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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We're so grateful
that you're able to join
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our 3ABN family here.
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But, you know, Jill
and I are really happy
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to be joining you.
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We hear from you
from all over the world,
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and it's neat that we
can actually meet together
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even somehow through this glass
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and through all the waves
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of the television and the radio,
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but, yeah, we can still
be all part of God's family.
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And we're
worshipping here together
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bringing in the Sabbath,
that's always a blessing.
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Seems like every time
we open the Family Worship,
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I talk about having a busy week,
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I think every week is busy.
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And we are thankful...
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That tells you
Greg's life is like that.
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Yes. We're
thankful for the Sabbath.
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And I'm sure your
week has been busy as well,
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but there's a special blessing.
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By worshipping
God on the Sabbath,
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what a privilege it
is to join you at home
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but everyone here at 3ABN.
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It is. It's a privilege.
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I always love to
open up God's Word.
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You know,
nothing like opening up
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the Word of God.
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And it's like a treasure
chest, seeing what promises,
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what things He
has in there for us.
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And then to
spend time with family.
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You know, what
a treat to be able
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to back away as it were
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from the cares of the
week and the cares of the world
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and just spend time
at the feet of Jesus.
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And to me, that's what
family worship is all about.
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And you guys at home
are part of the 3ABN family.
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So we just welcome you here,
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and we have
some 3ABN family here
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that's a little
around the world too.
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That's right.
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And before we introduce
them, I was just thinking,
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I don't know,
several weeks back,
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some time ago actually,
we were at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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And it's always a blessing
because we get to actually meet
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some of you
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that actually make the
trip, the trek, the flight,
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the out of middle of nowhere
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to West Frankfort,
Thompsonville, Illinois
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to join us for
3ABN Camp Meeting.
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I think that's a blessing.
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It just gives you a little taste
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of what I believe
heaven will be like.
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And, of course, in heaven,
life will be perfect there,
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but, boy, what a blessing
it is to still get together.
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There was one time
at Camp meeting where...
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It was actually the
Sabbath School Panel,
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and you had everyone
recite the memory verse.
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And I was
backstage at Camp Meeting,
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and it actually
brought a little tear to my eye
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because everyone was in sync.
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Reading the scripture together,
and I couldn't see everyone
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'cause I was backstage,
but I could just hear everyone
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reciting the scripture,
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and I was
thinking about in heaven.
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Can you imagine?
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'Cause I don't know the number
that's going to be in heaven,
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it's going to be a lot.
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But we do know that Jesus
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and of course God and the angels
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will all be there,
and to hear everyone
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reciting scripture in heaven.
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I can only imagine
that you can understand
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where it mentions about casting
our crowns at Jesus' feet.
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What a glorious day that'll be.
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But anyway, we do
have our family here.
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We have John and
Rosemary Malkiewycz
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from 3ABN Australia, down under.
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The world...
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What's that? We're up over.
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You're up over, I like that.
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That's good comeback actually.
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But you all are the
directors of 3ABN Australia,
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and we just appreciate
you all making the trip here.
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We know you've come
here for other reasons too.
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But we thank you
for all the hard work
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that you all have
put forth for many years
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there in
Australia, doing a great job.
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And I know you don't
do it for your own glory,
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you do it for
souls, for Jesus Christ.
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And that's the
true reward, isn't it?
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It is, definitely.
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And it's great to be here to
be on Family Worship, isn't it?
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I know. Isn't it great?
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And that's just part of family.
Because we are both family.
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That's right. I
love coming home.
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Amen.
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And we're excited
because in a few months,
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we'll have the privilege
of going up over, down under,
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anyways, we're going to
Australia to 3ABN Australia
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and we're excited, and I know...
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Just to see the facilities,
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to see what God has
done, to meet the staff there.
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We're very excited about that.
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And on this side is Tim Parton,
and you're going with us.
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So we're all going
together. I am. I am.
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And, Tim, it's a
joy to have you here.
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It's a great
privilege to be here.
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I love you guys.
You're just wonderful people.
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We love you
too. We love you too.
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You're closer to my age, I
say than a lot of the people
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that I usually have
Family Worship with.
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So it's nice to, you
know, be on the same level.
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Actually, I'm
older than they are,
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but I consider myself young...
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Maybe by a few seconds.
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By a few seconds, okay,
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but anyway, it's always
a privilege to be with you.
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I love your smiles.
You're always wide awake.
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You know, we've been
through maybe a long week, Tim.
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We're still
trying to be wide awake
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for Family Worship.
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Good. Good.
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Then long after
we're done with worship,
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maybe we'll just take a
little rest for the night.
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Yeah, we appreciate
you too, Tim, you know,
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we've taken a
number of trips together
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around the world.
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You know, Tim's...
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Everyone's fun to travel with,
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but Tim is really
fun to travel with.
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He's just always full of energy,
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and how you see him here
is how he is in real life.
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Once the cameras are turned off,
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he's a man that loves
the Lord, loves people,
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and just enjoys
sharing Jesus with others,
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and you know God's
given you many talents,
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and we appreciate you
bringing those talents to 3ABN.
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Thanks for the blessing.
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And he enjoys playing the piano.
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I do. Boy, he does.
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That's undeniable.
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That's very interesting,
the way you described him.
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We've only known Tim a
little while lastly we met,
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and it's true.
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I like the enthusiasm. I know.
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And it's really a blessing
to be working with people
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who have enthusiasm
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because there's
no negative thoughts,
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they're all positive.
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Right. Exactly.
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You know what I think,
music is such a worship...
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I mean, music is in
itself is a worship.
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Yes. That's right.
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And then
obviously, with Tim here,
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we're going to
have him play the piano
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here in just a minute or two,
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but I think we should
open in a word of prayer
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to start worship.
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Brother John, do you
mind to start please?
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I don't mind.
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Father in heaven,
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as we just bow in Your presence,
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we thank You for the opportunity
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of coming together
and opening Your Word.
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We pray, Father, we'll
be talking about faith.
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We pray that that faith
will be increased in us,
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then we will be
willing to do Your bidding
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and to serve You
with all our heart
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and soul and mind, for I
thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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We are talking about
faith here this evening.
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What is faith?
And what faith is not?
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And we'll be talking
about how we can grow our faith.
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We know the Bible tells us
in Romans 12 I believe it is,
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"God has given to every
man a measure of faith,"
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but then God
wants us to grow that.
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And sometimes you
think, "My faith is very small.
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I don't know how I can grow."
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We'll talk about
that here this evening,
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look at
scriptures and principles
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from the Word of God and share
some personal testimonies too.
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Before we do that, we
have a song regarding faith,
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"Tis so Sweet
to Trust in Jesus".
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What an incredible
thing to lay our burdens,
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to lay our cares
at the feet of Jesus
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and know that we can
trust Him through anything.
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'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
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Just to take Him at His Word
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Just to rest upon His promise
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Just to know,
"Thus saith the Lord!"
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more
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I'm so glad I
learned to trust Him
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Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend
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And I know that He is with me
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Will be with me to the end
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Here's the chorus.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more
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Yes, 'tis sweet
to trust in Jesus
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Just from sin and self to cease
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Just from Jesus simply taking
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Life and rest and joy and peace
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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Oh, for grace
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To trust Him more
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Do you know what
amazes me? It's a great hymn.
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How Americans lose
their accent when they sing.
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I didn't know
that I had an accent.
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That's great. What a
great hymn. Oh, amen.
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You know, I love the words,
do they really when you sing,
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they can't hear the accent?
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I tell you that again,
we're talking about heaven
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just a little bit earlier.
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What a great...
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I don't know what
it's going to sound like,
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we all sing in one language
in heaven, I don't know,
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but it's going to be beautiful.
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I love some of these words,
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actually, all the
words of this great hymn,
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but 'tis so sweet
to trust in Jesus,
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just to take Him at His Word.
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And we're
talking about faith today
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taking Jesus at His Word.
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How do we grow our faith,
what is faith, a great topic.
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And I think even in my own life,
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you know, faith, at
times, can be actually hard to,
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you know, put all
of my trust in God,
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I hate to say that, but
I know that's part of my,
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I guess, Christian journey.
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And so, this
worship is for me as well,
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how do I grow my faith
and grow more in Jesus.
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And it's interesting...
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Go for it.
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I'm sorry, what were you saying?
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Especially, when
things are going hard.
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Yeah, that's true. It's
easy when it's going well.
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We have the Word of God
that is so full of promises
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that we can claim, and we say,
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"We love those words,
just to take Him at His Word."
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And we think it's such,
you know, a man's word is...
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It's his bond.
Yeah, it's his bond.
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And so we think that that's...
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You know, it's
important to do that,
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but then we
don't trust His Word...
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It's not that we don't trust it,
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it's just that we doubt it.
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When the rubber
meets the road...
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It's just kind
of the same thing.
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So it's interesting
that we do hold on to those
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that if we think
that's a precious thought,
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when we think,
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"Well, that ought
to be the way it is."
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And so if we would
take Jesus at His Word,
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the way we depend
on trusting each other
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for their word to be their bond,
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then maybe we...
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Or much more to
God. Isn't that true?
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I know, just this week...
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It's good, so it took too long.
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I know, that's good. It is.
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No, it's fabulous.
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Just this week, I was
dealing with some stuff,
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and I remember, in the evening,
just praying and, you know,
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just crying out to God, okay,
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so how am I
supposed to deal with this,
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and I don't know what to do.
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And, you know, I'm
just insufficient for this.
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And then He was
like, "Do you trust Me?"
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And I thought,
"Well, of course, I do."
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And then He said,
"Why are you afraid?"
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"Oh, wow!"
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You know, I mean, am I
really taking Him at His Word?
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Am I really
trusting what His Word says?
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And, again, it's easy to say,
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"Yes, I trust You with
my life in a general sense,"
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but when it gets down
to those specific areas
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of your life.
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You know, those specific things
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that you're
questioning or wondering about,
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that's when the
rubber meets the road.
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You know, and you're saying,
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"Yes, God, I want to
trust You with that."
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I remember
talking to you yesterday
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and telling you a story
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about what God did
one time leading us
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in our work with 3ABN.
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And I'm saying,
"Lord, I don't understand,
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You've got to do this for us."
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And God's saying, "Don't worry,
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I've got it in control."
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This is the
impression that was given to me.
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"I'm in control.
You just take it easy."
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And the following
week, nothing had happened,
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"Lord, You've
got to do something."
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and just "That's all right.
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I'm in control."
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The following week,
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"Lord, You still
haven't done anything.
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What are we going to do?
