1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,680 When the best of me is barely breathing 2 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:35,680 When I'm not somebody I believe in,, hold on to me 3 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:42,680 When I'm miss the night, the light is stolen, hold onto me 4 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:52,680 When I'm slamming all the doors you open, hold on to me 5 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:59,680 Hold on to me 6 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,680 Hold on to me when it's too dark to see you 7 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:13,680 When I am sure I've reached the end 8 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:20,680 Hold on to me when I forget I need you 9 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:26,680 When I let it go, hold me again 10 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:35,680 When I don't feel like I'm worth defending 11 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,680 When I'm tired of all my pretending 12 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,680 Hold on to me 13 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:50,680 When I start to break in, desperation 14 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:56,680 underneath the weight of expectation 15 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,680 Hold on to me 16 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Hold on to me 17 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Hold on to me when it's too dark to see you 18 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:19,680 When I am sure I have reached the end 19 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Hold on to me when I forget I need you 20 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:35,680 When I let go, hold me again 21 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:45,680 I could rest here in your arms forever 22 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:56,680 Cause I know nobody loves me better, hold on to me 23 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:13,680 Hold on to me 24 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:31,680 Hold on to me 25 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:56,680 Hold on to me 26 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Hold on to me 27 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Hold on to me when it's too hard to see you 28 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:22,680 When I let it go, hold on to me 29 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:32,680 Hold on to me when it's too hard to see you 30 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,680 When I let it go 31 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,680 When I let it go 32 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,680 I'm feeling me 33 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,680 When I'm tired of all my spending 34 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,680 When I'm tired of all my spending 35 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,680 When I'm tired of being 36 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,680 When I'm tired of being 37 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,680 I'm feeling me 38 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,680 You are the amazing light 74 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:35,680 Jesus, when you're through, the world becomes so hard to see 75 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:42,680 The world is bound to break you, but the truth will be 76 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:50,680 Always looking around and never looking home, so I'll never find it 77 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:56,680 A plague has stung the body and the heart is divided 78 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:04,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, open your eyes to the world 79 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:12,680 At the end of our 30 feet, let all eyes see 80 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:20,680 Let my glass see, from the sea, open eyes and go and see 81 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:28,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, break my heart for a drink 82 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:38,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus 83 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:45,680 Jesus, when you're through, the world is rising in his hand 84 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:51,680 We've arrived and turned away, and the storm's all around the heaven 85 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:59,680 Tell us to remember, our heart will lead to peace, if the battery of your phone 86 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:03,680 Leaves your people to their knees 87 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:09,680 Nobody knows why we're quarreling over again when we charge to our death 88 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:16,680 But if we put down our phones, phone to the line, we'll have a life you'll get 89 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:24,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, open your eyes to the world 90 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:31,680 At the end of our 30 feet, let our hearts beat 91 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:39,680 Let my glass see, how much we've grown behind the broken heart 92 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:47,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, break my heart for a drink 93 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:54,680 You love every last word, you reach for the outcast 94 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:59,680 For the life of your name, never reaches that you hit 95 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:05,680 But I was the love of the heart, and I was the outcast 96 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:13,680 But you've got to accept I'm just like me, I'll wait forever at your feet 97 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:25,680 Cause you are God, you're holy, and you're loved, and loved forever 98 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:37,680 You are God, you're holy, and you're loved, and loved forever 99 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:49,680 You are God, you are God, and you're loved, and loved forever 100 00:12:49,680 --> 00:13:01,680 You are God, you are God, and you're loved, and loved forever 101 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:08,680 Jesus, when you're in us, open your eyes to the world 102 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:14,680 At the end of our 30 feet, let our hearts beat 103 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:23,680 Let my glass see, how much we've grown behind the broken heart 104 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:31,680 Oh Jesus, when you're in us, break my heart for a drink 105 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:43,680 And I was the love of the heart, and I was the outcast 106 00:13:43,680 --> 00:14:01,680 But you've got to accept I'm just like me, I'll wait forever at your feet 107 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:37,680 But if the chord, if I need to lead into that, there's no chord before the pickup 108 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:51,680 So when I doubt, just play the chord, I think it's actually easier 109 00:14:51,680 --> 00:15:13,680 When I lift my eyes, I hear the music ring 110 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:26,680 And when the storm's break'n, I am falling on to the rock I hear 111 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:35,680 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I ever say no? 112 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:44,680 I will make things right now, how can I keep from shouting your name? 113 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:53,680 I know I am loved by the King, and it ain't what I want to see 114 00:15:53,680 --> 00:16:06,680 I will lift my eyes in the darkest night, for I know I'm staying your list 115 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:18,680 And I will walk with you, knowing you'll stay with me through, and sing a song to you 116 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:27,680 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I ever say no? 117 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:36,680 I will make things right now, how can I keep from shouting your name? 118 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:46,680 I know I am loved by the King, and it ain't what I want to see 119 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:53,680 I can sing in the trough of time, sing when I will 120 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:59,680 I can sing when I look up there, and fall down again 121 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:06,680 I can sing, but you take me home, sing from your bed 122 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:12,680 I can sing, but you hear me look, when I call to you in prayer 123 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:19,680 I can sing with my last breath, sing for I know 124 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:27,680 That I've been with the angels, I've sang through the night 125 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:36,680 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I ever say no? 126 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:45,680 How amazing your love, how can I keep from shouting your name? 127 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:55,680 I know I am loved by the King, and it ain't what I want to see 128 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:07,680 I am loved by the King, and it ain't what I want to see 129 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:35,680 I can sing 130 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:41,680 The worksheets are coming around real quick. While that's happening, I wanted to mention to you two names. 131 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,680 One is Zereta Foster. She's a client of the LifeStation. 132 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:51,680 She called requesting prayer today because things are just really chaotic and difficult in her life right now. 133 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,680 Health concerns, relational, that kind of thing. 134 00:18:53,680 --> 00:19:02,680 And another is Rachel Bauer. Rachel had eye surgery yesterday, surgery on her eye, and it's really puffy and she can't see. 135 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:07,680 And she's really worried that if it doesn't heal properly or whatever that she won't be able to see out of one eye. 136 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:15,680 So she was asking for prayer for calmness so that she's trusting in the Lord and also for the Lord to heal. 137 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:23,680 So if you bear those names, it's Rachel Bauer and Zereta Foster are the two names. 138 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,680 So this lesson that we're going to do tonight begins our series on the locks. 139 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:37,680 We're going to talk about things that block prayer between you and God and things that open prayer as a tool between you and God. 140 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:44,680 And so it's a little bit different kind of a worksheet or whatever. 141 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:54,680 And I'm going to kind of try to do a little bit differently as I go and teach in the gaps instead of having like usually at the end I'll kind of like summarize things. 142 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,680 So first what we're going to do, the first lock is on the upper right. 