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, I'm Shelley
Quinn. And I'm JD Quinn.
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And we welcome you
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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It is such a wonderful
way to bring in the Sabbath,
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to get together,
and with our brothers
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and sisters here, and with you.
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And we hope that you have
a Bible, and a pen, and pad
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that you can join in
the Bible study with us.
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Let me ask you, how glad are you
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to see Sabbath rolling on?
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Amen. Always.
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Always. Isn't it?
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Isn't it? Amen.
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My favorite scripture...
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I say this frequently,
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is my favorite
scripture on the Sabbath
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because in Exodus 31:13 God says
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that the Sabbath is a
sign that He is the one
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who sanctifies us.
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And so we're very
excited to know that even though
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work of sanctification
belongs to the Lord, you know,
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I try to be perfect
for God for so many years
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and couldn't, till
I learned how to yield
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and surrender to Him.
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Honey? Yes.
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You want to introduce them?
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I would really happy to. Yes.
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I'm such an attentive husband.
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Yes. Yes.
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We'll start over to my
left, probably your right
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and everything, we got Jason.
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I'm just going
to go by first names
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'cause I'm a
first-name-type person.
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Okay, we got Jason. We got Ryan.
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We got Dee and we have Tim. Yes.
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And we're just all
just glad to be here
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'cause as mentioned,
3ABN is an absolutely
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fantastic place to
share your life with.
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Amen.
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But I must say the
3ABN is indeed workhouse.
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But I think that all
independent ministries
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are like that.
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You know, so anyway, go ahead.
Everybody wears a lot of hats.
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And everybody does
double duty and triple duty
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which is the same thing.
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But we're all friends.
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And I think that's what
you said on first name basis,
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we're not really
too formal around here,
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but we respect each other
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and we respect the
work each other does.
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So it's always nice to be
able to come around this table
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and worship together.
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Just like this.
There is joy in our work.
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There is, yes,
a joy in our work.
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Well said. Yes.
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It has purpose.
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Yeah, purpose. It's lovely.
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Our purpose, we make
a difference eternally
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not just on this earth.
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Amen. Amen.
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And we want to
thank those of you at home
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for your prayers and
your financial support
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of 3ABN because you are the one
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who is helping to
make an eternal difference.
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Every time, when
you're supporting 3ABN,
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you're investing in
eternity for someone else.
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So we're very grateful.
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I'd like us to open
with the prayer of praise.
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Jason, can we just start
with you, it will go around.
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Sure. Something...
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Just one thing you
want to praise the Lord for.
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Okay.
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It's hard to
limit it to one thing.
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I know. I know.
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I'll try.
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Dear, heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
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that we have the
opportunity to worship
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and we thank You so much
for Your wonderful Sabbath.
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In Jesus' name
we pray, amen. Amen.
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Father, I just
want to praise You
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for the religious
liberty and freedom
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that we have to do exactly
what we're doing right now
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to come together to worship
You in spirit and in truth.
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And we praise You
God and we thank You
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for your
never-ending love and goodness.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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And, Father, also, I just want
to thank You for our families.
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And, Father, just say
this Lord that through the aid
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of the Holy Spirit
that each one of us
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would turn our
eyes towards You Lord
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and accept You into our
heart so that we can indeed be
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the ambassadors
that you created us to be
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for Your kingdom.
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Oh, Lord, I just
always want to praise You
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for Your three
greatest gifts of grace.
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Thank You that You
sent Your one and only Son
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to be our Savior.
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Thank You for
sending Your Holy Spirit.
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Thank You for
giving us Your word.
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Father, I just praise You
that You are a personal God
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to each and every one of us
that You're involved eminently
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within our lives.
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And I just praise
You for that, Father.
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Thank You.
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Yes, Lord, and I
just want to say thank You
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for Your provision
throughout this week.
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Father, You have been faithful.
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I haven't missed a meal,
haven't missed a night's sleep.
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You have just been
there. And I thank You for that.
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So I pray that You'll
bless this time together.
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And may we draw closer to You,
and draw deeper in Your Word,
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and may we be fuller for it.
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We love You. In
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Well as Tim makes
his way to the piano,
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we're going to sing.
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It's a song that we all love.
I'll let JD introduce that.
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But why don't we
just do that first
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and we'll do the
song then we'll come back
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to what we're
going to do tonight?
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I think this is a
favorite topic of all of us
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and that is Jesus.
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And we're going to be singing
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"What a Friend
We Have in Jesus."
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And if you've got your
hymnal at home, it's number 499.
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"What a Friend
We Have in Jesus."
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And the words should be
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on the bottom of the
screen in case you don't.
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Amen.
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What a friend we have in Jesus
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All our sins and grieves to bear
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What a privilege to carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Oh, what peace we often forfeit
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Oh, what needless pain we bear
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All because we do not carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Have we trials and temptations?
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Is there trouble anywhere?
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We should never be discouraged
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Can we find a friend so faithful
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Who will all our sorrows share?
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Jesus knows our every weakness
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Are we weak and heavy-laden
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Cumbered with a load of care?
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Precious
Savior, still our refuge
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Do your friends
despise, forsake you?
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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In His arms He'll
take and shield you
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You will find a solace there
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Amen. Thank you.
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I love that
song. Beautiful song.
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I love those
words. Thank you for Tim.
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All right, what we're
going to talk about tonight
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as we get into the
scripture, you know that I love
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to make affirmations, right?
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You know what I
mean by affirmations?
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When you take the Word of God
and you speak it over your life
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or you pray it back to the Lord,
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affirming His truth that,
yes, you've accepted this.
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And so let me read
you an affirmation,
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then we're going to look
at the various scriptures
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that make this affirmation.
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And I know that a lot of
you can identify with this.
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There is so much going
on in the world right now.
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And sometimes, we
don't have a lot of peace
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about the things around us.
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So let me just read this.
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"Help, Lord, I don't
understand this situation.
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And I really don't
know how I should pray.
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All I can say is please help me.
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Father, help, what
a relief it is to know
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that the Holy Spirit
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is interceding for me right now.
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Thank You for
hearing His prayer.
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And how glad I am to
know that You, Lord Jesus,
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are interceding on my behalf.
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I know you're able
to save me completely.
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Thank You, Father,
for hearing and answering.
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I will not be
fearful for I am confident
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you will provide a solution.
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I count on Your help.
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You will
strengthen me and uphold me
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with Your righteous right hand.
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I will keep my mind
fixed on You, trusting in You.
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Thank You for perfect peace
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that is above
human understanding.
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I will not be
anxious about anything
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because Your peace
guards my heart and mind.
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In Christ Jesus'..." Amen.
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Amen.
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You know, haven't we all
prayed a prayer like this before
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where you just feel
like that everything
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is crashing in on you?
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In Psalm 12:1, that's how
David starts off his prayer.
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He feels like he is the
only good guy left on the earth.
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And he just starts off
and he says, "Help, Lord."
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And actually, what
that is in the Hebrew is,
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"Save me, Yahweh."
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It reminds me of Mathew 14:33
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where Peter is walking
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on the water and
suddenly the waves
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and everything come crashing in,
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he sees the
wind, he see the waves,
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and I think a wave got
up between he and Jesus.
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And then all of a
sudden, he started sinking,
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when he couldn't see Jesus,
his faith kind of dropped down
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and he started sinking.
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What did he
say? "Save me, Lord."
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But there are
times when I'm praying
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that if it weren't
for the promises of God,
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I would be so confused,
befuddled, hopeless, helpless.
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But when you start praying
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and you just
lift up to the Lord,
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it's just amazing.
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The peace that comes back to you
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because you know you've
got two prayer partners.
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Even if you are alone,
you've got two prayer partners.
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The Holy Spirit is interceding
and Jesus is at the right hand
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of the Father,
and He is interceding.
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Isn't he, Ryan?
Absolutely. Absolutely.
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You know, when I think
of this particular subject,
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Help me, Lord, I cry for help,
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I cry for the Lord to
bring us relief and peace,
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especially in the
times that we're living in.
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We have beautiful
promises in the Word of God
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that helps bring this
particular topic to light.
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One text that
comes to my mind is found
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in Romans 8.
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And I'm going to begin
reading in Romans 8:26.
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In fact, I
encourage the viewers at home
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to really get a
good understanding
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of the context of
this particular verse.
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Go back up to about verse 18.
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Again, this is Romans 8
and you go up to Romans 8:18,
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and just read downward.
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But I'm going to,
for the sake of time,
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begin in Romans 8:26.
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And this is a rather popular
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and notorious
verse for its content.
