AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>DOES THE LORD WANT TO
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COMMUNICATE WITH HIS PEOPLE?
TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD, WE
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REALLY NEED TO BE
EMPTIED AND SURRENDERED.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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>>HELLO CLASS.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK.
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WE'RE GOING TO TALK AGAIN
ABOUT OUR STUDY DEALING WITH THE
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SCIENCE OF SALVATION.
WE'RE CALLING THIS 'FORMULA FOR
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FAITH' AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
JUST THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS
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AND STEPS IN BEING A CHRISTIAN
AND WE'VE BEEN USING THE
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CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH
AS AN OUTLINE OR SOMETHING OF A
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TEMPLATE TO BETTER DISCOVER WHAT
ARE THOSE STEPS OF SALVATION AND
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WE FOUND OUT - WHAT'S THE
FIRST STEP? WE SEE GOD AND THEN,
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BY CONTRAST, STEP 2
IS? WE SEE OURSELVES.
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AND THEN, AFTER THAT THERE'S
REPENTANCE, THERE'S CONFESSION,
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THERE'S FAITH AND BELIEVING AND
THEN WE'RE GOING ON TO THE LAST
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COUPLE OF STEPS WHICH ARE -
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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HEARING GOD AND THEN OUR FINAL
STEP WILL BE GOING FOR GOD.
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NOW, I'VE GOT TO
BE VERY CLEAR HERE.
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DOES GOD HEAR EVERY
PRAYER THAT'S EVER PRAYED?
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LET ME RESTATE THAT:
DOES GOD KNOW EVERYTHING?
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SO IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT HE MISSES?
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GO OUT TO
EAT WITH PEOPLE NOW AND AS YOU
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GET A LITTLE OLDER, PART OF
YOUR HEARING STARTS TO GO AND IT
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BEGINS WITH HEARING PEOPLE'S
VOICES WHEN THERE'S BACKGROUND
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NOISE. AND I HAVE
TO KEEP SAYING, 'WHAT?
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WHAT WAS THAT?'
BECAUSE WITH THIS BACKGROUND
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NOISE IT'S HARD
TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE.
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AND GOD HEARS EVERY PRAYER, BUT
THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY THAT GOD
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DOES NOT HEAR AND WE DON'T
HEAR HIM IF THERE'S A LOT OF
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BACKGROUND NOISE. HE'LL
ALWAYS HEAR EVERY PRAYER
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FOR REPENTANCE -
GOD HEARS THAT PRAYER.
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BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS:
'ARE WE HEARING GOD SPEAK TO US?
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DO WE HEAR THE
VOICE OF THE LORD?'
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NOW GOD SPEAKS
TO US SEVERAL WAYS.
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WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US?
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THROUGH HIS WORD.
IT'S THE MOST DEPENDABLE.
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IT'S - EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU
THINK MIGHT BE THE VOICE OF GOD
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MUST BE MEASURED BY WHAT WE
KNOW TO BE THE VOICE OF GOD.
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THE ULTIMATE VOICE OF
GOD IS WHEN HE GAVE THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS AND HE SPOKE
IT WITH HIS OWN VOICE IN THE
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HEARING OF A NATION. BUT GOD
SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD.
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GOD MAY SPEAK TO US THROUGH THE
IMPRESSIONS OF THE SPIRIT, BUT
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THAT MUST ALWAYS
LINE UP WITH HIS WORD.
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AND SOMETIMES THERE'S
THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE THE
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IMPRESSIONS OF THE SPIRIT - WE
CAN CONFUSE OUR OWN FEELINGS AND
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ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR
THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE SPIRIT.
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GOD SPEAKS TO US
THROUGH CHRISTIAN COUNSEL.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, 'IN THE
MULTITUDE OF COUNSEL THERE IS
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SAFETY. GOD
SPEAKS TO US, SOMETIMES,
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THROUGH NATURE AND
THE THINGS THAT HE'S MADE.
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IT SAYS, 'THE HEAVENS DECLARE
THE GLORY OF GOD.' SO YOU CAN
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SEE SOMETHING ABOUT GOD THROUGH
THE THINGS THAT HE'S MADE.
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YOU KNOW JESUS SAID, 'IF
YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE
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FATHER.' AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN
SEE GOD BY WHAT HE MADE, EVEN
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THOUGH THINGS HAVE
BEEN TAINTED BY SIN.
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AND WE CAN SEE GOD
THROUGH PROVIDENCE.
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS AND YOU SAY, 'WOW,
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THAT WAS A GOD THING.' HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN A PRAYER ANSWERED OR A
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MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED AND YOU
SAY, 'WOW, THAT HAD TO BE THE
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LORD.' AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
A LOT OF EXAMPLES WE CAN ALL
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THINK OF - OF STORIES WE COULD
SAY, 'GOD SPOKE TO ME THROUGH
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CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT,
IN REALITY, MOST OF THE
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TIME, MOST OF THE WORLD
IS NOT LISTENING TO GOD.
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THEY DON'T HEAR
THE VOICE OF GOD.
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TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD WE
REALLY NEED TO BE EMPTIED AND
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SURRENDERED. ONE OF
THE PRINCIPLE THINGS THE
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DEVIL IS DOING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN
BONDAGE IS HE'S JUST DISTRACTING
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THEM. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS SIN.
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YOU CAN BE DISTRACTED
WITH TOO MANY GOOD THINGS.
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THERE CAN BE A LOT
OF BACKGROUND NOISE.
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THERE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL
PHONE COMMERCIAL A FEW YEARS AGO
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- SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - ONE WAS
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'GOT MILK?' HOW MANY
HERE HAVE NOT HEARD OF
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THE 'GOT MILK?' CAMPAIGN?
