Breath of Life

Water From Your Own Well, Part 2

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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS EXPERIENCE THE POWER
00:07 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
00:10 (music) JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
00:18 CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM PROVERBS CHAPTER 5 ENTITLED
00:22 "WATER FROM YOUR OWN WELL."
00:25 WE ARE TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN ONLY
00:29 BE HAPPY WHEN YOU SNEAK.
00:35 WE'RE TEACHING THEM THAT THE JOY GOES OUT WHEN
00:39 THE MARRIAGE STARTS.
00:42 THERE ARE EVEN RELIGIOUS COUPLES WHO DON'T DRIVE
00:45 TO CHURCH TOGETHER.
00:48 YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU GO AND THEN I'LL GO.
00:50 SO YOU NEVER SEE THEM IN THE SAME SPACE.
00:53 BUT YOUR KIDS KNOW THAT EVERYTHING ON TELEVISION,
00:55 EVERYTHING IN MOTION PICTURES, WHERE SOMEBODY IS HEY, HOW
00:59 YOU DOING, GIVE ME A CALL, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH--EVERYBODY
01:02 DOING THAT IS SINGLE.
01:04 EVERYBODY DOING THAT IS DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACCORDING
01:07 TO THE WORD OF GOD.
01:08 THEN THEY COME HOME AND THERE YOU ARE.
01:11 YOU KNOW.
01:12 HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING ?
01:15 HOW DID YOUR DAY GO ?
01:16 OKAY.
01:17 I'M GOING TO WATCH TV.
01:18 OKAY.
01:19 I'M GOING TO THE KITCHEN.
01:20 I'VE GOT TO CALL SOME OF MY FRIENDS.
01:21 AND THEY FIND OUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED YOU COME APART.
01:26 WE ARE GUILTY OF GIVING THEM A FALSE IMPRESSION.
01:30 BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT GOD'S BLESSING IS ON A MARRIAGE.
01:34 I'M COMING TO IT.
01:35 IT'S MY BEST PART.
01:36 SO, I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT YOU MUST LEARN TO ACT AS
01:42 THOUGH YOU'RE STILL IN LOVE.
01:46 BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU LOVE EACH OTHER.
01:48 IF ANYBODY STOP YOU AND SAY, SIR, OH YEAH, YEAH, I'M IN LOVE.
01:55 DO YOU LOVE HIM ?
01:57 OH YEAH, SURE.
02:00 BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU USED TO SAY IT.
02:03 YOU REMEMBER THE WAY YOU USED TO SAY IT ?
02:06 OH YEAH !
02:09 WHEW, LOVE.
02:13 YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SMILES.
02:15 DO I LOVE THAT MAN ?
02:16 LOOK AT HIM.
02:17 BUT WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, THAT DRAINS AWAY.
02:20 IT'S NOT RIGHT.
02:22 WE ARE TEACHING YOUNG--AND THEN WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER AND
02:26 YOUR SON GO GET INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE,
02:29 YOU SAY, WHY DID YOU DO THAT ?
02:31 AND THEY CAN'T TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
02:34 THEY COULD SAY, BECAUSE IT DON'T LOOK LIKE TO ME LIKE YOU
02:37 AND DADDY GOT ANYTHING LEFT.
02:39 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOLKS OUT THERE ARE ENJOYING LOVE.
02:42 AND I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING, MARRIED PEOPLE HAVE GOT
02:45 TO STOP ACTING LIKE THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER.
02:53 ALL RIGHT-I GOT TO CLOSE TO YOU.
02:55 YOU GOT QUIET.
02:57 I'VE GOT ONE LAST THING TO SAY BEFORE I GO INTO
02:59 SOME SERIOUS STUFF.
03:01 DON'T TELL YOUR BUSINESS.
03:12 IF YOUR MAN IS NOT PLEASING YOU RIGHT NOW, SEE, BECAUSE
03:17 HE DID OR ELSE YOU WOULDN'T BE MARRIED TO HIM.
03:20 BUT IF YOU COME TO A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD, AND EVERY
03:24 COUPLE WILL FIND SOME PLACE THAT'S ROUGH, DON'T GO OUT, YOU
03:29 KNOW, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.
03:31 MY MAN IS. . .
03:33 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING--THAT PERSON YOU'RE TELLING ABOUT YOUR
03:35 MAN MAY BE QUITE ENCOURAGED TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
03:40 ARE YOU STILL LISTENING TO ME ?
