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Said 235 times, in 114 of 378 sermons, across 30 Sundays. Spoken as 3 forms: process 222, processing 8, processes 5.

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Let Us 7 5

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can I find my faith and trust. See, waiting is a part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be. I've read that this week
hat. We'll add a Salem moment to this. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be. See, everything in me sa
f you call it rock bottom of where doubts will lead you. He's processing them. But in this chapter, I'm so thankful for Psalms because
, this is backwards. And so in verse 16, he gives us a way to process this. Processing our doubts. He says, but then. But when I th
wards. And so in verse 16, he gives us a way to process this. Processing our doubts. He says, but then. But when I thought how to unde
try to figure out on our own. We try to reconcile. We try to process . We try to come up with the solution on our own. Asaph says,
there as a shepherd. He marries a Midian woman. And it's this process . But then God meets him one day as a burning bush. And says,
he very end of the book. So you have to go through this whole process of looking for and finding that all is vanity. And this is So
u my life, "and I wanna live it for you." That is part of the process . As you're giving your life to God, and you believe in your h
can tell you, I praise the Lord today for going through that process . It has changed me in a beautiful way, just like committing t
I know I want it. So listen, if you know anything about me, I process things with questions. Maybe some of you have experienced thi
I am always coming with questions. And that is what helps me process and understand. Right? That's just the way my brain works. So
nd secure our hearts. And as we look at 12, maybe the thought process , like we've talked about this, discipline. I will become this
. She's currently going through the college soccer recruiting process . Crazy stuff. We're just going to see what God's going to do.
y first blessing that a person receives in this establishment process . We should have a healthy fear of the Lord. When we sin, we s
risen from the dead, you will be saved. That's this salvation process . And so we pray for this recognition of a need for a Savior,
you are my help. Lord, you are my hope. Now you have begun a process that results in real lasting help. The question the psalmist
Psalms 121 starts with a question because it's just the way I process information. Give me a question to think about. The question
o ask questions. I've told you this many times. This is how I process things. You can learn a lot from a question, even if you're n
this world, but be transformed. How does that transformation process start? Salvation. And be transformed how? By the renewal of y
ahead and make a tree and a bunch of those trees that do this process that creates oxygen so that we can breathe. All we got to do
we celebrate in the new job? Do we celebrate in the interview process ? Are we celebrating in the middle of all the work we're putti
ey made it very clear that the foremost believers and thought process with the was that God would be the center. And in 250 years,
ay. And we begin what this thing is called the sanctification process . And what that big word simply means is that the Holy Spirit
he new life in Christ. And so as he begins the sanctification process , the sanctification work in our lives is that we begin to loo
t out. She says, the garage smells better. I said, all right, process of elimination. Maybe it's something in the car. I was like,
means to set apart, to be holy. God, I want you to, it's the process of becoming more like God. Through the Holy Spirit, convicts,
a buried anger, a buried hurt. God, lead me in the path as a process . It's a journey. Lead me in the way or the path of everlastin
rstand. It says, "Now suppose two men are fighting and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman, so she gives birth
see this as David is really progressing through this thought process , understanding that, man, God knows every single thing about
him all over trying to kill him and david ends up during this process at one point he ends up in a cave and and i don't know if you
ally dealing with something right on the outside. The thought process is this guy must be okay and everything because he's up here
God's teachings for us. So sanctification, like praise, is a process , and it's not an event like justification. It's a through fol

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s they had to go in and they had to repeatedly go through the process over and over and over and over and over and over again but J
who would have understood, who would have literally seen this process happen, you understand that there is this holy place, and the
in good works the love that we have for people. And that as a process of that, we would show them the ultimate piece of love, which
atching their free throw, their, their free, their free throw process of the free throw line and imitating that. Why? Because these
e to look at you for spiritual leadership? How long will that process be months, years, how long will it be? How long will it be be
terally go from that to stepping into it again. And the whole process over and over and over. And guess what they never do. They ne
to need the healing. You're going to have to start that whole process . You cannot touch it without it going off. With temptation to

