It's been 2,000 years since
the glorious light of the cross
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illuminated a world
veiled in darkness and confusion
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about the character of God...
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And still today, the
greatest need of mankind
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is a revelation of God's love as
revealed in the life of Christ.
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Amazing Facts presents
"The Everlasting Gospel"
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with Pastor Doug Batchelor
coming to you each week from
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Sacramento Central
Church in sunny California.
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Discover hidden
treasures in God's Word today.
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Over the last few
weeks, I never really announced
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anything official, but
I've been doing a series
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that focuses on faith and trust.
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I spoke a little bit about
"God said it, I believe it,"
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and trusting God or
having faith through the storm,
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and today will really
be the 3rd part in this.
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I expect the last part -
"Adjusting Your Trusting"
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would be the title
for the message today.
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"Adjusting Your Trusting"
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Part of the reason I felt
that this was a real need is
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in light of all that's
happening in the world,
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all the transition in
the country with governments,
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with finances - that has
been affecting so many different
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lives, that I could see
that people were trembling
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a little bit in their faith and
I want to ask you a question...
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Does God ever worry?
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God never worries! Does He?
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Is He ever anxious?
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Is He ever frightened?
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The goal for a
Christian is to be Christ-like.
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He wants us to
have that kind of faith.
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You know, all of you
are carrying around a letter
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that talks about the
trust of God - most of you.
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It might be stamped on a coin,
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it might be printed on a bill.
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But on all American
currency, there are 4 words...
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You know about
that... "In God we trust"
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I remember one time,
I was preaching early
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in evangelism and I
said, "You know, our founding
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fathers believed that we
should have faith in God,
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and that's why they
put it on our currency.
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I later found out it
wasn't on the original currency.
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This actually didn't
happen until the Civil War.
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And during the
time of the Civil War,
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a lot of people were
apprehensive about, you know,
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would this country survive,
and they wrote a number of
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letters to the treasury...
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Don't forget, the South started
printing their own money,
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and they wrote a number
of letters to the treasury
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stating - "Maybe there should
be something in our national
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motto about dependence on God,
or faith in God, or trust in God
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And they assembled
these letters and eventually,
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they said, through
an act of congress,
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"We really ought to
stamp it on our currency,"
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and they began with -
who know what currency first
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received the
words, "In God we trust?"
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It doesn't exist anymore!
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It was a 2 cent piece.
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I didn't even know
we had a 2 cent piece.
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And, it was 1864- I don't
know whose head was on it,
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but then gradually then
began to add it - it took years,
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to other pieces of currency;
then it was on the silver
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certificates back in
the days of Roosevelt.
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Finally, all of the currency had
the motto - "In God we Trust"
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by 1957- that's when I was born,
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and ever since
then, it's been there.
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Now it's amazing to
me it's still there -
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because when you consider
that we got courts today
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that are saying take
"under God" out of the pledge,
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and it seems like there's
an attack on everything that
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has any religious
overtone, that I'm surprised
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there hasn't been
some undercurrent or some
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liberal group that's
been campaigning to have
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"In God we trust" removed
from all of our currency.
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I think it's interesting
that it's still there.
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Of course that depends on what
god they're talking about...
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Some people think that the
god we're trusting in is money!
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And with that interpretation,
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a lot of people
have no problem with it.
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So what is the god
that they trust in?
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You know, today, there
is a trend in government...
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As-a-matter-of-fact, I'd
like to read a quote from
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Stacy Woods - "The trend
of government is to protect us
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with laws from the cradle to
the grave - providing all kinds
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of insurances - health, old
age, education, unemployment,
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fire, earthquake, hurricane.
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These safeguards can
very easily become a serious
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hindrance to our
complete trust in God.
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Undoubtedly, if our debts
are paid and our refrigerator
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is full, if we
have money in the bank,
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we have a tendency to
feel secure in ourselves
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and sense our
need of God less...
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Herein lies the danger -
I like the last part here...
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Our greatest need is to feel
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that our greatest
need is God every hour."
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Our greatest need is
to never cease to feel
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that God is our greatest need.
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And there's a danger that
we could fall into the trap
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... Jesus talks about the
rich man - are more susceptible,
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where we feel sufficient,
rich and increased with goods,
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and don't recognize how
much we need God every moment.
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If every earthly
need is supplied,
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you could get to the
place where you cease
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to feel your trust in God.
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God warned the children of
Israel - this was a danger.
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Moses told them, before
they entered the Promised Land
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... keep in mind,
they were conquering cities
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of the Canaanites
that already were there,
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they had their cities;
they had their houses built;
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they had their wells and
their farms and their vineyards,
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and they were going to
basically chase them out,
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take possession
of what they had...
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And Moses said, "Be careful,
beware, when you enter in to
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houses and enjoy them,
that you did not build,
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and you eat from
vineyards and farms that you
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did not plant, and
you drink from wells
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that you did not dig,
that you become self-satisfied,
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and you forget the Lord."
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Meaning - You don't
recognize your dependence on God
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on a daily basis.
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Going through the wilderness,
they realized how much
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they had to trust God.
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He provided their
bread every morning!
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You know, when you and
I say "Give us this day
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our daily bread,"
it's sort of a prayer that
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we utter by rote.
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When the children of
Israel were going out
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in the wilderness
every day - because they knew
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there was none on
Sabbath, but 6 days a week,
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they would see a
miracle of bread!
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They didn't have a pantry in
the wilderness where all those
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loaves were stacked on a shelf.
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They had to trust God every
day to provide their bread.
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It really shouldn't be
different for you and me.
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We ought to have that
same sense of dependence
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every day - because you realize
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you could lose
it all in one day.
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Whatever you have
that's giving you security,
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you feel secure
about your health?
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Because you have a
good health medical plan?
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Or maybe you feel secure
about your health because
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the doctor gave
you a good report?
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How long do you
think that's going to last?
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Live long enough
and it won't last!
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Or maybe you feel
secure because, you know,
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you house is
insured and it's paid for!
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No payments - praise the Lord!
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You could lose
it all in one day!
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You might feel secure
because your family is
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all employed and healthy
and you're all getting along.
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Job is there in the
Bible to remind us that
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every earthly support
can be withdrawn in one day.
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Will you still trust God then?
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Will you say with
Job - "Though He slay me,
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yet will I trust Him."
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Or when all the
earthly props are gone,
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will you lose your trust?
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Proverbs 3:5, "Trust in the
Lord with all of your heart,
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lean not to your
own understanding...
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When things go well, when
they don't - trust in the Lord.
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In all your ways,
acknowledge Him...
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It doesn't mean in
just what you think,
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it means the direction of
your life - acknowledge God
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with the way you live...
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And the promise is -
He will direct your path.
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That doesn't promise the
paths will never have thorns
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or ditches or rocks
or will never be slippery
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or any problems, but you trust
in the Lord with all your heart
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and He'll direct your path.
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I was playing
racquetball with a friend,
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oh, it's actually
been a couple of years ago,
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and he had a new
pair of tennis shoes.
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I said, "Those are nice!"
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He said, "Yeah, I
bought them on the internet."
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And I thought, "You're kidding."
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I said, "You ordered
shoes on the internet?"
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"Yeah, I got a great deal!"
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I said, "I could never
buy shoes on the internet."
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Maybe some of
you have, but for me,
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before I buy shoes, I
gotta put my foot in them
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and walk around a little bit.
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Anyone else like that?
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I'm going to want to
rest my weight down on them.
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I'm going to want to
feel, because you get the wrong
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pair of shoes - everyone's feet
are a little bit weird, right?
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There are no 2 feet in
here that are the same.
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And it's amazing to me
that shoe companies are able
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to find shoes that fit
all of our unusual feet.
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I got flat feet - I
mean, it's like a duck!
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And so I'm not going to
buy my shoes on an internet.
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I want to feel
them and, you know,
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sometimes that's the way
it is in walking with God.
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You gotta get your feet in
it and experience what it means
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to trust Him.
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For a lot of us, we're trying
to download our trust in God.
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It's all cerebral - you're not
really putting your feet in it,
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and walking around
and experiencing it.
