I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship,
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happy Sabbath to you.
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How's your week
been? I can hear you.
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You say, it's been busy.
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Maybe a bit tired,
I know here at 3ABN,
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it's been a busy week,
but it's been a good week.
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Amen.
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And do you know
why it's been good?
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Because Jesus
Christ is on the throne,
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and He's our Savior,
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and He helps us
through everything,
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and so here at 3ABN,
we've had a great week.
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But I know Jill and I always
look forward to the Sabbath,
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especially Friday night,
and to open up the Sabbath.
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And thank you for
joining us, you know,
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because we have our
family here at 3ABN,
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but you know what,
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you're a part of
our family as well.
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That's right. You
make 3ABN complete.
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And so it's neat
moving forward as a team,
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'cause I like teamwork.
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And we're all the team together,
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so we just want to
thank you for your support
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of the ministry of 3ABN.
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Some of you maybe just joined us
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by supporting the ministry,
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maybe the last year,
or maybe just this year,
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some of you from
the very beginning.
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Thank you for
standing with this ministry,
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because it's with you,
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and, of course,
the Lord Jesus Christ
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that this gospel is going, what?
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You can repeat it,
say it after me, right,
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around the world,
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that neat how technology is,
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but it's a blessing
that you've joined us,
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thank you again, and
happy Sabbath to you.
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Amen. You know, sweet
heart, I love Family Worship.
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I too.
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I love to be able to sit down
and open up the Word of God,
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to spend time in prayer,
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to spend time with you at home
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as our brothers and sisters.
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So we're just so delighted
that you've joined us tonight.
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And we're so excited to
have our 3ABN family here
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around the table as well.
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And over on our right side here,
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we have Mr. Danny Shelton
and Yvonne Lewis-Shelton.
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And what a privilege and
joy to have you both here
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for Family Worship.
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Thank you, it's good to be here.
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It is, what a
blessing. It's real blessing.
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So usually around the table
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where usually we introduce this,
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so what do you do at 3ABN,
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everyone knows
what you do, Mr. Danny.
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You are the
president and founder
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of the ministry of 3ABN.
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And it must be
amazing, you know,
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as you sit here at this table,
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and I know that
family was a big part
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of your growing up,
you know, your family
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but to be a part of
this family here at 3ABN,
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but then the worldwide family,
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and to think about
the gospel reaching others
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is pretty
phenomenal thought, isn't it?
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It's amazing because almost
every continent that you go to
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people recognize
you from watching 3ABN.
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Not that that's
anything important,
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other than it says,
people are watching.
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And I was telling
someone this week,
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someone I
graduated high school with,
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a lady, she worked
for Delta Airlines,
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and so she was
in Moscow, Russia,
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and she said I was
with couple other ladies,
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and we went into
a hotel downtown,
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never been to Moscow,
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go up 20 floors, and go inside
and we turn on the television,
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and wonder if
anything's on in English,
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and she said the
very first face I saw
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was yours.
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You were interviewing
someone in Moscow, Russia.
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Then just this
weekend, a few days ago,
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we were actually,
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Jay, and Yvonne,
and I had a funeral,
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and someone
said they're Baptist,
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and they said we
were missionaries
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over northern Romania.
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And some people
invited us to their home,
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some Baptist folk invited
us to their home and said,
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when we walked in, 3ABN was
on, and you were on the screen.
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They said, "Oh,
that's Danny Shelton
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of 3ABN from America,
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do you know
anything about 3ABN."
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So the lady said,
"Well, I grew up with him."
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And they said, "What? You did?"
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And she said, "Actually,
he's a cousin of mine,
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we're actually
cousins since though."
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She said they were amazed
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that of all the places
around the world, you know...
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Northern Romania. Yeah.
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But I'm saying
that, yeah it's...
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We have a worldwide
family, and it's really neat,
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because everywhere
we go when we travel,
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we meet brothers and
sisters of like faith,
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and so we
appreciate, as you mentioned,
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the love and support,
and financial support,
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and prayers from
people around the world.
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You know, Dr. Yvonne, you know,
as we look into these cameras,
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we're looking at what?
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A piece of glass, lenses,
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and what Mr.
Danny mentioned about
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actually meeting people
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is really the
exciting thing, isn't it?
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'Cause we know by
looking into this camera,
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someone's on the other side.
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But when you get to go out,
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or when people come
here for camp meeting,
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or come here for tour,
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that makes it
that much more real.
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It does.
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One of the things
that the other day,
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Jill and I were
talking about it.
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When someone comes
up to you and says,
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"I came to the Lord
through 3ABN or Dare to Dream."
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I mean, it makes me want to cry.
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Because we do these programs,
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you can see us
but we can't see you.
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So we just assume
that you're being blessed,
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what we need to hear from you
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and know that the
program is a blessing.
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But it's so amazing
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when someone
comes up to us and says,
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"I found the Lord
through Dare to Dream,
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or I've been
watching Dare to Dream
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and I'm so
blessed by the programs,"
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or whatever, it's just...
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To me, it makes
it all worthwhile,
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because you know
that God is moving,
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His Spirit is moving,
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people's lives
are being changed,
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and we've been able to
reach people for Jesus Christ,
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which is why we're
here. That's right.
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You know, when I
look to the camera,
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I actually see people
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that maybe the week
before we've been at churches,
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I know, you all do too.
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You look through there.
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I don't see camera
and see just glass,
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we all see camera and glass,
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but I keep in mind of
those that we prayed with,
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those that we've been able
to talk to or to minister to,
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or those of you
who are emailing,
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those of you who
are writing us letters,
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it's kind of like
on Facebook, you know,
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you can have friends
and people you've never met,
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and they call them friends.
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And you begin to
talk and share things,
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and that's the way it
is in relationship peers.
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So while we're here,
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we're not here
just by ourselves,
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it would be a lot cheaper for us
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to not have cameras
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and have a little
Bible study together,
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but Jesus said, "Go,
ye into all the world."
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So we thank you for joining us,
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so we'd like for you to
think of the 3ABN studios
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as an extension
of your living room,
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and so we can all have
this Bible study together.
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Nice.
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I like that thought
actually, that's excellent.
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It is.
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The exciting thing,
you know, Mrs. Yvonne,
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you were talking about
people coming to know Jesus,
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you know, as a
result of the ministry,
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but what the truth is
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that people are
coming to know Jesus
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as a result of you as well.
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It's not just what happens here,
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you are part of the 3ABN family,
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so because of...
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When you pray,
someone accepts Jesus,
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because of
something they heard on 3ABN.
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And when you give,
someone accepts Jesus.
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Absolutely. So
that is just exciting.
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We have on this
side, Jason Bradley.
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And it's a privilege to
have you here too, Jason.
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It's good to be here.
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It's good to be
here with the family.
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See, literally.
Right, literally.
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And you are my neighbor too.
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Yes, we are neighbors.
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Office neighbored at a diagonal,
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It's great to have
you back. Yes, sir.
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We appreciate you, Jason,
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and how God has
worked in your life.
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So we're gonna start
calling you, Pastor Jason.
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'Cause God is working
in amazing ways, you know,
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and I know you have a
passion for prison ministry,
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and it's just neat to
see how God is using you.
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It's a blessing
to be used of Him.
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Yes, it is, in spite of us.
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Very true.
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In fact the other day
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someone just
asked Jason to speak,
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give the sermon at the church.
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Amen. Okay.
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So he is just...
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Did you say yes?
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So that's exciting,
I'm praying for that.
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Yeah, we just have
to figure out a date,
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and then I'll go for it.
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Amen. That's good.
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Little like Moses
at the moment, right.
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Blessing is on
the go. That's right.
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That's right.
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And the Lord said, "He
would be with Moses mouth,
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and teach him what
He would say," you know.
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So even though Moses was afraid
to go out and to speak for God,
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what did God say, "I
will give you the words."
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And that leads into
our topic this evening...
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Come on,
Shelley, wasn't that good?
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Praise Him.
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We didn't play on that.
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You just said that. Not at all.
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And I thought, "Oh,
that's a good segue."
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It was, it was.
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So we are talking
tonight about fear,
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and I don't know
in your life at home,
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you might say
I've never been afraid,
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but you know what?
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I'm not sure I've met anybody
who has never encountered fear
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of some sort in their life.
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So we're gonna talk
tonight about how the Lord Jesus
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can give us victory,
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and help us to walk in
peace and in assurance.
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Before you open the Word of God,
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we should have a
prayer, shouldn't we?
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Yeah,
absolutely. Yes. All right.
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Jason, you want
to pray for us? Sure.
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Shall we start? Absolutely.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You
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for the
opportunity and the privilege
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of studying Your Word together.
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We just ask that
You would be with us,
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that You would lead and
guide us into all truth,
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and that You would
fill the viewer's homes
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with Your Holy Spirit,
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and fill the studio with
Your Holy Spirit as well,
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and just guide this study,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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So let me ask this
question, "What is fear?"
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What is fear to you?
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I know that I don't like snakes,
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so I guess you could
say I'm afraid of snakes.
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So if you want to tease me,
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some have to put a
snake in my office,
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you know, one of
those rubber snakes,
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I probably jumped, just a bit,
but what is fear though to you?
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You guys are afraid of anything?
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I looked up,
definition online...
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Okay, let's start with that.
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According to the
dictionary online,
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fear is an unpleasant
emotion caused by the belief
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that someone or
something is dangerous,
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likely to cause
pain or a threat.
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Well, yeah, or like you
said some animal, something,
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someone, something,
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but I think fear,
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there is only fear
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when we're talking
about in the flesh,
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in the spirit,
the fear of the Lord,
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Proverbs 9:10 I think it says,
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is the beginning of wisdom.
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So in that
sense, we love the fear
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because it means respect
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or an awe, we stand
in awe at the creator,
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God of the universe,
and so we fear the Lord.
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But in the
physical, everyone has fears.
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I grew up, kind of, in a family
that we ended up, you know,
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and men are macho,
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and so you just
do, you know, whatever,
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and you take whatever
comes, what may and you,
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you're not afraid of anything,
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and I found most of my life,
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I really couldn't
find that, you know,
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it's hard for me to
relate to people who had fear
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till I found the fear of my own.
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And I only have one
thing that still bothers me
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from time to
time, I pray through it.
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But I say, now why is
that, I've never had it,
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seem like when people
talk, "Oh, I'm afraid of this,
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or, oh, I'm afraid to do.
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I can't get up and speak,
I'm afraid, or I can't do this.
