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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Happy Sabbath.
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This is our
favorite time of the week,
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a time whenever we can
just take that deep breath
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because
yesterday is dead and gone.
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Today we are dedicating
our lives to the Lord.
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Got a wonderful
group of guys, I say guys
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because the girls are
not with us this evening,
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so we welcome you
to family worship.
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I'd like to go around
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and introduce
everybody real quickly.
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We got our Pastor
Kenny Shelton over here.
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Kenny is a warrior.
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You know we love warriors.
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We got Eric Durant,
tender heart, smart man.
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I'm very happy to be here. Amen.
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We got Luis
Capote, our gentle giant
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that is also a warrior.
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Thank you. God bless you.
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We got Jason Bradley,
he is a work in progress.
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We're all just sitting here.
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It's absolutely
amazing to see this young man
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growing in the Lord.
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We have my precious
friend Tim Parton over here
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that God's blessed in
many ways, and I'm JD Quinn.
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Anyway, special, special time.
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We got a topic
tonight that I think,
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that there's not a person
alive that hasn't experienced
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some type of fear.
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So what do we do
when we have that fear?
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Is that our, is it a
guest that we welcome
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or is it
something that we run from.
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And so, as we go
through this, I just think that
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you are going to be enlightened.
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I do truly believe
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that if you go get
a pencil and paper,
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that in write
these scriptures down,
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they will assist you in
becoming more like Jesus.
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But more imp...
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Just as
important is that is that
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whenever you've been beat up,
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you know what name to call upon.
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Amen Amen, amen.
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So at this particular time
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I'd like to start with a prayer.
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Pastor Kenny, why don't you have
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our opening prayer
to bless this meeting,
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and then we're going to
have special music, okay?
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Amen.
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All right, and
those who are at home,
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pray with us please.
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Our loving Father
in heaven, we thank You
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for the beginning
hours of the Sabbath.
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We thank You for a special
time that You set aside for us
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to spend with one another,
but most of all to spend
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with all of heaven.
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We ask now the
guidance of thy Holy Spirit
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upon each and every
one here around this table,
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those who
listen, those who view.
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May the spirit of the Living God
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touch the hearts and
lives of each and everyone.
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May we be
turned towards Calvary,
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may we see Jesus, may
we see that sacrifice.
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Help us to understand that.
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Tonight we pray in a special way
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that You would
help us on this subject
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as the subject matter
of fear which has affected
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every person on this planet.
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So Lord, we thank for
Your Word that we can look in,
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and we can read,
and we can understand
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that there is help,
and there is encouragement,
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and there is hope for
those who are living in fear.
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So bless us now, we pray
this and may the Holy Spirit now
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take possession of each
of our hearts and our lives
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as we dedicate our
time and our energy
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to You right now.
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And we thank you
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen
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And everyone is
invited to sing along with us
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because you'll notice at
the bottom of your screen,
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you will see the words.
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I know that
whenever we first started
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watching Family
Worship from home,
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I'd sit there and hum along
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and I wasn't
being, I wasn't satisfied.
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And then, so Shelley and
I decided, "Let's verbalize,
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let's sing out loud."
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And now it's one
of my favorite times
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because the words will be there.
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And then we got
an all time favorite,
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Shall We Gather at the River.
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Now you wonder how
that has to do with fear.
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Man, if we're
gathering at the river,
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we are conquerors.
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Amen. Amen, amen.
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So if you got a
hymnal, you're going to look
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at your hymnal, it's page 432.
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But it's Shall We
Gather at the River.
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Our precious friend
Tim is at the piano.
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And so we're going to sing
verses one, two, and three.
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Amen.
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Shall we gather at the river
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Where bright
angel feet have trod
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With its crystal tide forever
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Flowing by the throne of God?
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Ere we reach the shining river
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Lay we every burden down
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Grace our spirits will deliver
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And provide a robe and crown
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Soon we'll reach
the shining river
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Soon our pilgrimage will cease
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Soon our happy
hearts will quiver
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With the melody of peace
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Amen.
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Wow, wow, wow, I love to sing.
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Amen.
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No, just to make
the noise, you know,
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and I think it's important
because it shows, you know,
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that we have joy in our hearts.
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Yeah, amen. Thank you Tim.
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Thank you. Thank
you. Yeah, amen, yes.
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I want to read an
affirmation dealing with fear.
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And then we're going to jump in
with our gentle giant over here
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and he's going to
start off with Isaiah 41:10.
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But we're going to
read, we're going to read
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this affirmation first,
and then as we go through this,
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you'll be able to
connect the dots, okay?
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I do not fear for He is with me.
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I am not
discouraged for He is my God.
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He strengthens me. He helps me.
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He upholds me in
His everlasting arms.
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And He calls me by my name.
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I am His, He is mine.
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The Lord is my
strength and my shield.
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He protects me, and
He is mighty to save.
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Holy and
righteous, Lord, thank You.
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Thank You for
quietening my fears
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with Your love Lord.
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And when I
sought You, You answered
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and delivered me
from all my fears.
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Amen. Amen.
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Fear not, God
quietens our fears.
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Yes.
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Why don't we go from here, Luis?
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Yes, you know
when you spoke about
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coming this Friday
evening and talking about fear,
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I was reminded of my life
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and coming out of
a communist country
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and all the aspect
of that's been going
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and coming into a place
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where you didn't
know the language,
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coming into weather
that you weren't used to.
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All of these things are
going through your mind,
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and then you look at
a verse like this one
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which is Isaiah 41:10.
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And if you're going
through issues in your life,
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if you're going
through troubles in your life,
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the Bible never
promises that we're going to be
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in a life with beds and roses.
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You know, that's
going to be wonderful.
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They promise you
that you are going
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to go in through
struggles but look at
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what it's trying to tell here.
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Isaiah 41:10, it says,
"Fear not, for I am with you."
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It's so amazing to know that
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while you're
going through those...
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There, the heavenly Father,
the Creator of the universe
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is going to
constantly be with you.
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Not only that, it
also, "Be not dismayed."
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You know fear
gets you to the place
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where you are dismayed,
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where you don't
feel you're confident.
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I was just talking to
the guys before we started,
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have you ever been bullied?
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You know you are
going through school
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and you got
somebody that's bullying you.
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And all of a sudden a
friend or somebody bigger comes
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and helps you.
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You know how did
that make you feel?
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You felt you were
on top of the world.
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You were walking high
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'cause you had
your buddy besides you.
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This is what
this is telling you.
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The Creator of the
universe is your bodyguard.
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It's the one that's
going to take care of you.
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And it says, "For I am your God.
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I will strengthen you.
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Yes, I will help
you, I will uphold you
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with My righteous right hand."
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Praise God. Amen.
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What an amazing verse it is.
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We've been going
through, back and forth,
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ever since I
started my prison ministry.
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You know, the enemy is
not happy with that so...
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I've had to rely
on verses like this,
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like verses that we're
going to be talking about
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because it's the only way
that we're going to be able
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to handle our
day-to-day struggles.
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I notice that the one
thing that caught me right here
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and I might have
mentioned this before
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but it's just the
way that my mind works
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in everything,
"I will uphold you
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with My righteous right hand."
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Now this God telling us,
this is His promise to us,
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says, "JD, I'm there for you."
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And I can just visualize
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His reaching His
righteous right hand,
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His healing
right hand, you know,
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His redeeming right hand,
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His saving
right hand down to me.
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Whatever the issue
is, fear is fear, okay?
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But He is extending
down to me and I can just say
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because, "Oh, Lord,
I need you so much."
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That I'm on my tip-toes,
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and I'm stretching my righteous,
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my sinful right hand up to Him.
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And, of course, His can
reach so much further than mine.
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That's right.
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And I can just
see that. And so, boy!
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May be you know you gotten
one finger up, oh, like this,
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touch His finger, you know.
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And so that just
jumped out at me right there.
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"I will indeed strengthen you."
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Whenever we talk about
fear, what I found out was that
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there was two kinds of fear.
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There was, what
they call causative fear
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and what causative fear means
is that, that's indicating that
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the subject, the
subject here being God,
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that He will step
forth, and He will perform
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or He will bring a
condition into the being.
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So He's saying, "Hey, fear not."
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So I've got you, I've
got you covered in the front.
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Yeah.
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And then we're going to
also hear in a little bit talk
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about the other
kind of fear is may be
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whenever we went some
place we shouldn't have been
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and all of a sudden
there's something there.
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That's, and now
where is God then?
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Okay?
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Wow, go ahead, anybody
else have another thought
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on Isaiah 41:10.
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Well, the interesting
thing about fear is that
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it can grip you
for your entire life.
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From day one, to
your last day can grip you
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if you don't gain
the victory over it,
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and so many people, they
don't give it to the Lord.
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You have to give
the Lord permission
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to take control of your life
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and to cure you of
those fears that you have.
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When I come up, I have a fear
that gripped me my entire life
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and I'm looking forward to
sharing that with you guys.
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But you have to
give it to the Lord
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because He is the
great fear eliminator.
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Amen.
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How many things
have you stopped doing
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for the Lord because of fear?
