Participants: Pr Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000229
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00:01 GOD COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO
00:02 STOP IT BEFORE IT GOT THIS FAR. 00:04 SO WHY DOES LET GOD 00:06 TROUBLE GO THAT FAR ? 00:08 WHY WOULD GOD LET A MAN 00:11 BE DROPPED INTO A DEN 00:12 OF HUNGRY LIONS ? 00:13 WHY WOULD GOD LET 00:15 IT GO THIS FAR ? 00:16 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:23 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:27 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:33 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, ♪ 00:38 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY, ♪ 00:41 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:45 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:51 THE KING HAS HEARD ALL OF THIS FOOLISHNESS, 00:53 ALL OF THIS "AMBROSIA-IZED" TALK, THIS SWEET-TALK. 00:58 NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE PEOPLE CHANGE, 01:00 THEY ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS OF HIS, 01:02 BUT NOW THEIR LANGUAGE IS ABRUPT. 01:04 THEIR MOVEMENTS ARE NEFARIOUS; 01:06 THEY ARE NOW CALCULATING AND COLD IN WHAT THEY DO. 01:09 THEY GO AND CHECK DANIEL. 01:11 AND FINALLY, ONE COMMENTATOR SAYS THAT THEY EVEN WAITED UNTIL 01:15 A MOMENT WHEN DANIEL WAS PRAYING AND BROKE IN UNEXPECTEDLY AND 01:20 KNOCKED AT HIS DOOR TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS THERE PRAYING. 01:24 AND IF DANIEL ANSWERED, SAYS THIS COMMENTATOR, 01:27 THEN THEY WENT IN ON HIM TO MAKE SURE, "WHAT WERE YOU DOING ?" 01:31 AND HE DID NOT HIDE THAT HE WAS PRAYING TO GOD ALMIGHTY. 01:36 FOR WHEN YOU HAVE GOD ON YOUR SIDE, 01:39 YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE FROM ANYBODY. 01:45 NOW THEY'RE READY. 01:48 "UH, KING, YOU REMEMBER WE WERE HERE THE OTHER DAY WITH THE LITTLE THING YOU SIGNED. 01:55 WE GOT A PROBLEM. 01:58 THIS MAN DANIEL THAT YOU WANT TO PROMOTE ALL THE TIME, 02:04 DID WE MENTION THE OTHER DAY THAT HE'S NOT LIKE US ? 02:07 YES, I THINK WE DID. 02:08 UH, WE HAVE HERE A BILL OF PARTICULARS," 02:12 YOU KNOW IF IT WERE NOW IT WOULD BE A COMPUTER PRINT OUT; 02:17 THE SURVEILLANCE REPORT, RECONNAISSANCE NOW. 02:21 AND SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE UNFOLDED THOSE LITTLE PAPERS THAT ARE 02:23 GREEN ON ONE LINE AND WHITE ON THE OTHER. 02:27 "HERE ARE ALL OF HIS MOVEMENTS. 02:29 AS YOU CAN SEE SIR, UH, THE RULE, THE LAW SPECIFICALLY SAYS 02:33 NO PRAYER TO ANY GOD OR MAN EXCEPT YOU. 02:37 AND, HERE JUST FOLLOW THAT DOWN. 02:40 YOU SEE, THIS IS AN OPEN FLAUNTING OF OUR LAW, 02:47 AND I THINK -- DO WE HAVE TO REMIND YOU SIR THAT HERE, 02:52 ONCE YOU SIGN AND AFFIX YOUR SEAL EVEN YOU, 02:56 YOUR HIGHNESS, CANNOT CHANGE THE LAW ?" 03:00 NOW THE HISTORIANS SAY THAT THE CALDEANS WERE DIFFERENT. 03:04 THEY GAVE THEIR RULERS BOTH THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAW AND TO TAKE IT BACK. 03:11 IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE HUMAN BEINGS RULE OVER YOU, 03:13 YOU OUGHT TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO CHANGE BAD LAW. 03:20 WE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH JUST NOW TO THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES 03:23 OF AMERICA TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WITH SOME AUTHORITY. 