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Psychology is the scientific study of

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the mind and behavior . Psychologists

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are actively involved in studying and understanding

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mental processes , brain functions and

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behavior . It

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is a mixture of atheistic , evolutionary

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and Marxist thought at its

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core and it rejects

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a biblical worldview and the power of

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God unto salvation . At

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its core , it gives a misdiagnosis

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and the wrong prognosis and leaves people

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in the position of having no

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hope outside of themselves . Unless

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psychology understanding the mind

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and behavior is directed by

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the Bible and has

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at its core biblical redemption

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by the power of God , then

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it is by nature antagonistic

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towards true healing and

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deliverance . As a minister of

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the gospel , it's important to understand

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how the mind of man works , but

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to divorce that from the Bible or try to

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amalgamate Freudian or Jungian atheistic

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psychology with biblical thought

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is a horrible error that

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at its core stagnates and removes

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people from the power of the gospel

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of Jesus Christ . Greetings

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. Wonderful to have you here

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. This topic

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this time is going to be

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about the destructive force of

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psychology . Just

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a dog whistle to some that

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people get up and preach

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against psychology and say certain

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types of preachers are preaching

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psychology . I

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think that's a great danger . It's not about a certain style

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. If

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you preach passionately , that's

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wonderful . That's

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wonderful if you preach if you're a teacher . It's not de facto preaching psychology

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either way , at its core , you

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must be preaching the word of god and

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not trying to change

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people's minds using human

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means , but pointing them to

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the power of God . Now

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let's look at some

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scriptures and then

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let's start to talk about psychology

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. Romans 12

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, 1 and 2, . I beseech you therefore

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, brethren , by the mercies of God , that

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you present your bodies a living sacrifice

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, holy , acceptable unto

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God , which is your reasonable service

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, and be not conformed

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to this world , but be transformed by

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the renewing of your mind that you

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may prove what is that good and acceptable

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and perfect will of God . So

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our minds do need to be changed

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, but our minds are

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transformed by them

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being renewed

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. So we once thought

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one way . We have to think a different way

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. This isn't mere . This

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is , you can see in verse 1

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, this is a surrender

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. That's what we're doing

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, is we have to surrender ourselves

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to God , lay aside all our

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thinking so that we can think his

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thoughts and our mind is renewed . So

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how do we not be ? Don't be conformed

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to the way the world does things . You

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know , again , psychology

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is a way the world does things . It's

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not the way God does it . It's

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not the way God moves and

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works . They might have some commonality

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with how God does it , but at its core

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, again , god is out of the picture

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in psychology . Our

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minds must be renewed

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. That is how we're transformed

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right , transformed right

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. That isn't psychology . That's

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the Word of God being preached

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, being read , being

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studied , and by the Holy Spirit it's revealed to us . One way

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that revelation is described is it goes from your mind , see , it comes from

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your ears into your mind , into

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your memory , and then , by revelation

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, it goes to our heart . And

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when it goes to our heart , it stays there . And

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when it goes to our heart , that's when

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transformation takes

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place . And when transformation

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takes place , that is when we can prove

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what is that good and acceptable

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and perfect will of God . It's not asking us to prove

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it through argument , but that we prove

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it by our lives . 2

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Corinthians 3 , 18, . But

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we all , with open face , beholding as in a

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glass the glory of the Lord , are chained into

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the same image from glory to glory even

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as by the Spirit of the Lord . We're changed by what

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we behold , what you look

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at . Now this is a different thing

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. What are we looking at ? It's what we're

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hearing through preaching , and

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it's also what we're reading , studying

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, listening to as

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far as that goes . And we're changed from

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glory to glory . We get in the presence of the Lord

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, we pray . We pray

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over the Word , and that Word enters

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our hearts and we're changed into the same

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image , from glory to glory , and that's

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from the inside out . Again , let

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me read one more scripture we can talk about this

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1 Corinthians , 2 , 4 , and

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my speech and my preaching was not with enticing

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words of man's wisdom , but in demonstration

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of the Spirit and of power

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. Again , preaching

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is foolishness to the world . The

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teaching of the Word of God is foolishness

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to the world , but

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it's the power of God . There

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is power in the Word

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preached under the anointing

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of God . Now let's

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look at the big picture . God

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designs not

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that we're changed in

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our mind merely , but

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God designs that we're changed

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from the inside out . So

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our soul is

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at our core . That's

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the nature of our spirit . So our spirit , then , is where the attributes

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of the mind are Reason , conscience , affection , imagination , memory , those

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five things our senses are in the spirit . Then

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there's the body see , taste , feel , smell and

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hear . So psychology

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seeks to change you . On

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the second level , it's approaching

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merely the mind . The word

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of God preached in power is

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approaching the soul and

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it then , from the soul level

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, changes the mind changes

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the body . Psychology

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can never change a man's heart

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. It can change his mind , but it can't

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change his heart . Psychology

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can never produce the gospel , can't

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change his heart . Psychology can never produce the gospel . Psychology has

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never healed a man , delivered a woman , produced a miracle or gave someone eternal life

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. Psychology

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has changed the way people think , but

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it has not transformed their

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life . You say , well , I

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have an experience . I went to a therapist and they talked

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to me Sometimes just talking

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about what's being said can

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help . And you don't need a degree in psychology

