1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,480 So we can live on the earth, how can I serve you? 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,880 I can serve him in expectation of the next thing 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,640 being better than the first thing. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,120 That whatever miracles that we saw yesterday, 5 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,440 whatever miracles are in the Bible, 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:16,840 we're gonna see something more so. 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:17,920 See bigger ones tomorrow. 8 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,520 Bigger so, bigger and greater. 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,880 Jesus said that- 10 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:21,920 Greater things shall ye do. 11 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,880 Yes, that's right. 12 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,560 Because I go to the Father, 13 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:30,120 is it our expectation to see God do greater things? 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,560 God promises in Joel 2, 28, 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,320 to pour out his Spirit on all humanity. 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,360 Welcome to Global Outpouring. 17 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,000 Will we contend for that promised outpouring? 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,840 Will we equip for that outpouring 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,160 so that we may engage in that very outpouring? 20 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,280 I'm Philip Bus. 21 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,400 And I'm Sharon Bus. 22 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,000 Welcome to the podcast today. 23 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,280 We are so excited to share this time with you. 24 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,440 We've got a very special message from the Lord for you today 25 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,400 that's kind of piggybacking on a couple 26 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,840 of Dean Braxton's episodes that we've had with him. 27 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,040 And it's about serving, about serving the Lord. 28 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,720 And our question to him is, how can I serve you? 29 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,680 Thank you so much for joining us today. 30 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,480 We are really excited about this episode. 31 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,840 And we want to encourage you before we get started, 32 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,640 if you haven't already done so, 33 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,040 to go to our website, globaloutpouring.net 34 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,920 and make sure that you've connected with us 35 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,640 on our email lists. 36 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,240 And make sure that you have started making provision 37 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,720 and making steps to come to Global Outpouring 38 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,920 and making sure that you have started making provision 39 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,920 and making steps to come to Global Outpouring Convention 2025. 40 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,400 This is going to be such an amazing gathering. 41 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,400 It's an opportunity to get to know one another better. 42 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,680 It's going to be May 21st through 24th in St. Louis 43 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,320 at the St. Louis Airport Marriott, 44 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,680 right across from the airport. 45 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,920 It's so easy to get to. 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,320 It's right off of the interstate, so easy to get to. 47 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,120 And we will be having wonderful speakers. 48 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,320 Siggy O'Blander is going to be our opening night speaker. 49 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,600 She's an amazing woman of God that was born in Berlin 50 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,560 when the bombs were falling there during World War II. 51 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,440 And she lived on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. 52 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,120 She was raised under communism. 53 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,600 And boy, does she have an amazing perspective 54 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,760 about communism and what it's like to live under it. 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,080 So many people are thinking, 56 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,920 oh, communism sounds so good. 57 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:40,480 No, communism isn't good. 58 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,760 And you just need to go back to the podcast 59 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,280 that we did with her. 60 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,240 We'll put that link in the show notes 61 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,040 where she's talking about it. 62 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,200 But she is an amazing woman of God 63 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,240 that loves the deep things of the Word of God. 64 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,800 And God just opens things to her and gives her treasures, 65 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,880 absolute treasures. 66 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,160 And she's always got the Word of the Lord, 67 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,880 just an amazing prophetic gift. 68 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,320 So she's going to be with us 69 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,680 and we'll have Tony Kemp with us. 70 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,080 Also an amazing man of God 71 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,000 just pours out from the deep things of the Lord. 72 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,160 And Dean Braxton will be with us 73 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,520 and he'll be having a question and answer period 74 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,320 as well as an opportunity to speak in a regular session. 75 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,240 So we just want to encourage you, 76 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:29,160 this is a time when you can grow in God in an amazing way. 77 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,320 It's a family camp, bring your whole family. 78 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,760 We've got something for every age group 79 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,320 and all of our lives will be changed 80 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,920 and brought closer to Jesus. 81 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,200 This is a place that you have always wanted to go to, 82 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,040 to find your tribe and find the people 83 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,560 that are hungering for God like you are. 84 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,360 So today we're going to spin off 85 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,720 of a couple of the sessions that we did with Dean Braxton. 86 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,320 We did episode 237 called 87 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,840 One of Heaven's Best-Kept Secrets, The Joy of Serving. 88 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,840 And also in episode 250, 89 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,400 Dean was answering questions from our listeners. 90 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,280 And one of the questions had to do with serving. 91 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,440 And so, you handle this kind of thing 92 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,880 and you hear these things 93 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,160 and I've just been meditating on it. 94 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,040 I just always want to be growing in God, don't you? 95 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,560 Yes, amen. 96 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,800 There's no end. 97 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:22,840 Are we supposed to? 98 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:23,880 Well, yeah. 99 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,160 We're not supposed to get stale. 100 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,320 We're supposed to keep growing. 101 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,280 We're supposed to keep putting our roots deeper 102 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,880 and our branches reaching out higher and bearing fruit 103 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,800 and bringing forth fruit from the things 104 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,960 that we're learning from the word of God. 105 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,880 So as I was getting up this morning, 106 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,120 in fact, I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet. 107 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,320 I was just kind of working on it. 108 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,800 And the thought came to my mind, how can I serve you? 109 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,480 I was speaking to the Lord 110 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,720 because I love for my first thoughts 111 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,600 to be reaching out to him. 112 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,040 And I was just saying, Lord, how can I serve you? 113 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,720 Because that's the question 114 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,040 in case you didn't hear those other episodes. 115 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,680 The question in heaven that you ask of everyone 116 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,240 is how can I serve you? 117 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,800 And everyone is asking you the same thing. 118 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,920 How can I serve you? 119 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,600 And Dean talked about it in the last episode, 120 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,360 in episode 250, about what that looks like 121 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,840 and how he experienced it. 122 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:23,640 But as I was saying this to the Lord, 123 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,520 I remembered also about what Dean said 124 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,800 about serve him with a smile, 125 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,280 that even a smile is serving him. 126 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,240 And I kind of got thinking about, 127 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,720 because when we were interviewing him, 128 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,440 when he said it, it reminded me of how many times, 129 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,160 like if I'm just in a store or out in public somewhere, 130 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,600 I just smile at people. 