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 and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship,
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we just love to get together
as the Sabbath is rolling in.
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Amen.
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And we're so glad
that you are joining us.
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Tonight we're
going to be talking about
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something that we probably
all need a little help in.
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That's true.
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We're gonna be talking
about guarding our mouth.
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Because, you know,
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there is the power of
life and death in the tongue.
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And so this is a topic
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that I think
everyone needs to be
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a little more cautious about.
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Let me go ahead and
introduce our wonderful team.
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We've got, we'll
start over on this end
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with Johnny Dinzey
and Idalia his wife
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and of the 3ABN Latino Network
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and the El Jefe and El Jeffete.
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Thank you for
the invitation. Yes.
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Thank you.
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And then I'm blessed
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to be the wife of this
wonderful man right here J.D.
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Little Jefe.
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Don't make me big Jefe, please.
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And here we have Jason Bradley
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who is with our
Dare to Dream Network
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and then, of course, Tim Parton
who is with Praise Him Network.
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And we're just so
excited to have all of you here.
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And it's okay for us to
laugh and have fun, isn't it?
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Most certainly. Of course.
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Plus, they're
trying to keep me awake
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I've been sitting here yawning.
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I'll have the whole
table yawning before.
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Well, what we'd like to do is
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we're going to open with prayer
and then we'll have our song.
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And we want you to pray with us.
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Thank you so much for,
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for joining us
this is a special time.
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And we're going to have a prayer
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where we just each,
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no particular order
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just something you
want to praise the Lord for
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just give him praises.
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And, Father, we just
thank you this evening.
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We just give you
praise and glory.
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We thank you for
the Sabbath Time, Lord.
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We thank you for our loved ones.
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We thank you, Lord,
for, for being in our lives.
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We thank you Lord
that in spite of us,
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you never leave
us nor forsake us.
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Amen.
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Father, thank
you for your goodness
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and your mercy
for each one of us.
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Help us to be
faithful to you in all ways.
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And, Heavenly
Father, we just thank you
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that you offer salvation
to the worst of sinners
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and we thank you
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for what Jesus has
done for everyone else.
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Yes, Father.
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And, Lord, I want to thank you
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that you walk with
us and you talk with us.
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Throughout the week
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you are obviously big
and evident in our lives.
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Dear, Heavenly Father, we
thank you for your patience,
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and your love, and
your longsuffering.
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And we thank you for
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just dwelling among us
and refining our characters.
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Amen.
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Father, we thank you
that you're a covenant-making,
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covenant-keeping God.
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We thank you that Jesus
is our covenant with you.
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Thank you for
salvation by grace,
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we praise your holy
name in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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We're gonna let Tim slip
away to the piano and because...
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We were kind
of... it was a toss up
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which one of us
would play the piano today.
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But we like to...
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I drew the short sprawl.
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Let's give Tim a shot.
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The song that
we're going to be singing
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is Praise Him Praise Him
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and this is from
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the Seventh-day
Adventist hymnal,
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this is number 249.
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
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Sing, O Earth, His
wonderful love proclaim!
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Hail Him! Hail Him!
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Highest archangels in glory,
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Strength and honor
give to His holy Name!
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Like a shepherd, Jesus
will guard His children
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In His arms He
carries them all day long:
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Tell of His excellent greatness.
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Ever in joyful song!
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
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For our sins He
suffered, and bled, and died.
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He our Rock, our
hope of eternal salvation
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Hail Him! Hail Him!
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Jesus the Crucified.
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Sound His praises!
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Jesus who bore our sorrows
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Love unbounded
wonderful, deep and strong.
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Tell of His excellent greatness
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Ever in joyful song!
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
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Heavenly portals,
loud with hosannas ring!
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Jesus, Savior,
reigneth for ever and ever,
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Crown Him! Crown Him!
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Prophet, and Priest, and King!
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Christ is coming
over the world victorious
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Power and glory
unto the Lord belong:
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Tell of His excellent greatness
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Praise Him! Praise
Him ever in joyful song!
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Hallelujah. Amen.
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That's a fast one.
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That's a wake up one.
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Wake up and celebrate. Amen.
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But, you know, I thought
whenever you ask me about
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what song would be good.
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First of all, that's
a good mouth exercise
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with all those words especially
when you sing it fast,
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but also in
James 3 it talks about
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how good water and bitter water,
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how the sweet
water and bitter water
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should not proceed out of
the same fountain or can't.
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And so I thought, you know,
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when we sing praises they keep
our mouth busy singing praises,
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we won't have time
to be talking trash,
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or dirty, or ugly, or bad, or...
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That's right. Amen.
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So, keep it mouth full of praise
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and that'll solve
it, all the problems.
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That's a great
thought. I'm just saying.
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Amen. Amen.
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If I have a reason
why I sang that song
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I don't know why
did that fast but, yeah.
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You know. Nah,
it was a blessing.
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It was
wonderful. Thank you, Jesus.
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Amen.
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When you said that
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how true about keeping
our mouth full of praise
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and that's what
we're talking about tonight
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is guard the mouth
for out of our mouth,
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out of the heart,
flow the issues of our life
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that whatever's
coming out of our mouth.
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But just to kick this off,
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I'm just going to read
this Psalm not going to,
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for this verse
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I'm not going to
spend a lot of time on it,
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but Psalm 139:4 says that,
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"There is not a
word in my tongue,
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a word that is still unuttered,
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but behold, O Lord,
you know it all together."
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So when we're talking
about guarding our mouth,
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I would guess then...
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What is it saying to you?
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God knows what
we're about to say,
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He knows our
thoughts in other words.
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So the only way to
really guard our mouth
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is to guard our thoughts, right?
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Well, I'm going to turn
this over to Miss Idalia.
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Well, I loved
what you said, Tim,
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as far as why
you chose that song
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Praise Him, Praise Him,
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and we do need to keep
our tongues busy in praises.
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Right.
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The text that I am sharing
right now is Proverbs 21:23,
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and it says, "Whoever
guides his mouth and tongue,
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keeps his soul from troubles."
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Now this is a text I shared
with my children, all the time,
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but very seldom we forget,
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you know, as parents
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that, that's
applicable to us, you know.
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So the next
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and we can elaborate
more on that of course,
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people at home to have children
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they use scripture
to get the kids inline,
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but we forget that we need to
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put ourselves inline too, right?
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So Psalm 141: 3, says,
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"Set a guard, O
Lord, over my mouth,
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keep watch over
the door of my lips."
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What a sincere prayer that is
and that is my desire as well.
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It's incredible how
our feelings, and our needs
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are so just described
in the word, you know.
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That is my
condition, that is my desire,
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and if someone is feeling like,
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you know, I'm
feeling this way or that way,
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if you go
specially to the Psalms,
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you can identify so much
with the Word of God therein,
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that brings life
to my, to my soul.
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You know, this is a scripture
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that I often I try to
remember to pray it every day.
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Just set a guard.
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Put a guard at the
doorpost of my lips
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is how I usually pray this.
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Because we all
have to be careful...
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When the flesh can
rise up so rapidly,
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if you are in a situation
where somebody maybe accusatory
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or if they are, you know...
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Hostile.
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Falsely accusing you or somebody
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is given you a rough time,
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what can rise up
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is you want to
lash out again at Him.
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That's right.
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But it's as you pray and say,
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"Lord, set a guard at
the doorpost of my lips,
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you know, help me to be
quick to listen, slow to speak"
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so that, you know,
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count to ten as
the old saying goes.
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Really, because there are many,
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you know, I don't have
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and I've never had
an issue with anger
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and I don't
teach on anger really
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because it's not something
God's had to cure me of
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so I'm not the right
one to teach on that.
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And I can hold my
tongue I am pretty patient.
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But, people, if at home
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if you've got one
of those temperaments
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and this is something,
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I mean, God's had to
deliver me from a lot of things
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but that wasn't my temperament.
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But if it is
your temperament to,
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you come to a
quick boiling point
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and you speak out,
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pray this
scripture over your life
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that God will put a guard
at the doorpost of your lips
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'cause it makes
you stop and think
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and it certainly will
keep you from troubles.
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I find that
interesting also that
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in trying to help in a situation
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we may make something worse.
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So that's why the
prayer and to guard our mouth
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even when we're thinking
we're doing something good,
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so is it God's plan
for me to speak these words
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or is it just,
"Oh, I have a solution,
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why don't we do
this, let me say that?"
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And it could be not of the Lord.
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So when we want to help,
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we still need to pray and
ask the Lord for that wisdom.
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You've heard
that ugly expression
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"Open mouth insert foot"?
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Well, we used to work
with a lady that we said
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it was opened
mouth and exchanged foot,
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you know what I mean?
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She had her foot in
her mouth all the time
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but it was
because I think in part
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that she was
always correcting people
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in a way that
wasn't the most pleasant.
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Yeah, and you
know that is a truly
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and it becomes a habit.