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I'm like that's ridiculous,
that's just all in your mind.
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And I say, I think the
Lord says, you know what,
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you need to dealt so
that yourself for improvement.
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But anyway, so I understand now,
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I can relate,
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because when
someone is telling me,
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Jill, they'll say,
"Oh, I'm so afraid."
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And my mind is like,
"That is ridiculous."
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And all of a sudden,
I say, "Wait a minute,
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that's what they think about
probably the thing you fear."
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And that is ridiculous.
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So I think it's good,
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each of us have
fear of something,
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and that's because we're human.
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And the fear comes
from depending on self.
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Yes.
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So when we learn
to rely on the Lord,
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that's when He takes
that fear away from us.
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And so I think that's...
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To me, that's the key,
is dependence upon the Lord.
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If you want, you can
go to all kinds of class,
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and you can read online,
you can do all kinds of things,
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but the only real way
for me to get rid of fear
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is just give it to the Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's good.
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So what about you, Dr Yvonne?
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There are basically two
different types of fear.
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There are, you know...
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I think about.
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There are lot of
children nowadays
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who don't have a sense
of authority in their lives,
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because they don't
have that healthy fear.
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There's a healthy
fear, meaning a respect.
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Not fear like, "Oh my
goodness," but an awe.
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Like we would of
God, you're saying.
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Like we would of God.
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And one of my favorite
text and I have it right here,
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is Jeremiah 5:22,
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where the Lord says, 'cause...
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Jeremiah 5? Yeah, 5:22.
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Let me go back for a second,
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so when we go
to different places
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where there's ocean
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and we see the waves,
and the waves are huge,
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and they just come
toward the earth, right?
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But they don't
overflow the earth.
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So these verses,
I just love this,
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so it says,
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"'Do you not fear
Me?' says the Lord.
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'Will you not
tremble at My presence,
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who have placed the
sand as the bound of the sea.
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By a perpetual decree,
that it cannot pass beyond it?
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And though its
waves toss to and fro,
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yet they cannot prevail.
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Though they roar, yet
they cannot pass over it.
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But this people has a
defiant and rebellious heart,
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they revolted and departed.'
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They don't say in their heart,
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'Let us now fear
the Lord, our God,
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who gives rain, both
the former and the latter,
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in its season.
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He reserves for us
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the appointed
weeks of the harvest.'
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Your iniquities have
turned these things away,
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and your sins have
withheld good from you."
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So there is a fear of God
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that we should have.
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The program I
know is mostly dealing
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with that physical
fear, in the physical,
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but there is an awe
that we need to have
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for the creator of the universe,
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for the one who set that
sand as a boundary for the sea
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that the sea
can't pass through it.
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"Won't you fear
Me," He says, like,
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where is the respect
for the one who did that.
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And to me, you know,
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a lot of kids as I was
saying in the beginning,
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there's that little
element of fear for parents
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that's kind of missing.
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And I think...
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Look at Jason.
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I wasn't, I had it.
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You can give me a
look, and I would be like,
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"Oh, oh, maybe I
shouldn't do that."
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I know what's coming next.
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Just a little, just a little.
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Just knowing that
there is authority
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that you must answer to.
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And I think that,
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that's one of the
things that's missing.
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So when we fear God,
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the fear of the
Lord is the beginning.
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When we fear Him and
acknowledge who He is,
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we can't help
but be in awe of Him.
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So that's the other kind of fear
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that, I think, you
know, bears examining,
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looking at how we
respect God for His awesomeness.
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Amen.
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You think about
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the three
angels' messages, right?
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In Revelation 14:6... Fear God.
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The first angel's message says,
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"To fear God and
give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come."
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So we are commanded to fear,
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we're commanded to
reverence and respect.
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God is our maker.
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Respect and obey,
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walk in obedience to
what He commands us to do.
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If you really respect
someone and they say do this,
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and you say, "Well, I
don't care about that.
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I'm going to go
do this over here."
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That's not
respect. That's right.
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That's not
respecting that person.
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So I agree with you, absolutely.
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We want the fear of the
Lord in the healthy sense,
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as far as respecting God.
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In my mind, there's
actually three types of fear.
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There's the respect for
God or the reverence for Him,
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the fear of the Lord.
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And then we have the fear
that we're talking about today,
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which is almost more
like, you could say anxiety,
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fear in the flesh you could say.
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Those nagging things
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that you are afraid
of or worried about,
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or chronically bother you.
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I think the third type of
fear is what Greg referenced.
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That would be when the
snake comes out all of a sudden,
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and it's like you are startled.
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Does that make sense?
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Like to me,
there's a type of fear
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that would be, they
say what, fight or flight.
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You know, all of a
sudden you see something
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and your adrenaline kicks in,
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that's not like a chronic,
keep you awake at night fear,
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it's just simply
a fight or flight.
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Well, you know, to kind of
go with that man, macho thing,
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Danny is talking about,
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I'm not going to
run from the snake.
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I'm gonna stand
there, I'll defend my wife.
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That's right. There you go.
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You enjoy that, brother,
I'm running, quite seriously.
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You know, we
were walking in the...
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this is down
towards Shawnee, remember?
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I think on the Cache
River area where swamp...
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And Greg and I were
walking, hiking, you know,
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Sabbath afternoon hike.
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Praise the Lord,
we were holding hands
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when we were walking,
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and usually when you
walk, you don't hold hands,
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because you're
kind of exercising.
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Swinging your arms.
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But in this case
we were holding hands,
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and I'm so thankful
00:17:26.51\00:17:27.84
'cause Greg did this on
my hand and yanked me back.
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I couldn't even get a word out.
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Right in front of
me, laid right out here,
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was a copperhead. Yeah.
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Oh.
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I almost stepped on him,
he was just, I never saw him.
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I wasn't sure if
it is a copperhead,
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because some of the water snakes
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look very
similar to a copperhead,
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but in West Virginia,
we had lots to copperheads.
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And I knew, we stepped
on multiple copperheads
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there in West
Virginia, where I come from.
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And sure enough, I...
00:17:49.73\00:17:51.07
You know, you
can see by its tail
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and other markings
that it was a copperhead.
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So couldn't even get a word out.
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And that's in Shawnee?
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Yeah, it was down
South. Yeah, they do have.
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Not in this part.
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Thankfully not
right here in our county,
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but they do have them.
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And that's why
fear, it's so amazing,
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because what's
fear for someone else
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is not another...
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I know, snakes
doesn't bother some of you.
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When I see a
snake for some reason,
00:18:12.22\00:18:13.66
I'll stop the truck,
I'll jump out and catch him,
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you know, I've
done that so many times.
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That's my dad.
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And in Trinity, I just missed
when we were in the Bahamas,
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and went through the road.
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I think Jason was there so. Yes.
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I saw one, they said,
00:18:24.97\00:18:26.30
somebody said,
"There's a snake."
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And, I always jump
out and run after him,
00:18:27.70\00:18:30.61
and I've always, I
don't know why I do that,
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that's a crazy thing.
00:18:33.78\00:18:35.34
But I go out and
I try to catch him,
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you know, and so...
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But say... It's
true, for me it is...
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But your fear, for me it isn't.
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But there's other things
that don't bother you at all,
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that really,
you know, intimidate
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or say, "Oh, well, yeah,
00:18:48.29\00:18:49.89
I have somewhat
of a fear about."
00:18:49.92\00:18:51.39
So it's just...
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It's an individual thing.
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Everybody may be
from our background,
00:18:54.33\00:18:56.63
or when we were
born, or maybe our culture,
00:18:56.67\00:18:58.63
maybe there's so many
things that come into that,
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but I think what I'm
hoping that we can find today
00:19:01.64\00:19:04.54
is that whatever
fears in our life,
00:19:04.57\00:19:07.34
that when we look to Jesus,
00:19:07.38\00:19:08.71
He'll help us
overcome that fear.
00:19:08.74\00:19:10.51
Yes.
00:19:10.55\00:19:11.88
God gives us
victory. Yeah, for sure.
00:19:11.91\00:19:13.25
You have
something you're gonna read,
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this was interesting, is
this what you read to me?
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This is statistics
about fear and worry.
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They said the
percentage of things
00:19:20.59\00:19:22.09
that people fear about,
00:19:22.12\00:19:23.56
that never
actually happen is 60%.
00:19:23.59\00:19:27.20
Percentage of
things that people fear
00:19:27.23\00:19:29.03
that happened in the past
00:19:29.06\00:19:30.73
and you can't do
anything about, 30%.
00:19:30.77\00:19:33.57
Percentage of the things
that people are afraid of
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that are really
insignificant, 90%.
00:19:35.50\00:19:39.67
Percentage of things
that people are afraid of
00:19:39.71\00:19:41.81
with their health,
that's going to happen to them,
00:19:41.84\00:19:44.01
that never happens to them, 88%.
00:19:44.05\00:19:47.38
Wow.
00:19:47.42\00:19:48.75
And the number of Americans
00:19:48.78\00:19:50.12
who have a diagnosed
phobia is 6.3 million.
00:19:50.15\00:19:53.56
And the top 10 fears,
number one is public speaking.
00:19:53.59\00:19:57.19
Number two is fear of dying.
00:19:57.23\00:19:59.73
Number three, fear of spiders.
Number four, fear of darkness.
00:19:59.76\00:20:03.26
Five is fear of
heights. Six is fear of people.
00:20:03.30\00:20:06.53
Seven is fear of flying.
00:20:06.57\00:20:08.07
Eight is claustrophobia,
fear of confined spaces.
00:20:08.10\00:20:11.37
Nine is fear of open spaces.
00:20:11.41\00:20:12.91
And Ten is fear of
thunder and lightning.
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Wow.
00:20:15.91\00:20:17.25
That's amazing so
it's definitely out there
00:20:17.28\00:20:18.61
as far as the society,
00:20:18.65\00:20:19.98
there's things
that we are afraid of
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and it's interesting
in the very beginning
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some of the things
actually never come to pass
00:20:22.75\00:20:24.09
so to speak.
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But yet we're afraid and
we live our life in fear.
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Right.
00:20:27.36\00:20:29.02
There's also the
fear of consequence,
00:20:29.06\00:20:31.73
like when you
look at Adam and Eve.
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If you go back to Genesis
when they were in the garden
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and let's see in chapter 3,
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we'll start in verse 6,
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"So when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food
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that it was pleasant to eyes
00:20:54.48\00:20:56.02
and a tree
desirable to make one wise,
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she took of its fruit and ate.