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And it says here,
"Likewise the spirit
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also helps in our weakness."
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So it's kind of like
what you were saying, Shelley,
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that we can
depend on God's presence
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to be with us at
every time of need.
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"Likewise the
spirit also helps us
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in our weaknesses
for we do not know..."
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excuse me, "for we do not know
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what we should
pray for as we ought.
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But the Spirit himself
makes intercession for us
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with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
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Now he who
searches the hearts knows
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what the mind of the Spirit is
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because He makes
intercession for the saints
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according to the will of God."
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It is a powerful text
because it provides us
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with the promise.
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It provides us
with a beautiful promise
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that there are some
times we are in need
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of God's intervention,
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we are in need of God's
divine guidance and leadership.
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But sometimes, we really
don't know what to pray for.
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We can't conjure up the
words to say to the Lord.
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But, you know, we have
a promise here that says,
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"You know what,
God's got our back.
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God knows exactly what we
need even before we need it."
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And sometimes...
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You know, in this life
time, you know, sometimes,
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we find ourselves sighing
and crying, and in this case,
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groaning for relief, for peace.
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And the Bible
promises us right here
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that the Holy
Spirit, he understands that
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and He will take that link
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which that we
know not what to speak.
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And He takes it
before the throne of God
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and He presents those petitions
before the Lord on our behalf.
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And that's powerful.
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You know, I read the
scripture and I couldn't help
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but think immediately
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because many of my
Pentecostal friends
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read this and
they often, you know,
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take this scripture
and kind of turn it into,
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you know, the
groaning aspect of,
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kind of the spiritualistic
application that, you know,
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the spirit forces you
to groan and to, you know,
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make sounds and
utterances that is of God.
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But we know that in this case
it's just simply the context
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of this passage is teaching us
and providing a promise for us
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that you know
what, in this lifetime,
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we're subject to
this carnal body,
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we're subject to
all of the despair,
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and the death, and
the sorrow, and the pain,
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and all the things
that this life has to bring.
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But we have the
wonderful promise of God
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to know that in times
when we don't even know
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what to say,
God is there for us.
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He hears us, He understands
what we need in advance.
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And could I interject
something here because...
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Sure.
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I learned this actually from JD.
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I don't think he knew
that he taught me this.
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I have always
prayed for the Holy Spirit
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before I read,
before I get into the Bible
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'cause I know I
can't understand scripture
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without the Holy Spirit.
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But when JD
began working at 3ABN
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in the Pastoral Department,
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one thing that he did repeatedly
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on the way home from work.
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I asked how did your day go?
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He'd always say,
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"You know, I don't
know how to pray so what."
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You know, when people
called with horrible things,
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so what he started
doing from the very beginning
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is he'd tell
people, "Do you mind
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if we ask the
Holy Spirit to join us
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and ask the Holy
Spirit to guide this prayer?"
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And, you know what, it took me
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probably a week
of hearing him say
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that to where...
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then I thought of Romans 8:26.
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And I thought,
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"Lord, if I really
need the Holy Spirit,
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I want to be aware
of that like he was."
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I mean, he does
this to this day.
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And so now I pray
when I first start
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and I just ask the
Holy Spirit to help me pray
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because we don't how to pray
for somebody the way we should.
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You know, there is a
lot of complicated...
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People go through a
lot of complicated stuff.
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And nobody's got the same story.
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I want to tell
you a humorous story,
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it will take just a second.
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As you were talking
about this, I mean this just...
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And this is humorous now
that I could look back 50 years.
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And I've laughed a lot
since, but, boy, at this time,
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this was serious, serious stuff.
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We grew up with horses. I
didn't get along with horses.
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From day one, when I
was probably four years old,
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the horse that I
got on threw me off.
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Of course, like a strong...
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Dad couldn't wait to put me...
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brought back on him again,
the horse threw me off again.
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And since that day, I've
been freaked out over horses.
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But now I am probably 18 or 19.
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Oh, I had this tame horse.
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Let me tell you
about this tame horse.
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This tame horse, he sensed
that I was afraid of horses.
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And so, boy, I got on his
back, and I mean he took off,
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he took off, he ran, and he ran.
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And it just seems
like the scarier I got,
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the faster he would run.
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Then I know...
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I know that my
eyes were this big.
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I didn't know
what I was going to do,
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how am I going to get off.
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The Lord heard my
prayer. "Lord, save me."
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That fast, there was a
lam that was right there
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and just knocked me
flat off that horse.
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Oh, my Word. It
knocked me off that horse.
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The Lord heard my prayer.
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That's right. That's right. Wow.
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You have a
strong hand. I mean it.
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And I just sat there
probably cuckoo, you know,
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knocked off that fast horse.
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The horse
probably just looked back
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with a big smile on his face.
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But you know, as
you were sitting here
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because this is the way
that God answers prayers.
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Not always as we
think that there should be.
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But He heard my prayer.
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He answered my prayer.
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I think three wheelers
might have come on the scene...
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But anyway, thank you, Jesus,
for that lamb being there.
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But I did, you know,
Jesus helped, and He heard.
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Amen.
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Well, in fact,
that's what 26 says,
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"The Holy
Spirit comes to our aid
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and bears us up
in our weakness."
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It's a personal, our weakness,
not in your weakness for me,
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you know, some
way you handle things
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whenever you're going through it
00:19:16.12\00:19:17.45
to be the same way
he handles it for me.
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It's in our weakness.
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He is a personal
savior, and I love that,
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personal Holy Spirit.
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Yes, He is always there.
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One size fits all,
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but it's not
always the same fit.
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So that's cool.
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Thank you, Tim. Absolutely.
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Yeah, you know,
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when I was reading this passage,
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this particular
passage in Romans 8,
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that if you would
read the context close,
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for instance, it's
got a heavy emphasis
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on the Spirit.
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And so obviously,
"Likewise the spirit
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also helps in our weaknesses."
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And then the next
part, "For we do not know
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what we should pray as we ought,
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but the Spirit Himself
makes intercession for us."
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When I was doing a little bit
of research in regards to this,
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it led me over
to 2 Corinthians 5.
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Now it's interesting
because both of these passages
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tend to be misunderstood a lot
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across the
Christian world today.
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Paul is basically reiterating
in 2 Corinthians here
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what he has said in Romans 8.
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In Romans 5:1-8 is
that famous passage
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where it talks about
being absent from the body,
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present with the Lord, okay,
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even though Paul
doesn't necessarily say
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those exact words and
just leave it at that.
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At the top, notice
these words and tell me
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if it sounds familiar to
what we just read in Romans 8.
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You mean, 2 Corinthians 5?
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This is 2 Corinthians 5. Okay.
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I'm sorry.
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I might have said
something different there.
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Notice what he says here.
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2 Corinthians 5:1 he says,
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"For we know that
if our earthly house,
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this tent, is destroyed,
we have a building from God,
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a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens."
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Now we know that Paul often
likens our body as a temple or,
00:20:52.61\00:20:55.82
as in this case, he refers
to it as a house or a tent.
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Notice what 2 Corinthians
5:2 says, "For in this we..."
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there is that word, "we
groan, earnestly desiring
00:21:01.92\00:21:05.29
to be clothed
with our habitation
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.03
which is from heaven.
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If indeed, having been clothed,
we shall not be found naked."
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And then 2 Corinthians 5:4 says,
00:21:12.97\00:21:14.30
"We who are in this
tent," again, this body,
00:21:14.34\00:21:17.84
there it is again
"groan because we are," what,
00:21:17.87\00:21:20.08
"we're being burdened."
00:21:20.11\00:21:21.44
How often in
life are we burdened?
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We feel the pressures of life,
we feel the stresses of life,
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the anxiety.
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And sometimes, it brings us
into a depression or despair,
00:21:28.15\00:21:31.62
and so we groan.
00:21:31.65\00:21:32.99
And we often
desire for happiness
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or relief or peace.
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And ultimately,
what we're saying is
00:21:37.06\00:21:38.39
"Lord, I can't wait
for you to come back.
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I can't wait for you to deliver
me from this body of death.
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I may have that
new heavenly body
00:21:43.20\00:21:45.80
that you have given to us."
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And then, of course, in
the latter part, it says,
00:21:47.34\00:21:48.97
"Not because we
want to be unclothed,
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but further
clothed," and I love this,
00:21:51.41\00:21:53.58
"that mortality may
be swallowed up of life."
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See, verse 4 is the key
to understanding verse 8
00:21:57.51\00:22:00.82
that many people misunderstand
because verse 8 talks about
00:22:00.85\00:22:04.19
"We are confident, yes,
and pleased rather to be absent
00:22:04.22\00:22:06.42
from the body and
present with the Lord."
