July 28, 2025

Metaphysical Boot Camp: Stewarding Time and Soul

Metaphysical Boot Camp: Stewarding Time and Soul
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Metaphysical Boot Camp: Stewarding Time and Soul

In this episode of Battleground, we delve into the concept of time as a spiritual terrain, exploring how the way we manage our daily routines can shape our spiritual lives. We discuss the importance of the 'edges' of the day—the first and last 30 minutes—as sacred moments that can either align us with purpose or lead us into distraction. By reclaiming these moments through intentional practices like scripture reading, deep breathing, and reflection, we can transform our daily rhythms into acts of spiritual rebellion against the noise and chaos of modern life.

We also introduce Protocol Six, which focuses on discernment through consequence, encouraging listeners to evaluate the 'fruit' of the influences in their lives. By observing the outcomes of our interactions with media, mentors, and personal habits, we can discern whether they lead us towards peace and clarity or anxiety and division. This episode challenges us to audit the voices and habits that shape us, urging us to align our lives with spiritual truth and purpose. Join us as we explore how to steward our time and transform our souls in this metaphysical boot camp.

00:01 - Introduction to Sacred Time

01:06 - The Edges of the Day: Morning and Night

04:09 - Time and Holiness: Training the Soul

06:22 - Reclaiming Your Time: Spiritual Rebellion

07:02 - Discernment Through Consequence: Protocol Six

17:39 - Conclusion: Stewarding Eternity

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Time.

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You can't see it,

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can't hold it,

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can't store it,

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but it's training you whether you realize it or not.

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Welcome back, Recode.

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Today's talk isn't about power.

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It's about rhythm.

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It's about sacred time

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because in this boot camp,

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your calendar is either a tool or a trap.

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Time is spiritual train.

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Ecclesiastes

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three one, there is a time for everything

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and a season for every activity

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under the heavens.

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Not all time is equal.

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Some time is holy.

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Some is wasted,

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and some is weaponized.

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You don't just train with your thoughts or emotions.

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You train with your time.

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And the enemy,

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he doesn't need to attack you directly.

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He just needs to

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distract you consistently.

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The edges of the day.

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Let's talk about your two most powerful moments.

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The first thirty minutes of your day,

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the last thirty minutes before you go to sleep.

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These are the edges,

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the thresholds,

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the gates of awareness.

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In Hebrew culture,

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evening came first,

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and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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Genesis one five.

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That means

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your day begins

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not with hustle,

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but with stillness.

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Morning,

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the spiritual launchpad.

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How you wake up trains your allegiance.

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Phone in hand,

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notifications,

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anxiety spike,

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or quiet,

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prayer,

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breath,

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scripture.

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Psalms five three.

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In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice.

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Mark one thirty five.

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Very early in the morning,

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Jesus went off to a solitary place to pray.

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Jesus began the day aligned,

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so should we.

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Training idea.

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Morning protocol.

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One,

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before the phone,

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speak a scripture.

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This is the day the Lord has made.

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Two,

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two deep breaths.

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Ask,

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what is my soul craving today?

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Three,

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ten minutes of silence,

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scripture,

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or journaling.

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It's not about length.

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It's about intentionality.

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Night, the spiritual debrief.

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If morning is launch,

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night is landing,

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and most of us crash.

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Netflix autoplay,

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TikTok scroll,

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mindless eating,

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background noise until unconsciousness.

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But warriors

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don't crash.

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They debrief.

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They reflect.

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They close the day in clarity.

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Psalm sixty three six.

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On my bed, I remember you.

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I think of you through the watches of the night.

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Training ideas,

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night watch.

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One,

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ask what did I become

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today?

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Not what did I do,

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but

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who was I becoming

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in the doing?

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Two,

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confess what needs to be let go.

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Forgive.

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Three.

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End with scripture

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or gratitude.

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This trains your soul to end days in peace,

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not fragmentation.

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Time and holiness.

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Ephesians five fifteen sixteen.

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Be very careful how you live.

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Make the most of every opportunity

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because the days are evil.

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Time is not neutral.

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It is forming you, every scroll,

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every silence, every pattern.

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It's chiseling your essence.

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So the boot camp warrior asked,

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is my time training me in light

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or in numbness?

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Philosophical

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echoes.

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Seneca said,

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it's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste

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most of it.

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Kierkegaard said, the moments that define us

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are not always the loud ones, but the ones done in quiet faithfulness.

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And Jesus said, could you not watch with me one hour?

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The clock is not your enemy, but it can be your trainer

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if you learn to reclaim

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the edges.

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Field briefing.

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Edge audit.

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Let's take inventory.

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Be honest.

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Time zone.

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The first thirty minutes in the morning.

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Habit.

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Are you looking at the phone,

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watching the news,

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or are you in prayer?

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Is it training you or draining you?