143 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:05,680 So when you're looking at your page, that over there is your right, that's your left. 144 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,680 OK, so the lock is on the upper right. 145 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:17,680 And this probably will not come as any great surprise to you, but we're going to show kind of talk about how we know it. 146 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:27,680 So right. And the first lock is I'm going to give it to you right now, praying without knowing God through Jesus. 147 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:33,680 When I was a non-Christian, I would pray about things and I would say, God, please help me with this, please help me with that. 148 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:38,680 And I think there were times when God did, you know, when there were miraculous interventions. 149 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:46,680 I remember praying as I jumped my motorcycle over the tracks or praying when I was dealing with a major relationship. 150 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,680 Issue that kind of thing and asking God to get me through. 151 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,680 It's praying without knowing God through Jesus. 152 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,680 And then the reference comes right after. Yes, the J is for the reference. 153 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:03,680 It's John 14 six. And you might know John 14 six. 154 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,680 It is where Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. 155 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,680 No one comes to the father but through me. 156 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:17,680 So coming to someone means access. It does not mean physically only. 157 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,680 Right. So obviously we go to heaven and be with God. That's access to God. 158 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,680 We will go to have to be with God. Right. 159 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,680 But we have access to God now. 160 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,680 Praying without knowing God through Jesus. 161 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,680 You do not have access to God now. 162 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,680 So if this kind of hurts a little bit. 163 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,680 But if somebody says they're not a Christian and they prayed. 164 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:49,680 Right. So pray for God to stop a storm, heal something, whatever like that. 165 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:55,680 And you say and they ask you, doesn't God hear all prayers? 166 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,680 Doesn't God listen to everything everybody says? Yes, ma'am. 167 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,680 John 14 six. 168 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:11,680 And so if a person asks and says, doesn't God hear all prayers? 169 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,680 The truth is no. God does not have to hear all prayers. 170 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,680 In fact, the Bible says that your sins place a barrier between you and God. 171 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:26,680 And so you do not have access to this wrong room. God now can can God hear all prayers? 172 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,680 Yes, absolutely. He can. Right. 173 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,680 And so can God hear the prayer of somebody who is not saved and doesn't hear God's prayer? 174 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,680 Who is not saved and intervene on their behalf? He can. 175 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,680 Absolutely. And probably does. 176 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:45,680 And remember that God knows when you're not saved whether you will eventually be saved or not. 177 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,680 Even though you want to say, well, that's confusing to me because if it's free for me to choose to be saved. 178 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,680 If I get to make the choice whether I'm going to be a follower of Jesus or not. 179 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:59,680 Then if God right now, if God knows that next year you're going to be truly a Christian. 180 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,680 Then you say, well, then I'm not really free to choose not to be truly a Christian. 181 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,680 Well, you are. You're completely free. 182 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,680 However, in that moment, because God is already present in the future. 183 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,680 He can see that in that moment as a free person, you will choose to be a Christian. He can see that. 184 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,680 So does that mean that you have full access to God now? 185 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,680 No, you do not because you have not come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ the Son. 186 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,680 If you're not a Christian, if you're a Christian, you have full access. 187 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,680 Even a Christian who has sin, we'll talk about that a little bit later, 188 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,680 can have a barrier between him and God, a different kind of a lock, if you will. 189 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,680 So we're working our way down that lock. 190 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:40,680 The first part was praying without knowing God through Jesus. 191 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,680 That's the lock. 192 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:47,680 So if you pray, your prayers could be blocked, could not go to God, could not be answered. 193 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,680 Because you do not know God through Jesus. 194 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:57,680 And then there's a CG there and that CG stands for common ground. Common ground. 195 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:05,680 So when you're having a conversation with somebody, if you have common ground with them, the conversation goes pretty well. 196 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:10,680 If you do not have common ground with them, you'll have a hard time understanding each other. 197 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,680 You might argue. It might get violent. 198 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:18,680 Especially if the common ground, like you are a peaceful person and the other person is an axe murderer, for example. 199 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:23,680 There's no common ground there. So it could go very badly. 200 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,680 Jesus is our common ground with God. 201 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:34,680 God sent Jesus to be the way, the pathway of life, the truth and the life. 202 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,680 And so Jesus is the common ground. 203 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:45,680 If you talk to God and you're thinking about Jesus and you're thinking about what Jesus would want and you're coming to God through Jesus, 204 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,680 then you have a common ground with God. 205 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,680 You love Jesus and God loves Jesus. 206 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,680 That's the common ground. 207 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:56,680 People say, well, can't I have this common ground? God loves me and I love me. 208 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,680 Well, guess what actually happens when you're not saved. 209 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,680 You do lots of things that are not loving towards yourself. 210 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,680 You do things that to meet your desires. 211 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,680 Right. So I want the taste. I want the feel. 212 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,680 I want to think this thing about myself or about my friends or my family. 213 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,680 You do things for the taste to fulfill the desire. 214 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,680 But if it's not good for you, then it's not loving. 215 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:29,680 Right. So we can eat lots and lots and lots of proverbial chocolate cake because it tastes really good. 216 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:35,680 If you eat three, four chocolate cakes while you're eating it over, hopefully over several weeks, you're going to be mad. 217 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:41,680 I like life. I like chocolate cake and I feel good and I've got chemicals flowing in my brain and my heart's really pumping. 218 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,680 Every time I eat this chocolate cake, I get a little pepped up, you know. 219 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,680 But at the end of that, you suffer for having eaten it and maybe even through the middle of it. 220 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,680 Right. And so suffering is not the intent. 221 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,680 If you love somebody, you do not cause them suffering. 222 00:25:54,680 --> 00:26:00,680 So the truth is lost people don't really know how to love themselves. 223 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,680 They're trying, but they really do not have a common ground with God. 224 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,680 OK, so that doesn't work. 225 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,680 You say, what about loving creation? Could I have a common ground with God with loving creation? 226 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:17,680 God's crowning achievement of creation, the top of creation is man. 227 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:22,680 If you can't love man, you're going to have a problem with loving God. 228 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,680 Right. So there's no common ground. So you love trees. People love trees. 229 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:32,680 A lot of people out there, the Arbor Society, people of Gaia, the spirit of the earth, it's all kind of fictional, but it's there. 230 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 Right. And so, or fictional rather, but it's there. 231 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,680 The point is you need a common ground. OK. 232 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,680 Once you have a common ground, then you can have open conversation. 233 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:51,680 That's OC, the next line. OC. Open conversation does not mean you will always agree. 234 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:59,680 OK, so you're praying to God and you might ask God for something and God might or might not give you what you ask for. 235 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:08,680 God may disagree. You say, God, it would be right for me to get this promotion, paycheck, healing, free car. 236 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,680 Praise from my friend. Right. Whatever you ask for from God. 237 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,680 And God might say, we can have a conversation about that because you come into me through Jesus. 