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She also gave to her
husband with her and he ate.
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Then the eyes of
both of them were open
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and they knew
that they were naked,
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and they sewed
fig leaves together
00:21:07.00\00:21:08.93
and made themselves coverings.
00:21:08.96\00:21:10.97
And they heard the
sound of the Lord God
00:21:11.00\00:21:12.70
walking in the garden
in the cool of the day,
00:21:12.73\00:21:14.77
and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
00:21:14.80\00:21:16.91
from the
presence of the Lord God
00:21:16.94\00:21:18.57
among the trees of the garden.
00:21:18.61\00:21:20.91
Then the Lord God
called to Adam and said to him,
00:21:20.94\00:21:23.28
'Where are you?'
00:21:23.31\00:21:24.85
So he said, 'I heard
your voice in the garden
00:21:24.88\00:21:26.92
and I was afraid
00:21:26.95\00:21:28.72
because I was
naked and I hid myself.'"
00:21:28.75\00:21:32.82
You know, there is
that fear of consequence
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or the fear that's
associated with shame as well.
00:21:35.86\00:21:40.10
It's interesting too
because they had fear
00:21:40.13\00:21:41.66
because they've
lost a connection.
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Yeah. Okay.
00:21:43.47\00:21:44.80
So I think a
connection would be a key thing,
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.74
then when you
get a connection...
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.10
Absolutely. Connection with who?
00:21:48.14\00:21:49.47
That would be Jesus,
then that fear slips aside.
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.47
You think about sin,
when sin entered the world,
00:21:52.51\00:21:55.44
it brought fear
and guilt, you know,
00:21:55.48\00:21:56.98
I mean, so that
is the automatic...
00:21:57.01\00:21:59.61
When I'm not walking
in connection with Jesus,
00:21:59.65\00:22:03.28
automatically
there's fear. That's true.
00:22:03.32\00:22:05.42
In my
relationship with other people,
00:22:05.45\00:22:07.42
in my walk with God
because somehow that severed.
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.23
It reminds me of Romans 8,
00:22:10.26\00:22:13.23
Romans 8,
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"Because then when
we become brought back
00:22:14.83\00:22:18.63
into right
relationship with God,
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then the fear disappears."
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So we're looking basically to
how we gain victory over fear.
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That's right. Romans 8:15.
00:22:26.34\00:22:32.68
So if we read the verse 14,
00:22:32.71\00:22:34.58
"As many as are led
by the Spirit of God,
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these are sons of God."
00:22:36.15\00:22:37.49
And then, verse 15,
00:22:37.52\00:22:38.85
"You did not receive
the spirit of bondage
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again to fear
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but you receive
the spirit of adoption
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by whom we cry out,
Abba or Daddy, Father."
00:22:45.83\00:22:49.70
So you did not
receive the spirit of bondage
00:22:49.73\00:22:51.27
again to fear.
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How many times are
we enslaved, right?
00:22:52.67\00:22:55.64
In sin, in fear,
00:22:55.67\00:22:58.91
but yet Jesus
came to set us free,
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He says, "Whoever
the Son shall make free,
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shall be free indeed." Yes.
00:23:03.45\00:23:05.51
And so then,
00:23:05.55\00:23:06.88
once we are
reconciled back to the Father,
00:23:06.92\00:23:09.88
there is no
more that separation,
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.45
no more that fear and
guilt, no more of that bondage,
00:23:11.49\00:23:14.76
we don't have that fear again
00:23:14.79\00:23:16.19
because we are sons
and daughters of the King.
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And it is
bondage, isn't it? It is.
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It is bondage
when you are afraid,
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you just...
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It is such...
00:23:25.20\00:23:26.70
It's so liberating
00:23:26.74\00:23:28.07
when you can turn
it over to the Lord,
00:23:28.10\00:23:29.90
whatever it is
because it is bondage.
00:23:29.94\00:23:32.84
So there's just
something just popped in my head
00:23:32.87\00:23:34.38
then, okay, so we've
sinned, we all have sinned.
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I know, Jason, you're reading
about from our first parents
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Adam and Eve,
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so then there's consequences,
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that means I'm afraid.
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Am I afraid of judgment?
00:23:43.72\00:23:45.49
Should I be
afraid of judgment then,
00:23:45.52\00:23:47.89
because I'm looking at God,
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so God is the
ultimate authority figure,
00:23:49.62\00:23:51.83
you know, he's
my Heavenly Father,
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.60
so then am I afraid of judgment
00:23:53.63\00:23:55.06
and should I be
afraid of judgment?
00:23:55.10\00:23:56.50
I think that's why God
allowed frail human agents
00:23:56.53\00:24:00.94
to have relationships,
and family, and each other
00:24:00.97\00:24:05.21
because you're
not afraid of Jill,
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.44
but every now and
then if you do something
00:24:07.48\00:24:09.51
you are little
afraid of the consequence
00:24:09.54\00:24:12.75
that she might in a way use it.
00:24:12.78\00:24:16.28
And it's good
sometime, maybe you just say,
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.19
"Hey, I'm going to"
00:24:18.22\00:24:19.55
then you're like,
"Oh, maybe I better not"
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.46
because not just
something terrible
00:24:21.49\00:24:23.29
but maybe Jill won't.
00:24:23.32\00:24:24.69
So it helps us to
understand, you know,
00:24:24.73\00:24:27.80
and the parents with kids,
it helps you too, these kids.
00:24:27.83\00:24:31.20
You remember when
you were young, you...
00:24:31.23\00:24:35.47
I'm sure your
dad do the same way,
00:24:35.50\00:24:37.31
there were certain things,
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.01
you started to
do but you didn't.
00:24:39.04\00:24:41.64
Yeah, like don't talk
back, don't be smart alec,
00:24:41.68\00:24:43.81
those type of things, yes.
00:24:43.85\00:24:45.18
You did that
00:24:45.21\00:24:46.55
because there was a
fear of the judgment
00:24:46.58\00:24:48.18
or consequences, right?
00:24:48.22\00:24:50.32
And I think that's God allows us
00:24:50.35\00:24:52.59
to see that with Him,
00:24:52.62\00:24:54.32
He's not like this
bad parent. He's not.
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.89
So the people say,
"Oh, well, this God,
00:24:56.93\00:24:59.73
He doesn't know what it is."
00:24:59.76\00:25:01.56
He's doing what's
for your best interest.
00:25:01.60\00:25:03.47
Your dad didn't
let you do these things
00:25:03.50\00:25:06.43
because he wanted
what's best for you,
00:25:06.47\00:25:08.97
but as the child
you don't understand it,
00:25:09.00\00:25:10.97
you're like, "But I want to",
00:25:11.01\00:25:12.67
the dads like, "No, you're not."
00:25:12.71\00:25:14.18
You are like, "Why they",
00:25:14.21\00:25:15.54
your mom say, "No,
Jason, you're not."
00:25:15.58\00:25:17.35
And it's like, "Why,
you know, I want to."
00:25:17.38\00:25:19.98
That's all you think about
00:25:20.02\00:25:21.35
but our heavenly
Father looks at each of us
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.69
in the same way
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.05
so He has the Ten
Commandments He set forth.
00:25:25.09\00:25:27.92
He has, there's
physical laws, spiritual laws,
00:25:27.96\00:25:30.59
you know, there's
all of these laws,
00:25:30.63\00:25:33.76
moral laws,
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.13
and He has those
00:25:35.16\00:25:36.50
not because He wants to
be this tyrant, or dictator,
00:25:36.53\00:25:38.87
or whatever over us,
00:25:38.90\00:25:40.24
He knows what's best for us.
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.50
And so He says, "I'm life
00:25:42.54\00:25:44.67
and without God
there is no life."
00:25:44.71\00:25:46.94
So when people place themselves
outside of His protection
00:25:46.98\00:25:51.28
and there is such a thing
00:25:51.31\00:25:52.88
when you reject the Holy Spirit,
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.22
now you're on your
own. That's correct.
00:25:55.25\00:25:56.79
So the Lord is saying to you,
00:25:56.82\00:25:58.72
"When you do these
things, you shall surely die."
00:25:58.75\00:26:02.19
And that's what the first lie
ever told in the Garden of Eden
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.93
was when Satan said to Eve,
00:26:04.96\00:26:07.70
"Well, that's okay.
You can eat of this."
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.20
Well, Lord said, "Don't eat."
00:26:09.23\00:26:10.83
"No, you can eat of this."
00:26:10.87\00:26:13.70
"No, I'll surely die.
00:26:13.74\00:26:15.07
" "No," Satan says,
"you shall not surely die.
00:26:15.10\00:26:17.21
You'll be as God
knowing good from evil."
00:26:17.24\00:26:19.57
So to me we have a God and
I'm so thankful that we do.
00:26:19.61\00:26:24.38
And so I think we should
have a certain amount of fear
00:26:24.41\00:26:27.42
but on the other hand
00:26:27.45\00:26:28.78
I see preachers
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.22
who will in many
denomination, many churches
00:26:30.25\00:26:33.46
because they used to
sing it some of those
00:26:33.49\00:26:35.62
that they try to
win people to the Lord
00:26:35.66\00:26:39.29
by saying, "You're
going to burn forever.
00:26:39.33\00:26:41.23
You don't do this, God
will burn you forever."
00:26:41.26\00:26:44.37
I have a friend
who said to me once,
00:26:44.40\00:26:46.67
I said, "Well, I don't
agree with what your preacher.
00:26:46.70\00:26:49.57
I said, I don't agree
00:26:49.60\00:26:50.94
because you're
trying to scare people into,
00:26:50.97\00:26:54.44
you know, salvation."
00:26:54.48\00:26:55.91
And he said, "Well, how
else you're gonna get him saved.
00:26:55.94\00:26:58.18
"I said, "By the love
of God." That's right.
00:26:58.21\00:27:00.15
You teach him the love,
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.08
and then you don't have
to worry about the opposite,
00:27:02.12\00:27:04.35
let's teach more about love
and less about the consequences
00:27:04.39\00:27:08.46
because the relationship,
00:27:08.49\00:27:10.29
spirit is willing
but flesh is weak.
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.46
And so what happens
is then we finally end...
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.90
We end up giving up and say,
"I just can't be good enough."
00:27:14.93\00:27:17.73
And so, no, I think your,
there is judgment, you know,
00:27:17.77\00:27:22.47
so and I think that's good.
