? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise ?
"Except the Lord build
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the house, they labor
in vain that builds it.
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Except the Lord keep
the city, the watchman
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waketh but in vain."
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I like the way the
Good News Bible puts it.
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It says, "If the Lord
does not build the house,
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the work of the
builders is useless.
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If the Lord does not
protect the city, it is useless
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for the
sentries to stand guard."
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Now, this text is often
used at our church openings,
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church dedications, renovations.
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It's applicable, however,
here because if you study
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the context of the
verse, David writes this psalm
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to Solomon, giving him
some godly advice on starting
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a family.
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David mentions two things.
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In verse 1, that God
can do for any family.
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David says, God
can build your family.
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Except the Lord build
the house, they labor in vain
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that build it.
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Now, David in the
text, is not talking about
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consecrating or constructing
a house or a building
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per se; David's
talking about building a family
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and if anybody ought to know
about building a family, David
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ought to know what to
do and what not to do.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction] PB: In the text,
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David is acknowledging God
as the master home builder.
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And if we're going to
stop the satanic attacks on
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the family, we've
got to God be God.
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Let God build our homes.
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Let God build our families.
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If you want a home that will
last and survive, then you'd
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better let God be
the master home builder.
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God invented the family.
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God instituted the family.
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God created the family.
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And if God created the
family, God knows what's best
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for the family, God knows
what will work and won't work.
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God is the
creator; we are creation.
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God is shepherd; we are sheep.
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We've got to let
God build the house.
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Now, any builder will tell
you on any house you've got
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to have good walls.
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You've got to have a good roof.
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But a builder will tell
you that if you don't have
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a good foundation, the house
will shift, the house will move,
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and ultimately
the house will fall.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
That's why Jesus told us
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that the wise man
built his house upon the
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rock; the foolish man
built his house upon the what,
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everybody?
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Aud.: Sand.
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PB: The rains came
down; the floods came up.
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The wise man's house stood;
the foolish man's house fell.
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Today, you'd better
build your house on a solid
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foundation.
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You'd better build your
house upon the solid rock,
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on Christ the solid rock
I stand, all other ground
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is sinking sand.
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If you're married with
children, build on the rock.
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If you're single and by
yourself, build on the rock.
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[Aud. reaction]
PB: Verse 1 continues.
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"Except the Lord keep
the city, the watchman
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waketh but in vain."
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Which means not only number
one, can God build our home,
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but number two, God
will protect our home.
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What is a city?
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A city is a group of
families who live close
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together.
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The word "watch"
means to protect, to guard,
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to secure and save.
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David then is saying,
not only will God build your
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home, but God will protect.
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God will guard.
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God will save and
secure your family.
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The family needs
protection in our world today.
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The world we live
in, friends, we know
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it's not safe.
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There are burglars out
there, prowlers out there,
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robbers out there, intruders
out there, criminals out
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there, thieves out there.
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The world we live in is not
safe, and we need protection
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from evil, satanic forces.
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The devil and his demons
want nothing more but to break
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up and destroy our families.
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But, if we let God build
the house, if we let God protect
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the house, then no
weapon formed against you
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is going to prosper.
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It won't work.
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If God be for us,
who can be against us?
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Unless the Lord builds
your home, everything you do
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is going to be in vain.
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Unless the Lord builds
your home, you're going
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to experience
turmoil, trouble and trial.
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Unless the Lord
builds your home, your plans
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are going to fail.
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But today, let God be God.
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Acknowledge who God is,
that God is the master builder.
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Let God build your house.
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But how else do we stop
the attack on the family?
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In addition to letting
God, acknowledging who God is,
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number two, you've got
to read the building manual.
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[Aud. reaction]
PB: You can't just know
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the builder, but you've got
to read the building manual.
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The B-I-B-L-E.
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Yes, that's the book for me.
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I stand alone
on the Word of God.
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The B-I-B-L-E.
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There is a famine, listen to
me, in the land, and it's not
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for bread and water.
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But there's a
famine for the Word of God.
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Let me tell you.
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Let me be real.
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Twenty-first century,
people don't know the Bible
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like they used to.
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That's Christians,
that's Seventh-Day Adventists.
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Amen light.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: That's everybody.
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We've got to return to
Bible study, and that's not just
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for new members.
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That's old members too.
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We've got to get
back to the days where we
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have family worship.
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Where we read
the Bible together.
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If you have a large family,
have family worship and read
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the Bible.
