(MUSIC)
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>>SO WHAT IS THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD?
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WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY THE
SUN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
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BRIGHTEST MAN-MADE
LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT
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PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN
LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR.
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THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL,
THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39
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WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON
BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS
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REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS.
ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT
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40 BILLION
CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT
ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL
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EVERY MONTH? THAT
LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT
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PLANES CAN SEE
IT 250 MILES AWAY.
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THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES
UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU
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HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU
COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE.
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AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED,
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE
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WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR,
BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND
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OWLS - CREATING ITS ON
ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE
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THE HOTEL. BUT THE
SAD THING ABOUT THE
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BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS
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CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES
- THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT
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ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE.
IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE.
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THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN
THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING.
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
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WASTED LIGHT, AND
THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
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IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105,
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
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AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH." AND
YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
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IN DARKNESS.
FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU
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DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
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BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
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JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HILL,
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LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT
SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS
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OTHERS WHEN IT REFLECTS OFF OF
SOMETHING. GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS
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TO ILLUMINATE
THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
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SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR GOD?
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REMEMBER, JESUS SAID,
'LET THERE BE LIGHT.' (MUSIC)
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>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
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OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
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PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
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>>I REMEMBER AN OLD SAINT
IN THE CHURCH THAT I WOULD
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SEE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND
WHENEVER I SAW HIM, HE WOULD
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UTTER ONE WORD TO ME - COURAGE.
WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN EACH OTHER
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FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS ON SOME
OCCASIONS, BUT WHEN HE'D SEE ME,
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THE FIRST THING HE'D DO IS HE'D
STICK OUT HIS HAND, HE'D SHAKE
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MY HAND, HE'D LOOK ME IN THE
EYE AND HE'D SAY, 'COURAGE' AND
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THAT ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME.
I THOUGHT, 'WELL, OF ALL THE
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THINGS YOU COULD
SAY, WHY THAT WORD?
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AND, YOU KNOW, AS TIME
GOES BY YOU CAN REALIZE THAT
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DISCOURAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE
SPECIAL TOOLS THAT THE DEVIL HAS
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IN HIS BOX TO TRY TO NEUTRALIZE
THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE HOPES
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OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
DISCOURAGEMENT'S REALLY THE
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OPPOSITE OF FAITH AND
WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
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TO PLEASE GOD. AND
THAT'S WHY THE MESSAGE
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TODAY, WE'VE TITLED COURAGE
IN THE FACE OF DISCOURAGEMENT .
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YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON THE BORDERS
OF THE PROMISED LAND, THERE IN
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JOSHUA CHAPTER 1. FIRST,
BEFORE HE EVEN DIED MOSES
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TAKES JOSHUA ASIDE AND HE SAYS,
'BE COURAGEOUS.' AND THEN WHEN
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THEY GET TO THE BORDERS OF THE
PROMISED LAND, GOD GIVES THAT
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MESSAGE WE JUST HEARD IN
OUR SCRIPTURE READING, JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 1, AND HE SAYS FOUR
OR FIVE TIMES, 'BE COURAGEOUS.'
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'BE COURAGEOUS.' 'DO NOT FEAR.
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BE COURAGEOUS.' AND THEN, HERE
WE ARE, AS GOD'S PEOPLE, ON THE
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BORDERS OF THE PROMISED LAND,
AND I'M WONDERING IF GOD IS
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TELLING US THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER
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IS, DO NOT BE
DISCOURAGED AND BE COURAGEOUS.
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NOW, WHENEVER YOU HEAR GOD SAY
'BE' - THAT ALWAYS JUMPS OUT AT
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ME - IT'S A SHORT WORD.
IT'S A TWO-LETTER WORD, BUT IT
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REMINDS ME OF CREATION WHEN GOD
SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT' AND
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'LET THERE BE LAND' - 'LET THERE
BE VEGETATION' AND 'LET THERE BE
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HUMANS.' GOD SPOKE THINGS INTO
EXISTENCE, SO IF GOD SAYS, 'BE
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COURAGEOUS' THAT MEANS
IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE
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WHAT HE WANTS US TO
BE. NOW, EVEN BELIEVERS CAN
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STRUGGLE WITH DISCOURAGEMENT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT
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DISCOURAGEMENT IS
THE OPPOSITE OF COURAGE.
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MATTER OF FACT, IT MIGHT NOT
HURT FOR ME TO JUST GIVE YOU A
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COUPLE OF MORE
PRECISE DEFINITIONS.
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WHAT IS COURAGE?
COURAGE IS 'THE STATE OR QUALITY
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OF MIND OR SPIRIT THAT ENABLES
ONE TO FACE DANGER, FEAR,
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OR VICISSITUDES WITH
SELF-POSSESSION, CONFIDENCE,
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RESOLUTION AND
BRAVERY.' GOOD DEFINITION.
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DISCOURAGEMENT, OF COURSE,
IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT: 'TO
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DEPRIVE OF CONFIDENCE,
HOPE, OR SPIRIT; TO HAMPER BY
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DISCOURAGING; TO DETOUR; TO
CAUSE DOUBT' - OR TO CAUSE ONE
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TO LOSE FAITH, YOU MIGHT SAY.
SO IF WE CAN'T BE SAVED WITHOUT
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FAITH, THEN WE NEED TO BE ON OUR
GUARD AGAINST DISCOURAGEMENT AND
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WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE
CAN DO TO GATHER COURAGE.
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NOW, BELIEVERS SOMETIMES
STRUGGLE WITH THOSE THINGS.
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THAT'S WHY JESUS TOLD US, JUST
BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS -
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AND THIS IS JOHN 16:33, 'I HAVE
SAID THESE THINGS TO YOU THAT
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YOU MIGHT HAVE PEACE.
IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE
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TRIBULATION;' - WHICH IS PRONE
TO DISCOURAGE US - 'BUT TAKE
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HEART,' - YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'TAKE HEART'?
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BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE I
HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD - IN THE
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WORLD YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
DISCOURAGING THINGS HAPPEN.
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>>AMEN. >>BUT JESUS
SAYS, 'BE COURAGEOUS
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BECAUSE I HAVE OVERCOME THE
WORLD.' AND THAT'S WHY IT TELLS
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US IN REVELATION, SPEAKING
OF THE REDEEMED, 'HERE IS A CALL
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FOR ENDURANCE OF THE SAINTS;
THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS
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OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF
JESUS. HERE IS THE COURAGE
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OF THE SAINTS. WE
NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED.
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YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE BIBLE
ABOUT SOME OF THE HEROES THAT WE
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HAVE AND IT'S AMAZING HOW OFTEN
THEY BECAME UTTERLY DISCOURAGED,
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WHICH IS ENCOURAGING TO ME WHEN
I GET DISCOURAGED THAT THEY GOT
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DISCOURAGED. I KNOW
THAT YOU WOULD WONDER WHY
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I WOULD BE ENCOURAGED THAT THEY
GOT DISCOURAGED - BECAUSE THEY
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GOT OVER IT AND THAT MEANS
EVERYBODY GRAPPLES WITH IT AND
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YOU MIGHT FEEL DOWN BUT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY DOWN.
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ELIJAH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, A GREAT PROPHET - HE'S
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LIKE EXHIBIT A. I
MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE GO TO
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HEAVEN IN A FIERY CHARIOT?
YOU THINK ABOUT THE COURAGE OF
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ELIJAH, WHERE HE STANDS ALONE
ON THAT MOUNTAINTOP WHERE HE'S
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SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO WANTED
TO JUST KILL HIM RIGHT AWAY -
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AGAINST ALL THE PROPHETS OF
BAAL, AGAINST THE KING, AGAINST
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THE CHURCH - AND HE STANDS
UP AND HE JUST - HE THROWS THE
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GAUNTLET DOWN AND GOD
SENDS FIRE FROM HEAVEN.
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THEN HE PRAYS AND, I
MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO DELIVER.
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AFTER HE HAD THAT BIG SHOWDOWN
HE SAYS, 'GOD'S GOING TO SEND
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THE RAIN.' THEN HE PRAYS AND
THE RAIN COMES AND, WOW, WHAT A
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VICTORY ON THE MOUNTAINTOP.
BUT, YOU REALIZE, WITHIN A FEW
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HOURS HE WAS COLD AND HE WAS
TIRED AND HE WAS HUNGRY AND A
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MESSAGE CAME FROM THE QUEEN
SAYING, 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEAD
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BY TOMORROW.' AND THIS MAN
WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY UNDAUNTED,
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FEARLESS, NOTHING SHOOK HIM,
HE GOT UP AND RAN FOR HIS LIFE.
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AND YOU FIND HIM, HE'S
SHIVERING UNDER A BROOM TREE.
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AN ANGEL HAS TO COME AND FEED
HIM AND HE STILL GETS UP AND HE
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RUNS. AND HE'S GOING FURTHER AND
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FURTHER AWAY FROM WHAT GOD HAD
CALLED HIM TO DO UNTIL FINALLY
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HE FINDS HIMSELF UP IN
A CAVE IN THE MOUNTAIN.
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IT SAYS - IN 1 KINGS 19 IS WHERE
YOU FIND THIS STORY - HE WENT A
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DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE
WILDERNESS AND SAT DOWN UNDER A
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BROOM TREE AND YOU
KNOW WHAT HE PRAYED?
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HE SAID, 'LORD, IT'S ENOUGH.
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TAKE MY LIFE FOR I'M NO
BETTER THAN MY FATHERS.'
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IT SAYS HE PRAYED
THAT HE MIGHT DIE.
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A DAY BEFORE HE'S UP
ON THE MOUNTAIN IN GLORY.
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HE'S PRAYING AND FIRE'S
FLASHING FROM THE HEAVENS.
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I MEAN, HE'S THE EPITOME OF
A SUCCESSFUL PROPHET - BRINGS A
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GREAT REVIVAL - 24 HOURS GO
BY - DO I MENTION IT WAS THE
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INTIMIDATION OF
ONE WOMAN THAT DID IT?
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(LAUGHTER) AND HE'S
PRAYING HE MIGHT DIE.
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THEN HE GOES FROM THERE - AN
ANGEL COMES TO FEED HIM - HE'S
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STILL DISCOURAGED AND HE KEEPS
RUNNING THE WRONG WAY AND HE
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GETS TO A CAVE - GOES TO
MOUNT SINAI BUT HE'S IN A CAVE.
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THERE IN THE DARK OF THE CAVE
THE WORD OF THE LORD COMES TO
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HIM AND SAYS - YOU KNOW, YOU
WONDER, DOES GOD EVER CLEAR HIS
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VOICE BEFORE HE SPEAKS? AND
THE LORD SAYS, (CLEARS THROAT)
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'ELIJAH, I KNOW WE HAD
THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE UP ON THE
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MOUNTAIN, BUT WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
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YOU SEE, GOD HAD TOLD ELIJAH,
'I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE BROOK
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CHERITH' - AND HE DID
AND GOD TOOK CARE OF HIM.
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HE SAYS, 'I WANT YOU TO GO UP
TO ZEREPHATH' - AND THE WIDOW -
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MIRACLES - GOD TOOK CARE OF HIM.
THE BIRDS FED HIM ONE TIME -
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WIDOW FEEDS HIM - GOD SAYS,
'I WANT YOU TO GO MEET WITH
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AHAB.' HE WAS
THERE. GOD CAME THROUGH.
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HE NEVER SAID 'NOW I WANT YOU
TO RUN FOR YOUR LIFE INTO THE
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WILDERNESS.' AND HE
WENT 300 MILES BECAUSE HE WAS
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DISCOURAGED. HE
ENDS UP IN A CAVE.
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YOU EVER BEEN IN
THAT CAVE BEFORE?
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THE CAVE OF DISCOURAGEMENT?
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE HAD
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MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCES WITH
GOD, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE
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NOT GOING TO PRAY THE
NEXT DAY THAT YOU MIGHT DIE.
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HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE: JOB,
A MAN WHO FEARED GOD, LOVED THE
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LORD, AND "JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH"
- JOB CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1 - "AND
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CURSED THE DAY OF HIS
BIRTH." YOU EVER DONE THAT?
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I REMEMBER GOING WAY BACK
IN MY YOUTH AND I CAN REMEMBER
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THINKING, 'WHY DID
I HAVE TO BE BORN?'
