Participants: Kenny & Chris Shelton (Host), Greg & Jill Morikone, JD & Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW016005A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:39 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:06 Hello, and welcome to today's family worship. 01:09 Happy Sabbath to those of you at home. 01:11 Happy Sabbath to those of you here. 01:13 Amen. 01:14 We want to welcome our family at home 01:15 and we have a wonderful family sitting here on the table. 01:18 My name is Chris Shelton 01:20 and this is my fabulous husband Pastor Kenney Shelton. 01:23 Thank you. 01:24 And to my left is Sister Shelley 01:26 and her fabulous husband JD Quinn. 01:30 And then to our right is Sister Jill 01:32 and her fabulous husband. 01:34 They might as well, they all are fabulous. 01:36 Okay. We're blessed. 01:38 We're the fabulous three. That's right. 01:40 So what a blessing to be with you this evening 01:44 as we bring in the Sabbath 01:45 and we are gonna open our program today 01:47 with a couple songs. 01:49 "I've Got a River of Life" is the first one 01:51 and we welcome you to join in with us. 01:52 Amen. 01:54 And we have another family almost forgot 01:56 Sister Marlene Hoss. 01:58 She's been part of our extended family for over 30 years. 02:01 We love her. Amen. 02:03 She has played-- She can play that. 02:04 Oh, yes. Oh, she's been such a blessing. 02:06 She is such a blessing. Yes. 02:08 So we're gonna sing "I've Got a River of Life." 02:10 Yes. 02:25 I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 02:30 Makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see 02:36 Opens prison doors, sets the captives free! 02:41 I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 02:46 Spring up, O well, within my soul! 02:51 Spring up, O well, and make me whole! 02:56 Spring up, O well, and give to me 03:02 That life abundantly 03:08 I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 03:14 Makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see 03:19 Opens prison doors, sets the captives free! 03:25 I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 03:29 Spring up, O well, within my soul! 03:35 Spring up, O well, and make me whole! 03:40 Spring up, O well, and give to me 03:45 That life abundantly 03:51 Praise God. Amen. 03:53 What a great song. Yes. 03:55 We need that river of life 03:57 springing up in all of our hearts. 03:59 Amen. We are in trouble if it's not. 04:00 That's right. 04:01 Is that right, we have to have that Jesus living inside of us. 04:03 Thank you Jesus. 04:05 Excitement to us as I sing this I picture myself 04:08 He is singing this all captive free. 04:10 Amen. Amen. 04:12 The devil is trying to put us in captivity 04:14 because of Jesus Christ we are set free. 04:16 That's why we are excited. 04:17 That to me that's just such excitement to know 04:19 we can have Jesus in our hearts itself. 04:21 And what a testimony even in the beginning 04:24 because it makes the lame to walk and the blind to see. 04:27 There is no sickness in the presence of God's spirit. 04:29 Amen. 04:30 So we want that life abundantly. 04:32 And the next song that we are going to sing 04:35 is entitled "This World Is Not My Home" 04:38 and I know many of us are feeling 04:40 that more and more each and every day. 04:42 "This World Is Not My Home" join us please. 04:45 Amen. 04:59 This world is not my home I'm just a-passing through 05:05 My treasures are laid up Somewhere beyond the blue 05:11 The angels beckon me From heaven's open door 05:16 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 05:24 Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you 05:30 If heaven's not my home Then Lord what will I do 05:35 The angels beckon me From heaven's open door 05:41 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 05:49 They're all expecting me And that's one thing I know 05:55 My Savior pardoned me And now I onward go 06:01 I know He'll take me through Though I am week and poor 06:07 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 06:14 Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you 06:20 If heaven's not my home Then Lord what will I do 06:26 The angels beckon me From heaven's open door 06:31 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 06:38 Good news. Good news. 06:39 Just over in Glory Land We'll live eternally 06:46 The Saints on every hand Are shouting victory 06:52 Their songs of sweetest praise Drift back from Heaven's shore 06:57 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 07:05 Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you 07:11 If heaven's not my home Then Lord what will I do 07:16 The angels beckon me From heaven's open door 07:22 And I can't feel at home In this world anymore 07:28 I can't feel at home In this world anymore 07:35 Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. 07:38 Amen. Amen. 07:40 I'm not feeling at home here anymore. 07:42 Amen. Amen. 07:43 That's right, this world is not my home, praise God for that. 07:46 He is preparing the people to be separated from the world 07:49 and the things of the world. 07:51 And I think it's so important to come together 07:52 for family worship that we can sing praises. 07:55 Folks at home, we know that we are not singers 07:58 but I sure had some of you. 07:59 I'm sure we are not, of course not. 08:01 We love to make a joyful noise to the Lord. 08:03 That's us. 08:04 And we pray that it's inspired through the spirit 08:07 people were singing along, I know the angels were. 08:09 Amen. 08:10 This will make a joyful noise and they were happy. 08:12 So we are happy to be here. 08:13 We are happy to be able to sing 08:15 and to look into the word of God here. 08:16 Amen. 08:18 And I think it's about time for prayer. 08:19 Amen. Isn't it, we need to pray? 08:20 Amen. 08:22 We want to sing, we were singing and praying 08:23 and it's always wonderful to know 08:25 that so many I know requests come in here at 3ABN, 08:28 you know, dozens and hundreds and thousands of people 08:30 and every person seems like, 08:33 of course every family has needs. 08:35 Yes. 08:36 There's something going on in their life, 08:38 it's traumatic many times since they've lost loved ones. 08:41 They've got people who are sick. 08:43 I think things that in their life 08:45 that needs to change and only God can do that. 08:47 We rely up on that, I know we do here at 3ABN for prayer. 08:51 So when people call in we want you to know 08:53 that your prayer request is so important. 08:55 You have such wonderful people here 08:57 that's gonna care right along and pray right along with you. 08:58 That's right. 09:00 I think that's awesome 09:01 because, you know, our hearts have to be one 09:03 and as often thought and I said to myself 09:05 and one time I think we had worship together 09:07 that we have to love one other the way Jesus loves us. 09:11 And so when someone is hurting, we hurt with them. 09:13 When they cry we cry with them. 09:15 When they are joyous, we are joyous with them. 09:17 And so, we have a list of the lot of folks 09:19 that has some different needs and we are gonna lift them up. 09:22 Thankful that our heavenly Father 09:23 knows the need of everyone. 09:26 Amen. And what's best. 09:27 That's right. Yes. 09:28 And see, I'm praying for healing for everything and everybody 09:30 but God knows what's best and I'm so thankful 09:33 and at the end we can say "not our will but thine be done." 09:36 Amen. 09:37 So, why don't we just pray 09:39 and we will be in agreement here at church, church family 09:40 that God is going to do something great 09:42 and as He does these things that are great 09:45 people gonna be calling 3ABN 09:47 and they are gonna say God has done great things. 09:49 Amen. Let's pray, shall we together? 