Sermon
My Farewell
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Good evening, Welcome to the Voice in the Wilderness. I'm
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Don Noble with p Your Heart Ministries, and I welcome
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you today with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. Well Tonight's
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message is titled My Farewell, and I'm very, very sad
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to announce that this will be my last program on WWVA,
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and I have to say it's been a wonderful experience.
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It's been many years and I hate to I hate
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to move on and leave WWVA. But as I mentioned
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to you all that listen on a regular basis, about
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six months ago or more, I was hoping to get
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more financial support and that never really materialized. There was
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a person who dropped off an envelope for me and
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Valley Grove at the Valley Grove Post Office and said
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there was more to come, but that never really materialized.
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So what I do want to say is that many
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of you were frequent listeners, but you never really helped financially,
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and you just don't understand how, you know, expensive it
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is to be on a secular radio station. Nevertheless, although
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that has been very disappointing for me, and I would
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have loved to have stayed on, this is my last program,
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but I will continue to teach and preach, and I
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this is this is not the end of my so
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called voice and the wilderness. And I will be starting
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a church soon called The Gate Beautiful and it will
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be somewhere in the Wheeling area, in the city of Wheeling.
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It will not be outside of Wheeling, because I'm not
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called to be anywhere but Wheeling. I would recommend that
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you go to my Facebook page, to my personal Facebook page,
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which is Dawn Dawn Voltage b as in boy A,
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l TI, ch Noble and Obli to see any updates,
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or you can go on the Pure Heart Ministries Facebook page.
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But I want to leave you with a few things
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in light of all that is going on in the
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US with riots and unrest, and that's been rather unsettling
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through too. I'm sure many of you you remember I
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warned you just think back. I warned you in January
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that even though President Trump was going to be in office,
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that that wasn't going to make everything easy, and the
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devil wasn't going to just suddenly lie down and be quiet.
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And of course we have seen in the last six
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months the devil is on a rampage and I have
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told you multiple times, multiple times that the fight here
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is spiritual. This is a spiritual battle. It looks like
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something else, but you're looking at it in the natural realm,
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and you're not seeing and understanding in the spiritual realm.
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This is a battle in the spiritual realm. And for
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many who follow Jesus, that should be pretty obvious to you.
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So the devil was never going to just sit back
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and take it easy. No, He's poured gasoline on this thing.
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And so we see six months into the new administration
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that it seems every day gets a little more tense
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and a little more crazy, and people are more vicious
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and violent. What can I say, I'm not surprised by
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anything that is happening in the United States today. I
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don't like it because I'm a person who likes peace,
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and anybody that goes out to dinner with me knows
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I don't like to eat in a noisy restaurant. Want
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to eat in a place that's quiet. And often that's
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hard to find because usually in a restaurant that's a
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good restaurant, there are lots of people. But that's my preference.
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I like to have meals at home because I like peace.
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And quiet. So I'm not a person that likes all
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of the unrest and the yelling and the cursing and
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the you know, all that's going on. And for me,
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it's been very hard, and I have watched very little
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TV because I can't watch people throwing bricks at law enforcement,
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trying to hurt people, kill people, destroy businesses, destroy vehicles,
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et cetera, et cetera. I just I that's just antipical
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to who I am. Nevertheless, that is the world we
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live in today, and that should give you pause because
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we are in the last of the last days. We're
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actually in the last hours of the last days. And
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I think as time has marched on, and I'm amazed
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at how fast time is flying, the things, how things
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are changing, how things are escalating, how things are accelerating.
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While you have to have a grip and a grasp
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about the end times. And many times I've talked to
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you about you know, many of you sit in churches.
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I'm going to just you know today, I'm going to
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say all the things that I've maybe always wanted to
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say and didn't say. But many of you sit in
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churches and you have no clue what's going on. On.
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You have no clue spiritually, you have no clue about
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the end times because you're not taught about eschatology and
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end time events. So you're really not prepared. Most of
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most of you are most of you. Because I know
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the churches in the valley. I can't speak for anybody
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listening from maind of Florida, but I can speak about
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those who live in a sally. You are not prepared.
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You are not prepared because you are not sitting under
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proper teaching and preaching. And I've said that many times,
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and I say that unashamedly. Then we have the ongoing
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conflict between Israel and Iran, and you know, maybe that
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is unnerving some of you, But I would say this,
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the end is not yet. There's going to be a
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settling down of this conflict between Israel and Iran. We're
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not right at the brink of World War three. I
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don't believe that. I think this is just a part
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of the rattling and the shaking that the Lord is
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allowing in the earth. But I don't believe it's time yet.
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We're closed, but this conflict, and it's a serious conflict.
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It's a serious conflict. I think at last count, there
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were something like thirty five dead five hundred and ninety
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two injured in Israel. Though so some of those ballistic
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missiles from Iran have reached Israel. They were not all intercepted,
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although the United States Navy is out there helping Israel,
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but a lot of missiles have gotten through and caused
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damage all throughout the land of Israel and Israel. Their
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campaign Rising Lion has been I think very effective, I
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think very needed. In fact, in my opinion, it should
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have been done a long time ago. But Israel always
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weighs things because they're seen so negatively in the world
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and people are so against Israel, so they're very cautious
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about taking steps to do these kinds of things. But
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they were really they were pushed to the brink. They
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their back was against the wall. They had to make
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a move or they would have been annihilated. I support
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Israel obviously, and and I really have to say this,
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I love the Iranian people. I love the Iranian people,
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and Jesus is moving mightily in Iran, and many, many, many,
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many people are getting saved in Iran, and women women
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are leading house churches. For all of you out there
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who don't believe women should be preachers. Shame on you,
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because the women are the preachers and they're leading these
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home churches. So I don't know what do you have
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to say about that, those of you who are so
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against women preachers. People are getting saved nevertheless, whether you know,
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whether your theology is wrong, and it is, but many
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are getting saved in Iran, and I'm happy about that.