00:22:06.45\00:22:08.42
We're waiting for
that time, and sometimes,
00:22:08.46\00:22:10.59
we don't know what to
pray, sometimes we struggle,
00:22:10.63\00:22:12.79
"Lord, I don't really know
the words to say, but, God,
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.73
you know my needs
00:22:14.76\00:22:16.10
and we're
burdened in this body."
00:22:16.13\00:22:17.47
We groan, and then we sigh,
and we cry for the Lord's help.
00:22:17.50\00:22:20.70
And of course, I love
the latter part of verse 5,
00:22:20.74\00:22:23.27
here it says, "Now
He who has prepared us
00:22:23.30\00:22:25.54
for this very thing
is God who also has,"
00:22:25.57\00:22:28.98
and then notice these words,
00:22:29.01\00:22:30.35
"given us the
Spirit as a guarantee."
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Amen.
00:22:32.21\00:22:33.55
In other words, you know
what, we may be burdened now
00:22:33.58\00:22:34.92
but God has given us a relief.
00:22:34.95\00:22:36.28
He has provided us
with the Holy Spirit
00:22:36.32\00:22:38.79
to intercede for us
until that time comes
00:22:38.82\00:22:42.06
when He provides us with
that beautiful heavenly body.
00:22:42.09\00:22:44.63
Amen. Amen. It's powerful.
00:22:44.66\00:22:45.99
And, you know,
there are three states
00:22:46.03\00:22:47.86
since you brought this in.
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There are three
states of being clothed,
00:22:49.26\00:22:51.37
that's being in
our heavenly tent.
00:22:51.40\00:22:54.24
Unclothed being,
you're in the grave.
00:22:54.27\00:22:56.04
You've lost this tent, but
then being further clothed.
00:22:56.07\00:23:00.18
So there are
three states of being.
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Excellent. Excellent. All right.
00:23:02.18\00:23:04.18
So we know that the
Holy Spirit helps us
00:23:04.21\00:23:08.22
when we're calling,
but let's turn to Hebrews.
00:23:08.25\00:23:11.92
And I'd like to look at
00:23:11.95\00:23:13.32
Hebrews 7.
00:23:13.36\00:23:19.29
I can get to Hebrews7.
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And I'm going to
begin with Hebrews 7:22.
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He's talking
about Jesus being...
00:23:30.21\00:23:35.81
I'll just read it.
00:23:35.84\00:23:37.18
It says, "By so much
more Jesus has become
00:23:37.21\00:23:40.95
a surety of a better covenant."
00:23:40.98\00:23:44.85
First of all, you know,
00:23:44.89\00:23:46.52
we talk about Jesus as our Lord,
00:23:46.55\00:23:50.53
but He is our surety.
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.43
Absolutely.
00:23:52.46\00:23:53.80
He is our
guarantee of the covenant.
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.36
Isn't that exciting? I know.
00:23:56.40\00:23:57.93
He guarantees that He's
going to complete the good work
00:23:57.97\00:24:01.74
He's begun in us.
00:24:01.77\00:24:03.20
He guarantees that
He's going to save you
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.91
by His righteous right hand.
00:24:05.94\00:24:08.04
And then it goes on saying...
00:24:08.08\00:24:11.48
Well, now let me go ahead.
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.21
So Jesus has become a
surety of a better covenant.
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.92
And in Hebrew 7:23,
"There were many priests
00:24:16.95\00:24:20.99
because they were prevented
by death from continuing.
00:24:21.02\00:24:24.06
But He, because
He continues forever,
00:24:24.09\00:24:28.46
has an unchanged priesthood.
00:24:28.50\00:24:32.67
Therefore, He is also able
00:24:32.70\00:24:37.31
to say to the uttermost."
00:24:37.34\00:24:41.88
There is nothing
He can't save us from.
00:24:41.91\00:24:44.51
There is
nothing He can't finish.
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.68
"For those who
come to God through Him
00:24:47.72\00:24:51.42
since He always lives to
make intercession for us."
00:24:51.45\00:24:55.72
Amen. How exciting is that.
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.49
Yeah, it's powerful.
00:24:57.53\00:24:58.86
How exciting is it to
know that two persons of God,
00:24:58.89\00:25:03.10
the Holy Spirit, God's
paracletos here on earth
00:25:03.13\00:25:08.70
is praying and interceding.
00:25:08.74\00:25:12.07
But then Jesus is...
00:25:12.11\00:25:13.44
1 John 2:1 says,
00:25:13.48\00:25:14.81
"We've got an
advocate with the Father."
00:25:14.84\00:25:16.64
That's right.
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.05
A paracletos is
what that word means.
00:25:18.08\00:25:20.75
So Christ is
interceding on your behalf.
00:25:20.78\00:25:25.52
And He is able to
save to the uttermost.
00:25:25.55\00:25:31.39
Nothing He can't save us from.
00:25:31.43\00:25:32.76
Amen. Amen.
00:25:32.79\00:25:35.43
Praise God because
if he can't save you
00:25:35.46\00:25:38.27
to the
uttermost, we're all lost.
00:25:38.30\00:25:41.37
That's correct. Yeah.
00:25:41.40\00:25:44.94
I know.
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.41
In Isaiah 41:13,
he is talking about...
00:25:46.44\00:25:53.18
I love this.
00:25:53.21\00:25:54.88
After David
died, someone gave me
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.05
some different scriptures.
00:25:57.09\00:25:58.42
Who is David? My husband, David.
00:25:58.45\00:26:00.29
He passed away
and I became a widow.
00:26:00.32\00:26:02.92
And a couple of more in Isaiah
because He lifts you up so much
00:26:02.96\00:26:06.59
and says so many
things about saving you.
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.06
And Isaiah 41:13 says,
"For I, the Lord your God,
00:26:09.10\00:26:15.40
will hold your
right hand saying to you,
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.37
'Fear not, I will help you.'"
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.44
And to me, that has so
many layers of meaning.
00:26:21.48\00:26:26.18
I can't even
begin to unwrap them.
00:26:26.21\00:26:29.85
When I was a
non-Christian, many times,
00:26:29.88\00:26:34.59
I was in situations
where God held my right hand
00:26:34.62\00:26:37.63
and I wasn't paying
any attention to Him.
00:26:37.66\00:26:40.00
He saved me.
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.46
There were a couple of times
00:26:42.50\00:26:43.83
where I felt
physically threatened.
00:26:43.87\00:26:47.80
And even though I
wasn't a Christian,
00:26:47.84\00:26:49.57
I knew God existed.
00:26:49.60\00:26:51.77
One very specific time,
I was like, "Help me, God."
00:26:51.81\00:26:55.78
I knew that if He
did not do something,
00:26:55.81\00:26:58.91
something bad was
really going to happen.
00:26:58.95\00:27:00.82
And I just...
00:27:00.85\00:27:02.65
in my heart, in my being,
it was like, "Help me, God."
00:27:02.68\00:27:07.19
And that's all I could say.
00:27:07.22\00:27:08.56
And later on, I looked
back and I know God intervened
00:27:08.59\00:27:13.76
and made a difference.
00:27:13.80\00:27:15.13
He saved my life
because He knows the end
00:27:15.16\00:27:17.63
from the beginning.
00:27:17.67\00:27:19.37
And of course, you make promises
00:27:19.40\00:27:21.34
that you don't keep at the time.
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.97
But life went on.
00:27:24.01\00:27:25.34
He did row me over the
years and I did end up with Him.
00:27:25.37\00:27:30.28
When I lost David...
00:27:30.31\00:27:31.78
See, before I had that
relationship with the Lord,
00:27:31.81\00:27:36.58
David was my all.
00:27:36.62\00:27:38.29
He was who I
depended on, who I leaned on.
00:27:38.32\00:27:41.22
And I am so grateful
that God brought me to Him
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.66
before I lost David
'cause I don't think...
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.86
I'm not sure how I would
have survived that without Him.
00:27:47.90\00:27:50.87
But when I lost
David, my complete leaning,
00:27:50.90\00:27:55.74
everything was on the Lord.
00:27:55.77\00:27:57.77
There was no one else.
00:27:57.81\00:27:59.37
And I remember, so
vividly after David died,
00:27:59.41\00:28:02.58
sitting in front of
the fireplace going,
00:28:02.61\00:28:04.95
"I'm yours, Lord.
00:28:04.98\00:28:06.92
There is no place else to
go. There is nothing else to do.
