Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000205
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00:01 THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOMETIMES
00:02 WE GRAB HOLD OF THE CONTROLS 00:05 AND TRY TO STEER OUR OWN 00:06 WAY OUT OF A STORM. 00:08 WHY DON'T YOU LET THE RIGHT ONE 00:10 STEER YOU OUT OF THE STORM ? 00:12 JESUS, RESTING IN THE PILOT'S 00:14 PILLOW CAN GET UP AND STEER YOU 00:16 OUT IF YOU LET HIM TAKE CONTROL. 00:19 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:25 Narrator: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:29 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, 00:32 IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:35 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:43 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, 00:45 BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:47 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:54 Announcer: WHEN GOD MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN REST ASSURED HE'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE. 00:58 FOR OUR OFFER TO YOU THIS WEEK, WE GIVE YOU A CHOICE: 01:01 "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 01:05 MEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD GIVES A MAN STRENGTH WHEN HE IS ANGRY AND NEEDS PEACE. 01:10 AND GOD LISTENS TO A MAN'S PRAYER 01:12 WHEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIFE OVERWHELM HIM. 01:15 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY MEN OF THE BIBLE--LIKE ABRAHAM, DAVID AND PAUL. 01:20 WOMEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD WALKS WITH WOMEN THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT. 01:23 AND GOD GIVES FREELY TO WOMEN, POWER TO DEFEAT FEAR. 01:27 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY WOMEN OF THE BIBLE LIKE SARAH, 01:30 RUTH AND ELIZABETH--THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 01:34 WHETHER YOU'RE A MAN OR A WOMEN, 01:36 IN TIMES OF NEED AND TROUBLE, 01:37 IN TIMES OF HEARTACHE AND PAIN, 01:39 GOD IS THERE FOR YOU WITH HIS PROMISE. 01:42 DISCOVER HIS PROMISES TODAY BY CALLING 01:44 OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 01:47 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 01:52 ASK FOR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" 01:54 OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 01:56 EITHER BOOK IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 01:59 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE BOOK. 02:01 JUST WRITE TO: 02:02 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077 02:09 REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 02:14 GET YOUR COPY OF "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" 02:16 OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN" 02:18 AND FIND COMFORT IN OUR GOD. 02:22 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN JESUS WAS 02:25 ASLEEP IN THAT BOAT, JESUS WAS 02:27 ASLEEP IN FAITH IN HIS FATHER. 02:32 STICK WITH ME, 02:33 JOHN CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 30 02:36 SAYS THAT JESUS HAD PUT HIS POWER DOWN. 02:44 YOU SAY, WELL, HE'S JESUS. 02:47 THE REASON I GET EXCITED IS 'CAUSE I'M NOT JESUS, 02:51 BUT THAT WAS JESUS. 02:53 BUT WHEN JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH, HE CAME TO BE LIKE WE ARE, 02:57 SO THAT HE COULD CONQUER THE PROBLEMS LIKE WE ARE. 03:01 SO JESUS HAS PUT THE POWER DOWN. 03:04 THE REASON WHY JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THAT CUSHION 03:07 WAS BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT HIS FATHER WAS IN CONTROL. 03:14 HE RECOGNIZED THAT HE COULD CALL HIS FATHER, 03:17 AND GET A REMOTE CONTROLLED BLESSING. 