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Hallelujah. He's good, isn't he? Like a bird

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out of prison. What's the rest of that? No, that's

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a different one. There you go. I just don't know

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the words. Well, I'm so glad that I found out

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that he would bring me out and show me the way,

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right? Thank God I am free, free, free from this

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world of sin. Washed in the blood of Jesus, I've

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been born. I'm saved. saved by his wonderful

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grace. I'm so glad. He would bring me out and

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show me the way. That's enough of that. If you

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got your Bible, turn to Psalms 11. That old song,

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it's been in my head for a while. I thank God

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every day I'm free. Amen. I'm glad I found out

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about his marvelous grace. Let me tell you something.

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I was raised in church. I cut my teeth on the

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back of a wore out red back. They wouldn't let

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us play with the good ones. You know what I'm

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talking about? It's the one with the binders

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about wore out, brother. The threads hanging

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from them. You'd get that one under the seat.

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But I had to find out for myself what they were

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singing about. Had to have my own encounter.

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Had to have my own experience with his marvelous

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grace. Amen. I'd love to say I took it the first

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time, but no. It took me a few times to get it

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right. How many in here have been baptized in

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water more than seven times? Anybody? See there?

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It took a little bit to get it. Right. Seven

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times. Well, six officially. I don't know that

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you can really count Jordan because I just went

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because he went. The River Jordan. I was there.

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So I went in. But the other six was because I

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messed up. And I take the word of God very literal.

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When John was talking about falling for me first

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love there in Revelation. And he said, do you

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first works over again? My first work was following

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in his footsteps is water baptism. And I figure

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if I messed it up, I thought I might ought to

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do it again and again and again and again and

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again and again. Six times. I've been in creeks,

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rivers, baptistries. I've been baptized about

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anywhere you could be baptized. But it finally.

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It finally took, or I took to it. It always took

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to me. What is it? His grace, his love. It always

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took to me. I just forsook it. So if you're here

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this morning, and maybe you're on try number

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three or four or five, you're good. Just hang

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in there. Amen. Don't stop. You got a couple

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more to go to catch up. Just get it. Amen. Get

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a hold of it. Enough of that. Psalms 11. Again,

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so good to see you. If you're visiting, yes,

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we're like this most of the time. Most any given

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Sunday. This is just the way we enjoy worshiping

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the Lord. We've come for, we like to have a good

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time doing it, but we're serious about it. Amen?

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And if that's something you're looking for, come

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on. Well, you can make your mind up here in about

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an hour. After I'm finished, if you want to come

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back and hear this again, maybe you will. Psalms

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11. I'm just going to read verse 3 to you. I

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was going to read the whole psalm, but I think

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verse 3 will suffice. The psalmist David declares

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here, if the foundation be destroyed, what can

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the righteous do? I want to preach to you on

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a simple thought this morning, a mid -summer's

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reminder. A midsummer's reminder. This is where

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we're at. It's in the middle. I know we think

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we're getting toward fall, but hold off on your

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decorations. It's still going to be hot. Midsummer

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reminder. I'll pray for you if you pray for me,

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and maybe this won't take until, ooh, we're getting

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a late start, so it might. Father, we love you.

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We thank you for your goodness and your mercy,

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the power of your love, the abundance of your

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grace in our heart and life. Now, Lord, help

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me be expedient this morning. Lord, help me get

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to the point. Help me proclaim what you would

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have into the hearts and minds of your people.

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We that have ears, may we hear what it is the

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Spirit is saying to the church today. And Lord,

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we'll be quick to praise you for it all. For

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you are good and your mercy endures forever.

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Speak into my life today. Is that your prayer?

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Repeat that with me. Speak into my life, sweet

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Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name. That's it. Amen.

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A mid -summer's reminder. You can be seated.

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There are a few things that are constant in this

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world. And I think one of those constants is

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the matter of fact of change. Change is a constant.

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It is ever occurring. Change happens every day.

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How many of you remember, I think it even still

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happens on local channels, if you're up late

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at night and there'll be the snow come on the

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screen and you hear that. This is a test of the

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emergency broadcast system, right? Then they

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go through their little spiel. That's what this

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is this morning. This is just a simple test.

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If you read in this 11th Psalm, that phrase is

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used. The Lord is testing. He tests with his

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eyes and he's testing his children. And then

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there's this solemn warning about the foundations.

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If the moralistic fibers, if the truth of all

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that is true is shaken and is destroyed, what

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then? Can the righteous do? And if we are living

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in an age where one of the only true constants

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is change, I would say it's probably one of the

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truest statements of the last century. And as

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we look around, we can see that nothing is as

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it once was. It's not like it used to be. Amen?

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I honestly thought when I were the age of some

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of these children that by now there'd be some

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George Jetson folks running around, and they

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have some of those capabilities. They have some

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big enough drones that we could go along. If

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they just can't figure out how to regulate it,

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if they can figure out how to regulate all of

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that, then there'll be some low -level highway

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traffic. Amen? It can happen. Nothing is as it

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was. Homes, jobs, cars, automobile, school, even

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the church has changed. Now, let me just set

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out this morning early in this message to let

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you know that the word evolution is not a sin.

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The word in itself, evolution, is not a sin.

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The theology of it. Evolution is. God is. I'm

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going to get into that little rabbit trail this

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morning, so I'm just going to lay that one out

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there. The church has evolved over the millennia.

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We are not as we were in the first century. Not

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all things that evolve are negative and are wrong.

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As long as... The foundation remains true. Remember,

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what did Paul say about Christ being the foundation

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of our faith? If any man builds on anything else,

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it's no good. Christ is the foundation. So when

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we begin to think about how things have evolved,

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the church has evolved in some ways very good.

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Some of you are fanning, but can you imagine

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what it would be without even the air we got

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blowing now? It'd be H -O -T, right? So some

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things that have evolved are not necessarily

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negatives. But when you come to the moral fibers

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of the institution of the church, we cannot evolve

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and grow away from or grow beyond the true foundation

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of what the church is built upon. If you remember,

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we go back to the question that Jesus asked his

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disciples, who do men say that I, the son of

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man, am? Oh, some say Jeremiah, some say Isaiah,

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some one of the other prophets. But then the

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pointed question returns, who do you say that

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I am? And then by being inspired by the Spirit

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of God, Peter would declare, thou art the Christ,

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the Son of the living God. And then Jesus declares

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the foundational structure of the church. And

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he said, blessed art thou, Simon Bar -Jonah,

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for upon this rock, that foundation, I will establish

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and build my church and the gates are open. Look

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and listen. If any time you see the church being

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prevailed over by the enemy, you might ought

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to take a good look because the foundation has

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been removed. If the church remains solid upon

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the foundation of Christ and none other but Christ,

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then there is no way the enemy is going to overcome

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and defeat the church. It's not possible. Why?

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Because Jesus declared, So at the least place

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it can afford to evolve, it is the church. Oh,

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yes, methods can change, but the message must

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always remain. There is only one name under heaven

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whereby men can be saved, and that is the name

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of Jesus Christ, and that at that name every

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knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess.

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We must remain solid upon the foundation of our

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Christology, and it is Christ and Christ alone.

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Hallelujah. And we begin to stand firm and proclaim.

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Let the air blow cool in the summer. Let the

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heat blow warm in the winter. Get some more padded

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seats and let's try not to get too comfortable

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so that we become at ease in the house of Zion.

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But yet our hearts are stirred by the foundational

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truth. It's Christ who is the way, who is the

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truth, and who is the life. And we remain true

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in that. But the danger becomes that we begin

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to allow a sway away so the church can least

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afford change of any other structure in this

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world. Any other system may change and evolve

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away from, but the church cannot evolve away

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from its firm foundation. If the foundation be

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destroyed, here in David's day, he was already

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worried about a crisis somehow socially in the

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realm around him. He being king, something has

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disturbed him to the point that the spirit moves

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him to begin to write and to pen these words

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that today, here, August 17, 2025, That we could

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be reminded that the foundation must remain true.

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I don't know what the enemy's been coming against

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you with. And he may be even trying to get you

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to move your mindset about church and about your

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relationship with God on down the road. But honey,

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if it takes you past Christ, you better abandon

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that thought process. Because the idea of today

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is a moralistic therapeutic deism that causes

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one to think you can be good enough. Amen. You

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can be more. But you can't without Christ. You

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can't be good enough. You can't be happy enough.

