I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Happy Sabbath.
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My name is JD Quinn.
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And I am Shelley Quinn.
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And we just want to
welcome you this evening.
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This is a special
time when we get to bring
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our hearts
together with our friends.
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Amen.
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As I was thinking a while ago
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we have the four
Js here this evening.
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We have Jason, we have
Julia, we have Jill, we have JD,
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we have Mollie,
and we have Shelley.
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Little spice added in.
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Little spice added in.
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And good color.
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And great color. It is, it is.
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You can tell we don't
try to coordinate colors.
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We have a special topic tonight,
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"Guard the Heart,"
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how important that is
because it's easy to allow
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the enemy to tramp alone ground
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but we'd like to think
that he is not welcomed.
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But how do we do that?
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We do that because we
are who God says we are.
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Amen. Amen.
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So get us out of the way
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and let God do
what He does best.
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Amen.
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Anyway, we have a
special music tonight.
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We have special
music with, what is it a?
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What sex...
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Sextet? I guess so.
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A sextet?
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We are gonna all sing together
and we are gonna be singing,
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"Standing on the promises."
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And we are...
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Who is playing on the piano?
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We have E.T Everett,
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we are just blessed
by having E.T. here.
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We're gonna sing
the first two stanzas
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of "Standing on the promises."
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It's number 518 in your hymnal
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and if you look at
the bottom of your screen,
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I think you can
follow along with us there.
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And just make a
joyful noise with us.
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We are all having some
voice issues but just...
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We are not gonna
worry about that.
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We are gonna make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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Amen.
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Standing on the
promises of Christ my King
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Through eternal
ages let His praises ring
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Glory in the
highest, I will shout and sing
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Standing on the promises of God
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Standing, standing
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Standing on the
promises of God my Savior
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Standing, standing
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I'm standing on
the promises of God
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Standing on the
promises that cannot fail
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When the howling storms
of doubt and fear assail
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By the living Word
of God I shall prevail
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Standing on the promises of God
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Standing, standing
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Standing on the
promises of God my Savior
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Standing, standing
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I'm standing on
the promises of God
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Amen. Amen.
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Jason, do you want
to have a Word of prayer
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to open this Sabbath evening?
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Absolutely.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
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for bringing us
through another week
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to a wonderful Sabbath,
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we just ask that
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You would send Your
Holy Spirit to be with us,
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lead, guide, and
direct us unto all truth
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as we study Your Word
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and have this wonderful
Family Worship together
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and be in the homes
of the viewers as well
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as they study along with us,
in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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I had a thought
before I came out here
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and I just want to
share this with you.
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Do you know what body
dysmorphic disorder is?
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Oh, my...
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Body dysmorphic disorder
is when someone obsesses
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about some
particular characteristic
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or you know a feature
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and they feel perhaps
ugly when they are not.
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I mean other people
totally see it differently.
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A good example of
body dysmorphic disorder
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is when somebody is
bulimic and they are just...
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They look like a
holocaust victim,
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they just had skin
draped over their bones,
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yet they look in the
mirror and they see a fat person
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and it's a total
disconnect with the brain.
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Although the
thought that I had was that
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there are a lot of people
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who suffer from
spiritual dysmorphic disorder
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because you know,
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as JD said when
we first started,
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we are not who we think we are
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when we are new
creatures in Christ,
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we are not who we think we are,
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we are not who
other people say we are,
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but we are who God says we are.
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And that's
something that I think
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that we've all got to
get over this dysmorphy
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that you know it's like,
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I don't know about you
but sometimes I'll think,
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"I am a new creation in Christ,
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the old has gone
and the new has come."
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Oh, Lord, the old
still rears its ugly head.
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So tonight I want to read to you
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and we will start with
Jill on the scriptures.
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But we are going to
take some scriptures
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and we're gonna
pray 'em back to God,
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we're gonna speak
them over our life
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and here is the affirmation.
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"I guard my heart,
for as I think in my heart
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so shall I become.
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I am who God says I am.
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I am destined to
become like Jesus.
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God places life
and death choices
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before me daily.
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I choose to believe the
faithfulness of His Word
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and by doing so I choose life.
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For His Word preserves my life.
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I walk in perfect peace
because I trust the Lord
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and keep my mind
focused on His faithfulness.
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The goodness of God
is stored in my heart
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and overflows to my mouth.
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From my heart, I think and speak
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only that which is
pleasing to my Heavenly Father."
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Now that isn't
affirmation from the scriptures
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even saying that,
just that last line,
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"I think and speak
only what is pleasing
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to my Heavenly Father."
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I am so glad that God is the God
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who gives life to the dead
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and cause things that are
not as though they already were.
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And that's what
we are doing here
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is standing on
the promises of God,
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trusting and believing
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that who God says
we are in His Word
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is who we become
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when we are in
Christ Jesus, amen?
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Amen. Amen, wow.
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Jill, I think you've got
one of my favorite promises
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to start off with
in Proverbs 4:20-23.
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I do. This is
one of my favorites.
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You know, Shelley,
when you sent out the list
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and say this is our topic,
pick your favorite scripture,
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pick the scripture
you want to talk about,
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I was so excited
because I love this scripture
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and I said, "If
nobody else has it,
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I want this scripture."
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So I was very
excited and let's read this.
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Now you have it here in NIV
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and then I'm gonna read
it in the New King James.
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Sure.
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NIV, this is Proverbs 4:20-23.
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"Pay attention to what I say.
Listen closely to my words."
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This is God speaking
to us as His children.
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Amen.
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"Do not let them,
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do not let My
words out of your sight,
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keep them within your heart,
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for they are life
to those who find them
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and health to a
man's whole body.
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Above all else,
guard your heart,
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for it is the
wellspring of life."
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Now I want to read it,
this is from New King James,
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this is Proverbs 4:20-23.
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"My son, or we
could say my daughter,
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give attention to my words,
incline your ear to my sayings.
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Do not let them
depart from your eyes.
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Keep them in the
midst of your heart.
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For they are life
to those who find them,
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and health to all your flesh.
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Keep your heart
with all diligence,
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for out of it
spring the issues of life."
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Now the word in
Hebrew, "keep" is really guard.
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So the NIV in that case
has a better translation
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with guard your heart,
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like put a hedge
about it, protect it,
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"Guard your heart
with all diligence,
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for out of it
spring the issues of life."
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Now we will spend
just a moment on the words
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and how we keep them
in but before we do that,
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I want to turn to
another scripture,
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this is Matthew 15,
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talking about what
comes out of the heart.
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Amen.
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Matthew chapter 15
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and we'll look at verse 19.
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If I can get over there.
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Matthew 15:19.
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Jesus speaking, says,
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"For out of the heart
proceed evil thoughts,
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murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts,
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false witness, blasphemies.
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These are the
things which defile a man,
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but to eat with unwashed
hands does not defile a man."
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So it's in the midst
of this whole discussion
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on that.
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But what I see
from that verse is that
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sin begins in the heart.
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Amen.
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It's not an external action...
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It is an external action
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but the external
action proceeds from
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what began
originally in the heart.
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You think about the sermon
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on the mount and
what does it say?
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Jesus says,
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"Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God."
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So God wants to do
a radical heart change
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within us inside,
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and when we are
changed inside, what happens?
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The actions
change, the words change,
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how we treat
other people changes.
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All that comes
from heart surgery,
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all that comes from
what takes place inside.
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I was looking this up.
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It talks about,
"Guard your heart", right?
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"For out of it spring,
the well spring of life,"
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the issues of
life come from inside,
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come from the heart.
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Why does the
heart need guarding?
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The heart needs guarding
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because I do not naturally think
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and look at life
the way God does.
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Amen.
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The heart needs guarding
because I am like a sheep
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and I am prone to
wander from God's path.
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The heart needs guarding
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because my heart
is not just deceitful,
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it's deceitful
above everything else
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and desperately weaken.
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My heart needs guarding
because it is desperately sick
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or incurably weaken.
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My heart needs guarding
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because I cannot
understand things
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by my own wisdom.
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My heart needs guarding
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because it is the
well-spring of life,
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the fountain of my
attitudes, my beliefs,
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my aspirations and my pursuits.
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It's the
beginning of everything else
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that we do and who
we are as a person.
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My heart needs
guarding because the fountain
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and all the
streams that flow from it,
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that's what I speak,
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that's what I do,
that's my actions,
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everything comes
from that central point.
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The hearts needs preparing,
and purifying, and pouring,
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and centering, and exposing,
and convicting, and cheering,
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and encouraging, and comforting,
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and strengthening,
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and all that takes
place partly due, largely due
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to the work of
the Word of God in us
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and that was the first
section of that Proverbs,
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it talks about give
attention to my Words,
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incline your ear to my sayings,
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do not let them
depart from your eyes.
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So to me, if I look at my heart,
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my heart is
wicked and I know that
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and God knows that
even more than I do,
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so what do I do?
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Mollie, Psalm 1:39.
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Search me, oh,
God and know my heart,
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try me and know my
thoughts and reveal to me.
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You know, God, show
me those areas in my life
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that are not like You,
that are not pleasing to You.
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And then I love Ezekiel 36,
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"God will put in us a
new heart and a new spirit."
