We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South
America must hear these
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Three Angles' Messages.
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These are stories
that illustrate the kind of
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fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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we are living
in an unusual hour.
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The last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shot.
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I want to share with you
something very, very powerful
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to set the pace in the
tone of tonight's presentation
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it's entitled
"To Touch a Volcano:
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A Filmmaker's
Story of Survival."
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May 18, 1980,
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the world was
stunned by the raw power
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that tore the top
off Mount St. Helens.
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I joined a film crew
attempting to capture
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the first ground level
shots of the devastation.
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Common sense told me not to go.
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The mountain could
erupt again at any moment.
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But eager for
my first big break,
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I soon found myself,
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the youngest of a
team of five, camera-ready,
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leaping from a
helicopter into a wasteland
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of flattened timbers.
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A three-hour school
soon became, a three,
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I'm sorry a three-hour shoot
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soon became a
three-day struggle for survival.
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We stumbled in hot
ash, eventually in circles,
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our compass rendered
useless by magnetism in the ash
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and our contour
maps made meaningless
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on the altered slopes.
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We were terrified
and now hopelessly lost
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when a second
eruption of Mount St. Helens
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shook the ground.
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The atmosphere was
charged with electricity,
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but it was deathly quiet.
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The blast
rocketed over our heads
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to be heard by
people 200 miles away.
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Cold, hungry and
injured, we became the story.
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Unknown to us, we
had been declared missing
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and presumed dead.
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Morale plummeted
as the possibility
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of never getting
out became a reality,
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it was then that
I called out to God
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in my desperation.
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Broken trees lay
scattered around me,
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one of them making
the shape of a cross.
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I heard an audible voice say,
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'Michael, look up to your left.'
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It scared me
because no one was near.
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Minutes later I saw the
blades of a rescue helicopter
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rise over the hill
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exactly where the
voice had told me to look.
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We were saved.
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Today, the volcano
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is an
awe-inspiring national monument.
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But for me, Mount St. Helens
is also a personal monument,
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a landmark which
graphically reminds me that
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in any of life's disasters,
the One who made the mountains,
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Jesus Christ, can be my rescuer.
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The One who moves the mountains
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offers the only
solid ground to stand on.
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Though the mountains be
shaken and the hills be removed,
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yet my unfailing love
for you will not be shaken.
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"Isaiah 54:9-10.
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I am here to tell you,
the cross saved this life.
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The cross, the
voice at the cross
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saved his life.
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Tonight, I bring
you to the wilderness.
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Take your Bible and
turn with me to Numbers 21.
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There was a voice of
hope in the wilderness.
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Wilderness, a
barren desolate place.
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Numbers 21.
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Numbers 21.
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And we're going to look there
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beginning at verses number,
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Numbers 21
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and we're
looking there at verse 4.
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All right. Numbers 21.
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If you have it, say amen.
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All right.
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Numbers 21,
looking there at verse 4.
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"Then they
journeyed from Mount Hor
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by the Way of the Red Sea,
to go around the land of Edom,
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and the soul of the
people became very discouraged."
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The word discouraged
could be rendered impatient.
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"They became just very
discouraged on the way."
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They were on their
way to a better land,
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to the Promised Land,
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the land flowing
with milk and honey,
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Canaan's land.
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They were on their way.
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They were journeying
through this wilderness
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and they became discouraged.
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"And the people
spoke against God
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and against Moses,
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'Why have you
brought us up out of Egypt
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to die in the wilderness?
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For there is no
food and no water,
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and our soul loathes
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or detest this worthless bread."
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So here you have
the children of Israel
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going around in circles.
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As a matter of fact they
were literally backtracking.
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They were retracing their steps
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and they became very discouraged
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because it seemed
from all appearances
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that they were
making no progress.
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They were
frustrated and they vented it.
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All they could imagine is
that we are going nowhere fast.
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This is meaningless.
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We were better off in Egypt.
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Their mind raced wildly.
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They were in the
throes of discouragement.
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I mean, they were upset.
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And they took it
out on God and Moses
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as they were
retracing their steps.
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Are we on the way
to the Promised Land?
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Are we on the
way to a better land?
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And does it seem that
going around in circles?
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How many were
raised with the message
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that Jesus is coming very soon?
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How many were born who
were hearing that message
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or still hearing?
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Would you agree, it seems
as though there's been a delay?
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I ask you this question.
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Don't you think
that Jesus wanted to come
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perhaps a long time ago?
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But His people are
going around in circles
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when the Lord wants them to go
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right into the
Promised Land that was promised.
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And so, I want you to
notice that on their way
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they became discouraged
because they were not making
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any physical progress
or spiritual progress.
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It's easy to be discouraged,
it really comes by default.
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Discouragement is very easy
to lapse into, to succumb to.
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This world is
full of negativity,
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pessimism, skepticism.
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Would you agree, people
are not becoming more positive,
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more negative?
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They're not becoming
more upbeat but downbeat.
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I'm here to tell you that
it's infiltrated and invaded
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the very
consciousness of the church.
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We've become discouraged.
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We may not
verbalize it in that way
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but by our conduct and
our lack of getting together
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with our brothers
and sisters in praying
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and talk about Jesus,
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instead we are
gravitating to the world.
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And it seems the
rumor mill is more popular
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than talking about Jesus.
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Certainly we have become
discouraged along the way.
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And when you get
discouraged, like the disciples,
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the Bible says that the
disciples went to sleep,
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in the Garden of Gethsemane,
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they started out praying.
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Why did they give in
to the pool of slumber?
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Why?
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The Bible tells us
that they were exceedingly,
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they were sorrowful.
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They were discouraged.
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They saw Jesus demeanor
change, they heard him say,
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one of you is
going to betray me,
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I'm going to be crucified.
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They became discouraged.
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And the discouragement
led to rather sleep it off
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than to keep on praying.
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Have you ever felt that way?
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Have you ever
felt so discouraged
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you just don't
feel like praying?
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When you get discouraged,
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that is the time
to pray the most.
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When you don't
feel like praying,
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you make a
decision, you know what?
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I'm going to pray
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because I don't
want to be an easy prey.
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I want you to notice here,
they became very discouraged.
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And what would
make you discouraged?
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What would make you discouraged?
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How about bills you can't pay?
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How about losing your job?
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How about when you don't
feel that your communication
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is working in your marriage?
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Or your
communication is broken down
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in order to have that bond
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with your
children anymore it seems.
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It seems that things are just
not working in the home front.
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Things are falling apart
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in your
interpersonal relationships.
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I mean, there are lot of sources
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and precipitators
of discouragement.
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Maybe you take a
look at your health
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and it seems to be getting worse
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and your health is diminishing.
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It's easy, there's a lot
of sources of discouragement.
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But my Bible tells
me, this is no time
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to give in to
the discouragement.
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How many agree,
that discouragement
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may come to your door
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but you don't have to
let discouragement come in,
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and have a
comfortable bed at night?
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My Bible tells me,
let us not grow weary
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in well doing for we shall reap
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if we do not give
in to discouragement,
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if we do not give up."
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Galatians 6:9.
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I've got a word from the
Lord tonight, don't give up.
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Keep pressing on.
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Don't look to the left,
don't look to the right,
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don't look back,
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look straight ahead
at the guiding light.
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Bible says here,
they became discouraged.
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Jesus was a man of
sorrows but He wouldn't give up.
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Aren't you glad
that He didn't give up
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in the Garden of Gethsemane?
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Aren't you glad He
didn't give up on the cross?
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They said give it up,
come down from the cross.
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You know, and the
temptation was just
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go back to your father.
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He didn't give up.
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So I don't know
what's discouraging you,
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but I'm here to tell
you, God does not want you
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to focus on your
circumstances but on Christ.
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He doesn't want you
to focus on circumstances
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because they
can look very bleak,
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very dark, very ominous.
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I mean, when you
look at your circumstances
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you say, this is
it, this is curtains.
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I mean, we're
going nowhere with this.
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I'm here to tell you that
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faith is a substance of
things you're hoping for
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but the evidence
of things not seen.
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You can't see how
you're going to pay the bills,
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be faithful with
your tithes and offerings
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and I'm here to tell you,
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He will multiply
the loaves and fishes.