03:27 YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE LAW AND TO RESCIND LAW. 03:31 SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK OF ANY ONE HUMAN BEING TO RULE WITH POWER THEN YOU OUGHT TO GIVE 03:37 THAT PERSON THE POWER BOTH TO MAKE LAW AND TO TAKE IT BACK. 03:41 THE CALDEANS DID, THE MEDES DID NOT. 03:43 THE PERSIANS, THE MEDES AND THE PERSIANS DECIDED WHEN THE KING 03:47 MAKES THE LAW HE OUGHT TO HAVE ENOUGH FORESIGHT, 03:49 HE OUGHT TO HAVE ENOUGH WIT ABOUT HIM THAT WHEN HE MAKES A RULE WE OUGHT TO LIVE WITH IT. 03:53 SO THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW THE KING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WITHDRAW BAD LAW. 04:00 SO WHEN THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED, 04:02 HE WAS IN AND HE COULD NOT EXTRACT HIMSELF. 04:05 SO NOW THEY COME AND HOIST HIM ON THE HORNS OF HIS OWN DILEMMA. 04:11 THEY TELL HIM NOW, "SIR, YOU CANNOT CHANGE. 04:14 HERE IS YOUR LAW, AND HERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS FLAUNTED YOUR LAW." 04:19 NOW THE RULE SAYS, THE COTTASILL HERE, SAYS THAT WE MUST TAKE 04:24 SUCH A PERSON AND DISPOSE OF THAT PERSON BY THROWING THEM INTO A DEN OF LIONS. 04:32 YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE ZOO TO SEE LIONS. 04:37 I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING TO AFRICA SEVERAL TIMES 04:42 AND I TEASED THEM ON MOST OF MY TRIPS THAT THE WILDEST ANIMAL 04:48 THAT I HAD SEEN ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA WAS A GOAT. 04:54 AND THE WORD GOT OUT. 04:57 AND SO ON ONE OF MY TRIPS TO ZIMBABWE, 05:00 SOMEONE CAME TO ME AFTER MY LAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. 05:04 AND THEY SAID, "PASTOR PEARSON, WORD HAS REACHED US THAT YOU 05:08 SAY THAT THE WILDEST ANIMAL YOU HAVE SEEN ON THE CONTINENT IS A GOAT. 05:14 IS THAT SO SIR ?" 05:16 I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT LIKE DARIUS NOW. 05:20 "IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT." 05:23 HE SAID, "WELL ELDER, WE'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE THAT SITUATION. 05:30 IN FACT, IF YOU'LL GET IN THE CAR, WE'VE ALREADY PACKED 05:32 YOUR LUGGAGE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE YOU TO A GAME RESERVE, 05:36 AND AT THIS ONE PASTOR, THE ANIMALS ARE FREE AND THE PEOPLE MUST STAY INSIDE." 05:44 (laughter) 05:53 WELL, YOU KNOW, I DID NOT WANT TO SEEM LIKE I WAS NOT UP TO IT. 05:58 SO, I GET IN THE CAR, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE 06:01 STRANGE ROVER TYPE VEHICLES, NOT LIKE THE LAND ROVER, 06:04 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH NICER. 06:07 WE ARE RIDING FOREVER IT SEEMS. 06:10 AND AT LENGTH WE COME AT THE END OF THE DAY TO A PLACE 06:15 WHERE WE DRIVE INSIDE THE GATES AND THEY SHUT THE GATES. 06:20 AND ABOUT TWO MINUTES IN A LIONESS TURNED ON THE ROAD. 06:25 WOULD NOT MOVE. 06:29 YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER ! 