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WHENEVER YOU GO THROUGH ANY KIND
OF TRIAL OR PAINFUL EXPERIENCE,
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I'D THINK, 'NO ONE ASKED ME IF I
WANTED TO BE BORN.' THAT REALLY
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BOTHERED MY FATHER WHEN
I TOLD HIM THAT ONE DAY.
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I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME. I
SAID, 'NO ONE EVER ASKED ME,
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AND HERE I AM
HAVING ALL THESE TROUBLES.
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AND WHY WASN'T
I CONSULTED FIRST?
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I DIDN'T WANT TO BE BORN. IF
YOU HAD ASKED ME BEFORE I WAS
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BORN, 'DO YOU WANT TO BE BORN?'
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAID 'NO.'
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(LAUGHTER) JOB
PRAYED THAT HE MIGHT DIE.
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JEREMIAH - GREAT
PROPHET - GOD SPOKE THROUGH HIM.
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20, VERSE 14 - JEREMIAH 20:14
- "CURSED BE THE DAY IN WHICH I
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WAS BORN!...THE DAY...IN
WHICH MY MOTHER BORE ME!"
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'LET IT NOT BE BLESSED.' JONAH,
'THEREFORE, NOW, O LORD, PLEASE
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TAKE MY LIFE FROM ME FOR IT'S
BETTER FOR ME TO DIE THAN TO
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LIVE.' I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
A LITTLE DEPRESSING, BUT THE
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REASON I MENTION THAT IS IT
SHOULD ACTUALLY GIVE YOU HOPE
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BECAUSE I EXPECT TO SEE ALL OF
THEM IN HEAVEN AND, IN SPITE OF
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THAT, THEY REALLY
GOT DISCOURAGED AT TIMES.
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SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT CAUSE DISCOURAGEMENT?
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NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO COVER -
THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE - I'M
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NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH THE LIST.
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DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY,
'DOUG, YOU LEFT SOMETHING OUT.
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I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT
CAUSES DISCOURAGEMENT.' BECAUSE
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IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST, BUT WHAT ARE
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SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT CAUSE DISCOURAGEMENT?
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WELL, FOR ONE THING,
IT MIGHT BE PHYSICAL.
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SOMETIMES, YOU MIGHT JUST BE
SICK AND TIRED - OR BOTH - AND
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THAT CAN BE DISCOURAGING.
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JOB, WHO WE JUST MENTIONED, WHEN
HE WAS, YOU KNOW, COVERED WITH
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BOILS AND HE FELT PRETTY SICK,
AND HE PRAYED AND SAID, 'WHY DID
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I NOT PERISH AT BIRTH AND
DIE AS I CAME FROM THE WOMB?'
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HEZEKIAH WAS SICK - HAD A BOIL
AND A FEVER, EVIDENTLY, AND IT
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WAS TERMINAL UNTIL GOD WORKED
A MIRACLE AND HE TURNED HIS FACE
00:13:01.91\00:13:06.18
TO THE WALL AND HE WEPT.
HE WAS FEELING PRETTY LOW.
00:13:06.18\00:13:11.72
EVEN ESAU, NOW I DON'T
KNOW WHETHER ESAU WILL BE IN THE
00:13:11.72\00:13:15.36
KINGDOM, BUT IT DOES TELL US HE
GOT PRETTY DEPRESSED WHEN HE GOT
00:13:15.36\00:13:19.09
HUNGRY. AND ESAU
SAID TO JACOB, 'LET ME
00:13:19.09\00:13:22.40
EAT SOME OF THAT RED STEW FOR
I'M EXHAUSTED.' THAT'S WHY HIS
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NAME'S CALLED 'EDOM' AND JACOB
SAID, 'SELL ME YOUR BIRTHRIGHT
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NOW.' AND ESAU
SAID, 'I'M ABOUT TO DIE.
00:13:29.44\00:13:33.31
WHAT GOOD IS THE
BIRTHRIGHT TO ME?'
00:13:33.31\00:13:35.31
HE WAS JUST HUNGRY. MAKES
YOU WORRY THAT MAYBE SOME,
00:13:35.31\00:13:38.28
IN THE LAST DAYS, COULD BE
AT RISK OF DOING THE SAME THING.
00:13:38.28\00:13:42.35
SO ONE THING IS
IT MIGHT BE PHYSICAL.
00:13:42.35\00:13:44.82
IT MIGHT ALSO JUST BE BECAUSE
YOU'RE CONJURING IN YOUR MIND
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THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO.
PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
00:13:50.16\00:13:53.90
THEY LISTEN TO THE SUGGESTIONS
OF THE DEVIL THAT EVERYTHING
00:13:53.90\00:13:57.07
IS GOING TO GO WRONG. GOD
TELLS JONAH, 'I WANT YOU TO
00:13:57.07\00:14:00.87
GO TO NINEVEH.' AND JONAH, IN
HIS MIND, HE FIGURES, 'OH MAN,
00:14:00.87\00:14:05.64
I'M GOING TO GO TO NINEVEH AND
I'M GOING TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE
00:14:05.64\00:14:07.34
ABOUT THEIR SINS AND THEY'RE
GOING TO TAKE ME AND THEY'RE
00:14:07.34\00:14:09.54
GOING TO PUT ME ON THE RACK
AND THEY'RE GOING TO PEEL OFF MY
00:14:09.54\00:14:11.78
SKIN AND THEY'RE GOING TO WHIP
ME AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY
00:14:11.78\00:14:14.65
MEAN THINGS ABOUT ME AND THEN
IT'LL GET REALLY BAD AFTER THAT.
00:14:14.65\00:14:18.35
AND HE'S THINKING ABOUT ALL
THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO
00:14:18.35\00:14:20.16
WRONG AND HE JUST TALKED HIMSELF
UP INTO THINKING THAT HE JUST
00:14:20.16\00:14:26.36
NEEDED TO RUN FOR HIS
LIFE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
00:14:26.36\00:14:28.60
THAT IF HE DID WHAT GOD WANTED
HIM TO DO - IN HIS MIND IT WAS
00:14:28.60\00:14:31.63
MUCH WORSE - ACTUALLY, WHEN
JONAH FINALLY DID WHAT GOD TOLD
00:14:31.63\00:14:35.17
HIM, IT TURNED INTO THE BEST AND
THE BIGGEST REVIVAL IN THE LAND
00:14:35.17\00:14:40.54
- IN THE HISTORY OF
THE BIBLE, ACTUALLY.
00:14:40.54\00:14:42.34
THERE'S NO BIGGER REVIVAL
THAN WHAT HAPPENED UNDER JONAH.
00:14:42.34\00:14:45.41
AND HE WAS SO SURE IT
WAS GOING TO BE A DISASTER.
00:14:45.41\00:14:48.45
MATTER OF FACT, HE WAS
DISAPPOINTED IT WASN'T A
00:14:48.45\00:14:49.85
DISASTER. >>AMEN.
00:14:49.85\00:14:51.99
>>YOU EVER MEET
ANYONE LIKE THAT?
00:14:51.99\00:14:54.36
THEY'RE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY
HAVE IMAGINED THINGS ARE GOING
00:14:54.36\00:14:59.66
TO BE SO BAD. A LOT OF
PEOPLE, THAT WORKS FOR THEM.
00:14:59.66\00:15:04.30
DISCOURAGEMENT HAPPENS
RIGHT HERE. IT'S NOT REALITY.
00:15:04.30\00:15:07.80
THEY JUST ARE IMAGINING
SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO
00:15:07.80\00:15:10.37
HAPPEN AND THEY
TALK THEMSELVES INTO IT.
00:15:10.37\00:15:12.77
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
CONSTANT FEAR THAT EVERYTHING'S
00:15:12.77\00:15:18.75
GOING TO GO WRONG. YOU
PROBABLY KNOW PEOPLE - SOME
00:15:18.75\00:15:21.08
PEOPLE LIVE IN - THEY'RE
AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOME.
00:15:21.08\00:15:24.25
THEY'RE SEIZED WITH PANIC - AND
IT'S NOT A REALITY, IT'S JUST
00:15:24.25\00:15:28.99
THAT THEY'VE BEEN SO DISCOURAGED
BY THIS COUNTERFEIT IDEA OF
00:15:28.99\00:15:32.49
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT
THE DEVIL HAS PUT IN THEIR MIND.
00:15:32.49\00:15:35.93
DISCOURAGEMENT CAN COME
FROM REAL PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT BE
00:15:35.93\00:15:39.67
RELATED TO FINANCES, MIGHT BE
RELATED TO YOUR WORK, MIGHT BE
00:15:39.67\00:15:46.11
RELATED TO FAMILY.
YEAH, EVEN IN THE BIBLE.
00:15:46.11\00:15:51.65
JOB'S WIFE COMES TO HIM AND
SAYS, AFTER HE GOES THROUGH ALL
00:15:51.65\00:15:54.38
OF HIS DISASTERS SHE SAYS,
'DO YOU STILL HOLD FAST YOUR
00:15:54.38\00:15:56.95
INTEGRITY? CURSE GOD
AND DIE.' NOW HE MIGHT
00:15:56.95\00:15:59.69
HAVE BEEN ALRIGHT AND THEN
AFTER SHE TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS
00:15:59.69\00:16:03.02
STARTING TO PRAY THAT HE MIGHT
DIE. SHE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT
00:16:03.02\00:16:05.46
BEFORE HIS PRAYER
WHERE HE CURSES HIS LIFE.
00:16:05.46\00:16:08.96
DEUTERONOMY 20, VERSE 18
- BEFORE A SOLDIER WENT INTO
00:16:08.96\00:16:12.90
BATTLE, THEY WERE COMMANDED TO
SPEAK TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAY,
00:16:12.90\00:16:16.71
'IS THERE ANYONE
HERE WHO IS FAINTHEARTED?'
00:16:16.71\00:16:20.01
- IF YOU'RE DISCOURAGED, IF
YOU'RE FEARFUL, JUST GO HOME,
00:16:20.01\00:16:24.25
BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANCE
THAT YOU MIGHT DISCOURAGE YOUR
00:16:24.25\00:16:27.08
COMPANIONS.
DISCOURAGEMENT CAN BE CONTAGIOUS
00:16:27.08\00:16:31.12
AND COURAGE CAN
BE CONTAGIOUS TOO.
00:16:31.12\00:16:34.76
I WISH WE'D START AN EPIDEMIC
- SPREADING THE COURAGE OF THE
00:16:34.76\00:16:38.59
LORD. SOMETIMES IT CAN COME FROM
00:16:38.59\00:16:41.76
FAMILY - DAVID'S
BROTHER TRIED TO DISCOURAGE HIM.
00:16:41.76\00:16:45.80
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
HE'S GETTING READY TO KILL A
00:16:45.80\00:16:47.30
GIANT AND THEY'RE
TRYING TO DISCOURAGE HIM.
00:16:47.30\00:16:49.60
JESUS' BROTHERS, THEY
SAID, 'ARE YOU BESIDE YOURSELF?
00:16:49.60\00:16:52.74
YOU'VE GONE CRAZY.' THEY WERE
TELLING HIM, 'YOU'RE DOING IT
00:16:52.74\00:16:54.94
ALL WRONG.' IT COMES FROM THE
OWN - YOUR OWN FAMILY SOMETIMES.
00:16:54.94\00:17:00.68
WHAT YOU LISTEN
TO - THE MESSAGES.
00:17:00.68\00:17:05.12
NOW, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN SAUL
LISTENED TO THE RIGHT KIND OF
00:17:05.12\00:17:08.69
MUSIC, IT DROVE THE DEVIL OUT.
YOU LISTEN TO THE WRONG KIND OF
00:17:08.69\00:17:12.79
MUSIC, IT MIGHT OPEN THE
DOOR AND LET THE DEVIL IN.
00:17:12.79\00:17:16.60
AND, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW
IT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN SAPPY
00:17:16.60\00:17:19.63
SENTIMENTAL MUSIC THAT'S
MELANCHOLY AND IT WILL ACTUALLY
00:17:19.63\00:17:23.00
DEPRESS YOU. IN THE
SAME WAY THAT GOD HAS
00:17:23.00\00:17:25.21
MUSIC THAT CAN INSPIRE AND
ENCOURAGE, DON'T DOUBT FOR A
00:17:25.21\00:17:28.31
MINUTE THAT THE DEVIL
HAS HIS MUSIC TOO - AND
00:17:28.31\00:17:31.28
THERE ARE MESSAGES. AND
IT CAN BE TALK RADIO THAT'LL
00:17:31.28\00:17:36.02
TELL YOU HOW BAD THE
WORLD IS AND THERE'S ALL THESE
00:17:36.02\00:17:38.39
CONSPIRACIES AND
EVERYTHING'S FALLING APART.
