I want to tell you first of
all that 3ABN is not about me,
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it's not about the
leadership of 3ABN,
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but it's about God's message.
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It's called present truth
to a lost and dying world.
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There is no reason that I
should be standing up here
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before you today other
than the fact that God uses
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the least likely
people to do things for Him,
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because I look
back over the time
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when the Lord
first impressed me.
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In fact, in about
two weeks, from now,
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November 14th, 1984 was
when the Lord impressed me.
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One night I couldn't sleep.
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I wanted to build a television
station that would reach
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the world with an undiluted
Three Angels' Messages,
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one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
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Now I want to
tell you, I had no idea
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what that meant at that time.
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All I knew that it
wasn't me thinking.
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It wasn't my thoughts,
I didn't think that way.
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But I have been
traveling to some other
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Christian television stations.
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My first wife Kay had
been in an automobile accident
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with my daughter Melody
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and my wife was
killed instantly.
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And so Melody and I began to
travel. She was 11-years-old.
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And we sang on a
number of television stations
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back in the early 80s...
82, 83 and all the way up to 84.
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And I was seeing
things on television on the--
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even in these Christian stations
that I couldn't comprehend.
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Then I am saying Lord,
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there is so much
influence that these folks have.
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I would see 20,
30, 40, 50 people
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setting answering phones
while people were calling
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from all around the
country asking for prayer.
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And I would say
Lord, where are we
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as Seventh-day
Adventist in the media.
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If we have present
truth to give to the world.
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If You called us to be
the heads and not the tails,
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why aren't we taking advantage?
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Why aren't we taking
advantage of the media?
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And I would
complain about this to God.
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And one night in
1984 I laid down,
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I had seen some things
that I didn't agree with.
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And I said Lord, these
people are telling things
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it's not even
according to the Bible.
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They're out--I believe
misrepresenting your name,
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just the very fact away
some of them are raising funds.
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They call them praise-a-thons,
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I said these are beggar-thons.
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I've never seen in
anything like this.
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Where are we as a church?
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Why doesn't the
church build a station
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that will reach the world?
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And I was given--
you know the business.
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Lord, why doesn't
the church do this?
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And Lord why
doesn't the church do that?
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And all of the
sudden it's like the Lord
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said to me who is the church?
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Wow! Who is the church?
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You're the
church. I am the church.
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Tonight and
tomorrow this is a gymnasium,
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today its church. So
it's not the building
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that we worship in,
but it's who we worship
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and the church is made up
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of individuals
just like you and me.
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So I said, but Lord the
church should be doing this.
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And it's like the Lord said,
"Go yee into all the world."
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Preach the
gospel to every nation
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kindred tongue and people.
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That doesn't
mean just Mark Finley,
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that doesn't mean
just Doug Batchelor,
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that doesn't mean C. D.
Brook or Walter Pearson.
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That means all of us.
"Go ye into all the world."
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How many ye's
we have here today?
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Let me see your hands.
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Every hand should go up
unless you don't have one.
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"Go yee into all the
world preach the gospel."
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I am a ye and you are ye.
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We say yeah, but I
haven't been to the seminary,
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cemetery-- no seminary.
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I haven't been to
the-- I better watch it here,
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I get myself in trouble.
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I haven't been to the seminary.
I am not a good preacher.
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Well you don't
have to be a preacher.
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The Lord didn't say, go yee
preachers into all the world.
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He said, go preach
into all the world.
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How do I do that?
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How do I preach to
average guy like you and me?
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How do we preach the gospel?
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I barely made it
through high school.
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I mean, that was it.
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I was fortunate never
even thought about college.
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I mean college is
just something I was born
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and raised in area
my father was disabled.
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We were very poor.
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One day at my
senior year at high school,
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we went down to SIU,
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Southern Illinois University
for day of orientation.
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My older brothers--they
got out of the high school.
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They ended up working
getting jobs, getting married.
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That's all I was going to
do. All my family had done it.
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But I went down to
school and I said, wow!
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This is need, I never
even thought about college.
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So I lost my head for
a little bit I came home.
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My dad was sitting in a room.
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He had his guitar, he
had little music room.
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And I went there and I said,
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dad I think I know what
I want to do with my life.
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What's that boy? He
said, what's that boy?
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And I said, I think
I wanna go to college.
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He is tuning a guitar
and he kind of looked back
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over his shoulder at me.
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He went back and
tune it little more,
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and he said, that's
what I like about you, boy.
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I said, what's that dad?
He said, you're always joking.
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Suddenly reality hit back to
me, hey, I can't go to college.
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I barely made it
through high school.
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I don't have any money.
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I don't know how to do anything.
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How does a person
like me the average Joe?
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How can we go
into all the world?
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And how can we
preach what Jesus says?
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Jesus says, I in
fact it's John 12:34.
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You can write some
of these texts down
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that we'll be
getting today, John 12:34,
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"I if I be lifted up
from the earth will draw."
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How many? All.
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"All men unto me."
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Now that's
incredible because he said,
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"Go yee into all the world."
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Then he says, "I if I be lifted
up will draw all men into me."
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He didn't say that I
have to go to the seminary.
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He didn't say that I
have to study for years.
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But what He did say is
come to the foot of the cross.
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Submit and commit your's life
to me, and then go and tell.
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So that's what I
always tell people.
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The gospel is simple,
it's about come and go.
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You come to the foot
of the cross then you go
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and tell what
Jesus has done for you.
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That's what He's
talking about in the scripture,
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"I if I be lifted
up from this earth
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will draw all men unto me."
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Our prophetess tells
us that are greatest asset
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that we have is
our greatest asset
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that we have is our
own personal testimony.
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You see, that's what people see.
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They want to see
folks, how you act
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when you're going
through tough times.
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They don't care how you act in
when everything is going right.
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And you've got plenty of
money and your health is good
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and your business is succeeding.
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People aren't impressed by
that when you act Christian.
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When you act
loving, when you act kind.
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They want to see you when things
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are not going well in your life.
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I want to tell you, I am
talking to a group of men
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here today most
of you I don't know.
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But I can promise you
this, I can guarantee you this.
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I have traveled now for almost
20 years around the world.
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People everywhere are
going through troubles.
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People everywhere there is
enough problems in this room
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that it would take
us rest of our lives
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to try to solve them, right?
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We couldn't do it,
but the Lord can do it.
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So what I want to
encourage you today
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is what time are we living in?
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The time that we're living in
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if we believe that
Jesus is coming soon.
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If we believe in the
Three Angels' Messages
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of give a loud cry
into all the world.
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And we believe that
we're a last stage generation,
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then we need revival and
reformation within this church.
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But more
specifically we need revival
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and reformation
to us individually.
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You agree with
that? Individually.
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So today I wanna
talk to you about that.
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I can't tell you
to look at my life,
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because I will fail you.
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I've said that for 20 years.
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Don't look at us in
leadership we'll fail you.
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We'll fail you, but I can tell
you that you can look to Jesus
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into the cross of Calvary
and He'll never fail you.
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And He can help you
overcome in your life.
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Now, our job, our mission
if I understand it is to go
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and tell what
Jesus has done for us.
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Tell the world
that there is an answer
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for this world's problems today.
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People don't know that.
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We know that, we hear about it
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and sometimes
that's the downside of it.
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We hear about it so
much we can talk to talk,
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but we can't walk to walk.
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And what we need
to be doing folks
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as individuals
as leaders, as man,
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as head of the households,
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we need to be
able to walk the walk
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and not just talk to talk.
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That it doesn't
make any difference,
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how much Bible we know?
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Doesn't make any
difference if we can quote
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whole chapters of the Bible.
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People will say
and it doesn't make
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any difference
how religious we are?
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And I mentioned this
before but people will say,
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I will say how
long you've been--
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I'll be talking to Adventist
Christians I would say.
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How long you've
been a Christian?
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Oh, well--well I'm a
third-generation Adventist.
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And I am like, so
what? Are you with me?
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So what? Well, I mean I
was raised in the church.
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No that's not
the question I asked.
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I asked how long
have you been a Christian.
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Folks we've to
make a decision here.
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It doesn't make
any difference if our
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great, great grandmother is
Ellen White, we can be lost.
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You agree with
that? We can be lost.
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It doesn't make any difference.
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You know, if we're
H.M.S. Richards' grandson.
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It doesn't make any difference,
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who we are, its not about,
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who we are,
it's about who he is.
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But when I tell
people they'll say
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oh, I am very
religious and I'll say so what?
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God is not coming back
for a people who're religious.
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We think being
religious is something.
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Okay, let me tell you something.
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People who
smokes, smoke religiously.
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People who drink
alcohol, drink religiously.
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People who do drugs,
do drugs religiously.
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People in the pornography,
do pornography religiously--
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do I need to keep
going. You get the point?
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Folks it's not
about being religious,
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it's about our
personal relationship
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with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Because everything else is going
to fail us surround this world.
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People will fail us.
We'll fail ourselves.
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So we have to something solid,
some meat that we can grab into.
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To hold on to something solid,
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that will carry us
through the rough times.
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So that when we do go
through the rough times,
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we can experience a peace
that passes all understanding.
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Psalms 119:165 says,
"Great peace have they
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which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them."
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Now that's pretty tough. I
want to tell you something.
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I am on level with
you for just a little bit.
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I have been through more
personal trials this past year
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than any of the 53
years before in my lifetime.
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Now I am not gonna stand up here
and tell you that's not true.
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I have gone through
things that I've never imagined
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or dreamed the possible.
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Now I've talked to you
all in my travels for years
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and you tell me your
problems and I'll pray with you.
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And I feel badly for you and
I say, oh, that's just terrible.
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And I pray with
you and I go home
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and I think about
it from time to time,
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but I haven't experienced it.
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Many of you sitting out
here right now, you're hurting.
