WEBVTT 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:04.440 Sharing good news of great joy to all people, 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:10.880 Elation Church. Week number two in our series 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:15.900 that we've entitled, Hello, My Name is God. Hello, 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.920 My Name is God. Now, we're going to first start 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.100 out by talking about what a name is all about. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.519 What's in a name? Look to the person beside you 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:26.899 and say, what's in a name anyway? What's in a 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:32.109 name? What's in a name? First of all, names signify 00:00:32.109 --> 00:00:36.490 identity. Everybody say identity. I'll remind 00:00:36.490 --> 00:00:39.689 you again that when I started playing junior 00:00:39.689 --> 00:00:42.390 high football in the state of South Carolina, 00:00:42.570 --> 00:00:46.869 I had to come up with a state birth certificate. 00:00:48.509 --> 00:00:52.609 And when that birth certificate came in, my legal 00:00:52.609 --> 00:00:56.570 name, I kid you not, in the state of South Carolina, 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:01.520 My legal name is No Name Forrest. That's the 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.079 way my birth certificate came in. Because my 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:07.599 parents didn't name me until after we left the 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.459 hospital. So my Greenville County birth certificate 00:01:11.459 --> 00:01:15.659 actually says Unnamed Forrest. And then the state 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:18.079 took a little leeway to put No Name Forrest on 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.579 there. So guess what? I could not play the first 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:23.760 two or three games of my junior high football 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:28.379 career. Okay? Because I had to get my name changed. 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:32.200 And to this day, my South Carolina birth certificate 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.359 has an asterisk by my name showing that my name 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:43.400 has been changed from No Name Forrest to Jeffrey 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:46.500 Dean Forrest, which is what they named me after 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:49.640 we left the hospital. So that's my identity. 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.379 I have another name that I consider my identity 00:01:53.379 --> 00:01:57.689 just as much. As my name, Jeffrey Dean Forrest, 00:01:57.730 --> 00:02:00.829 my identity is, I've got this name, and that 00:02:00.829 --> 00:02:06.670 name is that I am a Christian. That's not just 00:02:06.670 --> 00:02:10.969 something that's added on like some of the other 00:02:10.969 --> 00:02:13.150 names that I'm going to show you. That's who 00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:17.969 I am. That's who I am. That's my identity. Most 00:02:17.969 --> 00:02:22.430 people just call me Dean. It's okay if you call 00:02:22.430 --> 00:02:25.979 me anything. I'll answer to about anything. If 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:29.620 you don't believe it, ask Gannon. Names also 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:31.979 signify relationship. Everybody say relationship. 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.460 Not only is it identity, it's also relationship. 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:39.439 I have a lot more names than just Jeffrey Dean 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.780 Forrest and Christian. My mom always called me 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:47.800 her baby. I was the youngest of four, and mom 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.979 always called me baby. Even when I'm 50 -something 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:54.860 stinking years old. If she's introducing me to 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:57.659 someone that she knows I don't know, she would 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:04.280 say, this is my baby, Dean. Even as a grown adult 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:09.319 with kids of my own. My dad didn't call me baby. 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:13.800 My dad called me son. So that's one of my names. 00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:23.169 When I got married on August 5th of 1984, I became 00:03:23.169 --> 00:03:28.129 a husband. A husband. But my wife doesn't say, 00:03:28.229 --> 00:03:35.490 oh husband, would thou taketh me shopping? She 00:03:35.490 --> 00:03:39.270 doesn't call me husband. She calls me honey on 00:03:39.270 --> 00:03:42.710 good days. I'm not going to tell you what she 00:03:42.710 --> 00:03:44.610 calls me when I haven't been acting right. But 00:03:44.610 --> 00:03:49.009 on good days, she calls me honey. I became a 00:03:49.009 --> 00:03:56.460 father in... January 31st, 1992. Jeffrey doesn't 00:03:56.460 --> 00:04:00.580 say, oh, father. I guess if we were in London, 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.199 he might say, oh, father. No, he just calls me 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.639 dad. We dropped the D -Y as he got older. You 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.819 know, he used to call me daddy. Kind of converted 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:16.620 over to dad. So those are my names. I want you 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:19.240 to consider something. When you find out people's 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:24.660 names, You find out more about them by their 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:28.579 names. Now, most of the people in the room already 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:32.480 knew that, but the first -time visitors, they're 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.459 like, wow, okay. You know, he's married, he's 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:43.019 got kids. Just have one kid. Names signify identity. 00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:48.800 They identify relationship. Everybody say identity. 00:04:49.780 --> 00:04:53.360 Everybody say relationship. And they also identify 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.180 or signify activity. Everybody say activity. 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.180 Now you're going to find out a lot more about 00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:05.259 me by knowing my names. Activity, by that I mean 00:05:05.259 --> 00:05:08.639 what a person does. I've had a lot of names. 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:14.500 I was a student for a long, long time. I was 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:17.779 actually a cook my junior year of high school. 