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Sometimes the only way that
happens is you go through trials
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You feel some want or
depravation and then you
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know what it
means to trust in God.
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The word "trust" is
defined by Webster's:
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That's a simple
definition for "trust."
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Now you've probably
heard this before...
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It's an Amazing Fact
that has circulated around...
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It deals with the
central verse in the Bible...
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Who knows what the
shortest verse is in the Bible?
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I'm sorry - shortest chapter.
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You're right, "Jesus wept" is
the shortness verse in English.
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The shortness verse in
the original language is
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"Rejoice
evermore." Did you know that?
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It translates differently.
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The shortness chapter
in the Bible - Psalm 117
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Who knows the
longest chapter in the Bible?
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Psalm 119- I heard someone
that memorized all that...
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What's between
Psalm 117 and Psalm 119?
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Am I going too fast
for ya? ... Psalm 118
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There are 594
chapters before Psalm 118.
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There are 594
chapters after Psalm 118.
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What is the
central verse in the Bible?
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It's found in Psalm
118:8 and here's what it is.
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Now that verse is an interesting
verse for the central verse
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in the Bible because
the verse forms a cross.
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It makes a contrast between
"better to trust this way,
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than to trust this
way" which is really
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the 2 great
principles of the Bible;
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"Love the Lord
with all your heart -
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Love your neighbor - I
look like the pope, don't I?
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"Love the Lord with all your
heart and love your neighbor"
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It's talking about the
vertical love relationship,
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and a horizontal
love relationship,
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and right in the middle
of the Bible, you've got that
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intersection that says, "Don't
trust in man, trust in God"
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That doesn't mean
there's nobody you can trust,
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but there's a lot of
warning in the Bible about
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putting your trust
in princes, don't do it.
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"The breath goes forth
and he returns to the dust,
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in that very day,
his thoughts perish."
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And right now, what all
the governments are doing -
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...here in California
with our budget fiasco,
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and with the nation at
large and we're all kind of
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looking to the government
to save us, aren't we?
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The Bible warns us
about that kind of trust.
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It says, "Don't think
that that's going to be your
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solution - this is the
only trust that is going to be
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your solution.
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Is your life centered
in that central verse -
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of trusting God
with all of your heart.
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You know, I thought
it was interesting...
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You've heard of "John
Huss," the great reformer...
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He was going to be
tried for his teachings.
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So the king of
Bohemia and the king of Italy
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gave him a guarantee of safety
if he would come to the trial,
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he'd be escorted to
the trial, escorted home,
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nothing would befall him -
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They called it a
"safe conduct." They lied...
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They arrested him,
burned him at the stake.
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Maybe you've heard
about another martyr,
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"Thomas Wentworth"
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He carried a document
signed by King Charles I
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and here's what it said...
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"Upon the word of a
king, you will not suffer
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in life, honor or fortune
if you come to this trial."
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Shortly afterward,
his death warrant was
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signed by the same monarch.
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The last words of
Thomas Wentworth were,
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"Put not your trust in princes."
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Gotta be careful about thinking
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that "we're going to be
rescued by the government."
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Oh it might help and
I'm not trying to take a
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political position here
on this stimulus package
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and what's going
to go - I don't know,
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I'm not an economist.
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I'm just telling you, I hope
that's not where your trust is.
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Things are going
to go up and down...
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A lot of folks are writing
me letters saying, "Pastor Doug,
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Is this economic
crisis the end of the world?"
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My answer is - No.
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The way I read my
Bible, Jesus said,
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"As it was in the days of Lot"
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seems like the
economy was booming.
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As it was in the days of
Noah, Jesus specifically says,
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"They were building,
eating, drinking, marrying -
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life was going on as normal.
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"In such a day as you think
not, the son of man comes,"
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that's was Jesus said.
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So, it's going to be
when people are saying,
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"Peace, peace, then
sudden destruction comes."
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That's when we
especially need to be alert.
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We gotta trust God -
that He's going to do things
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when He's ready.
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Trust the timing of
God, not only in the scope of
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prophecy in the
world, but you need to trust
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His timing in your life.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11, "He
has made everything beautiful
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in His time."
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There's a time for
every purpose under heaven.
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We need to trust
God's timing in our life.
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Sometimes we wonder
why we're going through
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certain crises or
there's a delay in our life,
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or maybe we haven't found that
mate that we're looking for,
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or that job that we're looking
for and we wonder why God
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has us in a holding pattern.
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You "Trust the Lord
with all your heart,
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lean not to your
own understanding,"
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and part of that
means trusting His timing.
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Do what lies closest at
hand with all of your might.
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Be faithful in the work that God
has put right in front of you,
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and if you can't think of
anything right in front of you,
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then volunteer,
we'll provide something
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for you at "Amazing Facts."
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But do something
and pray that God will
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tell you what He wants
you to do with His timing.
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Trust His timing.
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I heard about a town that
was in Denver, Pennsylvania...
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They had this big hat factory
there that thousands of people,
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I guess, were employed
and, for many years, it was
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there for generations.
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Everybody within 5
miles of this hat factory
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ran their lives based on
the siren that they would hear
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come from the factory.
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The siren would first
sound 5:30 in the morning;
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people would typically wake
up, there would be another siren
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when work started;
there would be another siren
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during lunchtime, during
closing time, and finally
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after generations of this
watchman, the security guy
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pulling the siren, they retired
him and they put in a more
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sophisticated system to announce
what the different times were,
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and people in the
community no longer could hear
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the siren going off and it
kind of threw everybody out!
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Someone asked the
old watchman one day...
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They said, "Exactly what
did you use before you knew
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to pull the siren?"
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And he pulled a Mickey
Mouse watch out of his pocket.
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Said - "I used this!" What?
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The whole town, for
years, was being guided,
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the schedule of everybody
within 5 miles of this factory
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was being guided by
a Mickey Mouse watch!
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You can't trust the
timing of the world.
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You need to trust
the timing of God.
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Trust Him with your burdens.
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I remember hearing a
story, many years ago,
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they would have
these county fairs,
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and sometimes part of the county
fair, when aviation was still
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young, they would
offer people plane rides.
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You've probably heard
about the barnstormers.
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Those were the guys
that used to do the tricks,
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and they'd fly their
plane through a barn,
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the opened doors of a barn!
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You'd want to make sure both
sides of the barn were open!
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And, sometimes they'd just
take people up and fly them
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around and it turned out that
grandma had her 75th birthday
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during the county fair and
the family all got her there
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and they said, "Grandma,
you gotta go for a plane ride."
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"You need to see the town
where you've lived all your life
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from the air."
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And she was real apprehensive
about getting in one of these
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strange-fangled inventions
and they persuaded her,
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and grandma climbed
in... she was a little rotund,
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so it took some work and
they pried her into the seat
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behind the pilot and he
took her around, buzzed her,
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and he showed her the place
where she lived and the school
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she used to attend
and where the farm was,
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and pretty soon they
landed and all the family
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gathered around and said,
"Grandma, how did you enjoy it?"
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"Were you scared?"
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She said, "No, I wasn't
scared. I want you to know,
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I didn't put my
full weight down."
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Well she did
whether she liked it or not,
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but she never
really felt like she did.
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And the question is...
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Can you put your full
weight down on God's promises?
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Do you trust Him completely?
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Like the story of the tourist
there - exploring too close
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to the edge of the Grand Cannon
and he slipped and began to
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tumble over the side and
he went down a little ways
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and just managed to get a
hold of piece of sagebrush
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sticking out of the cliff
wall and he's hanging there
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and he shouts up
above the cliff and he says,
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"Is there anybody up there?"
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"Help, help - is
there anyone up there?"
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And pretty soon there
came this resonating voice,
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"I am here my child." "Help me!"
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"It is I who can help
you, do you trust me?"
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"I trust you." "Do
you trust me completely?"
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"I trust you!"
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"Let go of the bush."
There was a long pause.
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Pretty soon, he said, "Is
there anyone else up there?"
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That's how we are sometimes.
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"I trust you, Lord!"
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And He said, "Let go."