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You know, it's almost like
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there's a judgmental
critical spirit there
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that's connected with that
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and then you think
you have to comment,
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you know, on everybody's
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whatever,
whatever the situation is.
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So, yeah, a guard is good
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not only to just
keep your mouth shut
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but to guard
even your heart and...
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, I love the
picture that the guard,
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you know, I can see that guard
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standing right outside
the prison the jail door
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and when you know that
there's somebody out there,
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you're a little more
cautious, you know...
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That's true.
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And then putting
the door of my lips,
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I lock my door every
night before I go to bed,
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and so, you know,
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there's some great kind of
how the Word give us images.
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And when you think about it like
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where to guard
every avenue of the soul,
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so garbage in, and garbage out
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so if you have taken
in a bunch of garbage...
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That's true.
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That's what's gonna be
naturally, naturally come out.
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Yeah, oh, boy.
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Boy, this is a good topic. Amen.
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Well, inn it something
that we just we all need
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because it's, it's...
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I had a thought
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but I'm going to pass
this on to you, darling.
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Well, it's just it kind
of segways and the sermon
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that was given and
I remember vividly.
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Vividly, that's a
good word I think, vividly.
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My mom,
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"Honey, now if you don't
have something good to say
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just don't say anything at all."
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And then I remember saying,
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"Jimmy, if you don't
have something good to say
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just keep your mouth shut."
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I remember both of those.
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I preferred the
first then the latter
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but I'm sure that I
brought the latter home
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and that takes you
into Proverbs 18:21.
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Proverbs 18:21, lets us know
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because I thought the other
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was probably just
parenthood training, you know,
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but I found out as
I began to grow older
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that it's found in the
Bible, it's very Biblical.
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And it says,
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"That the tongue has
the power of life and death,
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and those who love
it will eat its fruit."
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Well, as I started kind of doing
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a little bit of research
here, the commentary says,
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"That the tongue can,
can blacken a reputation
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and drive a man
into poverty or death,
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small as it may be
James also talks about this,
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but as small as the tongue
maybe it can do vast harm.
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Those who love the
tongue who pamper it,
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who give it pre
reign will do much harm,
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but the harm will
return upon themselves.
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But then we
have that word "but",
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but if used in harmony
with the will of God to bless
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and to cheer or to proclaim
the gospel of the kingdom,
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the tongue can do great good."
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That's right.
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Amen. Amen.
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And so as adults,
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especially sitting around
this table in the Sabbath,
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we certainly know the
ones that we would choose,
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but the reality is
that we do have that choice.
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That's right. So
we've gone into that.
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And then, as we go into
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Isaiah 32:6
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it says, that we
were given that a fool,
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now what is a fool?
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"That is a person who
lacks good sense or judgment,
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speaks nonsense,
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and his heart
inclines toward wickedness
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to practice ungodliness
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and to speak
error against the Lord."
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But then as I looked
into a different translation,
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into the King James,
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it really
became more alive to me
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because it was talking about
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that side of the
tongue that can do harm
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and it says,
"For the vile person",
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well, what is vile man?
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Dark, evil, immoral, sinful,
unrighteous, vicious, bad,
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wicked, wrong
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and so for that vile
person that has that side,
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well, he and his
heart will work iniquity,
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the practice hypocrisy,
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they utter error
against the Lord,
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and they also make
empty the soul of the hungry,
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and he will cause the
drink of the thirsty to fail.
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So in other words, nothing
good comes out of his mouth
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and all he's doing is
planting seeds of darkness.
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And so what that
what we have to offer is,
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Jesus, please
intercede in my behalf,
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and then as I
was looking at this,
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it led me to 2 Corinthians 5:17,
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and we all know that.
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"Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ,
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he is now a new creation,
old things have passed away,
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and behold, all
things have become new."
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So if you have issues
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that you do need
to have that guard
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so that, you know, ask Jesus,
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and then He
certainly will not hesitate
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because this is
a spiritual issue
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always on spiritual
issues He sends the Calvary.
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Amen.
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And so he says, "Hey,
thank you for recognizing
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that this is not
who you choose to be,
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but there is an
option over here.
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Thank you for calling upon
me, and I will assist you."
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Amen.
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You know, on the power of
life and death in the tongue,
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boy, the Lord really
taught me that back in 1999
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when He taught me
all about affirmations
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about praying this back.
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Because His word is life,
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if we speak His
promises over our lives,
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as we're praying God's
promises over our life,
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accepting by faith His testimony
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of who we are in Christ,
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accepting by faith His promises
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that He's going to watch
over His Word to perform it,
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we're speaking
life into our existence.
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Same it's, I just
want to encourage you
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if you have children,
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speak God's Word
into their lives,
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pray God's Word into their life.
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But in contrast
just the opposite.
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If we're speaking something
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that doesn't line up
with the Word of God,
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you know, when
if, if we're saying,
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"I'm not a new creation.
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No, I see the old ugly stuff."
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That's like you're
calling God a liar,
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you know, 1 John 5:12 it says,
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"If we don't
believe His promises
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we're regarding God as a liar."
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So when you speak
something that doesn't line up
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with God's
testimony in your life,
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then it's like
you're speaking death,
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it's almost like
you've opened the way,
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you've opened the door,
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for an entrance for Satan
00:19:27.20\00:19:29.56
and his unholy
alliance to work in you
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because you're lining
up with their testimony.
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Amen, amen.
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Well, I wanna share something.
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When, J.D, when you were sharing
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the description of the
vile the person that's vile,
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well, we can think
that we have it all together
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we can help that vile person.
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So in trying to
help that vile person,
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I can go, J.D, brother,
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we need to pray for that person
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because that person's very
vile they're this, this, this,
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and what is the intention,
I mean, what are you planting?
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You, you never saw that person
00:20:07.47\00:20:09.57
that I'm asking you to
pray over as a vile person,
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but I have planted that
seed of that person is vile,
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you know, so
guarding your tongue even...
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It's just goes to
what I mentioned before.
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We need to watch
what we're saying
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even when for
trying to help somebody.
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What I can identify so much
00:20:28.29\00:20:30.23
with what you just said
is that, somebody came here
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and someone told me
something about them
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and I never saw any of that
00:20:36.60\00:20:38.53
but it was kind
of like the person
00:20:38.57\00:20:39.90
who told me I
knew them pretty well,
00:20:39.93\00:20:41.80
so I kind of kept my
distance a little bit,
00:20:41.84\00:20:44.41
I mean, I loved him but
loved him from a distance.
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And then come to find out
00:20:47.24\00:20:48.94
what they had
told me was something
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that had happened
years and years in the past
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.35
and this person
had well overcome that,
00:20:53.38\00:20:55.85
but they made it
sound like it was recent.
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So, they were speaking
death to the relationship
00:20:57.85\00:21:01.12
that we could have... the
bond that we could've had.
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That's so sad. Yes.
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Now that's very good, very good.
00:21:04.13\00:21:06.83
You know, I had a
friend tell me one time,
00:21:06.86\00:21:09.06
they were in the medical field.
00:21:09.10\00:21:10.67
They said when a
baby is born there's a,
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and if there's a
outward impediment
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anything like from a
club foot to cleft palate
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or anything that there is that
typically an inward problem.
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There's something
inside and I don't know
00:21:24.55\00:21:26.58
maybe I may not have
understood that medically
00:21:26.61\00:21:29.18
but there, I think there is
an element of truth in that.
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And I think it's
also important for us,
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when we hear
00:21:34.52\00:21:35.86
somebody foul mouth
or bad mouth somebody,
00:21:35.89\00:21:40.20
to know that there's probably
00:21:40.23\00:21:41.56
something going on in their life
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.80
so, inside of them, so
that connection with what,
00:21:43.83\00:21:47.74
you know, what's coming
out is what's in and we've put,
00:21:47.77\00:21:50.37
which we've
already talked about that.
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And I think that it's important
00:21:51.77\00:21:53.11
that we not jump to
conclusions and judge
00:21:53.14\00:21:57.01
but we address them
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and, you know, tell them
we want to pray with them
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and, you know, can we
help them get over that
00:22:01.78\00:22:05.92
or, you know, let the Lord
begin to heal something inward.
00:22:05.95\00:22:09.76
Because it's so important
for us to listen to then people
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.96
even when we don't
like to be around somebody
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.20
that's negative or whatever,
00:22:16.23\00:22:18.50
that's a perfect
opportunity for us
00:22:18.53\00:22:20.24
to administer
healing through the Lord.
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Absolutely. Amen.
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There are so many scriptures
about this topic in the Bible
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and that is powerful
and we've selected a few.
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You know, we think about
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"Be slow to
speak, quick to hear"
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because the mind is very quick
00:22:36.15\00:22:37.82
you hear
something and right away
00:22:37.85\00:22:39.19
you've thought
of something to say.
00:22:39.22\00:22:42.19
And I remember
as I was growing up
00:22:42.22\00:22:45.79
it was a, if somebody
told you, you were ugly
00:22:45.83\00:22:49.36
you were ready to
tell them, you're uglier.