131 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,000 Yeah, I do that too. 132 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,240 Yeah, there's something, because smiles are contagious. 133 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,720 And a lot of them smile back too. 134 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,240 That's the whole point. 135 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,440 I look at people with the sourest look on their face 136 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,520 and I smile at them. 137 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,280 And most of them can come up with a smile 138 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,000 or at least attempt. 139 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,080 Once in a great while, you see somebody 140 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,040 that just keeps on looking at you sour. 141 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,960 But most of the time, you have brightened their day. 142 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,040 You have served them by giving them a smile. 143 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,640 So I was giving the Lord a smile this morning 144 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,120 as I was thinking about how can I serve you? 145 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,360 And I thought, okay, I'm gonna serve you with a smile. 146 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,240 I put a smile on my face. 147 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,360 Philip didn't even see me 148 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,040 because I wasn't facing that direction. 149 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,080 So I'm just having this little talk with the Lord 150 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,280 as we're making the bed. 151 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,760 And then it occurred to me that the word how 152 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,720 isn't the same as what. 153 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,880 Like when we think of how can I serve you, 154 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,400 you have a tendency to think of what task. 155 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,000 What task you have for me today. 156 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,760 Yeah, what project can I do for you today? 157 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,640 I'm gonna do a nice little project for you. 158 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,360 What's on your agenda for me to do, right? 159 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,680 But the word how is an adverb. 160 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,840 And if you don't remember that from English grammar 161 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,200 or you maybe never learned it, 162 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,720 an adverb is a word that describes the action word. 163 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,240 So it's not about what you're doing. 164 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,840 It's not about the doing of it itself. 165 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,600 It's about how you do it. 166 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,720 And then I realized, oh, well, this is like an attitude. 167 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,800 Oh, this goes a little deeper. 168 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,080 So then I started digging. 169 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,600 And I went to the dictionary.com. 170 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,400 I've got a little dictionary app on my phone. 171 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,760 And it says for the word how, 172 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,760 it said in what manner or way, by what means or process. 173 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:40,880 That's the first one. 174 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,600 And the second one was to what degree or extent, 175 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,440 number or amount, in what proportion, 176 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,680 by what measure or quality. 177 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,160 And the example that was given, 178 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,000 cause this is a really old dictionary. 179 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,880 I think it's probably from the 18 something Websters. 180 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,760 The example that they gave was from Psalm 119 verse 97. 181 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,920 Oh, how I love your law. 182 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,360 It is my meditation all the day, how. 183 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,200 Okay. 184 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,720 So then I went a little deeper on the internet. 185 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,080 The first thing that came up for a dictionary definition 186 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,120 was from the Oxford languages. 187 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,480 It's talking about the adverb how. 188 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,320 And the first one is in what way or manner, 189 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,280 by what means, for example, how does it work? 190 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,840 Two, used to ask about the condition 191 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,920 or quality of something. 192 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,240 How was your vacation? 193 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,360 Number three, used to ask about someone's physical 194 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,440 or mental state. 195 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,680 How are the children? 196 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:42,400 Okay, think of this in terms of how can I serve you? 197 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,280 Okay, quality. 198 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,120 Quality. 199 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,280 By what manner. 200 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,440 The fourth one is used to ask about the extent 201 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,120 or degree of something. 202 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,240 How old are you? 203 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:59,160 Okay, so how you serve could be to what extent? 204 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,160 To what degree can I serve you? 205 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,600 Five, used to express a strong feeling such as surprise 206 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,440 about the extent of something. 207 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,800 How kind it was of him. 208 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,240 Okay. 209 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,320 And number six, the way in which that, 210 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,040 in other words, she told us how she had lived 211 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,920 out of a suitcase for a week. 212 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,240 Okay, the way in which she lived. 213 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,600 So how can I serve you? 214 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,040 In what way can I serve you? 215 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,600 And then seven, any way in which, however, 216 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,200 like I'll do business how I like. 217 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:38,200 So the point is that there's something about how, 218 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:40,880 how we are to serve him. 219 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,120 So as I was meditating on this, 220 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:47,960 I was reminded of this idea of serving the Lord 221 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,680 with gladness. 222 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:52,720 Psalm 100 from the Amplified Classic says, 223 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,000 serve the Lord with gladness. 224 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,440 Serve the Lord with gladness. 225 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,520 Okay, so we're gonna serve him. 226 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,640 How can I serve you? 227 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,120 I'm gonna serve you with. 228 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:02,960 Gladness. 229 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,680 Gladness. 230 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:08,240 So, and then it goes on to explain what that looks like. 231 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,040 Come before his presence with singing. 232 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,600 Know, perceive, recognize, and understand with approval 233 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,960 that the Lord or Yehovah, that's his name, 234 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,960 he is God, that the Lord is God. 235 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:25,400 It is he who has made us, not we ourselves. 236 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,240 You know, so many times in our current culture, 237 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,640 we're talking about a self-made person, you know? 238 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,360 And we have all these books about self-help 239 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,320 and all these videos. 240 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,960 You can go through YouTube and there's a gazillion videos 241 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,880 about how to help yourself. 242 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,040 What can you do to make yourself better? 243 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,120 But it's really about him who made us, 244 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,640 and he designed us to work with him. 245 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,800 So going on, it says, we are his people 246 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,400 and the sheep of his pasture. 247 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,520 He's our shepherd, remember? 248 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,600 Okay, verse four says, we're still looking at how 249 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:06,520 to serve the Lord. 250 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,000 We're gonna serve him with gladness. 251 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,280 Here's what it looks like. 252 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,520 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving 253 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,520 and a thank offering and into his courts with praise. 254 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,640 So be thankful and say so to him. 255 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,280 Bless and affectionately praise his name, 256 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,560 for the Lord is good. 257 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,280 His mercy and loving kindness are everlasting. 258 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,520 His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations. 