Participants: J. D. & Shelley Quinn (Host), Johnny and Idalia Dinzey, Jason Bradley, Tim Parton
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW017014A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:06 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Family Worship, 01:10 we just love to get together as the Sabbath is rolling in. 01:12 Amen. 01:14 And we're so glad that you are joining us. 01:17 Tonight we're going to be talking about 01:19 something that we probably all need a little help in. 01:23 That's true. 01:24 We're gonna be talking about guarding our mouth. 01:28 Because, you know, 01:29 there is the power of life and death in the tongue. 01:33 And so this is a topic 01:35 that I think everyone needs to be 01:37 a little more cautious about. 01:40 Let me go ahead and introduce our wonderful team. 01:44 We've got, we'll start over on this end 01:46 with Johnny Dinzey and Idalia his wife 01:49 and of the 3ABN Latino Network 01:54 and the El Jefe and El Jeffete. 02:04 Thank you for the invitation. Yes. 02:06 Thank you. 02:07 And then I'm blessed 02:09 to be the wife of this wonderful man right here J.D. 02:11 Little Jefe. 02:14 Don't make me big Jefe, please. 02:17 And here we have Jason Bradley 02:19 who is with our Dare to Dream Network 02:21 and then, of course, Tim Parton who is with Praise Him Network. 02:26 And we're just so excited to have all of you here. 02:28 And it's okay for us to laugh and have fun, isn't it? 02:31 Most certainly. Of course. 02:32 Plus, they're trying to keep me awake 02:34 I've been sitting here yawning. 02:36 I'll have the whole table yawning before. 02:39 Well, what we'd like to do is 02:41 we're going to open with prayer and then we'll have our song. 02:45 And we want you to pray with us. 02:48 Thank you so much for, 02:50 for joining us this is a special time. 02:53 And we're going to have a prayer 02:56 where we just each, 02:58 no particular order 02:59 just something you want to praise the Lord for 03:02 just give him praises. 03:03 And, Father, we just thank you this evening. 03:06 We just give you praise and glory. 03:07 We thank you for the Sabbath Time, Lord. 03:09 We thank you for our loved ones. 03:11 We thank you, Lord, for, for being in our lives. 03:14 We thank you Lord that in spite of us, 03:16 you never leave us nor forsake us. 03:18 Amen. 03:20 Father, thank you for your goodness 03:22 and your mercy for each one of us. 03:25 Help us to be faithful to you in all ways. 03:29 And, Heavenly Father, we just thank you 03:31 that you offer salvation to the worst of sinners 03:34 and we thank you 03:36 for what Jesus has done for everyone else. 03:38 Yes, Father. 03:40 And, Lord, I want to thank you 03:41 that you walk with us and you talk with us. 03:43 Throughout the week 03:44 you are obviously big and evident in our lives. 03:48 Dear, Heavenly Father, we thank you for your patience, 03:51 and your love, and your longsuffering. 03:53 And we thank you for 03:55 just dwelling among us and refining our characters. 03:59 Amen. 04:00 Father, we thank you that you're a covenant-making, 04:02 covenant-keeping God. 04:04 We thank you that Jesus is our covenant with you. 04:08 Thank you for salvation by grace, 04:10 we praise your holy name in Jesus name, amen. 04:13 Amen. Amen. 04:14 Amen. 04:16 We're gonna let Tim slip away to the piano and because... 04:19 We were kind of... it was a toss up 04:21 which one of us would play the piano today. 04:23 But we like to... 04:25 I drew the short sprawl. 04:28 Let's give Tim a shot. 04:29 The song that we're going to be singing 04:31 is Praise Him Praise Him 04:32 and this is from 04:34 the Seventh-day Adventist hymnal, 04:35 this is number 249. 04:44 Praise Him! Praise Him! 04:46 Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! 04:49 Sing, O Earth, His wonderful love proclaim! 04:53 Hail Him! Hail Him! 04:56 Highest archangels in glory, 04:58 Strength and honor give to His holy Name! 05:03 Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children 05:08 In His arms He carries them all day long: 05:13 Praise Him! Praise Him! 05:15 Tell of His excellent greatness. 05:18 Praise Him! Praise Him! 05:20 Ever in joyful song! 05:24 Praise Him! Praise Him! 05:26 Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! 05:28 For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died. 05:33 He our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation 05:38 Hail Him! Hail Him! 05:40 Jesus the Crucified. 05:43 Sound His praises! 05:45 Jesus who bore our sorrows 05:47 Love unbounded wonderful, deep and strong. 05:52 Praise Him! Praise Him! 05:55 Tell of His excellent greatness 05:57 Praise Him! Praise Him! 05:59 Ever in joyful song! 06:05 Praise Him! Praise Him! 06:08 Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! 06:10 Heavenly portals, loud with hosannas ring! 06:14 Jesus, Savior, reigneth for ever and ever, 06:19 Crown Him! Crown Him! 06:21 Prophet, and Priest, and King! 06:24 Christ is coming over the world victorious 06:28 Power and glory unto the Lord belong: 06:33 Praise Him! Praise Him! 06:35 Tell of His excellent greatness 06:38 Praise Him! Praise Him ever in joyful song! 06:44 Hallelujah. Amen. 06:47 That's a fast one. 06:49 That's a wake up one. 06:51 Wake up and celebrate. Amen. 06:53 But, you know, I thought whenever you ask me about 06:56 what song would be good. 06:57 First of all, that's a good mouth exercise 06:59 with all those words especially when you sing it fast, 07:02 but also in James 3 it talks about 07:04 how good water and bitter water, 07:06 how the sweet water and bitter water 07:08 should not proceed out of the same fountain or can't. 07:11 And so I thought, you know, 07:13 when we sing praises they keep our mouth busy singing praises, 07:16 we won't have time to be talking trash, 07:19 or dirty, or ugly, or bad, or... 07:21 That's right. Amen. 07:22 So, keep it mouth full of praise 07:24 and that'll solve it, all the problems. 07:26 That's a great thought. I'm just saying. 07:29 Amen. Amen. 07:30 If I have a reason why I sang that song 07:32 I don't know why did that fast but, yeah. 07:35 You know. Nah, it was a blessing. 07:36 It was wonderful. Thank you, Jesus. 07:38 Amen. 07:39 When you said that 07:41 how true about keeping our mouth full of praise 07:44 and that's what we're talking about tonight 07:46 is guard the mouth for out of our mouth, 07:51 out of the heart, flow the issues of our life 07:53 that whatever's coming out of our mouth. 07:54 But just to kick this off, 07:56 I'm just going to read this Psalm not going to, 07:58 for this verse 08:00 I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it, 08:02 but Psalm 139:4 says that, 08:05 "There is not a word in my tongue, 08:09 a word that is still unuttered, 08:12 but behold, O Lord, you know it all together." 