00:05:18.430 --> 00:05:22.709 I was the cook at Quincy's Steakhouse. I started 00:05:22.709 --> 00:05:25.509 out dishwasher, but by the time the month was 00:05:25.509 --> 00:05:27.970 over, I was the Saturday night cook running two 00:05:27.970 --> 00:05:30.829 grills. If you wonder why your steaks might not 00:05:30.829 --> 00:05:34.990 have been as cooked that great. I was a salesman. 00:05:35.889 --> 00:05:39.490 I worked for Custom Recording and Sound, selling 00:05:39.490 --> 00:05:43.769 sound equipment and recording supplies. I worked 00:05:43.769 --> 00:05:46.470 for my uncle at a Nissan dealership. I sold car 00:05:46.470 --> 00:05:51.279 parts. For a couple of years. I became a salesman 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.220 at Mark 5 Records. Mark 5 Sandcastle Recording 00:05:55.220 --> 00:05:58.000 Studios. I was selling studio time and things 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.920 like that. I've actually been a sound man and 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.899 actually got paid for running sound before. Bet 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:07.040 you thought that was just a volunteer job. I 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.240 was a custodian at Disney for about a year and 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.680 a half when we moved down here. And I could add 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:16.980 a couple more names. I was a trainer and a coordinator. 00:06:19.209 --> 00:06:23.209 I was a janitor. My wife and I cleaned offices. 00:06:23.250 --> 00:06:25.750 We had a contract cleaning offices three times 00:06:25.750 --> 00:06:29.930 a week before Jeffrey was born. I was a screen 00:06:29.930 --> 00:06:32.949 printer. I bought screen printing equipment. 00:06:33.230 --> 00:06:35.389 I had my press. I had a four -color press and 00:06:35.389 --> 00:06:38.910 a dryer and printed T -shirts for a lot of singing 00:06:38.910 --> 00:06:42.110 groups that were selling T -shirts. It worked 00:06:42.110 --> 00:06:43.949 out pretty good since I was working at the recording 00:06:43.949 --> 00:06:47.250 studio. I could talk to a lot of singing groups 00:06:47.250 --> 00:06:50.189 who needed some t -shirts, right? I was an A 00:06:50.189 --> 00:06:53.889 &R director at Mark 5 Records. We had three record 00:06:53.889 --> 00:06:57.129 companies, Mark 5, Heart Look, and Evidence Records. 00:06:57.870 --> 00:07:00.370 I still don't know what an A &R director is, 00:07:00.509 --> 00:07:05.129 but I was one. One day they handed me a business 00:07:05.129 --> 00:07:07.310 card and told me that I was the vice president 00:07:07.310 --> 00:07:10.850 of Heart Look Records. Didn't get a raise, but 00:07:10.850 --> 00:07:14.439 I got a business card. I was a music director 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:19.459 for state and national organizations, an event 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:27.480 planner. I've rented meeting space not all over 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.500 the United States, but in a lot of places to 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:32.680 get events together. I've been a crusade director, 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:37.040 several area -wide crusades. I've been the president 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.230 of state and national organizations. Also the 00:07:41.230 --> 00:07:44.750 president of a non -profit corporation. Been 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:47.970 a worship leader at events. Some events I didn't 00:07:47.970 --> 00:07:52.470 preach. We just led worship. A little tidbit 00:07:52.470 --> 00:07:55.310 is I was a worship leader in the Ryman Auditorium 00:07:55.310 --> 00:07:57.990 one time for an event that we did there. I was 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:00.170 a conference director. We had a conference for 00:08:00.170 --> 00:08:03.670 over 20 years. We've got people here today who 00:08:03.670 --> 00:08:06.589 volunteered at that conference. Friends for a 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:09.860 long time, you know. How many years do we preach 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:13.160 Revival at your church, David? And sing and preach. 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.279 At least 21 years. Every year we went to their 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.860 church. I think we went to your church in western 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:23.279 New York about 14 years in a row, if I remember 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:26.920 right. But they would all come down and volunteer 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.540 at our conference in Myrtle Beach. Just because 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:35.799 we're great friends. Let's see. I was conference 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:42.169 director, an evangelist. On the road, quit my 00:08:42.169 --> 00:08:46.090 job, sold our house, moved into an RV, went on 00:08:46.090 --> 00:08:51.950 the road telling people about Jesus. At least 00:08:51.950 --> 00:08:53.909 two -thirds of the United States we've been in 00:08:53.909 --> 00:08:58.169 churches. I was a chaplain at Lakewood Camper 00:08:58.169 --> 00:09:02.210 Resort in Myrtle Beach for nine years. Some people 00:09:02.210 --> 00:09:05.649 call me preacher. How many of you call the pastor 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:07.330 of your church preacher? You just say preacher, 00:09:07.409 --> 00:09:10.289 dean, or... Whatever. Some people call me pastor. 00:09:12.009 --> 00:09:17.789 That's a lot of names. But in those names, you 00:09:17.789 --> 00:09:24.009 find out a lot about me. What I've done. Right? 00:09:25.490 --> 00:09:28.429 And that's important. This message isn't about 00:09:28.429 --> 00:09:32.570 Dean. I'm just showing you that I am one person 00:09:32.570 --> 00:09:38.240 and I just shared with you over 29 names. Because 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:43.440 names signify identity, relationship, and activity. 