03:42 THAT WOMAN AT THE OFFICE THAT YOU'RE TELLING, I DON'T
03:46 KNOW, WE GOT SOME PROBLEMS IN OUR MARRIAGE.
03:49 WE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
03:52 THAT WOMAN THAT YOU'RE TELLING, YOU CAN'T TELL
03:57 OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY MAY LOOK AT YOUR MATE.
04:01 YOU CAN'T SHARE THINGS WITH A MAN AND THINK THAT HE WON'T
04:04 THINK THOUGHTS ABOUT MOVING IN.
04:07 KEEP YOUR BUSINESS TO YOURSELF.
04:12 SISTER, IF YOU TELL ANOTHER SISTER, SHE
04:14 MAY BE LOOKING AT HIM.
04:15 IF YOU TELL A MAN, HE MAY BE LOOKING AT YOU.
04:18 BROTHER, IF YOU TELL ANOTHER MAN, HE MAY BE
04:20 LOOKING AT YOUR WIFE.
04:21 AND THESE DAYS. . .
04:29 I NEED TO TAKE YOU TO MALACHI.
04:32 IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU GET ON YOUR OWN.
04:34 MALACHI, CHAPTER 2.
04:38 ARE YOU WITH ME ?
04:40 LAST BOOK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
04:42 AND I'VE GOT TO READ YOU SOMETHING THAT I USED TO PUT
04:44 AT THE VERY END, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE, AND THAT'S
04:46 WHERE WE'LL PUT IT TODAY.
04:49 THIS IS MALACHI, CHAPTER 2, AND GO TO VERSE 16.
04:55 MALACHI, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 16.
04:55 FOR THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT HE HATETH PUTTING
05:01 AWAY, FOR ONE COVERETH VIOLENCE WITH HIS GARMENT, SAYS THE
05:05 LORD OF HOSTS, THEREFORE, TAKE HEED TO YOUR SPIRIT THAT
05:08 YE DEAL NOT TREACHEROUSLY.
05:12 THIS TEXT IS PRETTY CLEAR.
05:14 YOU DON'T NEED A BACKGROUND IN THEOLOGY OR BIBLICAL LANGUAGES.
05:19 WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT GOD HATES DIVORCE.
05:24 GOD HATES IT.
05:26 HE SAYS IT'S COVERING VIOLENCE WITH YOUR GARMENT.
05:29 IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S DOING VIOLENCE BUT
05:32 THEN COVERING IT UP.
05:37 THE BACKGROUND OF THIS TEXT HAD TO DO WITH PRIESTS
05:40 WHO HAD MARRIED YOUNG AND THEN DEALT TREACHEROUSLY, ACCORDING
05:45 TO THE WORDS HERE, WITH THE YOUNG WOMEN THAT THEY'D
05:47 MARRIED, AND HAD MOVED ON.
05:51 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
05:52 WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU GET MARRIED GOD MAKES YOU ONE
05:54 FLESH, TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.
05:58 WHEN YOU GET DIVORCED, IT IS EQUAL TO AN AMPUTATION.
06:03 I KNOW, NOT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, PRAISE GOD, BUT
06:05 I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO WERE STRONGLY CONSTITUTED,
06:09 BUT THEY GOT MARRIED.
06:10 AND THEY THOUGHT THAT DIVORCE WAS A MINOR THING.
06:14 BUT GOD SAYS, I WILL MAKE TWAIN ONE FLESH.
06:21 AND WHEN GOD PERFORMS THAT MIRACLE, AND HE DOES, AND
06:24 THEN YOU SAY, WELL, LET'S BREAK UP, IT'S NOT AS EASY
06:28 TO BREAK UP AFTER GOD HAS MADE YOU ONE FLESH.
06:31 AND EVEN UNDER THE BEST OF LEGAL CIRCUMSTANCES, DIVORCE
06:38 IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
06:40 IT WILL CAUSE MUCH PAIN.
06:41 IT NOT ONLY CAUSES PAIN FOR THOSE WHO DIVORCE, BUT FOR
06:44 CHILDREN WHO ARE INNOCENT AND HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF IT.
06:48 IN FACT, IN MALACHI, PARDON, IN MATTHEW, THERE'S ONLY ONE
06:52 REASON IN THE BIBLE FOR DIVORCE.
06:55 IT IS NOT IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES.
06:59 ALL OF US KNOW THAT BROAD TERM IN AMERICA.