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to help someone . You

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can just be a friend and listen and

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that can help them . It's

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very simple . There

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is so psychology

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. Let's look at what the word is . There is

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so psychology . Let's look at what the word is . Psyche means soul

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and ology means

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the study of Now

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. There is a true study of the soul , but

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it isn't based upon the modern theories of

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education from Sigmund Freud

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, carl Jung , william James

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, ivan Pavlov or

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Alfred Adler . The

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foundation of psychology understand

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this . The foundation of psychology is

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not a biblical worldview . It's a

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godless educational

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foundation , evolutionary

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understanding that's what it is . Science

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, civilization and

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education are all of the devil . Brother

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Branham tells us that and teaches that to

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us very clearly . Now

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. It's

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a godless again . It's

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a godless educational foundation

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. What a danger . So

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Sigmund Freud was a founding

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father of psychology , and

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what did he produce in his life ? He

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was a drug addict . He

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reduced everybody to the basic level of

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they're driven by sex

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. That's what he thought

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, that's what he taught . What nonsense

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. All

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right , now let's look at a few quotes from

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Brother Branham , the Angel of

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God , 1948 . When

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, sometimes , when I can catch

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their eyes , that's how I get

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them in that channel , you see , and then it's not

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a mind reading , it's not psychology

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. If it is , then Paul used it when he looked

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upon the man and said I perceive

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you have faith to be healed . I

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will grant you this , it is psychology in this

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way . Psyche , of course

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, means mind , and it's the mind of Christ

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. The human mind

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has the privilege to enter in and

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know the mind of Christ . Hallelujah , my

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, what a reality to dwell in the channel of

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Christ . We unworthy mortals have been brought

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in to be sons and daughters

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, to be fellow citizens . All

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right , so there we see . Brother Brandon was saying there

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is a real psyche

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or psychology , and

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that's having the mind of Christ . Amen , that's

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the true psychology

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Modern psychology has departed

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from that and is wading

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in wicked and evil waters . 1961

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, micaiah the prophet says we'll never

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be able to convert the world by trying to shine up our churches and make them . Trying

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to shine up our churches and make them bigger and

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polish up our ministers with better education

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. They already got all that stuff . They

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got all kinds of psychology and ball games

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and everything the world has got that . But

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we got something they haven't got . That's

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Christ . See , try , just stay

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in your own territory . We got Christ . They don't

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have Christ . They got all the psychology

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. Don't try to match them with wits . You

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can't do it , they don't . They

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can outmatch you . So it's not

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about being ultra-intelligent

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. It's not about having

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the smartest , best-educated

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, biggest-polished

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churches that draw in the masses

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using psychology . Preach

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the word , preach the word , preach

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the word and let it change people's lives

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. Just

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once more , lord , 1963 . Now

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we got seminaries that hatch out ministers

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and we're building bigger ones

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all the time . And we got students of psychology

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, and that's

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all right if you want to teach psychology . But I

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don't care about psychology . I

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want to know Jesus Christ , that's all . All

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I want to know is Him , amen

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. Look , there's

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all kinds of knowledge that we can seek . There's all kinds

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of information that we can seek and we

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can dive into whatever it

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is deeply . But again , this is

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talking about the matters of life and death

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. You're not going to be changed

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and transformed by

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psychology . Your mind

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can be helped , you can be reformed

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. A broken

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clock is right twice

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a day ? Right , right

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, twice

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a day , right . So look , by just changing the mind

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you're not changing the man , you're

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just reforming him . He could easily slip right back into old habits , but when you preach the

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word of God , it goes to the soul and it brings about a transformation and

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it brings about a deliverance . You

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know , this is a spiritual warfare . It's

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not merely a flesh and blood thing . If you change

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his mind , it'll be changed . What about the demon powers

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? Are you going to change their mind ? No

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, you have to have the power of God to overcome

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. It takes

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way more than that . All right , jehovah Jireh

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, 1964 . It takes way more than that . All right , jehovah

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Jireh , 1964 . The random said he said , sir

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, muhammadism can produce just as

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much psychology as Christianity

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can . And they do you

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ought to hear them shout and scream . That's right . Produce

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just as much psychology as Christianity

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can . He said well , what do you mean when you

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said that Jesus promised all these things to

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you ? He

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said I suppose you're referring to Mark 16 . He says yes

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, that's one of them , not all together , but that's

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one . Jesus said the

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last words . He said to the church Go

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ye into all the world , see and preach the gospel and these

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signs shall follow the believer how long ? All

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the world , every creature , if

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they lay hands on the sick , they shall recover . The last words he said according

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to your scripture . He said well , you see , that's

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just said . You see that ain't part , ain't

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inspired . He said he really didn't

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mean that , that wasn't . He

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said it ain't inspired . He said what kind of a book are

17:05

you reading ? He said all the Quran

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is inspired . It's

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a defeat of the weakness of theology

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, a man-made theology

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that hasn't got the spirit to stand up and face the thing . Like

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the Hebrew children said , our God is able to deliver

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us from the fiery furnace , but nevertheless

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will not bow to this image . We

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need people with courage . Man who has believed

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God has always been courageous and believed

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in the supernatural . Men who

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believe God . Mr Reed

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had said I kicked the floor , brother Branham kicked

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the dust , just like that , and I couldn't answer

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the man . He said I purposed in my heart to