00:22:49.40\00:22:53.17
That's good.
00:22:53.20\00:22:54.90
I mean, it was very
quick to come up with something
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.54
and so the Bible has
wonderful counsel, you know.
00:22:58.57\00:23:02.58
And when you were,
00:23:02.61\00:23:03.95
when we were talking about
setting a guard on our mouth
00:23:03.98\00:23:06.21
is different than
what we do with animals,
00:23:06.25\00:23:08.88
you know, for dogs
that have a tendency
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.95
or desire to bite people...
00:23:11.99\00:23:13.32
That's good.
00:23:13.36\00:23:14.69
We put a muzzle on their mouth
00:23:14.72\00:23:18.26
but it doesn't
really stop the dog
00:23:18.29\00:23:20.46
from desiring to
bite somebody, right?
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.86
Because they may call
the intent to bite you,
00:23:22.90\00:23:25.33
but they have a muzzle
00:23:25.37\00:23:27.14
if you take that
off they will bite you.
00:23:27.17\00:23:29.30
But God says, set a
guard over your mouth
00:23:29.34\00:23:30.91
and Lord tells us
to be slow to speak.
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It's a different approach
that God takes than what we do.
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And then when you think
about how we were created
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.95
and God created us
with two ears to hear
00:23:38.98\00:23:41.68
and one mouth to speak.
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.02
We have two ears
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we need to use those more often.
00:23:45.62\00:23:47.16
That's right.
00:23:47.19\00:23:48.52
You know,
something you said this
00:23:48.56\00:23:49.89
that when
somebody says something
00:23:49.92\00:23:51.29
we think of
something we want to say.
00:23:51.33\00:23:53.09
It happens so fast.
00:23:53.13\00:23:54.46
And the problem is that
when we think of something
00:23:54.50\00:23:57.33
that we want to
say a lot of times
00:23:57.37\00:23:59.13
we quit really listening
00:23:59.17\00:24:00.64
and we are just waiting
for them to take a breath
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.51
so that we can speak.
00:24:03.54\00:24:04.87
Yes. That's right.
00:24:04.91\00:24:07.34
Yeah.
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.71
Johnny, what
scriptures do you have?
00:24:08.74\00:24:10.08
Well, I have some
scriptures here that I was...
00:24:10.11\00:24:14.32
they were selected for me.
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.58
Matthew 12:36-37
00:24:16.62\00:24:19.25
and this one is from
the Amplified version
00:24:19.29\00:24:21.22
which gives some other words
00:24:21.26\00:24:23.06
to help you understand
certain words in the text
00:24:23.09\00:24:25.73
and it says, "But I tell you,
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.80
on the Day of Judgment
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.47
men will have to give
account for every idle
00:24:30.50\00:24:35.40
in operative or non-working word
00:24:35.44\00:24:37.41
they speak for by your words
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.67
you will be
justified, and acquitted,
00:24:39.71\00:24:41.98
and by your words you will
be condemned and sentenced."
00:24:42.01\00:24:46.31
And so this scripture...
Now who's speaking here?
00:24:46.35\00:24:48.52
This scripture
is, Jesus is speaking
00:24:48.55\00:24:51.32
and he's letting us
know that the things
00:24:51.35\00:24:55.02
that come out of our
mouth have consequences,
00:24:55.06\00:24:57.73
not only temporary here
00:24:57.76\00:24:59.39
but also if we
don't confess those things
00:24:59.43\00:25:02.56
we are gonna have to face
those words in the judgment.
00:25:02.60\00:25:05.73
And I, I for one,
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.64
do not want to face
some things I have said,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.70
that have come out
of my mouth because...
00:25:09.74\00:25:13.51
And, you know, when
you talk about idle words
00:25:13.54\00:25:15.84
this is a
different category of words,
00:25:15.88\00:25:18.11
it's not
something that you probably
00:25:18.15\00:25:19.95
gave great thought to.
00:25:19.98\00:25:21.78
You just put these things out.
00:25:21.82\00:25:24.15
And I remember being
in different conversations
00:25:24.19\00:25:27.19
where people are
suddenly arguing,
00:25:27.22\00:25:30.39
there's a group and people
are suddenly arguing and I go,
00:25:30.43\00:25:34.00
"Wow, how did, how
did this get started?"
00:25:34.03\00:25:35.90
And my mind begins to trace back
00:25:35.93\00:25:38.80
what took place
and I said, I said this
00:25:38.83\00:25:41.50
and then this fire
got started because of me
00:25:41.54\00:25:44.91
so I've had to,
opportunity to repent, I said,
00:25:44.94\00:25:48.04
"Lord, forgive me
for bringing that up",
00:25:48.08\00:25:49.61
because it is when you triggered
00:25:49.64\00:25:53.48
something in
other people's minds
00:25:53.52\00:25:55.22
that was not good
00:25:55.25\00:25:56.75
and so we have to be
careful what we bring out,
00:25:56.79\00:25:59.12
what we let out
00:25:59.15\00:26:01.36
because it could start
a fire, a serious fire.
00:26:01.39\00:26:03.63
Amen. That's what James says.
00:26:03.66\00:26:05.39
So I have another
scripture that I like to share
00:26:05.43\00:26:08.00
which is a Numbers 14:28.
00:26:08.03\00:26:12.03
Numbers 14:28
00:26:12.07\00:26:13.64
and this one is quoted
from the New King James Version
00:26:13.67\00:26:17.01
and it says, "Say to
them, as I live says the Lord,
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.21
just as you have
spoken in my hearing
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.48
so I will do to you."
00:26:23.51\00:26:26.25
And the context of this is,
00:26:26.28\00:26:28.22
the judgment that God is gonna
bring upon the people of Israel
00:26:28.25\00:26:30.65
because they kept,
they kept going astray,
00:26:30.69\00:26:34.76
doing other things,
00:26:34.79\00:26:36.22
but what I get out
of this scripture is
00:26:36.26\00:26:38.13
that God does
not speak idle words.
00:26:38.16\00:26:41.16
What He says, He will do.
00:26:41.20\00:26:43.33
If He promises a
blessing upon you,
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.37
that blessing is
backed by 100% guarantee
00:26:46.40\00:26:50.54
because when God
promises something He would do.
00:26:50.57\00:26:53.81
Jesus said, "I go to
prepare a place for you."
00:26:53.84\00:26:56.51
He didn't forget,
He didn't put it aside,
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.65
He went to
prepare a place for us,
00:26:58.68\00:27:00.92
and when God says, "I
will punish the wicked."
00:27:00.95\00:27:05.42
He will, He will
do just as He said.
00:27:05.45\00:27:09.06
I remember in
church, when I was younger,
00:27:09.09\00:27:12.46
there was a little girl
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.46
that she was doing
something her father said,
00:27:14.50\00:27:19.83
"Don't do that or you
are gonna get a whipping."
00:27:19.87\00:27:23.00
"Yes, daddy."
00:27:23.04\00:27:24.37
And then after he left
she took, she chuckled,
00:27:24.41\00:27:28.51
she chuckled and
said, "Oh, he never,
00:27:28.54\00:27:30.85
he always says he will
whip you but he never does."
00:27:30.88\00:27:33.75
So to her what he promised
were idle words, idle threats.
00:27:33.78\00:27:38.42
I guess you can
say idle threats.
00:27:38.45\00:27:39.79
Yes. Yes, that's very good.
00:27:39.82\00:27:41.16
So she didn't really
put much into what he said
00:27:41.19\00:27:43.56
as far as his
promises is to whip her,
00:27:43.59\00:27:45.79
but God doesn't do that.
00:27:45.83\00:27:47.16
What God says, He would do.
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.56
And the wonderful thing is that
if we have done wicked things,
00:27:48.60\00:27:52.27
He says, "If you
confess those things I will be,
00:27:52.30\00:27:58.01
God is faithful and just
to forgive those things."
00:27:58.04\00:28:00.38
So not only will
He punish the wicked,
00:28:00.41\00:28:02.54
but He will also
forgive the wicked
00:28:02.58\00:28:05.38
if they repent and
so I just love the Lord.
00:28:05.41\00:28:08.55
Amen.
00:28:08.58\00:28:09.92
You know, our Numbers 14:28,
00:28:09.95\00:28:11.42
a lot of people don't even know
this scripture is in the Bible
00:28:11.45\00:28:15.59
when God and if you look
at what was happening here
00:28:15.62\00:28:19.23
God had led the
people out of bondage.
00:28:19.26\00:28:23.00
He brought them out of
Egypt and He provided manna,
00:28:23.03\00:28:27.10
He provided water, but
these people are saying,
00:28:27.14\00:28:31.54
you know, He gave them,
the, what was it that he,
00:28:31.57\00:28:35.51
what kind of
birds did He send them?
00:28:35.54\00:28:38.05
Raven?
00:28:38.08\00:28:39.61
Koel. Koel. Okay.