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You don't know how your health
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is going to be improved.
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Come on now, have a little faith
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and do what you got to do.
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Go for a jog, go for a run,
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eat right, sleep
right, do your part
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and expect something
great to happen in your life.
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Don't be discouraged.
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Move on, move forward.
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"We don't walk by
sight, we walk by faith."
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2 Corinthians 5:7.
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"Faith, the substance of things,
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hoped for the
evidence of things not seen."
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Hebrews 11:1.
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How many are
willing to walk by faith?
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You'll make it to
the Promised Land.
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It's the only way you'll make it
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to the Promised Land.
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Caleb and Joshua made
it to the Promised Land
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because they had faith.
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And the Bible says,
let us go on with faith.
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Amen.
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You're going to get in,
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you're going to have
an entrance into heaven
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because you've got some faith.
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Faith is yours to use,
nobody can use it for you.
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God will not have faith for you,
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you got to have your own faith,
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but the faith that He
wants you to exercise is a gift.
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It's a gift.
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And all he's asking
us to do is use the faith
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that He gives you and
then ask Him to increase it.
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And the Bible says, Jesus said,
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if you have faith the
size of a mustard seed,
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you can say to a mulberry tree,
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you pulled up by
the roots, it will obey.
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You can say to a
mountain, get out of my way,
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it will obey.
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How many of you
agree, mountains,
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mountains of difficulty,
mountains of discouragement,
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faith, faith removes mountains.
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Faith doesn't
just move mountains,
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I said it gets
them out of the way.
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I am here to tell you,
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if you're willing
to use some faith,
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great things can happen.
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You say, Mark, you
don't know my circumstances,
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I may not.
00:15:16.21\00:15:17.98
My Bible tells me that
these people in the Scriptures,
00:15:18.01\00:15:23.22
thrown in a fiery
furnace, thrown in prison,
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they had faith.
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And this is your faith book.
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We are to say, you know what,
00:15:31.19\00:15:32.66
I don't care what
the devil throws at me,
00:15:32.69\00:15:34.76
I will have faith.
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You know, if you talk
faith, you have faith.
00:15:37.90\00:15:40.40
So let's go on
to the next point,
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you're in the
store, what did they do?
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Discouragement loves to talk.
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Hey, you know, we just feel like
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when the
discouragement is brimming up,
00:15:50.68\00:15:52.61
we just have to
say, how you doing?
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Ah, horrible.
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Okay, did that
feel good to get it out?
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Now you just made
somebody else feel miserable.
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Misery likes...
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you know it here too.
00:16:07.93\00:16:12.83
But if you would do this,
I'm going to praise the Lord
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when I feel miserable.
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I'm going to praise the Lord
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when everything
seems to go wrong.
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Take your Bible and
turn with me to Habakkuk.
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The Book of Habakkuk.
You say, where is Habakkuk?
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It's in the Bible.
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And you might need to
search a little bit for it,
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but let me tell you,
it's after the Book of Daniel.
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Go to Daniel,
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and we're going to
look here at Habakkuk.
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You can go to
Matthew and back up too,
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I suppose for that matter.
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And we're going to
look here Habakkuk.
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Habakkuk. All right.
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We're going to look
there at Habakkuk 2.
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We got to have faith.
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We got to have faith.
We got to trust Jesus.
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Notice here, Habakkuk 2:2,
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"Then the Lord
answered and said:
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"Write the vision and
make it plain on tablets,
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That he may run who
reads it for the vision
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is yet for an appointed time."
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Does God give you a vision?
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You better believe that
God wants you to have a dream.
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God wants you to have a vision.
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You got to have
something to look forward to.
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You got to have a vision.
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You got to have a dream.
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You got to have some goals.
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You got to have some plans
and you submit it to the Lord
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and He will give you
the desires of your heart,
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if it's His will beloved.
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Notice this, "For the vision
is yet for an appointed time,"
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God has His timing.
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"But at the end," Notice here,
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"But at the end it will
speak, and it will not lie.
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Though it tarries,
wait for it in faith."
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That's what the Bible saying.
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"Because it will surely
come, it will not tarry.
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Behold the proud, His
soul is not upright in him
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but they just
shall live by faith,"
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a faith that will take
you into the Promised Land.
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You're not going
to the Promised Land
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except by faith.
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You're not going to
make it except by faith.
00:18:02.94\00:18:04.95
You cannot get out
of that discouragement
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except by faith.
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You got to have
faith to overcome.
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You got to have
faith to overcome sin,
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self, and Satan.
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You got to have some faith
to get you above the world.
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Because if you don't have faith,
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you don't have
peace, you don't have joy.
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You don't have a
closeness with God.
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You don't have any power.
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Faith is what
connects us with Jesus.
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Christ dwells in
our heart by faith.
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Ephesians 3:17 says,
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Christ dwells in
your heart by faith.
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Now you see why the devil's
trying to discourage you.
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Because if you can let go
your faith, you know what,
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you are not allowing Jesus
to have room in your heart.
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How many agree, this
is no time for unbelief
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in the camp?
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This is no time for us
to start being discouraged
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and start, you know,
voicing our complaints
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and just going
wild with our thoughts
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and wild with our words.
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No, no, no, death and life
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are in the power of the tongue.
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You speak faith, you
get your faith multiply
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and you bless
somebody in the process.
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Talk faith, and
you'll have faith.
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Talk to Jesus, and
you'll have more of Jesus.
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If you and I
talk more about Jesus,
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we would have
more of His presence.
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Why do you think
He's given us His word?
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That we might speak it.
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How many of you agree,
this is not just for the head,
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this is for the mouth?
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The Bible says in Romans 10,
that you believe in your heart
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and a
confession with your mouth.
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And it's all part of salvation.
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"If you confess me before men,
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I'll confess you before
my father," Matthew 10:32.
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How about if we
start talking about Jesus?
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"Oh, I long for
revival among God's people,
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I long for the time
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when we feel that
the presence of Jesus
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is so pronounce that
where the spirit of the Lord
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is there is liberty."
00:20:01.20\00:20:03.53
2 Corinthians 3:17.
00:20:03.57\00:20:05.10
But we're in bondages,
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slavement and
discouragement, and unbelief.
00:20:06.63\00:20:08.97
We got to break those
shackles with the help of Jesus
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and start praising Him
00:20:11.87\00:20:13.38
and start being happy in Jesus.
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Amen.
00:20:15.98\00:20:17.31
They say, you
know, the preachers
00:20:17.35\00:20:18.68
have preached himself happy.
00:20:18.71\00:20:20.05
Well, I did that
early on here tonight.
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I want you to
notice, "Live by faith."
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That's how you
live. Can I make it plain?
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If you don't live by
faith, you're not really living,
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you're not really
living, you're just existing.
00:20:32.06\00:20:33.76
And most people are content
to just get by with existence.
00:20:33.80\00:20:38.07
Beloved, don't
just survive, thrive.
00:20:38.10\00:20:42.60
Don't just exist, make progress.
00:20:42.64\00:20:47.31
Make progress, take.
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How many of you agree,
you can live the promised life
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now in preparation
for the Promised Land
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in the near future?
00:20:53.98\00:20:55.68
Your promised life,
you can live it now.
00:20:55.72\00:20:57.99
He's come that we
might have life in heaven
00:20:58.02\00:20:59.72
more abundantly.
00:20:59.75\00:21:01.56
If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:21:01.59\00:21:04.53
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:21:04.56\00:21:07.00
if you are
suffering from health problem,
00:21:07.03\00:21:09.00
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:21:09.03\00:21:11.53
if you have a special
concern for your children?
00:21:11.57\00:21:13.94
Whatever you need
maybe give us a call
00:21:13.97\00:21:16.04
and we will pray with you.
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For your prayer requests,
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
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"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed."
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John 8:36.
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Look here at Habakkuk 3.
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Habakkuk 3, all right.
00:21:36.12\00:21:37.89
Give you a moment to
locate that, verse 17.
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This is powerful.
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You're going
through trial, so am I.
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All right.
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I want you to notice
some negatives in this passage
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and how the negatives
are turned into a positive.
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All right. Are you ready?