09:51 That's right. Yes. 09:53 Most kind loving heavenly Father, 09:54 privilege we have to come to thee. 09:56 So thankful that You said in Your word 09:58 that we may come boldly to the throne room of God. 10:01 We may find help in our time of need 10:03 and some say, "Well, I don't have a need." 10:04 I have a need every day, 24/7 I tell you. 10:07 I need the Savior, I need Your spirit, 10:09 I need Your guidance, I need Your love, 10:11 I need Your encouragement, 10:12 I need Your strength, need Your mind. 10:14 And so, Lord, today we are coming 10:16 against the old enemy in the name of Jesus. 10:19 We are thinking about those folks that have called 10:22 and those who bless their hearts 10:23 they haven't had the courage to call. 10:25 They may be ashamed, 10:26 there may be something going on in their life 10:28 and realize when they call they don't have to go into detail. 10:31 That once You will take those calls they are listening 10:33 and they are going to pray but God know. 10:36 He knows those needs 10:37 and so we are going to pray and in faith 10:40 where only two or three agree 10:41 or touch upon anything, it is so. 10:43 And so we lift these precious, precious individuals to You. 10:47 These are Your children. Yes, Father. 10:48 You know them better than they know themselves. 10:51 You know what they are in need of and so I pray now that 10:54 since You're the great physician, the great healer 10:56 and again I pause, I thank You for doctors and hospitals. 11:00 I thank You for all the good things that You have, 11:02 You have given to us to help us along our way 11:04 but I never want to forget the great physician, 11:07 the great healer 11:08 and I just pray in a special way now 11:10 You will come and You will touch every individual. 11:13 You will touch this program. 11:15 You will meet the needs of hearts 11:17 that are tuning in, some maybe for the very first time. 11:21 They may be thinking suicide, 11:22 they maybe thinking this is their worst night 11:24 like in the world, that's it. 11:26 They don't want to live anymore. 11:27 They just want to get out of this world. 11:29 Lord, I pray You would touch them right now. 11:31 Their eyes may be turned toward heaven. 11:32 They may see Jesus in a wonderful way, 11:35 receive a freshness in Your spirit. 11:37 Bless this program we pray, 11:39 Holy Spirit take possession of each of our hearts 11:41 and our minds and our lives. 11:42 Lord, I'm afraid myself, 11:44 I wouldn't want to say anything, would be offensive 11:45 if I hurt anyone 11:47 but I want to be a spokesman for You and each one here does. 11:49 So impress us now we pray with high spirit. 11:52 We thank You, we praise You and those that are at home, 11:54 those viewing, listening, watching 11:56 their hearts may be turned toward heaven. 11:58 This would be a wonderful worship service. 12:00 I'm gonna thank You in advance for what You're going to do. 12:03 In Jesus' name we thank You and we praise You. 12:05 Amen and amen. 12:06 Amen. Amen. 12:07 You know, it tells us 12:09 and I think this is very important 12:10 especially for people that are watching. 12:12 I know it is in my life, 12:13 where every sincere prayer will be answered, 12:16 every sincere prayer. 12:17 It may not be answered just as you think it should be 12:20 or at your time, but it's always for your eternal benefit. 12:24 Amen. Amen. 12:25 So, please don't forget that, God loves you. 12:28 Every sincere prayer, key word, sincere. 12:33 So, amen. 12:34 I know, Jesus is a contrary heart. 12:36 Amen. Amen. 12:37 There is no hope without our Father. 12:39 Amen. Amen. 12:40 He is the hope. 12:41 Amen. Amen. 12:43 We're gonna be talking about Him. 12:44 I was gonna say, thinking about the prayer 12:46 because this is the neat thing, 12:47 you know, when Christ was on this earth 12:48 walking amongst us as human beings here 12:50 that it shows to me that Christ was interested 12:53 in those little details of people's life 12:54 because sometimes can be like well, God is such a big God 12:57 does He really care about. 12:58 I mean, it could be well, we think as something simple 13:00 but God cares, He knows and in Matthew it talks about 13:03 He notices when a sparrow falls to the ground. 13:05 So we are much more important than that. 13:07 So anyway, when we like you're mentioning, 13:09 everyone is mentioning now lifting these things up to God 13:11 He hears and He answers according to His will. 13:12 Praise Lord. 13:14 You know, Sister Marlene 13:15 that played the piano bless her heart, 13:17 I wish she could give this testimony 13:19 but you mentioned the small things 13:20 I know we all probably could come up with small things 13:22 that God has answered to us. 13:25 But last week she was testifying on Sabbath at church 13:28 and she said, you know, 13:30 she said, "The Lord is just so good." 13:32 She said, "I live out in the country 13:34 and I've had this beaver dam" 13:36 and she said, "It was bothering me. 13:38 It was really starting to hurt the pound 13:40 and so on and so forth." 13:41 She said, "I started praying 13:43 that God would send somebody to help 13:44 I didn't know what to do about it." 13:46 As she said, "It was about two or three days later 13:48 some guy in a truck came by her house, 13:50 stop, came to the door. 13:52 She is almost afraid to answer the door 13:54 and he says, "Ma'am I notice you have a beaver problem. 13:57 I'm a beaver man." 14:00 And I said of all things who is it, 14:02 you know, I don't even know that occupation existed 14:05 especially in southern Illinois. 14:08 But he answered that prayer 14:09 and she realized it was her Father taking care of her 14:13 because she now lives alone. 14:15 Isn't that awesome? 14:17 And you know that it does, it builds faith. 14:18 Doesn't it? 14:19 It builds faith for her but also for me 14:21 because I'm hearing what God is doing and that's beautiful. 14:23 Yes, it is. 14:24 Oh, she was so-- and it touched her heart 14:26 because we realized 14:27 how He takes care of each and everyone of us. 14:29 He is a light for my path 14:32 that's where we're gonna start with today 14:34 and our opening text is found in Psalms 119:105 14:39 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 14:42 and a light unto my path." 14:45 Now we understand what a lamp is 14:47 and what a light but when we're looking in 14:49 and we're talking about a light for my path. 14:52 In the Bible what do you think the word light means? 14:55 I know a lot of you probably know here 14:58 but there may be somebody listening that, 15:00 you know, why is the Bible talk about light? 15:02 What does that mean? 15:04 Light is the-- darkness is the absence of light, 15:08 so light expels darkness and light means to know truth, 15:13 to know Christ, to know the way 15:17 because God has clearly, He has given us. 15:22 You know, what I love about God is He's so loving. 15:25 If you live near a highway 15:26 you're not gonna send your children out 15:29 to play in the backyard. 15:32 If you don't have fence up around the yard, 15:34 you are not gonna put little children out there 15:35 that don't know. 15:37 So God gives us His word, His commandments 15:40 and He fences in a safe path. 15:43 And so He gives us light, 15:45 so that we are not gonna stumble around in the darkness. 15:47 Amen. 15:48 I mean the word just says 15:50 He is-- Jesus is the light of the world. 15:53 We sing all the songs. 15:54 Jesus, He is lighting our way. 15:56 He is going before us which He promised to do. 15:58 Yes. 15:59 So I love that light because we don't have the light. 16:01 You mentioned we walk in... 16:02 Darkness. It reminds me of a story. 