259 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,360 So that's how we can serve the Lord with gladness. 260 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:38,880 We can praise him. 261 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,440 We can be thankful to him. 262 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,800 And when we express our thanks, 263 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,080 I've said this before, but it bears repeating. 264 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,480 Our pastor used to say, 265 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,480 I've never met an unhappy, thankful person. 266 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Yeah. 267 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,960 In other words, when you're thankful, it makes you happy. 268 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,680 You can just, you know, the more thankful you are, 269 00:11:58,680 --> 00:11:59,680 the happier you are. 270 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:02,400 And you can get yourself out of the doldrums 271 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,160 by starting to say thanks. 272 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,440 Oh, yes. 273 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,440 Thank you, Lord. 274 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,480 Well, it's true. 275 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,760 Remember the story of the guy in prison 276 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,200 that they called the animal? 277 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,520 Yeah. 278 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,720 They threw him a copy of From Prison to Praise. 279 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,920 The guard says, hear animal, read this. 280 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:20,760 Yeah. 281 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:21,600 Yeah, that was him. 282 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,560 Yeah, so he was put in the hole, 283 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,080 which was a solitary confinement thing 284 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,720 that they had to let him down into this room. 285 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,880 Yeah, and they called him an animal 286 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,960 because he kind of acted like a wild one. 287 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:33,800 Yeah, yeah. 288 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,560 And he couldn't be tamed. 289 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,280 He absolutely couldn't be tamed. 290 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,840 Everybody else, they spent one time in the hole 291 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,480 and they learned their lesson 292 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,320 and they learned to have some self-control 293 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,080 so that they didn't go back there. 294 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,160 It worked for them, but it didn't work for him. 295 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,200 He was just so angry and so vicious 296 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,960 and so bitter and so animalish. 297 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:57,880 Animal, yeah. 298 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,680 And so this Christian guard threw him this book 299 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,040 and said, here animal, read this. 300 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,640 So he read it. 301 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,200 And the whole point of that book by Merlin Carruthers, 302 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,280 it's a fantastic book. 303 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,600 You should read it if you haven't read it. 304 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,360 The whole point of it is learning to praise 305 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,120 and give thanks under all kinds of circumstances, 306 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,880 no matter what, no matter what, no matter what, 307 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:21,720 no matter what. 308 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,160 And that's really hard a lot of times. 309 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,200 Oh yeah. 310 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,000 So in mockery, this guy they called the animal, 311 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,520 he starts saying, oh right then I'll do it. 312 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,440 Thank you God that my mother abandoned me 313 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,360 when I was a baby. 314 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,080 Now I might not be remembering exactly what I said. 315 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:41,760 I'm probably making up some of this, 316 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,120 but something along these lines. 317 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,360 Thank you God that my father abused me. 318 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,400 Thank you God that he got me drinking alcohol 319 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,840 when I was eight years old. 320 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,040 Thank you God that I started smoking when I was seven. 321 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,800 Thank you God that, you know, 322 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,240 and all these awful, awful things that happened to him. 323 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,800 So then what happened? 324 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,440 Then Jesus came into the cell. 325 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:06,280 Yeah. 326 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,240 Came into the pit. 327 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,840 Yep, the hole. 328 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,640 The hole, Jesus came into the hole where he was. 329 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:13,760 Yes. Wow. 330 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,520 And in that moment, the man felt love 331 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,680 for the first time in his life. 332 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,520 Wow. 333 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,800 He hadn't ever felt it before. 334 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,040 He didn't know what it was. 335 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,240 And there he was being loved by his maker, 336 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,760 loved by the one who gave his life 337 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,520 to deliver him from all the sorrows, 338 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,160 to deliver him from all the pains, 339 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,160 to deliver him from all the abuse, 340 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,400 to deliver him from all the demons, deliverance. 341 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,160 And he came up out of that hole, a totally different man. 342 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,920 They didn't know who he was. 343 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,680 Yeah, he wasn't an animal anymore. 344 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,480 No, he wasn't an animal and he wanted to hug everybody. 345 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,480 He wanted to share the love that he had gotten. 346 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:59,480 So in his presence, we get this joy from his love. 347 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,320 And sometimes, sometimes we don't even think 348 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,960 about his love so much, but his presence is love. 349 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,720 And so in his presence is this fullness of joy. 350 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,760 And at his right hand are pleasures forevermore. 351 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,200 That's Psalm 16 verse 11. 352 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,240 It says, you will show me the path of life 353 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,480 in your presence is fullness of joy 354 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,920 at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. 355 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,400 And then in Psalm 95 verse two, 356 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,120 it says, let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. 357 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:31,960 That's another one. 358 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:36,160 Okay, it's the same idea as in Psalm 100 that we just read 359 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:40,280 and make a joyful noise unto him with Psalms. 360 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,000 So it's not just about having a joyful attitude, 361 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,520 but it comes out your mouth 362 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,800 that you begin to sing to him. 363 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,400 And to sing to him. 364 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,720 Which starts in your heart. 365 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:52,560 Right. 366 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,800 And something happens, I think, in your brain. 367 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,240 I think it releases chemicals in your brain 368 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,360 that are happy chemicals. 369 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:02,200 Endorphins? 370 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,120 Endorphins, yeah. 371 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,000 I think when you start singing happy songs, 372 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,920 when you start singing joyfully, 373 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,960 when you start, listen, even if you don't sing on key, 374 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,560 go ahead and sing. 375 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,640 Because it makes your father happy. 376 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,160 He gave you a voice. 377 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,000 Okay? 378 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,880 And don't think your voice isn't trainable. 379 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,800 The problem isn't that your voice isn't trainable. 380 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,200 It's just that your ear needs to be trained. 381 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,920 You need to learn to hear the note and match it. 382 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,560 And you can be trained. 383 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:31,960 Don't think you can't. 384 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,000 Don't let anybody tell you you can't. 385 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:34,840 Because you can. 386 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:39,600 And you just have to learn to hear and repeat. 387 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:40,720 And match it. 388 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,080 And so it's just a process of learning. 