00:28:06.95\00:28:09.72
I'm yours
completely and totally.
00:28:09.75\00:28:12.52
Whatever You
want, whatever You say."
00:28:12.55\00:28:14.86
That's saving to the utmost.
00:28:14.89\00:28:16.76
But I was admitting to
that, I was committing to that,
00:28:16.79\00:28:20.20
and being willing to ask Him.
00:28:20.23\00:28:22.86
I came unto Him and
asked Him for that help.
00:28:22.90\00:28:26.74
And now so much of
my life before the Lord,
00:28:26.77\00:28:30.01
I remember being in darkness,
or in pain, or being in fear,
00:28:30.04\00:28:34.94
or being mostly just in pain.
00:28:34.98\00:28:37.95
Emotional pain.
00:28:37.98\00:28:39.31
Emotional pain, not
physical. Emotional, mental.
00:28:39.35\00:28:42.58
But after you come to the
Lord, after you have Him there,
00:28:42.62\00:28:47.32
after He saves
you to the utmost,
00:28:47.36\00:28:49.89
and when you're
living in sin, that song,
00:28:49.92\00:28:54.33
you know, "Deep in sin.
00:28:54.36\00:28:57.60
Sinking to rise no
more. And love lifted me."
00:28:57.63\00:29:00.40
He lifts you out of that.
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.97
He lifts you into the light.
00:29:03.00\00:29:05.51
And now...
00:29:05.54\00:29:08.51
I feel like I
fail Him too often now.
00:29:08.54\00:29:12.61
So then Satan will come
in and try to discourage you
00:29:12.65\00:29:16.58
because I disappoint my Lord
too many times, I let him down.
00:29:16.62\00:29:21.69
And it just breaks my
heart because He gave more than
00:29:21.72\00:29:26.73
I can even imagine to save me.
00:29:26.76\00:29:29.60
I know He went to the cross.
00:29:29.63\00:29:31.13
But what He sacrificed
for me was so far beyond that
00:29:31.17\00:29:34.70
I can't even comprehend it.
00:29:34.74\00:29:36.40
And here I let Him down.
00:29:36.44\00:29:38.07
So it's these
verses that you can turn to
00:29:38.11\00:29:43.31
to knock Satan down,
where He says to you,
00:29:43.35\00:29:46.72
"I am the Lord your
God. I will hold your hand."
00:29:46.75\00:29:49.98
He never lets go of my
hand even when I fail Him,
00:29:50.02\00:29:54.76
when I let Him go.
00:29:54.79\00:29:56.12
He is faithful and
true to the utmost.
00:29:56.16\00:29:58.99
And so when Satan attacks
us, there are so many levels,
00:29:59.03\00:30:04.57
"Fear not, I will help you."
00:30:04.60\00:30:06.80
Whether I need physical
help because of bad choices
00:30:06.84\00:30:09.97
and put myself
in physical danger,
00:30:10.01\00:30:13.01
whether it's emotional, mental,
00:30:13.04\00:30:15.48
the world hurts us,
it bounces us around.
00:30:15.51\00:30:19.08
As CA says, "If you
haven't been there yet,
00:30:19.11\00:30:21.85
wait it's coming.
00:30:21.88\00:30:23.22
Everybody gets there.
00:30:23.25\00:30:24.59
Okay?"
00:30:24.62\00:30:25.95
Satan is going to attack.
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.69
He is going to send
you pain and danger.
00:30:27.72\00:30:29.66
But these verses are the
ones that will lift you up,
00:30:29.69\00:30:35.06
and take you into the
light, and give you peace.
00:30:35.10\00:30:38.37
See, Satan can't
take my peace very long
00:30:38.40\00:30:42.30
now because the
scripture that I fed in
00:30:42.34\00:30:46.31
and I have it on my walls,
00:30:46.34\00:30:47.94
I have it here, I have it there.
00:30:47.98\00:30:50.15
I really want it in my heart.
00:30:50.18\00:30:53.52
I wish I knew more by memory,
00:30:53.55\00:30:55.38
but God brings things
to you when you need it.
00:30:55.42\00:30:57.82
Absolutely.
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.19
So you throw
Satan out and say, "No,
00:30:59.22\00:31:01.06
this is what I'm holding on to.
00:31:01.09\00:31:02.59
God is holding my right hand.
00:31:02.62\00:31:04.56
He is my God, my Lord.
00:31:04.59\00:31:07.03
And He will help me.
00:31:07.06\00:31:08.46
And I have nothing to fear."
00:31:08.50\00:31:10.37
You know, how many
times I stumble and fall,
00:31:10.40\00:31:12.73
as long as I keep
coming back to Him and saying,
00:31:12.77\00:31:16.10
"Help me"
committing, submitting,
00:31:16.14\00:31:18.41
He will raise you up
and save you to the utmost.
00:31:18.44\00:31:21.28
You know, I was just
thinking while you were talking.
00:31:21.31\00:31:23.78
Tim, you have two gorgeous sons,
00:31:23.81\00:31:26.08
Grae and Eli.
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.45
Right.
00:31:27.48\00:31:28.82
I am sure there have been times
when they've disappointed you.
00:31:28.85\00:31:32.22
I mean, kids are kids.
00:31:32.25\00:31:33.59
Sure.
00:31:33.62\00:31:34.96
But did you ever,
when they disappointed you,
00:31:34.99\00:31:37.93
think like,
00:31:37.96\00:31:39.29
"I don't have
anything more to do with you
00:31:39.33\00:31:40.66
or I don't love you?"
00:31:40.70\00:31:42.03
What is a father's heart
like when you see your son
00:31:42.06\00:31:47.74
floundering, you
see something going on?
00:31:47.77\00:31:50.87
It just makes your heart explode
00:31:50.91\00:31:53.51
with love and want to rescue.
00:31:53.54\00:31:54.94
Right. Exactly.
00:31:54.98\00:31:56.31
Well, I know that.
00:31:56.34\00:31:57.68
Recently, as
they've become teenagers,
00:31:57.71\00:31:59.98
they have called
me with situations
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.22
that they've
found themselves in.
00:32:02.25\00:32:04.42
And my younger one
gave me a situation
00:32:04.45\00:32:09.36
that he knew I
would be disappointed,
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.19
he just called
me and said, "Dad,
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.99
I know that you'll probably
never even look at me the same
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.70
after I tell
you what I've done."
00:32:15.73\00:32:17.70
I said, "Son,
are you kidding me?"
00:32:17.73\00:32:20.14
I said, "I was never put
in that position that you..."
00:32:20.17\00:32:24.94
Example that he gave me.
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.54
But I said, "I
appreciate, first of all,
00:32:26.57\00:32:28.91
you telling me about it."
00:32:28.94\00:32:31.15
And I mean, there's just...
00:32:31.18\00:32:33.42
A Father's love is just...
00:32:33.45\00:32:35.58
You can't turn on that.
00:32:35.62\00:32:38.29
I do hear of fathers
who turn on their children
00:32:38.32\00:32:41.36
because of things
that they've done that,
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.46
you know, was disgraceful.
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.53
Really?
00:32:46.56\00:32:47.90
When I think of
what God has done for me,
00:32:47.93\00:32:51.23
Lord I've got nothing
but mercy to the extent.
00:32:51.27\00:32:55.00
Absolutely.
00:32:55.04\00:32:56.37
And you know,
that's how God looks at us.
00:32:56.40\00:32:59.21
I love what you said.
00:32:59.24\00:33:00.58
There was someone local here
who worked at 3ABN for a while.
00:33:00.61\00:33:04.55
And he had gone
through a very traumatic event,
00:33:04.58\00:33:08.98
turned to drugs, his
father was in law enforcement.
00:33:09.02\00:33:12.12
And his father
loved him, loved him,
00:33:12.15\00:33:14.72
loved him no matter
00:33:14.76\00:33:16.09
what he was
doing, he accepted him,
00:33:16.12\00:33:18.19
he loved him.
00:33:18.23\00:33:19.73
And of course, he
wanted him to change.
00:33:19.76\00:33:22.00
But you know, that boy...
00:33:22.03\00:33:24.03
I mean the Dad
took a lot of criticism
00:33:24.07\00:33:26.70
because he was so supportive.
00:33:26.74\00:33:29.70
But guess what, it was that love
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.51
that brought him around.
00:33:31.54\00:33:32.91
And that's why the Lord is.
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.01
God just will keep on
loving you till He wooze you.
00:33:35.04\00:33:39.68
And then we have
God's love in us.
00:33:39.71\00:33:42.42
That enables us.