07:02 IT MEANS YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING TOGETHER IF YOU'VE GOT
07:03 THE RIGHT LAWYER.
07:07 WELL, I WASN'T THRILLED ANYMORE.
07:11 THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE MARRIAGE VOW THAT IT SAYS,
07:14 I WILL THRILL MY PARTNER FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
07:19 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY.
07:21 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THIS DIVORCE THING HAS GOTTEN SO
07:25 BROAD THAT PEOPLE DIVORCE FOR REASONS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.
07:30 WHEN YOU GET INTO A MARRIAGE, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
07:32 YOU'RE THERE FOR THE LONG TERM, AND IT MAY NOT BE ALWAYS, EVERY
07:36 DAY WON'T BE SCINTILLATING.
07:39 EVERY DAY YOU WON'T BE FLOATING ON AIR.
07:42 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
07:46 AND IF JESUS IS BETWEEN YOU, HE WILL PULL YOU BACK TOGETHER.
07:51 FOR WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHES, HE CAN HEAL.
07:55 SO, IF HE PUT YOU TOGETHER, HE CAN BRING YOU BACK.
07:58 IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ?
08:01 THIS IS MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5, AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 31.
08:05 I THINK WE NEED 31 AND 32.
08:09 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
08:10 IT HAS BEEN SAID WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS WIFE, LET HIM GIVE
08:13 HER A WRITING OF DIVORCEMENT.
08:14 BUT I SAY UNTO YOU THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS
08:16 WIFE, SAVING FOR THE CAUSE OF FORNICATION, CAUSETH HER TO
08:21 COMMIT ADULTERY, AND WHOSOEVER SHALL MARRY HER, THAT IS
08:24 DIVORCED, COMMITTETH ADULTERY.
08:27 GOD SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN UNFAITHFULNESS ISSUE,
08:30 NOT CLOTHES AROUND THE HOUSE, NOT HABITS THAT I COULDN'T
08:36 UNDERSTAND, BUT UNFAITHFULNESS TO THE MARRIAGE VOWS.
08:42 AND THE FACT IS THAT UNLESS THERE IS ABUSE
08:46 OF SOME KIND, GENUINE, PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
08:50 ABUSE, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO HANDLE THOSE PROBLEMS.
08:55 AND I SUGGEST, IN FACT, LET'S GO TO THIS TEXT,
08:58 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 18.
09:00 BECAUSE I THINK SOME PEOPLE OUGHT TO CONSIDER IT.
09:03 EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, DO
09:07 I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION ?
09:09 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 18.
09:10 EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, THE FACT IS, LET
09:15 ME GO WITH VERSE 21, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO CONSIDER THIS.
09:20 THEN CAME PETER TO HIM AND SAID, LORD, HOW OFT
09:22 SHALL MY BROTHER SIN AGAINST ME AND I FORGIVE HIM ?
09:25 UNTIL SEVEN TIMES ?
09:26 JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, I SAY NOT UNTIL THE SEVEN TIMES,
09:30 BUT UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.
09:34 I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
09:36 YOU MUST EXCLUDE ABUSIVE SITUATIONS FROM THIS.
09:42 BUT IF YOUR MATE HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT HAS HURT YOU, AND
09:49 THAT CAN HAPPEN, IF THAT PERSON IS WILLING TO CONFESS WHAT THEY
09:52 HAVE DONE, AND FACE UP TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE, AND ASK THE LORD
09:57 TO FORGIVE THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE, AND ASK YOU TO FORGIVE
10:01 THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE, YOU MAY DO BETTER FORGIVING
10:05 THE ONE YOU KNOW THAN TRYING SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW.
10:14 I HAVE SEE MARRIAGES THAT WERE STRONGER AFTER A RIFT
10:19 THEN THEY WERE BEFORE.
10:21 SO I'M SAYING TO YOU THAT GOD HATES DIVORCE.
10:24 IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT, TRY EVERYTHING
10:28 BEFORE YOU DO IT.
10:30 BECAUSE GOD HATES IT.
10:32 THAT IS THE WORD OF GOD.
10:34 FORGIVENESS IS SOMETIMES THE BETTER THING.
10:36 NOW, I'M COMING TO SOME AMAZING STUFF.
10:39 GO TO FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 4, AND VERSE 8.