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He will take
away the stony heart,
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take away what is unlike Jesus,
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and then as I
spend time in His Word,
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as I claim His Word
over my life, what happens?
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The Word of God is
quick and powerful and sharper
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than any two-edge
sword, the Word of God cuts,
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the Word of God does
that heart surgery in my heart
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and life and the
Word of God changes.
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So you might be in home
and you might be saying,
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"Boy, I know my heart is dirty,
I know my heart is deceitful."
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But guess what?
00:13:38.41\00:13:39.75
God can change your heart.
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God can come into your
life, just give Him access,
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let Him into your life
and let Him change you.
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Amen.
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Yeah, that's a good word. Yeah.
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That's a good word.
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And you know when
you think about it,
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and I know, I've
been through heart change
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but when it happened,
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was when the Lord taught me
to pray His Word over my life,
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to speak His Word over my life
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and I think, you know,
we've talked about this before,
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if you're gonna
guard your heart,
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you got to guard your ears,
00:14:09.28\00:14:10.95
you got to guard your eyes,
you got to guard your mouth,
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but the things that we let in
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is what we become
what we behold, right?
00:14:18.12\00:14:22.06
So has anybody here
been through a heart change
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and you know that.
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I think we all have, haven't we?
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Absolutely. Amen.
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You know, me
being a Russian person,
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when I hear the word guard,
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I imagine a
soldier with the arms.
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So guard doesn't
mean just to pay attention
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or don't forget to
think about it sometimes,
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guard means stand
there with your gun
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ready to protect your eyes,
to protect your ears, so...
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That's very...
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It's not
passive, it's proactive.
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Yes.
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And again, you mentioned this,
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guard your heart,
there are only two ways
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that things can
get into your heart
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and it's what you
allow your ears to hear
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and what you
allow your eyes to see.
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And so we have to be proactive
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because this world
has been programmed
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to the negative,
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and I've heard a little lady say
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that she...
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Where did that come from?
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Like she had a word
just pop up in her mind.
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You can't walk through
the mall and not hear things.
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And when you hear it,
it goes right into you.
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So you'll pray, oh, God,
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protect those
things that are into me.
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Amen. You know what?
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As you were reading, it
says, in the NIV it says,
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"Above all else,
guard your heart,
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for it is the
wellspring of life."
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And as I was looking up
some synonyms for wellspring,
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one of the
synonyms was "the seabed."
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Ooh, I just love that word
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because that's where all
growth takes its speed...
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That's where it gets its boost,
you know, from that seabed.
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So guard your
heart, guard your heart
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because that's
where all life comes from,
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you know, that's the seabed,
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that's who you're
gonna become, yeah, amen.
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You become what you behold.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen, amen. Jason?
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And may I ask you,
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can God help us
guard our eyes and ears?
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If someone or me myself,
I'm drawn to watch a movie
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or if I am drawn
to watch that music,
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so I'm on my own
trying to guard my perceptions
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or can God help me?
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He can definitely
help you, you know.
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I mean we just...
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We need to be willing
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and we should be
intentional as well,
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like how you said God is
taking you being proactive,
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you are taking an active role,
00:16:57.95\00:17:00.45
you know, when you
develop a relationship
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or you cultivate a
relationship with somebody,
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you don't just...
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You are not just
sitting there like,
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"Oh, she is gonna be my
girlfriend or something."
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You just sit there
as a man and just like,
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"Oh, she is my girl, you know?"
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Did you ask her to
be your girlfriend?
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Did you take the
necessary steps for her
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to be your girlfriend?
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These things just don't
happen without willingness
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and being
intentional and proactive.
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And I have a scripture,
"Promise if you will."
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A scripture promise,
because this is in Psalm 119,
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and this is a prayer
to the Lord and it says,
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"Turn away my eyes
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from looking at worthless things
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and revive me in your way."
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So I think, in
answer to your question,
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yes, I think that we
have to rely on God's power
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but we just got
to say, "Oh, Lord.
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You know that this has been..."
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May be it's been a
steady diet of yours to watch.
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Or let's say the soap operas.
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And there's so many
crazy and lustful things
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that are going
on there and may be
00:18:12.62\00:18:14.09
you've just been drawn to that,
00:18:14.12\00:18:15.59
you are hooked on it,
but you can say, "Oh, Lord.
00:18:15.62\00:18:17.79
I know this
isn't pleasing to you.
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I know that's not what it
is. Turn my eyes away from this.
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Revive me
according to Your Word."
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God will.
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Well, most certainly.
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Help me to be willing to
be willing to be willing.
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Absolutely.
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Jason, you want to
take Proverbs 23:7?
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Sure. What?
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You looked like you
were about to say something.
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Oh, I am sorry.
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Oh, I was just gonna
say I love Romans 13:14,
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"Put on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and make no provision
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for the flesh, to
fulfill its lusts."
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So to me, in
addition to asking God
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for the strength and the
grace, He can say, "Okay, Jill.
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If you get rid of that
book, it won't tempt you."
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You know?
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If you get rid of whatever,
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so I can make choices
too on what's tempting me.
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Yes.
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So you said Proverbs 23:7,
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and this is out of
the Amplified Version,
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"For as he thinks in
his heart, so he is."
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I also have another
verse that I'd like to read
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which is found
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and if you guys
would turn there,
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Proverbs 27:19, and it reads,
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"As in water face reflects face,
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so a man's heart
reveals the man."
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Yeah.
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You know, we've been
talking about basically
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by beholding, we become changed,
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and so what we
are allowing us as...
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It's already been
stated here as, you know,
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what we are allowing
to enter into our bodies,
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what we spend time doing,
how we are spending our time,
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if it's watching the
wrong kinds of movies,
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if it's hanging out
with the wrong crowd
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so to speak, if it's,
00:19:53.69\00:19:55.62
you know, going to
some of the wrong places,
00:19:55.66\00:19:57.89
going to the
clubs, going to the bar,
00:19:57.93\00:19:59.56
or whatever the case maybe,
00:19:59.59\00:20:01.03
by beholding,
you become changed.
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And so your heart is going
to feel the effects of that.
00:20:03.73\00:20:08.57
You know, it's like a
smoke or somebody is smoking,
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their lungs will reflect
00:20:12.17\00:20:15.94
that it will have
the detrimental effect
00:20:15.98\00:20:18.18
of inhaling all those
toxins and it will become black.
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And so the heart will reflect
how you are spending your time
00:20:23.28\00:20:28.99
and have what you are taking
in and allowing to come in.
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You know, what I
like about Proverbs 23:7
00:20:32.83\00:20:35.70
is it shows
00:20:35.73\00:20:37.97
the effects
stinking thinking have on us.
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I liked it.
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You know, if you have
been told you are worthless,
00:20:42.80\00:20:46.98
I mean some children
grow up hearing that,
00:20:47.01\00:20:49.14
"You are worthless,
00:20:49.18\00:20:50.51
you will never
amount to anything,"
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.11
and you begin
to think like that,
00:20:52.15\00:20:53.82
"I am worthless,
00:20:53.85\00:20:55.18
I will never
amount to anything."
00:20:55.22\00:20:56.62
Or first of
all, let me tell you,
00:20:56.65\00:20:57.99
you are worth nothing less
00:20:58.02\00:21:00.02
than the price
that God paid for you
00:21:00.06\00:21:01.89
with the precious
life blood of His Son.
00:21:01.92\00:21:04.56
But, or if you think,
00:21:04.59\00:21:07.03
"I am special, I
am just so special,"
00:21:07.06\00:21:10.63
you know, and
you let pride come up
00:21:10.67\00:21:12.70
in your heart, as you think,
00:21:12.73\00:21:15.80
you become, and I think
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.17
that's why it's so important
00:21:17.21\00:21:19.34
to stand on the promises of God.
00:21:19.37\00:21:21.84
I think that I know for me,
00:21:21.88\00:21:25.08
like I remember when God first
was teaching me affirmations,
00:21:25.11\00:21:28.65
and in Ephesians
where He talks about,
00:21:28.68\00:21:30.39
"We are sealed for
the day of salvation
00:21:30.42\00:21:33.96
by the Holy Spirit."
00:21:33.99\00:21:35.32
I remember I am...
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And this sounds
crazy, but I just felt that
00:21:37.36\00:21:39.59
the Lord was impressing
me to look in the mirror
00:21:39.63\00:21:42.53
and say these things.
00:21:42.56\00:21:44.23
So I am sitting there,
speaking these affirmations,
00:21:44.27\00:21:46.70
looking in the
mirror, and all of a sudden,
00:21:46.74\00:21:48.67
I looked up in
the mirror and I said,
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.41
"And I am sealed
00:21:50.44\00:21:52.94
for the day of
salvation by the Holy Spirit."
00:21:52.97\00:21:54.84
And I just began weeping
because I am trying to look...
00:21:54.88\00:21:59.28
And I didn't have,
00:21:59.31\00:22:00.65
I never had
assurance of salvation,
00:22:00.68\00:22:03.39
but I didn't feel.
00:22:03.42\00:22:05.09
See, we go by feelings,
00:22:05.12\00:22:07.26
and it's something
that we've got to hold onto
00:22:07.29\00:22:11.03
what God says and just
thank Him, just thank Him.
00:22:11.06\00:22:15.13
Ooh.