08:16 So when we're talking about guarding our mouth, 08:19 I would guess then... 08:21 What is it saying to you? 08:23 God knows what we're about to say, 08:25 He knows our thoughts in other words. 08:27 So the only way to really guard our mouth 08:31 is to guard our thoughts, right? 08:33 Well, I'm going to turn this over to Miss Idalia. 08:38 Well, I loved what you said, Tim, 08:41 as far as why you chose that song 08:44 Praise Him, Praise Him, 08:45 and we do need to keep our tongues busy in praises. 08:50 Right. 08:51 The text that I am sharing right now is Proverbs 21:23, 08:57 and it says, "Whoever guides his mouth and tongue, 09:01 keeps his soul from troubles." 09:04 Now this is a text I shared with my children, all the time, 09:09 but very seldom we forget, 09:11 you know, as parents 09:13 that, that's applicable to us, you know. 09:15 So the next 09:17 and we can elaborate more on that of course, 09:19 people at home to have children 09:21 they use scripture to get the kids inline, 09:24 but we forget that we need to 09:26 put ourselves inline too, right? 09:28 So Psalm 141: 3, says, 09:30 "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth, 09:34 keep watch over the door of my lips." 09:37 What a sincere prayer that is and that is my desire as well. 09:42 It's incredible how our feelings, and our needs 09:45 are so just described in the word, you know. 09:49 That is my condition, that is my desire, 09:52 and if someone is feeling like, 09:54 you know, I'm feeling this way or that way, 09:56 if you go specially to the Psalms, 09:58 you can identify so much with the Word of God therein, 10:01 that brings life to my, to my soul. 10:05 You know, this is a scripture 10:06 that I often I try to remember to pray it every day. 10:09 Just set a guard. 10:11 Put a guard at the doorpost of my lips 10:13 is how I usually pray this. 10:15 Because we all have to be careful... 10:19 When the flesh can rise up so rapidly, 10:23 if you are in a situation where somebody maybe accusatory 10:27 or if they are, you know... 10:28 Hostile. 10:30 Falsely accusing you or somebody 10:31 is given you a rough time, 10:33 what can rise up 10:34 is you want to lash out again at Him. 10:37 That's right. 10:38 But it's as you pray and say, 10:41 "Lord, set a guard at the doorpost of my lips, 10:44 you know, help me to be quick to listen, slow to speak" 10:49 so that, you know, 10:50 count to ten as the old saying goes. 10:53 Really, because there are many, 10:56 you know, I don't have 10:58 and I've never had an issue with anger 11:00 and I don't teach on anger really 11:02 because it's not something God's had to cure me of 11:05 so I'm not the right one to teach on that. 11:08 And I can hold my tongue I am pretty patient. 11:11 But, people, if at home 11:13 if you've got one of those temperaments 11:16 and this is something, 11:18 I mean, God's had to deliver me from a lot of things 11:20 but that wasn't my temperament. 11:21 But if it is your temperament to, 11:24 you come to a quick boiling point 11:26 and you speak out, 11:27 pray this scripture over your life 11:29 that God will put a guard at the doorpost of your lips 11:33 'cause it makes you stop and think 11:36 and it certainly will keep you from troubles. 11:40 I find that interesting also that 11:43 in trying to help in a situation 11:45 we may make something worse. 11:48 So that's why the prayer and to guard our mouth 11:52 even when we're thinking we're doing something good, 11:56 so is it God's plan for me to speak these words 12:00 or is it just, "Oh, I have a solution, 12:03 why don't we do this, let me say that?" 12:05 And it could be not of the Lord. 12:08 So when we want to help, 12:11 we still need to pray and ask the Lord for that wisdom. 12:14 You've heard that ugly expression 12:16 "Open mouth insert foot"? 12:20 Well, we used to work with a lady that we said 12:24 it was opened mouth and exchanged foot, 12:26 you know what I mean? 12:27 She had her foot in her mouth all the time 12:29 but it was because I think in part 12:32 that she was always correcting people 12:35 in a way that wasn't the most pleasant. 12:38 Yeah, and you know that is a truly 12:39 and it becomes a habit. 12:42 You know, it's almost like 12:43 there's a judgmental critical spirit there 12:46 that's connected with that 12:48 and then you think you have to comment, 12:50 you know, on everybody's 12:52 whatever, whatever the situation is. 12:53 So, yeah, a guard is good 12:56 not only to just keep your mouth shut 12:59 but to guard even your heart and... 13:02 Absolutely. 13:03 Yeah, I love the picture that the guard, 13:05 you know, I can see that guard 13:06 standing right outside the prison the jail door 13:09 and when you know that there's somebody out there, 13:12 you're a little more cautious, you know... 13:14 That's true. 13:15 And then putting the door of my lips, 13:17 I lock my door every night before I go to bed, 13:20 and so, you know, 13:21 there's some great kind of how the Word give us images. 13:24 And when you think about it like 13:26 where to guard every avenue of the soul, 13:28 so garbage in, and garbage out 13:30 so if you have taken in a bunch of garbage... 13:31 That's true. 13:33 That's what's gonna be naturally, naturally come out. 13:35 Yeah, oh, boy. 13:37 Boy, this is a good topic. Amen. 13:40 Well, inn it something that we just we all need 13:42 because it's, it's... 13:44 I had a thought 13:45 but I'm going to pass this on to you, darling. 13:47 Well, it's just it kind of segways and the sermon 13:50 that was given and I remember vividly. 13:55 Vividly, that's a good word I think, vividly. 13:58 My mom, 14:00 "Honey, now if you don't have something good to say 14:03 just don't say anything at all." 14:06 And then I remember saying, 14:08 "Jimmy, if you don't have something good to say 14:11 just keep your mouth shut." 14:14 I remember both of those. 14:16 I preferred the first then the latter 14:18 but I'm sure that I brought the latter home 14:19 and that takes you into Proverbs 18:21. 14:23 Proverbs 18:21, lets us know 14:27 because I thought the other 14:28 was probably just parenthood training, you know, 14:32 but I found out as I began to grow older 14:35 that it's found in the Bible, it's very Biblical. 14:38 And it says, 14:39 "That the tongue has the power of life and death, 14:43 and those who love it will eat its fruit." 14:46 Well, as I started kind of doing 14:48 a little bit of research here, the commentary says, 14:52 "That the tongue can, can blacken a reputation 14:57 and drive a man into poverty or death, 15:00 small as it may be James also talks about this, 15:04 but as small as the tongue maybe it can do vast harm. 15:08 Those who love the tongue who pamper it, 15:11 who give it pre reign will do much harm, 15:15 but the harm will return upon themselves. 