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Oh, the society today in our religious world

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wants people to think that God wants you to be

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happy all the time. Well, that's contrary to

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the Word of God because there's too many warnings

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that in this world you shall have tribulation.

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And I can't be happy when I'm in turmoil and

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chaos is turned upside down. But I can let down

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the faith of my heart into the well of my heart.

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my salvation and draw deep from the joy of the

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Lord because in his presence is fullness of joy.

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My God, I don't want that foundation of the joy

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of the Lord removed. So therefore, among all

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things. That have gone through and are existing

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in the element of change. The church is the one

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that can least afford it. Simply because. When

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the church changes it becomes alienated from

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the God. Who established it and never changes.

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Oh God changes well let's see if he does. According

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to Malachi 3 and 6. For I am the Lord. I. Change

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not. So my heart has been stirred personally

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for me this week. I need a midsummer's reminder

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that the Lord remains constant. and the unvariableness

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of his changing, what that declares to me is

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this, that he is faithful, that the moral character

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of God always remains true and unelementary.

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Will it never be changed? You can keep to the

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simplicity of the gospel and the character of

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Jesus Christ and the true character of who God

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is by his nature. He is faithful, and he will

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always be faithful, and he will never change

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from being faithful. faithful. The characteristics

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of God is that he is wise. He is filled with

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wisdom and he will always be wise and he will

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never vary in the wisdom that he displays towards

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you. I am the Lord and I change not. In other

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words, there's no faction in this world that

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can move him for the reality of who he is and

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the proclamation of his word as he is described

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to us. I don't care what the world says. I don't

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care what they declare about God because God

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God is the same and he is the true constant of

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this world and he changeth not. He's merciful.

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Just think if he changed and varied in his mercy,

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what kind of condition would this world truly

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be in? But he's merciful. What about his love?

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What if he wasn't as loving as he is? What kind

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of shape would this world be in? So the church

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can least afford to change. And there's just

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a couple of reminders for us this morning as

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a church. As we live in a world and an age of

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all manner of isms and religiosity, man has developed

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a theology, if you will, to live by that appeases

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every attribute of their flesh. Huh? Yeah, if

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you look long enough, you can find what you want

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to live by to align by your... personal conviction.

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Can I declare to you this is not all about our

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personal convictions. It's about his personal

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declaration of the life that we are to live and

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the image, the expressed image of his son Jesus

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Christ. We are to emulate his character in this.

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Well, our societies have, that's outdated. We've

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grown way past that. You'd never grow past kindness.

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I don't care how far we get or how old this world.

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You never get past kindness. You never get past

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the commandment of love. You never get past peace.

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Amen. All these remain with every culture. There

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is an innate desire in all of humanity to be

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loved. I don't care how sour you want to be.

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I don't care how cross and hateful you are. Deep

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down, you want to be and desire to be liked and

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loved. The moment someone tells me, I don't care

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if we're bollocks or we're not, they're telling

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me right out loud, I want I want everyone to

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like me. I want everyone to love me. And I'm

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doing all that I can in my flesh to keep that

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from happening. And somebody is still nice to

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me. Why? Because somebody you run across has

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the love and the innate character and the truth

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of the foundation of Jesus Christ down in them.

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And they are portraying that every day. It's

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a cry to be loved. I need to be reminded that

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God's word is still true. And that we live by

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his word. There's only three of these little

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reminders. So here's number one. That we live

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by his word. You live by his word. Pastor Brian's

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already quoted this morning. In him we live and

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move and we have. Our being. It's his word. It

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doesn't matter how much culture tries to change

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it. It doesn't matter how much the age of our

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day tries to criticize it, tries to minimize

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it, tries to rationalize the Word, tries to censure

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the Word, tries to ignore the Word. It doesn't

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matter how much social media makes fun of the

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Word and every other forum you can get on that

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denigrates the Word of God. It doesn't matter

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for the child of God who understands the rudimentary

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elements of the foundation of faith in God, understands

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without the Word of God, God. We are nothing

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but with the Word of God. We can do all things

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through Him because He strengthens us. We can

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because of the declaration of that Word that

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declares His grace is provided to us and for

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us and in us every day. And it becomes the all

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-sufficiency of our life. His Word! I need to

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be reminded of that. And so therefore, I felt

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if I needed a reminder, you needed a midsummer's

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reminder. Because I know there's another entity

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that has not changed, and that is the devil.

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Oh, Diablo. Oh, Diablo. Has it changed? He hasn't

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even evolved in his methods of coming against

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you. He's a three -trick pony. Hello? He's a

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three -trick pony. Oh, Bobo. Three -trick pony.

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He attacks the lust of your eye. He approaches

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the lust of your flesh and the pride of your

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life. That's it. Well, everything that he rolls

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at you gets down to those common denominators

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right there. That's it. That's all he's got.

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I can tell you how you can overcome some of those

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through the power of the word of God. How do

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I get rid of that pride of life? Humble yourself

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under the mighty hand of God. Well, how do I

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do that? Take up your cross and follow him. Any

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man that don't get the cross, take one up, can't

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follow, can't go where he is. So if you want

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to be in heaven, get over your high self. Hello.

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No one thinks more highly of them than they think

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of themselves. So why do you think the devil's

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got you so bowed up on your pride? Huh? Because

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that... Three -trick pony, that's one of them.

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And if you apply the word of God, if you humble

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yourself, what does that mean? If you lower yourself,

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if you climb off your high horse, amen, put your

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foot in a stirrup and come on down to earth,

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you're not all that in a bag of chips. Hello?

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We're not, you know. And nobody loves us better

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than we love ourselves. Amen? Only one that loves

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you more than you love you is God. And how so,

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pastor? Because the word. Let this be a midsummer

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reminder to you. For God so loved the world that

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he gave his only begotten son that whosoever

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believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting.

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He loves you more than you love yourself. So

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the way that you overcome is through the word,

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right? You humble yourself instead of getting

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to the point where God has to humble you. Well,

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what does that look like? Well, there's a story

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of a prodigal son. Loved himself. Pride. Daddy!

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that belongs to me when you die. Boy, I'm not

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dead yet. Well, I won't watch mine. Son, it ain't

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yours until I'm gone. Come on, you know. I watched

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a little meme yesterday I thought was quite hilarious.

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It looked about like a 30 -year -old man, not

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a boy, was in his daddy's living room and he's

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saying, Daddy, you ain't nothing. You ain't got

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nothing. And this daddy getting crossed up. Look

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at this boy. He says, huh? What started, all

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the boy had his pants down about right here,

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hanging down there. He said, son, pull them breeches

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up. Who do you think you are? In daddy's living

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room, you know. I could play all that out, but

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it'd take away from my preacher time. But anyway,

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in about 90 seconds into that meme, you see daddy

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frog, and you see Junior laying on his back doing

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this, hocking them breeches up. That's the way

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it can happen if you're not careful. God trying

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to bless your life and you're so full of yourself.

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He can't get in edgewise to bless you. And all

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he's wanting to do is bless you. And you're blowing

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up. I want all the blessings that belong to me.

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Well, they don't really, none of them belong

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to you unless I afford them to you. But the dad

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gives the prodigal son, you know the story, gives

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him his portion. And he goes off and spends it

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all in riotous partying. Party on, dude. Till

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he's broke. And the worst place that a young

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Jewish boy full of pride in himself could wind

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up is where he woke up one morning. Where is

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that? You got to remember, Peter hadn't been

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on the rooftop yet, and that sheet hadn't been

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let down, and the command from heaven to rise,

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kill, and eat hadn't been given yet. So he finds

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himself in the pork aisle. He's in the pig pen

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where no self -respecting, full of pride Jewish

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boy. Would ever be found. But let me tell you

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something. When God humbles you. That stuff you

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say I'll never. Honey you're going to choke on

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it all the way down. And beg for some vinegar

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to wash it on down. Because you'll choke so much

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on your own words. And your own pride. God will

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say you'll swallow it. Keep going. You'll get

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down there. Then finally he comes to himself.

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And declares. The servants at Daddy's house got

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it better than this. The one place at Daddy's

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house I will not be is in a pig pen. Come on.