00:17:38.39\00:17:40.56
THE EVENING NEWS CAN DISCOURAGE
YOU. YOU KNOW, THE HEADLINES -
00:17:40.56\00:17:46.33
THEY DON'T EVER BREAK INTO THE
STORY TO TELL YOU THAT FLOWERS
00:17:46.33\00:17:49.13
ARE SPROUTING. WHEN
THEY'VE GOT A NEWS FLASH -
00:17:49.13\00:17:52.40
THAT'S USUALLY
GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS?
00:17:52.40\00:17:55.57
CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO HAVE
GOOD NEWS FLASHES, RIGHT?
00:17:55.57\00:17:58.61
BUT IN THE WORLD,
'OH, THIS JUST IN!
00:17:58.61\00:18:01.14
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY
BAD NEWS! THIS IS EXCITING!'
00:18:01.14\00:18:04.31
THAT'S HOW IT
OPERATES IN THE WORLD.
00:18:04.31\00:18:05.78
SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU LISTEN TO.
00:18:05.78\00:18:07.95
ECCLESIASTES 7:21. SOME
PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED BY
00:18:07.95\00:18:12.79
WHAT OTHERS ARE
SAYING ABOUT THEM.
00:18:12.79\00:18:15.32
"ALSO DO NOT TAKE TO HEART
EVERYTHING PEOPLE SAY, LEST YOU
00:18:15.32\00:18:18.23
HEAR YOUR SERVANT CURSING YOU.
FOR MANY TIMES, ALSO, YOUR OWN
00:18:18.23\00:18:21.43
HEART HAS KNOWN THAT
EVEN YOU HAVE CURSED OTHERS."
00:18:21.43\00:18:24.57
I KNOW THIS ONE PASTOR, HE - HE
JUST WAS CONSTANTLY GOING AROUND
00:18:24.57\00:18:28.97
AND HE WAS A MEGAPHONE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT ALL THE TIME.
00:18:28.97\00:18:32.57
HE'D WALK THROUGH CRADLE ROLL
AND HE'D SEE THE KIDS COLORING
00:18:32.57\00:18:35.11
AND HE'D SAY, 'GREAT
COLORING!' AND THEY'D START
00:18:35.11\00:18:37.85
COLORING MORE FURIOUSLY. HE
WAS JUST A GREAT ENCOURAGER.
00:18:37.85\00:18:41.82
WE OUGHT TO BE THAT WAY.
PROVERBS 25, VERSE 11, "A WORD
00:18:41.82\00:18:48.06
FITLY SPOKEN IS LIKE APPLES
OF GOLD IN SETTINGS OF SILVER."
00:18:48.06\00:18:52.93
WHAT YOU SAY CAN BE THE
SOURCE OF GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO
00:18:52.93\00:18:55.80
SOMEBODY. NOW THE
OTHER THING - ACTUALLY,
00:18:55.80\00:18:58.67
I WAS JUST - TOOK A LITTLE
DETOUR - I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
00:18:58.67\00:19:01.84
TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE THINGS CAUSING
00:19:01.84\00:19:04.21
DISCOURAGEMENT. I JUST WANTED TO
DROP THAT IN WHEN I TALK ABOUT
00:19:04.21\00:19:07.04
WHAT YOU LISTEN TO. JOB 4:3,
4, "SURELY YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED
00:19:07.04\00:19:13.45
MANY, AND YOU HAVE
STRENGTHENED WEAK HANDS.
00:19:13.45\00:19:15.82
YOUR WORDS HAVE UPHELD HIM
WHO WAS STUMBLING, AND YOU HAVE
00:19:15.82\00:19:20.09
STRENGTHENED THE FEEBLE KNEES;"
SO THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE SPEAK
00:19:20.09\00:19:24.43
CAN BE EITHER A SOURCE OF
DISCOURAGEMENT OR ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:19:24.43\00:19:28.76
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES
DISCOURAGES US - AND I DON'T
00:19:28.76\00:19:31.17
KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN YOU
MAKE A MISTAKE, WHEN YOU FAIL,
00:19:31.17\00:19:35.34
WHEN YOU SIN, WHEN YOU
FALL DOWN, IT CAN BE VERY
00:19:35.34\00:19:38.14
DISCOURAGING.
DAVID FELL BIG TIME.
00:19:38.14\00:19:42.84
YOU READ IN PSALM 32, "WHEN I
KEPT SILENT, MY BONES GREW OLD
00:19:42.84\00:19:46.35
THROUGH MY
GROANING ALL THE DAY LONG."
00:19:46.35\00:19:49.35
- NOW DOES THAT
SOUND LIKE DISCOURAGEMENT?
00:19:49.35\00:19:51.25
- "FOR DAY AND NIGHT YOUR HAND
WAS HEAVY UPON ME; MY VITALITY
00:19:51.25\00:19:54.82
WAS TURNED INTO THE DROUGHT OF
SUMMER." PETER, WHEN HE DENIED
00:19:54.82\00:19:59.69
CHRIST, HE WENT OUT AND HE WEPT
BITTERLY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
00:19:59.69\00:20:03.13
DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF
A FAILURE THAT YOU MADE?
00:20:03.13\00:20:07.14
YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG - MAYBE
YOU DID IT WRONG MORE THAN ONCE.
00:20:07.14\00:20:11.77
MORE THAN TWICE - AND YOU
SAY, 'OH MAN, I'M SUCH A MESS.
00:20:11.77\00:20:17.28
I KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE.
I'M NEVER GOING TO GET THERE.
00:20:17.28\00:20:19.35
I'M NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE
JESUS.' AND YOU CAN JUST SAY,
00:20:19.35\00:20:22.28
YOU KNOW, 'LORD,
WHAT GOOD IS MY LIFE?
00:20:22.28\00:20:28.09
I'M JUST FAILING.' SO OUR
FAILURES CAN BE DISCOURAGING.
00:20:28.09\00:20:33.16
SO, WITH THAT IN
MIND, WHAT BRINGS COURAGE?
00:20:33.16\00:20:38.43
WHERE DOES COURAGE COME FROM?
WELL, FOR ONE THING, IT HELPS TO
00:20:38.43\00:20:42.34
HAVE COURAGE TO HAVE A
MISSION - TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
00:20:42.34\00:20:45.67
PURPOSE IN LIFE IS. WHEN
GOD TOLD JOSHUA, 'BE VERY
00:20:45.67\00:20:50.01
COURAGEOUS', HE KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:20:50.01\00:20:52.65
HE SAID, 'BE COURAGEOUS BECAUSE
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAD THIS
00:20:52.65\00:20:54.95
PEOPLE INTO THE PROMISED LAND.'
DO WE HAVE A SIMILAR MISSION?
00:20:54.95\00:20:59.62
WE NOT ONLY WANT TO GET TO THE
PROMISED LAND, BUT OUR MISSION
00:20:59.62\00:21:02.66
IS TO BRING AS MANY INTO
THE PROMISED LAND WITH US AS WE
00:21:02.66\00:21:05.73
POSSIBLY CAN. AND SO,
DO YOU HAVE A PURPOSE?
00:21:05.73\00:21:09.80
WHEN DAVID WENT AGAINST GOLIATH
AND HIS BROTHERS SAID, 'WHAT ARE
00:21:09.80\00:21:12.10
YOU DOING HERE?' YOU
KNOW WHAT DAVID SAID?
00:21:12.10\00:21:13.77
'IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?
00:21:13.77\00:21:16.84
ISN'T THIS
SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT?
00:21:16.84\00:21:20.24
TO TAKE ON THE GIANT?' SO
WE NEED TO HAVE A MISSION.
00:21:20.24\00:21:24.31
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS GIVEN US A
MISSION - TO REACH THE WORLD.
00:21:24.31\00:21:28.38
JESUS SAID, 'GO INTO ALL THE
WORLD.' JOHN 14:12, 'VERILY I
00:21:28.38\00:21:33.66
SAY UNTO YOU, 'HE THAT BELIEVES
IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO, HE
00:21:33.66\00:21:37.49
WILL DO ALSO AND GREATER WORKS
THAN THESE WILL HE DO BECAUSE I
00:21:37.49\00:21:41.13
GO TO THE FATHER.' GOD HAS GIVEN
US A MISSION TO GO TO THE WORLD.
00:21:41.13\00:21:43.97
HE SAID, 'AS THE FATHER SENT ME,
SO SEND I YOU.' AND SO THERE'S A
00:21:43.97\00:21:50.01
- WE ALL HAVE A
MISSION. IT'S ENCOURAGING.
00:21:50.01\00:21:52.31
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY DON'T
00:21:52.31\00:21:54.01
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. AND
IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU
00:21:54.01\00:21:56.81
HAVE A PURPOSE, YOU CAN
START GETTING DEPRESSED.
00:21:56.81\00:22:00.92
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSION IS.
00:22:00.92\00:22:04.92
WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS
SOLDIERS WERE STUCK, ONE WINTER,
00:22:04.92\00:22:09.12
IN VALLEY FORGE, IT
BECAME VERY DEPRESSING.
00:22:09.12\00:22:12.13
EVERYTHING WAS FROZEN AND COLD
AND, WHEN IT WASN'T COLD, THE
00:22:12.13\00:22:16.20
ICE WOULD MELT AND EVERYTHING
WAS WET AND GEORGE WASHINGTON
00:22:16.20\00:22:22.34
TOLD THE TROOPS - HE SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, WORD IS OUT THAT WE COULD
00:22:22.34\00:22:25.67
BE ATTACKED BY THE BRITISH
AT SOME POINT DURING THE WINTER.
00:22:25.67\00:22:28.28
WE NEED TO BUILD A FORT.' AND HE
KNEW THAT THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T
00:22:28.28\00:22:34.08
GOING TO BE ATTACKED WHERE THEY
WERE, BUT HE KNEW THAT THE MEN
00:22:34.08\00:22:38.45
NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING AND HE
GOT THE MEN ALL BUSY GOING OUT
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.76
IN THE WOODS, CHOPPING DOWN
POLES, BUILDING ONE OF THOSE OLD
00:22:41.76\00:22:45.53
FORTS, AND IT KEPT
THEM FROM BEING DEPRESSED.
00:22:45.53\00:22:50.33
AND FINALLY, WHEN IT CAME TIME
TO ADVANCE, THEY SAID, 'WELL,
00:22:50.33\00:22:52.63
WHAT ABOUT OUR FORT?'
AND HE SAID, 'WELL, YOU JUST
00:22:52.63\00:22:54.04
NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO.'
AND SOME PEOPLE GET DEPRESSED
00:22:54.04\00:22:59.07
BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW WHAT THEIR MISSION IS.
00:22:59.07\00:23:01.08
THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEIR VISION IS.
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.74
THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS.
00:23:02.74\00:23:04.15
THEY'RE JUST TREADING
WATER AND READY TO GIVE UP.
00:23:04.15\00:23:08.15
SO YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE A WORTHY MISSION.
00:23:08.15\00:23:10.29
ANOTHER THING THAT BRINGS GREAT
ENCOURAGEMENT IS THE ASSURANCE
00:23:10.29\00:23:15.22
OF GOD'S PRESENCE. YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE
00:23:15.22\00:23:18.63
ALONE, YOU CAN GET DISCOURAGED.
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS
00:23:18.63\00:23:22.06
WITH YOU IT BRINGS
GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:23:22.06\00:23:25.60
SO THE ASSURANCE
OF GOD'S PRESENCE.
00:23:25.60\00:23:27.30
EXODUS 33:14 - NOTICE
THESE PROMISES - GOD SAYS, "MY
00:23:27.30\00:23:30.94
PRESENCE WIll GO WITH
YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
00:23:30.94\00:23:35.71
JOSHUA 1:5, "AS I WAS WITH
MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU."
00:23:35.71\00:23:41.48
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
ENCOURAGING THINGS HE COULD HAVE
00:23:41.48\00:23:43.22
SAID TO HIM. JOSHUA 1:9,
'HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU?
00:23:43.22\00:23:47.72
BE STRONG AND BE OF GOOD
COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR
00:23:47.72\00:23:50.49
BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR
GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU
00:23:50.49\00:23:54.36
GO." HAS JESUS MADE SIMILAR
00:23:54.36\00:23:56.80
PROMISES TO HIS PEOPLE?
