Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000204
|
00:01 YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT ?
00:03 SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN 00:05 YOU GET INTO A CHURCH, 00:07 THAT YOU ARE SOMEHOW PROTECTED NOW. 00:10 IF THAT WAS SO, EVERYBODY 00:11 WOULD BE IN CHURCH. 00:13 SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND 00:15 THAT SOMETIMES THE STORM 00:17 GETS INSIDE THE CHURCH. 00:20 JESUS NEVER PROMISED THAT THE 00:23 RIDE IN THE CHURCH WOULD BE SMOOTH; 00:27 HE NEVER PROMISED THERE 00:28 WOULD BE NO STORMS. 00:29 HE SIMPLY SAID, 00:30 "I'LL BE WITH YOU." 00:32 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:38 Narrator: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:42 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, 00:45 IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:48 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY ♪ 00:55 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 01:00 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE ♪ 01:05 THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 01:09 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE; 01:11 YOUR HEART ACHES, YOUR GUT WRENCHES, YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 01:14 WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 01:18 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 01:20 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 01:25 WELL, I HAVE A FREE BOOK I'D LIKE TO SEND YOU CALLED, 01:28 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 01:30 WRITTEN BY CHARLES SCRIVEN, "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT" 01:32 TEACHES US HOW TO BECOME WOUNDED HEALERS, FINDING CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 01:38 IT GIVES US CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE NOT ABANDONED, 01:41 THAT GOD SHARES OUR PAIN WHEN WE SUFFER. 01:45 YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU ARE HURTING; 01:46 THE ANSWERS ARE NOT 01:47 ALWAYS GIVEN TO US, 01:49 BUT TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING 01:50 THAT WHEN YOU DO HURT, 01:51 GOD GRIEVES WITH YOU. 01:53 HE'S PREPARING A PLACE FOR 01:54 YOU AFTER THIS LIFE, 01:56 WHERE PAIN AND GRIEF 01:57 WILL NO LONGER EXIST. 01:59 WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GO 02:00 TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE, 02:01 THIS BOOK WILL TEACH US 02:03 HOW TO BECOME PART OF 02:04 THE JOYFUL WOUNDED. 02:05 IN LUKE 6:21, JESUS SAID, 02:07 "BLESSED ARE YOU THAT WEEP 02:09 NOW, FOR YOU WILL LAUGH." 02:11 SO, LET YOURSELF SMILE KNOWING 02:13 WHAT JOY IS YET TO COME. 02:15 JUST CALL THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER 02:21 MARK, CHAPTER 4, AND I BEGIN 02:24 WITH VERSE 37; 03:09 STANDING STILL IN A STORM. 03:14 STANDING STILL IN A STORM. 03:16 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 03:19 FATHER, WE COME AGAIN TONIGHT, LIFTING EMPTY CUPS. 03:24 LIFE DRAWS ALL OF THE MOISTURE FROM OUR LIVES AND WE ARE DRY AGAIN. 03:32 WE ARE EMPTY AGAIN WHEN WE COME TO THEE. 03:36 SO NOW, LET US GO TO THAT FOUNTAIN THAT OVERFLOWS WITH BLESSING. 03:43 FILL OUR CUPS LORD, AND LET THEM OVERFLOW. 03:48 AND AS THEY OVERFLOW, WE WILL SHARE WITH OTHERS, 03:51 BUT CERTAINLY TONIGHT WE MUST COME TO BE FILLED, 03:54 AND WE TRUST IN THEE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS 03:58 BLESSING AT THE HEART OF GOD THAT NO MAN CAN LIMIT OR STOP. 04:03 AND SO WE TRUST TONIGHT THAT OUR HEARTS SHALL BE LIFTED. 04:07 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 04:11 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEXTS AND PROBABLY YOURS, 04:17 BUT I HESITATED FOR A LONG TIME TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT 04:22 BECAUSE SO MANY HAVE DONE SO WELL. 04:26 JESUS IS SO POWERFUL, HOWEVER, THAT I COULD NOT DARE STAY AWAY FROM THIS TEXT. 04:37 THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL JESUS DO IF THE PROBLEM IS 04:43 SOME ELEMENT THAT SEEMS TO BE UNSTOPPABLE ? 