00:33:42.45\00:33:44.09
You are filled with God's love,
00:33:44.12\00:33:45.72
and that's why you
let God's love flow
00:33:45.75\00:33:48.09
through you and into your sons,
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.56
and you continue loving them.
00:33:49.59\00:33:50.93
That's right. Praise
the Lord. You're right.
00:33:50.96\00:33:52.29
If you let go of your child...
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.86
God doesn't let go of us.
00:33:54.90\00:33:56.46
But if you let go your child,
00:33:56.50\00:33:57.83
then God's love is
not flowing through you.
00:33:57.87\00:33:59.93
Right.
00:33:59.97\00:34:01.30
How many of you guys
have been scared before?
00:34:01.34\00:34:03.64
Have you ever had a
moment or a situation
00:34:03.67\00:34:07.08
where you were
fear of something?
00:34:07.11\00:34:08.48
Yeah, sure.
00:34:08.51\00:34:09.84
Well, let's take a
look at Isaiah 41:10.
00:34:09.88\00:34:13.92
Yes.
00:34:13.95\00:34:15.28
And we should
already be right there.
00:34:15.32\00:34:16.99
Let's take a look at that.
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.35
"Fear not for I am with you.
00:34:18.39\00:34:21.02
Be not dismayed
for I am your God.
00:34:21.06\00:34:24.23
I will strengthen you.
00:34:24.26\00:34:25.73
Yes, I will uphold you.
00:34:25.76\00:34:27.80
I will help you."
00:34:27.83\00:34:29.16
Excuse me.
00:34:29.20\00:34:30.53
"I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand."
00:34:30.57\00:34:33.74
Now let's take a
look at that fear not.
00:34:33.77\00:34:36.94
Okay, "So don't be afraid
00:34:36.97\00:34:39.14
because that trial
that you're going through,
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.08
I'm with you.
00:34:41.11\00:34:43.18
Be not dismayed."
00:34:43.21\00:34:44.55
And dismayed,
according to the dictionary,
00:34:44.58\00:34:48.35
means to cause someone to
feel consternation and distress.
00:34:48.38\00:34:53.25
So the Lord is
saying, "Be not dismayed
00:34:53.29\00:34:55.69
for I am your God.
00:34:55.72\00:34:57.06
You serve me, I
can do anything."
00:34:57.09\00:35:00.96
You know, God can do anything.
00:35:01.00\00:35:03.26
So don't stress about it.
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.47
Don't worry about it.
00:35:05.50\00:35:06.84
"I will strengthen you.
00:35:06.87\00:35:08.70
You know, where you're
weak, Christ is strong.
00:35:08.74\00:35:11.67
And you know, His
strength is made perfect
00:35:11.71\00:35:13.61
in our weakness.
00:35:13.64\00:35:14.98
"Yes, I will help you.
00:35:15.01\00:35:16.85
You're not alone."
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.21
You know, "I've got this.
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.58
I'm going to
help you through it.
00:35:19.61\00:35:21.12
I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand."
00:35:21.15\00:35:24.19
You know, I don't know about
you guys but I'm right handed.
00:35:24.22\00:35:28.26
So naturally, my right hand
is stronger than my left hand.
00:35:28.29\00:35:33.50
You know, God is
saying, Jesus is saying like...
00:35:33.53\00:35:36.20
He's right handed too, right?
00:35:36.23\00:35:37.90
Yes.
00:35:37.93\00:35:39.97
He is upholding us
with His right hand, right?
00:35:40.00\00:35:42.14
He's holding us with
His righteous right hand.
00:35:42.17\00:35:45.74
And during the
Hebrews, I mean, that was...
00:35:45.77\00:35:49.31
You're right.
00:35:49.34\00:35:50.68
It was a figurative
language to mean His strength.
00:35:50.71\00:35:53.88
He's talking about
Jesus Christ right here.
00:35:53.92\00:35:58.02
It is His strength.
00:35:58.05\00:36:00.36
And you think about the right...
00:36:00.39\00:36:01.72
like you think, "Right path.
00:36:01.76\00:36:03.46
You're going in
the right direction.
00:36:03.49\00:36:05.26
You're going down the right way,
00:36:05.29\00:36:07.46
you know, not the wrong way."
00:36:07.50\00:36:09.16
So it speaks to the moral...
00:36:09.20\00:36:13.27
The thing with the
right hand, like this is just,
00:36:13.30\00:36:17.17
this is righteous,
this is morally sound.
00:36:17.21\00:36:20.98
So you know, sometimes,
we get in those moments
00:36:21.01\00:36:23.31
where we get scared.
00:36:23.35\00:36:25.78
The definition of "courage"
is the ability to do something
00:36:25.81\00:36:28.85
that frightens one or strength
in the face of pain or grief.
00:36:28.88\00:36:33.42
But where does
that strength come from?
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.69
God.
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.06
Yeah. Absolutely.
00:36:37.09\00:36:38.43
So I mean, I
absolutely love this.
00:36:38.46\00:36:40.23
I have moments
where I get scared,
00:36:40.26\00:36:41.70
I have moments where I fear,
00:36:41.73\00:36:43.60
and then I've
got to remember like,
00:36:43.63\00:36:46.10
"Oh, God's got me."
00:36:46.13\00:36:47.47
You know, when I
was out in the world,
00:36:47.50\00:36:48.94
and my appendix
ruptured inside of me,
00:36:48.97\00:36:51.21
and I was lying
in that hospital bed.
00:36:51.24\00:36:54.08
I remember laying there
and my mom was there with me,
00:36:54.11\00:36:57.58
my dad was there too.
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.32
But my mom...
00:37:00.35\00:37:01.68
Like I couldn't
do certain things,
00:37:01.72\00:37:03.05
you know, things that I
used to be able to do with ease.
00:37:03.08\00:37:06.29
I couldn't walk myself to
the sink to brush my teeth.
00:37:06.32\00:37:09.42
So my mom helped
me get to the sink
00:37:09.46\00:37:11.89
so that I could brush my teeth.
00:37:11.93\00:37:13.36
And when she felt like...
00:37:13.40\00:37:15.06
She was walking me over there,
00:37:15.10\00:37:16.70
she felt that I
was skin and bones
00:37:16.73\00:37:18.63
like I was whether in a
way dying in that hospital.
00:37:18.67\00:37:21.57
And I remember lying in
that bed and I was saying,
00:37:21.60\00:37:23.87
you know, "Lord, if you help me.
00:37:23.91\00:37:25.34
If you just... Please help me.
00:37:25.37\00:37:27.54
And if you get me
out of this situation,
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.08
I'll change."
00:37:29.11\00:37:30.45
You know, I was doing a lot
of wrong things prior to that,
00:37:30.48\00:37:33.01
drugs and all that stuff.
00:37:33.05\00:37:34.38
And then that
moment where I was like,
00:37:34.42\00:37:36.99
"Lord, you know, if you would
help me get out of this thing,
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.35
you know, I'll change."
00:37:39.39\00:37:40.72
And I just
remember, I felt a comfort,
00:37:40.76\00:37:46.33
a peace come over me.
00:37:46.36\00:37:47.76
But it was like, I
still didn't give my heart
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.13
to the Lord at the moment.
00:37:50.17\00:37:51.50
And you see, Satan wanted
to take me out at that moment
00:37:51.53\00:37:53.84
because I wasn't going,
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.17
I wasn't going to go to
heaven at the resurrection,
00:37:57.21\00:37:59.44
put it that way.
00:37:59.47\00:38:00.81
And so, you know, it
was just one of those things
00:38:00.84\00:38:05.51
where I was scared.
00:38:05.55\00:38:08.22
Got out of the hospital,
00:38:08.25\00:38:09.58
ended up having a
case of blessing amnesia
00:38:09.62\00:38:12.35
where you forget what
God brought you through
00:38:12.39\00:38:15.42
like the Israelites often did.
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.79
And anyway, long story short,
00:38:17.83\00:38:20.80
it took me years to
come back to the Lord.
00:38:20.83\00:38:25.03
But once I did, I mean,
it was the best decision.
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.84
But He honored your promise.
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.84
You said, "I will come back."
00:38:28.87\00:38:30.44
And He held you to it.
00:38:30.47\00:38:31.81
Well, you know, isn't that funny
00:38:31.84\00:38:33.48
because when you said
00:38:33.51\00:38:34.84
'cause it's saying here
that I will strengthen you.
00:38:34.88\00:38:37.65
Here you are saying, "Lord,
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.15
if you'll help
me, I will change."