MATTHEW 28:20, "...LO, I AM WITH
00:23:56.80\00:24:01.34
YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF
THE AGE." DID THE LORD TAKE AN
00:24:01.34\00:24:05.14
INTERMISSION OR
IS HE STILL WITH US?
00:24:05.14\00:24:07.78
WAS GOD STILL WITH JOSH - WITH
ELIJAH WHEN HE WAS RUNNING TO
00:24:07.78\00:24:10.58
THAT DARK SPOT
OUT IN THE WILDERNESS?
00:24:10.58\00:24:14.72
GOD SAID, 'WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:24:14.72\00:24:16.75
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
BECAUSE THEY LOST COURAGE AT THE
00:24:16.75\00:24:20.06
BORDERS OF THE PROMISED LAND,
BACK WHEN JOSHUA WAS THERE THE
00:24:20.06\00:24:23.79
FIRST TIME, THEY HAD TO
WANDER FOR FORTY YEARS IN THE
00:24:23.79\00:24:27.30
WILDERNESS. THEY FAILED.
BUT WHEN THEY WENT TO WANDER,
00:24:27.30\00:24:31.77
DID GOD GO WITH THEM? HE DID.
00:24:31.77\00:24:35.20
AND SO SOMETIMES,
YEAH, YOU'RE TAKING A DETOUR
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.77
GOD DID NOT PLAN, BUT IT
DOESN'T MEAN HE'S FORSAKEN YOU.
00:24:37.77\00:24:41.01
PSALM 23, "YEA, THOUGH I WALK
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
00:24:41.01\00:24:45.18
OF DEATH, I WILL
FEAR NO EVIL;" - WHY?
00:24:45.18\00:24:48.88
'BECAUSE I'M WITH YOU.'
DOESN'T THAT ENCOURAGE YOU TO
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.79
THINK THAT GOD
PROMISES TO BE WITH US?
00:24:51.79\00:24:54.36
I MEAN, WHAT COULD BE MORE
ENCOURAGING THAN TO HAVE GOD AS
00:24:54.36\00:24:57.09
YOUR COACH? HAVE
YOU EVER SEEN, YOU KNOW,
00:24:57.09\00:25:00.40
COACHES GIVE A PEP TALK
BEFORE THE PLAYERS GO OUT ON THE
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.73
FIELD FOR SOME IMPORTANT GAME?
AND THEY'RE THERE TO INSPIRE
00:25:02.73\00:25:06.80
AND MOBILIZE AND MOTIVATE THEM.
AND WE'VE GOT GOD AS OUR COACH.
00:25:06.80\00:25:11.71
MAYBE THAT'S
NOT A GREAT ANALOGY.
00:25:11.71\00:25:13.14
BUT THAT OUGHT TO
ENCOURAGE US THAT HE IS WITH US.
00:25:13.14\00:25:17.08
THE SAME GOD THAT LED THE PEOPLE
OUT OF SLAVERY INTO THE PROMISED
00:25:17.08\00:25:20.65
LAND IS THE SAME GOD THAT
WAS WITH DAVID AND GIDEON AND
00:25:20.65\00:25:25.89
ELIJAH. HE'LL BE WITH US.
HE SAYS, 'I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU
00:25:25.89\00:25:28.79
AND I WILL NOT FORSAKE
YOU. ANOTHER THING THAT BRINGS
00:25:28.79\00:25:31.63
ENCOURAGEMENT ARE THE
PROMISES IN GOD'S WORD.
00:25:31.63\00:25:35.66
1 CHRONICLES 22:13, "THEN YOU
WILL PROSPER, IF YOU TAKE CARE
00:25:35.66\00:25:41.14
TO FULFILL THE STATUTES AND
JUDGMENTS WITH WHICH THE LORD
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.81
CHARGED MOSES CONCERNING ISRAEL.
BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE;
00:25:43.81\00:25:49.34
DO NOT FEAR NOR BE DISMAYED."
IF WE ARE ALLOWING THE WORD OF
00:25:49.34\00:25:53.21
GOD TO BE OUR GUIDE, THEN WE
KNOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
00:25:53.21\00:25:57.19
AND THAT SHOULD BE A
SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO US.
00:25:57.19\00:25:59.65
HE SAYS, 'IF YOU'LL TAKE
HEED, BE STRONG AND BE OF GOOD
00:25:59.65\00:26:03.93
COURAGE, DO NOT BE CONFUSED.
00:26:03.93\00:26:05.63
DO NOT BE DISMAYED.' BUT
HE SAYS, 'TAKE HEED' TO THOSE
00:26:05.63\00:26:08.16
STATUTES AND
JUDGMENTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
00:26:08.16\00:26:11.30
2 CHRONICLES 20:20, "...AND AS
THEY WENT OUT, JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD
00:26:11.30\00:26:15.57
AND SAID," - THEY'RE GETTING
READY TO GO TO BATTLE - HE SAID,
00:26:15.57\00:26:18.37
"'HEAR ME, O JUDAH AND
YOU INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM:
00:26:18.37\00:26:21.41
BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD,
AND YOU SHALL BE ESTABLISHED;
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.71
BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS, AND YOU
SHALL PROSPER.'" NOW, YOU MAY
00:26:24.71\00:26:30.29
NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO UNFOLD
FROM DAY TO DAY, BUT IF YOU'RE
00:26:30.29\00:26:32.55
ALLOWING THE WORD OF GOD TO
BE YOUR COMPASS, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:26:32.55\00:26:35.12
GET THERE. AND
SO, FOLLOWING THE WORD
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.13
SHOULD BE A
SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.93
JESUS SAID - LUKE 16:31 - "IF
THEY DO NOT HEAR MOSES AND THE
00:26:39.93\00:26:43.80
PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE
PERSUADED THOUGH ONE RISE FROM
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.97
THE DEAD." NOTHING
ELSE IS GOING TO WORK IF
00:26:46.97\00:26:49.77
THE WORD OF GOD DOESN'T
DO IT. LOVE INSPIRES COURAGE.
00:26:49.77\00:26:56.48
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES
YOU AND WHEN YOU LOVE GOD THAT
00:26:56.48\00:27:00.12
INSPIRES COURAGE. I
READ A FEW YEARS AGO, ABOUT
00:27:00.12\00:27:05.72
A WOMAN THAT WAS IN
HER CAMPER IN SOUTH DAKOTA
00:27:05.72\00:27:08.62
WITH HER FAMILY - HER NAME
WAS MR. - MRS. PETER UNDERHALL -
00:27:08.62\00:27:12.79
AND, WHILE SHE WAS GETTING SOME
LUNCH READY, THEY HAD A WINDOW
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.76
OF THE CAMPER OPEN AND A
FULL-GROWN MOUNTAIN LION JUMPED
00:27:15.76\00:27:19.73
THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW
OF THE CAMPER AND GRABBED HER
00:27:19.73\00:27:23.47
18-MONTH-OLD GRANDSON, JASON
COWDEN, AND BEGAN TO MAUL HIM
00:27:23.47\00:27:29.04
AND TRY AND DRAG HIM OUT OF THE
CAMPER, OSTENSIBLY, FOR LUNCH.
00:27:29.04\00:27:34.15
SHE SAW THAT - AND THIS IS
A FULL-GROWN MOUNTAIN LION -
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.92
WITHOUT HESITATION, FORTUNATELY
SHE HAD A BUTCHER KNIFE NEARBY
00:27:36.92\00:27:39.45
BECAUSE SHE WAS PREPARING LUNCH,
SHE WENT AFTER THE MOUNTAIN
00:27:39.45\00:27:41.86
LION. NOW, HOW
MANY OF YOU LADIES OUT
00:27:41.86\00:27:43.89
THERE WOULD GO AFTER A
MOUNTAIN LION IF IT HAD YOUR
00:27:43.89\00:27:47.66
CHILD OR YOUR GRANDCHILD?
OTHERWISE, WOULD YOU GO AFTER A
00:27:47.66\00:27:50.87
MOUNTAIN LION, OR WOULD
YOU JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE?
00:27:50.87\00:27:54.64
WHAT WOULD MAKE
YOU DO THAT? LOVE?
00:27:54.64\00:27:58.87
LOVE INSPIRES COURAGE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
00:27:58.87\00:28:05.58
SAUL TOLD DAVID, 'WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER?'
00:28:05.58\00:28:09.98
'OH, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO MARRY'
- 'UH, YOU NEED TO GO KILL A
00:28:09.98\00:28:13.72
HUNDRED PHILISTINES.'
DAVID SAID, 'ONLY A HUNDRED?
00:28:13.72\00:28:16.99
OH, FOR HER, I'LL KILL TWO
HUNDRED.' THAT GAVE HIM COURAGE.
00:28:16.99\00:28:23.93
LOVE INSPIRES COURAGE.
ABRAHAM FOUGHT AGAINST A VAST
00:28:23.93\00:28:27.80
ARMY WITH THREE HUNDRED MEN TO
SAVE LOT. IT WAS OUT OF LOVE FOR
00:28:27.80\00:28:32.41
HIS FAMILY. NOW,
DOES THE LORD WANT US TO
00:28:32.41\00:28:34.54
FIGHT SOME BATTLES
OUT OF LOVE FOR OTHERS?
00:28:34.54\00:28:37.35
YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER
THAT GOD IS TELLING US TO BE
00:28:37.35\00:28:40.05
COURAGEOUS NOT
JUST FOR OURSELVES.
00:28:40.05\00:28:43.79
NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU
TO BE COURAGEOUS TO SAVE YOU.
00:28:43.79\00:28:49.02
YOU NEED TO BE COURAGEOUS
BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU TO FIGHT
00:28:49.02\00:28:51.69
BATTLES TO DELIVER
OTHERS. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE
00:28:51.69\00:28:55.76
THAT - THAT DETERMINATION.
ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT
00:28:55.76\00:29:00.37
IN COURAGE IS TO
HAVE BRAVE LEADERSHIP.
00:29:00.37\00:29:04.74
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN
ANY OF THESE FILMS, THESE NATURE
00:29:04.74\00:29:06.94
FILMS FROM AFRICA, WHERE ALL
THESE WILDEBEESTS ARE - THEY'RE
00:29:06.94\00:29:12.55
MARAUDING - MILLIONS OF THEM
- THEY'RE MARAUDING ACROSS THE
00:29:12.55\00:29:15.68
GREAT PLAINS AND THEY COME
TO THIS MASSIVE RIVER THAT IS
00:29:15.68\00:29:21.09
FILLED WITH CROCODILES AND THEY
STAND THERE ON THE BORDERS OF
00:29:21.09\00:29:24.83
THE RIVER AND THEY - THEY CAN
SEE THE CROCODILES ARE THERE,
00:29:24.83\00:29:27.93
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GET DOWN LOW
AND SOME OF THEM ARE STILL ON
00:29:27.93\00:29:29.90
THE BANKS. THEY KNOW THEY'VE
00:29:29.90\00:29:31.73
GOT TO GET ACROSS.
THEY CAN EASILY OUTRUN A
00:29:31.73\00:29:33.67
CROCODILE, BUT IN THE RIVER,
CROCODILES CAN OUT SWIM THEM.
00:29:33.67\00:29:37.67
AND SOME OF THOSE CROCS
ARE LIKE TWENTY FEET LONG.
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.91
I MEAN, THEY'RE ENORMOUS.
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.98
AND ALL OF THE WILDEBEESTS KIND
OF GET UP THERE NEAR THE EDGE
00:29:41.98\00:29:44.51
AND THEY SNORT AND THEY
KNOW THAT THERE'S DANGER AND,
00:29:44.51\00:29:48.42
EVENTUALLY, THERE'S SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT ONE OF THEM.
00:29:48.42\00:29:52.42
ONE OF THEM - ONE OF THEM
DESIRES TO BE BRAVE OR DUMB,
00:29:52.42\00:29:56.52
WE'RE STILL NOT SURE.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A GOOD
00:29:56.52\00:29:57.93
INTERVIEW YET
FROM THE WILDEBEESTS.
00:29:57.93\00:30:00.40
BUT ONE OF THEM FINALLY
DECIDES, 'ENOUGH OF THIS!'
00:30:00.40\00:30:03.13
AND HE JUMPS OFF IN THE
RIVER. THE FIRST ONE USUALLY
00:30:03.13\00:30:06.00
MAKES IT ACROSS. THE
FIRST ONE IS SORT OF THE
00:30:06.00\00:30:08.87
SIGNAL FOR THE CROCS - 'OKAY,
HERE THEY COME.' BUT IT TAKES
00:30:08.87\00:30:13.54
ONE TO PLUNGE IN AND THEN
THE OTHERS ALL BEGIN TO FOLLOW.