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:48.240 I'm also an uncle. I'm also a brother. So there's 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.779 relationship names, identity names, and activity 00:09:51.779 --> 00:09:56.379 names, what a person does. And the reason why 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:58.720 this is important to understand is when we start 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:00.620 talking about the names of God, we're not talking 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:02.740 about a bunch of different gods because there 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:04.940 are people in this world who believe that there 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:08.200 are a lot of different gods. They have a lot 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:12.100 of different names. But there's one. Everybody 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:17.039 say one. There's one. But he's given us a lot 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:21.720 of names so that we'll know who he is. We'll 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.480 know what kind of relationship he wants to be 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:31.720 in with you and with me. And what he does. What 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:36.659 he wants to do in your life. See, if it's who 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:40.139 he is, that means that that's who he wants to 00:10:40.139 --> 00:10:45.559 be. Just to quickly let you know something, just 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:48.779 because that's who he wants to be and what he 00:10:48.779 --> 00:10:52.019 wants to do in your life, it doesn't mean that 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:55.480 that's who he is to you unless you receive him 00:10:55.480 --> 00:11:02.440 as that. You want some proof? He wants to be 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:05.820 your Savior. He wants to be your Lord, but you 00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:08.240 have to respond to him in faith for that to take 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:12.820 place. Are you with me? You have to respond. 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:19.159 You have to receive him as that. Now, it's easy 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.320 for us to understand this when it comes to salvation. 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.320 But as we look at the names of God, I want to 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.519 remind you, if you want him to be who he wants 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:32.159 to be, you're going to have to receive him by 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:42.600 faith. Hallelujah. Church gave me an amen button 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:46.960 for my birthday. Has some of them saying amen 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.120 on it. If I don't get a big enough amen, all 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.110 I have to do is hit the button. I like it. Then 00:11:53.110 --> 00:12:01.830 I don't have to amen myself. Alright. Psalm 910. 00:12:01.909 --> 00:12:04.669 This is our foundational verse for this series. 00:12:05.690 --> 00:12:08.090 Those who know your name. Everybody say God. 00:12:08.610 --> 00:12:12.350 Those who know your name will put their trust 00:12:12.350 --> 00:12:19.509 in you. That word trust can also be confidence. 00:12:20.049 --> 00:12:23.000 Everybody say confidence. Everybody say trust. 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:27.080 So when you know who God is according to his 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:31.200 names, then you can put your trust in him. You 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.279 can put your confidence in him. If you don't 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.100 know who he is, then you can't trust him. You 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:42.960 can't put your confidence in him. For you, Lord, 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:51.429 have not forsaken those who seek you. Look at 00:12:51.429 --> 00:12:56.970 me. God will not turn His back on you. He will 00:12:56.970 --> 00:13:02.370 not forsake you. When you seek Him, based on 00:13:02.370 --> 00:13:07.470 who He is, based on the relationship He wants 00:13:07.470 --> 00:13:09.929 to have with you, based on His activity, what 00:13:09.929 --> 00:13:12.389 He wants to do in your life, when you seek Him 00:13:12.389 --> 00:13:15.029 according to His name, He will not forsake you. 00:13:18.889 --> 00:13:25.840 He's never forsaken. Those who seek Him. It's 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:29.360 important. I know we're going at least three 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:35.779 months on this, so I hope this is ingrained in 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:38.559 your heart and in your mind. When you know who 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.639 God is, you can put your confidence in Him. You 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:47.059 can trust Him, and He will not forsake you. Hello. 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:51.789 My name is God. Today, we're looking at one of 00:13:51.789 --> 00:13:55.350 those compound names. I told you that last week. 00:13:55.370 --> 00:13:57.750 Last week was a big introductory. We looked at 00:13:57.750 --> 00:14:01.230 God's name. In the beginning, God, that Hebrew 00:14:01.230 --> 00:14:05.669 word is Elohim. Great and mighty supreme God. 00:14:07.169 --> 00:14:11.009 And then, when Moses asked, who should I tell 00:14:11.009 --> 00:14:15.629 him sent me? He gave him his proper name. Like, 00:14:15.649 --> 00:14:18.289 my name is Jeffrey Dean Forrest. He said, You 00:14:18.289 --> 00:14:21.629 tell them, I am that I am sent you. You tell 00:14:21.629 --> 00:14:24.909 them, my name is Yahweh and that is my eternal 00:14:24.909 --> 00:14:28.549 name. I want everybody to know who I am because 00:14:28.549 --> 00:14:33.250 Elohim can be, anyone can use that word to talk 00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:36.169 about any God that they think is the supreme 00:14:36.169 --> 00:14:42.009 God for them. But Yahweh is his personal name. 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:47.299 Now in Judges 6, verse 24, I can't read the whole 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:51.679 story of Gideon. We've done like three messages 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:56.059 on Gideon all back to back. But this is what 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:58.980 happens. We find out who God is and what He wants 00:14:58.980 --> 00:15:03.240 to do for us in the book of Judges. Gideon built 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.440 an altar to the Lord there where he had met with 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.379 the angel of the Lord, which is... A theophany. 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.639 God actually met with him. It wasn't an angel 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:19.059 angel. Most scholars believe it's a Christophany. 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.340 Before Jesus came to this earth, he visited some 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:27.820 people and talked to them. And he met with Gideon. 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.840 The reason why we know that is because angels 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:34.720 do not receive worship. And then when this angel 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.799 of the Lord showed up, he received worship and 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:42.809 offerings. Angels do not receive worship. That's 00:15:42.809 --> 00:15:45.929 how we know the difference. Gideon built an altar 00:15:45.929 --> 00:15:50.690 to the Lord there and named it Yahweh Shalom. 