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Time zone, the midday lull.

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Habit,

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are you scrolling?

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Are you in silence or taking a walk?

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Is it training you, or is it draining you?

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Time zone, the final thirty minutes

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before you sleep.

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Habit,

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are you streaming,

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or are you in gratitude or scripture?

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Is it training you or draining you?

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Small changes in the edges

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create major changes in the essence.

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You're not just managing time.

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You're stewarding

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eternity

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inside of you.

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Every minute you reclaim

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is a spiritual

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act of rebellion

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against noise,

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against distraction,

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against decay.

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So reclaim your mornings,

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sanctify your nights,

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train your soul in rhythm with the eternal clock.

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Next time, we take on the drills.

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What does spiritual discipline

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actually look like?

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Until then,

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guard the edges.

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Honor the rhythms.

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Live like your time

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matters,

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because it does.

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This is metaphysical

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boot camp.

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Now to protocol six,

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discernment through consequence.

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Deception looks good.

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Truth

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looks fruitful.

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The enemy rarely comes with horns. It comes dressed in charisma,

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in popularity,

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in half truths.

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Words can be beautiful,

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but they're not proof.

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Fruit is proof,

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the result,

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the outcome.

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Truth

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nourishes the soul.

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The enemy leaves you hungry,

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divided,

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addicted,

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ashamed.

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Objective.

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Discern spiritual forces by what they produce.

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Exercise. Observe the fruits of all voices in your life,

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the media,

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the mentors,

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the thoughts.

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Ask,

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do they lead to peace, love,

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clarity,

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or

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just anxiety,

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division,

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self obsession?

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This is not judgment.

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It's spiritual nutrition.

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You become

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what you consume.

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Training exercise begins.

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Not everything bad is obvious,

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but its fruit

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never lies.

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As what feeds my anxiety?

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What inflates my ego?

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What leads me away from presence,

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from peace, from purpose?

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What voices in my life leave me confused

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or addicted?

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Which ones call me to love,

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clarity, and discipline?

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By their fruit, you will recognize them.

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Matthew seven sixteen.

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Audit the voices in your life this week.

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List who or what you listen to and how they make you feel afterwards.

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Remove what bears bad fruit

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even if it's popular.

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Read Matthew seven.

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You don't need perfect vision,

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just honest fruit tasting

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and the courage to starve what poisons your soul.

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Living protocol six in the real world,

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know the enemy

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by its fruit.

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We live in a world where everything looks good on the outside.

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A YouTube guru promises success.

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A new podcast inspires you to hustle harder.

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A spiritual influencer seems woke, wise, and well followed.

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But what happens

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after you listen?

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Do you feel more anchored or more anxious,

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more loving or more angry,

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more focused on eternity

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or just on yourself?

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Protocol six is your call to discern

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not based on charisma,

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aesthetics, or credentials,

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but on the fruit.

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In a world of perfectly curated packaging,

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fruit is the reality check.

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It's what a voice,

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a habit, or a person

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produces

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in you,

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not what it promises.

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You start living this protocol by simply asking,

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how do I feel after this input?

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After thirty minutes on social media,

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am I uplifted or drained?

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After binging a show,

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am I more at peace or more numb?

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After hanging out with that friend,

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am I sharpened

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or scattered?

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You don't have to overthink it. You just have to observe

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what grows.

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You might even turn this inward as

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what fruit does my own life produce in others?

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Do I leave people more awake or more distracted,

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more loving, or

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more defensive.

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This isn't about shame.

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It's about alignment.

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Because in a war for your soul,

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deception

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rarely looks demonic.

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wise,

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motivational,

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but the fruit will always tell the truth.

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You don't need to judge harshly.

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You just need to taste what's being served.

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Know the enemy by its fruit is rooted in one of the Bible's

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most powerful

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diagnostic

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tools.

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Fruit is proof.

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It's not about what something says or looks like. It's about what it produces.

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Here are 20 Bible examples where discernment

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through fruit

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reveals the truth about people,

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messages,

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or systems.

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Jesus,

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by their fruit, you will recognize them.

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Matthew seven fifteen through 20.

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False prophets

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may look right,

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but their fruit,

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the results,

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effects, patterns,

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tells the real story.

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The Pharisees,

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lawful but loveless.

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Matthew 23,

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outwardly righteous,

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greedy and proud.

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was spiritual control,

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not freedom.

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The fruits of the spirit versus the flesh,

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Galatians five nineteen to 23.

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Paul gives a list of symptoms for both.

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Love,

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peace, and self control

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versus envy, rage, and division.

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The tree without fruit cursed by Jesus.

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Mark eleven twelve through 14.

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A leafy fig tree with no fruit

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the appearance of life without sustenance,

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and Jesus rejects it.

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Ananias and Sapphira's hidden greed.

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Acts five one through 11.

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Their fruit was deception.