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.50
And sometimes I think
we know ourselves so well
00:22:16.53\00:22:19.50
that it's hard for us to believe
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.84
that God's Word can
be applied to our lives
00:22:22.87\00:22:26.14
because we know
our shortcomings.
00:22:26.17\00:22:29.68
But that measure of faith
that comes through this Word
00:22:29.71\00:22:33.92
is that this Word can change me.
00:22:33.95\00:22:36.08
Amen.
00:22:36.12\00:22:37.45
I may have been this
00:22:37.49\00:22:39.75
but through the power of
God's Word in working me,
00:22:39.79\00:22:45.26
I can be changed.
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.66
We have been predestined
to be confirmed to what?
00:22:46.70\00:22:49.10
Yes.
00:22:49.13\00:22:50.47
The very image and likeness
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:22:50.50\00:22:51.83
Yes, amen.
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.20
Well, that's a
high aspiration. Amen.
00:22:53.23\00:22:55.70
JD, what scripture
did you bring today?
00:22:55.74\00:22:57.94
Jason, you have something?
00:22:57.97\00:22:59.31
Yes, I did.
00:22:59.34\00:23:00.68
Basically, you know,
00:23:00.71\00:23:02.14
if you have a high
estimation of self,
00:23:02.18\00:23:04.41
you really need to
look at Christ and His life,
00:23:04.45\00:23:07.12
how He came and
He took on the role
00:23:07.15\00:23:08.62
of like a servant leader.
00:23:08.65\00:23:10.15
It was a servant leadership
00:23:10.19\00:23:11.85
or a
service-type leadership role,
00:23:11.89\00:23:14.89
you know, He came in as a baby,
00:23:14.92\00:23:17.33
He wasn't born
at the Ritz-Carlton,
00:23:17.36\00:23:19.39
you know, he
was born in a manger
00:23:19.43\00:23:22.56
and then He had
gone through so much,
00:23:22.60\00:23:25.67
He healed people,
He spoke to people that
00:23:25.70\00:23:30.14
society had deemed undesirable,
untouchable, unwanted,
00:23:30.17\00:23:34.81
and He took the time
and ministered to them,
00:23:34.84\00:23:37.11
spent time with them,
00:23:37.15\00:23:38.81
and then suffered a
painful excruciating death
00:23:38.85\00:23:44.12
on the cross for us,
00:23:44.15\00:23:46.52
and He is the
creator of the universe.
00:23:46.55\00:23:49.62
So how could we have
00:23:49.66\00:23:52.39
such a high estimation of self
00:23:52.43\00:23:56.00
where the
creator of the universe,
00:23:56.03\00:23:59.93
He comes and He takes on
00:23:59.97\00:24:02.70
like the most humble role
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.41
possible and period, it just...
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.81
It blows my mind
like to see someone like
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.15
I guess with the
nose up in the air
00:24:12.18\00:24:14.42
type of thing like...
00:24:14.45\00:24:16.22
Christ is amazing and
He did all that for us.
00:24:16.25\00:24:20.19
You know, what it
really strikes me day by day,
00:24:20.22\00:24:23.83
and I thank the
Lord for this everyday
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.46
as I am praying,
00:24:25.49\00:24:26.83
is I've always thought of
His sacrifice on the cross,
00:24:26.86\00:24:29.63
His death has been
the greatest sacrifice,
00:24:29.66\00:24:32.57
and I've come to understand
His greatest sacrifice
00:24:32.60\00:24:36.60
was when He humiliated
Himself to become a man.
00:24:36.64\00:24:41.41
I mean, that is I just...
00:24:41.44\00:24:45.18
I thank Him for it, I
am trying to understand it,
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.82
but we won't till we get there.
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.18
Yeah. We won't
till we get there.
00:24:49.22\00:24:51.62
My darling?
00:24:51.65\00:24:52.99
Well, this is a fantastic
one right here and, boy,
00:24:53.02\00:24:55.82
we've just been
dancing around this
00:24:55.86\00:24:58.89
as we've been
talking about the first with,
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.60
"Guard your heart."
00:25:01.63\00:25:03.03
Number two,
00:25:03.06\00:25:06.63
"As he thinks in
his heart, so is he."
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.77
Well, how...
00:25:08.80\00:25:10.14
What is our guard?
00:25:10.17\00:25:11.54
What is the gift?
00:25:11.57\00:25:12.91
What is that that
something that we need
00:25:12.94\00:25:15.94
that we are lacking so
that we can guard our heart
00:25:15.98\00:25:18.61
and have the power to do it?
00:25:18.65\00:25:20.55
So I want to go to
1 Corinthians 15:10.
00:25:20.58\00:25:24.82
1 Corinthians 15:10...
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.65
"But by the grace of God
00:25:30.36\00:25:33.63
I am what I am."
00:25:33.66\00:25:37.47
Wow.
00:25:37.50\00:25:39.37
You know, I
remember long, long years ago
00:25:39.40\00:25:43.81
as I was going to school,
00:25:43.84\00:25:45.47
someone, one of
the professor says,
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.48
"You know, we could
easily have three entities.
00:25:47.51\00:25:53.21
Who I see myself as being,
00:25:53.25\00:25:56.99
how others see me,
00:25:57.02\00:25:59.35
and then the real you."
00:25:59.39\00:26:01.26
Yeah.
00:26:01.29\00:26:04.06
We don't...
00:26:04.09\00:26:05.43
We know how God sees us
but there's the real you.
00:26:05.46\00:26:09.40
Then as we are looking in here,
because we are all over the...
00:26:09.43\00:26:13.13
Listen to what
Paul went through.
00:26:13.17\00:26:15.40
Now this is really interesting.
Let's go to verse 9.
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.37
"For I am the least
of the apostles," wow.
00:26:18.41\00:26:22.81
He was at the
bottom end of the ladder.
00:26:22.84\00:26:27.15
I was not worthy and
the reason I wasn't worthy
00:26:27.18\00:26:30.72
is because of the
bad stuff that I did.
00:26:30.75\00:26:32.59
Yeah.
00:26:32.62\00:26:33.96
Man, I look over my
shoulder and there's JD Quinn.
00:26:33.99\00:26:38.29
I mean, we all have a past.
00:26:38.33\00:26:41.16
How do we get past that so
that we can guard our heart?
00:26:41.20\00:26:44.23
Yes.
00:26:44.27\00:26:45.60
How can we get past that
00:26:45.63\00:26:46.97
so as I am
thinking that's who I am.
00:26:47.00\00:26:50.91
It's by that wonderful word,
00:26:50.94\00:26:53.48
that wonderful gift
and I read this some place.
00:26:53.51\00:26:55.88
I mean I am all over the
place but I can't help it.
00:26:55.91\00:26:58.35
This is something
I hadn't seen before,
00:26:58.38\00:27:00.98
I am what I am
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.48
and he goes down
here "not in vain,"
00:27:02.52\00:27:04.15
because he is
saying as time goes by,
00:27:04.19\00:27:07.16
thank you Jesus that
I didn't do this in vain
00:27:07.19\00:27:09.69
because of the
gift that You gave me,
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.63
I accept it and by Your power,
by Your divine assistance,
00:27:11.66\00:27:16.46
I was able to run with it
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.63
and do
everything that I could do
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.60
because it was Your
legs that were carrying me.
00:27:20.64\00:27:23.91
Then it says down here,
he says that, not in vain,
00:27:23.94\00:27:27.01
a note of thankful relief
creeps into Paul's words here,
00:27:27.04\00:27:30.11
he is glad God's
grace was not wasted
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.31
when he bestowed...
00:27:33.35\00:27:34.72
When bestowed upon him.
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.28
Amen.
00:27:36.32\00:27:37.65
That man said
00:27:37.69\00:27:39.12
according to the
SDA commentary here,
00:27:39.15\00:27:41.62
that we can
perhaps receive some grace
00:27:41.66\00:27:45.69
but if we don't embrace it,
00:27:45.73\00:27:47.73
it could just fall to the ground
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.96
and be wasted.
00:27:50.00\00:27:51.67
He loves every one of us so much
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.84
and He wants to wrap His
arms and lift us up to...
00:27:53.87\00:27:57.81
"Please be the wind
underneath my wings."
00:27:57.84\00:28:00.58
Yeah.
00:28:00.61\00:28:02.18
I mean this is His gift to us.
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.61
And so
00:28:04.65\00:28:07.15
I guess that
00:28:07.18\00:28:08.52
Shelley explains grace so aptly,
00:28:08.55\00:28:11.59
but to me the
word when it stuck out
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.92
and I know this,
it's unmerited favor,
00:28:13.96\00:28:16.73
but what helped me
was divine assistance
00:28:16.76\00:28:22.13
'cause I can see that
Divine, that's with a capital D,
00:28:22.16\00:28:27.04
is there to assist me
and by divine assistance,
00:28:27.07\00:28:31.01
the divine assistance
of God, I am what I am.
00:28:31.04\00:28:34.98
Amen.
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.34
So all of a sudden now,
00:28:36.38\00:28:37.71
yes, we'd like to
bring these three entities
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.68
that we were
talking about earlier,
00:28:40.72\00:28:42.82
the way JD sees himself,
the way other people sees JD,
00:28:42.85\00:28:48.06
the way God sees JD
and if you can bring those
00:28:48.09\00:28:51.33
on a horizontal line
there, thank you Jesus.