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If you have a small family,
have small-family worship
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and read the Bible.
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If you just have you,
yourself and I in your
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house, have family
worship by yourself, and read
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the Bible.
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Somebody asked me one
time, Well, you're talking
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about having
family worship by myself.
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Hw do I have
family worship by myself?
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I say, easy.
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Put a CD in, have
praise and worship.
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Y'all don't know
what I'm talking about.
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Twenty years ago, when I
started in this conference,
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I pastored a church
that had two members.
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And I would go to
prayer meetings sometimes,
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and it would be me, myself
and I. I did not shut the door,
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turn off the
lights of the church.
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I cut on every
light in that church.
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I opened up every
door in that church.
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I took out--back
then we had boomboxes.
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Anybody remember those?
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I put a cassette
tape in my boombox.
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I turned it up as loud
as I could, and I would have
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praise and worship in
that church by myself.
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I would read a passage
of Scripture by myself.
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I would then have a closing
song--put another tape in.
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Y'all don't
hear what I'm saying.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
And then me and Jesus
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would have a benediction.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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Pastor Byrd: We've
got to have worship,
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and we've got to read the Bible.
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It was so amazing, when
Danielle and I got married
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we had our first worship.
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It was just amazing
that the same way we used
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to have worship in my home
was the same way she had worship
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in her home.
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And we would sit down
and we'd have song service.
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And after we had song
service--we called it praise
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and worship now, but it
used to be song service.
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And we would have
song service together,
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and then we would
read the Morning Watch.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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We would read the
Morning Watch together,
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then we would read the
Bible together, and then recite
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our favorite memory verse.
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We'd have prayer requests.
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We'd then say
prayers, from the youngest
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to the oldest.
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Y'all don't
hear what I'm saying.
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And then after we'd finish
praying, we would say, now,
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does anybody remember?
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Does anybody remember, at
the end "Let the words of my
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mouth and the meditations
of my heart be acceptable
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I thy sight, O Lord, my
strength and my redeemer."
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Amen!
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Hallelujah, somebody!
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
We've got to get back
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to reading the Bible.
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And listen to me good.
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I'm not just talking
about watch the Bible on TV.
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'Cause all this
watching the Bible on TV
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is not what the Bible says.
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I'm not talking about
just watching it on a DVD.
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That's entertainment.
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They embellish the story.
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Y'all don't
hear what I'm saying.
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Nothing wrong with
that, but that's not
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what I'm talking about.
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I'm not just talking
about listening to the Bible
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on a CD when you're
driving in your car.
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There's nothing wrong
with that, but that's not what
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I'm talking about.
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Iím talking about get
in your house, sit down
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somewhere, and
read the Word of God.
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Get back to the basics.
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Statistics say that
even though 20 million Bibles
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are sold annually in the
U.S., and that's hardbacks,
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that's not this soft stuff.
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That's hardbacks, 20
million sold annually.
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Only 59 percent of
people read the Bible at least
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casually.
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That's down from
73 percent in 1980.
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Less than half of all Americans
can even name the first book
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of the Bible.
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One-fourth don't even
know what is celebrated
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on Easter.
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Despite how much we
talk about the importance
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of the 10 Commandments
and that they are the moral
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health to
society, only 4 out of 10
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Americans can even name
half of the commandments.
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In fact, some
Christians don't even know
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what's in the Bible.
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George Barna, the great
church-growth specialist,
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says that 80 percent
of born-again Christians
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believe the saying "God
helps those who help themselves"
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is in the Bible.
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It trips me out when I
hear people come up here and say
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"The Word says, God helps
those who help themselves."
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Where does the Word say that?
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Unless your Bible has been
penned by Benjamin Franklin.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
One-third of all Americans
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don't even know who
delivered the Sermon
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on the Mount.
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Many people think
it was Billy Graham.
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[Laughter] PB: But we've got
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to make reading and studying
the Word of God the focus
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for our families.
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Jesus said,
"Search the Scriptures,
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they testify of me."
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It's in the home where the Word
of God is taught and preserved.
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It's in the home where
sound doctrine is explained
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and lived.
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Ellen White says that
the first school for a child
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is in the home.
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Parents must give
the Scriptures priority
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in the home, because God's Word
is the necessary foundation.
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Satan has done a masterful
job at keeping families
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so busy, we're so
busy we don't have time
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to read the Bible,
let alone practice it
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in our own lives.
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Spending time in God's
Word, spending time in waiting
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upon the God is critical.