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"Don't worry. I'm in control."
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In a couple of weeks,
after that, it was, "Wow!
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You are amazing.
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You are awesome,"
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because He had it in control,
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I just didn't
see it at the time.
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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I think that's
why it's important,
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and I enjoy
praying the Word of God.
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Yes.
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You pray it back to Him...
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Isn't that powerful?
Wow! "This is Your Word, God.
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This is so...
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I trust You to,
you know, show up.
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Yeah, absolutely. That's good.
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When I look at the
Bible, it's God's story,
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and when you said
trust in His Word, well,
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what are we trusting His Word?
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We know that all of
us are subject to death,
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and we die
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where God says,
"Trust in My Word,"
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and I have to trust in Him
because I'm getting older now.
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My days are getting
shorter, so I begin to think,
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"Can I trust God with my life?"
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He's promised us eternal life.
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That's trusting
in the Word of God,
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that you're not going to die.
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You're going to have an
opportunity to live with Him
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throughout eternity.
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And that's exciting.
Yeah, it is, isn't it though?
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It is, it's just...
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That's faith.
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Okay, so we're just
throwing around trust,
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I don't even have
this in my notes here.
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Is there a difference between
trust and faith do you think?
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This is just off the cuff,
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actually we don't have
that written down here.
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I think they're interchangeable.
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To me, I mean, that's where...
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Because faith
is not a word we...
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I mean, we have
faith, that's somebody...
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That's more like a good faith,
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more like a
financial word almost,
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and the way we use
it these days, we don't,
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I don't know, that
we use the word faith,
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you know, just
in common language.
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A lot of times, we'll
say, "I trust you, Tim."
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"I trust you," yeah, yeah,
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"I don't doubt that
you will do something."
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So again, that's...
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So I would say
they're interchangeable.
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I kind of say faith
is the connecting power
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that connects us to God.
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Right.
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Okay. I like that.
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I think so in a way that faith
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and trust really
are sort of different.
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You can have faith in anything,
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you know, we have faith
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that we can get in the car today
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and drive and safely
get to our destination.
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It doesn't always
happen, but we get in the car
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believing we're going to do it.
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And that's...
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You're having faith
that you're going to.
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You have faith if you...
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A lot of people
when they have cancer,
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they have faith
that chemotherapy
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is going to help them.
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We have faith that
if we have a headache,
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we can take a tablet,
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and it will take
the headache away.
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There are all forms of faith,
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but trust is
stronger than faith.
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It's something that
you are actually saying,
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"Not that I believe in this,
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but I really trust
that this is right.
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This is so...
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This is going to happen."
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And actions immediately
follow in that process.
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Right. With
trust, there is action.
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There is.
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You know, if you
think about it, in Greek,
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the word for faith,
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almost always
in Greek is pistis,
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p-i-s-t-i-s,
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and it means belief,
trust, and confidence.
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So, you know,
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even in the
Strong's Concordance,
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it makes them synonymous,
you know, with that trust,
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with the belief,
with the confidence.
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It's trust, and
it's also sometimes
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translated trustworthy,
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which is interesting,
the same Greek word.
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Sometimes in our
Bible, in English,
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it says faith and other
times, it says trustworthy,
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but it's the same Greek word.
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So really it
means that, you know.
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It is stronger. Yeah.
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I love that. That's wonderful.
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You know, I looked it up for...
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This is just from
like Webster's Dictionary
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for as the definition for faith,
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and it says
complete trust or confidence
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in someone or something.
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So complete trust or
belief in something or someone.
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I looked up at the
dictionary on faith,
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and it said firm
belief in something
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for which there is no proof.
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Well, that goes
along with Hebrews.
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Hebrews 11.
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Complete trust or confidence
in someone or something,
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that's complete trust.
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It's not just, you
know, wishy-washy thing.
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Strong or
unshakable belief in something,
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especially
without proof or evidence.
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So it's a very strong word.
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Can we look up Hebrews
11 while we talk about this?
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We talk about
Webster's definition...
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We got to look at
the Bible definition.
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All right, Hebrews 11:1.
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Yeah. I like that text.
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We learnt it. What
version do you have?
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I've got the King James Version.
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All right. Okay.
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It says, "Now
faith is the substance
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of things hoped for,
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the evidence of
things not seen."
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Ooh, yeah, read
it one more time.
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"Faith is the
substance of things hoped
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for, the evidence of
things are not seen."
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I like the word "substance"
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because that's
something is tangible.
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I like the word "evidence",
evidence of things not seen.
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That's it, right.
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So you have the New King James?
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I do. It's the same.
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"Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
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the evidence of
things not seen."
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It is the same, but substance
in Greek means title deed,
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so faith is like our
guarantor, you know guarantee?
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Title deed, that we have that.
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Yeah, you have Amplified, Tim.
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Yeah, and it says, now
faith is the assurance,
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the confirmation, the title deed
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of the things we hope for,
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being the proof of
things we do not see
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and the
conviction of their reality.
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Oh, wow.
Conviction of their reality.
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Yeah, that's good,
you know, I've got a...
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There's a song that I
learned several years ago,
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and I'm just going to read
the lyrics from the chorus.
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It says, "Faith
sees the invisible,
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believes the impossible,
receives the incredible
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no matter what was.
00:18:20.70\00:18:22.40
Faith moves the
unmovable, proves the unprovable
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for anyone
willing to trust, believe,
00:18:26.27\00:18:28.90
and you'll see what faith does."
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I love those, it
sees the invisible,
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it believes the impossible,
receives the incredible
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no matter what was.
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If there's
something that, you know,
00:18:39.21\00:18:40.82
it's speaking
things as though they were,
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that's faith that
it's going to happen.
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I love faith.
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That's wonderful, but I
don't always exhibit it.
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You know, great Martin
Luther said it like this,
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"Faith is a living,
bold trust in God's grace."
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Did you hear that? Nice.
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"Faith is a
living, bold trust..."
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Living...
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A living bold trust
00:19:01.27\00:19:02.60
"Living bold
trust in God's grace."
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Faith is God's work in us.
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Oh, that's good.
00:19:06.54\00:19:07.88
Wow! And that's Martin Luther?
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Martin Luther. Yeah, sweet.
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I always...
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When I read Hebrews 11:1, I
always read verse 6 as well.
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Oh, good, let's
read it. Yeah, verse 6.
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It says, "But without faith,
it is impossible to please God,
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for he that cometh to God must,"
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number one, "believe that He is
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and," number two,
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"and that He is
a rewarder of them
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that diligently seek Him."
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So at first we have
to believe that God is,
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and then we have to believe,
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and we have to
believe in His love.
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It's true. Amen.
00:19:39.44\00:19:41.08
What does this
say in the Amplified?
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That's just what
I was thinking of?
00:19:42.48\00:19:44.01
Actually, it doesn't
get much clearer than that.
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It says, "Without faith,
it's impossible to please
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and be satisfactory to Him,
00:19:48.68\00:19:51.62
for whoever
would come near to God
00:19:51.65\00:19:53.15
must necessarily believe
00:19:53.19\00:19:54.59
that God exists and
that He is the rewarder
00:19:54.62\00:19:57.16
of those who earnestly
and diligently seek Him out."
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Amen. Amen.
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It's really,
it's a simple thing.
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Without faith
that's just impossible
00:20:04.50\00:20:06.13
to serve Him, to please Him.
00:20:06.17\00:20:08.87
That's the operative
word, please God, Enoch,
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please, God, right?
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.07
And he was
translated, and, you know,
00:20:13.11\00:20:15.28
when we
understand, when we please God,
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.25
anything about
father and a child,
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the faith that exists
between a mother and a child,
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but a father takes a
child and puts him on the table
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and says, "Jump."
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And the child jumps,
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so he begins to know his
father to be able to jump,
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and that's what faith does.
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He trusted his
father's going to catch him
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before he hits the ground.
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That happened to me actually
with our nephew actually.
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We were on a large combine,
he just wanted to look at it
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'cause he liked big
tractors and stuff like that,
00:20:42.57\00:20:44.41
and so he was
way up on the step,
00:20:44.44\00:20:45.77
you know, the
combines are really high.
00:20:45.81\00:20:47.14
And so he just...
00:20:47.18\00:20:48.51
I was down below
looking up at him,
00:20:48.54\00:20:49.88
and he just smiled at me
00:20:49.91\00:20:51.25
and just walked
right off the edge,
00:20:51.28\00:20:52.61
and I was like, "Okay."
00:20:52.65\00:20:53.98
You know, he didn't
even ask, it was just like,
00:20:54.02\00:20:55.48
"Okay, I'm walking off.
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You're down there,
you'll take care of me."
00:20:56.89\00:20:58.22
And so, I mean,
he just had a great,
00:20:58.25\00:20:59.59
big smile on his face.
00:20:59.62\00:21:00.96
For as long as
it's not presumption.
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.32
Yes, that's true.
00:21:02.36\00:21:03.69
There is a
difference. That's true.
00:21:03.73\00:21:05.06
Yeah, that's a good
point, but still, you know,
00:21:05.09\00:21:06.43
there was obviously trust...
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.80
But as a child, you
don't even think presumption.
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No, you don't.
He's going to get me.
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Yeah. He's going to catch me.
00:21:12.07\00:21:13.67
And how cruel it would
be, you know, to not catch.
00:21:13.70\00:21:17.34
That's a good point, Tim.
00:21:17.37\00:21:18.71
As in the Bible says,
00:21:18.74\00:21:20.08
"As much as God loves
to give us good things,
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every good and
perfect gift comes from Him,
00:21:22.84\00:21:24.58
but, and He would
never give you a stone
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if you ask for bread."
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That's right. And
so that's believing.
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I love it. It's good stuff.
00:21:29.42\00:21:31.59
So we're talking about
00:21:31.62\00:21:32.95
what faith is,
what is faith not?
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That's not the right
word, but what it's not?
00:21:36.56\00:21:37.89
Well, faith is
not presumption. Yeah.
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.26
I think that it's
really good right there.
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I should look it
up on the internet.
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The internet is great.
I have learned so much...
00:21:43.67\00:21:46.10
You don't have
internet in Australia?
00:21:46.13\00:21:47.74
We do. Oh, okay.
00:21:47.77\00:21:49.44
I didn't know if this was
a new revelation, you know.
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I like that. I like that.
00:21:52.91\00:21:54.34
I've actually learned
to use it over the years.
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My boys had to teach me,
00:21:57.55\00:22:00.38
but I wrote down
something I found
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that someone said
about faith and presumption,
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difference between, it says,
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"Faith in its essence,
faith is simply trusting God.