00:28:51.36\00:28:56.10
Amen.
00:28:56.13\00:28:57.47
I think at that particular time
00:28:57.50\00:28:58.83
you are being all
that you can be in Him
00:28:58.87\00:29:01.07
because I think then
you are within His will.
00:29:01.10\00:29:04.04
So great, great gift.
Great gift, the grace of God.
00:29:04.07\00:29:09.84
And let me explain how this idea
00:29:09.88\00:29:14.08
that grace is divine assistance
00:29:14.12\00:29:16.85
came to me is
that think about...
00:29:16.89\00:29:19.75
If we think grace
is unmerited favor,
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.42
it's the unearned,
undeserved gifts of God,
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.29
what were His
three greatest gifts
00:29:25.33\00:29:27.16
to the world?
00:29:27.20\00:29:29.20
Jesus said that...
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.70
I mean God said, "For
God so loved the world,
00:29:31.73\00:29:34.04
He gave His only begotten Son."
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.17
So Christ is His greatest gift,
the Holy Spirit is the second,
00:29:36.20\00:29:40.04
and then the Word of God
00:29:40.08\00:29:42.34
is the third
greatest gift of grace.
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.51
Excuse me.
00:29:44.55\00:29:46.55
So think about this,
00:29:46.58\00:29:50.75
if Jesus is working in you,
00:29:50.79\00:29:53.02
and the Holy Spirit is
working in you, and by grace
00:29:53.05\00:29:56.76
and the Word of
God is working in you,
00:29:56.79\00:29:59.46
that is God's divine assistance
00:29:59.49\00:30:02.06
and supernatural
power unto salvation.
00:30:02.10\00:30:06.13
And so to me that sums up grace,
00:30:06.17\00:30:08.90
but anyway, all right.
00:30:08.94\00:30:10.27
I wanted to ask JD,
what role does faith play
00:30:10.31\00:30:14.41
in what you were saying?
00:30:14.44\00:30:15.78
Well...
00:30:15.81\00:30:17.15
That's a good question.
00:30:17.18\00:30:18.51
Yeah, it's a
great question to me.
00:30:18.55\00:30:20.02
Faith is...
00:30:20.05\00:30:21.48
And what is faith?
00:30:21.52\00:30:22.85
Well, faith is the
thing that we can't see
00:30:22.88\00:30:24.59
and we are stepping
out and grasping up...
00:30:24.62\00:30:27.59
Faith is this action
that you are talking about.
00:30:27.62\00:30:29.89
That's right.
00:30:29.92\00:30:31.26
Is that, go ahead.
00:30:31.29\00:30:32.69
I like to think of faith
as the ability to tolerate
00:30:32.73\00:30:35.90
uncertainty
while trusting in God.
00:30:35.93\00:30:37.83
That's good.
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.20
Because, you
know, as human beings
00:30:39.23\00:30:40.57
we always want
to be in the know,
00:30:40.60\00:30:41.94
like we want to know everything,
00:30:41.97\00:30:43.30
we have to have an answer
and a rebuttal for everything,
00:30:43.34\00:30:45.17
but sometimes we don't know,
00:30:45.21\00:30:47.21
we know God has our
best interest at heart.
00:30:47.24\00:30:52.11
So it's that stepping toward...
00:30:52.15\00:30:53.98
I think through the
aid of the Holy Spirit,
00:30:54.02\00:30:57.15
God's the one that
has the plan for our life.
00:30:57.19\00:30:59.09
So the good seeds are being sown
00:30:59.12\00:31:00.79
if we would just say, "Feed me."
00:31:00.82\00:31:03.39
But you got to ask.
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.89
"Lord, I give you
permission to work in my heart."
00:31:04.93\00:31:07.40
And I think those little
seeds are being dropped into,
00:31:07.43\00:31:10.57
I mean this is...
00:31:10.60\00:31:11.93
I see these things, I
got to be able to see them,
00:31:11.97\00:31:14.47
and so as I see the
little seeds being planted,
00:31:14.50\00:31:16.87
and then I just pray,
"Lord, get me out of the way
00:31:16.91\00:31:21.01
so that those little
seeds will be irrigated.
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.81
So that I will
be able to receive
00:31:23.85\00:31:25.18
the sunshine that I need to see,
00:31:25.21\00:31:26.58
and I would like to
think that God with a smile
00:31:26.61\00:31:29.38
from here to here
says, "Oh, that's My Son."
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.79
Amen.
00:31:31.82\00:31:34.46
But you've got to give.
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.13
You can't just sit
here and those are my seeds.
00:31:37.16\00:31:39.33
Yeah.
00:31:39.36\00:31:40.70
You know, that's
mine, that's mine,
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.36
and then all of a sudden
things become out of whack
00:31:42.40\00:31:45.23
because you are
seeing yourself one way,
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.60
other people are
seeing another way,
00:31:47.64\00:31:50.51
and then God
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
with tears
dripping down His cheek.
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.41
I love how you
painted the picture.
00:31:53.44\00:31:55.34
That was beautiful.
00:31:55.38\00:31:56.71
Yeah, yeah.
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.45
So do I understand correctly
that there is God's grace
00:31:58.48\00:32:02.18
that He is ready
to pour over everyone,
00:32:02.22\00:32:05.62
but if we accept it by
faith, then this grace is ours.
00:32:05.65\00:32:10.86
But if we don't,
00:32:10.89\00:32:12.46
then the tears
run down His face.
00:32:12.49\00:32:16.77
Yeah.
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.13
Let me share Romans 8:28-29.
00:32:18.17\00:32:24.31
And I love the
scripture but may I suggest
00:32:24.34\00:32:28.04
these two scriptures
00:32:28.08\00:32:29.41
were not meant to be
two separate thoughts,
00:32:29.44\00:32:33.75
they have to be said
together because it says,
00:32:33.78\00:32:37.39
"And we know that all
things work together for good
00:32:37.42\00:32:40.06
to those who love God,
to those who are the called
00:32:40.09\00:32:43.12
according to His purpose."
00:32:43.16\00:32:44.49
Let me stop there.
00:32:44.53\00:32:45.86
When I was in
England 12 years ago,
00:32:45.89\00:32:49.73
was over there doing
00:32:49.76\00:32:51.67
a first edit of
women's ministry thing
00:32:51.70\00:32:54.80
and then well, it was
an all-church ministry,
00:32:54.84\00:32:59.54
and it was retreat
for a bunch of churches.
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.71
And large crowd and I said,
00:33:02.74\00:33:06.75
"What do you do if
somebody comes up to you?
00:33:06.78\00:33:09.15
You've just lost your husband,
00:33:09.18\00:33:11.05
you've just lost
your two children
00:33:11.09\00:33:13.72
in a car accident
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.09
and somebody comes
up to you and says,
00:33:15.12\00:33:17.89
"Sister, all
things worked together
00:33:17.93\00:33:20.30
for good for
those who love the Lord
00:33:20.33\00:33:23.23
and are called
according to His purpose."
00:33:23.26\00:33:25.53
What would you want to do?"
00:33:25.57\00:33:26.90
Smack 'em.
00:33:26.94\00:33:28.27
Smack 'em, that's what I said.
00:33:28.30\00:33:30.24
I said, "You just
want to sock 'em."
00:33:30.27\00:33:32.84
Because it's like
you are in this grief,
00:33:32.87\00:33:35.18
how can God work
that out for your good?
00:33:35.21\00:33:38.91
How can this be
according to His purpose?
00:33:38.95\00:33:42.98
Well, see, we are only telling
the first half of the A part,
00:33:43.02\00:33:46.99
here is the B part.
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.06
"For whom He foreknew,
00:33:49.09\00:33:52.39
He also
predestined to be conformed
00:33:52.43\00:33:55.66
to the image of His Son."
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.90
So the way in which
00:33:57.93\00:33:59.90
God works all things
together for our good
00:33:59.93\00:34:05.27
is that no matter
what happens in our life,
00:34:05.31\00:34:08.41
no matter how bad it is,
00:34:08.44\00:34:11.61
He makes us a
little more like Jesus.
00:34:11.65\00:34:16.22
Amen.
00:34:16.25\00:34:17.65
We are as you said earlier,
I mean, the scripture says,
00:34:17.69\00:34:20.92
"This is who we are
predestined to be like"
00:34:20.96\00:34:26.80
is we are
predestined to be like Jesus.
00:34:26.83\00:34:29.06
So there is a purpose?
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.43
So there is a purpose.
00:34:30.47\00:34:31.80
This is...
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.17
So no matter
what bad thing happens
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.60
and I had a lady,
00:34:35.64\00:34:37.24
there were about a
thousand people there
00:34:37.27\00:34:38.61
and there was this lady,
00:34:38.64\00:34:40.08
you know, how people talk to you
00:34:40.11\00:34:41.44
after you've spoken,
00:34:41.48\00:34:42.81
there was a lady
that just stood patiently
00:34:42.84\00:34:45.95
for may be 30 minutes.
00:34:45.98\00:34:48.05
And finally I went over to her
and hugged her and she said...
00:34:48.08\00:34:52.72
I've to tell you
this is my first time back
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.62
to any church
event in six years.