06:32 SHE HAD AN ATTITUDE OF OWNERSHIP. 06:36 SHE TURNED AND LOOKED LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ?" 06:41 THE MAN STOPPED THE CAR. 06:43 THE LIONESS FROZE FOR JUST A MOMENT TO PUNCTUATE HER OWNERSHIP. 06:48 AND WHEN SHE HAD PROVEN HER POINT, SHE WALKED SLOWLY, 06:52 MAJESTICALLY OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND LOOKED BACK TO US AS TO SAY, 06:58 "NOW YOU MAY PASS." 07:00 AND THEY SAID TO ME, 07:04 "THIS IS GONNABE GOOD, THE LIONS ARE OUT." 07:10 WE WENT THAT NIGHT TO THE LITTLE HOUSE WHERE YOU GO IN. 07:18 I CHECKED EVERYTHING. 07:20 I WAS JUST BEING CAREFUL FOR MY WIFE. 07:25 SHE WASN'T THERE AND I KNEW SHE WANTED ME TO RETURN. 07:31 CHECK THE WINDOWS, DOORS -- CHECK. 07:36 AND THEN THEY SAID, "LOOK, LET'S GO SIT OUTSIDE AND EAT." 07:43 THEY DON'T KNOW IT, BUT I CAREFULLY POSITIONED MY CHAIR 07:47 SO THAT I HAD INSTANT EGRESS INTO THE HOUSE. 07:53 INGRESS I SHOULD SAY, INGRESS. 07:55 AND WE SAT THERE TALKING 07:56 AND THEY WERE TALKING AND I'M EATING. 08:00 IF YOU THINK THAT A LION IN THE ZOO SOUNDS FRIGHTENING, 08:04 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A LION IS LIKE. 08:07 IN THE ZOO, THE LOSERS ARE THERE. 08:10 THESE ARE LIONS THAT GOT CAUGHT. 08:15 THESE LIONS ARE BEMOANING THEIR SITUATION. 08:20 YOU THINK THEY SOUND HORRIBLE, 08:22 THESE LIONS ARE WEARY AND SAD, THEY ARE BORED, THEY ARE SICK. 08:28 I HEARD NOISES THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. 08:31 MY BLOOD CURDLED AS I LISTENED. 08:34 I SAID, "WHAT WAS THAT ?" 08:40 "LION, PASTOR." 08:42 I SAID, "DO YOU THINK YOU HEARD ONE LION ?" 08:45 "NO, THERE ARE MORE. 08:46 THERE MUST BE MANY OF THEM. 08:48 WE HEARD THEM." 08:50 I SAID "O.K." 08:53 NOW THINK OF IT, IN THOSE DAYS, SOME OF THE HISTORIANS THINK 08:58 THAT IF YOU WANTED TO IMPRESS AN EMPEROR OR A RULER YOU WOULD 09:02 BRING THAT PERSON SOME ANIMAL THAT BETOKENED THEIR QUALITIES. 09:09 IT WOULD BE CONTRAINDICATED TO BRING A KING A CHICKEN. 09:18 BUT PEOPLE WOULD BRING ANIMALS THAT BESPOKE POWER. 09:23 AND IF YOU WANTED TO BRING SOMEONE SOME ANIMAL TO IMPRESS A HIGH RULER, 09:29 YOU WOULD BRING THEM AN ANIMAL THAT HAD THOSE QUALITIES. 09:33 NOW WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, THE LION -- 09:35 I DID MY LITTLE RESEARCH -- PANTHERA LEO; THE CAT FAMILY, 09:40 PHILIDI, KING OF THE BEASTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE TIGER; 09:47 THE LARGEST CARNIVOROUS MAMMAL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 09:51 NINE FEET SOMETIMES FROM NOSE TO TAIL. 09:56 TAWNY YELLOW, POWERFUL AND UNPREDICTABLE. 10:02 AND THERE I AM OUTSIDE WITH THESE ANIMALS. 10:07 AND IT MADE ME THINK THE NEXT TIME I PREACH THIS SERMON 10:10 IT WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT ANIMALS 10:13 THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN SOME ZOO. 10:14 THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND PUT DOWN IN A CAVE, 10:18 A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND A ROCK PUT OVER THEM. 10:22 THAT IS EVEN WORSE THAN A ZOO WHEN THEY CAN LOOK OUT 10:25 AND SEE THE TERRIBLE PLIGHT THAT THEY HAVE. 10:28 NO, THESE ANIMALS ARE LOCKED IN THE BOSOM OF THE EARTH. 