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Good morning, good morning, good morning.

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Let me tell you how blessed it is to be sermon-lord.

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I know Aaron and Caitlin are on their way here yet.

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God willing they will make it safely.

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They arrived late yesterday.

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So we have had a crazy week between people being at the hospital, getting checked out

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by the doctor, making appointments with other doctors.

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And it's a really active week of service.

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We're serving in the panning, serving at the light station, serving at the data entry dinner,

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which was yesterday.

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We had arts and crafts, a youth Bible study on Thursday night.

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On Tuesday night we had a great lesson that R.J. bought about forgiving for debts, the

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same forgiving for debt and what the Bible actually says about forgiving and or forgetting

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and what you should do those things.

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Really good lesson that was.

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It was just a really active week.

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But now it's a new week.

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It's Sunday.

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We're starting off the week with worshiping God.

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And so whatever went on last week, as good as it may be, we can count that as victory

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if you want.

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But today is a new day and we are serving the Lord with, I hope, worship for the next

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hour or so.

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And will there be preaching?

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Yes, yes there will.

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That's right around my t-shirt.

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I have to make that arts and crafts night a Friday night.

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And it's the first time I've ever painted a night.

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And that's my own estimation.

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And I think Josh's as well.

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That does look like a night.

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So we agree that it does look like a night.

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All right.

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So praise God.

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There is a membership meeting today after.

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I do not know if there's anything specific on the agenda, but we will meet.

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So if you need something on the agenda in the neighborhood of membership or in the neighborhood

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of the Monterey Spencer, like you think the church should buy X or a neighborhood of the

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minister, like you think the church should do X, you need to let us know what that is

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before the meeting begins.

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Once the meeting has begun, we start with a closed agenda so we don't do a bunch of

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new motions throughout and then sometimes that causes meetings to drag on and that kind

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of thing.

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But you're welcome to put your motion on the agenda to pull it together.

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You can give that to Amalia, who is our Treasurer and also our moderator, or to me.

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And we'll make that happen.

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So that is today.

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Also upcoming, just in case you had forgotten or hadn't noticed, there are the two novice

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role playing events.

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They are this coming Friday.

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So if you have never played a role playing game or want to try it and try it out, you

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do have to be 12 years old or older.

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So that's our age limit on those two events.

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And it's gotta be for folks who either 30 hours, sorry, 40 hours or less experience or

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never played in a Christian environment before.

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We do it distinctly Christian, no foul language, no discussing imagery, nothing like that.

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We don't do any of that.

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So that's Friday and we do have some people RSVP for the first one on that Friday.

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So that's really what it feels to you to get your RSVP in soon.

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And then the following Monday will be really, not the week following Monday, but nine days

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Ten days later.

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So that's upcoming and you've got other stuff in your bulletin to be aware of and we're

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in a quiet moment here, but depending on the weather or the daily importance and situation

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We're not in your Destination.

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Don't don't think about romance

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Just think about the Lord put your thoughts on God

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and let the Lord speak to you as we try together to reach the light of Jesus. Let us pray together and we'll worship a little more.

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Father in heaven we are grateful. It has been

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It's kind of a funny phrase to say but the truth is it has been a wonderful life even in the midst of difficulty

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diagnoses that we don't like

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even dealing with vehicle struggles that we don't like

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dealing with family members that we don't connect with well for whatever reason

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Trying to overcome fatigue today for example if we had a really long day yesterday or

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if we're off schedule for whatever reason trying to overcome health issues if we've been sick and we want to be

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fully on path to worship you. So Lord we're just asking you now. Will you take care of all that?

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Just help us set it all down and focus during this time on your holiness

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You are incredible and to anyone else who's somebody who doesn't know you they might even consider you a contradiction

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It doesn't make any sense how a just and holy God can forgive a

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We have been wicked. We have done wrong willfully and we are repentant to turn to you today

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So we are grateful that that forgiveness is available for Jesus your son and we're asking you to work in us now as we reach new heights

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You Jesus we praise you together

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We lift our voices our hearts our minds in your direction do as you will and this your people and we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

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Did you hear the mountains tremble? Did you hear the oceans roar? When the people rose to sing of Jesus Christ the risen one?

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Did you hear the people tremble? Did you hear the sea roar? When the rocks began to sing of Jesus Christ the baby one?

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And we can see the sky too lowly, a mighty river through the nations, the young head of the town of Jesus

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We have been wicked. We have done wrong willfully and we are repentant to turn to you today

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So we are grateful that that forgiveness is available for Jesus your son and we are asking you to work in us now as we reach new heights

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You Jesus we praise you together We lift our voices our hearts our minds in your direction do as you will and this your people and we pray in Jesus name

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Did you hear the darkness tremble? When all the saints joined in one song? And all the streams flow as one river to wash away our brokenness

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And we can see the sky too lowly, a mighty river through the nations, the young head of the town of Jesus

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We have been wicked. We have done wrong willfully and we are asking you to work in us now as we reach new heights

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Did you hear the darkness tremble? When all the saints joined in one song? And all the streams flow as one river to wash away our brokenness

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Soak down in your heart Soak down in your soul The waters of the land are quite darkened

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Did you hear the darkness tremble? Did you hear the oceans roar? When the people lost to be now Jesus Christ the living one

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Did you hear the waves? Did you hear the waves?

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Oh, what I would do to have a kind of faith that takes to come out and explode

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Come on!

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I need to call out my name in the lap of fear Reminding me of all the times I tried before I failed I'm going to keep on telling me time and time again

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I'm going to keep on telling me time and time again I'm going to keep on telling me time and time again

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The voice of truth says do not be afraid And the voice of truth that takes before my knowing Out of all the voices calling out to me I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

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Oh, what I would do to have a kind of strength that takes to stand before time

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Just a singing school, surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors Shaking in their armor, missionaries have a strength to stand

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I need to call out my name as you pass through me Reminding me of all the times I tried before I failed I'm going to keep on telling me time and time again I'm going to keep on telling me time and time again

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Never win, never win

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But the voice of truth tells me a different story

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The voice of truth says do not be afraid

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And the voice of truth says this is for my own sake

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Out of all the voices calling out to me

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I was children too, and I didn't have to leave the boy's side

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But the storm was just the right size with the giant all around

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The waves they won't see so far, and the waves are just looking at us

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I was so afraid when we were old, when I stopped and

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I looked into the town and saw the dreams that we had all along

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But the voice of truth tells me a different story

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The voice of truth says do not be afraid

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And the voice of truth says this is for my own sake

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Out of all the voices calling out to me

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I was children too, and I didn't have to leave the boy's side

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But the voice of truth says this is for my own sake

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We come to that part in our service where we have an opportunity to share with one another

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how the Lord has inspired us this last week, and sometimes it's just by something you've experienced, sometimes it's something you said

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I encourage you to find your inspiration in scripture because then you know that it came from the Lord for sure

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But even if you encourage to find something along the way, it's not difficult to verify that, make sure that it's scriptural, that it makes sense with what God is teaching us

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And so if you had an experience like that during the week, you had the opportunity to come and share it with others

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Realize that a lot of times when you're getting something from God, it's not meant for you alone

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God's a big God, and yes he has a big message, and he has a big message for your life

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But as disciples of the Lord, a disciple is a person who hears from the Lord and then shares what they have heard

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And so while God may have affected your life, and you say I changed this, I did that, this was exciting to me, whatever

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If you don't deliver that message to a lot of other people, then you miss out

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Just yesterday, Ariana, so Ariana has been watching quite a bit of Right Now Media this week

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And the reason she's watching quite a bit of Right Now Media this week is because she's working on her multiplication facts

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And when working on her multiplication facts, when she falls behind on the schedule that she and I set, then she is only allowed to watch Right Now Media

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Not any other TV, Right Now Media is purely Christian, Christian messages, Godly shows, kids shows, things like that that are all Christian

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If you don't know this, you can get a free membership to Right Now Media through New Heights and many people

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In fact, we have, I think we have like 300 or 397 or something like that folks across the state of Toledo who have gotten free Right Now Media membership through our church

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And so if you haven't done that, I recommend you do that

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Anyway, so she's watching this really cool show that she found on there called, help me, Ryan, what is it?

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Defrades, I always mess up the word, Ryan Defrades, Secret Agent

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And every one of the shows, Ryan's on an adventure, something happens, he's a secret agent

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And then after just a little while, they pull his mom in and she's a secret agent too

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And so it's really Ryan and his mom, but the show is still named after him

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And then he doesn't really like his mom going along with him on missions, you know, but at first, yeah, but then he realizes that she's pretty useful

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And so I think she saves his life once or twice, that kind of thing

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So then after that, actually is like based on the story, she sees the one that actually teaches Ryan the lessons

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Yeah, so she's teaching him along the way

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But the point is, so she's watching that show and I was working on something at the table and lit some data entry stuff

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And I was listening to the show in the background

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It was like one show after another and the message was really cool, like the story was cool

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It tied in the biblical message, it went into the verses from the Bible, the story from the Bible, it was really cool

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And I said to Ariana, I said, you know what, this is a really cool show, you know

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And we didn't even know it was there until she started poking around right now, right now, finding something else to watch, it's a really cool show

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And then I told Ariana, I said, I think we should probably tell other people about this show, which is what I'm doing right now

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But that being said, that is when the Lord jumped in my heart and said to me, yeah, if you know something really cool, if you know something right

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If you know anything that's true, right, if you have experienced any consolation of the Lord, if you know love, right

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Then you ought to say, you know, I think we should tell other people about this experience

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And so not only is that what Christians are called to, talk about the King, talk about God, talk about Jesus, talk about Lordship, right

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Talk about avoiding hell, talk about going to heaven, talk about abundant life, all those kinds

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Not only are we supposed to do that, but then on top of that, you can bring it here to the inspirational moment

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Where we're all going to be able to be inspired by the same things that you've experienced

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And then we can learn better to listen to the Lord, which we'll talk about that a little more later, okay

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So what do you got? Have you read something this week? Do you have it?

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How's the Lord encouraging you?

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How many days?

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I'm just going to encourage everybody, I mean, the idea of inspiration is that you have to be inspired

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So if you do have something, I'd love to hear it, because that's what inspires me when I hear something from somebody else

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Or a show or something, I just like the voice of truth, that song that just played

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Inspired me to just share quick testimony, because I'm just getting God and the glory

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But I did what would be almost, I think, impossible to share Jesus in a meeting in front of a bunch of people at work

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That may not want to hear about God, because we only had a quick comment, and I prayed for the team

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And I just heard that voice saying, you can't do this, you're too weak, you're not smart enough

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They're going to be upset with you instead

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There was a couple people that said thank you, and maybe they never heard the gospel the first time

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So I'm just thanking God that I could do that, that was the first thing I wanted to share

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The second thing is, if anybody's here in the Bible Scholar, I'm going to throw a joke 38

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Anybody know what joke 38 is? Anyone?

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Alright, joke 38 is where God comes in the world when he talks to Job

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It's the end of the chapter, it's one of the most amazing chapters I've ever read, joke 38

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God does the unthinkable, he doesn't talk about angels, he doesn't talk about glory

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He doesn't talk about his kingdom, he doesn't talk about anything but what he's created

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He talks about the intelligent design that God has created

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He says things like, do you know where the waves halt and when they begin?

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Do you know how a mother bird goes out and gets food and brings it back to his young?

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Surely you must know, Job, how she knows how much to bring back

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You have to know these things, right?

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Do you know why there's goats that can climb up on mountains, they're called the hyrax

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They were called goats, we call them goats today

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He goes through creatures and he goes through the waters and the oceans

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He talks about dinosaurs and possibly dragons

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He's like, surely Job, you were there when it happened, right?

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You've got to tell me what's going on

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I'm telling you, read it for yourself, it's so good

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I was just thinking of two things from that

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One comes from John chapter 3

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Jesus said, how am I supposed to explain heavenly things to you

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if you can't understand earthly things

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And then finally, I was also thinking about the Tower of Babel

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Because like you were talking about, the Bible just starts opening up all over

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Everywhere, I could go way more in this, but going fast

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But the Tower of Babel, we think that God has literally stopped in this Tower of Babel

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because they're going to reach heaven, they might die

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Is it that reason or is it because they're wasting their time?