238 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:23,680 But the truth is, let me show you what's better for you. Let me show you a better way. 239 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:30,680 And so a lot of times we're praying to God, we're having open conversation, but we're actually learning and growing and figuring out what's right. 240 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,680 We come to God thinking we know what's right and God is informing us of what's actually right. 241 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Open conversation happens because we have common ground. What is the common ground? 242 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:46,680 Knowing God through Jesus. So the lock is if you don't know God through Jesus and you pray, you do not have common ground with them. 243 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,680 You will not have an open conversation with him. 244 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:57,680 And then that means to think that you're going to have your prayers answered is an unfair or an unrealistic expectation. 245 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,680 And that's where the world is at. 246 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:09,680 And that means to think that you're going to be in the foxhole. God save us. Please save us, God. Right. 247 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:16,680 At test time, Lord, please give me an A. God, not Lord usually. Right. God, please give me an A. Right. 248 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,680 And those are unrealistic expectations to just be able to cry out to God. 249 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:26,680 You have to remember that John 3, 17 says they are condemned already by what they have done with the son of God. 250 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:32,680 They're being sentenced to a life of uselessness, destined for hell. Right. 251 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:40,680 And so a person who's confined to uselessness and destined for hell cannot realistically say when I ask God for something that he's going to give it. 252 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,680 Why should he? What purpose or what right do you have to ask? 253 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:55,680 Right. And so the one of the locks is not coming or praying without knowing God through Jesus. 254 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:01,980 So I bet you know now what the key to that lock is. What do you think that KJ 255 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:08,600 stands for? Knowing Jesus. That's absolutely right. So the lock to this or 256 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:15,560 the key to this lock is knowing Jesus. Knowing Jesus opens the lock of 257 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:21,040 praying without knowing God through Jesus. Right? So when we go to Jesus, Jesus 258 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:26,840 makes sure the connection is there. Yes ma'am. 259 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:34,560 Unrealistic expectations or unfair expectations. Those are probably kind of 260 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,040 big words but basically just means we don't really have a right to expect open 261 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,680 conversation if we don't have common ground and we don't have common ground 262 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:48,200 if we don't have Jesus. Working it backwards. Alright? So now we're gonna 263 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,320 we're gonna kind of figure out from John 14 6 we're still using that same verse 264 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:59,540 it says this Jesus said to him I am the way and the truth and the life. No one 265 00:29:59,540 --> 00:30:04,200 comes to the Father through me. That's about access. It doesn't mean physically 266 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,040 it does mean physically going there but it also means prayer right because we 267 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,160 have access. In fact my idea, your idea, people's idea of physically going to 268 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,760 heaven probably isn't very good. Like we don't really understand it. You know that 269 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:23,000 you're you die they're gonna bury your body. So what does your soul look like? 270 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:29,200 Right? So we don't really know. But we kind of see that a resurrected body 271 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:34,800 in Jesus after he was resurrected and we see that he still had his scars. But he 272 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,440 did he just still have his scars so that he could show them? So they I mean no 273 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,800 probably not. He wasn't a ghost. It wasn't a ghost 274 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,400 resurrected because he ate with them to prove he wasn't a ghost right. So we get 275 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:51,680 some hints toward it but we really don't know exactly what it's gonna be like. So 276 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:57,440 knowing Jesus now the question is this based on these verses if we want to come 277 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:02,440 to God in prayer I'll read the verse one more time I am the way and the truth and 278 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:07,640 life no one comes to the Father but through me. So that I'll give you the 279 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:17,160 capital T it is truth. So what do you think the E and the T are? What do you do 280 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:25,600 with the truth? Say it again. Okay that's a good word but it actually starts with an A. 281 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,800 But that is a very good word. You could I could have put an A there I think. 282 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:39,360 Somebody got one with an E? Okay yeah I think you could do explore. Say it again. 283 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:45,560 Could do examine. Those kind of sound like they're early on. Go ahead. Okay I 284 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:50,280 like that. Expose that sounds like later. So early on we examine it explore it. 285 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:58,460 Later we expose it but in the middle we embrace it. Okay so first you got it you 286 00:31:58,460 --> 00:32:05,000 got this has to be your truth. Jesus has to be your truth right. You're gonna dig 287 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:13,940 into Jesus. So now I go I got a new situation. I hadn't expected this. Now how 288 00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:18,440 do I know Jesus in this situation right. It's pretty easy to think of like Peter 289 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,360 coming out of the boat and he started walking. Then he took his eyes off Jesus 290 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:25,240 and the storm came up and then he started to sink and he's like oh crud I 291 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,440 was walking on water now I'm sinking what do I do and he reached up and Jesus 292 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,960 pulled him out of the water. Well that's embracing right. He was reaching for 293 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,200 somebody to save him ain't nobody gonna save him but Jesus because Jesus was the only one 294 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,600 walking on the water. So that's it. We embrace the truth. Whenever we figure 295 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,120 out what it is we take it in and make it part of us and make it part of our 296 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,560 thinking and you don't just go I sat and the preacher preached but at the end of 297 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,920 it you know I didn't get nothing out of it because that doesn't work that way. 298 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,880 It's God's Word. You go to God's Word you always get something. If the preacher 299 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,520 doesn't say it you're getting supposed to get it directly from God right. So 300 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,560 we're embracing the truth word. We're adding it to our person and then we're 301 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,520 absolutely right exploring and examining it to figure out what it really is and 302 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:14,360 exposing it because now we know it's not just for us it's everybody right. And if 303 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,440 you fail to acknowledge it to use Caleb's word even though that's an A not 304 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,080 an E if you fail to acknowledge it you certainly aren't gonna embrace it or 305 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,560 examine it or explore it or expose it you're just gonna say it's not there. 306 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:31,440 Right so embrace the truth. So you I'm gonna submit to you that you cannot know 307 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,760 God through Jesus if you are not willing to embrace Jesus in your life. I think 308 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:42,920 that's true. I think that's the truth. Okay all right and so then anybody want 309 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:50,640 to take a stab at the next one it's LTL. Live the life. That's right. You're gonna 310 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:55,040 live the life. So when you talk about knowing Jesus on a daily basis is I'm 311 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,760 oversimplifying this so we get our minds wrapped around it I'm trying to anyway 312 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:05,000 you're going to live the life that God has given you right. Why do you have this 313 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:10,920 life? Because Jesus died for you right otherwise you're dead. You're still dead. 314 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,120 If Jesus didn't die for you you're still dead in your trespasses and sins. That's 315 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:19,520 what the Bible says. So we have this life to live because Jesus paid for it for us. 316 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:26,200 So we're going to live the life. So what are some ways that we can live our life? 317 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,560 Practical things. What could you do to live your life if you're saying I'm 318 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,840 gonna live the life that Jesus has given me. What are some things you could do? 319 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:42,800 Study the Bible. That'd be good. What else? How about lying? Let's cut that out. 320 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,880 That doesn't have a place in the life that Jesus has given me. How about loving 321 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,640 other people? Let's do that. Let's get good at that. Let's major in that. Let's 322 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:56,160 work hard at that as if it were a new command and truthfully when you are 323 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,720 saved it is a new command because as we talked about when you're not saved you 324 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:04,520 have a hard time even understanding what love is right or to do it