04:48 WHAT CAN JESUS DO WHEN IT SEEMS THAT NATURE HAS TURNED AGAINST YOU ? 04:56 WHAT CAN JESUS DO WHEN THE FORCES THAT RISE UP IN YOUR LIFE ARE UNCONTROLLABLE ? 05:03 WHAT THEN, CAN JESUS DO ? 05:07 THE ANSWER IS THAT JESUS IS POWERFUL, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF STORMS. 05:15 THIS HAD BEEN AN EVENTFUL DAY. 05:19 YOU'VE GOT TO GO SLOWLY INTO THIS ONE TO REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 05:25 JESUS HAD BEEN PREACHING BY THE WATER'S SIDE. 05:28 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION. 05:31 I FINALLY GOT TO THE HOLY LAND AND THEY TOOK ME TO A PLACE 05:35 WHERE JESUS PROBABLY TAUGHT. 05:38 IT WAS AMAZING ! 05:39 THE ENGINE OF THE BUS WAS STILL RUNNING, 05:42 BUT THE ACOUSTICS WERE STRANGELY CHANGED 05:46 SO THAT YOU COULD STAND IN THE SPOT NEAR THE WATER, 05:50 AND STILL BE HEARD OVER THE HUM OF THE DIESEL. 05:55 I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CHANGED BECAUSE JESUS PREACHED THERE, 05:59 OR WHETHER JESUS PREACHED THERE BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THAT. 06:04 BUT IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT ONE BY ONE 06:07 WE WOULD STAND IN THAT SPOT AND WE COULD BE HEARD 06:10 FAR OVER, AWAY FROM THE WATER'S SIDE. 06:14 JESUS IS THERE PREACHING AND HE BEGINS USING PARABLES. 06:20 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL CHRIST, 06:23 THERE WAS A CHALLENGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE 06:26 WERE SAYING DOWN AT THE TEMPLE. 06:29 DOWN AT THE SYNAGOGUE ONE WRITER SAYS THAT THESE GREAT, 06:35 LEARNED PEOPLE WOULD STAND UP WITH SO MUCH OF THEIR LORE, 06:40 BURYING THE TRUTH, THAT WHEN THEY FINISHED TALKING, 06:43 YOU KNEW LESS OF THE TRUTH THAN YOU DID BEFORE THEY STARTED. 06:49 NOW, I WON'T BE TOO CRITICAL OF THEM; 06:51 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A BRAND NEW PREACHER. 06:53 THE THING THAT I WANTED TO DO MOST WAS TO MAKE THE PEOPLE LEAVE SAYING WHAT I KNEW. 06:59 I HAVE LEARNED SINCE THAT THE MORE YOU STUDY THIS BOOK, 07:04 THE LESS YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. 07:08 WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I THOUGHT I KNEW ALMOST EVERYTHING. 07:13 TONIGHT I AM CONVINCED THAT I KNOW PRACTICALLY NOTHING, 07:17 BUT I ONLY NEED TO KNOW JESUS, AND THAT'S ENOUGH. 07:23 JESUS BEGAN TO SPEAK IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. 07:27 THE LITTLE CHILDREN'S EYES WERE WIDE WITH EXCITEMENT. 07:31 THE ELDERLY LEANED FORWARD; 07:34 THEIR BODY LANGUAGE SUGGESTING THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD EVERY WORD THAT HE SAID. 07:38 THE PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT HAD FORMAL EDUCATION WERE NOT 07:41 CAUGHT OFF GUARD BECAUSE JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE SOWER WITH THE SEED, 07:45 AND AS JESUS WOULD TALK, YOU COULD LOOK UP AT THE ELEVATED 07:48 PLACES AND SEE A SOWER DIGGING DOWN IN HIS BAG AND SPRAYING OUT THE SEED. 07:54 SO THAT WHAT JESUS DID WAS TO TAKE THE NATURAL SITUATION 07:58 AND TURN IT INTO AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE WORD OF GOD. 08:02 HE TALKED ABOUT THE WHEAT AND THE TARES. 08:05 HE TALKED ABOUT THE MUSTARD SEED. 08:08 AND THE MORE HE TALKED, THE MORE THE PEOPLE GOT EXCITED, 08:10 FOR ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THIS THEOLOGY CAME CLEAR TO THEM, 08:16 AND THEY WANTED HIM TO KEEP ON PREACHING. 