00:38:39.18\00:38:41.38
And He is sitting there going,
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.98
"Son, you don't have
the power to change you,
00:38:43.02\00:38:46.02
but I will help you.
00:38:46.05\00:38:47.39
I will work in you
00:38:47.42\00:38:48.76
until you're willing
to do my good pleasure.
00:38:48.79\00:38:51.83
I, My grace is
sufficient for you
00:38:51.86\00:38:54.60
because My strength will be made
00:38:54.63\00:38:56.36
perfect in your weakness."
00:38:56.40\00:38:58.23
He just had to wait
till you got to that point
00:38:58.27\00:39:02.37
where you said,
"Oh, Lord, I get it.
00:39:02.40\00:39:04.94
I can't change myself."
00:39:04.97\00:39:07.24
Or you even
really wanted to change.
00:39:07.28\00:39:10.11
But didn't He...
00:39:10.15\00:39:11.48
I know He wooed
me at different times
00:39:11.51\00:39:13.55
when I was still running away.
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.85
He tapped me on my shoulder
and was like, "I'm still here.
00:39:15.88\00:39:19.45
I'm still waiting
for those promises
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.42
you gave yourself to Me
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.43
at one time, I'm
here to collect."
00:39:23.46\00:39:26.83
And He keeps wooing and
lifting and drawing you.
00:39:26.86\00:39:31.23
Yeah.
00:39:31.27\00:39:32.60
And at the same time,
that He is wooing and drawing,
00:39:32.63\00:39:34.40
you've got Satan
in your ear saying,
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.04
"Oh yeah, you can't
go to Him like this.
00:39:36.07\00:39:38.31
You're not good enough
to go to Him like this.
00:39:38.34\00:39:40.18
He doesn't want you."
00:39:40.21\00:39:41.54
God is right
there waiting for you.
00:39:41.58\00:39:44.08
He loves you so much.
00:39:44.11\00:39:45.45
He wants to spend eternity.
00:39:45.48\00:39:47.62
Do you know how long that is?
00:39:47.65\00:39:49.28
That's forever.
00:39:49.32\00:39:50.65
That's a long time.
00:39:50.69\00:39:52.42
I ran until I saw...
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.89
until God was able
to show me His love
00:39:54.92\00:39:58.56
because I wasn't worthy.
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.83
And I didn't think
He could ever accept me.
00:40:00.86\00:40:03.67
But He just put His love...
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.93
When you see His love,
it's when it breaks you.
00:40:05.97\00:40:09.14
Yes.
00:40:09.17\00:40:10.51
It's like the prodigal son
being off in the far country
00:40:10.54\00:40:13.38
and just going.
00:40:13.41\00:40:14.74
"Hey, you know,
everything's better
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.11
at my father's house."
00:40:16.14\00:40:17.48
And he is practicing his speech
all the way, "I'm unworthy.
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.82
Let me just be one
of your hired hands."
00:40:20.85\00:40:23.59
And the father all
along was just sitting there,
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.22
watching down the
road, waiting for him.
00:40:26.25\00:40:28.46
And he sees him
and what does he do?
00:40:28.49\00:40:31.29
Here he comes with
the robe, with the ring,
00:40:31.33\00:40:33.46
with the sandals.
00:40:33.50\00:40:34.83
He kills the fatted calf.
00:40:34.86\00:40:36.20
I mean...
00:40:36.23\00:40:37.57
See, we've got such a
crazy picture of God, don't we?
00:40:37.60\00:40:41.37
Yes. We do.
00:40:41.40\00:40:42.74
Now we just
finished up a series,
00:40:42.77\00:40:44.84
I was talking about dominion.
00:40:44.87\00:40:47.11
And, man, it
really touched my heart.
00:40:47.14\00:40:49.04
I was able to see
with much more clear eyes.
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.91
There is a battle
continually over dominion.
00:40:51.95\00:40:55.35
And at this particular time,
00:40:55.38\00:40:56.72
there was a battle over
dominion over who you are.
00:40:56.75\00:40:58.42
It is. Amen.
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.92
I mean each one of us.
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.99
And you can see that battle...
00:41:03.02\00:41:05.69
If you're standing back,
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.06
you can kind of
get a better idea
00:41:07.10\00:41:08.43
of what everybody
else is going through.
00:41:08.46\00:41:09.80
Yeah.
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.17
And if you'd
found a mirror and see
00:41:11.20\00:41:12.53
what you're going through,
probably, you know, scarier.
00:41:12.57\00:41:15.90
Every heart is a battlefield.
00:41:15.94\00:41:18.44
But doesn't that bring
you peace to think about,
00:41:18.47\00:41:21.34
you know, when you know
that God's got your back...
00:41:21.38\00:41:24.31
He is your forward
guard, your rear guard.
00:41:24.35\00:41:26.41
I mean, He is going before
you, He is your rear guard.
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.02
He has got your back.
00:41:29.05\00:41:30.55
And that's what most people
00:41:30.59\00:41:32.45
are missing today in this peace.
00:41:32.49\00:41:35.76
And Isaiah 26:3, go
ahead and turn to that.
00:41:35.79\00:41:40.90
And I want to remember back...
00:41:40.93\00:41:42.86
Just a few years ago,
that I was out in California,
00:41:42.90\00:41:47.30
I've told this
testimony a few times.
00:41:47.34\00:41:50.41
And I will always remember
it just like it was yesterday
00:41:50.44\00:41:53.64
and not many do.
00:41:53.68\00:41:57.25
But I just got an email from...
00:41:57.28\00:42:04.09
he used to be a friend.
00:42:04.12\00:42:05.45
And so I read the email
00:42:05.49\00:42:09.36
and it was just
nothing but bad news
00:42:09.39\00:42:11.86
and was not...
00:42:11.89\00:42:13.23
It was intended to harm me.
00:42:13.26\00:42:15.66
And so I got into my hotel room,
00:42:15.70\00:42:19.87
and truly, I felt so helpless.
00:42:19.90\00:42:22.70
I have not felt that way...
00:42:22.74\00:42:24.61
Man, there are most things
that I have learned to cope,
00:42:24.64\00:42:27.88
you know, you
figure out how things are
00:42:27.91\00:42:29.48
and God gives you
strength gradually to handle.
00:42:29.51\00:42:31.85
But right there, it was like,
00:42:31.88\00:42:34.12
the bottom was just
falling out from underneath me.
00:42:34.15\00:42:37.19
So I had left my
Bible back on the bus
00:42:37.22\00:42:41.69
that I was traveling in.
00:42:41.72\00:42:43.06
And so there was a
Gideon Bible in the hotel.
00:42:43.09\00:42:47.30
So I opened that, and
I don't recommend just,
00:42:47.33\00:42:50.03
you know, letting
the Bible fall open
00:42:50.07\00:42:51.83
to some random scripture,
but this time, it worked.
00:42:51.87\00:42:54.97
And so I just said,
"God, I got nothing."
00:42:55.00\00:43:00.34
And the Bible fell
opened, Isaiah 26:3.
00:43:00.38\00:43:05.71
It opened to 26
and my eyes fell on 3.
00:43:05.75\00:43:09.55
And it said,
"Thou will guard him,
00:43:09.58\00:43:12.02
keep him in perfect peace,
00:43:12.05\00:43:13.96
whose mind is stayed on
thee because he trusts in thee."
00:43:13.99\00:43:19.06
Right? Amen.
00:43:19.09\00:43:20.43
So in the
amplified version it says,
00:43:20.46\00:43:22.70
"You will guard him
and keep him in perfect
00:43:22.73\00:43:24.60
and constant peace
whose mind is stayed on You
00:43:24.63\00:43:27.67
because he
commits himself to You,
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.37
leans on You,
hopes confidently in You,
00:43:29.40\00:43:33.54
trusts in You."
00:43:33.58\00:43:34.91
So then I was
strengthened by that.
00:43:34.94\00:43:38.98
That evening,
we were loading in.
00:43:39.01\00:43:41.08
I was singing with a group
00:43:41.12\00:43:42.45
and we were
loading into the church.
00:43:42.48\00:43:44.12
And in several
places throughout the church
00:43:44.15\00:43:45.85
on the walls,
they had big scripture.
00:43:45.89\00:43:48.29
And what do you know?
00:43:48.32\00:43:50.26
That scripture was
laying right there...
00:43:50.29\00:43:53.29
hanging right there on the wall.
00:43:53.33\00:43:54.83
Praise God. Isaiah 26:3.
00:43:54.86\00:43:56.46
"Thou will keep
him in perfect peace
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.23
whose mind is stayed on thee."