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And we're not
always so easy or ready
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to put our full weight down.
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I know that at the
Batchelor cabin up in the hills,
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we have been building a tree
house for 20 years... it's true.
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Actually building 2 of them
and neither of them are done.
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And it's sort of a bonding
thing - I'll go out there
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with the boys and this goes
back to the first liter of kids,
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just so you understand...
and we'd nail some stairs
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up there and it got to
where it's pretty high.
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As-a-matter-of-fact, the
one behind the house now has
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got like 3 stories...
of course the floors are
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not much bigger than this.
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They're pretty small but it
goes up and you get up there
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pretty high - you fall
and you're going to get hurt.
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We got a rope
swing; we got a tire swing.
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It's pretty neat - little tip...
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Take an old tire, turn it
inside out - it's hard to do.
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You cut half of the tire
away leaving the cables there,
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and it makes a seat you
can sit in - very strong.
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And I hung that by a chain
wrapped around this oak tree
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that swings out over a
hill, so when it goes out
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to the high end of the arch,
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it's at least 50
feet off the ground...
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And if a kid - if
the rope should break
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during that part of the arch,
you'd go flying a long ways
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because you're over a hill.
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And so when I first put
it up, I said to the boys,
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"All right, who
wants to go swinging?"
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And they looked at it
and they looked at the rope,
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and they looked at me and said,
"Why don't you show us, dad?"
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Because, you know,
their math isn't perfect,
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but they knew I
weighed more than they did.
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And so they
figured, "If it can hold you,
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it might be able to hold us."
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And so I said,
"Aw, no problem guys."
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So I get in the swing
and I'd swing back and forth,
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and I'd go like that
and I'd put my weight down,
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and after I did
that a few times,
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then they were
ready to get in it.
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But first, they
wanted to see me get in it.
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And when I nailed those
steps going up the tree,
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I said, "Okay, go on guys,"
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"Why don't you
go up there, dad."
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Because I know that 3 nails in
an oak tree is going to hold me.
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You know - the 2 x 4,
so I'd climb up and I'd
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climb back down and then
you'd see them - pretty soon,
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they'd start inching
up, but they always felt a
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little more secure if
they'd see me jumping around
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on the tree house or on the
steps that if it would hold me,
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and I weighed twice what they
weighed when they were young,
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it would hold them.
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Now as time goes by,
since that tree house is so old,
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my doubts are growing
also about it and I wonder
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sometimes how long
the rope is going to hold.
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But still, the point
remains that Jesus has come
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into this world
before us and He said,
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"Look, I'm here not
only to die for your sins,
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I'm here to be
an example for you.
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I'm going to live My life
as a man, not using any power
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that is unavailable to you
in the same way you see the
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promises of the
Father sustain Me,
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My promises will sustain you."
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And if the promises of
God can hold My weight,
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they can hold your weight.
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And so, He has gone out
before us to try to give us
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courage that we can
let our weight down.
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We can trust Him, He
will not disappoint us, Amen?
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You know, I don't know if
you've ever gone water skiing,
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but one of the ideas of
water skiing is you normally
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cannot stand on the
water on a ski standing still,
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you've got to be moving.
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And, the first water
skis that came out...
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I don't know if any of
you remember when you went
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skiing 40 years ago
- they had these big
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Cypress Garden water skis
and they were about that wide
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and you had 2 of them.
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It was like you had
patio doors on your feet,
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great big skis because the
boats weren't very powerful
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in order to get up, they
couldn't pull you that fast.
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Then the skis got slimmer and
then some day, one guy wanted
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to show off and he
learned how to slalom ski,
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and then pretty soon,
they were barefoot skiing
00:24:52.32\00:24:54.35
with 2 feet and then eventually,
some guys got out there
00:24:54.38\00:24:56.69
and they barefoot with one
foot in the water and one up.
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You ever seen this before?
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Well I wanted to try
all that and I remember
00:25:02.36\00:25:06.43
the first time I got up
on skis, my father had me
00:25:06.46\00:25:10.97
stand on the front of his skis.
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I learned to water ski
before I even learned to read.
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I mean cause my
dad lived on the water,
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I don't remember not
knowing how to water ski,
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to tell you the truth,
because we lived at the water,
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it just happened early...
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But he'd stand me on the front
of his skis and I'd get up,
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and you'd get the feel of it.
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Then eventually they put
me in the skis and, you know,
00:25:28.22\00:25:31.19
you do a lot of
faceplants before you finally...
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and you drink a lot of
water before you finally
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figure out how to get up
on 2 skis and then eventually
00:25:36.83\00:25:40.60
he said, "Now you
gotta learn to slalom ski."
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And the boat would go a little
faster and you'd pick up one
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foot and you'd see what
it felt like and eventually
00:25:46.24\00:25:48.07
you'd drop a ski and
you'd get your foot behind it.
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Any know what I'm talking about?
You've done this before...
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And then I wanted
to try barefoot skiing.
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And barefoot is
you're up there slaloming,
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and you go even faster
still because, even though I
00:25:58.18\00:26:00.55
got big feet, you still
your foot is not nearly as
00:26:00.58\00:26:02.76
big as a ski -
it's got to hold you up.
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So you're, at this
point, going 40 miles an hour,
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and now you've got
to put down your weight,
00:26:07.39\00:26:10.10
and you put down one
foot and you put the other.
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The problem is, the
faster you go, if you fall,
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the farther you
bounce and the more it hurts.
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Now I said all of
that to say this...
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Your trust grows in life.
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It starts small and you
learn it from your parents.
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They basically
put you on their skis.
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And as you mature as a
Christian, you get where
00:26:32.08\00:26:34.65
you can put more and more
weight down with less and less
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to hold you up... until
pretty soon, you're skiing on
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nothing because you're hanging
completely from the promises
00:26:43.53\00:26:47.53
of God - it's just the rope.
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When you lose your
faith, as you mature,
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you feel it more.
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God wants you to
grow in your trust.
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Are you growing or are you still
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skiing on those 2 big
patio doors in your life?
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Have you learned to trust
Him more and more and take big
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steps of faith?
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This is what it
means to grow and you might
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need to adjust your trusting.
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Now, some people have a
problem with trusting God
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because they have
experienced broken trust
00:27:19.17\00:27:23.57
in their earthly relationships.
00:27:23.60\00:27:25.97
It's often true, if you
grow up in a family where
00:27:26.04\00:27:29.44
maybe there was a divorce...
00:27:29.51\00:27:31.64
And you find that if there's
a violation of trust between
00:27:31.67\00:27:36.92
mom and dad, it usually affects
the trust of the children.
00:27:36.98\00:27:41.72
If you found that you could
not trust your earthly parents,
00:27:41.75\00:27:46.13
maybe because they
were untrustworthy,
00:27:46.19\00:27:48.73
you are going to find
a hard time separating
00:27:48.76\00:27:52.00
their failure from
the dependability of your
00:27:52.07\00:27:54.93
Heavenly Father.
00:27:54.96\00:27:56.14
He will never fail you!
00:27:56.17\00:27:57.80
The Bible says, "If your
father and mother forsake you,
00:27:57.87\00:28:00.14
the Lord will take you up."
00:28:00.21\00:28:01.61
Your Heavenly Father, He is
called "Father" because it's
00:28:01.67\00:28:04.01
the closest relationship
He can identify with,
00:28:04.08\00:28:06.55
but unfortunately,
there's a downside to that.
00:28:06.58\00:28:10.62
Some of us have had earthly
parents that have failed us...
00:28:10.68\00:28:13.69
Probably all of us -
if you had human parents
00:28:13.72\00:28:16.29
that failed you in some
way or disappointed you -
00:28:16.32\00:28:18.29
whether it's
real or perceived...
00:28:18.32\00:28:20.03
But that can
damage your trust to God -
00:28:20.09\00:28:22.90
that could make it harder for
you to hang your faith on God,
00:28:22.93\00:28:25.57
and you gotta remember,
He will never fail you.
00:28:25.60\00:28:28.10
Maybe you've had friends
- you told them a secret;
00:28:28.13\00:28:33.24
you trusted them
with inside information;
00:28:33.31\00:28:36.18
you needed to tell someone;
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.24
you developed
this relationship...