08:19 I HAVE HAD IT ONLY ONCE IN MY EXPERIENCE FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME TO PREACH SOME MORE. 08:26 USUALLY WHEN I GET THROUGH PREACHING, EVERYBODY IS FAIRLY GLAD. 08:32 BUT WHEN JESUS GOT THROUGH PREACHING, 08:35 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAD A NOTE TO SEND UP OR WHETHER IT WAS WORD OF MOUTH, 08:39 BUT THE MESSAGE WENT FORWARD--TELL HIM TO PREACH A LITTLE BIT MORE. 08:45 BECAUSE TODAY WE FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE. 08:50 TODAY WE FINALLY KNOW ABOUT THE LEAVEN AND THE MEAL, 08:54 AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE A TARE TODAY, 08:57 BUT YOU CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO WHEAT. 09:00 TODAY WE UNDERSTAND. 09:02 AND SO JESUS POSITIONED HIMSELF IN THE BACK OF A BOAT AS THOUGH TO SAY, "THIS IS IT". 09:11 THIS IS THE LAST SERMON OF THE DAY. 09:14 AND AS HE SAT THERE, PROBABLY IN PETER'S BOAT, 09:17 HE PREACHED THE LAST WORDS THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY, 09:20 AND EVEN THEN, SOME INGENIOUS PEOPLE GOT IN THEIR BOATS, 09:27 PULLED UP NEXT TO HIM, AND SAID "IF HE TAKES OFF I'M GOING TO TAKE OFF TOO. 09:33 CAUSE WHEREVER JESUS GOES, I WANT TO BE THERE." 09:37 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING ? 09:38 THE MAGNETISM OF THIS WONDERFUL JESUS. 09:42 SO JESUS FINISHES HIS SERMON. 09:45 THE PEOPLE'S MINDS ARE ENRAPTURED IN THE WORDS THAT HE HAS SAID; 09:51 NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE SO HIGH SOUNDING; 09:54 THEY ARE NO POLYSYLLABIC WORDS, 09:57 THEY ARE SIMPLE WORDS THAT CAPTURE THE HEART. 10:01 AND THEN JESUS, JUST WHERE HE WAS, LAY DOWN IN THE BOAT 10:06 ON A CUSHION THAT WAS THERE FOR THE PILOT OF THE SHIP. 10:12 JESUS WAS WORN, NOT ONLY BY A DAY OF TEACHING AND PREACHING, 10:17 BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ELSE WORE JESUS DOWN. 10:21 IT WAS THE CRITICISM OF THOSE WHO WERE AGAINST HIM. 10:26 NOW I KNOW SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY, 10:28 "WELL NO, THAT WAS JESUS PREACHER. 10:30 JESUS NEVER GOT TIRED." 10:33 BUT I'M SO HAPPY TONIGHT THAT WHEN JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH 10:37 WEARING HUMAN FLESH, HE DID NOT COME AS SUPER HUMAN. 10:44 THE BIBLE SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE NOT A HIGH PRIEST WHO CANNOT BE 10:48 TOUCHED WITH THE FEELING OF OUR INFIRMITIES, 10:51 BUT WAS TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS LIKE WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN. 10:57 SO EVERYTHING THAT I FEEL, JESUS HAS ALREADY FELT. 11:01 HE PITCHED HIS TENT NEXT TO MY TENT 11:05 SO THAT WHEN I GET ON MY KNEES AND SAY, "LORD, HELP ME" 11:08 THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT I CAN DESCRIBE THAT HEAVEN DOES NOT UNDERSTAND. 11:14 (applause) 11:16 IN FACT, I POSE IT TO YOU TONIGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE 11:20 IF JESUS WERE POWERFUL AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND, 11:24 BECAUSE IF JESUS DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE POWER, 11:27 THEN THE POWER, FOR ME, WOULD HAVE NO MEANING. 11:31 JESUS MUST UNDERSTAND. 11:33 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT THAT HE DOES. 11:37 THE CRITICISM HAD WORN HIM DOWN; 11:40 DAY AFTER DAY PEOPLE PICKING AT HIS WORDS, 11:43 TWISTING THEM AND MAKING THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE 11:46 AND EVERYONE OF US IN THIS ROOM HAS BEEN THROUGH IT. 11:50 IT WILL WEAR YOU DOWN. 11:52 THERE'S ONE THING TO EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL STRAIN, 11:56 BUT THAT MENTAL ANXIETY IS SOMETHING THAT WILL GNAW AT YOU, 12:01 IT WILL WEAR YOU DOWN. 12:03 SO JESUS NOW FEELS THE PRESSURE OF THE CRITICISM. 12:08 BUT IN THAT SHIP, HE RESTS. 12:11 AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A 6 OR 7-MILE JOURNEY 12:14 ACROSS THIS PLACID BODY OF WATER OVER TO DECAPOLIS, 12:19 THE THINLY POPULATED SIDE, SO THAT THEY CAN FIND A PLACE TO REST. 12:25 AND AS THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE JUST FINE. 12:30 ONE WRITER SAYS THAT WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE WITH JESUS, 12:34 YOU MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR A STORM. 