03:23 COME ON NOW; LET ME TALK TO THE BRETHREN A MINUTE. 03:26 EVERYBODY GOT ONE OF THEM. 03:29 COME ON. 03:30 IN FACT SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ME DURING THIS 03:32 PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WITH ONE OF THESE IN YOUR HAND, AND YOU'RE 03:36 TEMPTED TO CLICK ME OFF, BUT WHILE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO 03:39 CLICK ME OFF I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW WITH IT IN YOUR HAND. 03:43 AND THE BRETHREN LOVE IT. 03:44 A MAN IS NOT A MAN UNTIL HE HAS A REMOTE CONTROL. 03:49 WENT TO A MAN'S HOUSE THE OTHER DAY, HE HAD FOUR OF THEM. 03:52 SURROUND CLICK, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, CLICK. 03:58 BUT YOU SEE, WHEN YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE POWER OF HEAVEN 04:02 AS JESUS WAS, HE PUT THE POWER DOWN BUT HE STAYED IN CONTACT 04:06 WITH HIS FATHER SO IN THE RESTING THAT HE WAS DOING, 04:11 IT WAS SUGGESTIVE OF THE FACT THAT HE TRUSTED IN HIS FATHER 04:15 SO HE COULD LAY ON THE CUSHION. 04:17 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS -- THE PRAYER. 04:24 THE PRAYER; IT'S NOT LIKE A GENIE OUT OF A BOTTLE, 04:27 IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A REMOTE CONTROL, 04:30 BUT THE FACT IS WHEN WE PRAY, WE INVOKE THE POWER OF GOD WHO IS IN HEAVEN. 04:36 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU CAN REST IN SOME STORMS WHEN 04:39 OTHER PEOPLE ARE DISTURBED 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHO'S REALLY IN CONTROL. 04:47 SOME FOLK THINK THAT THE POLITICIANS ARE IN CONTROL; 04:50 THE POLITICIANS KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT IN CONTROL. 04:53 SOME FOLK THINK THAT THE POLICE ARE IN CONTROL; 04:56 YOU KNOW THAT THE POLICE ARE NOT IN CONTROL. 04:59 THE POLICE ARE MANY TIMES FRIGHTENED OUT OF THEIR WITS; 05:02 THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN. 05:04 THE ONLY POWER THAT CONTROLS ANYTHING NOW IS THE POWER OF GOD ! 05:11 AND YOU AND I HAVE ACCESS TO GOD THROUGH THIS POWERFUL JESUS. 05:16 SO MY QUESTION NOW IS, WHAT WILL JESUS DO ? 05:19 ONE SCHOLAR LOOKS AT THE SITUATION AND SAYS THAT 05:21 WHEN JESUS IS IN THE BACK PART OF THE SHIP, 05:24 HE IS THERE RESTING ON THE PILOT'S PILLOW. 05:27 AND IF JESUS IS YOUR PILOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVER WORRY ABOUT A STORM. 05:33 THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOMETIMES WE GRAB HOLD OF THE CONTROLS 05:37 AND TRY TO STEER OUR OWN WAY OUT OF A STORM. 05:40 WHY DON'T YOU LET THE RIGHT ONE STEER YOU OUT OF THE STORM ? 05:44 JESUS, RESTING IN THE PILOT'S PILLOW CAN GET UP AND STEER 05:48 YOU OUT IF YOU LET HIM TAKE CONTROL. 05:52 NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL HE DO ? 05:54 THE DISCIPLES CRY OUT, "DON'T YOU CARE THAT WE PERISH ?" 05:58 I SHIVER AT THOSE WORDS, CAUSE THE QUESTION IS, "DOES JESUS CARE ?" 06:06 THE ANSWER IS AN AFFIRMATIVE, "YES, JESUS CARES !" 06:12 THERE IS NOT A SPARROW THAT FALLS FROM THE SKY, BUT THAT JESUS DOES NOT KNOW. 06:18 AND IF HE SEES THE SPARROW FALL, THEN DOES HE KNOW ABOUT YOUR BILL THAT YOU OWE ? 06:24 DOES HE KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHILD WHO HAS BROKEN YOUR HEART ? 06:27 DOES HE KNOW ABOUT THE FAMILY PROBLEM THAT WILL NOT BE SOLVED ? 06:30 DOES HE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATIONS THAT CRUSH 06:33 IN ON YOU AND TRY TO SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF YOU ? 06:37 YES ! 06:39 JESUS KNOWS. 06:41 NOT ONLY IS HE POWERFUL, BUT HE'S SENSITIVE AND HE CARES AND HE KNOWS. 