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AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF SPIN
OFFS OF THAT - THEY SAY, YOU
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KNOW, DO YOU 'GOT
LOVE?' DO YOU 'GOT THIS?'
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DO YOU 'GOT THAT?' I SAW
A 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK THAT
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SAID, 'GOD MUD?' AND SO
IT JUST SAYS EVERYTHING.
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BUT ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT
WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN.
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OH, I JUST
THOUGHT OF ANOTHER ONE.
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ANY OF YOU OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER 'WHERE'S THE BEEF?'
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THAT CAMPAIGN - LITTLE OLD LADY?
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ONE OF THE OTHER ONES WAS
THE VERIZON PHONE COMMERCIAL
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'CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?' CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
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SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO
KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE
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VOICE OF THE LORD AND SOMETIMES
YOU'VE GOT TO JUST 'BE STILL AND
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KNOW THAT I AM GOD.' IT SAYS
HERE IN REVELATION CHAPTER 3,
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VERSE 22, ONE OF THE - LAST
BOOK OF THE BIBLE - ONE OF THE
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IMPORTANT MESSAGES, "HE THAT HAS
AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE
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SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES."
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NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
CHURCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A
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BUILDING OR ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE?
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IT'S PEOPLE, RIGHT?
JESUS IS APPEALING, HE'S SAYING
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'HE THAT HAS AN EAR'.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT?
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SOME PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY
LISTENING FOR THE VOICE OF GOD.
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DO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
LEARN, IF YOU'VE GOT HALF OF AN
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EAR FOR MUSIC, YOU
CAN IMPROVE YOUR TONE.
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YOU CAN GET WHERE YOU CAN TUNE A
GUITAR AND YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO,
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BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE
TRAINING TO TUNE YOUR EAR.
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YOU CAN TUNE
YOUR SPIRITUAL EARS.
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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHEN YOU
READ THE BIBLE - ABRAHAM HEARS
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THIS VOICE AND IT SAYS,
'ABRAHAM, TAKE YOUR SON, YOUR
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ONLY SON WHO YOU LOVE, BRING HIM
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH AND
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OFFER HIM THERE AS A BURNT
OFFERING UNTO ME.' AND THE BIBLE
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SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT KILL
AND THAT SHOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE
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YOUR CHILDREN. SO HOW
DID ABRAHAM KNOW THAT WAS
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THE VOICE OF GOD? HAVE
YOU EVER WONDERED THAT?
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HE HAD TUNED HIS EAR TO
LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF HIS
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HEAVENLY FATHER FOR YEARS.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY
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DISCERN 'IS THIS SOME STRANGE
BACKGROUND NOISE THAT THE
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DEVIL'S GIVING ME OR
IS THIS THE VOICE OF GOD?'
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THERE WAS A LITTLE CHILD THAT
WAS BROUGHT TO THE DOCTOR AND
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THEY SAID, 'WE THINK OUR CHILD
HAS LOST HIS HEARING.' JUST, YOU
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KNOW, A LITTLE TWO-YEAR-OLD.
AND THE DOCTOR, ON EXAMINATION,
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FOUND THAT, EVIDENTLY, ONCE
AT DINNER THE CHILD HAD TAKEN
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BLACK-EYED PEAS AND
STUFFED THEM IN HIS EARS.
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NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH HIS
HEARING - HE'D JUST STUCK SOME
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PEAS IN HIS EARS AND
SOME OF US HAVE DONE THAT.
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WE SORT OF PLUG OUR EARS BECAUSE
WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT GOD'S
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GOING TO SAY BECAUSE
WE'RE AFRAID OF CONVICTION.
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NOW, YOU MIGHT NOT WALK AROUND
WITH YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS,
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BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T STUDY
THE WORD AS WE SHOULD BECAUSE
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WE FIND IT CONVICTING. WE
DON'T PRAY AS WE SHOULD OR
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CONFESS OUR SINS AS WE SHOULD
BECAUSE WE FIND IT CONVICTING.
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AND GOD WILL NOT FORCE US.
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HE MIGHT
MAKE A HORSEFLY LAND ON YOUR
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NOSE TO TRY AND
GET YOUR ATTENTION.
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OR HE MIGHT SEND A STORM LIKE HE
DID WITH JONAH, BUT MOST OF THE
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TIME GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU IN A
STILL, SMALL VOICE AND YOU NEED
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TO BE WILLING TO
LISTEN - WILLING TO HEAR.
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IT SAYS HERE, 'WHY DO
YOU NOT UNDERSTAND MY SPEECH?
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BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
ABLE TO LISTEN TO MY WORD.'
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SOMETIMES IT MEANS WE NEED
TO HAVE A HEART THATS OPEN AND
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REALLY WANT TO
HEAR WHAT GOD SAYS.
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEARCH FOR HIM,
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'LL FIND HIM.
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
SEARCH WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
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YOU NEED TO BE WILLING TO HEAR.
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NOW, WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE WILLING TO HEAR?
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IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST BE IN THE
ROOM WHEN HE'S TALKING, IT MEANS
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WHEN GOD SAYS 'HEAR MY VOICE'
- HEARING, IS IT JUST AUDITORY
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WITH GOD OR IS IT BEING WILLING
TO DO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING?
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A PARENT SAYS TO THEIR CHILD,
'GET OUT OF THE STREET, A CAR'S
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COMING.' THE CHILD SAYS, 'I HEAR
YOU' BUT THEY STAY THERE, ARE
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THEY REALLY HEARING THEM?
NOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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THE SUBJECT OF LISTENING FOR THE
VOICE OF GOD, WHY DON'T WE PAUSE
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AND TAKE A LITTLE DETOUR?
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT
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WHAT THE WILL OF
GOD IS FOR YOUR LIFE?
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LET'S ASSUME THAT YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH THE STEPS OF ISAIAH.
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YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
THE STEPS OF SALVATION.
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YOU UNDERSTAND THE BASICS AND
THE FORMULA FOR FAITH, YOU'VE
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HEARD - YOU'VE SEEN GOD, YOU'VE
SEEN YOURSELF, YOU'VE REPENTED,
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YOU'VE CONFESSED, YOU'VE
RECEIVED THE CLEANSING, YOU'RE
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HEARING GOD, YOU'RE WILLING
TO GO FOR GOD, AND THEN YOU SAY,
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'GO WHERE? LORD, WHAT
IS YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE?
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I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR WILL
IS FOR ME.' WELL, THERE ARE A
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NUMBER OF WAYS YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF GOD.
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LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ASPECTS TO UNDERSTAND
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'WHAT IS IT THAT
GOD WANTS ME TO DO?'
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FIRST OF ALL,
DO YOU FLIP A COIN?
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YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
SOMETIMES THERE'S A CASE WHERE
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YOU CAST A FLEECE
BEFORE THE LORD, LIKE GIDEON.
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YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE TIMES
YOU PRAY FOR PROVIDENCE - I
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DON'T RECOMMEND YOU
CAST LOTS AND FLIP A COIN.
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I'VE HEARD STORIES WHERE PEOPLE
WERE JUST PRAYING AND PRAYING
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ABOUT DECISIONS - THEY OPEN
THEIR BIBLE AND THE FIRST VERSE
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THEIR EYES FELL UPON IT GUIDED
THEM IN WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED
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TO DO. GOD CAN USE THESE
METHODS - I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.
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I THINK THAT'S SORT
OF LIKE A LAST RESORT.
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YES, I KNOW THAT THE APOSTLES
SOMETIMES CAST LOTS, BUT THEY
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DID IT UNDER THE
INSPIRATION OF THE SPIRIT.
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YOU MIGHT SAY, 'LORD,
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?'
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AND YOU COULD FLIP OPEN YOUR
BIBLE AND IT'LL TELL YOU, LIKE
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JUDAS, TO GO HANG YOURSELF.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOD'S
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PLAN. SO BE VERY CAREFUL.
THAT REMINDS ME OF A LADY THAT
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WAS - SHE USED TO
SELL THREAD IN SCOTLAND.
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WHENEVER SHE CAME TO A FORK
IN THE ROAD - THEY HAD NO SIGNS
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BACK THEN - SHE WOULD TAKE A
STICK AND SHE'D THROW IT IN THE
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AIR AND IT WOULD LAND AND
WHATEVER DIRECTION THE STICK
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POINTED SHE WOULD GO.
AND ONE MAN OBSERVED FROM HIS
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YARD ONE DAY - SHE WAS AT A FORK
IN THE ROAD - SHE KEPT THROWING
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THE STICK IN THE AIR AND IT
WOULD LAND AND SHE'D PICK IT UP
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AND SHE'D THROW IT AGAIN
AND IT WOULD LAND AND HE SAID,
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'MA'AM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?'
SHE SAID, 'WELL, I THROW THIS
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STICK IN THE AIR AND WHICHEVER
WAY IT LANDS IT TELLS ME WHICH
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WAY TO GO AND I HAD TO KEEP
THROWING IT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE
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IT POINTED DOWN THE ROAD I
WANTED TO GO DOWN BECAUSE THAT
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OTHER ROAD LOOKS PRETTY ROUGH.'
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE
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SAY, 'FLIP A COIN' BUT WHAT
IF IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT YOU WANT?
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'FLIP IT AGAIN.' YOU KNOW,
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN
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YOU THROW OUT THOSE
FLEECES LIKE GIDEON.
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SO THAT'S NOT THE BEST
WAY TO FIND GOD'S WILL.
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SOMETIMES GOD MIGHT SPEAK
THROUGH DREAMS AND VISIONS.
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THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT'S
EASY TO CONFUSE WHAT VISIONS AND
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DREAMS ARE FROM GOD AND
WHAT VISIONS AND DREAMS ARE FROM
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EATING TOO MUCH TOO
LATE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
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YOU CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF
THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE DREAMS AND
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VISIONS AND SO THAT'S
NOT THE SAFEST METHOD EITHER.
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I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH WHAT
I THINK IS THE MOST TRUSTWORTHY
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WAY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AND
TO HEAR THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR
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LIFE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
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BE FULLY SURRENDERED AND
WILLING TO DO WHATEVER HE SAYS.
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IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY
SURRENDERED AND SAY, 'LORD, I
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AM WILLING TO DO YOUR WILL.'
AND GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND YOU
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SAY, 'SPEAK LORD,
YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING.
00:11:50.17\00:11:53.17
WHATEVER YOU WANT
ME TO DO I WILL DO IT.'
00:11:53.21\00:11:55.41
AND YOU REALLY MEAN
THAT. AND IN YOUR HEART, YOU'RE
00:11:55.44\00:11:58.78
SAYING, 'I'M WILLING TO GO
WHEREVER YOU WANT ME TO GO AND
00:11:58.81\00:12:01.25
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO.'
IF THAT'S REALLY YOUR ATTITUDE
00:12:01.28\00:12:04.72
THEN GOD BECOMES RESPONSIBLE
TO REVEAL HIS WILL TO YOU.