10:33 THE KING OF BEASTS INSULTED. 10:36 THEY CAN'T WAIT TO CHANGE THAT SITUATION. 10:40 AND I IMAGINE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THE KING WOULD GET BORED 10:42 HE MIGHT GO LOOK AND THEY'D TOSS SOME BIG PIECE OF MEAT IN THERE 10:46 FOR THESE LIONS HAD NOT BEEN FED FOR A LONG TIME. 10:49 AND NOW THEY SAY TO HIM, "YOUR FRIEND DANIEL SIR, 10:54 WE WILL TAKE NOW AND PUT INTO THIS DEN OF LIONS. 10:56 AND WHEN WE TAKE HIM" -- AND THERE'S EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE 10:59 THAT DANIEL AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 90 YEARS OF AGE, 11:05 SOME WOULD SUGGEST PERHAPS EVEN OLDER. 11:08 BUT IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT YOUR AGE IS IF THEY'RE ABOUT TO 11:12 DROP YOU INTO A CHASM THAT IS FILLED WITH HUNGRY LIONS. 11:17 AND SO THEY TAKE THE OLD MAN AND SUSPEND HIM FOR A 11:21 MOMENT OF ENJOYMENT AS THE KING STANDS BY. 11:25 HAVING DONE ALL THAT HE CAN FOR A WHOLE DAY WITH ALL OF HIS 11:28 LAW STAFF WORKING FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET A LOOP HOLE 11:32 TO GET HIM TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE LAW OF THE MEDES AND THE PERSIANS, BUT HE CANNOT. 11:38 NOW HE COMES TO THE MOMENT WHEN HE HAS TO GO DOWN 11:41 AND NOT ONLY PUT DANIEL INSIDE THIS CHASM, 11:44 AND ROLL THE ROCK BACK, BUT HE NOW MUST TAKE HIS SIGNET 11:49 AND THE SIGNET OF THE OTHER RULERS SO THAT EVEN THE KING 11:54 CANNOT SNEAK BACK, OPEN THE LION'S DEN, TAKE HIM OUT AND SEAL IT AGAIN. 12:02 ALL OF THEM PUT THEIR SIGNET THERE. 12:07 SO THE BIBLE SAYS THEY DID IT SO THAT NOBODY COULD CHANGE DANIEL'S SITUATION. 12:17 MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE ? 12:21 WHY DIDN'T GOD STOP THAT BEFORE THAT HAPPENED ? 12:26 DO YOU KNOW HOW POWERFUL GOD IS ? 12:29 YOUR HEART BEATS BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF GOD. 12:35 OH, I KNOW THE PHYSICIANS WILL BE QUICK TO POINT OUT 12:37 THAT THIS MUSCLE HAS BEEN PUT THERE IN YOUR CHEST 12:42 AND IT DOES NOT NEED YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS. 12:45 YOUR HEART DOES NOT WAIT FOR YOU TO THINK FOR IT TO BEAT. 12:48 THIS MUSCLE HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION FROM BIRTH. 12:51 AND IN A REAL SENSE, GOD HAS GIVEN US THE POWER TO HAVE HEARTS THAT BEAT. 12:57 BUT GOD'S POWER IS THE ONE THAT SET IT IN MOTION. 13:00 THE BIBLE SAYS IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. 13:04 AND I BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS SUSTAINED BY GOD. 13:08 I BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD. 13:11 GOD WOULD HAVE HAD THE POWER TO WITHDRAW LIFE FROM ALL OF THOSE ENEMIES, 13:17 TO FRIGHTEN THEM; TO CAUSE SOME CATACLYSMIC EVENT, 13:21 TO MAKE AN EARTHQUAKE, TO CAUSE A METEOR TO FLY OUT OF NOWHERE. 13:26 GOD COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO STOP IT BEFORE IT GOT THIS FAR. 13:29 SO WHY DOES GOD LET TROUBLE GO THAT FAR ? 13:34 WHY WOULD GOD LET A MAN BE DROPPED IN A DEN OF HUNGRY LIONS ? 13:39 WHY WOULD GOD LET IT GO THIS FAR ? 13:43 MY ANSWER IS SIMPLE. 