16:05 I was eight-years-old 16:06 we went to Carlsbad Caverns, the New Mexico 16:09 and go down into the depths, 16:13 the bowels of the earth, 16:14 you know, and we got a guide. 16:15 He got his little lamp on his hat 16:17 and we are going in for, 16:19 we are following and we would look at stalagmites 16:21 And whatever the mites this mites that, mite you know 16:25 and then he says, "Now I want to show you something 16:29 that you will never forget rest of your life. 16:31 Let's all stand and be very still." 16:34 And the lights turned out. 16:35 Yes. Yeah. 16:37 You couldn't, it was a scary, eerie feeling. 16:43 Yes. 16:45 Now, it's in here that the word is the light 16:48 and now why do we need light if we can't see? 16:52 And whenever you turn that light back on, 16:56 oh, my goodness our little hearts 16:58 just pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, 17:00 because now we could see. 17:02 So I think that there is a unity, 17:04 there is harmony between being able to see with the light 17:07 that He gave us, otherwise it would be still without void. 17:10 I mean-- Right. 17:12 You know, something I was saying when you mentioned that 17:13 because I, when I first got out service 17:16 I worked at Waltonville 6 coal mine. 17:19 It was about thousand feet straight down. 17:21 You know, I experienced that too 17:24 and I'm gonna use this, 17:26 I think we all can understand it, 17:28 we went through the same thing 17:29 and I always did, you can't see. 17:31 It's like absence of light thousand feet. 17:34 You can't see anything. 17:36 You can do this, no matter how close you get, 17:38 you touch your nose you still don't see it. 17:41 And I got to think, "You know what, Kenny, 17:43 you are useless without light." 17:45 Amen. 17:47 And then spiritual lesson on that we are useless 17:49 without light because we cannot see. 17:52 We don't know the direction 17:54 and when you are thousand feet down 17:56 and maybe a mile or two in all these places 18:00 you need light to guide your feet 18:02 and make sure you step on the right path. 18:04 And so, I'm so thankful for that passages. 18:06 I'm sure it's helped me in illustration that you gave. 18:09 And I experience when the light came, "Hey, Lord." 18:12 Hallelujah. 18:14 Hallelujah, oh, can I see now. 18:15 I know where to put my feet. 18:17 I know how to get out of this place. 18:18 Yeah. And you got direction. Yes. 18:20 But, you know, sometimes when you are in that total darkness 18:22 and then you walk into the light 18:24 or the light comes sometimes it hurts. 18:26 You know your eyes will hurt at first because the contrast, 18:30 and I think that's the way the word is sometimes 18:32 is that you're picking up the word 18:34 and you're studying and you thinking 18:35 you're walking along this path 18:37 and all of a sudden you have greater light 18:39 and it's like, "Oh, Lord, this hurts. 18:42 Forgive me because now I see something 18:45 that I didn't realize I was doing." 18:48 And so it can hurt at first till you get adjusted to it 18:51 and then you're loving it. 18:53 Oh, absolutely. 18:54 And so many people are stumbling in the darkness. 18:57 I'm gonna read on, it says-- Let Jill give us some-- 18:59 Oh, Jill, do you have something? 19:01 One of my, I was just thinking about different scripture. 19:03 One of my favorite scripture is 2 Corinthians 4. 19:05 It says, verse 6, 19:07 "For God, who commanded the light 19:09 to shine out of darkness, 19:10 and shine in our hearts, 19:13 that the light of the gospel of the knowledge 19:16 of the glory of Jesus Christ would be in us. 19:18 And we have this treasure in earthen vessels," 19:20 jars of clay each one of us simply jars of clay 19:24 "that the excellency of the power may be of God, 19:26 and not of us." 19:27 And when I think about that, I think of the Word of God 19:29 being the light, Jesus being the light. 19:31 Amen. Amen. 19:32 He says, I want to pour this light into us, each one of us. 19:35 He wants to pour His light into you that we can go out 19:39 and share Jesus with the dark world. 19:41 People in the cave, the coal mine who don't know God. 19:46 People, people are dying, 19:48 they're in such sorrow and distress 19:51 because this world is really darkening. 19:53 Can you imagine just we probably look 19:56 like the cave to heaven. 19:57 We look that dark. There you know it. 19:59 And God has given us such a gift in His son 20:03 and in the Word of God. 20:04 This Word of God is how He communicates with us 20:08 and how we communicate with Him. 20:09 Praise the Lord. Yes. 20:10 It is wonderful and we all need it. 20:12 And one thing I thought was so appropriate 20:15 about this lesson 20:16 if we ever get through it is because, 20:19 is because the world as a whole 20:22 they are beginning to throw the light out. 20:25 They are throwing the Bible out. 20:28 They are ministers and I don't remember the name 20:32 but I know just a few years ago 20:33 there was one that made the news 20:35 because he took his Bible 20:36 and he threw at a cross at church. 20:39 We don't need that anymore. 20:41 You see, what's-- 20:42 That happened in my sister's church actually. 20:43 There you go. 20:45 The pastor said, somebody had twisted the truth, 20:49 he had been such a great teacher of the truth 20:52 and one day somebody said there were a prophet 20:54 and they kind of twisted his mind 20:56 hence they convinced him that this Bible was dead letters 20:59 and he actually threw the Bible 21:02 and he said, we don't need these dead letters anymore. 21:04 We're just going to follow the spirit. 21:06 Well, spirit wrote these words. 21:07 And, you know what, his church, 21:09 when he had started this church 21:10 there were like 200 people it had gone to several thousand 21:15 and within 18 months 21:18 of him doing this he was down to maybe 30 people. 21:22 The church just started splintering apart. 21:25 Yes. 21:26 The really concerning thing 21:28 is they say we're gonna follow the spirit 21:31 but we have to realize 21:33 because the Bible so good to tell us 21:34 there is more than one spirit as well. 21:36 Amen. Amen. 21:37 And if they are not following, 21:39 if it's not up to the law unto the testimony 21:41 there is a different spirit 21:43 that is leading and guiding them. 21:45 And sometime we forget 21:47 what you've talked about here is interesting 21:48 because we say, well, they say that they are on the word out 21:51 and, you know, the people are still reading, 21:53 they are still listening sure there are some people 21:55 but, you know, I know from an experience onetime myself 21:58 and through there is that somebody was counsel 22:01 and then talk. 22:02 So best thing to do is open the pages and let Jesus speak. 22:06 Amen. Amen. 22:07 And when we read the passage of scripture 22:09 it made this person angry to this point. 22:13 You know, haven't got over yet in the sense now mad 22:15 but it hurt me inside. 22:17 They reached down on my Bible and they got that page 22:20 and they ripped it out of the word. 22:22 They watered up like this and hit me in the face with it. 22:25 Oh, wow. Wow. 22:26 Now we had to pray for patience at that point in time 22:29 but the thing that bothered me 22:31 more than hit in the face with the Word of God 22:33 because we all need to be hit in the face 22:34 as we are sometime to wake us up. 22:37 But he did not want to hear what the word, 22:40 what Jesus was saying to him 22:41 and they usually blame the messenger. 22:44 Sure. You know. 22:45 So, I'm just saying there are people like that in the world 22:47 but we need to be praying for them. 22:49 Maybe somebody out there 22:50 that we are talking to the night, that's turning in 22:52 you've had kind of a dislike for the Word of God. 22:54 I'm gonna encourage you to taste and see. 22:56 Amen. That He is good. 22:58 I mean, He is really good 22:59 but you're not gonna know until you taste. 