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How many times
has God wanted you
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to use you in mighty ways
and you have not gone forward?
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You know, this
past couple of years,
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since I have been here,
I've been asked to preach,
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I've been asked to
go to prison ministries,
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I've been asked to do things
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that never would
have crossed my mind.
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And each one of those elements
has been a revelation to me,
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"Whoa, I have a
talent I wasn't aware of."
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And, B, this wasn't as bad
as I thought it was going to be.
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You know, so when you
trust God and this is what is...
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The moment that you allow
God to take away your fear,
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and then the word
peace come into your heart.
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That's the only way
that comes into your heart.
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And it's such an amazing ride
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that some
individuals don't understand it.
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You know, like, when I
go to my prison ministries,
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those guys sometimes
are so into their depth
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of this depression and things
that they don't understand
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what I'm trying
to let them know.
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That if they use
their Bible correctly,
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if they
understand how God is saying,
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like He is saying, God
is reaching out for us.
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We don't even have
to lift up our hands.
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He'll lift it up for us.
That's what's so interesting.
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That when you are in your
deepest part of your life,
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when fear has
got you so trembling,
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God is the one that comes
and grabs hold of your hand
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and then lifts it up for you.
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Amen. Amen.
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You don't worry,
sometimes, first of all,
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have to admit
that we have a fear.
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To me, it's like
everything else, first of all,
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you have to
recognize this is an issue.
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But I kind of feel
like it's not an easy thing
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sometimes for a man to
say, "I'm fearful of anything."
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'Cause most times he'll say,
"I'm not afraid of anything."
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You know, and right that point
in time we're really afraid.
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So I think we have
to first come to grips
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that there are
things in this world
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that causes us fear.
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And of course, it's
stress and then it's denial,
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then it's not taking
part as you mentioned,
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it's backing away from something
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that God wants us to do
rather than knowing that
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God can give us what we
need in our hour of need.
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And also think, you
know, that also gives
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the enemy permission to
say that you have a weakness.
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Come on guys, hey, we
got him at a weak moment.
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Let's attack him.
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And so, versus
stepping out in faith, Lord,
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I'm out of my comfort
zone but if this is the plan
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that You have for me, Lord,
I know that You'll equip me.
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You take that step of
action, and then all of a sudden
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there's that
enablement that comes to you
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that surprises each
one of us at this table.
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And Christ strength is
made perfect in our weakness.
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But we have to, like he said,
we have to acknowledge first
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that we are weak.
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And we're so strong
then we don't recognize
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our need for Christ.
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But I mean, Christ strength
is made perfect in our weakness.
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Most certainly. Most certainly.
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You know, the
interesting part is that
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as you are walking with
God, and you start battling
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every fear that
you have in your life.
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And you conquer one
and you conquer the other,
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and you get to the
point where you said,
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"Okay, I finally got it."
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Then the enemy gets
you with the last fear
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and that's that
fear of salvation.
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You know, I don't know
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how many of you here
are struggling with that
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but I'm struggling
with that everyday,
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that the enemy
keeps on pointing out
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all of the aspects in your life,
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why God would not want to
be with eternity with you.
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To the point where I
have to sometimes tell him,
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"It doesn't matter
what I want, God wants me."
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So you have to depart from me
because it's He who is the one
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that is doing this work.
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And I have noticed that
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because there are so many things
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that I've been able to
accomplish through my life
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based on fear that
now the enemy says,
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"Well, I can't touch
him with anything like that.
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Let me tell him that
God doesn't love him."
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You know, and let's
put that fear in his heart.
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And I bet you,
there's countless individuals
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that are going
through the same struggle,
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that are going
through the same issue,
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that are
saying, "Well, you know,
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I do still have
this gossip problem,
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I still have this little..."
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We all are going to
have issues in our life.
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The thing that
we need to realize
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that fear need
not be part of that
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because salvation is what?
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Assured to you.
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Because it's God's word
that's going to do in our life.
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Isn't it interesting
the way the world tells you
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never surrender, never give up,
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and God tells you
the total opposite.
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It says surrender. Amen.
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I'm an old military guy
and that was engrained is us,
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you never
surrender, you never back up,
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you never back down.
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God says,
"Surrender, give it to me."
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Amen. And that's very humbling.
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I know, I had
problems with that word.
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You know, I keep asking Shelley,
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I'd like to grow and she
says, "Well honey, surrender."
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And boy!
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There was just
that roadblock there
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and then somebody
mentioned consent.
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Wow! I love that word.
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In other words,
what you're saying,
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"Lord, I give
You, I consent to doing
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what You've called me to
do rather than surrendering
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what You've called me to do."
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Same thing, it's just, you know,
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we just all interpret,
we have interpretative
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differences in everything.
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So, Jason, is God our refuge?
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I mean, where do
we go, what do we do?
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I mean, how do we get past this?
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He's telling us to
fear not but yet sometimes
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we catch
ourselves in a situation
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so where's the safe house?
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Well, let's look in Deuteronomy
and see what we got here.
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Deuteronomy 33:27, it says,
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"The eternal God is your refuge,
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and underneath are
the everlasting arms.
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He will drive out your
enemy before you saying,
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'Destroy him.'"
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The eternal God, not temporary
but there was, there is,
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and there is to come.
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Amen.
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You know, He's the eternal God.
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He knows the
beginning from the end.
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You know, so
when we have issues,
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when we're
struggling with something,
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when we're facing
something that is scary
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because you do come
across things that are scary.
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When you're going through
these difficult situations,
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we know that we have a
God, that we serve a God
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that knows the end
from the beginning,
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that knows the
big plan, you know,
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and the ultimate
goal is for our salvation,
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you know, for us to
spend eternity with Him.
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So whatever we're going through,
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whatever may be plaguing us,
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we have to be
confident in the fact
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that we do serve the eternal God
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and know that in the end,
it's gonna workout for our good
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because we love the Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, I was thinking about
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what you were
talking about there in fear.
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I heard someone say
that the fear came as reality
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when they went to
the doctor and found out
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their spouse had cancer
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and just had a few
months in which to live.
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And how they did,
and they love the Lord
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and they had
confidence in the Word
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but in our humanness they
said they simply went home,
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husband and wife, and
they just held each other.
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And they just, the man said,
he said, "I cried all night."
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He cried all night but then
he also he cried unto the Lord
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and the Lord heard.
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See, there was a
fear of the unknown,
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the fear that she had
just a few months to live
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and of course,
husband didn't want that,
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she didn't want that,
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but 16 years
later, she's still alive.
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Amen. Amen.
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So you know, they cast their
fears upon God, and He heard,
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He answered, the eternal God.
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Amen. They heard that.
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Creator God. You
know, I think of that...
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Go ahead, dear,
Jason, I'm sorry.
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Yeah, I was just
gonna say, I remember
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lying in the hospital bed,
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now this is
prior to my conversion,
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prior to coming
back to the Lord.
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And I remember the
devil wanted to take me out
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while I was in my sins.
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And you know, my appendix
has ruptured inside of me,
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I had been misdiagnosed,
and I had been sent home twice.
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Went to the doctor a third time,
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and I have shared this
before but I went to the doctor,
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at the third time
and he told my dad
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to take me to the ER right away.
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When I got to the ER,
and they ran another test,
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stuck a tube up my nose
and down my throat, an NG tube,
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and did surgery that same night.
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See what happened
was my appendix ruptured
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and sealed off my intestine.
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And I would have died from that.
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And so while the devil
tried to take me out in my sins,
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God saw fit to deliver
me from that and, you know,
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I still didn't
come back right then
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but later on down the
line when I did give my heart
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to the Lord, even
being in ministry,
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I remember having
to go to the doctor
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and have surgery
again, as you came to visit,
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I had surgery again.
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You know, so
here we have the devil
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trying to take
me out in my sins,
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then here we have the
devil mad because I'm trying
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to lead people
to Christ, you know,
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and so I'm going
through it on this side
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with a peace and assurance
because I know, you know,
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I love the Lord and
I'm serving the Lord.
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So now it's like, over
here whatever your will is Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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And what's so interesting,
what did you just come back
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from Virginia doing?
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Uh, going to an
evangelism seminar,
00:22:31.88\00:22:35.08
learning how to prepare sermons.
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This is from the guy
that the first time around
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wasn't in the Lord.
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And so He does have
a plan for your life.
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And I mean it's no
telling where any of us
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are going to end up.
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I mean, we can all
sit here and tell stories
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yesterday, today.
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Let me read this to you,
for you that are taking notes,
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okay, especially
taking down the scripture,
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2 Chronicles 20:17.
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Because now
what Jason just read,
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"The eternal God is our refuge,
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and underneath
His everlasting arms.
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He will drive out your enemy
before you, saying, 'Destroy.'"
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Now read in 2 Chronicles 20:17,
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"You will not need to
fight in this battle."
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Eric? Amen.
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Okay, "You will not
need to fight in this battle.
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Position yourselves." Wow!
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"Stand still and see
the salvation of the Lord,
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who is with you."
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Praise God. Amen,
now that is fantastic.
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So let me get this straight God,
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You're telling me that
if I give my heart to You,
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stand still, and
that You'll handle this.