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Because God considers what is weak strong

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He considers what we think is advancements and so much importantness

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is not to God at all

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It's watching God do miracles every day through everyday life

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Because what he does is he confuses all their languages

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And so they go out and they begin to live

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And you just see how God is using every one of these people now

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because they're not so caught up in, well, we can do this and we can finish this

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And the reason I'm saying that is last night we were in the data entry

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And this is what God really put in my heart

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And it was funny, I'll tell you exactly what it meant to me

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It was like Joe 38, we were listening to someone's brain tone

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It was Mario, it was the old Mario song

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And I was like, man, I wish I could hear the whole song

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And not just the quick part of the Mario because I love that song

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And so Brother Josh played the Mario song

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And I said, isn't it amazing that God gave that person, that intellectual design

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to make that song? I'm not like that

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I would never think of three notes that could make a beautiful song

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Or what everybody does in everyday

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Even people that write art or do comic books

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Because I don't enjoy comic books

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Or people that put stories together

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I mean, every time I think about God's creation

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Or just animals that do amazing things

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Or even the stars in the sky or the heavens

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And I will finish with this because I was going to share it didn't come Tuesday

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But I was challenged to read Genesis chapter

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Or 50 chapters of Genesis

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And I was like, oh my gosh, I'm not doing that

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But I did, it was awesome

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Thank God that I was there to do that

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But I was so stuck in Genesis chapter 1

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Because Genesis chapter 1 explains why God is God and we're not

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Because let's just say I was God for a minute, just like Bruce Almighty

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I would create the heavens and the earth

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I wouldn't think about how to actually do it in order

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If you notice, if you read it for yourself, every day matters

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God says make light or take away darkness and make light

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Because in light there's creation

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You can't have creation without light because it's too dark

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Things won't exist

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I would be like, well I'm going to make animals

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And they'll die and the cold will suffer

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But every day specifically God does in the absolute correct order to do what he does

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And so I just want to encourage all of us just to think about it

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Because I can't go all day

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But just the things that we do every day

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The amazing things that we do every day

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I mean, God has created us to do things that not everybody can do

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So I just, for you yourself, God has also for me specifically done something for you

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That you do for God's glory

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It's just so awesome to think about how God does that through everybody every day

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Amen

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You are unique, you are equal because you are unique

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Alright, who else?

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Haley

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I had one at one of my residents at work

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His name is Harvey

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He asked me to bring this so we could be frank, right?

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And we were just talking and I told him I'm here for him

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And he just kind of broke down and told me that a few years ago

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He was a wrestling coach for this really well known wrestling team

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And he was on his way to fight the game

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And he got hit by a drunk driver

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And then he went to rehab

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He was on his way to his first rehab appointment

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And somebody blew a stop sign and he got hit again by a drunk driver

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And then he recovered and he did rehab

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He still struggles to walk and struggles with a lot of day to day stuff

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He was also just diagnosed with cancer last week

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So just keep up with your mom's prayers

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He's a really sweet heart

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He's a progressive Christian

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He goes to church every Sunday

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So I told him that we would keep him in our house in prayers

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And that we would love to pray for him

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What's his name again?

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Harvey

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Harvey, okay

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Alright, do we have another one?

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Do you want to share your McDonald's story before you go to the bathroom?

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Yeah, sure

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Alright, go ahead

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I was, so, two stores this week

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Until day or above

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But I was, I'm on my way to work deciding if I wanted to get breakfast

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I decided to get breakfast

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I was just getting a hash brown

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I just had enough time to get breakfast and make it to work on time

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No in between

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Well, I pay and then as I'm paying I'm hit

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Like, I need to pay for the person behind me

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So I paid for her food

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It was more expensive than my hash brown

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And so I go up to the next window

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And I'm waiting

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And they tell me that they just ran out

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And they have to drop fresh ones

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So it's going to be a few minutes

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And I'm like, great

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So I pull over and I'm like watching the clock

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I have to get work on time

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And she, the lady who I paid for also was waiting

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So she pulled up next to me and she knocked on my window

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And she was just broke down crying

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She asked me if she could give me a hug

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And so we got out and we were talking

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She had spent all day yesterday

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And throughout the night driving

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And as you can kind of see her granddaughter was hit

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In a, with five drunk drivers two nights before

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She was younger

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I think she said she was only 20

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And they were snow-cold

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And were pulling her legs for that day

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So she was there for her son

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Buying breakfast for her and her son

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So she hit me in the hospital

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And she said that she was just very touched

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That she just, you know, she was just

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She was there for my breakfast that day

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She thought she was there to buy breakfast

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And to have an encounter with God in this church

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That's good stuff

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Alright, we've got time for one more

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One more

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We're going twice

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Alright, let's pray together

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And then we have a pause in offering

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And then farmer two and then off the children will go off to their classrooms

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And we'll go to the Word of the Lord

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And I'm excited about that

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And so, Brother Tim

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Would you be able to send this prayer?

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Sure

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Our Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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Thank you so much for all that you've done for us

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God, it's so sweet

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You've blessed us so much

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In spite of what our country has become

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You've still blessed us

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And we are people that give you the third word

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And take them to Herod the Heights

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And guide us to where we need to go

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Keep us growing

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Teach us to give our time, our calendar, our money

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Whatever we need to do to get to you

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For the Kingdom

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And for those who are starting with sin and sin

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We have continued to reach them

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And that's our hope

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In other words, that sin will take our other life

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And we'll continue to grow

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Personally, with the very word of the name

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I'm starting with sin and sin

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And with the very word of the name

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As the plates go round out, I'll share a praise from last night

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I was intending to go to the data entry thing, but I couldn't make it

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Later that night, about 7 o'clock, Becky called me crying

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She blew out a tire on the highway and scared the life out of her

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She was able to pull off, get off on Wills Road

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And I went over there and changed her tire for her

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She made a home save

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She was already scheduled, had an appointment to go to Costco to get a few tires today

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So, good thing, but I'm just glad she's safe

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Amen

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I could stop and count the steps in

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Like diamonds in my hand

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But those trophies could not equal to the grace

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My wish I've done

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In the night of the road

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I'll make my choice

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And find my glory in the power of the Lord

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In every victory

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When peace and harmony

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Must hold such strength

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Must hold such hope

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His choice alone

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In Christ the Lord where I glory

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His grace I every be

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And only His hand of mercy

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Could reach beyond my weakness to my knees

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Now I can sing no greater armor

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Than just to know Him more

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And to count my days well often

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To the glory of God

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In Christ the Lord

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I'll make my choice

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And find my glory in the power of the Lord

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In every victory

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When peace and harmony

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Must hold such strength

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Must hold such hope

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In Christ the Lord

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I'll make my choice

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And find my glory in the power of the Lord

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In every victory

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When peace and harmony

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Must hold such strength

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Must hold such hope

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In Christ the Lord

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Must hold such strength

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Must hold such hope

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In Christ the Lord

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There's a place

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Where mercy reigns

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And never lies

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There's a place

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Where streams of grace

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Flow with life

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Where all the love

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I've ever found

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Feels like a flood

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It's flowing down

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At the cross, at the cross

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I surrender my life

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I'm in awe of you

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I'm in awe of you

447
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Where your love and prayer

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And my sin washed white

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I'm all to you

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I'm all to you

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Jesus

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There's a place

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Where sin and shame

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Are part of us

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My heart

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Where my heart

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Has peace with God

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And forgives

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Where all the love

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I've ever found

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Feels like a flood

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It's flowing down

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At the cross, at the cross

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I surrender my life

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I'm in awe of you

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I'm in awe of you

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Where your love and prayer

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And my sin washed white

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I'm all to you

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I'm all to you

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Jesus

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Where all the hope is found

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On holy ground

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Here I bow down

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Here I bow down

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Here I bow down

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Here I bow down

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Here I bow down

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Here I bow down

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At the cross, at the cross

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I surrender my life

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I'm in awe of you

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I'm in awe of you

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Where your love and prayer

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And my sin washed white

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I'm all to you

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I'm all to you

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At the cross, at the cross

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I surrender my life

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I'm in awe of you

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I'm in awe of you

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Where your love and prayer

493
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,440
And my sin washed white

494
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,440
I'm all to you

495
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,440
I'm all to you

496
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,440
I'm all to you

497
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,440
I'm all to you

498
00:39:32,440 --> 00:40:01,440
Jesus

499
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:06,440
If faith can move a mountain

500
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,440
Let the mountains move

501
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:14,440
We come with expectation

502
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:24,440
Waiting here for you

503
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:34,440
We're waiting here for you

504
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:38,440
You're the Lord of all creation

505
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:42,440
And still in all my heart

506
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:46,440
You're the author of salvation

507
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:56,440
Your love is from the stars

508
00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:02,440
We're waiting here for you

509
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:10,440
With our hands lifted high

510
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:17,440
We're waiting here for you

511
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:26,440
We're waiting here for you

512
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:37,440
For you

513
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,440
You've given everything you promised

514
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:45,440
Your faithfulness is true

515
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:49,440
And the blessed blood of your presence

516
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:59,440
All we need is you

517
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:04,440
We're waiting here for you

518
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:12,440
With our hands lifted high

519
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:16,440
You're the Lord

520
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:23,440
And if you need us all

521
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:38,440
We'll be here for you

522
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:47,440
I'm all to you

523
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,440
I'm all to you

524
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,440
In spirit with you all

525
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:59,440
We will sing our praises

526
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:27,440
Sing hallelujah

527
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:32,440
We're waiting here for you

528
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:40,440
With our hands lifted high

529
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:44,440
You're the Lord

530
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:51,440
And if you need us all

531
00:43:51,440 --> 00:44:05,440
We'll be here for you

532
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:11,440
We're waiting here for you

533
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:18,440
With our hands lifted high

534
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,440
You're the Lord

535
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:29,440
And if you need us all

536
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:52,440
We'll be here for you

537
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,440
I'm all to you

538
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,440
Sherry and I found a new action TV show

539
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,440
that we've been watching, streaming

540
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,440
I wouldn't say binging, but streaming

541
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,440
I can't think of what the name of it is exactly

542
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,440
It's about a rescue team

543
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,440
It's an Australian show, produced in Australia

544
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:40,440
And on that show there was a particular episode

545
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:41,440
and there was a young lady

546
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,440
and she was running

547
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:46,440
She had run from some guys who were trying to abduct her

548
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,440
and then she explained that the reason they were trying to abduct her

549
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,440
was because she had written a software for a company

550
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,440
It was a game and she had completed it

551
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:55,440
and she turned it over to her boss

552
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,440
and her boss took the game and was going to release it

553
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,440
and make a ton of money and not give her any of the rights to it

554
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,440
and so they were trying to get her

555
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,440
because she had gotten a copy of the game on a hard drive

556
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:06,440
and they were trying to get that back

557
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,440
so they could make sure that she wouldn't release it as freeware

558
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,440
and that was the whole kind of plot of the show

559
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,440
One of the men who was on the rescue team

560
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:17,440
was sitting talking with her and she was getting ready to run again

561
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:23,440
and he said, if you run now, you'll be running forever

562
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,440
they will always chase you

563
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,440
and I thought about that and how that theme has reoccurred a number of times

564
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:32,440
in various police shows and watching NCIS

565
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:33,440
and all these different shows

566
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,440
and it's, if you run from the law, you'll always be running

567
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:38,440
if you run from those who hate you, you'll always be running

568
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,440
The truth is that I think we kind of inherently know in ourselves

569
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,440
that if we're always running from our problems

570
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:49,440
if that's your go-to method of handling whatever the difficulty is that you're facing

571
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:50,440
is to run away

572
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:55,440
to not confront the problem, not try to talk it out, work it out, ask the right questions, get to the bottom of it

573
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:56,440
if you're not trying to do that

574
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,440
you'll wind up running pretty much from everything for your whole life

575
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,440
and the end result of that is not necessarily what people think it is

576
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:09,440
for example, people think, well, I'll eventually stop running

577
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,440
but the truth is, once you establish a habit of running away from your problems

578
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,440
you pretty much never stop running

579
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,440
you may face certain things that really are important to you

580
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,440
you'll wrestle with those things because you realize that you just can't go away

581
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,440
but I know people who have run away from their problems for their whole life

582
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:28,440
then been diagnosed with cancer and then just ignored the fact that they had cancer

583
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,440
diagnosed with stage one cancer or two cancer for whatever

584
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:36,440
they totally ignored it for several years until it was stage four cancer and it was untreatable

585
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,440
and they ran their whole lives and then they get to stage four cancer

586
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,440
and they're like, well, I guess I'm going to have to treat it now because I'm going to die

587
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:43,440
and they're like, well, I guess it's too late now

588
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,440
because you just ran for three years from it and pretended it wasn't happening

589
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,440
I've known people who had a calling by God

590
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:53,440
God said, I want you to come, be the church, follow the Lord, do this for me, whatever

591
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,440
they had a calling by God and they ran away from it

592
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,440
we sang the song, the voice of truth

593
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,440
the armies of Israel were called out to face the Philistines

594
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,440
and one particular Philistine from Gath in particular

595
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,440
Gathite, I guess you'd call him

596
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:11,440
a great big guy was coming out and he was challenging the whole Israelite army

597
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,440
if any one of them would stand up against him and none of them would

598
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,440
and as the song says, shaking in their armors they refused

599
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:20,440
and then young David who was a kid, not even an adult

600
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,440
agreed to go out and stand up against him

601
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,440
and he said, it's not my fight, it's God's fight and I'll do it

602
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:30,440
and you think after David defeated Goliath that that entire army went home

603
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:35,440
regretting the fact that none of them had the courage to stand up and let God fight that fight?