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It is being willing to
believe God in His Word,
00:22:10.19\00:22:12.53
even if the outward
circumstances appear
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.03
to contradict it.
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It is knowing that God is
good even when only bad things
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seem to be happening to us."
00:22:20.07\00:22:21.50
That is hard, but
that's what it is.
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"But presumption is
attempting to manipulate God,
00:22:23.54\00:22:28.58
that fear He's God,
00:22:28.61\00:22:30.91
presumption tells Him what to do
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and usually, when to do it."
00:22:32.75\00:22:35.88
"God, I want it my
way or it's the highway."
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Right. Right.
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"And, God, I want it now,
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you know, I want this
answer now or whatever."
00:22:41.16\00:22:43.39
I remember someone we
used to know at church,
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and I won't name the names,
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.73
but I also know
someone else currently
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that because we
pray before we drive,
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pray that God will
help us drive safely,
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I always know that
I will drive safely
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and that God will
help everybody else
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on the road where
I am to drive safely.
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It's no good if you drive safely
00:23:04.41\00:23:05.85
and everyone else
drives dangerously.
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Woman driver, I see.
00:23:07.72\00:23:12.25
You be careful. Anyway.
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So in Australia, you're
driving on the other side
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of the road too, is that right?
00:23:15.52\00:23:16.86
Yeah, I know,
but it's still safe
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because everybody else is
driving on the other side.
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Anyway, there's some people,
they pray before they drive,
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but then they
drive like maniacs.
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That's presumption. Oh, I see.
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You are presuming
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that God's going
to look after you
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because you prayed,
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but you are driving like a fool.
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It's true.
00:23:33.31\00:23:34.64
I rode with a
friend like that actually.
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He said, "Let me show
you how I can drive looking
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in the rearview mirror."
00:23:37.85\00:23:39.51
So and then he said,
00:23:39.55\00:23:40.88
"And then I'll
show you how I can drive
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looking out the back window."
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And I said, "Please, yes..."
00:23:43.65\00:23:44.99
And he did pray, he
prayed ahead of time,
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so I mean, yeah, you're right.
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That is presumption.
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So he was driving
forward looking back?
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Yeah, he was
looking out like this.
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He said, "I'll show you
how I can drive forward."
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So you can't because
you're looking at the roads,
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so we were accelerating
going on to the interstate
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with him looking
out the back windows.
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That's scary. That is scary.
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That was years ago.
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And praise the Lord,
it's nobody here at 3ABN.
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I have to clarify that.
00:24:01.44\00:24:03.44
This is when I was a teenager,
but anyway, yeah, you're right.
00:24:03.47\00:24:05.54
That's just an example of...
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And thankfully,
I still have you.
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Yes, that's right.
00:24:08.38\00:24:09.71
But do you know
a lot of people do,
00:24:09.74\00:24:11.81
they claim things
that aren't in the Word?
00:24:11.85\00:24:14.38
Yeah. Yes.
00:24:14.42\00:24:15.75
You know, and
that's why it's important
00:24:15.78\00:24:18.85
before you start
believing for something,
00:24:18.89\00:24:21.72
you know, first of
all, for your own good,
00:24:21.76\00:24:24.13
it's not, you know,
00:24:24.16\00:24:25.49
"Why would I want anything
that God doesn't want for me?"
00:24:25.53\00:24:28.76
But especially
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even if it's
something that I want,
00:24:30.17\00:24:31.83
you know,
certainly over His will,
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I just don't want that.
00:24:34.27\00:24:35.60
And so that's what faith
is not is believing something
00:24:35.64\00:24:39.01
that God doesn't want for us.
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When I think about
the story of Abraham,
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.04
you know, God
promised him something,
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and he would
what, make a big nation?
00:24:43.65\00:24:46.72
And he had no children,
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.38
so then he waited
and waited and waited,
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and that's when he
got mixed up with Hagar
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and tried to
answer God's promise.
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And I think it was
what messed things up.
00:24:56.86\00:24:59.09
And that's a
form of presumption,
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to run ahead of God
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and try to
answer your own prayer
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or try to do what you
believe God wants you, you know,
00:25:05.43\00:25:08.37
it's going to lead you
into, but you're helping God out
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.97
to make it happen.
00:25:11.01\00:25:12.34
Right.
00:25:12.37\00:25:13.71
I think faith is taking
God at His Word which is what
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we've been
saying around the table,
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so do you think faith is
claiming the Word of God,
00:25:16.91\00:25:19.05
taking Him at His Word,
00:25:19.08\00:25:20.45
and I think faith is
not a feeling, you know?
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.95
And I think that is
even a form of presumption,
00:25:22.98\00:25:25.99
walking by how I feel instead
of taking God at His Word.
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Let's talk about
grow in the faith.
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Maybe we look at Mark 9:24.
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Mark 9:24, we talk
about grow in faith.
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There's many
different texts we could look at
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.51
when we look at
how our faith grows.
00:25:43.54\00:25:45.54
Someone have that, Mark 9:24?
00:25:49.01\00:25:51.21
I have it.
00:25:51.25\00:25:53.01
"In a straight way, the
father of the child cried out
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and said with tears,
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.19
'Lord, I believe,
help thou mine unbelief.'"
00:25:57.22\00:26:01.36
How many times do
you feel like that?
00:26:01.39\00:26:04.53
Lord, I believe,
00:26:04.56\00:26:05.89
but just help me
to really hang on
00:26:05.93\00:26:08.03
and really believe.
00:26:08.06\00:26:11.33
Go ahead, John.
00:26:11.37\00:26:12.70
I was just thinking
00:26:12.73\00:26:14.07
that father had
come to know Jesus
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.81
and what He could do.
00:26:16.84\00:26:18.17
Yes. And that's
a bit like faith.
00:26:18.21\00:26:20.51
It's when you see it work,
00:26:20.54\00:26:22.68
then you're more
happy to go towards it.
00:26:22.71\00:26:25.05
And so when this happened,
00:26:25.08\00:26:26.98
he said, "Lord, heal my son."
00:26:27.02\00:26:30.09
And so, you know,
that's how it works.
00:26:30.12\00:26:32.25
I don't see it
working in any other way.
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.26
The Word of God is the truth,
and it's by faith that we say,
00:26:34.29\00:26:39.49
"Yes, we believe in
the God who made us.
00:26:39.53\00:26:41.43
We accept His Word."
00:26:41.46\00:26:42.96
And we go out and
show that in our lives,
00:26:43.00\00:26:46.77
and this is one of those cases.
00:26:46.80\00:26:48.67
But it's important to know
the set up for that verse 23
00:26:48.70\00:26:54.51
because it's
beautiful to trust in God,
00:26:54.54\00:26:58.01
but it's not always
what we really feel,
00:26:58.05\00:27:01.92
like I said earlier,
00:27:01.95\00:27:03.28
but the father says in verse 22,
00:27:03.32\00:27:09.29
"If You can do anything,
have pity on us and help us."
00:27:09.32\00:27:13.06
And then in 23, Jesus says,
"If you can do anything..."
00:27:13.09\00:27:16.06
If you can believe...
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.43
Really,
00:27:17.47\00:27:18.87
"All things are
possible to him who believes."
00:27:18.90\00:27:21.80
So he throws it
back in the guys lap,
00:27:21.84\00:27:23.67
in the father's
lap and says, you know,
00:27:23.71\00:27:25.87
"It's not about what I can
do, it's what you can believe
00:27:25.91\00:27:28.31
because I made the
world, you know," and naturally,
00:27:28.34\00:27:32.58
adding a little more into it.
00:27:32.61\00:27:34.05
But then the guy,
the father admits,
00:27:34.08\00:27:36.25
"I believe, just
help my unbelief."
00:27:36.28\00:27:39.35
Well, you've got to take it back
00:27:39.39\00:27:40.72
further than that
to get the context.
00:27:40.76\00:27:42.26
Good.
00:27:42.29\00:27:43.63
He had brought the son to Jesus,
00:27:43.66\00:27:45.46
but Jesus was on the
Mount of Transfiguration,
00:27:45.49\00:27:47.96
and the
disciples tried to do it,
00:27:48.00\00:27:50.10
and they couldn't
00:27:50.13\00:27:51.47
because of I want to be bigger
than everybody else attitude,
00:27:51.50\00:27:55.50
they couldn't do this so
because they couldn't do it,
00:27:55.54\00:27:58.47
the man, the
father was losing hope,
00:27:58.51\00:28:02.71
and Jesus said,
00:28:02.74\00:28:04.08
"If you can believe,
all things are possible."
00:28:04.11\00:28:07.32
And so, Jesus was trying to
build his faith, so he says,
00:28:07.35\00:28:10.29
"I believe, but
help me to really believe
00:28:10.32\00:28:12.75
because I've lost
faith in helping my son."
00:28:12.79\00:28:17.36
So do you think that means
that we can ask for more faith
00:28:17.39\00:28:21.66
because he just says,
00:28:21.70\00:28:23.03
"I believe, but
help my unbelief."
00:28:23.06\00:28:24.40
So the father recognized, right,
00:28:24.43\00:28:26.20
that he was shaky
in the area of faith
00:28:26.23\00:28:29.60
and probably
because of the experience
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.17
with the disciples, seeing that,
00:28:31.21\00:28:32.54
well, they hadn't helped,
and so maybe can Jesus help
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.84
or I had thought He could.
00:28:35.88\00:28:37.21
And so...
00:28:37.25\00:28:38.58
Maybe he can't. Right.
00:28:38.61\00:28:39.95
And so he is beginning to
doubt now, and he's saying,
00:28:39.98\00:28:41.68
"I do believe,
but help my unbelief."
00:28:41.72\00:28:44.62
So you think that's if
we come to a place, maybe,
00:28:44.65\00:28:47.86
"God, I don't have
enough faith in this situation.
00:28:47.89\00:28:49.82
I don't have whatever."
00:28:49.86\00:28:51.59
Is it okay to ask,
"God, I want more faith"?
00:28:51.63\00:28:52.96
Definitely. Definitely.
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.46
He's the only one. Right.
00:28:54.50\00:28:56.46
That's the bottom line.
00:28:56.50\00:28:57.83
He is the only
one, and we are assured
00:28:57.87\00:28:59.97
that He hears us.
00:29:00.00\00:29:01.70
And so when He hears us,
00:29:01.74\00:29:03.24
can you imagine how
this man must have felt
00:29:03.27\00:29:06.44
when his son leaped?
00:29:06.47\00:29:08.48
He would have
been ecstatic. Right.
