I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends and welcome
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to our Friday
evening Family Worship.
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And as you can tell
to my left is my bride.
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How you doing, honey? I'm good.
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I think, you know, her name.
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It's Angela it's
always been Angela
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and I'm not changing it.
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You better not.
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Good to have you with me, honey.
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I'm glad to be here.
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It's always good to be
a part of Family Worship.
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That's right.
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On Friday nights
and we welcome you
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to worship with us
and we've been heard
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from throughout
wherever we travel
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everyone loves Family Worship.
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That's right, this is an
equal opportunity praise program
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we try to uplift
Jesus and all we talk about
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and surely give him the
praise that he is worthy.
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But we have other people with us
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to my immediate
right is my brother
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Pastor John Dinzey.
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Same shirt.
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We went to the same
store for whatever reason
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decided that the same color
was going to be what we wore
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just slightly different buttons,
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good to have here Pastor Dinzey.
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Why thank you, it's
a pleasure to be here,
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it's a good thing
you didn't tell me
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to select the specific color,
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I would have come
back with another shirt.
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I know we did this
completely coincidently...
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Unplanned.
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...unplanned but hey, we'll
let you stay on the program.
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Thank you.
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Tell our audience,
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there's somebody that
may not know what you do.
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Right.
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And just go ahead and introduce
yourself to our audience.
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I have the
privilege of working at 3ABN,
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working for the Lord at 3ABN
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in the 3ABN Latino
channel along with my wife,
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Idalia it's a great
pleasure to work together
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for the Lord here.
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How many years?
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That's right. How many years?
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How many years
have you been here?
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It's going to be since 1989,
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so and if it's
going to be many years.
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Yeah, when you had
jet black hair I saw...
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Jet black hair.
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Wow.
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A lot more hair too.
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And you don't just
work with 3ABN Latino
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you're the general
manager of 3ABN Latino.
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Exactly, exactly.
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Quite a different
sense of responsibility
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and I cannot miss,
Miss. Tita, Margareta,
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Idalia, Hesus,
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Dinzey, I know all
of her personalities.
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That's right.
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Good to have you here.
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Well, thanks for the invite.
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We're looking forward to having
a good time with all of you.
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And we always look
forward to Family Worship.
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That's right.
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Even when we travel,
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no doesn't
matter where we're at.
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Thank God to the 3ABN
app you guys can download it
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right it's a free app.
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That's right.
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And so we follow the program
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and sometimes it's 11 o'clock
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at night and I'm
watching the program.
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Wow. That's nice.
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And what do you do, Tita?
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I do a little bit of everything.
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I like to cook and,
but first I'm a mom.
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Two boys. Beautiful.
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I do work for in
the 3ABN Latino network
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and I'm administrative
assistant to my husband
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so he's the boss here
at work, boss at home,
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boss everywhere.
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Wow.
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The good boss.
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He's a good boss. My boss.
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You have two sons? Yes.
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I have two young men Samuel
who is in Pompeii and Caleb
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who is a student
at Great Lakes Academy
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in Michigan.
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Wow and we've seen them
grow up through the years.
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They're like sons to us too.
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Yes, that's right. Love them.
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And they love you like
their step mom and dad.
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All right. Beautiful boys.
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And to our far left
we'll start with the gentlemen
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from my far left.
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Your name and what you doing?
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What is my name? My
name is Donald Owen.
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Yes, and I have at 3ABN I
wear several hats around here
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I do production and been
in pastoral and call center
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but we do things
outside of this ministry
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a lot of personal ministries.
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We work with
addiction recovery group
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we started our
forth term now forth time.
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And we also go in
churches and speak in churches
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so we are going to
give out literature
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actually
working on a big project
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with a...
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We're every excited
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and just the way the Lord
has been opening up many doors
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to reach people right
now at this crucial time.
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So we're excited we're excited.
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Good to have you here
Donald, I like your enthusiasm
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and your dedication for the Lord
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and his work and keep that up.
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And to your right
is your wife. Yes.
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Why don't you tell
us who you are we know
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but the audience might not know.
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Okay, my name is Janelle Owen
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and I'm serving in the
3ABN publishing department
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and work a lot with
the 3ABN world magazine
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and any other creative projects
that would come through.
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That's right and you're
very good at that magazine
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and you do the
English and the Latino and...
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Our department
does. It's a team effort.
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It's a team effort yeah.
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On both the
magazines it's a team effort.
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That's right.
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And they do a
very, very good job
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which we're blessed here at 3ABN
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to have such a diverse family
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and also we don't just have
people that are working here
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but we always praise
the Lord for all those
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who are behind the scenes.
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No program could
happen here at 3ABN
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without the collective
effort of graphic designers,
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audio, video, lighting
the list goes on and on
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and praise the Lord for that
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which makes our time of worship.
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We can always thank
the Lord for what he does
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in all of our
lives, all of our gifts,
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all of our ministries.
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And our topic today,
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just very quickly
before we have opening prayer
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our topic today is
Guidance with Making Decisions.
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So many of us
have made decisions,
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matter of fact
we make decisions.
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How often do we make decisions?
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Every second.
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Yes, every second. Nanosecond.
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Since the movement the
alarm goes off in the morning.
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Should I get up or not? Exactly.
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Hit the snooze
or not? It's true.
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I mean it's a topic that
involves everything we do...
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That's right.
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Even when we go to bed
should I use two pillows,
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honey, or one or three.
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You know,
everything in our lives
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have to do with decisions
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and as Christians we're
gonna dive into this in a moment
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but as Christians we
want to just highlight
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how important it
is to have guidance
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when making decisions.
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And when you think
about our world today,
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there is no big
decision, no small decision,
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every decision well there's some
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that are very much
more important than others.
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Right.
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But like for example, you know,
what I'm going to have a muffin
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or a whole wheat bread
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that wouldn't cause
your house to fall apart,
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but there are some
decisions that will.
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We're gonna talk
about those today,
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but before we do anything.
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Honey, why don't
you have prayer for us,
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led us before
the throne of grace.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Kind Heavenly Father,
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Lord we are so grateful
to be here this Friday night
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for Family
Worship and Lord we pray
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that your presence
will be amongst us.
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We invite your
Holy Spirit to be here
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and to bless each and every one.
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Lord it's an important topic
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that we are going
to be studying tonight
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and we just ask
for your guidance
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please lead us and help us
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to know that one
day soon we will see you
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and we're really
looking forward to that bright
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and glorious day
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen.
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And before we sing
our songs together.
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You must know that that
music doesn't happen by karaoke
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it's not a
button has being pressed
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but it's our dear Jill Morikone
who's at the piano today.
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Good to have you Jill.
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And Jill wears many hats,
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that she's a
musician a godly woman,
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an author, a wife...
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Administrative assistant.
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Administrative
assistance to Danny Shelton
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and but the
gift I like very much
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above all those things
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that she does with
paper is her gift of music
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and she's going
to lead us today.
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We're gonna sing some
songs as a matter of fact
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we'll start with
one that you might know,
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"Lead me to Calvary,
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" the theme we chose
today was lead and guide
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because our program is
about leading and guiding.
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So if, you know, the
song 317 in your hymnal
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"Lead me to Calvary, "
we'll sing that together,
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first and last stanza.
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King of my
life, I crown Thee now
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Thine shall the glory be
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Lest I forget Thy
thorn-crowned brow
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Lead me to Calvary
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Lest I forget Gethsemane;
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lest I forget Thine agony
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Lest I forget Thy love for me.
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Lead me to
Calvary May I be willing
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May I be willing: Lord to bear
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Daily my cross for Thee
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Even Thy cup of grief to share
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Thou has borne all for me
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Lest I forget Gethsemane;
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lest I forget Thine agony
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Lest I forget Thy love for me.
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Lead me to Calvary
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Now, we don't just
want the Lord to lead us.
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We want him to do what else?
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Guide us. Guide us.
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538, "Guide me.
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O Thou great Jehovah."
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Guide me.
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O Thou great Jehovah Pilgrim
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through this
barren land I am weak,
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but Thou art mighty
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Hold me with Thy powerful hand
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Bread of heaven.
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Bread of heaven Feed
me till I want no more
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Feed me till I want no more
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When I tread
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When I tread the verge of Jordan
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Bid my anxious fears subside
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Death of death
and hell's destruction
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Land me safe on Canaan's side
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Songs of
praises, songs of praises
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I will ever give to Thee
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I will ever give to Thee
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Amen. Thank you.
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Wow. Leading and guiding.
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Thank you Jill,
thank you so much
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for that wonderful music.
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Amen.
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Let's dive into
this topic about guidance
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when making decisions.
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Now, let's start
with some stories
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because, I know
that amongst this group,
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we can our minds can go
back to some good decisions,
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some horrible decisions.
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You know, somebody asked me once
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when is a bad
decision a good decision.
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And when is a good
decision a bad decision
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and I thought that
sounds like oxymoronish.