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I don't have to go
put all that armor on,
00:23:52.26\00:23:54.46
so heavy that I can't even walk,
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that you'll put a
hedge protection around me.
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JD, it's almost interesting
when you think about Jericho.
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Who won the war at Jericho?
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Who fought the war? Amen.
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.94
Who knocked
down the walls? Amen.
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It was Jesus, so
He won the battle.
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He just needed the army
to do His will in the end,
00:24:12.38\00:24:16.45
and He created the
path towards victory.
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Isn't that beautiful?
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And there's people
that need to hear this
00:24:19.75\00:24:21.96
because they said...
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A lot of people
call in and says, "Well,
00:24:23.36\00:24:25.79
I'm just not big
enough to fight this battle."
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.90
Or whatever it
mean, position yourself
00:24:27.93\00:24:30.47
and let the salvation
of the Lord work for you.
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You know what too,
that makes me think about
00:24:33.70\00:24:36.20
what you were
talking about earlier,
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how you had to step
out of your comfort zone
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.27
and all that stuff.
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Well it reminds me of
Moses, how when the Lord
00:24:40.68\00:24:43.75
called on Moses to
deliver His people,
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.48
he made every
excuse in the book,
00:24:46.51\00:24:49.05
Lord, I'm not the
most eloquent speaker,
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.75
I don't, you know I
stumble, you know, whatever.
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He made all kinds of excuses
00:24:55.32\00:24:57.86
but where the Lord
leads, He provides.
00:24:57.89\00:25:01.73
So if God is
calling you to do something,
00:25:01.76\00:25:05.53
you just need to be willing
00:25:05.57\00:25:07.94
and He will work on
you, in you, and through you.
00:25:07.97\00:25:11.97
And I think it says, I'm
willing to me made willing.
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.58
Doesn't get any
better than that.
00:25:15.61\00:25:16.95
That's right. Yeah.
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.31
I mean, if you've done
the very best that you can do,
00:25:18.35\00:25:19.68
you've done the
very best you can do.
00:25:19.71\00:25:22.08
You know and a good thought,
at least in my mind comes from
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.52
where we are
talking about all this here
00:25:24.55\00:25:25.89
is with every conflict
that we have with fear,
00:25:25.92\00:25:30.56
faith is
established and faith grows.
00:25:30.59\00:25:33.63
So you know,
it's kind of hard to,
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.66
but by faith we have to say
thank you Lord for this thing
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.07
because it's causing me
some fear but through You,
00:25:39.10\00:25:42.30
through Your grace and
strength if I go forward.
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.01
It's kind of like the,
there was a famous battle
00:25:45.04\00:25:47.64
that was fought and the
boy with the horn, you know,
00:25:47.68\00:25:51.31
there's this sound
retreat or charge or whatever,
00:25:51.35\00:25:54.42
and they were just getting,
I mean, that was a bad deal
00:25:54.45\00:25:57.65
and the commander
just starts screaming out,
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.06
"Boy, sound
retreat, sound retreat."
00:26:00.09\00:26:03.93
And the boy grabs a
horn, he looks up and goes,
00:26:03.96\00:26:06.76
"Sir, I never learned
retreat, all I know is charge."
00:26:06.80\00:26:10.27
He said, "Then hit it son."
00:26:10.30\00:26:11.73
And I mean he hit it,
it rallied the soldiers
00:26:11.77\00:26:15.24
and they went on
to defeat the enemy.
00:26:15.27\00:26:17.31
May be that's what we
should be thinking about.
00:26:17.34\00:26:18.67
Wow, great story.
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.04
Yeah, there's things
that we shouldn't be learning
00:26:20.08\00:26:21.68
and things that we
should be so I'm sure you played
00:26:21.71\00:26:24.18
both of those things you know.
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.81
I'm going to just
practice on the charge.
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.52
I'm gonna... Charge, it works.
00:26:27.55\00:26:29.15
You know this, when I found out
00:26:29.18\00:26:32.39
that this message
was going to be on fear,
00:26:32.42\00:26:34.16
I was determined to sit back
and listen to a bunch of guys,
00:26:34.19\00:26:38.13
who I thought would show
me how to, you know, burl men,
00:26:38.16\00:26:41.03
you know, of no fear.
00:26:41.06\00:26:43.83
And so I've been taking this
all in and just enjoying it,
00:26:43.87\00:26:47.37
hopefully like
the viewers at home.
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.10
But I'm reminded there is
a Chinese word for crisis,
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.87
you know fear comes
we have this crisis.
00:26:52.91\00:26:55.58
And the Chinese have two,
00:26:55.61\00:27:00.92
whatever those
symbols are for crisis, danger
00:27:00.95\00:27:04.42
and opportunity
are the two components
00:27:04.45\00:27:06.96
of the word referred for
crisis which indicates that
00:27:06.99\00:27:10.39
in crisis there is danger
but there is also opportunity.
00:27:10.43\00:27:14.53
And so it's nice to hear
that, you know, if you know that
00:27:14.56\00:27:20.64
there is a fight to be fought
but if we practice charged,
00:27:20.67\00:27:25.07
that's our opportunity.
00:27:25.11\00:27:26.44
The danger is
the fear knowing that
00:27:26.47\00:27:28.68
we have these verses
to rely on is God saying,
00:27:28.71\00:27:32.31
"Here's your
opportunity to let Me be big."
00:27:32.35\00:27:35.68
Wow! Amen. Be God.
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.19
Goes back to that
position yourself,
00:27:37.22\00:27:39.89
position yourself.
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.46
Kenny?
00:27:41.49\00:27:42.82
We love Isaiah 43.
00:27:42.86\00:27:44.76
Yes.
00:27:44.79\00:27:47.70
In the New King James
Version you have down here,
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.77
and I have the King James here.
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.30
And rather closely, the
thought is good, I like it.
00:27:52.33\00:27:56.17
So whatever be
it says, "Fear not,
00:27:56.20\00:27:57.71
for I have redeemed you."
00:27:57.74\00:27:59.14
Isaiah 43:1-3,
00:27:59.17\00:28:01.38
"I have called you by your name.
00:28:01.41\00:28:02.74
You are mine.
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.11
When you pass through the
waters, I will be with you.
00:28:04.15\00:28:06.21
Through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you.
00:28:06.25\00:28:08.22
When you walk through the
fire, you shall not be burned,
00:28:08.25\00:28:11.52
nor shall the flames scorch you,
00:28:11.55\00:28:13.02
for I am the Lord your God.
00:28:13.05\00:28:15.16
The Holy One of
Israel, your Savior."
00:28:15.19\00:28:18.39
Probably with just a
little bit of quick background,
00:28:18.43\00:28:21.40
if you look at Isaiah, you know,
00:28:21.43\00:28:22.83
Isaiah starts out
what chapters 1-66
00:28:22.86\00:28:27.14
and as you look in
Isaiah, the first 35 chapters
00:28:27.17\00:28:30.37
or so is dealing with
God dealing with His people
00:28:30.41\00:28:33.27
in transgression and judgment.
00:28:33.31\00:28:36.58
And then if you look
through Isaiah about 35-39,
00:28:36.61\00:28:40.88
you simply see that God is
dealing with the invasions,
00:28:40.92\00:28:44.39
how they were defeated.
00:28:44.42\00:28:46.02
And who was it, Hezekiah,
and the illness of Hezekiah,
00:28:46.05\00:28:49.46
then the recovery of Hezekiah.
00:28:49.49\00:28:51.26
And then if you go through 39-66
00:28:51.29\00:28:54.00
which we are reading
here in Isaiah 43 now,
00:28:54.03\00:28:56.67
the God is telling how He
has come about to heal them.
00:28:56.70\00:29:00.57
This is all
encouragement and strength
00:29:00.60\00:29:02.40
that He is giving the people
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.01
when He says,
"I'll be with you."
00:29:04.04\00:29:05.37
I thought that was interesting
00:29:05.41\00:29:07.18
because when you look at Isaiah,
00:29:07.21\00:29:10.15
it talks about
the Messiah to come.
00:29:10.18\00:29:13.15
It talks about the Messiah-ship
or the Messianic kingdom
00:29:13.18\00:29:17.82
that's going to be
set up in through here.
00:29:17.85\00:29:20.09
Then it deals with
hope and encouragement.
00:29:20.12\00:29:23.12
And this is what I
read from these verses here
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.43
is what
everyone's been telling me,
00:29:25.46\00:29:27.13
"The hope and the encouragement
from the Word of God."
00:29:27.16\00:29:29.76
But notice how He
starts out in the King James,
00:29:29.80\00:29:32.17
it says, "But now."
00:29:32.20\00:29:34.24
Previously, we talked
prior to this about judgments
00:29:34.27\00:29:37.37
and God saying this is it
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.74
because you are
rebellious people,
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.11
this is what's going to happen.
00:29:40.14\00:29:41.48
They were
defeated but I like it now
00:29:41.51\00:29:42.84
'cause it says, "But now."
00:29:42.88\00:29:44.38
God says now
it's going to change.
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.15
Now its start is
going to be different now.