00:27:22.50\00:27:24.67
And the nice thing is too,
00:27:24.71\00:27:26.04
we know that God is
the righteous Judge,
00:27:26.07\00:27:27.54
so you have nothing
to fear... That's right.
00:27:27.58\00:27:28.91
You know, what
direction is he going to go.
00:27:28.94\00:27:30.28
Well, if we submit our
lives to Jesus Christ, the fear.
00:27:30.31\00:27:32.85
Jason.
00:27:32.88\00:27:34.22
You know, I think one
way to get rid of fear
00:27:34.25\00:27:36.89
is to prepare,
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.59
you know, preparation
is key when you look at,
00:27:38.62\00:27:42.12
let's take a world example
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.23
or a practical
example if you will,
00:27:44.26\00:27:46.26
police, all right,
police train for situations
00:27:46.29\00:27:50.30
when everybody is
running away from danger,
00:27:50.33\00:27:53.03
they're running towards it
00:27:53.07\00:27:55.20
or they're supposed
to be running towards it.
00:27:55.24\00:27:56.97
Good point.
00:27:57.01\00:27:58.34
You know, so they've
practiced, they've practiced,
00:27:58.37\00:28:00.61
and they've built
up like a second nature
00:28:00.64\00:28:06.21
to face that danger head-on.
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.48
Well, if we stay
in the Word of God,
00:28:09.52\00:28:11.69
and we prepare
ourselves, and we're studying,
00:28:11.72\00:28:13.96
and in that preparation
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.22
we know that
when the enemy attacks
00:28:16.26\00:28:19.83
we combat him
with the Word of God.
00:28:19.86\00:28:22.20
You know, when you
look at how Jesus was
00:28:22.23\00:28:24.00
when He was
tempted in the wilderness
00:28:24.03\00:28:25.37
and everything,
00:28:25.40\00:28:26.74
Satan try to come,
attack Him and tempt Him
00:28:26.77\00:28:31.21
but everything He
just recited scripture,
00:28:31.24\00:28:34.31
He gave him
scripture and all that stuff.
00:28:34.34\00:28:36.21
And so, I think that is
key in having that faith.
00:28:36.24\00:28:41.08
In Hebrews 11:1, you know,
00:28:41.12\00:28:44.52
"Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:28:44.55\00:28:47.82
the evidence of
things not seen."
00:28:47.86\00:28:51.06
Amen.
00:28:51.09\00:28:52.46
And then, so I
mean, it's just important
00:28:52.49\00:28:55.63
that we build that faith,
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.57
and how do we build that faith?
00:28:57.60\00:28:58.93
By getting that relationship
00:28:58.97\00:29:00.87
establishing that
relationship with God
00:29:00.90\00:29:03.17
and continuing to water
that by staying in the Word.
00:29:03.20\00:29:08.81
Yeah, I liked that,
Jason, because what that does,
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.58
then that's how you
can combat fear, right?
00:29:10.61\00:29:12.91
Use the Word of God. Yes.
00:29:12.95\00:29:14.38
You know, because I
know we all may be faced
00:29:14.42\00:29:15.98
different type
of scary situations
00:29:16.02\00:29:18.39
where we were
fearful, maybe loved ones,
00:29:18.42\00:29:19.99
family going through
health challenges or whatever,
00:29:20.02\00:29:22.26
and to go to the Word of God.
00:29:22.29\00:29:23.63
And I like that
because then you're prepared,
00:29:23.66\00:29:25.26
you know, like you're
talking about any type of force
00:29:25.29\00:29:27.76
that's like a
police force or something,
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.16
they're training for situations,
00:29:29.20\00:29:30.53
yeah, I like
that. Yeah. It's good.
00:29:30.57\00:29:32.00
Dr. Yvonne?
00:29:32.03\00:29:33.37
Yeah, 2 Timothy 1:7.
00:29:33.40\00:29:34.97
Yes, I love this.
00:29:35.00\00:29:36.81
I do too.
00:29:36.84\00:29:38.17
I do too because it,
00:29:38.21\00:29:39.94
because what it's
saying is, you know,
00:29:39.97\00:29:42.01
our God has equipped us
with everything that we need.
00:29:42.04\00:29:44.81
Yes. Isn't that great?
00:29:44.85\00:29:46.18
Isn't it? Isn't it?
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.55
Everything that we need
00:29:47.58\00:29:49.48
'cause we know
that we're not fighting
00:29:49.52\00:29:50.85
against flesh and blood... Yeah.
00:29:50.89\00:29:53.05
But this is, "For God has
not given us a spirit of fear,
00:29:53.09\00:29:57.39
but of power and of
love and of a sound mind."
00:29:57.43\00:30:01.40
Yes.
00:30:01.43\00:30:02.76
So, you know,
when our mind start,
00:30:02.80\00:30:05.10
you know, getting
full of anxiety and concern
00:30:05.13\00:30:08.50
about the future
like the stats there...
00:30:08.54\00:30:10.01
Like the stats.
00:30:10.04\00:30:11.37
Yeah, like the
stats that you read.
00:30:11.41\00:30:13.11
I mean, most of it
doesn't even happen.
00:30:13.14\00:30:15.11
Yes.
00:30:15.14\00:30:16.48
But we get so wrapped up
00:30:16.51\00:30:18.45
into worrying and God is saying,
00:30:18.48\00:30:21.35
basically He
says, "I've got you.
00:30:21.38\00:30:23.49
What are you worried about?
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.49
I've not given
you a spirit of fear
00:30:25.52\00:30:27.69
but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind."
00:30:27.72\00:30:33.50
And let's take that,
it popped into my mind
00:30:33.53\00:30:38.00
because we're talking
about individual fears...
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.97
Yes.
00:30:40.00\00:30:41.34
But when he says,
00:30:41.37\00:30:42.70
"I'm not giving you the
spirit of fear but of..."
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.57
Power. And as...?
00:30:45.61\00:30:46.94
"Love." And as?
00:30:46.98\00:30:48.31
"Sound mind."
00:30:48.34\00:30:49.68
Don't you think He's
talking to the church
00:30:49.71\00:30:52.11
because the
fear is in the church
00:30:52.15\00:30:55.85
and where fear
really, really hurts,
00:30:55.88\00:30:59.22
I think the kingdom of
God is when the church says,
00:30:59.25\00:31:02.19
"Well, we better not
stick to our standards
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.99
because we're afraid
that people won't come.
00:31:05.03\00:31:08.56
We're afraid
we'll offend someone.
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.40
How many times have we had
an opportunity individually
00:31:11.43\00:31:14.87
or even as a church
00:31:14.90\00:31:16.24
and the people to
tell someone the truth
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.47
but we are afraid
that will offend them
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.64
or we're afraid
we won't be accepted.
00:31:21.68\00:31:24.41
Now, as we're looking
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.78
into the times in
which we're living,
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.85
when you're
looking at government,
00:31:27.88\00:31:29.85
sometimes the
church, and our universities,
00:31:29.88\00:31:32.45
and schools are so dependent
on finances from the government
00:31:32.49\00:31:37.43
that they sometimes are
afraid to stand up and say,
00:31:37.46\00:31:40.33
"Oh, well, if we do
this, we're going to lose our,
00:31:40.36\00:31:42.76
you know, the support,
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.57
you know,
financially our institutions."
00:31:44.60\00:31:47.34
And so I think we
should spend at least,
00:31:47.37\00:31:51.51
me fear in
ministry of going forward.
00:31:51.54\00:31:54.74
Well, we better not go
forward because I'm afraid,
00:31:54.78\00:31:58.15
you know, and
churches, evangelistic,
00:31:58.18\00:32:00.95
while we would love to
have an evangelistic meeting
00:32:00.98\00:32:03.28
but I mean that probably
00:32:03.32\00:32:04.65
could cost $10,000
to really do it upright.
00:32:04.69\00:32:07.89
Now, we don't have that money.
00:32:07.92\00:32:09.29
We're afraid our bank
account will be too low
00:32:09.32\00:32:12.43
so we don't act
on what God said,
00:32:12.46\00:32:14.36
"Go ye into all the world."
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.16
So in those senses,
00:32:16.20\00:32:18.17
now if you have a
fear, for you a snake,
00:32:18.20\00:32:20.20
that's probably not going
to cost you your salvation
00:32:20.24\00:32:22.80
and everybody
else's, you know, that's,
00:32:22.84\00:32:25.67
but I think the
fear in the sense
00:32:25.71\00:32:28.38
when we look at it as
Christians, people say,
00:32:28.41\00:32:30.61
"Oh, well, I've wanted
to talk to this person.
00:32:30.65\00:32:32.75
He was next to me on my
plane but I just couldn't."
00:32:32.78\00:32:35.22
I was afraid, you know,
00:32:35.25\00:32:37.12
those are the type of
fears I think we really say,
00:32:37.15\00:32:39.42
"Lord", you know,
00:32:39.45\00:32:40.79
because now it's
affecting other people's,
00:32:40.82\00:32:43.79
you know, salvation and
maybe, in a sense ours there,
00:32:43.83\00:32:46.66
so I think the
Lord would have us
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.03
to get rid of that type of fear.
00:32:48.06\00:32:49.90
Here He says,
read that again to us,
00:32:49.93\00:32:51.57
that script, would you, Yvonne?
00:32:51.60\00:32:52.93
That's great.
00:32:52.97\00:32:54.30
"For God has not
given us the spirit of fear,
00:32:54.34\00:32:57.51
but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind."
00:32:57.54\00:33:00.18
In fact, it's Timothy 1:7.
00:33:00.21\00:33:01.54
Individually, or as a
church, or as a ministry,
00:33:01.58\00:33:05.65
we need to accept those things,
get the spirit of power, right?
00:33:05.68\00:33:09.78
I mean, so we
can do great things
00:33:09.82\00:33:12.69
when we come in
the name of the Lord.
00:33:12.72\00:33:14.36
And not that we
do it but He does it.
00:33:14.39\00:33:17.03
Is it exciting to think
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.53
that if we don't
have the spirit of fear
00:33:18.56\00:33:21.13
which God doesn't want us
to have the spirit of fear.
00:33:21.16\00:33:23.57
But the three things
He promises are power,
00:33:23.60\00:33:26.00
and in the Greek that's dunamis.
00:33:26.03\00:33:27.64
You know, there are
several different Greek words
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.70
referring to power,
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.07
dunamis would be
like miracle working power
00:33:31.11\00:33:34.01
and it's also inherent power,
00:33:34.04\00:33:35.61
that means we don't
have power in ourselves,
00:33:35.64\00:33:38.98
the Lord Jesus gives
us His power that resides
00:33:39.01\00:33:43.89
inside of us.
