Sermon
The Blessing
Publisher transcript
Transcript
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Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don
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Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today
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with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. You know, it's really
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hard to believe that we are actually in a new year,
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but I'm very excited for this year. I believe this
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is going to be an extraordinary year for the Body
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of Christ. But today, today there's a lot of political news,
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and of course more to abound in the days to come.
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President elect Donald Trump was officially certified by the US
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Congress today, marking the official final steps to guarantee Trump's
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position as the incoming commander and chief. The certification was
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largely unsuccess or excuse me, the as certification was uneventful,
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with Democrats raising no challenges to any of Trump's electoral wins.
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And this was around one o'clock Eastern time. So this
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was a good day. This is a good day for America,
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peaceful transitions, you know, just you know, when you look
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back to what occurred on January sixth prior and you
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think about today, I mean, this is this is a
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good day for the US. And so now fortunately House
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Speaker Mike Johnson was also voted in again as Speaker
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this past Friday, January third, and it almost looked like
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he was going to have major trouble because there were
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Republicans who were against him, but fortunately the wild band
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gathered together. And I mean that would have had this
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not happened, uh, there would have. This would have caused
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a delay in getting President like Trump's nominees passed by
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the House. So that would have created a lot of
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i'd say, disruption, chaos, whatever. It would have not been good.
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But somebody corralled all these individuals and got them to
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vote him in. So or that I am thankful. The
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reason being is we know as Christians, we know this
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is I have said this how many times in the
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last year. This whole thing is a spiritual battle. We
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are battling unseen forces that are determined to keep President
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Trump from taking office, keeping President Trump from being successful
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in office. So the enemy is just working furiously to
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try to disrupt things. And as we approach the twentieth
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of January, the inauguration, it's hard to tell what may
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happen between now and then. So I'm asking you to
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please pray for a peaceful transition of power and that
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you would also pray for protection over President elect Trump
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and his family and even even those he has chosen
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to fill the positions of power. They need prayer too.
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Several of them have had threats on their life. Now
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we have not seen this in the past. This is
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this is just the work of the enemy. Oh, as
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you hear me tonight, would you please please pray that
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January twentieth and the time, actually the time up to
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the twentieth. See, they can cause a lot, they can
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read a lot of havoc in the days before the
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inauguration to stop the inauguration. That's the whole plan of
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the enemy is to stop that inauguration. But we're going
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to pray and we're going to believe that the Lord
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is going to make a way. Amen. So I want
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to read to you from Deuteronomy, chapter twenty eight, and
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I just want you to live sen to what this
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is the Lord speaking to Moses. And after I read
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that to you, I have prepared a blessing that I
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have written for you that I want to speak over
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you this evening. So just listen to the scripture. First.
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This is Deuteronomy. And by the way, I am reading
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out of the amplified Classic edition, so it may sound
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a little different from your version of the Bible. Starting
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with verse one, if you will listen diligently do the
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voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do
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all his commandments which I command you. This day, the
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Lord your God will set you on high above the
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nations of the earth, and all these blessings shall come
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upon you and overtake you. If you heed the voice
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of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in
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the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
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Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, And blest
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the fruit of your ground, and blest the fruit of
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your beasts, the increase of your cattle, and the young
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of your flocks. Blessed shall be your basket and your
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kneading trough. Blessed shall you be when you come in,
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And blessed shall you be when you go out. The
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Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you
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to be defeated before your faith. They shall come out
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against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
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The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your
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storehouse and in all that you undertake, and he will
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bless you in the land which the Lord your God
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gives you. The Lord will establish you as a people
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wholly to himself, as he has sworn to you. If
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you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and
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walk in his ways, and all people of the earth
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shall see that you are called by the name and
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in the presence of the Lord, and they shall be
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afraid of you. And the Lord shall make you have
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a surplus of prosperity through the fruit of your body,
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of your livestock, and of your ground. In the land
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which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
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The Lord shall open to you his good treasury the heavens,
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to give the rein of your land in its season,
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and to bless all the work of your hands. But
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you shall not borrow. And the Lord shall make you
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the head and not the tail. And you shall be
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above only, and you shall not be beneath. If you
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heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I
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command you this day, and are watchful to do them.