389 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,360 But don't stop singing just because somebody said, 390 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:46,440 oh, please don't sing. 391 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,600 You know, maybe sing by yourself to the Lord. 392 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,520 Maybe don't sing in front of other people 393 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,560 until you're more confident to do it. 394 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,280 But do sing. 395 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,840 Come before his presence with singing. 396 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,040 It makes a difference in your inner man. 397 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,200 See, you're building up your spirit. 398 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,200 You're building up your spirit. 399 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,040 Really, what you're doing when you say, 400 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,400 how can I serve you? 401 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,640 When you start serving him with joy, 402 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,240 when you start serving him out of your love for him, 403 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,080 when you start serving him in relationship with God, 404 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,600 in relationship, you are doing something 405 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,520 that is building up your spirit 406 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,240 because his spirit is inhabiting your spirit. 407 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,240 Yeah, that's good. 408 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,320 You become one with him. 409 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,880 That is the beginning. 410 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,840 Paul talks about it as being the earnest of the inheritance 411 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,560 when you get the Holy Spirit. 412 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,080 This is like the engagement ring that will show everyone 413 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,240 that you're engaged to Jesus 414 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,160 by having his spirit working with your spirit. 415 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:52,160 So how can I serve you has to do with serving in the spirit, 416 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,680 serving with joy. 417 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,320 So what happens when you get in his presence with singing 418 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,760 and in his presence with thanksgiving? 419 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,280 It gives you fullness of joy. 420 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,760 And then what do you get? 421 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,400 Well, the joy of the Lord is your strength. 422 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,680 Yes. 423 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,240 From Nehemiah 8.10. 424 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,800 That's when they're building the wall. 425 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:11,640 Okay. 426 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,160 I'm sure, because in most of these that came back, 427 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,480 they never saw the former Jerusalem, 428 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,760 only if they were probably over 70 years old, 429 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,840 which means if they were young, whatever age they were, 430 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,480 76, 78, they wouldn't remember what the temple looked like. 431 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,440 But when they came, all's there is is piles of rubble. 432 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,000 Now, how do they move those rocks? 433 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,160 I mean, if you go today, you go to the retaining wall 434 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,280 because that's what's there. 435 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,840 How long are some of those big heavy rocks 436 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,480 that were put in place? 437 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,320 Oh, they're massive. 438 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,480 There are tons and tons and tons. 439 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,320 Tons and tons. 440 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,680 How did they get there? 441 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,080 So, and that's the second temple. 442 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,720 This is the retaining wall of the second temple. 443 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,920 But the first temple, well, however big the stones were, 444 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,120 they're all in pieces. 445 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,680 So that means you'd have to use pieces that were, 446 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,080 maybe the stones, they stayed together, 447 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,760 it was the mortar where they just broke and fell down. 448 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:09,600 We don't know. 449 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:10,440 Yeah, that could be. 450 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:11,480 At least some of it would be. 451 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,400 So I think the Nehemiah 8.10 was actually 452 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,520 after the wall was completed 453 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,960 and they hung the door and they're dedicating it. 454 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,320 So that's when he says, go your way, eat the fat, 455 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,000 drink the sweet, in other words, eat rich foods. 456 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,280 Drink, celebrate, send portions to them that have nothing 457 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,320 for this day is holy to our Lord. 458 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,880 Neither be sorry for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 459 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,520 There's something about joy that gives you the strength 460 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,240 to keep putting one foot in front of the other. 461 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:45,240 Yeah, it's like Jesus said, with joy, he endured the cross. 462 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,920 Yes, in Hebrews 12.1. 463 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,480 Who for the joy that was set before him. 464 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,440 The joy that was set before him. 465 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,920 It's like he was in the spirit looking on the other side 466 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,760 as a result of what this was gonna be, 467 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,720 knowing that this is worth it. 468 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:01,560 Yes, it is. 469 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,960 And whatever you're going through 470 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,800 and something of great trial on the other end, 471 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,680 it's gonna be worth it, hallelujah. 472 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,200 Amen, amen. 473 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,280 So how can I serve you? 474 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,760 Let's talk a little bit more about how 475 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,160 and what does it look like? 476 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,560 It's not just doing the thing, 477 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,200 it's how you do the thing that he gives you to do. 478 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,320 He may have called you as a street preacher, 479 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,520 he may have called you as a garbage collector, 480 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,020 he may have called you as a teacher, 481 00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:33,000 he may have called you as a lawyer. 482 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,840 Whatever he's called you to do, it's how you serve him. 483 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,400 Yes. Okay? 484 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,480 So from the Passion Translation, 485 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,640 Psalm 63, four and five says, 486 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,640 daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. 487 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,400 See, that's how we're gonna serve him. 488 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,280 Passionately with all our hearts. 489 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,400 My arms, I love this, 490 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,160 my arms will wave to you like banners of praise. 491 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,640 That's beautiful. 492 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,680 Think of it even as an exercise. 493 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,040 When you lift your hands and move them in the air, 494 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,840 it's doing good for your body even. 495 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:11,960 Yeah. 496 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,360 Okay, verse five, I overflow with praise 497 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,100 when I come before you, 498 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,440 for the anointing of your presence 499 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,440 satisfies me like nothing else. 500 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,440 You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. 501 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,320 Isn't that beautiful? 502 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,600 So that's how we're gonna serve him. 503 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:36,000 We're gonna serve him with worship passionately, 504 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,680 with all our hearts, with our arms moving. 505 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,120 These are things that Dean talks about in his book, 506 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:42,400 Deep Worship in Heaven, 507 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,840 that even every little motion, 508 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,240 every movement is worship to him. 509 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:51,080 Beautiful. 510 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,240 And when we get ahold of this idea 511 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,400 that instead of that you do something 512 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,560 because that's what you've been told to do, 513 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,720 you do it by rote, you do it by habit. 514 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,320 This is how we do it. 515 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,200 We go to the church and we open the book 516 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,920 and we do this and we do that. 517 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,500 And in some churches you kneel and get up 518 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:14,200 and then you kneel again and get up 519 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,800 and you do this and you do that. 520 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,320 But sometimes it's done just by habit 521 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,320 without being engaged in our spirit and soul and body. 522 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,440 Maybe our body's doing it, 523 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,960 but our mind is someplace else. 524 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,400 Someplace else. 525 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,760 But this is serving him how? 526 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,240 With gladness, serving him with joy, 527 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,480 lifting our hands. 