00:29:08.51\00:29:10.65
And so that was
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.01
a faith
affirming, faith building.
00:29:12.05\00:29:13.38
It is.
00:29:13.42\00:29:14.75
And besides, I mean,
you know, if you ask Him,
00:29:14.78\00:29:16.75
what's the worst He can say?
00:29:16.79\00:29:18.12
No.
00:29:18.15\00:29:19.49
So that's what my
mother always said, "Just ask."
00:29:19.52\00:29:21.12
You know,
00:29:21.16\00:29:22.69
the worst you can
do is get refused,
00:29:22.72\00:29:24.16
but He says in
other places, you know,
00:29:24.19\00:29:28.03
"Ask for wisdom
if anyone lacks."
00:29:28.06\00:29:30.60
So I believe
there's a lot of things
00:29:30.63\00:29:32.27
that we need to ask for,
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.34
so faith is one of those things.
00:29:34.37\00:29:36.10
Just imagine if
Jesus didn't do anything
00:29:36.14\00:29:38.64
and couldn't do anything,
what would that do to that man?
00:29:38.67\00:29:41.31
There's a little quote here
from Faith and Works that says,
00:29:41.34\00:29:44.68
"It is faith which
works that you want."
00:29:44.71\00:29:47.92
So here it is.
00:29:47.95\00:29:49.28
He's saying, "The
faith that works."
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.55
And he says, "How does it work?"
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.09
"It works by love."
00:29:53.12\00:29:55.72
What love?
00:29:55.76\00:29:57.09
Why, the love flashing
from the cross of Calvary.
00:29:57.13\00:30:00.86
And so when we see
that faith that works,
00:30:00.90\00:30:03.70
it not only strengthens us,
00:30:03.73\00:30:05.63
but all those that are
around that are looking.
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.40
There's also Luke 17:5
00:30:08.44\00:30:09.90
talk to him to
increase our faith where...
00:30:09.94\00:30:11.37
Let's look at that.
00:30:11.41\00:30:12.74
The disciples
were asking Jesus...
00:30:12.77\00:30:15.14
Luke 17:5, that's a good one.
00:30:15.18\00:30:17.65
To increase their faith.
00:30:17.68\00:30:19.28
Yes.
00:30:19.31\00:30:20.65
And so if they can ask, we can.
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.62
Amen.
00:30:22.65\00:30:23.99
The only trouble is we
should increase our faith,
00:30:24.02\00:30:25.42
God puts us through trials,
so we have to exercise faith.
00:30:25.45\00:30:29.52
So if you really want faith,
00:30:29.56\00:30:30.89
ask, but expect that God
may put you through a trial.
00:30:30.93\00:30:35.20
But Luke 17:5,
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.47
"The disciple said..."
00:30:37.50\00:30:38.83
And it says in there,
00:30:38.87\00:30:40.20
"The disciples
said unto the Lord,
00:30:40.24\00:30:41.57
'Increase our faith.'"
00:30:41.60\00:30:43.17
And Jesus did.
00:30:43.20\00:30:45.01
He couldn't do it right
away because of their unbelief,
00:30:45.04\00:30:48.64
but once He had
risen from the dead,
00:30:48.68\00:30:51.35
He explained to
them how He had fulfilled
00:30:51.38\00:30:53.31
all the prophecies in
the Bible of the Messiah,
00:30:53.35\00:30:58.99
their faith was so strong,
00:30:59.02\00:31:01.16
they went out
and worked miracles.
00:31:01.19\00:31:03.22
There's plenty of
examples in the Book of Acts
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.73
where they healed
and where they did...
00:31:05.76\00:31:07.73
I mean, it says even of Stephen,
00:31:07.76\00:31:09.30
he worked many mighty
miracles because they had faith.
00:31:09.33\00:31:13.10
Jesus increased their faith.
00:31:13.13\00:31:15.64
So let's say we have
then someone that's at home,
00:31:15.67\00:31:18.87
and they're sitting
in their living room,
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.98
wherever you are,
and you're saying,
00:31:21.01\00:31:22.34
"You know what,
where do I start?
00:31:22.38\00:31:24.61
So I want my faith to
grow, so I'm going to ask God,
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.02
but where do I start?"
00:31:27.05\00:31:28.38
How would one actually
because we're in the part here
00:31:28.42\00:31:30.95
of growing faith, so
where would you start?
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.42
Any thoughts on that? Prayer.
00:31:33.46\00:31:34.99
Prayer?
00:31:35.02\00:31:36.36
Because you have
to ask for a start.
00:31:36.39\00:31:37.73
Good. I like that.
00:31:37.76\00:31:39.09
And I think you
have to also ask God,
00:31:39.13\00:31:40.53
"Is there anything in my life
00:31:40.56\00:31:42.66
that is stopping me
from growing in faith?"
00:31:42.70\00:31:46.94
Like the disciples,
they had this problem
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.77
of who's going
to be the greatest.
00:31:48.80\00:31:50.81
And that was actually stopping
Jesus from growing their faith.
00:31:50.84\00:31:53.27
Well, if I was to start
with having faith in you...
00:31:53.31\00:31:56.11
Okay, how do you do that?
00:31:56.14\00:31:57.48
Yeah because this is the part...
00:31:57.51\00:31:58.85
How would I do that?
00:31:58.88\00:32:00.22
Well, to me, it's pretty
easy, I have to get to know you.
00:32:00.25\00:32:02.08
Amen. That's right.
00:32:02.12\00:32:03.45
And if you want to get to
know and have faith in God,
00:32:03.49\00:32:06.05
you got to go to His Word,
00:32:06.09\00:32:07.72
and if you're
not sure about that,
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.46
go and read in
the New Testament,
00:32:09.49\00:32:10.83
get to know His Son
00:32:10.86\00:32:12.33
because His Son
came to reveal His Father
00:32:12.36\00:32:14.86
so that you can
have a greater faith.
00:32:14.90\00:32:16.36
Amen. That's right.
00:32:16.40\00:32:17.73
Yeah, I love that
because that's key actually,
00:32:17.77\00:32:19.53
and you hit the
nail right on the head
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.14
because it's a
relationship absolutely,
00:32:21.17\00:32:23.20
and that is how we
get to know each other,
00:32:23.24\00:32:24.64
how we get to build
the trust and the faith.
00:32:24.67\00:32:26.88
If there's a chair
that we're sitting in
00:32:26.91\00:32:29.04
and every time I sat in
it, it collapsed, you know,
00:32:29.08\00:32:32.05
I get to know that
that chair is untrustworthy.
00:32:32.08\00:32:34.18
Well, we've got
one of those chairs
00:32:34.22\00:32:35.55
in our house I sit on
and so now guest sits on it.
00:32:35.58\00:32:38.29
Thank you for the heads-up.
00:32:38.32\00:32:39.65
We'll keep that in mind.
00:32:39.69\00:32:41.02
My son, Daniel, sits on
it and the back pops out,
00:32:41.06\00:32:43.12
John's got to fix it,
but he hasn't done it.
00:32:43.16\00:32:44.59
But then you think
about though, you know,
00:32:44.63\00:32:46.23
we've sat in these chairs
for many a Family Worship,
00:32:46.26\00:32:48.13
and so, you know, I
love that though, you know,
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.53
just with people with
things that we're used to,
00:32:50.57\00:32:52.90
we're used to that,
00:32:52.93\00:32:54.27
we build the relationship,
especially with people,
00:32:54.30\00:32:55.97
that's where we
build a relationship,
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.61
and you get to know someone.
00:32:57.64\00:32:58.97
So reading God's Word,
00:32:59.01\00:33:00.34
and I think the gospels
is a great place to start
00:33:00.38\00:33:02.68
'cause that
introduces you to Jesus Christ,
00:33:02.71\00:33:05.31
and then that's then I
think as you build that,
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.82
then your faith will grow.
00:33:07.85\00:33:09.38
Do you know what
I've said to people
00:33:09.42\00:33:10.75
if they're wanting
to learn about Jesus?
00:33:10.79\00:33:12.62
Read through the
gospels, start from Matthew,
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.99
and every chapter, have a book
00:33:15.02\00:33:17.26
and write down what
you learn about Jesus.
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.09
Okay, it's like
a little journal.
00:33:19.13\00:33:20.46
Yeah, and so that you can
build a picture of who Jesus is
00:33:20.50\00:33:23.30
and what He is like.
00:33:23.33\00:33:25.60
And that way, you
grow to love Jesus
00:33:25.63\00:33:27.94
because you see what
His character is like,
00:33:27.97\00:33:29.74
and by beholding,
we become changed.
00:33:29.77\00:33:31.31
You become changed.
00:33:31.34\00:33:32.67
Good. Let's go for it.
00:33:32.71\00:33:34.04
I'm just going to
say that's what it says
00:33:34.08\00:33:35.74
and how I've
proved Him over and over.
00:33:35.78\00:33:38.51
So it's a good point.
00:33:38.55\00:33:39.88
Don't you think
you gain relationship,
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.75
you grow in
relationship with other people
00:33:41.78\00:33:43.69
based on how
they respond to you?
00:33:43.72\00:33:45.65
At least to me, that's true,
so if I say something to Tim,
00:33:45.69\00:33:49.16
and he's like, "What,
Jill? Why'd you say that for?"
00:33:49.19\00:33:51.53
You better know next
time, I might not say it, right?
00:33:51.56\00:33:53.23
You better know. That's right.
00:33:53.26\00:33:54.60
Be a little cautious.
00:33:54.63\00:33:55.96
But I mean, I'd
be more cautious,
00:33:56.00\00:33:57.33
you'd be like,
00:33:57.37\00:33:58.70
"Oh, I'm not sure how
he's going to respond?
00:33:58.73\00:34:00.07
Or maybe this
time, it'll be anger
00:34:00.10\00:34:01.57
and maybe next
time, it'll be friendly."
00:34:01.60\00:34:03.51
But if we go to Jesus, you know,
00:34:03.54\00:34:06.31
you'll find out
who He is in His Word
00:34:06.34\00:34:08.11
that He's consistent,
that He's always the same,
00:34:08.14\00:34:11.85
that He always reacts to
us out of a heart of love.
00:34:11.88\00:34:15.25
Now sometimes
that heart of love,
00:34:15.28\00:34:17.82
there might be a trial involved.
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.19
We're not
saying that it's always
00:34:19.22\00:34:20.62
a cakewalk or easy,
but at the same time,
00:34:20.66\00:34:23.26
He always
responds to us the same.