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come see you after that and ask what this was all

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about . He said here I am . He said

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if the Holy Ghost said Brother Branham , my

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mother sent me to school and said when I got my BA

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, I thought there is exactly . I said I know what you

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mean . And said when I got my BA , I thought there is exactly . I said I know what

17:53

you mean . I said then one day I got my BA , I thought right

17:55

there I'd find Christ . He wasn't there . When

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I got my doctor's degree , I said

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I got enough degrees honorary degrees to plaster

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your walls . And where is Christ

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in all of it ? I said

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who am I to say that the teachers are wrong ? But

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that's not what we're talking about . It's the

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person , christ , that you must

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know . Now the man is holding great

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campaigns everywhere and Dr Lee Vale there

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, a good friend of mine , is a friend of his

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also and he's having great success praying

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for the sick and holding great big campaigns

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and everything . It's

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because that man believed . There you go . It's

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not by convincing people

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using arguments . Paul

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did it . Paul preached and used arguments

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, but

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didn't it stop there , right ? You can read the book of

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Acts . He argued with , he disputed with the people right , and he used

18:47

scriptural arguments

18:49

to defend his point . But

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when a push came to shove , what was it ? The

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demonstration of the Spirit came . Brother

18:56

Branham uses arguments , defenses

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of the gospel , of the Word of God to

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make his point . But it doesn't stop there

19:05

. It has to go into demonstration

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of the Spirit and of power in

19:10

the identified masterpiece of God . Brother Branham

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says what we need today is the life of Christ inside

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of us . That's what purifies , not

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the outward , a turned around collar

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or a degree of psychology or

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something . It takes the power of the resurrected

19:24

Christ to make us what we should be

19:26

. God has no other plan

19:28

than to let the Holy Spirit

19:30

rule and reign in the church . Not

19:33

psychology ruling and reigning the church , not

19:35

an intellectual gospel , but

19:38

the power of God to change

19:40

people's lives . Satan's

19:43

Eden , 1965 . And in this intellectual

19:45

, theological seminaries that's

19:47

brought out an intellectual person that's

19:49

been trained how to speak , what to

19:51

do , how to make their emotions and everything like

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that . Been trained how to speak , what to

19:55

do , how to make their emotions and

19:59

everything like psychology , three and four years

20:01

to know how to deal with a man's mind . See , it's

20:03

the spirit of God's , not

20:06

something that it's schooled

20:08

into you . It's something that's predestinated

20:11

into you by the hand of Almighty God . Your

20:14

experiences cannot be schooled or

20:16

taught into you . It's predestinated

20:18

by God's hand and God's foreknowledge

20:20

into you . That's right , amen

20:23

. A gift is a gift . Everybody's

20:25

gifting is a little different and it goes

20:27

in a different way . Now

20:30

I want to just take one minute to

20:32

talk about what psychology is not . Teaching

20:35

people how to have a godly marriage

20:37

is not psychology . Now , you can

20:39

use psychology to do that , but

20:41

we ought to use the Word of God and

20:44

the Word of God . Changes , brings

20:46

transformation , brings power

20:48

to live according to the gospel . Teaching

20:52

people the

20:54

Bible is not

20:56

psychology , it's

20:58

the power of God . When a true

21:00

, anointed teacher teaches the gospel

21:02

, it is the power of God to

21:04

change lives , because you're laying the word

21:07

before people and letting the Holy

21:09

Spirit take that and

21:12

reveal it to them so that they can live

21:14

according to the Word of God . Brother

21:17

Branham never puts teaching into psychology

21:20

. Now , there is a

21:22

teaching that is psychological

21:24

. There is marriage counseling

21:27

. That can be psychology , but

21:31

counseling is not psychology . Giving

21:35

people instructions from the Bible

21:37

is not psychology . Now

21:40

let's look at it and

21:42

let's dig deeper into modern

21:46

psychology , the history of modern psychology

21:48

, we can see more of the difference

21:51

. So psychology

21:54

seeks to explain and

21:57

categorize human behavior

21:59

. As such , it's directly

22:01

affected by the worldview that stands

22:03

behind that theory . In

22:06

modern pop psychology , everything is based

22:08

upon . This happened to you as a trauma response

22:10

, and this thinking has

22:13

been popularized all

22:15

around the world , and that's because of

22:17

TikTok and Facebook

22:21

and Instagram , youtube

22:24

. In fact , psychologists

22:26

themselves do not espouse to most of

22:28

the social media influencers versions

22:30

of psychology that are floating

22:32

around . They're floating around as fact and

22:35

young people are living by them in

22:37

bondage , because

22:40

they have no hope outside of themselves because

22:43

of this stupid pop psychology

22:45

that goes around . Christians , don't be guilty

22:48

of giving your mind to that garbage

22:50

that comes off of social media . Guilty

22:54

of giving your mind to that garbage that comes off of social

22:56

media . What

22:59

is of particular note is the prevailing theory going around among many generations of people