23:00 Amen. That's true. 23:02 So I like that a lot in my path, I need that. 23:03 Amen. We need to get back. 23:05 I'm gonna jump down to the third paragraph. 23:08 It says, "The Bible is the great standard 23:10 of right and wrong," 23:12 and we just talked about them throwing it at. 23:14 You don't know what's right and wrong 23:16 and people are actually, they are coming up 23:19 with new translations of the Bible 23:21 to fit their lifestyle. 23:23 And what we have to learn is we're looking into that light, 23:27 into that mirror to see who we really are 23:29 and that is us that needs to do the changing. 23:33 And you mentioned that sometimes it hurts 23:36 because it's a two edge sword. 23:37 We have to allow. 23:39 If we began to fall in love with Jesus, 23:41 we'll allow that great physician to come in 23:43 and do the heart surgery 23:45 and eventually it stops hurting. 23:47 It becomes joyous and you don't want to go back to the world. 23:51 You just don't. 23:53 You know, without the Word of God 23:56 you don't even know that you're a sinner. 23:58 And so it's-- if you don't know you're a sinner 24:02 you don't know your need for a Savior. 24:04 So the word is something that Jesus prayed 24:08 "Sanctify them by Your truth. 24:10 Your word is truth." 24:12 The word is alive and active as Hebrew says 24:15 and it's something that as it works in our heart 24:20 we become, you know, Hebrews 1:3 says that, 24:25 "Jesus upholds and propels 24:28 and maintains the universe by the Word of God." 24:32 He by the mighty Word of God and it's a powerful, 24:38 it's a dynamite kind of power. 24:40 And so this is the word that is power, 24:43 I think 2 Corinthians 10:5 24:46 when he was talking about the weapons 24:49 of our warfare are not carnal, 24:51 they are mighty to the pulling down on strongholds. 24:54 See we don't know what the devil schemes are 24:56 against us till you get into the word. 24:59 And if you can't recognize the devil schemes, 25:01 you don't realize what's holding you back 25:03 and once this word gets in your heart 25:05 oh, my goodness He will just, 25:08 He cuts us free from the chord that binds us. 25:11 Yeah, that's right. Yes. 25:12 Praise the Lord. 25:14 So let me ask this question 25:15 because I think lot of people have this question 25:17 and I think that we're right here 25:19 reminding for those threads of gold right now, okay. 25:23 You come to a "T" on the road 25:27 and you need to make a decision. 25:30 That's right. 25:31 Now, what do you do to make a decision? 25:35 I mean, do you, you got to draw on something. 25:38 I mean, is it intuitively or I have always gone right 25:43 and I've always paid penalty for going right. 25:45 I mean, what would a person do 25:47 if they came to a "T" on the road 25:50 and they need to make a decision. 25:53 You know, if we are honest in heart, 25:56 I believe we will search the scriptures 25:57 to see what it would say. 26:00 You know, I said on many boards, 26:02 school boards, church boards 26:04 and when I finally went to a local church here 26:09 because some of the boards they would always say, 26:11 "Well, this school is doing this and this" 26:13 by profession I was a teacher, so I was familiar with it. 26:16 and with this, you know, the city is doing this 26:19 and I think we should do it this way 26:21 because this lawyer does it this way. 26:23 And I finally went to a church, 26:26 another Adventist church and this other Adventist church 26:31 and this other Adventist pastor that's sitting next to me-- 26:34 Oh, honey, be merciful. 26:35 They would go back, if we had a question 26:40 always go back to the Word of God to get the answer. 26:43 Amen. It's there. 26:44 It's there. It's there. 26:45 It is there. 26:47 And the world needs that answer. 26:48 They need that. Amen. 26:49 And, you know, I think that you can, 26:51 there are situations that maybe someone is listening today 26:55 that maybe haven't got into the word yet, 26:58 but if you will give the Lord permission, 27:00 the Lord, He certainly has ears to hear 27:03 and He has eyes to see. 27:04 So if you come to a "T" or a crossroad 27:08 or something that you say help. 27:10 Say, Lord, I give you permission of being in charge. 27:12 Impress upon my mind through the aid of the Holy Spirit. 27:15 Holy Spirit to guide me 27:19 and you will be shocked 27:21 that how the Lord intercedes in your behalf. 27:24 Psalms 119:130 says, 27:27 "The entrance of Your word brings light" 27:30 it's like when you were there and you light in that darkness 27:33 and you light that little match or something, 27:36 just even a little light but it says 27:38 and "It brings understanding to the simple." 27:41 So that's why if we get into the word 27:44 we can gain the understanding that we need. 27:46 Amen. Amen. 27:47 I like what it says here. I'm sorry. 27:49 Go ahead. Go ahead. 27:50 Yeah, in this third paragraph it says "The Bible is a chart, 27:54 showing us the waymarks of truth." 27:55 I like this. 27:57 "Those who are acquainted with this chart 28:00 will be enabled to tread with certainty" 28:03 I like that word certainty. 28:04 You were just talking about "T road." 28:06 "Certainty in the path of duty, 28:08 wherever they may be called to go." 28:10 So the key is there to become familiar with it, 28:12 then you will know with certainty the way to go. 28:15 That's key. 28:16 I like that because we need-- It takes some effort. 28:18 Yeah, we need to be grounded. 28:20 God is looking for a people that are grounded 28:23 in truth and righteous because we get so confused. 28:27 You see all the different churches, 28:29 you hear all the different testimonies 28:31 and you are asking yourself what's right, you know. 28:34 Yeah. Amen. 28:35 What is right? 28:37 So I love that with certainty. 28:38 If I could share a personal testimony? 28:40 Amen. I love the Word of God. 28:42 You know, it shows you what you are doing right 28:45 and then it also shows you where the sin is in your life. 28:48 And sometimes that kind of rubs me the wrong way. 28:51 It kind of hurts a little. 28:52 I don't know if you all have experienced that. 28:55 One time I remember I was doing dishes at the kitchen sink 28:58 and I love to putting up scriptures 29:01 that I'm working, I'm memorizing. 29:02 I'll put it up at the kitchen sink, I put it-- 29:04 Greg doesn't like this as much 29:06 but I put it up on the dashboard in the car. 29:08 So as I'm driving 29:10 I think I want to put the Word of God in my mind. 29:13 I want to memorize it. 29:14 I put it there by the bedside table. 29:17 You know, when we are going to bed 29:19 we can focus on that Word of God. 29:20 Amen. 29:21 And so this one time I was working on Hebrews 12 29:24 and it says "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, 29:27 without which no one shall see the Lord." 29:31 And I remember I was scrubbing plates, 29:33 working on that scripture and in my mind I thought 29:36 "Thank You, Jesus, 29:38 that I'm at peace with my brothers and sisters." 29:41 Do you know what the truth was? 29:42 I wasn't. 29:44 Go on. I wasn't. 29:45 There was bitterness, 29:47 un-forgiveness in my heart against a certain person. 29:51 But it was buried so deeply 29:52 I had done what I thought was a Christian thing. 29:54 I didn't gossip about the person 29:56 I thought well, I'm gonna pray for them 29:59 and I'll do the good thing. 30:01 But it was in my heart and I couldn't even sense it. 30:04 This had been lingering for months. 30:07 And so I'm reading that scripture, 30:09 follow peace, thank You, Lord Jesus, 30:11 and I'm following peace. 