00:28:37.31\00:28:38.58
And then they
blabbed to everybody!
00:28:38.64\00:28:41.25
And they betrayed your trust.
00:28:41.28\00:28:43.98
Before I leave that point...
00:28:44.05\00:28:45.45
If you would keep
your secret from an enemy,
00:28:45.48\00:28:48.72
don't tell it to a friend!
00:28:48.79\00:28:52.19
Sometimes - I mean, you all
want a friend you can trust...
00:28:52.26\00:28:55.53
Someone said, "Most
people can keep a secret,
00:28:55.56\00:28:58.00
it's the ones they tell
it to that can't keep it."
00:28:58.03\00:29:03.14
I would never tell your
secret, I told it to so and so,
00:29:03.17\00:29:06.01
and they couldn't keep it.
00:29:06.07\00:29:09.74
The Bible says in Proverbs 17:9,
"He that covers a transgression
00:29:09.77\00:29:14.35
seeketh love, but he
that repeats a matter,
00:29:14.41\00:29:17.08
separate very
friends or cheat friends."
00:29:17.11\00:29:19.75
They betrayed you.
00:29:19.78\00:29:22.62
You may have had s spouse
that violated their vows...
00:29:22.65\00:29:25.76
It sometimes is
really hard to restore trust
00:29:25.79\00:29:29.63
in these earthly relationships
when it's been broken.
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.83
You ever have somebody
that you live in close proximity
00:29:32.90\00:29:36.17
and they steal from you
and you just never thought
00:29:36.24\00:29:40.44
before about looking over
your shoulder or counting things
00:29:40.51\00:29:43.44
when you left the room,
but once there has been a
00:29:43.51\00:29:46.25
violation of trust, you find,
boy - it just really makes you
00:29:46.31\00:29:49.85
unnerved and you wonder -
can you ever trust them again?
00:29:49.92\00:29:56.66
And sometimes there have
been problems in the marriage,
00:29:56.69\00:29:59.39
and maybe the wife drinks
and the husband finds out.
00:29:59.42\00:30:04.86
She says, "I'll never
do it again," or gambles.
00:30:04.93\00:30:08.60
I'm picking on the
wife now because we always
00:30:08.63\00:30:09.87
pick on the husband.
00:30:09.94\00:30:11.00
"I'm sorry, I'll
never do it again."
00:30:11.07\00:30:14.07
" All right, we're going
to restore our relationship."
00:30:14.10\00:30:16.68
They fail again.
00:30:16.74\00:30:18.48
How much harder is it to
trust them that 3rd time?
00:30:18.54\00:30:22.55
Or maybe the
husband, in an anger,
00:30:22.58\00:30:26.15
he raises a hand
and he hits his wife,
00:30:26.22\00:30:29.96
or in the argument, he
throws her down on the floor...
00:30:29.99\00:30:33.49
And says, "I'm sorry,
I'll never do that again,
00:30:33.56\00:30:35.83
please forgive
me," and genuine remorse
00:30:35.86\00:30:37.83
and you say "okay," but
what's happened to the trust?
00:30:37.90\00:30:40.63
You maybe do trust him.
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.04
In order to build up that
trust where it was before,
00:30:43.10\00:30:47.24
it takes time, doesn't it?
00:30:47.31\00:30:49.98
A person has to
demonstrate trustworthiness
00:30:50.01\00:30:54.18
in order to restore it...
00:30:54.21\00:30:55.51
And I could go on and
on and give you examples,
00:30:55.58\00:30:57.72
but if there's been a violation
of trust between friendship,
00:30:57.75\00:31:00.72
in marriages, in
families where you work...
00:31:00.79\00:31:04.19
You know, one of the big key
words in business today is trust
00:31:04.26\00:31:08.46
Consultants come to offices and
they hammer over and over again
00:31:08.53\00:31:11.60
trust - trust - trust.
00:31:11.63\00:31:12.67
In order for you to work
successfully together as a team,
00:31:12.70\00:31:15.53
you gotta trust each other!
00:31:15.56\00:31:17.20
They got all these
exercises they do to build trust
00:31:17.23\00:31:20.14
in the office
because people realize that
00:31:20.18\00:31:23.08
you can't have
anything without trust.
00:31:23.11\00:31:24.53
You know the
Bible has been saying
00:31:24.57\00:31:25.96
that for thousands of years.
00:31:25.99\00:31:27.30
It's all about faith, isn't it?
00:31:27.33\00:31:28.61
But when it's been damaged,
it takes time to restore it.
00:31:28.64\00:31:33.69
The good news is, God
will never let you down.
00:31:33.72\00:31:37.09
The problem is - if you've been
let down by others on earth,
00:31:37.16\00:31:41.69
if you have been damaged
in your trust relationships
00:31:41.76\00:31:45.90
horizontally, it
often affects your
00:31:45.97\00:31:48.17
trust relationship vertically
and you gotta separate the two.
00:31:48.20\00:31:52.91
God will never leave you,
He will never forsake you,
00:31:52.97\00:31:55.57
He will never let you down.
00:31:55.60\00:31:57.58
His love is unconditional
and not too many people
00:31:57.61\00:32:01.11
will be able to make that
promise to you and keep it,
00:32:01.14\00:32:03.85
broken trust.
00:32:03.88\00:32:06.19
Jesus is something
like our defense attorney.
00:32:06.25\00:32:11.92
Now this is in the Bible...
00:32:11.95\00:32:13.39
I always cringe when I say
it because in our culture today
00:32:13.42\00:32:17.86
when you say "attorney,"
and I'm sorry for the
00:32:17.89\00:32:19.93
attorneys that are sitting
out there watching on TV,
00:32:19.96\00:32:21.80
but you all know
all the attorney jokes,
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.27
all the lawyer jokes.
00:32:24.34\00:32:26.74
I won't tell any
of them right now
00:32:26.77\00:32:29.54
because it works
against my point...
00:32:29.61\00:32:31.48
But lawyers are often
portrayed as greedy or covetous.
00:32:31.54\00:32:38.62
But Jesus actually uses
the analogy of our Advocate,
00:32:38.65\00:32:43.76
our Defense
Attorney in the Bible.
00:32:43.82\00:32:46.76
Some of you have probably
seen some of these news programs
00:32:46.83\00:32:50.16
where somebody is
being investigated,
00:32:50.19\00:32:52.50
some high profile
person is in trouble,
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.37
and it might be a
governor or somebody whose
00:32:54.43\00:32:56.04
family members disappeared
and they're appearing,
00:32:56.07\00:32:58.57
they are being
interviewed on the news,
00:32:58.60\00:32:59.77
hopefully to make their
case for their innocence,
00:32:59.80\00:33:01.71
and they'll often now be sitting
there during the interview
00:33:01.74\00:33:04.71
next to their attorney...
have you seen that before?
00:33:04.74\00:33:07.85
And the interviewer
asks them a question...
00:33:07.91\00:33:10.58
and they turn to the attorney
and they don't say anything,
00:33:10.61\00:33:14.25
the attorney answers for
them and they just nod...
00:33:14.28\00:33:17.72
Because it's a sensitive
question and they don't
00:33:17.75\00:33:19.39
know how to
answer it, so they say,
00:33:19.42\00:33:20.93
"You better cover that." Right?
00:33:20.96\00:33:25.26
You know, the devil
often comes against us as
00:33:25.33\00:33:27.27
"The accuser of the brethren."
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.34
Zechariah 3:1, "Then he showed
me Joshua, the high priest,
00:33:30.40\00:33:34.21
standing before the angel
of the Lord and Satan standing
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.88
at his right hand, to
oppose or to accuse him.
00:33:36.94\00:33:41.81
Revelation 12, "The devil
is identified as the accuser.
00:33:41.88\00:33:47.09
He is the prosecuting attorney.
00:33:47.12\00:33:50.16
If Jesus is our
defense attorney,
00:33:50.19\00:33:51.96
the Devil is there
saying, "They're guilty!"
