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Amos 5:18-19

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alas you who are longing

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for the day of the LORD

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for what purpose will the

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day of the LORD be to you

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it will be darkness and not light

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as when a man flees from a lion

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and a bear meets him

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or goes home and leans

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his hand against the wall

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and a snake bites him

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years ago God gave me that scripture

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and showed me something

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that I hadn't understood

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about my own life

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lions and bears and snakes

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are what's being talked about here

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and what I discovered

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lions and bears are external

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lions and bears are the things

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that are out there

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the serpent is indicative

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of what's in your own heart

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many times in scripture the wall

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when the Bible talks about a wall

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it's actually talking about

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the heart of man

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so the wall is your heart

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and what I discovered was this

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when you think that the

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main problem in your life

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is someone or something out there

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usually you're deceived

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the picture that we have here

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in this scripture Amos 5:19

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a man goes out

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and meets a lion outside

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confronts the lion maybe kills him

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and overcomes him

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walks a little farther and meets a bear

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kills him overcomes him

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and goes home relaxes

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in his own home

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and you've got to think of

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like a middle eastern home

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where there are stones

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you know a wall made of stones

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not like a wall board today

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that we have in modern homes

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and he leans his hand

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back against the wall

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and a snake, a serpent

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is hiding in the cracks of the wall

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comes out and bites him

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and he perishes from the poison

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that's in his own home

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here's the key

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whenever you think

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that your problem is out there

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your wife, your husband

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your boss, your pastor

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the government, money your job

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some influence outside

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that thought is the very problem

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that's the serpent

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you know for seven years

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first seven years of my marriage

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I thought that Jan

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was the one with problems

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she would be unhappy

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and she would cry

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after seven years

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realized why

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because I was draining her value

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and conveying to her

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that she wasn't loved

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and valuable

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although I didn't know that

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but that would hurt anyone

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but for seven years

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I didn't realize

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I was part of the problem

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I just thought

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oh she has a problem

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she needs to get

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some counseling or something

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that's the serpent

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that's the lie

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you think the problem

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is your spouse

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you think the problem is

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your parents

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you think the problem is

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your boss

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you think the problem is

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some other person at work

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no the problem is

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what's on the inside

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that's the serpent

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so when you think that

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your problems are just external

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and the enemy keeps us focused

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on all the external problems

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you know the things

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that are outside, at work

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the money, the boss

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the other people

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that cause us problems no

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the real problem is right inside here

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it's the serpent

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in your own heart

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so when your blaming

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external circumstances

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or external persons

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that is the deception

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and here's a key

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do you know

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when you change on the inside

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wonder of wonders

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everything on the outside

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begins to change

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the lions and the bears go away

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when you deal with the serpent

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in your own heart

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so let's just ask God, let's pray

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Father would you show me today

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what's the serpent in my heart

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what is the thinking

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process that causes me

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to blame other people

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to blame circumstances

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to blame everything outside

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to think that my husband

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is the problem

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my wife is the problem

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my boss is the problem

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LORD would you expose that

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and God would you show me

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what really is going on in my heart

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Father that I might repent

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of pride

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repent of trust in self

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repent of bitterness toward others

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repent of blaming other people

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that I might walk free

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and Father I pray that

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you'd expose the serpent

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in our hearts today

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that you'd free us from that

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in the mighty name of Yeshua

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Amen