13:45 IF HE HADN'T YOU'D HAVE NEVER READ IT. 13:53 WHO WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THE BIBLE ? 13:56 "THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT PEOPLE WERE ANGRY WITH DANIEL. 14:00 IT IS THOUGHT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE, 14:04 BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS." 14:07 NAH, THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT. 14:12 BUT IN ORDER FOR GOD TO SHOW THAT HE IS GOD, 14:15 GOD HAS TO WAIT UNTIL THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE DOES. 14:23 HE'S GOTTA WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN AWAY HIS POWER 14:29 BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE IT ? 14:31 GOD OPENS A WAY FOR SOME COUSIN TO GIVE YOU BACK SOME MONEY THAT THEY'VE OWED YOU FOR FIVE YEARS. 14:38 AND INSTEAD OF GIVING GOD THE GLORY YOU SAY, 14:40 "OH, I'M SO HAPPY MY COUSIN CAME THROUGH." 14:43 WHEN GOD SENT YOUR COUSIN THE IMPULSE TO GIVE YOU BACK WHAT YOU HAD. 14:48 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREDIT UNION, 14:51 "I WENT DOWN TO THE CREDIT UNION AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN 14:53 WORKING DOWN THERE, THEY GAVE ME A LOAN." 14:56 WELL, BASED ON YOUR CREDIT YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING. 14:58 EVEN THOUGH YOU WORK THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN TAKE IT 15:01 OUT OF YOUR CHECK, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A LOAN. 15:04 BUT GOD OPENED A WAY, AND YET YOU DON'T GIVE CREDIT TO GOD, 15:07 YOU GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREDIT UNION. 15:09 YOU GO DOWN TO BUY A CAR. 15:10 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BUY A CAR. 15:12 YOUR CREDIT REPORT ALMOST MADE THE COMPUTER GET WARM. 15:19 BUT GOD GOT TIRED OF WATCHING YOU RIDING IN THAT CAR OF YOURS 15:24 THAT STARTS WHEN IT GETS READY. 15:26 AND SO GOD ARRANGED. . . 15:31 YOU KNOW THAT LITTLE ROOM THAT THEY PUT YOU IN, 15:34 WHERE THERE'S NO AIR CONDITIONING. 15:36 AND YOU'RE SITTING IN THERE, 15:37 "LORD PLEASE, SEND A WAY, I NEED A CAR." 15:43 AND YOU GOT IT ALL FIXED UP AND PUT THAT THICK OIL IN IT 15:45 AND BROUGHT IT DOWN THERE AND PRAYED IT WOULD RUN UNTIL THEY LOOKED AT IT. 15:49 AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD YOU HOW MUCH THEY'D GIVE YOU FOR IT. 15:52 AND NOW THEY'RE CHECKING YOUR CREDIT AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT MUSIC PLAYING. 15:55 "WHAT AM I GONNA DO ?" 15:59 BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR FACE NOT SHOW IT. 16:03 AND FINALLY THEY COME BACK IN AND SAY, 16:04 "UH, SIR EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE." 16:09 AND YOU WANT TO SHOUT, BUT YOU CAN'T. 16:11 YOU'VE GOT TO ACT LIKE THIS IS NORMAL. 16:16 BUT YOU'RE WONDERING WHO'S CREDIT REPORT DID THEY CHECK ? 16:21 AM I ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THIS CAR ? 16:24 AND WATCH IT NOW ! 16:26 YOU GET IN THE CAR. 16:27 NOW WHEN YOU FIRST GET IN, OH HOW YOU PRAISE GOD ! 16:30 PRAISE GOD LOOK AT ME ! 16:36 DRIVE BY A BIG WINDOW SOMEWHERE SO YOU CAN SEE IT. 16:41 HALLELUJAH ! 16:42 LOOK AT THIS ! 