12:41 YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT ? 12:43 SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO A CHURCH, 12:47 THAT YOU ARE SOMEHOW PROTECTED NOW. 12:50 IF THAT WAS SO, EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN CHURCH. 12:54 SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES THE STORM GETS INSIDE THE CHURCH. 13:01 JESUS NEVER PROMISED THAT THE RIDE IN THE CHURCH WOULD BE SMOOTH. 13:07 HE NEVER PROMISED THERE WOULD BE NO STORMS. 13:09 HE SIMPLY SAID, "I'LL BE WITH YOU." 13:14 I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF FLYING A LOT. 13:17 I SAY PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE POSITIVE, 13:20 BUT THE FACT IS THAT I FLY WAY MORE THAN I WANT TO. 13:24 AND FROM TIME TO TIME, I WILL END UP ON ONE OF THOSE PLANE RIDES -- COME ON NOW. 13:33 ALL OF YOU SITTING UP HERE TONIGHT LOOKING LIKE YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND HOW TO HANDLE THAT, 13:38 BUT I PROMISE TO YOU THAT MY PRAYER LIFE IS INCREASED WHILE I AM FLYING. 13:44 (applause) 13:48 I'LL HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS IN A MINUTE, 13:52 ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PILOT COMES ON WITH THAT CALM TALK. 13:56 (laughter & applause) 13:59 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 14:02 "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS YOUR PILOT SPEAKING, 14:10 THERE IS NO REASON FOR ALARM, HOWEVER WE'VE RECEIVED WORD 14:16 FROM THE TOWER THAT THERE WILL BE SOME TURBULENCE, 14:19 AND THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU RETURN TO YOUR SEATS 14:23 AND KINDLY FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS." 14:29 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I'M . . . 14:32 AMEN ? 14:34 I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I HOLD THE SEAT. 14:36 WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU HOLDING THE SEAT IN AN AIRPLANE ? 14:39 IF THE PLANE GOES DOWN, THE SEAT IS GONNA GO DOWN. 14:43 REALLY, YOU WOULD DO BETTER TO LEAVE THE SEAT ALONE AND TALK TO JESUS. 14:52 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I CAN PROMISE YOU, 14:55 I HAVE BEEN ON MANY PLANES IN MANY STORMS, 14:59 BUT I HAVE NOT YET SEEN ANYBODY IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM, TRY TO GET OFF THE PLANE. 15:09 WHEN YOU ARE IN A BOAT WITH JESUS, THERE MAY COME A STORM, 15:14 BUT IT'S ALWAYS WORSE OUTSIDE THE BOAT THAN IT IS INSIDE. 15:21 I'D RATHER BE IN A STORM WITH JESUS IN A BOAT THAN TO BE IN CALM WITHOUT HIM. 15:30 SO, WHEN YOU RIDE WITH JESUS DON'T GET DISTURBED BECAUSE THERE ARE STORMS. 15:35 THE DISCIPLES ARE RIDING NOW AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 15:39 I HAVE READ THESE BOOKS ABOUT STORMS, 15:43 AND I FINALLY FOUND A BOOK THAT HAD A PARAGRAPH ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE; 15:50 IT SAYS YOU CAN BE RIDING ALONG ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE 15:53 AND IT CAN BE SO PLACID, SO WONDERFULLY CALM, 15:59 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS IS HOW THEY DESCRIBE IT. 16:04 I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A METEOROLOGIST BUT LET ME GIVE A STAB AT IT. 16:11 THE SCIENTISTS SAY THAT WHEN WATER IS HEATED IT TURNS TO VAPOR. 16:18 VAPOR RISES. 16:21 AND SINCE NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM, 16:25 SOMETHING MUST DISPLACE THE VACUUM THAT IS LEFT BY THE VAPOR RISING. 