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You're going through some things
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that you never
dreamed you could go through.
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How do we react
when that happens?
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"Great peace have
they which love thy law."
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I find that I don't
always handle this right.
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I find myself trying
to fight my own battles.
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And I want to
encourage you today
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let the Lord fights
your battle for you.
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Every time I try to fight
my own battle, I end up losing.
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We have to get to the
point we're so submissive
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to God in His will in our lives.
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Let people say what
they want to about us
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and not respond to that.
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I have seen things
and people send me things
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that are said about me that
I wouldn't even know who I was.
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I mean these are things
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that I've never even thought
about doing how terrible I am.
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You can go to internet sources.
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I didn't know that
many people knew about 3ABN
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until something drastic happens
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because now there
is all these people
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they sit on the
internet, they go into internet
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and they go into these
chat rooms they call it
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and somebody say did you
know, Danny Shelton did this.
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And somebody else says
did he really how do you know.
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Now, I have
never met that person,
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they never talked
to me. How do you know?
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Well, I know it for a
fact because a friend of mine
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tell me that know
somebody that knows him.
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And they say
oh, this is terrible
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I'll never get to 3ABN again.
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I am sure I'm not gonna
support Danny Shelton again.
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Do you think the devil don't
use things like these folks?
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The gossip the rumor
mails all of these things.
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It is tempting to fight back.
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And a couple of times I've said,
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I am gonna
explain that's not true.
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And I've tried to do it and I
always end up looking foolish,
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because I suddenly forget
about God taking care of me
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and try to take care of myself.
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And I am not going
to do that anymore.
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Hey, people can say
what they want to say,
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but I am gonna
say with God's help,
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I am just gonna go forward
do what He's called me to do.
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I'll have to answer to Him
on judgment day not you, right?
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You don't have to answer
to me. You answer to God.
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So what I am
encouraging you to do today
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when people when
you're going through trials,
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you're going
through tribulations,
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you're going
through all these things
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and all of a sudden some of you
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are experiencing
some physical problems.
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I can tell you
that because the crowd
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this size I know that you're.
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You don't even know
how to deal with it.
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May be the doctor has given you
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some terminal
information saying,
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you've 'x' amount of
months to live or a year or two.
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How you're gonna deal with that?
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How will people around you
know that you're a Christian?
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Will you still be
and represent Jesus?
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Will you lift Him up
during those rough hours
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if He chooses not to heal you?
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Some of you are going
through financial problems.
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You've been big
givers to the church
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as long as business was good.
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But since business isn't good
and things have fallen apart
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all of a sudden
guys, well I just can't,
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I can't give like I used
to, I am just not gonna give.
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I am not gonna support anymore.
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People are watching what we do.
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How do we
rightly represent Jesus?
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Well, you know, I
wanna go to church here.
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I want to do these things.
Let me tell you something.
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I wanna bring it down to
personal and individual bases
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on how we can lift
Jesus up to the world.
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The world cannot be fooled.
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People in the world recognize
spirits that are of the world.
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Those that are very are
Christian who love Jesus.
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You can meet
somebody for a few seconds
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and know you've met
another Christian, haven't you?
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You can tell it.
So what happens is...
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we folks and I am
talking to men today.
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There are many, many men here.
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What happens is,
we go along our lives
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where we get
busy we're providing
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for our families
for our children.
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We're thinking about education.
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We're thinking
about our businesses.
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Go to church every week.
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We pay our tithes,
we pay our offerings.
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But all of a sudden
somewhere we begin to lose focus
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on what our
mission is of lifting Jesus
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up to a lost and dying world.
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Somewhere along the way
things begin to come in.
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I talked about
television while ago.
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And in joking
well, I talked to you
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about it seriously right now.
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Folks the garbage that
we bring in to our house
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will end up somehow
showing it or talking about it
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or it will have an effect on
us if we're watching that stuff.
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It is true you
need to be watching 3ABN
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or the Hope
Channel or whatever else
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you can give that
brings in good news.
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When you're talking to John Dove
on the street as a Christian,
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as a non
Christian John Dove can tell
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if you're putting on or not.
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He knows because he identifies
with the lying spirit.
00:15:21.11\00:15:24.78
He identifies with the
spirit that's playing church
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and not a spirit
that is involved in church
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that loves
church and loves Jesus,
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he knows the difference.
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And I want to tell you something
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I've mentioned this
illustration before,
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but it occurred to
me several months ago
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that what happens
is we get involved,
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we bring all these
things into our homes.
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What are we
doing on the internets?
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What kind of stuff
are we downloading?
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What kind of
stuff are we watching
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on television, on the internets?
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What kind of things are we
as men as head of households,
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what are we involved in?
00:15:54.93\00:15:56.30
What kind of habits
are we bowing down to?
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Do we realize that
we're serving a God
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that can give us victory
over these--the sin in our life?
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Do you know that
everybody understand
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that God can give
us victory over sin.
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If He cannot,
He's not much of a God.
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I am sorry to say
that, but that's my opinion.
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If I have problems that
God can't help me overcome.
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Then I need to find--I
need to go look somewhere else.
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But I wanna tell you
assuredly, there is nothing,
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no problem that you've so big
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that God can't solve
it if you'll allow Him to.
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So I wanna talk to
you today about things
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that are controlling
us, not us controlling them.
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Things in life
that are controlling us
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that are taking
our eyes off Jesus
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and the cross of
Calvary and therefore hurting
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our witness to a
lost and dying world.
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You see folks Jesus, we're not
waiting on Jesus to comeback.
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We all say, oh I can't
wait for the Lord to comeback.
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Oh, I can't--just can't
wait for Jesus to comeback.
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Well, you know what,
Jesus is waiting on us.
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He's waiting on
His people to perfect
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His character within our
lives. So He can comeback
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for our purified
bride, and a purified church.
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But Satan has every
smokes screen possible out there
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to destroy us to
take our eyes off Jesus
00:17:04.46\00:17:06.97
and cross of Calvary and
we've been falling for it.
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We have been falling for
it, so today my cry is to you
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as the O4 revival
series is to rededication,
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resubmit and recommit our
lives to God and understand
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that He can give us
power over sin in our lives,
00:17:21.21\00:17:24.20
that we can by the
process of sanctification
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become more and more
like the Lord Jesus Christ.
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As we look to
Him and keep focused
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on our mission and our message.
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If you forget the
mission and message,
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you're caught up and don't have
any idea where you're going.
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You've no idea
where you're going.
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No idea where you're going.
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For these guys
sitting over here.
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What I want I want
to talk you about today?
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God can bring us and give us
victory over sin in our lives.
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But we've to first
understand what that sin is.
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We've become so used to
sin, we don't see it anymore.
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And think about it
folks, we are blind.
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We're blind, naked and
poor, we don't know it.
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But we think we're wealthy
and have need of nothing.
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But we don't even recognize sin,
00:18:05.78\00:18:07.53
because we're careless to it,
00:18:07.56\00:18:09.09
because it comes
into our homes everyday,
00:18:09.12\00:18:12.41
through
television, through the radio,
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what are we listening to?
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What are we talking about
when we're with our children?
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Our children know
we can go to church
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and pray and stand up and
say all these great things.
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But they know
where our heart is,
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where your treasure is.
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Jesus says, there
your heart is also.
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We can tell is it about money.
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I can talk to
people and I can tell
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almost instantly
where their heart is.
00:18:31.50\00:18:35.06
And they can tell it about us.
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Now we come and we dress up
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on Sabbath
morning, we look good.
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We look like we're Christian.
We look like we're happy.
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We look like we're
living victorious lives.
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But frankly very few of us are.
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But I wanna give
you the good news today.
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We can overcome sin
and to where everyday
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we can draw closer to Jesus.
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I am talking about
overcoming like this.
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Let me give you some examples.
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The world--we've
several classes of people.
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The world is
over here and you talk
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to somebody who
is not a Christian.
00:19:04.14\00:19:05.51
Most times you talk to a
person who's not a Christian.
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I am talking
about the average soul
00:19:09.41\00:19:10.84
that we meet on the streets.
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And say don't you know
that, do you believe in God.
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Oh, yeah, we're here in
United States of America,
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most of us believe in God.
00:19:17.88\00:19:19.25
Oh, yeah, I
believe there is a God.
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Well, yeah but you're
out doing all these tings.
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.75
You're running around, you're
involved in drugs and alcohol.
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You're partying,
you're doing all this.
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Yeah, I know it, I
know there is a God
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and someday when I get older,
00:19:29.10\00:19:31.13
someday when I get older,
I'll commit my life to God.
00:19:31.16\00:19:33.64
But right now I am
having too much fun.
00:19:33.67\00:19:35.85
I don't' want to be bothered.
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See the non-Christians knows
that he is not doing right.
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God can work with that folks.
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It's when we think
that we're doing right
00:19:42.99\00:19:45.12
and we're deceiving ourselves
then they were Christians
00:19:45.15\00:19:47.60
that were hard to reach,
because our heart is hardened.
00:19:47.63\00:19:50.53
So you got the
non-Christians over here saying,
00:19:50.56\00:19:52.99
saying, oh well, yeah I
know I am doing wrong, so what?
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I'll just have to answer for it.
00:19:57.31\00:19:58.83
But over here
you've got Christians now.
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Here's the way we
come into the church.
00:20:01.18\00:20:03.16
Here's the way we
come into the church.
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Well, I was over
here in the world
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doing all of these things.
00:20:06.37\00:20:08.02
And I find out if
I do those things,
00:20:08.05\00:20:10.56
I don't' think I
can go to heaven.
00:20:10.59\00:20:11.98
So I have to quit
doing A, B, C, D and G.
00:20:12.01\00:20:15.18
So okay, I wanna quit
doing all those things.
00:20:15.21\00:20:17.89
So Lord help me, I don't
want to do those things anymore.