well anyway. So 325 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,440 you live the life by just figuring out okay if if I'm letting Jesus live and 326 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,720 I've embraced the truth of Jesus he's living in me now what do I do next? What 327 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:20,520 do I become? How do I not just polish the surface of this vessel but make all this 328 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:28,160 hot mess into something that honors God? Live the life. Okay and then one more. 329 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:33,240 You want to take a stab at it? Walk the walk. That's it. And so it's not 330 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:37,920 complicated. I understand there's a lot more to it. We can study the Bible. We can 331 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,760 learn a lot more things we're supposed to do. We can sit under preaching and 332 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:47,640 we can dig in theology. Go ahead. Yes you can walk the way. Yeah and actually 333 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:54,360 here's what's interesting. The word there is hadas and it means the way but it 334 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:59,440 means the walk that you walk on the way you're going or the road that you're 335 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:04,760 walking down. It's the pathway if you will. So anything that represented the path 336 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:10,740 that you're traveling there would be it. So people say you walk do you you talk 337 00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:15,420 the talk but do you walk the walk? But that's just a funny kind of a fun 338 00:36:15,420 --> 00:36:18,840 co-oculism that people use right? They don't even really understand what it 339 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,720 means when they're saying it. They mean you talk about being a good person but 340 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,680 then are you really a good person? That's what they're saying. Just trying to check 341 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,080 you for irony if you're are you a hypocrite? Talk about being good but 342 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:36,400 you're actually bad basically. But Jesus would take it one step further than that 343 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:43,920 because Jesus is the walk. Okay so basically what you're gonna do is you're 344 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:49,520 gonna say I'm gonna go where Jesus is gonna take me and we look at like okay 345 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:53,240 let's say Jesus wanted to take us to Swanton. About how many different ways 346 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:59,320 could we get to Swanton? A lot. A dozen at least right? There's gotta be about 12 347 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,360 different ways. If you put it in Google I guarantee it'll come with at least five 348 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,720 routes that say there's no more than three minutes difference right? There's a 349 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:09,280 bunch of different ways you can get there. But Jesus doesn't say I'm gonna 350 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:16,600 take you to Swanton. Just go however you want to go right? The walk means you take 351 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:23,760 the path like this is me walking for Jesus. It's one step. As soon as you lift 352 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:28,440 your foot right? You right away are thinking about the way, the method, the 353 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:33,080 how. It's not a it's not a means to an end like we're going to heaven so with 354 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:37,360 Jesus we'll get there someday and that's what people do a lot. They like well I'm 355 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,520 going to heaven anyway so I can do this that and the other and I'll get around to 356 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,080 it and yeah I can't go to church or I can't do that because I got this other 357 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,800 thing going on you know or I can't put enough importance on what Jesus wants me 358 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,600 to do today so I put that back I put a pin in it I'll get around to it or I'm 359 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,520 getting saved but I'm keeping some things that I do that don't honor Jesus 360 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,720 in my back pocket so whenever I'm feeling a little down I can whip that 361 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:02,360 bad boy out and indulge in it and I'll feel better. None of that is acceptable. 362 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:08,240 The things that you used to do and be are not even on the way with Jesus. It's 363 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:15,440 like you know like Google says or iPhone Maps says search along the route you 364 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,040 search along the route that Jesus is taking you you will not find those 365 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,760 things. They're not there. That's why Isaiah calls it the highway of holiness 366 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,400 because they're not there. Also guess what else is not there? Evil spirits, 367 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:31,480 demons, they can't get on the highway of holiness so when you're truly walking 368 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:36,280 with Jesus or as we tend to coin the phrase of when we're in Christ we're 369 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,480 doing the things that God wants to do being the kind of person that God wants 370 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:45,220 us to be and so on when it's like that you're virtually untouchable. So the 371 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:49,160 first thing to do if you feel like because we got a lock and a key here 372 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,600 right if you feel like your prayers are not getting through to God the first 373 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,240 thing to do is to check yourself and make sure that you're submissive that 374 00:38:55,240 --> 00:39:00,240 you're humble and willing to go the way that God is is taking you and that you're 375 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:03,920 actually embracing the truth that is Jesus you're living the life that is 376 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,600 Jesus and walking the walk that is Jesus and then just ask God for whatever you 377 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:12,680 want because open communication God will help you to understand what's really 378 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:17,320 right what's really best right so you can ask for the new car but don't be 379 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:23,120 surprised when God says we listen should you be praying for this instead isn't 380 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:28,560 there was something more kingdom useful you know that you could be asking me for 381 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:33,360 right now because there's an open conversation if there's a genuine open 382 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:39,800 conversation like prayer all the time then you get like God will actually 383 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:46,680 interrupt you so you'll be doing things and God will say hey yo let's go this 384 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,120 way instead right and you'll be like it doesn't make any sense why would I even 385 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,360 do that but you know God's voice you're familiar with it because you have open 386 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,440 conversation with him on a regular basis so you get a feeling of what he wants 387 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:02,560 something different you realize that is the way so you embrace the truth live 388 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,320 the life and walk the walk and go the way he's taking even though it kind of 389 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,800 seems dorky or weird or missing the point or whatever and then he gets his 390 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,320 way and you may not even in this lifetime even understand why he took you 391 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,880 that way or why your life looked like that during that time or why you had to 392 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:23,200 embrace that truth during that time but the lock stays open it's the point okay 393 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:29,680 going to the second lock is down to the right there are ten of these ten locks 394 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:34,800 and ten keys and to my knowledge I believe all ten keys actually fit the 395 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:39,920 same locks so they always kind of like pair up so we'll probably do pairs as we 396 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,040 go the key and the lock so we're not going like oh no the lock and I can't 397 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:48,160 get past and then but you get the key each time okay all right so the reference 398 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,920 on the right hand side at the top of the lock is the first thing it's Psalm 66 18 399 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,960 Psalm 66 18 400 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:11,040 I'm gonna go read it once I get there it's all sick to fix 18 okay and it 401 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:20,040 says if I regard wickedness in my heart the Lord will not hear okay and so in 402 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:25,240 other words this psalmist is saying if I if I have wickedness and I think it's 403 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:30,360 okay I acknowledge it's there I embrace the wickedness I accept it I'm not 404 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:35,920 fighting against it I'm not trying to kick it out whatever it's okay right the 405 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:47,240 Lord will not hear that's what he says okay then Psalm 103 14 which you see I 406 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,800 already gave you that reference so these are the blanks I'm gonna read the verses 407 00:41:50,800 --> 00:42:01,680 and then you can tell me what the blanks are once I get there Psalm 103 14 says 408 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:07,000 as follows for he himself that's God both both the he and the himself are 409 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:14,360 capitalized for he himself knows our frame he is mindful that we are but dust 410 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:22,640 okay and so you got just the last word got a D on the last word which is 411 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:29,520 probably what yeah so the D is dust so you got four blanks to put in front of 412 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:38,200 that say it again he knows we are dust yes that's what I have on my paper 413 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,160 exactly he knows we are dust you could put it another way if you like another 414 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,200 way and you can get four four words in there you can