00:28:39.65\00:28:40.98
Yes. Well, obviously.
00:28:41.02\00:28:42.72
He sent them
Koel but what happened
00:28:42.75\00:28:45.59
was the people are all going,
00:28:45.62\00:28:48.79
oh, He's lead us
into the desert to die,
00:28:48.82\00:28:52.79
you know, and God's forsaken us.
00:28:52.83\00:28:54.90
And they are speaking
exactly against His promises,
00:28:54.93\00:28:59.03
and they are murmuring,
00:28:59.07\00:29:00.47
and they're complaining
against the Lord constantly.
00:29:00.50\00:29:04.64
And, "Oh, He's lead
us out here to die",
00:29:04.67\00:29:08.38
and God says to Moses,
00:29:08.41\00:29:10.11
"Hey, just tell him
as I lip, says the Lord,
00:29:10.15\00:29:13.15
as you've spoken in my
hearing so I will do to you".
00:29:13.18\00:29:17.32
There's power of life
and death in the tongue.
00:29:17.35\00:29:20.09
You've said that I
brought you here to die,
00:29:20.12\00:29:23.36
guess what?
00:29:23.39\00:29:24.73
This generation of
unfaithful Israelite,
00:29:24.76\00:29:27.90
you get to die in the desert.
00:29:27.93\00:29:29.90
I'll bring the next
generation that's got faith.
00:29:29.93\00:29:32.53
Without faith you
can't please Him, right?
00:29:32.57\00:29:33.94
That's right.
00:29:33.97\00:29:35.30
And it sounds harsh
but He gave them chance,
00:29:35.34\00:29:39.34
after chance, after chance
00:29:39.37\00:29:41.44
and they just
wouldn't accept it.
00:29:41.48\00:29:44.75
So, to me, that's
a powerful scripture
00:29:44.78\00:29:46.85
we need to be
careful of what we say.
00:29:46.88\00:29:48.22
When God takes action
00:29:48.25\00:29:50.49
it's because He has given
ample opportunity for people
00:29:50.52\00:29:53.86
to turn away from evil.
00:29:53.89\00:29:55.22
Amen.
00:29:55.26\00:29:56.59
And so when God takes action,
00:29:56.62\00:29:57.99
it's because
that person has gone
00:29:58.03\00:30:00.90
beyond already God's mercy,
00:30:00.93\00:30:03.30
you know it's, it's...
00:30:03.33\00:30:05.97
You see it all over,
over, and over, and over again,
00:30:06.00\00:30:08.60
especially in
Numbers 24 it says, God says,
00:30:08.64\00:30:11.47
"These 10 times",
you know, And so it's,
00:30:11.51\00:30:15.88
when God acts it's because
00:30:15.91\00:30:17.65
that person is
already fixed on their way
00:30:17.68\00:30:21.35
and God could spend
another 100 years, 1,000 years
00:30:21.38\00:30:25.19
and that person will
continue to do the same thing.
00:30:25.22\00:30:26.89
Yeah, exactly.
00:30:26.92\00:30:29.39
That's interesting that, Shelly,
00:30:29.42\00:30:31.73
you touched on the
confession of what,
00:30:31.76\00:30:35.03
what those the
Israelites were saying
00:30:35.06\00:30:38.07
and God basically
turned it around on them
00:30:38.10\00:30:40.90
or they basically
set themselves up for him
00:30:40.94\00:30:42.94
to just agree with them.
00:30:42.97\00:30:44.97
And that leads kind
of into the next verses
00:30:45.01\00:30:48.48
in Romans 10:9-10
in the NIV it says,
00:30:48.51\00:30:53.18
"The word is near you,
00:30:53.21\00:30:54.75
it is in your
mouth and in your heart,
00:30:54.78\00:30:57.22
that is the Word of
Faith we are proclaiming
00:30:57.25\00:30:59.99
that if you confess with
your mouth Jesus is Lord,
00:31:00.02\00:31:03.06
and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead,
00:31:03.09\00:31:05.83
you will be saved.
00:31:05.86\00:31:07.20
For it is with your heart that
you believe and are justified,
00:31:07.23\00:31:10.17
and it is with your mouth
that you confess and are saved."
00:31:10.20\00:31:13.90
That's a whole lot of
scripture right there,
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.00
in fact, books have been written
00:31:16.04\00:31:17.74
on just those two
scriptures, right?
00:31:17.77\00:31:19.11
A word of faith, amen. Amen.
00:31:19.14\00:31:21.21
And, you know, that there's
a lot of different angles on,
00:31:21.24\00:31:25.31
you know, where you can
go with that and, of course,
00:31:25.35\00:31:28.48
some people would some, some
people really have a problem
00:31:28.52\00:31:33.42
with saying that all you
have to do is just confess
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.66
with your mouth.
00:31:35.69\00:31:37.03
I mean there's
definitely a, you have to have,
00:31:37.06\00:31:39.89
we're saved by faith.
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.63
Amen.
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.00
And it's through
grace not of our own works
00:31:44.03\00:31:47.10
and so it's not, it's
not just it's believing
00:31:47.14\00:31:53.64
and not just confessing
or not even with confessing
00:31:53.68\00:31:56.75
it's just it's
faith alone that saves us.
00:31:56.78\00:31:59.65
And it starts off,
though, doesn't it?
00:31:59.68\00:32:01.02
It says the word is
new that Word of Faith
00:32:01.05\00:32:02.95
in your heart and in your mouth.
00:32:02.98\00:32:04.32
Right, exactly.
00:32:04.35\00:32:05.69
So it's...
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.06
But it's important to know that
00:32:07.09\00:32:08.72
this scripture was
actually written to believers.
00:32:08.76\00:32:11.99
They were the Israelites
and Paul says, I wish that,
00:32:12.03\00:32:15.36
you know, the
Israelites would all be saved,
00:32:15.40\00:32:18.53
but he calls them brethren,
00:32:18.57\00:32:20.14
to begin this chapter
10 with so, so he's not...
00:32:20.17\00:32:23.34
This is almost like a continue,
00:32:23.37\00:32:28.21
a continue to
confess and believe,
00:32:28.24\00:32:31.45
you know, to the end,
00:32:31.48\00:32:32.81
you know, not until my
fig tree produces fruit on it
00:32:32.85\00:32:37.89
can I really say
that it's a fig tree.
00:32:37.92\00:32:39.65
I mean, you can
be just a leaf tree
00:32:39.69\00:32:43.12
it could almost just be a weed
00:32:43.16\00:32:44.59
until I know that it's got figs
00:32:44.63\00:32:46.93
so it can in the same way
00:32:46.96\00:32:49.06
when, when the fruit
of what you have said
00:32:49.10\00:32:52.03
finally brings forth,
00:32:52.07\00:32:53.44
you know, you get to
the end and you say, I have,
00:32:53.47\00:32:56.37
well done, thy faithful servant,
00:32:56.40\00:32:57.87
you know, to the
very end confess.
00:32:57.91\00:33:00.74
It's a kind of a heavy scripture
00:33:00.78\00:33:03.41
almost in my in my estimation
00:33:03.45\00:33:05.18
I don't know does
anybody else have a comment
00:33:05.21\00:33:07.68
on that scripture
maybe you do that's...
00:33:07.72\00:33:10.02
To me, I love the scripture
00:33:10.05\00:33:11.79
because it's, it's
what it says to me is
00:33:11.82\00:33:15.36
that the Word of Faith
00:33:15.39\00:33:17.46
when God spoke His Word
00:33:17.49\00:33:20.13
it was to bring
us life and give us,
00:33:20.16\00:33:22.20
we're supposed to
have faith in that Word.
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.70
And as that Word
gets into our heart,
00:33:23.73\00:33:27.27
then it becomes our confession
00:33:27.30\00:33:29.87
that we are confessing
with this Word of Faith.
00:33:29.90\00:33:32.91
And as we
confess this once again,
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.38
as a man thinks in his
heart so is he, the Bible says.
00:33:35.41\00:33:38.98
And I think it is so
important the confession
00:33:39.01\00:33:42.18
that we make over our
life if it's God's Word,
00:33:42.22\00:33:46.49
I mean, His Word
is alive and active.
00:33:46.52\00:33:49.79
This is He says, you
know, my Word is life to you
00:33:49.82\00:33:53.66
and so as we're
confessing this Word,
00:33:53.70\00:33:56.73
it's just like you
said 2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:33:56.77\00:34:00.47
we may not feel like
we're a new creations
00:34:00.50\00:34:02.87
but when we take that
promise and we just say,
00:34:02.90\00:34:05.94
"Thank you, Father, that I
am a new creation of Christ.
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.34
Thank you, Lord."
00:34:08.38\00:34:09.71
what happens is when
we say the old has gone
00:34:09.74\00:34:13.28
and the new has come,
00:34:13.31\00:34:14.65
we're calling
things that are not just
00:34:14.68\00:34:16.28
as though they already
were like God does, right?