30:12 And then the next verse just jolted me. 30:15 It says, "Looking diligently 30:17 lest any man fail of the grace of Christ, 30:20 lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, 30:24 and thereby many people be defiled" the God suggest. 30:28 You are holding on to bitterness. 30:30 You are holding on to a spirit of un-forgiveness. 30:33 And if you hang on to this it's gonna affect yourself, 30:36 your salvation, your marriage, your ministry. 30:41 Jill, I'm caught in right now please, will you give it to me? 30:44 Will you let me take it? 30:46 And so I think that's what God wants to do 30:49 when we open up the Word of God, 30:51 He says, I want to show you your heart. 30:54 I want to show you what's going on inside 30:56 and I want to change you. 30:57 Amen. Yeah. 30:59 You know, it kind of reminds me, 31:00 I love the way you're doing, your-- 31:04 "The Bible is a chart, showing us the waymarks" 31:06 see that's a waymark that's going in there. 31:09 You know, it goes by they just kind of keep coming up down. 31:13 I grew up in Central Texas and I traveled all the time, 31:18 all the time but when you always get on the Interstate 31:21 as time went by because that was the quickest way. 31:24 My marker is 330. 31:26 My marker is 330. 31:27 I don't care if I was my marker is 700 31:30 or my marker is zero I know where 330 31:33 was because that's where I cut off to go home. 31:35 Well. 31:37 So that was one of those waymarks, 31:38 you know, and you are taking it 31:40 where we are supposed to take it 31:42 is from a spiritual aspect that those little things they saw 31:47 but you kind of know where you are 31:50 and you know when you are getting close. 31:51 And what is-- Kenny just, Pastor Kenny 31:54 just brought it while ago you know, the SOS Pads. 31:58 Mercy. 31:59 Sometimes, you know, 32:00 I mean, those goes back when I was a kid. 32:02 I guess it had been around sets dirt anyway, you know. 32:07 But sometimes we got to get those OSOS pads 32:10 and then get in there in just clear up those. 32:13 But, boy, once those waymarks are tattooed in your mind 32:16 and they are to really guide you. 32:19 Amen. Amen. 32:20 Praise the Lord. Get those, yes. 32:21 I cannot help but love that. 32:23 Cannot help but love that, God loves us so much 32:27 and the Bible says that His children will hear His voice. 32:31 And by digging into the word, 32:33 by letting Him put His word in our hearts, in our minds, 32:36 we begin to hear Him more and hear His voice 32:39 and know which waymark we should take. 32:42 And you know mentioned that's the way home. 32:44 Amen. Amen. 32:46 It makes me want to cry because that's what God wants to do. 32:49 That's exactly right. 32:50 He's given us all these things 32:51 because He says I want my children 32:53 to know the way home. 32:56 And it can be clear. 32:57 We can know the will of God in our lives 33:00 when we spend time on our knees and praying it. 33:02 But little word and maybe it's a second paragraph 33:05 talking about reading the Bible and following it. 33:08 It has to do with our prosperity. 33:10 Yes. Absolutely. 33:11 Even in this life, I thought how interesting, 33:14 many people are not, we are not talking about prosperity. 33:16 We have all these things here 33:18 but the wellbeing of us, God taking care of us, 33:21 supplying all of our needs, health, 33:22 any area that we look in has to do. 33:25 It said, "Vital bearing on our prosperity 33:27 in all the relations of life." 33:29 So I thought about that for a moment. 33:30 I thought, I got the Testimony series out. 33:33 Three Testimony, I jot this down in my notes, 33:35 I thought 395 33:37 because we always think about well, you know, prosperity. 33:39 We can rob God in a lot of different ways. 33:43 We've taken tithes and offering we did rob, 33:45 but this says, I like this, it says, 33:46 "When they rob God in tithes 33:48 and it is an offering they were made to realize 33:51 that they were not only robbing Him 33:54 but themselves for He limited His blessings." 33:59 And then, it talks about 34:01 "In just he gave proportionate as they gave to him back." 34:05 So prosperity, we give back what He ask. 34:09 He has promised to prosper us in this life 34:11 not necessarily all the financial things 34:12 but is life not about that-- 34:14 that paints on the Bible 34:17 and following what God has said in His word 34:19 and quit fighting it. 34:20 Amen. Let it do its scrubbing. 34:23 Let it do the things that sometime I think, 34:25 you know, all of our life 34:26 it touched the cord, sometime we can 34:30 because of our lukewarmers hide things, you know, 34:32 and not really realize that's how lukewarm. 34:35 I'm talking about you and talking about myself. 34:36 No, I'm talking about me too. 34:38 That they have been covered and we've approached it, 34:39 we've talked about it, we've prayed about it 34:41 and we think after 10 or 15 years 34:43 this is taking is all good. 34:45 But then certain point in our life 34:46 God is still working on us wanting to get thing. 34:49 He will bring it back. 34:50 Yes. Yes. 34:52 He will bring it back, 34:53 you know, just illustration after illustration 34:56 of a man one time that we were digging a footing. 35:00 It's our time okay, dig a footing 35:02 and anyway it rained it was bad 35:05 so the Odum's concrete truck came 35:07 and they poured concrete 35:09 and they buried the truck, you know, 35:11 seven yards of concrete is buried 35:12 and then they can't get it out. 35:14 And so anyway the man 35:15 who actually owned the house he was there 35:16 and he called one of the neighbors 35:18 and live not far. 35:19 He had a wrecker. 35:20 Well, wrecker help, 35:22 well, he ended up burying another cement truck 35:23 and I'm seeing they are pulling everybody out. 35:24 Well, the bottom line was the wrecker man at that time 35:26 wanted $20 well, I never heard of it. 35:29 He never said to me and I thought the owner of the house 35:31 had called him so that he would pay the bill. 35:34 So I walked into another supplier 35:36 and was instructed by something. 35:37 The man come out to me and say, 35:38 "Well, I hear, you are thief and a liar. 35:40 You didn't pay." 35:41 And I said, "Pay who what?" 35:43 Well, you didn't pay so and so because he came out 35:44 and this is going over town that you're robbing." 35:47 And I said, "Oh, man. 35:49 Well, who did it?" 35:50 And they told me and now I said, "Well, at that time 35:52 In point I said, well, I'll just go his door 35:54 and we will just talk this thing out." 35:56 And so it was out of purging 15 so I did. 35:59 I jumped. 36:01 It had to with the personal thing, maybe the pride. 36:03 I thought I paid my bills, 36:04 I didn't do it and he is accusing of doing theft. 36:06 I didn't want that so I went out there knocking on his door 36:08 and I say, if you have anything 36:10 that you want to take care of you take care of it through me. 36:14 You should at least, I should-- 36:16 it maybe in a sense that but I did it, 36:19 it wasn't a Christ like spirit. 36:20 Yes. 36:22 I let that go for years literally years 36:24 because I thought I'm getting right back, 36:26 I'm telling him I'm glad to pay as you made it norm 36:28 but you did the wrong thing 36:30 and don't you ever do that again the other time. 36:32 And several years went by 36:34 and I was praying one morning said, 36:35 "Lord, You need to make things right. 36:38 You let me know what it is. 36:39 I was actually on the backhoe again 36:40 digging some, I was putting in the septic laterals 36:44 and I was just digging. 