put four other words in 415 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,560 there you can even draw an extra blank for yourself you really wanted to as 416 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:58,520 long as you get the truth he knows we are dust you know we're dust right did 417 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,800 you had yes we know we're dust we're made from dust he made Adam from dust and 418 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:06,480 then Adam generated a body out of his body with Eve really out of Eve's body 419 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:12,360 with with her and then every time it's always dust we're made of the same 420 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:16,040 things that Adam and Eve were made of it's just dust brought to life right 421 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:21,680 dust imbued with the Spirit of God and so God made us a living being he made 422 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:26,280 Adam a living being they made us but he understands that we are dust so this 423 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:31,560 this is why it is the way it is if you go back for one second and think about 424 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,700 needing to come into God through Jesus if you come directly to God if you have 425 00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:41,160 access to God and you're dust and you're sinful dust what happens if sinful dust 426 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:46,280 comes directly to God and he's perfectly holy knowing his power what would happen 427 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:53,120 to the sinful dust blows away be destroyed right so there needs to be a 428 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:57,840 door a key if you will a way to come to God with something's out of standing 429 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:01,360 between us that's gonna protect us but at the same time let us do like an air 430 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:07,200 lock right in a lab or in a spaceship it's like that or in a submarine it has 431 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:12,600 to be a connecting point where his holiness is not gonna destroy our 432 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:18,080 unholiness if that makes any sense okay and so God knows we are dust that's why 433 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:31,640 he set it up the way it is now Psalm 51 17 says the sacrifices of God are a 434 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:41,800 broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart oh God thou will not despise okay 435 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:53,680 so God knows or he knows if what God knows if we are what God 436 00:44:53,680 --> 00:45:01,960 knows if we are take a stab at it we think Chris 437 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:08,160 buddy the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and contrite heart oh 438 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:17,080 God thou will not despise say it again nope but but you're kind of on the 439 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:22,640 right track so God listen to the verse it says a broken and a contrite heart 440 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:27,080 the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit so remember we're remember where 441 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,720 we're coming from we're coming from he knows that we are dust so we have sin 442 00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:40,360 we're human if you will so he knows if we are broken right broken over our sin 443 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:45,880 so he knows if we are broken over our sin God knows whether you are or not 444 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:52,280 because in case you hadn't noticed you do have sin in fact all humanity has sin 445 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:57,240 all have sin Paul short of the glory of God what makes the primary thing that 446 00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:03,080 makes us different over the rest of humanity that has sin is that we embrace 447 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:08,520 God through Jesus does that change the fact that we have sin no does it change 448 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:13,440 the fact that we had sinned no you can't go back and change the past that's not 449 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:19,600 gone even the effects of it we're still suffering I like after I got saved ten 450 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:24,120 years after I got saved I took glucose me for four months to try to stop the 451 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,680 pain of my hands because I did so much punching and fighting and beating up 452 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,960 cars and doors and everything else in high school my hands hurt every single 453 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:36,680 day that was the wages of my sin you could say I was going to hell that's true 454 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:40,560 but I was feeling the pain in my hands from all the sinful things I had done 455 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:44,880 when I was in high school and right after high school okay so there was a 456 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:49,820 lasting effect we were probably still physically feeling things that we did 457 00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:53,960 when we were children that were sin right so there's a lasting effect of sin 458 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:59,160 the question is not do you have sin or do you not have sin because everybody 459 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:04,800 has sin God knows that we are but dust the question is are you broken over your 460 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:10,360 sin does it matter to you do you care and I don't mean do you just think oh 461 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,960 it's kind of bad I shouldn't do that right or have you told people that you 462 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:20,280 know I could never do it because I I'm always late or always mad or always 463 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:24,400 lying because I'm just a bad person and you know you're a bad person and so 464 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,560 you're just always gonna be like that that's not being broken over your sin 465 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:32,480 all right being broken over your sin is when you know it's wrong and you're you 466 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,480 really would like to see something done about it you're really willing to see 467 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,320 something done about it maybe you're struggling with it you think of Romans 468 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:44,280 7 where Paul says the things I know I should not do I do I'm trying but I don't 469 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,560 want to do them but sometimes I still do them if you're broken over them when you 470 00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:53,120 still do them that's one thing but if you regard them or you embrace them 471 00:47:53,120 --> 00:48:01,560 that's a lock that's the lock that we're talking about okay so the lock then UH 472 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:07,600 remember take a stab at it the lock actually would be called a what say it 473 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:14,360 again perfect an unbroken heart if you have an unbroken heart there is a lock 474 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:20,080 between your prayers and God just the same as if you don't know him through 475 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:25,600 Jesus same kind of lock right and I submit to you if you have encountered 476 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:29,520 Jesus somewhere in there you became convicted of your sin somewhere in there 477 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:34,120 you realize oh no I'm not actually a good person you know I've done things 478 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:37,360 that I should never do and you might have done things that are not nearly as 479 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:41,720 bad as somebody else somebody else your your parents your friends whatever might 480 00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:46,280 have done way worse things than you've ever done but it doesn't matter if you 481 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:53,640 have sin that's enough in fact Paul said that my sin is the worst sin I have my 482 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:57,320 sin of lying that I used to do before I got saved and even for a couple years 483 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,720 after I got saved and really really was broken over it for about two and a half 484 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:04,640 years after I got saved and now I'm super super careful all the time try to 485 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,920 make sure I don't do it like I'll even like restate what I'm saying because I'm 486 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:13,600 being careful not to lie even unintentionally right and but that person 487 00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:21,360 that I was as a liar that's just was like who I was right but then if I got 488 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:25,600 caught in a lie or if I hurt somebody with a lie like oh that's terrible I 489 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,760 wish I didn't do that you know I wish I hadn't gotten caught I wish nobody knew 490 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:35,220 I wish I hadn't been exposed that's not an unbroken heart a broken heart is when 491 00:49:35,220 --> 00:49:39,920 you care and you're doing everything in your power maybe it's not enough but 492 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:46,000 you're doing everything in your power to bring it to an end okay so restated then 493 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:57,800 an unbroken heart would be indifferent toward the word and our transgressions 494 00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:01,880 so in other words you say yeah the preacher preached against exactly what 495 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,440 I'm doing today I remember what that sermon very well God brought it back to 496 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,880 mine or I was reading in my Bible and it said don't do that anymore and I 497 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:13,040 shouldn't do it anymore I don't want to do it anymore but you know it's really 498 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:18,040 not that big of a deal now because I'm saved so we're the word because we're 499 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:22,480 not worried about it not convicted by it not searching I wouldn't want to search 500 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,120 out the word anymore because we keep finding things that we shouldn't do or 501 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:31,240 things that we should be so we become indifferent toward the word and our 502 00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:35,680 transgressions but we don't mind that we're breaking the rules and when you 503 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:43,660 do that God will not hear your prayers it does not say God might not right he 504 00:50:43,660 --> 