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And I thought when is
bad decision a good decision?
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How could a bad
decision ever be a good decision
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and I thought on that he said,
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"When a bad decision
could have been worse
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or could have been the worst."
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That's when a bad
decision is a good decision,
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'cause it could have
been worse or the worst
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and we have made
some bad decisions
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that could have been worse.
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We made some good decisions.
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When is a good
decision a bad decision
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I thought equally on that
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he said, "A good
decision is a bad decision,
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when it could've
been a better decision
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or the best decision."
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That's right.
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So we made some good
decisions and bad decisions,
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I could've been
better or the best,
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could have been
worse or the worst.
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And so...
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That's right.
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Play with the words.
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It's, kind of, a
good, better, best.
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Bad, worst, worstest.
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Or as the kids would say
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that's the worstest
decision we've ever made.
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I'm talk to Pastor Dinzey first
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'cause, you know,
think about some decisions
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we're gonna dive
into our text obviously,
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but can you think of a decision
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that was either a good
decision could have been better
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or bad decision
could have been worse.
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I mean I don't know.
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A good decision that
could have been better?
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A decision at
all, that you thought,
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"Wow, if I had
only asked the Lord."
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Well, I have to think a moment
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but I would say that
there are definite ways
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how the Lord leads
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and, you know, you
know, when it's the Lord.
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You know, when it's the
Lord that's leading you.
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And so, I'm thinking, I think...
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I don't know why
this story came to mind.
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Okay. But it goes.
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It wasn't my decision.
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We had a chance to go to
the New York camp meeting.
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And there we met a lady
shortly after the 9/11 incident
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and she, I believe
her name was Maria,
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if I'm not mistaken,
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but she told us
that she made a decision
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to go see her son on Friday
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before the 9/11
Tuesday incident.
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So because of that
decision she went to see her son
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and his wife and the baby
she had not seen for a while
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and she spent the time there.
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Now here comes Sunday,
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Sunday he's supposed to go back
on the train and go back home.
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And that was her decision
to go back home that day.
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But her son said, "Mom,
why don't you stay longer.
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We haven't seen you for a while.
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Could you please stay longer?"
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And she said, "Son, I
have to go back to work."
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And he said, "But please mom,
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you know, who knows
when we'll see you again?"
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And she said, "Okay son,
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I let me call my
boss see what he says."
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So she called
her boss it's Sunday.
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He said, "Yeah, go
ahead take the day off.
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You work hard. Go
ahead take that day off."
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And so Monday she
was supposed to take off.
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So she stayed
Sunday, she stayed Monday.
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Now Monday she's
going back on the train.
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So her first day of
work for her is Tuesday.
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So here comes Tuesday.
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And she has a routine, you know,
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you put your alarm on
and when that alarm goes off
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if you don't
press the snooze button.
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You're going to get
up so interesting enough
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she said, "She did
not hear her alarm."
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Slept right through it,
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tired she thought and
then when she wakes up
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it's somewhere
around ten something,
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"Oh, no, I overslept.
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Oh, no, no what a bad day."
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So she starts getting ready
rushes through everything and.
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And she knew the
time of the trains.
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So she said, "Oh, man,
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I've got to make that
train and she she's going."
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And just before
she gets to the stairs
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there goes up to take the train.
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There goes the train the train
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that she's already late
on so she missed that train
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so she's even later
than she expected to be.
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So finally she goes up there
it was another 15, 20 minutes
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before the train came she goes
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and on the way she
hears that there is this.
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"Did you hear
about a twin towers?
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A plane hit it."
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And she goes,
she's listening to this,
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she goes, "Oh, no."
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She's horrified and she
worked on the other tower.
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And then.
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No, it was the tower
she worked on and she goes,
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"Which, which one
of the two was it?"
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and she said,
and they said, "Well,
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I think it was such and such."
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She says, "That's my tower."
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And then she rushes over there
and she gets off the train.
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And when she is
walking by this time the other
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plane had hit I don't
recall the exact details
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if it was hers or not.
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But when she's approaching
and she sees the horror,
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horrid scene.
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She looks and she goes
that's floor such and such,
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"Oh, no."
00:17:28.71\00:17:30.28
And she said she visualized
so and so works at this desk,
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this desk and she see
the, "I wonder what happened?"
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She's worried about this
and she's slowly walking.
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She's walking towards
the building wondering,
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"What am I going
to do what's going on.
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Should I go over
there and take a look."
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And as she's walking
the building just collapses,
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you know, it turned into ashes
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and she is just shocked
and so are a lot of people.
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She said, she's standing there
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and this, this
massive cloud of dust
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and debris is coming towards her
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and she said, that she heard
00:18:03.11\00:18:05.68
her name called
and a voice said,
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"Run" and she
realized she had to run
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because she has asthma.
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So she started
running and running
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and this thing was about
to overrun her and she said,
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that somebody grabbed her
and pulled her into a building.
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And she was crying and
crying in the person grabbed her
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and "It's okay, it's okay,
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you're safe here,
you're safe here."
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And, and she began as
she's telling us the story,
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you know, she, she had
tears in her eyes she said,
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"If I had decided
to come back on Sunday.
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I would have
been in that building.
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If I had got up on time,
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I would have been
in that building."
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So she saw a chain of
events that led to her,
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her life being saved
to able to tell the story.
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So I don't know why that
story came to mind but...
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One decision, a destiny. Yes.
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One decision that
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and so that's a, that's a good
way to lead into the program
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because we're
talking about decisions
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and I think what I'd like to
do is maybe beginning with you.
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Let's talk about one
of the ways we can find
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and we for the
benefit of those of you
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who are watching the program
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we have a basic outline
00:19:18.15\00:19:19.49
but this, kind of,
our catapulting stage
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where we're talking
about one of the things
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that we need more
than anything else.
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When we make
decisions is share with us.
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Number one. What do we
need when you make decisions?
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Well,
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a wonderful
thing is that the Lord
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is willing to
give to all is wisdom
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and in James Chapter 1. Okay.
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In James Chapter 1.
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We have a verse
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that I think I
think it'd be good to read
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two or three of these verses
because they are connected.
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James Chapter 1 and I
like the way they start,
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it really is
wonderful in James 1:5, it says,
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"If any of you lack wisdom,
" well, that's including me,
00:20:03.67\00:20:07.10
that's including everybody
"If any of you lack wisdom,
00:20:07.14\00:20:09.70
let him ask of God they
give it to all men liberally
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and upbraid if not
and it shall be given him.
00:20:13.27\00:20:17.05
But let him ask in
faith nothing wavering
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for he that wavereth
is like a wave of the sea
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driven with the wind and tossed.
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For let not that man,
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think that he shall
receive anything of the Lord."
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And so, I think all
those are all verses
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that we could talk about
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but the wonderful thing is that
00:20:35.73\00:20:38.30
if any lack
wisdom we can ask God.
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Amen. Wow.
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Tita, what about wisdom?
00:20:42.04\00:20:43.37
Do you ever ask
the Lord for wisdom?
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Of course, yes.
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Even though my kids think
that mom knows everything.
00:20:48.64\00:20:52.98
I'm sorry, don't tell
him that I'm admitting
00:20:53.01\00:20:56.08
that I don't know everything
00:20:56.12\00:20:57.72
it's a secret right
here in this circle.
00:20:57.75\00:21:00.49
So definitely I
mean you need wisdom
00:21:00.52\00:21:02.96
just as a kid
and trying to either.
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You know,
everybody's got great potential.
00:21:07.90\00:21:09.80
But it's your decision.
00:21:09.83\00:21:11.60
You know, you
need to ask for wisdom
00:21:11.63\00:21:13.87
and wisdom comes from above
00:21:13.90\00:21:15.24
the fountain of
wisdom is the Lord.
00:21:15.27\00:21:17.37
So in every stage of
our lives we exercise
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that decision and
we're needing wisdom.
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As mother of a toddler
00:21:24.51\00:21:27.15
you see how the wisdom
develops into children,
00:21:27.18\00:21:31.35
you know, they're
recognizing colors,
00:21:31.39\00:21:33.66
shapes, sounds,
and stuff like that so.
00:21:33.69\00:21:36.99
It starts from the very time
00:21:37.03\00:21:40.36
that was even when
the Samuel and Caleb
00:21:40.40\00:21:42.56
were in my womb he
would tap in my belly.
00:21:42.60\00:21:45.07
One two and there would tap two
00:21:45.10\00:21:46.80
one two he
would tap three times.
00:21:46.84\00:21:48.97
One two three they would
tap one two three just like that
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and it's like midnight he
was playing with the baby...
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She was sleeping at that time.
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.55
You guys have shaken
hands right out there.
00:22:00.58\00:22:05.65
Wow.
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.02
But, you know, there's a text
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.39
I want us to look
at Philippines 4:6
00:22:08.42\00:22:09.76
because wisdom, wisdom
prevents us from doing this,
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.19
you know, somebody says,
00:22:13.23\00:22:14.56
wisdom is the Godly guidance...