36:45 We had three other guys working there 36:46 and I grab and go in and try going in 36:49 and I'm talking to the Lord when I'm digging this thing 36:51 I hear and something happening over in my mind. 36:53 They said, "Remember how you talked to that guy?" 36:56 And I said, "Yeah, but I took care of that." 36:59 He said, "No, you didn't. 37:00 You took care of it in a wrong way." 37:03 You know I said to my mind "What you want me to do? 37:04 I'm busy here, I've got guys here, you know, 37:06 in your mind, you're trying to make excuses." 37:07 Lord said, 37:08 "I want you to go right now apologize to that man." 37:12 I looked at the guys and I said, 37:14 "Always do the best you can. I've got to leave." 37:15 That morning I was way out 37:17 from this end of town was and I went to this. 37:19 Anyhow, I went knocked on the door. 37:21 This is interesting that man. 37:23 I've seen him past many times where he lived and I lived. 37:27 I've always thought man, I thought, 37:28 you go and just kind of tell him how I felt about it. 37:30 I still be a friend. Things be good." 37:31 He would never wave. 37:33 I thought well, be that what he wants to be. 37:34 Way it is. 37:36 I'm doing my part, "Hey, how are you doing every time?" 37:38 So years went by, I went knocked on his door. 37:43 He came to the door, he looked at me and he said, 37:46 "After all this years-- he said "What do you want?" 37:48 My heart sank 37:50 because I felt the spirit said go and talk to this man, 37:51 make it right. 37:53 What do you want? 37:54 And I said, "I want to come to apologize for something. 37:59 I said, you probably don't know who I am." 38:00 He said, "I haven't forgotten for a day who you are." 38:03 And well, oh, mercy me. 38:07 He held that in himself he wouldn't wave, 38:08 he want nothing do with it, 38:10 you know, so I said, I came to apologize for what I did, 38:15 and how I acted and what I said. 38:17 I professed to be a Christian at that time 38:19 and that was not Christ like 38:21 and I ask that you would forgive me of that. 38:24 He just looked at me he said, "You're serious?" 38:27 I said, "Yeah. 38:29 I quit work and my work, and I came here 38:30 because God said, to come here 38:32 and take are of this issue so I can have some peace." 38:34 I thought that kind of had taken care of it. 38:37 You're serious? 38:38 I said, yes, I'm serious. 38:40 He said, how serious are you? 38:41 I said, what do you mean. 38:43 What else, what do I need to do? 38:45 You tell me what I need to do I will do it 38:47 because I don't want. 38:49 He said, well, prove it to me. 38:52 I said, how do you want me to prove it to you. 38:53 See it's hard for his mind to grasp. 38:56 I don't think he was churchgoer whatever 38:58 and I was supposed to be and wasn't. 38:59 So anyway he said, well, I know you got a trailer. 39:01 I know was parked at your house big 16 foot trailer 39:04 you can haul back every thing on. 39:05 He said, I want to use that trailer 39:08 and I'm not gonna give you a dime for it. 39:11 Can I use it? 39:12 I said, absolutely. 39:14 I mean for nothing? I said, absolutely. 39:16 Can I come and get anytime I want? 39:17 I said, better than that you don't even have to ask. 39:20 Anytime you want that trailers that are you back up to, 39:22 you take that trailer and you use it as long as you want. 39:25 At least I know where it's at. 39:26 He looked to me and said I didn't want the trailer. 39:29 I wanted to know that it was real 39:31 and to me real is to action. 39:33 Amen. Praise the Lord. 39:35 Anyway it was the thing was taking care of 39:37 and I felt so much better, it had been years. 39:39 Took it longer than I thought, Honey, but even with that, 39:41 it did my heart so much good 39:45 to get that which I was taking care of it for long time. 39:48 We don't often realize 39:50 the importance of loving our neighbors. 39:52 I know, that's true. 39:54 And the scripture you quoted 39:56 I mean it bears upon our eternal salvation 40:01 and many times we don't have that love for our neighbors 40:04 and I learned in the past 40:06 that when we don't have it, we can ask God for His love. 40:09 Absolutely. And our hearts will change. 40:11 You can't give it if you don't have it. 40:12 That's right. That's right. 40:14 Did you have something for that, JD? 40:16 Oh, no, I was just, I was just sitting here and just looking 40:18 because number one that, 40:23 thank You Jesus, that You were listening. 40:25 Yeah. 40:26 Because there's such a goldmine in each one of us 40:29 that we are just listening 40:30 and it comes down to this and this is, 40:32 this James 4:8 it's one of my favorite text. 40:35 Okay. 40:36 James 4:8, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." 40:43 Whenever I came up through 40:45 our Seventh-day Adventist schools and loved it. 40:49 I mean, that's just where 40:50 I made all my friends and everything. 40:52 But somehow the other 40:54 the day I guess that that particular scripture was given 40:57 I got it backward. 40:59 Well. 41:01 I got it that you prove yourself to me God 41:06 and then once You prove Yourself to me 41:09 then I'll buy into it and we will be good partners. 41:12 Now, how that happened I don't have any idea 41:16 and the sad thing about it is 41:18 and talking about kind of what you were talking about, 41:20 well, until I came here to 3ABN 11 years ago 41:24 and I was looking at this 41:26 did I get those priorities straight? 41:28 Amen. 41:30 Now that's sad but it doesn't make you 41:32 a bad person or anything. 41:34 It's just a misinterpretation or something 41:36 that you put on the back shelf. 41:38 But please listen, draw near to God 41:41 and then, remember he is the Creator. 41:44 Yes. 41:46 You know, I had put myself into that creative position 41:48 that okay, I'm cool, let's see what you can do for me, God, 41:54 and say we want to be business partners or whatever. 41:56 Yes. 41:57 And, man, that's heresy. Yeah, absolutely. 42:01 I mean, that's about as bad as you can get, 42:03 you know, so thank You Jesus, that one day I saw that 42:10 and I actually read it 42:12 and it just jumped off of the page. 42:14 And boy, lots of repenting, lots of repenting. 42:17 I like what you said. 42:19 I saw it and I actually read it. 42:22 If nothing else tonight 42:24 I hope this will encourage our study partners at home, 42:28 get the Bibles out and actually read them. 42:32 Amen. Read them. 42:33 As Sister Jill said, put them to memory. 42:36 Put the little notes all over till you got it. 42:39 I love that. 42:40 You know, and we are so fortunate 42:42 we have all these little technological things. 42:46 You know, a lot of times I won't turn the Bible app 42:48 we were talking about before. 42:50 I will turn that on and let it read to me. 42:52 Amen. 42:53 So while I'm getting ready in the morning 42:55 I'm doing other things 42:56 I'm still hearing the Word of God 42:59 and it makes an imprint on my heart and it changes us. 43:03 You know, the world is full of inequity 43:06 and we don't know what's right and what's wrong 43:09 without that guide, without that map, 43:11 without that light to pierce the darkness of sin. 43:15 Now, Sister Shelley, when I read this one here 43:17 and I'm sure you can comment. 43:18 It says, "When faith 43:20 in God's word is lost, the soul" 43:23 well, we have been talking about "has no guide, 43:25 no safeguard." 43:27 That's why our youth today and even us, right, 43:30 we get our self into some trouble 43:32 because the natural heart, right, 43:34 it wants to do what it wants to do 43:35 is rejecting the only guide that we have 43:38 when faith in God's word is lost. 43:40 Amen. 43:41 How far can that go? 43:43 And, you know, what I always teach 43:45 is little word little faith. 43:49 Yes. 43:50 The word is what builds our faith 43:52 and 2 Corinthians 1:20 says that, 43:54 "All of God's promises are ours, yes, 43:56 and amen in Christ Jesus." 