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I won't be in the muck and the mire and the stench

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of hog water at Daddy's house. I think I'm going

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home. Because I know dad will accept me. Get

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over yourself. Get over your pride. Get over

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the sin you may have committed yesterday or last

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night. Get over it. Repent of it. Come up out

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of the mire and say, if I can just get to daddy's

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house, I know he's going to take care of me.

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And when you humble yourself, we're going to

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get hung up on number one if I don't move on.

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Because, see, when you start talking about the

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Word, remind yourself of the Word of God. Faith

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cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of

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God. Now, faith is the substance of things, hope

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for an evidence of nothing. How can they hear

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without a preacher? They must hear the declaration

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of the word. It's the word of God that elevates

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us to the place where he wants us to be. I highlighted

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this because I didn't want to skip it and I've

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almost run past it. In spite of the open disregard

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that's going on in this world, there is nothing

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in the human experience which is more blessed

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or beneficial for the human being than the word

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of God. I can have my altar, and I have had my

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altar experiences at one place or another. You've

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heard me say I had to repent thoroughly at least

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six times just to get to where I think I might

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get to heaven. I'm past that, by the way. That

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was a long, number six baptism was a long time

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ago. I don't want y 'all to think it was two

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weeks ago, you know, where I had Pastor Brian

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dunk me the last baptism while nobody was looking.

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No, I finally got it. And he's got a hold of

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me. So we're past that point. But I finally had

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to get there when we understand that it is through

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the grace and the word and the power of God that

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enables us and strengthens us. There is no other

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experience in your human life that is more blessed

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or beneficial to you than the living word of

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God. I know you love your children and you were

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swelled with pride when you eat. or cut the cord

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or held them first time in your arms, and that's

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beneficial, but it's nothing like the Word of

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God. Because see, your children may end up disappointing

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:05.240
you, but I'm here to tell you right now, the

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Word of God will never disappoint you. It'll

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convict you, it'll make you angry, but it'll

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:14.380
never... ever, ever disappoint you. His word

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is the truest beneficial blessing in the life

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of the child of God. And why do you think it

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is the devil comes against your reading and participation

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in the word the way he does? Because he knows

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if you ever develop a relationship with the word

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of God, he is doomed. There's some more in this

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section here. On the word of God, Matthew 4,

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1 through 11, that's a powerful story. We have

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Jesus in the wilderness being led by the Spirit

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after his baptism. He's out there, and the enemy

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comes against him with those three. He even come

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:04.079
against Jesus with the same three -trick pony.

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The lust of the flesh. He'd been fasting 40 days

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and nights. Well, if you are who you say you

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are, why don't you turn them rocks into bread

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and go ahead and satisfy your flesh. You know,

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it's not about the flesh. Man shall not live

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by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth

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from the mouth of the Father. That's how we're

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going to make it. Then he hits him up. Amen.

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.940
He tempts his pride. Well, just go ahead and

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throw yourself down. Amen. The word. Oh, the

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devil doesn't quote a little bit of the word.

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He'll throw enough in to get you crossed up.

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Oh, doesn't the Bible say that he's giving his

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angels charge over you. You're going to be all

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right. Look, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy

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God. Pride went down the drain. We got the flesh

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and we got pride. Jesus done got two of them

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:03.400
knocked out. And then here he come. Amen. There

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:05.940
he is again. And he said, let me take you up

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in the lust of the eye. Right there it is. Look

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at all. If you'll just bow down and worship me,

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I'll let you have everything that you see. It

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is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,

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and him only shalt thou serve. If you'll apply

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those three declarations of the word, that three

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-trick pony, you'll watch him go down your driveway

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:29.720
and hit the road, and you can rebuke him every

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:38.799
time he tries to come back with the word. Heaven

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:42.200
and earth shall pass away, but thy word shall

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:46.720
not pass away. It shall stand forever. The Bible

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:52.299
is more than a book. Amen. You've got to understand

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:54.599
through history, armies have tried to destroy

00:31:54.599 --> 00:32:00.640
it, burn it. Governments try to forbid it. Humanists

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:03.180
try to rationalize it and splint it away, right?

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:06.640
Judges want to outlaw it, but in spite of every

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:11.759
effect and effort, the word of God remains and

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:17.960
will remain because God has declared it. It exposes

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.259
the mightiness of God, Jeremiah 23, 29. It is

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:23.940
not my word like a fire, saith the Lord, and

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:27.579
like a hammer that breaketh the rock into pieces.

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I'm trying to get down to a segue over. No substitutions

00:32:32.890 --> 00:32:36.029
for the word. There's no substitution for the

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word in your life. Listen to this. Oh, I like

00:32:37.869 --> 00:32:40.690
this part. I almost got past it. I apologize.

00:32:41.630 --> 00:32:45.690
Your favorite Charisma magazine article might

00:32:45.690 --> 00:32:53.369
be good, but it don't replace God's word. I tell

00:32:53.369 --> 00:32:55.369
you how long ago, and I tell you where the Lord

00:32:55.369 --> 00:32:58.789
stirred me, how far back. This was, my Lord,

00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:01.319
when was this? This is a long time ago. It's

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.220
handwritten, so I know that's a long time ago.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:08.299
And when I got phrases like, your favorite CD.

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.480
I'm telling you, the Lord's took me back and

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:17.339
found this. He stirred my heart. I don't know

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:19.460
what you got now, your favorite iPod, whatever.

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:28.400
Doesn't replace the Word of God. Amen? Your favorite

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.799
podcast. I started to say TV Evangelist, but

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:34.200
I updated that one right here on the fly. I updated

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:38.599
it. Your favorite podcast. 413. Give a little

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:41.640
plug for the podcast to Pastor Brian, Brother

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.660
Martin, and Brother Scotty. Look that one up.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:47.779
That doesn't replace your time in God's Word.

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It's not as prevalent as it used to be. Again,

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:55.980
here's a little sign of how long ago your favorite

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:58.579
singing group, which would be reflective of southern

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.619
gospel, which that's about a thing of the past.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:07.359
None of that stuff is a substitute for the word

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:13.019
of God in your life, right? John's poetic introduction,

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in the beginning was the word, the word was with

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:20.369
God, the word was God. The same was in the beginning

00:34:20.369 --> 00:34:22.530
with God, and all things were made by him, and

00:34:22.530 --> 00:34:26.050
without him was not anything made that was made.

00:34:27.050 --> 00:34:33.469
In him was life, and the life was the light of

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men. Make our way to our second reminder. We

00:34:38.929 --> 00:34:44.969
live by faith. This is a faith walk. We don't

00:34:44.969 --> 00:34:53.070
live by sight. You live by faith. Faith in God.

00:34:54.510 --> 00:34:59.050
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for

00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:02.329
according to Hebrews 11 and 1. The things hoped

00:35:02.329 --> 00:35:06.510
for and the evidence of things not seen. You

00:35:06.510 --> 00:35:10.150
skip on down and you see these words. For it

00:35:10.150 --> 00:35:15.190
is impossible to please God without faith. But

00:35:15.190 --> 00:35:19.539
for those who have faith. He is a rewarder of

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:23.639
those who diligently seek after him. You need

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:26.800
to write that word diligently down. And you need

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.539
to go look it up and to see if that is where

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:33.820
you are. To see if in your faith walk with God

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:38.210
you are. diligently seeking after him and him

00:35:38.210 --> 00:35:41.010
alone. And if you are, then you can expect the

00:35:41.010 --> 00:35:44.929
reward to the faithful and from the faithful.

00:35:45.010 --> 00:35:48.230
Amen? You can expect that and look for it in

00:35:48.230 --> 00:35:58.250
your life. Faith flows when God speaks. For God

00:35:58.250 --> 00:36:04.559
himself is the source of our faith. and his living

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:07.480
word is the channel through which that faith

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:13.360
is transmitted to men. Not only is God the source

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:17.619
of our faith, he must be the object of that faith,

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:21.239
for faith comes from him but yet must return

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:26.380
to him. When faith's object is God, it will always

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:34.739
and also envelop God's power and grace. You can't

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:39.500
just have faith in faith. You've got to have

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:46.559
faith in God. Too many people simply want to

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:52.920
have faith in faith itself. But faith must reside

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:59.019
in the object of God. God is where your faith

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:10.570
must exist. Without him, we become miserable.