00:29:46.18\00:29:48.55
Judgment, I found
out in scriptures,
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.39
is always followed by mercy.
00:29:50.42\00:29:53.15
And always I'd
like to say mercy,
00:29:53.19\00:29:54.56
"He's had mercy before that."
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.22
You're talking about
you lying at the hospital,
00:29:56.26\00:29:57.59
may be still not quite with Him,
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.19
He was showing you
mercy, He was showing me mercy
00:29:59.23\00:30:01.16
when I was still
at odds with Him.
00:30:01.20\00:30:03.30
But then, it talks about here,
00:30:03.33\00:30:05.07
then judgment came to
try and get their attention,
00:30:05.10\00:30:07.57
and then after
the judgment hit him,
00:30:07.60\00:30:09.07
they didn't know
which way to turn.
00:30:09.10\00:30:11.27
And they were
throwing up their hands
00:30:11.31\00:30:12.64
because the
northern tribe of Israel
00:30:12.67\00:30:14.98
had been completely devastated.
00:30:15.01\00:30:17.58
Judah was just on the
verge of being devastated.
00:30:17.61\00:30:19.85
They had nothing to
hope and to say, "Oh,
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.08
this is going to be wonderful."
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.79
Nothing to look through
the mind and through the eyes
00:30:23.82\00:30:26.39
and say this is all
going to be wonderful.
00:30:26.42\00:30:28.32
But God says now, "Just
wait a little bit right here.
00:30:28.36\00:30:31.03
Number one, I still love
you." Ain't that beautiful?
00:30:31.06\00:30:34.26
When I go haywire sometime
I know, in my mind, He says,
00:30:34.30\00:30:37.33
"Kenny I still love you."
00:30:37.37\00:30:38.80
And I say to Him sometimes...
00:30:38.83\00:30:40.17
The fear, Brother JD,
is "How could you love me."
00:30:40.20\00:30:44.04
So the fear comes in
if you are not careful
00:30:44.07\00:30:45.91
but you know why
I go back and say
00:30:45.94\00:30:47.68
because the Bible says so.
00:30:47.71\00:30:49.04
That's right. Why did you die?
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.41
You died for a mess like me.
00:30:50.45\00:30:51.78
Thank you that I can get
fear, get it out of the way
00:30:51.81\00:30:54.15
knowing that
You've done Your part,
00:30:54.18\00:30:55.52
You'll continue
to do it, "Oh, God,
00:30:55.55\00:30:56.92
help me to do my part."
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.75
So He reminded
Israel right quick.
00:30:58.79\00:31:01.36
You're still My people,
You're still called by My name.
00:31:01.39\00:31:04.23
I still called
you to witness for Me.
00:31:04.26\00:31:06.63
I still called
you to be My voice.
00:31:06.66\00:31:09.03
And I'm not going to
leave you in this position.
00:31:09.06\00:31:12.10
I'm going to bring
you out of this position.
00:31:12.13\00:31:14.14
You are called by My
name, you're My representative,
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.87
you are My witnesses.
00:31:16.91\00:31:18.74
I thought how wonderful that
is that we read these things
00:31:18.77\00:31:21.34
and it talks
about by fire and water.
00:31:21.38\00:31:25.58
As we look at it, and I always
try to hurry quickly here,
00:31:25.61\00:31:27.82
that we've been
talking about fire and water
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.39
used in scriptures is
always about purification.
00:31:30.42\00:31:33.36
And it wasn't just the physical,
00:31:33.39\00:31:34.72
even though you
can read in Isaiah,
00:31:34.76\00:31:36.16
I got it here somewhere
Isaiah 66, I jotted it down.
00:31:36.19\00:31:38.73
Isaiah 66:12, it says,
00:31:38.76\00:31:40.50
"We went through
fire and through water,
00:31:40.53\00:31:43.03
but then brought us
out into a wealthy place."
00:31:43.06\00:31:47.24
So physically,
they went through it
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.57
and He brought them out.
00:31:49.60\00:31:50.97
But this is, I think
00:31:51.01\00:31:52.34
more spiritual
when we look at it.
00:31:52.37\00:31:53.88
He says, "You are going to
go through these messes in life,
00:31:53.91\00:31:55.78
there're going to
be fire, you think
00:31:55.81\00:31:57.15
you're going to be burnt
and there's not going to be
00:31:57.18\00:31:58.51
anything left of you, you know.
00:31:58.55\00:32:00.15
But, this is my way of purifying
00:32:00.18\00:32:03.02
and perfecting of
people to meet Jesus.
00:32:03.05\00:32:04.95
How wonderful that is.
00:32:04.99\00:32:07.02
Numbers 8 talks
about, in scriptures,
00:32:07.06\00:32:09.32
using water and fire.
00:32:09.36\00:32:10.93
I think we have
Job 23, 2 Peter 3:5-7,
00:32:10.96\00:32:15.46
it's
purification, water and fire.
00:32:15.50\00:32:17.47
So God is saying, I'm going
to perfect these, My people.
00:32:17.50\00:32:20.24
You've been
rebellious, yes you've failed.
00:32:20.27\00:32:21.90
Yes, you have but I'm
going to bring you out of that.
00:32:21.94\00:32:24.97
And I'm thankful
because He's bringing us out
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.91
to where we should be.
00:32:27.94\00:32:29.71
My brother says a
lot of times, you know,
00:32:29.74\00:32:31.65
the tail's not where
we're supposed to be.
00:32:31.68\00:32:34.12
God called His
people to be the head.
00:32:34.15\00:32:37.09
That's why He's calling
because we are to represent
00:32:37.12\00:32:39.15
not ourselves but we
are to represent Him.
00:32:39.19\00:32:42.22
I'll read one more
passage and then I'll be quiet.
00:32:42.26\00:32:43.93
I like it, the
Psalms 34:19, it said
00:32:43.96\00:32:46.80
"Many are the
afflictions of the righteous
00:32:46.83\00:32:49.76
but the Lord
delivered him out of them."
00:32:49.80\00:32:52.43
Wow. See I like it, "Many."
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.80
It's been talked about here,
"Many are the afflictions."
00:32:54.84\00:32:57.17
Many are the trials
and the tribulations
00:32:57.21\00:32:59.51
of the righteous.
00:32:59.54\00:33:00.88
But I have this
assurance and I'm not saying...
00:33:00.91\00:33:03.14
We've talked
sometime like this just easy.
00:33:03.18\00:33:05.31
You know you read the
passage, some people will call
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.02
and write, and say,
"Well you said like it's easy.
00:33:07.05\00:33:08.48
You know, it's not."
00:33:08.52\00:33:09.85
No, it's not,
there is an effort.
00:33:09.88\00:33:11.49
We have to put
forward by the grace of God.
00:33:11.52\00:33:13.36
We know it's all Him in
results but we have to struggle.
00:33:13.39\00:33:16.62
I have to
struggle with what it says
00:33:16.66\00:33:19.23
when I'm faced with reality
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.66
of may be death, or
disease, or sickness,
00:33:21.70\00:33:24.10
and things that are going
on, or your house payment,
00:33:24.13\00:33:28.10
car payment.
00:33:28.14\00:33:29.64
You're threatened with it.
00:33:29.67\00:33:31.44
It's easy to say, "Well,
00:33:31.47\00:33:32.81
Lord's going to
take care of it."
00:33:32.84\00:33:34.18
But do you really believe
He is going to take care of it.
00:33:34.21\00:33:35.74
That means, Lord, I need
You to get rid of this fear
00:33:35.78\00:33:37.98
that I have that somehow
00:33:38.01\00:33:39.35
You're just
going to leave me out.
00:33:39.38\00:33:40.72
I'm out there on a limb
and You're going to leave me.
00:33:40.75\00:33:42.88
And I can honestly
say, over all my life,
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.42
never one time has He
left me out on that limb.
00:33:44.45\00:33:47.89
But I can tell
you this, I put myself
00:33:47.92\00:33:50.06
out there on
that limb many times
00:33:50.09\00:33:52.76
and it should
have been chopped off
00:33:52.79\00:33:54.50
but it wasn't by
God's grace, right?
00:33:54.53\00:33:56.87
Out there, just
like who cares anymore.
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.80
But God says,
"I'm there, I love you,
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.37
I've called you by name."
00:34:01.40\00:34:02.74
And He calls us back
and He's going to make sure
00:34:02.77\00:34:04.87
that fear
dissipates and it's gone.
00:34:04.91\00:34:08.11
And somehow through those nights
00:34:08.14\00:34:11.15
that you are
suffering with different things
00:34:11.18\00:34:13.31
and I've thought about
these things over the years,
00:34:13.35\00:34:16.02
you know,
sometimes being left alone
00:34:16.05\00:34:18.62
or you feel like
you're alone fighting.
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.72
You're the only
one fighting the battle
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.09
or whatever it might be
you're going through that
00:34:22.12\00:34:24.29
the God says,
"I'll never leave you,
00:34:24.33\00:34:25.66
I'll never forsake you.
00:34:25.69\00:34:27.03
I love you with
an everlasting life."