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And you shall not turn aside from any of the
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words which I command you this day to the right
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hand or to the left, to go after their gods
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to serve them. But if you will not obey the
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voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do
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all his commandments and his statutes, which I command you
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this day, Then all these curses shall come upon you
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and overtake you. First shall you be in the city,
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and cursed shall you be in the field. First, shall
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be your basket and your needing trout. First shall be
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the fruit of your body, of your land, of the
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increase of your cattle, and the young of your sheep.
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Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed
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shall you be when you go out. The Lord shall
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send you curses, confusion, and rebuke in every enterprise to
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which you set your hands, until you are destroyed, perishing
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quickly because of the evil of your doings by which
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you have forsaken me. The Lord will make the pestilence
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cling to you until he has consumed you from the
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land into which you go to possess. I'm going to
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stop there, because the curses are quite lengthy. In fact,
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the curses are way more than the blessings, and so
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what I want to do is just stop there. And
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I just want to say this that all of the blessings,
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all of the blessings are dependent on one thing. If
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is a big word. If you will listen diligently to
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the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to
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do all his commandments. And it's simply that if we
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want to walk in the blessing of the Lord in
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twenty twenty five, and I can't imagine anybody that wouldn't
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want to walk in the blessing of the Lord in
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twenty twenty five. But there's going to be a whole
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heck a lot of people who are not going to
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listen diligently to the voice of the Lord. And I'm
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not going to be watchful to do his commandments. But
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my listeners, my listeners, are going to be diligent to
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listen to the voice of the Lord, your God, and
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you're going to be watchful to do all his commandments.
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I have great faith in you this year in twenty
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twenty five. I have faith that you've been a faithful listener,
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and I'm bla believing that you're going to be faithful
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to do exactly what God says to do. I believe
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you're going to be faithful to listen diligently, diligently to
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the voice of the Lord, and you're going to be
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watchful to do all his commandments. Amen. So I didn't
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want to keep harping on these curses because they're pretty
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pretty nasty. Like if you don't listen to him and
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you aren't watchful to do his commandments, I mean, this
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is what you're going to end up with. I don't
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want that for you. I don't believe you're going to
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go there. So now I want to speak a blessing
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over all of you, and I'm just asking you to
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sit quietly and just be all ears, Just be all ears,
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and received leave this blessing over your life for twenty
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twenty five. This is meant to encourage you and strengthen
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you and give you hope for this coming year. You
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and I do not know what will befall us in
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twenty twenty five. We have no idea. Only the Lord knows.
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He knows the end from the beginning, and the beginning
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from the end. He knows we don't. So we want
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to walk in the blessing this year. Amen. So first
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I would like to bless your families. May you enjoy
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peace and harmony in your home. May your home be
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filled with the love of Christ and wonderful hospitality. May
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your doors be open to the stranger, and may you
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always find ways to help those in need. May your
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children be raised in the admonition of the Lord, and
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may your children never stray from your godly guidance. I
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bless your children to be healthy, strong, kind, full of compassion, loving, tender,
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and willing to obey you as their parents. Excel in
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school and excel in whatever gifts the Lord has bestowed
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upon them. And those of you who have grown children
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who are not living for the Lord, I bless them
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with salvation. I bless them with a hunger and thirst
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for righteousness. I bless them to come out of the
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darkness and into God's marvelous light. I bless them to
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be great followers and lovers of Jesus Christ. May your
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marriages be healthy and filled with a love and deep
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respect for one another. May you always look for the
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best in each other and always be a good helpmate
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to each other. I bless you to be patient with
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one another, especially in trying times, difficult situations and circumstances,
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and also be patient with your children. I bless you
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to love each other and always put the other person
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and first. The blessing comes with serving one another, not
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with being self serving. May your marriage be a strong
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witness to other family members, neighbors, and others in the church.
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I bless those who are single, widowed, or divorced, that
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you may seek the Lord as your husband, always knowing
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that he is always there to help you. May you
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be willing to offer your assistance to others in need.
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I bless you to be fruitful in all you put
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your hand to, and may you grow in the grace
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and faith of our Lord, Jesus Christ. I bless everyone
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within the sound of my voice to be healed and
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made wold, from the top of your head to the
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souls of your feet. I bless your bodies to be strong,
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and that you would have strength like the Egal all
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of your days. I bless your minds to be strong
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and without memory loss, without depression or anxiety. I bless
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your minds with the peace of Christ. And I bless
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your hearts to be filled with that same peace, full
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of faith, full of the fire of God, full of
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the love of God, and overflowing with the joy of
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the Lord. I bless your hands to carry the fire
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and anointing of God, to lay hands on the sea
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and see them recover. I bless your hands to be
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pain free and to carry out whatever service the Lord
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has for you. I bless your bodies to be in
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good health always. I bless your feet to continue walking
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dead flesh, deadfastly for the Lord, walking in great faith,
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always walking in the light. I bless your feet to
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take you where the Lord leads. I bless your finances
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that this year you will prosper. I bless you to
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always look through your source, the Lord Jesus, and never
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ever rely on your own will, wisdom, ingenuity, or strength.