00:20:17.92\00:20:20.59
So we sit over here and we
don't do those things anymore.
00:20:20.62\00:20:24.11
But instead of really
getting involved in God
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and His word in everyday
starting your day with Jesus.
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Having Jesus through the day
and ending your day with Jesus.
00:20:29.13\00:20:31.84
As we start going through
our time and through our day.
00:20:31.87\00:20:34.90
Suddenly the Lord
has somehow loses out
00:20:34.93\00:20:37.92
and we begin to
lose that first love
00:20:37.95\00:20:40.55
that we had when
we became a Christian.
00:20:40.58\00:20:42.91
Now months down the
road, a year or two,
00:20:42.94\00:20:44.98
we're sitting over
here in church saying.
00:20:45.01\00:20:47.26
Boy, that brother
over there, you know,
00:20:47.29\00:20:49.39
he's gonna go die and be lost.
00:20:49.42\00:20:51.39
He's gonna go to
hell. He's gonna be lost,
00:20:51.42\00:20:53.26
because he's not
living Christian.
00:20:53.29\00:20:55.32
He's still
drinking, he's still smoking,
00:20:55.35\00:20:57.29
he's still doing
all these things,
00:20:57.32\00:20:59.44
but I am doing it anymore.
00:20:59.47\00:21:02.78
Yeah, I remember that's fun.
00:21:02.81\00:21:04.50
That was fun and I had
a great time out there.
00:21:04.53\00:21:07.06
But I am not going to do it,
00:21:07.09\00:21:08.46
because if I do it
I know I will be lost.
00:21:08.49\00:21:10.88
Now is that victory over sin,
00:21:10.91\00:21:12.51
where you want to do something,
00:21:12.54\00:21:13.91
but you don't do
it because you think
00:21:13.94\00:21:16.07
you shouldn't,
that's called legalism.
00:21:16.10\00:21:19.12
I'm gonna have to tell
you, but you got quite now.
00:21:19.15\00:21:20.99
When I started preaching
00:21:21.02\00:21:22.72
and went to
Midland, didn't as I say.
00:21:22.75\00:21:24.78
Now, I want you
to think about us,
00:21:24.81\00:21:26.18
I am talking here this morning,
00:21:26.21\00:21:27.58
because I have no idea
what I am talking about until.
00:21:27.61\00:21:29.58
I'm telling you that
right upfront I never do.
00:21:29.61\00:21:31.35
I have to say Lord, you
tell me what I need to say today
00:21:31.38\00:21:34.12
and then you
blessed in spite of me.
00:21:34.15\00:21:36.18
You let the folk out here.
00:21:36.21\00:21:37.58
You all are not
hearing what I am saying.
00:21:37.61\00:21:39.15
You think you are, but I have
asked God to do a job on you,
00:21:39.18\00:21:42.94
that you're hearing what
the Holy Spirit want you to say.
00:21:42.97\00:21:45.46
Might jumbled up words,
00:21:45.49\00:21:46.86
I am just up here
going through the motions.
00:21:46.89\00:21:48.45
You're with me now?
00:21:48.48\00:21:49.88
I have prayed
that the Holy Spirit
00:21:49.91\00:21:51.86
will work on each
one of your hearts
00:21:51.89\00:21:53.59
and your minds today
that something will happen
00:21:53.62\00:21:56.45
to draw us to see
that we have a greater need
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.98
for Jesus than ever before.
00:21:59.01\00:22:00.55
There is a reason why
this world is not on fire
00:22:00.58\00:22:04.20
and not lit up and
the gospel is not going
00:22:04.23\00:22:06.48
with great power and
glory around the earth.
00:22:06.51\00:22:08.64
It's because of you and me.
00:22:08.67\00:22:10.19
As Christians we've failed.
00:22:10.22\00:22:11.86
As Seventh-day Adventist
Christians we have failed,
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.70
because we're
content sitting over here
00:22:14.73\00:22:16.64
fighting this daily drudge oh,
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.64
I better sit down I am so tired.
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.50
Oh, this sin is so, man
it's tough being a Christian.
00:22:20.53\00:22:24.72
I have people call me
brother how're you doing?
00:22:24.75\00:22:27.03
I say to the guy
how're you doing in ministry?
00:22:27.06\00:22:29.66
How are you doing brothers?
00:22:29.69\00:22:31.06
Oh, I tell you the
devil just beat me up.
00:22:31.09\00:22:32.87
Oh the devil is at me
every turn, every thing I do.
00:22:32.90\00:22:35.74
The devil is
just how're you doing?
00:22:35.77\00:22:38.18
I said, oh if I was any
better I couldn't stand it.
00:22:38.21\00:22:40.92
What he said? I said, if I
was any better, I couldn't--
00:22:40.95\00:22:43.62
what happened you
get a big donation.
00:22:43.65\00:22:46.34
I said no. I am
child of most high king.
00:22:46.37\00:22:49.36
I am child of God,
that's all I need to know.
00:22:49.39\00:22:51.60
It doesn't make any difference,
what's going on in my life?
00:22:51.63\00:22:54.56
I am happy. I am happy
as if I had good sense.
00:22:54.59\00:22:57.22
My dad used to
say. That boy is happy
00:22:57.25\00:22:58.82
as if he had good sense.
00:22:58.85\00:23:01.44
And that's why I
still I am today,
00:23:01.47\00:23:03.40
because the spiritual
sense that God has given me
00:23:03.43\00:23:05.89
is that I serve the living God,
00:23:05.92\00:23:08.05
the God that can
bring me victory in my life.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.38
I don't have to sit
over here and like oh,
00:23:10.41\00:23:12.61
I tell you its so
tough being a Christian.
00:23:12.64\00:23:14.68
Well, I won't go
do what they're doing.
00:23:14.71\00:23:16.54
When we go step, today I want
you to take it a step further.
00:23:16.57\00:23:20.56
Today before we leave
this building I am praying
00:23:20.59\00:23:22.74
that every one of us including
me will take it a step further.
00:23:22.77\00:23:26.02
I want you to get say Lord,
00:23:26.05\00:23:28.02
come into my life and
give me victory over this sin.
00:23:28.05\00:23:30.76
When God gives you
victory over that sin.
00:23:30.79\00:23:33.00
You got this guy over
here knowing he is sinning.
00:23:33.03\00:23:35.49
Doing this, well,
I'll go to God later.
00:23:35.52\00:23:37.60
This is one wishing he could,
00:23:37.63\00:23:39.21
but don't because
hey it's not right.
00:23:39.24\00:23:41.91
How many of you
don't raise your hands,
00:23:41.94\00:23:43.82
go to church every
Sabbath because you want to.
00:23:43.85\00:23:47.29
Don't raise your hand?
00:23:47.32\00:23:51.23
How many of you go
every Sabbath to church,
00:23:51.26\00:23:55.71
because you can't wait to get up
00:23:55.74\00:23:57.98
and go to the house of the Lord,
00:23:58.01\00:24:00.08
and to fellowship with
like brothers and sisters
00:24:00.11\00:24:02.51
and to hear what the
pastor has got to say,
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.68
and to join take part
in the Sabbath school.
00:24:04.71\00:24:08.97
Many of you don't. You do it
00:24:09.00\00:24:10.83
because you know
you're supposed to go.
00:24:10.86\00:24:13.49
Well Sabbath today I
learned that, I can count.
00:24:13.52\00:24:18.23
Darrel still has
trouble counting to seven,
00:24:18.26\00:24:20.02
but some of the
rest of us don't.
00:24:20.05\00:24:22.28
We've got that
part figured out, okay.
00:24:22.31\00:24:24.67
I may have to give
him the microphone later
00:24:28.06\00:24:29.92
to get even with me here.
00:24:29.95\00:24:32.37
Darrel and I love each
other, so we don't even
00:24:32.40\00:24:34.08
by get obsessed
watching on television.
00:24:34.11\00:24:35.82
We have fun with each other.
00:24:35.85\00:24:38.04
But what happens is
we need do say Lord,
00:24:38.07\00:24:42.90
come into my life and let me
see sin for what it really is.
00:24:42.93\00:24:47.14
Now how many of us have
actually prayed for that.
00:24:47.17\00:24:50.14
Lord, let me see sin
for what it really is.
00:24:50.17\00:24:53.72
When you ask God that suddenly
you're going to another level,
00:24:53.75\00:24:57.75
because now if sin
is no longer attractive.
00:24:57.78\00:25:00.68
Sin no longer looks beautiful.
00:25:00.71\00:25:02.46
Sin no longer looks enticing
00:25:02.49\00:25:04.48
to come over here
pulling you over here.
00:25:04.51\00:25:06.43
You wanna run from it.
00:25:06.46\00:25:07.83
You wanna stay away from it.
00:25:07.86\00:25:09.38
And instead of
seeing when you say God
00:25:09.41\00:25:11.25
come into my life give me
victory over sin in my life.
00:25:11.28\00:25:14.57
Make sin look what it really
is, take the blinders off.
00:25:14.60\00:25:17.70
Satan has deceived
me, because of television,
00:25:17.73\00:25:20.18
because of radio,
because of my work,
00:25:20.21\00:25:22.37
because of all that I am doing.
00:25:22.40\00:25:24.65
I don't really
even know what sin is.
00:25:24.68\00:25:26.96
I am so immersed in it that
I am sure that I am a failure.
00:25:26.99\00:25:30.39
God I can't do it. I am
tired of playing in church.
00:25:30.42\00:25:33.12
I wanna a relationship with you
00:25:33.15\00:25:34.93
that I love to get up in
the morning and go to church.
00:25:34.96\00:25:37.44
I am not gonna
come home and say.
00:25:37.47\00:25:39.03
Well what bore can you
imagine the preacher said this?