00:15:52.909 --> 00:15:58.169 Yahweh Shalom. Everybody say Yahweh Shalom. Which 00:15:58.169 --> 00:16:03.970 means the Lord is peace. Everybody say the Lord 00:16:03.970 --> 00:16:09.399 is peace. Why would Gideon say that? Because 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:14.659 Gideon was a chicken. He was overcome with fear. 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:18.779 He didn't see himself the way that God saw him. 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:24.019 God saw him as a mighty man of war. And Gideon 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:29.779 replied, even my big sister can beat me up. Basically, 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:34.080 he said, my whole family is the weakest out of 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.580 all of God's people, and I'm the weakest in my 00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:40.679 family. Even my big sister, even my little sister 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:44.639 can beat me up. He didn't see himself as God 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:50.940 saw him, but as God talked to him. I mean, how 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:55.960 could you lead an army of 300 men to go against 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:03.120 hundreds of thousands? Unless you had a confidence. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:09.160 Come on, somebody. You've got to have a confidence. 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:13.279 You've got to have total trust and confidence 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:18.640 in your God to take 300 people out. I forget 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.779 how many hundreds of thousands of people it was. 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:29.559 You've got to have some confidence. And he said, 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:34.640 God, you're my peace. And let me tell you something. 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:39.319 Even though Gideon named that altar that, God 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:43.220 made sure it was written in the Word of God to 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:48.619 let us know who He is. He is the Lord, our peace. 00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:52.240 And guess what? The first message of this year, 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.599 as I was studying, I have to be honest with you, 00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:56.759 I've been preaching a long time, but I never 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.579 looked up the word shalom to find the definition. 00:18:01.710 --> 00:18:04.589 Of the Hebrew word shalom. I should be ashamed 00:18:04.589 --> 00:18:10.809 of myself. But I never looked it up. Guess what 00:18:10.809 --> 00:18:16.250 shalom means? Everybody say peace. Because that's 00:18:16.250 --> 00:18:19.369 what everybody's always told me that it meant. 00:18:19.450 --> 00:18:23.609 So I didn't think about looking it up. But here's 00:18:23.609 --> 00:18:27.509 what it means. Well, let's go to Yahweh. Yahweh. 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:31.900 He's Yahweh Shalom. So Yahweh, He is the I Am 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:34.819 that I Am. He is the self -existent One. He is 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:38.000 the eternal One. He never needs or depends on 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:42.599 anybody or anything. He didn't need or depend 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:45.240 on anybody to begin because He has no beginning. 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.420 He's eternal. And He doesn't depend on anybody 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:55.039 or anything to maintain His existence. He doesn't... 00:18:55.559 --> 00:19:00.180 Depend on anything or anybody to keep his promises. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:11.539 Because he's God. Yahweh Shalom. Yahweh is who 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:18.599 he is. Shalom is what he does. So think about 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.799 those names. Think about the names that I shared 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:25.069 with you. The things that I've done. And Yahweh, 00:19:25.210 --> 00:19:29.210 I mean, shalom is his activity. Yahweh is his 00:19:29.210 --> 00:19:35.190 identity. Shalom is his activity. Somebody smile 00:19:35.190 --> 00:19:37.809 or something. I'm about to hit the amen button 00:19:37.809 --> 00:19:45.390 again. Shalom is who he is, but it's what he 00:19:45.390 --> 00:19:53.539 does. Here's what the word means. A lot of preachers 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:56.059 would get upset for just me reading the definition 00:19:56.059 --> 00:20:03.700 of shalom today. Shalom means safe. Do you know 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:08.740 God is concerned with your safety? It's well. 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:12.079 Do you know that God is concerned with your well 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:17.619 -being? It's happy. Oh, I hear a lot of preachers 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:22.049 say God don't care if you're happy or not. God's 00:20:22.049 --> 00:20:23.950 not concerned with you whether you're happy or 00:20:23.950 --> 00:20:25.589 not. He's just concerned with you being holy. 00:20:27.650 --> 00:20:29.410 Look at the person beside you and say, he's concerned 00:20:29.410 --> 00:20:39.809 about both. Friendly. Welfare. Has anybody ever 00:20:39.809 --> 00:20:43.710 heard of the Strong's Concordance? This is the 00:20:43.710 --> 00:20:46.250 definition straight out of the Strong's Concordance, 00:20:46.269 --> 00:20:51.009 of the word shalom. Safe, well, happy, friendly, 00:20:51.130 --> 00:20:56.609 welfare, health, prosperity. Oh, a lot of people 00:20:56.609 --> 00:21:02.430 just hurt themselves when I said that. And peace. 00:21:05.230 --> 00:21:09.289 That's what the word means. That's what God wants 00:21:09.289 --> 00:21:16.890 to do for you. That's who He is. Can we receive 00:21:16.890 --> 00:21:22.700 this? Or are we too religious to receive it? 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:28.140 I'm just telling you, that's what the word means. 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:33.539 Look it up yourself. You do know that the Old 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:35.380 Testament was written in Hebrew, not in English 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:40.720 first, right? Everybody with me on that? And 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:46.609 that's what the word means. So that's... what 00:21:46.609 --> 00:21:48.930 God wants to do. This is what He wants to do 00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:52.230 in your life. A lot of these things, this welfare 00:21:52.230 --> 00:21:56.829 and all that, you know, that's even part of the 00:21:56.829 --> 00:22:00.910 definition of agape. God is love. He's concerned 00:22:00.910 --> 00:22:07.809 about your welfare, your well -being. Who would 00:22:07.809 --> 00:22:09.730 have thunk it if you just look up the words? 