00:33:43.92\00:33:45.32
So not only us individually
but ministries and churches,
00:33:45.35\00:33:49.62
I love what you
brought out, Mr. Danny,
00:33:49.66\00:33:51.36
because God wants to
put His power into churches,
00:33:51.39\00:33:55.53
and His love, and His mind.
00:33:55.56\00:33:58.80
Yeah, sound mind.
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.17
You know, a sound
mind, the mind of Christ.
00:34:00.20\00:34:01.84
Yes. Let this mind be in you.
00:34:01.87\00:34:03.84
Yes, which was
also in Christ Jesus.
00:34:03.87\00:34:07.41
I like Isaiah 26
00:34:07.44\00:34:11.71
because that talks about
focusing our mind on Christ.
00:34:11.75\00:34:16.32
I know in my own experience,
00:34:16.35\00:34:19.15
you want to read
that, Jay, for us.
00:34:19.19\00:34:20.69
I know in my own
experience sometimes,
00:34:20.72\00:34:23.93
you know, maybe,
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.29
if a family member is
going through a health crisis
00:34:25.33\00:34:28.16
and you think,
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.53
"Oh, I don't know
what's going to happen."
00:34:29.56\00:34:30.97
And you start to worry
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.33
or you start to be
anxious about it, and God says,
00:34:32.37\00:34:35.30
"Jill, I want you to
bring your mind back to Me.
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.81
I want you to choose
00:34:38.84\00:34:40.18
to bring your
mind back to My Word."
00:34:40.21\00:34:42.71
Isaiah 26:3. Okay.
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.05
"You will keep
him in perfect peace
00:34:45.08\00:34:47.45
whose mind is stayed on
you because he trusts in you."
00:34:47.48\00:34:50.15
Yes. I love that.
00:34:50.19\00:34:52.29
What does that say to you, Jay?
00:34:52.32\00:34:55.09
That true peace
comes from the Lord
00:34:55.12\00:34:57.13
and what the world has
to offer is not true peace
00:34:57.16\00:35:00.76
and that if we continue
to focus our minds on Christ,
00:35:00.80\00:35:03.97
that's just like
preparing for that fear
00:35:04.00\00:35:06.00
when we're
constantly staying in the Word,
00:35:06.03\00:35:09.14
you know, Jesus
gives us that peace,
00:35:09.17\00:35:12.37
like we have a genuine
sense of peace, you know.
00:35:12.41\00:35:17.01
That doesn't mean we don't go
through trials and tribulations
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.85
and face all kinds of,
00:35:19.88\00:35:21.62
you know, issues,
we're attacked as well.
00:35:21.65\00:35:25.69
But we have an
advocate and we have somebody
00:35:25.72\00:35:27.56
that's standing with us
in the midst of the storm.
00:35:27.59\00:35:31.83
When you look at, I
think it's in Daniel,
00:35:31.86\00:35:36.26
how, you know, and how we react
00:35:36.30\00:35:38.17
in those storms as a
witness to other people as well.
00:35:38.20\00:35:41.44
That's good.
00:35:41.47\00:35:43.10
So if we go to Daniel 3,
00:35:43.14\00:35:47.88
and let's start
00:35:47.91\00:35:51.85
in verse 18.
00:35:51.88\00:35:55.82
Well, we'll just
look at 18 real quick, "
00:35:55.85\00:35:58.35
But if not, let
it be known to you,
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.66
O king, that we do not
serve your gods, nor..."
00:36:00.69\00:36:03.46
In fact, let's back
up because I want to get,
00:36:03.49\00:36:08.50
I'll though start in 16.
00:36:08.53\00:36:09.86
Yeah. We have context.
00:36:09.90\00:36:11.23
Yes.
00:36:11.27\00:36:12.60
"Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego
00:36:12.63\00:36:13.97
answered and said to
the king, 'O Nebuchadnezzar,
00:36:14.00\00:36:15.74
we have no need to
answer you in this matter.
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.17
If that is the case,
00:36:18.21\00:36:19.54
our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us
00:36:19.57\00:36:21.84
from the burning fiery furnace,
00:36:21.88\00:36:23.81
and He will deliver us
from your hand, O king.
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.58
But if not, let
it be known to you,
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.92
O king, that we do
not serve your gods,
00:36:28.95\00:36:31.65
nor will we
worship the gold image
00:36:31.69\00:36:33.79
which you have set up."
00:36:33.82\00:36:35.39
You know and so they're
basically saying to the king,
00:36:35.42\00:36:40.93
"Look, we stand
by the one true God,
00:36:40.96\00:36:44.70
no matter what the
case is", you know.
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.44
If He chooses to
deliver us, great,
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.84
if not we still worship Him.
00:36:49.87\00:36:52.91
And then when you
look, when we go down,
00:36:52.94\00:36:54.84
and we're looking in verse 21,
00:36:54.88\00:37:00.12
"Then these men were
bound in their coats,
00:37:00.15\00:37:02.38
their trousers, their turbans,
and their other garments,
00:37:02.42\00:37:04.75
and were cast into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
00:37:04.79\00:37:07.82
Therefore, because the
king's command was urgent,
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.29
and the furnace exceedingly hot,
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.89
the flame of the
fire killed those men
00:37:11.93\00:37:13.86
who took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
00:37:13.90\00:37:16.53
And these three men, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego,
00:37:16.56\00:37:19.37
fell down bound into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
00:37:19.40\00:37:23.81
The King
Nebuchadnezzar was astonished,
00:37:23.84\00:37:25.67
and he rose in haste and
spoke, saying to his counselors,
00:37:25.71\00:37:29.54
'Did we not cast three men bound
00:37:29.58\00:37:31.58
into the midst of the fire?'
00:37:31.61\00:37:33.21
They answered and said
to the king, 'True, O king.
00:37:33.25\00:37:35.58
Look!'
00:37:35.62\00:37:36.95
he answered, I
see four men loose,
00:37:36.99\00:37:39.19
walking in the midst of the fire
00:37:39.22\00:37:40.82
and they are not hurt,
00:37:40.86\00:37:42.19
and the form of the
fourth is like the Son of God."
00:37:42.22\00:37:45.66
So, you know, that seems to me
00:37:45.69\00:37:49.26
like it would have
been a scary situation.
00:37:49.30\00:37:51.30
Absolutely. You're facing death.
00:37:51.33\00:37:53.07
You're facing
being burned alive,
00:37:53.10\00:37:56.94
but it goes to
show you stand by God
00:37:56.97\00:37:58.74
and He's standing with
you in the midst of the storm.
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.51
He came down and
stood with them in the fire,
00:38:02.54\00:38:06.61
and what kind of
witness did that set,
00:38:06.65\00:38:09.38
you know, later on
then, the Bible says,
00:38:09.42\00:38:11.69
"Nebuchadnezzar praises God."
00:38:11.72\00:38:15.82
I never noticed this
till this all my life.
00:38:15.86\00:38:19.09
How cool this is of Him.
00:38:19.13\00:38:21.80
It says, "These men were bound
in hosen, now think what burns,
00:38:21.83\00:38:26.00
their tunics, their
mantles, and garments..."
00:38:26.03\00:38:29.07
It didn't say like you
put them in a handcuffs
00:38:29.10\00:38:31.34
and put them in a fire,
00:38:31.37\00:38:32.71
they put around everything
on them that burns easily
00:38:32.74\00:38:35.98
so they were going to
make sure this a good start.
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.78
You're just like, you
have a little bit of hay
00:38:38.81\00:38:40.25
if you want to get a fire going,
00:38:40.28\00:38:42.68
you put a little
gasoline on the fire,
00:38:42.72\00:38:45.19
you know, on whatever
so they put the things
00:38:45.22\00:38:47.89
that would burn the most.
00:38:47.92\00:38:49.66
I mean... That's something.
00:38:49.69\00:38:51.29
That we're going to make sure
00:38:51.33\00:38:52.66
they burn up because
we know all this burns
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.66
and then they're
bound inside of it,
00:38:54.70\00:38:56.63
they will have to burn.
00:38:56.67\00:38:58.00
Yeah. And then
all of that, you know.
00:38:58.03\00:39:00.27
Yeah, it's amazing what God did.
00:39:00.30\00:39:02.04
Yeah, very true.
It's incredible but...
00:39:02.07\00:39:04.34
Oh, I'm sorry.
00:39:04.37\00:39:05.81
Isaiah 43...
00:39:05.84\00:39:07.28
Oh, I love this one. Yes.
00:39:07.31\00:39:08.64
One, two, three,
since we are talking
00:39:08.68\00:39:10.01
about fire...
00:39:10.05\00:39:11.38
And storm. And storm.
00:39:11.41\00:39:12.75
I love this, it's
one of my favorite.
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.12
Me too. Me too.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.48
I love this one.
00:39:15.52\00:39:16.85
And I'll take it
from the second half
00:39:16.89\00:39:18.79
of the first verse,
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.49
"Fear not, for I
have redeemed you,
00:39:20.52\00:39:22.02
I have called you by
your name, you are Mine.
00:39:22.06\00:39:25.63
When you pass
through the waters,
00:39:25.66\00:39:27.00
I will be with you.
00:39:27.03\00:39:28.36
And through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you.
00:39:28.40\00:39:30.83
When you walk through the fire,
00:39:30.87\00:39:32.57
you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame scorch you.
00:39:32.60\00:39:36.10
For I am the Lord, your
God, the Holy One of Israel,
00:39:36.14\00:39:39.84
your Savior."
00:39:39.87\00:39:41.21
So the Lord says,
"Don't be afraid, fear not.
00:39:41.24\00:39:44.21
I have redeemed you.
I've already delivered you."
00:39:44.25\00:39:46.95
Amen. You know, you are mine.
00:39:46.98\00:39:48.92
I've called you by your name,
00:39:48.95\00:39:50.65
there's something so intimate...
00:39:50.69\00:39:52.15
There is.
00:39:52.19\00:39:53.52
About knowing that the
creator of the universe
00:39:53.56\00:39:55.12
who knows every star...
00:39:55.16\00:39:57.23
Yeah, by name. By name.
00:39:57.26\00:39:59.33
He knows my name.
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.00
Like, who am I that
God would know my name?
00:40:01.03\00:40:05.50
And yet He says, "I've
called you by your name.