10:42 I WOULD WAGER THAT SOMEBODY HAS NOT LOOKED AT THIS PARTICULAR
10:46 TEXT IN THIS PARTICULAR WAY.
10:49 FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 4, AND VERSE 8.
10:55 HE THAT LOVETH NOT, KNOWETH NOT GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE.
11:06 IF GOD IS LOVE, AND I BELIEVE HE IS, IF GOD IS LOVE, I
11:12 BELIEVE THERE'S NO QUESTION.
11:13 FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16 SAYS, LOVE IS OF GOD.
11:20 IF LOVE CANNOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF GOD, THEN WITHOUT GOD IN YOUR
11:26 MARRIAGE, YOU CAN'T FAKE LOVE, YOU CAN'T MIMIC LOVE, YOU
11:34 CAN'T EXPERIMENT WITH LOVE, YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE LOVE.
11:45 BECAUSE WITHOUT GOD, THERE CAN BE NO LOVE.
11:50 SO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOD IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP NOW,
11:54 INVITE HIM IN.
11:56 BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU HAD BEFORE GOD GOT THERE, MAY
12:00 HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WONDERFUL, BUT IT WASN'T LOVE.
12:04 BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE.
12:06 I DARE YOU TO GET CLOSER TO GOD.
12:10 I DARE YOU.
12:11 BECAUSE IF YOU GET CLOSER TO GOD, GOD HAS PROMISED
12:15 THAT HE WILL DO THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM.
12:19 EVERYTHING THAT GOD TOUCHES GETS BETTER.
12:25 I'M GOING TO STOP A MINUTE AND JUST TRY TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND
12:28 WHAT I'M TRYING TO PREACH.
12:30 IF GOD TOUCHES IT, IT IMPROVES.
12:35 SO, WITHOUT GOD, THERE CAN BE NO REAL LOVE.
12:39 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE THE FORMULA FOR
12:44 HANDLING LONELINESS.
12:46 IN FACT, LET'S GO THERE.
12:47 LET'S GO TO GENESIS, CHAPTER 2.
12:49 START AT THE BEGINNING.
12:50 WE CAN GET THIS IN QUICKLY.
12:52 I CAN'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT SOME OF THEM NEED TO BE READ.
12:54 GENESIS, CHAPTER 2.
12:58 AND LET'S START WITH VERSE 22.
13:01 AND GOD BLESSED THEM SAYING, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND
13:04 FILL THE WATERS AND THE SEAS AND LET THE FOUL MULTIPLY.
13:08 GOD SAYS THAT HE--PARDON ME--THAT'S ON THE WRONG ONE--AND
13:15 WE DON'T STOP TAPE HERE.
13:17 AND THE RIB, WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD TAKEN FROM THE MAN, MADE HE
13:20 A WOMAN, BROUGHT HER TO THE MAN.
13:23 I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT.
13:26 BUT GOD DID NOT TAKE A RIB WITH PLANS FOR TAKING MORE RIBS.
13:40 OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE ?
13:45 SEE, IF GOD HAD LEFT THAT THING OPEN.
13:49 SAY, LOOK ADAM, WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS.
13:52 I MAY HAVE TO GO BACK IN.
13:56 THERE WAS ONLY ONE RIB.
13:58 SO THE CONNECTION WAS NOT TEMPORARY.
14:02 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MARRY, I TALKED TO A COUPLE
14:04 FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
14:06 I BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER FOR COUNSEL.
14:08 AND THEY SAID, PASTOR, WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED, BUT WE'RE
14:11 JUST GOING TO TRY IT OUT.
14:13 I SAID, I'M SORRY, I'M FINISHED.
14:16 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER COUNSELOR.
14:18 BECAUSE I DON'T COUNSEL TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.
14:21 I DON'T HAVE TIME IN MY LIFE TO COUNSEL FOLKS
14:23 WHO ARE TRYING IT OUT.
14:25 MARRIAGE DOES NOT HAVE A TRIAL.
14:28 YOU OUGHT TO KNOW SOMETHING BEFORE YOU GET INTO IT.
14:31 BECAUSE GOD DID NOT INTEND THAT MARRIAGE BE IMPERMANENT.
14:35 SO, THERE'S NO QUESTION BUT THAT GOD INTENDED
14:39 FOR IT TO LAST FOREVER.
14:40 THERE ARE WAYS THAT HE INTENDED TO MAKE IT SO IT WOULD LAST.