43:59 And of course, Isaiah 55:11 says that, 44:04 "His word does not return void, 44:06 but it accomplishes every purpose for which He sent it." 44:09 Jeremiah 1:12 says, 44:10 "That He is watching over His word to perform it." 44:13 And Romans 4:17 says that "God is the God 44:16 who gives life to the dead and calls things are not 44:19 as though they already were." 44:21 So one thing that I teach is that 44:24 if you want to increase your faith get into the word, 44:28 pray the word and that is so powerful. 44:33 See now, Jill, I don't like to memorize 44:36 but what I do is I pray the word 44:39 and I'll pray the scriptures like, 44:41 I mean, it's not, I don't put my name in it, 44:43 I won't say, oh, Shelley, is a new creation in Christ Jesus, 44:47 the old is gone, the new has come. 44:49 Because that to me is it doesn't sound, 44:54 it sounds phony. 44:56 It sounds like I'm talking about somebody else. 44:58 I'm sitting there praying the scripture saying, 45:00 "Thank You, Father God, 45:01 that I'm a new creature in Christ Jesus. 45:05 That the old is gone, the new has come." 45:07 Amen. That true. 45:08 And as we pray the script 45:09 I will, I will quote the scripture reference 45:12 and that's what helps me remember the reference. 45:14 But it's important that we 45:18 and I believe that meditating on the word, 45:23 memorizing the word is excellent 45:25 but we know that the Pharisees 45:27 had the entire Pentateuch memorized. 45:31 Didn't do them any good. No. 45:32 So that's one thing 45:34 that we need to pray those scriptures, 45:36 take them and put them into practice 45:38 because Isaiah 40:10 God says, 45:43 "I am the God who knows the end from the beginning. 45:45 Who makes known what is yet to come." 45:48 And we can't know, 45:52 it's not that I'm just worried about knowing what my sins are 45:57 and how to correct them, 45:58 I don't know who I am in Christ Jesus 46:00 till I come to this word and then, you know, 46:04 we've all got this identity crisis 46:06 and there are so many people in the church 46:08 that use verbal camouflage and, you know, you ask them, 46:12 "How are you? Happy Sabbath." 46:13 And "Oh, I'm fine" and inside they are dying. 46:17 And I confess that I've done that for so many years. 46:21 You know, I'm not gonna jump up and tell somebody my problem 46:24 but the point is you can take that to God, 46:28 understand who you are in Christ 46:30 and as you confess the word over your mouth 46:34 because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. 46:38 So as you are confessing God's word over your life 46:42 what happens is it does builds your faith. 46:45 Absolutely. Amen. 46:46 Praise the Lord. And so you become. 46:48 Yes. You know. 46:49 And as you become. 46:50 Awesome. Amen. 46:52 Now the word is good 46:53 and we need each and everyone anything 46:55 that works in our life 46:56 and I love what she is talking about 46:58 because I love your book. 46:59 We did on our, one of our family worships 47:02 we did the affirmations of faith and she gave me a book 47:06 and I encourage anybody to get that book 47:08 because all it is, is the scripture. 47:10 And the one thing that you learned, 47:12 she touched on that all of us are somewhat touching. 47:14 Now you touched on it, certainty. 47:17 You know, God is teaching us not to have doubt. 47:21 Amen. 47:23 Belief in His word is so vitally important to have your prayers, 47:27 to have those, those wonderful precious promises 47:31 applied to our lives. 47:33 You know, a lot of times once you, 47:34 you come to that point you stop saying, 47:36 "Oh, Lord, please, please, please it's-- thank you." 47:40 That's right. Amen. 47:43 You know, it reminds me a lot of times 47:45 he will say he goes because sometimes, you know, 47:48 in ministry there is need 47:50 and sometimes the answer to those needs 47:52 can be at the post office. 47:55 And a lot of times you will come back and say, 47:57 "Well, there was just such and such, 47:59 he said but he will stop and say, thank you, Lord, 48:02 because that must be all we need to do." 48:05 That's faith. Amen. 48:06 Yes. That's faith. 48:08 And we have to have faith in our Savior, 48:10 an undying faith. 48:12 Because what we are finding out 48:13 and one reason we need this life, our path 48:16 is because truth has become error in today's society. 48:19 That's right. 48:21 Yes. Yes. 48:22 In God's character being aligned. 48:24 Absolutely. Absolutely. 48:25 Error has become truth. 48:28 And something I heard somebody say, 48:30 may be it was you earlier this says "I feel. 48:32 I feel." 48:33 And that's why sometimes you mentioned that it hurts 48:36 because the Bible begins to cut at the eye I feel and I think-- 48:41 Oh, mercy. 48:42 We must be careful with this now. 48:44 You know, and so many of our loved ones 48:46 that you want to share this light with 48:48 then you want to help them with the truth. 48:50 You want to lead them to a closer walk with Jesus. 48:54 And what you hear, "Yeah, but I feel." 49:00 I think the word that cuts 49:02 is the word we need to study more. 49:03 Amen. 49:05 You know, and when you're reading, 49:06 when you're studying and if something cuts, 49:08 if something feels oh, that pierced me a little bit 49:11 that's where we need to start. 49:12 I mean, that says, "Okay, Jill, 49:14 that's where you need to be focused." 49:15 Amen. Yeah. 49:17 Because when you read, right, when you read the word 49:18 when you're studying for something everybody hear it, 49:21 you know, I've learned over the years 49:23 that when I'm saying, it's for me first. 49:25 Absolutely. 49:26 You know, people always say, well, it is, 49:27 I really believe what I read and what I'm studying 49:31 God is trying to still get my attention. 49:33 He wants to point things out to me 49:36 and when it becomes alive and real 49:37 and when I really take it in not just for knowledge 49:39 but for the heart 49:41 because the words know, it's just words 49:43 until we take it in then it begins to change us. 49:46 And if you didn't believe that and you got up 49:48 and were to teach that would be so hypocritical. 49:50 Oh, absolutely. 49:51 I mean, you got to anytime you're looking at it 49:53 and as Jill said, 49:54 "You know, that's where you need to really study out 49:57 because, you know, it may hurt at first 50:00 but oh, man, he applies the balm in Gilead 50:03 as He shows you the way through 50:04 and He brings you out of that darkness. 50:06 It's wonderful. 50:07 You get something good. Oh, no, you go ahead. 50:09 Well, you touched earlier I think on the scripture taste 50:11 and see that the Lord is good. 50:13 You know, this example has brought up many times 50:14 but when you are eating something, 50:16 you're tasting it, it becomes a part of you. 50:17 Absolutely. 50:19 You know, basically by taking God's word into our own lives 50:21 and tasting and seeing. 50:23 It's not just like memorizing scripture, 50:25 just to memorize something 50:26 we can memorize all kinds of things 50:28 but actually make it a part of you. 50:29 Do you want more? I do. 50:31 You see, momma makes something pretty good, you know. 50:34 She might make home very chilly 50:36 and I say, "Oh, this is really good." 50:38 She got a big pot 50:39 but all of sudden I become worried 50:40 that she can never duplicate it again. 50:43 Do you think you can make this again just like this? 50:46 The word is good. 50:47 Oh, Lord, we want more of it and duplicates and I like it 50:50 because I think it's been alluded to 50:52 I know it's been called the Bible is the textbook 50:55 it's for all people at all places and all times. 