00:33:51.99\00:33:55.23
Michael comes to resurrect
Moses, the Devil shows up...
00:33:55.26\00:33:59.90
He says, "You can't have him."
00:33:59.93\00:34:02.84
He lost faith,
he lost his temper,
00:34:02.87\00:34:04.84
he murdered an Egyptian!
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.97
The accuser of the brethren!
00:34:07.00\00:34:09.24
And it says
there in Jude verse 9,
00:34:09.27\00:34:11.84
"Michael the archangel,
in contending with the Devil,
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.58
when he disputed
about the body of Moses,
00:34:14.61\00:34:16.45
he dared not bring against
him a reviling accusation,
00:34:16.48\00:34:20.52
but said, "The
Lord rebuke thee."
00:34:20.55\00:34:23.26
So in the defense of Moses,
and in the defense of Joshua,
00:34:23.29\00:34:26.19
and many others, it's
the Lord who then says,
00:34:26.22\00:34:29.93
"Look, I'll cover
this, I'll be your advocate,
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.67
I'll be your defense attorney."
00:34:32.70\00:34:34.33
The promise is
right there in 1 John 2:1,
00:34:34.36\00:34:36.74
"My little children,
these things I write to you
00:34:36.77\00:34:42.01
that no man sin and if anyone
sins, we have an advocate."
00:34:42.04\00:34:46.41
Do you know what
that word "advocate" is?
00:34:46.44\00:34:48.15
Defense attorneys are not
something that just came up
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.82
in the last 100 years, it goes
back before the time of Christ.
00:34:50.85\00:34:55.29
"You have an
advocate with the Father,
00:34:55.32\00:34:56.89
Jesus Christ the righteous.
00:34:56.92\00:34:58.22
So, when we
stand guilty before God
00:34:58.25\00:35:01.09
and because of the
law, Christ will defend us.
00:35:01.12\00:35:03.50
He'll plead our
case, you can trust Him.
00:35:03.53\00:35:06.90
Who pays your attorney bill?
00:35:06.93\00:35:11.64
Your attorney does!
00:35:11.67\00:35:13.31
Jesus said, "I will
represent you and I'll pay it."
00:35:13.34\00:35:19.04
Is He an honest attorney?
00:35:19.07\00:35:21.38
Can you trust
your case with Him?
00:35:21.41\00:35:23.66
Does He have your
best interest in mind?
00:35:23.69\00:35:27.02
Will He lose your case?
00:35:27.05\00:35:28.94
Not if you trust Him, He
won't, you have to have trust.
00:35:28.97\00:35:33.24
Sometimes we need to adjust
our trust when it comes to
00:35:33.27\00:35:38.09
hearing God and
believing that God hears us.
00:35:38.12\00:35:43.06
A little boy came home
from school to find out that
00:35:43.09\00:35:48.07
his older brother
had gotten a new bicycle,
00:35:48.10\00:35:51.51
and he said to his
brother, "How did you get that?"
00:35:51.54\00:35:54.76
He said, "You know,
I've been praying for a bike,
00:35:54.79\00:35:57.47
and the Lord just
blessed me and they got me one."
00:35:57.50\00:36:01.35
"I got it through prayer!"
00:36:01.38\00:36:03.22
And he said to his
little brother, "If you pray,
00:36:03.25\00:36:06.71
you could get one too."
00:36:06.74\00:36:09.33
And the young guy was
very pensive and he started to
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.32
walk away and then he
came back and he said,
00:36:11.35\00:36:14.50
"You know why don't
you just give me yours,
00:36:14.53\00:36:17.38
you're pretty good at
this praying business,
00:36:17.41\00:36:18.86
and you can pray
for another one."
00:36:18.89\00:36:22.22
He trusted that
his brother's prayers
00:36:22.25\00:36:24.93
might be a
little more effective.
00:36:24.96\00:36:26.60
He said, "You got more
trust in prayer that I do."
00:36:26.64\00:36:28.88
He said, "Why don't
you just give me your bike,
00:36:28.91\00:36:30.14
and you can pray
for another one."
00:36:30.17\00:36:32.95
Jesus said in Matthew 21:22,
"And whatever things you ask for
00:36:32.98\00:36:38.70
in prayer
believing, you will receive."
00:36:38.73\00:36:42.38
That seems like a
pretty broad promise!
00:36:42.41\00:36:45.41
Does He really mean that?
00:36:45.44\00:36:48.33
When you ask for something
in accordance with God's will,
00:36:48.36\00:36:51.04
God identifies
what those things are,
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.46
and you pray for
anything good, believing,
00:36:53.49\00:36:58.59
Jesus says in many
places, you can move mountains.
00:36:58.62\00:37:02.31
Do you trust Him?
00:37:02.34\00:37:05.23
Now keep in mind - so
often our prayers are selfish.
00:37:05.26\00:37:09.76
If you've got the Holy Spirit,
your prayers will be motivated
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.15
by love for God and
love for each other.
00:37:12.18\00:37:14.29
The first thing you should be
praying for is the Holy Spirit
00:37:14.39\00:37:16.30
because that will then - it will
adjust all of your other prayers
00:37:16.33\00:37:21.67
If you've got the Holy
Spirit, you pray right,
00:37:21.70\00:37:24.64
and you'll see
your prayers answered.
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.96
And then what happens
to your trust in God...
00:37:26.99\00:37:30.53
If failure of trust,
if betrayal lowers trust,
00:37:30.56\00:37:36.53
what does
dependability do to trust?
00:37:36.56\00:37:41.44
It puts more in the
account, doesn't it?
00:37:41.47\00:37:43.72
If you would like more
faith in God, then talk to Him,
00:37:43.75\00:37:47.20
pray and as He
answers those prayers,
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.52
what happens to your trust?
It grows - it gets bigger!
00:37:49.55\00:37:54.64
God will hear your prayers.
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.90
Is God concerned
with your big problems?
00:37:56.93\00:38:02.93
I don't think so.
00:38:02.96\00:38:06.49
As-a-matter-of-fact, I
only think God is concerned
00:38:06.52\00:38:08.82
with your little problems.
00:38:08.85\00:38:10.81
Think about this for a second.
00:38:10.84\00:38:14.05
Do you have a
problem that's big for God?
00:38:14.08\00:38:17.55
From God's perspective,
do you have any big problems?
00:38:17.58\00:38:21.79
Now I know, by
comparison with each other,
00:38:21.82\00:38:25.71
some of us have what appears to
be bigger problems than others.
00:38:25.74\00:38:29.01
But for those who trust God,
is there any really big problem?
00:38:29.04\00:38:34.89
Can you ever imagine God saying,
00:38:34.92\00:38:37.34
"Wow - you know, I
better build up to this..."
00:38:37.37\00:38:39.97
like some weightlifter
that needs to work his way up
00:38:40.00\00:38:41.86
to a new weight level.
00:38:41.89\00:38:44.16
I mean, is there any
weight that God can't lift?
00:38:44.19\00:38:49.51
Is there any
problem where God says,
00:38:49.54\00:38:51.94
"Well you know,
let's not get carried away,
00:38:51.97\00:38:53.94
that's too big for Me."
00:38:53.97\00:38:55.96
So every problem that
you have, no matter how big
00:38:55.99\00:38:58.44
you think it is, it's
a little problem for God.
00:38:58.47\00:39:02.08
Look at the Bible, if there's
one thing it's telling us,
00:39:02.11\00:39:04.29
over and over, I mean when
it looks like the situation was
00:39:04.32\00:39:07.08
hopeless... God
often waited until
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.43
it looked like the
situation was hopeless.
00:39:09.46\00:39:10.99
He says, "If you
trust in Me, I'll show you
00:39:11.02\00:39:12.70
this is no problem for Me...
00:39:12.73\00:39:14.38
This is not a
big problem for Me.
00:39:14.41\00:39:16.26
But also, God is
interested in what you think are
00:39:16.29\00:39:19.45
trivial or little things.
00:39:19.48\00:39:23.09
You know, sometimes
we've got this picture of
00:39:23.12\00:39:25.00
God up in the sky and He is
like a switchboard operator.