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"Though the fig
tree may not blossom."
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All right. Problem number one.
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And of course, he's
kind of just echoing
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and repeating himself.
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But okay, that's number one.
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"Nor fruit be on the vines."
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That's another negative.
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"Though the labor
of the olive may fail."
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Another negative.
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"And the fields yield no food."
00:22:12.36\00:22:13.80
That's a negative.
00:22:13.83\00:22:15.16
"Though the flock may
be cut off from the fold."
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Another negative.
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"And there be no
herd in the stalls."
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Another negative.
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"Yet I will
rejoice in the Lord."
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All right, let
me translate that,
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though you lose your job,
00:22:30.75\00:22:33.62
though your
marriage is having problems,
00:22:33.65\00:22:38.42
though your children
don't give you respect,
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.46
though it seems
that some don't like you,
00:22:41.49\00:22:45.49
though your
health is not the best,
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.13
you can continue.
00:22:48.16\00:22:49.50
Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord.
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Because if you can
learn the song in the night,
00:22:53.47\00:22:55.74
you will always sing it.
00:22:55.77\00:22:57.47
If you will praise
Him in the tough times,
00:22:58.97\00:23:00.88
you will always praise Him.
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.28
Come on, don't you want to
know who you are in Christ?
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Don't you want to know--
00:23:07.28\00:23:08.62
the Bible says,
examine yourself.
00:23:08.65\00:23:11.09
You know, God's examining us,
00:23:11.12\00:23:13.25
testing us because He loves us.
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.12
But the Bible
says, don't just do that.
00:23:15.16\00:23:17.13
You examine yourself to see
if you're even in the faith,
00:23:17.16\00:23:20.60
2 Corinthians 13:5.
00:23:20.63\00:23:21.96
How many of you agree, you
got to examine to even see,
00:23:22.00\00:23:24.07
are you really trusting Jesus?
00:23:24.10\00:23:26.63
Because that will
keep him in perfect peace,
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.24
whose mind is stayed on thee
because he trusteth in thee.
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What's the point? I
love that scripture.
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.04
Listen, Isaiah 26:3.
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Another words, what helps
us to keep our mind on Jesus?
00:23:35.51\00:23:40.35
How many of you
agree, our mind wanders,
00:23:40.38\00:23:41.82
there are so many distractions.
00:23:41.85\00:23:43.49
How do you keep
your mind on Jesus?
00:23:43.52\00:23:45.99
That will keep
him in perfect peace
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whose mind is stayed in thee.
00:23:48.26\00:23:49.96
That will keep
him in perfect peace
00:23:51.73\00:23:53.29
whose mind is stayed on thee
because he trusteth in thee.
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When you say,
Lord, here's my problem.
00:23:57.60\00:23:59.83
Lord, here's my perplexity.
00:23:59.87\00:24:01.34
Lord, here's my confusion.
00:24:01.37\00:24:02.77
Lord, here's my heartache.
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.14
Lord, here's my
burden. You know what?
00:24:04.17\00:24:05.97
You're giving it to
Jesus, you're trusting in Him.
00:24:06.01\00:24:08.68
And you know what?
00:24:08.71\00:24:10.05
When you're
giving it all to Jesus,
00:24:10.08\00:24:11.88
give it all,
give it all to Jesus.
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.98
You know what, it helps
you to keep your mind on Him.
00:24:14.02\00:24:16.82
But if you're not giving
it to Him, you know what?
00:24:16.85\00:24:18.52
You're left with what?
00:24:18.55\00:24:20.49
Your problems to
dwell upon, and brood over,
00:24:20.52\00:24:22.69
and think over, and
given in to self-pity,
00:24:22.72\00:24:24.83
and murmuring,
complaining and so forth.
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.70
Where the Lord
says, tell me about it,
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.16
give it to me, give
it to me, give it to me.
00:24:28.20\00:24:30.10
And what are you
left with? Peace.
00:24:30.13\00:24:31.87
The passive understanding.
00:24:32.87\00:24:35.17
Joy unspeakable, full of glory.
00:24:35.20\00:24:38.34
How many are
thankful that He carries you?
00:24:38.37\00:24:40.94
The Bible says in Isaiah 46:4,
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.65
it says, I will carry
you even to grey hairs.
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.52
I want you to notice
here, back to Numbers.
00:24:49.02\00:24:51.25
Let's go back to Numbers now.
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.56
We're back there
in the wilderness.
00:24:53.59\00:24:54.92
Go there quickly, Numbers 21.
00:24:54.96\00:24:57.63
Number 21 and let's look
there now once again a verse 5.
00:24:57.66\00:25:02.53
"And the people spoke
against God, against Moses."
00:25:02.56\00:25:05.27
They became unreasonable.
00:25:05.30\00:25:08.24
Their situation,
00:25:08.27\00:25:10.21
you know, not being able
to have just the right bread
00:25:10.24\00:25:12.74
and being out there.
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.68
They were seeing things,
00:25:14.71\00:25:16.04
listen, in an exaggerated light.
00:25:16.08\00:25:20.15
Be careful because
when you get discouraged,
00:25:21.32\00:25:24.55
the devil
magnifies your problems.
00:25:24.59\00:25:28.59
The devil is in the business
of inflating your problem.
00:25:29.62\00:25:34.20
The Lord is in the business--
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.10
Psalm 61, David said,
when my heart is overwhelmed,
00:25:38.13\00:25:41.87
lead me to the rock
that is higher than I,
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.11
Psalm 61:1-3.
00:25:45.14\00:25:47.11
You know we go around sometimes,
00:25:47.14\00:25:48.51
talking as if we had no savior.
00:25:48.54\00:25:51.01
"My savior is at my right hand,
00:25:51.05\00:25:54.52
I have set the
Lord always before me.
00:25:54.55\00:25:57.29
Because He's at my right
hand, I shall not be moved."
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Psalm 16:8.
00:26:00.26\00:26:01.76
The power is in Jesus
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.39
but you got to
have faith in Him.
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.89
I live by faith of
the Son of God who love me
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.93
and gave Himself
for me, Galatians 2:20.
00:26:09.96\00:26:11.87
Now watch this.
00:26:11.90\00:26:13.23
Bible makes it very clear
00:26:14.17\00:26:15.50
they went on a
complaining spree.
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.04
I mean they just open the hatch
00:26:18.07\00:26:19.81
and out came all the complaints.
00:26:19.84\00:26:22.14
Beloved, that
grieves the Holy Spirit.
00:26:22.18\00:26:25.98
And what happened?
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.62
God allowed them to have
something to complain about.
00:26:27.65\00:26:31.35
Be careful
00:26:31.39\00:26:32.79
because, if you
think you have a hard life,
00:26:32.82\00:26:34.99
you begin to start to complain,
00:26:35.02\00:26:37.06
that's not going to get
you out of your circumstances,
00:26:37.09\00:26:39.39
it just makes things worse.
00:26:39.43\00:26:43.47
I want you to
notice what happened.
00:26:43.50\00:26:45.60
The Bible says here in verse 6,
00:26:45.63\00:26:48.07
"So the Lord
sent fiery serpents,"
00:26:48.10\00:26:50.31
that is He allowed
them, "among the people."
00:26:50.34\00:26:52.84
Question, where the
serpents there already?
00:26:52.87\00:26:55.81
They were, they
were in the crevices,
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.28
and in the rocks and so forth.
00:26:57.31\00:26:59.21
Would you agree, God
was there to protect them?
00:26:59.25\00:27:04.32
God was there to sustain
them and to be with them.
00:27:06.45\00:27:09.69
But when they begin to complain,
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.93
the protecting hand of God
was withdrawn to some extent.
00:27:11.96\00:27:16.67
And I want you to
notice, these venomous serpents,
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.03
these death inducing serpents
came out of every crevice,
00:27:19.07\00:27:24.71
they infiltrated every tent
00:27:24.74\00:27:26.78
and there was
terror in the camp.
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.11
"The Lord sent fiery
serpents among the people
00:27:30.51\00:27:35.02
and they bit the people,
00:27:35.05\00:27:36.89
and many of the
people of Israel died."
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.89
I don't know how many
00:27:38.92\00:27:40.26
but there was death
in the camp of Israel.