00:22:14.60\00:22:20.97
Getting guidance from God
00:22:21.00\00:22:22.87
as to how you
should use your knowledge.
00:22:22.90\00:22:25.54
Knowledge and wisdom
are not the same thing
00:22:25.57\00:22:27.64
people know a lot but then
what you do with what you know?
00:22:27.68\00:22:30.68
Look at Philippians
4:6, you got that one, hon?
00:22:30.71\00:22:32.81
Yes. Philippines 4:6.
00:22:32.85\00:22:34.48
"Be anxious for nothing
but in every thing by prayer
00:22:34.52\00:22:38.35
and supplication
with thanks given
00:22:38.39\00:22:41.42
let your requests
be made known to God."
00:22:41.46\00:22:46.19
And verse 7, I think fits...
00:22:46.23\00:22:47.56
And verse 7,
00:22:47.60\00:22:48.93
"And the peace of God
00:22:48.96\00:22:50.30
which surpasses
all understanding
00:22:50.33\00:22:52.63
will guard your hearts
00:22:52.67\00:22:54.30
and minds through Christ Jesus."
00:22:54.34\00:22:57.41
So, so if you ask
if you are not anxious
00:22:57.44\00:23:01.38
God gives you guidance,
00:23:01.41\00:23:03.35
but in how many things
should we not be anxious?
00:23:03.38\00:23:07.38
Nothing. Not being
anxious for nothing.
00:23:07.42\00:23:09.78
Yeah.
00:23:09.82\00:23:11.15
But how many things should
we bring our prayers before God?
00:23:11.19\00:23:13.76
For everything.
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.79
Now, Donald, let
me ask you a question.
00:23:15.82\00:23:18.66
Sometimes people say,
and I have found a way
00:23:18.69\00:23:21.80
to prevent the guys in
Best Buy from swerving me
00:23:21.83\00:23:27.17
to buy something
because it's on sale.
00:23:27.20\00:23:30.71
You know, they say,
"This is just today."
00:23:30.74\00:23:33.71
And I say well,
00:23:33.74\00:23:35.08
the thing that always
helps what do I say to them?
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.95
I'll pray about it.
00:23:36.98\00:23:39.45
They could never ever come
back they have no comeback.
00:23:39.48\00:23:42.72
If I say, "Well, I don't know."
00:23:42.75\00:23:44.09
They say, "Well
the price can be..."
00:23:44.12\00:23:45.45
Everything they've been taught
to comeback on but when I said,
00:23:45.49\00:23:47.66
"We have to pray
about all of our purchases,
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.32
if it is for us
we'll be here tomorrow."
00:23:49.36\00:23:50.86
That's right. They
can't say anything.
00:23:50.89\00:23:52.96
It always prevents them.
00:23:52.99\00:23:54.33
So you think about that,
looking at this principle.
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.30
I actually want to share
a story about a gentlemen
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.23
that did use
prayer it's in 1 Kings 3.
00:23:59.27\00:24:03.10
This is Solomon. Yeah.
00:24:03.14\00:24:06.71
Power of a prayer
00:24:06.74\00:24:08.91
and when you don't
know what you're up against,
00:24:08.94\00:24:12.21
of course, you
know, that David passed on
00:24:12.25\00:24:15.08
and he gave the baton to Solomon
00:24:15.12\00:24:16.65
and here's this young man
who doesn't know how to lead
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.72
and I'll just pick it up in 3:7,
00:24:19.75\00:24:22.06
and just verse 9, these 2.
00:24:22.09\00:24:23.66
Okay, 1 King
3... Seven and nine.
00:24:23.69\00:24:26.63
Okay.
00:24:26.66\00:24:28.00
It says," Now,
O Lord my God thou
00:24:28.03\00:24:29.73
has made Thy servant king
instead of David my father,
00:24:29.76\00:24:33.44
and I am but a little child.
00:24:33.47\00:24:35.87
I know not how to
go out or to come in."
00:24:35.90\00:24:38.87
So verse nine says,
00:24:38.91\00:24:40.24
"Give therefore Thy
servant an understanding
00:24:40.28\00:24:41.74
hard to judge Thy people
00:24:41.78\00:24:43.11
that I may discern
between good and bad
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.65
for who is able to judge
this thy so great a people..."
00:24:45.68\00:24:49.28
I mean all these decisions
00:24:49.32\00:24:50.65
we need to seek
the Lord we actually.
00:24:50.69\00:24:54.36
We do this,
Celebrating Life in Recovery.
00:24:54.39\00:24:57.13
Now, it's changing but
when we did this recovery group
00:24:57.16\00:25:00.26
this particular night was
in the fifth week we were out.
00:25:00.30\00:25:03.40
I just had many
people texting me,
00:25:03.43\00:25:04.77
I communicate through
text and people are saying,
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.13
'I don't want to come.
00:25:06.17\00:25:07.50
I'm tired.
00:25:07.54\00:25:08.87
You know, I'm done
with this or I'm sick
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.24
I can't make it and it
had all these obstacles.
00:25:10.27\00:25:11.97
I'm like, "Lord,
we're trying to get there."
00:25:12.01\00:25:13.84
And just made that decision
to go but Satan was not happy.
00:25:13.88\00:25:19.38
So he's put all
these obstacles in a way
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.18
we finally get there and
I just heard this voice say,
00:25:21.22\00:25:24.12
"We've been testing you
and you've been faithful."
00:25:24.15\00:25:26.86
And so I finally get to the door
00:25:26.89\00:25:28.22
and I found out why
because later that night,
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.13
a lady that was in our
group they're from Salem
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.16
which is like an
hour and a half north
00:25:32.19\00:25:33.53
they come every week.
00:25:33.56\00:25:34.90
And this particular night
she had a high speed chase
00:25:34.93\00:25:37.10
go through her backyard.
00:25:37.13\00:25:39.27
Car over rolled
took our backyard fence,
00:25:39.30\00:25:42.17
she still gets in her car.
00:25:42.20\00:25:43.81
She made a decision to
come she got in her car.
00:25:43.84\00:25:46.68
She's on her way
to pick up her friend
00:25:46.71\00:25:48.34
she hits a giant
bird like a vulture
00:25:48.38\00:25:49.91
and it shatters
her front windshield.
00:25:49.94\00:25:51.28
Oh, no.
00:25:51.31\00:25:52.65
She now has
glass and bird feathers
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.02
in her front seat.
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.38
And she picks up this
friend and still comes.
00:25:55.42\00:25:57.49
And I thought to myself, "Lord,
if I didn't come that night
00:25:57.52\00:25:59.82
how of a greater disappointed
00:25:59.85\00:26:01.19
I would have been for this
lady you know, if I didn't go."
00:26:01.22\00:26:03.59
So making that
decision you just don't know...
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.70
Well, in her she
didn't let any thing stop her,
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.56
car rolled over in her yard.
00:26:09.60\00:26:11.53
Bird comes
through her windshield...
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.23
But that's a
decision that she made
00:26:13.27\00:26:15.00
because she felt
convicted that it was important.
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.87
Yeah.
00:26:17.91\00:26:19.24
So, you know, sometimes
the Lord is guiding us,
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.84
in spite of whatever happens.
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.15
This is what is best for me.
00:26:24.18\00:26:26.21
That is what pastor was saying
and there are good decisions,
00:26:26.25\00:26:29.45
better
decisions, best decisions.
00:26:29.48\00:26:31.39
So it was up to her to
just listen to the prompting
00:26:31.42\00:26:35.52
of the Holy
Spirit is this important
00:26:35.56\00:26:37.86
and she was convinced.
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23
So that decision brought
about the desire of wisdom
00:26:39.26\00:26:42.56
and determination.
00:26:42.60\00:26:43.97
You know, guide me there
I must go to that meeting...
00:26:44.00\00:26:46.70
And she knew, she
knew where the obstacles
00:26:46.74\00:26:49.37
were coming from she
recognizes spiritual warfare.
00:26:49.40\00:26:52.47
Yeah. Yes.
00:26:52.51\00:26:53.84
Wow. And
sometimes... say it again.
00:26:53.88\00:26:55.84
No, Tita said it.
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.21
We're not against
what she brought, yeah.
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.78
Every day there's an obstacle
00:26:59.81\00:27:01.15
especially when
you're working for the Lord
00:27:01.18\00:27:02.52
somebody was
talking to someone today
00:27:02.55\00:27:04.52
and they were
talking about life is tough.
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.82
I said, "Well, you know,
00:27:06.86\00:27:08.19
once you're on the
field you gonna get hit."
00:27:08.22\00:27:09.89
I said I'm using
football as an example
00:27:09.92\00:27:11.56
you've got a goal.