00:39:25.03\00:39:28.04
Any of you remember the
old switchboard operators?
00:39:28.07\00:39:30.38
They're trying to take
care of the telephone service
00:39:30.41\00:39:32.13
for some little town...
00:39:32.16\00:39:33.53
And you had this lady
that sat there with a pair of
00:39:33.56\00:39:36.03
headphones on and
a little microphone,
00:39:36.06\00:39:37.52
and she's making connections...
00:39:37.55\00:39:38.99
She's saying - "Can you please
hold," "Just a moment please,
00:39:39.02\00:39:40.89
I gotta another call - hang on."
00:39:40.92\00:39:42.16
And just - Oh, so frantic
and frazzled because they got
00:39:42.19\00:39:44.93
all these phone lines going
and there's some emergency,
00:39:44.96\00:39:48.28
and everybody is on the phone
and how can I handle it all,
00:39:48.31\00:39:50.64
and her comments
get shorter and shorter,
00:39:50.67\00:39:53.75
and her answers get more
irritated the busier she gets.
00:39:53.78\00:39:58.75
I think sometimes we
think about God like that.
00:39:58.78\00:40:01.61
"So many people praying -
I'm just going to make Him mad."
00:40:01.64\00:40:05.18
"And, you know, I've asked for
the same thing so many times,
00:40:05.21\00:40:07.56
if He hears me one more time,
00:40:07.59\00:40:08.63
He might be having a bad
hair day and get upset with me."
00:40:08.66\00:40:12.53
Is God like that?
00:40:12.56\00:40:14.68
Do you ever pray about
anything small that God says,
00:40:14.71\00:40:19.90
"You know, I've got a lot of
big things I'm dealing with..."
00:40:19.93\00:40:23.35
I don't even know if I
should tell you this...
00:40:23.38\00:40:26.58
I'm on Facebook now.
00:40:26.61\00:40:29.35
How many here know
what I'm talking about?
00:40:29.38\00:40:30.98
Ohhh - you're on Facebook too!
00:40:31.01\00:40:34.29
Maybe if you're nice, I'll
be your friend... ha, ha, ha.
00:40:34.32\00:40:39.64
... Along with
about 4,000 other people!
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.84
I had no idea how this worked,
someone actually got me started.
00:40:42.87\00:40:46.42
I now have 4,000 friends!
00:40:46.45\00:40:49.40
And, they're all emailing me,
00:40:49.43\00:40:53.53
and I'm wondering how
much longer this can go
00:40:53.56\00:40:56.09
because I'm just having to throw
my hands in the air and say,
00:40:56.12\00:40:59.30
"You know, I can't answer all
these emails that I'm getting."
00:40:59.33\00:41:02.82
And nice little comments -
but what's kind of neat about it
00:41:02.85\00:41:05.50
is I'm running into
people I haven't seen for years
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.32
and... "Aww, you're still out
there - I've lost track of you,"
00:41:07.35\00:41:09.31
and that's kind of
neat when that happens.
00:41:09.34\00:41:11.02
I still haven't met
anyone from my youth yet.
00:41:11.05\00:41:14.24
Really, I mean, I just
- I don't know anybody I
00:41:14.27\00:41:16.82
went to school with...
I've just totally lost contact
00:41:16.85\00:41:18.91
with that whole part of my life.
00:41:18.94\00:41:20.10
It would be fun if one of
them finally signs on and says,
00:41:20.13\00:41:22.43
"Are you that guy - Batchelor?"
00:41:22.46\00:41:24.90
But I can see where
this can grow to the point
00:41:24.93\00:41:30.76
where it's really going
to be hard for me to manage
00:41:30.79\00:41:32.46
all these relationships...
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.69
But God is not that
way, and God doesn't -
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.94
because He has more
children that turn to Him,
00:41:38.97\00:41:41.70
He doesn't say, "Well, you
know, there's only so much...
00:41:41.73\00:41:43.64
You're going to have to have
a smaller piece of Me now...
00:41:43.67\00:41:46.15
Like parents that
end up with 20 children -
00:41:46.18\00:41:48.85
have to divide their
time more than a parent that
00:41:48.88\00:41:51.45
has 1 child that gets spoiled.
00:41:51.48\00:41:54.64
Sorry for those of you
that have one spoiled child...
00:41:54.67\00:41:59.37
But you know what I'm saying...
00:41:59.40\00:42:00.63
I wasn't talking to
you - Debbie and Eric,
00:42:00.67\00:42:02.30
I just wanted you to know that,
that wasn't a hint either...
00:42:02.33\00:42:10.27
But God has got infinite
attention capacity! Amen?
00:42:10.30\00:42:16.06
That means He will
give you 100% of His time,
00:42:16.09\00:42:21.36
and you know
what's great about it?
00:42:21.39\00:42:22.90
He'll give it to you all
day long - if you want it.
00:42:22.93\00:42:26.75
As-a-matter-of-fact, He
would prefer that He give you
00:42:26.78\00:42:30.80
100% of His time all day long,
00:42:30.83\00:42:33.07
and that's what it
means to walk with God.
00:42:33.10\00:42:35.06
And you don't ever
take such a big piece of Him
00:42:35.09\00:42:37.53
that He starts
getting frustrated
00:42:37.56\00:42:39.39
that you're getting greedy.
00:42:39.42\00:42:41.08
He wants to have a
relationship with you.
00:42:41.11\00:42:44.60
Sometimes you know, we, because
of our relationships here
00:42:44.63\00:42:48.58
and our trust here, we
superimpose that on God
00:42:48.61\00:42:50.95
and He's not that way.
00:42:50.98\00:42:52.93
He's got all the
time in the world for you.
00:42:52.96\00:42:55.16
You need to trust His power.
00:42:55.19\00:42:58.54
Through Christ,
you can do all things.
00:42:58.57\00:43:04.39
Do you believe that?
00:43:04.42\00:43:06.26
Several times in the Bible,
it tells us - "All things are
00:43:06.29\00:43:09.04
possible to him that believes."
00:43:09.07\00:43:12.18
There's a scripture here...
you don't read this very often,
00:43:12.21\00:43:16.94
but it tells us
that... Luke 10:19,
00:43:16.97\00:43:21.03
"Behold I give you
power to trample on serpents
00:43:21.06\00:43:25.49
and scorpions and
over the power of the enemy
00:43:25.52\00:43:28.89
... nothing shall
by any means hurt you."
00:43:28.92\00:43:32.37
Do you trust God?
00:43:32.40\00:43:35.37
Believe it or not, when we
went down to Central America,
00:43:35.40\00:43:38.90
they called me up in preparation
for my visit and they said,
00:43:38.93\00:43:42.28
"Will you be
needing a bodyguard?"
00:43:42.31\00:43:45.59
I said, "What?"
00:43:45.62\00:43:48.19
They said, "Well,
we've had guests before that
00:43:48.22\00:43:49.86
said that they
would need a bodyguard.'
00:43:49.89\00:43:52.73
Now, I know you think
this is really bizarre,
00:43:52.76\00:43:55.98
but I have traveled in
places of the world where
00:43:56.01\00:43:59.10
the locals said,
"We've got someone
00:43:59.13\00:44:01.50
who is assigned to guard you."
00:44:01.53\00:44:02.96
I remember when I
went to Cameroon, Africa,
00:44:03.00\00:44:04.53
they were going to have
somebody stand outside my
00:44:04.56\00:44:06.92
hotel room all night long to
guard me and I sent them home.
00:44:06.95\00:44:09.92
I said, "No, you know,
if I don't have enough faith
00:44:10.74\00:44:13.69
in God that He could send
an angel to take care of me,
00:44:13.72\00:44:15.80
how am I supposed to
teach all of you about faith?"
00:44:15.83\00:44:18.19
But they had had guests
before that had come that had an
00:44:18.22\00:44:22.91
entourage of armed people
around them wherever they went.
00:44:22.94\00:44:26.42
And what does that
say about your trust?