16:44 YOU'RE PRAISING GOD UNTIL YOU KINDA GET USED TO IT. 16:49 NOW, IT IS NO LONGER A BLESSING FROM GOD. 16:52 SOMEBODY ASKS, "HOW DID YOU GET THAT CAR ?" 16:55 "WELL YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUSINESS. 17:03 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO WORK THINGS OUT. 17:06 MY DAD WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, MY MOTHER IS LIKE THAT." 17:11 AND SO WHAT GOD HAS TO DO IS TO TAKE AWAY ALL YOUR EXCUSES AND GET HIM SOME GLORY. 17:17 AND WHEN YOU DROP SOMEBODY IN A LION'S DEN, 17:19 HOW MANY KNOW THAT ALL OF THE EXCUSES ARE GONE ? 17:26 NO MORE EXCUSES. 17:28 DROP YOU DOWN THERE. 17:32 THE LION'S SUPPOSED TO BE AWAKE. 17:37 YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FEEDING TIME IN HERE. 17:43 BUT DANIEL SAID, "GOD SENT HIS ANGEL." 17:53 FORGIVE ME, BUT I GET EXCITED WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS. 18:00 DROP YOU DOWN BY A LION. 18:02 AND YOU KNOW YOU ALMOST FEEL IT HAPPENING 18:04 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL NEXT, RIGHT. 18:07 AND THE LION COMES UP. . . THAT UGLY SOUND, 18:11 BUT HE CAN'T GET HIS MOUTH OPEN BECAUSE SOME ANGEL, 18:19 (applause) 18:26 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE ANGEL DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO HOLD HIM. 18:28 THE ANGEL JUST SAID. . . 18:30 (applause) 18:39 YOU MAY NOT OBEY GOD BUT A LION KNOWS WHAT TO DO. 18:44 AMEN ! 18:48 NOW WATCH THIS, WATCH THIS ! 18:50 KING GOES BACK TO THE PALACE -- CAN'T EAT. 18:56 NO ENTERTAINMENT ! 18:57 "KING, YOU WANT US TO PLAY." 18:58 "NO MUSIC. 19:00 MY FRIEND IS DOWN THERE AT THAT LION'S DEN." 19:03 UP AT THE PALACE THE KING CAN'T SLEEP, 19:06 WHILE DOWN AT THE LION'S DEN, IT IS POSSIBLE, 19:12 PSALM 127 SAYS "GOD GIVES HIS CHILDREN SLEEP." 19:18 WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF SOME PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION. 19:23 THE SLEEPING PILL CAN KNOCK YOU OUT, BUT ONLY GOD GIVES SLEEP. 19:29 YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU UNCONSCIOUS, 19:31 THEN IN THE MORNING YOU GOT TO TAKE SOMETHING TO WAKE YOU UP. 19:34 BUT ONLY GOD GIVES SLEEP. 19:37 SO IT IS POSSIBLE, SAY THE COMMENTATORS, 19:40 THAT DANIEL HAD A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP IN THE LION'S DEN 19:43 THAN THE KING HAD IN THE PALACE. 19:45 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WHEN GOD STEPS IN, 19:48 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU LIVE, 19:50 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU HAVE, 19:52 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT THEY THINK OF YOU. 19:54 IF GOD BE FOR YOU. . . 19:57 (applause) 20:01 SO GOD CAN STEP IN TO YOUR SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE. 20:07 GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO PULL YOU OUT OF YOUR TENEMENT 20:10 AND PUT YOU INTO A PENTHOUSE TO MAKE YOU BLESSED ! 20:13 GOD CAN BLESS YOU WHERE YOU ARE! 20:16 GOD DOESN'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU A MAN TO BLESS YOU. 20:23 IN FACT, IF YOU GET THE WRONG MAN, 20:26 YOU'LL WISH GOD HAD NOT BLESSED YOU LIKE THAT. 20:30 GOD CAN BLESS YOU ALONE SISTER. 