604
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:38,440
I submit to you, once you start running, you get good at running

605
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,440
that's what you get good at and the end is always the same

606
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:44,440
and it isn't that you eventually stop running and turn and face the difficulties

607
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:49,440
because people will go on and they get good at running and they just keep on running

608
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,440
what happens is you get run down, that's what happens

609
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:57,440
you wear out your shoes, you wear out your creativity, you get old

610
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,440
you think I'll never have to deal with this problem

611
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:03,440
and then the problem comes upon you and you're just run down

612
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:04,440
you don't have anything left

613
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:09,440
one who runs away always instead of purposefully gets run down

614
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,440
if you run purposefully like I'm running training for a marathon

615
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:16,440
then eventually you might be able to run a marathon if you did that training every day

616
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:22,440
or if you run for office and you really dedicate yourself to running for office

617
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,440
and you find people to vote for you and you get promotions

618
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:28,440
and you get yourself aired on social media

619
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:32,440
you might eventually run office, that's running purposefully with a goal

620
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,440
and then you either meet the goal or you don't

621
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:35,440
and then maybe you move on to another goal

622
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,440
and in the process of running purposefully like that

623
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,440
instead of getting run down you actually get built up

624
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,440
but running away from everything is exhausting

625
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:47,440
so I want you to bear that in mind as we look at a scripture today

626
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,440
and it's a relatively short passage of scripture

627
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,440
and the truth is it's a relatively short message I think

628
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:56,440
but it's poignant, it speaks to us, it speaks to me in particular

629
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,440
and I hope it will speak to you in a unique way

630
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,440
so maybe give me a little hoot holler or take just a deep breath

631
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,440
and kind of moan if that's all you can manage

632
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,440
as we go to 1 Chronicles chapter 11, here we go

633
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:10,440
Thank you, this is God's word, there's a moan out there, I heard it today

634
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,440
I miss the guy who used to yell Yahtzee every time we did that

635
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:15,440
I think somebody in here used to yell Uno

636
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,440
but anyway it doesn't matter, 1 Chronicles chapter 11

637
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:23,440
and we're going to read then from verse 21 and following

638
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:31,440
verse 21 says, of the three in the second rank

639
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,440
so these are people who are, they're not the top rank

640
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,440
they're not the heroes if you will that everyone looks up to

641
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:41,440
but they're pretty heroic, it says of the three in the second rank

642
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,440
he was the most honored and became their commander

643
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:49,440
however he did not attain to the first three, didn't rise up to be the first rank

644
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:54,440
Vinaya the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel

645
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,440
mighty in deeds struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab

646
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,440
so there's two soldiers and he went and fought them both

647
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,440
and they were big and mighty soldiers and he defeated them both

648
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:09,440
he also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day

649
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:14,440
and he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall

650
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,440
so cubit is generally speaking the measure from your elbow to the tip of your finger

651
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,440
and in most men it runs roughly 18 inches

652
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,440
so your height, you might be a little more or a little less

653
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:26,440
by the way if you measure that you'll never be without a ruler

654
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,440
at least not completely

655
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:34,440
this guy was five cubits tall that makes him seven and a half feet

656
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,440
alright and Vinaya defeated him

657
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:41,440
now in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weaver's beam

658
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,440
so we're talking about a spear, a big very mighty spear

659
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,440
probably seven and a half foot long

660
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,440
and a weaver's beam would be about two and a half inches in diameter

661
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,440
so if you can picture you're talking about a spear that's about that big around

662
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,440
okay not talking about a beam, it's not as big as a two by four

663
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,440
we're talking about a big heavy spear

664
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,440
a spear like that will hold the weight of about a thousand

665
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:02,440
or about two thousand pounds, it'll hold a ton

666
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,440
you can stress it, it'll bend a little bit but it won't snap

667
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,440
it's a big stick okay

668
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,440
and it happened to be a big pointy stick

669
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,440
and Vinaya went out against him and defeated him

670
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,440
it says now in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weaver's beam

671
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,440
but he went down to him with a club

672
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:20,440
those of you who are experienced in any way in melee combat

673
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,440
or know anything from the gaming background or whatever

674
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,440
realize that a club versus a spear has a problem right

675
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,440
what's the problem with a spear versus a club, Bron?

676
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,440
range on the spear

677
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:30,440
yeah, reach, right

678
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,440
so now he wasn't going to throw his spear

679
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,440
that's not that kind of a spear really

680
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:38,440
but so the spear always strikes first is the bottom line

681
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,440
so he went against him with a club

682
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,440
and snatched the spear from the Egyptians hand

683
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,440
and killed him with his own spear

684
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:48,440
these things Vinaya the son of Jehoiada did

685
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,440
and had a name as well as the three mighty men

686
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:54,440
so he didn't necessarily join the first rank

687
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:56,440
he was from the second rank

688
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,440
but he did incredibly and he had a name that was known

689
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,440
amongst all the people like the three mighty men

690
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,440
and we'll go one verse further

691
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:08,440
behold he was honored among the thirty of the second rank

692
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:11,440
but he did not attain to the three in the first rank

693
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,440
David appointed him over his guard

694
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,440
so he was promoted to be over the guard of King David

695
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:20,440
okay, so that's our verses for the day

696
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,440
there's a couple things I want you to see in here

697
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,440
the first is I want to talk just briefly about how it came to be

698
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:32,440
that Vinaya fought the lion in the pit on the snowy day

699
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,440
that's kind of a strange battle

700
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,440
first of all if you got a lion in the pit

701
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:37,440
you really don't have to fight him

702
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,440
nobody really has to fight him, right?

703
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,440
you can stand up at the top and throw spears at it until it's dead

704
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:44,440
so nobody really has to go down in the pit and fight the lion

705
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,440
that's not necessary

706
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:50,440
so why does one fight the lion then, right?

707
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:56,440
so first of all, you realize that Vinaya had prepared for just such a moment

708
00:53:56,440 --> 00:54:03,440
he had prepared and certain activities in his life had prepared him for that moment

709
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,440
he had trained, he had trained with mighty men

710
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:08,440
he had fought, he fought the Egyptian, he fought the two brothers

711
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,440
or two warriors who were together, very powerful

712
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:15,440
he had fought a lot and shown up with a name

713
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,440
shown up with a capability, if you will

714
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:22,440
he'd spent probably every single day training

715
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,440
almost without exception

716
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,440
sometimes I wonder to myself, and we don't really know this side of heaven

717
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:33,440
but I wonder if it was the spear of the Egyptian that Vinaya took down in the pit to kill the snowy lion

718
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:35,440
might have been

719
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:41,440
the bottom line is he trained and practiced every day to be ready for that moment

720
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:44,440
also he had surrounded himself with heroic people

721
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:50,440
people who were also engaging in incredible activities similar to that which he wanted to be able to do

722
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,440
so he was training with other powerful warriors

723
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:57,440
he was engaging in the activities that powerful warriors engage in

724
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,440
and so we can get from that example

725
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:06,440
if we were going to ever arrive at a moment in our time where we're going to fight a lion in a pit on a snowy day

726
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,440
then we need to have the right people around us

727
00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:10,440
we need to be engaged in the right activities

728
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:12,440
and we need to be training for that moment in time

729
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:16,440
now you're thinking to yourself, well I really don't want to fight a lion in a snowy pit anyway

730
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:22,440
notice also that there was a decisiveness or a seize the opportunity about Vinaya

731
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:26,440
he said, hey, here's a lion caught in a pit on a snowy day

732
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,440
hmm, wonder what I could do with that

733
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:30,440
wonder how I could use that

734
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,440
there is considerable risk here

735
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,440
but he responded with courage and I would say even faith

736
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:44,440
he had seized the opportunity in the past, fought the Egyptian, fought the brothers, done other things of heroic nature

737
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:46,440
he realized that when he had seized the opportunity in the past

738
00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:48,440
it had benefited him

739
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:49,440
he'd come out good

740
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:53,440
he was getting promotions, he was getting recognized, he was standing out of the crowd

741
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:54,440
there were lots of mighty men

742
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:58,440
of the 30, he was on the rise to become one of the most known

743
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:02,440
he had not yet been called as the leader of David's guard

744
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,440
but he would love to do that

745
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:08,440
the king, that God would say that he would be the king

746
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:11,440
and that he and his descendants would reign on the throne of Israel forever

747
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:18,440
who wouldn't want to be the king, the leader of the royal guard of the God's king

748
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:19,440
who wouldn't want to do that

749
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:20,440
that would be awesome

750
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,440
and that yet had not happened

751
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:26,440
but in the past he had seized in major moments of triumph

752
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:27,440
he had past victories

753
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:31,440
and he realized that his past victories and his past seizing of the moment

754
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:35,440
his past courage and faith meant something in that moment

755
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,440
now a lion is a noble beast

756
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,440
a recognized warrior

757
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,440
and so the fact that it is a lion is something significant

758
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:47,440
the truth is, as I said, you and I would probably never fight a lion

759
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,440
most of us will never even be in the same room as a lion

760
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,440
you might see one in the circus or something

761
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,440
unless you get a career, a trainer, something, probably not

762
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,440
go to the zoo, right?

763
00:56:56,440 --> 00:57:00,440
there's no lion, no physical actual real lion going to come to your house

764
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:02,440
be in your yard or in this room

765
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:06,440
it's not likely to happen

766
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:11,440
Baniah trusted God with the possibility of perceived failure

767
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:12,440
he could have failed

768
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:14,440
he could have went into the pit that day

769
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:16,440
and that lion could have killed him

770
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:21,440
and the truth is, it was a somewhat theoretically unnecessary fight, wasn't it?

771
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,440
the lion's down in the pit, you can kill him from up above

772
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,440
you don't have to go down and fight the lion

773
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:32,440
so this is Baniah decisively, courageously seizing on an opportunity

774
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:35,440
that he believes God has given him to do something

775
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:38,440
and he trusted God with the possibility of his perceived failure

776
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:40,440
Christians are to do the same thing

777
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,440
the Bible says, Paul writes to Timothy

778
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:48,440
that God is able to bring to completion that thing which he's begun in you

779
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,440
and so each day, each time you face a trial or a difficulty

780
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:52,440
it's the same kind of thing

781
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:54,440
is God going to make me succeed?

782
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,440
well what if he doesn't?

783
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:58,440
what if it doesn't work out?

784
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,440
what if you don't get the promotion?

785
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:02,440
what if you don't get the health boost?

786
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:06,440
what if you don't solve the relationship difficulty or come to the bottom of the problem?

787
00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,440
is that the end?