15:18 But then we have that word "but", 15:21 but if used in harmony with the will of God to bless 15:24 and to cheer or to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom, 15:28 the tongue can do great good." 15:30 That's right. 15:31 Amen. Amen. 15:33 And so as adults, 15:34 especially sitting around this table in the Sabbath, 15:37 we certainly know the ones that we would choose, 15:39 but the reality is that we do have that choice. 15:42 That's right. So we've gone into that. 15:45 And then, as we go into 15:49 Isaiah 32:6 15:53 it says, that we were given that a fool, 15:57 now what is a fool? 15:59 "That is a person who lacks good sense or judgment, 16:02 speaks nonsense, 16:03 and his heart inclines toward wickedness 16:05 to practice ungodliness 16:06 and to speak error against the Lord." 16:08 But then as I looked into a different translation, 16:11 into the King James, 16:13 it really became more alive to me 16:15 because it was talking about 16:17 that side of the tongue that can do harm 16:20 and it says, "For the vile person", 16:23 well, what is vile man? 16:25 Dark, evil, immoral, sinful, unrighteous, vicious, bad, 16:31 wicked, wrong 16:33 and so for that vile person that has that side, 16:38 well, he and his heart will work iniquity, 16:41 the practice hypocrisy, 16:43 they utter error against the Lord, 16:46 and they also make empty the soul of the hungry, 16:49 and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 16:53 So in other words, nothing good comes out of his mouth 16:56 and all he's doing is planting seeds of darkness. 17:00 And so what that what we have to offer is, 17:06 Jesus, please intercede in my behalf, 17:09 and then as I was looking at this, 17:11 it led me to 2 Corinthians 5:17, 17:16 and we all know that. 17:18 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, 17:20 he is now a new creation, old things have passed away, 17:24 and behold, all things have become new." 17:27 So if you have issues 17:29 that you do need to have that guard 17:32 so that, you know, ask Jesus, 17:35 and then He certainly will not hesitate 17:38 because this is a spiritual issue 17:40 always on spiritual issues He sends the Calvary. 17:43 Amen. 17:45 And so he says, "Hey, thank you for recognizing 17:48 that this is not who you choose to be, 17:51 but there is an option over here. 17:53 Thank you for calling upon me, and I will assist you." 17:57 Amen. 17:58 You know, on the power of life and death in the tongue, 18:02 boy, the Lord really taught me that back in 1999 18:06 when He taught me all about affirmations 18:08 about praying this back. 18:09 Because His word is life, 18:13 if we speak His promises over our lives, 18:17 as we're praying God's promises over our life, 18:21 accepting by faith His testimony 18:23 of who we are in Christ, 18:25 accepting by faith His promises 18:27 that He's going to watch over His Word to perform it, 18:30 we're speaking life into our existence. 18:35 Same it's, I just want to encourage you 18:37 if you have children, 18:39 speak God's Word into their lives, 18:41 pray God's Word into their life. 18:44 But in contrast just the opposite. 18:48 If we're speaking something 18:50 that doesn't line up with the Word of God, 18:54 you know, when if, if we're saying, 18:56 "I'm not a new creation. 18:59 No, I see the old ugly stuff." 19:02 That's like you're calling God a liar, 19:05 you know, 1 John 5:12 it says, 19:08 "If we don't believe His promises 19:10 we're regarding God as a liar." 19:12 So when you speak something that doesn't line up 19:16 with God's testimony in your life, 19:19 then it's like you're speaking death, 19:21 it's almost like you've opened the way, 19:25 you've opened the door, 19:27 for an entrance for Satan 19:29 and his unholy alliance to work in you 19:32 because you're lining up with their testimony. 19:35 Amen, amen. 19:37 Well, I wanna share something. 19:39 When, J.D, when you were sharing 19:41 the description of the vile the person that's vile, 19:45 well, we can think that we have it all together 19:50 we can help that vile person. 19:52 So in trying to help that vile person, 19:55 I can go, J.D, brother, 19:57 we need to pray for that person 19:59 because that person's very vile they're this, this, this, 20:03 and what is the intention, I mean, what are you planting? 20:07 You, you never saw that person 20:09 that I'm asking you to pray over as a vile person, 20:13 but I have planted that seed of that person is vile, 20:18 you know, so guarding your tongue even... 20:21 It's just goes to what I mentioned before. 20:23 We need to watch what we're saying 20:25 even when for trying to help somebody. 20:28 What I can identify so much 20:30 with what you just said is that, somebody came here 20:34 and someone told me something about them 20:36 and I never saw any of that 20:38 but it was kind of like the person 20:39 who told me I knew them pretty well, 20:41 so I kind of kept my distance a little bit, 20:44 I mean, I loved him but loved him from a distance. 20:47 And then come to find out 20:48 what they had told me was something 20:50 that had happened years and years in the past 20:53 and this person had well overcome that, 20:55 but they made it sound like it was recent. 20:57 So, they were speaking death to the relationship 21:01 that we could have... the bond that we could've had. 21:02 That's so sad. Yes. 21:04 Now that's very good, very good. 21:06 You know, I had a friend tell me one time, 21:09 they were in the medical field. 21:10 They said when a baby is born there's a, 21:14 and if there's a outward impediment 21:17 anything like from a club foot to cleft palate 21:20 or anything that there is that typically an inward problem. 21:24 There's something inside and I don't know 21:26 maybe I may not have understood that medically 21:29 but there, I think there is an element of truth in that. 21:32 And I think it's also important for us, 21:34 when we hear 21:35 somebody foul mouth or bad mouth somebody, 21:40 to know that there's probably 21:41 something going on in their life 21:43 so, inside of them, so that connection with what, 21:47 you know, what's coming out is what's in and we've put, 21:50 which we've already talked about that. 21:51 And I think that it's important 21:53 that we not jump to conclusions and judge 21:57 but we address them 21:59 and, you know, tell them we want to pray with them 22:01 and, you know, can we help them get over that 22:05 or, you know, let the Lord begin to heal something inward. 