00:12:04.75\00:12:10.96
SO NUMBER 1 IS HAVING A
WILLING HEART TO DO GOD'S WILL.
00:12:10.99\00:12:14.60
NUMBER 2 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
ALREADY - IS CONSULT THE WORD OF
00:12:14.63\00:12:17.47
GOD. NOW DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR
00:12:17.50\00:12:19.70
SITUATION IS, THERE'S DIFFERENT
PLACES IN THE WORD YOU MIGHT GO.
00:12:19.73\00:12:24.24
FOR INSTANCE, BASIC WILL OF
GOD IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:12:24.27\00:12:29.14
THE BIBLE TELLS US IN PSALM 40,
'YEA, I LOVE TO DO YOUR WILL.
00:12:29.18\00:12:33.98
YOUR LAW IS IN MY HEART.'
SO THE LAW OF GOD IS THE BEST
00:12:34.02\00:12:38.65
EXPRESSION OR SIMPLEST
EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF GOD.
00:12:38.69\00:12:41.79
IT'S HIS WILL THAT YOU DO
NOT LIE, THAT YOU DO NOT KILL -
00:12:41.82\00:12:46.49
BASICALLY, YOU LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR, YOU LOVE THE LORD WITH
00:12:46.53\00:12:48.60
ALL YOUR HEART. AND SO,
THE WORD OF GOD IS GOING
00:12:48.63\00:12:51.07
TO GIVE YOU THE BEST GUIDANCE.
PSALM 119, VERSE 105, "YOUR WORD
00:12:51.10\00:12:55.80
IS A LAMP TO MY FEET
AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH."
00:12:55.84\00:12:58.64
AND PROVERBS 14:12, "THERE IS A
WAY WHICH SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN,
00:12:58.67\00:13:03.65
BUT ITS END IS
THE WAY OF DEATH."
00:13:03.68\00:13:05.58
SO GOING BY YOUR FEELINGS
IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAFEST THING.
00:13:05.61\00:13:09.35
OR GOING BY POPULAR
OPINION - NOT THE SAFEST THING.
00:13:09.38\00:13:15.19
GOD REVEALS HIS WILL TO THOSE
THAT ARE FAITHFUL SO WE WANT TO
00:13:15.22\00:13:20.50
WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE HE'S IN
THE LIGHT. JOHN 12, VERSE 35 -
00:13:20.53\00:13:24.20
JESUS SAID, "A LITTLE WHILE
LONGER THE LIGHT IS WITH YOU.
00:13:24.23\00:13:26.90
WALK WHILE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT,
LEST DARKNESS OVERTAKE YOU;"
00:13:26.94\00:13:30.41
IN OTHER WORDS, BE FAITHFUL
IN FOLLOWING WHAT YOU DO KNOW.
00:13:30.44\00:13:35.38
SOME PEOPLE WILL BE SAYING,
'LORD, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT
00:13:35.41\00:13:37.31
SPEAKING TO ME ANYMORE? HOW
COME I DON'T HEAR YOUR VOICE
00:13:37.35\00:13:39.88
ANYMORE? YOU KNOW,
THE VOLUME CAN GO DOWN
00:13:39.91\00:13:43.22
IF WE'RE NOT
LISTENING TO WHAT HE IS SAYING.
00:13:43.25\00:13:45.85
THE BIBLE SAYS THE LORD CALLS TO
US AND WE HEAR HIM AND THERE'S
00:13:45.89\00:13:49.59
USUALLY GREAT CONVICTION BUT
IF WE'RE NOT RESPONDING TO THAT
00:13:49.62\00:13:52.29
CALL, THE NEXT TIME HE CALLS
WE'VE GOT LIKE A CALLOUS ON OUR
00:13:52.33\00:13:56.06
EAR AND IT GETS FAINTER
AND IT GETS FAINTER OVER TIME.
00:13:56.10\00:14:00.54
IF YOU WANT THE VOLUME TO GO UP.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO
00:14:00.57\00:14:03.74
WHAT GOD DOES SAY,
HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
00:14:03.77\00:14:07.11
ANOTHER ONE IS
OBTAIN CHRISTIAN COUNSEL.
00:14:07.14\00:14:10.21
PROVERBS 11:14, "WHERE THERE IS
NO COUNSEL, THE PEOPLE FALL, BUT
00:14:10.25\00:14:14.92
IN THE MULTITUDE OF
COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY."
00:14:14.95\00:14:19.05
AND THEN I CAN ALSO READ 1
CORINTHIANS 15:33, "DO NOT BE
00:14:19.09\00:14:22.26
DECEIVED: 'EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS
GOOD HABITS.'" GODLY FRIENDS CAN
00:14:22.29\00:14:27.56
HELP YOU TAKE AN
INVENTORY OF YOUR LIFE.
00:14:27.60\00:14:29.86
YOU HAVE GODLY FRIENDS THAT
KNOW YOU, THEY'LL ALSO BETTER
00:14:29.90\00:14:33.03
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SPIRITUAL
GIFTS ARE AND WHAT THEY AREN'T.
00:14:33.07\00:14:37.71
AND IF YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS,
'YOU KNOW, I'M PRAYING ABOUT -
00:14:37.74\00:14:40.24
I'M THINKING OF QUITTING MY
JOB AND GOING ON THE ROAD AND
00:14:40.28\00:14:42.58
BEGINNING A MUSIC MINISTRY.'
AND YOUR FRIENDS MIGHT SAY,
00:14:42.61\00:14:47.12
'BROTHER/SISTER, YOU
CAN'T SING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.'