00:40:05.53\00:40:09.64
You are mine. Okay.
00:40:09.67\00:40:11.47
We belong to Him. It's good.
00:40:11.51\00:40:13.68
And so it...
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.98
When you pass
through the waters,
00:40:16.01\00:40:18.91
you're gonna go through things
00:40:18.95\00:40:20.72
and it also gives
levels of trials so the waters,
00:40:20.75\00:40:25.95
that's the first level.
00:40:25.99\00:40:27.56
When you go through the waters,
00:40:27.59\00:40:28.92
I'm gonna be with you
and through the rivers,
00:40:28.96\00:40:31.96
that's a new level of trial,
00:40:31.99\00:40:33.76
deeper level of
trial, I'm with you still.
00:40:33.80\00:40:38.13
And when you
pass through the fire,
00:40:38.17\00:40:40.67
the biggest trial that
you could possibly have,
00:40:40.70\00:40:44.27
you won't even be burned by it
00:40:44.31\00:40:47.08
because I am
going to be with you.
00:40:47.11\00:40:50.18
Amen.
00:40:50.21\00:40:51.98
Awesome. And
only He can do that.
00:40:52.01\00:40:53.68
That's right.
00:40:53.72\00:40:55.05
This past week I had a cousin
00:40:55.08\00:40:57.02
who died that I grew
up with more as a sister
00:40:57.05\00:41:00.72
and we went to the funeral,
00:41:00.76\00:41:02.09
Jay and Yvonne
and I the other day,
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.23
and the Lord
gave me a little song.
00:41:04.26\00:41:05.89
Because I said, I
don't want her daughters
00:41:05.93\00:41:07.26
who are grown
daughters sermons it at funerals
00:41:07.30\00:41:11.67
and weddings are the same,
00:41:11.70\00:41:13.57
once it's over
people forget about it.
00:41:13.60\00:41:15.67
So I said, "What
can I give them?"
00:41:15.70\00:41:17.71
So I was asking the Lord
00:41:17.74\00:41:19.07
and He just gave
me this little song
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.68
and so we did it at the funeral.
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.04
I asked Tim to
just play the piano
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.35
and then I sang a little
track but it talks about,
00:41:25.38\00:41:29.48
you know, peace in
the midst of the storm
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.82
but what line
that the Lord gave me
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.86
I never thought about it says,
00:41:33.89\00:41:35.42
"The world has no
answer for this kind of pain
00:41:35.46\00:41:39.16
because it starts out,
00:41:39.19\00:41:40.60
you know, when you've
had to say goodbye..."
00:41:40.63\00:41:43.03
You know, "Remember
Jesus is there waiting
00:41:43.06\00:41:45.47
with arms open wide."
00:41:45.50\00:41:46.84
So I was talking about
they lost your loved one,
00:41:46.87\00:41:48.90
but the world knows no,
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.74
you know, there's no
answer for this kind of pain.
00:41:50.77\00:41:53.91
So what you're saying,
00:41:53.94\00:41:55.28
what we're talking
about all of these fears
00:41:55.31\00:41:57.35
that we have
only can be resolved
00:41:57.38\00:42:01.52
when we understand
who we are and who God is.
00:42:01.55\00:42:04.92
And that we're willing to
submit and commit our lives
00:42:04.95\00:42:07.66
into His hands
rather literally Jason,
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.26
you go into that fiery furnace
00:42:10.29\00:42:12.29
they were talking
about or spiritual fire
00:42:12.33\00:42:15.23
because, you know,
what I'm talking about.
00:42:15.26\00:42:17.10
You can stand up
for something right
00:42:17.13\00:42:20.10
and all of a
sudden it seems like
00:42:20.14\00:42:21.47
there's a fire
against you from darts,
00:42:21.50\00:42:23.84
fiery darts of
people throwing darts at you
00:42:23.87\00:42:26.11
because you thought you were
and you intending to stand up
00:42:26.14\00:42:29.78
for what's
right and what's true,
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.91
but God will give you
peace in the midst of the storm,
00:42:31.95\00:42:35.82
so whether it's physical
or whether it's spiritual,
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.49
now you can have that peace.
00:42:38.52\00:42:39.99
I'm sure there are
people like Stephen,
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.29
when he was stoned
00:42:42.32\00:42:43.83
that he had a
great peace about him is
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.93
because he was no
longer looking in the flesh,
00:42:45.96\00:42:49.00
but he was looking into
spiritual things knowing
00:42:49.03\00:42:53.57
that after his rest in the Lord
that he would spend eternity,
00:42:53.60\00:42:58.11
but he was willing to stand
up and got rid of his fear.
00:42:58.14\00:43:00.61
I mean, who
wouldn't be afraid of you
00:43:00.64\00:43:03.14
being put in the middle,
00:43:03.18\00:43:04.98
you know, on
your knees, I'm sure,
00:43:05.01\00:43:06.92
hands on his knees and
then people picking up stones
00:43:06.95\00:43:09.18
and rocks, I mean, just a
piece of gravel can hurt you,
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.92
if it's really
small it makes you mad,
00:43:11.95\00:43:13.86
then after that...
00:43:13.89\00:43:16.19
I know 'cause I used to
do that when I was a kid...
00:43:16.22\00:43:18.06
This is from experience.
00:43:18.09\00:43:19.43
We'd get, you
know, a little mound
00:43:19.46\00:43:21.46
and chat like, to school
00:43:21.50\00:43:22.83
and then we'd
throw at each other.
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.53
Oh, my goodness. Oh, yeah.
00:43:24.57\00:43:26.13
Then like of
something you would hide behind
00:43:26.17\00:43:28.10
and throw these
little rocks at each other
00:43:28.14\00:43:30.37
and so they can
just make you mad
00:43:30.41\00:43:32.27
if they're a
little bit, beyond that,
00:43:32.31\00:43:34.11
then all of a sudden it hurts.
00:43:34.14\00:43:35.48
It starts hurting.
00:43:35.51\00:43:36.85
So here how do you face that
and then looking above like,
00:43:36.88\00:43:40.98
I'm not even
aware of what's going on
00:43:41.02\00:43:42.75
and I mean boulders been,
00:43:42.78\00:43:44.12
a big rocks thrown
so that only comes,
00:43:44.15\00:43:48.06
that only comes from total
faith and trust in the Lord
00:43:48.09\00:43:52.33
that we do, you know.
00:43:52.36\00:43:53.70
Amen. Yeah.
00:43:53.73\00:43:55.06
It's good.
00:43:55.10\00:43:56.43
Yeah, I think it's
like that connection.
00:43:56.46\00:43:58.30
I think we're going back
to connection with Christ
00:43:58.33\00:44:00.07
is one of the key things
00:44:00.10\00:44:01.44
because, you know,
we're not immune to trials.
00:44:01.47\00:44:03.41
That's right.
00:44:03.44\00:44:04.77
It says, it doesn't
say in the Bible there
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.14
in Isaiah 43 about
us avoiding the water,
00:44:06.17\00:44:09.34
the rivers, the fire,
I'll be with you through them.
00:44:09.38\00:44:11.68
That's right.
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.05
So storms come, you
know, it's just part of life
00:44:13.08\00:44:14.92
that we go through storms.
00:44:14.95\00:44:16.28
Absolutely.
00:44:16.32\00:44:17.65
And trials are good,
you know, in the sense
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.85
that they
refine our character...
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.69
Not that we always
want to go through them.
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.53
Right.
00:44:23.56\00:44:24.99
But at the end of it,
00:44:25.03\00:44:26.36
you know, it
refines our character.
00:44:26.39\00:44:27.73
If everything was
perfect right now,
00:44:27.76\00:44:30.23
if we were just living life,
00:44:30.27\00:44:32.83
and we wouldn't really recognize
00:44:32.87\00:44:35.00
our need for God
00:44:35.04\00:44:37.64
if everything was
just handed to us.
00:44:37.67\00:44:40.11
It's true. That's true.
00:44:40.14\00:44:41.48
I like Psalm 60 or
46, sorry 46:1 and 2,
00:44:41.51\00:44:46.01
and that kind of goes along
with Isaiah 43 but it says,
00:44:46.05\00:44:50.95
Psalm 46:1 and 2,
00:44:50.99\00:44:52.32
"God is our
refuge and our strength.
00:44:52.35\00:44:56.12
A very present help in trouble.
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.83
Therefore will not we fear..."
00:44:58.86\00:45:01.16
This is pretty
amazing so we won't fear,
00:45:01.20\00:45:03.16
"Even if the earth is removed.
00:45:03.20\00:45:04.57
And even though the
mountains be carried
00:45:04.60\00:45:05.93
in the midst of the sea."
00:45:05.97\00:45:07.30
I mean, that's pretty big.
00:45:07.34\00:45:08.67
I mean, of course,
the truth is still here
00:45:08.70\00:45:10.04
but in other words,
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.41
God is with us,
He is our strength.
00:45:11.44\00:45:12.77
I remember as a child, I
mentioned from West Virginia
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.54
and we had a
creek that would get,
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.61
I mean, it would just flood
00:45:17.65\00:45:18.98
when we get massive
downpours and so one time,
00:45:19.01\00:45:21.48
I fell into this creek
when it was at flood stage.
00:45:21.52\00:45:24.55
And this was kind of
crazy, it wasn't snowing,
00:45:24.59\00:45:26.55
it was in the wintertime,
so I had my big boots on,
00:45:26.59\00:45:28.69
my big coat, and so
I fell into this creek.
00:45:28.72\00:45:31.19
And I was going under,
00:45:31.23\00:45:33.06
went under a
bridge, hit a bridge,
00:45:33.09\00:45:34.43
went under a bridge,
00:45:34.46\00:45:35.80
and so I'm floating down sinking
00:45:35.83\00:45:37.37
in this creek and my dad,
00:45:37.40\00:45:40.60
I looked up and I looked up,
00:45:40.64\00:45:43.37
you know, because I
mean I'm going down,
00:45:43.41\00:45:44.74
I look up and I see my dad,
he's running along the bank.
00:45:44.77\00:45:47.31
So I feel good
that my dad's there
00:45:47.34\00:45:48.68
but do you know
00:45:48.71\00:45:50.05
what really gave
me great strength
00:45:50.08\00:45:51.41
is when he was
able to reach out there
00:45:51.45\00:45:52.78
and actually get a hold of
me, and I had a connection...