22:09 Because it's so important for us to listen to then people 22:14 even when we don't like to be around somebody 22:16 that's negative or whatever, 22:18 that's a perfect opportunity for us 22:20 to administer healing through the Lord. 22:22 Absolutely. Amen. 22:24 There are so many scriptures about this topic in the Bible 22:28 and that is powerful and we've selected a few. 22:32 You know, we think about 22:33 "Be slow to speak, quick to hear" 22:36 because the mind is very quick 22:37 you hear something and right away 22:39 you've thought of something to say. 22:42 And I remember as I was growing up 22:45 it was a, if somebody told you, you were ugly 22:49 you were ready to tell them, you're uglier. 22:53 That's good. 22:54 I mean, it was very quick to come up with something 22:58 and so the Bible has wonderful counsel, you know. 23:02 And when you were, 23:03 when we were talking about setting a guard on our mouth 23:06 is different than what we do with animals, 23:08 you know, for dogs that have a tendency 23:11 or desire to bite people... 23:13 That's good. 23:14 We put a muzzle on their mouth 23:18 but it doesn't really stop the dog 23:20 from desiring to bite somebody, right? 23:22 Because they may call the intent to bite you, 23:25 but they have a muzzle 23:27 if you take that off they will bite you. 23:29 But God says, set a guard over your mouth 23:30 and Lord tells us to be slow to speak. 23:32 It's a different approach that God takes than what we do. 23:36 And then when you think about how we were created 23:38 and God created us with two ears to hear 23:41 and one mouth to speak. 23:44 We have two ears 23:45 we need to use those more often. 23:47 That's right. 23:48 You know, something you said this 23:49 that when somebody says something 23:51 we think of something we want to say. 23:53 It happens so fast. 23:54 And the problem is that when we think of something 23:57 that we want to say a lot of times 23:59 we quit really listening 24:00 and we are just waiting for them to take a breath 24:03 so that we can speak. 24:04 Yes. That's right. 24:07 Yeah. 24:08 Johnny, what scriptures do you have? 24:10 Well, I have some scriptures here that I was... 24:14 they were selected for me. 24:16 Matthew 12:36-37 24:19 and this one is from the Amplified version 24:21 which gives some other words 24:23 to help you understand certain words in the text 24:25 and it says, "But I tell you, 24:28 on the Day of Judgment 24:30 men will have to give account for every idle 24:35 in operative or non-working word 24:37 they speak for by your words 24:39 you will be justified, and acquitted, 24:42 and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced." 24:46 And so this scripture... Now who's speaking here? 24:48 This scripture is, Jesus is speaking 24:51 and he's letting us know that the things 24:55 that come out of our mouth have consequences, 24:57 not only temporary here 24:59 but also if we don't confess those things 25:02 we are gonna have to face those words in the judgment. 25:05 And I, I for one, 25:07 do not want to face some things I have said, 25:09 that have come out of my mouth because... 25:13 And, you know, when you talk about idle words 25:15 this is a different category of words, 25:18 it's not something that you probably 25:19 gave great thought to. 25:21 You just put these things out. 25:24 And I remember being in different conversations 25:27 where people are suddenly arguing, 25:30 there's a group and people are suddenly arguing and I go, 25:34 "Wow, how did, how did this get started?" 25:35 And my mind begins to trace back 25:38 what took place and I said, I said this 25:41 and then this fire got started because of me 25:44 so I've had to, opportunity to repent, I said, 25:48 "Lord, forgive me for bringing that up", 25:49 because it is when you triggered 25:53 something in other people's minds 25:55 that was not good 25:56 and so we have to be careful what we bring out, 25:59 what we let out 26:01 because it could start a fire, a serious fire. 26:03 Amen. That's what James says. 26:05 So I have another scripture that I like to share 26:08 which is a Numbers 14:28. 26:12 Numbers 14:28 26:13 and this one is quoted from the New King James Version 26:17 and it says, "Say to them, as I live says the Lord, 26:21 just as you have spoken in my hearing 26:23 so I will do to you." 26:26 And the context of this is, 26:28 the judgment that God is gonna bring upon the people of Israel 26:30 because they kept, they kept going astray, 26:34 doing other things, 26:36 but what I get out of this scripture is 26:38 that God does not speak idle words. 26:41 What He says, He will do. 26:43 If He promises a blessing upon you, 26:46 that blessing is backed by 100% guarantee 26:50 because when God promises something He would do. 26:53 Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for you." 26:56 He didn't forget, He didn't put it aside, 26:58 He went to prepare a place for us, 27:00 and when God says, "I will punish the wicked." 27:05 He will, He will do just as He said. 27:09 I remember in church, when I was younger, 27:12 there was a little girl 27:14 that she was doing something her father said, 27:19 "Don't do that or you are gonna get a whipping." 27:23 "Yes, daddy." 27:24 And then after he left she took, she chuckled, 27:28 she chuckled and said, "Oh, he never, 27:30 he always says he will whip you but he never does." 27:33 So to her what he promised were idle words, idle threats. 27:38 I guess you can say idle threats. 27:39 Yes. Yes, that's very good. 27:41 So she didn't really put much into what he said 27:43 as far as his promises is to whip her, 27:45 but God doesn't do that. 27:47 What God says, He would do. 27:48 And the wonderful thing is that if we have done wicked things, 27:52 He says, "If you confess those things I will be, 27:58 God is faithful and just to forgive those things." 28:00 So not only will He punish the wicked, 28:02 but He will also forgive the wicked 28:05 if they repent and so I just love the Lord. 28:08 Amen. 28:09 You know, our Numbers 14:28, 28:11 a lot of people don't even know this scripture is in the Bible 28:15 when God and if you look at what was happening here 28:19 God had led the people out of bondage. 28:23 He brought them out of Egypt and He provided manna, 28:27 He provided water, but these people are saying, 28:31 you know, He gave them, the, what was it that he, 28:35 what kind of birds did He send them? 28:38 Raven? 28:39 Koel. Koel. Okay. 28:41 Yes. Well, obviously. 28:42 He sent them Koel but what happened 28:45 was the people are all going, 28:48 oh, He's lead us into the desert to die, 28:52 you know, and God's forsaken us. 28:54 And they are speaking exactly against His promises, 28:59 and they are murmuring, 29:00 and they're complaining against the Lord constantly. 29:04 And, "Oh, He's lead us out here to die", 29:08 and God says to Moses, 29:10 "Hey, just tell him as I lip, says the Lord, 29:13 as you've spoken in my hearing so I will do to you". 29:17 There's power of life and death in the tongue. 29:20 You've said that I brought you here to die, 29:23 guess what? 29:24 This generation of unfaithful Israelite, 29:27 you get to die in the desert. 