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If Satan can keep our families
too busy to read the Scriptures,
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too busy to study
the Scriptures, then our
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families will lose our
joy, lose our strength,
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lose our
effectiveness in the world.
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So, let me tell you
what to do practically.
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Turn the Internet off!
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Turn Facebook and Instagram off.
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Take the ear plugs out.
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Turn the telephone off!
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Read the Bible.
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Turn the television off.
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Americans watch 1
billion hours of television
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every day.
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The average American
watches nearly four hours of TV
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every day.
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Children and teens
spend more time in front
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of the television than
they do any other activity.
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Even though our children
spend 7 or 8 hours a day
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at school during 9 months
of the year, they actually
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spend more time in
front of the television.
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One report indicates that
an 18-year-old spends some
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1500 hours a year
before television, compared
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to 900 hours in school.
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Turn the TV off!
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: Time must be
taken to read, to study,
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and pray together.
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Time must be taken for
the family to eat together.
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I know that's
troublesome for me even as well,
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because I'm busy going
here, there and everywhere.
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But we've got to take time
for the family to sit around
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the dinner table.
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Not take your food and
go sit in front of the TV.
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Sit around the dinner table,
and spend some time together.
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As families live
out God's plan for them,
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God will be
glorified, families edified,
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and the devil terrified.
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Acknowledge who God
is, the master builder.
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Read God's manual and
then spend time talking
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to the builder.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
How do you spend time
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talking to the builder?
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You spend time with the builder,
talking to Him in prayer.
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O what peace we often
forfeit, O what needless
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pain we bear, all because
we do not carry everything
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to God in prayer.
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Have a little talk with Jesus.
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Tell Him all about our troubles.
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Hear our faintest cry,
He'll answer by and by.
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Have a talk with Jesus.
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It makes it right.
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It is in the home
where the prayers are learned
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and developed and practiced.
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Our children learn
to pray in the home.
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We've got to challenge our
family, friends, coworkers,
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churches to pray more.
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The family that prays
together stays together.
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"Knee-logy" will do more
for the world than theology.
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[Aud. reaction] PB: A
man must get on his knees
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before he gets up on his feet.
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Ask and it shall be
given, seek and ye shall find.
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Knock and the door
shall be opened unto you.
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I've found the answer.
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I've learned how to pray.
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Jesus on the main line,
tell Him what you want, call Him
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up and tell Him what you want.
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Prayer can't be answered
unless prayers are prayed.
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Because God honors no drafts
where there are no deposits.
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But when we pray.
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I said when we pray, prayer
brings us into the presence
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of God.
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Prayer changes things.
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Prayer changes people.
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Prayer unleashes the
power of God in your life.
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The devil can't stand you
praying, but the devil can't
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stop you from praying, and
the devil can't stop my God
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from answering prayer.
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I wish I had a witness
in this place, that God
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will answer prayer.
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And let me throw this
in before I take my seat.
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When you pray, don't
expect a $1,000 answer
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to a 10-cent prayer.
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Get real with God.
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Go in your secret closet.
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Tell God all about it.
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Stop all these canned prayers.
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Stop them.
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Pour out your heart to God.
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Tell our God about it.
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And what I love about the
Lord is, the Lord won't tell
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your secrets.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: And remember, strength
in prayer is better that limp
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in prayer.
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Sound the alarm.
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Church community, we're
in a state of emergency.
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Dial 9-1-1.
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We're under attack.
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But we don't have to
dial just 9-1-1, we can dial
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1-1-1 -- 1 for the
Father, 1 for the Son,
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and 1 for the Holy Ghost.
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If we just let God build
the house, let God protect
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the city, let God be
the foundation, let God
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be God.
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If we just read God's
Word, spend time studying God's
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Word.
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Spend time talking to God
in prayer, we can take back
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our homes.
00:17:53.23\00:17:54.23
Take back our families.
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Take back our marriages.
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Take back our communities.
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Our communities and churches.
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Take back the world.
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Let God build the house.
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Listen to me: home
construction begins
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with us improving our
relationship with God.
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Home construction begins
with our reliance on God.
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Home construction begins
with our letting God be God.
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Home construction
begins with reading about God.
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Spend time with
God, talk to God.
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Except the Lord build the house.
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Now, some of us today,
some of us watching are not
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in the fortunate
position of home construction.
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Because some
already have a home built.
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So what some of us
need today is not home
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construction, but what
we need is home improvement.
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Because things may be all
right, but everything is not
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what it should be.