00:43:58.27\00:43:59.63
If you keep your
mind on the Lord,
00:43:59.67\00:44:05.21
that is just a
huge source of peace.
00:44:05.24\00:44:09.48
Now I'm intrigued by the
fact that it says perfect peace
00:44:09.51\00:44:14.08
because I think of
peace as being perfect peace.
00:44:14.12\00:44:17.25
I mean, you
know, peace is peace.
00:44:17.29\00:44:19.15
It's like how much more
peaceful can you get than
00:44:19.19\00:44:22.52
peaceful, peaceful?
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.39
And so it's peace, peace.
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.70
Wonderful peace, peace, peace.
00:44:26.73\00:44:28.40
But it says,
"It's perfect peace."
00:44:28.43\00:44:30.00
And you know, in
the world though...
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.07
In fact, Jesus said, "Not
peace is that world gives,
00:44:32.10\00:44:35.37
give I unto you."
00:44:35.40\00:44:36.74
Yeah.
00:44:36.77\00:44:38.11
Because the world
gives you peace like...
00:44:38.14\00:44:39.71
When you're
ignorant about something,
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.84
you're kind of in peace about it
00:44:41.88\00:44:43.21
'cause you don't know,
you're just kind of ignorant.
00:44:43.24\00:44:46.21
Then there is the
stagnant peace like,
00:44:46.25\00:44:48.78
you know, which
they were on the...
00:44:48.82\00:44:50.22
What vaulter do we live in?
00:44:50.25\00:44:53.09
San Andreas or
whatever that is...
00:44:53.12\00:44:57.66
Underneath us, there
is some stuff going on
00:44:57.69\00:45:00.03
and like in a volcano.
00:45:00.06\00:45:01.46
You know, but
above us, it's peace.
00:45:01.50\00:45:03.37
But we don't know
if friction would help,
00:45:03.40\00:45:04.73
or friction would
break loose, you know?
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.10
But we ignore that.
00:45:06.13\00:45:07.47
Right.
00:45:07.50\00:45:08.84
And so that's a kind of peace.
00:45:08.87\00:45:10.21
But that's not perfect peace
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.57
'cause it's going
to explode one day.
00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94
And then there is a dependence,
00:45:12.97\00:45:15.54
a peace that is
dependent as long as...
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.51
like we've got programs and aid
that provide us surface peace,
00:45:17.55\00:45:21.75
but one day, those
pieces are all going to dry up
00:45:21.78\00:45:25.59
and then what
are we going to do?
00:45:25.62\00:45:26.96
You know, when government aid
stops being the form of peace
00:45:26.99\00:45:30.79
that's...
00:45:30.83\00:45:32.16
God provides perfect peace.
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.70
Yes.
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.06
But it's because that
very last part of the verse...
00:45:35.10\00:45:37.70
If you have to turn
your bible almost upside down
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.90
and start with it
because "I trust in Him,
00:45:39.93\00:45:43.00
He provides that perfect peace
because my mind stayed on Him."
00:45:43.04\00:45:47.64
So it's not just a
mindfulness, you know?
00:45:47.68\00:45:50.25
Today, we live in a world
where we study mindfulness
00:45:50.28\00:45:53.68
and in certain
religions and even...
00:45:53.72\00:45:57.52
I like to just get by myself
00:45:57.55\00:45:59.02
and, you know,
just clear my mind.
00:45:59.05\00:46:01.52
But it's not even all
about what you put your mind on
00:46:01.56\00:46:06.36
which I do want
the mind of Christ
00:46:06.39\00:46:08.03
and I do want my mind on Jesus
00:46:08.06\00:46:09.60
but it's because I
put my trust in Christ.
00:46:09.63\00:46:14.80
And I put my trust in God.
00:46:14.84\00:46:16.30
That is where the
whole keeping everything...
00:46:16.34\00:46:21.38
where He guards me is
because I have trusted in Him
00:46:21.41\00:46:24.91
because I can
put my mind on Him.
00:46:24.95\00:46:26.48
And I'll get
distracted, you know, that...
00:46:26.51\00:46:29.68
My mind will wander,
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.05
or situations will overwhelm me,
00:46:31.09\00:46:34.49
and my mind will get distracted.
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.39
But if I trust in
Him, no matter what...
00:46:36.42\00:46:40.16
And He says, "Thou will keep him
00:46:40.20\00:46:41.53
in perfect peace whose
mind is stayed on thee,
00:46:41.56\00:46:44.77
because he trusts in thee."
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.44
This is part of the song
if you read the whole chapter,
00:46:47.47\00:46:50.31
chapter 26.
00:46:50.34\00:46:51.67
In fact, I would just recommend
reading the whole Bible.
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.88
It's a chockfull
of goodness that,
00:46:53.91\00:46:59.45
you know, why
pick a certain place?
00:46:59.48\00:47:01.15
Just read it all.
00:47:01.18\00:47:02.62
But truly...
00:47:02.65\00:47:05.05
And so we think with our head,
but we trust with our heart.
00:47:05.09\00:47:08.72
So that's why...
00:47:08.76\00:47:10.63
Another thing about just
being mindful isn't quite...
00:47:10.66\00:47:13.06
But that perfect peace
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.80
does not depend
on any circumstances.
00:47:14.83\00:47:18.50
That's what makes it perfect.
00:47:18.53\00:47:20.20
It doesn't
matter what's happening.
00:47:20.24\00:47:23.00
And that's why your point's
well taken about the trust.
00:47:23.04\00:47:26.04
I have to just tell you quickly.
00:47:26.07\00:47:27.48
When God was teaching
me to do affirmations,
00:47:27.51\00:47:30.15
I remember one morning,
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.51
I got up and I was praying
His promises back to Him.
00:47:31.55\00:47:33.72
And this was one of them.
00:47:33.75\00:47:35.18
And I said, "Oh, Father,
00:47:35.22\00:47:37.22
I thank You that you
keep me in perfect peace
00:47:37.25\00:47:40.06
because You're helping me
keep my mind focused on You,
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.86
trusting in You, leaning
not on my own understanding,
00:47:42.89\00:47:46.09
but leaning on
what Your promises say,
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.23
what Your words say."
00:47:48.26\00:47:49.70
And so here I am praying that.
00:47:49.73\00:47:52.03
And it really does do
something in your mind.
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.70
Well, JD was out of town
00:47:54.74\00:47:56.07
and it was just a
couple hours later
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.37
that I got this phone call.
00:47:58.41\00:48:00.31
And this phone call
was a horrible phone call.
00:48:00.34\00:48:02.84
And I couldn't
get a hold of him.
00:48:02.88\00:48:04.78
And I mean I'm just pacing back
and forth, and back and forth.
00:48:04.81\00:48:08.85
And it was just
wringing my hands.
00:48:08.88\00:48:10.72
"And Oh, Lord,
what are we gonna do?
00:48:10.75\00:48:12.79
What are we gonna do?"
00:48:12.82\00:48:14.16
And all of a sudden, the Lord
just so clearly, audible voice,
00:48:14.19\00:48:20.10
but He just said,
"Where are your eyes focused?
00:48:20.13\00:48:23.93
On Me or on the problem?"
00:48:23.97\00:48:26.07
And so my eyes were so full...
00:48:26.10\00:48:29.04
And when I returned my eyes
to Him and could say, "Father,
00:48:29.07\00:48:33.78
thank You that You
are going to uplift.
00:48:33.81\00:48:38.08
I will not fear.
00:48:38.11\00:48:39.45
You're going to lift me up
by Your righteous right hand.
00:48:39.48\00:48:41.62
Thank you that Jesus is
able to save to the uttermost.
00:48:41.65\00:48:44.49
Thank You,
Father, that you know...
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.05
from the
beginning, You can do this."
00:48:46.09\00:48:47.52
And I just
started praying scripture
00:48:47.56\00:48:49.86
and the peace just
flow through my body.
00:48:49.89\00:48:54.10
And guess what, within 24 hours,
00:48:54.13\00:48:57.47
the whole problem was solved.
00:48:57.50\00:48:58.90
Wow. Wow.
00:48:58.93\00:49:00.64
Let's see. And
that's what I love about.
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.00
What you said a while
ago, courage and your verse...
00:49:02.04\00:49:05.37
What was your verse again?
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.94
Isaiah 41:10.
00:49:06.98\00:49:10.11
So read it.
00:49:10.15\00:49:11.75
So, "Fear not for I am with you.
00:49:11.78\00:49:13.88
Be not dismayed
for I am your God.
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.12
I will strengthen
you, yes, I will help you.
00:49:16.15\00:49:18.55
I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand."