00:37:12.309 --> 00:37:17.690
But through him, your faith in him, your trust

00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:21.309
in him, your confidence in him, your faith becomes

00:37:21.309 --> 00:37:24.309
the conduit of the release of his power into

00:37:24.309 --> 00:37:32.289
your life. And that faith may only, let me parenthesy

00:37:32.289 --> 00:37:39.039
that. Your faith may only result in the adding

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:44.920
of the sufficiency of his grace every day. But

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:57.480
after all, isn't that enough? Woo! Because all

00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:03.960
I need is enough to make it through today. Why

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:06.280
do you say that? What about tomorrow? What about

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.760
next week? We have to be reminded of the word

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:13.360
of God into our life as James would pin. You

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:16.820
may not have today. Say not ye. I'll do this

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:19.760
or this or that today or tomorrow because tomorrow

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:24.960
may not come because life is like a vapor. What

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:30.900
I need is grace to make it through today. And

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:35.050
by his mercy. If he causes me to awake in the

00:38:35.050 --> 00:38:39.110
morning, you know what's going to find me? His

00:38:39.110 --> 00:38:44.769
grace. Woo! That's just done more for me than

00:38:44.769 --> 00:38:50.889
it did 82 % of y 'all. Meaning 18 % of you got

00:38:50.889 --> 00:38:59.289
it. It's a reminder. It's worthy to be reminded.

00:38:59.590 --> 00:39:04.510
Don't give up believing in God. Don't stop trusting

00:39:04.510 --> 00:39:07.989
God. Don't stop having faith in God. If you put

00:39:07.989 --> 00:39:11.289
your faith in any other, you will be let down.

00:39:15.030 --> 00:39:19.690
And if, well, thank you, Lord. If you become

00:39:19.690 --> 00:39:24.590
disappointed in how God is running your life,

00:39:24.809 --> 00:39:29.690
think back to what good job he was doing with

00:39:29.690 --> 00:39:37.320
you. I did. I just had a flashback. The job I

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:42.380
did cost me six Duncans. Since I've turned it

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:44.260
over to him, I haven't had to get wet since,

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:48.139
other than baptizing a few other folks. But as

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.300
far as myself, I haven't had to go back under.

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:56.900
But I'm here to tell you right now, if I need

00:39:56.900 --> 00:40:02.190
to, I will. Hey, look here. I don't care what

00:40:02.190 --> 00:40:04.349
anybody thinks. If I feel like I'm impressed

00:40:04.349 --> 00:40:06.849
and drawn by the Spirit, you need to follow again.

00:40:07.030 --> 00:40:10.050
Do you know where a pastor will be? At the front

00:40:10.050 --> 00:40:12.889
of the line, let somebody get me wet, put me

00:40:12.889 --> 00:40:15.289
under, and then I'll come out the other end and

00:40:15.289 --> 00:40:20.269
get the rest of you. Pride's gone. I have that

00:40:20.269 --> 00:40:31.530
no more. Acts 3 .16, his name through faith in

00:40:31.530 --> 00:40:34.269
his name. We covered that one. Oh, that segues

00:40:34.269 --> 00:40:37.230
us right into number three. Somebody say, praise

00:40:37.230 --> 00:40:39.670
the Lord. It's five after, and I'm getting hungry.

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:44.130
Eat more breakfast next Sunday, and you can last

00:40:44.130 --> 00:40:48.030
a little longer. Because, look, when we worship,

00:40:48.230 --> 00:40:52.210
when you worship and you enter in, I don't get

00:40:52.210 --> 00:40:56.489
up and call time out on you. I let you worship

00:40:56.489 --> 00:40:59.989
until you get in and come back out. So don't

00:40:59.989 --> 00:41:04.030
cringe upon my time. I'll come back out in a

00:41:04.030 --> 00:41:09.349
little while. This is the best hour and whatever

00:41:09.349 --> 00:41:14.289
of my week when I get to stand right here and

00:41:14.289 --> 00:41:17.750
feel what comes from the heavens down onto my

00:41:17.750 --> 00:41:21.789
flesh and pours out of my soul. So don't rush

00:41:21.789 --> 00:41:35.199
me now. People used to say, well, you only preach

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:37.400
one time a week. That's all we pay you for. I

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.300
said, look, you don't pay me to preach. I'm telling

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:42.440
you right now. It's those other couple hundred

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:45.199
hours of things that I do that you never see.

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:51.000
This is a freebie. I do this because I'm called

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.480
and he's anointed me to do it. That's why I do

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:56.900
this. This is just one of the blessings you get.

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:02.079
I guess I need to get back on that pride wheel.

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:06.139
That sounded awful prideful, didn't it? Forgive

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:09.340
me, Lord, for that one. Fill up the tank. No.

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:14.579
Grab a pan, just wash my feet because I'm not

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:29.780
all dirty. I just stepped in it. Whoa! Hey, Lord,

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:38.960
help me. If I'd known I was going to have this

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:40.940
much fun this morning, I sure wouldn't have stressed

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:46.760
like I did yesterday. I guarantee you. Let me

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:51.000
tell you what my Saturdays look like. It has

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.579
been for a little over 30 years since I've been

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:54.739
preaching. Saturday's been the day raising three

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:58.719
kids. I cannot study at home. Tried that. That

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:00.960
just does not work. You know, you can't whoop

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:02.900
a kid and stay in the Word and stay anointed.

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:06.019
Or I can't. I've got to get mad to grab them.

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:10.000
Come on. So I get out of there. I go to the office.

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:13.900
And Saturday was the day. Somebody said, what

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:15.659
do you wait until Saturday for? That's the only

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:19.519
day I had. You know, I was Bible to the occasional.

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:23.679
So Saturday was my day. So that's the way it

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:27.960
is. So my Saturdays. I don't, it's not very restful.

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:30.980
I didn't hardly go to ball games. I can't do

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:34.460
that sort of stuff. Saturday's focus day, right?

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:39.079
So I'm up half the night worrying about what

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.900
I'm going to say when I get here on Sunday morning.

00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:44.300
Then I go ahead and say this stuff. And then

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:46.780
Sunday night's a bust too. I can't sleep tonight.

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:49.360
I will not sleep tonight because my mind will

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.840
replay in slow motion the stupid things that

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:57.610
I do and say. Those things like that that you,

00:43:57.710 --> 00:44:05.969
that's not rehearsed. That's who I am. It's just

00:44:05.969 --> 00:44:10.329
the way it comes on and comes out. And it amazes

00:44:10.329 --> 00:44:13.309
me that God uses it and you show up week after

00:44:13.309 --> 00:44:22.690
week. It's the truth. I say, my Lord, you blew

00:44:22.690 --> 00:44:26.769
it this week. So number three, somebody say hurry

00:44:26.769 --> 00:44:36.090
up and let's go. I'll oblige. Okay, if we live

00:44:36.090 --> 00:44:41.170
by the word, we live by faith. Now this is a

00:44:41.170 --> 00:44:45.710
midsummer's remind you, okay? Then we overcome

00:44:45.710 --> 00:44:51.429
by prayer. Oh, I thought it was the blood of

00:44:51.429 --> 00:44:52.929
the lamb, the word of our testimony. Yeah, but

00:44:52.929 --> 00:44:59.750
you don't get that until you pray. So, let me

00:44:59.750 --> 00:45:02.650
just remind you, don't stop praying. You can't

00:45:02.650 --> 00:45:06.710
stop praying. There's no not praying in church.

00:45:07.170 --> 00:45:11.050
You've got to pray. You've got to talk to God.

00:45:11.570 --> 00:45:14.170
Well, He knows, Almighty. Yeah, He knows, but

00:45:14.170 --> 00:45:18.309
He wants to hear you. No. Prayer is about 90

00:45:18.309 --> 00:45:20.349
% of you telling God that you know what's going

00:45:20.349 --> 00:45:23.909
on in your life. Because He already does. You're

00:45:23.909 --> 00:45:28.610
not telling Him anything He doesn't know. Well,

00:45:28.630 --> 00:45:30.329
if he knows, why don't he do something about

00:45:30.329 --> 00:45:33.510
it? Well, he is. Well, it sure don't look like

00:45:33.510 --> 00:45:36.670
it. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean

00:45:36.670 --> 00:45:39.489
he's not moving. See, that's part of our problem.