23:02

Gen X , Millennials , gen Z that is , that our behavior came as a result of

23:04

trauma responses from childhood . We

23:07

speak in terms of being triggered by certain

23:10

things we encounter and this creates

23:12

a behavior chain resulting from

23:14

past experiences . Certainly

23:16

, that's true on some level

23:19

, but we modern

23:23

people put it all across

23:25

the board . What a danger Puts

23:28

people in bondage . The

23:30

problem with that version of psychology is

23:32

that it leads to a permanent victim

23:36

mentality . That is where

23:38

we're at today . In modern psychology

23:41

. They're living in a Marxist

23:43

victim mentality and

23:46

you're fighting . There is continually

23:49

fighting against the system , because

23:51

they believe they're continually victims

23:54

of the system . God

23:57

never allows us to blame our behavior

23:59

and our responses on

24:01

others . All have sinned

24:04

and fallen short of the glory of God . It's given

24:06

unto man once to die and after

24:08

that the judgment . We will be judged

24:10

for the deeds we have done

25:41

in the body . While

25:46

trauma response can sometimes be helpful

25:48

in understanding root causes of

25:50

some behaviors I mean , if you look at Brother Branham

25:52

he will go through discernment

25:54

and sometimes he explains this

25:57

happened to you when you were a child and therefore

25:59

this sickness or this thing

26:01

has come upon you . But he didn't

26:03

leave the people there in that and say

26:05

if you can just try

26:09

to do this , then this will respond

26:11

. No , he pointed them to the deliverance

26:13

and the supernatural power of Jesus Christ

26:15

to set them free . You're not a victim

26:18

. This may

26:20

have happened , but you're not a victim . You

26:23

are responsible for your own reaction

26:25

to whatever stimuli

26:28

came your way . Again

26:33

, trauma response

26:35

can be helpful helpful

26:46

, but it doesn't explain everything and in some ways it actually

26:48

is not really of any use to bring healing . Ultimately

26:50

, psychology encourages two

26:53

things . It encourages

26:56

psychotherapy and

26:58

medication . This is

27:00

their , this is the core

27:02

. They diagnose a problem and

27:05

recommend various means of healing , and

27:07

that would be medication or

27:10

psychotherapy . What is psychotherapy

27:13

? Psychotherapy again

27:16

, these are from . This

27:18

is from a website and

27:22

the research that I've done looking at

27:24

psychology . Psychotherapy

27:27

, also called talk therapy , refers

27:30

to a variety of treatments that aim to help

27:32

a person identify and

27:34

change troubling emotions , thoughts

27:36

and behaviors . Most

27:38

psychotherapy takes place one-on-one with

27:40

a licensed mental health professional or

27:43

with other patients in a group setting . Psychotherapy

27:47

and medication are the most common forms of

27:49

mental health treatment . Nimh

27:52

has information on medical health conditions

27:54

In

28:07

general . The goals of psychotherapy are to gain

28:09

relief from symptoms , maintain or enhance

28:11

daily functioning and improve

28:13

quality of life . You

28:21

know might seek out psychotherapy for many reasons , including dealing with

28:23

severe or long-term stress from a job or family situation , the loss of a loved

28:25

one or relationship , or family problems

28:28

. Having symptoms with no physical

28:30

explanation , such as changes in sleep or

28:32

appetite , low energy , lack

28:35

of interest or pleasure in activities

28:37

you once enjoyed , persistent irritability

28:40

, excessive worry or a sense of discouragement

28:42

or hopelessness that won't go away . A

28:45

health care provider suspecting

28:47

you have , or diagnosing you with , a mental disorder

28:50

that is interfering with your life

28:52

, or supporting a child or

28:54

family member who has been diagnosed with a condition

28:56

affecting their mental health . First

28:58

being examined by a healthcare provider

29:00

can help rule out a physical

29:03

issue . This step is important because sometimes

29:05

, symptoms like a change in mood

29:07

or trouble concentrated are due

29:09

to a medical condition . Psychotherapy

29:13

and other treatment options . Continuing to read . Psychotherapy

29:16

can be used as an alternative to or alongside

29:18

medication and other treatment options . Choosing

29:25

the right treatment plan is based on a person's individual needs and

29:27

medical situation and should occur under the guidance

29:29

of a mental health professional . Even when medication

29:32

relieves symptoms , psychotherapy

29:34

can help address specific issues

29:36

. These might include self-defeating

29:39

ways of thinking , irrational fears

29:41

, problems interacting with other

29:43

people or difficulty coping

29:45

with situations at home , school

29:48

or work . What are the elements

29:50

of psychotherapy ? A

29:53

variety of psychotherapies have been shown to

29:55

effectively treat mental health disorders

29:57

. Often , the type of treatment is tailored

29:59

to the specific disorder . For

30:06

example , the treatment approach for someone who has obsessive compulsive disorder

30:08

is different than the approach for someone who has bipolar disorder . Therapists may use one primary

30:10

approach or incorporate elements from multiple

30:12

approaches , depending on their training , the

30:15

disorder being treated and

30:17

the needs of the person receiving treatment . Elements

30:21

of psychotherapy can include the following Help

30:23

a person become aware of automatic ways of

30:25

thinking that are inaccurate or harmful For example

30:28

, having a low opinion of their abilities

30:30

and then question those thoughts

30:32

. Understand how the thoughts affect their emotions

30:34

and behavior , and change self-defeating

30:37

behavior patterns . This approach is known as cognitive

30:39

behavioral therapy . Change

30:42

self-defeating behavior patterns this approach is known as

30:44

cognitive behavioral therapy . Identify

30:48

ways to cope with stress and develop problem-solving strategies . Examine interactions with