00:25:39.06\00:25:41.67
That was that, did you see
00:25:41.70\00:25:43.07
how unfriendly
those folk were in church?
00:25:43.10\00:25:45.20
Do you see that guy over there
00:25:45.23\00:25:46.60
what he was
wearing? That looks terrible.
00:25:46.63\00:25:48.10
See, when you
go home from church
00:25:48.13\00:25:50.24
and you find
things to criticize about,
00:25:50.27\00:25:52.57
you're still
sitting in this corner,
00:25:52.60\00:25:54.30
well I am not going to go out
and do these things in world.
00:25:54.33\00:25:56.84
But sin still looks good,
but I am gonna be a Christian
00:25:56.87\00:26:01.07
just so I can go to heaven.
00:26:01.10\00:26:02.57
That's the selfish
reason and I am afraid
00:26:02.60\00:26:04.60
we won't make it to heaven
when we think that way folks.
00:26:04.63\00:26:07.15
What we need to do is say God,
give me victory over my life.
00:26:07.18\00:26:09.86
Take this smokes screen out.
00:26:09.89\00:26:11.35
Give me victory. Let me
see sin for what sin really is.
00:26:11.38\00:26:15.01
When that happens folks,
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.26
we're bunch of guys here
right, so I can talk frank.
00:26:17.29\00:26:19.74
Folks, when this
happens when we say,
00:26:19.77\00:26:23.21
Lord, help me
overcome sin in my life.
00:26:23.24\00:26:25.94
Give me victory
over habits in my life.
00:26:25.97\00:26:28.81
You no longer
have to say, oh boy,
00:26:28.84\00:26:32.01
I am struggling with this.
00:26:32.04\00:26:33.41
I am struggling, God
can give you victory.
00:26:33.44\00:26:35.09
I've had it happen in my
own life, that's how I know.
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.02
Some of you have had it
happened in your own life.
00:26:38.05\00:26:41.58
But mine it seems like
there is only certain areas.
00:26:41.61\00:26:44.90
One day I was
praying, I said Lord,
00:26:44.93\00:26:46.30
you did a great
thing for me years ago.
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.63
Now I am not up here condemning
00:26:49.66\00:26:51.32
what people do
and what they eat.
00:26:51.35\00:26:52.82
But years ago I
was a sugarholic,
00:26:52.85\00:26:56.57
now that means that like
for breakfast I could eat,
00:26:56.60\00:26:59.25
I wouldn't eat one
doughnut, I'd eat six,
00:26:59.28\00:27:01.44
and I dunk them
in milk, you know.
00:27:01.47\00:27:03.76
I mean if I had a
chance to eat sweets,
00:27:03.79\00:27:07.17
I'd eat them before
I eat my regular meals,
00:27:07.20\00:27:09.21
in case I didn't have
room for the meal, right.
00:27:09.24\00:27:11.70
You want to make sure
you get that great taste
00:27:11.73\00:27:13.73
and ice-cream and cake
and all that kind of stuff.
00:27:13.76\00:27:16.94
And one day I was
watching on television.
00:27:16.97\00:27:19.90
There's another Christian
ministry back years ago.
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.90
And these folks
were baptizing people
00:27:22.93\00:27:26.40
out of the church
into their own new church.
00:27:26.43\00:27:30.65
And I said, what in
the world are they doing.
00:27:30.68\00:27:32.53
They got a television
truck. They're up linking.
00:27:32.56\00:27:35.55
They're having their
own little camp meetings.
00:27:35.58\00:27:37.41
Instead of baptizing
people into this church,
00:27:37.44\00:27:39.70
they were
saying, well this church,
00:27:39.73\00:27:41.28
these people--you
know, they're too liberal
00:27:41.31\00:27:44.34
and they're all
of this and that.
00:27:44.37\00:27:45.74
Let's start our own
group and they have a name.
00:27:45.77\00:27:47.79
I won't give the
name of this group,
00:27:47.82\00:27:50.29
but they're baptizing and I knew
the people that was doing it.
00:27:50.32\00:27:53.56
And I looked at that and I said
how deceived these people are.
00:27:53.59\00:27:57.98
How deceived they are.
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.38
This little group, Jesus
said be a part of the group
00:27:59.41\00:28:01.29
that's going into all the world.
00:28:01.32\00:28:02.90
One of the identifying
marks of the remnant church
00:28:02.93\00:28:05.58
is the church that
goes into all the world.
00:28:05.61\00:28:07.65
You can't get a hundred
or two hundred little people
00:28:07.68\00:28:09.81
in this corner and say
well we're the ones right.
00:28:09.84\00:28:11.61
Everybody else they don't have
the message, they're deceived.
00:28:11.64\00:28:14.34
So I said Lord, help
me not to be deceived.
00:28:14.37\00:28:17.08
I don't want to be
deceived like that.
00:28:17.11\00:28:19.00
So I really prayed and I said,
I am gonna fast the next day.
00:28:19.03\00:28:22.24
So I fasted for the whole day.
00:28:22.27\00:28:24.57
Well the next
morning I went to eat.
00:28:24.60\00:28:26.33
Now I didn't say anything
about help me overcome sweets.
00:28:26.36\00:28:29.63
I did not-- here is my prayer.
00:28:29.66\00:28:31.18
Lord don't let
anything come between me and you
00:28:31.21\00:28:34.57
that I can be ever be this
deceived and be doing your--
00:28:34.60\00:28:38.50
be doing the
devils work in your name.
00:28:38.53\00:28:41.97
Never let me be
deceived like that.
00:28:42.00\00:28:43.62
Please, whatever is
in my life remove it,
00:28:43.65\00:28:46.40
so that I can see clearly
what you would have me to do
00:28:46.43\00:28:49.43
and the direction
that 3ABN is to go.
00:28:49.46\00:28:53.22
The next morning I
went downstairs to eat.
00:28:53.25\00:28:55.84
I opened up some sweets
and started to eat them.
00:28:55.87\00:28:59.31
I didn't think
that they-- I thought,
00:28:59.34\00:29:00.74
oh, they don't
look and I looked over
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.53
and saw a banana I
said, oh, that just look good.
00:29:02.56\00:29:04.84
So I eat the banana, went on.
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.67
I remember lunch time
came, we had some guests.
00:29:06.70\00:29:09.04
We went into Wendy's potatoes
place and I get a potato.
00:29:09.07\00:29:13.89
And I get broccoli and
cheese and whatever else
00:29:13.92\00:29:17.32
all I could put on that potato.
00:29:17.35\00:29:19.13
So I ordered the potato and
they said, what do you want?
00:29:19.16\00:29:21.18
And I said, oh
give me a broccoli
00:29:21.21\00:29:23.22
and cheese and I looked at it.
00:29:23.25\00:29:24.62
And I hurt then myself
say, or just make it plain.
00:29:24.65\00:29:27.86
They said you wanna plain.
I said yeah I wanna plain.
00:29:27.89\00:29:29.76
I eat that
potato and I said man,
00:29:29.79\00:29:31.24
I wonder what they do here.
00:29:31.27\00:29:32.64
This is the best
potato I ever ate.
00:29:32.67\00:29:35.05
Didn't taste dry.
Reason I put junk on it butter
00:29:35.08\00:29:38.34
and all that was
because it taste too dry.
00:29:38.37\00:29:40.24
This was great I said
man Wendy's can really knows
00:29:40.27\00:29:42.49
how to make up a
great potato, all right?
00:29:42.52\00:29:45.81
Lets not give Wendy's
a plug down necessarily,
00:29:45.84\00:29:48.16
not running them down either,
00:29:48.19\00:29:49.56
but I am just
telling you how I felt.
00:29:49.59\00:29:51.07
So I began to notice
the next day was Friday,
00:29:51.10\00:29:54.34
and I was taken off. So I went
to St. Louis to the airport.
00:29:54.37\00:29:57.41
I was running
through the airport.
00:29:57.44\00:29:58.96
I had lot of times if
you can know how it is.
00:29:58.99\00:30:00.97
You do the old J thing.
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.37
You used to have that, you know,
00:30:02.40\00:30:03.77
commercial running through.
00:30:03.80\00:30:05.17
So I am running
through the airport.
00:30:05.20\00:30:06.57
And I always would eye
Mrs. Fields cookies, right?
00:30:06.60\00:30:09.52
Because she has these
and you can smell them.
00:30:09.55\00:30:11.33
So you know when
you're on the right terminal
00:30:11.36\00:30:12.83
and you're
heading the right way.
00:30:12.86\00:30:14.23
So, I am running towards
these, then I am like oh boy,
00:30:14.26\00:30:16.95
I am gonna stop and get some
and I'll eat them on the plane,
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.43
because they don't give
enough but junk on the plane
00:30:19.46\00:30:21.27
you know peanuts and
stuff like that back then.
00:30:21.30\00:30:23.47
I need some Mrs. Fields cookies
to get me through this thing.
00:30:23.50\00:30:26.51
So I am running
through the airport
00:30:26.54\00:30:27.91
and I run over to Mrs.
Fields, and I say I'd like--
00:30:27.94\00:30:31.58
they say what is it you want.
00:30:31.61\00:30:32.98
And I go,
00:30:33.01\00:30:34.38
oh, and I want to
tell you something
00:30:34.41\00:30:36.83
Those cookies did
not look like anything
00:30:36.86\00:30:39.36
I had eaten for years.
00:30:39.39\00:30:41.54
I mean they
didn't look good to me.
00:30:41.57\00:30:43.54
And I said oh I am sorry I
guess I don't need anything.
00:30:43.57\00:30:46.90
So I took off.
00:30:46.93\00:30:48.30
When got on the plane, I
said, what is wrong with me?
00:30:48.33\00:30:50.85
Now, I couldn't believe it.
00:30:50.88\00:30:52.58
So they bring me.