00:34:23.29\00:34:25.36
And to me, that
grows then my faith
00:34:25.39\00:34:28.13
and my trust in Him.
00:34:28.16\00:34:29.50
I love Romans 10:17,
00:34:29.53\00:34:30.97
"Faith comes by hearing
00:34:31.00\00:34:33.54
and hearing by the Word of God."
00:34:33.57\00:34:35.80
So if we want to grow our faith,
00:34:35.84\00:34:37.97
spend time in the Word of God.
00:34:38.01\00:34:40.24
It's like
Rosemary said a while ago,
00:34:40.28\00:34:41.61
the disciples did not
immediately get that faith.
00:34:41.64\00:34:45.48
And I think that's another thing
00:34:45.51\00:34:47.58
that we would
need to tell people
00:34:47.62\00:34:49.38
that faith is not a magic,
00:34:49.42\00:34:51.85
you know, and immediate panacea,
00:34:51.89\00:34:54.72
and immediate
cure to whatever...
00:34:54.76\00:34:56.49
Faith is a process almost,
you know, the process may be,
00:34:56.52\00:35:00.70
you know, we have
faith, immediate faith,
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.53
we trust because the Bible says,
00:35:03.57\00:35:06.57
did we already say that
if you come unbelieving,
00:35:06.60\00:35:09.54
you know, if doubting,
00:35:09.57\00:35:11.47
don't think that you'll have
00:35:11.51\00:35:12.84
any result in your prayer.
00:35:12.87\00:35:17.11
I don't think
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.48
I really made any
sense what I just said,
00:35:18.51\00:35:19.85
but if you
understand what I said, say it.
00:35:19.88\00:35:21.38
No, I do. Yeah, absolutely, Tim.
00:35:21.42\00:35:23.18
But the fact that it
is not an immediate cure,
00:35:23.22\00:35:26.29
that it's not
what when kind of like
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.19
this going over that
with the answer I want.
00:35:29.22\00:35:30.59
I am glad actually,
Tim, that you hit on that
00:35:30.63\00:35:32.46
because a lot of times,
00:35:32.49\00:35:33.83
you hear people
almost being shamed,
00:35:33.86\00:35:35.20
like "You know what, you
didn't have enough faith,
00:35:35.23\00:35:36.77
that's why that
didn't happened."
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.13
Yeah.
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.50
You know, and I honestly
don't believe that's right.
00:35:39.53\00:35:40.87
I agree.
00:35:40.90\00:35:42.24
Because that comes to trusting
00:35:42.27\00:35:43.61
and having faith
in the Creator, God,
00:35:43.64\00:35:44.97
that He knows what is best,
00:35:45.01\00:35:46.34
now it comes back to
that relationship, okay?
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.24
"God, I prayed for
this, this didn't happen,
00:35:48.28\00:35:50.41
and I've heard
it where people say,
00:35:50.45\00:35:51.81
'You know what,
you were not healed
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.18
because you didn't
have enough faith.'"
00:35:53.21\00:35:54.55
Well, man, you talk
about a guilt-trip on that.
00:35:54.58\00:35:55.98
And talk about
judging. Oh, my goodness, yeah.
00:35:56.02\00:35:57.92
You don't know...
00:35:57.95\00:35:59.35
That's where it
comes back to knowing God
00:35:59.39\00:36:00.82
and who God is and trusting
that relationship works.
00:36:00.86\00:36:03.73
It sets people up
for a fall. It does.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.66
Right.
00:36:05.69\00:36:07.03
I remember, years ago, I
heard about the little train,
00:36:07.06\00:36:10.33
the three Fs.
00:36:10.37\00:36:12.03
The engine is fact. F-A-C-T.
00:36:12.07\00:36:17.64
Okay, fact comes
first, the engine comes first,
00:36:17.67\00:36:20.18
and then the coal car is faith.
00:36:20.21\00:36:23.41
Because of fact, you
have end up with faith,
00:36:23.45\00:36:26.65
and the caboose at
the end is feelings.
00:36:26.68\00:36:29.78
Feelings don't come first.
They don't drive the engine.
00:36:29.82\00:36:32.55
They come last.
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.09
So you start with fact,
the fact builds the faith,
00:36:34.12\00:36:37.96
and with the faith
comes the feelings.
00:36:37.99\00:36:40.70
And the feelings
should never come first.
00:36:40.73\00:36:42.56
Be the engine.
00:36:42.60\00:36:43.93
That shouldn't be
the engine on the train.
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.33
Right.
00:36:45.37\00:36:46.70
So you build on
the facts of the Bible,
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.94
and your faith comes
right through what you learn.
00:36:48.97\00:36:51.94
I find that I have more
and more faith in the Bible
00:36:51.97\00:36:54.94
as I spend more time in
it and find how deep it is
00:36:54.98\00:36:58.35
and how
everything fits together,
00:36:58.38\00:37:00.65
it makes so much sense.
00:37:00.68\00:37:03.55
It has to be real.
00:37:03.59\00:37:05.22
It has to be God's Word
00:37:05.25\00:37:07.16
because nothing
that man could write
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.36
could be so deep and
yet all fit together.
00:37:10.39\00:37:13.29
Right.
00:37:13.33\00:37:14.66
So the more you read the Bible,
00:37:14.70\00:37:16.03
the more your faith has to grow.
00:37:16.06\00:37:17.83
And that makes sense
00:37:17.87\00:37:19.20
whenever you're
talking about feeling,
00:37:19.23\00:37:20.57
you wonder where the feelings
even come in, but a lot of us,
00:37:20.60\00:37:24.44
we walk by faith, you know,
00:37:24.47\00:37:26.81
we're saying we're faithing
it instead of faking it.
00:37:26.84\00:37:30.65
You faith it until you make
it, and so it's important to,
00:37:30.68\00:37:34.32
you know, when you have
that faith, then you say,
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.69
"Okay, well, Lord, I don't
know this is going to happen,
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.55
but I just have faith."
00:37:39.59\00:37:40.92
And, you know,
that's where the fact
00:37:40.96\00:37:43.22
of His Word gives us the faith,
and then our feeling says,
00:37:43.26\00:37:48.46
"Okay, ready or not,
I'm going to do this."
00:37:48.50\00:37:50.87
And then the feelings change,
00:37:50.90\00:37:52.23
and they come
along based on the faith.
00:37:52.27\00:37:53.60
Sure.
00:37:53.64\00:37:54.97
I've had situations
where something really bad
00:37:55.00\00:37:56.81
seems to be happening
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.17
and things seem to be
going all topsy-turvy,
00:37:58.21\00:38:00.21
and I'm praying and praying,
and sometimes I'm saying,
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.08
"Lord, I just praise
You even in this situation.
00:38:03.11\00:38:06.21
I don't know why
I'm praising You.
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.22
I don't know what
to praise You about,
00:38:08.25\00:38:09.92
but I just praise You
00:38:09.95\00:38:11.85
because I know I
should be praising You
00:38:11.89\00:38:14.32
even in the bad situation."
00:38:14.36\00:38:16.16
And it's amazing how I have seen
00:38:16.19\00:38:17.96
the situations end up as
I praise God turning around
00:38:17.99\00:38:24.17
so that my faith
is built stronger
00:38:24.20\00:38:27.44
because I think
and it actually work
00:38:27.47\00:38:29.20
and turn a terrible situation
00:38:29.24\00:38:30.97
into something
completely different going
00:38:31.01\00:38:33.04
at different
direction to what it was.
00:38:33.07\00:38:34.58
So you can always know that
if you rely and trust in God,
00:38:34.61\00:38:38.58
He's able to do more
than you and I think.
00:38:38.61\00:38:41.38
And that's what we
should be telling the people,
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.98
"God wants you to trust in
Him and to have faith in Him
00:38:43.02\00:38:46.39
so that your
strength will be through Him,
00:38:46.42\00:38:49.02
not through your own self."
00:38:49.06\00:38:50.39
Good point. Yes, yes.
00:38:50.43\00:38:51.76
So as much as we
say prayer changes me,
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.56
faith also changes me.
00:38:54.60\00:38:56.03
Oh, definitely. That's good.
00:38:56.06\00:38:57.50
Yeah. Oh, wow, Tim, that's good.
00:38:57.53\00:38:58.87
Because in the Bible,
00:38:58.90\00:39:00.24
it talks about
righteousness of faith,
00:39:00.27\00:39:02.77
righteousness which is of faith,
00:39:02.80\00:39:05.01
so obviously if you have faith,
00:39:05.04\00:39:07.64
it actually
brings righteousness,
00:39:07.68\00:39:10.15
right doing, holiness,
00:39:10.18\00:39:12.28
being in the image of God,
faith actually results in that.
00:39:12.31\00:39:16.12
That's correct. Amen. Amen.
00:39:16.15\00:39:17.49
It does.
00:39:17.52\00:39:18.85
And another way of growing...
00:39:18.89\00:39:20.22
Go ahead, sweetie. No, go ahead.
00:39:20.26\00:39:21.59
Whereas also in Luke...
00:39:21.62\00:39:22.96
Is it Luke 22:32,
00:39:22.99\00:39:26.59
but we have down as
far as praying for others,
00:39:26.63\00:39:29.00
that also grows
our faith, you know,
00:39:29.03\00:39:31.37
when we pray for
others, it's easy,
00:39:31.40\00:39:32.87
I mean, it's
terrible, you know, I have,
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.97
you know, so much selfishness,
00:39:35.00\00:39:36.34
but, you know, we tend to
pray for things for myself
00:39:36.37\00:39:38.27
and, you know,
or Jill and myself,
00:39:38.31\00:39:39.94
but to pray for others,
it's a powerful thing too.
00:39:39.97\00:39:42.24
And I believe that
also can grow our faith.
00:39:42.28\00:39:45.35
Luke 22:32, you
want to read that,
00:39:45.38\00:39:47.58
baby, please.
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.58
Can I read 31 too? Yes.
00:39:49.62\00:39:51.25
This starts with,
00:39:51.29\00:39:52.62
"The Lord Jesus
said, 'Simon, Simon!
00:39:52.65\00:39:54.39
Indeed Satan has asked for you,
00:39:54.42\00:39:57.36
that he may sift you as wheat.'"
00:39:57.39\00:39:58.89
That's probably
all of us, right?
00:39:58.93\00:40:00.56
Of course. He wants each one.
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.86
And then verse 32,
"But I have prayed for you,
00:40:02.90\00:40:06.53
that your faith should not fail,
00:40:06.57\00:40:09.27
and when you
have returned to Me,"
00:40:09.30\00:40:10.64
or when you are converted,
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.01
I think King James says,
"strengthen your brethren."