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fit and see how God might direct us forward in the interview process with him. And so he'll lead worship. Our gathering director l
s about that, please. See me if you'd like to know our hiring processes and all that kind of stuff. We do have the connect class imme
d of it. You have all these vile things that just continue to process themselves in your life. And you look at this list and you're
is going to stand before God. No one is going to escape that process . And it's right there that it's going to be, you're either gi
y is enough to sentence you, and that's really hard for us to process . That's really hard for us to really like, "Wow, man, that's
l make your day bad, and she will make you look stupid in the process , right? And the reality is, most of the time, the people who
is, if you're a graduating senior that was not a part of that process , or maybe you're a junior, or maybe you've graduated, it's im
appear to others than who I am before God? Is that a thought process that crosses your mind? Am I more concerned about how I appea
r the Jews to have known the law, to know of God, and then to process of choosing to follow him. But to not have known him would be
ught because they had the law, they're special. And I've been processing this and I want to be careful with my illustration, but in a
ng fire. And Elijah did a great job last week continuing this process . It's not the easiest passages to preach on. And I appreciate
ame. He came from that world and he understands their thought process and their mindset. We're going to jump into Romans chapter 3
u got it all going on. That's who you are. And so the thought process of the Jew is then, then what advantage of it is there of bei
people fail, does that mean God failed? Like the Jews thought process . Well, well, Paul, if people fail, does that mean that God fa
b, I'd fail at it because nobody can do it. It's this thought process of selfish indulgence that somehow we can twist and manipulat
enefit God, therefore we can continue. It's like this thought process , this process of, well, you know, I was unfaithful to my wife
erefore we can continue. It's like this thought process, this process of, well, you know, I was unfaithful to my wife just to show
you, right? Would your day change? Would it adjust? Would you process things differently when you have to work? Had a tough day at
standing beyond your acknowledgement and our ideas or thought process . Like, man, I don't know what it is today, but I just feel, t
eful, church. As Pastor John mentioned last week, right? This process of being religious, knowing the scriptures, knowing the truth
no more. So we, some of us will view this justification as a process . Well, it's you're, you're becoming justified. No, no, no. Yo
oment, post justification, sanctification begins. That is the process or the purifying of us as believers. What does that look like
ns I am justified. I'm saved and I become transformed in that process of becoming to look more like Christ in my daily walk, in the
Christ. That's post justification. That's the sanctification process of simply becoming more holy, not being better than we are pr
nt. Being holy because he is holy. And in that sanctification process , you arrive at glorification. See, I believe the Bible teache
or help. And I was thinking through this idea or this thought process of us asking for help in all facets of life, whether that's o
me read you a definition. Justification is an act. It's not a process . There are no degrees of justification. Each believer has the
still make bad decisions. Here's what happens. God is in the process of sanctifying us. That's another big theological word that i
plete until you get to heaven. That's when the sanctification process completes. But justified, you are that right now. You know wh
hildren, but they do not turn away from the Lord through this process . Instead, they are going to have children. And they are going
that will complete that theological term, the sanctification process , becoming more like Jesus until we get to see him one day in
times, but he's molding you and shaping you because it's that process that he's taking us through to become more like him. His grac
uch an essential book to the New Testament. And Paul's in the process of connecting the promises of the Old Testament, the law, and
ned and our legal status changes before God. My friends, this process of faith can be so difficult at times. It really can be. And
ight between you and I, God. But sanctification is the growth process . That's the aspect of a deeper and deeper faith. Of living th
the Holy spirit who has been given to us. There's a, a, a, a process or a trend or, or, or, or a just simply what the apostle Paul
omes in us and that joy goes into love, right? Like this is a process that Paul has shown us, hey, because of the justification we
re I am in need. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to process something. I don't know how to think about something. I don't
nd they're in the room with the Lamb of God. And there's this process , these sayings that's called the Dayenu in Jewish tradition,
rage. It is a bitter fruit of the fall. It is not the natural process . The Lord gave us life. Adam and Eve. Life. Sin brings death.
rent and not feel comfortable around sin. Sanctification is a process and not an event like justification. Starting from the instan
me here for the reason, whatever the reason is. And as you're processing things, you're like, you know, it's kind of like the Gandhi s
ng to read it through it, and I'm realizing for you to try to process that, just maybe catching it for the very first time. And so
and understand and chew on it and grow in our sanctification process as a church to look more like Christ. And so knowing what God
tism? It's a picture. It's not the act. It's a picture of the process of justification. We were buried going underwater and risen a
ke ourselves holy. God makes us holy. But sanctification is a process that the Lord takes us through to grow us to be more like him
tion is all about. And I've been saying it through this whole process . We can't know how good the good news is until we know how ba
dea of justification. He's made us right before him. But this process of sanctification, another big theological word, is making us
re onto that person more. Yeah. And in verses nine to 12, the process , we're told, told by the law that something is sin and it's d
for sure that's not what paul is saying no he says this is a process this is something that we have to work through this is stuff
are always justified before God. Sanctification then is that process that flows in. It flows out of it. Sanctification is a contin
sanctification happens, when you're saved in Jesus, that the process throughout the rest of our life is so easy and becoming more
efeated. Yes, we still have to go through this sanctification process in our earthly life. We still go through this continual work
om of, turn my page here, freedom from authority, the thought process of, hey, nobody can tell me what to do, right? This one's goi
t's not just go, oh, that's a figurative, imaginative thought process . No, no, no. I have to be practical to think through taking m

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