00:44:26.45\00:44:31.70
When Ezra was going to
go from the King of Persia
00:44:31.73\00:44:37.20
and take this financial
gift from the King of Persia
00:44:37.23\00:44:40.58
back to build the
temple in Jerusalem,
00:44:40.61\00:44:42.41
the King of Persia said,
"I'll send an armed guard
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.95
to protect you from
robbers along the way."
00:44:44.98\00:44:47.32
And Ezra writes, "I would
be ashamed to take that...
00:44:47.35\00:44:51.12
we're going to trust
God to watch out for us."
00:44:51.15\00:44:53.16
And he declined the armed guard,
00:44:53.19\00:44:54.80
and the King of
Persia was amazed!
00:44:54.83\00:44:57.23
He said, "Our God
will watch over us."
00:44:57.26\00:44:59.20
That he would travel
through those hundreds of miles
00:44:59.23\00:45:02.52
of land where there are robbers,
trusting in God's protection,
00:45:02.55\00:45:06.11
and God took care
of him, didn't He?
00:45:06.14\00:45:08.43
So I think, sometimes,
Christians need to say,
00:45:08.46\00:45:10.41
"Look, I want to
demonstrate my... "
00:45:10.44\00:45:12.21
Now don't tempt the
Lord and be foolish,
00:45:12.24\00:45:13.95
I'm not talking
about that, but you want to
00:45:13.98\00:45:16.53
be able to trust God
that He will watch over you.
00:45:16.56\00:45:19.17
Trust in His power!
00:45:19.20\00:45:21.48
Trust in His provision.
00:45:21.51\00:45:23.86
You know, there's a
statement in the book,
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.70
"Desire of Ages," p. 121,
"In the last conflict of the
00:45:28.48\00:45:32.30
controversy with Satan,
those who are loyal to God
00:45:32.33\00:45:36.15
will see every
earthly support cut off."
00:45:36.18\00:45:40.31
There will be no government
package to take care of you.
00:45:40.34\00:45:44.91
Every earthly
support will be gone!
00:45:44.94\00:45:47.59
That not only
means, at some point,
00:45:47.62\00:45:50.40
you won't be
able to buy or sell.
00:45:50.43\00:45:52.17
By the way, it
actually says that here...
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.34
I didn't finish reading that.
00:45:54.37\00:45:56.46
"Because they refused to
break his law in obedience
00:45:56.49\00:45:59.04
to the earthly powers, they'll
be forbidden to buy or sell."
00:45:59.07\00:46:02.03
Not only that, but I
think that at some point
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.60
in your Christian experience,
every earthly relationship
00:46:04.63\00:46:08.88
is going to be cut off -
that they'll be a time in
00:46:08.91\00:46:11.87
everyone's life when
maybe you'll be isolated.
00:46:11.90\00:46:14.44
God will just require you to
say, "Lord You are my only Hope.
00:46:14.47\00:46:21.33
You're the only One
that I can depend on."
00:46:21.36\00:46:24.60
We get opportunities to
practice that kind of trust
00:46:24.63\00:46:27.85
all the time - not only in our
relationships with each other,
00:46:27.88\00:46:32.50
but in our
relationship with God.
00:46:32.53\00:46:34.33
Every time we come to
church, you have an opportunity
00:46:34.36\00:46:38.10
to practice trust
- trusting people,
00:46:38.13\00:46:40.82
trusting the Word
of God that's read.
00:46:40.85\00:46:42.50
When you give your offerings,
you have an opportunity
00:46:42.54\00:46:45.72
to show your faith in
God and for some of you,
00:46:45.75\00:46:48.16
with your finances the
way they might be right now,
00:46:48.19\00:46:50.82
it requires more
faith than others.
00:46:50.85\00:46:54.63
Reminds me of a story
where a man came to church,
00:46:54.66\00:46:58.28
he was a new Christian and said,
"Pastor, I'm having a problem
00:46:58.31\00:47:01.46
with this tithe business.
00:47:01.49\00:47:03.10
I just can't wrap my
mind around the idea that I'm
00:47:03.13\00:47:06.20
going to be able to - with my
financial challenges right now,
00:47:06.23\00:47:08.82
to trust God with
10% of my increase."
00:47:08.85\00:47:12.63
He said, "I don't have
enough to pay all my bills!"
00:47:12.66\00:47:17.17
Then the pastor said to
him, "John, I tell you what,
00:47:17.20\00:47:20.67
if I were to promise you
that if you try, for the next
00:47:20.70\00:47:25.35
2 months, trusting
God and paying tithe,
00:47:25.38\00:47:28.18
that if you have any shortage
of funds to pay your bills,
00:47:28.21\00:47:31.66
that I will cover
your bills for you."
00:47:31.69\00:47:34.46
John was rather surprised at
the generosity of the pastor.
00:47:34.49\00:47:37.70
He said, "Pastor,
you'd do that for me?"
00:47:37.73\00:47:39.14
He said, "Would you trust me?"
00:47:39.17\00:47:40.64
He said, "Yeah, I trust you."
00:47:40.67\00:47:41.84
"Will you pay your
tithe if I make that promise?"
00:47:41.87\00:47:44.19
He said, "Yeah, I will."
00:47:44.22\00:47:46.03
He said, "So John, what
you're telling me is that you'll
00:47:46.06\00:47:47.90
trust the pastor more
than you'll trust God."
00:47:47.93\00:47:51.48
He said, "Ooo, hadn't
thought of it that way."
00:47:51.51\00:47:56.69
What does God say?
"Prove Me - trust Me"
00:47:56.72\00:48:00.48
"Prove me now if I
won't open for you the windows
00:48:00.51\00:48:02.61
of heaven and
pour out a blessing."
00:48:02.64\00:48:03.80
Some of us have
never experienced it.
00:48:03.83\00:48:05.52
John became a tithe-payer
and God never let him down.
00:48:05.55\00:48:09.31
We have opportunities all the
time to put our trust in God.
00:48:09.34\00:48:12.98
Every day... Sometimes
we're tempted to do something
00:48:13.01\00:48:16.63
that we think is going to
bring us happiness and God says,
00:48:16.66\00:48:18.65
"No, it won't - trust Me."
00:48:18.68\00:48:19.96
And we say, "I don't believe
You God, I really think this is
00:48:19.99\00:48:22.26
going to make me happy."
00:48:22.29\00:48:23.56
And then we do or buy what
we're not supposed to do or buy,
00:48:23.59\00:48:29.53
and we find out that it
turns bitter in the end and say,
00:48:29.56\00:48:33.11
"Oh Lord, why
didn't I trust You."
00:48:33.14\00:48:35.22
We have opportunities
all the time - trust God.
00:48:35.25\00:48:38.39
Trust His Word - which
is one of my last points.
00:48:38.42\00:48:43.57
Sin entered our world
because man did not trust God.
00:48:43.60\00:48:50.14
Any of you ever go to a
house that's nicely decorated,
00:48:50.17\00:48:54.16
and you see fruit in
a basket on the table?
00:48:54.19\00:48:57.42
And you reach out to
take a piece only to discover
00:48:57.45\00:49:00.02
that it's weightless
because it's plastic?
00:49:00.05\00:49:03.01
False trust - phony fruit.
00:49:03.04\00:49:08.86
God said to Eve - "Trust
Me, My Word says - do not eat
00:49:08.89\00:49:13.31
the forbidden fruit
and you'll be fine."
00:49:13.34\00:49:15.56
The Devil said, "Aww
no, it will be great."
00:49:15.59\00:49:18.28
And it turned to
sand in their mouths.
00:49:18.31\00:49:23.73
Sometimes we trust the
wrong things... false trust.
00:49:23.76\00:49:29.68
Proverbs 28:26,
"He who trusts his own
00:49:29.71\00:49:33.05
heart is a fool, but whoever
walks wisely will be delivered."
00:49:33.08\00:49:38.78
Isaiah 40:8 says,
"The grass withers,
00:49:38.81\00:49:41.54
the flower fades, but the word
of our God will stand forever."
00:49:41.57\00:49:46.75
Matthew 24:35, Jesus
said, "Heaven and earth
00:49:46.78\00:49:51.87
will pass away but My
Word will not pass away."