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.99
I can hear shrieks of terror,
00:27:43.02\00:27:46.59
shrieks of
horror, screams of death,
00:27:46.63\00:27:51.87
screams of grief and heartbreak,
00:27:51.90\00:27:54.27
his children were dying
and moms and dads were dying.
00:27:54.30\00:27:59.54
Can you imagine the
gravity of the situation,
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.88
the abject
horror of the situation?
00:28:02.91\00:28:06.21
Yelling and
screaming, no hope, just death.
00:28:06.25\00:28:12.92
Do you think that they
were thinking at that time,
00:28:14.72\00:28:17.16
we're tired of this
bread, we're tired of Moses?
00:28:17.19\00:28:20.40
We want to go back to Egypt.
00:28:20.43\00:28:22.66
They were only
thinking about one thing.
00:28:22.70\00:28:26.17
We don't want
our children to die.
00:28:26.20\00:28:29.37
We don't want mommy to
die, we don't want daddy to die,
00:28:29.40\00:28:32.84
we don't want to die.
00:28:32.87\00:28:34.21
Oh, God, save us from death.
00:28:34.24\00:28:38.48
When you start to complain,
00:28:38.51\00:28:40.08
you have to put
it in perspective.
00:28:40.12\00:28:44.02
What if you had
no hope of salvation?
00:28:44.05\00:28:48.26
How many are thankful
00:28:48.29\00:28:50.89
that you've got a
chance that there's hope?
00:28:50.93\00:28:55.20
If you're
breathing, your heart ticking,
00:28:55.23\00:28:57.83
there's still a
window of opportunity,
00:28:57.87\00:29:02.47
there's still hope for tomorrow.
00:29:02.50\00:29:05.41
But we've all
been bitten by sin,
00:29:05.44\00:29:08.21
we've all been bitten,
00:29:08.24\00:29:09.58
we've all felt the venom going
coursing through our veins.
00:29:09.61\00:29:13.42
The Bible says,
the heart is deceitful
00:29:13.45\00:29:15.88
and desperately
wicked, Jeremiah 17:9.
00:29:15.92\00:29:19.49
That sounds like the
potency of the bite of sin.
00:29:19.52\00:29:25.16
We bit into that apple
and the serpent bit us.
00:29:25.19\00:29:28.90
We have all sinned and
come short of the glory of God,
00:29:30.37\00:29:32.87
and you know what, in our world,
00:29:32.90\00:29:34.57
there are shrieks of terror,
there is terror in the camp,
00:29:34.60\00:29:38.44
there is terror in the world,
there is terror in the church.
00:29:38.47\00:29:42.14
You know what?
00:29:42.18\00:29:43.51
There's only one hope.
00:29:43.55\00:29:45.05
There's only one hope.
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.41
I want you to
notice here, they were bit.
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.58
"Therefore the
people came to Moses,
00:29:50.49\00:29:52.99
and said, 'We have sinned,
00:29:53.02\00:29:55.09
for we have
spoken against the Lord."
00:29:55.12\00:29:57.03
All right, here
comes confession.
00:29:57.06\00:29:59.33
If you want to turn
your situation around,
00:29:59.36\00:30:02.40
if you want to
have re-conversion,
00:30:02.43\00:30:04.60
if you want to have
revival in your life,
00:30:04.63\00:30:06.43
you have to
make some confession.
00:30:06.47\00:30:09.30
And that is a daily basis
because the closer we come
00:30:09.34\00:30:12.74
to Christ, the more
unworthy and defective
00:30:12.77\00:30:16.31
and faulty we'll
appear in our own eyes.
00:30:16.34\00:30:18.98
So this confession business,
00:30:19.01\00:30:20.35
the repentance business
just deepens, and deepens,
00:30:20.38\00:30:23.79
and deepens.
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.92
Feel unworthy, you
qualify for Savior.
00:30:27.22\00:30:31.33
Feel you're desperation,
qualify for a Savior.
00:30:31.36\00:30:34.83
You feel like you're
the chief of sinners,
00:30:34.86\00:30:36.67
you qualify for Savior.
00:30:36.70\00:30:39.17
Our Savior saves people
who despair outside of Christ.
00:30:39.20\00:30:44.97
Realize there's no
hope outside of Christ,
00:30:45.01\00:30:47.21
like the thief on the cross...
00:30:47.24\00:30:51.61
Who said, vwe deserve
what we're getting, this man,
00:30:51.65\00:30:55.35
this man doesn't deserve this.
00:30:55.38\00:30:57.72
Would you remember me?
00:30:57.75\00:31:00.22
It was his only hope.
00:31:00.26\00:31:02.79
It was his only hope.
00:31:02.82\00:31:04.83
He looked to Jesus,
00:31:04.86\00:31:08.63
he looked away
from himself to Jesus.
00:31:08.66\00:31:13.23
He knew he was a
condemned criminal
00:31:13.27\00:31:15.17
but he looked to Jesus and said,
00:31:15.20\00:31:18.24
you know, he's a perfect man.
00:31:18.27\00:31:20.21
Would you remember me?
00:31:20.24\00:31:21.58
I mean, you're
going to go to heaven.
00:31:21.61\00:31:22.94
I mean, you're the son of God.
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.31
Would you remember me?
00:31:24.35\00:31:26.38
Salvation is
looking away from yourself,
00:31:26.41\00:31:30.69
we're all
criminals condemned to die.
00:31:30.72\00:31:33.82
We're all like the
children of Israel,
00:31:33.86\00:31:35.56
we've all been bitten.
00:31:35.59\00:31:37.79
Not all of the
children of Israel were bitten
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.10
but those who are bitten died.
00:31:41.13\00:31:44.80
There was no antidote
until something happen.
00:31:44.83\00:31:49.74
There was no hope,
no detour around death.
00:31:49.77\00:31:54.18
I want you to notice
here, "We have sinned."
00:31:54.21\00:31:58.78
When was the last time
you broke down and cried
00:32:01.42\00:32:02.95
before the Lord?
00:32:02.98\00:32:05.89
You know what the devil does.
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.26
He keeps us so busy.
00:32:07.29\00:32:08.62
We don't even have time
to be touched by the Lord
00:32:08.66\00:32:12.43
because the devil knows
if you pause and spend time,
00:32:12.46\00:32:15.60
quality quiet time with
God you will be touched,
00:32:15.63\00:32:20.54
you will be moved,
your heart will warm
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.07
with the love of God
00:32:24.11\00:32:25.77
and your heart
will be transformed.
00:32:25.81\00:32:27.38
The devil knows
that God can save you.
00:32:27.41\00:32:30.38
The devil knows
that God can give you
00:32:30.41\00:32:32.31
revival in your life.
00:32:32.35\00:32:33.72
The devil knows the
good things can happen
00:32:33.75\00:32:35.88
within your heart so he
just got to keep you busy
00:32:35.92\00:32:38.35
and distracted.
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.66
I'm here to tell
you, you've been bitten,
00:32:40.69\00:32:43.09
you better look fast.
00:32:43.12\00:32:44.76
You've been bitten,
don't be distracted.
00:32:44.79\00:32:46.43
It could be a fatal distraction.
00:32:46.46\00:32:49.93
So the lethal bite,
00:32:49.96\00:32:52.73
there was only one antidote.
00:32:52.77\00:32:55.37
They came to Moses,
00:32:55.40\00:32:57.31
we sinned, we really sinned.
00:32:57.34\00:33:02.88
"For we have spoken against
the Lord and against you."
00:33:02.91\00:33:06.21
Confession is specific.
00:33:06.25\00:33:09.18
Don't just say, hey, Lord,
forgive me for all my sins.
00:33:09.22\00:33:11.75
Now it's true, you know, Lord,
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.76
I just want to cover
all bases, you know, Lord,
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.86
if there's any other
sin, just forgive me.
00:33:15.89\00:33:17.63
And if you bring
something to your mind
00:33:17.66\00:33:19.19
though you want to
specifically confess it.
00:33:19.23\00:33:23.23
Confession must be
of a specific nature.
00:33:23.26\00:33:27.07
And you can't rush it
because you don't even know
00:33:27.10\00:33:31.84
your own heart.