06:46 SO THEY SAY, DO YOU CARE THAT WE PERISH 06:48 AND JESUS, RESTING IN THE STORM, STANDS UP. 06:58 NOW, IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU, 07:01 YOU GIVE ME MORE CREDIT THAN I DESERVE. 07:06 IF THE BOAT IS TOSSING AND ALMOST FULL, 07:09 IF THE WINDS ARE BLOWING SO THAT YOU CANNOT HEAR, 07:11 IF WATER IS MOVING, ACCORDING TO ONE SCHOLAR, 07:14 SO FAST THAT THE DROPLETS STING YOU THROUGH YOUR CLOTHING, 07:17 IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE, DURING ONE STORM 07:20 I LOOKED ON TELEVISION AND SAW THAT THE WIND WAS SO POWERFUL 07:23 THAT IT HAD DRIVEN A TWO BY FOUR THROUGH THE SIDE OF A COW. 07:27 THAT'S THE KIND OF POWER THAT WIND HAS AT HURRICANE FORCE. 07:31 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WINDS FROM 50 TO 125 MILES AN HOUR, 07:35 HOW IN THE WORLD DOES JESUS STAND UP ? 07:41 HOW JESUS ? 07:44 HOW DO YOU STAND UP ? 07:45 OR MAYBE THE BETTER QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU STAND UP ? 07:49 AND THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, JESUS HAD TO STAND UP BECAUSE THAT 07:54 WAS NOT THE LAST STORM THAT A CHILD OF GOD WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH, 07:58 AND THE LORD HAD TO SHOW THAT JESUS IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO HANDLE STORMS. 08:05 (applause) 08:08 WHAT A SHAME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF JESUS COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN UP. 08:12 WHAT A SHAME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HAD TO CALL SOMEONE, 08:14 "COME, HELP ME GET UP." 08:16 THERE WAS POWER BEYOND HIMSELF. 08:18 HE INVOKED THE POWER OF HIS FATHER. 08:21 AND THE POWER OF GOD CAN MAKE YOU STAND UP IN A STORM. 08:25 YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. 08:26 SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STORMS THAT 08:28 SHOULD HAVE KNOCKED YOU FLAT UNDERSTAND THAT GOD CAN PULL 08:31 YOU UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM. 08:34 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, 08:37 BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 08:40 THE WINDS ARE STILL BLOWING AROUND YOU, 08:42 BUT YOU'RE STANDING NOT ON YOUR OWN STRENGTH, YOU'RE STANDING IN THE POWER OF JESUS. 08:52 AND HE STANDS AND SPEAKS TO THE WIND. 08:57 JOHN CHAPTER ONE AND VERSE THREE SAYS THAT, 09:00 "THERE WAS NOTHING MADE WITHOUT JESUS." 09:05 COME ON, STICK WITH ME, I'M GETTING THERE. 09:08 I'M JUST KIND OF ENJOYING MYSELF. 09:11 SO, WHEN CHRIST APPROACHED THIS PLANET, WITHOUT FORM AND VOID, 09:19 IT WAS THE ACTIVE AGENT IN CREATION WHO SAID, 09:24 "LET THIS BE DONE, AND LET THAT BE DONE." 09:27 THE FIRMAMENT WAS CREATED BY THE POWER OF THE COMMAND OF GOD. 09:32 LET EARTH GO THAT WAY AND STAY; 09:35 LET WATER GO THAT WAY AND STAY; 09:37 LET AIR COME ENCIRCLE THE GLOBE AND STAY AND DON'T MOVE UNTIL I TELL YOU. 09:46 SO WIND HAD ALREADY HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS. 09:50 HE HAD LAID HIS POWER DOWN, BUT HE MUST HAVE MADE SOME TEMPORARY AGREEMENT WITH HIS FATHER. 09:56 "FATHER, WOULD YOU SEND ME A LITTLE REMOTE CONTROL POWER 10:03 DOWN HERE BECAUSE I GOT ME A STORM TO CALM. 10:04 I CANNOT DO IT IN MY OWN POWER, BUT WOULD LET MY DISCIPLES SEE 10:07 THAT JESUS OPERATES IN THE POWER OF HIS FATHER ? 10:11 LET THEM KNOW THAT JUST AS I OPERATE IN YOUR POWER, THEY TOO, 10:16 THROUGH ME, CAN OPERATE IN YOUR POWER." 10:19 SO, JESUS SPEAKS TO THE WIND, 10:25 AND THE WIND RECOGNIZED WHO WAS SPEAKING. 10:30 WIND THAT WAS BLOWING OUT OF CONTROL 10:33 HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS, AND SCREECHED ON BRAKES. 10:39 IN FACT, THE COMMAND THAT JESUS GIVES IS, "BE QUIET, BE MUTE, STOP MAKING SO MUCH NOISE. 10:52 I CAN'T EVEN TALK. 10:55 YOU STOP TALKING. 