00:45:52.81\00:45:55.75
I had a
connection with my father,
00:45:55.78\00:45:58.02
then I didn't
have any fear suddenly,
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.12
my dad had me as
long as I was holding on,
00:46:00.16\00:46:02.16
which I was
holding on for dear life.
00:46:02.19\00:46:03.79
Yes.
00:46:03.83\00:46:05.16
When he threw
out there to get me,
00:46:05.19\00:46:06.53
so the storms, the rivers,
00:46:06.56\00:46:07.90
the creeks, whatever
in, we are bouncing along,
00:46:07.93\00:46:09.63
we feel like
we're barely keeping
00:46:09.66\00:46:11.00
our head above water.
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.34
The key is to reach
out His hand and say,
00:46:13.37\00:46:15.87
"Lord, Jesus, help me, help me."
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.97
Boy, I tell you, He's
not going to fail you,
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.34
He hears you and He'll reach out
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.88
and then you get that connection
00:46:20.91\00:46:22.24
with Jesus
Christ through any storm
00:46:22.28\00:46:24.05
that you're going
through in your life,
00:46:24.08\00:46:25.41
that's for sure.
00:46:25.45\00:46:26.78
Because you...
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.15
Have you read it off
your phone the statistics
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.62
from that survey was
88%, some of it's in our head,
00:46:29.65\00:46:33.76
but that means that
there's another percentage
00:46:33.79\00:46:35.62
that things really
do happen, of course.
00:46:35.66\00:46:36.99
That's true.
00:46:37.03\00:46:38.36
You're talking family issues
00:46:38.39\00:46:39.73
and it's very easy to
become afraid and to fear.
00:46:39.76\00:46:42.56
So in order to put that
aside as to get that connection
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.27
like you're saying
Jason, study the Word of God,
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.90
keep yourself
immersed in the Word of God
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.80
because He won't fail you.
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.41
So fear only comes,
if I understand it right,
00:46:51.44\00:46:54.78
from losing peace.
00:46:54.81\00:46:56.75
When we lose our
peace... That's right.
00:46:56.78\00:46:58.48
the Lord, then the fear pops out
00:46:58.51\00:47:02.98
because Psalm 119:165,
00:47:03.02\00:47:05.92
"Great peace have
they which love thy law
00:47:05.95\00:47:08.02
and nothing shall offend them."
00:47:08.06\00:47:09.66
Which can actually go into fear.
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.93
It can be being afraid,
nothing shall offend them.
00:47:11.96\00:47:15.86
So I only experience
fear in my life really
00:47:15.90\00:47:20.94
when I'm letting
go off with my peace,
00:47:20.97\00:47:24.11
so what we want to
find is that peace in Jesus
00:47:24.14\00:47:27.08
at the funeral the other
day and it was just recently,
00:47:27.11\00:47:29.58
it's why it's on my mind.
00:47:29.61\00:47:31.61
The mother, Cynthia,
00:47:31.65\00:47:33.78
who is kind of
like a second mother
00:47:33.82\00:47:35.85
to me growing up
and her daughter Carol,
00:47:35.88\00:47:38.92
and it's my third cousin.
00:47:38.95\00:47:43.26
Cynthia is a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
00:47:43.29\00:47:46.16
She came walking.
00:47:46.19\00:47:47.53
She's in her 80's,
00:47:47.56\00:47:48.90
I don't think
she mind me saying,
00:47:48.93\00:47:50.27
but she came walking
down the church from,
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.33
there at the little
West Frankfort church,
00:47:52.37\00:47:54.44
and I saw her and I
went to give her a hug,
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.97
and I just said,
"How you doing Cynthia?
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.27
And she goes, "I'm
doing fine. How are you doing?
00:47:59.31\00:48:02.08
She looks strong.
00:48:02.11\00:48:03.78
I saw her, I said,
"I can't believe it."
00:48:03.81\00:48:06.78
And I said, "You have a peace."
00:48:06.82\00:48:08.55
And she said, "I have
a peace about all this
00:48:08.58\00:48:12.15
because I know
it's in Jesus' hands."
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.02
And she was much
stronger than I thought
00:48:15.06\00:48:17.79
I could be under that
same kind of circumstance
00:48:17.83\00:48:20.83
but she said,
00:48:20.86\00:48:22.20
"The Lord has given me peace
about this whole situation."
00:48:22.23\00:48:27.77
Praise the Lord.
That's beautiful.
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.97
I remember back when I was
20. That was a long time ago.
00:48:30.01\00:48:35.01
I was going to
say not that long ago.
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.45
I was just going to say.
00:48:37.48\00:48:39.81
I was beginning to laugh now
00:48:39.85\00:48:41.18
but, man, maybe
I better not laugh.
00:48:41.22\00:48:44.22
Baby, you're young
still. Thank you. Thank you.
00:48:44.25\00:48:48.06
My mom was going
00:48:48.09\00:48:49.42
through a
serious health challenge
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.66
and we didn't really know
00:48:51.69\00:48:53.03
what the
outcome was going to be.
00:48:53.06\00:48:54.63
And I remember there
is a certain scripture
00:48:54.66\00:48:56.30
I claim during that
time, it was Psalm 112:7.
00:48:56.33\00:49:01.64
Right now, it escapes me.
00:49:01.67\00:49:03.34
Give me one moment I look at,
00:49:03.37\00:49:05.41
and I should know it
off the tip of my tongue.
00:49:05.44\00:49:08.18
What is it? Psalm 1...
00:49:08.21\00:49:09.54
Psalm 112:7,
00:49:09.58\00:49:11.91
"He shall not be
afraid of evil tidings:
00:49:11.95\00:49:14.82
his heart is fixed,
trusting in the Lord."
00:49:14.85\00:49:17.99
Wow, read that
one more time, baby.
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.35
"And he shall not be
afraid of evil tidings:
00:49:19.39\00:49:23.22
his heart is fixed..."
00:49:23.26\00:49:25.06
or new King James says,
00:49:25.09\00:49:26.43
"Steadfast" but I
memorized it in King James,
00:49:26.46\00:49:28.73
"trusting in the Lord."
00:49:28.76\00:49:30.17
I remember I had
misinterpreted that text though
00:49:30.20\00:49:34.97
because in my 20
year old mind I thought,
00:49:35.00\00:49:38.01
"Keep your mind on Jesus.
00:49:38.04\00:49:39.41
Keep focus, keep trusting.
00:49:39.44\00:49:41.68
You will have a good report."
00:49:41.71\00:49:44.55
That's not what
the scripture says.
00:49:44.58\00:49:45.98
The scripture says,
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.35
whether the evil
tidings come or not,
00:49:47.38\00:49:49.48
that's immaterial,
that doesn't matter.
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.39
That's right. That's good.
00:49:51.42\00:49:52.75
What matters is,
00:49:52.79\00:49:54.12
I'm to keep my mind
and heart steadfast,
00:49:54.16\00:49:56.83
fixed, trusting in the Lord.
00:49:56.86\00:49:58.89
And I remember
it was several weeks
00:49:58.93\00:50:01.10
while we waited to find out
00:50:01.13\00:50:02.46
what the result was
going to be for my mom and...
00:50:02.50\00:50:05.53
It would be a serious illness.
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.80
And I remember where they are
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.17
and the doctor and
I'm just repeating,
00:50:09.20\00:50:10.64
"He should not be
afraid of evil tidings,
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.04
his heart is fixed.
00:50:12.07\00:50:13.41
God, I am trusting in You.
00:50:13.44\00:50:14.78
God, we were going
to have a good report."
00:50:14.81\00:50:16.18
And the doctor walks in
and it was a bad report.
00:50:16.21\00:50:20.28
And I remember
instantly, I thought,
00:50:20.32\00:50:22.95
"Well, God, I trusted.
00:50:22.98\00:50:25.05
God, my heart was
steadfast. God, I was fixed."
00:50:25.09\00:50:29.32
And He said,
"Jilly, I didn't say
00:50:29.36\00:50:32.06
that I'm going to take
you out of every problem,
00:50:32.09\00:50:34.66
that every issue is going
to be resolved in your life."
00:50:34.70\00:50:38.20
I'm just saying you don't have
00:50:38.23\00:50:39.57
to be afraid in the midst of it.
00:50:39.60\00:50:41.20
Whatever happens,
00:50:41.24\00:50:42.57
whether it's
good or evil tidings,
00:50:42.60\00:50:45.14
that really is immaterial,
the point is trust in Me.
00:50:45.17\00:50:50.35
Yeah, for sure.
00:50:50.38\00:50:51.71
Put your arm up like
you did when your father,
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.78
you were going in the creek,
you know, connect with Jesus
00:50:53.82\00:50:58.75
and He will take
you through that.
00:50:58.79\00:51:00.12
It makes all
the difference. Yes.
00:51:00.16\00:51:01.49
I remember when I got the news
00:51:01.52\00:51:02.99
that Jason's
appendix had ruptured,
00:51:03.02\00:51:06.03
and I was in Dallas
and he was in Atlanta.
00:51:06.06\00:51:08.46
And I was just,
I was in my office
00:51:08.50\00:51:11.90
and I was just
hysterical, just crying off.
00:51:11.93\00:51:15.67
And a friend of mine called
me and she prayed with me.
00:51:15.70\00:51:20.34
And I just felt
this peace come over me
00:51:20.38\00:51:25.95
that everything was
going to be all right.
00:51:25.98\00:51:28.95
And I got the next flight out
00:51:28.98\00:51:32.25
that I could get
and the whole time
00:51:32.29\00:51:35.82
God just gave me
this sense of peace
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.33
that everything
was going to be okay.
00:51:38.36\00:51:41.00
Okay.
00:51:41.03\00:51:42.66
He will do that.
Yes, that's right.
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.10
He will do that whether
the tidings are good or bad,
00:51:44.13\00:51:49.00
God will keep us
in perfect peace.
00:51:49.04\00:51:51.34
And why is that?
00:51:51.37\00:51:52.71
Because if this life
were all that we had,
00:51:52.74\00:51:57.25
you know, then it
wouldn't make sense.
00:51:57.28\00:51:59.48
Wait a minute, I need peace,
00:51:59.51\00:52:01.25
I just lost my husband, my wife,
00:52:01.28\00:52:04.29
my brother, my sister, or
now it's me, wait a minute,
00:52:04.32\00:52:07.56
where are you Lord?
00:52:07.59\00:52:09.06
But He says, you know,
00:52:09.09\00:52:11.99
"Precious in the
sight of the Lord
00:52:12.03\00:52:13.60
are the death of his saints."