00:49:51.90\00:49:55.25
That's why it has
endured all this time...
00:49:55.28\00:49:56.61
Here's something
you can trust, friends.
00:49:56.64\00:49:58.74
And you know what you're
doing when you trust the Bible?
00:49:58.77\00:50:02.72
What's another name for Jesus?
00:50:02.75\00:50:05.75
"The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us."
00:50:05.78\00:50:08.71
When you trust - if you say,
"Lord, I want to trust you,"
00:50:08.74\00:50:10.93
well this is how you trust Him.
00:50:10.96\00:50:12.73
He is the Word.
00:50:12.76\00:50:13.82
He is the Bread of Life -
this is the Bread of Life.
00:50:13.85\00:50:17.10
If you want to
show He is the Rock,
00:50:17.13\00:50:18.93
this is the Rock
- isn't that right?
00:50:18.96\00:50:20.65
All the analogies that
you find for the Bible,
00:50:20.68\00:50:22.94
are also analogies for Jesus.
00:50:22.97\00:50:25.90
And if you put
your trust in Jesus,
00:50:25.93\00:50:27.92
you'll put your trust in
the promises in His Word.
00:50:27.95\00:50:31.44
We're living in a very
interesting volatile time
00:50:31.47\00:50:33.96
in the world's history
and I don't know exactly
00:50:33.99\00:50:37.88
what is going to
happen from month-to-month.
00:50:37.91\00:50:40.48
It's kind of
exciting watching, isn't it?
00:50:40.51\00:50:43.80
Gives us
opportunities to trust Him.
00:50:43.83\00:50:47.36
We don't know from day-to-day
00:50:47.39\00:50:49.29
if there will be
money in the bank.
00:50:49.32\00:50:52.18
We don't know
from day-to-day what's
00:50:52.21\00:50:53.77
going to happen
with the military;
00:50:53.80\00:50:55.88
what's going to happen
with the financial situation;
00:50:55.91\00:51:00.17
with our health.
00:51:00.20\00:51:01.44
The only thing that we
know is immovable in this world,
00:51:01.47\00:51:05.59
an anchor that does
not change, is Jesus.
00:51:05.62\00:51:08.42
Jesus is that Rock.
00:51:08.45\00:51:09.73
Jesus is the One
Person you can trust
00:51:09.76\00:51:13.91
who will never let you down.
00:51:13.94\00:51:15.10
And He'll help
restore your trust
00:51:15.13\00:51:17.10
in your other relationships.
00:51:17.13\00:51:18.61
He gives you that
peace and that forgiveness.
00:51:18.64\00:51:21.16
That's why it's so
important to trust in Him.
00:51:21.19\00:51:23.53
That's why we're going to
sing about that now, friends.
00:51:23.56\00:51:25.63
How many of you would like
to say, "By Your grace, Lord,
00:51:25.66\00:51:27.40
I want to adjust my trust,
00:51:27.43\00:51:29.18
so I trust you
with all of my heart."
00:51:29.21\00:51:31.35
"Lean not to your
own understanding;
00:51:31.39\00:51:33.50
acknowledge Him in all your ways
and He will direct your paths."
00:51:33.53\00:51:36.84
Let's stand
together as we sing 524,
00:51:36.87\00:51:39.74
"Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
00:51:39.77\00:51:43.86
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
00:51:59.77\00:52:05.35
Just to take Him at His word.
00:52:05.38\00:52:10.82
Just to rest upon His promise,
00:52:10.85\00:52:16.06
Just to know,
"Thus saith the Lord."
00:52:16.09\00:52:21.60
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
00:52:21.63\00:52:26.97
How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
00:52:27.00\00:52:32.61
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
00:52:32.64\00:52:38.24
Oh for grace to trust Him more.
00:52:38.27\00:52:46.76
Obviously the theme of
our message this morning
00:52:46.79\00:52:50.05
is to encourage you -
hopefully to inspire you
00:52:50.08\00:52:52.54
to trust God more.
00:52:52.57\00:52:54.57
Some of us have
been wounded in our
00:52:54.60\00:52:57.59
earthly trust relationships,
00:52:57.62\00:53:00.00
and that has
affected our trust in God.
00:53:00.03\00:53:02.62
You know, the Lord can
heal that and He can heal
00:53:02.65\00:53:04.77
your hearts and He can
help you to make a separation
00:53:04.80\00:53:07.33
in your spirit
between some of those failed
00:53:07.36\00:53:10.30
earthly relationships and
your trust relationship to God.
00:53:10.33\00:53:15.50
He wants you to have a
complete unreserved trust in Him
00:53:15.53\00:53:19.56
where you'll put your entire
weight down on His promises.
00:53:19.59\00:53:22.99
If you'd like to ask
Him, in a special way...
00:53:23.02\00:53:26.24
"Oh Lord, heal my heart so
I can completely trust in You.
00:53:26.27\00:53:30.51
I don't want to be
doubtful and cynical."
00:53:30.54\00:53:32.96
Maybe you've got some
special need that you would like
00:53:32.99\00:53:35.31
to express or some
special area of trust,
00:53:35.34\00:53:37.62
and you'd like us to pray about.
00:53:37.65\00:53:39.67
If you want to come
forward during this time
00:53:39.70\00:53:41.45
while we sing verse 2,
we'd like to pray for you.
00:53:41.48\00:53:44.29
Come - and we'll pray together.
00:53:44.32\00:53:47.49
O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
00:53:47.52\00:53:53.42
Just to trust
His cleansing blood;
00:53:53.45\00:53:59.38
Just in simple
faith to plunge me
00:53:59.41\00:54:04.91
Neath the
healing cleansing flood.
00:54:04.94\00:54:10.81
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
00:54:10.84\00:54:17.01
How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
00:54:17.04\00:54:22.96
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
00:54:22.99\00:54:29.04
O for grace to trust Him more!
00:54:29.07\00:54:37.02
Before we sing the last verse,
I'd like to be more specific
00:54:37.05\00:54:40.14
in my appeal.
00:54:40.17\00:54:41.47
Do you trust Jesus to
completely forgive you?
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Do you know that you
know, when you leave this place,
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that based on His promises,
all of your sins are forgiven,
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and you can just
have joy in the Lord?
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Or are you
trusting in what you do?
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Are you
trusting Him for power...
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that He'll give
you whatever you need,
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when you need it -
so you can have that
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grace and that assurance.
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Do you trust Him
for your forgiveness?
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You know, that's
more important than
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every earthly need.
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You might be worried
about trusting God financially,
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trusting Him with your
health, in your relationships,
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but the most
important thing is...
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Do you trust Him with your soul?
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Do you trust Him -
that He can save you?
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You gotta put
all your weight down,
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trust that He'll
forgive your sins
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and give you whatever you need
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to become what
He wants you to be.
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If that's the kind
of trust you especially
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are praying for right
now, as we sing the last verse,
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verse 4- come to the
front, we'll pray with you.
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I'm so glad I
learned to trust Thee,
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Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
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And I know that
Thou art with me,
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Wilt be with me till the end.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er!
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
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O for grace to trust Him more!
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Loving Father, We
are so thankful for the
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promises that You have provided,
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and the examples you
give us in Your Word -
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that You never
let Your people down,
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that You can be trusted;
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that we can be confident that
if You have nailed the boards
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to hold our weight,
that if Jesus went the way
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before us, that those promises
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that held Him
up, will hold us up.
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Lord, I pray that we can
have more childlike faith
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that we can be like Christ
through faith in Your Word,
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that You are
available all of the time
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to give us all
of Your attention,
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that You love us that much.
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Bless each person
here, those who may be
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listening or watching
and I pray that we'll be more
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like Christ because
of our time together.
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With the storm that
brews in the world about us,
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I pray that we will
see that You are the Rock,
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Your Word is the Rock
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that we can depend
on that is immovable;
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that we can build on,
that will survive the storms.
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Bless us, Lord, that
we can leave this place
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with peace and
faith and confidence
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because we are trusting
our souls in Your hands,
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and trusting You to
wash us in Your blood.
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We thank You and ask this
now in Christ name... Amen
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