30:50

others and teach social and communication skills . Apply mindfulness and

30:52

relaxation techniques such

30:54

as meditation and breathing exercises

30:57

. Use exposure therapy

30:59

, a type of CBT for anxiety disorders

31:01

, in which a person spends brief periods

31:03

in a supportive environment , learning to tolerate

31:05

the distress caused by certain items

31:08

, ideas or imagined scenes . This

31:10

is continued until , over time , the fear associated

31:13

with those things goes down . Track

31:15

emotions and behaviors to raise awareness

31:17

of their impact on each other . Use supportive

31:20

counseling to explore troubling issues and receive

31:22

emotional support . Create a safety

31:24

plan to help with thoughts of self-harm or suicide

31:27

. Recognize warning signs and use coping

31:29

strategies such as contacting

31:31

friends , family or emergency personnel . There

31:34

are many types of psychotherapy . Therapies

31:36

are often variations of an established approach

31:39

, such as CBT . There

31:41

is no formal approval process for

31:43

psychotherapies like there is for medications

31:45

by the US Food and Drug

31:47

Administration . However

31:49

, for many therapies , research involving large

31:51

numbers of patients has provided evidence that

31:54

the treatment is effective . These evidence-based

31:56

therapies have been shown to reduce symptoms

31:59

of depression , anxiety and other mental

32:01

disorders . Nimh's

32:04

health topic pages list some of the

32:06

evidence-based therapies used

32:08

to treat specific

32:11

disorders . All right , so that's speaking

32:14

about psychology and , as you look at it and

32:16

examine it , a few things that I

32:18

think of and examine a few

32:21

things that I think of . This is seeking to take the place

32:23

of God and the things that God has put

32:25

in his word . If

32:28

you look and understand what psychology

32:30

is , it is seeking

32:33

to take the place of the word of God and

32:36

the principles God has placed in

32:38

his word . If you can understand clearly

32:40

and with a level head here , you can see

32:42

that man has erased God from

32:44

the picture and sought to replace

32:47

what God provides with

32:49

man-made knowledge that leads to further

32:52

bondage to something else . Self-improvement

32:56

is fine , but self-improvement is

32:59

not what God called us to

33:01

. He

33:03

calls us to something totally different . You say

33:05

we're not supposed to improve ourselves

33:07

Absolutely . We should

33:10

improve ourselves . But there's God's way of

33:12

doing it and there's man's way of doing it , and

33:15

God's way leads

33:17

you closer to him and

33:19

brings true , eternal happiness . Man's

33:23

way of doing things leads to greater

33:25

dependence on man . Going

33:29

to therapy and talking to an educated person

33:31

that helps you understand the causes of your behavior

33:33

, based upon a theory that does

33:35

not account for what God speaks to us

33:37

, is actually

33:39

destructive , dangerous and foolish

33:41

. We simply follow God's basic

33:43

principles , both in the spiritual and the natural

33:46

. We would not really need a

33:49

psychologist . Now let's

33:51

look at the big picture . We're told to fellowship

33:53

in church , and even more so as

33:55

you see the day approaching . We're

33:58

called to worship with a group of believers

34:00

and listen to the proclamation

34:02

of the word of God . We're told to bring our problems to

34:04

God and he will move in them . If

34:07

we're struggling with anything , we can go to the elders of

34:09

church and be prayed for and counseled by

34:11

the word of God , going forward

34:13

in a prayer line . We can go forward

34:16

to the altar and pray

34:18

. We can go to church early

34:20

and get on our knees and get our faces before

34:22

God and pray , and the power

34:24

of God will flow through the lives

34:27

of believers and deals with their issues . Problems

34:29

, sickness and mental complexes . Fellowship

34:32

with like-minded believers . Go to

34:34

coffee , have a friend and talk about

34:36

what you're going through . These are things

34:38

that the Word of God speaks about

34:41

. Psychology seeks to

34:43

solve our complexes aside

34:45

and apart from the Word of God , and

34:47

so it's merely a natural thing and

34:50

, in many cases , is ultimately a deceptive

34:52

thing . Why ? Because you say it can help , because

34:54

I went through this and talked through this . Because I

34:57

went through this and talked through this , we're

34:59

putting things in place of God

35:01

that , if we did it the right way

35:03

, God would help

35:05

us . Talk to your pastor

35:07

If you're struggling with something . Talk to your pastor

35:10

If you can't find anybody else to talk , to schedule

35:17

a time and say I need to talk to you alone and bear my heart

35:19

to you about something because

35:21

I'm struggling . That's what God calls

35:23