16:31 SO COOL AIR COMES OVER THOSE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THE LAKE 16:36 TO REPLACE THE AIR THAT HAS BEEN HEATED AND HAS GONE UP. 16:42 SO THERE BEGINS A KIND OF A MOTION -- COOL AIR 16:46 COMING OVER THE EDGE GETS HEATED, LIFTS UP. 16:49 COOL AIR COMING DOWN LIFTS UP. 16:52 THEN THE SCIENTISTS SAY SOMETHING ELSE BEGINS TO HAPPEN. 16:56 SOME OF THE AIR THAT GOES DOWN OVER THE MOUNTAINSIDES 17:01 IS CAUGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND PULLED BACK BY GRAVITY, 17:07 SO THAT IT BEGINS TO DO THIS -- UP ONE SIDE, DOWN THAT SIDE. 17:14 AND THEN, NATURE DOES SOMETHING THAT SEEMS RATHER CRUEL; 17:18 A LITTLE TWIST OCCURS, SO THAT NOW THERE'S HEAT RISING, 17:25 COOL AIR COMING DOWN, COOL AIR GOING UP, 17:27 GRAVITY GRABS IT, PULLS IT BACK, 17:30 NOW IT BEGINS TO TWIST; TWIST. 17:33 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GALILEE TURNS INTO A GIANT MIXING BOWL 17:40 AS THOUGH YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOUR MIX MASTER 17:44 AND PUT IT DOWN THERE AND TURNED IT ON PUREE. 17:47 ARE YOU WITH ME NOW ? 17:51 SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LAKE THAT WAS CALM TURNS INTO COMPLETE CHAOS AND DISASTER. 18:01 THIS SAME BOOK SAYS THAT IN THE MIDST OF THOSE STORMS ON GALILEE 18:05 WIND CAN BLOW AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND GUSTS AT 125 MILES AN HOUR. 18:13 NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT HAS OCCURRED TO YOU, 18:15 BUT WHEN WIND BLOWS OVER 74 MILES AN HOUR, IT'S A HURRICANE. 18:21 NOW, ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A HURRICANE WILL NEVER FORGET IT. 18:28 IF THE POWER OF A HURRICANE IN ONE DAY COULD BE CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICITY, 18:34 IT COULD POWER ALL OF THE APPLIANCES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR SIX MONTHS. 18:41 THAT'S HOW POWERFUL A HURRICANE IS BLOWING AT 74 MILES PER HOUR, 18:46 PLUS IT WILL UPROOT TREES, 18:48 IT WILL TEAR DOWN HOUSES, 18:50 IT DAMAGES STRUCTURES, IT CAUSES MAYHEM. 18:54 AND THIS AIR IS BLOWING AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND GUSTING AT 125, 19:00 AND YOU SAT AT HOME AND WONDERED WHY THE DISCIPLES WERE SO TICKLISH ABOUT THIS RIDE. 19:13 THIS IS NO PLAYTIME. 19:17 THESE FOLK LIVE IN SHIPS. 19:20 BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WATER IS WHERE IS SHOULD NOT BE. 19:24 WATER IS SUPPOSED TO STAY WHERE GOD PUT IT. 19:29 BUT NOW THE WIND IS BLOWING -- SEISMOS IS THE WORD THAT MATTHEW USES. 19:34 IT MEANS THAT THERE'S TURBULENCE IN WIND THAT'S CAUSING A PROBLEM IN THE WATER. 19:40 SO THE WATER IS IN THE SHIP WHERE IT SHOULD NOT BE. 19:43 AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE STORM, 19:46 IF THE STORM WAS SUFFICIENT TO FILL THE SHIP UP WITH WATER, 19:50 THERE'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE SHIP IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN. 19:55 IN FACT ONE VERSION SAYS THAT THE DISCIPLES SAID WHEN 19:58 THEY FINALLY REALIZED THE DANGER THAT THEY WERE IN SAID, 20:02 "MASTER, DON'T YOU CARE ? 20:04 WE'RE GOING UNDER ! 20:06 WE'RE GOING DOWN !" 20:08 YOU KNOW, AND YOU REMEMBER THAT PETER WAS IN THIS BOAT SOMEWHERE. 20:12 PETER WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO ACT LIKE HE WAS IN CONTROL. 20:17 AMEN ? 20:19 DON'T YOU LOVE CHRISTIANS WHO ALWAYS WANT TO BE IN CONTROL ? 20:25 NO MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS, THEY CAN'T ADMIT THAT IT'S TIME TO PRAY. 20:30 FOLK, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU GOT TO LOSE ALL OF THAT COMPOSURE AND JUST SAY, 20:36 "LORD, HELP ME." 20:39 IF YOU DON'T REALIZE IT, GOD WILL ALLOW SOME PROBLEM 20:43 TO COME YOUR WAY THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE. 20:46 IF YOU COULD HANDLE EVERY PROBLEM THAT CAME YOUR WAY, WHEN WOULD YOU PRAY ? 