00:34:16.32\00:34:18.92
But what happens is it
begins to reprogram this mind.
00:34:18.95\00:34:24.93
You know, some people
will rehearse a problem
00:34:24.96\00:34:27.30
over and over
and they're negative
00:34:27.33\00:34:29.30
and they just keep
going over the same problem,
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.70
and they wonder why they
can't get out of the pit.
00:34:32.73\00:34:36.40
But when you start
confessing God's worth.
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.64
It's with your
mouth that you confess
00:34:39.67\00:34:42.38
and are saved.
00:34:42.41\00:34:43.75
It's just... I just
love that scripture.
00:34:43.78\00:34:46.78
It does something to
the individual to the mind.
00:34:46.82\00:34:49.05
Yes. You're, you're affirming.
00:34:49.08\00:34:51.89
Absolutely.
00:34:51.92\00:34:53.25
It's like you're making concrete
00:34:53.29\00:34:55.12
that which God
has promised in your,
00:34:55.16\00:34:57.39
in your being.
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.73
You know, the
hope that gives me,
00:34:59.76\00:35:01.90
I see that must self
and I begin to realize this
00:35:01.93\00:35:06.13
because I'm beginning to
see those little glimpses
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.27
that I truly am
a work in progress.
00:35:08.30\00:35:10.91
And that in my
mind through Christ,
00:35:10.94\00:35:13.98
through the Holy
Spirit working in me,
00:35:14.01\00:35:16.88
began to see a little,
00:35:16.91\00:35:18.28
little bitty baby
steps being taken.
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.98
Maybe just a little things
that you're doing or saying,
00:35:21.02\00:35:23.52
you know, I mean,
you're more optimistic
00:35:23.55\00:35:25.19
because, you know,
that He's, He's put He's...
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.86
Those seeds that you're giving
Him permission to grow in you,
00:35:27.89\00:35:33.09
then you are and
then I love just continue
00:35:33.13\00:35:36.90
and going back to giving
Him permission to be in charge,
00:35:36.93\00:35:40.40
and then, Lord,
increase my faith.
00:35:40.44\00:35:43.24
So that's like, you
know, He's increased very,
00:35:43.27\00:35:45.74
so now you're warring,
and you're having the sunshine
00:35:45.77\00:35:48.01
and everything,
and then the baby steps
00:35:48.04\00:35:50.11
become a little bit better step.
00:35:50.15\00:35:51.48
Because He's
sending divine appointments
00:35:51.51\00:35:53.42
unto your pathway,
00:35:53.45\00:35:55.12
you're beginning to
say that there is fruit
00:35:55.15\00:35:57.49
whether it's on
your or in there,
00:35:57.52\00:35:59.45
at least, you are
a work in progress.
00:35:59.49\00:36:02.56
And, boy, it's just...
00:36:02.59\00:36:04.16
And I think that
whenever I did good things
00:36:04.19\00:36:08.20
in my physical life,
00:36:08.23\00:36:09.76
when my parents were alive
00:36:09.80\00:36:11.13
and I did
something that was good,
00:36:11.17\00:36:12.50
you know, they were proud.
00:36:12.53\00:36:15.30
And I'd like to thank, you know,
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.67
that the things I'd do for
the Lord today that He's proud.
00:36:16.71\00:36:19.67
Amen. Amen.
00:36:19.71\00:36:21.04
Amen.
00:36:21.08\00:36:22.41
You know, I
encourage the folks at home,
00:36:22.44\00:36:24.31
if you're not doing
this interacting with us
00:36:24.35\00:36:27.68
in this kind of
a situation this,
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.09
this is helping me
grow to have different ages
00:36:30.12\00:36:35.46
and, you know, if you're
just limiting your group to
00:36:35.49\00:36:39.76
an older crowd or to just young,
00:36:39.79\00:36:42.30
I challenge you.
00:36:42.33\00:36:43.67
Make, get your
demographic spread
00:36:43.70\00:36:46.10
because it's
wonderful to be able to draw
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.67
from each other's
experience and history and so...
00:36:48.70\00:36:54.08
We really enjoy
working with you, you know,
00:36:54.11\00:36:56.88
because you've got so
many more years experience.
00:36:56.91\00:37:01.28
Well, that was fast.
00:37:01.32\00:37:03.35
Wow, it turned
around me. Oh, God.
00:37:03.39\00:37:06.32
Yeah. About that mouth thing.
00:37:06.35\00:37:11.06
I love it, good time.
00:37:11.09\00:37:13.36
Let's read,
quickly moving along.
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.90
Okay, Hebrews
10:23, here's another
00:37:16.93\00:37:20.60
"Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.47
without wavering for He
who promised is faithful."
00:37:23.51\00:37:26.88
Amen.
00:37:26.91\00:37:28.24
And again I'm going to kind
of just toss this back to you.
00:37:28.28\00:37:32.38
I am...
00:37:32.41\00:37:33.75
I want to know
more about this verse.
00:37:33.78\00:37:35.88
What you think about it?
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.25
I just, "Let us hold fast
the confession of our hope".
00:37:37.29\00:37:41.26
I think it's me what
it's saying is, you know,
00:37:41.29\00:37:44.29
he's just got through our,
00:37:44.33\00:37:45.96
well, not
actually just got through,
00:37:45.99\00:37:47.46
but Paul in Romans when he said
00:37:47.50\00:37:50.97
when with our mouth
we confess and are saved.
00:37:51.00\00:37:54.24
The Word of Faith,
00:37:54.27\00:37:55.80
when you've got
scripture promises in your mouth
00:37:55.84\00:37:58.41
that's the Word of Faith.
00:37:58.44\00:37:59.94
And if we hold fast to
the confession of our hope,
00:37:59.97\00:38:05.68
hope in the Greek
meant eager expectation.
00:38:05.71\00:38:10.32
It wasn't something
that you didn't know
00:38:10.35\00:38:13.32
if it was going to happen.
00:38:13.36\00:38:14.92
It meant that you absolutely
expected it to happen.
00:38:14.96\00:38:19.19
So when you are confessing
God's Word over your life,
00:38:19.23\00:38:23.57
you know, let us hold
fast the confession of our hope
00:38:23.60\00:38:27.27
because He
promised He's faithful,
00:38:27.30\00:38:29.80
you know, God's going to
do it so keep speaking it
00:38:29.84\00:38:32.87
and that's what's powerful.
00:38:32.91\00:38:34.64
Just, personally, I
absolutely love that word
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.95
"Eager expectation".
00:38:36.98\00:38:39.05
Boys, we were reading this
00:38:39.08\00:38:40.75
so let, let us hold
fast that eager expectation
00:38:40.78\00:38:43.55
with that wavering.
00:38:43.59\00:38:45.49
We're ready to go, I
mean, we're planning to go.
00:38:45.52\00:38:48.22
We're eagerly waiting.
00:38:48.26\00:38:50.26
And then let's
multiply it a trillion times
00:38:50.29\00:38:53.66
because God, God is the
one that's making that promise.
00:38:53.70\00:39:00.60
I wanna say that
this just brings me
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.10
to the mind of a child.
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.77
Unfortunately, we as
parents generally speaking,
00:39:05.81\00:39:10.05
or as Christians, we promise
we're gonna say do something
00:39:10.08\00:39:13.01
and aware enough
faithful to our promise.
00:39:13.05\00:39:15.12
So we have presented
the wrong picture of Christ
00:39:15.15\00:39:18.32
in our children.
00:39:18.35\00:39:19.69
So if we're trying
to teach our children
00:39:19.72\00:39:23.59
to hold fast to confession
of our hope without wavering
00:39:23.63\00:39:27.80
for He who promised is faithful,
00:39:27.83\00:39:30.53
many times I
hear, "But you promised,
00:39:30.57\00:39:33.20
but you promised"
and they cry, cry, cry.
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.57
So to what age
00:39:35.60\00:39:38.51
or how many years has
the child have to live with
00:39:38.54\00:39:42.84
so many broken promises
00:39:42.88\00:39:46.51
being unfulfilled
00:39:46.55\00:39:50.55
that they will be like,
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.09
"Wait a minute,
Jesus doesn't do that",
00:39:52.12\00:39:54.62
you know, so we have
a great responsibility
00:39:54.66\00:39:56.86
not only as
parents but as a body,
00:39:56.89\00:39:59.19
you know, in the church
00:39:59.23\00:40:00.60
if we're gonna promise something
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.46
we have got to be faithful
00:40:02.50\00:40:04.20
and we need to
fulfill our promises.
00:40:04.23\00:40:06.67
So that way we paint the picture
00:40:06.70\00:40:09.20
and it's easier for
everyone to understand,
00:40:09.24\00:40:12.07
you know, God is
the one, God will do it.
00:40:12.11\00:40:14.58
Very good. Good, thank you.
00:40:14.61\00:40:17.38
When God says
something it will be done.
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.78
Amen.