10:57 YOU STOP MAKING NOISE SO I CAN TALK." 11:01 AND THE WIND SAID, "DID YOU HEAR WHO THAT WAS ?" 11:04 (applause) 11:09 AND EVERYTHING IS QUIET. 11:12 NOW, YOU KNOW I LOVE MY JOB, I REALLY DO. 11:19 WHEN THE DISCIPLES CALLED JESUS THEY SAID, 11:25 "MASTER, CAREST THOU NOT THAT WE PERISH ?" 11:31 NORMALLY WHEN THEY CALLED HIM MASTER, IT WAS A GREEK WORD. 11:35 I'VE GOT TO SNEAK THIS IN BECAUSE MY PARENTS PAID 11:37 SO MUCH MONEY TO TEACH ME THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. 11:41 THE WORD THAT THEY WOULD USE WAS "DEDASKOLOUS;" 11:45 IT MEANT "TEACHER, INTERPRETER, ONE WHO GUIDES INTO KNOWLEDGE." 11:50 "DEDASKOLOUS." 11:52 JESUS WAS ONE WHO TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY. 11:54 MARK, CHAPTER ONE, VERSE 22: 11:57 "AT TWELVE YEARS OLD HE WENT DOWN TO THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 12:00 AND THEY MARVELED AT HIS WISDOM." 12:02 ZACCHEUS, THE INTERNAL REVENUE AGENT, CLIMBED DOWN OUT OF HIS TREE TO HEAR THE WORDS OF JESUS. 12:08 LORD NICODEMUS, AT THE SANHEDRIN, CAME OUT BY 12:11 NIGHT TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ONE WHO HE CALLED A RABBI. 12:17 HE TAUGHT AS ONE WITH AUTHORITY. 12:20 BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN A STORM, YOU DON'T NEED A TEACHER. 12:28 THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG NOW, WE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT PARADING AS 12:31 THOUGH THEY ARE POWERFUL, BUT THEY ARE ONLY PROFESSORS. 12:37 WHEN YOU GET IN A STORM, YOU DON'T NEED WORDS, YOU NEED ACTION ! 12:42 WHEN YOU ARE PRESSED BETWEEN PROBLEMS, YOU DON'T NEED SOMEBODY TO PHILOSOPHIZE, 12:47 YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING. 12:50 WHEN YOU'RE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, 12:52 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, 12:54 AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE, DOWN TO YOUR LAST DIME, 12:57 YOU DON'T NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK; 13:00 YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING. 13:03 SO WHEN THEY CALLED HIM THIS TIME IN LUKE, CHAPTER 8, 13:06 THEY DID NOT CALL HIM "DEDASKOLOUS", 13:08 THEY CALLED HIM "EPISTATES" WHICH IS COMMANDER; 13:14 SUPERINTENDENT; ONE WHO CONTROLS POWERFUL THINGS. 13:21 SO IN THE MIDST OF A STORM, THEY DID NOT NEED "DEDASKOLOUS," 13:25 THEY NEEDED "EPISTATES." 13:28 THEY CALLED ONE WHO COULD DO SOMETHING. 13:30 AND WHEN THEY CALLED ON JESUS, HE DID NOT LET THEM DOWN, 13:34 HE SPOKE TO THE WIND, AND THE WIND STOPPED MAKING NOISE. 13:40 (applause) 13:44 STOPPED TOSSING THE WATER; PEOPLE IN THOSE OTHER LITTLE BOATS. 13:48 YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO BE IN THE BOAT WITH JESUS, 13:50 BUT WHAT WERE THOSE FOLK DOING IN THOSE OTHER BOATS ? 13:57 WHAT WERE THEY DOING ? 13:59 WHEN THAT WIND FINALLY STOPPED, SOMEONE HAD BEEN LOOKING HARD ENOUGH, THEY SAID, 14:03 "COME HERE MAN, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING." 14:06 EXCUSE ME; I GOTTA GET THE WAY HE WAS TALKING. 14:09 (talking like out of breath): "LISTEN MAN ... OK ... I SAW HIM 14:14 IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT STORM-STANDING STRAIGHT UP ... 14:20 THERE'S SOMETHIN' WRONG HERE FOLKS ... THAT MAN RIGHT THERE; 14:24 I SAW HIM TALK TO THE WIND. 14:27 I HEARD WHAT HE SAID. 14:30 AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO MUCH THAT I HEARD WHAT HE SAID, 14:32 BUT THE WIND HEARD HIM TOO, 14:35 'CAUSE THE WIND OBEYED HIS VOICE." 14:39 WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS THAT EVEN THE WIND OBEYS HIM ? 14:48 A POWERFUL, POWERFUL, POWERFUL JESUS ! 