00:30:13.54\00:30:17.35
AND, OF COURSE, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THEM MAKE IT JUST
00:30:17.35\00:30:18.68
FINE. A FEW OF
THEM GET PICKED OFF.
00:30:18.68\00:30:20.55
BUT YOU ALWAYS THINK, 'WHAT
IS IT ABOUT THAT ONE THAT'S
00:30:20.55\00:30:24.19
DIFFERENT?' BUT
THEY ALL WAIT FOR ONE
00:30:24.19\00:30:26.62
OF THEM TO BE THE FIRST.
YOU KNOW, GOD, I THINK, LOOKS
00:30:26.62\00:30:31.03
DOWN SOMETIMES AND HE WONDERS,
'WHO DOWN THERE IS WILLING TO
00:30:31.03\00:30:35.53
LET ME USE THEM TO TAKE THE RISK
OF STANDING OUT - TO TAKE THE
00:30:35.53\00:30:40.87
RISK OF BEING A SPECTACLE -
TO TAKE THE RISK OF FAILURE.
00:30:40.87\00:30:46.44
I THINK IT WAS THOMAS EDISON
THAT SAID, 'HE THAT IS AFRAID TO
00:30:46.44\00:30:50.35
FAIL IS AFRAID TO SUCCEED.' AND
YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THE STORIES
00:30:50.35\00:30:53.62
ABOUT HOW MANY EXPERIMENTS -
WE THINK OF ALL OF HIS WONDERFUL
00:30:53.62\00:30:56.58
INVENTIONS, BUT YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW MANY FAILURES HE HAD.
00:30:56.58\00:31:00.29
BUT SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE
THAT LEADERSHIP. YOU REMEMBER
00:31:00.29\00:31:06.06
WHEN JONATHAN WENT WITH HIS
ARMOR BEARER, AND JONATHAN SAID
00:31:06.06\00:31:10.00
TO THE YOUNG MAN THAT BORE HIS
ARMOR, 'COME, LET US GO OVER TO
00:31:10.00\00:31:12.77
THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES,
IT MIGHT BE THAT THE LORD WILL
00:31:12.77\00:31:15.44
WORK FOR US.' THERE IS NO
RESTRAINT TO THE LORD TO SAVE BY
00:31:15.44\00:31:19.31
FEW OR MANY.' AND WHEN HIS ARMOR
BEARER SAW HIS COURAGE, HE SAID,
00:31:19.31\00:31:23.68
'DO ALL THAT IS IN YOUR HEART.
BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ACCORDING
00:31:23.68\00:31:27.18
TO YOUR HEART.' THE YOUNG MAN
WAS INSPIRED BY THE COURAGE OF
00:31:27.18\00:31:32.52
JONATHAN WHEN HE SAID,
'YOU KNOW, IF GOD'S WITH US IT
00:31:32.52\00:31:34.89
DOESN'T MATTER THAT THERE'S ONLY
TWO OF US AND THIRTY OF THEM.
00:31:34.89\00:31:37.76
HE CAN GIVE US
DELIVERANCE JUST AS EASILY.
00:31:37.76\00:31:40.16
LET'S GO.' YOU KNOW WHAT
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR
00:31:40.16\00:31:44.53
SOLDIERS IN THE
FIELD? IT'S MORALE.
00:31:44.53\00:31:49.70
WHEN SOLDIERS BECOME
DISCOURAGED, THEY CAN'T FIGHT.
00:31:49.70\00:31:54.21
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT JERICHO
FELL SO EASILY TO JOSHUA AND HIS
00:31:54.21\00:31:57.95
FORCES? YOU READ
THAT STORY THERE IN
00:31:57.95\00:32:00.25
JOSHUA CHAPTER 2
AND JOSHUA CHAPTER 6.
00:32:00.25\00:32:04.15
IT SAID THE PEOPLE OF - THE MEN
- THE SOLDIERS OF JERICHO WERE
00:32:04.15\00:32:07.96
FAINTHEARTED.
THERE WAS NO STRENGTH
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.69
LEFT IN ANY OF THEM.
THEY COULD NOT FIGHT.
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.76
AND EVEN THOUGH THE WALLS
FELL, THAT DIDN'T KILL ALL THE
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.93
SOLDIERS. THE SOLDIERS OF ISRAEL
STILL NEEDED TO GO IN AND FIGHT,
00:32:13.93\00:32:17.63
BUT IT WAS A COMPLETE ROUT.
THE SOLDIERS - THEY COULDN'T
00:32:17.63\00:32:20.94
FIGHT BECAUSE
THEY WERE DEMORALIZED.
00:32:20.94\00:32:23.87
I COULD TELL YOU A STORY FROM
HISTORY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER,
00:32:23.87\00:32:26.11
HOW THE KEY TO TURNING A BATTLE
WAS WHO WOULD BE INSPIRED WITH
00:32:26.11\00:32:31.45
COURAGE AND WHO
WOULD BE DEMORALIZED.
00:32:31.45\00:32:34.98
AND WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE HAD
COURAGE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
00:32:34.98\00:32:38.85
TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE. ON
THE BORDERS OF THE PROMISED
00:32:38.85\00:32:41.26
LAND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY IN
AN ATTITUDE OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
00:32:41.26\00:32:47.40
EVEN WHEN DISCOURAGING THINGS
ARE HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.
00:32:47.40\00:32:52.63
AND ARE THERE SOME
DISCOURAGING THINGS HAPPENING?
00:32:52.63\00:32:56.27
YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE NEWS AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT
00:32:56.27\00:32:58.74
AND SUPREME COURT SPOKE
AS A DRAGON A FEW MONTHS AGO.
00:32:58.74\00:33:07.75
YOU SEE THINGS
LIKE THAT HAPPENING.
00:33:07.75\00:33:09.78
NOW OUR COUNTRY - TWO HORNS LIKE
A LAMB - STARTED OUT GODLY AND
00:33:09.78\00:33:13.39
IT ENDS UP
SPEAKING LIKE A DRAGON.
00:33:13.39\00:33:16.32
AND YOU JUST WONDER AT
THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
00:33:16.32\00:33:20.13
IT COULD DISCOURAGE
YOU IF YOU FOCUS ON THAT.
00:33:20.13\00:33:22.90
BUT THE NICE THING ABOUT THE
BIBLE IS IT STARTS IN A GARDEN.
00:33:22.90\00:33:27.40
IT ENDS IN A GARDEN.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF DISCOURAGING
00:33:27.40\00:33:29.97
THINGS THAT HAPPEN
BETWEEN THOSE TWO PICTURES OF
00:33:29.97\00:33:32.54
THE TREE OF LIFE.
YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER HOW IT
00:33:32.54\00:33:34.84
ENDS AND THAT KEEPS YOU
UP. NEED GODLY LEADERSHIP.
00:33:34.84\00:33:44.12
2 CHRONICLES 32 - KING HEZEKIAH
SET MILITARY CAPTAINS OVER -
00:33:44.12\00:33:49.89
THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY THE
ASSYRIANS - THE ASSYRIANS HAD
00:33:49.89\00:33:52.39
JUST CONQUERED ALL THESE
OTHER KINGDOMS AROUND THEM.
00:33:52.39\00:33:54.93
THEY'D FALLEN LIKE DOMINOES.
AND NOW THEY'VE COME TO
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.93
JERUSALEM, WHICH IS SO SMALL
COMPARED TO THE ASSYRIAN ARMY,
00:33:56.93\00:34:01.40
BUT HEZEKIAH
DOESN'T GET DISCOURAGED.
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.44
HE GATHERS THE PEOPLE TOGETHER
IN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY AND HE
00:34:03.44\00:34:06.64
GIVES THEM ENCOURAGEMENT AND HE
SAYS, 'BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.
00:34:06.64\00:34:11.15
DO NOT BE AFRAID OR DISMAYED
BEFORE THE KING OF ASSYRIA, NOR
00:34:11.15\00:34:14.48
BEFORE ALL THE MULTITUDE THAT IS
WITH HIM'' - VAST ARMY - ''FOR
00:34:14.48\00:34:18.09
THERE ARE MORE THAT
ARE WITH US THAN WITH HIM.
00:34:18.09\00:34:23.26
FOR WITH HIM IS AN ARM OF FLESH,
BUT WITH US IS THE LORD GOD TO
00:34:23.26\00:34:27.03
HELP US FIGHT OUR BATTLES.' AND
THE PEOPLE WERE STRENGTHENED BY
00:34:27.03\00:34:30.43
THE WORDS OF HEZEKIAH.' IT'S
LIKE WHEN ELISHA'S SERVANT WENT
00:34:30.43\00:34:33.84
OUT IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF DOTHAN
ONE MORNING TO GET SOME WATER
00:34:33.84\00:34:36.81
FROM THE WELL AND HE LOOKED AND
LO AND BEHOLD, THE WHOLE CITY
00:34:36.81\00:34:39.67
WAS SURROUNDED
BY THE ENEMY ARMY.
00:34:39.67\00:34:42.28
AND HE RAN BACK TERRIFIED -
DISCOURAGED - AND HE SAID TO
00:34:42.28\00:34:46.01
ELISHA, 'MASTER,
ALAS, WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
00:34:46.01\00:34:49.05
AND ELISHA GOT UP, HE WALKED OUT
AND HE LOOKED AT THE GLITTERING
00:34:49.05\00:34:52.35
ARMOR AND SAW THE HORSES
OF THE ASSYRIAN ARMY - THAT IT
00:34:52.35\00:34:55.12
SURROUNDED THIS LITTLE TOWN -
AND HE SAID, 'DON'T BE AFRAID.
00:34:55.12\00:34:58.93
LORD, OPEN HIS EYES.' AND GOD
OPENED THE EYES OF THE SERVANT
00:34:58.93\00:35:02.30
OF ELISHA AND HE SAW THAT IN THE
MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING THE LITTLE
00:35:02.30\00:35:05.40
TOWN WERE GOD'S ARMY WITH
CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE.
00:35:05.40\00:35:10.07
THAT'S WHY HEZEKIAH COULD SAY,
'THOSE THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE
00:35:10.07\00:35:14.21
THAN THOSE THAT BE WITH THEM.
ANDREW JACKSON USED TO SAY, 'ONE
00:35:14.21\00:35:18.41
MAN WITH COURAGE IS A
MAJORITY.' AND HE KNEW SOMETHING
00:35:18.41\00:35:21.82
ABOUT WINNING BATTLES.
BUT, ACTUALLY, IT'S YOU AND
00:35:21.82\00:35:27.02
GOD ARE ALWAYS THE MAJORITY.
AND SO, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER,
00:35:27.02\00:35:31.76
IF HE SAYS, 'I AM WITH YOU' THEN
WE DON'T NEED TO BE DISCOURAGED.
00:35:31.76\00:35:36.06
NEHEMIAH WAS A GREAT
LEADER THAT INSPIRED HIS PEOPLE.
00:35:36.06\00:35:40.44
IT SAYS IN NEHEMIAH 4:14, "AND
I LOOKED, AND AROSE AND SAID TO
00:35:40.44\00:35:43.57
THE NOBLES, TO THE LEADERS,
AND TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE,
00:35:43.57\00:35:45.81
'DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM.
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.51
REMEMBER THE LORD, GREAT
AND AWESOME, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.41
BRETHREN,'" - SOMETIMES WE
FORGET THAT GOD IS STANDING
00:35:50.41\00:35:52.85
RIGHT BESIDE US AND WE DON'T
NEED TO BE AFRAID - "'REMEMBER
00:35:52.85\00:35:56.32
THE LORD, GREAT AND AWESOME, AND
FIGHT FOR YOUR BRETHREN, YOUR
00:35:56.32\00:35:59.49
SONS, YOUR DAUGHTERS,
YOUR WIVES, AND YOUR HOUSES.'"
00:35:59.49\00:36:05.66
KNOWING THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS
WITH YOU CAN MAKE YOU FEARLESS.
00:36:05.66\00:36:08.66
HOW COULD DAVID
GO AGAINST A GIANT?
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.97
DID HE THINK HE WAS GOING
BY HIMSELF AGAINST A GIANT?
00:36:10.97\00:36:13.70
NOT FOR A MINUTE.
YOU LISTEN TO HIS WORDS.