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.15
So this verse, "Let us hold
fast the confession of our hope
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.99
without wavering for He
who promised is faithful."
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.39
We have to realize that God
doesn't do things on our time
00:40:26.42\00:40:29.92
He does it on His time,
so we have to just believe
00:40:29.96\00:40:34.90
that it will be done
00:40:34.93\00:40:36.70
and He's proved himself
over, and over, and over again.
00:40:36.73\00:40:39.53
Amen. Amen.
00:40:39.57\00:40:40.90
You know, it
helps, it helps for us
00:40:40.94\00:40:42.67
to take these things
take, as we said in the past,
00:40:42.70\00:40:47.64
take possession of these things.
00:40:47.68\00:40:49.01
Amen.
00:40:49.04\00:40:50.38
Because when God says,
00:40:50.41\00:40:54.15
"If you confess your
sins I will forgive you",
00:40:54.18\00:40:57.45
okay, here's John
speaking to the fellow believers
00:40:57.49\00:41:03.76
but that's for
us, we have to say
00:41:03.79\00:41:05.89
he's talking to
us when Jesus says
00:41:05.93\00:41:07.26
"Come unto me, all ye,
00:41:07.30\00:41:08.63
that are weary and heavy laden."
00:41:08.66\00:41:10.00
Okay, there were
people there listening
00:41:10.03\00:41:11.37
but that's for us.
00:41:11.40\00:41:12.73
Amen.
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.10
And so when I think
of scriptures that say,
00:41:14.14\00:41:16.07
"I will make a man more
precious than fine gold"
00:41:16.10\00:41:19.97
I say, you know, that's for me
00:41:20.01\00:41:21.41
He's gonna make me more precious
00:41:21.44\00:41:22.78
than buying gold and He,
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.38
who has begun a
good work in you,
00:41:24.41\00:41:25.75
will complete it.
00:41:25.78\00:41:27.12
I may not, I may
see defects in myself,
00:41:27.15\00:41:29.82
but if I continue to
cooperate with the Lord,
00:41:29.85\00:41:32.69
He's gonna mold me
into the likeness of Christ.
00:41:32.72\00:41:34.99
We have to we have to
take these words hold fast,
00:41:35.02\00:41:38.53
hold on to them, believe in them
00:41:38.56\00:41:40.60
because God is gonna do it.
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.93
And these are covenant promises,
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.27
these are promises
that God has made to us
00:41:45.30\00:41:48.14
on pain of death for Himself.
00:41:48.17\00:41:50.57
I mean, this is, this
is pretty exciting to me.
00:41:50.61\00:41:54.94
Okay, let me go to the next one.
00:41:54.98\00:41:57.21
2 Corinthians 4:13,
00:41:57.25\00:41:58.91
I'm gonna read it from
the NIV and it says, Paul...
00:41:58.95\00:42:03.89
I love this, Paul
says, "It is written,"
00:42:03.92\00:42:07.89
now he's
quoting what was written
00:42:07.92\00:42:10.36
"I believed,
therefore, I have spoken."
00:42:10.39\00:42:15.73
Then he says, "with
that same spirit of faith,"
00:42:15.76\00:42:19.50
he's saying, anybody that says,
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.57
"I believe therefore I spoke"
00:42:21.60\00:42:23.14
that's the spirit of faith,
"With that same spirit of faith
00:42:23.17\00:42:27.94
we also believe
and therefore speak."
00:42:27.98\00:42:31.95
So this is, and we're
talking about the power of life
00:42:31.98\00:42:36.48
and death on our tongue,
00:42:36.52\00:42:38.35
boy, when you get
into the Word of God
00:42:38.39\00:42:41.16
and once it gets to you,
00:42:41.19\00:42:43.22
I mean, I can
remember the first time
00:42:43.26\00:42:45.53
when I was much
younger I would read the Bible
00:42:45.56\00:42:47.60
and just some of these promises
sounded too good to be true.
00:42:47.63\00:42:51.47
Didn't seem like
they applied to me
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.40
or I would accept them
here I had mental assent,
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.87
but they weren't in my heart.
00:42:56.91\00:42:58.71
And when God really taught
me to hold fast to his word
00:42:58.74\00:43:04.68
and then I believed
and I started speaking it
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.62
over my life that
was the spirit of faith.
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.75
I mean, you can...
00:43:10.79\00:43:12.12
I can tell if somebody
has faith usually within,
00:43:12.15\00:43:16.02
you can meet somebody,
in the first 15-20 minutes
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.93
you can tell if
they're people of faith or not
00:43:18.96\00:43:21.43
because there are some people
00:43:21.46\00:43:23.47
that just let a little
problem come into their life
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.83
and they're like Chicken Little,
00:43:25.87\00:43:27.20
"Oh, the sky is
falling, the sky is falling."
00:43:27.24\00:43:29.40
You know?
00:43:29.44\00:43:30.77
And they speak so
negatively and they're...
00:43:30.81\00:43:35.44
So we wanna speak
with that spirit of faith,
00:43:35.48\00:43:39.48
this is where you confess
with your mouth and are saved
00:43:39.51\00:43:42.18
'cause you're speaking,
00:43:42.22\00:43:43.55
you're putting your faith
into action at this point.
00:43:43.59\00:43:46.55
Wasn't it like, oh, I
didn't mean to interrupt
00:43:46.59\00:43:48.96
but I know that, like
your mom just was telling me
00:43:48.99\00:43:52.33
recently about a device
that she has discovered.
00:43:52.36\00:43:55.00
It's an appliance
that she can cook with that
00:43:55.03\00:43:59.63
and she is sold on this device
because it has worked so well.
00:43:59.67\00:44:03.30
It's proven that it
does everything, you know,
00:44:03.34\00:44:06.54
that she saw it on a
commercial and, you know,
00:44:06.57\00:44:08.68
sometimes those kind
of things don't work.
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.25
But for...
00:44:10.28\00:44:11.61
And so she believed
00:44:11.65\00:44:12.98
and now she's telling
other people about it,
00:44:13.01\00:44:15.48
you know, about
that's too good to be,
00:44:15.52\00:44:17.39
no, it's not too
good to be true actually,
00:44:17.42\00:44:18.95
it does, it works.
00:44:18.99\00:44:20.39
So I kind of, that
kind of same thing here
00:44:20.42\00:44:23.46
where he's saying
I believe, therefore,
00:44:23.49\00:44:25.36
I've spoken with
that spirit faith.
00:44:25.39\00:44:27.46
I believe so much in it
00:44:27.50\00:44:29.20
that I'm going to
go out and tell it.
00:44:29.23\00:44:30.73
I mean, I know.
Amen, amen. Good.
00:44:30.77\00:44:33.44
My next
scripture is Jeremiah 1:12,
00:44:33.47\00:44:37.94
and I'm gonna
actually, let's back up,
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.81
I wanna read verse 11 too.
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.94
You know, God touched Jeremiah's
00:44:42.98\00:44:45.58
and when He touched him He said,
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.45
"I filled your
mouth with my words."
00:44:47.48\00:44:51.72
And He was saying,
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.09
"I'm going to be the
source of your message".
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.59
So in Jeremiah 1:11,
God has just shown him
00:44:55.62\00:45:02.13
the first of two
visions and Jeremiah says,
00:45:02.16\00:45:05.53
"Moreover, the word of
the Lord came to me saying,
00:45:05.57\00:45:09.30
Jeremiah, What do you see?
00:45:09.34\00:45:11.91
And I said, I see a branch
or shoot of an almond tree.
00:45:11.94\00:45:17.28
And the almond tree
was the emblem of alertness
00:45:17.31\00:45:22.15
and activity it would blossom
in the late winter early spring
00:45:22.18\00:45:26.59
and they called
it the 'watch tree'.
00:45:26.62\00:45:30.19
So then, so he's
saying, "What do you see?
00:45:30.23\00:45:34.16
I see the almond tree."
00:45:34.20\00:45:36.23
Well, in the
Hebrew that is shaqed,
00:45:36.26\00:45:41.34
S-H-A-Q-E-D I
see the almond tree,
00:45:41.37\00:45:46.54
shaqed the watch tree.
00:45:46.57\00:45:49.64
So now there's a little play
on words going here a little pun
00:45:49.68\00:45:53.42
that's intended.
00:45:53.45\00:45:54.78
God turns around and says to him
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.35
He's going to
interpret this and He says,
00:45:56.38\00:45:59.19
"The Lord said to
me, you have seen well,
00:45:59.22\00:46:02.26
for I am alert and acting,
00:46:02.29\00:46:04.69
watching over my
word to perform it,"
00:46:04.73\00:46:07.83
when He says, now see He
said, "Oh, I see the shaqed"
00:46:07.86\00:46:12.60
and God says,
"Hey, I am shoqed."
00:46:12.63\00:46:16.17
S-H-O-Q-E-D.
00:46:16.20\00:46:18.71
You saw the shaqed, I am shoqed,
00:46:18.74\00:46:21.51
"I am watching over
my word to perform it".