00:34:54.66\00:34:59.79
Six years ago,
00:34:59.83\00:35:01.16
my son was
drowning in a rip current,
00:35:01.20\00:35:05.80
my husband dove
in to go rescue him
00:35:05.83\00:35:09.64
and I lost them both that day.
00:35:09.67\00:35:11.51
And she said, "Just as you said
00:35:11.54\00:35:14.91
someone from the
church came to me,
00:35:14.94\00:35:18.21
came to my house
that night and said,
00:35:18.25\00:35:20.45
'Sister, all things
work together for good
00:35:20.48\00:35:23.22
for those who love the Lord'"
00:35:23.25\00:35:25.09
And she said, "I was
so angry at God to think
00:35:25.12\00:35:30.26
that this is
supposed to be for my good.
00:35:30.29\00:35:33.36
How could this be for my good?"
00:35:33.40\00:35:35.83
But she said,
"What you just said
00:35:35.86\00:35:38.40
makes so much sense is that
how God works it for our good,"
00:35:38.43\00:35:43.14
is that He makes us
through these things,
00:35:43.17\00:35:46.47
He can make us a
little more like Jesus,
00:35:46.51\00:35:50.18
a little more
dependent upon Him,
00:35:50.21\00:35:53.62
a little more accepting
00:35:53.65\00:35:57.05
of this ideas of
self sacrifice in love,
00:35:57.09\00:36:00.09
a little more understanding
00:36:00.12\00:36:02.02
that this world is not our home.
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.49
So see this is part
of guarding your heart.
00:36:04.53\00:36:08.23
When something bad happens...
00:36:08.26\00:36:11.00
I talked with a
man the other day,
00:36:11.03\00:36:12.83
I interviewed a man,
00:36:12.87\00:36:14.20
we interviewed a man who
said, "I didn't believe in God
00:36:14.24\00:36:18.74
but every time
something bad happened,
00:36:18.77\00:36:20.54
I blamed Him.
00:36:20.58\00:36:22.14
I cursed Him."
00:36:22.18\00:36:24.01
And see, I think
in guarding our hearts
00:36:24.05\00:36:27.98
as we come to the Word of God
00:36:28.02\00:36:30.89
and see that He
really is a God of love
00:36:30.92\00:36:33.49
and how much He loved us.
00:36:33.52\00:36:35.72
When something happens
that we don't understand,
00:36:35.76\00:36:39.76
we just got to
before Him and say,
00:36:39.79\00:36:41.36
"Lord, I don't understand.
00:36:41.40\00:36:43.43
But I thank you
00:36:43.47\00:36:44.80
because I know
You are gonna bring,
00:36:44.83\00:36:46.97
you know, somehow You can take
00:36:47.00\00:36:49.27
this twisted messed up life,
00:36:49.30\00:36:53.21
this incident
00:36:53.24\00:36:56.18
and you can make me a
little more like Jesus."
00:36:56.21\00:36:59.51
And as we think in our
hearts, so shall we become.
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.42
I think it's important too that,
00:37:03.45\00:37:05.39
you know, people realize that
00:37:05.42\00:37:06.76
it's not God
that's causing people
00:37:06.79\00:37:09.56
to get into a car
accident, that's Satan wants,
00:37:09.59\00:37:13.23
he's out to just
steal, kill, and destroy.
00:37:13.26\00:37:15.96
So it's not God
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.60
that is destroying
these people like this,
00:37:17.63\00:37:20.27
but God can take
a tragic situation
00:37:20.30\00:37:24.37
and turn it into good,
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.81
there is blessing
at the end of a tunnel.
00:37:25.84\00:37:28.58
So it's important for
people to realize that
00:37:28.61\00:37:31.25
because a lot of people say,
00:37:31.28\00:37:32.61
"Why would God take this
person or that person from me?"
00:37:32.65\00:37:36.38
Or why would God
do such and such.
00:37:36.42\00:37:39.05
Well, it wasn't God that did it
00:37:39.09\00:37:41.29
but pray and ask Him
how to move forward from it,
00:37:41.32\00:37:44.53
how to grow from it,
00:37:44.56\00:37:45.89
what lesson you
can learn from it.
00:37:45.93\00:37:47.90
And I am glad
you said that, Jason,
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.46
because I had a
college roommate who...
00:37:49.50\00:37:52.17
She married, had a
child, and her husband...
00:37:52.20\00:37:54.97
Her baby was two years
old, and her husband was hiking
00:37:55.00\00:37:58.47
and he fell to his death,
00:37:58.51\00:38:00.58
and they only had been married
about three or four years
00:38:00.61\00:38:03.65
and he fell to his death.
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.05
And people came to her and said,
00:38:05.08\00:38:06.41
"Well, it was
God's will that he go."
00:38:06.45\00:38:08.95
And she didn't want to
have anything to do with God
00:38:08.98\00:38:11.79
and it wasn't God's will.
00:38:11.82\00:38:13.15
Yeah.
00:38:13.19\00:38:14.52
I mean that was a
horrible accident.
00:38:14.56\00:38:15.89
It wasn't God's will.
00:38:15.92\00:38:17.26
But it's just something that
00:38:17.29\00:38:18.83
he didn't intervene
and give him a safety net.
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.50
But her husband took
00:38:21.53\00:38:24.13
an unreasonable
risk in his hiking.
00:38:24.17\00:38:26.33
Yeah.
00:38:26.37\00:38:27.70
But anyway...
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.07
Mollie Sue,
you've got Deuteronomy,
00:38:29.10\00:38:30.44
you've some good ones.
00:38:30.47\00:38:31.81
And when you think of...
00:38:31.84\00:38:33.17
Shelley...
00:38:33.21\00:38:34.54
Do you wanted to say something?
00:38:34.58\00:38:35.91
Oh, I was just gonna
say, I think of in Genesis,
00:38:35.94\00:38:38.08
Joseph and his brothers,
00:38:38.11\00:38:39.45
and remember how cruelly
his brothers treated him.
00:38:39.48\00:38:42.12
And then all the way at the end,
00:38:42.15\00:38:43.85
when God, you
know, turned those events
00:38:43.89\00:38:45.65
and what did Joseph
say to his brothers?
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.62
He said, "What
Satan intended for evil,
00:38:47.66\00:38:50.59
God turned for good."
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.09
So you are right.
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.46
I mean all these
things Satan intends for evil,
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.93
but God can still work
00:38:55.96\00:38:58.10
to bring out
something beautiful.
00:38:58.13\00:38:59.47
Amen. Amen.
00:38:59.50\00:39:00.84
Could I take a quick
two minutes, please, please?
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.20
Yeah, sure you can.
00:39:02.24\00:39:03.67
'Cause this is important.
00:39:03.71\00:39:05.47
In Pastoral,
00:39:05.51\00:39:06.84
probably in the
last six or eight months,
00:39:06.88\00:39:09.98
we are probably
now getting 50-60%
00:39:10.01\00:39:12.45
of spiritual warfare calls.
00:39:12.48\00:39:14.12
Oh, wow.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.48
Thanks for
turning around so fast,
00:39:15.52\00:39:17.35
and so as Jason
was talking about here,
00:39:17.39\00:39:21.06
please, guard your heart.
00:39:21.09\00:39:23.66
Don't allow yourself
to be put into a situation
00:39:23.69\00:39:26.83
where evil can win.
00:39:26.86\00:39:30.53
Yeah.
00:39:30.57\00:39:31.90
Satan is taking advantage
00:39:31.93\00:39:33.27
of every little
tiny little opportunity
00:39:33.30\00:39:37.54
to bring misery into
your life and of all...
00:39:37.57\00:39:42.41
We choose to believe
00:39:42.44\00:39:43.78
that we are
living in the last days
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.15
of this earth's history
and so he is very active.
00:39:45.18\00:39:48.68
So please be attentive.
00:39:48.72\00:39:51.62
Don't set yourself
up and do stupid things
00:39:51.65\00:39:55.32
that could
certainly bring consequences
00:39:55.36\00:39:58.63
that may not work in your favor.
00:39:58.66\00:40:00.13
Amen. Amen.
00:40:00.16\00:40:01.70
Thank you.
00:40:01.73\00:40:03.06
You know, we are
looking at guarding our heart.
00:40:03.10\00:40:07.07
And how do you do that?
00:40:07.10\00:40:09.47
And because I think that,
00:40:09.50\00:40:12.51
you know, if we
can convey anything,
00:40:12.54\00:40:14.34
it would be to urge
or prompt or motivate
00:40:14.38\00:40:18.81
all of us sitting
here at this table
00:40:18.85\00:40:20.95
and everyone that's
listening to put themselves
00:40:20.98\00:40:25.35
in a safer place where
their heart is concerned.
00:40:25.39\00:40:29.79
And how do we do that?
00:40:29.82\00:40:31.66
And that is
through the Word of God
00:40:31.69\00:40:33.50
and you know, we were
talking about being proactive,
00:40:33.53\00:40:36.50
you were talking
about being proactive,
00:40:36.53\00:40:38.83
we can't just
passively sit by and say,
00:40:38.87\00:40:42.24
"Oh, I believe, I believe."
00:40:42.27\00:40:43.91
And I want to start out.
00:40:43.94\00:40:45.41
We are going to
look at Deuteronomy
00:40:45.44\00:40:46.78
and let me ask you this
and go to Deuteronomy 30.