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I love the Iranian people, of course, we love you know,
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I love the Russian people, I love the Chinese people.
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But you have dictators leaders in place that are wicked
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and evil, and they have people under them that follow
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the same you know, dictates of the of whoever the
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leader is. So it's it's never the people. We're not
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against the people. We're against those who are ruling and
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reigning over these specific countries. So with that in mind,
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I wouldn't get all worked up about the conflict between
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Iran and Israel because by the time this is over,
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Iran is going to be totally neutralized, and hopefully, I
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think one of the great hopes is that there will
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be a regime change that will free the people. The
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people are very oppressed under the Iatola's regime. And so
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I hope there is a good regime change in the
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nation of Iran, which is Persia. As you know Persia
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from the Bible Esther, the book of Esther. Now Jesus
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said in John sixteen thirty three, he said these things,
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I have spoken to you that in me you may
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have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. Be
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of good cheer. I've overcome the world. And if there's
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anything that should bring great comfort to you, it should
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be these words from Jesus, because he says, I have
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spoken to you that in me you may have peace.
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If you're looking for peace, you'll only find it in Jesus.
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Because he said so, he said, I have spoken to
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you that in me you may have peace. The only
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peace that you and I, any human being on the
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face of this earth, can ever have, can only be
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found in Jesus Christ. Period Then Jesus said, in the
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world you will have tribulation. In other words, you and I,
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as believers in Christ, we live in this world, and
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he says you're going to have tribulation. That Greek words
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lists this means pressure. It means pressure literally and figuratively, pressure, affliction, anguish, persecution.
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So if you think you're going to live in this
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world without pressure, anguish, affliction, and persecution, or you're just
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kidding yourself. We will have it because Jesus said so,
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and there is pressure. There's pressure on many Christians. Look
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at those who have stood for life. Look at those
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elderly people who stood for life and they were put
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in prison. What do you think they feel like? They
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had tribulations, they had persecution. But Jesus said this, He said,
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be of good cheer. In other words, be happy, be joyful,
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because I have overcome the world. That word in Greek
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means conquered, subdued, prevailed to get the victory. So when
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Jesus says I have overcome the world, he is saying
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I have conquered death, hell in the grave. I've subdued it.
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I have prevailed over all the works of the enemy
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to get the victory. There you have it. In the world.
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You will have pressure, persecution, affliction, and anguish. But be
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of good cheer, be happy. I have overcome, I have prevailed,
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I have prevailed on the cross to get the victory.
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I thought I would leave you with these words from
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the Book of Colossians. The apostle Paul's writing to the
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Church of coloss and he says this he's and this
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is my hope for all of you who have been
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with me all these years. This is Colossians Chapter one,
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verse ten. That you may walk worthy of the Lord.
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That's my hope for you, that you walk worthy of
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the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being truthful in every good work,
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and increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all
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might according to his glorious power, for all patience and
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long suffering with joy, getting thanks to the Father who
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has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of
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the saints in the light. He has delivered you and
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I from the power of darkness and conveyed us into
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the kingdom of the Son of His Love, in whom
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we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.
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He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
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over all creation. For by him all things were created
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that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible
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and invisible, whether thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers,
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all things were created through him and for him. And
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he is before all things, and in him all things consists.
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And he is head of the body the Church, who
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is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that
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in all things he may have the pre eminence. So
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I leave you with those words. They're very encouraging words.
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And also it's encouraging to know that Jesus is the
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first born over all creation, and that he has created
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everything that you and I can see and all the
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things we cannot see. And he's the head of the body,
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he's the head of the Church. He was in the beginning,
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and he's the first born from the dead. And in
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all things, we want Jesus Christ to have the pre eminence.
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Always put Christ first. Always let him have the pre
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eminence in your life, hopefully in your family, and hopefully
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in your church. And I pray that you will walk
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in great faith, because Scripture tells us we walk not
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by sight but by faith. That your faith will stay strong,
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that you will be strengthened by God's word. And as
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I've said over the years, multiple multiple times, the word
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of God will be your strength, and it will be
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times of peace to you, and it will bring great
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joy to you, and it will bring great health to you.
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So stay in God's word, be faithful to God's word,
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to read it and study it, meditate it, pray, be
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faithful to church. Be a doer of God's words, James said,
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be a doer of God's word, not just a here
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And I pray that even though you have heard the
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many things I've said over the years, I pray that
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you have put those into effect. You have been you
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have become a doer of the word. Amen. So I'll
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just leave you again, letting you know that I have.
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You can go to my website pure Heart dot today
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www dot pure Heart Today. You can go to this
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new website. It's not up yet, but it will be
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Voice in the Wilderness, which has been this program Voice
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in the Wilderness. So those two websites I'll keep you
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updated on. And or you can go to Facebook pages
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Pure Heart Ministries, don Voltage, Noble and we will have
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the as soon as we get the church ready to roll,
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it will have a Facebook page The Gate Beautiful Church.
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So if you would pray with me. We are trying
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to find a location and that has not been an
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easy task, but the Lord knows and has the perfect
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place for us. And that's where we will gather and
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that's where we will launch out. And I hope that
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you'll be a part of that. So I bless you,
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I love you, I thank you for all these years
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of listening and have enjoyed every moment of it. I
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bless you with every spiritual blessing and heavenly places. Amen.
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This is Don Noble. You can go to www dot
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pure Heart Today to listen to this again podcast again.
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You can go to you can download the iHeart radio
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app and go to Pure Heart Ministries podcast. And I
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will just say I won't be able to say I'll
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be looking forward to seeing you next week, but I
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will say Shalom shalom, Peace be unto you.