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.92
So it was the courage...
00:49:20.96\00:49:22.82
He made a comment about courage.
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.33
You made a
comment about courage.
00:49:24.36\00:49:25.96
It was the definition.
00:49:25.99\00:49:27.33
When you do something
that you're afraid to do.
00:49:27.36\00:49:29.13
Right.
00:49:29.16\00:49:30.50
And it's not
about not having fear
00:49:30.53\00:49:32.63
because fear is natural,
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.87
but having courage
through that fear...
00:49:34.90\00:49:37.11
And the verse says,
"I will strengthen you."
00:49:37.14\00:49:38.94
The amplified version
says something about I will...
00:49:38.97\00:49:42.44
What was the verse again 10?
00:49:42.48\00:49:44.28
"I will harden
you to difficulties."
00:49:44.31\00:49:46.95
So it's like you will build
a callous but we've got to go
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.98
through some of those things.
00:49:50.02\00:49:51.65
You know, how are you
going to get biceps like me
00:49:51.69\00:49:54.42
if you don't work out?
00:49:54.46\00:49:56.09
Yeah.
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.73
Exercise. Yeah.
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And one quick thought.
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I know JD's got
something he wants to share,
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but courage is nothing more
than were we bathed in prayer.
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There you go. There you go.
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That's true.
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I want to go back
to this first of all
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because we're just
sitting here dancing around this
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and that's how we
first started here.
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In Romans 8:26, we
keep going back there.
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We don't really
know how we should pray
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or what we should pray for.
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But every one of us
has given an example
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that in our time
of "Help me, Jesus,"
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I like to say
that Calvary was there,
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God was there to assist us
to get us over that speed bump.
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And we do find
speed bumps all the time.
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And, boy, I love
Philippians 4: 6-7.
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Philippians 4:6-7.
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This is one that I will suggest
that you mark in your Bible
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because He is saying here...
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This is a promise.
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And there are so many of us
out there that are combating
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the enemy today with
anxiety and panic attacks.
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And he said, in clear sense,
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this is Paul
speaking to the Philippians.
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Now you have to
remember that Philippians
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were the good guys.
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These were one of the churches
that really accepted him.
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And so he was really bragging
on them, at the same time,
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he was loving them
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and he still was
encouraging them.
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"Do not be anxious about
anything, but in everything..."
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Wow, we're going in two
different directions there.
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He says, "Hey, stop
here, don't be anxious.
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But in everything by
prayer and supplication,"
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supplication being
that particular person need.
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Yes.
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"And supplication
with thanksgiving."
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Oh, boy, that's a tough one.
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You know, you've got anxiety,
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you've got, "Hey,
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus."
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And "Thank you.
Thank you. Okay."
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But it also tells us
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that we're
supposed to thank Jesus
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and in situations.
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Absolutely. In all situations.
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Unnecessarily for everything
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because I
didn't want that horse.
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And the horse
was there, you know?
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But after the
fact, thank you, Jesus...
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that lam was there.
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Yes.
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"So do not be
anxious about anything
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication,
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with thanksgiving...
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Present your request to God.
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Thank You, Jesus, I
will call upon You."
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Amen.
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"And the peace of God."
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Wow.
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Now we were talking
about peace a while ago.
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Boy, what comes to my mind
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when we talk about
peace is quietness,
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confidence.
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Unity.
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Unity. I thought unity.
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Yes, with one.
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"But prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving
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present your requests to God
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and the peace of
God which transcends,"
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in other words, excels,
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"transcends all understanding
will guard your heart
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and your mind in Christ Jesus."
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Amen.
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You know, I thought about too.
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When you said that do
not be anxious about anything
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is the fact that
God has the big picture.
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He is thinking
of things eternally.
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You know, sometimes, we
get caught up on this thing
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or that thing.
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And we don't think
with an eternal mindset,
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but God does.
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And so that's why it's important
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not to be anxious and anything
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because, look,
He wants to save us.
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He wants to
spend eternity with us.
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So you know, we may be going
through different situations
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and certain circumstances
to help to refine our character
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and prepare us for that.
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So we got to be
thankful in everything.
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You know, I was thinking
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as we were
talking about this whole,
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you know, "Help me, Lord,"
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you have to see your need
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before you can ask for help.
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It's true.
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In other words, you have
to see your need of Jesus
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before you can really
plead for Christ's help.
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And this brings
me back to the story.
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We mentioned it
earlier, the prodigal son.
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So we know how the story goes.
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He goes to the father
and he tells the father,
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you know, "I basically ask
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for the inheritance in advance."
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But if you look at this from
a Middle Eastern perspective
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because Christ is telling
the story to Middle Easterners,
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and in that particular culture,
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for someone like
a young man to come
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to his father before he has died
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and ask for the inheritance
was the most shameful act
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that you could
possibly bring upon yourself
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and your family.
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In fact, there
have been true stories,
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real incidents where young
men had went to their father
00:54:33.37\00:54:37.31
before they had died and
said, "You know, hey, father,
00:54:37.34\00:54:39.27
can I have my inheritance?"
00:54:39.31\00:54:41.38
And this is literally happened.
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In fact, if you did this today
in a Middle Eastern country,
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like a Palestinian country,
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they would literally
take you out into the quarters
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and they would stone
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or, you know, kill
that young man for that
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because he would bring
00:54:54.29\00:54:55.62
a supreme amount of
shame upon his family.
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When you think of the
concept of the prodigal son
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how eventually he decides,
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"You know what,
I don't need this.
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I don't need you, father.
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I'll go out and do my own thing,
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I'll make my own way."
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Eventually, he
came to that point
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where he saw his need.
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He had become
separated from his father.
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And he reached the point
00:55:14.41\00:55:16.04
where he saw his
need "You know what,
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things were so much better
back home then they are now."
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He comes back home.
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And of course, this is
where I think all of us...
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Sometimes, we feel so
shameful, and perhaps,
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maybe how we
have responded to God.
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And so the devil comes to us
and says, "Oh, you know what,
00:55:31.16\00:55:34.03
why go back and
even ask for help?
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You know, you've
brought shame to yourself,
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and God's ashamed of you,
00:55:37.30\00:55:38.90
and you constantly
done this and this and this.
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But nonetheless,
this young man came back.
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And look, here's the
powerful part of the story
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'cause I know we're
about to run out of time.
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And I know Shelley
has something to say.
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The Bible says that,
"The father ran to the son."
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It reminds me of the song
by Phillips, Craig, and Dean
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"When God Ran."
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A lot of times, we see that
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from a Western cultural mindset.
00:55:57.82\00:56:00.56
And we see this happy father
just like, "My son's home.
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Oh yay!"
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And I do believe
that is the case,
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but from a Middle
Eastern perspective,
00:56:06.36\00:56:08.53
the father was
running to the son
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because the son
brought shame before he left,
00:56:10.63\00:56:12.97
he was subject to death.
00:56:13.00\00:56:14.90
So he casts
himself up on the son
00:56:14.94\00:56:18.37
to keep others from killing him,
00:56:18.41\00:56:20.54
in other words, placing himself
as the sacrifice on the son.
00:56:20.58\00:56:25.55
But it all started
because this young man...
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And last in this story,
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we have to see our
need before we can come
00:56:29.62\00:56:31.99
to that point and
say, "Lord, I need help.
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Help me, Lord."
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Amen.
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Honey, did you have...
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You know, I just want...
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As we're
winding down everything,
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we can just simplify this,
"Seek first the Kingdom of God,
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and then all these other
things will be given to you."
00:56:46.50\00:56:50.21
And that is the
quietness, the confidence,
00:56:50.24\00:56:52.91
the harmony that
we're looking for.
00:56:52.94\00:56:55.64
But I'd certainly agree,
00:56:55.68\00:56:57.01
without knowing
that there is a need,
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why would we
even call upon Jesus.
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So if you don't know Jesus,
invite Him into your heart.
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God will take us to a
point where we see our need.
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Amen.
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I just want to thank
each and every one of you
00:57:11.13\00:57:13.73
for being here, for your input.
00:57:13.76\00:57:16.33
And it's just so amazing
to me how fast time flies
00:57:16.36\00:57:20.60
when you get
into the Bible study.
00:57:20.64\00:57:22.80
But our prayer for
those of you at home
00:57:22.84\00:57:25.31
is to have a happy Sabbath
00:57:25.34\00:57:27.28
and that the Grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:27.31\00:57:29.88
the love of the Father,
00:57:29.91\00:57:31.25
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:31.28\00:57:33.18
is with you always.
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Amen.
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God bless you.
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