00:36:13.70\00:36:15.80
HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING WITH
THE LORD AND IT DIDN'T MATTER
00:36:15.80\00:36:20.01
WHAT GOLIATH HAD WITH HIS
ARMOR. THAT'S WHY THE LORD TELLS
00:36:20.01\00:36:24.61
US, 'THEREFORE, LIFT UP YOUR
DROOPING HANDS AND STRENGTHEN
00:36:24.61\00:36:28.55
YOUR WEAK KNEES.' HEBREWS
12:12 - YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT.
00:36:28.55\00:36:33.12
'STRENGTHEN YOUR WEAK
KNEES, DROOPING HANDS, SLUMPING
00:36:33.12\00:36:35.19
SHOULDERS, SHUFFLING STEPS. MAKE
STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET SO
00:36:35.19\00:36:43.57
THAT WHICH IS LAME WILL NOT
BE PUT OUT OF JOINT, BUT RATHER,
00:36:43.57\00:36:46.03
HEALED.' HERE PAUL IS SAYING,
'WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED.
00:36:46.03\00:36:48.57
GOD IS WITH US.' JESUS SAID,
'DON'T WORRY IF THE WORLD HATES
00:36:48.57\00:36:51.27
YOU. IT HATED ME.
00:36:51.27\00:36:52.74
BUT I WON.' DON'T
WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE POPULAR.
00:36:52.74\00:36:55.61
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE POPULAR
IN THE WORLD, BUT THAT'S - WE'VE
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.45
GOT A BIGGER GROUP IN
HEAVEN THAT'S WATCHING.
00:36:58.45\00:37:01.18
WE WANT TO BE
POPULAR WITH GOD, RIGHT?
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.62
THE WORLD - THE DEVIL AND ALL
HIS FORCES IN THE WORLD ARE THE
00:37:03.62\00:37:06.69
MINORITY OF GOD'S CREATURES.
AND OUR WORLD, AND YOUR LIFE, IS
00:37:06.69\00:37:11.76
A SPECTACLE THAT IS OPEN
TO THE UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW.
00:37:11.76\00:37:15.00
SO DON'T WORRY
IF THIS IS NOT IT.
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.17
DON'T WORRY IF YOU'RE
INTIMIDATED AND YOU'RE JEERED
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.17
AND MOCKED BY THOSE
THAT ARE HERE BELOW.
00:37:20.17\00:37:24.41
'THESE THINGS,' - HE SAYS -
'I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU THAT YOU
00:37:24.41\00:37:27.74
MIGHT HAVE PEACE. BE
OF GOOD CHEER, FOR I HAVE
00:37:27.74\00:37:30.45
OVERCOME THE WORLD.' YOU
NEED TO ASK GOD - I'M NOT SAYING
00:37:30.45\00:37:34.98
THAT WE'RE SAVED BY
POSITIVE THINKING, BUT WE'VE
00:37:34.98\00:37:36.79
GOT TO STAY POSITIVE.
YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE
00:37:36.79\00:37:41.82
LORD STILL HAS GREAT
THINGS IN STORE FOR YOU.
00:37:41.82\00:37:44.69
DON'T
UNDERESTIMATE WHAT GOD CAN DO.
00:37:44.69\00:37:46.49
I HEARD ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS
WATCHING THIS LITTLE LEAGUE GAME
00:37:46.49\00:37:50.17
AND HE WENT UP AND HE NUDGED ONE
OF THE PLAYERS - IT WAS IN THE
00:37:50.17\00:37:52.97
DUGOUT - AND HE
SAID, 'WHAT'S THE SCORE?'
00:37:52.97\00:37:54.57
AND A YOUNG GUY, WITH A BIG
SMILE ON HIS FACE, SAID, 'WE'RE
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.64
LOSIN' - 14 TO NOTHING.' AND HE
SAID, 'WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK VERY
00:37:56.64\00:38:02.38
DISCOURAGED BY THAT.' AND
HE SAID, 'OH, WHY WOULD I BE
00:38:02.38\00:38:04.25
DISCOURAGED? WE
HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TO BAT
00:38:04.25\00:38:05.81
YET.' JOHN PAUL JONES - YOU KNOW
00:38:05.81\00:38:13.12
THAT STORY. IT'S A
TRUE STORY, OF COURSE.
00:38:13.12\00:38:15.89
SEPTEMBER 23, 1779 - BEING
ATTACKED BY A BRITISH MAN-O-WAR
00:38:15.89\00:38:21.10
AND HE'S ON A SHIP CALLED THE
BONHOMIE RICHARD AND THE CAPTAIN
00:38:21.10\00:38:25.37
OF THE BRITISH MAN-O-WAR THAT
THEY'RE - JOHN PAUL JONES' SHIP
00:38:25.37\00:38:29.50
- THE AMERICAN SHIP'S ON FIRE
AND THE SERAPIS , WHICH WAS THE
00:38:29.50\00:38:33.84
BRITISH SHIP, THEY CALLED OUT
AND THEY SAID, 'DO YOU SURRENDER
00:38:33.84\00:38:38.28
NOW?' AND JONES SAYS,
'SURRENDER? WE HAVEN'T EVEN
00:38:38.28\00:38:41.78
STARTED TO FIGHT!' AND
THAT SO ENCOURAGED HIS MEN
00:38:41.78\00:38:45.75
THAT THEY ENDED UP TAKING
THE BRITISH SHIP AND, OF COURSE,
00:38:45.75\00:38:49.52
THEY WON THAT BATTLE THAT
HAS BECOME BIGGER THAN LIFE.
00:38:49.52\00:38:54.60
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
FOR WHICH TO BE THANKFUL?
00:38:54.60\00:38:57.53
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
YOU WANT TO BE ENCOURAGED?
00:38:57.53\00:39:01.54
CATCH YOURSELF - ASK THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP YOU CATCH
00:39:01.54\00:39:05.34
YOURSELF WHEN THE DEVIL IS
SUCKING YOU INTO SOME OF THAT
00:39:05.34\00:39:08.44
WHAT ZIG ZIGLAR USED TO
CALL 'STINKIN' THINKIN''.
00:39:08.44\00:39:12.05
WHEN WE START TO THINK ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT IS BAD AND AWFUL
00:39:12.05\00:39:16.42
AND TERRIBLE AND SOUR, PAUL
SAYS, 'WHATEVER THINGS ARE TRUE
00:39:16.42\00:39:20.76
AND HONEST AND JUST AND
PURE, THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.'
00:39:20.76\00:39:25.46
AND WE WILL BE TRANSFORMED
EVEN BY WHAT WE THINK ABOUT.
00:39:25.46\00:39:29.83
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING THAT
REALLY HELPS WITH ENCOURAGEMENT,
00:39:29.83\00:39:34.77
GET OUT OF YOURSELF AND
TRY AND HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
00:39:34.77\00:39:37.94
AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING - YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST
00:39:37.94\00:39:40.58
TELL YOU, IT WAS REALLY FUN -
GOING ON THE MISSION TRIP DOWN
00:39:40.58\00:39:43.88
IN MEXICO - THE MORALE OF THE
GROUP DOWN THERE WAS SO HIGH -
00:39:43.88\00:39:48.75
AND I THINK ONE REASON IT WAS
SO HIGH IS THAT THEY WERE ALL
00:39:48.75\00:39:51.29
INVOLVED IN THE PURPOSE OF DOING
SOMETHING GOOD FOR SOMEONE ELSE,
00:39:51.29\00:39:55.59
WITH NO PERSONAL BENEFIT.
AND THE CHURCH DOWN THERE, WHEN
00:39:55.59\00:39:59.69
THEY HEARD WE WERE HOPING
TO BUILD A CHURCH UP HERE THEY
00:39:59.69\00:40:01.50
SAID, 'WE CAN'T BELIEVE
IT. YOU CAME DOWN HERE AND YOU
00:40:01.50\00:40:04.60
HELPED US BUILD A CHURCH DOWN
HERE AND YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY
00:40:04.60\00:40:07.27
HOPING TO BUILD
A CHURCH UP THERE?
00:40:07.27\00:40:08.67
WHAT IN THE WORLD
WOULD MAKE YOU DO THAT?
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.47
WHY WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR MONEY TO
HELP US BUILD A CHURCH WHEN YOU
00:40:10.47\00:40:12.31
HAVEN'T GOT THE MONEY
TO BUILD YOUR CHURCH?'
00:40:12.31\00:40:15.04
AND I REMEMBER THE PASTOR SAID,
'THE LORD'S GOING TO WORK A
00:40:15.04\00:40:17.41
MIRACLE FOR YOU
BECAUSE YOU WOULD DO THAT.
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.25
HE'S GOING TO HELP
YOU BUILD YOUR CHURCH.'
00:40:19.25\00:40:20.68
I THOUGHT, 'WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO HELP A LOT OF OTHER
00:40:20.68\00:40:23.25
LITTLE CHURCHES BEFORE WE GET -
BEFORE WE GET ENOUGH TICKETS AND
00:40:23.25\00:40:27.12
POINTS TO BUILD OUR CHURCH.'
BUT THERE'S A PRINCIPLE THERE,
00:40:27.12\00:40:31.09
WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING
FOR SOMEONE ELSE, IT CAN BE
00:40:31.09\00:40:34.83
ENCOURAGING FOR
YOU. HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.90
GET OUTSIDE OF
YOURSELF. AND THEN PRAY.
00:40:37.90\00:40:43.20
WAIT ON THE LORD - PSALM 27:14,
"WAIT ON THE LORD" - THAT'S
00:40:43.20\00:40:46.57
TALKING ABOUT SPENDING TIME
IN PRIVATE DEVOTIONS WITH GOD.
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.91
BE OF GOOD COURAGE.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET ON YOUR
00:40:49.91\00:40:52.65
KNEES DISCOURAGED AND - YOU
SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON YOUR KNEES
00:40:52.65\00:40:54.92
COMMUNING WITH GOD AND, IT'S
NOT THAT GOD HAS CHANGED YOUR
00:40:54.92\00:40:58.12
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE CHANGES
YOU SO YOU'RE NOT DISCOURAGED
00:40:58.12\00:41:02.69
BY YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
PRAYER, YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL YOUR
00:41:02.69\00:41:06.36
LIFE, BUT IT REALLY DOES
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE DO IT.
00:41:06.36\00:41:09.10
SOMETIMES WE
DON'T PRAY LONG ENOUGH.
00:41:09.10\00:41:10.47
WE MIGHT NEED TO
WAIT ON THE LORD.
00:41:10.47\00:41:13.67
LUKE 18:1, "THEN HE SPOKE
A PARABLE TO THEM, THAT MEN
00:41:13.67\00:41:17.81
OUGHT TO PRAY AND NOT LOSE
HEART" - NO, I LEFT A WORD OUT -
00:41:17.81\00:41:22.48
LUKE 18:1, IT SAYS HE SPOKE A
PARABLE TO THEM THAT "MEN ALWAYS
00:41:22.48\00:41:25.48
OUGHT TO PRAY
AND NOT LOSE HEART."
00:41:25.48\00:41:29.55
YOU KNOW WHAT 'LOSE
HEART' MEANS? GET DISCOURAGED.
00:41:29.55\00:41:32.92
YOU SEE THE CONNECTION
JESUS MAKES? IF GOD COULD ANSWER
00:41:32.92\00:41:37.33
JONAH'S PRAYER, AND JONAH WAS IN
A CAVE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
00:41:37.33\00:41:42.33
MOUNTAINS, THEN HE CAN
HEAR OUR PRAYERS, RIGHT?
00:41:42.33\00:41:46.07
JONAH HAD ABSOLUTELY HOPELESS
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT HE PRAYED
00:41:46.07\00:41:49.37
FROM THAT DARKNESS AND GOD
TURNED IT AROUND AND HE GAVE
00:41:49.37\00:41:52.81
THEM A MISSION AGAIN
AND HE GAVE THEM A PURPOSE.
00:41:52.81\00:41:55.21
1 SAMUEL 36, DAVID - YOU READ
THIS STORY - HE'D BEEN CHASED
00:41:55.21\00:42:01.75
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY KING
SAUL, HE WAS LIVING AMONG THE
00:42:01.75\00:42:05.09
PHILISTINES, THEN THE AMALEKITES
CAME WHILE HE AND HIS SOLDIERS
00:42:05.09\00:42:08.72
WERE OUT OF TOWN, THEY ATTACKED
HIS FAMILY, THE TOWN - BURNT IT
00:42:08.72\00:42:12.49
WITH FIRE - TOOK ALL OF THEIR
FAMILY, AND NOW HIS OWN SOLDIERS
00:42:12.49\00:42:15.80
ARE READY TO STONE HIM.