00:40:12.04\00:40:15.31
And I think you were
right, as we pray for others,
00:40:15.34\00:40:17.58
our faith is strengthened.
00:40:17.61\00:40:19.05
But you know what?
00:40:19.08\00:40:20.42
I think as other
people pray for us,
00:40:20.45\00:40:22.98
that makes a
difference in our faith
00:40:23.02\00:40:24.42
as well because,
00:40:24.45\00:40:25.79
you know, there is times maybe
when your own faith is weak,
00:40:25.82\00:40:30.49
and we at 3ABN can
stand in the gap for you
00:40:30.53\00:40:33.90
or a family member,
00:40:33.93\00:40:35.26
someone else can pray for you
00:40:35.30\00:40:37.63
that the powers of
darkness be pushed back,
00:40:37.67\00:40:40.40
that Jesus come into
your home and into your heart,
00:40:40.44\00:40:43.74
and we can pray for
each other in that aspect
00:40:43.77\00:40:46.01
and that that faith
would be strengthened
00:40:46.04\00:40:47.38
in brothers and sisters.
00:40:47.41\00:40:48.74
But when you know
someone else is praying for you,
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.45
it actually strengthens you.
00:40:50.48\00:40:52.01
It does. It does.
00:40:52.05\00:40:53.48
And so it's wonderful
what a blessing and joy
00:40:53.52\00:40:57.59
we have to be able to
intercede for other people.
00:40:57.62\00:41:00.19
Amen. You know,
that's a good point.
00:41:00.22\00:41:01.56
I was...
00:41:01.59\00:41:02.92
You know, we were talking
about Camp Meeting earlier,
00:41:02.96\00:41:04.29
and I was rushing,
there's a little hallway
00:41:04.33\00:41:05.66
that's right behind
the stage at Camp Meeting.
00:41:05.69\00:41:07.03
I was kind of running in a hurry
00:41:07.06\00:41:08.53
because I was
trying to get to something
00:41:08.56\00:41:10.30
that was
happening and someone else
00:41:10.33\00:41:11.93
was passing in the
hallway, and they just said,
00:41:11.97\00:41:14.54
"I'm praying for you."
00:41:14.57\00:41:15.90
And I didn't even
get a chance to even stop
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.51
and even say anything to
them, but it just kept ringing,
00:41:17.54\00:41:19.81
I mean, obviously,
still I'm thinking about it,
00:41:19.84\00:41:22.34
but it was powerful.
00:41:22.38\00:41:23.71
I was a little
stressed, and they just said,
00:41:23.75\00:41:25.08
"I'm praying for you."
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.45
You know, I passed them
by, but those type of things,
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.58
it means a lot to know
00:41:28.62\00:41:29.95
that someone is
actually praying for you.
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.32
You're right, Rosemary.
00:41:31.35\00:41:32.69
But there's
another verse that goes,
00:41:32.72\00:41:34.06
it's similar to that one.
00:41:34.09\00:41:35.42
It's in John 17:20,
00:41:35.46\00:41:38.16
and it's in Jesus
prayer to His Father
00:41:38.19\00:41:42.06
before He went to
the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:41:42.10\00:41:44.87
and I think it's very beautiful
00:41:44.90\00:41:46.23
because there he
was praying for Peter,
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.27
but in this He says,
00:41:48.30\00:41:49.64
"Neither pray I
for these alone,"
00:41:49.67\00:41:51.44
speaking to God, His Father,
00:41:51.47\00:41:53.84
"but for them also
which shall believe on Me
00:41:53.88\00:41:56.71
through their word."
00:41:56.75\00:41:58.08
He was praying for us.
00:41:58.11\00:41:59.58
Jesus prayed for us
because we had believed
00:41:59.61\00:42:03.89
through the disciples were.
00:42:03.92\00:42:05.65
Isn't that powerful? Yeah.
00:42:05.69\00:42:07.06
I mean, just to know that
00:42:07.09\00:42:08.56
someone else is
praying for you is incredible.
00:42:08.59\00:42:10.39
That Jesus is
praying. I know, right?
00:42:10.43\00:42:11.76
To know that the
Lord Jesus Christ,
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.00
to know the
Creator of the universe,
00:42:14.03\00:42:17.07
He not only made us,
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.43
He not only redeemed
us and bought us back,
00:42:18.47\00:42:20.67
but He's praying for us.
00:42:20.70\00:42:22.47
That's a touching
thought, isn't it?
00:42:22.50\00:42:23.84
That's incredible. I
really love that verse.
00:42:23.87\00:42:26.47
I think it's beautiful.
It's very short but good.
00:42:26.51\00:42:28.88
I think when you know
that people having difficulties
00:42:28.91\00:42:31.31
and you might meet them and say,
00:42:31.35\00:42:32.95
"You know, we're
praying for you."
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.52
The impact of that
is quite remarkable
00:42:34.55\00:42:37.55
because it's now thinking,
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.12
"Well, he's not
thinking about himself,
00:42:39.15\00:42:40.72
he's thinking about you."
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.86
And that's what
God wants to convey.
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.33
He's always thinking about you.
00:42:44.36\00:42:45.99
There's not a moment
that He doesn't go by.
00:42:46.03\00:42:48.66
It's us that forget.
00:42:48.70\00:42:50.17
And I know as a man,
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.53
we try to solve all
the problems ourselves,
00:42:51.57\00:42:53.70
but it is God that is able to do
00:42:53.74\00:42:56.10
abundantly more than we ask.
00:42:56.14\00:42:57.74
Amen. Amen.
00:42:57.77\00:43:00.51
Let's look at how
trials help grow our faith.
00:43:00.54\00:43:04.38
Whoa! Now that's a big one.
00:43:04.41\00:43:06.21
That is a big one.
00:43:06.25\00:43:07.95
Ooh, maybe James, I
know there's several,
00:43:07.98\00:43:10.19
but maybe we'll
start with James.
00:43:10.22\00:43:12.65
James 1. Who wants trials?
00:43:12.69\00:43:17.79
I don't see anybody
raising their hands.
00:43:17.83\00:43:19.16
There's no takers
on that one though.
00:43:19.19\00:43:20.53
Sorry, Rosemary, next.
00:43:20.56\00:43:23.43
But trials are essential,
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.90
I mean, you know,
if you think about it,
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.44
trials are essential
in our Christian growth.
00:43:28.47\00:43:30.67
And to be honest with you,
00:43:30.71\00:43:32.04
whether you're Christian or not,
00:43:32.07\00:43:33.41
you're going to have issues.
00:43:33.44\00:43:34.78
So, people who don't
name the name of Christ,
00:43:34.81\00:43:38.48
people who have not accepted Him
00:43:38.51\00:43:39.91
as their Savior, they're
still going through difficulty,
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.45
but the
difference is, as Christians,
00:43:42.48\00:43:44.69
when we walk through
it, we don't walk alone,
00:43:44.72\00:43:47.22
so, I mean, no
matter who you serve,
00:43:47.26\00:43:49.86
you're going to
encounter difficulties.
00:43:49.89\00:43:51.43
So I want to encounter
them with the Lord Jesus.
00:43:51.46\00:43:54.46
So do I.
00:43:54.50\00:43:55.96
James 1...
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.33
I'll have what she's
having. Yeah, me too.
00:43:57.37\00:44:01.37
You have that, sweetie.
00:44:01.40\00:44:02.74
Oh, I'm sorry, just
again, yeah, James 1,
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.31
you want 2, 3,
4, should read that?
00:44:05.34\00:44:06.68
Sure.
00:44:06.71\00:44:08.34
Okay, "My
brethren, count it all joy
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.41
when you fall into
divers temptations,
00:44:10.45\00:44:13.28
knowing this that the trying
of your faith works patience,
00:44:13.31\00:44:17.15
but let patience
have her perfect work,
00:44:17.19\00:44:19.85
that you may be perfect
and entire wanting nothing.
00:44:19.89\00:44:23.59
If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God
00:44:23.63\00:44:26.39
that giveth to all men liberally
00:44:26.43\00:44:28.56
and upbraideth not, and
it should be given him."
00:44:28.60\00:44:31.40
Verse 6, "But let him ask
in faith nothing wavering,
00:44:31.43\00:44:35.87
for he that waivereth is
like the wave of the sea,
00:44:35.90\00:44:39.01
driven with the
wind and tossed."
00:44:39.04\00:44:42.04
What's it say in Amplified?
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.41
Oh, yeah, I was
wondering that too.
00:44:43.45\00:44:44.78
Yeah, well, it says
a lot more than that.
00:44:44.81\00:44:47.32
Oh, yeah, let's hear it.
00:44:47.35\00:44:48.68
But the thing I like about it...
00:44:48.72\00:44:50.15
"Okay, I'll just read it.
00:44:50.19\00:44:51.52
"Consider it holy
joyful, my brethren,
00:44:51.55\00:44:55.32
whenever you are enveloped in
or encounter trials of any sort
00:44:55.36\00:44:59.03
or fall into various temptation.
00:44:59.06\00:45:01.06
Be assured and
understand that the trial
00:45:01.10\00:45:03.37
and proving of your
faith bring out endurance
00:45:03.40\00:45:06.74
and steadfastness and patience."
00:45:06.77\00:45:09.14
So I'm just going to...
00:45:09.17\00:45:10.51
That's just verse 2 and 3.
00:45:10.54\00:45:11.87
So the fact that
there's a reason for our faith,
00:45:11.91\00:45:16.01
it says the
proving of your faith,
00:45:16.04\00:45:17.68
that means there's
an obvious end to it,
00:45:17.71\00:45:20.72
a goal to faith in that,
00:45:20.75\00:45:23.12
and then it says let
endurance and steadfastness
00:45:23.15\00:45:26.35
and patience have full
play and do a thorough work
00:45:26.39\00:45:30.09
so that you may
be people perfectly
00:45:30.13\00:45:32.09
and fully developed
lacking into nothing.
00:45:32.13\00:45:35.36
In the Old
Testament, there are many times
00:45:35.40\00:45:37.07
when it says that God
was proving His people
00:45:37.10\00:45:40.14
and proving His people means,
00:45:40.17\00:45:42.00
they were going
through difficulties,
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.07
but the difficulties
are making the gold,
00:45:44.11\00:45:47.08
tried in the fire,
00:45:47.11\00:45:48.44
getting all the
dross and everything,
00:45:48.48\00:45:49.81
it helps us to see ourselves.