00:46:21.54\00:46:26.11
So the almond tree would blossom
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.78
in the early spring time
00:46:28.82\00:46:30.69
and it would promise
them the fruitful year.
00:46:30.72\00:46:33.36
And this is basically
what God is telling Jeremiah,
00:46:33.39\00:46:37.76
the words that I
put in your mouth
00:46:37.79\00:46:39.49
they're gonna be
fruitful I'm alert, I'm active,
00:46:39.53\00:46:43.53
I'm watching over
that word to perform it.
00:46:43.57\00:46:46.87
And then I love
it because later on
00:46:46.90\00:46:48.60
in Jeremiah 15:16,
00:46:48.64\00:46:50.67
he said, "All
your words were found
00:46:50.71\00:46:52.74
and I ate them and
they were to me the joy
00:46:52.77\00:46:55.74
and the rejoicing of my heart."
00:46:55.78\00:46:57.81
He became so in
love with God's Word
00:46:57.85\00:47:01.35
and then He also,
the Lord, said to him,
00:47:01.38\00:47:04.82
"Is not my word like
fire that consumes anything
00:47:04.85\00:47:10.26
that can endure the test,
00:47:10.29\00:47:11.69
is it not like a hammer
that will break to pieces
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.46
all the
rockiness of your heart?"
00:47:15.50\00:47:17.83
And so Jeremiah fell in
love with the Word of the Lord.
00:47:17.87\00:47:22.00
Amen.
00:47:22.04\00:47:23.37
And I think if we want
to really guard our mouth,
00:47:23.41\00:47:26.88
if we want to know
what God's got for us
00:47:26.91\00:47:32.15
if we just start speaking
His Word that's real power.
00:47:32.18\00:47:36.25
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.22
All right. You
know, testifying...
00:47:38.25\00:47:39.59
Testify. Amen.
00:47:39.62\00:47:41.19
You know, in Central
Texas when the scissor-tails,
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.69
that's a bird,
when the scissor-tails
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.19
come into Central Texas
00:47:45.23\00:47:46.96
we truly know the
spring has sprung.
00:47:47.00\00:47:49.46
There's not
going to be surprises,
00:47:49.50\00:47:51.00
there's not going to the...
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.37
The frost is all gone,
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.17
and scissor-tails are
not food in Central Texas.
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.27
And so this is
what this is saying here
00:47:57.31\00:47:59.54
and we find out
those things that do work.
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.68
We find that that we I'm talking
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.18
about scissor-tails,
00:48:03.21\00:48:04.55
who in the world ever
thinks about scissor tails?
00:48:04.58\00:48:06.41
But it's because
they're consistent.
00:48:06.45\00:48:08.92
And here you know
God's Word is consistent
00:48:08.95\00:48:11.52
so consequently
we praise His name.
00:48:11.55\00:48:14.32
And He said His Word
doesn't return to avoid the,
00:48:14.36\00:48:17.49
you know, it will
accomplish every purpose
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.03
for which He sent it.
00:48:20.06\00:48:21.40
Yeah. Amen.
00:48:21.43\00:48:22.76
All right, brother, Jason.
00:48:22.80\00:48:24.27
So I have Isaiah 50:4,
00:48:24.30\00:48:28.07
this comes from
the amplified version,
00:48:28.10\00:48:30.71
"The Lord God has given
me the tongue of a disciple
00:48:30.74\00:48:33.27
and of one who was
taught that I should know
00:48:33.31\00:48:35.54
how to speak a word in
season to him who is weary."
00:48:35.58\00:48:39.55
You know, we should be
able to offer kind words
00:48:39.58\00:48:42.88
instead of words that
are going to upset people
00:48:42.92\00:48:46.35
and all of that
if we were, you know,
00:48:46.39\00:48:49.22
even when we give a rebuke
it should be a loving rebuke.
00:48:49.26\00:48:54.86
I really like Proverbs
15:1, this is a bonus one.
00:48:54.90\00:48:58.73
I threw that in.
00:48:58.77\00:49:01.94
Proverbs 15:1, so it says
00:49:01.97\00:49:04.21
"Soft answer turn it away wrath,
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.41
but grievous
word stir up anger."
00:49:06.44\00:49:08.61
That's right.
00:49:08.64\00:49:09.98
There was a time in my
life when I was a little kid
00:49:10.01\00:49:12.78
and I really should
have bridled the tongue
00:49:12.81\00:49:15.88
because it got me
into some trouble.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.09
So I was at home, you
know, my mom was singing,
00:49:18.12\00:49:20.49
she want to enter
the New York City,
00:49:20.52\00:49:23.49
we lived at upstate New York,
she want to enter New York City
00:49:23.53\00:49:26.23
to sing jingles or she
might have been on tour
00:49:26.26\00:49:29.26
or something and my
brother was watching me
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.03
and he's ten
years older than I am.
00:49:31.07\00:49:33.57
And, you know, he said something
00:49:33.60\00:49:35.50
that made me
angry so I was like,
00:49:35.54\00:49:38.21
"I'll show him" so I got it
00:49:38.24\00:49:39.71
I gotta smart him
out right back, you know,
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.91
and I'm like 5 or 6
and he's like 15 or 16.
00:49:41.94\00:49:45.85
And so, I was hungry
and anybody who knows me
00:49:45.88\00:49:49.02
knows I love
food, even back then.
00:49:49.05\00:49:52.12
And I was
starving and he was like,
00:49:52.15\00:49:53.52
"You know what, I'm
not going to make you
00:49:53.56\00:49:54.89
anything to eat".
00:49:54.92\00:49:56.26
And I said, "Fine, I
don't need you to make me
00:49:56.29\00:49:57.63
anything to eat".
00:49:57.66\00:49:58.99
So I decided that I
would take it upon myself
00:49:59.03\00:50:00.96
and I made
disgusting gourmet ketchup
00:50:01.00\00:50:04.47
and raisins sandwich.
00:50:04.50\00:50:05.83
Oh! Oh! Wow!
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.20
I ate every bit
of that sandwich like
00:50:07.24\00:50:09.34
it was just so good just
because I was so mad at him.
00:50:09.37\00:50:14.94
So my tongue
paid for it both ways.
00:50:14.98\00:50:17.28
All right. It sure did.
00:50:17.31\00:50:22.72
And he still
apologizes to me for that.
00:50:22.75\00:50:25.99
So you've never made another
sandwich like that, right?
00:50:26.02\00:50:27.96
Absolutely not. Next
one, he gets to sample.
00:50:27.99\00:50:30.83
Oh! Oh, that's good.
00:50:30.86\00:50:33.09
Yeah, tripping raisins.
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So our next verse
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is Mark 11:22-24,
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"So Jesus
answered, have faith in God,
00:50:42.00\00:50:44.64
for assuredly I say to you,
00:50:44.67\00:50:46.14
whoever says and does
not doubt in his heart
00:50:46.17\00:50:48.81
but believes that those things
00:50:48.84\00:50:50.35
He says will be done He
will have whatever He says.
00:50:50.38\00:50:53.75
Therefore, I say to
you, whatever things you ask
00:50:53.78\00:50:56.95
when you pray,
believe that you receive them
00:50:56.99\00:50:59.85
and you will have them."
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.22
Amen. Amen.
00:51:01.26\00:51:02.92
I like that there
is a book entitled
00:51:02.96\00:51:05.53
"Prayer" by Alan White,
00:51:05.56\00:51:06.90
where it talks about
living your prayers, you know,
00:51:06.93\00:51:10.23
if you pray for deliverance
soon as you say amen,
00:51:10.27\00:51:14.90
you better believe
that you've been delivered
00:51:14.94\00:51:16.71
and you act accordingly.
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Amen. Amen.
00:51:18.11\00:51:19.44
And so I really like
that verse there as well.
00:51:19.47\00:51:22.41
What does it mean for anybody?
00:51:22.44\00:51:24.91
I think once again
this is go right back
00:51:24.95\00:51:28.18
to that Word of Faith that,
00:51:28.22\00:51:30.42
you know, faith is not
just something in theory,
00:51:30.45\00:51:36.59
the foundation
for faith is trust
00:51:36.62\00:51:39.66
but the Bible shows us
that we've got to speak
00:51:39.69\00:51:44.17
with the spirit of faith.
00:51:44.20\00:51:45.93
We've got to
believe we've got to...
00:51:45.97\00:51:51.04
James says, "Faith
without actions is dead."
00:51:51.07\00:51:53.78
So we've got to act.
00:51:53.81\00:51:55.18
Faith is all of these
things blended in together here.
00:51:55.21\00:51:58.58
So when we come to
praying if we're not...
00:51:58.61\00:52:03.59
If we're praying
anything that's in this Word
00:52:03.62\00:52:06.79
that we know what God's will is,
00:52:06.82\00:52:09.46
we should be praying
with absolute assurance,
00:52:09.49\00:52:12.73
believing in our
heart we've received them.