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.079 You can kick over some sacred cows when you just 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:20.440 look up the words. Yahweh Shalom. I am the Lord 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:26.400 who gives you peace and empowers you to succeed. 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:34.000 That's who He is. I think the problem is most 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.740 of the time when people use that word prosperity, 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:41.299 they just think about stuff. They think about... 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:46.200 Money, possessions, wealth, physical wealth. 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:49.460 And that's all they think about when they hear 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:53.519 that word prosperity. It's more than that. Look 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:55.079 to the person beside you and say, it's more than 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:59.200 that. It's more than that. Because there are 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:01.599 people in this world who have multiplied millions, 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:05.480 even billions of dollars that don't have peace. 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:13.549 They commit suicide. Right? So it's more than 00:23:13.549 --> 00:23:19.509 stuff. It's greater than stuff. But God doesn't 00:23:19.509 --> 00:23:21.670 want you to be broke, busted, and disgusted the 00:23:21.670 --> 00:23:26.750 rest of your life either. If you disagree, just 00:23:26.750 --> 00:23:29.089 read a little bit in your Bible about Solomon 00:23:29.089 --> 00:23:39.970 and Abraham. All right. God is Yahweh. Shalom. 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:49.380 Hello. My name is Yahweh Shalom. Everybody say 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:56.500 this. His name is Yahweh Shalom. Now we're going 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:59.819 to look at the Greek, the New Testament word 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:05.960 peace. Is that okay? Are we still okay? It's 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:09.700 a rene. That's the Koine Greek word for peace. 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:20.519 And guess what it means? Look it up. Peace. Prosperity. 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:29.579 One. To sit at one. When you read the word peace 00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.400 in the New Testament, that's what it means too. 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:35.980 Pretty much means the same thing. Look it up. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.759 Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself. 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:45.940 And you say, well, Dean, if God's name is Yahweh 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.940 Shalom, and that's Hebrew words, why would you 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:51.980 talk about Greek New Testament words? I mean, 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:55.559 if that... Well, I'm glad you asked. Here we 00:24:55.559 --> 00:25:00.599 go. John 14, 6. Jesus said, I am the way, the 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:05.099 truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:11.730 except through me. If you had really known me, 00:25:11.829 --> 00:25:14.150 he's talking to his disciples, if you had really 00:25:14.150 --> 00:25:19.650 known me, you would know who my father is. From 00:25:19.650 --> 00:25:27.009 now on, you do know him and have seen him. Philip 00:25:27.009 --> 00:25:33.609 said, wait a minute, Jesus. He's basically saying, 00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:37.869 I'm not tracking with you right there. Philip 00:25:37.869 --> 00:25:42.990 said, Lord, Show us the Father and we will be 00:25:42.990 --> 00:25:48.049 satisfied. You said we've seen... Show him to 00:25:48.049 --> 00:25:50.029 us and then we'll understand what you're talking 00:25:50.029 --> 00:25:52.630 about. And Jesus replied. Listen to what Jesus 00:25:52.630 --> 00:25:55.450 said. Have I been with you all this time, Philip? 00:25:55.930 --> 00:26:00.230 And yet you still don't know who I am? Listen 00:26:00.230 --> 00:26:03.769 to what Jesus says. Anyone who has seen me has 00:26:03.769 --> 00:26:08.089 seen the Father. That's why I brought up that. 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:13.339 Greek word peace. Because Jesus talked about 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:16.680 peace a lot too. Anyone who has seen me has seen 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.900 the Father. So why are you asking me to show 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:25.200 him to you? Don't you believe that I am in the 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:29.240 Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.619 are not my own, but my Father who lives in me 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:39.009 does his work through me. Here's what you've 00:26:39.009 --> 00:26:43.849 got to know. Jesus and the Father are one. When 00:26:43.849 --> 00:26:47.990 you've seen Jesus, you've seen the Father. When 00:26:47.990 --> 00:26:51.529 you know Jesus, you know the Father. When you 00:26:51.529 --> 00:26:57.329 hear Jesus, you hear the Father. Jesus does what 00:26:57.329 --> 00:27:01.670 the Father does. And you might be saying, oh, 00:27:01.769 --> 00:27:03.750 this is just so simple. Why don't he give me 00:27:03.750 --> 00:27:08.869 some good meat to chew on today? Hallelujah. 00:27:08.930 --> 00:27:11.390 I don't know if all of us have actually took 00:27:11.390 --> 00:27:15.130 hold of this in its fullest way that we can yet. 00:27:17.230 --> 00:27:20.549 Even if you're farther along than I am, you still 00:27:20.549 --> 00:27:27.069 haven't arrived. Let's go to a familiar store 00:27:27.069 --> 00:27:33.049 that has to do with peace. Mark 4, starting with 00:27:33.049 --> 00:27:36.410 verse 35. As evening came, Jesus said to his 00:27:36.410 --> 00:27:40.470 disciples, Let's cross to the other side of the 00:27:40.470 --> 00:27:43.970 lake. So they took Jesus in the boat and started 00:27:43.970 --> 00:27:47.710 out, leaving the crowds behind, although other 00:27:47.710 --> 00:27:54.009 boats followed. But soon a fierce storm came 00:27:54.009 --> 00:27:58.589 up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and 00:27:58.589 --> 00:28:03.309 it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping 00:28:03.309 --> 00:28:06.849 at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. 