00:27:11.59\00:27:12.93
So does the other
team they have a goal
00:27:12.96\00:27:14.50
they're gonna try to
prevent you from getting yours
00:27:14.53\00:27:16.36
and you try to prevent
them from getting theirs.
00:27:16.40\00:27:18.30
So if you don't want to be
hit get back in the stands.
00:27:18.33\00:27:20.10
But I just want you to know
00:27:20.14\00:27:21.47
you're not going
to get any rewards.
00:27:21.50\00:27:23.97
So this Christian life is not
a stand life it's a field life
00:27:24.01\00:27:28.14
and you're gonna be hit.
00:27:28.18\00:27:29.58
And but then sometimes,
sometimes it's not necessarily
00:27:29.61\00:27:35.18
making the wrong decision
that sometimes blocks the thing
00:27:35.22\00:27:39.02
that you wanted
but it can be something
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.39
you're doing yourself.
00:27:40.42\00:27:42.12
Honey, take us to
that there's a text
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.73
that she's going to
share with us and then,
00:27:44.76\00:27:46.33
kind of, talk about
how sometimes the decisions
00:27:46.36\00:27:48.66
we could be
making could be the thing
00:27:48.70\00:27:50.27
that hinders the blessing
that God has in store for us.
00:27:50.30\00:27:53.67
This is good.
00:27:53.70\00:27:55.14
It says, "Search
your heart determine
00:27:55.17\00:27:57.21
if there is any sin that
will hinder the requests."
00:27:57.24\00:28:01.48
That's so true.
00:28:01.51\00:28:03.04
Because we make all your request
00:28:03.08\00:28:04.41
known this is something.
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.55
Something could be... yeah.
00:28:06.58\00:28:08.35
Anyway in Psalm 66:18,
00:28:08.38\00:28:11.29
which is a
really good one it says,
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.36
"If I regard iniquity."
00:28:13.39\00:28:16.16
which is cherished sin, right?
00:28:16.19\00:28:18.06
"In my heart the
Lord will not hear."
00:28:18.09\00:28:21.93
It's powerful.
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.70
How do we get rid of
that iniquity in our hearts?
00:28:23.73\00:28:27.14
Well, you know, iniquity...
00:28:27.17\00:28:28.50
I mean many
people are fighting this.
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.37
So they want to
not have the hindrance
00:28:30.41\00:28:36.44
between their
request and the Lord, right?
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.71
So if I regard
iniquity from my heart
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.08
how do we guard,
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.85
regard iniquity from our hearts,
00:28:42.88\00:28:46.02
so that the Lord will hear us?
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.69
Well, Jill, do you
have any suggestions.
00:28:48.72\00:28:50.29
How do we get that
iniquity out of our hearts?
00:28:50.33\00:28:52.76
Well, I think
that if we're open to,
00:28:52.79\00:28:56.20
if we recognize it and we
allow him to take that away
00:28:56.23\00:28:59.63
and I think that
recognizing it for me at least
00:28:59.67\00:29:02.74
from my perspective that
would be the first thing.
00:29:02.77\00:29:05.11
It's like when
you have an addiction.
00:29:05.14\00:29:06.51
You can't do anything
about it until you admit it
00:29:06.54\00:29:10.08
as the first step
and then, you know,
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.95
he takes that away
00:29:11.98\00:29:13.31
and then hopefully
we don't grab it back.
00:29:13.35\00:29:15.38
That's right.
00:29:15.42\00:29:17.55
And what is iniquity?
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
Cherished sins
something you love
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.22
you just don't want to let go.
00:29:21.26\00:29:22.82
You know, and you
have to let it go.
00:29:22.86\00:29:25.79
If you want to go
to heaven, you have to.
00:29:25.83\00:29:28.73
I saw the funniest display
of I think the best example
00:29:28.76\00:29:32.63
I saw of a
cherished sin was a monkey
00:29:32.67\00:29:35.14
who a guy set a trap for him
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.34
and he put he put
a plum in a bottle
00:29:37.37\00:29:43.85
and that monkey wanted
that plum so badly but...
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.38
More monkey...
00:29:46.41\00:29:47.75
He puts his hand in that bottle
00:29:47.78\00:29:50.02
and he got that plum
but you have to hold it,
00:29:50.05\00:29:52.82
now you can't get your hand out.
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.69
And the monkey wanted that plum
and he wasn't gonna let it go.
00:29:54.72\00:29:58.09
But he knew if he
held onto it, he's caught.
00:29:58.13\00:30:00.40
That's right.
00:30:00.43\00:30:01.76
He got caught because the plumb
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.57
was more important
to him than his freedom.
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.53
And that's cherished
sin I got to have that plum
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.70
I know what this
means I see him coming
00:30:09.74\00:30:11.84
but this plum and
that's what cherished sin...
00:30:11.87\00:30:15.58
I must share this story.
00:30:15.61\00:30:17.35
I was young and there
was the lady in leadership
00:30:17.38\00:30:21.62
position at my church.
00:30:21.65\00:30:22.98
And this is the first
time my mom allowed me to go
00:30:23.02\00:30:25.95
to the store with
someone else other than family
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.89
and she opened a
package of chocolates
00:30:28.92\00:30:33.26
in the store and she ate it.
00:30:33.29\00:30:36.23
I'm like, "You're not
supposed to open that."
00:30:36.26\00:30:39.23
and she says, "Oh, that's okay,
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.84
I'll just say I'm
sorry to Jesus at night
00:30:40.87\00:30:43.57
and I'll be okay."
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.97
I'm like, "What?"
00:30:46.01\00:30:49.14
I mean I was just a
kid and I still remember
00:30:49.18\00:30:52.21
that impacted me so much
and I like I cannot believe
00:30:52.25\00:30:58.79
that she would
do that and I said,
00:30:58.82\00:31:01.12
"But you're not
supposed to do that."
00:31:01.16\00:31:02.92
You know, little kids
will tell you the truth.
00:31:02.96\00:31:05.13
So I remember my
conversation with her
00:31:05.16\00:31:08.10
and it seemed like it
was her habit, you know,
00:31:08.13\00:31:11.73
of opening stuff
and just saying, sorry,
00:31:11.77\00:31:14.27
Jesus and move on.
00:31:14.30\00:31:16.27
Yeah, crazy.
00:31:16.30\00:31:19.74
You know, this word if I regard
00:31:19.77\00:31:24.25
I was looking up here the Hebrew
00:31:24.28\00:31:26.25
It's interesting that it
means to regard, to consider,
00:31:26.28\00:31:31.89
to approve, and to enjoy,
00:31:31.92\00:31:34.29
and even experience
iniquity in your heart.
00:31:34.32\00:31:38.26
The Lord when I hear you.
00:31:38.29\00:31:39.63
So you're this obstacle
is one that is impacting
00:31:39.66\00:31:44.60
because it's like your
mind is in that iniquity
00:31:44.63\00:31:49.54
you're savoring that
iniquity in your heart
00:31:49.57\00:31:52.04
so to approach the
Lord with that in your heart
00:31:52.07\00:31:55.78
then the Lord will not hear you
00:31:55.81\00:31:57.15
because you're
placing the obstacle
00:31:57.18\00:31:58.71
it's your choice
to keep it there.
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.32
Wow.
00:32:00.35\00:32:01.82
That's huge, so which takes
us I think to the third point
00:32:01.85\00:32:05.52
I'd like to have Jill
address the third point
00:32:05.55\00:32:10.06
'cause so far we've
talked about ask for wisdom,
00:32:10.09\00:32:12.59
the other one is
search your heart
00:32:12.63\00:32:14.26
and what's going on there?
00:32:14.30\00:32:15.93
Because wisdom
the Lord might see
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.57
this is what I want you to do
00:32:17.60\00:32:20.07
but with your hand on
the plum you might say,
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.17
"Well this is
what I want to do."
00:32:22.20\00:32:23.71
So he's saying,
"Well, I can't...
00:32:23.74\00:32:25.07
I want to guide you here,
00:32:25.11\00:32:26.44
but you just
won't let that plum go.
00:32:26.47\00:32:27.81
So what do we have to do next?
00:32:27.84\00:32:29.18
You know, actually say that
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.28
I think they have
caught monkeys that way.
00:32:31.31\00:32:33.45
Oh, yeah. That's a trap.
00:32:33.48\00:32:35.12
They won't let it go and that's
how those monkeys get caught...
00:32:35.15\00:32:39.75
They put their
favorites, what they chose...
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.12
Temptation.
00:32:42.16\00:32:43.49
There were temptation
and they're just like...
00:32:43.53\00:32:44.99
I thought sin, sin is that word.
00:32:45.03\00:32:46.73
That's a snare. That's a snare.
00:32:46.76\00:32:50.10
Assess your motives are
they in harmony with God's will.
00:32:50.13\00:32:54.44
We're gonna read James 4:3,
00:32:54.47\00:32:57.77
"He ask and receive
not because he asked a miss
00:32:57.81\00:33:01.21
that you may
consume it upon your lusts."