00:19:06.03\00:19:08.80
Don't sit up here and act
like you don't know what I'm
00:19:08.80\00:19:10.80
talking about.
00:19:10.80\00:19:12.40
Tell the truth.
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Shame the devil.
00:19:13.40\00:19:16.70
All of us have made
some mistakes in our lives.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:19:19.93\00:19:22.13
But to get things
right, we've got to go to God.
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We've got to go ask Him
for guidance and direction;
00:19:26.70\00:19:30.30
for home improvement.
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We've got to ask God,
God help us clean up the mess
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we've made.
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And there are four things
I leave with you to remember
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in home improvement.
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Number one, in home
improvement, remember,
00:19:45.23\00:19:47.36
it's different
from home construction.
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In home improvement,
number one, it takes longer
00:19:49.36\00:19:53.36
than you planned.
00:19:53.36\00:19:54.36
Number two, it costs
more than you figured.
00:19:54.36\00:19:59.36
Number three, home
improvement is messier
00:19:59.36\00:20:02.03
than you anticipated.
00:20:02.03\00:20:03.86
Number four, it
requires greater determination
00:20:03.86\00:20:07.30
and more patience
than you expected.
00:20:07.30\00:20:10.56
It's not easy, home
improvement, but with the Master
00:20:10.56\00:20:14.56
Builder home improvement
can be done, and it's worth it.
00:20:14.56\00:20:21.46
A strong home begins
with a strong marriage.
00:20:21.46\00:20:25.53
A strong marriage
begets strong children.
00:20:25.53\00:20:28.96
Strong children
beget strong families.
00:20:28.96\00:20:32.23
Strong families
beget strong churches.
00:20:32.23\00:20:35.06
Strong churches
beget strong communities.
00:20:35.06\00:20:37.66
Strong communities
beget strong cities.
00:20:37.66\00:20:39.83
Strong cities
beget strong nations.
00:20:39.83\00:20:42.80
9-1-1.
00:20:42.80\00:20:44.16
We're under attack!
00:20:44.16\00:20:46.40
[Aud. reaction]
PB: But we overcome.
00:20:46.40\00:20:50.86
Let God build the house.
00:20:50.86\00:20:54.60
Let God be God.
00:20:54.60\00:20:57.56
Read God's Word.
00:20:57.56\00:20:59.76
Study God's Word.
00:20:59.76\00:21:02.06
Pray to God.
00:21:02.06\00:21:04.30
Because if we don't, the
church will be debilitated;
00:21:04.30\00:21:10.00
the community
will be devastated.
00:21:10.00\00:21:12.26
Our schools will be dominated,
the world will be disintegrated,
00:21:12.26\00:21:15.66
the globe will be annihilated.
00:21:15.66\00:21:17.66
Let God build the house!
00:21:17.66\00:21:21.86
Glorify God's church,
fortify each other, rectify
00:21:21.86\00:21:27.30
the wrong, care about
the community, satisfy
00:21:27.30\00:21:29.73
the family, sanctify the
children, unify the world,
00:21:29.73\00:21:33.33
dignify yourself
and magnify the Lord!
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Today, if
you're a man, be a man.
00:21:37.76\00:21:43.23
I said, be a man.
00:21:43.23\00:21:45.70
Walk like a
man, talk like a man,
00:21:45.70\00:21:50.03
dress like a
man, act like a man.
00:21:50.03\00:21:54.40
If you're a woman, be a woman.
00:21:54.40\00:21:57.63
Walk like a woman, talk
like a woman, act like a woman,
00:21:57.63\00:22:03.53
dress and cover
yourself up like a woman!
00:22:03.53\00:22:06.00
And if you're a woman,
let the man be the man!
00:22:06.00\00:22:15.56
If you're single,
don't mope around.
00:22:15.56\00:22:21.50
You and Jesus,
tonight Saturday night, you
00:22:21.50\00:22:24.90
and Jesus, snuggle
up with some popcorn.
00:22:24.90\00:22:29.16
You and Jesus, wrap yourself
up in a blanket, and tell
00:22:29.16\00:22:32.63
somebody, I'm all
right, 'cause I'm wrapped up,
00:22:32.63\00:22:35.93
tied up, tangled up in Jesus!
00:22:35.93\00:22:38.03
He's all I need.
00:22:38.03\00:22:42.33
Men, if you've been
beating on that woman, stop.
00:22:42.33\00:22:49.06
If you've been
mentally, physically or sexually
00:22:51.16\00:22:54.10
abusing that woman, stop.