00:45:39.590 --> 00:45:42.590
We think we got to see it. No. No, I just told

00:45:42.590 --> 00:45:45.329
you a few moments ago. We don't walk by sight.

00:45:45.769 --> 00:45:49.090
You walk this out, this journey, by faith. You

00:45:49.090 --> 00:45:50.710
just got to trust God. Well, he ain't doing it

00:45:50.710 --> 00:45:52.010
the way I want to. Well, he doesn't do it the

00:45:52.010 --> 00:46:00.489
way I want it done either. But that doesn't mean

00:46:00.489 --> 00:46:04.289
he's doing it wrong. Matter of fact, he's doing

00:46:04.289 --> 00:46:07.650
it more right than you could possibly do yourself.

00:46:08.269 --> 00:46:11.030
Do I need to remind you six times I've been baptized?

00:46:14.309 --> 00:46:21.289
Never once have I let him in charge. By the power

00:46:21.289 --> 00:46:25.590
of prayer, we live by prayer. As believers, we

00:46:25.590 --> 00:46:30.260
cannot look at prayer as it is an option. It's

00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:32.460
not like power windows and power door locks.

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:40.420
It's not optional. It's standard. Most of us

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:42.119
would blow our mind if we actually had to crank

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:48.480
a window handle. Some kids would say, what's

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:52.400
that? What do you do with that? Well, you turn

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:54.360
it around in a circle. Well, it won't go. Honey,

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:58.619
roll it the other way. Turn the handle the other

00:46:58.619 --> 00:47:07.559
way. You show most of them a car with four pedals

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:11.940
and they're going to say, that's a clutch, honey.

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.360
Well, that's emergency brake. I thought you pulled

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:22.039
it up. No, darling, you step on it. How do you

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:27.159
get it off? You step on it again. If it don't

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:34.639
have a release. It's not optional. Prayer's not

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:37.059
optional. You've got to pray. Well, my life's

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:40.559
falling apart. Well, you're not praying. You've

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:42.719
quit trusting and believing, and you definitely

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:46.059
hadn't been in the Word. You've heard it said,

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:48.079
and I'll have to be careful because this one

00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:52.500
is. If you find someone with a Bible that's fallen

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:55.440
apart, the meme declares that their life most

00:47:55.440 --> 00:48:01.179
likely isn't. But you get that pristine back

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:04.500
on it that's not even been folded. Honey, you're

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.360
lucky to get to church from Sunday to Sunday.

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:10.019
How people make it without the word, without

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:13.679
believing, without praying. I have to pray to

00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:17.659
get out of bed. So how you do it with talking

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:23.190
to him maybe at lunch. I don't get it. My life

00:48:23.190 --> 00:48:25.730
is a constant prayer. I'm praying in and out,

00:48:25.750 --> 00:48:31.050
off and on, all day long. Jesus said men ought

00:48:31.050 --> 00:48:37.110
always to continue in prayer. I pray. Why? Because

00:48:37.110 --> 00:48:42.090
I need divine intervention every moment of every

00:48:42.090 --> 00:48:46.170
day. Why? So that I don't have to get baptized

00:48:46.170 --> 00:48:54.010
again. That's why. You say, really? Look, folks,

00:48:54.130 --> 00:48:56.510
if it wasn't for prayer, the word, and faith,

00:48:56.650 --> 00:48:59.389
and the anointing of God that's on my life, most

00:48:59.389 --> 00:49:06.010
of you wouldn't even like me. I have the potential

00:49:06.010 --> 00:49:10.650
to be a smart aleck. Yeah, I do. I'm telling

00:49:10.650 --> 00:49:12.429
you, it's there. I know it's hard to see these

00:49:12.429 --> 00:49:20.190
things. I know you can't believe that about my

00:49:20.190 --> 00:49:24.349
character, but I do. And when I was a sinner,

00:49:24.369 --> 00:49:27.449
I was a bad one because I didn't care to take

00:49:27.449 --> 00:49:30.849
a beating. Whoop me if you want to, but you have

00:49:30.849 --> 00:49:35.050
it to do. Hello? I've been whooped more than

00:49:35.050 --> 00:49:37.269
I've won. It doesn't matter. That's not the point.

00:49:38.769 --> 00:49:42.809
Hello? That's not the point. The point is I smacked

00:49:42.809 --> 00:49:46.730
you in the mouth at least one good time. That's

00:49:46.730 --> 00:49:49.760
the point for me. Always has been. I don't care

00:49:49.760 --> 00:49:52.260
if you win or lose. I'm going to get one good

00:49:52.260 --> 00:49:55.460
and somewhere in this process. It may take me

00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:58.179
a week to see it when my eyes open and talk about

00:49:58.179 --> 00:50:00.920
it when my lip gets done swelling. But that's

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:05.119
all right too. But thank God I'm not that way

00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:09.360
anymore. Only with the devil. I hate, and I mean

00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:20.519
it, the devil. Prayer. I reveal way too much

00:50:20.519 --> 00:50:26.639
to you people. Prayer is not optional in your

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:31.039
life. It is a necessity. It's a life or death

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:35.639
matter for the believer. Prayer is the open channel

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:41.599
to heaven. It's through that channel that our

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:47.039
faith in God is declared. When I pray, I'm letting

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:52.980
God know, I believe you can. And that's why I

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:55.559
try to get a lot of the word in my mind and in

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:59.239
my body and in my soul. I can't tell you where

00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:04.280
every address is. What's that mean? I can't tell

00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:06.840
you book, chapter, verse, or page number that

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:10.000
it's on. But the principles of it, I get right

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:13.800
in here. and I get enough of his word in me that

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:16.219
when I need it, I can recall a half a verse.

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:19.039
I can recall three or four words. Man, don't

00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:20.860
live by bread alone. That's all I need to make

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:24.079
it through today. But by every word, if I can

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:26.099
get that one in, I don't need to know exactly

00:51:26.099 --> 00:51:28.599
that it's in Matthew 4, 1 through 11, if it's

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:31.159
verse 3, 5 out of 11. I don't need to know that.

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:33.840
All I need to know is that it is in there. And

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:36.400
if it is in there, I can apply it to my life.

00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:40.019
And if I pray it and reminding God, that I have

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:43.280
faith in what he said in my life. My reminder

00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:47.940
is this. I will make it. I will overcome by prayer.

00:51:48.179 --> 00:51:55.739
I will have grace through faith. I'm going to

00:51:55.739 --> 00:52:02.880
live by his word. Man, what a midsummer reminder.

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:08.619
Because can I tell you, sometimes we get... We

00:52:08.619 --> 00:52:13.440
get lulled into complacency. What's that mean?

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:17.400
Well, we just kind of get a little bit lax. We

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:22.300
get lethargic. The heat, the heat, summer heat

00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:29.239
affects us like Thanksgiving turkey. Somehow

00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:37.250
it turns to lethargy. We get lazy. Summertime

00:52:37.250 --> 00:52:44.650
does that for us. There's two seasons. Man, I'm

00:52:44.650 --> 00:52:46.829
just really just opening up the curtain today.

00:52:48.389 --> 00:52:52.349
Two seasons of the year that I do not like as

00:52:52.349 --> 00:52:56.849
a pastor and have never enjoyed. Are you ready?

00:52:56.929 --> 00:52:59.170
Maybe you can help me with this. You can turn

00:52:59.170 --> 00:53:05.179
my into joy. Only you can, really. And it'll

00:53:05.179 --> 00:53:08.320
take the Lord to get you to do it. I don't like

00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:14.039
summer. I don't like the summer season. My least

00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:20.019
favorite Sunday of the year is Memorial Day weekend.

00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:24.679
That's my least favorite Sunday. Well, why is

00:53:24.679 --> 00:53:27.579
that, Pastor? It's Memorial Day. Yeah. It's also

00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:33.050
the first weekend after school's let out. And

00:53:33.050 --> 00:53:39.449
the sheep gate gets left open. Many of you disappear.

00:53:43.929 --> 00:53:46.349
Periodically through the summer. You're trepsing

00:53:46.349 --> 00:53:50.829
over Paris. I'm just kidding. But they were.

00:53:53.449 --> 00:53:58.809
You're on cruise boats. You're in the mountains.

00:53:58.869 --> 00:54:00.730
How many times can you go to Pigeon Forge and

00:54:00.730 --> 00:54:06.710
go to Dollywood in one summer? That's the truth.