788
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:15,440
it's the young and the unwise that think that every problem that is in any way, shape or unsolved is the end of life

789
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:16,440
it's just not

790
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,440
the end of life is the only thing that's the end of life

791
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:23,440
I remember when there was a girl who came over to my house and I was in high school

792
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,440
and I thought she was kind of cute

793
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,440
and my girlfriend that I was dating at the time

794
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:31,440
had been very aloof, very standoffish or whatever

795
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,440
and I thought, well this other girl clearly likes me

796
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:35,440
and the girl that I'm dating

797
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,440
not really into me all that much at the moment

798
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,440
and so I called her on the phone and I broke up with her

799
00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:43,440
so that I could pursue the possibility of being with this other girl

800
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:46,440
as soon as the other girl found out that I broke up with the first girl

801
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:48,440
she left and I'm like, ah, crud

802
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,440
why did I do that? that was really dumb

803
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,440
I gave up the first relationship for the risk of the second

804
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:56,440
but the truth was, the first one wasn't any good anyway

805
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:58,440
and that's how we're living all the time

806
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,440
we're thinking like, oh, I lost, I failed

807
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,440
now I'll never get by, I'll never be okay again

808
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,440
and that's just not true, you have to be ready to risk failure

809
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:10,440
if you never do anything that can end in failure

810
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:12,440
you're just not really alive

811
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:14,440
and there's a lot of people that are doing that

812
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:16,440
every opportunity that they could possibly fail

813
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,440
they run away from it and they avoid any risk of failure

814
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:26,440
they avoid risking their money, their time, their other people's opinions of them, etc.

815
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:33,440
notice that it came to that moment in time at which Vinaya had to decide

816
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:36,440
either go down in the pit or not

817
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:40,440
and at go time, Vinaya chose to go

818
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:42,440
there were a lot of men around

819
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:46,440
and many of them could have offered to go down and fight the lion

820
00:59:46,440 --> 00:59:49,440
or they could have just stood up at the top

821
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,440
and nobody wanted to go down and fight him

822
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,440
eventually they would have just stood up at the top probably

823
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:57,440
and killed him from a distance

824
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:01,440
but at that moment in time, Vinaya was ready to go

825
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,440
when God wants to do something amazing in your life

826
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:05,440
and you've got an opportunity

827
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,440
you're going to need to be ready to go

828
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:12,440
that's a problem because life is filled with a lot of distractions

829
01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:14,440
there are a lot of good things

830
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,440
a lot of good things

831
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:18,440
and you can fill your day every single day

832
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,440
now the same good things that we're talking about

833
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:23,440
a lot of people use to run from opportunities

834
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,440
so you'll play 40-50 hours of video games in a week

835
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:32,440
or you spend your time in the kitchen or painting or in the park or whatever

836
01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:36,440
you do all of these things and miss the opportunity that God gives you

837
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:39,440
at the moment God says, will you do this?

838
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:42,440
you're like, but I already have plans to do this

839
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:45,440
and you can be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ

840
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:47,440
and still find yourself in that place

841
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,440
you can be saying, okay God

842
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,440
whatever you tell me to do, I'm ready to do it

843
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:54,440
and then God says, here's an opportunity

844
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:58,440
God doesn't say go and share with this person specifically or whatever

845
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,440
but you already know you're commanded to do that

846
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:03,440
so here's an opportunity, God makes it obvious

847
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:06,440
and you don't take it because you've already got plans

848
01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:08,440
there are so many distractions

849
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:11,440
there are so many other things that Vinaya could have done on that day

850
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:13,440
then there are inconveniences

851
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:16,440
like he could have waited for a thaw

852
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:19,440
in the snow, in the cold of the snow

853
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:21,440
holding a spear is more challenging

854
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,440
and a lion is perfectly equipped to fight in the snow

855
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:25,440
they're not going to have any problem

856
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,440
in fact lions struggle with overheating

857
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:28,440
did you know that?

858
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:32,440
one of the primary things that keeps a lion from being a long-term fighter and runner

859
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:34,440
is they struggle with overheating

860
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:38,440
they get tired, their exertion requires so much energy and so much overheating

861
01:01:38,440 --> 01:01:44,440
that on a cold day, a lion is actually probably more dangerous when it comes to fatigue

862
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:47,440
and so he went down on the cold snowy day

863
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,440
inconveniences were nothing to him

864
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:53,440
perceived hazards, the lion itself, lions are dangerous

865
01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:59,440
did you know that a well-trained warrior with a spear probably will die to a lion nine times out of ten?

866
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:02,440
they're fast and they're wary and they're intelligent

867
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,440
and you probe the lion, you push forward with a spear

868
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:07,440
and then all of a sudden he lunges

869
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:09,440
they come so fast and get past that spear one time

870
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:11,440
and even if you manage to spear them

871
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:14,440
unless it's specifically a boar spear that has a cross piece

872
01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:16,440
the lion will slide down the spear

873
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:21,440
and its claws will rip you open completely before you can blink

874
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,440
even as you run it through with a spear

875
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:25,440
you've got to hit it in the head or the heart

876
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,440
the neck, the body's not going to do it

877
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:31,440
the paws, no, none of that's going to stop the lion from coming

878
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:33,440
and people have died many times

879
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:35,440
one-on-one versus a lion

880
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:37,440
since the beginning of history

881
01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:39,440
there's no reason

882
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:41,440
no logic

883
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:45,440
no thought process

884
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:47,440
that takes him down in there

885
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:50,440
except for he sees an opportunity

886
01:02:50,440 --> 01:02:52,440
and he realizes that distractions won't stop him

887
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:54,440
inconveniences are not going to stop him

888
01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:56,440
perceived hazards are not going to stop him

889
01:02:56,440 --> 01:02:58,440
and he says by faith I will walk

890
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:00,440
not by sight, I see this

891
01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:03,440
I will do what it is that God has prepared me to do

892
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:05,440
here is my opportunity

893
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:09,440
if you do anything other than following God

894
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:13,440
you wind up taking your cues from something else

895
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,440
CUE, taking your cues from something else

896
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:18,440
and at best you wind up in the cue

897
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:20,440
which means you wind up in line

898
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,440
because the whole world is taking their cues from what they see

899
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:24,440
what they feel, what they think, what they've been through

900
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:26,440
what somebody asked them to do

901
01:03:26,440 --> 01:03:28,440
what somebody said to them, what they saw on TV

902
01:03:28,440 --> 01:03:30,440
what they read in a book, what they read in a magazine, etc.

903
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:34,440
and you can become one of the most learned and intelligent individuals

904
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:38,440
and take your cues from the knowledge that you have gathered

905
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,440
and all that's going to happen is you're going to wind up standing in line

906
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:44,440
behind people that are stronger, smarter, faster, more capable

907
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:46,440
already thought of it

908
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:48,440
back in the day I was working at Radio Shack

909
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,440
1990, circa 1990

910
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:55,440
and we sold resistors and transformers

911
01:03:55,440 --> 01:03:58,440
and diodes and every kind of little electronic part

912
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:00,440
you could build electronics from scratch back in the day

913
01:04:00,440 --> 01:04:02,440
now if you want to get that stuff at Radio Shack

914
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,440
it's available in extremely limited supply

915
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:06,440
you pretty much order it online, pick it up at the store

916
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:08,440
or have it shipped to you

917
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:10,440
you can probably buy most of it on Amazon or eBay

918
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,440
but back then we were the only place in town

919
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:18,440
we commanded the market for diodes and resistors

920
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:20,440
and I had a guy come in and he said

921
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:22,440
I'm trying to build a converter

922
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:24,440
he said in fact the world knows now

923
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:26,440
that the next rich person, the next millionaire

924
01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:28,440
is going to build a converter

925
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:30,440
that you can plug into the cigarette lighter in your car

926
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:32,440
and then plug an AC outlet

927
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:34,440
like you would plug in your house, a cord

928
01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:36,440
into that cigarette lighter

929
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:38,440
it does not exist

930
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:41,440
in fact science says that you cannot convert

931
01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:46,440
DC electricity to AC electricity

932
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:49,440
now, has anyone ever seen one of those things?

933
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:51,440
most people have them now, right?

934
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:54,440
because you can, by certain science, convert

935
01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:56,440
now the way they do it is you have to

936
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:58,440
create a device that alternates the current

937
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,440
it switches the positive and the negative back and forth

938
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:03,440
then takes the 12 volt and steps it up to a higher level

939
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:05,440
and that's what they built, right?

940
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:06,440
this guy comes in and he says

941
01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:08,440
everybody's saying if you can just build that

942
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:10,440
you'll be the next millionaire

943
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,440
and a millionaire was a big thing back in that day

944
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,440
now I'd say probably a billionaire

945
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:16,440
and he said, so I'm trying to build one

946
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:18,440
and I know other guys who are trying to build one

947
01:05:18,440 --> 01:05:20,440
and I thought, well that's the first I ever heard of it

948
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:22,440
so later that day I had another guy come in

949
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:24,440
one guy after another

950
01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:26,440
after another, after another

951
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,440
came in to buy the necessary diodes

952
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:30,440
resistors and whatever that they needed

953
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:32,440
to build this thing

954
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:34,440
this transformer from DC to AC power

955
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:36,440
and I'm thinking to myself the whole time

956
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:38,440
they're probably going to fail

957
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:39,440
they're probably not going to build it

958
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:40,440
science says you can't make it

959
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:41,440
then you probably can't make it, right?

960
01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:42,440
that's what I'm thinking to myself

961
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:44,440
and they just kept coming in

962
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,440
and they're buying all the same parts

963
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:48,440
my boss is now buying these certain resistors

964
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:50,440
and he's buying cases of them to keep them in stock

965
01:05:50,440 --> 01:05:52,440
because everybody and their brothers trying to buy the electronics

966
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:54,440
to build the DC to AC transformer

967
01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:56,440
and that's several weeks

968
01:05:56,440 --> 01:05:58,440
and then at the end, at the rush ended

969
01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:00,440
and it came out in the

970
01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:02,440
magazines and stuff, peer review

971
01:06:02,440 --> 01:06:04,440
that somebody had already built the transformer

972
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:06,440
DC to AC and already applied for the patent

973
01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:08,440
and we had a box of resistors of the right kind

974
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:10,440
unfortunately they're not very expensive

975
01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:12,440
sitting in the back room at Radio Shack

976
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:14,440
and when I left there a year and a half later

977
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:16,440
that box of resistors was still sitting there

978
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:18,440
what I'm saying to you, it doesn't matter how smart you are

979
01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,440
it doesn't matter how capable you are

980
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:22,440
if you get your cues from what you see in the world

981
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:24,440
or what you think is going on

982
01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:26,440
if you don't have some kind of other worldly knowledge

983
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:28,440
some kind of spiritual awareness

984
01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:30,440
then all you're going to do is wind up

985
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:32,440
waiting in line behind everybody else

986
01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:34,440
and that is not what you're called to

987
01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:36,440
you are called to walk

988
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:38,440
your life and deal with your problems

989
01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:40,440
deal with the things that you're facing on a daily basis

990
01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:42,440
you are

991
01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:44,440
100% equal with every

992
01:06:44,440 --> 01:06:46,440
other human being, not because you have the same

993
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:48,440
skin color, same financial background

994
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:50,440
same problems you've dealt with, same capabilities

995
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:52,440
skills, training, education, whatever

996
01:06:52,440 --> 01:06:54,440
that's not why you're equal

997
01:06:54,440 --> 01:06:56,440
you're equal because you're unique

998
01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:58,440
right? One equals one

999
01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:00,440
if it's a different one it's still one

1000
01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:02,440
if you compare apples to oranges, an apple is a

1001
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:04,440
completely different thing from an orange

1002
01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:06,440
but if you have one apple, one orange, you have one

1003
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:08,440
so well how many you got? One

1004
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:10,440
I have one whole apple and I have one whole orange

1005
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:12,440
an orange and an apple are not the same thing

1006
01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:14,440
but I've got one

1007
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:16,440
and that's what you are, you're one

1008
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,440
and people are less than one

1009
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:20,440
when they start running away from their problems and start

1010
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:22,440
taking their cues from the things of the world

1011
01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:24,440
instead of what God created them to be

1012
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:26,440
well Baniah was not going to do that

1013
01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:28,440
it came to be go time and he was ready to go

1014
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:30,440
he crossed the line of distractions

1015
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:32,440
inconveniences, perceived hazards

1016
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,440
he walked by faith, not by sight

1017
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:36,440
and he said I'm going to do this

1018
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:38,440
now I know a lion

1019
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:40,440
not a thing that we're going to encounter

1020
01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:42,440
and so fighting a lion

1021
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:46,440
seems like an unnecessary skill these days, doesn't it?