00:34:27.06\00:34:29.03
I'll never leave you,
that's been a comfort to me
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.17
that I've said it
and at the same time
00:34:31.20\00:34:32.93
feeling like, Lord
please don't do it.
00:34:32.97\00:34:35.00
But it kind of
seems like You have.
00:34:35.04\00:34:37.11
But He has never has.
That's when He was the closest.
00:34:37.14\00:34:39.67
That's when I could feel
Him and I could reach out
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.38
and just touch Him and
draw Him close to my chest
00:34:41.41\00:34:44.65
where I needed Him, you know.
00:34:44.68\00:34:46.11
And then the fear subsided.
00:34:46.15\00:34:49.68
And I think that
somebody needs to hear this
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.52
because whenever
somebody first gets sick,
00:34:51.55\00:34:54.02
it seems like the troops
rally around that person.
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.46
Come on now.
00:34:56.49\00:34:57.83
And then but boy,
whenever then the weeks
00:34:57.86\00:34:59.83
turn into months, the
months turn into years
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.80
and you're still in that bed
00:35:02.83\00:35:04.63
and nobody comes
to see you anymore.
00:35:04.67\00:35:07.24
And you really,
your heart's breaking
00:35:07.27\00:35:08.80
and now you
question who you are, right?
00:35:08.84\00:35:11.94
But He sits and says,
"Hey, I'll never leave you."
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.04
I'll love...
00:35:15.08\00:35:16.41
Or just what
you're talking about here,
00:35:16.44\00:35:17.78
what jumps of the page, yes,
00:35:17.81\00:35:19.15
He is going to be
with us through the waters.
00:35:19.18\00:35:20.92
Yes, He is going to be
with us through the storms.
00:35:20.95\00:35:23.22
But boy, what jumps
off, I will be with you.
00:35:23.25\00:35:28.39
And so you don't... Go ahead.
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.23
And so then, I
know in my own life
00:35:30.26\00:35:33.96
with the real enemy out there
00:35:34.00\00:35:37.30
that's trying to
beat you up all the time.
00:35:37.33\00:35:39.33
You've got to choose some
day who you're going to serve.
00:35:39.37\00:35:43.37
And so, consequently I
think you got to be determined.
00:35:43.41\00:35:47.08
That's right. Amen.
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.44
And so, you know I try
to be determined, who am I?
00:35:48.48\00:35:53.75
Who do I belong to?
00:35:53.78\00:35:55.95
And boy, sometimes
He decides that JD,
00:35:55.98\00:35:57.92
you've got to be determined.
00:35:57.95\00:35:59.29
I choose God. I choose God.
00:35:59.32\00:36:01.72
Now here comes that
little note chinking
00:36:01.76\00:36:03.49
away again, you
know, I choose God.
00:36:03.53\00:36:06.46
Lord increase my faith. Amen.
00:36:06.49\00:36:08.66
Isn't that beautiful?
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.53
Yes, I want to go back
to this Isaiah 43:1-3 here,
00:36:10.57\00:36:15.00
"Fear not, for I
have redeemed you.
00:36:15.04\00:36:17.01
I have called you by
your name. You are mine.
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.61
You pass through the
waters, I'll be with you
00:36:19.64\00:36:21.64
and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you.
00:36:21.68\00:36:24.21
When you walk through the
fire, you shall not be burnt
00:36:24.25\00:36:27.35
nor shall the flame scorch
you, for I am the Lord your God,
00:36:27.38\00:36:30.79
the Holy one of
Israel, you savior."
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.42
And so when I heard the part,
00:36:33.46\00:36:36.73
"When you walk through the fire,
00:36:36.76\00:36:38.46
you shall not be burned
00:36:38.49\00:36:40.26
nor shall the
flames scorch you."
00:36:40.30\00:36:41.96
I was like Daniel,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
00:36:42.00\00:36:46.63
Now I want to take it to Daniel.
00:36:46.67\00:36:49.80
It's chapter 3
00:36:49.84\00:36:53.21
and I'm looking here, I
will start with verse 21.
00:36:53.24\00:36:58.21
"Then these men were bound
in their coats, their trousers,
00:36:58.25\00:37:01.92
their turbans, and
their other garments,
00:37:01.95\00:37:04.42
and were cast into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
00:37:04.45\00:37:08.56
Therefore, because the
king's command was urgent,
00:37:08.59\00:37:11.83
and the furnace exceedingly hot,
00:37:11.86\00:37:13.53
the flame of the
fire killed those men
00:37:13.56\00:37:15.70
who took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
00:37:15.73\00:37:18.87
And these three men,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
00:37:18.90\00:37:22.20
fell down bound into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace."
00:37:22.24\00:37:27.24
This is verse 24 now,
00:37:27.28\00:37:29.08
"Then King
Nebuchadnezzar was astonished
00:37:29.11\00:37:31.61
and he rose in haste and
spoke, saying to his counselors,
00:37:31.65\00:37:34.98
'Did we not cast three men
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.79
bound into the
midst of the fire?'
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.19
They answered and said
to the king, 'True, O king.'
00:37:40.22\00:37:43.43
'Look', he answered,
'I see four men loose,
00:37:43.46\00:37:47.33
walking in the midst of the fire
00:37:47.36\00:37:49.40
and they are not hurt,
00:37:49.43\00:37:51.30
and the form of the
fourth is like the Son of God.'"
00:37:51.33\00:37:55.70
Amen. Big.
00:37:55.74\00:37:57.41
Now when you
look at Isaiah 43:1-3
00:37:57.44\00:38:02.04
and you see this
part where it says,
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.68
"When you walk through the fire,
00:38:03.71\00:38:05.58
you shall not be burned
00:38:05.61\00:38:07.75
nor shall the flame scorch you."
00:38:07.78\00:38:10.79
And Jesus was
there standing with them.
00:38:10.82\00:38:14.46
So you're
indicating that He was then,
00:38:14.49\00:38:16.79
and He still was there
and now He is here today.
00:38:16.83\00:38:20.53
Yes, everlasting.
00:38:20.56\00:38:21.93
And you look at it,
what he's just saying there
00:38:21.96\00:38:23.90
and someone
brought it out a while ago.
00:38:23.93\00:38:25.47
It was really good but
we need to be reminded,
00:38:25.50\00:38:27.14
at least for me right now.
00:38:27.17\00:38:28.57
It says, "When you
go through the fire,
00:38:28.60\00:38:31.57
when you go through the water."
00:38:31.61\00:38:33.84
He never promised that
we're gonna have freedom
00:38:33.88\00:38:37.05
from trouble and problems.
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.75
When some people
say, well, you know,
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.45
soon as all these
troubles and trials hit,
00:38:40.48\00:38:42.15
you know, I'll be
careful, be raptured away.
00:38:42.18\00:38:44.75
I won't be here to
go through all this.
00:38:44.79\00:38:46.15
Don't fool yourself.
Bible is very, very clear.
00:38:46.19\00:38:49.46
Where did all those folks
back here in the Word of God.
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.29
How did they get?
00:38:52.33\00:38:53.66
They had to go though it
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.03
because this is
our faith builders.
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.40
These are fear conquerors.
00:38:56.43\00:38:57.77
You know, you come
forth more than a conqueror
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.70
through Jesus Christ.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.57
And we need to remember
those time, sometime say,
00:39:01.60\00:39:04.41
"Hey, He led me
then, He'll lead me now.
00:39:04.44\00:39:07.11
He was alive then, He
was on the throne then,
00:39:07.14\00:39:10.21
He is on the throne today.
00:39:10.25\00:39:11.88
Thank you.
00:39:11.91\00:39:13.25
You know I'm reminded about Job.
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.82
You know the moment he
started with all his sickness,
00:39:15.85\00:39:19.75
he was strong.
00:39:19.79\00:39:21.32
I have done nothing.
00:39:21.36\00:39:22.69
I'm going to go
through this, not a problem.
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.03
What does the enemy do?
00:39:25.06\00:39:26.39
He brings his
friends to bring him down.
00:39:26.43\00:39:28.70
And they beat him up so
badly that he got to the point
00:39:28.73\00:39:32.00
where he started doubting God.
00:39:32.03\00:39:33.37
You know, he started wondering
and God had to slap him
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.54
on the head and
said, "Who made this earth?
00:39:35.57\00:39:37.87
You know, who is the...
00:39:37.91\00:39:39.34
I've been here
from the beginning.
00:39:39.37\00:39:40.91
I've been here to the end.
00:39:40.94\00:39:42.78
You had it right the first time.
00:39:42.81\00:39:44.51
Don't let those surround you
00:39:44.55\00:39:46.35
because that's
what it's all about.
00:39:46.38\00:39:48.18
When you are at your highest,
00:39:48.22\00:39:49.95
that's when the
enemy is going to be coming
00:39:49.98\00:39:52.15
and it's going to be sending you
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.02
into the fire of life.
00:39:54.06\00:39:56.69
But once you're in
the fire of life, come on,
00:39:56.73\00:39:59.29
how many can testify when
you're in the fire of God,
00:39:59.33\00:40:01.43
that's when you can
feel the hand of Jesus,
00:40:01.46\00:40:03.20
squeezing your hands.