00:33:01.24\00:33:05.05
Consume it upon your lusts.
00:33:05.08\00:33:06.41
So let's talk about
that and your motives.
00:33:06.45\00:33:07.85
So the question you
want guidance but...
00:33:07.88\00:33:09.82
Yes, I was just gonna say
00:33:09.85\00:33:12.65
actually before we
came on the program.
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.36
I think God was
preparing me for this
00:33:15.39\00:33:17.83
I didn't even know I
was gonna get this one,
00:33:17.86\00:33:19.73
but at the end of each day.
00:33:19.76\00:33:22.63
I don't do it every
day, but I wish I did
00:33:22.66\00:33:24.63
but I try to go through my
day and just remember things
00:33:24.67\00:33:28.37
that I did during my
day and like it says,
00:33:28.40\00:33:30.77
it sets your motives.
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.14
Like did I open
the door for someone
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.34
because I want the glory
00:33:34.38\00:33:35.81
or did I do this for this person
00:33:35.84\00:33:38.15
because I want
the praise or whatever
00:33:38.18\00:33:40.25
and just assessing my motives
ask God to show me my motives
00:33:40.28\00:33:44.12
and, you know,
because we can do good things
00:33:44.15\00:33:46.25
but that doesn't mean that
we're in the mind of the...
00:33:46.29\00:33:49.22
For the right reasons. Exactly.
00:33:49.26\00:33:50.93
And so, I'd like to, to
ask him to show me my motives
00:33:50.96\00:33:56.83
in those dark corners to
where I really trying to get
00:33:56.87\00:34:01.20
the praise for
myself and, you know,
00:34:01.24\00:34:03.34
am I really
motivated by a love for him
00:34:03.37\00:34:06.11
and for him to show people him
00:34:06.14\00:34:08.54
or do I want that
to come to myself?
00:34:08.58\00:34:11.41
Touched my heart.
00:34:11.45\00:34:13.45
So can you think of,
can you think of times
00:34:13.48\00:34:15.15
when anybody here
can you think of times
00:34:15.18\00:34:17.39
when you have to
examine your motives?
00:34:17.42\00:34:20.56
Actually I can think of one
00:34:20.59\00:34:21.92
just recently we were doing a...
00:34:21.96\00:34:24.59
And I just got the
book, a complimentary book
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.70
as well it will and a
gentlemen came to my office
00:34:27.73\00:34:30.53
and he grabbed
the book and he asked
00:34:30.57\00:34:32.10
if he could help
me I was thinking.
00:34:32.13\00:34:33.97
Actually, I really
want to do this myself.
00:34:34.00\00:34:36.44
I thought about
that like that's selfish
00:34:36.47\00:34:37.97
and the Lord said, "No,
you let him have the book
00:34:38.01\00:34:40.41
and you let him,
you know, share."
00:34:40.44\00:34:41.78
And he was so excited.
00:34:41.81\00:34:43.14
You know, I'm like I can't work
00:34:43.18\00:34:44.51
so I gave him the
book I said, yeah,
00:34:44.55\00:34:45.88
I was really like just
take the book I was like
00:34:45.91\00:34:48.15
please take it from me
and I did not know like man,
00:34:48.18\00:34:52.05
that was really selfish of
me I really I wanted the glory,
00:34:52.09\00:34:54.66
I really did, I was
like that's not right.
00:34:54.69\00:34:56.39
So I begin to tell Lord,
00:34:56.42\00:34:58.29
it was really
difficult and I was like
00:34:58.33\00:35:00.36
really gritting my teeth,
"Just please take the book,
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.46
will you return it please?"
00:35:02.50\00:35:06.43
Yes, you got to
really check your...
00:35:06.47\00:35:08.00
you need to take a
moral inventory know
00:35:08.04\00:35:09.50
when the recovery
program you talk about that
00:35:09.54\00:35:11.64
take a moral inventory of,
00:35:11.67\00:35:13.27
you know, what you're doing
and how you're wronging people
00:35:13.31\00:35:15.11
or wronging
yourself or what you're doing
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.21
between you and God
is really important.
00:35:17.25\00:35:19.21
Well, I have to say
something because...
00:35:19.25\00:35:21.75
Go for it Tita. I
mean, yeah, I know.
00:35:21.78\00:35:25.12
Well, you know,
to a certain degree
00:35:25.15\00:35:27.49
I can I can see that
being, you know, a problem
00:35:27.52\00:35:33.60
but at the same
time I taught my children
00:35:33.63\00:35:36.06
they have special things,
they don't have to share.
00:35:36.10\00:35:41.00
But of all those things,
other things, they may share.
00:35:41.04\00:35:46.04
You know, what I'm saying,
00:35:46.07\00:35:47.41
it teaches them
responsibility and value.
00:35:47.44\00:35:50.88
So, you know,
there's a balance maybe
00:35:50.91\00:35:53.92
I don't know
pastor you're the pastor
00:35:53.95\00:35:55.48
so start the family
counseling right now.
00:35:55.52\00:35:59.39
Well, you know,
there is a balance
00:35:59.42\00:36:03.83
because there are certain things
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.19
let me give you an
example of a parent says,
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.00
I'll use Caleb.
00:36:08.03\00:36:09.70
"This cost us a lot to get
I don't want this to be played
00:36:09.73\00:36:13.64
by any other
students in the class
00:36:13.67\00:36:15.70
if this get's broken.
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.07
You're not going
to get another one.
00:36:17.11\00:36:18.44
Any time soon
because it's very expensive
00:36:18.47\00:36:19.81
so please
reserve this for the use
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.04
that we purchased it for."
00:36:22.08\00:36:23.58
Somebody goes to school
and somebody says, "Can I try?"
00:36:23.61\00:36:26.08
"My parents said, no."
00:36:26.11\00:36:27.45
"Come on, Caleb,
can I just try it?"
00:36:27.48\00:36:28.98
"My parents says, no.
You could anything else."
00:36:29.02\00:36:31.75
"Can I try it?"
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.12
"All right, but just don't
let anything happen to it."
00:36:33.15\00:36:34.82
The person picks it
up and as they pick it up
00:36:34.86\00:36:36.46
somebody bumps them and
drops them and it shatters.
00:36:36.49\00:36:40.96
He has got to go home
now and he has to decide,
00:36:41.00\00:36:43.16
"Do I tell my mom
that I broke up it,
00:36:43.20\00:36:46.00
or do I tell my mom
that somebody else broke it
00:36:46.03\00:36:47.77
which means a violation
of the fact that she told me,
00:36:47.80\00:36:50.01
"Don't let
anybody else touch this."
00:36:50.04\00:36:52.11
" So we have to add value
00:36:52.14\00:36:53.48
in those I call
those boundaries.
00:36:53.51\00:36:55.84
You know, boundaries are
good when it protects us.
00:36:55.88\00:36:58.21
Yes.
00:36:58.25\00:36:59.58
I think what
Donald was saying was,
00:36:59.61\00:37:01.78
sometimes we want to
protect our boundaries
00:37:01.82\00:37:04.19
for our glory or
for our own praise.
00:37:04.22\00:37:07.89
That's when the Lord wants us
to break those boundaries down.
00:37:07.92\00:37:10.63
That's why we have to understand
00:37:10.66\00:37:12.09
when we when we
asking God to guide us
00:37:12.13\00:37:14.10
we have to know that
he's going to do that,
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.16
I want to I want to
segue to that because.
00:37:16.20\00:37:17.90
You know, our time to
get away from us very quickly
00:37:17.93\00:37:20.40
let's go to number four, Donald.
00:37:20.44\00:37:21.84
Sure.
00:37:21.87\00:37:23.94
Believe that God
desires to guide you.
00:37:23.97\00:37:25.77
I believe that he
wants to guide you
00:37:25.81\00:37:27.54
and will guide you,
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.44
we'll be looking at Psalms 32:8.
00:37:29.48\00:37:32.45
Okay.
00:37:32.48\00:37:34.12
Let's see it says,
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.89
"I will instruct
you and teach you
00:37:36.92\00:37:38.25
in the way you should go, I
will guide you with my eye."
00:37:38.29\00:37:42.66
That's powerful.
00:37:42.69\00:37:44.03
I mean you just, kind of,
00:37:44.06\00:37:45.93
don't worry he's gonna
guide us with who is eye?
00:37:45.96\00:37:48.46
His eye. My eye.
00:37:48.50\00:37:51.93
That's a pastor's text.
00:37:51.97\00:37:54.94
Have you ever said to your sons,
00:37:54.97\00:37:56.30
"Son, listen to me."
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.64
Yeah we had that
you had those movements.
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.08
We don't have children. Oh, yes.
00:38:00.11\00:38:01.61
But you've had those moments,
"But dad, I don't see that,
00:38:01.64\00:38:03.88
" "Son, " I've
heard you say that before,
00:38:03.91\00:38:07.02
you have a
different eyes than your son.