00:14:47.15\00:14:51.52
'WELL, I SING ALL THE TIME.
I THOUGHT I HAD A GREAT VOICE.'
00:14:51.55\00:14:54.39
YOU MIGHT - THAT'S,
AGAIN, A ROUGH ILLUSTRATION, BUT
00:14:54.42\00:14:57.26
SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE
HONEST WITH YOU AND THEY'LL SAY,
00:14:57.29\00:15:00.70
'DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB.' SO
CONSULT YOUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS
00:15:00.73\00:15:05.37
AND BE WILLING TO LISTEN AND ASK
THEM TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND
00:15:05.40\00:15:08.70
SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I'M PRAYING
ABOUT GOD'S WILL FOR MY LIFE.
00:15:08.74\00:15:10.74
I'VE GOT THESE TWO
OPPORTUNITIES' - AND SOMETIMES
00:15:10.77\00:15:12.77
YOU NEED TO JUST GET, LIKE
I SAID, GODLY COUNSEL IS VERY
00:15:12.81\00:15:17.08
IMPORTANT IN
UNDERSTANDING THE WILL OF GOD.
00:15:17.11\00:15:20.52
SOME OTHER THINGS:
OBSERVE PROVIDENCE.
00:15:20.55\00:15:25.02
LOOK FOR THINGS WHERE GOD
MIGHT BE GUIDING YOU THROUGH
00:15:25.05\00:15:28.32
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THE
BIBLE, FOR INSTANCE, RUTH
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AND NAOMI COME BACK
DESTITUTE FROM THE LAND OF MOAB.
00:15:32.49\00:15:35.86
THEY HAVE NOTHING AND THEY ARE
JUST PROBABLY LIVING IN A HOVEL.
00:15:35.90\00:15:39.70
THEY'VE LOST THEIR
LAND. THEY'VE LOST EVERYTHING.
00:15:39.73\00:15:41.27
IT'S HARVEST TIME AND
SO THEY'RE PRAYING ABOUT,
00:15:41.30\00:15:43.00
'LORD, NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
00:15:43.04\00:15:44.51
WE'RE BACK IN THE PROMISED LAND
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
00:15:44.54\00:15:46.81
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEGIN.
HOW DO WE REBUILD OUR LIVES?
00:15:46.84\00:15:50.11
TWO WIDOWS, NO CHILDREN,
NO SPOUSE.' AND ISN'T IT
00:15:50.15\00:15:55.55
INTERESTING THAT RUTH GOES
OUT TO GLEAN THE FIELDS AND SHE
00:15:55.58\00:15:59.35
COMES HOME AND SAYS, 'I GLEANED
IN THE FIELD OF A GUY NAMED BOAZ
00:15:59.39\00:16:02.69
TODAY.' AND NAOMI
SAYS, 'YOU'RE KIDDING!
00:16:02.72\00:16:05.26
OF ALL THE PLACES YOU COULD HAVE
BEEN, HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS THE
00:16:05.29\00:16:08.96
ABILITY TO REDEEM US.' AND, OF
COURSE, IT ENDS UP THEY FALL IN
00:16:09.00\00:16:13.07
LOVE AND GET MARRIED AND JESUS
COMES THROUGH THE LINE OF RUTH.
00:16:13.10\00:16:16.64
WAS IT AN ACCIDENT THAT SHE
WANDERED INTO THE FIELD OF BOAZ
00:16:16.67\00:16:19.21
THAT DAY TO GLEAN?
SO THEY SAW THAT AS
00:16:19.24\00:16:23.08
PROVIDENTIAL. AND
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF EXAMPLES
00:16:23.11\00:16:25.81
IN THE BIBLE WHERE GOD
PROVIDENTIALLY ARRANGES THINGS.
00:16:25.85\00:16:29.85
ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT
GOD OFTEN WANTS FROM YOU WHEN
00:16:29.88\00:16:32.72
YOU'RE LISTENING TO HIS VOICE
AND WANTING TO KNOW HIS WILL:
00:16:32.75\00:16:36.19
PATIENCE,
PATIENCE. WAIT ON THE LORD.
00:16:36.22\00:16:41.10
HE MAY NOT ALWAYS TELL YOU RIGHT
AWAY. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED,
00:16:41.13\00:16:44.03
IN THE BIBLE, SOMETIMES THE LORD
WAITS TIL THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE
00:16:44.07\00:16:48.57
HE TELLS YOU EXACTLY
WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO?
00:16:48.60\00:16:51.57
AND I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO
ME WHEN I'M PREACHING A SERMON.
00:16:51.61\00:16:54.11
I'M PRAYING ABOUT WHAT TO SAY
AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS, BUT
00:16:54.14\00:16:57.41
I'M SOMETIMES PRAYING ABOUT WHAT
TO SAY WITHIN MINUTES OF WALKING
00:16:57.45\00:17:00.38
TO THE PULPIT AND I
HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT TO SAY.
00:17:00.42\00:17:04.55
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN I'VE NOT
BEEN STUDYING - I STUDY ALL THE
00:17:04.59\00:17:07.26
TIME, BUT YOU LOOK AT A GROUP,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED,
00:17:07.29\00:17:10.96
GOD PUTS SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART
AND YOU JUST - OR AT THE LAST
00:17:10.99\00:17:14.83
MINUTE GOD PUTS
SOMETHING ELSE ON YOUR HEART.
00:17:14.86\00:17:16.83
YOU HAVE YOUR NOTES AND YOU HAVE
TO THROW YOUR NOTES OUT BECAUSE
00:17:16.87\00:17:19.17
GOD IS IMPRESSING
YOU WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
00:17:19.20\00:17:21.34
SOMETIMES IT
HAPPENS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
00:17:21.37\00:17:24.04
SO PRAY, WAIT, AND BE
OPEN TO GOD'S PROVIDENCE.