00:52:12.76\00:52:15.13
Not doubting His Word.
00:52:15.16\00:52:16.50
Now there are some
things, for example,
00:52:16.53\00:52:19.03
when you get into I
think it's 2 Timothy
00:52:19.07\00:52:21.50
but Paul was
praying for Trophimus
00:52:21.54\00:52:27.14
and he ended up having to
leave his companion Trophimus
00:52:27.18\00:52:31.35
and go on without
him because he was sick.
00:52:31.38\00:52:34.32
He left him in the Miletus.
00:52:34.35\00:52:35.95
Well, the point is
that you would think that
00:52:35.98\00:52:41.19
Paul who had such an anointing
00:52:41.22\00:52:45.26
that he could
touch a handkerchief
00:52:45.29\00:52:46.73
and they could mail
it to somebody that,
00:52:46.76\00:52:49.03
wow, he's got
the gift of healing.
00:52:49.06\00:52:51.23
Well, no, it was when
God was prepared to heal.
00:52:51.27\00:52:53.27
So we know that God doesn't
always heal every person.
00:52:53.30\00:52:58.17
So there's times
when we're praying
00:52:58.21\00:52:59.71
we can't just say, "Have
faith you're gonna be healed",
00:52:59.74\00:53:02.58
'cause God doesn't promise it.
00:53:02.61\00:53:04.81
You know, he does not
promise that, although,
00:53:04.85\00:53:06.98
there are some
healing scriptures
00:53:07.02\00:53:09.18
we don't know what,
00:53:09.22\00:53:11.05
He said He sent
His Word to heal us,
00:53:11.09\00:53:12.85
He says that by His
stripes we are healed.
00:53:12.89\00:53:16.22
We can pray that
but we don't know
00:53:16.26\00:53:17.63
if God is going to
heal us right now, or if...
00:53:17.66\00:53:20.00
He's gonna give us the
healing He knows we need it,
00:53:20.03\00:53:22.60
it may be now, it may be later.
00:53:22.63\00:53:24.33
Okay?
00:53:24.37\00:53:25.70
Can it maybe
that that affliction
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.07
that has come to us
will lead us to salvation
00:53:27.10\00:53:32.17
because we're spiritually
dead, you know, what I'm saying?
00:53:32.21\00:53:35.44
There's a spiritual
healing in whatever situation
00:53:35.48\00:53:40.15
we maybe facing.
00:53:40.18\00:53:42.05
We may react a
certain way if we're fine
00:53:42.08\00:53:46.69
and we were so self-sufficient,
00:53:46.72\00:53:49.32
you know, but
when we are afflicted
00:53:49.36\00:53:52.26
whether it's health,
financially, or what have you,
00:53:52.29\00:53:55.76
you're drawn to your knees,
you know, to praying and say,
00:53:55.80\00:53:59.73
"Lord, please heal us, heal me".
00:53:59.77\00:54:02.14
And the Lord will
work in your heart
00:54:02.17\00:54:04.14
depending on your need,
00:54:04.17\00:54:06.37
which is your
spiritual need, number one,
00:54:06.41\00:54:09.68
because we could
be asking for whatever
00:54:09.71\00:54:12.18
and we see, oh, this great.
00:54:12.21\00:54:14.05
A brand new car, for example,
00:54:14.08\00:54:16.79
but you are not gonna
use that car for His glory
00:54:16.82\00:54:20.82
and your heart
is too far from me.
00:54:20.86\00:54:23.06
So right now you need to keep
praying some more and listen,
00:54:23.09\00:54:26.70
and be still and listen,
so that your heart will be
00:54:26.73\00:54:30.73
in accord in
harmony with heaven.
00:54:30.77\00:54:34.47
The worst year of
my life turned out
00:54:34.50\00:54:37.17
to be the best year of my life
because of what you're saying.
00:54:37.21\00:54:39.87
The year that I
had vertigo 24/7,
00:54:39.91\00:54:42.78
it was the most awful
condition I'd rather be in pain
00:54:42.81\00:54:45.61
and have vertigo like that.
00:54:45.65\00:54:47.38
But that is the
year that God taught me
00:54:47.42\00:54:50.75
to claim His promises.
00:54:50.79\00:54:53.32
That's when God
totally turned me around
00:54:53.36\00:54:55.92
and began me in
ministry, actually.
00:54:55.96\00:54:57.76
So the worst year of my life
turned out to be the best year.
00:54:57.79\00:55:00.96
I mean, I thank God
all the time for that year
00:55:01.00\00:55:04.00
and for that
awful experience but...
00:55:04.03\00:55:06.53
So I guess my take away here is
00:55:06.57\00:55:10.81
and I'm so glad that
00:55:10.84\00:55:12.17
we did Isaiah
50:4 again that was...
00:55:12.21\00:55:16.75
It's actually a messianic
word there where it says,
00:55:16.78\00:55:20.22
"The Lord God has given me
the tongue of a disciple of one
00:55:20.25\00:55:23.59
who is taught."
00:55:23.62\00:55:24.95
I used to pray all the time,
00:55:24.99\00:55:26.32
"Lord, give me the tongue
of an instructed disciple".
00:55:26.35\00:55:31.06
And I think
that's the bottom-line is
00:55:31.09\00:55:33.09
we need the tongue of
an instructed disciple
00:55:33.13\00:55:37.90
that we are speaking
by the mind of Christ,
00:55:37.93\00:55:41.44
that we are having God
00:55:41.47\00:55:43.04
put a guard at the
doorpost of our lips
00:55:43.07\00:55:45.17
so that we are
not speaking in ways
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.98
that don't lineup with his word.
00:55:49.01\00:55:51.45
What do you think?
00:55:51.48\00:55:52.81
I think that we
need to season the words
00:55:52.85\00:55:55.58
because sometimes we
need to print a phrase truth
00:55:55.62\00:55:58.25
to a person for
their help, spiritual help.
00:55:58.29\00:56:01.22
But you could
say whatever you want
00:56:01.26\00:56:03.73
but there are two
ways of saying it.
00:56:03.76\00:56:05.63
They're gonna,
the person's gonna die
00:56:05.66\00:56:07.60
or the person is gonna flourish.
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.33
Yeah, amen.
00:56:09.36\00:56:10.90
All right, we're right
down to the last minute.
00:56:10.93\00:56:14.34
We like to, let's end in prayer.
00:56:14.37\00:56:16.94
And, honey, why
don't you just pray for us?
00:56:16.97\00:56:18.91
And for our viewers at
home, thank you so much.
00:56:18.94\00:56:21.91
You are the rest of our family
we're so glad you joined us
00:56:21.94\00:56:24.28
for this family worship,
00:56:24.31\00:56:25.65
and we hope you
have a blessed Sabbath.
00:56:25.68\00:56:27.45
And we hope that
00:56:27.48\00:56:28.82
what we've discussed
certainly has helped me,
00:56:28.85\00:56:30.89
I hope that you've
grown from that as well.
00:56:30.92\00:56:34.56
J.D?
00:56:34.59\00:56:36.46
Let's all bow for prayer.
00:56:36.49\00:56:39.03
Father, we come to
you in the name of Jesus,
00:56:39.06\00:56:40.96
we thank You, Lord,
for your for permission
00:56:41.00\00:56:44.73
that we can come to you.
00:56:44.77\00:56:46.77
Father, we ask Lord that you
will just teach each one of us
00:56:46.80\00:56:50.67
more about you.
00:56:50.71\00:56:52.04
We give the Holy
Spirit permission,
00:56:52.07\00:56:53.54
Lord, to
impress upon our hearts,
00:56:53.58\00:56:55.98
our minds, what we need to do,
00:56:56.01\00:56:57.55
what we need to ask for, Lord,
00:56:57.58\00:56:59.61
so that we can
become more like you.
00:56:59.65\00:57:02.25
Father, I just ask
Lord on this Sabbath
00:57:02.28\00:57:04.42
that you will just bless
in, in each one of our hearts
00:57:04.45\00:57:07.86
and our actions.
00:57:07.89\00:57:09.22
Lord, we do want to make a
difference in people's lives
00:57:09.26\00:57:11.79
in a positive way.
00:57:11.83\00:57:13.56
So, Father, just
continue to leave God direct us.
00:57:13.60\00:57:16.40
We love you, we thank you.
We give you praise and glory.
00:57:16.43\00:57:20.24
In the name of Jesus, amen.
00:57:20.27\00:57:21.87
Amen. Amen, amen.
00:57:21.90\00:57:23.74
Well, our prayer
for you at home is that
00:57:23.77\00:57:26.11
the grace of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:26.14\00:57:28.84
the love of the Father,
00:57:28.88\00:57:30.51
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:30.55\00:57:33.01
will be with you always.
00:57:33.05\00:57:35.62
See you again. Bye-bye.
00:57:35.65\00:57:37.05
Amen.
00:57:37.09\00:57:38.42