29:29 I'll bring the next generation that's got faith. 29:32 Without faith you can't please Him, right? 29:33 That's right. 29:35 And it sounds harsh but He gave them chance, 29:39 after chance, after chance 29:41 and they just wouldn't accept it. 29:44 So, to me, that's a powerful scripture 29:46 we need to be careful of what we say. 29:48 When God takes action 29:50 it's because He has given ample opportunity for people 29:53 to turn away from evil. 29:55 Amen. 29:56 And so when God takes action, 29:58 it's because that person has gone 30:00 beyond already God's mercy, 30:03 you know it's, it's... 30:06 You see it all over, over, and over, and over again, 30:08 especially in Numbers 24 it says, God says, 30:11 "These 10 times", you know, And so it's, 30:15 when God acts it's because 30:17 that person is already fixed on their way 30:21 and God could spend another 100 years, 1,000 years 30:25 and that person will continue to do the same thing. 30:26 Yeah, exactly. 30:29 That's interesting that, Shelly, 30:31 you touched on the confession of what, 30:35 what those the Israelites were saying 30:38 and God basically turned it around on them 30:40 or they basically set themselves up for him 30:42 to just agree with them. 30:45 And that leads kind of into the next verses 30:48 in Romans 10:9-10 in the NIV it says, 30:53 "The word is near you, 30:54 it is in your mouth and in your heart, 30:57 that is the Word of Faith we are proclaiming 31:00 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, 31:03 and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, 31:05 you will be saved. 31:07 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, 31:10 and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." 31:13 That's a whole lot of scripture right there, 31:16 in fact, books have been written 31:17 on just those two scriptures, right? 31:19 A word of faith, amen. Amen. 31:21 And, you know, that there's a lot of different angles on, 31:25 you know, where you can go with that and, of course, 31:28 some people would some, some people really have a problem 31:33 with saying that all you have to do is just confess 31:35 with your mouth. 31:37 I mean there's definitely a, you have to have, 31:39 we're saved by faith. 31:42 Amen. 31:44 And it's through grace not of our own works 31:47 and so it's not, it's not just it's believing 31:53 and not just confessing or not even with confessing 31:56 it's just it's faith alone that saves us. 31:59 And it starts off, though, doesn't it? 32:01 It says the word is new that Word of Faith 32:02 in your heart and in your mouth. 32:04 Right, exactly. 32:05 So it's... 32:07 But it's important to know that 32:08 this scripture was actually written to believers. 32:12 They were the Israelites and Paul says, I wish that, 32:15 you know, the Israelites would all be saved, 32:18 but he calls them brethren, 32:20 to begin this chapter 10 with so, so he's not... 32:23 This is almost like a continue, 32:28 a continue to confess and believe, 32:31 you know, to the end, 32:32 you know, not until my fig tree produces fruit on it 32:37 can I really say that it's a fig tree. 32:39 I mean, you can be just a leaf tree 32:43 it could almost just be a weed 32:44 until I know that it's got figs 32:46 so it can in the same way 32:49 when, when the fruit of what you have said 32:52 finally brings forth, 32:53 you know, you get to the end and you say, I have, 32:56 well done, thy faithful servant, 32:57 you know, to the very end confess. 33:00 It's a kind of a heavy scripture 33:03 almost in my in my estimation 33:05 I don't know does anybody else have a comment 33:07 on that scripture maybe you do that's... 33:10 To me, I love the scripture 33:11 because it's, it's what it says to me is 33:15 that the Word of Faith 33:17 when God spoke His Word 33:20 it was to bring us life and give us, 33:22 we're supposed to have faith in that Word. 33:23 And as that Word gets into our heart, 33:27 then it becomes our confession 33:29 that we are confessing with this Word of Faith. 33:32 And as we confess this once again, 33:35 as a man thinks in his heart so is he, the Bible says. 33:39 And I think it is so important the confession 33:42 that we make over our life if it's God's Word, 33:46 I mean, His Word is alive and active. 33:49 This is He says, you know, my Word is life to you 33:53 and so as we're confessing this Word, 33:56 it's just like you said 2 Corinthians 5:17, 34:00 we may not feel like we're a new creations 34:02 but when we take that promise and we just say, 34:05 "Thank you, Father, that I am a new creation of Christ. 34:08 Thank you, Lord." 34:09 what happens is when we say the old has gone 34:13 and the new has come, 34:14 we're calling things that are not just 34:16 as though they already were like God does, right? 34:18 But what happens is it begins to reprogram this mind. 34:24 You know, some people will rehearse a problem 34:27 over and over and they're negative 34:29 and they just keep going over the same problem, 34:32 and they wonder why they can't get out of the pit. 34:36 But when you start confessing God's worth. 34:39 It's with your mouth that you confess 34:42 and are saved. 34:43 It's just... I just love that scripture. 34:46 It does something to the individual to the mind. 34:49 Yes. You're, you're affirming. 34:51 Absolutely. 34:53 It's like you're making concrete 34:55 that which God has promised in your, 34:57 in your being. 34:59 You know, the hope that gives me, 35:01 I see that must self and I begin to realize this 35:06 because I'm beginning to see those little glimpses 35:08 that I truly am a work in progress. 35:10 And that in my mind through Christ, 35:14 through the Holy Spirit working in me, 35:16 began to see a little, 35:18 little bitty baby steps being taken. 35:21 Maybe just a little things that you're doing or saying, 35:23 you know, I mean, you're more optimistic 35:25 because, you know, that He's, He's put He's... 35:27 Those seeds that you're giving Him permission to grow in you, 35:33 then you are and then I love just continue 35:36 and going back to giving Him permission to be in charge, 35:40 and then, Lord, increase my faith. 35:43 So that's like, you know, He's increased very, 35:45 so now you're warring, and you're having the sunshine 35:48 and everything, and then the baby steps 35:50 become a little bit better step. 35:51 Because He's sending divine appointments 35:53 unto your pathway, 35:55 you're beginning to say that there is fruit 35:57 whether it's on your or in there, 35:59 at least, you are a work in progress. 36:02 And, boy, it's just... 36:04 And I think that whenever I did good things 36:08 in my physical life, 36:09 when my parents were alive 36:11 and I did something that was good, 36:12 you know, they were proud. 