14:55 AND YOU'VE GOT THE NERVE TO SIT UP HERE 14:58 WONDERING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE WHEN JESUS HAS THE POWER. 15:07 EVERY ONE OF US WILL FIND OURSELVES IN SOME STORM, 15:15 BUT I'M GLAD THAT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO CAN TELL THE WIND, 15:21 "BE QUIET, DON'T SCARE HIM ANYMORE, I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE SCARED NOW. 15:25 BE QUIET." 15:27 YOU SAY THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT ? 15:29 WELL EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THEN THE SAME POWER OF GOD COULD 15:32 MAKE FIRE CEASE TO BURN THE THREE HEBREW WORKERS; 15:37 COULD MAKE LIONS RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO EAT ? 15:42 WHEN GOD SPEAKS, SOMETHING HAPPENS. 15:46 WHEN JESUS STANDS IN A STORM, HE DOES NOT STAND FOR HIMSELF, 15:52 BUT HE STANDS TO BRING PEACE INTO YOUR LIFE AND INTO MINE. 15:57 (applause) 16:02 I HAD JUST LEARNED TO DRIVE. 16:09 MOST OF YOU, INCLUDING THE LADIES NOW, 16:11 I USED TO TELL THIS WITH SOME MALE TWIST TO IT, 16:15 BUT I HAVE A DAUGHTER NOW WHO IS AN ATTORNEY, AND SHE WAS ONCE, 16:20 IN FACT SHE HATES THESE STORIES. 16:22 DON'T EVER TELL HER THAT I DID THIS. 16:26 SHE TOO ENJOYED DRIVING. 16:27 THERE IS A STRANGE LUST FOR DRIVING. 16:32 IT LOOKS POWERFUL. 16:33 I REMEMBER LOOKING AT MY FATHER DRIVING, 16:35 AND I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT MY LICENSE I FELT THAT I HAD CHANGED FROM A BOY INTO A MAN. 16:48 MY BROTHER AND I, WE MADE PLANS QUICKLY; 16:50 WE HAD THESE DEAR YOUNG LADIES WHOSE LIVES WE WERE ABOUT TO PUT IN JEOPARDY. 16:58 WE WASHED THE CAR IN FAITH, AND I WENT TO MY FATHER AND DECLARED TO HIM, 17:02 "WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE CAR FATHER, AND DRIVE DOWN TO FLORIDA." 17:08 WELL, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO WHEN FATHERS DID NOT DO WHAT THE CHILDREN TOLD THEM. 17:15 DAD SAYS, "IF THAT CAR MOVES, I'M GOING TO BE IN IT, SITTING RIGHT BESIDE YOU. 17:19 YOU HAVE A LEARNER'S PERMIT SON, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS LEARN." 17:23 I SAID, "BUT DAD, BUT DAD, BUT DAD, COME ON ..." 17:26 SO WE MADE A DEAL. 17:27 THE DEAL WAS THAT THE YOUNG LADY COULD SIT HERE 17:30 AND HE WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE. 17:32 NOT EXACTLY ACCORDING TO THE LAW, BUT THERE WAS SOME GRACE, PRAISE GOD. 17:37 I REMEMBER DRIVING AND FEELING THE WARM ADMIRATION OF THE LADY. 17:43 I COULD FEEL HER GLANCE ON ME. 17:46 (laughter) 17:55 WELL, EVIDENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. 17:59 WE GOT DOWN TO FLORIDA, NOT A LONG DRIVE FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA 18:03 WHERE I WAS LIVING, AND WE GOT OUT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE WENT SWIMMING. 18:08 I DIDN'T WANT TO SWIM. 18:10 I TOOK THE KEYS AND PUT THEM IN MY TRUNKS AND WALKED AROUND, I WAS A MAN. 18:16 AS THE DAY WENT ON WE COULD SEE CLOUDS GATHERING, 18:20 AND FINALLY THE SKY WAS BLACK WITH CLOUDS, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 18:27 MY FATHER WILL NEVER LET ME DRIVE HOME NOW, SO I WENT, 18:30 TURNED MY BACK TO THE REST AND TRIED TO PLEAD WITH HIM. 18:34 I SAID, "DAD, IF YOU DON'T LET ME DRIVE HOME, 18:38 THE YOUNG LADY WILL THINK I CAN'T DRIVE IN A STORM. 18:42 WOULD YOU PLEASE ? 18:44 I'LL BE REAL CAREFUL. 18:45 LET ME DRIVE HOME." 18:47 "SON, DO YOU SEE THE SKY ?" 18:49 I SAID, "YES, I SEE IT DAD, BUT I CAN HANDLE IT." 18:51 HE SAID, "SON, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN A STORM BEFORE." 18:54 I SAID, "YEAH DAD, BUT I CAN HANDLE IT, I PROMISE YOU." 18:57 HE SAID, "LOOK IF YOU PROMISE THAT WHEN IT GETS TOO MUCH FOR YOU, 19:01 YOU'LL FIGURE SOME EXCUSE AND STOP THE CAR AND LET ME DRIVE. 