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  (SERMON CLIP) YOU WILL NOT BE DISCOURAGED WHEN JESUS IS WITH YOU
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the continuous presence of the Lord in
our lives as a source of deliverance and joy, leading to a life free
from discouragement and sin. It challenges believers to test their
awareness of God's presence through a simple yet profound examination of
their actions and attitudes, particularly after moments of prayer and
Bible reading. The key point is that being in God's presence should
naturally lead to a life marked by joy, righteousness, and anointing in
speech and actions.

Topics: "God's Presence", "Joy in Righteousness"
Scripture References: Psalms 16:11, Isaiah 58:11, James 1:22, Colossians 3:16

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This sermon emphasizes the continuous presence of the Lord in our lives
as a source of deliverance and joy, leading to a life free from
discouragement and sin. It challenges believers to test their awareness
of God's presence through a simple yet profound examination of their
actions and attitudes, particularly after moments of prayer and Bible
reading. The key point is that being in God's presence should naturally
lead to a life marked by joy, righteousness, and anointing in speech and
actions.

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CONTENT
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The Lord has been with me every time and he has delivered me. And that's
why I never get discouraged. Never, I can't even remember the last time
I got discouraged 20-30 years ago.

Why? How can you be discouraged when Jesus is with you? If you get
discouraged you are testifying Jesus is not with me right now. There is
one way by which I have found out to test whether I am in the Lord's
presence all the time or not. It's a simple test.

For myself it has worked for many years. No, we can all imagine, I am in
the presence of God. Especially when you have a little quiet time in the
morning, you read the Bible and you pray, I am in the presence of God.

How can you get up from that place and go and sin? How can you go and
lust after a woman after that? How can you get angry with your wife
after that? Were you in God's presence? No, you were just reading the
Bible. You could be reading the Bible like you read a science book.
That's all.

It doesn't mean God's presence. For myself this is the test. If you want
you can accept it.

Psalm 16 verse 11, in the middle of that verse it says, In thy presence
is fullness of joy. Did you hear that? In God's presence there is not
just joy but fullness of joy. It's like an overflowing fountain.

Where there is an overflowing stream all the time, everything will be
green, nothing will be dry. Is your life like that? Fullness of joy.
Never discouraged.

Never in a bad mood. Fullness of joy in God's presence. Then every word
that comes out of your mouth will have an anointing and a freshness
about it.

In ordinary conversation or if you are a preacher from the pulpit also.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/Eq1adpfy7CA.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/sermon-clip-you-will-not-be-discouraged-when-jesus-is-with-you/
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