00:33:31.87\00:33:33.21
We don't know our own heart.
00:33:33.24\00:33:35.08
We must spend
time before the Lord,
00:33:35.11\00:33:37.08
searching our heart
because the bite of sin
00:33:37.11\00:33:40.12
is worse than you ever imagine.
00:33:40.15\00:33:42.78
Look at what
happened to Jesus when
00:33:42.82\00:33:44.62
He received the bite
of sin for you and me.
00:33:44.65\00:33:47.72
He never sinned but He
got, He felt the venom.
00:33:47.76\00:33:51.56
He never sin. Thank
God, He never sinned.
00:33:51.59\00:33:54.56
Hallelujah.
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.13
My Jesus is perfect,
but He took it all for us.
00:33:56.16\00:34:00.54
I want you to notice here,
00:34:00.57\00:34:02.74
"Pray to the Lord."
Moses is that type of Christ.
00:34:02.77\00:34:05.44
How many agree,
we can pray to God
00:34:05.47\00:34:07.51
in the name of Jesus.
00:34:07.54\00:34:10.98
"Pray to the
Lord that He take away
00:34:11.01\00:34:13.85
the serpents from us.
00:34:13.88\00:34:15.22
So Moses prayed for the people."
00:34:15.25\00:34:19.82
Do you have loved
ones that have been bitten?
00:34:19.85\00:34:22.02
How many of you know loved ones
00:34:22.06\00:34:25.89
that are not ready to die
but they have been bitten?
00:34:25.93\00:34:27.70
You need to tell
them, look to Jesus.
00:34:27.73\00:34:32.63
And they need to
see Jesus in you.
00:34:32.67\00:34:36.24
They need to see
and feel Jesus in you.
00:34:36.27\00:34:39.37
You say, when I
bring up Jesus, man,
00:34:39.41\00:34:42.31
it just goes wild.
00:34:42.34\00:34:43.71
I mean, it deteriorates.
00:34:43.75\00:34:45.25
They don't want
to hear about it.
00:34:45.28\00:34:47.02
But you can shine for
Jesus without saying one word.
00:34:47.05\00:34:52.09
You can pray, Lord, help
that glory to shine so much
00:34:52.12\00:34:55.49
in my face that they
see a powerful sermon
00:34:55.52\00:34:58.96
right there in my face.
00:34:58.99\00:35:01.70
And then in the
very tone of my voice
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.80
they can tell it subdue.
00:35:03.83\00:35:07.20
People don't like
to be preached to.
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.61
But they do like to be loved.
00:35:11.64\00:35:14.38
And let your love be a sermon.
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.75
And by the way, people like
to listen to people they like.
00:35:18.78\00:35:22.05
Be a likable person,
00:35:22.08\00:35:23.85
be a loving, lovable Christian
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.35
and point people
dying in their sins
00:35:26.39\00:35:30.33
to look at Jesus by
looking at you reflecting Jesus.
00:35:30.36\00:35:36.23
Look, the Bible says here,
00:35:38.87\00:35:43.30
"Then the Lord said to
Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent,
00:35:43.34\00:35:47.04
and set it on a
pole and it shall be
00:35:47.08\00:35:49.61
that everyone who is
bitten, when he looks..."
00:35:49.64\00:35:52.71
Notice here, "When he
looks at it, he shall live.".
00:35:52.75\00:35:57.15
Look and live.
00:35:57.19\00:35:58.52
Now I want you to
notice the simplicity of this.
00:35:58.55\00:36:00.36
I want you to
notice symbolism of this.
00:36:00.39\00:36:02.46
I want you to notice
the antidote in here.
00:36:02.49\00:36:05.76
They were
bitten, they were died.
00:36:05.79\00:36:08.33
The bite lead to certain death.
00:36:08.36\00:36:12.10
But the look would
lead to a certain life.
00:36:12.13\00:36:15.57
It wasn't--
there's a possibility,
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.47
there wasn't just a
chance one in a million
00:36:17.51\00:36:21.58
that if you look, you
know, a good percentage or say,
00:36:21.61\00:36:24.88
let me tell you something,
my Bible is telling me
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.52
something about Jesus.
00:36:27.55\00:36:29.32
My Bible is telling me
something about the good news.
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.82
My Bible is telling me something
00:36:31.85\00:36:33.56
that if you've been
bitten, it's not complicated,
00:36:33.59\00:36:36.62
look away from your bite,
00:36:36.66\00:36:38.79
look away from your sinful self,
00:36:38.83\00:36:41.73
look to Jesus
because in the gaze,
00:36:41.76\00:36:44.17
there is fullness of salvation.
00:36:44.20\00:36:46.57
In the look upon
Jesus, there is salvation
00:36:46.60\00:36:49.97
because salvation is
all from beginning to end,
00:36:50.01\00:36:53.54
looking on to
Jesus there is salvation,
00:36:53.58\00:36:57.05
not knowing about
Jesus, but looking to Jesus.
00:36:57.08\00:37:02.82
That's why the devil is so busy.
00:37:02.85\00:37:04.39
So many distractions,
television programs.
00:37:04.42\00:37:06.59
I'm not saying it's
wrong to watch television,
00:37:06.62\00:37:08.72
I'm just saying
let Jesus and you
00:37:08.76\00:37:10.29
make that joint decision.
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.83
Can you say amen?
00:37:11.86\00:37:14.13
I'm just saying,
you got to make sure
00:37:14.16\00:37:16.30
that you pray without ceasing.
00:37:16.33\00:37:18.03
And if you watch
programs and listen to music
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.07
that seems they interrupt
your communion with God,
00:37:20.10\00:37:22.70
don't watch it,
don't listen to it.
00:37:22.74\00:37:24.77
There's nothing more
important than making sure
00:37:24.81\00:37:28.78
that you give
your bite to Jesus.
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.01
You give those wounds the Jesus.
00:37:31.05\00:37:32.95
I'm here to tell
you, you got to let Jesus
00:37:32.98\00:37:35.02
heal will you of your wounds.
00:37:35.05\00:37:38.35
Because it
festers and it gets worse
00:37:38.39\00:37:40.76
when we're not looking to Jesus.
00:37:40.79\00:37:43.26
Look and live.
00:37:44.49\00:37:46.56
Sudden changes are
about to catch the world
00:37:46.59\00:37:49.10
by surprise.
00:37:49.13\00:37:50.47
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Now watch this,
this is powerful.
00:38:49.49\00:38:51.76
I want you to notice here,
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.76
"Then the Lord said,
'Make a fiery serpent,
00:38:54.80\00:38:59.03
this bronze serpent,
00:38:59.07\00:39:01.77
and set it on a pole."
00:39:01.80\00:39:04.37
Why?
00:39:04.41\00:39:05.91
So anybody from any
direction on the compass,
00:39:05.94\00:39:10.21
wherever they got bit,
00:39:10.25\00:39:12.58
they can be told, look that way,
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.69
there's the cross,
00:39:16.72\00:39:19.05
there's the serpent on the pole.
00:39:19.09\00:39:21.92
Look.
00:39:22.09\00:39:23.63
Would you agree,
00:39:23.66\00:39:25.46
that sentence seem to
make any sense whatsoever?
00:39:25.49\00:39:28.70
Looking at a snake?
00:39:30.03\00:39:31.37
I just got bit by a snake.
00:39:31.40\00:39:35.17
Why am I going
to look at a snake
00:39:35.20\00:39:36.91
when the snake is killing me?
00:39:36.94\00:39:41.01
Because Moses said
that God told them to do it.
00:39:41.04\00:39:45.45
And they had no other hope.
00:39:45.48\00:39:49.75
So in faith, in God's word,
00:39:52.85\00:39:58.69
they obeyed.
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.80
Those who
obeyed and they looked,
00:40:00.83\00:40:04.07
instantaneously
they were healed.
00:40:04.10\00:40:09.40
They were restored.
00:40:11.57\00:40:14.94
One look. Steady gaze.
00:40:14.98\00:40:20.05
I can see them there,
00:40:20.08\00:40:21.65
I bet you, they
weren't distracted.
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.19
I bet you, they weren't
kind of looking over there
00:40:24.22\00:40:25.99
and looking up.