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I bless you to be a giver, for it is
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more blessed to give than receive. I bless you to
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use wisdom, knowledge and understanding to navigate your financial future.
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I bless you to be the lender and not the borrower.
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I bless you to use all that the Lord has
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given you wisely. I bless you to be the head
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and never the tale. I bless your storehouses to be
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filled to the full and overflowing. I bless your going
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out and you're coming in. I bless you in the city,
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and I bless you in the country. I bless your
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crops and never fail. I bless your business or businesses
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to prosper and be fruitful. I bless your livestock to
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be healthy and multiply. If you're a farmer, I bless
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your poultry as well, to be healthy and multiply. And
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if you're a tiller of the land, may your crops
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be blessed to overflow and prosper. I bless your home,
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your land, your family with the goodness of God and
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his mercy and love. And the twenty twenty five will
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be an exceptional year, no matter what the economy does.
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Bless you with the Lord's best. May He make his
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face shine upon you in twenty twenty five. And whatever
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you have lost in twenty twenty four or beyond, may
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it be returned and restored to you sevenfold. May you
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never experience one day of loss in twenty twenty five.
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May you always keep the Lord before you, just as
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King David did when David was able to say, in
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God's presence is fullness of joy. I wish you all
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a grand slam of a year. Much love do you all.
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And I just want to close with saying that next
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week and the week after I will be taking those
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two weeks to share the prophetic word that the Lord
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has put on my heart for twenty twenty five and
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I think that'll be In fact, I know it'll be
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a very encouraging word for you. I'm excited to share
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it with you, and I actually, I actually have even
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more good news that will be coming. I mean, I'm
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tempted to share it with you now, but I think
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it would be wise for me to just wait. But
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I'm just I just want you to know that I'm
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on starting today January sixth, started today twenty one twenty
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one days fast with my church, and this is a
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twenty one days of fasting in prayer, and I'm very
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excited about how the Lord's going to work in my life,
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what things are coming in the future, and that's what
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I want to share with you. I'll be sharing that
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in a couple of weeks, but it's really exciting. I'm
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already getting prepared for that, and as soon as I
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have right now, I'm in the process of just preparing
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all of that, getting the details, I'll be sharing that
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with you. So and I am going to share that.
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I will be starting to do a one minute, a
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thirty second and a one minute word of encouragement to
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people on several different channels of the iHeartRadio Wheeling program,
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so it's going to be called good Seed, and so
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you'll hear me at different times during the day and
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that will then lead you to my new website, which
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isn't up yet, but we're getting there. And I'm very
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very excited about that. And that's that's not even what
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I'm planning to share with you in a couple of weeks.
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This is this is all brand new as well, and
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that's probably going to start in a couple of weeks also,
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So a lot of good things coming. I'm excited about
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what God is doing in twenty twenty five, and you
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should be just as excited because God will use you mightily.
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All you have to do is listen to his voice
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and obey him diligently and be watchful and do his commandments. Amen.
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This is Don Noble. You can go to www dot
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pureheart dot today listen to this podcast again. You can
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download the iHeartRadio app and go to podcasts Pure Heart
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Ministries and listen twenty four to seven. And of course
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I'd love for you to email me, please please please,
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let this be something new for you in twenty twenty five.
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Email me at Don if this is all lowercase letters,
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it's very simple, all lowercase letters, all one words. Dawn
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don at Pureheart dot today, so you can email me there,
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and of course I look forward to you really contemplating
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thinking about helping this ministry to continue on the radio here.
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And if you would be so kind as to send
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a financial gift, you can mail that to Pure Heart Ministries,
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PO Box eighty five, Valley Grove, West Virginia. That's Pure
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Heart Ministries, PO Box eighty five, Valley Grove, West Virginia,
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two six zero six zero, and keep up the prayers
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and I'll be looking forward to talking with you next week.
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This is don Nebel saying, shall em shallum peace be
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unto you