19:04 YOU PROMISE ?" 19:05 "YEAH DAD, I PROMISE." 19:07 TURNED AROUND, "ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY TO GO." 19:09 (laughter) 19:17 I REMEMBER TURNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, 19:20 THEY WERE DOING THIS AND STILL COULDN'T SEE. 19:23 FOLK, I COULDN'T SEE. 19:27 BUT YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRIDE OF A POST PUBESCENT MALE THAT DROVE 19:35 ON A RIBBON OF HIGHWAY THAT WAS SLIPPERY AND BLACK AND I COULD NOT MAKE OUT THE LINES ANYMORE. 19:43 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN THAT VEHICLE, 19:45 SOMETHING LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE YELLOW LIGHTS ABOVE IT, CAME TOWARDS US. 19:51 AND I KNEW THAT I COULD NOT FATHOM WHERE THE HIGHWAY WAS, 19:56 I WAS GOING TO HIT THIS THING; WHATEVER IT WAS. 19:59 AND MY FATHER REACHED ACROSS THAT DEAR YOUNG LADY'S LAP, 20:03 PUT HIS HAND ON THE WHEEL FROM THE OTHER SIDE, 20:07 PUT THAT CAR BACK BETWEEN THE LINES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR. 20:11 SOMEBODY SAY AMEN. 20:14 AND KEPT US ON COURSE WITHOUT USING UP MY PRIDE; 20:19 MY HANDS TREMBLED; 20:21 I STOPPED THAT CAR AND LET MY DADDY DRIVE LIKE I SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 20:26 (applause) 20:34 I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, YOU MAY BE IN A STORM, 20:41 BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE STORM WITH YOU. 20:46 WHY CAN'T WE GET ENOUGH WISDOM TO KNOW WHEN TO TURN THE WHEEL LOOSE ? 20:55 WHEN TO LET GOD DRIVE ? 20:58 THE FACT IS THAT SOME OF US HAVE HABITS THAT ARE SO POWERFUL 21:03 THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS, 21:05 AND THEY GET STRONGER AS THE DAYS GO BY. 21:08 BUT INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM GO, 21:10 WE DRIVE INTO THEM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE WAY OUT. 21:14 I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT THAT WHATEVER YOUR HABIT MAY BE, 21:18 JESUS, THE POWERFUL JESUS, CAN STAND UP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR STORM, 21:25 AND SAY TO THE WIND THAT BUFFETS YOU, 21:28 "STOP MAKING NOISE. 21:31 STOP TOSSING THE WATER. 21:34 LEAVE THIS TERRITORY. 21:36 MOVE OUT OF THIS VICINITY, AND DON'T COME HERE ANYMORE." 21:42 JESUS IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CALM IN THE MIDDLE OF STORMS. 21:48 I WANT YOU TO THINK OF THE STORMS THAT YOU HAVE MAYBE BEEN IN, 21:52 OR MAYBE THE STORM THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW 21:56 AND UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS CAN STAND STILL IN A STORM. 22:03 HE CAN STAND STRAIGHT IN A STORM, 22:06 AND HE CAN SPEAK TO THE WATER AND THE WIND AND THEY WILL OBEY. 22:15 SO, WHAT STORM ARE YOU IN ? 22:20 WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR STORM ? 22:24 WHAT WIND BLOWS AROUND YOU TONIGHT ? 22:29 WHAT WATER FILLS UP YOUR BOAT ? 22:33 WHAT IS IT THAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE YOU DOWN ? 22:39 WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES IT SO YOU CAN'T SEE AND YOU CAN'T HEAR AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ? 22:48 IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR STORM IS. 22:54 IT ONLY MATTERS THAT JESUS CAN STAND STILL IN YOUR STORM AND TELL YOUR STORM TO BE STILL. 23:06 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IN STORMS; 23:11 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE SET FREE. 23:12 THERE ARE PEOPLE TURNING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO QUELL THEIR STORMS, 23:18 BUT THOSE DRUGS ONLY MAKE THE STORMS WORSE. 