00:40:26.02\00:40:27.36
Let me tell you something.
00:40:27.39\00:40:28.72
When you're
dying and they're told,
00:40:28.76\00:40:32.39
if you look you can live,
00:40:32.43\00:40:33.76
I bet you that
was a focused look.
00:40:33.80\00:40:37.97
You've been bitten, beloved.
00:40:38.00\00:40:40.10
I've been
bitten. You got to focus.
00:40:40.14\00:40:44.14
You got to rivet
your attention on Jesus.
00:40:44.17\00:40:46.98
You got to sharpen your
focus by studying the Word.
00:40:47.01\00:40:50.15
You got to read the
scriptures to the point
00:40:50.18\00:40:53.31
where scriptures are
just like a well of water
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.52
springing up
unto everlasting life.
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Look, and live.
00:41:00.49\00:41:04.33
You know when they looked,
00:41:04.36\00:41:06.80
and you could
see it in their face.
00:41:06.83\00:41:10.43
How many of you
agree, when they were bitten,
00:41:10.47\00:41:11.93
you could see
death in their face?
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.97
But when they were
restored, how many of you agree,
00:41:14.00\00:41:16.40
they saw it in the
face, they saw it in the face.
00:41:16.44\00:41:19.77
Beloved, when you
are looking to Jesus,
00:41:19.81\00:41:22.98
it's written all over your face.
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.91
Bible does not say,
make your life shine,
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.42
it says let it shine.
00:41:31.45\00:41:34.59
Abide in Me and I in you.
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.96
The branch cannot
bear fruit of itself
00:41:36.99\00:41:38.79
except it abide in the vine.
00:41:38.83\00:41:41.23
Neither can you,
except you abide in the vine.
00:41:41.26\00:41:45.50
Without Me you can do nothing.
00:41:45.53\00:41:47.40
Now listen to me, all
what we need in the camp
00:41:47.44\00:41:52.97
is men and women
and boys and girls
00:41:53.01\00:41:56.41
who've gone to the Lord,
00:41:56.44\00:41:57.78
confess their
sins on a daily basis,
00:41:57.81\00:42:00.18
giving their heart
to Jesus, praising Him
00:42:00.22\00:42:02.18
no matter what their adversity,
no matter what their problem,
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.45
they're praising
God and they come forth
00:42:05.49\00:42:08.02
from their chambers of prayer
and quiet time with Jesus,
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.93
they come forth, shining,
shining, shining for Jesus.
00:42:10.96\00:42:16.36
Let me tell you something.
00:42:16.40\00:42:18.23
There will be conversions,
there will be revival,
00:42:18.27\00:42:21.57
there will be reformation,
there will be baptisms,
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.44
there will be re-baptisms.
00:42:24.47\00:42:25.94
Come on now, if we begin
to shine, that's contagious,
00:42:25.97\00:42:31.08
that's contagious.
00:42:31.11\00:42:32.45
Don't you want people
to want what you have?
00:42:32.48\00:42:37.09
You got to look and live.
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.05
Otherwise you know what, if
you're not looking to Jesus,
00:42:39.09\00:42:41.22
you have death
written all over your face.
00:42:41.26\00:42:43.32
Come on now. Would you agree?
00:42:43.36\00:42:46.76
You can look at certain
people, just glance at them
00:42:46.80\00:42:49.53
and you can tell them,
they are death warmed over.
00:42:49.56\00:42:52.63
You can look at some people,
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.57
I don't care
they might be wealthy,
00:42:54.60\00:42:55.97
but in their face you
can see they have no hope.
00:42:56.00\00:42:58.64
Or you can see a person
00:42:58.67\00:43:00.01
that's just all
caught up in themselves.
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.84
The face is an
index to the heart.
00:43:01.88\00:43:07.02
The face is an
index to the heart.
00:43:07.05\00:43:10.12
You've been bitten,
it's written on your face.
00:43:10.15\00:43:12.15
But when you
look, your face shows
00:43:12.19\00:43:16.36
that you've got
life in here now.
00:43:16.39\00:43:18.43
You got some life in there.
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.23
Because you look at Jesus,
He puts His spirit in you.
00:43:20.26\00:43:26.17
Hallelujah.
00:43:26.20\00:43:28.04
It's just that
simple, look and live,
00:43:28.07\00:43:33.38
and receive the
vibrancy of the Holy Spirit,
00:43:33.41\00:43:36.11
the buoyancy of
faith, an increase in trust,
00:43:36.14\00:43:39.91
and more joy in the
Lord which is your strength.
00:43:39.95\00:43:44.19
I want you to
notice here, "So Moses made
00:43:44.22\00:43:47.22
a bronze serpent, and put
it on a pole and so it was,
00:43:47.26\00:43:50.93
if a serpent had
bitten anyone, when he looked
00:43:50.96\00:43:53.09
at the bronze
serpent, he lived."
00:43:53.13\00:43:54.86
One of the most familiar
Scriptures is John 3:16,
00:43:54.90\00:43:57.63
for God so loved
the world and so forth.
00:43:57.67\00:44:00.40
But the preceding verses,
let's go there very quickly,
00:44:00.44\00:44:03.07
John 3.
00:44:03.10\00:44:04.91
John 3, in that
nighttime conference,
00:44:04.94\00:44:07.88
in that nighttime
conference with Nicodemus.
00:44:07.91\00:44:12.05
I want you to
notice what Jesus said
00:44:12.08\00:44:14.05
preceding that most
familiar passage of John 3:16.
00:44:14.08\00:44:17.65
We look here verse 14.
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.72
"As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness,
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.92
even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up,
00:44:22.96\00:44:26.90
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish."
00:44:26.93\00:44:30.87
Now do you
understand the word perish?
00:44:30.90\00:44:34.14
Now do you
understand the word perish?
00:44:34.17\00:44:35.67
What were they
doing in the wilderness?
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.37
Perishing.
00:44:37.41\00:44:38.74
What does that
mean? Death. Death.
00:44:38.77\00:44:42.64
The wages of sin is death,
eternal death, Romans 6:23.
00:44:42.68\00:44:46.38
Now watch this, I
want you to notice here,
00:44:46.41\00:44:50.39
"That whoever
believes in Him." All right?
00:44:50.42\00:44:53.19
Listen carefully.
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.22
What does it mean to
believe in Him in this context?
00:44:55.26\00:44:58.86
To look to Him.
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.63
Why a serpent?
Because Jesus was cursed.
00:45:00.66\00:45:04.20
Cursed is anyone that
hangs on a tree, Galatians 3:13.
00:45:04.23\00:45:08.37
He was cursed for
us, he who knew no sin
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.57
became sin for us
that we might be made
00:45:10.61\00:45:13.71
in the righteousness of
God in Him, 2 Corinthians 5:21.
00:45:13.74\00:45:16.81
Now watch this,
what came up after sin?
00:45:16.85\00:45:21.35
Thorns.
00:45:21.38\00:45:22.72
Those thorns,
symbolic of the curse
00:45:22.75\00:45:24.85
were on the head of Jesus.
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.12
What happen to
the serpent? Cursed.
00:45:27.16\00:45:30.23
What went on the
pole? A serpent. Why?
00:45:30.26\00:45:33.09
Because Jesus took
the curse of sin for us.
00:45:33.13\00:45:38.60
And the Bible says,
we've all been bitten.
00:45:38.63\00:45:40.84
Now watch this,
this is powerful.
00:45:40.87\00:45:42.20
Watch this,
we've all been bitten.
00:45:42.24\00:45:43.91
And the Bible says,
that bite, you will perish
00:45:43.94\00:45:46.88
unless you believe in Him.
00:45:46.91\00:45:48.94
What's the
opposite of the perishing?
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.98
Looking. Looking is believing.
00:45:51.01\00:45:55.08
Looking to Jesus,
dwelling upon Jesus,
00:45:55.12\00:45:58.15
talking of Jesus,
think about Jesus,
00:45:58.19\00:46:00.86
this is salvation,
this is looking on to Him
00:46:00.89\00:46:04.19
who is the author and
finisher of our faith,
00:46:04.23\00:46:06.36
Hebrews 12:2.