00:40:03.23\00:40:04.97
Not only grabbing your
hands, He squeezes your hand
00:40:05.00\00:40:06.80
to let you know,
"Don't worry about it,
00:40:06.84\00:40:09.30
I'm here and I'm going
to go through it with you."
00:40:09.34\00:40:12.44
You know, I have asked God,
00:40:12.47\00:40:13.81
"God, please make
me a robot for you."
00:40:13.84\00:40:15.68
I know you
exist, I know you're God
00:40:15.71\00:40:17.48
and He tells me, "Son, I can't
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.55
because you need to
reflect my character."
00:40:19.58\00:40:21.38
In order for you to
reflect my character,
00:40:21.42\00:40:22.92
you got to go
through the trials.
00:40:22.95\00:40:24.29
You got to go
through the tribulations.
00:40:24.32\00:40:26.52
That's right. Amen.
00:40:26.55\00:40:27.96
Wow! Yeah, it's clear.
00:40:27.99\00:40:29.52
Let's go to
Zephaniah. Okay, Zephaniah 3.
00:40:29.56\00:40:33.46
The last chapter of
Zephaniah verses 16-17.
00:40:33.50\00:40:36.87
"Do not fear. Let
not your hands be weak.
00:40:36.90\00:40:40.47
The Lord your God in your midst,
00:40:40.50\00:40:42.30
the Mighty one will save.
00:40:42.34\00:40:44.77
He will rejoice
over you with gladness.
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.14
He will quiet you in His love.
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.38
He will rejoice
over you with singing."
00:40:49.41\00:40:52.35
The Book of Zephaniah,
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.05
it's a quick read
but it's so heavy.
00:40:54.08\00:40:57.39
It's full of the
people of Jerusalem and Israel
00:40:57.42\00:41:02.06
committing
idolatry and the Lord God
00:41:02.09\00:41:07.50
is just basically saying,
"I'm gonna just wipe you out."
00:41:07.53\00:41:10.90
I've had it, I'm through
and just like you had mentioned
00:41:10.93\00:41:13.34
in Isaiah, much of the...
00:41:13.37\00:41:15.04
You know it's the
transgression that they commit
00:41:15.07\00:41:17.24
but it's always
followed by mercy.
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.54
And so chapter 3
at the end of this
00:41:19.57\00:41:21.68
is when God comes in and
says, "But wait, I love you."
00:41:21.71\00:41:25.98
You know, I
think all of us as kids
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.32
probably remember a
time when we did something
00:41:28.35\00:41:30.82
we knew was wrong and...
00:41:30.85\00:41:34.89
Many times.
00:41:34.92\00:41:36.26
Yeah, many times... Sorry J.
00:41:36.29\00:41:38.36
My goodness, you don't
have to be so transparent.
00:41:38.39\00:41:40.03
Well, that's true.
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.83
But seriously, because
we knew we had done wrong.
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.90
I think fear is based on
experience, a lot of fear.
00:41:46.94\00:41:51.24
How do you know what to fear
00:41:51.27\00:41:52.97
but what we've
gone through before
00:41:53.01\00:41:54.88
and we knew that
something went haywire
00:41:54.91\00:41:57.08
or we did
something wrong with it.
00:41:57.11\00:41:59.31
And so whenever I heard
Timothy Wayne, Oh, Jesus,
00:41:59.35\00:42:04.05
I can hardly say it myself now
00:42:04.09\00:42:05.49
without chills
running down my spine
00:42:05.52\00:42:07.12
because that is what mom
said when I was in trouble.
00:42:07.16\00:42:10.16
So, but to know,
don't, no, no, no...
00:42:10.19\00:42:13.90
You didn't hear that.
00:42:13.93\00:42:17.37
But to know that
there is a merciful side
00:42:17.40\00:42:22.34
that you know even...
00:42:22.37\00:42:24.34
You know, I have
a handful of fears.
00:42:24.37\00:42:28.41
I fear flying,
00:42:28.44\00:42:31.31
I don't fear flying
because I love flying
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.62
but I fear those air
pockets that you hit.
00:42:33.65\00:42:37.09
Just recently I was on a flight
where we hit a couple of those.
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.82
And so I will say, we
were headed to Bermuda.
00:42:40.86\00:42:46.29
And, you know I had heard
about this Bermuda Triangle.
00:42:46.33\00:42:49.80
And we weren't even
over the States still,
00:42:49.83\00:42:53.54
we've just left
Atlanta and I thought oh, boy,
00:42:53.57\00:42:56.27
the triangle has
widened, you know, what all.
00:42:56.30\00:42:58.91
They've spread the boundaries
for this Bermuda Triangle.
00:42:58.94\00:43:02.18
And I could see the people
in front of me on the plane,
00:43:02.21\00:43:04.61
we were titling.
00:43:04.65\00:43:05.98
I mean, and my
hands started sweating,
00:43:06.01\00:43:08.55
my feet started sweating,
and I start repenting for sins
00:43:08.58\00:43:12.02
I have never even committed.
00:43:12.05\00:43:14.92
And that fear, it's just so real
00:43:14.96\00:43:20.66
and I've heard of a man
00:43:20.70\00:43:22.76
who was experiencing
going down in a plane,
00:43:22.80\00:43:27.47
literally it started going down
00:43:27.50\00:43:29.00
before the pilot was
able to bring it back up.
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.34
And so I know that
those things are real
00:43:31.37\00:43:35.41
and but we have to conquer.
00:43:35.44\00:43:39.81
I think there is...
00:43:39.85\00:43:41.48
You have to trust
God because you know...
00:43:41.52\00:43:46.22
And the frustrating thing
is that you hear of people who,
00:43:46.25\00:43:50.39
you hear of missionaries,
martyrs, who you think,
00:43:50.43\00:43:54.16
"Well they trusted
you God, they feared you.
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.56
What went wrong?"
00:43:56.60\00:43:58.87
So there is a
reality in that, you know,
00:43:58.90\00:44:02.10
even when we go through
the things that we go through,
00:44:02.14\00:44:05.17
the fire, the water,
we will not be burnt.
00:44:05.21\00:44:08.88
As a realist I
want to say, you know,
00:44:08.91\00:44:12.51
there are people
who that are watching
00:44:12.55\00:44:15.18
that feared death and it...
00:44:15.22\00:44:19.15
Feared the
death of their spouse,
00:44:19.19\00:44:21.09
It overtook, it won.
00:44:21.12\00:44:24.13
And I don't think that
there's any cause for us to say,
00:44:24.16\00:44:28.03
"Well, it wasn't
because your faith
00:44:28.06\00:44:29.50
wasn't strong enough.
00:44:29.53\00:44:31.40
You know...
00:44:31.43\00:44:34.04
Life happens, you
know, and it's a point
00:44:34.07\00:44:36.71
where a man wants to die.
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.27
All those
scriptures that you can say
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.71
in favor of God
being with you for fear,
00:44:40.74\00:44:44.95
there are other situations
that, you know, life is life.
00:44:44.98\00:44:48.42
I think what we have to realize
is that God does love us,
00:44:48.45\00:44:53.12
and He does care,
He will sing over us.
00:44:53.15\00:44:55.56
In the end, ultimately
the Lord God is in your midst,
00:44:55.59\00:45:00.03
He is the mighty
one, He will save
00:45:00.06\00:45:03.16
whether it is here
in this temporal body
00:45:03.20\00:45:07.54
or in eternity.
00:45:07.57\00:45:09.00
He will save.
00:45:09.04\00:45:10.37
He will rejoice
over us with gladness.
00:45:10.41\00:45:12.44
He will quiet us in His love.
00:45:12.47\00:45:14.68
He will rejoice
over us with singing.
00:45:14.71\00:45:16.38
And these are words that
I think are inspirational,
00:45:16.41\00:45:19.25
encouraging, for us to go on
00:45:19.28\00:45:22.32
in spite of the
fear that we're facing.
00:45:22.35\00:45:23.89
No matter anything.
00:45:23.92\00:45:25.25
Well, and I think we
also have to look that
00:45:25.29\00:45:26.62
He looks through us with
00:45:26.65\00:45:27.99
a totally different
set of eyes than we do.
00:45:28.02\00:45:30.06
I mean He may, I
know that one time
00:45:30.09\00:45:32.56
I was on the verge of death
00:45:32.59\00:45:34.73
and I didn't
realize how close I was.
00:45:34.76\00:45:37.27
Shelley knew more
because she was corresponding
00:45:37.30\00:45:39.23
with the physicians but...
00:45:39.27\00:45:41.40
In my heart it was just probably
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.10
the closest I've
ever been to the Lord.
00:45:43.14\00:45:45.14
Now perhaps at
that particular time
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.64
being that God had
seen my ups and downs,
00:45:47.68\00:45:49.68
my failures, my junk,
He might have been saying,
00:45:49.71\00:45:55.85
"I'm rejoicing
right now with gladness
00:45:55.88\00:45:58.02
because his heart's
where it needs to be."
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.49
And I also see around the corner
00:46:00.52\00:46:02.66
which he cannot see
00:46:02.69\00:46:04.49
and since I have
His eternal benefit
00:46:04.53\00:46:07.13
in mind at all times,
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.06
I want Him more than
anything in this world
00:46:09.10\00:46:11.77
to spend eternity with me.