00:28:07.469 --> 00:28:10.730 the disciples woke him up shouting, Teacher, 00:28:10.849 --> 00:28:17.150 don't you care that we're going to drown? No 00:28:17.150 --> 00:28:23.450 peace here. Is there? Teacher, don't you care 00:28:23.450 --> 00:28:24.990 that we're going to drown? We're about to die. 00:28:26.109 --> 00:28:28.150 Jesus, how can you sleep when we're about to 00:28:28.150 --> 00:28:37.940 die? We're going under. When Jesus woke up, He 00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:46.859 rebuked the wind. He spoke to the wind and said 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:53.359 to the water, silence. Some translations have 00:28:53.359 --> 00:29:01.119 the word peace there. Be still. Suddenly, the 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:10.420 wind stopped and there was a great calm. Then 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:18.299 he asked them, why are you afraid? Do you still 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:29.880 have no faith? Somebody say amen or oh me or 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:34.819 something right there. Jesus said, why are you 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:39.880 so afraid? Do you still have no faith? I mean, 00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:41.880 he doesn't even say little faith. He says no 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:46.920 faith. They've been walking with Jesus for a 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:52.619 while, right? Shouldn't they have taken hold 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:54.900 of just a little bit about what Jesus was saying? 00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:58.259 Shouldn't they have applied a little bit about 00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:06.579 what Jesus has said? Shouldn't they? Why did 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:10.210 Jesus ask? Do you still have no faith? Why did 00:30:10.210 --> 00:30:15.750 he ask that? Here's why. Everybody roll in your 00:30:15.750 --> 00:30:22.990 toes just a little bit. Faith is seen in words 00:30:22.990 --> 00:30:35.819 and reactions. Faith is seen. By what you say 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:43.960 and how you respond. That's why Jesus said, do 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:46.359 you still have no faith? I mean, listen to what 00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:51.160 you're saying. Listen to how you're acting. That's 00:30:51.160 --> 00:31:00.980 evidence that you have no faith. Y 'all still 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:06.109 love me, right? See, their hearts and their minds 00:31:06.109 --> 00:31:12.569 were overwhelmed with fear. And by their response, 00:31:12.710 --> 00:31:16.710 they're questioning Jesus' concern and His care 00:31:16.710 --> 00:31:19.390 for them. Hey, Jesus, don't you care that we're 00:31:19.390 --> 00:31:28.849 about to die? Overwhelmed. They spoke death. 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.079 Does anybody remember the series that we just 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:38.859 did on the words that we say? Power of life and 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:45.279 death in your tongue, in your words. And you 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.720 know what? We're going to reap what we say, is 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:54.140 what the Bible says. So if you speak death, guess 00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:57.779 what you're going to reap? If you speak life, 00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:01.779 guess what you're going to reap? I mean, the 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.180 Bible's clear. You can go back and listen to 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:06.059 those other messages on podcasts or YouTube. 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:11.700 Listen, they question Jesus' concern. Don't you 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:19.339 care? Here's the deal. We live in a fallen, broken, 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:27.440 messed up world. And we're going to stare trouble 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:36.190 in the eye. In our lives. Jesus told us that. 00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:40.349 It was very encouraging when he said. You know. 00:32:40.410 --> 00:32:43.670 In this world. You're going to face trouble and 00:32:43.670 --> 00:32:46.869 pressure. Thank you Jesus. That's what I really 00:32:46.869 --> 00:32:54.869 wanted to hear. But he didn't stop there. He 00:32:54.869 --> 00:32:56.869 said in this world. You're going to face tribulation. 00:32:56.990 --> 00:32:58.529 You're going to face pressure. You're going to 00:32:58.529 --> 00:33:01.750 face trouble. But be of good cheer. Everybody 00:33:01.750 --> 00:33:05.029 say, cheer up, buttercup. Be of good cheer. Because 00:33:05.029 --> 00:33:08.970 I have overcome the world. And we're in Him. 00:33:10.069 --> 00:33:21.930 Hallelujah. How do we respond? The Bible encourages 00:33:21.930 --> 00:33:26.769 us in 2 Corinthians 5 -7. The Holy Spirit encourages 00:33:26.769 --> 00:33:31.920 us to live by... Faith and not by sight. Live 00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:42.660 by believing and not by seeing. Hello? Were the 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:45.500 disciples in the boat, were they living by what 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:50.740 they saw? Or were they living by faith at that 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:54.140 moment? When they're screaming at Jesus, Jesus, 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.759 wake up. Don't you care? We're about to die here. 00:33:58.410 --> 00:34:00.289 Jesus had given them a word that they were going 00:34:00.289 --> 00:34:01.930 to get in the boat and go to the other side. 00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:04.670 So they had word to stand on. Faith comes by 00:34:04.670 --> 00:34:06.490 hearing and hearing by the word. They had it 00:34:06.490 --> 00:34:08.630 to stand on. They're going to the other side. 00:34:08.889 --> 00:34:11.469 I mean, they believe that Jesus, I mean, they 00:34:11.469 --> 00:34:13.750 saw these miracles. Do they think that Jesus 00:34:13.750 --> 00:34:20.110 is going to die in the boat with them? Listen. 00:34:21.969 --> 00:34:29.440 Obviously, that's what they thought. Storms are 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:34.099 going to come. Storms are going to come. We don't 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:38.280 like storms. How many of you like storms? Nobody 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.199 likes storms, but storms will come. Here's the 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:46.159 question. Are you going to respond in fear or 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:52.500 in faith when storms come? God wants you to respond 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:57.389 in faith. But I want you to be real, not with 00:34:57.389 --> 00:35:00.969 your Sunday school halo over your head. Your 00:35:00.969 --> 00:35:03.750 church halo over your head. I'm in church. Bless 00:35:03.750 --> 00:35:10.349 God, Pastor Dean. I always, I always respond 00:35:10.349 --> 00:35:13.369 in faith. Every time, I just want to tell you, 00:35:13.409 --> 00:35:16.150 every time a storm comes my way, Pastor Dean, 00:35:16.309 --> 00:35:30.000 I always respond in faith. Well, faith speaks 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:34.340 peace to the storm. I'm going to take it another 00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:38.860 level. Faith speaks peace to your heart in the 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:46.019 middle of the storm. Faith says, I see a storm. 