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What looked like generosity

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was really manipulation,

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exposed it.

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Simon, the sorcerer, wants power, not purity.

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Acts eight eighteen through 23.

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He wants to buy the Holy Spirit.

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His request reveals the wrong fruit,

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pride and control.

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Saul's disobedience and insecurity.

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First Samuel 15.

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He keeps claiming to follow God, but the fruit is rebellion,

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fear of man, and self preservation.

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David's repentance versus Saul's excuses.

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Second Samuel 12.

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Both sinned.

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David's fruit was brokenness and change.

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Saul's was blame shifting

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Bholam's blessing looks good, but his heart is rotten.

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two fourteen.

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He blesses Israel, but later leads them into compromise.

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His long term fruit

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was destruction.

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Jesus heals on the Sabbath,

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fruit over ritual.

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Luke thirteen ten through 17.

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Religious leaders criticize him for healing, but

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Jesus points to the fruit.

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A woman set free after eighteen years.

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The Tower Of Babel, Genesis eleven one through nine.

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The people appear united,

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but the fruit is pride,

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self worship, and godless ambition.

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God shuts it down.

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The rich man ignored Lazarus.

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Luke sixteen nineteen to 31.

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He had status and wealth, but the fruit of his life was

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neglect of the poor. In death,

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the truth is revealed.

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Jesus casts out demons

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accused of using Satan's power.

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if Satan drives out Satan,

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second Corinthians eleven thirteen through 15,

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Paul warns that some appear as apostles,

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but their fruit is deception.

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Even Satan can masquerade as an angel of light.

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Lot's wife looks back.

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Genesis nineteen twenty six.

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Her outward obedience

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is canceled by inward attachment.

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Her fruit was resistance to God's way.

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Judas false loyalty.

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He travels with Jesus,

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even kisses him, but the fruit of his life is betrayal.

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Paul praises the Barians for testing his words.

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Acts seventeen eleven.

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They don't take Paul's word at face value.

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They examine the scripture daily.

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Fruit of spiritual maturity.

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Elijah and the prophets of Baal.

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First Kings eighteen twenty through 40.

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Baal's prophets

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perform theatrics.

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Elijah calls down fire.

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God's fruit is power.

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Theirs is noise.

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The church in Laodicea

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is lukewarm.

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Revelation three fifteen through 17.

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They think they're doing fine, but their fruit is apathy.

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says, I am about to spit you out.

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Jesus tells parable of the wheat and the weeds.

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Matthew thirteen twenty four through 30.

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Good and bad grow together for a time, but in the end,

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fruit reveals their nature.

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God never judges based on appearances,

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only

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outcomes.

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Fruit is spiritual discernment

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in motion.

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Even truth, when delivered in pride, can produce bad fruit.

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The enemy often disguises himself with light, but cannot mimic the fruit of love, humility, and freedom.

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As we close out today's training,

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let's remember that time isn't just a sequence of hours.

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It's spiritual

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terrain

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shaping us in ways we may not even see.

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From the moment we wake up to the instant we close our eyes at night,

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every moment is an opportunity

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to train our souls.

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In today's boot camp, we focused on reclaiming

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the edges of your day,

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those sacred,

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powerful moments at the beginning

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and at the end.

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These moments aren't just practical.

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They're spiritual.

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How you begin your day can align your soul with purpose,

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and how you end it can bring peace,

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reflection,

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and clarity.

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But it's not just about your time. It's about your transformation.

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This is metaphysical boot camp, and here, we train not just with our thoughts or actions,

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but with our time.

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Each decision to sanctify those edges

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is an act of rebellion

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against the distractions,

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numbness, and noise that threaten to steal our focus.

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These sacred habits of stillness,

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scripture,

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and reflection

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prepare you for the drills ahead,

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the deeper spiritual disciplines that will be taught in future episodes.

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So as we move forward,

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remember,

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you're not just managing time, you're stewarding

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eternity.

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Reclaim the edges of your day.

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Align your rhythms with the eternal clock,

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and watch your soul be reshaped

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by this training.

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The battle is not just external.

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It's internal,

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and it begins with how you live out every minute of your day.

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Now it's time to take action.

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Look at the edges of your day.

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What habits are forming you

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and which ones are draining you?

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Start with small changes.

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Speak scripture before you reach for your phone in the morning or close your day with a moment of reflection instead of mindless scrolling.

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If this episode resonated with you,

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share it with others who are ready to reclaim their time.

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Subscribe for the next step in your metaphysical

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boot camp.

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Together, we'll build a life that aligns with purpose,

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peace, and spiritual power.

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Remember,

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your time matters.

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Let's make it count.

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I'm Merrill, and this is Battleground.

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If you need to start at protocol one, click here.

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For the next episode,

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click here.

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Get ready for the upcoming battle.

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Goodbye.