00:54:08.289 --> 00:54:11.849
I'm thinking, I went about six, seven years ago,

00:54:11.869 --> 00:54:16.570
and I'm still good. I'm meddling now, Milton,

00:54:16.610 --> 00:54:21.889
but it feels so good to vent. So summer. Yeah,

00:54:21.909 --> 00:54:26.449
oh, don't get me. No, summer. Because, see, we

00:54:26.449 --> 00:54:32.860
get. We throw it in neutral. School's out. Vacation

00:54:32.860 --> 00:54:38.199
time. But you know what? I can't shift her up

00:54:38.199 --> 00:54:39.739
in neutral. You want me to come in here and just

00:54:39.739 --> 00:54:41.519
shift it in neutral on Sunday and just give you

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:44.559
some little something to tickle you? Until school

00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:47.860
starts back? I can't do that. Why? Because heaven

00:54:47.860 --> 00:54:49.699
and hell's in the balance and there's a devil

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:52.940
who never lets up. Who never puts it in neutral.

00:54:53.179 --> 00:54:56.659
And he's after you every week. Every day he's

00:54:56.659 --> 00:55:00.400
trying to steal, kill, destroy, and take everything

00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:05.719
of your life. I can't put it in neutral. So what

00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:07.960
do you do? You scratch around. You come up with

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:11.059
something like this to stir folk for a midsummer

00:55:11.059 --> 00:55:14.239
reminder. So from Memorial Day on, it's tough

00:55:14.239 --> 00:55:18.440
for me. And then the other time you're going

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:28.179
to say, it's Christmas. Right after Thanksgiving,

00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:32.739
y 'all shut down. It's the turkey. I know it

00:55:32.739 --> 00:55:39.000
is. I think for our holiday family meal, why

00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:41.619
do you think we do that on a Sunday? And we just

00:55:41.619 --> 00:55:42.840
come in here and meet for a few minutes and go

00:55:42.840 --> 00:55:46.599
eat. Because you're checked out. And why would

00:55:46.599 --> 00:55:52.360
I leave alone? I can't believe this. You're not

00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:56.940
recording this, are you? Where'd you at? Well,

00:55:56.980 --> 00:56:03.340
we're going to edit most of this. Who wants that

00:56:03.340 --> 00:56:06.019
on the interweb, right? In the cloud somewhere.

00:56:08.019 --> 00:56:12.579
Yeah, y 'all shut down. We got shopping to do.

00:56:13.780 --> 00:56:15.900
Why do you think we have something special just

00:56:15.900 --> 00:56:19.440
about I only try to preach one Sunday in the

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:21.820
month of December? Why do you think that is?

00:56:22.780 --> 00:56:24.860
You think I don't want to preach? Absolutely

00:56:24.860 --> 00:56:29.070
not. That's what I live for. It's because y 'all

00:56:29.070 --> 00:56:35.190
ain't in it. So what do we do? We have a kids

00:56:35.190 --> 00:56:39.769
program. On a Sunday morning. I've had pastors

00:56:39.769 --> 00:56:41.929
say, you don't do that on Sunday night. I said,

00:56:41.949 --> 00:56:44.250
no. And if you're in it after as long as I have

00:56:44.250 --> 00:56:48.550
been, you won't either. Why? I said, tell me

00:56:48.550 --> 00:56:50.989
about your December. How's it go? How's the service?

00:56:51.110 --> 00:56:52.530
Well, they're just not really in it. I said,

00:56:52.550 --> 00:56:55.559
ding, ding, ding. Give them something they want.

00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:57.699
Well, what do they want? They'll flood the house

00:56:57.699 --> 00:57:02.000
for the kids. They'll show up to see the children's

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:06.320
program. And the word goes out. I make sure the

00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:09.719
word goes out. Hello? Doesn't matter what's going

00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:13.380
on up there. The word of God is going out. And

00:57:13.380 --> 00:57:15.960
how many people, how many of you have been really

00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:19.219
touched and blessed through a children's or some

00:57:19.219 --> 00:57:22.780
type of Christmas program? Come on, honest. That's

00:57:22.780 --> 00:57:25.500
why we do it. How many of you would really in

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:28.219
Christmas get really all that excited about me

00:57:28.219 --> 00:57:30.420
dropping a lung like this in it right before

00:57:30.420 --> 00:57:35.199
Christmas? Not many. So I try to give you one

00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:38.780
good one in the month of December. I try to make

00:57:38.780 --> 00:57:42.219
her a dandy. Because I know I got you. You see

00:57:42.219 --> 00:57:45.480
the counter, you know. I'm just being real with

00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:47.579
you. And see, I'm telling you, you're the only

00:57:47.579 --> 00:57:53.360
ones that can help me out of that. So there's

00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:57.699
your reminder. Here's your summer reminder. A

00:57:57.699 --> 00:58:04.119
mid -summer's reminder. Stay in his word. Stay

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:06.380
in his word. No matter how much this culture

00:58:06.380 --> 00:58:10.480
tries to get you out of it. Because I'm telling

00:58:10.480 --> 00:58:12.900
you right now, this book, without me saying a

00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:17.079
word to you, will transform your life. You just

00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:21.250
read it. This book. Your Bible will transform

00:58:21.250 --> 00:58:25.869
your life. How so? It is alive by the Spirit.

00:58:30.269 --> 00:58:35.550
His Word, sharper than any two -edged sword,

00:58:35.769 --> 00:58:42.250
dividing asunder even to the morrow. What's that

00:58:42.250 --> 00:58:46.429
mean? The center. It'll cut to the center of

00:58:46.429 --> 00:58:49.889
any and every situation in your life. Stand with

00:58:49.889 --> 00:58:51.289
me. I know you're bored out of your mind waiting

00:58:51.289 --> 00:58:59.510
on me to hush. How many of you, this is your

00:58:59.510 --> 00:59:06.269
first Sunday here? I would apologize, but I'm

00:59:06.269 --> 00:59:08.090
not sorry because if you come back next week,

00:59:08.130 --> 00:59:09.510
you'll have to get it done like it is again.

00:59:15.050 --> 00:59:19.670
The reality is we need God in our life. You need

00:59:19.670 --> 00:59:28.210
God. You need Him. And it's your pride that says

00:59:28.210 --> 00:59:34.849
you don't. One of that three -trick pony. If

00:59:34.849 --> 00:59:36.650
you don't think you need Him, you're lying to

00:59:36.650 --> 00:59:41.469
yourself. Like that person I told you, I don't

00:59:41.469 --> 00:59:43.429
need anybody like me. Yeah, they're longing for

00:59:43.429 --> 00:59:48.329
love. The very moment you declare, yes, you do.

00:59:52.780 --> 01:00:00.400
The Word of God says that it pleases God through

01:00:00.400 --> 01:00:11.139
the foolishness of preaching to save man. Somehow

01:00:11.139 --> 01:00:13.719
through this discourse over the last 40 minutes,

01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:17.739
the Word of God has been declared over your life.

01:00:17.800 --> 01:00:20.340
I've read to you from it, book and chapter. I've

01:00:20.340 --> 01:00:23.349
quoted it to you. From my heart as it is in the

01:00:23.349 --> 01:00:31.989
book. The word of God. God loves you. Jesus died

01:00:31.989 --> 01:00:40.469
for you. Amen. How many of us felt so unworthy?

01:00:40.690 --> 01:00:44.489
You didn't feel worthy. I still don't. Let me

01:00:44.489 --> 01:00:46.590
just go ahead and share that with you. You think

01:00:46.590 --> 01:00:50.929
I feel worthy to stand before you? No. I do not.

01:00:54.760 --> 01:01:00.420
We had 63 young preachers, and some not so young,

01:01:00.460 --> 01:01:05.579
but newly called ministers into the gospel yesterday

01:01:05.579 --> 01:01:12.380
at the CAMS class. 63 of them. And I interviewed,

01:01:12.599 --> 01:01:14.519
met my partner, we interviewed half the class

01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:20.860
and the other half. And time after time, I just

01:01:20.860 --> 01:01:23.829
don't feel worthy. Some of the older candidates

01:01:23.829 --> 01:01:26.369
that were in there said, I just never felt like

01:01:26.369 --> 01:01:30.269
I was good enough. I said, join the crowd. I

01:01:30.269 --> 01:01:36.690
still don't. I get so nervous. I said, I still

01:01:36.690 --> 01:01:39.150
do. And when you don't, don't get behind the,

01:01:39.210 --> 01:01:43.650
don't stand up there. If you're not nervous,

01:01:43.869 --> 01:01:46.969
if your stomach's nodding knots, I don't care.