20:32 HE CAN DO MORE FOR YOU ALONE WITHOUT, THAN THE WRONG MAN CAN DO IF HE WERE THERE. 20:39 AND YOU BROTHER, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME ? 20:43 WE TRY TO ASK GOD FOR THINGS AND THEN TELL GOD HOW TO DO IT. 20:46 LET GOD DECIDE ON HIS OWN DELIVERY SYSTEM ! 20:51 GOD COULD HAVE KEPT DANIEL OUT OF THE DEN OF LIONS, 20:53 BUT HE PUT HIM THERE SO THAT YOU COULD KNOW 20:57 THAT WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY LIONS -- LIKE ON YOUR JOB. 21:06 YOU KNOW YOU GOT SOME LIONS AT WORK DON'T YOU ? 21:09 YOU KNOW, COME BY YOUR OFFICE -- GRRRRR. 21:16 THERE ARE SOME LIONS IN SOME HOUSES. 21:19 THERE ARE RELATIVES WHO ARE LIONS. 21:22 SOMEBODY IN HERE MAY BE MARRIED TO A LION. 21:29 I KNOW A GOD WHO CAN SHUT THE LION'S MOUTH. 21:33 IN FACT, IT'S SAD BUT SOMETIMES YOU GO TO CHURCH AND THE LIONS ARE IN CHURCH ! 21:40 I KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PASTOR FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. 21:42 I'VE BEEN AROUND A FEW MEMBERS WHO WERE LIONS AND I SAID, 21:45 "LORD PLEASE ! 21:46 YOU DID IT ONCE, DO IT AGAIN !" 21:50 GOD CAN DO FOR YOU WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO FOR YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE. 21:54 HE DOES NOT HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LOCATION TO GIVE YOU HIS BLESSING. 21:59 GOD IS ABLE, WHERE YOU ARE, TO BLESS YOU ! 22:02 YOU SAY, "GOD I NEED SOME MONEY." 22:04 GOD SAYS, "LET ME SKIP THE MONEY -- I'LL JUST GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED." 22:11 A LADY CAME TO ME IN A CHURCH AND SAID, 22:13 "PASTOR I NEED A WARM COAT." 22:15 I SAID, "LET'S PRAY." 22:16 "YOU KNOW, OK, I'LL PRAY." 22:19 "YOU GOT FAITH OR NOT ?" 22:21 "WELL. . ." 22:22 "IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE TIME PRAYING." 22:27 HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS. 22:29 AND HE IS THE REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. 22:31 IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH, QUIT WASTING YOUR TIME. 22:33 LOOK AT TELEVISION. 22:36 SHE SAYS, "OK. OK. 22:37 I'M GOING TO HAVE FAITH." 22:38 WE GOT DOWN ON OUR KNEES AND PRAYED. 22:40 LADY WENT TO THE PLACE -- SHE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT JOB, 22:41 SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF A HOUSE FOR A WHILE AND SHE WAS MAD ABOUT THE JOB. 22:46 GOD TOOK THE JOB THAT SHE HAD; 22:49 THE LADY WHO OWNED THE HOUSE HAD WORN THE COAT ON THIS 22:52 SIDE OF THE POND AND THAT SIDE OF THE POND. 22:56 IT HAPPENED TO BE A CERTAIN KIND OF FUR THAT WAS IN VOGUE THEN. 23:02 YOU CAN'T WEAR THEM NOW. 23:04 YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOW. 23:05 FOLKS WILL SPRAY PAINT ALL OVER YOU AND STUFF. 23:07 BUT IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS STILL ACCEPTABLE. 23:11 WENT OVER, THE LADY SAID, "LOOK HAVE YOU SEEN THAT COAT ?" 23:13 SHE SAID, "YES I SAW IT." 23:15 SHE SAID, "WELL, WE CAN ONLY WEAR THEM TWICE. 23:18 WE WEAR THEM IN AMERICA AND THEN WE WEAR IT IN EUROPE 23:20 AND THEN YOU CAN'T BE SEEN IN IT AGAIN. 23:25 WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ACCEPT IT ? 