36:15 And I'd like to thank, you know, 36:16 that the things I'd do for the Lord today that He's proud. 36:19 Amen. Amen. 36:21 Amen. 36:22 You know, I encourage the folks at home, 36:24 if you're not doing this interacting with us 36:27 in this kind of a situation this, 36:30 this is helping me grow to have different ages 36:35 and, you know, if you're just limiting your group to 36:39 an older crowd or to just young, 36:42 I challenge you. 36:43 Make, get your demographic spread 36:46 because it's wonderful to be able to draw 36:48 from each other's experience and history and so... 36:54 We really enjoy working with you, you know, 36:56 because you've got so many more years experience. 37:01 Well, that was fast. 37:03 Wow, it turned around me. Oh, God. 37:06 Yeah. About that mouth thing. 37:11 I love it, good time. 37:13 Let's read, quickly moving along. 37:16 Okay, Hebrews 10:23, here's another 37:20 "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope 37:23 without wavering for He who promised is faithful." 37:26 Amen. 37:28 And again I'm going to kind of just toss this back to you. 37:32 I am... 37:33 I want to know more about this verse. 37:35 What you think about it? 37:37 I just, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope". 37:41 I think it's me what it's saying is, you know, 37:44 he's just got through our, 37:45 well, not actually just got through, 37:47 but Paul in Romans when he said 37:51 when with our mouth we confess and are saved. 37:54 The Word of Faith, 37:55 when you've got scripture promises in your mouth 37:58 that's the Word of Faith. 37:59 And if we hold fast to the confession of our hope, 38:05 hope in the Greek meant eager expectation. 38:10 It wasn't something that you didn't know 38:13 if it was going to happen. 38:14 It meant that you absolutely expected it to happen. 38:19 So when you are confessing God's Word over your life, 38:23 you know, let us hold fast the confession of our hope 38:27 because He promised He's faithful, 38:29 you know, God's going to do it so keep speaking it 38:32 and that's what's powerful. 38:34 Just, personally, I absolutely love that word 38:36 "Eager expectation". 38:39 Boys, we were reading this 38:40 so let, let us hold fast that eager expectation 38:43 with that wavering. 38:45 We're ready to go, I mean, we're planning to go. 38:48 We're eagerly waiting. 38:50 And then let's multiply it a trillion times 38:53 because God, God is the one that's making that promise. 39:00 I wanna say that this just brings me 39:03 to the mind of a child. 39:05 Unfortunately, we as parents generally speaking, 39:10 or as Christians, we promise we're gonna say do something 39:13 and aware enough faithful to our promise. 39:15 So we have presented the wrong picture of Christ 39:18 in our children. 39:19 So if we're trying to teach our children 39:23 to hold fast to confession of our hope without wavering 39:27 for He who promised is faithful, 39:30 many times I hear, "But you promised, 39:33 but you promised" and they cry, cry, cry. 39:35 So to what age 39:38 or how many years has the child have to live with 39:42 so many broken promises 39:46 being unfulfilled 39:50 that they will be like, 39:52 "Wait a minute, Jesus doesn't do that", 39:54 you know, so we have a great responsibility 39:56 not only as parents but as a body, 39:59 you know, in the church 40:00 if we're gonna promise something 40:02 we have got to be faithful 40:04 and we need to fulfill our promises. 40:06 So that way we paint the picture 40:09 and it's easier for everyone to understand, 40:12 you know, God is the one, God will do it. 40:14 Very good. Good, thank you. 40:17 When God says something it will be done. 40:19 Amen. 40:21 So this verse, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope 40:24 without wavering for He who promised is faithful." 40:26 We have to realize that God doesn't do things on our time 40:29 He does it on His time, so we have to just believe 40:34 that it will be done 40:36 and He's proved himself over, and over, and over again. 40:39 Amen. Amen. 40:40 You know, it helps, it helps for us 40:42 to take these things take, as we said in the past, 40:47 take possession of these things. 40:49 Amen. 40:50 Because when God says, 40:54 "If you confess your sins I will forgive you", 40:57 okay, here's John speaking to the fellow believers 41:03 but that's for us, we have to say 41:05 he's talking to us when Jesus says 41:07 "Come unto me, all ye, 41:08 that are weary and heavy laden." 41:10 Okay, there were people there listening 41:11 but that's for us. 41:12 Amen. 41:14 And so when I think of scriptures that say, 41:16 "I will make a man more precious than fine gold" 41:20 I say, you know, that's for me 41:21 He's gonna make me more precious 41:22 than buying gold and He, 41:24 who has begun a good work in you, 41:25 will complete it. 41:27 I may not, I may see defects in myself, 41:29 but if I continue to cooperate with the Lord, 41:32 He's gonna mold me into the likeness of Christ. 41:35 We have to we have to take these words hold fast, 41:38 hold on to them, believe in them 41:40 because God is gonna do it. 41:42 And these are covenant promises, 41:45 these are promises that God has made to us 41:48 on pain of death for Himself. 41:50 I mean, this is, this is pretty exciting to me. 41:54 Okay, let me go to the next one. 41:57 2 Corinthians 4:13, 41:58 I'm gonna read it from the NIV and it says, Paul... 42:03 I love this, Paul says, "It is written," 42:07 now he's quoting what was written 42:10 "I believed, therefore, I have spoken." 42:15 Then he says, "with that same spirit of faith," 42:19 he's saying, anybody that says, 42:21 "I believe therefore I spoke" 42:23 that's the spirit of faith, "With that same spirit of faith 42:27 we also believe and therefore speak." 42:31 So this is, and we're talking about the power of life 42:36 and death on our tongue, 42:38 boy, when you get into the Word of God 42:41 and once it gets to you, 42:43 I mean, I can remember the first time 42:45 when I was much younger I would read the Bible 42:47 and just some of these promises sounded too good to be true. 42:51 Didn't seem like they applied to me 42:53 or I would accept them here I had mental assent, 42:56 but they weren't in my heart. 42:58 And when God really taught me to hold fast to his word 43:04 and then I believed and I started speaking it 43:07 over my life that was the spirit of faith. 43:10 I mean, you can... 43:12 I can tell if somebody has faith usually within, 43:16 you can meet somebody, in the first 15-20 minutes 43:18 you can tell if they're people of faith or not 43:21 because there are some people 43:23 that just let a little problem come into their life 43:25 and they're like Chicken Little, 43:27 "Oh, the sky is falling, the sky is falling." 