01:01:47.030 --> 01:01:50.780
I've been doing this for 30 years. And it was

01:01:50.780 --> 01:01:53.500
just as real this morning as it was on day one.

01:01:54.900 --> 01:01:57.699
The seriousness of what I was about to do. He

01:01:57.699 --> 01:01:59.019
said, well, you didn't sound too serious today.

01:01:59.099 --> 01:02:05.780
Well, I am. Jesus loves you. Well, I can't get

01:02:05.780 --> 01:02:08.380
it right. I've not got it right. Did I not just

01:02:08.380 --> 01:02:10.880
tell you how many times it took me to get it

01:02:10.880 --> 01:02:14.639
right? And I pray every day and I have to repent.

01:02:17.710 --> 01:02:19.590
Well, what's the difference? I'm not living in

01:02:19.590 --> 01:02:25.750
sin. Sin's not my lifestyle. I'm seeking after

01:02:25.750 --> 01:02:29.309
God, holiness and His righteousness. But as long

01:02:29.309 --> 01:02:32.090
as I'm dealing with this old clay, this old flesh

01:02:32.090 --> 01:02:34.750
and body, and the tempters out there with these

01:02:34.750 --> 01:02:39.050
three tricks, and I know what they are, but yet

01:02:39.050 --> 01:02:47.809
sometimes this old flesh still, I miss it. But

01:02:47.809 --> 01:02:53.730
the Word of God says, if a man sins, he has an

01:02:53.730 --> 01:02:58.170
advocate with the Father, Christ Jesus the righteous.

01:02:58.769 --> 01:03:02.250
And if that man is faithful and just to confess

01:03:02.250 --> 01:03:05.829
his sins, he is faithful and just to forgive

01:03:05.829 --> 01:03:09.230
him of his sins and cleanse him of all unrighteousness.

01:03:10.829 --> 01:03:15.710
Now you see why I had to keep going back. And

01:03:15.710 --> 01:03:21.510
it's okay. But once you get it, you don't have

01:03:21.510 --> 01:03:31.750
to go back. Father, I love you today. I think

01:03:31.750 --> 01:03:33.909
we preachers amble sometimes because we just

01:03:33.909 --> 01:03:41.090
don't know how to stop. Thank you for the reminder

01:03:41.090 --> 01:03:44.590
this morning, sweet Lord, of your word, of our

01:03:44.590 --> 01:03:51.489
faith, and prayer is a principle. Lord, I know

01:03:51.489 --> 01:03:53.570
there are those in here like myself who have

01:03:53.570 --> 01:03:57.369
struggled to get it right. How do you know that?

01:03:57.469 --> 01:04:01.389
Because we're all human in this room. I know

01:04:01.389 --> 01:04:07.590
I'm not the only one. If you're here today and

01:04:07.590 --> 01:04:09.849
you say, well, I didn't get it right this week.

01:04:11.170 --> 01:04:14.050
Preacher, you're right. I missed it. I done some

01:04:14.050 --> 01:04:21.639
stuff that I knows wrong. Well, then you're that

01:04:21.639 --> 01:04:24.059
person. If a man or woman, you're that person.

01:04:25.219 --> 01:04:27.719
If you sin, you have an advocate. Jesus is here

01:04:27.719 --> 01:04:29.840
to tell you that today. You can call on him and

01:04:29.840 --> 01:04:32.239
repent, and he will forgive you and cleanse you

01:04:32.239 --> 01:04:35.219
of that sin. And then leave here and don't do

01:04:35.219 --> 01:04:41.880
it again. And it's not my intention, pastor.

01:04:42.019 --> 01:04:44.159
It's not my intention to do it, but it just overwhelms

01:04:44.159 --> 01:04:47.659
me. And I do these things. That's what the work

01:04:47.659 --> 01:04:51.199
of sanctification will do in your life. You keep

01:04:51.199 --> 01:04:53.099
praying, you keep seeking, you keep repenting,

01:04:53.099 --> 01:04:54.900
ask the Lord to sanctify you. What's that mean?

01:04:54.920 --> 01:04:58.559
It means to separate you. Have him to convert

01:04:58.559 --> 01:05:03.239
your will to sin to a will to live righteously.

01:05:06.940 --> 01:05:08.840
Heads are bowed all over this house saying, Pastor,

01:05:08.920 --> 01:05:11.559
I need it. That's me. Raise your hand. You don't

01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:14.239
have to come down here today. I need it. You've

01:05:14.239 --> 01:05:17.719
been preaching to me today. Yep. Yes. Yes. Anybody

01:05:17.719 --> 01:05:21.659
else? Yes. Yes, yes, all over this house. That's

01:05:21.659 --> 01:05:24.300
me. You're talking to me, preacher. You're talking

01:05:24.300 --> 01:05:26.340
to me, pastor. You're talking to me today. I

01:05:26.340 --> 01:05:29.039
see them. Better yet, the Lord sees everyone

01:05:29.039 --> 01:05:31.300
that's went up. Do you know that? God sees you.

01:05:35.079 --> 01:05:39.440
I know in our tradition. I know in our tradition.

01:05:41.280 --> 01:05:44.019
It's that, well, is it right if you don't go

01:05:44.019 --> 01:05:46.400
down to the front? If you don't go down to the

01:05:46.400 --> 01:05:49.260
altar? If you don't make your way out? Is it

01:05:49.260 --> 01:05:54.619
good? Yes, it's good. Yes, your repentance is

01:05:54.619 --> 01:05:59.300
good right where you are. When we step out, it's

01:05:59.300 --> 01:06:02.579
merely we're saying to others that it's a, we

01:06:02.579 --> 01:06:06.219
refute our own pride and we display our dependence

01:06:06.219 --> 01:06:09.699
upon God when we step out and we make our way

01:06:09.699 --> 01:06:11.920
down to the front. It means we're not ashamed.

01:06:15.480 --> 01:06:17.139
I'm going to pray here in just a minute, but

01:06:17.139 --> 01:06:19.679
before I do. Some of you, I think, feel like

01:06:19.679 --> 01:06:21.400
you want to come down. And if you do, I want

01:06:21.400 --> 01:06:22.920
you to, if you raise your hand, you want to come

01:06:22.920 --> 01:06:24.380
down or not, I want you to come on and stand

01:06:24.380 --> 01:06:25.699
down here with me. I'm down here. You're not

01:06:25.699 --> 01:06:29.340
going to be down here by yourself. Come on. Come

01:06:29.340 --> 01:06:30.940
on. Come on. Come on. Stand down here. We're

01:06:30.940 --> 01:06:33.420
going to pray for divine healing. We're going

01:06:33.420 --> 01:06:35.940
to pray for deliverance. We're going to pray

01:06:35.940 --> 01:06:38.179
prayer of repentance. We're going to ask God

01:06:38.179 --> 01:06:41.539
to cleanse us and forgive us. Amen. Come on.

01:06:41.579 --> 01:06:45.099
That's right. That's good. Come on. We're down

01:06:45.099 --> 01:06:47.960
here. We're in this thing together. Amen. The

01:06:47.960 --> 01:06:49.460
devil wants you to feel like you're on an island.

01:06:49.539 --> 01:06:52.139
It's you. No, we're in this thing together. That's

01:06:52.139 --> 01:06:55.500
the reason it's called the family of God. Amen.

01:06:57.300 --> 01:07:00.300
Now, heads bowed, we're about to pray. Those

01:07:00.300 --> 01:07:03.000
of you, you feel that drawing power of the Spirit

01:07:03.000 --> 01:07:04.960
this morning and you raised your hand, come on

01:07:04.960 --> 01:07:09.960
down here. That's right. Come on. I'm going to

01:07:09.960 --> 01:07:13.159
pray that repentant prayer. And all you got to

01:07:13.159 --> 01:07:17.800
do is pray it with me. And he'll do it. He'll

01:07:17.800 --> 01:07:20.619
do what you ask him to do. So if you raise your

01:07:20.619 --> 01:07:22.340
hand, pray this prayer with me. Let's start off

01:07:22.340 --> 01:07:24.579
with this prayer of repentance. Jesus, forgive

01:07:24.579 --> 01:07:28.199
me of my sins. Go ahead. You can mutter it out

01:07:28.199 --> 01:07:30.539
loud a little bit. Jesus, forgive me of my sins.