00:17:24.07\00:17:30.68
HE CAN ARRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES.
HE MIGHT BRING YOU RIGHT UP TO
00:17:30.71\00:17:34.18
THE RED SEA BEFORE HE SHOWS YOU
EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO.
00:17:34.22\00:17:37.35
SOMETIMES HE'LL ONLY SHOW YOU
ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME BECAUSE
00:17:37.39\00:17:40.66
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE
WHOLE THING. AND YOU SAY,
00:17:40.69\00:17:42.56
'LORD, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?
00:17:42.59\00:17:44.86
I WANT TO HAVE A LIFE PLAN.' AND
GOD IS SAYING, 'WELL, IT'S GOOD
00:17:44.89\00:17:48.53
TO HAVE A PLAN BUT
BE OPEN TO CHANGES.
00:17:48.56\00:17:52.37
BE WILLING TO LAY YOUR PLANS AT
HIS FEET. LOOK FOR PROVIDENCE.
00:17:52.40\00:17:56.10
I ALREADY MENTIONED
THIS: PRAY ABOUT GOD'S WILL.
00:17:56.14\00:18:00.24
IT SEEMS OBVIOUS, BUT 1
JOHN 5:14, "NOW THIS IS THE
00:18:00.28\00:18:03.85
CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN
HIM, THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING
00:18:03.88\00:18:07.55
ACCORDING TO HIS
WILL, HE HEARS US.
00:18:07.58\00:18:10.42
AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US,
WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE
00:18:10.45\00:18:14.26
HAVE THE PETITIONS
THAT WE HAVE ASKED OF HIM."
00:18:14.29\00:18:16.93
I CAN READ ALSO JOHN 15:15,
"I NO LONGER CALL YOU SERVANTS,
00:18:16.96\00:18:21.43
BECAUSE A SERVANT DOES NOT
KNOW HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS.
00:18:21.46\00:18:23.93
INSTEAD, I HAVE CALLED YOU
FRIENDS, FOR EVERYTHING THAT I
00:18:23.97\00:18:26.77
LEARNED FROM MY FATHER
I HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOU."
00:18:26.80\00:18:30.14
YOU WANT TO KNOW
THE FATHER'S WILL?
00:18:30.17\00:18:31.74
WE'LL FIND IT IN THE WORD
BUT WE NEED TO PRAY AND ASK.
00:18:31.77\00:18:36.01
AND DID GOD - DOES GOD TELL
HIS FRIENDS WHAT HIS WILL IS?
00:18:36.04\00:18:41.62
I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THAT
GOD SAID TO ABRAHAM, 'SHALL I
00:18:41.65\00:18:46.05
HIDE FROM MY FRIENDS WHAT
I'M ABOUT TO DO TO SODOM AND
00:18:46.09\00:18:48.46
GOMORRAH?' AND HE TOLD HIM -
00:18:48.49\00:18:51.03
HE TOLD HIM SO HE
COULD PRAY ABOUT IT.
00:18:51.06\00:18:52.83
GOD SAID TO ELIJAH, 'LOOK AT
AHAB, HOW HE HUMBLES HIMSELF.
00:18:52.86\00:18:56.50
YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU TO PROPHESY
AGAINST HIM BUT SINCE HE'S
00:18:56.53\00:18:58.70
HUMBLING HIMSELF I'M NOT GOING
TO BRING THIS DISASTER IN HIS
00:18:58.73\00:19:01.57
LIFE.' HE DIDN'T NEED TO SHARE
THAT WITH ELIJAH, BUT BECAUSE
00:19:01.60\00:19:05.51
THEY'RE FRIENDS,
HE TALKED TO HIM.
00:19:05.54\00:19:07.78
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT.
YOU MIGHT WONDER, WHY DID YOU
00:19:07.81\00:19:10.58
SAVE THIS TOWARDS
THE END OF THE LIST?
00:19:10.61\00:19:13.15
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT
ISN'T IMPORTANT, IT'S BECAUSE IT
00:19:13.18\00:19:16.02
IS THE THING THAT IS
OFTEN THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:19:16.05\00:19:20.52
I QUOTED THIS IN
ISAIAH 30, VERSE 21,
00:19:20.56\00:19:23.06
"YOUR EARS SHALL HEAR A
WORD BEHIND YOU, SAYING,
00:19:23.09\00:19:25.49
'THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT,'
WHENEVER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT
00:19:25.53\00:19:29.33
HAND OR WHENEVER
YOU TURN TO THE LEFT."
00:19:29.36\00:19:30.77
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER READING
ONCE WHEN SOME OF THE ANCIENT
00:19:30.80\00:19:35.34
ARABS WERE CROSSING THESE VAST
EXPANSES OUT IN THE DESERT THAT
00:19:35.37\00:19:41.04
THEY COULD GET LOST AND THE SAND
STORM WOULD BLOCK THE HORIZON
00:19:41.08\00:19:44.71
AND BLOCK THE SUN AND THEY
COULDN'T TELL WHAT WAS EAST OR
00:19:44.75\00:19:46.78
WEST AND THEY HAD TO KEEP MOVING
AND THEY WOULD KEEP A HOMING
00:19:46.82\00:19:51.79
PIGEON WITH THEM AND - WITH
A LONG PIECE OF THREAD - AND
00:19:51.82\00:19:57.13
THEY'D RELEASE THIS PIGEON AND
IT WOULD CIRCLE A LITTLE BIT,
00:19:57.16\00:19:59.73
AND JUST LIKE A COMPASS NEEDLE
IT WOULD THEN START TUGGING ON
00:19:59.76\00:20:03.43
THE DIRECTION TOWARDS HOME.
AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST FEEL THIS
00:20:03.47\00:20:08.80
TUGGING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND WHEN YOU START GOING IN THE
00:20:08.84\00:20:14.68
WRONG DIRECTION
YOU DON'T FEEL PEACE.
00:20:14.71\00:20:16.71
SO YOU'LL SEE THESE
DOORS AND YOU START - YOU SAY,
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.25
'I'VE GOT TO
MAKE A DECISION, LORD.
00:20:19.28\00:20:20.48
I CAN'T STAND HER AND DO NOTHING
FOREVER.' IT'S LIKE ELIJAH SAID,
00:20:20.52\00:20:24.05
'HOW LONG DO YOU HALT
BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS?'
00:20:24.09\00:20:25.82
AT SOME POINT,
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
00:20:25.85\00:20:27.76
AND YOU'LL FIND, IF YOU START
WALKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION,
00:20:27.79\00:20:29.79
YOU LOSE PEACE. THERE'S A
FEAR. YOU JUST - IT DOESN'T FEEL
00:20:29.82\00:20:32.49
RIGHT, FOR THE LACK OF
ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT.
00:20:32.53\00:20:34.83
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE
BIBLE HAS TO BE YOUR GUIDE
00:20:34.83\00:20:37.80
BUT SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT - THE
HOLY SPIRIT DOES SPEAK TO YOU.
00:20:37.83\00:20:41.47
JOHN SAID THE
SPIRIT TEACHES YOU.
00:20:41.50\00:20:43.47
AND THEN YOU GO THIS
DIRECTION AND YOU SAY,
00:20:43.51\00:20:45.37
'AH, I JUST FEEL PEACE
- THAT THIS IS WHAT GOD'S
00:20:45.41\00:20:48.04
TELLING ME TO DO.'
SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT AS YOU
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.51
MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
THE DOORS CONTINUE TO OPEN.
00:20:50.55\00:20:53.92
AND YOU'RE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION - DOORS SEEM TO CLOSE.
00:20:53.95\00:20:58.02
AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'VE JUST GOT
TO START MOVING AND THEN YOU'LL
00:20:58.05\00:21:00.99
MAKE A CORRECTION AND SAY, 'OH
NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.' AND YOU
00:21:01.02\00:21:03.36
START GOING LIKE THIS.
YOU EVER PLAY MARCO POLO?
00:21:03.39\00:21:07.40
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT? IN THE SWIMMING POOL OR
00:21:07.46\00:21:08.66
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET
00:21:08.70\00:21:10.50
BLINDFOLDED AND THEN
YOU CALL - YOU SAY, 'MARCO!'
00:21:10.53\00:21:14.44
AND WHAT DO THEY
SAY? 'POLO' - RIGHT.
00:21:14.47\00:21:16.64
AND SO YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND
SOMEONE SO YOU COULD TAG THEM IN
00:21:16.67\00:21:18.61
THE POOL. WHAT ARE
YOU USING? ECHOLOCATION.
00:21:18.64\00:21:21.44
YOU'RE JUST USING IT - AND YOU
JUST SAY IT AGAIN - SAY IT AGAIN
00:21:21.48\00:21:24.01
- YOU KNOW? AND
YOU'RE GOING LIKE THIS.
00:21:24.05\00:21:25.75
SOMETIMES BEING A CHRISTIAN'S
KIND OF LIKE SAYING, 'LORD,
00:21:25.78\00:21:27.95
SPEAK. SPEAK. IT'S GETTING
LOUDER. IT'S GETTING LOUDER.
00:21:27.98\00:21:30.02
OH, GETTING COLD. GETTING
COLD.' AND SO I DON'T WANT TO
00:21:30.05\00:21:33.76
MAKE IT SOUND SUPERSTITIOUS,
LIKE YOU'RE WITCHING FOR WATER
00:21:33.79\00:21:37.23
OR SOMETHING BUT, QUITE FRANKLY,
SOMETIMES YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
00:21:37.26\00:21:40.63
LISTEN FOR THE SPIRIT'S VOICE
TO GUIDE YOU AND YOU'LL SEE THAT
00:21:40.66\00:21:43.63
THERE'S A PEACE AND THAT
COMES FROM BEING IN THE HABIT OF
00:21:43.67\00:21:47.24
LISTENING TO GOD ALL THE TIME.
AFTER YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING,
00:21:47.27\00:21:52.37
DO A LITTLE
ACCOUNTING: TALLY THE EVIDENCE.
00:21:52.41\00:21:56.54
TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I
JUST MENTIONED - THOSE CRITERIA
00:21:56.58\00:21:59.21
- AND SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE
COUNSELORS ARE SAYING THIS, BUT
00:21:59.25\00:22:01.82
THE PROVIDENCE IS SAYING THIS.'
AND YOU ADD IT ALL UP AND YOU
00:22:01.85\00:22:04.45
LOOK AT IT AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN
JUST DO A LITTLE - AND SAY, 'YOU
00:22:04.49\00:22:07.72
KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE
MAJORITY OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.39
INDICATORS TO KNOW GOD'S WILL
ARE POINTING THIS DIRECTION.'