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.77
I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE
EVERYTHING - HIS OWN KING AND
00:42:17.77\00:42:20.97
NOW HIS OWN SOLDIERS - HIS
FAMILY'S GONE, HIS STUFF IS
00:42:20.97\00:42:23.14
GONE, HIS TOWN IS BURNED, AND,
INSTEAD OF BECOMING DISCOURAGED,
00:42:23.14\00:42:27.34
IT SAYS, 'DAVID ENCOURAGED
HIMSELF IN THE LORD - THAT'S 1
00:42:27.34\00:42:30.58
SAMUEL 36. SOMETIMES
YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY
00:42:30.58\00:42:34.65
OUTSIDE EVIDENCE
TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
00:42:34.65\00:42:38.95
DAVID COULD LOOK AROUND, THERE
WAS NOTHING WHERE HE COULD SAY,
00:42:38.95\00:42:41.29
'OH, BUT THERE'S THIS AND THAT.'
EVERYTHING LOOKED PRETTY BAD.
00:42:41.29\00:42:44.63
BUT HE ENCOURAGED HIMSELF
IN THE LORD AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:42:44.63\00:42:47.03
GOD GAVE HIM VICTORY, HE GAVE
HIM EVERYONE BACK, AND HE GAVE
00:42:47.03\00:42:49.26
HIM THE KINGDOM.
EVERYTHING THAT IT LOOKED LIKE
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.03
HE HAD LOST THAT
DAY, HE GOT BACK.
00:42:51.03\00:42:54.47
IT DIDN'T LOOK - JOB -
HOW DO YOU THINK HE FELT?
00:42:54.47\00:42:57.91
HE LOST EVERYTHING.
WOULD YOU HAVE EVER DREAMED,
00:42:57.91\00:42:59.64
WHEN YOU SAW JOB ON A DUMP PILE
SCRAPING HIS BOILS, FAMILY'S
00:42:59.64\00:43:05.28
DEAD, POSSESSIONS ARE GONE - YOU
READ THE END OF JOB AND IT SAYS
00:43:05.28\00:43:09.35
GOD GAVE HIM
EVERYTHING BACK DOUBLE.
00:43:09.35\00:43:12.95
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
00:43:12.95\00:43:14.76
IF YOU HAD TOLD JOB, 'DON'T
WORRY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TWICE
00:43:14.76\00:43:16.83
AS MUCH BACK.' IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN HARD FOR HIM TO PICTURE
00:43:16.83\00:43:18.89
THAT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO ENCOURAGE
00:43:18.89\00:43:21.10
OURSELF IN THE LORD
AND SAY, 'WITH GOD, HOW
00:43:21.10\00:43:23.77
MUCH IS POSSIBLE?' JESUS
REFUSED TO BE DISCOURAGED
00:43:23.77\00:43:30.04
AND HE HAD GOOD
REASON TO BE DISCOURAGED.
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.61
HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN - HIS OWN
RECEIVED HIM NOT, BETRAYED BY
00:43:33.61\00:43:37.05
HIS OWN PEOPLE, JUST TORTURED
BY THE ONES HE CAME TO SAVE.
00:43:37.05\00:43:42.92
ISAIAH 42 - THIS IS ACTUALLY
A PROPHECY ABOUT THE MESSIAH,
00:43:42.92\00:43:46.22
"BEHOLD MY SERVANT WHOM I
UPHOLD, MY CHOSEN IN WHOM MY
00:43:46.22\00:43:49.72
SOUL DELIGHTS. I HAVE
PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM.
00:43:49.72\00:43:53.26
HE WILL BRING FORTH
JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS.
00:43:53.26\00:43:55.53
HE WILL NOT GROW FAINT OR
BE DISCOURAGED TILL HE HAS
00:43:55.53\00:43:59.87
ESTABLISHED
JUSTICE IN THE EARTH.
00:43:59.87\00:44:03.37
PAUL TELLS US TO REMEMBER CHRIST
- HEBREWS 12:3 - "FOR CONSIDER
00:44:03.37\00:44:07.54
HIM THAT ENDURED SUCH
CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS AGAINST
00:44:07.54\00:44:11.31
HIMSELF, LEST YOU BE WEARIED
AND FAINT IN YOUR MINDS."
00:44:11.31\00:44:15.28
WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO BE
DISCOURAGED, WHAT DOES HE SAY?
00:44:15.28\00:44:17.52
CONSIDER HIM. THINK ABOUT WHAT
00:44:17.52\00:44:20.89
JESUS WENT THROUGH. IF
ANYBODY HAD A REASON TO THROW
00:44:20.89\00:44:23.56
THEIR HANDS IN THE
AIR AND RUN, JESUS DID.
00:44:23.56\00:44:27.00
IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE HE
SAID, 'LORD,' - HE'S SUBMITTED
00:44:27.00\00:44:29.23
COMPLETELY TO GOD - 'NOT MY
WILL BUT THY WILL BE DONE.' AND
00:44:29.23\00:44:32.67
AREN'T YOU THANKFUL THAT HE
DIDN'T GET DISCOURAGED RIGHT AT
00:44:32.67\00:44:37.17
THE BORDER OF GETHSEMANE?
WE MUST NOT GET DISCOURAGED
00:44:37.17\00:44:40.14
RIGHT AT THE
BORDERS OF ETERNITY.
00:44:40.14\00:44:43.14
DURING WORLD WAR I - I READ
ABOUT THIS SOLDIER THAT - IN
00:44:43.14\00:44:46.58
WORLD WAR I, IF YOU'VE DONE ANY
STUDY ON IT, WAS PRETTY BLEAK.
00:44:46.58\00:44:51.59
I MEAN, IT WASN'T WHERE THEY
HAD DRONES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW,
00:44:51.59\00:44:54.29
OPERATED BY SOMEBODY RUNNING A
COMPUTER IN ANOTHER PART OF THE
00:44:54.29\00:44:57.29
COUNTRY, THEY WERE LITERALLY
IN THE TRENCHES, IN THE WINTER,
00:44:57.29\00:45:01.63
FILLED WITH MUD, AND THE
TRENCHES WERE NOT MUCH BETTER
00:45:01.63\00:45:05.10
THAN SEWERS. I
REMEMBER HAVING A MEMBER,
00:45:05.10\00:45:07.54
HENRY SCADSHEIM - I WAS HIS
PASTOR - HE WAS AN OLD MAN, BUT
00:45:07.54\00:45:11.64
HE HAD A CLEAR MIND, AND HE TOLD
ME ABOUT THE TRENCHES IN WORLD
00:45:11.64\00:45:14.31
WAR 1 AND HOW BAD IT WAS.
IT WAS LIKE LIVING IN A SEWER
00:45:14.31\00:45:19.98
AND AS SOON AS YOU
STUCK YOUR HEAD UP THEY'D
00:45:19.98\00:45:22.45
TRY AND SHOOT YOU.
AND THEY WOULD FIGHT AND
00:45:22.45\00:45:25.75
SACRIFICE THOUSANDS OF MEN
FOR A HUNDRED OF YARDS OF MUD.
00:45:25.75\00:45:29.66
AND THEN THEY GOT - THEY FOUGHT
BACK AND THEY'D LOSE IT ALL
00:45:29.66\00:45:32.66
AGAIN. AND THIS ONE SOLDIER
JUST THOUGHT, 'I CAN'T TAKE IT
00:45:32.66\00:45:36.80
ANYMORE.' AND ONE NIGHT HE
SLIPPED OUT OF THE TRENCHES AND
00:45:36.80\00:45:40.14
BEGAN TO HEAD BACK - HE WAS
AN ENGLISH SOLDIER AND BEGAN TO
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.41
HEAD BACK ACROSS FRANCE TO THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL - HE WAS GOING
00:45:43.41\00:45:46.54
TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND
A BOAT AND JUST ROW BACK.
00:45:46.54\00:45:49.14
HE WAS READY TO GO AWOL.
AND, DURING THE NIGHT, AS HE'S
00:45:49.14\00:45:52.95
TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE HE WAS -
00:45:52.95\00:45:54.42
IT WAS VERY DARK - HE GOT MIXED
UP ON THE ROADS AND WASN'T SURE
00:45:54.42\00:46:00.72
WHICH DIRECTION WAS WEST -
TO THE COAST - CAME TO A FORK IN
00:46:00.72\00:46:04.59
THE ROAD AND HE COULD JUST
SEE A LITTLE GLITTERING OF THE
00:46:04.59\00:46:09.06
COBBLESTONES AND THEN HE SAW THE
VAGUE OUTLINE OF THE STREET SIGN
00:46:09.06\00:46:13.03
AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, THIS SIGN
OUGHT TO TELL ME WHERE IT IS,
00:46:13.03\00:46:14.94
BUT HE COULDN'T
SEE WHAT THE SIGN SAID.
00:46:14.94\00:46:17.41
HE THEN - 'WELL,
I'LL JUST CLIMB UP.
00:46:17.41\00:46:18.57
I'LL WRAP MY LEGS AROUND
IT, I'LL LIGHT A MATCH, AND I'LL
00:46:18.57\00:46:21.24
READ THE SIGN. WELL,
HE GOT - SHIMMIED UP THE
00:46:21.24\00:46:24.61
SIGN POST AND HE WENT TO LIGHT
THE MATCH AND SUDDENLY HE FOUND
00:46:24.61\00:46:29.05
HIMSELF STARING
INTO THE FACE OF JESUS.
00:46:29.05\00:46:31.72
WELL, WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS
A SIGN WAS ACTUALLY A CROSS.
00:46:31.72\00:46:35.36
IT WAS ONE OF THESE FRENCH
ROADSIDE CROSSES THAT THEY HAD.
00:46:35.36\00:46:39.79
IT WAS A CRUCIFIX WITH THE
STATUE OF JESUS, ON THE SIDE OF
00:46:39.79\00:46:43.00
THE ROAD, AND HE SAW HIMSELF
LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF JESUS
00:46:43.00\00:46:47.37
AND HE THOUGHT, 'WOW,
HERE'S JESUS ON THE CROSS.
00:46:47.37\00:46:51.41
I'M GETTING DISCOURAGED AND I'M
RUNNING, AND HE DIDN'T RUN.' AND
00:46:51.41\00:46:55.81
THAT'S ALL IT TOOK FOR HIM TO
MUSTER THE COURAGE TO GO BACK TO
00:46:55.81\00:46:59.68
THE FRONT LINES.
AND HE SURVIVED THE WAR.
00:46:59.68\00:47:02.12
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO
CONSIDER JESUS AND JUST REMEMBER
00:47:02.12\00:47:06.05
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. HE
WOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED.
00:47:06.05\00:47:08.26
A CHRISTIAN IS A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
00:47:08.26\00:47:12.66
AND THE LORD IS THE ONE WHO
SAID TO JOSHUA, 'BE COURAGEOUS.
00:47:12.66\00:47:17.57
BE' - YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
00:47:17.57\00:47:18.83
- 'VERY COURAGEOUS.' IF JOSHUA
NEEDED IT ON THE BORDERS OF THE
00:47:18.83\00:47:22.30
PROMISED LAND, WE
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>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
>>I FELT LIKE I WAS RECEIVING
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SOME ANGEL MESSAGES, IN
AND AROUND MY SON'S DEATH.
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MY SON JESSIE WAS JUST 31 YEARS
OLD, SO I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO
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DIE BEFORE I DID, BUT IN
NOVEMBER OF 2009, WE DECIDED TO
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HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH HIM AND -
WHEN WE NORMALLY GO TO A FAMILY
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TO HAVE THANKSGIVING. I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING
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TO BE THE VERY LAST TIME
THAT I WOULD SEE MY SON ALIVE.
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.44
AND IN APRIL OF 2010, I WAS
URGED TO CALL HIM ON THE DAY
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THAT HE DIED. I
DIDN'T MAKE THAT CALL.
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I WAS TOO BUSY. I
THOUGHT I HAD TILL THE NEXT
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MORNING TO CALL HIM AND
IT TURNS OUT THAT I DIDN'T.
00:49:44.08\00:49:49.12
AND THEN, MY HUSBAND'S FATHER
WAS PASSING AWAY IN A NURSING
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HOME, SLOWLY, NOT EATING, TAKING
HIS MEDICINE, JUST WASTING AWAY.