00:40:46.81\00:40:50.45
When you think of
the Book of Deuteronomy,
00:40:50.48\00:40:53.25
what is it that
comes to your mind,
00:40:53.28\00:40:54.88
the first thing you think of?
00:40:54.92\00:40:56.28
Blessings and cursings.
Blessings and cursings.
00:40:56.32\00:40:58.22
That's true.
00:40:58.25\00:40:59.59
Well, I am thinking
of guarding our heart,
00:40:59.62\00:41:02.22
and we've got to be proactive
00:41:02.26\00:41:05.06
and we've got to do it
on a consistent daily basis.
00:41:05.09\00:41:07.93
So I want to start
00:41:07.96\00:41:11.00
and let me just
quote that to you.
00:41:11.03\00:41:12.70
I think most people
know Joshua 1:8 and it says,
00:41:12.73\00:41:16.14
"This book of the law,"
00:41:16.17\00:41:17.51
and he is talking
about this Word of God
00:41:17.54\00:41:19.11
right here, the Bible.
00:41:19.14\00:41:20.78
"This book of the law
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.31
shall not
depart from your mouth,
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.08
but you shall..."
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.45
And here's what
I wanted to get to.
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.18
"You shall
meditate in it," how often?
00:41:28.22\00:41:31.35
See it's a daily walk.
00:41:31.39\00:41:36.02
Nothing is accomplished,
you will not have a deep
00:41:36.06\00:41:39.39
and lasting relationship
with that beautiful lady
00:41:39.43\00:41:42.63
if you don't spend
time on that relationship.
00:41:42.66\00:41:45.67
And so we want a deep
00:41:45.70\00:41:47.04
and a lasting
beautiful relationship
00:41:47.07\00:41:49.60
with our Lord and
savior Jesus Christ,
00:41:49.64\00:41:51.54
we do it though His Word.
00:41:51.57\00:41:53.11
So we spend time in
His Word day and night,
00:41:53.14\00:41:56.88
that you may observe."
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.25
You don't just read it
00:41:58.28\00:41:59.61
so that you can
play Bible Trivia,
00:41:59.65\00:42:01.45
you don't just read God's
Word and study God's Word,
00:42:01.48\00:42:04.89
so you would be
smarter than Jill
00:42:04.92\00:42:06.55
when we have
another one of those...
00:42:06.59\00:42:08.26
Oh, no, I know nothing.
00:42:08.29\00:42:11.03
No, it says, "that
you may observe to do
00:42:11.06\00:42:14.96
according to all
that's written therein."
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.43
That we don't
just hear it and say
00:42:17.47\00:42:19.10
"That's what I
wanted to get to."
00:42:19.13\00:42:20.67
It's not just hearing the Word,
it's observing to do the Word.
00:42:20.70\00:42:25.44
And that's what
Deuteronomy is all about.
00:42:25.47\00:42:28.74
It starts in
Deuteronomy 28, where God says,
00:42:28.78\00:42:33.78
let me just read the
first part of Deuteronomy 28.
00:42:33.82\00:42:37.92
"Now it shall come to pass,
if you diligently do" what?
00:42:37.95\00:42:41.36
"Obey the voice
of the Lord your God,
00:42:41.39\00:42:45.86
to observe carefully
all His commandments."
00:42:45.89\00:42:49.66
So we're looking
at the blessings in...
00:42:49.70\00:42:52.43
There are 14 verses of
blessings in Deuteronomy.
00:42:52.47\00:42:57.24
That covers A to Z.
00:42:57.27\00:42:58.61
Covers A to Z.
00:42:58.64\00:42:59.97
I mean you are so blessed
00:43:00.01\00:43:01.34
you don't know what's happening,
00:43:01.38\00:43:02.71
just blessed.
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.25
Well, then the next 54 verses
00:43:04.28\00:43:08.95
is the other.
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.32
So we don't want those.
00:43:10.35\00:43:11.69
We want the
blessings of the Lord.
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.72
But first and
foremost, you must hear it,
00:43:13.76\00:43:16.99
and then you must do it.
00:43:17.03\00:43:18.36
And Joshua 1:8 says,
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.46
you read God's Word every day.
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.93
You don't just eat
food ever so often.
00:43:23.97\00:43:28.80
But you have to
grow on God's Word.
00:43:28.84\00:43:30.64
We've been
predestined to be good,
00:43:30.67\00:43:32.14
formed into the image of Christ,
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.71
that is a guard of your heart
00:43:34.74\00:43:36.58
to speak of own guards
00:43:36.61\00:43:38.15
and you do that
through God's Word.
00:43:38.18\00:43:40.02
God's Word is liken to
seed, you take this seed,
00:43:40.05\00:43:44.22
you plant it in your
heart, it takes root, it grows,
00:43:44.25\00:43:47.12
it produces seed,
produces after its own kind,
00:43:47.16\00:43:50.13
and you develop the
characteristics of Christ
00:43:50.16\00:43:54.00
on the inside of you.
00:43:54.03\00:43:55.36
Okay, now, the
scriptures I have to share,
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.57
Deuteronomy 30:19.
00:43:57.60\00:44:01.07
"I call heaven and earth
00:44:01.10\00:44:03.61
as witnesses today against you."
00:44:03.64\00:44:06.31
This is talking to you,
Jill, let me pick on Jill.
00:44:06.34\00:44:09.51
Jill, "I call heaven
and earth against you
00:44:09.54\00:44:12.75
that I have set
before you life and death,
00:44:12.78\00:44:16.08
blessings and cursings,"
00:44:16.12\00:44:17.52
this is Deuteronomy,
remember Deuteronomy 28?
00:44:17.55\00:44:20.56
All those blessings?
00:44:20.59\00:44:22.29
You get down to verse
15, all those cursings.
00:44:22.32\00:44:25.69
So it's set before us,
"Blessings and cursings,
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.86
therefore," what
does he tell us to do?
00:44:28.90\00:44:31.50
"Choose life,
choose those blessings,
00:44:31.53\00:44:34.84
that both you
00:44:34.87\00:44:36.20
and your descendants may live."
00:44:36.24\00:44:40.24
And then I go on over
00:44:40.28\00:44:42.68
to Deuteronomy 32.
00:44:42.71\00:44:45.38
Let's look at verses 46 and 47.
00:44:45.41\00:44:49.22
It says, "And he said to them,
00:44:49.25\00:44:51.85
set your hearts
on all the" what?
00:44:51.89\00:44:55.02
"Words."
00:44:55.06\00:44:56.39
All the words, it is
solely, you just underline this
00:44:56.42\00:44:59.33
and stress it once
again, so vitally important
00:44:59.36\00:45:02.80
that we spend
time in God's Word.
00:45:02.83\00:45:04.93
The entrance of
God's Word gives light.
00:45:04.97\00:45:08.14
That's right.
00:45:08.17\00:45:09.50
It gives
understating to this simple,
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.17
so if light is
brought into your heart,
00:45:11.21\00:45:14.44
what is driven out?
00:45:14.48\00:45:15.81
Darkness.
00:45:15.84\00:45:17.18
And how many of you think
there's just not possibly be
00:45:17.21\00:45:18.75
some darkness in your life,
some darkness in your heart.
00:45:18.78\00:45:22.18
There is a good chance
of that in every one of us,
00:45:22.22\00:45:25.22
so as we read God's
Word and study God's Word,
00:45:25.25\00:45:28.29
it drives that
darkness right out.
00:45:28.32\00:45:30.69
"Set your
hearts on all the words
00:45:30.73\00:45:33.03
which I testify among you today,
00:45:33.06\00:45:36.23
which you shall
command your children."
00:45:36.26\00:45:40.00
Jimmy, are you
hearing this, honey?
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.50
My son is running
camera right over there.
00:45:41.54\00:45:43.84
Amen. Yeah.
00:45:43.87\00:45:45.87
"Your children to be careful
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.51
to observe all
the words of this law,
00:45:47.54\00:45:50.61
for it is not a
futile thing for you,
00:45:50.65\00:45:53.35
because it is your
life, and by this word
00:45:53.38\00:45:57.15
you shall prolong
your days in the land
00:45:57.19\00:46:00.76
which you cross over
the Jordan to possess."
00:46:00.79\00:46:03.36
What promises?
00:46:03.39\00:46:04.86
What blessings?
00:46:04.89\00:46:06.23
I wanted to do Joshua 1:8,
00:46:06.26\00:46:07.73
just, I'm gonna
finish with this.
00:46:07.76\00:46:09.66
"This book of the law
00:46:09.70\00:46:11.13
shall not depart
out of your mouth,
00:46:11.17\00:46:12.80
but you shall meditate
on it both day and night,
00:46:12.83\00:46:15.54
that you may observe to do
00:46:15.57\00:46:17.34
all that's written therein.
00:46:17.37\00:46:19.04
And here's the promise.
00:46:19.07\00:46:20.58
For then you will
make your way prosperous,
00:46:20.61\00:46:23.85
and you will have good success."
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.91
You know, that's
what I love about.
00:46:25.95\00:46:27.28
I remember and
I'll say this real quick
00:46:27.32\00:46:29.08
because I want to
give time to Julia.