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.45
You reminded me of a story.
00:38:08.48\00:38:11.45
This is when Samuel and
Caleb were both very small,
00:38:11.49\00:38:15.46
but Samuel was a
little older than Caleb
00:38:15.49\00:38:18.09
and we were in the car together
about to drive somewhere
00:38:18.13\00:38:21.60
and Caleb was saying, "Samuel,
I don't think that's fair."
00:38:21.63\00:38:27.14
And Samuel says, "Well, Caleb, "
00:38:27.17\00:38:29.00
and he said something to Caleb
00:38:29.04\00:38:32.64
to persuade him
that it was fair.
00:38:32.67\00:38:36.51
And I don't remember exactly
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.65
what it was and
then I turned around
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.75
and realized that Samuel
was trying to manipulate him,
00:38:40.78\00:38:47.62
deceive him, manipulate him
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.29
to see his way so that he can...
00:38:49.32\00:38:51.93
Get away with it.
00:38:51.96\00:38:53.29
So I had to step in and
it's interesting what happened.
00:38:53.33\00:38:57.40
I had to step in.
I've never told this story.
00:38:57.43\00:39:00.70
I said, "Samuel,
don't you think."
00:39:00.74\00:39:03.10
And I gave him an
example of why it was wrong,
00:39:03.14\00:39:06.51
what he was doing and then he,
00:39:06.54\00:39:09.91
his little mind started working.
00:39:09.94\00:39:12.65
And he tried to convince me
that he was right and I said,
00:39:12.68\00:39:17.49
"No, son the Bible says this..."
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.12
and I tried to help
him see the right way
00:39:19.15\00:39:22.92
and again he came up
with something else...
00:39:22.96\00:39:25.03
Creative.
00:39:25.06\00:39:26.39
And then I said, "I'm sorry son,
00:39:26.43\00:39:28.50
but you're not correct."
00:39:28.53\00:39:29.96
And, you know, what happened?
00:39:30.00\00:39:31.33
What? He began to cry.
00:39:31.37\00:39:33.47
He wept and he
wept and I had to stop
00:39:33.50\00:39:36.67
and wonder what is going on now
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.71
and when he could gain composure
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.51
and he said it while crying
00:39:40.54\00:39:43.28
and he was
expressing himself this way.
00:39:43.31\00:39:45.31
"Poppy." That's daddy.
00:39:45.35\00:39:47.28
"I knew you were right,
00:39:47.32\00:39:50.09
but I don't know why I insisted
00:39:50.12\00:39:54.52
or he Caleb and
he says something,
00:39:54.56\00:39:56.36
"I, I don't know why I
kept trying to tell you that."
00:39:56.39\00:39:59.93
Yeah and I saw there
the working of the good
00:39:59.96\00:40:05.33
and the evil and how
the devil could for somebody
00:40:05.37\00:40:11.14
even in that little
mind he could persuade
00:40:11.17\00:40:13.44
even an adult.
00:40:13.48\00:40:14.81
Hey, you know, convince
that person of this bad thing.
00:40:14.84\00:40:18.95
And so the devil works that way.
00:40:18.98\00:40:20.48
So in his in this in his
mind was he knew I was right.
00:40:20.52\00:40:24.35
And he's but he did
not want to let it go.
00:40:24.39\00:40:27.56
I guess you can say maybe
there was a little pride there
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.82
or whatever it was...
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.19
Human nature.
00:40:31.23\00:40:32.56
Yeah to hold on to
00:40:32.59\00:40:33.93
and so that's very,
very interesting battle
00:40:33.96\00:40:36.43
that went in the mind
of that young little boy
00:40:36.46\00:40:39.00
and I don't know
if he remembers that
00:40:39.03\00:40:40.60
because he's 20 years old now.
00:40:40.64\00:40:41.97
I mean that was
but it's interesting
00:40:42.00\00:40:44.91
how the devil works and
we have to ask ourselves,
00:40:44.94\00:40:47.38
you know, when we're
making these decisions
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.04
and that's why we have
this wonderful counsel here
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.71
that we're sharing, scriptures.
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.31
We have to ask
ourselves about the selfishness,
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.45
selfishness aspect of things.
00:40:55.48\00:40:57.29
That's right.
00:40:57.32\00:40:58.65
And if the devil is trying
to lead us down the wrong path.
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.96
So I thought was
interesting when the Lord says,
00:41:01.99\00:41:03.49
"I will guide you with my eyes."
00:41:03.53\00:41:05.49
You know, the Lord
does not see as man sees,
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.40
he sees the beginning
00:41:07.43\00:41:09.26
and people often
say, "But, why Lord?"
00:41:09.30\00:41:10.90
You know, the kids
with the why? Why? Why?
00:41:10.93\00:41:12.27
they could have
the perpetual why
00:41:12.30\00:41:14.37
and we could do the
same thing with God, why?
00:41:14.40\00:41:16.04
Why? Why? But why is
God saying... say it again.
00:41:16.07\00:41:19.81
His ways are not our ways.
00:41:19.84\00:41:22.68
Is higher...
00:41:22.71\00:41:24.05
Is high as the
heavens are above the earth,
00:41:24.08\00:41:25.88
his ways of a far away.
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.25
Yeah, I was...
can I say something?
00:41:27.28\00:41:28.62
Sure.
00:41:28.65\00:41:29.98
I'm glad you mentioned pride
00:41:30.02\00:41:31.35
because I, I think it's easy
00:41:31.39\00:41:33.19
to get caught up
in our own pursuits
00:41:33.22\00:41:36.62
and decisions and
thinking, you know,
00:41:36.66\00:41:38.63
that we're the
one that's, kind of,
00:41:38.66\00:41:41.10
like steering the ship
00:41:41.13\00:41:42.90
and I think pride
plays a big decision in,
00:41:42.93\00:41:47.30
kind of, coming between
us and God and, you know,
00:41:47.34\00:41:50.37
making it so I can rely
on myself to do this or,
00:41:50.41\00:41:53.81
you know, whatever it is
and for me pride has been,
00:41:53.84\00:41:57.31
you know, it's like he's really
been working on me in that area
00:41:57.35\00:42:01.35
so I really can relate to that
and I can see that, you know,
00:42:01.38\00:42:04.75
when you're talking about
how he didn't want to let it go
00:42:04.79\00:42:07.32
and he was just holding
on to that and it's like,
00:42:07.36\00:42:09.52
you know, how many
times have I done that
00:42:09.56\00:42:11.19
and just pride and I
just let him take control.
00:42:11.23\00:42:15.70
That's right. Amen.
00:42:15.73\00:42:17.43
Anything that you
want to add to that, hon?
00:42:17.47\00:42:19.03
No, she said it all
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.40
and we pray we always
pray Lord keep us humble
00:42:20.44\00:42:23.24
because pride
could get in the way.
00:42:23.27\00:42:24.64
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah easily.
00:42:24.67\00:42:26.01
Oh, John Lomacang, oh,
no, no, no it's not about us.
00:42:26.04\00:42:29.21
It's about Jesus,
it's never about us.
00:42:29.24\00:42:31.05
Yeah.
00:42:31.08\00:42:32.41
I told this funny
story that she mentioned that
00:42:32.45\00:42:33.78
because we were
going to a camp meeting
00:42:33.82\00:42:35.15
I don't know which
one it was and, you know,
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.39
it is and if you
go in some places
00:42:37.42\00:42:38.75
you send all
your information ahead
00:42:38.79\00:42:40.12
the picture and the
bio and all that little
00:42:40.16\00:42:42.09
and so we sent it ahead of time
00:42:42.12\00:42:43.46
we got to the camp meeting
it was a big camp meeting
00:42:43.49\00:42:46.06
and I saw their
bulletin they passed out,
00:42:46.09\00:42:47.76
it was like a 11 page
beautiful color outline
00:42:47.80\00:42:51.57
and I thought wow, I want
to keep this one for keepsakes
00:42:51.60\00:42:53.67
but I went
through the whole bulletin
00:42:53.70\00:42:55.17
and my picture and
my name was no where.
00:42:55.20\00:42:58.67
And I was the main speaker
and I said, "What happened?"
00:42:58.71\00:43:04.35
She said, "What do
you mean what happened?"
00:43:04.38\00:43:07.22
I said, "I looked
through the whole bulletin twice
00:43:07.25\00:43:10.09
and I'm not mentioned anywhere.
00:43:10.12\00:43:12.39
My picture is not there."
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.92
She said, "You
got the wrong date."
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.29
She said, "I don't know
what happened to me check
00:43:15.32\00:43:18.39
because I remember you
did send all the information."
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.60
She went down the line to five,
five people deep and she said,
00:43:20.63\00:43:24.43
"You know, what?
00:43:24.47\00:43:25.80
It was still on
the desk of the person
00:43:25.83\00:43:27.17
doing the
layout they forgot it."