01:07:32.079 --> 01:07:36.219
Cleanse me of my unrighteousness. Come into my

01:07:36.219 --> 01:07:43.119
heart and be Lord of my life. I confess that

01:07:43.119 --> 01:07:50.940
you died. And rose from the dead. The Bible says

01:07:50.940 --> 01:07:53.860
that with the mouth confession is made. And with

01:07:53.860 --> 01:07:57.039
the heart man believeth unto repentance. So you've

01:07:57.039 --> 01:07:59.420
done that. And he's done exactly what you asked

01:07:59.420 --> 01:08:02.760
him to do. So now just thank him for it. Lord,

01:08:02.880 --> 01:08:05.480
I thank you. Thank you for forgiving me of my

01:08:05.480 --> 01:08:08.719
sins. Go ahead. He's done it. You say, is that

01:08:08.719 --> 01:08:11.119
all there is to it? Yeah, that's all there is

01:08:11.119 --> 01:08:14.340
to it. It's not that hard. Thank you, Lord, for

01:08:14.340 --> 01:08:17.319
cleansing me of my unrighteousness. Now, Lord,

01:08:17.399 --> 01:08:19.720
give me the grace when I leave this house today,

01:08:19.779 --> 01:08:22.180
when I leave this place, to continue to walk

01:08:22.180 --> 01:08:24.859
in the work that you've done in me. I love you.

01:08:24.939 --> 01:08:27.880
I want to serve you. Help me daily. Help me stay

01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:30.739
in your word. Help me pray. And help me keep

01:08:30.739 --> 01:08:34.020
believing your word is truth over my life. Now,

01:08:34.020 --> 01:08:36.119
Father, those, anybody need a touch in your body,

01:08:36.220 --> 01:08:37.659
come on down. We're going to pray for healing

01:08:37.659 --> 01:08:40.239
today. Deliverance. Come on, Sister Gail. We're

01:08:40.239 --> 01:08:42.250
going to pray over Brooklyn. We're going to ask

01:08:42.250 --> 01:08:44.369
the Lord to continue to do a mighty thing. Hallelujah.

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:47.420
Father, in the name of Jesus, touch today, Lord.

01:08:47.539 --> 01:08:50.000
You know the surgical procedure that Winters

01:08:50.000 --> 01:08:52.319
had this week, Lord. She needs a healing touch

01:08:52.319 --> 01:08:54.779
for her tonsils and her adenoids today. Lord,

01:08:54.819 --> 01:08:57.439
continue to touch in body, soul, mind, and spirit

01:08:57.439 --> 01:08:59.979
today. Continue to add strength in the flesh

01:08:59.979 --> 01:09:02.579
this morning, Father God. In the name of Jesus,

01:09:02.680 --> 01:09:05.420
Lord, we ask today. Grant it this morning. Grant

01:09:05.420 --> 01:09:08.340
it today, Lord. Strengthen the body, Lord. Wisdom

01:09:08.340 --> 01:09:10.979
to follow after you, Lord. Continue to do a mighty

01:09:10.979 --> 01:09:13.920
work. We are dependent upon you today. That's

01:09:13.920 --> 01:09:16.539
it, man. That's it right there. Father, I thank

01:09:16.539 --> 01:09:18.920
you for hearing our prayer today and answering

01:09:18.920 --> 01:09:21.979
that prayer. Touch my brother today. Touch him,

01:09:22.039 --> 01:09:24.100
Father, in the name of Jesus. Give him grace

01:09:24.100 --> 01:09:27.159
and give him strength, Lord, to walk the way

01:09:27.159 --> 01:09:29.819
that you're drawing his heart to walk and to

01:09:29.819 --> 01:09:32.680
live out, Lord. I know that that grace is available

01:09:32.680 --> 01:09:35.659
every single day. Move, Lord. Father, touch this.

01:09:35.979 --> 01:09:39.140
Oh, hallelujah. Oh, Lord, I need you today. I

01:09:39.140 --> 01:09:41.180
thank you for hearing my prayer. Lord, you've

01:09:41.180 --> 01:09:43.739
heard me. You've heard me. You've heard my prayer.

01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:45.380
Prayer this morning, Lord. You've heard every

01:09:45.380 --> 01:09:47.760
need. You've heard every need. Touch this morning,

01:09:47.880 --> 01:09:50.539
Father God. Lord, continue to do a divine work,

01:09:50.659 --> 01:09:53.119
Lord. You are healer of the body, soul, and the

01:09:53.119 --> 01:09:55.840
mind. Lord, you are able to heal. You're able

01:09:55.840 --> 01:09:57.800
to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we

01:09:57.800 --> 01:10:00.119
ask or think according to the power that works

01:10:00.119 --> 01:10:02.920
in us. Father, do a healing work today. Lord,

01:10:02.960 --> 01:10:04.560
touch Becca this morning. You know what's going

01:10:04.560 --> 01:10:06.819
on in her body. And I ask, Lord, that you heal

01:10:06.819 --> 01:10:09.460
and deliver today. Father, in the name of Jesus,

01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:11.880
Lord, continue to do a body work. Father, we

01:10:11.880 --> 01:10:14.489
claim this child. Lord, we've prayed over and

01:10:14.489 --> 01:10:17.149
we take authority over the enemy, Lord, that

01:10:17.149 --> 01:10:20.289
is trying to rise up against her. Lord, take

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care of this situation. Lord, only you are able

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to do this divine work in her heart and life.

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Lord, in her family situation. Lord, take over,

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take over, take over, take over, Father. Take

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over, take over, take over. Hallelujah. Father,

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touch Brother Paul this morning. He needs a healing

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in his body, Lord. But, Lord, also as he stands

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in for Sister Dean this morning, do a work in

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her body and life. Father, we'll be quick to

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praise you. You have authority over cancer and

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every other disease and every other sickness,

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Father. You are able, Lord. You are able. You

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are able, Lord. Continue. Lord, we're going to

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stand firm in the promise of your word. You've

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spoken. You have spoken. You have spoken. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Come on. He is the one. He will never

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fail. Father, we pray for Chris today. He's had

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a stroke. Lord, he's not a believer. But, Lord,

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we know that you're able to reveal yourself to

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him and in his life. Lord, you're able to touch

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his body. But, Lord, we're praying you save his

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soul. You save his soul. Sweet Holy Ghost, make

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your way. Begin to draw him. Woo him to the foot

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of Calvary's heel. Hallelujah. Send somebody

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by with a good word, Lord. And a good testimony.

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Hallelujah. We pray now, Lord. We intercede on

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his behalf, Father. In the name of Jesus, Lord,

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over a family. Lord, we claim our grandchildren

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today in the name of Jesus. Never, he will never

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fail. He will never fail. You trust him? is the

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one hallelujah hallelujah he will never fail

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you I tell you right now and those six blunders

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of my life none of them were God's fault it was

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all mine it was all He will never fail you. You

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can trust him. Amen. You can trust him. I'm grateful

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he don't play that payback game we used to play

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as kids. I'm glad he don't pay me back. He accepts

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me. Hallelujah. Lord, we love you. Thank you

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for this day. Thank you for everyone under the

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sound of my voice. And I pray, God, that you

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go with each one of them as they depart this

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house. For those who have called upon you, repented

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of their sins, I thank you, Lord, for the angels

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are rejoicing in heaven today at the repentant

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souls that have given their life back to you

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this morning. Lord, may they know and understand

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what they have done today is in accordance with

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your word. They prayed, you answered. Because

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your word says you will. Has nothing to do with

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our worthiness, but all to do with yours. You

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alone are worthy. Thank you for accepting us

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today, Father, into your kingdom. In Jesus' mighty

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name. Now I need you to do one thing. If you

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prayed that repentant prayer, you need to tell

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somebody. You need to tell somebody, I accepted

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Jesus today. I'd love it if you'd catch me before

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you leave here. Just real quick say, hey, I accepted

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the Lord this morning. Amen. God bless you. Go

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in grace. Go in peace. You're dismissed.