528 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,200 Psalm 71, 23 says, 529 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,200 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you. 530 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,200 Isn't that beautiful? 531 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,520 And my soul which you have redeemed. 532 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,360 So it sets your soul and even your lips. 533 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,440 We think of what he did for us. 534 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:54,440 Oh yeah. 535 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,400 Right. 536 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,680 But here's a secret I think as we look at this. 537 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,120 That if you keep your lips, 538 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,640 if you keep your lips rejoicing 539 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,200 instead of saying negative things, 540 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,320 if you keep your lips speaking the right words, 541 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:12,760 it's going to keep your lips 542 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,000 and other parts of you out of trouble. 543 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,080 Yeah. Well speak joy over yourself. 544 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:17,920 Yes. 545 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,160 You know in the faith movement, 546 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,040 it's speaking the word, 547 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,240 you speak the word healing over yourself. 548 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,080 Yes. 549 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,160 Which means you don't speak yourself getting old. 550 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,960 Because if you speak over yourself, 551 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,480 okay you'll get old. 552 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,920 I hate people in their early 60s, 553 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:34,880 I'm getting old. 554 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,720 No. 555 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,720 No way. 556 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,000 You have to totally change your way of thinking. 557 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,520 It's like that song, 558 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:43,760 we don't use it much, 559 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,960 10,000 reasons. 560 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:45,800 Yeah we don't sing that much. 561 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:46,640 Bless the Lord on my soul. 562 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,400 We never sing that last verse. 563 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,160 You know when I'm old and. 564 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:51,000 No, no, no. 565 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,040 No we don't sing that. 566 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,000 I thought no. 567 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,680 I'm not going to speak old over myself. 568 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,840 I speak young over myself. 569 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:58,680 Yes. 570 00:23:58,680 --> 00:23:59,520 That's right. 571 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:00,800 Just speak the word over yourself. 572 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:01,640 That's right. 573 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,600 That you know keeps your brain. 574 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,440 Mm hmm. 575 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:05,280 Yeah. 576 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,280 Keep your brain young. 577 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,120 That's right. 578 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:10,560 And I remember what the Lord spoke to Claren McQueen 579 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,000 when he was, 580 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,640 I think he was just getting into his 60s. 581 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,760 And he started talking to the Lord about, 582 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:17,880 I'm getting old now. 583 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:18,720 And the Lord said, 584 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,480 you're not old, you're trained. 585 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,320 You're trained. 586 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,400 We are trained. 587 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:24,640 There we go. 588 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,520 But the training continues. 589 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,760 Because it goes on through eternity. 590 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,080 And these things just keep getting better 591 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,680 and better and bigger and bigger. 592 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,320 And it's kind of like, 593 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,640 oh. 594 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,760 It's kind of like taking the test 595 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,080 for forgetting your ham license, 596 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,520 your amateur radio license. 597 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,400 So I just took my test. 598 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,240 And I passed. 599 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,440 Thank you Jesus. 600 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:51,160 But the three different levels of these things, 601 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,840 you know, you get the first level 602 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,440 and I got the first level down. 603 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,280 I got it. 604 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,640 Yeah, I got 100%. 605 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,880 I understood that one pretty well. 606 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,800 Because I began to understand it more 607 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,440 as I studied the second level. 608 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,280 Yeah, okay. 609 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,640 But I went ahead and tried taking the third level test 610 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,000 even though I hadn't studied for it. 611 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,560 It was like, oh, this is way over my head. 612 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,880 This is way, I don't know any of this. 613 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:17,880 But you know, the point is that as we grow in God, 614 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,000 we learn more, we understand more. 615 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,200 And you gotta know this listener, 616 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,560 there always will be more for you to get from God. 617 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,440 Everything, everything, everything gets better. 618 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:32,920 It gets bigger. 619 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,240 As wonderful as it is today, 620 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:36,480 wait till tomorrow. 621 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,760 It's gonna be even more wonderful. 622 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,880 Wait until the next moment. 623 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,960 The next moment in his presence is greater. 624 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,640 It's better than the last moment. 625 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,600 It just keeps getting better. 626 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,440 The more and more joyful you are, 627 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,000 the more you stay in his presence. 628 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:54,960 Yes. 629 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,720 And the more you stay in his presence, 630 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,560 the more joyful you get. 631 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,520 Yes, exactly, exactly. 632 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,360 It's a two-way street. 633 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,720 So we can keep living this life of joy, 634 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,120 this life of living in his presence. 635 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:09,600 There's that book by Brother Lawrence 636 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,120 that everybody should read. 637 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:12,640 I've read it several times. 638 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,160 And every now and then you gotta go read it again 639 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,280 about the practice of the presence of God. 640 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,760 And I think it's like 400 years old. 641 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,720 So it's a classic and it's out there. 642 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,320 Yeah, and he was in a monastery. 643 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,600 Wasn't he the cook? 644 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,160 Yes, he was the cook. 645 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,120 He wasn't any great grand saint, 646 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:31,920 except he was. 647 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,520 I mean, men wouldn't look at him 648 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,560 as being so very important, 649 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,480 but God found him to be a friend. 650 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:40,320 Yeah. 651 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,400 And he just, he was frustrated 652 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,280 over the fact that he would just get 653 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,200 into the presence of God in the prayer times, 654 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,920 because in a monastery there's a prayer time, 655 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,760 there's a work time, 656 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:53,600 then there's a prayer time, 657 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:54,440 then there's a work time, 658 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:55,440 there's a prayer time, there's a work, 659 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,320 and somewhere there's meals in there. 