00:30:52.61\00:30:53.98
I got an upgrade,
00:30:54.01\00:30:55.38
I travel a lot so
you can get free upgrades
00:30:55.41\00:30:57.24
where you can
have free flying miles.
00:30:57.27\00:30:58.64
So they
upgraded me that morning,
00:30:58.67\00:31:00.04
so I had two choices.
00:31:00.07\00:31:01.94
They were gonna have
French toast on the plane.
00:31:01.97\00:31:04.54
French toast with the
lot of good syrup and butter.
00:31:04.57\00:31:07.44
Or they're gonna
have a scrambled eggs.
00:31:07.47\00:31:10.27
So I said--boy I'll
get the French toast.
00:31:10.30\00:31:12.91
So they come and
say what do you want.
00:31:12.94\00:31:14.31
I said, I will take--
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.76
I said won't give
me the eggs I guess.
00:31:16.79\00:31:19.06
So they brought me the eggs
00:31:19.09\00:31:20.46
and I looked at
the eggs and I said.
00:31:20.49\00:31:21.86
Oh, those eggs look awful,
that use to be that was a baby.
00:31:21.89\00:31:26.82
That egg was a baby
that was gonna be a baby.
00:31:26.85\00:31:29.04
And I am eating baby. I
am eating somebody's baby.
00:31:29.07\00:31:32.08
I mean that really
looks disgusting to me.
00:31:32.11\00:31:34.72
Now, I've ate eggs for years.
00:31:34.75\00:31:37.22
But I looked at those eggs
00:31:37.25\00:31:38.94
and I couldn't
hardly stand that.
00:31:38.97\00:31:40.52
I said, ooh, I don't want that.
00:31:40.55\00:31:41.96
In a little tiny bowl
on the side of the plate
00:31:41.99\00:31:44.72
had some
muskmelon we call cantaloupe
00:31:44.75\00:31:46.84
and honeydew and a
little piece of pineapple.
00:31:46.87\00:31:50.99
And that jumped
out at me I said oh,
00:31:51.02\00:31:52.99
that looks so good.
00:31:53.02\00:31:54.39
Well, I have never been
a big fruit eater really,
00:31:54.42\00:31:56.39
I ate that and I was
like to the stewards,
00:31:56.42\00:31:58.44
do you have anymore of this.
00:31:58.47\00:31:59.84
She said, I will check
00:31:59.87\00:32:01.24
brought me
another bowl of fruit.
00:32:01.27\00:32:02.64
Tasted great, I
couldn't believe it.
00:32:02.67\00:32:04.19
Six weeks, went
by at least to this.
00:32:04.22\00:32:06.96
I go to somebody's
house. Oh, you want a dessert.
00:32:06.99\00:32:09.06
Oh, sure.
00:32:09.09\00:32:10.48
I didn't know
what was happening.
00:32:10.51\00:32:12.06
Folks here is what had happened.
00:32:12.09\00:32:14.03
I was, I said Lord,
00:32:14.06\00:32:16.53
remove anything in my
life that would keep me
00:32:16.56\00:32:19.02
from hearing you
and being deceived.
00:32:19.05\00:32:21.74
I didn't even have
to bring up by name.
00:32:21.77\00:32:23.60
The Lord knew that
my diet, and the way
00:32:23.63\00:32:25.86
I was taking care of
my body was not healthy.
00:32:25.89\00:32:28.58
And therefore, if I am
not in good physical shape
00:32:28.61\00:32:31.83
then the devil an deceive me.
00:32:31.86\00:32:34.56
Are you with me,
or am I going too far?
00:32:34.59\00:32:36.85
That's over your
head, that too deep.
00:32:36.88\00:32:40.28
What I am saying is
folks, whatever problem,
00:32:40.31\00:32:42.72
now other problems in my life
00:32:42.75\00:32:44.69
I've said, Lord
you did that miracle
00:32:44.72\00:32:46.78
I didn't even
asked you for that.
00:32:46.81\00:32:48.18
I did not even
named that in my life.
00:32:48.21\00:32:50.51
To this day, it's been 15 years
00:32:50.54\00:32:52.60
I have never had any
desire to have sweets.
00:32:52.63\00:32:57.87
I have none from sweetholic
to never have a desire
00:32:57.90\00:33:01.66
even when I found out
for sure that God had taken
00:33:01.69\00:33:05.80
that away from me
when I was all by myself.
00:33:05.83\00:33:10.68
Right you're all by
yourself. Nobody would know.
00:33:10.71\00:33:15.52
Nobody if you ate this or that.
00:33:15.55\00:33:18.72
And I didn't wanted, I
said that's disgusting.
00:33:18.75\00:33:21.95
I don't' want it.
00:33:21.98\00:33:23.35
Now I am not
condemning those who do.
00:33:23.38\00:33:25.34
That's not my job,
because many of us now
00:33:25.37\00:33:27.91
we find victory over something.
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.91
We're so excited I
began to go tell my wife.
00:33:29.94\00:33:32.79
I begin to tell everybody
00:33:32.82\00:33:34.42
should eat a piece
of cake and I'd go.
00:33:34.45\00:33:35.82
I can't believe you're eating
that sweet, that's terrible.
00:33:35.85\00:33:40.43
You see how
much-- those people eat
00:33:40.46\00:33:42.24
more sweets than
they do at potlucks.
00:33:42.27\00:33:44.06
There's more sweets than they're
vegetables there and fruit.
00:33:44.09\00:33:47.15
And all of a
sudden I have found myself
00:33:47.18\00:33:49.28
say I had fallen out
of the boat on one side.
00:33:49.31\00:33:51.60
The devil doesn't
care which side the boat
00:33:51.63\00:33:53.02
you fall out of folk
just long as you fall out,
00:33:53.05\00:33:55.54
right?
00:33:55.57\00:33:56.94
So now, I am on the other side
00:33:56.97\00:33:58.34
pointing my
finger to every body.
00:33:58.37\00:33:59.92
He calls himself a
Christian, look at that.
00:33:59.95\00:34:02.31
Hey, this guy is a church worker
00:34:02.34\00:34:04.07
and he's eating sweets,
eating junk, I can't believe.
00:34:04.10\00:34:07.52
Look at those chips.
00:34:07.55\00:34:08.92
Does he have any
idea how much salt?
00:34:08.95\00:34:11.02
How much fat is in that stuff?
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.20
Then I found
myself people didn't even
00:34:13.23\00:34:15.10
want my family didn't
want to eat around me.
00:34:15.13\00:34:18.10
Hey, I was just
trying to give them truth.
00:34:18.13\00:34:20.87
I was trying to
help them, right?
00:34:20.90\00:34:23.47
Well that's my
jobs to help people.
00:34:23.50\00:34:26.07
No it isn't?
00:34:26.10\00:34:27.67
That's not my job, my
job is to I lost focus.
00:34:27.70\00:34:30.30
My focus is see
God helped me over
00:34:30.33\00:34:32.92
and gave me victory
on one area of my life.
00:34:32.95\00:34:35.25
And now all of a
sudden I sensed that victory.
00:34:35.28\00:34:37.54
So now instead of
saying, thank you Lord,
00:34:37.57\00:34:39.96
help me in this area of my
life and that area of my life.
00:34:39.99\00:34:42.74
I thought I was the judge now,
00:34:42.77\00:34:44.79
because I had a right
to tell everybody else
00:34:44.82\00:34:46.63
what they should do.
00:34:46.66\00:34:48.03
I totally was deceived
again. So after a while.
00:34:48.06\00:34:51.46
When I got to found out
people were uncomfortable.
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.16
I began to pray about it.
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.72
And the Lord showed
me that's not your job.
00:34:55.75\00:34:58.25
I didn't do this, so
you can go tell everybody
00:34:58.28\00:35:00.44
what they should eat,
and what they shouldn't eat.
00:35:00.47\00:35:03.34
You see God is a God of balance.
00:35:03.37\00:35:05.80
I have sense enough to know that
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.58
if somebody has eaten
a dessert now and then
00:35:07.61\00:35:09.71
or somebody has
eaten something they like,
00:35:09.74\00:35:11.88
the potato chips
or whatever else,
00:35:11.91\00:35:13.65
that's not a sin in itself.
00:35:13.68\00:35:16.68
The sin is
Satan-- what Satan want
00:35:16.71\00:35:19.51
that God created everything
perfectly and in order.
00:35:19.54\00:35:22.39
Satan wants to throw
things out of balance
00:35:22.42\00:35:24.74
and then he wants
us to get so used to it
00:35:24.77\00:35:27.11
that we don't know when
things are out of balance.
00:35:27.14\00:35:29.88
We are deceived if you will.
00:35:29.91\00:35:31.58
So what I had to do is say Lord,
00:35:31.61\00:35:33.61
help me to be
loving and to be kind.
00:35:33.64\00:35:36.45
Help me to realize
I am not the judge.
00:35:36.48\00:35:39.16
Just help me to lift you up.
00:35:39.19\00:35:40.88
You see our mission in focus,
00:35:40.91\00:35:42.41
I if I--I want you
to say with me one time.
00:35:42.44\00:35:45.16
"I if I be
lifted up from the earth
00:35:45.19\00:35:48.49
will draw all men unto me."
00:35:48.52\00:35:50.18
I want to say it
again. Jesus is speaking.
00:35:50.21\00:35:52.37
"I if I be lifted up
from the earth will draw."
00:35:52.40\00:35:55.88
How many? "All men unto me."
00:35:55.91\00:35:59.09
You see folks, our mission
is not about Danny Shelton.
00:35:59.12\00:36:02.50
It's not about what I do
00:36:02.53\00:36:04.02
or what I eat
and what I don't eat.
00:36:04.05\00:36:06.19
What I found out is
when you have a problem
00:36:06.22\00:36:08.58
in your life, that's keeping you
00:36:08.61\00:36:10.74
from having a relationship
with Jesus we're with joy.
