Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000408
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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. 25:51 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 25:53 WALTER L. 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