20:53 GOD WILL MAKE IT SO THAT SOMETHING COMES AND YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH IT. 20:57 SO YOU'VE GOT TO CALL ON HIM. 20:59 IN FACT, I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT MOST OF US ARE IN TROUBLE 21:02 BECAUSE GOD CAN'T GET ANY GLORY UNTIL HE ALLOWS ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO DRY UP. 21:11 OH, I'M GONNA TRY AND PREACH NOW. 21:17 IF YOU GOT A COUSIN LEFT TO CALL ON, 21:20 THEN THE COUSIN LOANS YOU SOME MONEY, AND YOU GIVE YOUR COUSIN THE CREDIT FOR GETTING YOU OUT. 21:25 IF YOU'VE GOT A CREDIT UNION TO CALL ON, YOU GIVE THE CREDIT UNION CREDIT. 21:30 IF YOU GOT SOME BOSS WHO LIKES YA, YOU GIVE HIM THE CREDIT. 21:34 IF YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND YOU GIVE HER THE CREDIT. 21:36 BUT WHAT GOD HAS TO DO TO GET BLESSING AND CREDIT, 21:40 FOR WHAT HE DOES IS TO LET ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES RUN OUT. 21:48 AND WHEN YOU HAVE NOBODY TO CALL ANYMORE, 21:52 THEN YOU'VE GOT TO CALL JESUS. 21:56 AND WHEN YOU CALL HIM THEN, AND HE STEPS IN ON TIME. 22:01 I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT I HEARD THE CHOIR SAY HE'S AN ON TIME GOD. 22:05 YES HE IS. 22:07 WHEN HE STEPS IN ON TIME, YOU MUST GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. 22:13 SO THE STORM IS RAGING, EVEN PETER HAS LOST HIS COMPOSURE. 22:20 AND YOU KNOW I'VE HEARD SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS THAT IN THE 22:24 MIDDLE OF THE STORM PEOPLE WERE--"MASTER, CAREST THOU NOT ?" 22:33 IT IS NOT HISTORICALLY CORRECT. 22:37 YOU SEE, IN THE MIDST OF A STORM, THERE'S TOO MUCH NOISE. 22:43 YOU CAN'T WHISPER. 22:46 YOU SEE, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT IN YOUR LIFE. 22:49 EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN A TRIAL COMES, THE TRIAL IS NOISY. 22:53 IT CAUSES TOO MUCH NOISE FOR YOU TO WHISPER ANY MORE. 22:57 YOU MAY WHISPER CUTE LITTLE PRAYERS WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL, 23:01 BUT YOU LET A REAL PROBLEM GET INSIDE YOUR LIFE AND YOU'LL CHANGE THE WAY YOU PRAY. 23:09 YOU WILL CHANGE BECAUSE TRIALS HAVE THEIR OWN NOISE. 23:14 THIS STORM IS MAKING NOISE. 23:16 SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO CRY OUT FOR HELP, 23:19 AND THESE DISCIPLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM, 23:22 SOMEBODY FINALLY THINKS ABOUT IT -- "WHY ARE WE OUT HERE ?" 23:30 "WHO'S IDEA WAS THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE ?" 23:36 AMEN ? 23:38 SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO ASK THAT QUESTION. 23:40 AMEN ? 23:42 WHY AM I HERE ? 23:43 WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLACE ? 23:45 AND IF YOUR ANSWER IS, THE LORD TOLD YOU TO GO, 23:48 THEN YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE 'CAUSE IF JESUS TOLD YOU TO GO, 23:53 HE'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE. 23:56 SO IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING, ONE WRITER SAYS, SOMEBODY SEES JESUS. 24:03 THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS STORM IS TOO MUCH. 24:06 EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 2 SAYS THAT 24:09 "THE DEVIL IS THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR." 24:16 THAT'S WHY WHEN I FLY, I TALK TO JESUS. 24:21 I SAY, "LORD, DON'T YOU LET HIM DO THIS, AND I KNOW YOU CAN CALM A STORM." 24:28 I TALK TO HIM. 24:29 I REMIND HIM WHOM I KNOW WHO HE IS. 24:32 I'LL TELL HIM WHO I KNOW WHO CAUSED THE STORMS. 24:35 I'LL SAY LORD, I REMEMBER IN THE WORD, THAT THE DEVIL THINKS HE'S GOT POWER, 24:41 BUT IT IS ONLY POWER THAT YOU HAVE LOANED HIM FOR A TIME SO THAT WE CAN SEE HIM AS HE IS. 24:48 BUT GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME, 24:51 THAN HE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THIS AIRPLANE 24:54 AND LORD, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING ? 24:58 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN JESUS WAS ASLEEP IN THAT BOAT, 25:03 JESUS WAS ASLEEP IN FAITH IN HIS FATHER. 