43:29 You know? 43:30 And they speak so negatively and they're... 43:35 So we wanna speak with that spirit of faith, 43:39 this is where you confess with your mouth and are saved 43:42 'cause you're speaking, 43:43 you're putting your faith into action at this point. 43:46 Wasn't it like, oh, I didn't mean to interrupt 43:48 but I know that, like your mom just was telling me 43:52 recently about a device that she has discovered. 43:55 It's an appliance that she can cook with that 43:59 and she is sold on this device because it has worked so well. 44:03 It's proven that it does everything, you know, 44:06 that she saw it on a commercial and, you know, 44:08 sometimes those kind of things don't work. 44:10 But for... 44:11 And so she believed 44:13 and now she's telling other people about it, 44:15 you know, about that's too good to be, 44:17 no, it's not too good to be true actually, 44:18 it does, it works. 44:20 So I kind of, that kind of same thing here 44:23 where he's saying I believe, therefore, 44:25 I've spoken with that spirit faith. 44:27 I believe so much in it 44:29 that I'm going to go out and tell it. 44:30 I mean, I know. Amen, amen. Good. 44:33 My next scripture is Jeremiah 1:12, 44:37 and I'm gonna actually, let's back up, 44:39 I wanna read verse 11 too. 44:42 You know, God touched Jeremiah's 44:45 and when He touched him He said, 44:47 "I filled your mouth with my words." 44:51 And He was saying, 44:53 "I'm going to be the source of your message". 44:55 So in Jeremiah 1:11, God has just shown him 45:02 the first of two visions and Jeremiah says, 45:05 "Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 45:09 Jeremiah, What do you see? 45:11 And I said, I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree. 45:17 And the almond tree was the emblem of alertness 45:22 and activity it would blossom in the late winter early spring 45:26 and they called it the 'watch tree'. 45:30 So then, so he's saying, "What do you see? 45:34 I see the almond tree." 45:36 Well, in the Hebrew that is shaqed, 45:41 S-H-A-Q-E-D I see the almond tree, 45:46 shaqed the watch tree. 45:49 So now there's a little play on words going here a little pun 45:53 that's intended. 45:54 God turns around and says to him 45:56 He's going to interpret this and He says, 45:59 "The Lord said to me, you have seen well, 46:02 for I am alert and acting, 46:04 watching over my word to perform it," 46:07 when He says, now see He said, "Oh, I see the shaqed" 46:12 and God says, "Hey, I am shoqed." 46:16 S-H-O-Q-E-D. 46:18 You saw the shaqed, I am shoqed, 46:21 "I am watching over my word to perform it". 46:26 So the almond tree would blossom 46:28 in the early spring time 46:30 and it would promise them the fruitful year. 46:33 And this is basically what God is telling Jeremiah, 46:37 the words that I put in your mouth 46:39 they're gonna be fruitful I'm alert, I'm active, 46:43 I'm watching over that word to perform it. 46:46 And then I love it because later on 46:48 in Jeremiah 15:16, 46:50 he said, "All your words were found 46:52 and I ate them and they were to me the joy 46:55 and the rejoicing of my heart." 46:57 He became so in love with God's Word 47:01 and then He also, the Lord, said to him, 47:04 "Is not my word like fire that consumes anything 47:10 that can endure the test, 47:11 is it not like a hammer that will break to pieces 47:15 all the rockiness of your heart?" 47:17 And so Jeremiah fell in love with the Word of the Lord. 47:22 Amen. 47:23 And I think if we want to really guard our mouth, 47:26 if we want to know what God's got for us 47:32 if we just start speaking His Word that's real power. 47:36 Absolutely. Yeah. 47:38 All right. You know, testifying... 47:39 Testify. Amen. 47:41 You know, in Central Texas when the scissor-tails, 47:43 that's a bird, when the scissor-tails 47:45 come into Central Texas 47:47 we truly know the spring has sprung. 47:49 There's not going to be surprises, 47:51 there's not going to the... 47:52 The frost is all gone, 47:54 and scissor-tails are not food in Central Texas. 47:57 And so this is what this is saying here 47:59 and we find out those things that do work. 48:01 We find that that we I'm talking 48:03 about scissor-tails, 48:04 who in the world ever thinks about scissor tails? 48:06 But it's because they're consistent. 48:08 And here you know God's Word is consistent 48:11 so consequently we praise His name. 48:14 And He said His Word doesn't return to avoid the, 48:17 you know, it will accomplish every purpose 48:20 for which He sent it. 48:21 Yeah. Amen. 48:22 All right, brother, Jason. 48:24 So I have Isaiah 50:4, 48:28 this comes from the amplified version, 48:30 "The Lord God has given me the tongue of a disciple 48:33 and of one who was taught that I should know 48:35 how to speak a word in season to him who is weary." 48:39 You know, we should be able to offer kind words 48:42 instead of words that are going to upset people 48:46 and all of that if we were, you know, 48:49 even when we give a rebuke it should be a loving rebuke. 48:54 I really like Proverbs 15:1, this is a bonus one. 48:58 I threw that in. 49:01 Proverbs 15:1, so it says 49:04 "Soft answer turn it away wrath, 49:06 but grievous word stir up anger." 49:08 That's right. 49:10 There was a time in my life when I was a little kid 49:12 and I really should have bridled the tongue 49:15 because it got me into some trouble. 49:18 So I was at home, you know, my mom was singing, 49:20 she want to enter the New York City, 49:23 we lived at upstate New York, she want to enter New York City 49:26 to sing jingles or she might have been on tour 49:29 or something and my brother was watching me 49:31 and he's ten years older than I am. 49:33 And, you know, he said something 49:35 that made me angry so I was like, 49:38 "I'll show him" so I got it 49:39 I gotta smart him out right back, you know, 49:41 and I'm like 5 or 6 and he's like 15 or 16. 49:45 And so, I was hungry and anybody who knows me 49:49 knows I love food, even back then. 49:52 And I was starving and he was like, 49:53 "You know what, I'm not going to make you 49:54 anything to eat". 49:56 And I said, "Fine, I don't need you to make me 49:57 anything to eat". 49:59 So I decided that I would take it upon myself 50:01 and I made disgusting gourmet ketchup 50:04 and raisins sandwich. 50:05 Oh! Oh! Wow! 50:07 I ate every bit of that sandwich like 50:09 it was just so good just because I was so mad at him. 50:14 So my tongue paid for it both ways. 50:17 All right. It sure did. 50:22 And he still apologizes to me for that. 50:26 So you've never made another sandwich like that, right? 50:27 Absolutely not. Next one, he gets to sample. 50:30 Oh! Oh, that's good. 50:33 Yeah, tripping raisins. 