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.01
And I thought, "Okay
Lord, I got it, I got it."
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.27
It's not about you.
00:43:32.31\00:43:33.84
We pray that prayer
and you answered it.
00:43:33.88\00:43:35.91
"Keep us
humble." Keep us humble.
00:43:35.94\00:43:38.61
He did.
00:43:38.65\00:43:39.98
The motives are a big
thing they get in our way.
00:43:40.02\00:43:41.82
Yes. Yes. That's true.
00:43:41.85\00:43:43.22
But I, kind of, took I
took you away from Isaiah 58:11
00:43:43.25\00:43:46.12
and I didn't let
you go there yet.
00:43:46.15\00:43:47.49
Sure.
00:43:47.52\00:43:48.86
Isaiah 58:11 says, "The
Lord will guide you continually
00:43:48.89\00:43:52.33
and satisfy your soul in drought
00:43:52.36\00:43:55.46
and strength in your bones.
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.57
You shall be
like a watered garden
00:43:57.60\00:43:59.67
and like a spring of
water whose waters do not fail."
00:43:59.70\00:44:03.77
Wow.
00:44:03.81\00:44:05.14
So how
consistently does he guide us,
00:44:05.17\00:44:06.71
what's that word
in the first part...
00:44:06.74\00:44:08.08
Continually. Continually.
00:44:08.11\00:44:10.18
Do you sense that,
does anybody sense God,
00:44:10.21\00:44:12.58
God continually. Oh, amen. Amen.
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.52
It's interesting
we've been studying
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.12
Job all these last few weeks
00:44:17.15\00:44:19.92
and I'm just
seeing how Job, you know,
00:44:19.95\00:44:21.59
how continually
God was there for him,
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.16
even though he
missed all this calamity
00:44:23.19\00:44:25.19
and lost all his
sons and daughters
00:44:25.23\00:44:26.93
it's just like he's
still in a sense clung to God
00:44:26.96\00:44:30.23
even though he felt
both some of them self,
00:44:30.27\00:44:32.63
he still clung to God,
00:44:32.67\00:44:34.00
you know, and I think about our,
00:44:34.04\00:44:35.37
our own lives and how sometimes
00:44:35.40\00:44:37.01
as you're talking
earlier about, you know,
00:44:37.04\00:44:38.77
wanting to lift
yourself up and puff yourself up
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.74
a guy has to, kind of,
00:44:40.78\00:44:42.11
give you that
smack down to keep you.
00:44:42.14\00:44:44.85
I've had that
happen too, you know,
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.21
going to church and
stop and speaking it's like,
00:44:46.25\00:44:48.32
you know, people
give you the praise,
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.02
I'm like, Lord, you
know, I'll go behind the pulpit
00:44:50.05\00:44:52.09
sometimes I actually
really cry and thank the Lord
00:44:52.12\00:44:54.22
and, you know,
it's just all about him
00:44:54.26\00:44:56.02
and just
watching what he's doing
00:44:56.06\00:44:58.19
especially
through us we can vessel
00:44:58.23\00:45:00.93
which is powerful.
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.43
And watching how he's healing
people by maybe our prayers
00:45:02.46\00:45:04.97
or maybe something we said,
00:45:05.00\00:45:06.33
and I'm just watching
this and I'm like Lord,
00:45:06.37\00:45:08.70
this is amazing
'cause I'm just but dust,
00:45:08.74\00:45:10.54
you know, honest I'm
just a speck of dust.
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.68
We shared the same
thing like you guys,
00:45:13.71\00:45:16.38
because we deal with a
lot of public, you know,
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.98
with the public and sometimes
00:45:19.01\00:45:21.32
they want to
put us in a pedestal
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.39
and I say, you know, what
that's the trap of the enemy,
00:45:23.42\00:45:26.19
do not put anyone
it doesn't matter.
00:45:26.22\00:45:28.66
I don't care if it's the
president of the conference
00:45:28.69\00:45:31.93
or to country or whatever.
00:45:31.96\00:45:33.40
Even your children do
not put them in your pedal,
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.53
in a pedestal
because we're all sinners.
00:45:35.56\00:45:39.43
Saved by grace, so I say,
00:45:39.47\00:45:43.04
well if we're weak and
we have a weaken moment
00:45:43.07\00:45:46.64
or what have you is
going to cost you to fall.
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.74
You know, we're not perfect.
00:45:49.78\00:45:51.11
We're not God the one
00:45:51.15\00:45:52.48
that you're
supposed to focus in on God.
00:45:52.51\00:45:54.35
Yeah.
00:45:54.38\00:45:55.72
Not on people
because we will never...
00:45:55.75\00:45:58.45
What I like about
what you told me once,
00:45:58.49\00:46:00.66
'cause Idalia...
00:46:00.69\00:46:02.52
Angie, think about this,
what are you going to say?
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.03
Don't tell my
secret, don't tell.
00:46:04.06\00:46:05.39
They are well known
in the Latino world.
00:46:05.43\00:46:08.40
Wherever they go and
you said, you went a,
00:46:08.43\00:46:12.33
what was it you
went to the kitchen?
00:46:12.37\00:46:15.00
When you went to the
kitchen you were, "Mrs. Dinzey,
00:46:15.04\00:46:17.17
what you doing in here?"
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.54
you were washing
dishes and helping them.
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.54
It was it was the, the church
00:46:20.58\00:46:25.61
where you go in
the main entrance.
00:46:25.65\00:46:27.85
Remember that.
00:46:27.88\00:46:29.22
And it was so dirty and
we're supposed to have meetings
00:46:29.25\00:46:32.42
and, and I'm like...
00:46:32.45\00:46:33.86
It's a camp meeting.
I said, what happened?
00:46:33.89\00:46:36.83
I mean, all people
just don't take it to heart.
00:46:36.86\00:46:40.26
You know, it's important
that we all pull together
00:46:40.30\00:46:42.96
and make it look good.
00:46:43.00\00:46:44.53
It's not your place it's
the Lord's place, you know.
00:46:44.57\00:46:47.70
Who's name are we gonna
glorify and lift up high?
00:46:47.74\00:46:50.37
How are we gonna do it
in a dirty place, you know?
00:46:50.41\00:46:53.51
So and it bothered me
00:46:53.54\00:46:54.88
so that I had to I'm
like where's the broom.
00:46:54.91\00:46:58.45
You know, so I
started sweeping and cleaning
00:46:58.48\00:47:01.12
and some guy came in.
00:47:01.15\00:47:03.22
Mopping. Mopping I was mopping.
00:47:03.25\00:47:06.22
And some guy came up
and came to me and said,
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.82
"Oh, yeah, just clean
that corner over there..."
00:47:08.86\00:47:11.03
and okay no problem
and I just kept doing it
00:47:11.06\00:47:17.27
I was like, "What
else needs to be done?"
00:47:17.30\00:47:19.50
You know, "Where should
we throw this garbage at?"
00:47:19.53\00:47:22.17
And, and he says, "I don't think
00:47:22.20\00:47:25.11
I've seen you around
what church are you from?"
00:47:25.14\00:47:28.31
I'm like, "I'm
actually visiting,
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.21
I work at 3ABN Three
Angles Broadcasting Network
00:47:30.25\00:47:33.55
and my husband and I will be
sharing during the meetings."
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"What?
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What are doing no, no, no
you shouldn't be cleaning."
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And I'm like, you know,
bear each other's burdens.
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What are we gonna do
chasing the good times
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no, we have to learn to serve.
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So, it's better,
better to give than to receive
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so when you see
something that needs to be done
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wait for the wait for
the maintenance people
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to come if you can do it.
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Of course, you
know, I don't want to...
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it's a decision.
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Grease your elbows. Yeah.
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Many men for Jesus, yeah.
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And I think I'll let you
do number five therefore...
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Number five.
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We have here we're going
to follow Bible principles.
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This is Psalm 119:10, 11
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Psalm 119:10, 11 and it's says,
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"With my whole
heart I have sought you,
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O let me not wonder
from your commandments
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your word I have
hidden in my heart
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that I might not
sin against you."
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The principle,
that's a that's a huge one.
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So when we think about that
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I've sought you with
how much of my heart?
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Oh, my, my
whole... My whole heart.
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Total. One hundred percent.
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Have you ever
done that in anything
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have you ever
looked for thing, you know,
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there's this new
thing we call the tile.
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Have you heard
about the tile? No.
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No. Oh, yeah.
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Well, the tile.
Okay, let me ask another.
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Have you ever lost your keys?
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I was gonna ask is that
the one with the keys that...
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Have you ever lost your wallet?
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Well, the tile is a
little smaller tile it square.
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It's from a
company called Tile...
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Right. Well,
Angelia has two tiles.
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I have two tiles, her
tiles on her keys and what else?
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My wallet.
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My tiles are on
my keys and my wallet
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because sometimes we
can't find either one.