00:50:53,240 said God will not hear that's what he said okay now we got a key so the key is 505 00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:59,440 re re reworded in a positive sense we're going to the left and the key is simply 506 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:11,920 to pray in repentance to pray in repentance and what is repentance talk 507 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:17,360 about it I wrote a book on it yeah if you don't know it well I'll read my book 508 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:28,000 okay yes so turning to God right you might say it again from all sin to God 509 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:32,880 yes right so the because what the the problem is if I let's say I turn away 510 00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:40,960 from lying is that repentance just if I just turn away from lying the answer is 511 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:47,040 no that's not repentance but if I turn away from lying cheating stealing murder 512 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:53,080 and adultery and for notification yeah if I turn away from all of those things 513 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:59,000 is that repentance no it's not enough because you all basically what happens 514 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,880 you turn away from one sin you just replace it with another one if you turn 515 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:05,920 away from a whole bunch of sins you replace it with arrogance like the young 516 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,400 rich ruler who said well I've kept all those things since my youth what do I 517 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,680 still need to be saved and Jesus said go and give all that you have to the poor 518 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,200 and come and follow me and instead of coming instead of doing what you just 519 00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,720 told him to do he went away sad see he'd been a good person and maybe even God 520 00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:25,240 had blessed him out of that goodness he really had been prosperous they call him 521 00:52:25,240 --> 00:52:29,760 the young rich ruler right so he really had been prosperous and he was giving 522 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:36,640 and maybe even kind and he did take care of the poor some surely he was not 523 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:41,480 adulterous he did not lie he was not a murderer he was a lot of very good 524 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:46,840 things but money had become his his God essentially money had become so 525 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:51,080 important to him and Jesus knew if he could just give that up then he could 526 00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:56,360 come to God through Jesus rather than coming to God through his prosperity or 527 00:52:56,360 --> 00:53:02,240 through the successes that he had or whatever like that and so when it says 528 00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:08,060 pray and repentance you're turning away from all sin all bad things which will 529 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:11,240 leave you with a broken heart because you'll you'll find a list of things that 530 00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:14,160 you're having a hard time giving up basically so you're gonna be broken over 531 00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:18,480 your sin and as Josh said turning to God so it's turning from all sin turning to 532 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:22,560 God in my book think again and I'm not trying not to do any kind of promo or 533 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:30,800 whatever but I said it will this choice will and the the writers of the New 534 00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:34,840 Testament understood this concept it will make you think differently about 535 00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:40,120 everything so now everything even things that are not sin even things that the 536 00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:44,440 Bible says are not sin can be sin Paul said all things are permissible meaning 537 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,720 even lying or stealing would be technically permissible because I'm 538 00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:52,440 saved in Christ I'm paid my sins are paid for so now it's all permissible but 539 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:57,040 not all things are profitable and I will not be mastered by any of them that's 540 00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:01,560 what Paul said so you begin to think of everything good bad ugly whatever you 541 00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:04,480 think of it new you think of it differently so you're asking yourself 542 00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:10,520 well what if this thing could be getting a grip on me what if this is becoming 543 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:14,080 too important to me and it's interfering between me and God like that that's 544 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:19,600 repentance and so we pray in repentance and then that opens the lock that's the 545 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:24,000 key that opens the lock because we will probably have a broken heart at that 546 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:29,400 point but if you don't have a broken heart repentance will substitute because 547 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:38,080 you're turning from all sin and turning to God okay and then okay so do not give 548 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:43,520 this is the next phrase here do not give God the cold shoulder and cling to your 549 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:51,040 sin that's the definition of opening this lock if you will because this is 550 00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:57,520 what people do they say well I have this thing that I do that I kind of need I 551 00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:01,800 can't give it up and they feel the conviction of God saying you got to give 552 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,200 that up I need I need to be first in your life I need to have the rule of 553 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:15,920 your heart whatever like that right and and instead of giving it up for example 554 00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:20,800 they cling to it and they give God the cold shoulder how's that go by the way 555 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:25,760 you ever had a friend or a family member and you give them the cold shoulder for 556 00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:31,720 a while how much communication goes on and then when you try to talk to them 557 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:38,120 what's the first thing you have to do the very first thing you have to yeah 558 00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:41,320 apologize or at the very least acknowledge your cold shoulder that you 559 00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:46,680 were giving them right make an excuse say something at least in a tone of 560 00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,960 reconciliation there's got to be some kind of if you give somebody 561 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:53,320 cold shoulder for about three days and then you go back and try to talk to them 562 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:59,720 like nothing ever happened you may have conversation but you will not have good 563 00:55:59,720 --> 00:56:04,680 communication you will not have open communication and that's the problem the 564 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:10,120 the channel of communication between humans closes narrower and narrower the 565 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:14,840 more we ignore the other person until eventually they don't want anything to 566 00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,560 do with you they're not gonna hear from you unless you'd come begging them for 567 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:21,520 forgiveness and then maybe not even then right so we think we can treat God that 568 00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,440 way we can cling to our sin and give God the cold shoulder and then we're gonna 569 00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:27,840 come to God in time of need or asking for what we want it's not the way it 570 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:33,720 works the problem is guess what happens this is where the rock really comes into 571 00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:39,840 play life gets tough life always gets tough I don't mean maybe sometimes it 572 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:45,040 could happen whatever life always gets tough and when life gets tough first 573 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:48,720 thing we do is we start looking for things that we can give up cut out time 574 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:55,520 consuming things things that are hard work or whatever right and so one of 575 00:56:55,520 --> 00:57:02,360 those things becomes God so we need money here's a job now we're gonna work 576 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:07,100 every Sunday we don't go to church anymore so but we need money so we've 577 00:57:07,100 --> 00:57:10,920 needed money for a while now so we solve this problem we take the job you know 578 00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:16,720 we're God and then we turn then the job doesn't pan out or you put like then 579 00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,960 Sherry and I did this once we we said we're gonna take this job both gonna 580 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:23,560 work full-time over 50 hours a week whatever and at the end of the year 581 00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:28,120 we'll pay off all our debts we'll make we'll we're making forty thousand now 582 00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:31,360 we're gonna make eighty thousand this year we'll be able to flow at least 20 583 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:33,920 of that to pay off all our debts and we have about fifteen thousand dollars of 584 00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:38,400 credit card debt at the end of the year we had made forty thousand dollars more 585 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:44,720 and the credit card debt had doubled they go away it had doubled but see we 586 00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:47,720 weren't tithing because we didn't understand what tithing was and we 587 00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:51,160 weren't there were times where we had it you know we couldn't get up to go to 588 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:54,400 church we worked too many hours or we didn't serve and we like oh we can't 589 00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:58,600 sing in the choir because we're working and things like we kept having things 590 00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:02,440 that we couldn't do for God and at the end of the year and I'm not saying God 591 00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:06,640 put the hex on our money I'm just saying that's what we do we thought we were 592 00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:11,200 gonna make it better by forcing the issue and just kind of giving God the 593 00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,280 cold shoulder for a while and it just