1022
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:50,440
except, you know who else is characterized as a lion?

1023
01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:54,440
interesting

1024
01:07:54,440 --> 01:07:56,440
in your Bibles if you're following along

1025
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:58,440
we're going to go to the book of Luke chapter 10

1026
01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:02,440
we talked about Luke a little bit on Tuesday

1027
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:05,440
because somebody listed it as their favorite book

1028
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:07,440
the week before and then we challenged ourselves

1029
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,440
and so somebody listed it as their favorite book

1030
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:11,440
and then we challenged somebody else to read the entire book

1031
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:13,440
and then they gave us a little snippet

1032
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:16,440
this past Tuesday that was an activity we did over the last two weeks

1033
01:08:16,440 --> 01:08:17,440
and it was kind of enjoyable

1034
01:08:17,440 --> 01:08:19,440
now in Luke chapter 10 Jesus is

1035
01:08:19,440 --> 01:08:21,440
God the flesh walking on the earth

1036
01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:24,440
and he's teaching the disciples about God

1037
01:08:24,440 --> 01:08:26,440
and there's a certain moment in time

1038
01:08:26,440 --> 01:08:28,440
in the earlier part of Luke chapter 10

1039
01:08:28,440 --> 01:08:31,440
where Jesus sent out 70 of his disciples

1040
01:08:31,440 --> 01:08:34,440
to combat evil spirits and demons

1041
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:36,440
and they were seen healing people

1042
01:08:36,440 --> 01:08:38,440
and doing various things

1043
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:39,440
and every time they would

1044
01:08:39,440 --> 01:08:42,440
cast out a demon or an evil spirit

1045
01:08:42,440 --> 01:08:44,440
their situation would be made better

1046
01:08:44,440 --> 01:08:46,440
and usually it was in health

1047
01:08:46,440 --> 01:08:49,440
then we get to verse, let's see

1048
01:08:49,440 --> 01:08:51,440
we'll start in 17

1049
01:08:51,440 --> 01:08:53,440
and so in 10, 17 it says

1050
01:08:53,440 --> 01:08:55,440
and the 70 returned with joy saying

1051
01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:59,440
Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name

1052
01:08:59,440 --> 01:09:01,440
verse 18 says

1053
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:02,440
and he said to them

1054
01:09:02,440 --> 01:09:06,440
I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning

1055
01:09:06,440 --> 01:09:09,440
behold, I have given you authority to tread upon

1056
01:09:09,440 --> 01:09:12,440
serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy

1057
01:09:12,440 --> 01:09:15,440
and nothing shall injure you

1058
01:09:15,440 --> 01:09:18,440
and so while a lion is not mentioned here

1059
01:09:18,440 --> 01:09:21,440
you could see going down in a pit against a scorpion

1060
01:09:21,440 --> 01:09:23,440
or a serpent would be equally bad

1061
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:26,440
maybe not quite equally bad but definitely very bad

1062
01:09:26,440 --> 01:09:33,440
and then it says all the power of the enemy is listed

1063
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:37,440
and so then if you look at 1 Peter chapter 5

1064
01:09:37,440 --> 01:09:40,440
you can follow my logic here I think pretty easily

1065
01:09:40,440 --> 01:09:42,440
1 Peter chapter 5

1066
01:09:42,440 --> 01:09:46,440
and we're going to read in verses 8 and 9

1067
01:09:46,440 --> 01:09:49,440
so 1 Peter chapter 5 and verses 8 and 9

1068
01:09:49,440 --> 01:09:50,440
and it says

1069
01:09:50,440 --> 01:09:52,440
be of sober spirit

1070
01:09:52,440 --> 01:09:54,440
that means be in control of yourself

1071
01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:56,440
practice self control

1072
01:09:56,440 --> 01:09:58,440
beyond the alert

1073
01:09:58,440 --> 01:09:59,440
that means pay attention

1074
01:09:59,440 --> 01:10:01,440
understand what's going on around you

1075
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:02,440
your adversary

1076
01:10:02,440 --> 01:10:04,440
that's the one who is against you

1077
01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:05,440
the devil

1078
01:10:05,440 --> 01:10:06,440
that's Satan

1079
01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:09,440
the one who God will ultimately cast into hell forever

1080
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:11,440
prowls about

1081
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:14,440
that means he's sneaking around the edges

1082
01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:16,440
like ready to ambush

1083
01:10:16,440 --> 01:10:18,440
like a roaring lion

1084
01:10:18,440 --> 01:10:19,440
that means he's scary

1085
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:22,440
seeking someone to devour

1086
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:26,440
so now we have an imagery where the power of the enemy

1087
01:10:26,440 --> 01:10:30,440
is being depicted exactly like a lion

1088
01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:33,440
so ultimately I submit to you

1089
01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:36,440
while the idea of fighting an actual lion

1090
01:10:36,440 --> 01:10:38,440
may not be valuable

1091
01:10:38,440 --> 01:10:40,440
we need to realize that it's entirely possible

1092
01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:44,440
that we may be fighting a lion on a daily basis

1093
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:46,440
now notice that it does not say

1094
01:10:46,440 --> 01:10:48,440
run!

1095
01:10:48,440 --> 01:10:50,440
run! you're in trouble!

1096
01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:53,440
it says practice self control

1097
01:10:53,440 --> 01:10:56,440
submit yourself to what you know to be right in the Lord

1098
01:10:56,440 --> 01:10:58,440
practice self control

1099
01:10:58,440 --> 01:11:02,440
be sober minded, let's take this seriously

1100
01:11:02,440 --> 01:11:04,440
be alert and pay attention

1101
01:11:04,440 --> 01:11:06,440
because there is an enemy

1102
01:11:06,440 --> 01:11:08,440
and he is seeking to devour you

1103
01:11:08,440 --> 01:11:10,440
now he's not physically seeking to devour you

1104
01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:12,440
to my knowledge

1105
01:11:12,440 --> 01:11:13,440
I'm not sure if it's true or not

1106
01:11:13,440 --> 01:11:15,440
I guess it could be true in some way

1107
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:18,440
but to my knowledge the devil does not eat people

1108
01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:19,440
he's not a cannibal

1109
01:11:19,440 --> 01:11:20,440
that wouldn't be a cannibal anyway

1110
01:11:20,440 --> 01:11:22,440
because technically he's kind of more like an angel

1111
01:11:22,440 --> 01:11:24,440
but he doesn't eat people as far as we know

1112
01:11:24,440 --> 01:11:26,440
but he certainly wants to bring your soul

1113
01:11:26,440 --> 01:11:28,440
down to the pits of hell with him

1114
01:11:28,440 --> 01:11:30,440
that is his goal

1115
01:11:30,440 --> 01:11:32,440
in fact he's not really even after you at all

1116
01:11:32,440 --> 01:11:34,440
he really wants to hurt God

1117
01:11:34,440 --> 01:11:36,440
now the truth is

1118
01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:38,440
with a little effort

1119
01:11:38,440 --> 01:11:42,440
you could avoid all conflicts with lions and pits on snowy days

1120
01:11:42,440 --> 01:11:44,440
it wouldn't take that much

1121
01:11:44,440 --> 01:11:50,440
all you got to do is go back and reverse the things that Baniah did

1122
01:11:50,440 --> 01:11:52,440
don't win any spiritual battles

1123
01:11:52,440 --> 01:11:55,440
in fact don't spend your time

1124
01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:57,440
with Christians

1125
01:11:57,440 --> 01:12:00,440
and don't fight in the spiritual realm

1126
01:12:00,440 --> 01:12:04,440
where the enemy is really proficient

1127
01:12:04,440 --> 01:12:06,440
if you can just avoid those things

1128
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:09,440
then the truth is you'll never face Satan

1129
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:12,440
or any of his tactics head on

1130
01:12:12,440 --> 01:12:14,440
he'll be prowling around the outside

1131
01:12:14,440 --> 01:12:18,440
and you'll be living your life avoiding any real trouble

1132
01:12:18,440 --> 01:12:19,440
in the spiritual realm

1133
01:12:19,440 --> 01:12:22,440
and you'll not have to face him

1134
01:12:22,440 --> 01:12:24,440
but what kind of person will you be

1135
01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:26,440
if you never win a spiritual battle

1136
01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:28,440
you'll be tempted

1137
01:12:28,440 --> 01:12:30,440
and you'll be giving in to temptation

1138
01:12:30,440 --> 01:12:35,440
you'll be living according to the way the world lives

1139
01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:38,440
taking your cues from what you know, what you think, what others have done

1140
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:41,440
what they say, their example from your parents

1141
01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:44,440
and most young people grow up and don't want to be like their parents

1142
01:12:44,440 --> 01:12:46,440
while in Christian homes a lot of times young people grow up and go

1143
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:48,440
I see my dad made certain mistakes

1144
01:12:48,440 --> 01:12:51,440
I don't want to be like his mistakes but I do want to be like his fate

1145
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,440
but a lot of times that isn't the case

1146
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:56,440
men who claim to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ

1147
01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:59,440
but don't practice to be ready to fight spiritual battles

1148
01:12:59,440 --> 01:13:01,440
their kids grow up and they want to be like them

1149
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:04,440
and then they are unprepared for the spiritual battles that they face

1150
01:13:04,440 --> 01:13:06,440
so there is some variety there

1151
01:13:06,440 --> 01:13:08,440
the bottom line is if you don't want to face the enemy

1152
01:13:08,440 --> 01:13:10,440
one on one down in a pit on a snowy day

1153
01:13:10,440 --> 01:13:12,440
then don't win any spiritual battles

1154
01:13:12,440 --> 01:13:14,440
don't spend your time with Christians

1155
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:17,440
or at least not in the active fellowship of called out believers that is the church

1156
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:21,440
and don't train with the sword of the spirit which is the word of God

1157
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:25,440
and by all means not jump into spiritual warfare or dabble in the spiritual

1158
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:29,440
where the devil, the lion stalks his favorite prey

1159
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:32,440
it's pretty easy to avoid that kind of trouble then

1160
01:13:32,440 --> 01:13:36,440
but if Baniah set any example for us

1161
01:13:36,440 --> 01:13:38,440
and if Jesus set any example for us

1162
01:13:38,440 --> 01:13:40,440
and the disciples set any example for us

1163
01:13:40,440 --> 01:13:43,440
then I don't think you really do want to avoid that trouble

1164
01:13:43,440 --> 01:13:47,440
what you really want to do is be ready for it when it comes

1165
01:13:47,440 --> 01:13:54,440
please consider that this lion has no desire to rip you apart

1166
01:13:54,440 --> 01:13:56,440
he actually wants to hurt God

1167
01:13:56,440 --> 01:14:00,440
and that desire means that if you do not once and for all overcome him

1168
01:14:00,440 --> 01:14:03,440
and Jesus has done that for us

1169
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:06,440
then while you may escape the pit in this lifetime

1170
01:14:06,440 --> 01:14:09,440
you will spend eternity in the pit with the lion

1171
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:13,440
and no weapons to protect yourself in the next one

1172
01:14:13,440 --> 01:14:17,440
that's the order of events as they unfold

1173
01:14:17,440 --> 01:14:20,440
when it says he is seeking to devour

1174
01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:23,440
it means he wants to bring you down with him

1175
01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:25,440
by the way that is how a lion fights

1176
01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:28,440
he grabs you with one paw, he grabs you with the other

1177
01:14:28,440 --> 01:14:30,440
and then if you've ever seen a cat fight

1178
01:14:30,440 --> 01:14:33,440
falls on the ground and rakes you with his hind legs

1179
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:35,440
that's how a lion fights

1180
01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:38,440
now if you can just bite your head off in one fall swoop he'll do that

1181
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:41,440
but most often they lead with their paw