23:32 COME TRY IT ON !" 23:36 "YEAH, IT KIND OF FITS." 23:38 THE SISTER CAME TO CHURCH AND I SAID, 23:40 "WHAT'S. . . LAST WEEK WE DIDN'T HAVE A COAT AND NOW WE GOT. . . 23:49 WHAT'S GOING ON ?" 23:51 SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU TOLD ME THE LORD COULD SKIP MONEY. 23:53 I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY NOW THAN I HAD LAST WEEK, BUT. . ." 23:57 (applause) 24:05 I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY. 24:08 PEACE OF MIND. 24:12 WHEN HOWARD HUGHES DIED, EVERY BOOK THAT I'VE EVER READ 24:15 SAID THAT THE MAN WITH ALL OF HIS MONEY WAS PARANOID. 24:19 PUT DOWN TISSUES AND TOWELS IN EVERY HOTEL ROOM. 24:23 HIS FINGERNAILS GREW OUT LIKE SOME ANIMAL AND HE HAD A BONE, 24:26 ONE BOOK SUGGESTS, PROTRUDING FROM HIS BODY. 24:29 WITH ALL OF HIS MONEY, FRIGHTENED RIDING IN CHEVROLETS; HIDING IN DARKNESS. 24:35 MONEY WILL NOT BUY YOU HAPPINESS BUT WHEN GOD STOPS IN, 24:40 HE CAN SKIP MONEY AND GIVE YOU WHATEVER HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE. 24:46 KING COMES IN EARLY IN THE MORNING, "GOTTA FINISH, GOTTA CLOSE UP." 24:50 KING CAN'T SLEEP, SUN COMES UP AND HE SAYS, 24:54 "LET ME GO DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED." 24:56 WITH A VOICE THAT CRACKS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVEN'T SLEPT ALL NIGHT ANYWAY, 25:02 "DANIEL," AFRAID TO CALL, BUT AFRAID NOT TO. 25:08 "DANIEL, IS YOUR GOD ABLE ?" 25:14 LISTEN, STICK WITH ME NOW, DON'T MISS THIS ! 25:18 IF DANIEL HAD BEEN FRIGHTENED ALL NIGHT, 25:21 HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXCHANGE PLATITUDES IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT. 25:29 IF YOU'D BEEN SCARED ALL NIGHT YOU'D SAY, "HUH ?" 25:33 DANIEL SAYS,"O KING, LIVE FOREVER ! 25:46 O KING LIVE FOREVER ! 25:49 THAT MEANS IT WASN'T A BAD NIGHT. 25:51 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SPENT YOURS, BUT I'M ALRIGHT. 25:54 IT GOT A LITTLE COOL, BUT I LAID ON ONE OF THESE LIONS OVER HERE 25:59 AND MY LORD WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE LION'S MOUTH !" 26:04 AND BROUGHT HIM OUT, NOW WATCH THIS ! 26:05 JUST IN CASE THE PEOPLE GET IN THERE AND SAY, 26:07 "WELL, SEE WHAT HAPPENED IS THE LIONS WEREN'T HUNGRY." 26:10 KING SAID "ALL YOU FOLK WHO GOT HIM IN TROUBLE. . ." 26:16 THEY SAID, "DON'T WORRY, DON'T WORRY. 26:17 HE DIDN'T EAT DANIEL, IT'S OK. 26:19 COME ON, LET'S GO." 26:20 THE LIONS ATE THEM UP ! 26:24 NOW WATCH THIS -- GOTTA DO THIS ONE BEFORE WE CLOSE. 26:29 "DANIEL, WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE ?" 26:38 MY GOD SENT HIS ANGEL AND SHUT THE LION'S MOUTH BECAUSE TWO REASONS: 26:51 I DID THE KING NO HARM, AND INNOCENCY WAS FOUND IN ME." 27:00 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK ARE THE "DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES." 27:03 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER, 27:09 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:13 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:15 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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