00:52:13.63\00:52:15.03
So every one of us are born
00:52:15.06\00:52:16.77
with a terminal
illness called death,
00:52:16.80\00:52:19.60
and there's no
escaping that except
00:52:19.63\00:52:21.57
through the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:52:21.60\00:52:23.54
So today, I
would encourage people
00:52:23.57\00:52:26.21
to accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior
00:52:26.24\00:52:28.24
because it really doesn't matter
00:52:28.28\00:52:30.61
how long we live on this earth,
00:52:30.65\00:52:31.98
whether it's 10
years, 20, or 70, or 90,
00:52:32.01\00:52:35.62
what's important is what are we,
00:52:35.65\00:52:37.22
what decisions are we making
00:52:37.25\00:52:39.35
while we're here that
will last for eternity.
00:52:39.39\00:52:42.02
So the hope that we have,
00:52:42.06\00:52:43.99
so that's why in Hebrews
11 that you read while ago,
00:52:44.03\00:52:47.30
it says,
00:52:47.33\00:52:48.66
"And they look to far off
all of these men of faith."
00:52:48.70\00:52:50.97
They weren't looking here,
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.33
they realize that they're
just strangers and sojourners
00:52:52.37\00:52:55.07
to this earth.
00:52:55.10\00:52:56.44
That's right.
00:52:56.47\00:52:57.81
And that our home
is our heavenly home.
00:52:57.84\00:52:59.24
So there we have
this homing device in us
00:52:59.27\00:53:01.94
like the homing pigeons,
00:53:01.98\00:53:03.31
you know, they always come back
00:53:03.35\00:53:05.05
that God instilled in
us to say, you know what?
00:53:05.08\00:53:07.82
"We're just
strangers and sojourners."
00:53:07.85\00:53:10.12
We are passing our time
here but whatever comes,
00:53:10.15\00:53:13.72
we're going to have a peace
00:53:13.76\00:53:15.09
because once we accept
Jesus and accept His salvation.
00:53:15.12\00:53:18.99
Now whatever
happens is irrelevant
00:53:19.03\00:53:20.93
because soon
whether we go to sleep
00:53:20.96\00:53:23.80
or whether we're standing
here, when Jesus comes back,
00:53:23.83\00:53:28.80
it's all over and
it's all behind us
00:53:28.84\00:53:31.37
for the ions of eternity.
00:53:31.41\00:53:32.87
Yes.
00:53:32.91\00:53:34.78
We should have a prayer,
00:53:34.81\00:53:36.14
I think shouldn't we
as our time is winding up
00:53:36.18\00:53:38.11
for family worship.
00:53:38.15\00:53:39.65
We want to pray
for you too at home.
00:53:39.68\00:53:41.02
We hope that you
join us in prayer.
00:53:41.05\00:53:42.42
Mr. Danny, you want to start,
00:53:42.45\00:53:43.79
we will just go around
quickly in the last few minutes.
00:53:43.82\00:53:45.15
I will. I'll ask
in prayer. Thank you.
00:53:45.19\00:53:46.52
Lord, we thank You
00:53:46.55\00:53:47.89
for Your
blessings and Your love,
00:53:47.92\00:53:49.26
and we thank You
that You give us peace...
00:53:49.29\00:53:51.99
So instead of fear, and
we pray for those of us,
00:53:52.03\00:53:55.16
all of us that face fears
00:53:55.20\00:53:56.53
that we can
literally put our lives
00:53:56.56\00:53:58.83
and trust them into Your hands
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.17
and be
sheltered under Your wings
00:54:01.20\00:54:03.14
because great peace
have they which love thy law,
00:54:03.17\00:54:06.34
and nothing shall offend them.
00:54:06.37\00:54:07.71
We want that
peace in our lives today
00:54:07.74\00:54:09.38
and for the viewers
today in Jesus' name, I pray.
00:54:09.41\00:54:13.42
And thank You, Lord,
00:54:13.45\00:54:14.78
that You have promised us
peace in the midst of the storm,
00:54:14.82\00:54:17.62
that You've promised to
stand with us when we're going
00:54:17.65\00:54:20.72
through the worst
trials of our lives.
00:54:20.76\00:54:22.96
So I just lift up
all of the viewers
00:54:22.99\00:54:25.59
that are watching Lord,
00:54:25.63\00:54:27.46
anybody who is going
through something right now,
00:54:27.50\00:54:30.40
let them reach out
to You and let them know
00:54:30.43\00:54:32.73
that if they draw near to
You, You will draw near to them.
00:54:32.77\00:54:35.27
Yes. Thank you, Lord.
00:54:35.30\00:54:36.64
You will in no
wise cast out anyone
00:54:36.67\00:54:38.91
who comes to You.
00:54:38.94\00:54:40.28
So we thank You, Lord,
00:54:40.31\00:54:41.64
and we just lift up
each and every viewer,
00:54:41.68\00:54:44.35
and ask You to please
continue to be with them
00:54:44.38\00:54:46.92
through every
storm in Jesus' name.
00:54:46.95\00:54:49.38
Amen. Amen.
00:54:49.42\00:54:50.75
Dear, heavenly Father,
00:54:50.79\00:54:52.12
we're so grateful
for that genuine peace
00:54:52.15\00:54:54.06
that You provide.
00:54:54.09\00:54:55.66
We have so much chaos
00:54:55.69\00:54:57.96
and turmoil going
on in this world today
00:54:57.99\00:55:00.46
but you still keep us in peace.
00:55:00.50\00:55:03.47
We just ask that You
would please continue
00:55:03.50\00:55:05.73
to comfort those
00:55:05.77\00:55:07.34
who might be
mourning lost loved ones,
00:55:07.37\00:55:10.11
that You would
continue to fill them with peace
00:55:10.14\00:55:13.81
and help them to
cultivate that relationship
00:55:13.84\00:55:17.05
with You as time is short.
00:55:17.08\00:55:19.35
In Jesus' name
we pray. Amen. Amen.
00:55:19.38\00:55:21.85
Father, we just
thank You for Your peace.
00:55:21.88\00:55:23.85
We thank You for Your Word.
We thank You for Your presence.
00:55:23.89\00:55:28.06
We thank You for
the gift of salvation
00:55:28.09\00:55:30.73
and that Your
Holy Spirit can dwell
00:55:30.76\00:55:33.36
and abide with us continually.
00:55:33.40\00:55:35.90
Lord, I just lift up my brothers
00:55:35.93\00:55:37.27
and sisters at home,
00:55:37.30\00:55:38.63
whatever storm
they are in right now.
00:55:38.67\00:55:41.80
Lord, that You would
reveal Yourself to them,
00:55:41.84\00:55:44.21
that they would
reach their hand out
00:55:44.24\00:55:46.34
and clasp the hand of Jesus,
00:55:46.37\00:55:49.01
that You would guide them safely
00:55:49.04\00:55:51.31
through Your peace
00:55:51.35\00:55:53.01
that surpasses
all understanding,
00:55:53.05\00:55:55.12
would keep their hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.
00:55:55.15\00:55:58.89
Thank You for what
You are going to do.
00:55:58.92\00:56:02.39
Father in heaven,
00:56:02.42\00:56:03.76
what a wonderful time
it is to open Your Word,
00:56:03.79\00:56:07.36
to study it and to be fed.
00:56:07.40\00:56:09.90
Lord, we've just been studying
this evening about fear.
00:56:09.93\00:56:13.44
And Lord, we have, we want
to have the awe, and respect,
00:56:13.47\00:56:16.77
and reverence for you.
00:56:16.81\00:56:18.37
Lord, we don't
want in the physical,
00:56:18.41\00:56:19.84
Lord, to be afraid
00:56:19.87\00:56:21.21
because we have nothing to fear.
00:56:21.24\00:56:22.58
That's right.
00:56:22.61\00:56:23.95
Father, You are with us
00:56:23.98\00:56:25.31
through the midst of our storms
00:56:25.35\00:56:26.68
so, Lord,
whatever the, our family
00:56:26.72\00:56:29.02
are dealing with at home there
that You would be with them,
00:56:29.05\00:56:31.45
that You would give them
great peace and strength,
00:56:31.49\00:56:34.06
Lord, that passes
all understanding.
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.32
Lord, let me thank You
for Your love and Your care
00:56:36.36\00:56:38.26
for each one of
us and for heaven,
00:56:38.29\00:56:40.50
and for our great hope,
and in Jesus' name we pray.
00:56:40.53\00:56:43.06
Amen. Amen.
00:56:43.10\00:56:45.70
What a tremendous
blessing to share and study
00:56:45.73\00:56:47.64
the Word of God.
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.00
Thank you, Jason.
Thank you for having me.
00:56:49.04\00:56:50.77
It's a blessing.
00:56:50.81\00:56:52.14
And, Mr. Danny and Sis,
00:56:52.17\00:56:53.51
thank you so much
00:56:53.54\00:56:54.88
for joining us
for Family Worship.
00:56:54.91\00:56:56.24
It's our privilege. Thank you.
00:56:56.28\00:56:57.61
And we want to thank
you for joining us at home
00:56:57.65\00:56:59.01
as you do each and every day
00:56:59.05\00:57:00.38
but especially for
these family worships.
00:57:00.42\00:57:02.28
We're praying that
you have a blessed Sabbath
00:57:02.32\00:57:03.95
and that you would allow
Jesus Christ into your life,
00:57:03.99\00:57:07.06
and you have nothing to fear.
00:57:07.09\00:57:08.42
You know, we all go
through storms in life
00:57:08.46\00:57:10.03
but as we were talking earlier,
00:57:10.06\00:57:11.53
the key is our
connection with Jesus Christ.
00:57:11.56\00:57:14.16
So I want to encourage you today
00:57:14.20\00:57:15.93
to open up your Bible,
00:57:15.96\00:57:17.33
make the study of
God's Word not just here,
00:57:17.37\00:57:19.03
there and everywhere,
00:57:19.07\00:57:20.40
but a plan on a
day-to-day basis.
00:57:20.44\00:57:22.44
Because in the Word of
God, you will find treasures
00:57:22.47\00:57:26.41
and God will lead
you and guide to you.
00:57:26.44\00:57:28.61
Thank you again for joining us.
00:57:28.64\00:57:29.98
Hope you have a
wonderful Sabbath.
00:57:30.01\00:57:31.35
God bless you.
00:57:31.38\00:57:32.71