us to do , and the pastor is going to point you to the word

35:25

and he's going to listen . The

35:28

word of God carries with it supernatural

35:31

power , not merely to reform

35:33

the way we think , but to transform our

35:35

minds supernaturally

35:37

and to heal our body , soul

35:39

and spirit completely . God

35:42

can take and totally change the situation 100%

35:46

. Not just the soul , but the body

35:48

itself . Now the other

35:50

part we want to look at is the

35:52

danger of psychotropic drugs

35:55

and how they seek to replace what

35:57

God has designed for us All

35:59

. Right now here's

36:03

some dangers of psychotropic drugs

36:05

. From Dr Axe's

36:08

website , I have 12

36:10

different ones Side

36:12

effects and withdrawal symptoms , increased

36:14

risk of suicide , heart

36:17

problems , pregnancy and birth

36:19

complications , violent behavior

36:21

, w , worsened mental illness , car

36:24

accidents , poor

36:26

immune function , drug abuse and addiction

36:28

, sexual dysfunction , elevated

36:31

risk of breast cancer , diabetes

36:34

Again

36:36

, they speak about

36:38

this , but

36:40

as a whole and in general

36:42

, the risk of suicide

36:45

increases when

36:47

you're on psychotropic drugs . Now

36:50

, some of the most basic things

36:53

actually can

36:55

assist us in

36:57

dealing with mental

37:00

illnesses that we have , or sicknesses or

37:02

complexes or whatever it is . They're

37:04

all things that God created

37:06

and designed for us

37:09

. Okay , now again you're going

37:11

to say my situation is different and my situation

37:13

is because of this and this , because

37:15

of this . I'm looking at overarching principles

37:17

. Hear me out on

37:19

the overarching principles before you

37:21

start attacking . Now , I don't

37:24

say that there are some

37:26

medications that might help for a very

37:28

short period of time . But overall

37:30

, I think they're seeking to take the place of something

37:32

that is missing , that God

37:35

can provide . And

37:37

I'm not trying to attack anybody . I'm not

37:39

trying to say this person shouldn't do this , this person shouldn't do that . I'm not trying to attack anybody . I'm not trying to say this person shouldn't do this , this

37:41

person shouldn't do that . I'm

37:43

trying to proclaim an overall picture

37:46

. If we applied the overall picture , I

37:48

believe God would

37:50

bring healing for you . I've

37:53

tried , I've asked God and he hasn't healed . So

37:55

I go to a psychologist . Oh

37:58

my , oh my , I don't know what to say to

38:00

you . Hear me

38:02

out , hear me out . Here's

38:05

some basic things that God has

38:07

provided and created

38:09

and put forward , and you're going to think

38:11

they're so natural , but I'm just going

38:13

to say they're simple things . Seven different

38:15

things Exercise , walk

38:21

, lift heavy things , Lift weights . We

38:24

used to normally lift heavy things , carry

38:26

water into the home , carry

38:30

buckets of sod , carry buckets

38:33

of water out to the field , whatever

38:35

it might be . We don't do that anymore . So I recommend

38:37

lift heavy

38:40

things , bench press

38:42

, do

38:45

deadlifts , squat

38:47

, do

38:55

these kinds of things to prove your strength . If you're older and

38:57

can't do it , simply just do air squats . Lift up water bottles . Bend

38:59

over to the ground and stand

39:02

up and lift water bottles . If you can only do it once

39:04

, do it once one day and then rest

39:06

a couple days and do it twice the next day

39:08

and then keep building on it . But walk

39:10

, lift heavy things , exercise

39:13

. We have to do this . Two

39:15

get outside

39:17

and get sunshine in the morning

39:19

and the evening . There's a lot

39:22

of studies that go into this , but getting

39:26

sunshine is critically important . If you just

39:28

sit in your house and you don't exercise , you're

39:30

going to get depressed . Stay

39:33

hydrated . Drink water . It

39:37

helps so many different processes

39:39

in your body . Four eat

39:41

a healthy , balanced diet . Eliminate

39:44

seed oils and increase

39:46

animal fats . Eat

39:49

fruits , eat vegetables , eat

39:54

natural foods . Five

39:57

communicate with your friends , your spouse and

39:59

your pastor . If you don't communicate and you hold

40:02

everything on the inside that

40:04

builds up and you blow up . Just

40:09

talk to people . God wants you to share

40:11

your life with

40:13

your spouse , with

40:16

your friends , with your pastor

40:18

. Use

40:21

that as a resource , as a tool . Six

40:23

spend time with friends Fellowship

40:26

, fellowship . Talk about

40:28

the word , talk about life , talk

40:31

about God's creation . Seven

40:35

make sure you're getting enough vitamin

40:37

D and take omega-3s

40:40

. These are seven

40:42

critical things . If you do that , along

40:53

with . You go to church , you pray , you seek God . These are simple things you can do to bring