00:45:49.84\00:45:51.75
It can be pretty ugly,
but God helps us to see
00:45:51.78\00:45:55.08
who we really are
and strengthens us,
00:45:55.12\00:45:59.52
and, yes, we do grow in patience
00:45:59.55\00:46:02.16
because you endure
through the temptation.
00:46:02.19\00:46:06.09
There's another verse I like
00:46:06.13\00:46:07.46
that goes along
with this whole thing.
00:46:07.50\00:46:09.30
In Philippians 1:12,
00:46:09.33\00:46:13.60
and it's Paul
writing to the Philippians.
00:46:13.64\00:46:17.51
And it doesn't mention faith,
00:46:17.54\00:46:19.87
but it's to do with
these things that happen to us.
00:46:19.91\00:46:22.61
He said, "But you
should understand,
00:46:22.64\00:46:25.15
brethren, that the
things which happened unto me,"
00:46:25.18\00:46:28.08
and we know
from Paul's epistles,
00:46:28.12\00:46:30.52
that he went through a
multitude of terrible things.
00:46:30.55\00:46:32.75
Yeah, he did.
00:46:32.79\00:46:35.06
"The things that have
happened to me have fallen out
00:46:35.09\00:46:37.59
rather unto the
furtherance of the gospel."
00:46:37.63\00:46:40.90
So even though we may
be going through trials,
00:46:40.93\00:46:44.20
it builds our faith
but through those trials
00:46:44.23\00:46:47.20
and our testimony
00:46:47.24\00:46:50.81
and how people can
see us enduring that,
00:46:50.84\00:46:53.94
God can be exalted,
God can be glorified,
00:46:53.98\00:46:59.08
our faith is strengthened,
but it builds faith in others,
00:46:59.11\00:47:02.28
the gospel is spread further
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.49
through what we endure
as God is purifying us.
00:47:04.52\00:47:07.49
I like...
00:47:07.52\00:47:08.86
Oh, go ahead, sorry.
00:47:08.89\00:47:10.23
I was just going to
say in verse 14, this says,
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.03
"And most of the brethren
have derived fresh confidence
00:47:12.06\00:47:15.33
in the Lord
because of my chains."
00:47:15.36\00:47:17.10
Well, what is confidence?
00:47:17.13\00:47:18.47
Faith.
00:47:18.50\00:47:19.83
Oh, yeah. I've got confidence.
00:47:19.87\00:47:21.34
God is going to see me
through, okay, that's faith,
00:47:21.37\00:47:24.04
so that is very good.
00:47:24.07\00:47:26.11
Wow!
00:47:26.14\00:47:27.48
Yeah, that is good in verse
14. I really enjoyed that verse.
00:47:27.51\00:47:28.84
That is good.
00:47:28.88\00:47:30.21
No, I was going to go to
19, so I'm glad you did 14,
00:47:30.25\00:47:32.41
that was before 19.
00:47:32.45\00:47:34.15
It says, "For I know
that this will turn out
00:47:34.18\00:47:35.85
for my deliverance
through your prayer
00:47:35.88\00:47:37.59
in the supply of the
spirit of Jesus Christ,"
00:47:37.62\00:47:39.25
It goes along
with the same thing
00:47:39.29\00:47:41.09
that we've been
discussing that this,
00:47:41.12\00:47:42.69
whatever this trial is,
whatever this problem is
00:47:42.72\00:47:45.03
will turn out
for my deliverance.
00:47:45.06\00:47:47.13
You know, and I
think it's in King James,
00:47:47.16\00:47:48.70
for my salvation.
00:47:48.73\00:47:50.07
Doesn't it say
00:47:50.10\00:47:51.43
"for my
salvation" in King James?
00:47:51.47\00:47:52.80
Yeah, amen.
00:47:52.83\00:47:54.44
And that's faith,
and that's prayer.
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.17
I think to grow faith,
you know, the Bible says,
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.91
"Faith without works is dead."
00:47:58.94\00:48:01.38
And so works play
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.95
a very
pertinent part with faith.
00:48:03.98\00:48:07.82
And, you know, we're
judged according to our work,
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.75
so how do we show our faith?
00:48:09.78\00:48:11.29
By our works. By our works.
00:48:11.32\00:48:12.65
Yes.
00:48:12.69\00:48:14.02
So it really is very important
that people understand that
00:48:14.06\00:48:16.69
that's just as important
as believing and trusting,
00:48:16.73\00:48:20.96
it's actually doing.
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.40
I'm thinking about
the children of Israel,
00:48:22.43\00:48:24.60
getting ready to cross
the Jordan into Canaan,
00:48:24.63\00:48:26.70
and remember, the
River Jordan was flooding,
00:48:26.74\00:48:28.77
and the priests
were carrying the ark
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.37
or wasn't until their what,
their feet touched the water,
00:48:30.41\00:48:33.24
it opened up.
00:48:33.27\00:48:34.78
So, you know, that's the work,
00:48:34.81\00:48:36.14
they could have
stood at the edge and say,
00:48:36.18\00:48:37.51
I don't know, this doesn't..."
00:48:37.55\00:48:38.98
But the priest in
front, as soon as it touched,
00:48:39.01\00:48:41.08
you know, that's doing
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.68
and then the water
split, so it's a good point.
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.52
That's sort of their works.
00:48:44.55\00:48:46.05
The verse I think
maybe you were referencing,
00:48:46.09\00:48:48.29
I'm not sure if this is
the one but James 2:19 and 20.
00:48:48.32\00:48:51.06
I'm not sure if
that's the one, but it says,
00:48:51.09\00:48:53.16
"You believe there is one God,
you do well, even the demons,
00:48:53.19\00:48:56.67
or the devils,
believe in tremble."
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.80
Verse 20, James 2:20,
"But do you want to know,
00:48:58.83\00:49:01.60
O foolish man,
00:49:01.64\00:49:02.97
that faith
without works is dead?"
00:49:03.00\00:49:06.07
And if you think about, okay,
00:49:06.11\00:49:07.44
we're talking
about having faith,
00:49:07.48\00:49:08.81
but this means you
can have a dead faith.
00:49:08.84\00:49:10.18
That's right. Right.
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.55
So there's a dead form of faith,
00:49:11.58\00:49:13.31
so a dead faith, I
think, is belief in God
00:49:13.35\00:49:15.88
without corresponding obedience.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.75
You know, it's saying,
"Okay, I believe in You, God,
00:49:18.79\00:49:21.36
but I'm not willing
to walk in Your way."
00:49:21.39\00:49:23.16
Or, "I'm not willing to say yes
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.56
when You call me to
do something or walking."
00:49:24.59\00:49:26.03
The righteousness of faith.
00:49:26.06\00:49:27.66
Yes.
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.03
So we can say we
believe in God, we trust in Him,
00:49:29.06\00:49:32.50
but we don't really see that
00:49:32.53\00:49:34.57
until we
actually take that step.
00:49:34.60\00:49:36.94
That's right.
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.31
And, you know,
and that's one thing
00:49:38.34\00:49:39.77
that we see all
around us with Christians.
00:49:39.81\00:49:42.44
Now I'm talking
about Christians,
00:49:42.48\00:49:44.08
how do we know if
someone's a Christian
00:49:44.11\00:49:46.45
and has faith in God?
00:49:46.48\00:49:48.38
By doing kind acts
with a kindly heart
00:49:48.42\00:49:50.59
to other people
because that's what Jesus did.
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.42
And that's a
revelation of, I believe,
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.42
how faith is
witnessed to others.
00:49:55.46\00:49:57.53
Yes.
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.96
You know, there's a story,
00:49:58.99\00:50:00.33
and you probably get
fired for this, but I'm willing.
00:50:00.36\00:50:03.80
You know, but don't get nervous.
00:50:03.83\00:50:06.74
There's this
story about the dear,
00:50:06.77\00:50:09.70
old saint who has...
00:50:09.74\00:50:11.47
You know, there was a
bar in a tavern in her town,
00:50:11.51\00:50:15.24
and she just prayed and prayed
00:50:15.28\00:50:17.45
that God would close the
doors on that, that place.
00:50:17.48\00:50:20.78
And it just never happened,
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.92
so she finally
got a box of matches
00:50:22.95\00:50:25.22
and went down and
burned the place down.
00:50:25.25\00:50:27.86
But sometimes
they have principle.
00:50:27.89\00:50:29.29
There's a principle there.
00:50:29.32\00:50:30.83
Let's think about
you, John. That's right.
00:50:30.86\00:50:32.29
So it was fictitious example,
00:50:32.33\00:50:34.56
but the fact is
putting feet to our faith,
00:50:34.60\00:50:37.90
and that's why
it's important to know
00:50:37.93\00:50:40.60
what you're
praying for is God's will
00:50:40.64\00:50:43.71
and knowing that it's biblical,
00:50:43.74\00:50:45.27
knowing that it's, you know,
not something just you want,
00:50:45.31\00:50:49.38
but it's
something that God wants.
00:50:49.41\00:50:50.78
There's examples in the Bible,
00:50:50.81\00:50:53.01
and one is the woman who
had the issue for 12 years.
00:50:53.05\00:50:55.98
She believed, she'd heard
that Jesus could heal people.
00:50:56.02\00:50:59.29
She believed that she just
touched the hem of His garment
00:50:59.32\00:51:02.29
she would be
healed, so she did it.
00:51:02.32\00:51:04.63
She actually got up
even though she was unclean,
00:51:04.66\00:51:08.00
and she went and
touched the hem of His garment,
00:51:08.03\00:51:11.03
and she was healed
because she had faith
00:51:11.07\00:51:12.93
to believe that
that would happen.
00:51:12.97\00:51:14.40
Put feet to her faith.
00:51:14.44\00:51:16.14
That's good. Yeah, absolutely.
00:51:16.17\00:51:17.64
Yeah. Good.
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.01
We're already down to almost
the end of Family Worship.
00:51:19.04\00:51:21.14
That's hard to believe,
time has gone by quickly.
00:51:21.18\00:51:22.88
We should have closing prayer.
00:51:22.91\00:51:25.81
And, yeah,
00:51:25.85\00:51:28.42
I think in my own
life, I think, I mean,
00:51:28.45\00:51:30.85
we can talk all day long,
and I can share all day long,
00:51:30.89\00:51:34.86
but it's actually
like you're saying,
00:51:34.89\00:51:36.32
I want to put feet to my faith
00:51:36.36\00:51:37.69
and actually
trust God at His Word.
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.26
So, Brother John,
do you mind to start?
00:51:39.29\00:51:40.63
We're just going
round the circle.