1182
01:14:41,440 --> 01:14:44,440
just in case the enemy has some defenses

1183
01:14:44,440 --> 01:14:49,440
so they step up and that paw is mighty enough to literally pull your shoulder off

1184
01:14:49,440 --> 01:14:52,440
in a half strength swing

1185
01:14:52,440 --> 01:14:55,440
just go grab your shoulder blade and just rip it right off your body

1186
01:14:55,440 --> 01:14:56,440
while you're still standing there

1187
01:14:56,440 --> 01:14:58,440
that's the kind of power a lion has

1188
01:14:58,440 --> 01:15:01,440
and that's the kind of power this picture the enemy has

1189
01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:06,440
for those who will not stand against the enemy

1190
01:15:06,440 --> 01:15:08,440
take your stand

1191
01:15:08,440 --> 01:15:12,440
please consider that this lion has no desire to rip you apart

1192
01:15:12,440 --> 01:15:14,440
rather he really wants to hurt God

1193
01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:17,440
and his desire to hurt God means

1194
01:15:17,440 --> 01:15:20,440
that if you do not once and for all overcome him

1195
01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:22,440
and Jesus has already done that for us

1196
01:15:22,440 --> 01:15:24,440
and trusting in him will get that done

1197
01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:26,440
but if you do not do that in this lifetime

1198
01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:28,440
then you will eventually face him

1199
01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:32,440
or maybe you think you can run your whole life

1200
01:15:32,440 --> 01:15:35,440
you'll just keep running away from the fact that

1201
01:15:35,440 --> 01:15:38,440
God has already pronounced judgment on his chief enemy

1202
01:15:38,440 --> 01:15:40,440
which is Satan

1203
01:15:40,440 --> 01:15:43,440
and all of his enemies which are the demons and evil spirits

1204
01:15:43,440 --> 01:15:45,440
and all of his enemies who are humans

1205
01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:48,440
the Bible says that you were dead in your trespasses and sins

1206
01:15:48,440 --> 01:15:50,440
but it also says you were subject to wrath

1207
01:15:50,440 --> 01:15:52,440
we were subject to wrath

1208
01:15:52,440 --> 01:15:53,440
objects of wrath

1209
01:15:53,440 --> 01:15:55,440
which means we opposed God

1210
01:15:55,440 --> 01:15:56,440
when you don't believe in Jesus we don't trust

1211
01:15:56,440 --> 01:15:59,440
Jesus said I did not come to condemn the world

1212
01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:02,440
but rather you're condemned already by what you do with the son of God

1213
01:16:02,440 --> 01:16:03,440
why?

1214
01:16:03,440 --> 01:16:05,440
because there has to be a moment in time

1215
01:16:05,440 --> 01:16:07,440
when you wrestle with the truth

1216
01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:09,440
and if you will not wrestle with the truth

1217
01:16:09,440 --> 01:16:11,440
and come to grips with reality

1218
01:16:11,440 --> 01:16:13,440
and you will instead take your cues from everything you've learned

1219
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:15,440
and everything you've seen in the world

1220
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:17,440
then you'll always wind up standing in line

1221
01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:19,440
how many people are standing in line right now

1222
01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:21,440
and ultimately will plummet into hell for an eternity

1223
01:16:21,440 --> 01:16:23,440
and they're standing in line waiting for their ship to come in

1224
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,440
they're standing in line waiting for things to go better

1225
01:16:25,440 --> 01:16:28,440
standing in line waiting for somebody to tell them what they need to know

1226
01:16:28,440 --> 01:16:31,440
standing in line waiting for somebody else to defeat their enemy

1227
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:33,440
to give them that easy path to glory

1228
01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:35,440
a side job that can make a million dollars today

1229
01:16:35,440 --> 01:16:37,440
whatever they are

1230
01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:39,440
everybody's waiting for something

1231
01:16:39,440 --> 01:16:41,440
and then those people who are waiting

1232
01:16:41,440 --> 01:16:43,440
they get to panicking because it isn't working out

1233
01:16:43,440 --> 01:16:45,440
and then they wind up under the control of the enemy

1234
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:48,440
and now you've got people who will vote a certain way

1235
01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:50,440
act a certain way

1236
01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:51,440
live a certain way

1237
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:52,440
talk a certain way

1238
01:16:52,440 --> 01:16:53,440
whatever

1239
01:16:53,440 --> 01:16:55,440
because somebody else is telling them

1240
01:16:55,440 --> 01:16:57,440
that it's really urgent or important that they do that

1241
01:16:57,440 --> 01:16:59,440
don't take your cues from the world

1242
01:16:59,440 --> 01:17:01,440
take your cues from God

1243
01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:03,440
don't stand in line for destruction

1244
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:06,440
rather stand in line for the opportunity that God has given you

1245
01:17:06,440 --> 01:17:07,440
whatever that is

1246
01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:09,440
and when it comes, be ready

1247
01:17:09,440 --> 01:17:11,440
be ready to fight in the spiritual realm

1248
01:17:11,440 --> 01:17:13,440
do spend your time with Christians

1249
01:17:13,440 --> 01:17:15,440
do prep yourself

1250
01:17:15,440 --> 01:17:18,440
do be more like Jesus each day

1251
01:17:18,440 --> 01:17:21,440
engaging in the activities that Jesus gave us to engage into

1252
01:17:21,440 --> 01:17:23,440
so that we will be more like Him

1253
01:17:23,440 --> 01:17:25,440
do get involved with training

1254
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:27,440
do spend time with the church

1255
01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:29,440
do seize opportunities

1256
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:31,440
and then as each opportunity is seized

1257
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:33,440
and you see how God has glorified success or failure

1258
01:17:33,440 --> 01:17:36,440
use those things to launch yourself on new opportunities

1259
01:17:36,440 --> 01:17:38,440
and keep building on what you have learned

1260
01:17:38,440 --> 01:17:40,440
past victories mean something

1261
01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:42,440
they mean that God has been at work

1262
01:17:42,440 --> 01:17:44,440
when we got to that moment in time, Sheri and I did

1263
01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:46,440
where we were going to lose everything

1264
01:17:46,440 --> 01:17:48,440
both houses going into foreclosure

1265
01:17:48,440 --> 01:17:49,440
the one we couldn't sell in Ohio

1266
01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:51,440
the one we couldn't live in anymore in Michigan

1267
01:17:51,440 --> 01:17:53,440
both going into foreclosure

1268
01:17:53,440 --> 01:17:55,440
she called me on the phone right before that

1269
01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:57,440
and she said, I'm losing my job

1270
01:17:57,440 --> 01:17:59,440
we're going to lose everything

1271
01:17:59,440 --> 01:18:01,440
and in that moment I could have said anything

1272
01:18:01,440 --> 01:18:03,440
and almost anything I could have said

1273
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:05,440
80% of what I might have said might have ruined my marriage

1274
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:07,440
it might have been the end of our relationship

1275
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:09,440
we might have never been together in the way that we were

1276
01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:11,440
in Christ ever again

1277
01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:13,440
but God lead me to say this

1278
01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:15,440
He said, all that matters is, we'll be together

1279
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:17,440
now I wouldn't have said that normally

1280
01:18:17,440 --> 01:18:19,440
all that matters is, we'll be together

1281
01:18:19,440 --> 01:18:21,440
I might have said, we'll figure something out

1282
01:18:21,440 --> 01:18:23,440
listen, when you're faced with an opportunity

1283
01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:25,440
to stand down in a pit on a snowy day, don't you ever say

1284
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:27,440
we'll figure something out

1285
01:18:27,440 --> 01:18:29,440
God doesn't want you to figure something out

1286
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:31,440
God wants you to seize the opportunity

1287
01:18:31,440 --> 01:18:33,440
to act the way He created you in Christ

1288
01:18:33,440 --> 01:18:35,440
to do what it is that He's leading you to do

1289
01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:37,440
go on go

1290
01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:39,440
God says, 1, 2, 3, go

1291
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:41,440
you go on go

1292
01:18:41,440 --> 01:18:43,440
God says, jump

1293
01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:45,440
you don't say how high, you just jump

1294
01:18:45,440 --> 01:18:47,440
God will determine how high

1295
01:18:47,440 --> 01:18:49,440
the difference is, you're walking by faith not by sight

1296
01:18:49,440 --> 01:18:51,440
so you give, you serve

1297
01:18:51,440 --> 01:18:53,440
you worship, you show up

1298
01:18:53,440 --> 01:18:55,440
you do the work of the Lord to

1299
01:18:55,440 --> 01:18:57,440
combat the enemy every day

1300
01:18:57,440 --> 01:18:59,440
I read a story

1301
01:18:59,440 --> 01:19:01,440
so long ago I couldn't remember

1302
01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:03,440
where I read it at and I couldn't

1303
01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:05,440
quote the person, this is not meant to be plagiarism

1304
01:19:05,440 --> 01:19:07,440
or anything like that, it was a story about a dog

1305
01:19:07,440 --> 01:19:09,440
a man got a dog

1306
01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:11,440
a fighting dog, and he thought, well I'm gonna

1307
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:13,440
get this dog for my kids

1308
01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:15,440
well you know how well that goes, right, once a dog's been a fighting dog

1309
01:19:15,440 --> 01:19:17,440
it's hard to get a dog to ever be calm

1310
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:19,440
with your kids after that, because frankly

1311
01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:21,440
kids are mean, and when a kid's mean to the dog

1312
01:19:21,440 --> 01:19:23,440
the dog's gonna respond like he would to another dog

1313
01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:25,440
who's mean to him, so he got a fighting dog

1314
01:19:25,440 --> 01:19:27,440
and he thought he was gonna, well he couldn't keep with his kids

1315
01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:29,440
and so they wound up when the kids were playing

1316
01:19:29,440 --> 01:19:31,440
in the house and stuff, a lot of times they wound up having to keep

1317
01:19:31,440 --> 01:19:33,440
the dog in a cage

1318
01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:35,440
so that their dog and the kids

1319
01:19:35,440 --> 01:19:37,440
wouldn't have a problem

1320
01:19:37,440 --> 01:19:39,440
and all the dog tried to do all the time

1321
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:41,440
was a fighting dog, he was just always trying to get out of the cage

1322
01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:43,440
and on at the cage, where the fighting dog

1323
01:19:43,440 --> 01:19:45,440
is pretty big, and so fighting dog

1324
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:47,440
got out of the cage

1325
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:49,440
while they were gone

1326
01:19:49,440 --> 01:19:51,440
big dog got out of the cage

1327
01:19:51,440 --> 01:19:53,440
only to find out he was in a cage

1328
01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:55,440
now what do I mean by that?

1329
01:19:55,440 --> 01:19:57,440
still in the house

1330
01:19:57,440 --> 01:19:59,440
still in the house, right

1331
01:19:59,440 --> 01:20:01,440
so then he starts fighting to get out of the house

1332
01:20:01,440 --> 01:20:03,440
he's fight chewing up the door

1333
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:05,440
busting it, finally, finally he managed

1334
01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:07,440
to bust a window out, or I think he pushed an air conditioner

1335
01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,440
out the window, pushed the air

1336
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:11,440
conditioner out the window and got out of the house

1337
01:20:11,440 --> 01:20:13,440
only to find out he was still

1338
01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:17,440
in a cage, what do I mean by that?