00:46:11.80\00:46:14.10
I might just take
advantage of this situation here
00:46:14.14\00:46:19.07
and put this young man to sleep
00:46:19.11\00:46:21.34
because he's going to be
able to travel across the worlds
00:46:21.38\00:46:24.61
and see things that
otherwise he may never see.
00:46:24.65\00:46:27.05
So you know, He
will rejoice. Yes.
00:46:27.08\00:46:30.52
He will quieten us.
00:46:30.55\00:46:32.39
So you know we can turn
some, you know, I mean...
00:46:32.42\00:46:35.69
He's so much.
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.13
He's so much any way. Amen.
00:46:37.16\00:46:38.59
I like Jeremiah 29:11,
"For I know the thoughts
00:46:38.63\00:46:41.56
that I think
towards you, says the Lord.
00:46:41.60\00:46:43.26
Thoughts of
peace and not of evil
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.03
to give you a future and hope."
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.00
So with that eternity in
mind you know He is not God
00:46:47.04\00:46:51.97
that's creating these bad things
00:46:52.01\00:46:55.34
you know that happens to us.
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.95
So people, you
know, a lot of times
00:46:56.98\00:46:59.15
people get into these trials,
or these different situations
00:46:59.18\00:47:02.12
and they're like
where is God in all of this.
00:47:02.15\00:47:04.99
You know, it's not God
that is inflicting pain on you,
00:47:05.02\00:47:08.06
that's the devil.
00:47:08.09\00:47:09.42
That's the results of sin.
00:47:09.46\00:47:10.79
That's a product
or a byproduct of sin.
00:47:10.83\00:47:14.43
You know, but thank God that
we serve the victorious one.
00:47:14.46\00:47:18.60
Jesus gained the
victory over death
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.27
so that we can spend
an eternity with Him.
00:47:20.30\00:47:24.41
Praise God. Amen.
00:47:24.44\00:47:25.77
I think also the fact
that if we do go through,
00:47:25.81\00:47:28.21
we have fear, we
do go through trials
00:47:28.24\00:47:30.35
that we don't shrink back.
00:47:30.38\00:47:31.71
Most certainly.
00:47:31.75\00:47:33.08
Because as like
Hebrews 10:38-39,
00:47:33.11\00:47:36.79
"The just shall live by faith
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.72
and if he draws
back and shrinks in fear,
00:47:38.75\00:47:41.32
my soul has no
delight or pleasure in him.
00:47:41.36\00:47:44.86
But our way is not that of those
00:47:44.89\00:47:46.56
who draw back to eternal misery.
00:47:46.59\00:47:48.70
We are of those of who believe
and rely on Jesus Christ."
00:47:48.73\00:47:52.23
Amen. Very well.
00:47:52.27\00:47:54.67
Something that we
can really, I mean,
00:47:54.70\00:47:56.17
establish our
will that there is,
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.37
well I said for
every truth, right?
00:47:58.41\00:48:00.31
There is a counterfeit.
00:48:00.34\00:48:01.68
So you have the
fear of the enemy
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.91
and then we
need the fear of God.
00:48:03.95\00:48:06.41
So we have to balance that out
00:48:06.45\00:48:07.78
and I think we've to
be very, very careful
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.52
that we do not
lose the fear of God.
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.95
That's like Godly fear
that we need in our hearts
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.09
and our lives
dealing with heaven
00:48:15.12\00:48:16.46
and heavenly issues.
00:48:16.49\00:48:17.83
So you know just
as you all fear, fear,
00:48:17.86\00:48:19.29
it all means the same
thing not in the Word of God.
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.40
You can look about
with reverence and respect
00:48:21.43\00:48:23.83
and awe when it comes to God.
00:48:23.87\00:48:25.20
And that is that
and then that's whenever
00:48:25.23\00:48:27.44
the causative one
he shows up and says,
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.50
"Okay listen Kenny,
fear not my brother."
00:48:29.54\00:48:32.34
Yes.
00:48:32.37\00:48:33.71
'Cause I mean, I do
have this plan for your life.
00:48:33.74\00:48:36.08
I'm going to be on time.
I'm going to strengthen you.
00:48:36.11\00:48:39.21
I'm going to put that
air underneath your wings.
00:48:39.25\00:48:42.42
You're going to be able
to float over this, you know.
00:48:42.45\00:48:44.85
We're going to get
past that Triangle.
00:48:44.89\00:48:46.55
Yes. Amen.
00:48:46.59\00:48:47.92
Yeah, that's right. That's good.
00:48:47.96\00:48:49.29
Let's go to Eric.
00:48:49.32\00:48:51.89
Okay, I'm reading Psalms 57:1,
00:48:51.93\00:48:56.46
"Be merciful and
gracious to me O God.
00:48:56.50\00:49:00.50
Be merciful and gracious to
me, for my soul takes refuge
00:49:00.54\00:49:04.44
and finds shelter
in confidence in You.
00:49:04.47\00:49:07.38
Yes in the shadow of
Your wings will I take refuge
00:49:07.41\00:49:13.11
and be
confident until calamities
00:49:13.15\00:49:15.38
and destructive
storms are passed."
00:49:15.42\00:49:18.15
This verse right
here moves me a lot
00:49:22.86\00:49:26.29
because one of the
fears that gripped me
00:49:26.33\00:49:29.03
from a little boy was, I
don't know how old I was,
00:49:29.06\00:49:32.40
probably four, five,
really, really young.
00:49:32.43\00:49:35.40
Seeing my mother,
00:49:35.44\00:49:36.87
she was very sickly
through her whole life.
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.24
Seeing her with tubes
and wires and machines
00:49:39.27\00:49:42.21
and all that wired into
her gave me a fear of loss.
00:49:42.24\00:49:46.95
Losing the people that I love.
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.45
And that stayed with
me through my whole life.
00:49:49.48\00:49:52.22
And you know I've
been to the Middle East,
00:49:52.25\00:49:53.89
I have been to
war, lot of things,
00:49:53.92\00:49:56.06
jumping out of
helicopters, never have I ever
00:49:56.09\00:49:58.79
had to face the
fear that I faced the day
00:49:58.83\00:50:01.80
that my mother passed away.
00:50:01.83\00:50:04.77
The events were very, very
unusual the way it occurred.
00:50:04.80\00:50:09.40
First my mother-in-law
passed away unexpectedly.
00:50:09.44\00:50:13.91
And a month and half
later my mother passed away.
00:50:13.94\00:50:17.95
And then a week after
that my father passed away.
00:50:17.98\00:50:21.45
And we had a lot of other events
00:50:21.48\00:50:22.82
that I can go
through that was happening
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.19
at the same time.
00:50:24.22\00:50:25.92
And an
interesting thing happened.
00:50:25.95\00:50:28.39
We were living in
Issaquah, Washington.
00:50:28.42\00:50:31.26
And we went to get the mail
and Marilyn started talking,
00:50:31.29\00:50:35.76
Marilyn is my wife,
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.13
she started
talking to the landlady
00:50:37.17\00:50:39.70
telling her what
we were going through,
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.10
we were getting
ready to move to Texas.
00:50:41.14\00:50:43.41
I was going to leave
my job and retire early
00:50:43.44\00:50:48.14
and she was
telling the landlady.
00:50:48.18\00:50:49.51
And the landlady said
you guys are getting ready
00:50:49.54\00:50:51.78
to do something for the Lord.
00:50:51.81\00:50:54.85
And I went from the
mail working the mail,
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.75
looking at the landlady
like what does she mean by that.
00:50:57.79\00:51:00.96
And she said,
"I've seen this before."
00:51:00.99\00:51:04.36
She said, "Right
before people go to work
00:51:04.39\00:51:07.26
for the Lord, when
the enemy sees this,
00:51:07.30\00:51:11.10
he throws events at
them to deter them."
00:51:11.13\00:51:15.87
And that made total sense to me.
00:51:15.90\00:51:20.64
We had a lot of
really strange events happen,
00:51:20.68\00:51:23.24
windows breaking,
really strange things.
00:51:23.28\00:51:25.28
Before we moved into
our house we always pray
00:51:25.31\00:51:28.18
that God's angels come over
and watch over this household.
00:51:28.22\00:51:31.75
Outside the house,
strange things happened,
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.46
we had a picture
window, huge picture window,
00:51:34.49\00:51:37.46
was probably seven
feet wide by four feet.
00:51:37.49\00:51:40.30
It just shattered
all by itself one day
00:51:40.33\00:51:43.67
and the window guy
came over and said that
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.03
someone hit this glass
00:51:45.07\00:51:46.80
and no one hit this
glass, it shattered in place.
00:51:46.84\00:51:49.24
So we had really strange events.
00:51:49.27\00:51:51.27
So this moves me because
00:51:51.31\00:51:54.01
while these
events were happening,
00:51:54.04\00:51:56.41
I came to realize
that God was still there
00:51:56.44\00:52:00.52
because not long
after may be a week
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.62
after these
events started happening
00:52:02.65\00:52:05.19
I prayed to Lord, I
said, "Lord what do you want?"