14:45 AND AMONG THE WONDERFUL THINGS, AND I MUST TELL YOU THAT I
14:50 BELIEVE THAT GOD INVENTED SEX, IN FACT, I'M ABOUT TO PROVE SOME
14:55 THINGS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
14:58 BUT THAT WAS NOT THE STABILIZING FORCE.
15:04 GOD INVENTED THE CONNECTION THAT HE MAKES BETWEEN
15:10 A MAN AND A WOMAN.
15:11 HE SAYS, THE TWAIN, SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
15:14 IN EPHESIANS, HE SAYS, I COMPARE MARRIAGE TO MY
15:18 RELATIONSHIP WITH MY PEOPLE.
15:21 AND I'VE GOT A QUESTION THAT'S EASY TO ANSWER.
15:23 IS JESUS GOING TO LEAVE YOU ?
15:25 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS JESUS GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
15:29 YOU MAY LEAVE.
15:31 IN FACT, I SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, ANYBODY WHO EVER SAYS THAT
15:34 WE ARE NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE, YOU CAN'T SAY JESUS LEFT,
15:38 BECAUSE HE NEVER DOES.
15:39 HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
15:41 IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER 13, I CAN'T GO TO IT.
15:44 VERSE 4.
15:46 IT SAYS MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE AND THE BED IS UNDEFILED.
15:51 SOME PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED AT THAT.
15:54 WHAT GOD INTENDS TO SAY IS THAT MARRIAGE BRINGS HONOR AND IN A
15:59 MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP, GOD BLESSES THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION.
16:07 IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE PUT THERE TO KEEP US TOGETHER.
16:12 IN FACT, FIRST CORINTHIANS, YOU OUGHT TO READ THIS ONE.
16:15 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 7.
16:18 AND IF YOU GO TO VERSES 4 AND 5.
16:21 FIRST CORINTHIANS, 7, VERSES 4 AND 5.
16:25 YOU DISCOVER THAT THERE ARE RULES THERE.
16:29 IT SAYS, THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER OF HER OWN
16:31 BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND.
16:33 AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE HUSBAND HATH NOT POWER OF
16:36 HIS OWN BODY, BUT THE WIFE.
16:39 DEFRAUD YE NOT ONE ANOTHER, EXCEPT TO BE WITH CONSENT FOR A
16:42 TIME THAT YE MAY GIVE YOURSELVES ONTO FASTING AND PRAYER AND COME
16:45 TOGETHER AGAIN, THAT SATAN TEMPT YOU NOT FOR YOUR INCONTINENCY.
16:52 NOW THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR.
16:54 GOD SAYS WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER
16:56 YOUR OWN BODY ANYMORE.
16:58 YOU JUST GAVE YOUR BODY, MY BROTHER, TO YOUR WIFE.
17:03 CHRISOSTUM SAYS THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT A WOMAN OF LOW
17:07 MORALITY SHOULD APPROACH YOU WITH TEMPTATION, AND SHOULD
17:11 OFFER YOU SOME DALLIANCE, YOU MUST SAY TO HER, I CANNOT
17:17 BECAUSE MY BODY DOES NOT BELONG TO ME BUT TO MY WIFE.
17:28 IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH, OR DO WE NEED TO PUT SOME
17:30 MORE EDGE ON IT.
17:31 SISTER, I DON'T CARE WHO HE IS.
17:35 THESE DAYS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT PICTURES EVERYWHERE THAT
17:38 INCLINE US TO WANT TO FIND SOMETHING BETTER.
17:42 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF BEING
17:44 MARRIED FOR A LONG TIME.
17:45 AND I WANT TO RECOMMEND THIS TO YOU.
17:48 IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR WIFE EXCITED AND MAKE HER REMEMBER
17:52 THINGS THAT SHE HASN'T IN A LONG TIME, DESCRIBE WHAT SHE LOOKED
17:56 LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST SAW HER.
18:01 BECAUSE SEE, ALL THOSE LITTLE BODIES RUNNING AROUND ON
18:03 TELEVISION THEY MAY BE FULL OF SALINE AND SILICONE.
18:10 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR WIFE IS MADE OF.
18:13 YOU SIT DOWN WITH HER.
18:14 IN FACT, TONIGHT WOULDN'T BE A BAD NIGHT.
18:16 SIT DOWN AND SAY, GIRL, WHEN I MET YOU, WHOA.
18:21 FIRST THING THAT, YOU KNOW, TELL HER SOMETHING OTHER, DON'T
18:23 GET ALL EXCITED FOR HER.