40:55

healing to yourself , just

40:57

in a natural way . These are things that

40:59

God has provided , god has supplied . Now

41:03

let's look at how the Word of God speaks

41:05

about healing our minds and traumas . First , we have to

41:07

look at accountability and

41:10

blame . Psychology

41:12

seeks to find blame

41:14

for your behavior and put it

41:16

at the feet of others in order to bring healing

41:19

. It doesn't always

41:21

do that , and that's true . Many

41:23

times it lays the blame

41:25

on you and your wrong way of thinking

41:27

. All

41:30

right , let's look at what the Bible says Revelation

41:33

20

43:41

, 11 and 12

43:44

. And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on

43:46

it , from whose face the earth and the

43:48

heaven fled away and there was found no place

43:50

for them . And I saw the dead , small

43:52

and great , stand before God and the books were opened

43:54

. And another book was opened , which is

43:56

the book of life , and the dead were judged out of

43:58

those things which were written in the books , according

44:01

to their works . All

44:04

right , everyone is going to be

44:06

judged according to their works . God's not

44:08

going to stand and say be the chief psychologist

44:11

and say you know , you did this

44:13

because your dad and your grandfather

44:15

did this . No , you did that . You

44:18

chose to do that . Well , I couldn't help it . You could

44:20

because God has

44:22

a remedy and you refuse to take it . Verse 13

44:24

, and the sea gave up the

44:26

dead which were in it , and the death and hell delivered

44:29

up the dead which were in them , and

44:31

they were judged , every man , according to their

44:33

works , according

44:35

to their works . You're going to be judged according to your works

44:37

. But

44:39

I was coerced , my family , my no

44:42

stop . Stop with the modern pop

44:44

psychology . You will be judged for

44:46

your works . Matthew

44:49

12 , 36

44:52

through 38 . But I say unto you

44:54

that every idle word that men shall speak , they

44:56

shall give account thereof in the day of judgment , for

45:00

by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy

45:02

words thou shalt be condemned . Then

45:04

certain of the scribes and the Pharisees answered

45:06

saying Master , we would see a sign

45:09

from thee . They want to see a sign

45:11

, but Jesus shows them . You

45:13

are going to be judged by your

45:15

works , by

45:18

even your very words , by

45:21

even your very thoughts . Brother Branham says Romans

45:24

14 , verse 12 . So then , every one of us

45:26

shall give account of himself to God

45:28

. 1 Peter

45:31

, 4 , verse 5, . Who

45:33

shall give account to him that is ready to judge

45:36

the quick and the dead . Ezekiel

45:39

18 , 1-4, . The word

45:41

of the Lord came unto me saying what

45:43

mean ye that ye use this

45:45

proverb concerning the land of Israel saying

45:47

the fathers have eaten the sour

45:49

grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge

45:52

? As I live , saith the Lord . God

45:54

, you shall not have occasion anymore to use

45:56

this proverb in Israel . Behold

45:58

, all souls are mine . As the soul of

46:00

the father , so also the soul of the son

46:02

is mine . The soul that sinneth

46:04

it shall die . We're

46:10

all held to account for our own

46:12

actions , reactions , responses

46:14

, attitudes and thoughts and everything

46:16

that we do . We'll

46:19

not be asked by God who made you do that

46:22

? Or was that the result of what your father or

46:24

grandfather did ? Now

46:26

, again , a behavior

46:29

could be explained based

46:31

upon some outward response due to something

46:33

that happened in the past . But the fact remains God

46:36

will hold us personally accountable if

46:38

we are disobedient to his word , regardless

46:40

of the cause of it . So to

46:43

hold someone else accountable makes you merely

46:45

a victim of circumstances and

46:47

holds you captive to a behavior that

46:49

limits you and your status

46:51

. And holds you captive to a behavior that limits you and your status . God never seeks to

46:54

limit us based on what happened

46:56

to us . Instead

47:18

, he always provides a way of escape and deliverance . 1

47:20

Corinthians 10 , verses 12 and 13 . Now , this isn't speaking of all

47:22

mankind , this is speaking of Christians

47:24

who are filled with the Holy Ghost . He doesn't make

47:26

a way for everybody to escape temptation , but

47:29

he makes a way for Christians . He provides

47:31

a means for us to escape temptation , but he makes a way for Christians , provides a means for us to be delivered