25:08 STICK WITH ME. 25:09 JOHN CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 30 SAYS 25:13 THAT JESUS HAD PUT HIS POWER DOWN. 25:20 YOU SAY, WELL, HE'S JESUS. 25:23 THE REASON I GET EXCITED IS 'CAUSE I'M NOT JESUS. 25:27 BUT THAT WAS JESUS. 25:29 BUT WHEN JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH, HE CAME TO BE LIKE WE ARE, 25:33 SO THAT HE COULD CONQUER THE PROBLEMS LIKE WE ARE. 25:37 SO JESUS HAS PUT THE POWER DOWN. 25:40 THE REASON WHY JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THAT CUSHION 25:43 WAS BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT HIS FATHER WAS IN CONTROL. 25:49 THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 25:53 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE; 25:55 YOUR HEART ACHES, YOUR GUT WRENCHES, YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 25:59 WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 26:02 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 26:05 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 26:09 WELL, I HAVE A FREE BOOK I'D LIKE TO SEND YOU CALLED, 26:12 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 26:14 WRITTEN BY CHARLES SCRIVEN, "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT" 26:17 TEACHES US HOW TO BECOME WOUNDED HEALERS, FINDING CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 26:22 IT GIVES US CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE NOT ABANDONED, 26:26 THAT GOD SHARES OUR PAIN WHEN WE SUFFER. 26:29 YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU ARE HURTING; 26:30 THE ANSWERS ARE NOT 26:32 ALWAYS GIVEN TO US, 26:33 BUT TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING 26:34 THAT WHEN YOU DO HURT, 26:36 GOD GRIEVES WITH YOU. 26:38 HE'S PREPARING A PLACE FOR 26:39 YOU AFTER THIS LIFE, 26:40 WHERE PAIN AND GRIEF 26:41 WILL NO LONGER EXIST. 26:43 WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GO 26:44 TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE, 26:46 THIS BOOK WILL TEACH US 26:47 HOW TO BECOME PART OF 26:48 THE JOYFUL WOUNDED. 26:50 IN LUKE 6:21, JESUS SAID, 26:52 "BLESSED ARE YOU THAT WEEP 26:53 NOW, FOR YOU WILL LAUGH." 26:55 SO, LET YOURSELF SMILE KNOWING 26:57 WHAT JOY IS YET TO COME. 26:59 JUST CALL THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER 27:05 AND ASK FOR A FREE COPY. 27:06 JUST CALL THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER 27:11 AND ASK FOR A FREE COPY OF "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 27:16 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD ♪ 27:21 IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:24 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, 27:26 OR WRITE WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:32 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, 27:33 WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 27:35 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 27:38 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 27:41 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 27:45 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE. ♪ 27:51 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 27:54 ♪ LORD WE ADORE THEE, OF ALL THE GLORY. ♪ 27:59 ♪ WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR. ♪ 28:02 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY, WORTHY OF ALL THE GLORY. ♪ 28:08 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. ♪ 28:11 ♪ LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU. ♪ 28:13 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. ♪ 28:18 ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE. ♪ 28:19 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. ♪ 28:24 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06