00:52:05.22\00:52:07.92
Something's going on.
00:52:07.96\00:52:09.29
This is odd, all highly unusual.
00:52:09.32\00:52:10.66
Losing loved one after loved one
00:52:10.69\00:52:12.49
after loved one,
playing upon the fears
00:52:12.53\00:52:14.36
that I had as a child.
00:52:14.40\00:52:16.43
What's going on?
00:52:16.46\00:52:18.33
The next day
3ABN called and said
00:52:18.37\00:52:23.07
we'd like for you to come in
and work with us, work for us.
00:52:23.10\00:52:28.21
And I said, "Okay,
that's interesting."
00:52:28.24\00:52:32.11
We came out and we visited
00:52:32.15\00:52:34.08
and we were still
headed for Texas at that point.
00:52:34.12\00:52:38.62
And I said, "Lord,
if you really want us
00:52:38.65\00:52:40.49
to go to 3ABN, let
me know and we will go."
00:52:40.52\00:52:45.39
And about an hour
later, 3ABN called again.
00:52:45.43\00:52:50.10
And we were still resisting,
we still didn't want to go.
00:52:50.13\00:52:53.07
And may be a week and a
half, two weeks passed by
00:52:53.10\00:52:55.10
and we're packing up,
we're headed for Texas.
00:52:55.14\00:52:57.04
We already had
it all planned out
00:52:57.07\00:52:58.61
and I said you know what?
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.84
I said, "Lord,
we're fighting this
00:53:00.88\00:53:03.04
but if you really want
us to go, let us know."
00:53:03.08\00:53:07.38
And within the
hour 3ABN called again.
00:53:07.42\00:53:11.65
So what it turned out being,
through all the calamities,
00:53:11.69\00:53:15.42
through all the
trials, God was still there.
00:53:15.46\00:53:19.36
And even though
the enemy was playing
00:53:19.39\00:53:20.73
upon my fears,
God was still there.
00:53:20.76\00:53:24.00
And it reached a point where,
like you said earlier, JD,
00:53:24.03\00:53:26.43
you have to decide who
you are going to serve.
00:53:26.47\00:53:30.37
And I fear what
would have happened
00:53:30.41\00:53:31.74
if I had gone to Texas
00:53:31.77\00:53:33.34
and not answer the
call that God made.
00:53:33.38\00:53:35.88
He asked that young
ruler, he said, the ruler said,
00:53:35.91\00:53:38.88
"What do I need to do?
00:53:38.91\00:53:41.28
And Jesus said,
"Give up all your things,
00:53:41.32\00:53:44.62
give it to the poor
and come follow me."
00:53:44.65\00:53:47.06
And from a young
child I read that verse
00:53:47.09\00:53:48.99
and I knew, I said to myself,
00:53:49.02\00:53:50.46
"How did he
walked away from that?
00:53:50.49\00:53:52.66
Why would he
walk away from that?"
00:53:52.69\00:53:54.03
So when I was presented
with that same situation
00:53:54.06\00:53:56.56
I said, "I have
to follow the Lord."
00:53:56.60\00:53:58.93
Amen. Praise God.
00:53:58.97\00:54:02.14
Wasn't that one
that, was Job had said that
00:54:02.17\00:54:04.31
because you're talking about
the fears that followed you.
00:54:04.34\00:54:07.38
And when Job, he said,
00:54:07.41\00:54:08.88
"The thing that I fear
the most has happened."
00:54:08.91\00:54:12.95
After all the disasters.
00:54:12.98\00:54:15.05
See the enemy knows what we fear
00:54:15.08\00:54:17.29
and we need to
get rid of that fear
00:54:17.32\00:54:19.19
and we can only do it
through Christ Jesus our Lord.
00:54:19.22\00:54:21.86
Because those
things can come upon us,
00:54:21.89\00:54:24.46
the enemy knows it,
God allows it to happen
00:54:24.49\00:54:26.93
so best thing to do
is cast our cares on Him
00:54:26.96\00:54:29.53
because He care our
fears because He cares for us.
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.67
That's right.
00:54:32.70\00:54:34.04
What I take out of
this particular scripture
00:54:34.07\00:54:35.80
right here,
"Until the calamities
00:54:35.84\00:54:39.54
and the
destructive storms are passed."
00:54:39.57\00:54:43.38
I mean they will pass.
00:54:43.41\00:54:45.45
Here we go back
to being determined.
00:54:45.48\00:54:48.72
Our Lord, I choose to serve You.
00:54:48.75\00:54:51.25
You're the one that's
going to have to enable me.
00:54:51.29\00:54:53.56
And I'm going to
close with Psalms 34:4,
00:54:53.59\00:54:57.43
"I sought the
Lord and He answered me
00:54:57.46\00:55:01.33
and delivered me
from all my fears."
00:55:01.36\00:55:03.87
Oh, boy, it
doesn't get any better
00:55:03.90\00:55:07.10
than when it says
that He answered me
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.07
because that means He heard me.
00:55:10.11\00:55:13.11
So whenever we're in
our times of weakness,
00:55:13.14\00:55:15.94
in our times of
despair, "Lord, help."
00:55:15.98\00:55:20.18
Doesn't have to get
anymore elaborate than that.
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.48
No, that's beautiful
00:55:22.52\00:55:23.85
Yeah, He hears you and
then I choose to believe
00:55:23.89\00:55:29.12
the Calvary comes.
00:55:29.16\00:55:31.29
And at that
particular time, Lord, because
00:55:31.33\00:55:34.60
I'm determined of who I
am and who I choose to serve.
00:55:34.63\00:55:37.73
Lord increase my
faith, my courage,
00:55:37.77\00:55:39.93
my wisdom, my humility.
00:55:39.97\00:55:43.00
Little book Steps to
Christ quickly says, page 100,
00:55:43.04\00:55:45.34
says keep your
fears before God always.
00:55:45.37\00:55:49.08
Keep your fears before
God always and if we do that,
00:55:49.11\00:55:52.45
it's just what everyone's
been talking about here.
00:55:52.48\00:55:54.08
God will take
that and will give you
00:55:54.12\00:55:56.58
victory in that area.
00:55:56.62\00:55:57.95
Amen. Yes, you know JD...
00:55:57.99\00:55:59.65
We got a minute and 35.
00:55:59.69\00:56:01.26
I love the first
part, "I sought the Lord."
00:56:01.29\00:56:04.09
And that's where it's all about.
00:56:04.13\00:56:06.90
And that's where
individuals don't understand
00:56:06.93\00:56:08.56
when we come to study with them
00:56:08.60\00:56:09.93
and when we do things with them.
00:56:09.96\00:56:11.33
You first have to seek
God, you have to look for Him
00:56:11.37\00:56:15.07
and then is when
all the blessings
00:56:15.10\00:56:16.57
and then it's when
all the fears dwindle.
00:56:16.60\00:56:18.54
And then when it's everything
and the peace then comes
00:56:18.57\00:56:22.74
but if you do
not seek Him first,
00:56:22.78\00:56:25.91
then the kingdom
was not going to come.
00:56:25.95\00:56:28.22
There you go. Amen.
00:56:28.25\00:56:30.22
This is a cooperative effort.
00:56:30.25\00:56:33.72
You know He's
sitting on the throne,
00:56:33.76\00:56:35.62
we're sitting in
the little chair,
00:56:35.66\00:56:37.89
we're looking to daddy.
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.26
He says, "Say please."
00:56:39.29\00:56:43.20
Anyway, I just want
to thank each one of you
00:56:43.23\00:56:46.03
for joining us this evening.
00:56:46.07\00:56:49.60
We love the Sabbath.
00:56:49.64\00:56:51.14
Sabbath's precious, and we know
what I'd like to see is that
00:56:51.17\00:56:55.08
the Friday Night Worship
becomes part of your culture
00:56:55.11\00:57:00.38
in your home.
00:57:00.42\00:57:02.25
You know, and of course
watching 3ABN is a good way
00:57:02.28\00:57:05.22
to bring the Sabbath
in, joining us in song
00:57:05.25\00:57:08.22
and praise is a good
way to bring the Sabbath in.
00:57:08.26\00:57:10.89
And, of course,
it's always wonderful
00:57:10.93\00:57:12.63
to be able to read and
see what the Word of God says
00:57:12.66\00:57:17.17
and to make sure that
you give all glory to Him.
00:57:17.20\00:57:20.00
Amen. Let's close in prayer.
00:57:20.04\00:57:22.37
Father as we come
together in the name of Jesus,
00:57:22.40\00:57:24.37
I just want to thank You
Lord for being who You are.
00:57:24.41\00:57:27.31
Father, the
promises that You gave us
00:57:27.34\00:57:29.11
that we take to heart
and Father we allow You
00:57:29.14\00:57:32.11
to work in our lives.
00:57:32.15\00:57:33.68
We ask this in the
name of Jesus, amen.
00:57:33.72\00:57:35.72
Amen. Amen.
00:57:35.75\00:57:37.29
Praise the Lord. Thank you.
00:57:37.32\00:57:39.35