18:25 DON'T MOVE TO THE CENTRAL MOVEMENT--YOUR EYES,
18:29 SO BEAUTIFUL.
18:31 AND THEN THERE WAS YOUR CHARACTER.
18:33 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, CHARACTER
18:35 IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHAPE.
18:37 FORM AND SHAPE MAY DISAPPEAR, BUT CHARACTER WILL LAST.
18:45 TELL HER ABOUT IT.
18:48 AND LOOK, YOU KNOW THE BEAUTIFUL THING--AS YOU GROW OLDER
18:51 TOGETHER, YOU CHANGE, YOU GO THROUGH STAGES TOGETHER.
18:55 SO I CAN TELL MY BABY WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE
18:57 WHEN I FIRST MET HERE.
18:57 I SAY, GIRL YOU LOOKED THIN, YOU KNOW, BUT EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT
19:01 WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
19:03 AND WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU, I KNEW I HAD A LITTLE THING
19:07 AND I TRIED TO RUN BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET SERIOUS,
19:09 BUT I KEPT ON COMING BACK.
19:11 BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE YOU BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE, BUT YOU
19:14 WERE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE.
19:16 AND THEN WHEN WE GOT MARRIED AND YOU STARTED CHANGING, WHEN
19:19 YOU HAD OUR BABIES, I LOVED YOU FOR HAVING OUR BABIES.
19:22 AND I DID.
19:23 I USED TO GET EXCITED.
19:24 I LOVED THE WAY SHE LOOKED.
19:25 I LOVED WHEN THAT LITTLE BELLY DEVELOPED.
19:28 AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE LITTLE CHANGES IN THAT NOSE.
19:31 AND I LOVED THE NOSE.
19:35 BUT WHEN I DESCRIBE TO HER WHAT SHE HAS BEEN OVER THE
19:38 YEARS, THINGS GET EXCITING.
19:42 SHE DOES IT TO ME, TOO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
19:44 WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
19:52 I USED TO LOOK OKAY.
19:55 TIME HAS BEEN UNKIND, BUT SHE REMINDS ME.
19:58 SHE SAYS, WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU, AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN,
20:01 SHE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS THAT EXCITED HER.
20:04 AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING, WHEN SHE DESCRIBES ME,
20:07 I KIND OF STRAIGHTEN UP.
20:13 WELL, YOU'RE A SLOW AUDIENCE IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT BY NOW.
20:17 LET ME TAKE YOU TO MY MAIN TEXT.
20:19 ARE YOU READY TO GO THERE ?
20:21 GO TO PROVERBS, CHAPTER 5.
20:24 AND THE CLOCK IS ANGRY BUT IT CANNOT STEAL THIS FROM US,
20:29 BECAUSE THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT FOR TONIGHT.
20:36 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT.
20:38 PROVERBS, CHAPTER 5.
20:39 AND LET'S START WITH VERSE 15.
20:45 DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN, AND RUNNING WATERS
20:50 OUT OF THINE OWN WELL.
20:52 LET THY FOUNTAINS BE DISPERSED ABROAD AND RIVERS
20:56 OF WATERS IN THE STREETS.
20:59 LET THEM BE ONLY THINE OWN AND NOT STRANGERS WITH THEE.
21:05 LET THY FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED AND REJOICE WITH
21:10 THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH.
21:13 GOD INTENDED HUSBANDS AND WIVES TO REJOICE TOGETHER.
21:21 IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND LOOKING MAD, YOU DON'T TOUCH EACH
21:24 OTHER'S HANDS ANYMORE, YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE WITH EACH OTHER
21:27 ANYMORE, YOU DON'T FIND EACH OTHER'S COMPANY ENTICING, YOU
21:30 HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG.
21:33 HERE IS WHAT GOD SAYS.
21:35 IN THE DAYS OF OLD, YOU CONNECTED WELLS AND CISTERNS,
21:43 GOT MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT, YOU CONNECTED WELLS AND
21:47 CISTERNS WITH HOME.
21:51 BUT FOUNTAINS AND RIVERS WERE IN THE STREET.
21:57 WHAT THIS TEXT ACTUALLY SAYS, ARE YOUR WATERS
22:02 SCATTERED IN THE STREET ?
22:05 ARE YOU DRINKING WATER THAT RUNS IN THE STREET ?