00:46:06.39\00:46:07.86
Salvation is a gaze.
00:46:07.90\00:46:11.83
Salvation is that look.
00:46:11.87\00:46:17.67
Many people know about Jesus
00:46:17.71\00:46:20.81
but they'll die
an eternal death.
00:46:20.84\00:46:24.95
I want you to notice,
he's speaking to a church goer,
00:46:28.58\00:46:32.25
Nicodemus was a devout
man, who is a respected man,
00:46:32.29\00:46:36.42
a renowned man.
00:46:36.46\00:46:38.29
But I want you to
notice here, he's telling him,
00:46:38.33\00:46:41.16
you need to experience
this or you going to perish.
00:46:41.20\00:46:46.87
"Whoever believes in
Him should not perish
00:46:46.90\00:46:48.80
but have everlasting life."
00:46:48.84\00:46:51.41
Now I want you
to think about this.
00:46:51.44\00:46:54.54
I want you to
think about this with me,
00:46:54.58\00:46:56.18
go with me in the scriptures,
go with me to Ephesians 2.
00:46:56.21\00:47:01.98
Ephesians 2, go there with
me very quickly if you would.
00:47:02.02\00:47:07.56
Ephesians 2.
00:47:07.59\00:47:09.22
When you have it, say amen.
00:47:14.76\00:47:16.10
All right.
00:47:24.57\00:47:25.91
Ephesians 2.
This is very powerful.
00:47:29.01\00:47:34.25
"And you He made alive,
00:47:38.92\00:47:41.92
who were dead in
trespasses and sin."
00:47:41.96\00:47:45.86
What a deplorable despairing
situation, dead in sin.
00:47:45.89\00:47:51.53
What does it mean
to be dead in sin?
00:47:51.57\00:47:52.90
You can't get out of it.
00:47:52.93\00:47:55.50
Can a dead
person move, yes or no?
00:47:55.54\00:47:58.34
Can a dead person
change where they are at?
00:47:58.37\00:48:01.38
Dead means
that's the way you are,
00:48:01.41\00:48:04.28
that's the way you stay.
00:48:04.31\00:48:06.11
Dead in sin.
00:48:06.15\00:48:08.52
You and I cannot
change our sinful heart,
00:48:08.55\00:48:12.05
that venom is too
lethal, too potent,
00:48:12.09\00:48:15.26
too death
inducing but Jesus can.
00:48:15.29\00:48:19.46
I don't know how He does
it but He comes into our heart
00:48:19.49\00:48:23.30
and makes us hate sin.
00:48:23.33\00:48:26.77
And not only hate sin,
00:48:26.80\00:48:28.64
you know, there are
many people in the bar,
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.17
they hate what they're
doing but they're going to do it
00:48:30.21\00:48:31.77
anyway because
they are slave to it.
00:48:31.81\00:48:35.41
But you cannot only hate sin
00:48:35.44\00:48:37.75
but now you can
have victory over sin.
00:48:37.78\00:48:41.95
Victory in Jesus.
00:48:41.98\00:48:44.45
Come on now, somebody talk
to me about victory in Jesus.
00:48:44.49\00:48:49.26
Somebody tell me that
you can be an overcomer.
00:48:49.29\00:48:52.06
Somebody tell me that you
have conquered the dragon,
00:48:52.09\00:48:55.20
that Jesus has
given you the victory.
00:48:55.23\00:48:58.13
Thanks be to God
who give us the victory
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.80
through our Lord Jesus
Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:57.
00:49:00.84\00:49:04.37
The demons cannot hang around
this kind of language of faith,
00:49:04.41\00:49:07.38
the devil can't hang around.
00:49:07.41\00:49:08.78
The Bible says resist him.
How do you do that? By faith.
00:49:08.81\00:49:11.91
Let me tell you
something, you want to be happy?
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.92
Talk faith and
you'll have faith.
00:49:13.95\00:49:15.65
Even let the weak say
I am strong, Joel 3:10.
00:49:15.68\00:49:19.49
My grace is sufficient for you.
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.86
Come on now,
let's talk scripture,
00:49:21.89\00:49:23.79
let's pray scripture,
let's be the walking Bible.
00:49:23.83\00:49:26.70
Can you say amen?
00:49:26.73\00:49:29.03
Ephesians 2,
00:49:29.06\00:49:31.43
even the babes will
cry out and praise the God.
00:49:31.47\00:49:33.54
Amen.
00:49:33.57\00:49:34.90
Look at here now,
"And you He made alive,
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.54
who were dead in
trespasses and sins,
00:49:37.57\00:49:39.97
in which you once walked
according to the course-- "
00:49:40.01\00:49:43.45
the course, notice
here, of this world.
00:49:43.48\00:49:48.15
"According to the
prince of the power of the air,
00:49:48.18\00:49:50.62
the spirit who now works
in the sons of disobedience."
00:49:50.65\00:49:55.56
But notice here,
verse 4, "But God,
00:49:55.59\00:49:58.09
who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love
00:49:58.13\00:50:01.66
with which He loved
us, even when we were dead
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.50
in trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ,
00:50:04.53\00:50:10.17
by grace you have been saved."
00:50:10.21\00:50:11.87
And I love this, "And
raised us up together,
00:50:11.91\00:50:15.11
and made us sit together
00:50:15.14\00:50:17.08
in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus."
00:50:17.11\00:50:20.22
Beloved, do you
know what you just read?
00:50:20.25\00:50:22.38
By faith we are
right up there with Jesus.
00:50:22.42\00:50:26.52
We're right up there with Jesus.
00:50:26.55\00:50:27.99
How many agree, you
don't ever want to leave Jesus?
00:50:28.02\00:50:30.73
So stay with Him by faith. Amen.
00:50:30.76\00:50:33.03
By faith we are right
there. Can you hear His voice?
00:50:33.06\00:50:36.50
Can you hear Him
pleading His blood
00:50:36.53\00:50:37.87
in the heavenly sanctuary?
00:50:37.90\00:50:40.00
It's almost over, beloved.
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.37
He's not coming as a
priest, He's coming as a king.
00:50:41.40\00:50:43.81
We are living in
the hour of judgment.
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.31
It's time to keep
your eyes on the prize.
00:50:45.34\00:50:47.98
It's time to keep
your eyes on Jesus.
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.41
It's time to give your
bite and your wounds to Jesus.
00:50:50.45\00:50:53.42
You don't have time
to focus on your faults.
00:50:53.45\00:50:56.15
You don't have time to
focus on the faults of others.
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.69
You don't have
time to talk junk.
00:50:58.72\00:51:00.89
You don't have
time to think junk.
00:51:00.92\00:51:02.82
You only have time,
a little bit of time
00:51:02.86\00:51:05.46
to look to Jesus
and get to know Him.
00:51:05.49\00:51:07.40
Because this is life eternal
that they might know thee,
00:51:07.43\00:51:10.83
the only true
God and Jesus Christ
00:51:10.87\00:51:13.57
whom he has sent,
that's life eternal, John 17:3.
00:51:13.60\00:51:17.57
Now listen carefully.
00:51:17.61\00:51:19.21
My Bible tells me
that He's made us alive.
00:51:19.24\00:51:21.98
So why don't we walk
and act like we are alive?
00:51:22.01\00:51:24.78
How do you think those
people acted after they were bit
00:51:24.81\00:51:27.75
and they were dying,
00:51:27.78\00:51:29.12
and then they
looked and they were alive?
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.49
Do you think
there was a party there?
00:51:30.52\00:51:32.19
At least in that tent.
00:51:32.22\00:51:33.56
Do you think there
was a celebration there?
00:51:33.59\00:51:36.26
Do you think that
they were praising God?
00:51:36.29\00:51:38.46
Do you think they were
continuing to complain?
00:51:38.49\00:51:41.16
Eventually they go back
to it, but at least for them,
00:51:41.20\00:51:43.40
were they happy,
were they joyful?
00:51:43.43\00:51:45.33
How many agree,
you must never forget
00:51:45.37\00:51:47.14
how He's delivered you?
00:51:47.17\00:51:48.84
How can you and I ever
go back to complaining,
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.57
no matter what our lot,
00:51:51.61\00:51:52.94
when we have been
delivered from the venom.