00:36:10.77\00:36:14.04
You get up in the morning
and face the world no matter
00:36:14.07\00:36:16.85
what's going on around you.
00:36:16.88\00:36:18.50
That you can
have joy in your life
00:36:18.53\00:36:20.74
and when whatever
problems that you're dealing it
00:36:20.77\00:36:22.91
within your life
that has controlled you.
00:36:22.94\00:36:25.15
You suddenly say I feel
like I am out of prison.
00:36:25.18\00:36:28.04
I am not under
control of that power anymore.
00:36:28.07\00:36:30.47
Satan will get you
where he has control of you
00:36:30.50\00:36:33.65
and you cannot
help what you're doing.
00:36:33.68\00:36:35.80
You cannot help
what you're doing,
00:36:37.81\00:36:39.66
because you're
addicted, you're addicted.
00:36:39.69\00:36:43.38
The only way that can be
broken, people will say, well,
00:36:43.41\00:36:46.02
you need to go to this session,
you need to go to this counsel,
00:36:46.05\00:36:48.94
you need to do
that, that may help,
00:36:48.97\00:36:50.73
I don't know?
00:36:50.76\00:36:52.13
All I know is
there is only one answer
00:36:52.16\00:36:53.72
for this world's problems today.
00:36:53.75\00:36:55.45
There is only one
way to overcome sin
00:36:55.48\00:36:57.29
and that's for Jesus Christ
to work in us and through us,
00:36:57.32\00:37:00.06
and do a miracle in our lives.
00:37:00.09\00:37:01.81
See that's what I
like about serving God.
00:37:01.84\00:37:04.27
He's a miracle working God.
00:37:04.30\00:37:05.91
That means God can do things
that you and me can't do, right.
00:37:05.94\00:37:10.06
A miracle is
something I can't do.
00:37:10.09\00:37:11.74
3ABN is a miracle.
00:37:11.77\00:37:13.54
Starting from where I came from
00:37:13.57\00:37:14.98
to see some seven satellites
going around the world--
00:37:15.01\00:37:18.17
literally on every
continent on planet earth,
00:37:18.20\00:37:20.61
reaching now hundreds
of millions of people.
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.26
That's happened in spite of me,
that's happened in spite of me.
00:37:23.29\00:37:26.72
I've had to pray God,
help me to get out of your way.
00:37:26.75\00:37:32.12
You may have to
pray that prayer too.
00:37:32.15\00:37:34.06
God help me to
get out of your way.
00:37:34.09\00:37:35.85
I want to talk to
you to those of you
00:37:35.88\00:37:37.30
who's going back
home to your wives,
00:37:37.33\00:37:39.60
to your children,
to your neighbors,
00:37:39.63\00:37:42.96
to go back with a different
attitude than you came.
00:37:42.99\00:37:46.60
Is Lord, give me
victory over sin in my life.
00:37:46.63\00:37:49.12
I don't' want to be
controlled by anything but You,
00:37:49.15\00:37:51.35
and I chose that.
00:37:51.38\00:37:52.75
I am asking you
to control my life.
00:37:52.78\00:37:54.73
I want you to help me see
sin for what it really is.
00:37:54.76\00:37:57.93
I want sin to be ugly to me.
00:37:57.96\00:38:00.20
The things that
are controlling me.
00:38:00.23\00:38:01.99
I want--if it's a
temporary problem in my life.
00:38:02.02\00:38:05.23
If its some men men especially
we like to be controlling
00:38:05.26\00:38:08.87
if it s a control problem.
God take that away from me.
00:38:08.90\00:38:11.99
You pray about
it and you ask God
00:38:12.02\00:38:14.17
if its habits in our lives.
00:38:14.20\00:38:15.97
Many of us are
addicted to habits in our life,
00:38:16.00\00:38:18.58
that we wouldn't want
anybody to know about.
00:38:18.61\00:38:22.06
We don't' want
anybody to know about it.
00:38:22.09\00:38:24.36
But yet it eats it
us, and it nose it us
00:38:24.39\00:38:27.65
and it bothers us,
because we can't get over it.
00:38:27.68\00:38:29.77
Today, Jesus can give
you victory over that.
00:38:29.80\00:38:32.63
I want you to know that
00:38:32.66\00:38:34.03
today Jesus wants
to give you victory.
00:38:34.06\00:38:36.76
If you leave here
today without having victory
00:38:36.79\00:38:38.85
over sin in your
life, that's your problem,
00:38:38.88\00:38:41.47
because we don't have to.
00:38:41.50\00:38:42.87
Now, does that mean that
we're gonna be perfect from now?
00:38:42.90\00:38:45.20
No, absolutely not.
00:38:45.23\00:38:46.82
Am I perfect?
No, absolutely not.
00:38:46.85\00:38:48.88
I wouldn't be in
the situation I am in,
00:38:48.91\00:38:50.86
if I was perfect.
No, I am not perfect.
00:38:50.89\00:38:52.91
I am not saying that.
00:38:52.94\00:38:54.31
But I am saying the process
of sanctification is you do it.
00:38:54.34\00:38:57.79
I guess you do it kind of
like not that we intent to,
00:38:57.82\00:39:00.93
but they say how do
you eat an elephant,
00:39:00.96\00:39:02.76
one bite at a time, right?
00:39:02.79\00:39:05.06
We work on things one
at a time as we see him.
00:39:05.09\00:39:07.37
Lord, helps me to
see myself as You see me.
00:39:07.40\00:39:11.57
I want you to remember that.
00:39:11.60\00:39:12.97
Lord, help me to see
myself as You see me.
00:39:13.00\00:39:15.19
That's not always
very pretty picture.
00:39:15.22\00:39:17.44
Help me to see
myself as others see me.
00:39:17.47\00:39:20.06
That's not a
very pretty picture.
00:39:20.09\00:39:22.43
Lord, why am I here?
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.65
If its true that when You
were hanging on the cross,
00:39:24.68\00:39:27.92
You could look down the stream
of time in sea of people--
00:39:27.95\00:39:32.50
sea of people
that would be willing
00:39:32.53\00:39:34.06
to give their lives
unto death if necessary
00:39:34.09\00:39:36.50
for the cause of God.
00:39:36.53\00:39:39.33
You must have seen
me, because I am living
00:39:39.36\00:39:42.41
in a closing
moments of earth's history.
00:39:42.44\00:39:45.12
Folks you are
living in a closing moments
00:39:45.15\00:39:47.43
of earth's
history. You're handpicked.
00:39:47.46\00:39:50.30
You're what God has called
to be the elite of the elite.
00:39:50.33\00:39:54.64
I need to say it again.
00:39:54.67\00:39:56.85
This is it, this is God's army.
00:39:56.88\00:39:59.81
But we're an
army that's battled,
00:39:59.84\00:40:01.85
and we're torned,
and we feel defeated.
00:40:01.88\00:40:05.87
I am thankful for the leaders
of this Michigan Conference,
00:40:05.90\00:40:09.53
that they would put together
this type of organization
00:40:09.56\00:40:13.07
where us men can come together
00:40:13.10\00:40:15.42
and forget about everything else
and fall on our face before God
00:40:15.45\00:40:19.82
and ask God for a new
do a miracle in our lives.
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.42
Make a new creation out of us.
Make a new creature out of us
00:40:23.45\00:40:27.16
That's what God wants
to do in our lives today.
00:40:27.19\00:40:29.77
Oh, I fail, I fail in everyday.
00:40:29.80\00:40:31.68
No, I am not
perfect, but you know what,
00:40:31.71\00:40:33.83
God helps me over this,
00:40:33.86\00:40:35.65
and then He helps me to
grow in this area of my life.
00:40:35.68\00:40:38.15
Six months from
now He's helping me
00:40:38.18\00:40:39.65
to grow in that area of my life.
00:40:39.68\00:40:41.50
And all along the
feathers have been unbound.
00:40:41.53\00:40:45.00
I am getting closer
and closer to Jesus.
00:40:45.03\00:40:47.14
When that happens,
people will quit seeing me
00:40:47.17\00:40:50.20
react and respond to
when you don't treat me
00:40:50.23\00:40:52.85
well till they see Jesus.
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.84
And when they see
Jesus coming forth,
00:40:54.87\00:40:56.85
that's when
they're gonna be impressed.
00:40:56.88\00:40:58.52
That's when there
are gonna be drawn
00:40:58.55\00:40:59.99
that there is
God, there is power.
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.93
Hey, I knew that guy.
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.33
Man he does have
a terrible temper.
00:41:03.36\00:41:04.82
What has happened to?
00:41:04.85\00:41:06.22
He is just so
loving. He's so kind.
00:41:06.25\00:41:08.94
Children will say
that about their parents.
00:41:08.97\00:41:10.86
What happened to dad?
00:41:10.89\00:41:13.56
Wives will say
about their husbands.
00:41:13.59\00:41:14.96
What happened to him?
00:41:14.99\00:41:17.49
I don't even know him.
00:41:17.52\00:41:20.44
I don't even know
him, he's changing so much.
00:41:20.47\00:41:25.43
"I if I lifted from the earth
will draw all men into me."
00:41:25.46\00:41:28.79
Simple deduction is
Jesus we cannot lift up Jesus
00:41:28.82\00:41:32.14
if we don't have Him, right?
00:41:32.17\00:41:35.28
We can pretend that
we're lifting up Jesus.
00:41:35.31\00:41:37.80
We can lift up
all sorts of things,
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.62
but it won't be Jesus.
00:41:39.65\00:41:41.02
We may fool the Christians, but
the non-Christians over here,
00:41:41.05\00:41:44.70
they're gonna
know the difference.
00:41:44.73\00:41:46.10
That's why they say,
00:41:46.13\00:41:47.50
a bother said church
is full of hypocrites.