660 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,720 So he would just get into the presence of God, 661 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,080 and then it was time to go back to work. 662 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,680 And he was frustrated with that. 663 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,240 So he began to practice the presence 664 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,880 even while he was working. 665 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:09,720 Yeah. 666 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,200 So he didn't lose that sense of the presence of God 667 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,320 in his working. 668 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,520 And his writings are out there on the internet. 669 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,200 You can find free PDF downloads that you can read, 670 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,480 and we'll see if we can put a link to it 671 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:25,320 in the show notes, 672 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,480 because it's a good read, 673 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,120 especially if you get a more modern translation. 674 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,640 I think it was written, 675 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,600 I think the man was French, 676 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:34,760 but I'm not sure. 677 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,800 So the point is that practicing his presence, 678 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,960 this is how you serve him, 679 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,600 that everything that you do, 680 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,960 everything that we do is done in his presence. 681 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,520 Well, that keeps you out of trouble. 682 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,080 You're not gonna be led into temptation 683 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,280 when you're staying in his presence. 684 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:55,960 That's true. 685 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,000 So God's trying to get us 686 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,680 into that kind of relationship with him. 687 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,880 He's our father. 688 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,040 He designed us to work with him. 689 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,880 I was reading in Bruce Allen's book, 690 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,280 and he just has this unique relationship with the Lord. 691 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,320 And he says, we're about 90% in the flesh 692 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,920 and 10% in the spirit. 693 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:16,760 Oh Lord, help us. 694 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:17,600 Yeah, help us. 695 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,280 So that's why a lot of times, 696 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:24,280 if our mind dominates that much, 697 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,560 that's only a 10% chance you're doing okay, 698 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,640 that you're really hearing the spirit of God, 699 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,160 unless you're just totally locked in. 700 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:34,000 Yeah. 701 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,960 And that's where God can speak to you in the night 702 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:36,800 when you're sleeping 703 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,520 and your brain is hopefully is resting. 704 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,600 Yeah, for sure. 705 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,160 I'm reminded of Psalm 107, 706 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,600 because it says it over and over again. 707 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,560 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness 708 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,680 and for his wonderful works to the children of men. 709 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,920 It's like, oh, if only, 710 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,800 if only people would just praise him, 711 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,200 because he's so good. 712 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,120 And he's done so many things for us. 713 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,640 And he's constantly, 714 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,120 we don't have any idea how many times every single day 715 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,280 that he has intervened to protect us. 716 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:13,480 Beautiful, yeah. 717 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,400 Or to help us in some way. 718 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,120 We're so clueless, but the more you recognize it, 719 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,600 the more you recognize those little kisses 720 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,680 that he gives you, that's what I call it. 721 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,560 Can I just tell that kiss story, Philip? 722 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:29,400 Yeah. 723 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,960 The story that one of our members told us, 724 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,440 I've never forgotten it. 725 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,960 And I've probably told it here before, 726 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,360 but in case you missed it, or it's just a good story. 727 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:42,360 This gal, she likes coffee with something sweet. 728 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,680 And she likes something sweet with coffee, 729 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,800 never one without the other. 730 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,600 And she was watching, a commercial came on the TV 731 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,120 about Oreo cookies. 732 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:55,760 And the commercial was- 733 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,880 Unless you're good anytime, really. 734 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,000 Unless you're staying off them, yeah. 735 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000 Unless you're carnivore. 736 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,200 So the advertisement said, Oreo cookies, 737 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,560 the cookie that loves milk. 738 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,080 And she spoke to the TV and said, 739 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,480 ah, it's not the cookie that loves milk, 740 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,240 it's the cookie that loves coffee. 741 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,520 And she went on about her business and so on. 742 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:21,840 Well, not long after that, she was in a restaurant 743 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,520 and she had just finished her dinner 744 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,840 and she had her dessert with coffee, right? 745 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,800 So the waiter comes along with a pot of coffee 746 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,840 and says, would you like some more coffee? 747 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,280 She said, no, thank you. 748 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,160 I have already had my sweet thing. 749 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,320 I don't know if she had pie or whatever it was she had, 750 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,920 pie or cake, whatever. 751 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,400 And she says, no, I've already finished my sweet thing 752 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,760 so I don't want any more coffee. 753 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,360 I only have coffee with something sweet. 754 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,400 He says, oh, well, let me see what I can do. 755 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:59,000 He disappears and he comes back with a little plate 756 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,520 with Oreo cookies on it. 757 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,840 And she heard the Lord say, I was listening. 758 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,400 Now that's a kiss from the Lord. 759 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,160 And it turns out that this guy went into his own 760 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:15,160 personal backpack in the kitchen and pulled out Oreo cookies 761 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,160 from his supply of Oreo cookies to serve to her. 762 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,920 That's real love, to give up your Oreo cookies 763 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,640 to somebody you don't even know. 764 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,800 I know, but that's a kiss from the Lord. 765 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,800 See, he was prompted by the Holy Spirit. 766 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,880 He had no idea he was being called. 767 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,240 He had no idea he was being prompted by the Holy Spirit. 768 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,960 We don't realize how much the Lord is intervening 769 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,200 every single day, every moment of every day. 770 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,920 And so we can rejoice. 771 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,720 We can serve him with gladness. 772 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,000 We can serve him with joy. 773 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 I love how it says in Acts chapter two, 774 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,360 this is after they've received the baptism 775 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,200 of the Holy Spirit, this outpouring of the Holy Spirit 776 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:56,760 that happened in Acts two. 777 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,000 So in verses 46 and 47, it says, 778 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,760 and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple 779 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,080 and breaking bread from house to house, 780 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:12,000 did eat their food with gladness and singleness of heart, 781 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,160 praising God and having favor with all the people. 782 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,960 And the Lord added to the church daily, 783 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,600 such as should be saved. 784 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,800 Can you realize the, you have to understand 785 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,600 the joy they have here. 786 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,400 They've been on the Old Testament rituals, 787 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,960 just going to the temple, getting cleansed. 788 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,840 Messiah has come. 789 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,160 This is what we've been waiting for. 790 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,120 I mean, it's just like, still today, 791 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,720 they're waiting for the Messiah. 