00:51:52.97\00:51:55.44
We have been delivered
from that bite of the serpent.
00:51:55.48\00:51:58.15
I don't know about you, but I'm
just praising God here tonight
00:51:58.18\00:52:00.98
because I've been set
free, for ever free in Christ.
00:52:01.02\00:52:05.15
Can you say amen?
00:52:05.19\00:52:06.52
He whom the Son has set
free shall be free indeed.
00:52:06.55\00:52:10.59
I believe he set us free.
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.79
I believe, oh, yeah,
we got to face temptations
00:52:12.83\00:52:15.16
and they are fierce and
formidable and frequent.
00:52:15.20\00:52:19.43
But Jesus' grace.
00:52:19.47\00:52:21.14
You know the Bible says,
you put up that shield of faith.
00:52:21.17\00:52:23.30
How many agree, nothing can
get by that shield of faith,
00:52:23.34\00:52:25.57
nothing?
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.04
The Bible say, use
the shield of faith
00:52:27.08\00:52:28.51
to guard your heart.
00:52:28.54\00:52:30.35
And the Bible says, you
need to guard your heart,
00:52:30.38\00:52:32.58
keep your heart
with all diligence,
00:52:32.61\00:52:34.12
for out of it are
the issues of life.
00:52:34.15\00:52:35.48
Guard it with faith.
00:52:35.52\00:52:36.85
When you let down your
faith, your heart is exposed,
00:52:36.89\00:52:38.82
the doubt,
unbelief, cruel unbelief.
00:52:38.85\00:52:42.19
Once you open
the door to unbelief,
00:52:42.22\00:52:44.16
no telling what you're
going to be thinking and saying.
00:52:44.19\00:52:46.86
You know, you got to
put up that shield of faith.
00:52:46.90\00:52:48.96
You say, Mark,
I want more faith.
00:52:49.00\00:52:51.93
Faith comes by hearing,
and hearing of the word of God.
00:52:51.97\00:52:56.20
You don't have
faith in your faith.
00:52:56.24\00:52:59.87
Many are putting
the burden on themselves
00:52:59.91\00:53:02.34
when the burden is on Jesus.
00:53:02.38\00:53:06.35
The faith is not by
feelings. Faith is not feeling.
00:53:06.38\00:53:12.65
Feelings change, faith says.
00:53:12.69\00:53:16.96
You see, faith has a
language. Faith says something.
00:53:16.99\00:53:20.66
Faith always has something
to say within the heart
00:53:20.70\00:53:24.33
and wherever we go
we have a language.
00:53:24.37\00:53:27.04
It's the language of
heaven. Trusting Jesus.
00:53:27.07\00:53:32.87
Faith has a language.
00:53:32.91\00:53:35.04
Faith speaks, faith expresses.
00:53:35.08\00:53:40.32
Out of the abundance of
the heart, the mouth speaks.
00:53:40.35\00:53:44.59
Would you agree
when you have faith,
00:53:44.62\00:53:46.39
it brings you close to
Jesus and you can't hide Jesus.
00:53:46.42\00:53:50.76
You can't hide Jesus.
00:53:50.79\00:53:53.93
In 1918, mid 1918, my father,
00:53:53.96\00:53:59.53
my grandfather, a
lieutenant in the infantry,
00:53:59.57\00:54:03.81
my dad shares
this, shipped overseas
00:54:03.84\00:54:06.91
and after training
many others to fight
00:54:06.94\00:54:09.04
on the battlefields of Europe.
00:54:09.08\00:54:11.28
At the age 23, he felt
called to take the battle
00:54:11.31\00:54:15.25
to the enemy, in
person he pleaded,
00:54:15.28\00:54:17.09
I want to get out
where the big guns are.
00:54:17.12\00:54:21.02
In September 1918,
his wish was granted.
00:54:21.06\00:54:25.99
One morning at daybreak
00:54:26.03\00:54:29.63
he let his platoon
out of the trenches
00:54:29.66\00:54:32.80
and he told me years later,
00:54:32.83\00:54:34.37
that it seemed there
were so many bullets,
00:54:34.40\00:54:38.07
so many bullets
zinging through the air
00:54:38.11\00:54:40.58
that you could reach out
and grab a handful anytime.
00:54:40.61\00:54:44.41
No surprise then
that one of those bullets
00:54:44.45\00:54:47.85
struck him in the foot,
he fell into a shell hole.
00:54:47.88\00:54:52.92
Canadian stretcher
bearers picked him up
00:54:52.95\00:54:55.39
attempting to get
him out of harm's way
00:54:55.42\00:54:57.93
but responding to
the wine of a big shell,
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.33
they dropped the
stretcher and drove for cover,
00:55:01.36\00:55:04.30
leaving my future father
exposed on the battlefield.
00:55:04.33\00:55:08.60
That's my grandfather.
00:55:08.64\00:55:10.21
When that big
shell exploded, it ripped
00:55:10.24\00:55:12.57
my father's right arm off
four inches from his shoulder.
00:55:12.61\00:55:17.18
The shrapnel also tore off
00:55:17.21\00:55:18.98
the index
finger on his left hand
00:55:19.01\00:55:21.12
and nearly destroyed
his one remaining thumb.
00:55:21.15\00:55:25.05
That day, in a
few minutes of time,
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.26
his entire platoon was killed.
00:55:28.29\00:55:32.26
And though he was
the first to be wounded,
00:55:32.29\00:55:36.30
he was the only survivor.
00:55:36.33\00:55:40.27
A few days later he
wrote to his fiance,
00:55:40.30\00:55:44.87
my grandmother, Helen Fox.
00:55:44.91\00:55:48.14
That letter was written
00:55:48.18\00:55:50.55
with a pen
clenched in his teeth.
00:55:50.58\00:55:55.45
His words are heart rending.
00:55:55.48\00:55:57.65
He says, as I recall,
00:55:57.69\00:56:01.39
"I am not the man I
was when I left you,
00:56:01.42\00:56:04.89
pieces of me are
left on the battlefield.
00:56:04.93\00:56:08.26
If you feel the need to look
elsewhere I will understand."
00:56:08.30\00:56:13.54
But my future
mother, my grandmother
00:56:13.57\00:56:15.80
had already at age
18, developed a loyal
00:56:15.84\00:56:20.71
and courageous love.
00:56:20.74\00:56:23.08
She was in the Navy,
working at the Brooklyn,
00:56:23.11\00:56:25.61
New York Naval
Base as a Secretary,
00:56:25.65\00:56:28.35
and when the word of the arrival
00:56:28.38\00:56:31.05
of his hospital ship got to her,
00:56:31.09\00:56:33.22
she went A-wall.
00:56:33.25\00:56:35.26
So she would be
the first to greet him
00:56:35.29\00:56:38.56
and affirm her undying love
00:56:38.59\00:56:40.63
for her
grievously stricken angel,
00:56:40.66\00:56:43.16
she loved his appearing.
00:56:43.20\00:56:47.07
Their eight children
00:56:47.10\00:56:49.50
are beneficiaries
of an uncommon love.
00:56:49.54\00:56:54.04
I'm here to tell
you that very soon
00:56:54.08\00:56:57.25
we're going to look up,
we're going to see the scars,
00:56:57.28\00:57:00.62
we're going to
see the battle wounds,
00:57:00.65\00:57:02.65
and we're going to say,
You have come to save me,
00:57:02.68\00:57:06.45
I waited for You and
I love Your appearing.
00:57:06.49\00:57:10.16
And we're going to go to
that marriage celebration.
00:57:10.19\00:57:14.00
Oh, bride, get
ready, it's time to look up,
00:57:14.03\00:57:19.67
for your redemption draws nigh.
00:57:19.70\00:57:22.30
Shall we pray?
00:57:22.34\00:57:23.97
Oh, my loving
Jesus, we're almost home.
00:57:24.01\00:57:29.18
Hallelujah.
00:57:29.21\00:57:30.85
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:57:30.88\00:57:33.11
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:34.65\00:57:36.82
are sweeping across the
globe you and your family
00:57:36.85\00:57:39.85
can be prepared to face
the future with comforts.
00:57:39.89\00:57:43.43
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