00:41:47.53\00:41:50.21
That's right, it is, right?
00:41:50.24\00:41:54.44
Three of you agree
with me, that's fine.
00:41:54.47\00:41:57.53
That's fine, may
the rest of you mad
00:41:57.56\00:41:59.04
well my time is
about over anyway.
00:41:59.07\00:42:01.89
Go home this evening.
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.31
So, no its true
think about it folks,
00:42:03.34\00:42:08.56
think about it.
00:42:08.59\00:42:09.96
We have nothing to
offer Jesus of ourselves.
00:42:12.41\00:42:17.17
Nothing good to offer
the creator of the universe,
00:42:17.20\00:42:20.84
but He has
everything to offer us.
00:42:20.87\00:42:24.17
It's our responsibility
men and head of the household.
00:42:24.20\00:42:28.75
Yeah, things, some things
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.46
are gonna be beyond our
control, but do you give up.
00:42:30.49\00:42:35.34
When things are
out of your control,
00:42:35.37\00:42:37.18
what do you do? You go forward.
00:42:37.21\00:42:39.70
Nothing in the Bible says
about backing up and retreating
00:42:39.73\00:42:42.51
it says, "Go yee
into all the world."
00:42:42.54\00:42:44.85
I wanna tell you when you
submit and commit your life
00:42:44.88\00:42:47.33
to Jesus when you go
forward God will equip you.
00:42:47.36\00:42:50.85
You don't have to worry
about not being equipped.
00:42:50.88\00:42:53.75
God will equip
you with every tool
00:42:53.78\00:42:56.28
that you need to be an
effective witness for Jesus.
00:42:56.31\00:42:59.34
I believe the O4
revival I believe the revival
00:42:59.37\00:43:03.11
is like this or is a point
00:43:03.14\00:43:05.16
where I believe
within the next few months,
00:43:05.19\00:43:07.19
the next year we're
gonna see the outpouring
00:43:07.22\00:43:09.95
of the Holy Spirit
like we have never seen
00:43:09.98\00:43:12.53
in a closing
moments of earth's history.
00:43:12.56\00:43:14.09
I don't know about
you, but I am tired of Jesus
00:43:14.12\00:43:16.53
having to wait for
His people to be ready.
00:43:16.56\00:43:18.45
What do you say?
00:43:18.48\00:43:19.85
Let's make it within
our hearts, and our mind,
00:43:19.88\00:43:22.37
and our lives to say Lord,
00:43:22.40\00:43:24.20
make me a vessel
of honor for you.
00:43:24.23\00:43:27.04
Take this, I
wrote a song years ago.
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.31
Lord, take the
breath you gave me.
00:43:29.34\00:43:31.53
Take the body of clay
and mould me all over again.
00:43:31.56\00:43:35.68
That's my prayer today.
00:43:35.71\00:43:37.30
And its also I am praying that
it's gonna be your prayer today.
00:43:37.33\00:43:40.13
I am asked the trio to
come and sing another song.
00:43:40.16\00:43:42.81
And while they're singing
I want you to think about
00:43:42.84\00:43:44.96
your own life
and your relationship
00:43:44.99\00:43:46.91
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:43:46.94\00:43:48.33
Where are you?
What controlled you?
00:43:48.36\00:43:51.56
Is that the
spirit of the living God?
00:43:51.59\00:43:54.77
Is it the spirit
of the living God,
00:43:54.80\00:43:56.83
or is the spirit that's
unfamiliar with the living God?
00:43:56.86\00:43:59.84
Folks only you know that,
00:43:59.87\00:44:01.77
and sometimes
we don't even know,
00:44:01.80\00:44:03.18
so we have to say God, show us?
00:44:03.21\00:44:05.42
Take the eye off,
remove the scales on our eyes,
00:44:05.45\00:44:08.56
so we can see
ourselves for who we really are.
00:44:08.59\00:44:11.17
Does that mean you
will go away here perfect?
00:44:11.20\00:44:13.07
Is that mean
everybody will love you?
00:44:13.10\00:44:14.47
No, I can tell you this
00:44:14.50\00:44:16.09
when I was a
carpenter back years ago,
00:44:16.12\00:44:19.18
I had a lot more people like me,
00:44:19.21\00:44:21.02
percentage wise
than they do now.
00:44:21.05\00:44:23.39
Hmm, that's interesting.
00:44:23.42\00:44:24.91
The more I go out the
more I do for the Lord.
00:44:24.94\00:44:28.24
The more that
people seem to have to talk
00:44:28.27\00:44:30.44
about and the more that they
00:44:30.47\00:44:31.84
when they see in the public
eye they wanna criticize you,
00:44:31.87\00:44:34.64
to kind of discourage
me, can I discourage you.
00:44:34.67\00:44:37.43
No, I am not
accountable to people.
00:44:37.46\00:44:39.85
Just keep going
forward, look forward,
00:44:39.88\00:44:42.09
look to the cross of Calvary.
00:44:42.12\00:44:43.49
Lord each day submit, resubmit
and commit your life to Jesus.
00:44:43.52\00:44:47.55
And ask God to do a miracle
in your life he wants to do it.
00:44:47.58\00:44:51.35
Sing to us guys.
00:44:51.38\00:44:53.54
My Jesus, I love Thee,
00:45:07.74\00:45:13.62
I know Thou art mine
00:45:13.65\00:45:19.82
For Thee all the follies of sin
00:45:19.85\00:45:27.82
I resign
00:45:27.85\00:45:31.62
My gracious Redeemer,
00:45:31.65\00:45:38.16
my Savior art Thou
00:45:38.19\00:45:44.32
If ever I loved Thee,
00:45:44.35\00:45:50.40
my Jesus,
00:45:50.43\00:45:56.02
'tis now
00:45:56.05\00:46:03.02
I love Thee because
00:46:08.12\00:46:13.55
Thou hast first loved me
00:46:13.58\00:46:20.32
And purchased my pardon
00:46:20.35\00:46:26.24
on Calvary's tree
00:46:26.27\00:46:32.46
I love Thee for wearing
00:46:32.49\00:46:38.79
the thorns on Thy brow
00:46:38.82\00:46:46.51
If ever I loved Thee,
00:46:46.54\00:46:52.38
my Jesus,
00:46:52.41\00:46:58.07
'tis now
00:46:58.10\00:47:04.83
In mansions of glory
00:47:10.82\00:47:16.64
and endless delight
00:47:16.67\00:47:22.56
I'll ever adore Thee
00:47:22.59\00:47:28.84
in heaven so bright
00:47:28.87\00:47:34.56
I'll sing with the glittering
00:47:34.59\00:47:41.62
crown on my brow
00:47:41.65\00:47:48.62
If ever I loved Thee,
00:47:48.65\00:47:54.94
my Jesus,
00:47:54.97\00:48:00.66
my Jesus
00:48:00.69\00:48:08.66
'tis now
00:48:08.69\00:48:13.75
Do you love it today?
00:48:13.78\00:48:17.86
Amen.
00:48:28.56\00:48:30.34
What I'd like to do in closing
00:48:30.37\00:48:32.97
as I feel compelled to do this
and couldn't live with myself,
00:48:33.00\00:48:35.91
if I didn't apologize
for kind of messing up
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.54
your schedule for a few moments,
00:48:38.57\00:48:40.05
but let's let food wait
for just a few moments, okay.
00:48:40.08\00:48:44.80
Let's let physical
food wait for a few moments.
00:48:44.83\00:48:48.41
I believe that right
now for me to walk away,
00:48:48.44\00:48:51.82
the job is not finished.
00:48:51.85\00:48:54.35
I want to give you an
opportunity to resubmit
00:48:54.38\00:48:57.05
and recommit your life
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:48:57.08\00:49:01.21
Because I know that
there are many of you
00:49:01.24\00:49:03.18
who are bound by
things in your life.
00:49:03.21\00:49:06.60
It's affecting
the way your father.
00:49:06.63\00:49:09.13
Its effecting the
way that your husband.
00:49:09.16\00:49:10.82
Its effecting the way
that the people around you.
00:49:10.85\00:49:14.12
It's affecting
your own relationship
00:49:14.15\00:49:16.23
with Lord, with the Lord.
00:49:16.26\00:49:18.34
I am gonna ask that if
you wanna be bold enough,
00:49:18.37\00:49:21.02
we don't need to know God knows,
00:49:21.05\00:49:23.24
what is it the
problems in our life.
00:49:23.27\00:49:25.47
But if you want
special prayer today,
00:49:25.50\00:49:27.81
I am gonna give you the option
00:49:27.84\00:49:29.21
and we'll do this
quickly as we can.
00:49:29.24\00:49:30.93
And you wanna
miracle in your life.
00:49:30.96\00:49:32.73
This is not just a general.
00:49:32.76\00:49:34.13
We go to these meetings
and we don't want people
00:49:34.16\00:49:36.66
to see us not stand
when we make a commitment,
00:49:36.69\00:49:39.23
so we stand
whether we mean it or not.
00:49:39.26\00:49:41.03
If you don't mean it today,
00:49:41.06\00:49:42.43
I really thank
you should stay stiff.
00:49:42.46\00:49:45.08
But if you want God to
do a miracle in your life,
00:49:45.11\00:49:48.18
if you want Him
to give you freedom,
00:49:48.21\00:49:50.95
the truth of Bible
says will set us free.
00:49:50.98\00:49:55.69
The truth will set us free
00:49:55.72\00:49:57.09
if you want
freedom in your life.
00:49:57.12\00:49:59.17
You wanna experience
joy and peace and happiness
00:49:59.20\00:50:02.24
in the midst of the storm
I am gonna ask you to either
00:50:02.27\00:50:04.84
stand on your feet
or come to the front.