23:23 THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, 23:27 TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER, 23:29 WHEN ONLY THE LOVE OF THIS POWERFUL JESUS WILL CALM YOUR STORM. 23:34 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THEIR WAY OUT OF A STORM, 23:38 SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET A HOUSE BIG ENOUGH TO LIVE YOUR WAY OUT OF A STORM, 23:42 SOMEBODY TRYING TO BUY A CAR PRETTY ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOUR WAY OUT OF A STORM. 23:47 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF A STORM IS TO CALL SOMEBODY WHO CAN CALM IT. 23:56 AND THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, IS JESUS. 24:03 IS THEIR SOMEBODY IN A STORM TONIGHT WHO NEEDS TO STAND UP WITH ME AND SAY, 24:07 "LORD, SPEAK TO MY STORM." 24:11 JUST STAND UP WHERE YOU ARE, WE'RE ABOUT TO PRAY FOLKS. 24:17 FATHER IN HEAVEN, JESUS IS ABLE TO STOP STORMS. 24:24 JESUS CAN STAND UP IN A BOAT THAT'S ALMOST FULL OF WATER. 24:28 JESUS CAN STAND AT THE STERN OF THE BOAT. 24:32 JESUS CAN STAND AT THE CONTROLS OF A BOAT THAT'S ABOUT TO CAPSIZE. 24:37 JESUS CAN STAND UP IN A STORM THAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE A LIFE OVER, 24:42 AND ALL HE HAS TO DO IS SPEAK A WORD BECAUSE STORMS KNOW WHO JESUS IS. 24:50 STORMS MUST OBEY JESUS BECAUSE HIS POWER IS GREATER THAN OUR STORMS. 24:58 SOMEBODY STANDS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY NEED JESUS TO SPEAK TO THE STORM THAT THEY'RE IN. 25:06 JESUS, SAY A WORD, SAY A WORD. 25:11 AND IF YOU'LL CALM THIS STORM SOMEBODY HAS DECIDED THAT WHEN SHE GETS INTO A STORM AGAIN, 25:18 SHE'LL TURN THE REIGNS OVER TO JESUS, 25:21 SHE'LL GIVE JESUS THE WHEEL, SHE'LL GIVE JESUS THE RUDDER. 25:26 SOMEBODY HAS SAID THAT WHEN HE GETS IN A PROBLEM AGAIN, 25:29 HE'LL LET JESUS HANDLE THE STORM. 25:33 I BEG OF YOU FATHER, GIVE US THE IMPULSE, THE WILL, 25:37 AND THE STRENGTH TO CALL JESUS. 25:41 IT IS IN THE SWEET AND HOLY NAME OF JESUS THAT WE PRAY TONIGHT. 25:46 LET EVERYONE SAY, AMEN. 25:50 Announcer: WHEN GOD MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN REST ASSURED HE'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE. 25:54 FOR OUR OFFER TO YOU THIS WEEK, WE GIVE YOU A CHOICE: 25:57 "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 26:01 MEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD GIVES A MAN STRENGTH WHEN HE IS ANGRY AND NEEDS PEACE. 26:06 AND GOD LISTENS TO A MAN'S PRAYER 26:08 WHEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIFE OVERWHELM HIM. 26:11 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY MEN OF THE BIBLE--LIKE ABRAHAM, DAVID AND PAUL. 26:15 WOMEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD WALKS WITH WOMEN THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT. 26:19 AND GOD GIVES FREELY TO WOMEN, POWER TO DEFEAT FEAR. 26:23 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY WOMEN OF THE BIBLE LIKE SARAH, 26:26 RUTH AND ELIZABETH--THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 26:30 WHETHER YOU'RE A MAN OR A WOMEN, 26:32 IN TIMES OF NEED AND TROUBLE, 26:33 IN TIMES OF HEARTACHE AND PAIN, 26:35 GOD IS THERE FOR YOU WITH HIS PROMISE. 26:38 DISCOVER HIS PROMISES TODAY BY CALLING 26:40 OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:44 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 26:48 ASK FOR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" 26:50 OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 26:52 EITHER BOOK IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 26:55 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE BOOK. 26:57 JUST WRITE TO: 26:59 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. 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