47:33

from the temptation . And

47:36

look at this 2 Corinthians , chapter

47:39

1 , 8 through

47:42

11 . For

47:44

we would not , brethren , have you ignorant of our trouble

47:46

which came to us in Asia , that we

47:48

were pressed out of measure , above strength , insomuch

47:51

that we despaired even of life . We

47:53

had the sentence of death in ourselves , that

47:55

we should not trust in ourselves , but

47:57

in God , which raises the dead , who delivered

48:00

us from so great a death and

48:02

doth deliver , in whom we have trust that he will

48:04

yet deliver us . You also helping

48:06

together by prayer for us that for the gift

48:09

bestowed upon us by the means of many persons

48:11

, thanks

48:20

may be given by many on our behalf . We might be in horrible

48:22

situations . We might be pressed beyond measure , to where we

48:24

despair even of life , but

48:27

we have this sentence of death in ourselves

48:29

, not so that we wouldn't trust in ourselves

48:31

, but trust in God , and

48:33

God will provide that means

48:36

of deliverance . He'll provide

48:38

a remedy for pain , trauma , sorrow

48:40

and ways of thinking that are

48:42

contrary to his word

48:44

. And we're supposed to be transformed

48:46

by the renewing of our mind . Now

48:50

let's look at how God does

48:53

this . Isaiah

48:55

61 , 1-3 . The Spirit of the

48:57

Lord , god , is upon me because the Lord hath anointed

48:59

me to preach good tidings unto the meek . He

49:02

hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim

49:04

liberty to the captives and the opening of

49:06

the prison to them that are bound , to

49:09

proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and

49:25

the day of the vengeance of our God . To comfort all . He

49:28

didn't come to bring

49:30

psychology to us , to

49:33

change us from mourning

49:35

and heaviness to

49:37

joy and praise . What

49:40

did he do ? He brought the

49:42

Holy Ghost to us through his

49:45

blood to bring a transformation

49:47

. Well , sometimes Christians get depressed

49:50

and get the spirit of heaviness . By

49:53

his spirit , by his power

49:55

, he will set you free

49:57

from mourning and heaviness

49:59

. But

50:01

sometimes it's the very basic things of applying

50:04

the word of God and obedience that

50:06

we actually get deliverance . If

50:08

you simply apply the word , you're

50:11

set free . But if you refuse to

50:13

apply the word and you go after

50:15

psychology , you're going to be stuck

50:17

there because you're halfway , you're

50:20

on some kind of fence , seeking

50:22

to find deliverance man's way

50:24

and God's way . You can't find it in

50:26

sitting on the fence , you have to go God's way

50:29

. Isaiah 53

50:31

, 3 through 6, . He is despised and

50:33

rejected of men , a man of sorrows

50:36

and acquainted with grief , and we hid , as

50:38

it were , our faces from him . He was despised

50:40

and we esteemed him not . Surely he hath

50:42

borne our griefs and carried our sorrows . Yet

50:44

we did esteem him . Stricken , smitten

50:47

of God and afflicted . But he was

50:49

wounded for our transgressions , he was bruised

50:52

for our iniquities . This chastisement of our peace

50:54

was upon him and with his stripes

50:56

we are healed . Oh , we , like

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sheep , have gone astray . We have turned everyone

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to his own way , and the Lord hath

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laid upon him the iniquity of us

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all , our griefs and

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our sorrows . Our

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griefs and our sorrows are born by

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him . He carries them . Cast

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all your cares on him because he

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cares for you . That's through prayer

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that we cast our

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cares on him . But

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really the Bible is telling us right there , when

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he went to Calvary . When he went to the cross and shed his blood for us , our

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griefs and sorrows were put on him so that we could be

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delivered from them . How

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dare we go to the human

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means to receive

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something that God has ordained for us

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to receive supernaturally ? All

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right . Second

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, corinthians 7 , 9-12

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. Now I rejoice , not

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that you were made sorry , but that you sorrowed to

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repentance , for you were

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made sorry after a godly manner that you might

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receive damage by us in nothing , for godly

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sorrow worketh repentance to salvation

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, not to be repented of , but the sorrow of

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the world worketh death . For

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behold this self same thing that you sorrowed

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after a godly sort . What carefulness

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it wrought in you . Yea , what clearing of yourselves

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. Yea , what indignation . Yea , what fear . Yea

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, what vehement desire . Yea , what zeal

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. Yea , what revenge In

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all things you have approved yourselves . To

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be clear in this matter , wherefore

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, though , I wrote unto you ? I did not for this

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cause that I had done the wrong

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, nor for this cause that suffered

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the wrong , but

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that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you

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. So it's not through . Look

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at that . Sorrow leads

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to repentance . We think sorrow

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. Oh , something's wrong . We have to get psychotherapy

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. Maybe I need some kind

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of drugs . Maybe the sorrow is leading you to

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repentance . It's

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not through psychotherapy and psychotropic

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drugs that we receive deliverance . That's

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not in the scripture . Those are

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poor replacements for the power of the

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gospel and the deliverance that comes to

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us through the supernatural Spirit

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of God moving in our midst . If

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we follow God's Word and use what he has provided

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us with in this world , we won't

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need a poor replacement based upon

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atheism and evolution to heal and

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help our problems . Though

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on the short term some drugs may help , in the

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long run healing must come from God , and those

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places we have thinking that is

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contrary to His Word needs to be transformed

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. So we think with the mind of Christ

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. It isn't a mere mental work that will change

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us . It's the supernatural

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power of God that will

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truly bring transformation at the soul

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level . Psychology

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is about self-actualization

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, affirming self , denying shame

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and making one feel better in

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their sin . All is antithetical

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to god's word . Unfortunately

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, feminism , modern psychology

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so permeate our culture

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that preaching is practically universally

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corrupted by them . Modern

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thought is saturated with modern

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psychology . It puts

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man at the center and seeks to please man

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instead of seeking to please and glorify

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God and redeem man by God's power

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and joy comes

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through full surrender

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to Almighty God and

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changing your desires

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from the things of the world to the things of God

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. When your desire has changed

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and your joy is in God , then

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, whatever comes your way , you can turn to

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Him and worship , seek His face and

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follow Him . Now I want to comment more . When

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we live contrary to God's way

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and God's Word , when

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we live contrary to God's way and God's word , we automatically enter into this

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place that we , in fact , are subject to depression , sorrow

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, sadness , sitting and

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I'm guilty of it sitting

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on our phone , scrolling , scrolling

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, scrolling , scrolling continuously

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is not living the way God

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designed us to live . God designed us to be outside

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, to be in the sun , to

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work hard to move our bodies , to

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spend time in prayer , to spend time

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in thought without being occupied by

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something , to

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spend time moving

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in the sunshine , to

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drink water , to

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lift heavy things , to

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talk to people direct face-to-face

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, to

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connect with our spouse , to

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touch and to hold , to worship in

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a community of people that love

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God and love each other . See

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, these are the things that lead to health and healing deliverance . He's designed us

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to have our hearts filled . There's an empty

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spot in our heart until the Holy Ghost comes in

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. Get filled with the Holy Ghost and

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follow God's order and God's plan and

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deliverance will come . Health

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and happiness will come . Do

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it man's way and it produces

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death . God's way is life . Don't

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put man at the center . Put God at

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the center and glorify

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him with all your hearts . Well , thanks

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for listening . God bless you .