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God lives and works today.

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He has the power to change lives and

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nations.

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But perhaps you're wondering, if that's really true,

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why can't I see Him at work in

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the world today?

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Why doesn't He help me out of all

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my problems and difficulties?

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I pray but I never seem to get

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an answer.

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The following program by Basilea Schlink will tell

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us how we can actually experience His help.

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Why am I so often depressed and laden

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with cares?

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Why is it so often that my prayers

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seem to rise no further than the ceiling

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and the atmosphere lies heavily like a thick

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blanket?

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I found from my own experience that it

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was because I was lacking divine life.

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We become so taken up with the difficulties,

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worries, and discord we have encountered in life

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at home and at work that the divine

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life, the life that comes from God, has

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no room in us.

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But when Jesus has become our true life

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and we have been plugged into the life

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current of God, then this life is more

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powerful than anything else.

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How can I obtain this life from God?

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The answer is simple.

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According to how much we let go of

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and give away that which makes up our

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human life, to that extent we receive divine

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life.

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For example, if a Christian doesn't give up

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his rights in this or that matter or

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sever a wrong relationship to a person, then

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the divine stream of life is already barred

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to him.

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When Jesus declares to us, whoever loses his

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life, then he's referring to all that makes

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up our life, everything that captivates our thoughts,

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that stimulates us spiritually, mentally, or emotionally, everything

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that distracts us from prayer, everything we fear

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we might lose one day.

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Whoever does not renounce all that he has,

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here Jesus' challenge is meant to be taken

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literally.

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Nothing should captivate him who desires to be

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captivated by Jesus alone.

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Yes, blessed is he who responds to this

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call of Jesus.

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He will discover that his empty hands will

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be filled to overflowing.

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To this I can testify from my own

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life when I dare to make this leap.

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With what longing Jesus waits for people upon

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whom he can bestow his divine life.

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Right now Jesus is standing before us and

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he says, pray for this divine life.

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You shall receive it if you give away

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all that has filled your hands previously.

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How rich, how deeply satisfying this divine life

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can make you, the life that comes from

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Jesus.

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If you believe in him, then as the

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Bible says, streams of living water shall flow

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forth from you into your family and to

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the place where you work.

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So lose, forsake your life and that which

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constitutes it and makes it worthwhile.

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Break off wrong attachments to people, work, possessions,

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and things.

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And you shall receive the present of divine

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life.

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You shall win the abundance and the wealth

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of a fulfilled life, trusting in God and

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working in his strength.

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Let my whole life be self-offering.

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This precious grace grant me, O Lord.

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For through death comes life eternal.

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So sacrifice rich reward.

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You have been listening to a program written

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by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of

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Canaan.

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To learn more about how God lives and

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works today, visit us at our website www

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.canaan.org.

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That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot

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org.

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If you contact us, we would be happy

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to send you a free inspirational booklet.

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web, please contact this radio station for our

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postal address.

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God bless you.