doesn't work that way when things get 594 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:19,640 tough what do you got to do you go back to the the John 14 six method embrace 595 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:24,960 the truth live the life walk the walk go step by step second by second so let's 596 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,160 say you've got hobbies you've got recreational things you've got things 597 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:31,880 you're spending money on you've got relational things that you're doing like 598 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:35,840 you're dating or you're you're visiting somebody on a regular basis or having 599 00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:39,440 conversations or playing games or whatever and all of a sudden life goes 600 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:45,480 to crap you don't cut Bible study you don't cut reading you don't cut your own 601 00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:49,200 personal study time you don't cut your meditations you don't cut your your 602 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:56,240 journaling you don't cut anything you got something you're with me okay so he's 603 00:58:56,240 --> 00:59:01,520 saying he's with me I got it now so the point is you you look at all of that 604 00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:06,200 other stuff to cut before you cut anything that has to do with God because 605 00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:11,520 as soon as you cut God you lock the lock you're gonna cut it a little bit you 606 00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,760 lock the lock doesn't change the fact that you're saved if you're saved you're 607 00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:19,680 saved but you're locked the lock and once you lock the lock and come to God 608 00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:26,880 with an unrepentant heart there's only one way to fix it and that's repent and 609 00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:34,680 put God back on top right okay so what does God want to do so the next one it 610 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:40,800 starts with the G so that's God God something to something something C and 611 00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,480 you want to take a stab at it's like a little puzzle riddle kind of thing what 612 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:50,200 is God's goal in this he does not want you to give him the cold shoulder that's 613 00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:54,360 not what he wants so what does he want to do 614 00:59:56,600 --> 01:00:04,200 it's already gave you the second word pretty much God wants to three words the 615 01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:09,480 last one starts with a C what it would you say the middle two were help you I 616 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:13,240 like that that's not what I put but I like it a lot you could definitely do 617 01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:16,440 that he wants to help you communicate I actually make it better than what I put 618 01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:28,200 so anybody else take a stab at it three words blank blank see you change I like 619 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:36,280 that too I think he will see it if you change he'll see it he sees it all he 620 01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:42,000 sees it all that's good okay so what I put was draw you close God wants to draw 621 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:46,760 you close man we're talking about access okay so you can put any of those things 622 01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:50,080 or your own thing there you can even cross out my see if you really feel like 623 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:55,520 you need to put something else there it's fine sure worksheet okay now 624 01:00:55,520 --> 01:01:03,600 remember where we started with the lock Psalm 66 18 that's where we started at 625 01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:10,920 and interestingly enough as is often the case the key is also found in the same 626 01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:23,320 verse Psalm 66 18 if I regard wickedness in my heart the Lord will not hear okay 627 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:26,960 which doesn't mean that he will hear if you don't regard wickedness necessarily 628 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:32,080 but if you do regard wickedness or you cherish it you hold it you keep it there 629 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,720 make it important allowed to be important allowed to take a place whatever 630 01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:40,000 in your heart then the Lord will not hear so if you do not want the lock shut 631 01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:45,080 drop the wickedness in your heart repent turn onto the Lord okay so now we're in 632 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:49,720 that middle section right there it's all we have left okay a couple of fun little 633 01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:57,800 crazy things here so look at the arrow at the top of the slant starts with a G 634 01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:02,840 see that piece in the middle it's like it looks like a funny looking arrow okay 635 01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:09,120 so that's a capital G for God so if it's God and two words and ones an I and ones 636 01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:15,520 an S what do you think God is God is there's only one verse in the entire 637 01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:27,000 Bible that says God is and has an S we think the reference is John 14 18 638 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:39,760 anybody is it jumping in your head now it will John 14 18 says oh that's not 639 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:43,400 John 14 18 we're gonna use John 14 18 a minute but it's not that that's not the 640 01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,680 reference 641 01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:50,920 I can tell you what it says but I can't tell you the verse reference right this second 642 01:02:50,920 --> 01:03:06,400 so it is God is spirit God is spirit okay and the reference is John 4 24 God 643 01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:14,240 is spirit okay and then right under that there's something versus something so 644 01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:18,860 both of these two locks have that key piece that we were talking about they 645 01:03:18,860 --> 01:03:22,960 are connected together they make sense together because of this thing that we 646 01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:31,560 talked about God remembers we are but dust God knows we have sin so what we're 647 01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:37,200 dealing with if we come to God with our sin he has an attribute that stands 648 01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:45,760 against our sin and it is holiness so it's holiness versus sin so the problem 649 01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:50,880 of these locks are and why you want to it sounds like so doesn't it sound like 650 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:55,320 it's a trap like we can't pray to God if we do these things that's what it sounds 651 01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:58,560 like right and I submit to the world that's how they think of it if we you 652 01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:01,080 explain that to something in the world who doesn't know Jesus then they're 653 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:04,440 gonna say oh well you're telling me I can't pray to God because I don't believe 654 01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:08,400 in God exactly the way you do so you're telling me there's a trap I'm trapped I 655 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:12,440 can't unless I do exactly what you want me to do unless I follow Jesus follow 656 01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:17,240 God through Jesus I can't so it sounds like a trap sounds like a block when you 657 01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:26,000 look at it that way but guess what it actually is it's actually a shield right 658 01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:36,080 like a wall of force or an armored car or armor on the side of a tank if I'm 659 01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:40,120 sitting inside a tank and there is a soldier with a bayonet outside the tank 660 01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:45,200 next to the track we can spin that thing on the top and try to get a port get a 661 01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:48,000 port facing him so we can do something about it but if he ducks down and we 662 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:53,920 can't see him we can't touch him our armor is stopping us from hurting the 663 01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:58,320 man who's trying you know hiding against the tank trying to hurt us right the 664 01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:03,520 enemy and it's like that so armor is like that these locks are a protection 665 01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:08,040 they are a protection for people if people come to God in their sin God's 666 01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:14,680 holiness will destroy them that's the bottom line so you need the key to the 667 01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:19,840 lock to open the lock because you can only have the key if you have what will 668 01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:23,640 protect you from being destroyed when you open the locks that makes sense so 669 01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:28,960 I'm saying so you can't open the lock to have access to God without the key and 670 01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:32,320 the key is the very thing that will protect you if you have access to God 671 01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:36,480 otherwise God's gonna destroy you is the bottom line and it's very real and even 672 01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:39,120 like you see it all over the Old Testament right people encounter just 673 01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:42,640 angels or messengers from God and they're on their face blubbering in the 674 01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:51,600 dirt because they realize or you hear the prophets say woe is me I am an 675 01:05:51,600 --> 01:05:57,080 unclean man with an unclean mouth right the prophet who was everybody recognized 676 01:05:57,080 --> 01:06:02,400 he was the holiest man around right so you come into impact with God's 677 01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:07,960 holiness your sin will be your destruction but if you have the key to 678 01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:14,640 the lock you have a safe way to come to God right you're ready all right now 679 01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:20,600 we're over in the left part of the arrow then there's an equal sign and 680 01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:29,720 the equation is life equals war life equals war you have two verses left we're 681 01:06:29,720 --> 01:06:40,760 almost done doing good okay so it's Ephesians 612 it's a kind of a common 682 01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:46,040 verse for people to study about support spiritual warfare and it says for our 683 01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:50,880 struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the 684 01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:55,960 powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of 685 01:06:55,960 --> 01:07:01,640 wickedness in the heavenly places and most theologians or commentaries will 686 01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:05,040 tell you that where it says against the spiritual forces of wickedness that 687 01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:09,600 that's sort of a summary of the previous three but it could be a little different 688 01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:18,840 so yet rulers powers and world forces right yeah world of the darkness and so 689 01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:27,160 if you look on here you've got three enemies next to three enemies you got 690 01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:38,200 three blanks you can do however you want what the Bible says is powers world 691 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:48,560 forces rulers that's the words that are actually in the text okay and so now 692 01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:52,800 notice I skipped a little phrase and they're right next to Ephesians 612 so 693 01:07:52,800 --> 01:08:03,560 if life is war and those are our enemies then prayer is battle Ephesians 612 694 01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:11,480 prayer is battle yep because life equals war prayer is battle and then three 695 01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:30,560 enemies powers rulers world forces or however you want to restate it okay so 696 01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:37,720 the three the four blanks on the left are the final fill in and then there's a 697 01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:40,500 separate over on the right that I already filled in for you where it says 698 01:08:40,500 --> 01:08:45,480 fight exclamation point so obviously what God wants us to do is to be able to 699 01:08:45,480 --> 01:08:51,620 fight that's what he wants us to do so when you pray that's battle you are 700 01:08:51,620 --> 01:08:55,760 fighting and God wants you to be able to pray and your prayers to be able to 701 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,840 reach him so he has provided us with the understanding of the locks and the keys 702 01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:05,400 okay they're in his word he wants it to work he wants to draw you close he wants 703 01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:10,400 to make you a better communicator with him right the locks are there the keys 704 01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:16,880 are there for your safety use the keys open the locks be safe pray do battle 705 01:09:16,880 --> 01:09:20,840 win the fight that kind of thing and then the last blank I'm gonna read John 706 01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:34,960 14 18 and then I'll let you tell me what goes in there John 14 18 here we go I 707 01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:43,160 will not leave you as orphans I will come to you that's John 14 18 so we've 708 01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:54,120 got W a and O so the O is we are not orphans okay so I submit to you that we 709 01:09:54,120 --> 01:10:01,520 are not orphans even if the locks are closed that makes sense so even if you 710 01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:05,840 cannot pray and have your prayers guaranteed heard by God because the lock 711 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:10,640 is closed because you don't have a repentant heart because you you're 712 01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,760 clinging to your sin and giving God the cold shoulder or because you're not 713 01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:20,680 coming to God through Jesus even if that were true God still loves you God still 714 01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:25,080 wants you to be his child and for the lost person they technically are kind of 715 01:10:25,080 --> 01:10:28,800 like an orphan because they don't have God as their father right but for a 716 01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:32,400 saved person you can't have and you can't ever be an orphan again you've 717 01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:37,480 been invited into the family that makes sense so no matter if you screw up or 718 01:10:37,480 --> 01:10:44,360 not but think about the prodigal son for a moment he went away spent all his 719 01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:49,120 money that he got from his dad all his retirement money whatever inheritance 720 01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:52,440 spent it all want it with nothing feeding the pigs wishing he could eat 721 01:10:52,440 --> 01:10:55,240 some of the food that he was feeding the pigs and he said I'm gonna go back to my 722 01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:58,480 dad and beg if I could just be a servant in his house I'll serve it in his house 723 01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:02,600 is doing better than I'm doing but on his way back his dad was on the porch 724 01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:06,480 watching for me to come and run down and fell on him hugged him give him a kiss 725 01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:15,960 on the neck give him a ring and a robe and sandals power purpose all of that 726 01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:21,320 and then ordered that they have a huge party to celebrate his return killed the 727 01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:30,080 fat cat which is his sustenance right his providence he provided for him and 728 01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:37,120 then we are not orphans we belong with God we belong to God God is trying to 729 01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:41,420 draw us close our job is to participate in that I submit to you you have the 730 01:11:41,420 --> 01:11:51,060 keys open the lock and pray and win the battle that's how it's done now if you 731 01:11:51,060 --> 01:11:55,960 have sin in your life that you kind of like you realize according to what we 732 01:11:55,960 --> 01:12:01,920 learned you got to let it go and say well I can't I tried I tried I tried okay 733 01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:06,360 so don't stop trying don't become chased about it don't be going like oh it's 734 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:09,640 okay I'm just tolerating it I've been dealing with this for years I never have 735 01:12:09,640 --> 01:12:13,360 been able to get past it or whatever no you have a broken heart about it and 736 01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:17,600 keep having a broken heart about it keep coming to God repentant of all sin and 737 01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:21,440 turning to him and let him continue to inform your thoughts about that thing 738 01:12:21,440 --> 01:12:25,200 and about any other thing it could be that you have a sin in your life that 739 01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:27,920 you're fighting against your broken-hearted over it you go to God and 740 01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:32,120 God hears you God still doesn't take that sin away Paul had a thorn in the 741 01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:36,240 flesh and in Romans 7 he said I keep doing the things I don't want to do 742 01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:40,840 right and so he had sin that he wanted to defeat that he had not defeated but 743 01:12:40,840 --> 01:12:44,000 he kept a broken heart over and he kept going to God and God kept doing things 744 01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:49,560 and you can be the same way God could say to you my grace is sufficient for 745 01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:52,760 you just like he did with Paul he could say to you I'm not going to take that 746 01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:56,760 thing away from you you're that desire that you don't like or that thing that 747 01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:02,040 you did and the effects of it I'm not gonna fix it but what I am gonna do by 748 01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:06,120 not fixing it I'm gonna give you a better outcome your outcome is going to 749 01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:11,880 be even better you can't have what you really think you want but you can have 750 01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:16,960 what's so much better down the road that makes sense and if you just if that's 751 01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:21,280 if that's okay with you if it's okay for God to be the one who's in charge and 752 01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:25,640 to leave you with a kind of a thing that you don't really like while he continues 753 01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:29,200 to provide you with everything you do right so your cars broke down you can't 754 01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:31,840 drive it you don't get in and drive the car you don't get hit by truck you don't 755 01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:37,640 die today but if you insist you absolutely insist no God is an evil God 756 01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:42,560 because he won't give me what I want then you're coming to God with an 757 01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:48,960 unbroken heart right then God's not gonna hear your prayers because it's 758 01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:54,400 locked because you're not safe at that point so that's how it 759 01:14:49,480 --> 01:14:54,880 How can I keep from singing your praise? 760 01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:58,280 How can I ever say no? 761 01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:02,080 I will make you sing your love 762 01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:07,480 How can I keep from shouting your name? 763 01:15:07,480 --> 01:15:16,320 I know I am not by the king and it ain't what I wanna sing 764 01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:28,320 I will lift my eyes in the darkest night, for I know I'm staying your list 765 01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:41,320 And I will walk with you, knowing you'll stay with me through, and sing a song to you 766 01:15:41,320 --> 01:15:54,320 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I help but let you know how amazing is your love? 767 01:15:54,320 --> 01:16:09,320 How can I keep from shouting your name? I know I am loved by the King, and the King's word won't stay 768 01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:22,320 I can sing in the strongest time, sing when I win, I can sing when I'm lost but fair, and fall down again 769 01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:35,320 I can sing, cause you make me hope, sing cause you're there, I can sing cause you hear me look, when I call to you in prayer 770 01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:50,320 I can sing with my last breath, sing for I know, and I'll sing when the angels sing to the ground 771 01:16:50,320 --> 01:17:08,320 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I help but let you know how amazing is your love? How can I keep from shouting your name? 772 01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:30,320 I know I am loved by the King, and the King's word won't stay 773 01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:38,320 I can sing 774 01:18:00,320 --> 01:18:05,320 Right, I'll probably start with that one 775 01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:08,320 And then 776 01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:12,320 Um 777 01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:15,320 What's that song we used? Oh, I got it 778 01:18:15,320 --> 01:18:30,320 Uh oh