The purpose of reading your Bible, the purpose of meditation, thinking about what you've read,

the purpose of developing a prayer life, the purpose of being in community, the purpose of practicing obedience,

is so that we can learn to listen,

that we can learn to trust the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

We're not preparing for a test.

We're not learning the 12 tribes of Israel so we can check the boxes the next time we're

asked to recite them. We're doing all of those things so

that we can recognize God's instruction and we're prepared to take a place on

his behalf. Hey guys, this is Alan Jackson Ministries.

You can get the outlines for this episode at Alan Jackson.com

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen.

Be blessed.

We're working through a study on angels, demons, and you.

And it's the and you part that is important.

It moves it from a theoretical discussion to something that we understand impacts our lives,

and we're asking God to give us awareness of the spiritual world around us.

I'm an advocate for learning and studying and education.

I've spent most of my life learning and continue to do so and hope I'll be able to continue to do so.

But there are other elements to our lives beyond our intellect. We're not

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