00:50:04.87\00:50:07.10
We'll have a closing
prayer in just a moment.
00:50:07.13\00:50:09.62
And I believe now
is the time to do it,
00:50:09.65\00:50:12.48
because I think we
need to come boldly
00:50:12.51\00:50:14.48
before the throne of grace.
00:50:14.51\00:50:15.94
If you need special
prayer come out of your seats,
00:50:17.67\00:50:20.32
its fine, if it gets too
full here just in the foyers,
00:50:20.35\00:50:24.05
or wherever you can stand.
00:50:24.08\00:50:26.20
But you wanna a
miracle in your life today
00:50:26.23\00:50:28.23
we serve a miracle working God.
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.60
And He wants to do,
00:50:30.63\00:50:32.00
He has already
done it in your life.
00:50:32.03\00:50:33.65
Its just now that
you gonna accept it.
00:50:33.68\00:50:36.08
And you're asking God to
break the chains that binds you.
00:50:36.11\00:50:40.24
The Lord knows every heart.
00:50:40.27\00:50:41.87
He knows the
desires of your heart.
00:50:41.90\00:50:45.03
Before we even came here,
He knows everything about us.
00:50:45.06\00:50:49.09
And He knows today
that He gets to do a work
00:50:49.12\00:50:52.05
that He has been wanting to
do in your life for a long time,
00:50:52.08\00:50:54.70
and in my life and
that's to set us free.
00:50:54.73\00:50:58.06
Father in the name of
Jesus, we thank you today
00:50:58.09\00:51:02.22
that You love us so
much that You died for us.
00:51:02.25\00:51:04.41
You made a plan
of salvation for us.
00:51:04.44\00:51:07.00
And You're coming back
soon in the clouds of glory.
00:51:07.03\00:51:10.20
Father, today thank You
that we can trust Your word.
00:51:10.23\00:51:15.41
As you've said
that you'll set us free.
00:51:15.44\00:51:19.91
If we come in
your name and submit
00:51:19.94\00:51:21.66
and commit our lives to You.
00:51:21.69\00:51:24.67
Thank you Lord,
that You've told us
00:51:24.70\00:51:26.85
that those of us that
feel like we're going through
00:51:26.88\00:51:29.11
persecutions and
trials you've told us
00:51:29.14\00:51:30.96
to love those who use us,
00:51:30.99\00:51:33.79
those who hate us
and despitefully use us.
00:51:33.82\00:51:36.44
Father, today there may be folks
00:51:36.47\00:51:38.55
that need forgiveness.
00:51:38.58\00:51:39.95
They need to
understand true forgiveness
00:51:39.98\00:51:41.88
as you forgive us.
00:51:41.91\00:51:43.28
Help us to forgive
those who have heard us
00:51:43.31\00:51:46.64
and done us so wrong.
00:51:46.67\00:51:48.04
Father, help us to look beyond
as You do us there are falls,
00:51:48.07\00:51:52.02
and to see our
brothers and sisters needs,
00:51:52.05\00:51:55.26
because that's what
we need in our life.
00:51:55.29\00:51:57.33
We want the heart
of Jesus in our life.
00:51:57.36\00:52:00.12
We're tired of
fighting our own battles.
00:52:00.15\00:52:02.60
We're tired of
trying to be Christians,
00:52:02.63\00:52:05.05
but not enjoying it
because we're tired of looking
00:52:05.08\00:52:08.29
at sin as something
beautiful that we can't have.
00:52:08.32\00:52:12.09
We want to see
sin for what it is.
00:52:12.12\00:52:14.75
We wanna look
straight into the face of Jesus
00:52:14.78\00:52:17.60
when You come back
in the clouds of glory
00:52:17.63\00:52:19.93
and with all earnestness,
with all of our hearts,
00:52:19.96\00:52:22.81
say lo this is our
God, whom we waited for.
00:52:22.84\00:52:26.19
You have come to save us.
00:52:26.22\00:52:27.79
Father, some of us
are gonna have to go home
00:52:27.82\00:52:29.54
and apologize to our families.
00:52:29.57\00:52:32.39
We gonna have to
apologize to our wives.
00:52:32.42\00:52:34.92
We gonna have to
apologize to our children.
00:52:34.95\00:52:37.44
We gonna have to apologize
to those we come in contact
00:52:37.47\00:52:41.61
with for how we have
not rightly represented You.
00:52:41.64\00:52:45.07
But father, thank you
that from today forward
00:52:45.10\00:52:48.18
that You don't
remember any of the past.
00:52:48.21\00:52:49.90
It's all gone
it's all put behind us.
00:52:49.93\00:52:52.45
That as we're here today
and You see each and everyone
00:52:52.48\00:52:55.14
of these people
rededicating their lives to You.
00:52:55.17\00:52:58.08
We pray now that
the things of earth
00:52:58.11\00:53:00.64
will indeed grow
strangely dim in the light
00:53:00.67\00:53:03.22
of Your glory and grace.
00:53:03.25\00:53:04.62
We pray that the
things of this earth that
00:53:04.65\00:53:06.55
we have loved, we
now begin to hate.
00:53:06.58\00:53:09.55
Because you have
allowed us a picture
00:53:09.58\00:53:12.60
that we've not been
able to see for a long time.
00:53:12.63\00:53:15.86
We see sin as destructive,
00:53:15.89\00:53:18.37
as a destroying
agent of a devil,
00:53:18.40\00:53:20.57
and we don't want it anymore.
00:53:20.60\00:53:22.51
We want to see You,
and Your loveliness,
00:53:22.54\00:53:25.11
and Your
beauty, and Your purity.
00:53:25.14\00:53:27.26
And then we want to
accept You into our lives.
00:53:27.29\00:53:29.61
May be there is some here
today who have never really
00:53:29.64\00:53:32.27
committed their lives to You.
00:53:32.30\00:53:33.67
Today they're
submitting their life to you
00:53:33.70\00:53:35.15
asking you to come
in for the first time.
00:53:35.18\00:53:37.71
May be we're backslidden,
00:53:37.74\00:53:39.11
and today we're
rededicating our lives to you.
00:53:39.14\00:53:42.24
Father, give us the first love.
00:53:42.27\00:53:44.47
Give us the love that
when we leave this place,
00:53:44.50\00:53:47.50
people will see Jesus,
00:53:47.53\00:53:48.90
because we will lift
Him high above all us.
00:53:48.93\00:53:52.12
They can't help,
they won't see us anymore,
00:53:52.15\00:53:54.63
they'll see the Jesus in us.
00:53:54.66\00:53:56.38
Thank you God for healing,
thank you for physical healings,
00:53:56.41\00:53:59.55
thank you for
marital, for financial,
00:53:59.58\00:54:01.57
for domestic
whatever our problems are,
00:54:01.60\00:54:04.48
thank you that
You're healing God.
00:54:04.51\00:54:06.63
When we come to you never,
00:54:06.66\00:54:08.71
never quit,
never ever lose track
00:54:08.74\00:54:13.04
that You promised to hear
and answer our every prayer.
00:54:13.07\00:54:16.63
Yes, some of us have been
praying for family members.
00:54:16.66\00:54:19.11
We've been praying for spouses.
00:54:19.14\00:54:21.11
We have been praying for
children and grandchildren
00:54:21.14\00:54:23.00
for many a long time,
may be months or years.
00:54:23.03\00:54:26.49
But father help us to know
00:54:26.52\00:54:27.97
you love them so much
that if we rightly display
00:54:28.00\00:54:31.73
Your character that these
folk will see Jesus in us,
00:54:31.76\00:54:34.52
and they want
to be drawn to you?
00:54:34.55\00:54:36.75
Thank you for
hearing, for answering prayers,
00:54:36.78\00:54:38.99
thank You for loving us.
00:54:39.02\00:54:40.39
We pray for the
leadership, for Brother Jim here
00:54:40.42\00:54:43.75
for all of those in
the Michigan Conference
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.81
for the great work
that they're doing.
00:54:45.84\00:54:47.48
May Michigan light up the globe
with Your honor and Your glory.
00:54:47.51\00:54:51.49
May Michigan light up the
glow with power and glory as
00:54:51.52\00:54:56.63
what happens here
today will literally
00:54:56.66\00:54:59.13
spread around the world.
00:54:59.16\00:55:00.53
Thank you Father for this,
00:55:00.56\00:55:02.18
we look forward to
revival and reformation.
00:55:02.21\00:55:04.67
We look forward
to persecution now.
00:55:04.70\00:55:06.96
As we understand
it that it must come.
00:55:06.99\00:55:09.20
Thank you for
what we go through.
00:55:09.23\00:55:11.19
Thank you for
the Jesus treatment
00:55:11.22\00:55:13.11
that we feel that we get.
00:55:13.14\00:55:14.94
Because Father, you
received much worse,
00:55:14.97\00:55:18.00
You didn't deserve
it we do deserve it,
00:55:18.03\00:55:20.10
but You've
spared us from so much.
00:55:20.13\00:55:22.12
Thank you that you gave
00:55:22.15\00:55:23.52
your life for us on
the cross of Calvary.
00:55:23.55\00:55:26.20
You died for us that we
might now have life eternal.
00:55:26.23\00:55:29.25
Help us to accept that
free gift no questions asked.
00:55:29.28\00:55:33.22
No matter what's
happened in our past,
00:55:33.25\00:55:34.99
no questions asked.
00:55:35.02\00:55:36.65
It's a free
gift that you give us
00:55:36.68\00:55:38.42
that we can from
this moment go forward.
00:55:38.45\00:55:40.79
Happy
victorious Christian church
00:55:40.82\00:55:43.79
shining your light to the world.
00:55:43.82\00:55:45.64
Thank you Jesus for
hearing and answering prayers.
00:55:45.67\00:55:48.21
Amen.
00:55:48.24\00:55:49.61