1339
01:20:17,440 --> 01:20:19,440
he was in the yard, the yard was fenced in

1340
01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:21,440
he couldn't get out of the yard, so he spent all

1341
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:23,440
day, all afternoon trying to

1342
01:20:23,440 --> 01:20:25,440
dig, and he dug under the neighbors

1343
01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:27,440
he dug, I found a soft spot, he dug

1344
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:29,440
under the fence, into the neighbors

1345
01:20:29,440 --> 01:20:31,440
yard, only to find out

1346
01:20:31,440 --> 01:20:33,440
he was still in a cage, because

1347
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:35,440
the neighbor had a fence too

1348
01:20:35,440 --> 01:20:37,440
you see, this is what we do, we go

1349
01:20:37,440 --> 01:20:39,440
from one problem to the next

1350
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:41,440
and all we want to do is solve it the way the world

1351
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:43,440
solves a problem, and all you do is wind up in another

1352
01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:45,440
cage, hear me now

1353
01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:47,440
your life can be one of two things

1354
01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:49,440
it can be moving forward

1355
01:20:49,440 --> 01:20:51,440
serving God, seizing the moment

1356
01:20:51,440 --> 01:20:53,440
to kill the beast, and take on

1357
01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:55,440
the opportunities and things that God has given you

1358
01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:57,440
to do, and the way that God would have you to do them

1359
01:20:57,440 --> 01:20:59,440
and how do you do that? You spend your time with Christians

1360
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:01,440
you learn the way God would have you learn, you sharpen your

1361
01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:03,440
sword of the spirit, which is the word of God

1362
01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:05,440
it means you learn what the word says, and you're prepared to use it

1363
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:07,440
and if you would really do this the way

1364
01:21:07,440 --> 01:21:09,440
it was meant to be, if Satan himself

1365
01:21:09,440 --> 01:21:11,440
which is unlikely to ever happen, but if Satan himself

1366
01:21:11,440 --> 01:21:13,440
came up to you, you would be ready

1367
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:15,440
with the word of God to rebuke him just the way Jesus

1368
01:21:15,440 --> 01:21:17,440
did. Jesus did not rebuke

1369
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:19,440
Satan as the son of God, God in the

1370
01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:21,440
flesh, he rebuked him as a man

1371
01:21:21,440 --> 01:21:23,440
who knew what God says

1372
01:21:23,440 --> 01:21:25,440
why? Because he was setting

1373
01:21:25,440 --> 01:21:27,440
an example for us to rebuke Satan

1374
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:29,440
the same way. Satan if he ever

1375
01:21:29,440 --> 01:21:31,440
came in person, and every evil spirit you ever deal

1376
01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:33,440
with, and every problem you ever arrive at, you ought

1377
01:21:33,440 --> 01:21:35,440
to have a word for that moment in time

1378
01:21:35,440 --> 01:21:37,440
and you get that by perfecting your use

1379
01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:39,440
of the sword of the spirit which is the word of God

1380
01:21:39,440 --> 01:21:41,440
the point is

1381
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:43,440
if you will think of it this way

1382
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:45,440
there are two roads, two choices

1383
01:21:45,440 --> 01:21:47,440
that you can make. You can be ready

1384
01:21:47,440 --> 01:21:49,440
to go down to the pit on a snowy day

1385
01:21:49,440 --> 01:21:51,440
if that's what it takes to seize

1386
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:53,440
the opportunity and do what it is that God has for you

1387
01:21:53,440 --> 01:21:55,440
you can do that, and you learn to do that

1388
01:21:55,440 --> 01:21:57,440
by those things that I'm talking about

1389
01:21:57,440 --> 01:21:59,440
or you can say, no, we just

1390
01:21:59,440 --> 01:22:01,440
kill it from a distance

1391
01:22:01,440 --> 01:22:03,440
take the easy road, not do

1392
01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:05,440
it God's way, not walk by faith

1393
01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:07,440
but take the easy road

1394
01:22:07,440 --> 01:22:09,440
running, and the easy road

1395
01:22:09,440 --> 01:22:11,440
running away from the problem

1396
01:22:11,440 --> 01:22:13,440
see a lion in a snowy pit, he's going up

1397
01:22:13,440 --> 01:22:15,440
somebody else will take care of it

1398
01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:17,440
I don't have to overcome inconvenience today

1399
01:22:17,440 --> 01:22:19,440
I don't have to overcome distractions today

1400
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:21,440
somebody else will take care of it

1401
01:22:21,440 --> 01:22:23,440
I'm so sick and tired of Christians

1402
01:22:23,440 --> 01:22:25,440
saying somebody else will take care of it

1403
01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:27,440
what if you are the only person

1404
01:22:27,440 --> 01:22:29,440
in this room

1405
01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:31,440
now, I will tell you I believe in Jesus

1406
01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:33,440
I love Jesus, I'm following the Lord, I hope I'm going to heaven

1407
01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:35,440
I'm trying to live for the Lord every day

1408
01:22:35,440 --> 01:22:37,440
but I could be

1409
01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:39,440
somehow some kind of eloquent speaker

1410
01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:41,440
and the truth is, I could be going to hell

1411
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:43,440
but even if I am, this is the

1412
01:22:43,440 --> 01:22:45,440
word of God, and you better figure out

1413
01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:47,440
what it means and apply it in your life

1414
01:22:47,440 --> 01:22:49,440
and be ready to go down in a pit on a snowy day

1415
01:22:49,440 --> 01:22:51,440
because if I'm not ready to go down in a pit on a snowy day

1416
01:22:51,440 --> 01:22:53,440
you still have to be ready

1417
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:55,440
to go down in a pit on a snowy day if that's what the Lord

1418
01:22:55,440 --> 01:22:57,440
has you do. What if you're the

1419
01:22:57,440 --> 01:22:59,440
only person in the room who is for sure

1420
01:22:59,440 --> 01:23:01,440
walking into glory? You're just going to

1421
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:03,440
let the rest of us go to hell?

1422
01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:05,440
Seriously?

1423
01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:07,440
If I'm not saved, I'm waiting

1424
01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:09,440
to be saved for sure

1425
01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:11,440
I want to be saved, I want to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ

1426
01:23:11,440 --> 01:23:13,440
and there are other people in this room, young people and

1427
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:15,440
adults, people you know in your life, family members

1428
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:17,440
people that you work with, people you go to

1429
01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:19,440
school with, that need to know about

1430
01:23:19,440 --> 01:23:21,440
the truth that Jesus Christ died on

1431
01:23:21,440 --> 01:23:23,440
the cross for sins and your sins can

1432
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:25,440
be paid for and there is a once and

1433
01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:27,440
for all final victory in Jesus

1434
01:23:27,440 --> 01:23:29,440
and that as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, He

1435
01:23:29,440 --> 01:23:31,440
teaches us how to live so that we

1436
01:23:31,440 --> 01:23:33,440
are ready to go down in a pit on a snowy

1437
01:23:33,440 --> 01:23:35,440
day if that's what God calls us to

1438
01:23:35,440 --> 01:23:37,440
Now if you arrive at a pit on a snowy day

1439
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:39,440
and there's a lion down there and God says don't go down there

1440
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:41,440
that lion will kill you, then you'd be an idiot to jump

1441
01:23:41,440 --> 01:23:43,440
in the pit and fight the lion because you're going to die

1442
01:23:43,440 --> 01:23:45,440
even though God told you not to

1443
01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:47,440
God's not telling you to waste your life

1444
01:23:47,440 --> 01:23:49,440
He's telling you to live your life

1445
01:23:49,440 --> 01:23:51,440
The greatest tragedy would be that you arrive at the end of your

1446
01:23:51,440 --> 01:23:53,440
life, fall into the grips of Satan for eternity

1447
01:23:53,440 --> 01:23:55,440
not that he's going to rule over hell, he's going to be suffering

1448
01:23:55,440 --> 01:23:57,440
just the same as we are, but he gets

1449
01:23:57,440 --> 01:23:59,440
to take us with him into hell

1450
01:23:59,440 --> 01:24:01,440
never having lived

1451
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:03,440
What a waste

1452
01:24:03,440 --> 01:24:05,440
Don't do it, instead

1453
01:24:05,440 --> 01:24:07,440
prepare yourself for those moments

1454
01:24:07,440 --> 01:24:09,440
and opportunities, it starts with accepting

1455
01:24:09,440 --> 01:24:11,440
Jesus Christ as Lord, that means He tells

1456
01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:13,440
you what to do when you do it

1457
01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:15,440
It starts with believing

1458
01:24:15,440 --> 01:24:17,440
in the salvation that He provided

1459
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:19,440
having victory over the enemy who

1460
01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:21,440
would bring you down, whatever that is, your own sin, your own

1461
01:24:21,440 --> 01:24:23,440
temptation, the world's system, evil spirits, demons

1462
01:24:23,440 --> 01:24:25,440
Satan, whatever who is trying to bring you down today

1463
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:27,440
having victory over that in Christ

1464
01:24:27,440 --> 01:24:29,440
that's where it starts at

1465
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:31,440
the old you is now dead

1466
01:24:31,440 --> 01:24:33,440
He can go to hell

1467
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:35,440
and He would have

1468
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:37,440
but now He's been reborn, transformed

1469
01:24:37,440 --> 01:24:39,440
made new, and it's you, and you're walking

1470
01:24:39,440 --> 01:24:41,440
for Christ now, put the rest of it

1471
01:24:41,440 --> 01:24:43,440
behind you and say, okay, God sends me into a

1472
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,440
pit on a snowy day versus a lion, I'm going

1473
01:24:45,440 --> 01:24:47,440
and realize that lion

1474
01:24:47,440 --> 01:24:49,440
is in your life

1475
01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:51,440
and so you're either in a cage

1476
01:24:51,440 --> 01:24:53,440
with Him, or

1477
01:24:53,440 --> 01:24:55,440
you're free

1478
01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:57,440
and if you're not free in Jesus Christ

1479
01:24:57,440 --> 01:24:59,440
then you're in a cage with that lion

1480
01:24:59,440 --> 01:25:01,440
right now

1481
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:03,440
accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior

1482
01:25:03,440 --> 01:25:05,440
and say, okay, God, I'm ready at go time

1483
01:25:05,440 --> 01:25:07,440
but the truth is

1484
01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:09,440
for the big thing that God has for you

1485
01:25:09,440 --> 01:25:11,440
down the road, a year from now, five years from now

1486
01:25:11,440 --> 01:25:13,440
ten years from now if you're still here

1487
01:25:13,440 --> 01:25:15,440
for that moment in time, your particular

1488
01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:17,440
down in a pit on a snowy day

1489
01:25:17,440 --> 01:25:19,440
with a lion, you're not ready

1490
01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:21,440
right now, as you sit here right now

1491
01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:23,440
you're not ready, now Jesus is

1492
01:25:23,440 --> 01:25:25,440
and so if you went in that situation, you could be

1493
01:25:25,440 --> 01:25:27,440
Jesus could come as the fourth man in the furnace

1494
01:25:27,440 --> 01:25:29,440
and He can say, okay, I gave you ten years to get

1495
01:25:29,440 --> 01:25:31,440
rid of this day, it's not happening

1496
01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:33,440
you didn't do it, ten years, you could have studied

1497
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:35,440
every day, you could have served every day, you could have

1498
01:25:35,440 --> 01:25:37,440
gave every day, you didn't do it, but I'm here with you

1499
01:25:37,440 --> 01:25:39,440
now, we're going to get through it, it's going to be fine

1500
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:41,440
and that's what He promises, that's the minimum

1501
01:25:41,440 --> 01:25:43,440
but what He desires for you

1502
01:25:43,440 --> 01:25:45,440
is that when you get to that moment in time of ten years

1503
01:25:45,440 --> 01:25:47,440
He's there with you, and you and

1504
01:25:47,440 --> 01:25:49,440
Him are rejoicing through the moment

1505
01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:51,440
see, this lion, He's a pussycat

1506
01:25:51,440 --> 01:25:53,440
He can't touch me

1507
01:25:53,440 --> 01:25:55,440
greater is He that is in you

1508
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:57,440
than He that is in the world, means

1509
01:25:57,440 --> 01:25:59,440
that when you arrive at the moment where you truly

1510
01:25:59,440 --> 01:26:01,440
have to fight, the devil

1511
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:03,440
if you would, or evil spirits or temptations

1512
01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:05,440
or whatever it is, when you have to fight in that moment

1513
01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:07,440
you run roughshod right over

1514
01:26:07,440 --> 01:26:09,440
top of it, we're acting

1515
01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:11,440
like we're subject to temptation

1516
01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:13,440
like anybody else, you're not, you've got

1517
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:15,440
the Holy Spirit in you, conviction, God's Word

1518
01:26:15,440 --> 01:26:17,440
spiritual gifts, you're thirsty

1519
01:26:17,440 --> 01:26:19,440
for chocolate, sing praises

1520
01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:21,440
it literally has the same effect

1521
01:26:21,440 --> 01:26:23,440
science will tell you, it has eating

1522
01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:25,440
chocolate, singing praises to God

1523
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:27,440
check the endorphins in your brain, literally