00:51:40.66\00:51:42.00
Okay, thank you.
00:51:42.03\00:51:43.37
Father in heaven, we
just pray for all those
00:51:43.40\00:51:44.73
that are watching this
program that their faith
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.67
has been strengthened in
knowing that God is the one
00:51:46.70\00:51:49.17
that works in and through
us to develop this faith,
00:51:49.20\00:51:52.51
fill us with Your Holy Spirit,
00:51:52.54\00:51:53.88
I pray to
accomplish this in Jesus' name.
00:51:53.91\00:51:57.51
Father in
heaven, I just thank You
00:51:57.55\00:51:58.88
that we have Your Word,
00:51:58.91\00:52:00.85
that we can read Your Word
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.95
and spend time in
studying Your Word,
00:52:02.98\00:52:04.95
asking the Holy Spirit
to give us understanding
00:52:04.99\00:52:07.99
and through Your Word, we
can get to know you better
00:52:08.02\00:52:10.19
and our faith
can be strengthened,
00:52:10.23\00:52:13.06
but through trials, Father,
00:52:13.09\00:52:14.63
You purify us and teach us
to trust You in all situations.
00:52:14.66\00:52:19.03
Please help the
viewers who are going through
00:52:19.07\00:52:21.47
difficulties at this
time, help them to trust,
00:52:21.50\00:52:25.24
help them to hold on to You,
00:52:25.27\00:52:27.18
in Jesus' name, I pray.
00:52:27.21\00:52:30.98
Father, God, I do want to
thank You that You have...
00:52:31.01\00:52:33.52
I have seen with my own eyes
the impossible made possible
00:52:33.55\00:52:38.09
because You have
moved in situations
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.86
that I trusted You in.
00:52:40.89\00:52:43.46
I thank You that
the gift of faith be...
00:52:43.49\00:52:47.16
I pray for
those who are watching
00:52:47.20\00:52:48.96
that it would be made
manifest in their lives.
00:52:49.00\00:52:51.83
Lord, that You would...
00:52:51.87\00:52:53.54
The faith would rise up
00:52:53.57\00:52:55.64
for whatever situation that
any of us are going through.
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.87
Lord, help our unbelief,
00:52:58.91\00:53:01.78
help our doubt
because it's so easy to fall
00:53:01.81\00:53:05.48
to what we see
going on around us,
00:53:05.51\00:53:08.25
the situation must not overpower
00:53:08.28\00:53:11.82
what we know
that the Word of God
00:53:11.85\00:53:13.62
is You've told us is true,
00:53:13.66\00:53:15.92
and so we're
trusting in You, God,
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.16
and we have faith and belief,
and we're grateful for that.
00:53:18.19\00:53:21.70
So we bless Your name.
00:53:21.73\00:53:24.27
Amen. Amen.
00:53:24.30\00:53:25.70
Father, as we
continue in prayer,
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.07
we just thank You,
00:53:27.10\00:53:28.44
thank You that You love
us with an everlasting love,
00:53:28.47\00:53:30.57
thank You that Your mercies
are new every single day.
00:53:30.61\00:53:34.11
And we have the
privilege of coming
00:53:34.14\00:53:35.61
into Your presence and asking
00:53:35.64\00:53:37.18
for Your righteous
white robe to cover us,
00:53:37.21\00:53:41.28
and we just praise You for that.
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.28
Thank You for the blood of
Jesus applied to our hearts.
00:53:43.32\00:53:46.25
Thank You for the gift of faith,
00:53:46.29\00:53:48.02
and that You have given
00:53:48.06\00:53:49.39
our brothers and sisters at home
00:53:49.42\00:53:50.79
and us here, each
one of us got that gift.
00:53:50.83\00:53:54.30
And we just ask
that You would grow it.
00:53:54.33\00:53:58.97
We give You permission
to grow it in our hearts.
00:53:59.00\00:54:02.80
Lord, for our
brothers and sisters at home,
00:54:02.84\00:54:05.34
those maybe who
are trying to reach out
00:54:05.37\00:54:07.04
and hang on
00:54:07.08\00:54:08.41
and aren't even
sure if they can,
00:54:08.44\00:54:09.78
we are praying
for them right now,
00:54:09.81\00:54:12.31
asking in the name of Jesus
00:54:12.35\00:54:13.92
that You would
come to them right now,
00:54:13.95\00:54:16.85
and that they
would be able to look up
00:54:16.89\00:54:18.75
and fasten their eyes on You,
00:54:18.79\00:54:20.72
that they would be able
to spend time in Your Word
00:54:20.76\00:54:23.39
and You would grow
their faith in You.
00:54:23.43\00:54:26.16
And I thank You
for what You've done,
00:54:26.19\00:54:27.93
and I thank You for
what You're going to do.
00:54:27.96\00:54:31.80
Father in heaven,
Lord, it's a privilege
00:54:31.83\00:54:33.90
and an honor to be able to
00:54:33.94\00:54:35.34
or encouragement to
open Your Word and to...
00:54:35.37\00:54:40.08
Boy, just receive
You into our lives.
00:54:40.11\00:54:42.58
Thank You that Your
Word is quick and powerful,
00:54:42.61\00:54:46.25
and that it can do a
change on each one of our lives.
00:54:46.28\00:54:48.75
Lord, I pray for those at home
00:54:48.78\00:54:50.89
that may be going
through that fiery trial.
00:54:50.92\00:54:54.06
And at times, this
may seem squeezed in,
00:54:54.09\00:54:56.52
like the Egyptians on one side
of the mountains, the Red Sea,
00:54:56.56\00:54:59.89
and they just feel trapped,
but, Lord, You have a way out.
00:54:59.93\00:55:03.10
And I just pray
00:55:03.13\00:55:04.47
that as they may
feel squeezed, Lord,
00:55:04.50\00:55:07.97
that You would just
open that Red Sea for them,
00:55:08.00\00:55:10.24
and that, Lord, that by faith,
they would grasp Your hand
00:55:10.27\00:55:13.38
and walk on that
journey with You.
00:55:13.41\00:55:16.95
I pray, Lord, in my own life
that I would put feet to faith,
00:55:16.98\00:55:21.32
more than that I would
just trust You, and, Lord,
00:55:21.35\00:55:25.02
realizing that as we build
that relationship through You,
00:55:25.05\00:55:28.46
with You by reading Your Word,
and getting to know You better,
00:55:28.49\00:55:32.59
Father, that our trust
would continue to grow.
00:55:32.63\00:55:35.56
Lord, again, I thank
You for Your love for us,
00:55:35.60\00:55:37.37
for the Sabbath, and, Lord,
00:55:37.40\00:55:38.73
for the special rest
that You have promised,
00:55:38.77\00:55:41.04
in Jesus' name, we pray.
00:55:41.07\00:55:42.44
Amen. Amen.
00:55:42.47\00:55:43.91
Amen.
00:55:43.94\00:55:45.34
You know, I was just
thinking about faith,
00:55:45.37\00:55:47.68
you know, even
just this week, here,
00:55:47.71\00:55:49.08
you know, 3ABN is a
faith-based ministry.
00:55:49.11\00:55:51.08
Yes, I was
thinking the same thing.
00:55:51.11\00:55:52.45
Yeah, and I think you
all too at 3ABN Australia,
00:55:52.48\00:55:55.88
and I was just
thinking about 3ABN,
00:55:55.92\00:55:58.32
you know, Danny and God,
00:55:58.35\00:56:00.59
I believe started this ministry.
00:56:00.62\00:56:02.92
And, you know,
you hear the stories
00:56:02.96\00:56:04.29
from long ago about how
00:56:04.33\00:56:05.76
Danny was getting
like five gallon fuel cans
00:56:05.79\00:56:08.50
to put fuel into the bulldozer,
00:56:08.53\00:56:09.90
you know, that
still happens here
00:56:09.93\00:56:11.27
at 3ABN now.
00:56:11.30\00:56:12.63
It may not be five gallons
of fuel, but just this week,
00:56:12.67\00:56:15.40
this is just a miracle of God.
00:56:15.44\00:56:17.31
There are some regular
expenses that need to be paid.
00:56:17.34\00:56:19.74
And do you know
that God provided
00:56:19.77\00:56:22.34
the money one day
00:56:22.38\00:56:23.85
before we needed
to pay the bills?
00:56:23.88\00:56:26.85
Praise the Lord. Don't
tell me that's not God.
00:56:26.88\00:56:28.22
It's God.
00:56:28.25\00:56:29.58
God still is in the
miracle working business,
00:56:29.62\00:56:32.15
and 3ABN is a
faith-based ministry,
00:56:32.19\00:56:33.96
and it's so neat to see
00:56:33.99\00:56:35.59
how God is working
in here at the ministry
00:56:35.62\00:56:38.09
but in your own life.
00:56:38.13\00:56:39.46
All of us can
look in our own lives
00:56:39.49\00:56:40.86
if we just take
notice I think, Tim.
00:56:40.90\00:56:42.50
Absolutely. And
realize what He's doing.
00:56:42.53\00:56:43.90
He's doing
marvelous things every day.
00:56:43.93\00:56:45.63
Amen.
00:56:45.67\00:56:47.00
We've all got things
that we could testify.
00:56:47.04\00:56:48.37
That's right.
00:56:48.40\00:56:49.74
I mean, God has
answered prayers.
00:56:49.77\00:56:51.11
I had a list of
3ABN faith stories,
00:56:51.14\00:56:52.47
but the reality of it
is God does take care.
00:56:52.51\00:56:55.41
Amen. Amen.
Isn't that a blessing?
00:56:55.44\00:56:56.91
Thank you so much.
00:56:56.95\00:56:58.28
I wish we had more time,
00:56:58.31\00:56:59.65
but, John and Rosemary and
Tim, thank you for joining us.
00:56:59.68\00:57:01.02
Thanking for having
us here. Very privileged.
00:57:01.05\00:57:03.65
And it's a privilege
to have Family Worship
00:57:03.69\00:57:05.59
with you at home.
00:57:05.62\00:57:06.96
We thank you for joining
us, taking time, sitting down,
00:57:06.99\00:57:09.72
opening up the Word of
God, singing along with us,
00:57:09.76\00:57:12.16
know that we pray for you,
that we love you here at 3ABN,
00:57:12.19\00:57:16.03
and that we know
00:57:16.06\00:57:17.63
that God has a
plan for your life,
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.30
a plan to prosper
you and not to harm you,
00:57:19.33\00:57:21.70
give you a future and a hope.
00:57:21.74\00:57:23.07
We'll see you again. Bye-bye.
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.61