00:22:54.10\00:22:55.83
Ladies, if you've been
disrespecting that man,
00:22:55.83\00:23:00.60
stop.
00:23:00.60\00:23:01.63
If you've been playing
mind games on that man, stop.
00:23:01.63\00:23:07.60
It's time to take
back our families.
00:23:07.60\00:23:10.76
To the divorced folk out
there, 'cause a lot of times
00:23:10.76\00:23:15.60
you feel ostracized.
00:23:15.60\00:23:16.60
To the divorced people
out there, if you're divorced,
00:23:16.60\00:23:21.00
God still loves you.
00:23:21.00\00:23:24.93
He still does.
00:23:24.93\00:23:26.86
There is therefore
no condemnation to those
00:23:26.86\00:23:30.23
who are in Christ Jesus.
00:23:30.23\00:23:32.86
Pull yourself together.
00:23:32.86\00:23:35.16
Trust God.
00:23:35.16\00:23:36.93
If you're a single
parent raising your family
00:23:36.93\00:23:38.96
by yourself, God loves you too.
00:23:38.96\00:23:41.26
Just hang in there,
don't give up, don't give out.
00:23:41.26\00:23:47.33
Hang on in there.
00:23:47.33\00:23:49.13
We've got to take
back our families.
00:23:49.13\00:23:53.23
If you're mad with our mother,
00:23:53.23\00:23:55.23
if you're mad with your father,
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.73
let it go.
00:24:01.60\00:24:02.60
Let it go.
00:24:02.60\00:24:03.60
Let God handle things for you.
00:24:03.60\00:24:06.06
If you've made a
mistake in your relationship
00:24:06.06\00:24:08.06
or your
marriage, forgive yourself,
00:24:08.06\00:24:10.40
because God has
already forgiven you.
00:24:10.40\00:24:14.66
Stop letting the devil
make a slave out of you.
00:24:18.16\00:24:22.46
Husbands, forgive your wives.
00:24:22.46\00:24:27.60
Wives, forgive your husbands.
00:24:27.60\00:24:33.66
God has already forgiven us.
00:24:33.66\00:24:38.63
Except the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain.
00:24:38.63\00:24:49.00
I praise God, Danielle and
I are coming up on 17 years.
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Oh, hallelujah, somebody.
00:24:53.86\00:24:55.33
[Aud. reaction] PB: Of marriage.
00:24:55.33\00:25:00.43
With all the rigors of
ministry, with all the struggles
00:25:00.43\00:25:03.43
that people deal
with, I praise God.
00:25:03.43\00:25:06.60
I think about
people in this church,
00:25:06.60\00:25:08.60
and that's one
thing while Iím here,
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.60
it will never stop.
00:25:10.60\00:25:11.60
That we celebrate when
all these couples come up
00:25:11.60\00:25:13.60
here and they celebrate
their wedding anniversaries.
00:25:13.60\00:25:16.36
Praise be to God.
00:25:16.36\00:25:18.43
To all the single
folks, God loves you.
00:25:18.43\00:25:24.73
That's why in this church,
you read in the bulletin,
00:25:24.73\00:25:26.70
you saw my e-mail.
00:25:26.70\00:25:27.63
We're about to start what I call
00:25:27.63\00:25:29.63
a single parent ministry.
00:25:29.63\00:25:33.70
Not a singles ministry,
but a single parent ministry.
00:25:33.70\00:25:39.03
That's why on Sabbath
afternoons we're starting
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.10
back again a
divorce recovery ministry.
00:25:41.10\00:25:44.56
Because a lot of times
the church has a blind eye
00:25:44.56\00:25:46.70
to the real world.
00:25:46.70\00:25:48.30
This thing is real.
00:25:48.30\00:25:49.33
Satan is attacking the family.
00:25:49.33\00:25:55.53
But praise God, somebody's
able to say I may have messed
00:25:55.53\00:25:58.03
up, but today I've been changed.
00:25:58.03\00:26:02.93
I'm healed.
00:26:02.93\00:26:05.63
I'm free.
00:26:05.63\00:26:08.06
I'm delivered.
00:26:08.06\00:26:09.30
I found joy!
00:26:09.30\00:26:12.36
Peace!
00:26:12.36\00:26:12.93
Grace!
00:26:12.93\00:26:16.16
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PB: We've got to
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And that's not just for new
members, that's old members,
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too.
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We've got to get back to
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worship, where we read
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