00:46:29.12\00:46:32.59
But when I was suffering
00:46:32.62\00:46:34.52
so much for year
from the constant vertigo
00:46:34.56\00:46:37.73
and I couldn't walk,
couldn't talk, couldn't read.
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.86
I mean, was
like a stroke victim.
00:46:40.90\00:46:42.80
And God so
clearly impressed upon me.
00:46:42.83\00:46:46.33
"I set life and death
before you chose life."
00:46:46.37\00:46:49.57
And it was like, I mean
00:46:49.60\00:46:51.67
I wasn't in any mood to...
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.94
I said, "Lord, I
have chosen life,
00:46:53.98\00:46:56.68
Jesus Christ is my savior,
00:46:56.71\00:46:58.05
if you mean
anything more than that,
00:46:58.08\00:46:59.61
you're gonna have to tell me
00:46:59.65\00:47:00.98
'cause I am in no
position to figure it out."
00:47:01.02\00:47:04.15
And that's when he said,
00:47:04.19\00:47:07.06
"My Words are not idle words.
00:47:07.09\00:47:10.03
They add life into your bones."
00:47:10.06\00:47:12.59
So that's when He taught me
00:47:12.63\00:47:15.53
to get into the Word,
00:47:15.56\00:47:16.93
find His promises
and pray Him back.
00:47:16.97\00:47:18.90
And He totally changed my life.
00:47:18.93\00:47:22.04
I love that.
00:47:22.07\00:47:23.41
I've never done this
but I'm gonna do this.
00:47:23.44\00:47:25.81
Stand in front of
the mirror and speak...
00:47:25.84\00:47:29.61
Look into my
eyes and tell myself
00:47:29.64\00:47:31.68
what God's Word says about me.
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.72
That's powerful.
That wasn't my idea.
00:47:33.75\00:47:35.75
I was impressed by
the Lord to do that
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.45
and it was powerful.
00:47:37.49\00:47:39.35
You know, I liked
what you said about,
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.09
you know, hear and do.
00:47:41.12\00:47:43.09
Imagine sitting at your
house, your house is on fire,
00:47:43.12\00:47:45.63
somebody calls you and says,
00:47:45.66\00:47:47.60
"Hey man, your
house is on fire."
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.00
You are like, "Yeah, I hear you.
00:47:50.03\00:47:51.73
I'll talk to you later."
00:47:51.77\00:47:53.23
And you just sit back
00:47:53.27\00:47:54.60
and you just
relax and everything,
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.17
like everything is okay,
00:47:56.20\00:47:57.54
and then your house
burns up with you in it.
00:47:57.57\00:47:59.97
Like if you are
reading the Word, this...
00:48:00.01\00:48:02.31
What you are reading
should bring about the change
00:48:02.34\00:48:04.55
like Christ
working on your heart,
00:48:04.58\00:48:06.18
the Holy Spirit working on you
00:48:06.21\00:48:07.55
and pulling out your heart
00:48:07.58\00:48:08.92
when you are reading this stuff,
00:48:08.95\00:48:10.29
this should change you.
00:48:10.32\00:48:11.65
And it will. And it will.
00:48:11.69\00:48:13.02
Yes, it will.
00:48:13.05\00:48:14.76
Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:48:14.79\00:48:16.12
I just wanted to
say, we want to get,
00:48:16.16\00:48:17.49
we've only got nine minutes left
00:48:17.53\00:48:18.86
and I so want to
hear what Julia has to say
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.40
and then we will come
back with some closing comments
00:48:21.43\00:48:23.30
if we have time.
00:48:23.33\00:48:24.87
You know, I am here among you,
00:48:24.90\00:48:26.87
such a distinguished panel,
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.67
knowing your Bible so well.
00:48:28.70\00:48:31.97
My history in the
Bible is not long enough.
00:48:32.01\00:48:35.71
We know it. You
are a woman of God.
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.81
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:48:37.85\00:48:39.25
We are so blessed to
sit at the table with you.
00:48:39.28\00:48:41.28
Oh, thank you.
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.78
So what I am going
to do, if you don't mind
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.72
I will just read my passage
00:48:44.75\00:48:46.69
and I will let your say
00:48:46.72\00:48:48.62
if there is
something that you want to say,
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.16
but I believe it's
a very good conclusion
00:48:50.19\00:48:52.66
to what we are talking about.
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.36
So I'll read it.
00:48:54.40\00:48:55.73
It is Luke 6:45
00:48:55.76\00:49:00.04
and onwards.
00:49:00.07\00:49:01.40
Luke 6:45,
00:49:01.44\00:49:04.87
"A good man out
of the good treasure
00:49:04.91\00:49:07.38
of his heart brings forth good
00:49:07.41\00:49:10.35
and an evil man out
of the evil treasure
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.21
of his heart brings forth evil.
00:49:13.25\00:49:16.08
For out of the abundance of
the heart his mouth speaks."
00:49:16.12\00:49:19.92
So we have been talking
about it that we may be good
00:49:19.95\00:49:22.96
and at other
times we may be evil,
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.39
depending on what we look at,
00:49:25.43\00:49:27.40
or what we hear,
what we want to have,
00:49:27.43\00:49:30.53
this is what we have.
00:49:30.57\00:49:32.07
So let us go on,
00:49:32.10\00:49:35.87
"But why do you
call Me 'Lord, Lord,'
00:49:35.90\00:49:37.87
and not do the
things which I say?"
00:49:37.91\00:49:41.54
Which I say?
00:49:41.58\00:49:42.91
So he says some
things, why don't we do them?
00:49:42.94\00:49:45.21
He asks us.
00:49:45.25\00:49:47.08
"Whoever comes to Me,
00:49:47.12\00:49:48.75
and hears My
sayings and does them,
00:49:48.78\00:49:53.02
I will show you
whom he is like."
00:49:53.05\00:49:55.79
And then he
describes that he is like a man
00:49:55.82\00:49:58.23
who built his house
on a firm foundation
00:49:58.26\00:50:01.23
and it will stay, it
will not be demolished
00:50:01.26\00:50:04.87
under any hardships,
00:50:04.90\00:50:06.37
under any temptations,
00:50:06.40\00:50:08.30
under any bad things.
00:50:08.34\00:50:11.91
But he who heard God's sayings,
00:50:11.94\00:50:15.58
we are hearing it
00:50:15.61\00:50:16.95
and we are letting
you know, so many...
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.91
Millions of people,
many millions of people
00:50:18.95\00:50:21.42
hear them too.
00:50:21.45\00:50:22.78
Praise the Lord for 3ABN
00:50:22.82\00:50:25.79
which does it
worldwide including Russia.
00:50:25.82\00:50:29.42
"But he who heard and
did nothing is like a man
00:50:29.46\00:50:33.09
who built a house on the earth
00:50:33.13\00:50:35.13
without a foundation."
00:50:35.16\00:50:37.07
So I cannot say anything
00:50:37.10\00:50:39.07
better than this, you know?
00:50:39.10\00:50:41.64
I believe that just listening
00:50:41.67\00:50:44.57
and not doing is a wrong thing.
00:50:44.61\00:50:49.54
Yes, be a doer of the
Word, not a hearer only
00:50:49.58\00:50:52.35
because if you
hear it and don't do it,
00:50:52.38\00:50:55.42
it says you are
deceiving your own self.
00:50:55.45\00:50:58.45
And I can deceive
Shelley and I've still got hope.
00:50:58.49\00:51:01.66
I can deceive Jill
and I still got hope.
00:51:01.69\00:51:04.29
But if I am self-deceived,
there is no hope for me
00:51:04.33\00:51:07.26
because I am deceived.
00:51:07.30\00:51:08.93
So we deceive ourselves Julia
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.23
by not being a
doer of that Word.
00:51:11.27\00:51:13.70
But you know you are
talking about the treasure.
00:51:13.74\00:51:17.74
We store up treasure, right?
00:51:17.77\00:51:19.97
So when he says...
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.34
Luke 6:45, when Christ said that
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.98
if we've got good
stored in our heart,
00:51:24.01\00:51:27.38
how do we store
good in our heart?
00:51:27.42\00:51:29.95
We know there is
no one good but God.
00:51:29.98\00:51:32.25
So it's as that Word
gets into our heart...
00:51:32.29\00:51:35.29
That word ever hid in my heart.
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.06
Yeah, and as we accept
that Word as being truth,
00:51:37.09\00:51:41.40
as being God's testimony,
00:51:41.43\00:51:44.13
you know, in 1 John 5,
00:51:44.17\00:51:46.17
it says that
anybody that doesn't believe
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.90
the testimony of
God, is calling him
00:51:48.94\00:51:52.01
or regarding him as a liar.
00:51:52.04\00:51:54.24
So it is important when God says
00:51:54.28\00:51:57.68
this is who we are in Christ.
00:51:57.71\00:52:00.68
It's so important for us
00:52:00.72\00:52:03.02
to say, "Lord, you know,
00:52:03.05\00:52:05.22
I just don't feel
like I am there yet.
00:52:05.25\00:52:07.19
But I know my hope is,
00:52:07.22\00:52:11.09
you're gonna work
all things together
00:52:11.13\00:52:12.46
for my good.
00:52:12.49\00:52:13.83
My destiny is that
you're gonna conform me
00:52:13.86\00:52:15.63
to the image of Jesus."