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:52.440 But you know what? This storm is not going to 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:54.639 take me out. This storm is not going to take 00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:57.119 my peace. This storm is not going to take my 00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:02.559 joy. You know why? Because I've got a promise. 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:10.519 My God is Yahweh Shalom. He cares about me. Now 00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:13.880 what I see with my eyes right now, you know, 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:20.840 I'm not seeing His goodness yet, but I have trust 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:25.119 and I have confidence in who He is and I know 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:34.360 that I will see the goodness of God. If they 00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:38.079 would have said that, Jesus would have said, 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:47.159 wow. He would have woke up and took his head 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:53.019 off that pillow and just went, wow. You're the 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:59.059 first faith I've seen from the people of Israel. 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:05.199 Because he said it to another guy. He said, wow, 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:09.639 I have never seen faith like this, not even among 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:15.519 the people of Israel. Because he just said, I'm 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.159 a man under authority. I tell my guys to go somewhere 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:24.920 and they go. Jesus, just speak the word and I 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:27.440 know my servant will be healed. Just speak the 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.539 word. You don't have to come to my house. You 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.059 don't even have to see him. All you've got to 00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:33.380 do is speak the word, because I understand the 00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:36.679 authority of your word, and I know it will happen. 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:44.460 And Jesus went, whap! And if those disciples 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:48.619 in the boat said, Storm, you're not going to 00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:50.880 frighten me. I'm not going to be overcome with 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:54.599 fear. No, not me, because my God is Yahweh Shalom. 00:37:54.739 --> 00:38:00.260 Hey, they already knew that name. They just didn't 00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:05.360 have trust or confidence in that name. Faith 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:10.739 speaks peace to the storm. Faith speaks life. 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:18.940 Fear questions God. Fear speaks death. Are we 00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.780 going to respond in faith? Are we going to respond 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:24.139 in fear? Let me tell you something. Peace is 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:26.969 a good measure. And I will go ahead and throw 00:38:26.969 --> 00:38:31.150 this in. Joy is a good measure that you are responding 00:38:31.150 --> 00:38:42.829 in faith. I'm just letting it sit there a minute. 00:38:47.170 --> 00:38:53.150 Fear is responding with words and actions of 00:38:53.150 --> 00:39:01.820 panic, worry, That's why Jesus said to worry 00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:07.320 is a sin. Because when you do that, you don't 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:11.980 have trust or confidence in God. This is hard 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:15.639 preaching. But this is who God is. And the good 00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:17.780 news is, this is who He wants to be for you. 00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:23.059 Today. Tomorrow. The rest of your life. For all 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:25.909 of eternity. This is who He is. This is what 00:39:25.909 --> 00:39:30.489 He wants to do. Will you receive that He is, 00:39:30.550 --> 00:39:34.389 I am peace? Will you receive that by faith and 00:39:34.389 --> 00:39:36.769 take hold of it and claim it and stand on it 00:39:36.769 --> 00:39:46.949 in faith? I can't do that for you. You have to 00:39:46.949 --> 00:39:51.329 do it for yourself. Here's what Jesus said, John 00:39:51.329 --> 00:39:57.699 14, 27. I'm leaving you with a gift. Remember, 00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:00.159 if we've seen the Father, we've seen Jesus. And 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:02.699 if we've seen Jesus, we've seen the Father. And 00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:05.699 Jesus said, I'm leaving you with a gift. Peace 00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:13.699 of mind and heart. This is the New Testament. 00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:23.260 Peace, prosperity, to set it one or one. Has 00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:26.280 anybody ever got in a loop? Has anybody ever 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:29.699 got locked up in a panic loop or a worry loop 00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:32.360 or a fear loop? Do you know what I'm talking 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:34.579 about? Just over and over. You're just like, 00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:36.840 oh my, what am I going to do? What am I going 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.199 to do now? Is this going to work out? I don't 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:44.739 know if it's going to work out or not. That's 00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:54.329 the opposite of one. When your mind is just scattered 00:40:54.329 --> 00:40:57.050 and running in a hundred different directions 00:40:57.050 --> 00:41:00.550 in panic and fear and worry, that's the opposite 00:41:00.550 --> 00:41:08.789 of one. Jesus said, He's leaving you the peace 00:41:08.789 --> 00:41:12.670 of God, peace for your mind, peace for your heart, 00:41:12.789 --> 00:41:15.650 and listen to what He says, and the peace I give 00:41:15.650 --> 00:41:21.880 is a gift the world cannot give. And then what 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:28.940 does he say? So try real hard not to be... Does 00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:32.420 