LIVING ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE

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LIVING ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE
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OPHIDIAPHOBIA
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Rev 127-9

• 7 And there was war in heaven. Michael and his
  angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
  and his angels fought back.8 But he was not
  strong enough, and they lost their place in
  heaven.9 The great dragon was hurled down-- that
  ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who
  leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to
  the earth, and his angels with him.

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John 1010

• "The thief does not come except to steal, and to
  kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may
  have life, and that they may have it more
  abundantly. (perissosin the sense of beyond)

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE SPIRITUALLY

• A. Recognize we cannot survive at the earth
  level
• B. Recognize that we are naturally crookedwe
  have an inbred problem with AVON

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1999 Article TV turns on by Gary Levin

• TV was once so pure you couldnt show a roll of
  toilet paper in a commercial. Today, critics
  say, TV often resembles a toiletHas TV reached
  new lows? Or has a comparatively tame medium
  simply caught up with a new cultural
  permissiveness in which kids routinely access
  Internet pornography and R rated movies that
  offer far more risqué material? Network execs
  point to the increasingly shockproof viewers..

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1 Tim 41

• The Spirit clearly says that in later times some
  will abandon the faith and follow deceiving
  spirits and things taught by demons. Such
  teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose
  consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE SPIRITUALLY

• Recognize the I must climb above the current
  religious deception that teaches we are all
  children of God.
• Recognize that God has made a way for us to
  live above the snake line

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Eph 118-22 18

• I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be
  enlightened in order that you may know the hope
  to which he has called you, the riches of his
  glorious inheritance in the saints,19 and his
  incomparably great power for us who believe. That
  power is like the working of his mighty strength,

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Eph 118-22 18

• 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him
  from the dead and seated him at his right hand in
  the heavenly realms,21 far above all rule and
  authority, power and dominion, and every title
  that can be given, not only in the present age
  but also in the one to come.22 And God placed
  all things under his feet and appointed him to be
  head over everything for the church,

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Eph 21-6

• 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in
  trespasses and sins,2 in which you once walked
  according to the course of this world, according
  to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
  who now works in the sons of disobedience,3 among
  whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the
  lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
  flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
  children of wrath, just as the others.

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Eph 21-6

• 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His
  great love with which He loved us,5 even when we
  were dead in trespasses, made us alive together
  with Christ (by grace you have been saved),6 and
  raised us up together, and made us sit together
  in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE EMOTIONALLY

• Set your minds on things above

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Col 31-10

• Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,
  set your hearts on things above, where Christ is
  seated at the right hand of God.2 Set your minds
  on things above, not on earthly things.3 For you
  died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in
  God.4 When Christ, who is your life, appears,
  then you also will appear with him in glory.

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Col 31-10

• 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to
  your earthly nature sexual immorality, impurity,
  lust, evil desires and greed, which is
  idolatry.6 Because of these, the wrath of God is
  coming.7 You used to walk in these ways, in the
  life you once lived

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Col 31-10

• 8 But now you must rid yourselves of all such
  things as these anger, rage, malice, slander,
  and filthy language from your lips.9 Do not lie
  to each other, since you have taken off your old
  self with its practices10 and have put on the
  new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in
  the image of its Creator.

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Phil 46-8

• Do not be anxious about anything, but in
  everything, by prayer and petition, with
  thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7 And
  the peace of God, which transcends all
  understanding, will guard your hearts and your
  minds in Christ Jesus.

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Phil 46-8

• 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever
  is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
  whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-- if
  anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think
  about such things

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE EMOTIONALLY

• C. Avoid Negative people and negative conversation

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE PHYSICALLY

• A. Regular exercise
• B. Proper Diet

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE FINANCIALLY

• A. Tithing protects us from the devourer

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Mal 39-12

• You are under a curse-- the whole nation of you--
  because you are robbing me.10 Bring the whole
  tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food
  in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD
  Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the
  floodgates of heaven and pour out so much
  blessing that you will not have room enough for
  it.

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Mal 39-12

• 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your
  crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast
  their fruit," says the LORD Almighty.12 "Then
  all the nations will call you blessed, for yours
  will be a delightful land," says the LORD
  Almighty.

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE FINANCIALLY

• B. Placing God first in our finances shields us
  from inflation

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Hag 12-10

• 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says "These
  people say, 'The time has not yet come for the
  LORD's house to be built.'"3 Then the word of
  the LORD came through the prophet Haggai4 "Is
  it a time for you yourselves to be living in your
  paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"

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Hag 12-10

• 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says "Give
  careful thought to your ways.6 You have planted
  much, but have harvested little. You eat, but
  never have enough. You drink, but never have your
  fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You
  earn wages, only to put them in a purse with
  holes in it."7 This is what the LORD Almighty
  says "Give careful thought to your ways.

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Hag 12-10

• 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber
  and build the house, so that I may take pleasure
  in it and be honored," says the LORD.9 "You
  expected much, but see, it turned out to be
  little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?"
  declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house,
  which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy
  with his own house.10 Therefore, because of you
  the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth
  its crops.(NIV)

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WE CAN LIVE ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE FINANCIALLY

• C. Giving prepares us for receiving

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Luke 638

• 8 Give, and it will be given to you. A good
  measure, pressed down, shaken together and
  running over, will be poured into your lap. For
  with the measure you use, it will be measured to
  you."

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The Big Picture
753,377 Received to This Date
830,000 Amount Spent
Total Needed 1.8 Million
1,026,623 To Finish
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