00:22:10.43\00:22:14.36
WHILE ONE OR TWO MIGHT BE
POINTING THE WRONG, BUT I'M
00:22:14.36\00:22:16.30
GIVING LIKE 12 OR
14 DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
00:22:16.33\00:22:18.70
AND I SAVED THIS FOR
LAST: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
00:22:18.73\00:22:23.94
NOW, YOU MIGHT SAY, 'WELL,
I WANT TO SIN.' NO, I'M NOT
00:22:23.97\00:22:25.74
TALKING ABOUT THAT. I'M
ASSUMING YOU'RE CONVERTED.
00:22:25.77\00:22:28.11
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN IT
COMES - GOD WILL PUT A DESIRE ON
00:22:28.14\00:22:33.11
YOUR HEART FOR MISSION
WORK AND - IN A CERTAIN AREA.
00:22:33.15\00:22:38.25
YOU MIGHT HAVE
THE GIFT FOR TEACHING.
00:22:38.29\00:22:39.79
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE
GIFT FOR MEDICAL WORK.
00:22:39.82\00:22:41.42
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE GIFT - 'I
LOVE WORKING WITH MY HANDS.' 'I
00:22:41.46\00:22:44.36
WANT TO BE AN AVIATION MECHANIC
IN A FOREIGN MISSION FIELD.' AND
00:22:44.39\00:22:48.13
SO GOD'LL PLACE
SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART.
00:22:48.16\00:22:50.70
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE FULLY
SURRENDERED TO THE LORD - IT
00:22:50.73\00:22:53.13
SAYS IN PSALMS 37, 'HE WILL GIVE
YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.'
00:22:53.17\00:22:57.11
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE MAY
ACTUALLY PUT IN YOUR HEART A
00:22:57.14\00:23:00.48
DESIRE TO DO HIS WILL BECAUSE
YOU ARE SURRENDERED TO HIM.
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AND YOU'LL SAY, 'LORD, I REALLY
WANT TO DO THIS.' AND GOD SAYS,
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'YEAH, YOU GOT THAT FROM ME.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.'
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AND SO, SOMETIMES HE'S JUST
GOING TO BE PLACING THAT ON YOUR
00:23:10.69\00:23:14.06
HEART - NOW, I PUT THAT AT THE
END BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR US TO
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CONFUSE OUR
DESIRES FOR HIS WILL.
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BUT SOMETIMES YOU'LL SAY THAT
- YOU'LL DISCOVER THE VERY THING
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THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO IS THE
THING THAT HE'S PLACED ON YOUR
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HEART TO DO. I HEARD
THIS STORY YEARS AGO,
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THIS BOY LIVED ON A FARM
WITH HIS MOM AND HIS DAD AND HIS
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GRANDPA AND HE KNEW HIS GRANDPA
HAD THIS GOLDEN WATCH - A
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BEAUTIFUL WATCH THAT HE'D GOTTEN
FROM RETIRING FROM THE RAILROAD
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OR SOMETHING AND
IT WAS ON A CHAIN.
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AND HE'D PULL IT OUT AND
HE USED TO LIKE LOOKING AT IT.
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IT FLIPPED OPEN - IT HAD A
CASE AND IT HAD A LITTLE CHOO
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CHOO TRAIN IN IT THAT WENT
AROUND AND THE GRANDFATHER WOULD
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SHOW THE LITTLE BOY
THE WATCH ALL THE TIME.
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.30
AND WHILE THE GRANDPA WAS OUT
WORKING IN THE FIELD ONE DAY,
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THE BOY WENT AND STARTED
PLAYING WITH HIS WATCH AND - HE
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SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT - AND
HE TOOK IT AND CARRIED IT OUT TO
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THE BARN WITH HIM AND WANTED
TO ACT LIKE HE WAS A RAILROAD
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WORKER AND HE WAS PLAYING
AND HE PUT IT IN HIS POCKET.
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THE BOY FORGOT ABOUT
THE WATCH FOR AWHILE AND HE
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THOUGHT, 'HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF
FRESH HAY IN A PILE THEY TOSSED
00:24:15.22\00:24:17.35
DOWN FROM THE LOFT.
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I'M GOING TO JUMP - I'M GOING
TO JUMP FROM THE LOFT INTO THE
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HAY.' AND HE PLAYED FOR A LITTLE
WHILE AND WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE
00:24:23.16\00:24:24.83
AND THEN HE
REMEMBERED THE WATCH.
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.39
AND HE WENT TO TAKE
IT OUT AND IT WAS GONE.
00:24:26.43\00:24:29.53
HE HAD LOST GRANDPA'S WATCH AND
HE WAS FRANTIC AS HE THOUGHT,
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.27
'I'M GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE
IF I LOST GRANDPA'S GOLD WATCH.'
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HE WENT BACK OUT TO THE BARN AND
HE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND HE DUG
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AROUND IN THE HAY AND HE
COULDN'T FIND IT AND HE WAS JUST
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HAVING A PANIC.
HE FINALLY THOUGHT,
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.28
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A
CHRISTIAN, 'I NEED TO PRAY.'
00:24:42.31\00:24:45.91
AND HE GOT ON HIS
KNEES AND HE STARTED TO PRAY.
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HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND WHILE
HE WAS PRAYING IT BECAME VERY
00:24:48.05\00:24:50.19
QUIET AND HE HEARD, 'TICK, TICK,
TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK' AND HE
00:24:50.22\00:24:56.73
WAS ABLE TO TRACK THAT
LITTLE TICK DOWN UNTIL HE SIFTED
00:24:56.76\00:24:59.59
THROUGH THE HAY
AND HE FOUND THE WATCH.
00:24:59.63\00:25:01.66
HE COULDN'T FIND IT UNTIL HE WAS
FINALLY ABLE TO BE STILL AND THE
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