50:59 It meets every need of every soul. 51:02 It's the best book in the any of the colleges, any schools 51:05 you have books of learning 51:06 the Bible is the highest of all of it. 51:09 Amen. Can I share it? 51:10 Oh, go ahead I just... 51:11 Well, I just, I just, it's very important to me 51:15 that it's the Holy Spirit that does all of this. 51:19 Amen. Thank you. 51:20 It's the Holy Spirit that does the convicting. 51:23 Amen. Yes. 51:24 It's the Holy Spirit 51:26 so if you do taste that it doesn't taste good. 51:28 It's not right for your body. 51:30 If you do get into the poison ivy, 51:32 and you get an itch real quick. 51:34 I mean, that's the reality is 51:37 you better do something about it. 51:38 You're just not gonna say, "Oh, boy, I love this. 51:40 I want to go do this every day." 51:42 Yeah, you are looking and it's the Holy Spirit 51:45 that's got that remedy for everything. 51:48 That's the greatest gift that we have on this earth. 51:50 Jesus says, "Sorry, guys, I've got to leave. 51:53 But, man, I can't do as good 51:55 as what's you're gonna be receiving 51:57 that is the Holy Spirit." 51:58 Then the great thing is that 52:00 it is good for Peter, James, and John 52:02 it's just as good for the fab three 52:04 here at this table. 52:07 So obviously just, 52:10 the Holy Spirit is our comforter. 52:13 Amen. Amen. 52:14 And so, that's what you determine quickly 52:17 whether it's good enough to eat 52:19 and whether it's gonna rest right and everything. 52:21 You know, I think that is a key because, I'm sorry, Shelley. 52:23 But when as we open God's word 52:25 is to pray just like we did today. 52:26 Absolutely. Absolutely. 52:28 "Lord, please lead me into all the truth." 52:30 And I pray in the morning, Lord, show me something 52:31 that I can use for today 52:33 because I could read the same scripture tomorrow 52:34 and see something totally different. 52:36 The same scripture which is the Holy Spirit 52:38 bringing that to you what we need for that day. 52:40 And you can't do that in math, 2+2 is always 4. 52:43 That's right. 52:44 You see, you can't talk about the Battle of Gettysburg 52:47 because the end result's always the same. 52:49 But the Holy Spirit and taken the word 52:52 that's right here as you mature, 52:54 as you go from milk to meat, okay, you see it differently. 52:58 That's good. That's good. 52:59 And so you grow accordingly. 53:01 So if you're reading the passage 53:02 and it says the same thing to you every day, 53:04 every day the same thing that something is, 53:07 is something is wrong, dreadfully wrong. 53:10 It means someone is not growing. 53:12 They have to get passed that point-- 53:14 Let's use ourselves, Honey, for example. 53:16 Tell it right here right now. 53:18 Say this is what we're having 53:19 because sometimes you will say over the years, 53:21 well, Honey, that's not how you felt ten years ago. 53:25 And I said, you know, because of God's word he enlightens 53:29 and things and so we do. 53:31 A Christian will change as the word, 53:34 the Holy Spirit brings us to light. 53:36 We want to follow the light even we have to say, 53:39 "Oh, man, I was wrong before 53:41 but thank you, God, that you point it out. 53:43 By your grace and strength I'll walk in that light. 53:47 So I would gloat rather and I've said many times, 53:49 if I say something is wrong, 53:52 I'm willing to get up just as public deal 53:55 and say, I said this I didn't understand it 53:58 now I think that the studying have come to this point. 54:01 And I think we should because error is not going to help us. 54:05 Truth is what sanctifies as you mentioned a while ago 54:07 and prepares us for heaven. 54:08 And, you know, Jesus said in John 6:63 54:11 "Only the spirit brings life, 54:12 the words that I speak to you are spirit in life." 54:14 That's right. 54:16 And as you said, Greg, we want to always pray 54:19 because if you're reading the same thing over and over, 54:22 if you are just reading the, 54:23 you know, the compulsory chapter a night or something 54:27 you just surface reading. 54:29 You can pray for the Holy Spirit 54:31 then this life comes to you. 54:33 But real quick because my last words for the program, 54:36 I had, I've created what you call it? 54:40 Anyway for what do you call? 54:43 But for Bible, B-I-B-L-E? 54:45 Acronym. Acronym, thank you. 54:46 That just, I had a brain freeze. 54:48 It's all right. 54:49 For B-I-B-L-E, best instructions by loves example. 54:54 Well, that's good. Yeah, that's a fact. 54:56 Yeah. That's fun. 54:57 Say that one more time. 54:59 Best instructions by loves example. 55:01 That is beautiful. 55:03 And especially in today's society, 55:05 you know, 1 Peter reminds us 55:07 that the devil is going around as a roaring lion. 55:09 Oh, he's doing. 55:10 He is out to destroy this book. 55:14 He is out to destroy those who cherish this book. 55:18 He is out to destroy our hope and the light 55:21 that this book gives us 55:23 and we need more than ever 55:25 to get back to a primitive godliness, 55:28 a primitive godliness to fully focus in on our Creator, 55:32 our Sustainer, our Redeemer 55:35 because time is at hand. 55:36 Amen. 55:38 We have what, a couple of minutes. 55:39 Something just quickly on your mind we go 55:41 because we want to pray right as we finish up here. 55:43 That's right. 55:44 And once again so just maybe a quick thought 55:46 that each one may have. 55:47 Sure, something real quick that just has struck me 55:49 to that when Christ was in the Garden of Gethsemane 55:51 He was saying, Father, not My will, 55:53 Your will be done and this is a beautiful thing. 55:55 God sent an angel of strength to be there 55:57 and strengthen himself. 55:58 So we pray to God, Lord, show me your will. 56:00 He is there to give us strength, so we're positive. 56:02 Amen. 56:03 My thought would be the surrender. 56:05 You know, we want to approach the word with prayer 56:08 and, well, you know, 56:09 the anointing of the Holy Spirit 56:10 but to surrender. 56:12 Just surrender to what the Holy Spirit 56:13 is showing you in God's word. 56:14 Amen. Be willing to walk in it. 56:16 Man, wonderful, wonderful. Good. Go ahead, Honey. 56:17 Well, my thought would be just take time every day. 56:20 You know, we talk about in our homes 56:22 that we don't eat the physical food 56:24 till we had the spiritual food. 56:25 And I challenge each and every one 56:26 of our study partners to do the very same. 56:30 We need to take time with Jesus. 56:32 I just praise God as Peter wrote that 56:35 "He has brought me out of darkness 56:37 into His marvelous light." 56:38 Amen. 56:40 And I just want, to me it's just thank You, Jesus, 56:43 and I just ask Lord in the name of Jesus 56:46 that you will increase my wisdom, 56:51 my humility, my courage and my faith. 56:54 Isn't that wonderful. 56:55 We prayer every day Lord, help us to know what truth is, 56:57 help us to love the truth, help us to live the truth 57:00 and that's Jesus in our hearts and in our lives. 57:04 We need to have closing prayer. 57:05 It's been good, thank you. 57:06 Oh, how wonderful and all of those who at home 57:08 I know they have been opening their Bible, 57:10 they have been praying 57:11 and they have been singing along with us. 57:13 We pray it's been a real blessing. 57:14 We need to close with prayer. 57:15 Brother JD, how about you. 57:17 Would you just pray as we close out? 57:18 Father, we thank You for this wonderful day. 57:21 We give You our praise and glory. 57:22 Yes. 57:24 Father, I just ask Lord that the food 57:25 that we've been fed today that it will be, 57:28 that it will indeed fill whoever is looking, looking 57:32 and that is hunger and thirsty for Your word. 57:35 Father, we love You and we thank You 57:36 and give You our praise and glory 57:38 in the name of Jesus, amen. |
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