it say try real hard? Try real hard. You know, 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:35.860 I just hope that every once in a while, you know, 00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:44.199 you're not troubled or afraid. Is that what he 00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:47.260 says? Just try real hard. You know, try. Just 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:50.320 try. I know you can't really do it, but just 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:56.420 try real hard. That's not what he says. He says 00:41:56.420 --> 00:42:03.500 don't. Is that what he says? I mean, I'm just 00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.960 reading a Bible verse here. I'm throwing in a 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:06.320 little commentary, but I'm just reading a Bible 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:10.480 verse. He's saying, look, if you've got a hold 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:15.500 by faith of Yahweh's shalom and the peace that 00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:20.010 I give you, See, the world, see, we just grew 00:42:20.010 --> 00:42:23.530 up thinking that the only peace we can have is 00:42:23.530 --> 00:42:28.010 the peace that the world offers, which depends 00:42:28.010 --> 00:42:35.030 on no problems, no pressure, no struggles, no 00:42:35.030 --> 00:42:40.949 storms. When everything's smooth sailing, I have 00:42:40.949 --> 00:42:45.489 so much peace right now. I have so much peace. 00:42:50.449 --> 00:42:53.030 A pipsquack bird can have peace if that's going 00:42:53.030 --> 00:42:58.409 on. I call those sand grains pipsquacks. Never 00:42:58.409 --> 00:43:03.590 mind. Was that on Tom and Jerry, the pipsquack 00:43:03.590 --> 00:43:06.530 bird? Look it up. Google it. Look at it on YouTube. 00:43:06.650 --> 00:43:15.469 Anyway, not right now. After church. You know, 00:43:15.510 --> 00:43:19.030 Jesus said we're going to face pressure and trouble. 00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:22.519 And he's saying, look, I'm giving you the peace 00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:25.940 of God that surpasses understanding to guard 00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:29.239 your heart and guard your mind so there's never 00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:33.260 ever any reason for you to be troubled or afraid 00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:43.320 if you will take hold of my peace. That's what 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:51.340 he says. And how many of us? Oh God, give me 00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:58.039 peace. Please, please, please. Please give me 00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:00.239 peace. God, I need peace. I just don't have peace 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:11.179 and I need peace. God, please. Here's what God 00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:17.179 wants to tell you today. That's who I am. And 00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:20.449 that's what I've given you. I can't give you 00:44:20.449 --> 00:44:23.909 any more than I've already given you. I've given 00:44:23.909 --> 00:44:27.010 you more than you will ever need. I've made it 00:44:27.010 --> 00:44:31.030 available to you. The problem is not that I'm 00:44:31.030 --> 00:44:35.489 holding peace back from you. The problem is you're 00:44:35.489 --> 00:44:40.409 not receiving the peace that I am for you. Hallelujah. 00:44:42.369 --> 00:44:47.650 So let's take hold. Who's wanting to take hold? 00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:54.199 Nobody. Who's willing to take hold? Who believes 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:57.820 you can take hold? I'm going to keep going until 00:44:57.820 --> 00:45:01.260 everybody raises their hand. I want you to believe 00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:03.539 that you can take hold of the peace of God. Who 00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:07.039 He is. This is what He wants to do for you. He 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:13.139 is Yahweh Shalom. Never again. Everybody say 00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:17.780 this. Never again will I be troubled or afraid. 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:21.719 Because I have the peace of God. Jesus gave it 00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:25.539 to me. I'm holding on to it. It's who God is. 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:28.980 It's who He wants to be for me. And I take hold 00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:35.280 of it. And it's easy for us to cheer at church. 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:38.880 But you might be alone tomorrow when a problem 00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:44.860 comes your way. You've got to hold on yourself. 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:54.050 You've got to hold on. Because if you know God's 00:45:54.050 --> 00:46:00.829 name, you should put your trust and confidence 00:46:00.829 --> 00:46:06.849 in Him. If you know who He is. And you should 00:46:06.849 --> 00:46:12.449 be confident that He's not going to forsake you. 00:46:13.550 --> 00:46:16.929 He's not going to turn His back on you when you 00:46:16.929 --> 00:46:24.500 seek Him. Look to the person beside you and say, 00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:31.559 you can have it. If you put your total trust 00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:36.119 and complete confidence in Yahweh Shalom, He 00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:46.940 will be your peace. He will be your peace. Because 00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:50.519 that's who He is. And that's what He wants to 00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:56.400 do for you. Don't leave out of here and forget 00:46:56.400 --> 00:47:04.019 this. Don't leave out of here and forget it. 00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:11.219 When that storm comes your way, don't forget 00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:15.059 it. When that pressure comes your way, don't 00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:24.340 forget it. Hold on. Hold on. Let's pray together. 00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:26.800 God, thank you for your truth. Thank you for 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:32.260 your word. Thank you for who you are. You are 00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:43.139 my peace. I can stand in your peace. Be confident 00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:46.800 in your peace. Because you care about me. You 00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.840 care about my well -being. You care about what 00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:55.039 I'm going through. So I rest in you. I put my 00:47:55.039 --> 00:48:02.360 confidence in you. Because now I know who you 00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:08.699 are. In Jesus' name, amen.