1524
01:26:27,440 --> 01:26:29,440
the same effect

1525
01:26:29,440 --> 01:26:31,440
but most of us don't want to sing at all

1526
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:33,440
in worship with other Christians, on the

1527
01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:35,440
road, we were, Ariana and I got

1528
01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:37,440
in the van, we were going to the YMCA

1529
01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:39,440
to practice basketball

1530
01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:41,440
and the truth is

1531
01:26:41,440 --> 01:26:43,440
the last couple of weeks

1532
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:45,440
I've had some pretty vicious

1533
01:26:45,440 --> 01:26:47,440
days

1534
01:26:47,440 --> 01:26:49,440
days where one thing after another came against me

1535
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:51,440
and I was trying, I was just

1536
01:26:51,440 --> 01:26:53,440
taking them on with Jesus, I'm like, Jesus

1537
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:55,440
we got this, we're going to do this, we've got this, we're not going to quit

1538
01:26:55,440 --> 01:26:57,440
and I'm keeping a harrowing

1539
01:26:57,440 --> 01:26:59,440
schedule as it is

1540
01:26:59,440 --> 01:27:01,440
we're driving to basketball, and I thought

1541
01:27:01,440 --> 01:27:03,440
I'm going to put on Turbulent

1542
01:27:03,440 --> 01:27:05,440
Skies by Lauren Daigle, because when I did my Sabbath

1543
01:27:05,440 --> 01:27:07,440
two songs, Turbulent Skies and These

1544
01:27:07,440 --> 01:27:09,440
Are The Days, it means, Turbulent Skies

1545
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:11,440
means you're going to go through some rough stuff, but it's going to be okay because

1546
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:13,440
he's going to be with you, that's what the message to that song is

1547
01:27:13,440 --> 01:27:15,440
and the other song was, These Are The Days

1548
01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:17,440
means even if you're going through rough stuff, these are the days

1549
01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:19,440
that God has promised, something amazing, something

1550
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:21,440
incredible, God is doing something

1551
01:27:21,440 --> 01:27:23,440
so I'm going to put on Turbulent Skies by Lauren Daigle

1552
01:27:23,440 --> 01:27:25,440
push the button

1553
01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:27,440
on my phone

1554
01:27:27,440 --> 01:27:29,440
and Alexa says

1555
01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:31,440
Amazon Music is currently streaming on another

1556
01:27:31,440 --> 01:27:33,440
device, would you like to stream

1557
01:27:33,440 --> 01:27:35,440
Amazon Music on this device instead?

1558
01:27:35,440 --> 01:27:37,440
Well Sherry's driving back from Columbus

1559
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:39,440
so clearly she's listening to Amazon

1560
01:27:39,440 --> 01:27:41,440
Music, and so I said no

1561
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:43,440
I'm not going to take Sherry's Amazon Music away

1562
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:45,440
not anytime under the sun would I ever do that

1563
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:47,440
Amazon Music might be next to nothing, not even be a big

1564
01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:49,440
deal to you or to anybody else, and it might not have been a big

1565
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:51,440
deal if I had taken it away from her, she could have listened to something

1566
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:53,440
else, but no way, I'm taking anything away

1567
01:27:53,440 --> 01:27:55,440
from my wife at any time if I can help it

1568
01:27:55,440 --> 01:27:57,440
and so I said no, and Ariana said

1569
01:27:57,440 --> 01:27:59,440
what'd you say no for?

1570
01:27:59,440 --> 01:28:01,440
and I said well because mom must be listening

1571
01:28:01,440 --> 01:28:03,440
to Amazon Music right now and I'm not going to take that away from her

1572
01:28:03,440 --> 01:28:05,440
and she said, oh, that's

1573
01:28:05,440 --> 01:28:07,440
nice

1574
01:28:07,440 --> 01:28:09,440
the rest of the way to the YMCA we started picking out

1575
01:28:09,440 --> 01:28:11,440
praise songs

1576
01:28:11,440 --> 01:28:13,440
I Will Call Upon the Lord

1577
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:15,440
Sanctuary

1578
01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:17,440
I only know like three

1579
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:19,440
I've been a Christian for 30 years and I only know like three

1580
01:28:19,440 --> 01:28:21,440
almost, and I only know like three praise songs

1581
01:28:21,440 --> 01:28:23,440
so we started picking out praise songs and singing them

1582
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:25,440
and you know, as I look back

1583
01:28:25,440 --> 01:28:27,440
at my week this week, even in victories and talking

1584
01:28:27,440 --> 01:28:29,440
to other Christians and cool things going on

1585
01:28:29,440 --> 01:28:31,440
that moment, that drive

1586
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,440
it feels a little bit

1587
01:28:33,440 --> 01:28:35,440
like down in a pit

1588
01:28:35,440 --> 01:28:37,440
with a lion on a snowy day

1589
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,440
and those praise songs

1590
01:28:39,440 --> 01:28:41,440
feel like a little bit like

1591
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:43,440
that spear

1592
01:28:43,440 --> 01:28:45,440
that belonged to that Egyptian

1593
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:47,440
when we got to

1594
01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:49,440
basketball and practice and

1595
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:51,440
we got some dinner

1596
01:28:51,440 --> 01:28:53,440
it was good

1597
01:28:53,440 --> 01:28:55,440
are you good?

1598
01:28:55,440 --> 01:28:57,440
are you better than okay?

1599
01:28:57,440 --> 01:28:59,440
are you facing something?

1600
01:28:59,440 --> 01:29:01,440
maybe this is your pit

1601
01:29:01,440 --> 01:29:03,440
on a snowy day

1602
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:05,440
and maybe you're not ready because

1603
01:29:05,440 --> 01:29:07,440
the last several years you were supposed to get ready

1604
01:29:07,440 --> 01:29:09,440
well don't worry, Jesus is not going to

1605
01:29:09,440 --> 01:29:11,440
abandon you, he's going to get you through it

1606
01:29:11,440 --> 01:29:13,440
but learn something from it when he gets you through it

1607
01:29:13,440 --> 01:29:15,440
and go, okay, I probably should

1608
01:29:15,440 --> 01:29:17,440
be

1609
01:29:17,440 --> 01:29:19,440
practicing my sword of the spirit

1610
01:29:19,440 --> 01:29:21,440
which is the word of God, I probably

1611
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,440
should be active in my disciplines, I should

1612
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:25,440
be hanging out with Christians instead of the other things

1613
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:27,440
that I'm doing, I should be serving in the church

1614
01:29:27,440 --> 01:29:29,440
when I have a couple hours of my schedule in the middle

1615
01:29:29,440 --> 01:29:31,440
of the week, I should be praising God

1616
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:33,440
or studying or praying or reaching out to

1617
01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:35,440
somebody in the church and saying how can I help, what can I do

1618
01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:37,440
who can I serve, I should be going out, I should be

1619
01:29:37,440 --> 01:29:39,440
Caitlyn paying for the people

1620
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,440
food behind me at McDonald's assuming I have

1621
01:29:41,440 --> 01:29:43,440
enough money to do so, I should be doing that

1622
01:29:43,440 --> 01:29:45,440
and when she says

1623
01:29:45,440 --> 01:29:47,440
can I give you a hug, I should be saying yes

1624
01:29:47,440 --> 01:29:49,440
because she clearly needs a hug

1625
01:29:49,440 --> 01:29:51,440
you see?

1626
01:29:51,440 --> 01:29:53,440
you can't do this

1627
01:29:53,440 --> 01:29:55,440
you can't keep living like Christians

1628
01:29:55,440 --> 01:29:57,440
who go, we're just going to stab it in the pit

1629
01:29:57,440 --> 01:29:59,440
and when it's out of the pit

1630
01:29:59,440 --> 01:30:01,440
we're going to run

1631
01:30:01,440 --> 01:30:03,440
no

1632
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:05,440
you need to live like a Christian who's preparing, who's fighting in the spiritual realms

1633
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:07,440
making a difference for the people

1634
01:30:07,440 --> 01:30:09,440
around you and winning the day

1635
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:13,440
it's go time

1636
01:30:13,440 --> 01:30:15,440
ready to go?

1637
01:30:15,440 --> 01:30:17,440
I'm going to ask the praise team to come forward

1638
01:30:17,440 --> 01:30:19,440
and read our, sorry, sing our

1639
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:21,440
final song today and as we sing

1640
01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:23,440
this song I'm asking you, if you're here today

1641
01:30:23,440 --> 01:30:25,440
and you're not in your earnest, if that's the least price of your Lord

1642
01:30:25,440 --> 01:30:27,440
and Savior, then all you gotta do

1643
01:30:27,440 --> 01:30:29,440
right now, you should be doing it right now

1644
01:30:29,440 --> 01:30:31,440
do I need to do this?

1645
01:30:31,440 --> 01:30:33,440
am I supposed to turn my light?

1646
01:30:33,440 --> 01:30:35,440
and you'll hear God saying, that's you

1647
01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:37,440
you'll feel that little tug

1648
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:39,440
you may not recognize your voice very well

1649
01:30:39,440 --> 01:30:41,440
because you might not have a lot of experience with it, but if you're here

1650
01:30:41,440 --> 01:30:43,440
and you're doing that, you just listen, you'll feel it

1651
01:30:43,440 --> 01:30:45,440
I need to earnestly give my life

1652
01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:47,440
over to the Lord right now

1653
01:30:47,440 --> 01:30:49,440
and if you've already done that

1654
01:30:49,440 --> 01:30:51,440
and you realize that you've not been prepared for this fight

1655
01:30:51,440 --> 01:30:53,440
you've been maybe running away from your problems

1656
01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:55,440
or you've been

1657
01:30:55,440 --> 01:30:57,440
trying to stab it down in the pit rather than

1658
01:30:57,440 --> 01:30:59,440
taking on where God says, walk by faith

1659
01:30:59,440 --> 01:31:01,440
not by sight, and taking these things on by faith

1660
01:31:01,440 --> 01:31:03,440
then you repent today

1661
01:31:03,440 --> 01:31:05,440
and you turn your life over to the Lord

1662
01:31:05,440 --> 01:31:07,440
you commit yourself to do the things that God

1663
01:31:07,440 --> 01:31:09,440
has given you to do, to be the kind of person that

1664
01:31:09,440 --> 01:31:11,440
God has made you to be

1665
01:31:11,440 --> 01:31:13,440
and anything else is less

1666
01:31:13,440 --> 01:31:15,440
anything else is less

1667
01:31:15,440 --> 01:31:17,440
so as we sing this song

1668
01:31:17,440 --> 01:31:19,440
you respond to the Lord's leading tune, you come forward

1669
01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:21,440
and you say, Pastor Dan, I gave my life

1670
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:23,440
to the Lord today, or, Pastor Dan, I

1671
01:31:23,440 --> 01:31:25,440
recommitted my life to the Lord today, I'm gonna live the way God

1672
01:31:25,440 --> 01:31:27,440
comparing me to whatever it is

1673
01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:29,440
maybe you're here today

1674
01:31:29,440 --> 01:31:31,440
and you say I need to be baptized, or you need to join the church

1675
01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:33,440
or I need to be

1676
01:31:33,440 --> 01:31:35,440
a local church near me that I can be part of

1677
01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:37,440
a fellowship with real Christians, and people really want to serve the Lord

1678
01:31:37,440 --> 01:31:39,440
ordinary people

1679
01:31:39,440 --> 01:31:41,440
screw ups

1680
01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:43,440
serve in Jesus and made powerful

1681
01:31:43,440 --> 01:31:45,440
because, not because

1682
01:31:45,440 --> 01:31:47,440
power or anything, but because Jesus

1683
01:31:47,440 --> 01:31:49,440
is Jesus

1684
01:31:49,440 --> 01:31:51,440
that's the kind of church we are

1685
01:31:51,440 --> 01:31:53,440
reaching, we like Jesus, and no matter where we're at

1686
01:31:53,440 --> 01:31:55,440
we're gonna be one more step

1687
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:57,440
so as we sing this song, you respond to the Lord's leading tune

1688
01:31:57,440 --> 01:31:59,440
you do that, and you let us know what's on your heart today

1689
01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:01,440
great, would you stand with me and sing

1690
01:32:01,440 --> 01:32:25,440
the song coming up on the screen