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No.
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And my wife says to
me, because I was...
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tell her leave your
keys at the front door
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and sometimes,
"Honey, I can't find my keys."
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"Well, you told me
leave mine at the front,
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why didn't you
leave your's there?"
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So and we seek out
keys with our whole heart.
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Yes.
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Especially, especially
when you have to be somewhere
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and we get a call from
3ABN, "We're ready to start."
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"Okay, I'm leaving
now." You've got those calls?
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They need you in
graphics right now
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and it is
something the program is...
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"Where is my key?"
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So thankfully, this new
modern technology on our phone
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we go to the tile
app and we press find.
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And we say,
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"Turn everything off over here."
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and as the song gets louder
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and we know
we're looking for it.
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And sometimes we
forget that. Yeah.
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'Cause Angie was
telling, "I can't find my keys."
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I said, "Honey,
use the tile app."
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"Oh, that's right."
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And vice versa if
you can't find your phone
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pressed the key tile and
your phone starts ringing.
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Wow amazing.
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And so God's word
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the commandments
of God are like that.
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When you can't find your
way. Look at the Commandments.
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Look at your tiles.
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But not only look at him
but keep him in your heart.
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Yeah. Oh, that's right.
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That's right.
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What is one thing to look
at him and it's another thing
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to take him to heart
and keep him in our hearts.
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And they press the Lord
presses those commandments
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to remind you.
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That's right.
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I was just I was just
thinking too, you know,
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back in the dark ages.
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They didn't have that tile
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or the word was
taken away from him
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and what a
privilege we have right now
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to have this tiler word
to put it in our hearts.
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I mean there may come a day
we won't have that opportunity
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to have this Bible, you know,
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to read it so really important
to bring in our hearts.
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I will not confess that I
lost my keys this past Sabbath
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and search for
it with all my heart
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for one whole hour,
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and I was late to church
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and then after lunch I
lost the other keys to the car.
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You need a
tile. You need a tile.
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I need a ten tiles anyhow
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let's continue
with Psalms 119: 105,
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okay, this says, "Your
word is a lamp to my feet
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and a light to my path."
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Thank you Jesus.
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We continue with Psalm 119:133
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"Direct my steps by your word
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and let no iniquity
have dominion over me."
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That is a decision, right?
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We're talking
about making decision
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and asking for guidance.
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That's that determination
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direct permission
you're giving to the Lord,
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"Direct my steps by your word."
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So I said determination.
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Those are principles,
seek God with all your heart,
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let the word be your guide
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and let his word be
the light that guides you.
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That's right.
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See those are
very, very important.
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I'm gonna through
back to Pastor Dinzey,
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number six here.
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There is one I
would like to share
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that I didn't
see here on our list,
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it's Proverbs Chapter 3
I'm sure you thought about it.
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Oh, yes, 5 and 6.
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Proverbs 3:5, 6,
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"Trust in the Lord
with all Thine heart.
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And lean not on
your own understanding
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and all Thy ways acknowledge Him
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and He shall direct Thy path.
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Be not wise in thy own eyes.
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And fear the Lord
and depart from evil."
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So these are go
along with all the others
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we have shared and
that's, that's something
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that we as humans
need to understand that
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because sometimes we want to
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or this is it
has to be this way.
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This is the way my way,
00:53:01.28\00:53:02.61
we think our way is the best way
00:53:02.64\00:53:03.98
but sometimes the Lord
gives us a little nudge
00:53:04.01\00:53:06.31
and either some even
through a little child
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and they say something
and you realize wait a minute
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that's the better way.
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So we need to submit
ourselves to the Lord
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and he will direct our path.
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So Proverbs
11:14, Proverbs 11:14,
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thank you honey.
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And the Bible says,
00:53:27.84\00:53:31.17
"Where no council
is the people fall
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but in the multitude of
counselors there is safety."
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So that's why I was
going to point to Jill
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your the work you do
for the World magazine
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is a team effort.
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Okay, so sometimes you
choose a particular font
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but somebody says, "Well..."
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Talk about that because
it's all about Godly counsel.
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You're all working together.
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Definitely, it is a team effort
00:53:58.07\00:54:00.20
and sometimes I'll
come up with a concept
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but it could be improved
and what we do in the process
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just really quickly what
we do is we'll read the text
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that Bobby puts in there
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and then we'll get an
idea of what the story is
00:54:12.65\00:54:14.98
and sometimes we'll
get in the media visual
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of what could be used.
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.15
Sometimes, it's very
difficult believe it or not
00:54:19.19\00:54:22.52
there are particular fonts
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that do go with different things
00:54:24.13\00:54:27.73
that are going on in the story.
00:54:27.76\00:54:29.86
Maybe a rough font
works for more like an antique
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or, you know, like a jagged font
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or, you know, there's
different styles that work
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for different ideas
00:54:39.11\00:54:41.18
but sometimes the first idea
is not always the best idea.
00:54:41.21\00:54:44.88
And there's
another, another place
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where pride can come in there
00:54:47.22\00:54:48.55
and just being open
to someone else's ideas
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and their suggestions
and things like that.
00:54:51.85\00:54:54.22
And so that process
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can sometimes
start with one look
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and end up a
totally different look.
00:54:58.76\00:55:01.13
But in the end
it's a team effort.
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And, you know,
it takes all of us
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to make that happen so.
00:55:05.23\00:55:07.17
And everybody, everybody's
needed for the process.
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There's something
else I want you to bring up
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point number seven for us
because it's really important.
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Sometimes you have to just
see how things are working out
00:55:14.21\00:55:17.31
and know that God
is involved in that.
00:55:17.35\00:55:18.78
Look for God's
providence circumstances
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that indicate
that you are leading...
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Right, look for
God's providence.
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Look for God's providence.
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Proverbs 23:26,
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"My son, give me your heart
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and let your
eyes observe my ways."
00:55:39.33\00:55:42.97
I like that, "Look
for God's providence
00:55:43.00\00:55:45.57
his circumstances."
00:55:45.61\00:55:46.94
And also choices this huge
especially for young people
00:55:46.98\00:55:50.98
who are looking for a spouse
choices are it's a big thing
00:55:51.01\00:55:55.45
that could affect
the rest of their lives
00:55:55.48\00:55:58.05
who you choose as a spouse.
00:55:58.09\00:56:00.12
So it's important to
pray about the person
00:56:00.16\00:56:03.96
that God wants you to be
with and the Lord will let,
00:56:03.99\00:56:07.23
you know, if that's
the right one or not.
00:56:07.26\00:56:09.96
That's right.
00:56:10.00\00:56:11.43
But that that was a
little different off the course.
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.24
Anyway in
Ecclesiastes 8:5, it says,
00:56:14.27\00:56:17.47
"He who keeps his counsel
will experience nothing harmful
00:56:17.51\00:56:23.24
and a wise man's heart discerns
both time and judgment."
00:56:23.28\00:56:28.55
You know, time and judgment is,
00:56:28.58\00:56:29.92
is just the right time we
had those right time moments,
00:56:29.95\00:56:32.85
right time movements.
00:56:32.89\00:56:34.22
Oh, yeah. Right time movements.
00:56:34.26\00:56:35.59
Tons of them.
00:56:35.62\00:56:36.96
Yeah, don't come home
with a brand new television
00:56:36.99\00:56:38.99
when there are other priorities.
00:56:39.03\00:56:41.96
Exactly. Without
talking to the spouse.
00:56:42.00\00:56:45.00
Discuss those things.
00:56:45.03\00:56:46.37
Reminds me of a commercial I saw
00:56:46.40\00:56:47.90
where a guy just
had a brand new baby
00:56:47.94\00:56:49.67
and he said,
"There's a sale at Office Max
00:56:49.70\00:56:52.14
and he went and got a computer,
a printer, a new television."
00:56:52.17\00:56:55.21
And she said,
"Honey, what did you do?"
00:56:55.24\00:56:56.75
He said, "Well, he's gonna
need these things one day."
00:56:56.78\00:56:58.81
Yeah, in 18-years.
00:57:03.79\00:57:05.49
But as we as
you seen here today,
00:57:05.52\00:57:09.02
wisdom is something we
all need guidance from above,
00:57:09.06\00:57:12.13
godly guidance
when making decisions
00:57:12.16\00:57:14.03
is what we try to
impress upon you today
00:57:14.06\00:57:16.40
in your walk with God you might
be trying to make a decision
00:57:16.43\00:57:18.73
about your, your spouse,
your eternity, your finances,
00:57:18.77\00:57:22.67
your worship, console God's word
00:57:22.70\00:57:25.07
and, you know,
00:57:25.11\00:57:26.44
that you will get the
best guidance from above
00:57:26.47\00:57:28.81
and we pray that
guidance will keep you
00:57:28.84\00:57:30.95
until we see you again.
00:57:30.98\00:57:33.25
May God bless you.
00:57:33.28\00:57:34.62