22:10 WHY WOULD YOU DRINK WATER AND NOT KNOW WHAT'S IN IT ?
22:19 TRYING MY BEST TO PREACH.
22:24 WHY WOULD YOU DRINK POLLUTED WATER ?
22:28 WHY WOULD YOU GO IN THE STREET IN SOME RIVER THAT'S FLOWING
22:32 IN A DIRTY STREET, OR SOME FOUNTAIN THAT'S PUBLIC, WHERE
22:37 EVERYBODY'S BEEN DRINKING ?
22:39 WHO KNOWS WHO DRANK THERE LAST.
22:45 I'M TRYING TO PREACH.
22:46 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT IT, BUT I'M PREACHING IT.
22:50 WHEN YOU COME HOME, YOU'VE GOT A WELL--IT'S COVERED--YOU
22:54 CAN LET DOWN THE BUCKET IN YOUR OWN WELL, POUR IT INTO
22:59 YOUR CISTERN SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, YOU KNOW
23:04 WHAT'S IN IT, YOU HAVE TASTED IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW IT'S
23:07 NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
23:08 IT'S ONLY GOING TO DO YOU GOOD.
23:17 SO WHILE OTHER FOLKS ARE THIRSTY. . . YOU KNOW, IT'S
23:25 AMAZING--SINGLE PEOPLE, BEFORE THEY GET MARRIED--I DON'T
23:29 EVEN WANT TO GET MARRIED.
23:32 I'M NOT EVEN INTERESTED.
23:35 YEAH, BUT YOU'RE THIRSTY.
23:43 THIRSTY.
23:44 IN FACT YOUR THIRST DRIVES YOU TO DO THINGS THAT YOU
23:46 NEVER OUGHT TO HAVE DONE.
23:49 BUT HERE'S WHAT GOD SAYS IN PROVERBS.
23:52 HE SAYS, SISTER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THIRSTY ANYMORE.
23:58 I'M GIVING YOU YOUR OWN WELL.
24:03 AND I'M GIVING YOUR OWN CONTAINER, YOUR CISTERN.
24:07 SO YOUR DAYS OF DRINKING ON THE STREET ARE OVER.
24:11 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING THIRSTY.
24:14 ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET HOME.
24:24 SO, IF YOU'RE THIRSTY, JUST HOLD ON.
24:27 YOU ALL AIN'T TRYING TO HEAR ME--I'M MAKING AN
24:29 AMAZING PARALLEL HERE.
24:31 IF YOU GET THIRSTY IN THE STREET, DON'T LET ANYBODY
24:34 OFFER YOU STRANGE WATER.
24:37 BECAUSE GOD IS LOOKING AT YOUR THIRST AND HOW YOU QUENCH IT.
24:42 SO, SISTER, IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A MAN, HE MAY NOT LOOK
24:46 LIKE HE USED TO LOOK, HIS HAIR MAY BE GONE, HIS HAIR MY BE
24:50 GRAY, HE MAY BE BENT OVER, BUT HE'S YOUR WELL.
25:01 AND HE GOT BENT OVER BY GOING OUT AND WORKING TO
25:04 MAKE YOUR HOUSE A HOME.
25:06 HE GOT THAT WAY BY BRINGING HOME WHAT YOU NEEDED
25:09 TO REAR YOUR CHILDREN.
25:10 AND YOU OUGHT TO HOLD ON TO THAT MAN.
25:12 RUB HIS BALD HEAD AND PRAISE GOD FOR IT.
25:15 (APPLAUSE) IF THAT WOMAN ISN'T EXACTLY LIKE
25:22 SHE USED TO BE, IF SHE DOESN'T LOOK QUITE IN THE SAME SHAPE,
25:25 REMEMBER THAT SHE GOT THAT WAY BY BEARING YOUR CHILDREN, BY
25:28 MAKING YOUR HOUSE A HOME.
25:30 SHE GOT THAT WAY BY TAKING CARE OF YOU.
25:32 SHE GAVE HERSELF.
25:33 SHE MAY HAVE GONE TO WORK TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE SUCCESSFUL.
25:37 SO IF SHE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS LOVELY THAN MADISON AVENUE
25:40 THINKS, YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS.
25:43 AND I'M TELLING YOU WHEN YOU GET THIRSTY IN THE STREET,
25:45 DON'T DRINK WHAT'S OUT THERE.
25:47 GET HOME BEFORE YOU QUENCH YOUR THIRST.
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