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.70
And that's why
when he says though
00:52:17.73\00:52:20.24
out of the
overflow of the heart,
00:52:20.27\00:52:23.27
the mouth speaks.
00:52:23.30\00:52:24.97
Haven't you ever met somebody
00:52:25.01\00:52:26.64
that they are going through
00:52:26.68\00:52:30.21
a really bad situation
00:52:30.25\00:52:31.75
and all of a
sudden they are just like
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.25
chicken little, you know?
00:52:33.28\00:52:34.68
Maybe it's somebody
that's at church every Sabbath
00:52:34.72\00:52:37.59
and they look so
astounding and upright
00:52:37.62\00:52:40.02
but something bad happens
00:52:40.06\00:52:41.39
and it's just like,
"Oh, this guy is falling,
00:52:41.42\00:52:43.66
this guy is falling."
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.03
And they don't have any faith.
00:52:45.06\00:52:47.13
So I think it's important that
00:52:47.16\00:52:50.27
and even when we
speak in disbelief,
00:52:50.30\00:52:53.90
I think it robs
us of our own faith,
00:52:53.94\00:52:55.80
which is like we are
disconnecting ourselves
00:52:55.84\00:52:57.97
from our faith.
00:52:58.01\00:52:59.34
You know, one thing
as I was looking at this,
00:52:59.37\00:53:01.11
this is really fantastic
and this is the way God works
00:53:01.14\00:53:03.98
and we were talking
about a while ago, you know,
00:53:04.01\00:53:06.21
how we can take a
nugget and take a nugget there.
00:53:06.25\00:53:09.58
Two things, number one,
is I was looking at my...
00:53:09.62\00:53:12.02
I just went to 1
Corinthians 15:10
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.16
and I've got a sermon out
of that after about 45 minutes,
00:53:14.19\00:53:17.16
the Lord just flat took over.
00:53:17.19\00:53:19.29
I had nothing to do with me.
00:53:19.33\00:53:20.86
But they are the nuggets
00:53:20.90\00:53:22.23
so if we'll just
dedicate ourselves,
00:53:22.26\00:53:24.23
think about the poor
man in the easy chair
00:53:24.27\00:53:26.30
and the fire burning,
00:53:26.33\00:53:27.77
you know, he had
just grabbed something
00:53:27.80\00:53:29.67
that's active
00:53:29.70\00:53:31.04
and allow and
incorporate in his own life...
00:53:31.07\00:53:33.94
Listen to this, Luke
6:45, we just got to,
00:53:33.98\00:53:36.95
talking about the good man.
00:53:36.98\00:53:38.85
Now let me just take
what we just read here
00:53:38.88\00:53:40.95
because this is
really thank you Jesus.
00:53:40.98\00:53:43.15
The good man, one
who guards his heart,
00:53:43.18\00:53:47.19
the good man, who
accepts the grace from God,
00:53:47.22\00:53:50.43
the good man chooses
blessing and cursing,
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.60
the good man accepts life,
00:53:53.63\00:53:56.16
the good man
00:53:56.20\00:53:57.60
has God stored up in his heart.
00:53:57.63\00:54:00.07
Amen. Wow.
00:54:00.10\00:54:01.44
That is powerful.
00:54:01.47\00:54:02.80
Wow. Amen.
00:54:02.84\00:54:04.17
I mean, thank you, Jesus.
00:54:04.21\00:54:05.54
You gonna preach that tomorrow.
00:54:05.57\00:54:07.74
I recommend, you got a sermon.
00:54:07.78\00:54:09.48
Wow.
00:54:09.51\00:54:10.85
It's just wow. Just
jumped off the page.
00:54:10.88\00:54:14.15
I love what you said Julia too
00:54:14.18\00:54:15.98
because talking about the
good treasure in the heart
00:54:16.02\00:54:18.85
and then if we hear it
00:54:18.89\00:54:20.29
and we don't do it what happens?
00:54:20.32\00:54:22.32
Or if we hear it and we
choose to walk in obedience.
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.66
You know, JD, your scripture
00:54:25.69\00:54:27.06
was one of my favorites too.
00:54:27.10\00:54:28.43
The one that you
had, by the grace of God
00:54:28.46\00:54:30.17
I am who I am, what I am
00:54:30.20\00:54:32.13
and His grace
towards me was not in vain.
00:54:32.17\00:54:34.67
Many times when I read that,
00:54:34.70\00:54:36.17
I almost cry.
00:54:36.20\00:54:38.47
God has extended grace
00:54:38.51\00:54:41.21
to each one of us
00:54:41.24\00:54:42.58
and what am I doing with it?
00:54:42.61\00:54:44.31
Am I making a choice to do
00:54:44.35\00:54:46.72
what He asks to
walk in obedience,
00:54:46.75\00:54:49.35
to allow Him to
build a deep foundation,
00:54:49.38\00:54:52.59
or am I throwing it away?
00:54:52.62\00:54:54.09
You know, we each
have such a privilege
00:54:54.12\00:54:57.19
and opportunity to be
loved by the creator God
00:54:57.23\00:55:00.46
to know that He
wants to pour His grace
00:55:00.50\00:55:02.86
and love and mercy.
00:55:02.90\00:55:04.60
And what's my choice gonna be?
00:55:04.63\00:55:06.13
What am I gonna
do with that grace?
00:55:06.17\00:55:07.74
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.10
I think it says,
choose life or death.
00:55:09.14\00:55:11.54
Choose, I set life and
death before you choose.
00:55:11.57\00:55:14.61
Life is what the
Lord wants us to do.
00:55:14.64\00:55:16.91
Let's read our
affirmation again.
00:55:16.95\00:55:21.42
I guard my heart, I
am who God says I am,
00:55:21.45\00:55:23.95
it's what this is about.
00:55:23.99\00:55:25.69
I guard my heart for as I think
00:55:25.72\00:55:27.46
in my heart so shall I become.
00:55:27.49\00:55:30.09
I am who God says I am.
00:55:30.13\00:55:32.36
In other words, you are
not who you think you are,
00:55:32.39\00:55:34.36
you are not who
anybody else says you are,
00:55:34.40\00:55:36.87
God is the only one that knows
the end from the beginning.
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.37
He knows what He
has predestined for you.
00:55:39.40\00:55:41.97
I am who God says I am,
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.04
I am destined to
become like Jesus.
00:55:44.07\00:55:47.81
God places life
and death choices
00:55:47.84\00:55:49.84
before me daily.
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.91
I chose to believe the
faithfulness of his Word.
00:55:51.95\00:55:54.08
By doing so, I choose life
00:55:54.12\00:55:56.15
for His Word preserves my life.
00:55:56.18\00:55:58.39
I walk in perfect peace
because I trust the Lord
00:55:58.42\00:56:01.56
and keep my mind
focused on His faithfulness.
00:56:01.59\00:56:04.93
That's Isaiah 26:3, isn't it?
00:56:04.96\00:56:07.50
The goodness of God
is stored in my heart
00:56:07.53\00:56:11.97
and overflows to my mouth
00:56:12.00\00:56:14.40
and from my
heart I think and speak
00:56:14.44\00:56:16.87
only that which is pleasing
00:56:16.91\00:56:19.91
to my Heavenly Father.
00:56:19.94\00:56:21.28
Let that be our aspiration.
00:56:21.31\00:56:23.35
Mollie, 15 seconds.
00:56:23.38\00:56:25.88
Your thoughts become Word,
00:56:25.91\00:56:28.15
you Words become
actions, what is this?
00:56:28.18\00:56:30.05
Your actions become
attitude, your attitudes become,
00:56:30.09\00:56:33.46
I may get this wrong...
00:56:33.49\00:56:34.99
Habits, habits become patterns
00:56:35.02\00:56:40.76
and your character
becomes your destiny.
00:56:40.80\00:56:45.50
I love that saying.
00:56:45.53\00:56:47.97
Boy, our time just flew by.
00:56:48.00\00:56:49.67
Thank you all so much.
00:56:49.70\00:56:51.44
Julia, it was such an
honor to have you join us.
00:56:51.47\00:56:54.78
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:56:54.81\00:56:56.18
Thank you and boy, honey,
00:56:56.21\00:56:57.91
that was definitely
directly from the Lord.
00:56:57.95\00:57:00.48
It was, thank you, Jesus. Wow.
00:57:00.52\00:57:02.22
Amen, amen.
00:57:02.25\00:57:04.15
Jill, thank you.
00:57:04.19\00:57:05.52
Julia, Jason,
Mollie and of course, JD.
00:57:05.55\00:57:11.29
Our prayer for
those of you at home
00:57:11.33\00:57:13.60
is that the grace of our Lord
00:57:13.63\00:57:15.70
and savior Jesus
Christ will be yours
00:57:15.73\00:57:18.67
and that the love of the Father
00:57:18.70\00:57:20.74
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:20.77\00:57:23.07
will be with you,
not just this Sabbath day
00:57:23.10\00:57:26.37
as you are
enjoying God but every day.
00:57:26.41\00:57:29.61
Thank you so much
00:57:29.64\00:57:31.25
for joining with us today.
00:57:31.28\00:57:33.65
You are a
family and we love you.
00:57:33.68\00:57:35.35
Amen. Amen.
00:57:35.38\00:57:36.72