazines.

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She was a woman with long,

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beautiful hair and she was laying in the water like on a beautiful island.

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I would have that and I'd look at that picture and I'd go, oh,

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this denotes travel and it's a warm place and there's water.

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And I know if I'm traveling, I'm not alone.

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I'm probably speaking and leaving that place better.

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I'm doing retreats or something.

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And so I could in one picture, I could just get an image.

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Sometimes it's a collage, right?

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I have I have vision boards everywhere in my bedroom.

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I have one in my office.

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I'm looking up at one right now as I talk.

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registering that in your mind, about writing in your journal,

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about creating a mind movie, whatever it is that needs to discipline

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your mind to see what it is that that you desire to create.

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Because you remember in previous lessons, we learned the feminine,

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that heart, that feeling, that vision, that intuition,

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that creative visualization always precedes the structure, the masculine.

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So that's where you start.

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So to activate that feminine, then you allow time to really nurture

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this creativity by being still, by meditating, by walking in nature,

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by journaling, by painting, by music.

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by song, by dance. And so my question for you as you start a new quarter is, have you put time

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in your daily schedule to be open and receptive, to tap into your divine creativity and inspiration?

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You have infinite creativity in you, infinite, because you have God's spirit in you.

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You lack nothing. You have infinite creativity. And so if you're not doing it every day,

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at least consider adding one time every week, like Sunday mornings, not just church, but you,

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you being still, either at a specific time every day for developing this feminine part,

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your creative side, your spiritual side, your intuitive side. This is the deepest part of you.

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This is the real you. And so anything that doesn't get calendared doesn't happen.

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So when will you do this? Write your intentions down. I'm going to send you this worksheet

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and make a conscious decision. What creative activity will I begin to incorporate?

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Now, I went to some girlfriends' houses a couple of days ago. We call it God's Girls.

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We get together and we pray and we play and we eat. And, and we decided to do worship flags and

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just to play worship music and just to let the flags fly. Anything that is stirring up this

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creative side of you, if you've been locked in the rigid, the go, go, do, do, achieve goals,

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have to make it happen, which is super important. I've got you on goals all this year. We're talking

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about goals, but remember what precedes that. It's the open, it's the receptive, it's the,

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God, I know you're in me. You are, you are infinite creativity. You are my source of all creativity,

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of all wisdom, of all understanding, of all creation. So whether you're wanting to write

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that book or paint that picture or create that course or build that business or, you know, design

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that home, it applies to every aspect of your life. And so let there be light, let there be firmament,

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that faith, that knowing, right? And let the, everything be gathered together

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into that solid form that happens by using your God-given image maker. This has been proven by

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the way mental rehearsals are one of the most powerful things you can do. I want you to think

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about this last thought as I, as I close this teaching part. And that is, I was reading someone

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and he said, I literally rehearse my future. So can you imagine you have your desired, your vision,

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vision means your, your desired future, your optimum future. So you've got this desire and

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you spend time rehearsing it. You spend time rehearsing it. Guys, 30 years, I can tell you,

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this always works. This, this is the way God wired you when he created the world. And then he created

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man, woman in his image. He created you and I in his image. And he said, let them have dominion,

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let them have dominion. We forget this. We live like we don't have dominion. We buy into the

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illusion. We believe in lack. We believe in limitation. We tell stories about ourselves

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that are not true, that we're not enough, that we're not strong enough, that we don't have enough,

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that we're too old, that we're too whatever, all these stories. Remember you were created in God's

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image. Remember you are the temple of the Holy spirit. Remember he said, the power of life and

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death is in your tongue. What did he do with Adam? He took him over to the animals to show the

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dominion. He said, what do you want to call them? Well, I'll call this one, a giraffe. What about

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this one? I'll call this one, a bird. I'll call this one. And you know what God said? And so it

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shall be. I'm going to ask you, what are you calling your life? What are you calling things?

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What are you calling your circumstances? What are you calling your finances? What are you calling

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your relationships? Because God said, you have power of life and death in your tongue. What you

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call it, the scripture says, decree.

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Be a thing, decree it, decree it, and it is established.

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OK, I'm getting all excited doing a little preaching here.

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Decree a thing and it shall be established.

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The first thing, decree, let there be light.

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The second thing, decree, let there be firmament.

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Give me a firm standing.

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Give me a knowing.

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The third thing is bring all my eyes together.

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Let me see this.

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Show me this.

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Let me see it.

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Let me see it.

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Let me see it.

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That's the picture.

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I rehearse my future.

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Everything that you see was first created in imagination.

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The chair you're sitting on, before it was ever a chair,

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before it took on form and became structure,

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it was in someone's imagination.

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Wow, if I put these legs, I put it up high,

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we can sit comfortably.

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I can support the back this way.

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I can make ergonomic ones.

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I can add a place for my arms on the armrest.

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Everything began in the imagination.

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The computer, the idea of Zoom, the glasses I'm wearing,

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everything, the design of your clothes,

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everything started in imagination.

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It all starts in your imagination.

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So as you go into this powerful, powerful month,

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resurrection month, remember the God gift of your imagination.

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And these first three parts of creation

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will cover the rest at the next time that we get together.

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So I pray this blessed you.

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Let me figure out how to stop the recording.