792 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,960 It'll be the second time for us and the first time for them. 793 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,320 But the incredible joy of the Messiah, 794 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,000 everything that was prophesied, 795 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,040 everything they've been waiting for, 796 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,880 here he is, we're serving him and he lives in us. 797 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,720 Yes, yes. 798 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,720 And his spirit is in us too. 799 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,880 Right, it's not just for the prophets. 800 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,200 It's not just for the high priest, 801 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,880 for the spirit of God to come on him. 802 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,880 Because most of the high priests, 803 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,160 there was only a handful of them 804 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:13,040 that were serving Jehovah with gladness. 805 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,200 Well, that's probably true. 806 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,760 Like Nicodemus and different ones, 807 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,680 and they had to be hidden. 808 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,440 Because they lose their position or they might get, 809 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,560 who knows what would happen. 810 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:25,640 Right. 811 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,520 So there's an interesting scripture in Deuteronomy 28. 812 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:33,680 Now the first 14 verses are verses of blessings. 813 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,080 This is what happens to you when you serve the Lord. 814 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,120 This is what happens to you. 815 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,280 I will bless your storage. 816 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,760 I will bless your fields. 817 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:43,600 I will bless your flocks. 818 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:44,840 Bless your basket and your store. 819 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:45,800 Everything, everything. 820 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:46,640 I'm going to bless it. 821 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:47,480 I'm going to bless it. 822 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,040 Bless, bless, bless, bless for 14 verses. 823 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,040 Then from verse 15 to the end of the chapter 824 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,800 is a whole list of very specific curses. 825 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,480 And verse 47 sits kind of in the middle of all that. 826 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,960 And it says, because you didn't serve the Lord or Jehovah, 827 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,200 your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart 828 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,840 for the abundance of all things. 829 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,480 And then there's 20 more verses of curses. 830 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,360 So he designed us, here's the point. 831 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:20,360 He designed us to work with him and serve him with love 832 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,640 and serve him with gladness and serve him with joy 833 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,400 because he made us. 834 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,400 He's our father. 835 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,560 It's meant to be God and Son's wonder working company. 836 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,400 Yes. 837 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:33,840 That's what it's meant to be. 838 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,960 And he wants us to know him 839 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,200 to know how to run the family business. 840 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,320 That's what growing up in God is all about 841 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,320 is maturing into that place where we have the checkbook 842 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,480 and we can work with people 843 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,800 who want to make contracts with our father. 844 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,400 We can represent him in a contract 845 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:58,400 and he approves of it because we're trained by him. 846 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,160 He made us to work with him. 847 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,680 So, you know, he designed us. 848 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:05,520 Yes. 849 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,400 He designed us to show forth his glory 850 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,120 and his character in the earth 851 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,040 so that we have this mindset of doing on earth 852 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:13,880 as it is in heaven. 853 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,640 And that's why I so appreciate the fact 854 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,280 that God has allowed us to connect with Dean Braxton 855 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,680 to get more of an understanding of how it is in heaven 856 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,960 so that we can do it on earth as it is in heaven. 857 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:26,920 As it is in heaven, yes. 858 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,880 And on earth as it is in heaven, 859 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,480 remember what he said about every moment it's better. 860 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,680 Every moment our father's more glorious. 861 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,560 Every moment he loves us more. 862 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,480 Every moment is greater. 863 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,360 Every moment is more, more so than the moment before. 864 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,840 So we can live on the earth, how can I serve you? 865 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,960 I can serve him in expectation 866 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,000 of the next thing being better than the first thing 867 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,680 or the thing that we just had a moment ago. 868 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,160 That whatever miracles that we saw yesterday, 869 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,440 whatever miracles are in the Bible, 870 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,920 we're gonna see something more so. 871 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:03,960 See bigger ones tomorrow. 872 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,520 Bigger so, bigger and greater. 873 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,920 Jesus said that- 874 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:07,920 Greater things shall you do. 875 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:09,920 Yes, that's right. 876 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:11,920 Because I go to the father. 877 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,640 So do we believe it? 878 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:14,480 Yes. 879 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:15,320 We need to believe it. 880 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,960 Is that our expectation? 881 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:17,800 Yeah. 882 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,920 Is it our expectation to see God do greater things? 883 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,360 You know, Michael Van Blimey in his books, 884 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,040 when he describes just waiting on God, 885 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,240 he says you expect him to come. 886 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:30,080 Yes. 887 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,760 Expect him to come. 888 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,440 I thought, okay, that's, 889 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,040 so if you expect him all the time to do something, 890 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:37,880 he'll do it. 891 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:38,960 Yes. 892 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,360 And when we're walking in that joy, 893 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,440 when we're walking in that peace, 894 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,120 we are carriers of an atmosphere of heaven 895 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,040 that is affecting the atmosphere around us. 896 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:52,880 Yes. 897 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,200 I remember hearing Sister Gwen telling about her friend 898 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,960 that worked in the Philippines. 899 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,520 We carry her book in the bookstore. 900 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,120 It's called The Men in My Life. 901 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:07,920 And she was like a chaplain or had a ministry 902 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,760 in the prison in the Philippines. 903 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,400 And you know, she was working with these guys on death row 904 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,200 and bringing them to the Lord. 905 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,520 And there was a time that there was a prison riot 906 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,880 and she had to go in and bring peace. 907 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,360 She carried an atmosphere of the presence of God 908 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,600 that overwhelmed the atmosphere of those demons 909 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,400 in the men that were upset about 910 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,840 whatever they were upset about. 911 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,160 And it made a difference. 912 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,440 It stopped the riot. 913 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,360 God can do those things. 914 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,280 Get an expectation that he will do that with you. 915 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,920 Don't be afraid to walk in to something that is 916 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,760 like Daniel going into the lion's den. 917 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,160 I was just listening to that this morning on my Bible app. 918 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,360 He was thrown into the den of lions, 919 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,520 but God kept the lion's mouth shut. 920 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,160 And he will do that for us as we are faithful with him 921 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,640 in our relationship. 922 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,520 Daniel was faithful. 