50:34 So our next verse 50:37 is Mark 11:22-24, 50:42 "So Jesus answered, have faith in God, 50:44 for assuredly I say to you, 50:46 whoever says and does not doubt in his heart 50:48 but believes that those things 50:50 He says will be done He will have whatever He says. 50:53 Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask 50:56 when you pray, believe that you receive them 50:59 and you will have them." 51:01 Amen. Amen. 51:02 I like that there is a book entitled 51:05 "Prayer" by Alan White, 51:06 where it talks about living your prayers, you know, 51:10 if you pray for deliverance soon as you say amen, 51:14 you better believe that you've been delivered 51:16 and you act accordingly. 51:18 Amen. Amen. 51:19 And so I really like that verse there as well. 51:22 What does it mean for anybody? 51:24 I think once again this is go right back 51:28 to that Word of Faith that, 51:30 you know, faith is not just something in theory, 51:36 the foundation for faith is trust 51:39 but the Bible shows us that we've got to speak 51:44 with the spirit of faith. 51:45 We've got to believe we've got to... 51:51 James says, "Faith without actions is dead." 51:53 So we've got to act. 51:55 Faith is all of these things blended in together here. 51:58 So when we come to praying if we're not... 52:03 If we're praying anything that's in this Word 52:06 that we know what God's will is, 52:09 we should be praying with absolute assurance, 52:12 believing in our heart we've received them. 52:15 Not doubting His Word. 52:16 Now there are some things, for example, 52:19 when you get into I think it's 2 Timothy 52:21 but Paul was praying for Trophimus 52:27 and he ended up having to leave his companion Trophimus 52:31 and go on without him because he was sick. 52:34 He left him in the Miletus. 52:35 Well, the point is that you would think that 52:41 Paul who had such an anointing 52:45 that he could touch a handkerchief 52:46 and they could mail it to somebody that, 52:49 wow, he's got the gift of healing. 52:51 Well, no, it was when God was prepared to heal. 52:53 So we know that God doesn't always heal every person. 52:58 So there's times when we're praying 52:59 we can't just say, "Have faith you're gonna be healed", 53:02 'cause God doesn't promise it. 53:04 You know, he does not promise that, although, 53:07 there are some healing scriptures 53:09 we don't know what, 53:11 He said He sent His Word to heal us, 53:12 He says that by His stripes we are healed. 53:16 We can pray that but we don't know 53:17 if God is going to heal us right now, or if... 53:20 He's gonna give us the healing He knows we need it, 53:22 it may be now, it may be later. 53:24 Okay? 53:25 Can it maybe that that affliction 53:27 that has come to us will lead us to salvation 53:32 because we're spiritually dead, you know, what I'm saying? 53:35 There's a spiritual healing in whatever situation 53:40 we maybe facing. 53:42 We may react a certain way if we're fine 53:46 and we were so self-sufficient, 53:49 you know, but when we are afflicted 53:52 whether it's health, financially, or what have you, 53:55 you're drawn to your knees, you know, to praying and say, 53:59 "Lord, please heal us, heal me". 54:02 And the Lord will work in your heart 54:04 depending on your need, 54:06 which is your spiritual need, number one, 54:09 because we could be asking for whatever 54:12 and we see, oh, this great. 54:14 A brand new car, for example, 54:16 but you are not gonna use that car for His glory 54:20 and your heart is too far from me. 54:23 So right now you need to keep praying some more and listen, 54:26 and be still and listen, so that your heart will be 54:30 in accord in harmony with heaven. 54:34 The worst year of my life turned out 54:37 to be the best year of my life because of what you're saying. 54:39 The year that I had vertigo 24/7, 54:42 it was the most awful condition I'd rather be in pain 54:45 and have vertigo like that. 54:47 But that is the year that God taught me 54:50 to claim His promises. 54:53 That's when God totally turned me around 54:55 and began me in ministry, actually. 54:57 So the worst year of my life turned out to be the best year. 55:01 I mean, I thank God all the time for that year 55:04 and for that awful experience but... 55:06 So I guess my take away here is 55:10 and I'm so glad that 55:12 we did Isaiah 50:4 again that was... 55:16 It's actually a messianic word there where it says, 55:20 "The Lord God has given me the tongue of a disciple of one 55:23 who is taught." 55:24 I used to pray all the time, 55:26 "Lord, give me the tongue of an instructed disciple". 55:31 And I think that's the bottom-line is 55:33 we need the tongue of an instructed disciple 55:37 that we are speaking by the mind of Christ, 55:41 that we are having God 55:43 put a guard at the doorpost of our lips 55:45 so that we are not speaking in ways 55:49 that don't lineup with his word. 55:51 What do you think? 55:52 I think that we need to season the words 55:55 because sometimes we need to print a phrase truth 55:58 to a person for their help, spiritual help. 56:01 But you could say whatever you want 56:03 but there are two ways of saying it. 56:05 They're gonna, the person's gonna die 56:07 or the person is gonna flourish. 56:09 Yeah, amen. 56:10 All right, we're right down to the last minute. 56:14 We like to, let's end in prayer. 56:16 And, honey, why don't you just pray for us? 56:18 And for our viewers at home, thank you so much. 56:21 You are the rest of our family we're so glad you joined us 56:24 for this family worship, 56:25 and we hope you have a blessed Sabbath. 56:27 And we hope that 56:28 what we've discussed certainly has helped me, 56:30 I hope that you've grown from that as well. 56:34 J.D? 56:36 Let's all bow for prayer. 56:39 Father, we come to you in the name of Jesus, 56:41 we thank You, Lord, for your for permission 56:44 that we can come to you. 56:46 Father, we ask Lord that you will just teach each one of us 56:50 more about you. 56:52 We give the Holy Spirit permission, 56:53 Lord, to impress upon our hearts, 56:56 our minds, what we need to do, 56:57 what we need to ask for, Lord, 56:59 so that we can become more like you. 57:02 Father, I just ask Lord on this Sabbath 57:04 that you will just bless in, in each one of our hearts 57:07 and our actions. 57:09 Lord, we do want to make a difference in people's lives 57:11 in a positive way. 57:13 So, Father, just continue to leave God direct us. 57:16 We love you, we thank you. We give you praise and glory. 57:20 In the name of Jesus, amen. 57:21 Amen. Amen, amen. 57:23 Well, our prayer for you at home is that 57:26 the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 57:28 the love of the Father, 57:30 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 57:33 will be with you always. 57:35 See you again. Bye-bye. 57:37 Amen. |
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