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>>WE WERE PUTTING OUT AMAZING
FACTS BIBLE STUDY GUIDES AND WE
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HAD SENT OUT CARDS AND WE HAD
THIS CARD, BUT WHEN I KNOCKED ON
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SUE AND KIRK'S DOOR BY MISTAKE
- >>AND WE WERE CONVINCED THAT
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THIS WAS THE RIGHT HOUSE AND
IT OBVIOUSLY TURNED OUT, TO OUR
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SURPRISE, TO BE THE WRONG
HOUSE. >>WHEN HE CAME BY, WE
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WEREN'T EXPECTING THEM. HE
TOLD ME ABOUT THESE PAMPHLETS
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- THESE AMAZING FACTS
THAT EXPLAIN THEIR DOCTRINE.
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>>WELL, TO OUR SURPRISE,
WHEN THEY ANSWERED THE DOOR, THE
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GENTLEMAN, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WE
WERE DOING, HE SAID, 'WELL, WE
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WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE THESE STUDIES.'
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>>ANYTHING ABOUT THE LORD THAT
INCREASES MY FAITH, IT'S ALWAYS
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OPEN. >>THESE
LESSONS CAME AT A TIME
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WE DIDN'T KNOW
WE WERE SEARCHING.
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WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED.
00:51:00.39\00:51:02.59
WE WERE JUST HURTING FROM
THE GRIEF WE'D BEEN THROUGH.
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WHEN I SAW THE STUDIES
BY AMAZING FACTS, ABOUT THE
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SABBATH, IT STRUCK A CORD WITH
ME BECAUSE I REMEMBERED WHEN I
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HAD TALKED TO MY MOTHER, AS A
CHILD, ABOUT THE SABBATH - ABOUT
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SEEING THAT TRUTH WHEN I WAS
ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD AND ASKING
00:51:20.34\00:51:23.58
HER WHY WE DIDN'T
HONOR THE SABBATH DAY.
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AND SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS
JUST NOT THE WAY THAT THEY DID
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THINGS. WELL, THAT
- THAT WASN'T A GOOD
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ENOUGH EXPRESSION - A
GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION.
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THERE WAS NO SCRIPTURAL
BASIS FOR WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
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SHE JUST SAID TO FORGET IT.
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AND I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE
STUDIES THAT WE HAD GOTTEN - AND
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I WANTED MORE - SO I DECIDED
THAT, 'WELL, IF THEY PUT OUT
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THESE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE
STUDIES, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING
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ONLINE ABOUT THEM, SO I
DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT.
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I WENT ON THE COMPUTER TO
AMAZING FACTS - AND IT SAID IT
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RIGHT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
BIBLE STUDIES, AMAZINGFACTS.ORG
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. CHECKED IT OUT AND THERE
WERE FREE BIBLE STUDIES THERE.
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IT WAS THE VERY SAME ONES
THAT WE HAD BEEN STUDYING.
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AFTER FINDING THE AMAZING FACTS
BIBLE STUDIES ONLINE - AND I DID
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THEM ALL - I THINK THERE WERE 27
- 28 BIBLE STUDIES, I FELT LIKE
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I WAS FINALLY SEEING THE
TRUTH AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
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WE ORDERED THE AMAZING FACTS
DVDS LIKE THE COSMIC CONFLICT ,
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AND THE FINAL EVENTS , PROPHECY
FOUNDATIONS , AND DIFFERENT
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MATERIALS LIKE THAT, WENT
THROUGH THEM - ENJOYED ALL OF
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THEM - AND THEY
IMPACTED OUR LIVES EVEN MORE.
00:52:37.19\00:52:42.19
>>WELL, I WORKED
AT THE POST OFFICE.
00:52:42.19\00:52:43.49
I KNEW KIRK AND SUE
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
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AND I WASN'T ALLOWED TO TALK TO
ANYONE ABOUT THE BIBLE AND BIBLE
00:52:46.43\00:52:52.13
STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. THEY TOLD US NOT TO.
00:52:52.13\00:52:55.24
BUT ANYWAY, WHEN SUE CAME IN
AND TALKED ABOUT IT, SHE TALKED
00:52:55.24\00:52:58.11
ABOUT THE SABBATH. AND I
TOLD HER, 'WELL, SUE, I GO
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TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY.'
>>SO I INVITED MYSELF.
00:53:01.04\00:53:04.65
SHE WAS EXCITED, OF
COURSE, TO HAVE ME GO.
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MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH STARTED
GOING THAT VERY NEXT SABBATH.
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AND IT WASN'T BUT JUST FOUR
MONTHS AFTER THAT THAT WE WERE
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BAPTIZED INTO THE CHURCH - AND
IT FELT LIKE THE MOST GLORIOUS
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EXPERIENCE I
COULD HAVE EVER HAD.
00:53:18.29\00:53:21.93
>>THE THING THAT TOUCHES MY
HEART THE MOST IS MERWYN AND I
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HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR OH,
THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO
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YEARS, AND SUE IS NOT THE
ONLY ONE THAT HAS RESPONDED TO
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AMAZING FACTS. WE'VE
HAD SEVERAL OTHERS THAT
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HAVE RESPONDED AND HAD
BEEN BAPTIZED, SO THIS - THIS IS
00:53:35.11\00:53:39.25
WHAT REALLY MAKES IT EXCITING.
THERE'S TIMES IT'S DISCOURAGING,
00:53:39.25\00:53:43.18
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, EVERY
TIME YOU SEE SOMEBODY IN THE
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WATER BEING
BAPTIZED, IT'S A THRILL.
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>>I KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES ME.
AFTER ALL OF THE TRAGEDY THAT
00:53:49.02\00:53:52.66
I'VE BEEN THROUGH, HE MADE
SURE THAT THE TWO MEN CAME AND
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BROUGHT THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE
STUDIES TO ME AND MY HUSBAND.
00:53:56.73\00:54:01.34
MY LIFE'LL NEVER BE THE
SAME. IT IS FOREVER CHANGED.
00:54:01.34\00:54:06.07
AND I AM FOREVER
PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:54:06.07\00:54:28.96
>>HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A MOUSE
HOWL LIKE A WOLF? WELL, WHAT
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WOULD YOU EXPECT WOULD HAPPEN
WHEN A CREATURE CHANGES ITS
00:54:32.83\00:54:35.84
DESTINY FROM THE HAPLESS
PREY TO THE MIGHTY PREDATOR?
00:54:35.84\00:54:39.61
FROM THE OUTSIDE THEY LOOK VERY
MUCH LIKE AN OVERSIZED FIELD
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MOUSE - CUTE BROWN FUR, WHITE
ON THE UNDERBELLY, NICE LITTLE
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BEADY EYES - BUT THAT'S
WHERE THE SIMILARITIES STOP.
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GRASSHOPPER MICE ARE VERY
UNUSUAL, MAKING THEM THE OBJECTS
00:54:50.99\00:54:54.69
OF GREAT INTEREST
FOR ANIMAL RESEARCHERS.
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THESE FURRY LITTLE CREATURES ARE
FOUND IN THE HARSH DESERTS OF
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NORTH AMERICA.
THEY'RE VERY TERRITORIAL IN
00:55:01.63\00:55:03.97
NATURE AND THEY WILL MONOPOLIZE
AND FEND OFF 25 ACRES.
00:55:03.97\00:55:08.24
THEY DON'T BUILD THEIR OWN
HOMES, BUT SORT OF CONFISCATE
00:55:08.24\00:55:10.74
THE BURROWS AND THE
HOMES OF OTHER CREATURES.
00:55:10.74\00:55:13.34
THEY'RE NOT CALLED GRASSHOPPER
MICE BECAUSE THEY HOP AROUND,
00:55:13.34\00:55:17.21
BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY
EAT A LOT OF GRASSHOPPERS.
00:55:17.21\00:55:19.25
IN FACT, SCIENTISTS HAVE
DISCOVERED THAT GRASSHOPPER MICE
00:55:19.25\00:55:21.62
ARE THE ONLY MICE THAT
ARE PURELY CARNIVOROUS.
00:55:21.62\00:55:25.09
THEY HUNT MUCH LIKE CATS OR
WEASELS, STALKING THEIR PREY IN
00:55:25.09\00:55:29.52
A PREDATORY FASHION AND WHEN
THEY POUNCE, THEY ARE FEROCIOUS,
00:55:29.52\00:55:33.90
SOMETIMES EVEN TAKING ON SNAKES
AND SCORPIONS AND CENTIPEDES.
00:55:33.90\00:55:37.90
WHEN A GRASSHOPPER MOUSE
GETS INTO A FIERCE BATTLE WITH A
00:55:37.90\00:55:41.64
SNAKE OR A SCORPION OR A
CENTIPEDE, THEY MAY BE BIT OR
00:55:41.64\00:55:44.74
STUNG SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT WHAT IS AMAZING TO
00:55:44.74\00:55:47.84
RESEARCHERS IS THEY'VE NOTICED
WHEN THEY ARE BITTEN, THEY
00:55:47.84\00:55:51.18
SOMEHOW SHAKE IT OFF BECAUSE
THEY CONVERT THE TOXIN IN THE
00:55:51.18\00:55:54.82
VENOM TO PAIN KILLER. I
THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
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THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE A
SPECIAL INTEREST TO SCIENTISTS
00:55:59.09\00:56:02.22
THAT ARE TRYING TO DISCOVER
NEW WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH
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CHRONIC PAIN. ONE
OF THE MOST INTRIGUING
00:56:05.79\00:56:09.10
CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE LITTLE
CREATURES IS, WHEN THEY'RE
00:56:09.10\00:56:12.30
DEFENDING THEIR TERRITORY OR
CELEBRATING A VICTORY OVER SOME
00:56:12.30\00:56:15.50
ADVERSARY, THEY'LL THROW
BACK THEIR HEAD AND LET OUT THIS
00:56:15.50\00:56:19.27
EARTH-SHAKING HOWL - IT'S
A MOUSY HOWL - CHECK IT OUT.
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THE GRASSHOPPER MOUSE IS NOT THE
ONLY MEMBER OF CREATION THAT CAN
00:56:30.39\00:56:33.82
SURVIVE ENCOUNTERS
WITH VENOMOUS PREDATORS.
00:56:33.82\00:56:36.93
IN LUKE 10:19 IT SAYS, "BEHOLD,
I GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO
00:56:36.93\00:56:41.40
TRAMPLE ON SERPENTS AND
SCORPIONS, AND OVER THE POWER OF
00:56:41.40\00:56:45.10
THE ENEMY, AND NOTHING
SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU.
00:56:45.10\00:56:49.07
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST
AND THE STRONGEST TO DEFEAT OUR
00:56:49.07\00:56:51.81
ENEMY AND LET OUT THAT VICTORY
ROAR. WHEN GOD CALLED DAVID TO
00:56:51.81\00:56:55.31
BE KING, NO HUMAN WOULD HAVE
GUESSED THAT HE HAD IT IN HIM.
00:56:55.31\00:56:58.81
HE WAS YOUNG AND INSIGNIFICANT.
FROM THE OUTSIDE HE LOOKED LIKE
00:56:58.81\00:57:02.42
THERE WAS NO GREATNESS IN
HIM, BUT WHEN GOD LOOKED AT HIS
00:57:02.42\00:57:05.45
HEART, HE SAW COURAGE,
HUMILITY, COMPASSION, AND LOVE.
00:57:05.45\00:57:09.49
DAVID WASN'T PERFECT, AND HE
MADE MISTAKES, BUT THROUGH GOD'S
00:57:09.49\00:57:12.89
POWER HE WAS ABLE
TO CONQUER GIANTS.
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.93
FRIEND, GOD DOES NOT INTEND THAT
YOU LIVE OUT THE REST OF YOUR
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LIFE COWERING AND TREMBLING
LIKE A LITTLE FIELD MOUSE.
00:57:18.97\00:57:22.54
IF GOD CAN TAKE THE GRASSHOPPER
MOUSE AND GIVE HIM COURAGE SO
00:57:22.54\00:57:25.77
THAT HE FIGHTS SNAKES AND
SCORPIONS AND CENTIPEDES, IF GOD
00:57:25.77\00:57:29.54
CAN PUT IN THE HEART OF DAVID
THE COURAGE TO FIGHT GIANTS LIKE
00:57:29.54\00:57:32.85
GOLIATH, THEN HE CAN
GIVE YOU THAT SAME COURAGE.
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THE SCRIPTURES SAY GOD HAS NOT
GIVEN YOU THE SPIRIT OF FEAR,
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BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND
MIND - AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT
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PEACE IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU
INVITE THE PRINCE OF PEACE INTO
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