923 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,480 Daniel was absolutely determined 924 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,760 that he's not gonna defile himself. 925 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,320 He's gonna do in Babylon. 926 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,560 Remember the letter that Jeremiah wrote to the exiles 927 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,640 was telling them, okay, you're gonna be here for 70 years. 928 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,960 So plant gardens and build houses 929 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,840 and let your life help to bring peace to this place. 930 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,320 So that's how we've been planted here on planet earth. 931 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,200 To be atmosphere changers. 932 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,560 And as we carry that joy of the Lord, 933 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,840 as we carry that peace, as we carry his character, 934 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,000 it's changing the situation. 935 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,600 It's bringing light into darkness. 936 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,240 Hallelujah. 937 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,720 So I wanna close with just a couple of thoughts here 938 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:55,840 from Jude chapter one, there's only one chapter, 939 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,360 verses 24 and 25. 940 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,880 It says, now unto him that is able to keep you from falling. 941 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,280 That's a powerful scripture. 942 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,280 I love that. 943 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,800 You know, sometimes especially when we're first in our walk 944 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,400 and we stumble quite a lot. 945 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,120 He's able to keep you from falling, beloved. 946 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,560 He is able to keep you from falling. 947 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,880 The more time you spend in his presence, 948 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,000 the less time you're likely to have falling. 949 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,520 Okay, he will keep you. 950 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,400 He will keep you on your feet. 951 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,960 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling 952 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,000 and to present you faultless, faultless. 953 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,440 Don't let that accuser make you think 954 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,600 that you are less than faultless 955 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:44,360 because Jesus' blood covers everything that you have done. 956 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:48,000 If you've received him, just ask him to forgive you. 957 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,560 And if you fell this morning, 958 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,480 just ask him to forgive you 959 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,240 and get back into his presence. 960 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:56,320 Don't carry it around all day. 961 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,720 Yeah, don't carry it around. 962 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:02,440 Don't let that slimy Satan serpent. 963 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,480 Don't stay slimed. 964 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,520 Right, just keep getting back into his presence. 965 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,480 Enter his presence with thanksgiving. 966 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,240 Enter his courts with praise. 967 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:13,360 Thank you, Jesus, for forgiving me. 968 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,760 Thank you, Jesus, that you paid for this sin 969 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,880 to wash me clean and to change me 970 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,960 so that I don't do this anymore, to change my habits. 971 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,080 Thank you, Holy Spirit. 972 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,440 And just start thanking, just start praising. 973 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,320 He is able to present you faultless 974 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,680 before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. 975 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,520 Okay, here's the joy part. 976 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,440 Remember, we're serving the Lord with gladness. 977 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:38,480 How can I serve you? 978 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:39,440 With gladness. 979 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,640 He has been serving the Father with gladness 980 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,560 all the time that he was here on planet Earth. 981 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,000 He was serving our Father with gladness. 982 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,400 So it goes on in verse 25, says, 983 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,880 to the only wise God our Savior be glory and majesty, 984 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,840 dominion and power, both now and ever, amen. 985 00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:58,760 Ever and ever and ever. 986 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,320 Ever and ever and ever. 987 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,800 It's about serving him with joy. 988 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,800 And just to finish, this is the last passage. 989 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,560 John 15, verses nine through 12, 990 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,400 I'm gonna read it from the Amplified Classic. 991 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,000 This is Jesus talking to his disciples 992 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,240 the night that he was betrayed. 993 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,240 This is the upper room discourse, as they call it. 994 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,240 This is what he spoke to them at the last supper. 995 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:25,320 He's giving them final instructions before he's going 996 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,200 to be crucified. 997 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,920 And he says in verse nine, I have loved you 998 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,440 just as the Father has loved me. 999 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,360 Abide in my love. 1000 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,920 Continue in his love with me. 1001 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,280 Isn't that beautiful? 1002 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,880 Verse 10, if you keep my commandments, 1003 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,960 if you continue to obey my instructions, 1004 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,320 you will abide in my love. 1005 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:49,880 In other words, you're gonna live there. 1006 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,720 You will abide in my love and live on in it 1007 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:57,120 just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments 1008 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,080 and live on in his love. 1009 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,440 Verse 11, I have told you these things 1010 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:08,000 that my joy and delight may be in you. 1011 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,520 And that your joy and gladness may be of full measure 1012 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,440 and complete and overflowing. 1013 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,720 Verse 12, this is my commandment, 1014 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:21,240 that you love one another just as I have loved you. 1015 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:26,240 So Father, we just thank you for this enlightening 1016 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:30,160 about how we can serve you, to serve you with joy, 1017 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:34,680 to serve you with love, to serve you by loving you so much 1018 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,040 that we want to obey you in everything, 1019 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:38,920 that we want to give you glory, 1020 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,760 that we want to be lights in the darkness. 1021 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,000 Lord, we just speak this over our listeners, Father, 1022 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,920 that you will give them this joy, 1023 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,240 this overwhelming joy in your presence. 1024 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:52,120 Father, let your presence just settle in 1025 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,000 upon each and every one of them. 1026 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,560 Lord, that they will feel the joy of your presence 1027 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,120 and that they will find that your joy is their strength 1028 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,600 for today that's gonna keep getting better every moment, 1029 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,320 even stronger tomorrow and stronger the next day. 1030 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:13,840 The joy of the Lord is their strength, is our strength. 1031 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,800 Your presence gives us this fullness of joy 1032 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,280 and we serve you today with this fullness of joy 1033 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,760 and gladness in Jesus' name, amen. 1034 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:25,600 Amen. 1035 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:26,440 Amen. 1036 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,280 Amen. 1037 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,120 Amen. 1038 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:28,960 Amen. 1039 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:29,800 Amen. 1040 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:30,640 Amen. 1041 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,940 If you enjoyed today's podcast, 1042 00:43:32,940 --> 00:43:35,620 please subscribe, rate and review this podcast 1043 00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:39,100 on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 1044 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:41,400 Your review helps the podcasting platform 1045 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,600 suggest this podcast to other listeners 1046 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:47,160 who are also looking for a great move of the Holy Spirit. 1047 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,920 Check out our website at globaloutpouring.org 1048 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,520 to find out more information, read our blogs, 1049 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,400 connect with us and donate. 1050 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,200 You 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