I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We are all kind of
giddy around the table today
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because it's Sabbath
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and we're just totally worn out.
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I think everybody
here are sleep deprived.
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But we're
filled with joy, right?
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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And we want to welcome
you to our Family Worship
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and it wouldn't be
the same without you,
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so thank you for joining us.
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I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm JD Quinn.
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And let me introduce you
who's with us today, Shelley.
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Okay. Okay.
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This is Johnny
and Idalia Dinzey,
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very good friend of ours.
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We live in the
same huge town of...
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That's right.
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Where we live.
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But anyway, we
just actually love you
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and appreciate you
and all that you do
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for the kingdom of God.
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We also have
Summer Boyd over here.
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Summer's going to
be playing the piano.
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Amen.
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We have our special song
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that we're gonna sing
here in a few minutes.
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And, you know,
before we have our song,
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Johnny, you
wanna open with prayer?
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Amen. Sure.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we want to thank You, Lord,
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for not giving up on us.
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Amen.
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We wanna thank You
because you have been there
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as You have promised.
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We thank You, Lord,
for during this week.
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We could have been swept away,
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the enemy would
have loved to have
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put us out of existence,
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but You have protected us.
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And we thank you,
Lord, for the things
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You have
supplied during this week.
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We thank You, Lord,
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that You through
the mighty ministry
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of Your holy
angels have done things
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that we have not
seen in our behalf.
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And we thank You
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that the door of
mercy is still open.
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We pray, Lord,
that all the people
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that are with us
wherever they may be,
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Your Holy Spirit will reach them
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and that this
program will be a blessing.
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We ask You, Father, to
bless us with the Holy Spirit
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that we may speak the words
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that Your children need to hear.
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We ask You, Father,
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Okay, we're going to
sing, and we need your help
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because we're all
kind of a little bit
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scratchy voice today.
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So sing along with us.
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We're gonna make a
joyful noise to the Lord,
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as we sing number
516 from the hymnal,
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but it the words will be
on the bottom of the screen
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and it is "All the way."
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All the way my Savior leads me
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What have I to ask beside
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Can I doubt His tender mercy
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Who through life
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Has been my guide
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Heavenly peace
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Divinest comfort
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Ere by faith in Him to dwell
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For I know whate're fall me
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Jesus doeth all things well
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For I know whate'er fall me
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Jesus doeth all things well
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All of the way
my Savior leads me
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Cheers each winding path I tread
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Gives me grace for every trial
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Feeds me with the living bread
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Though my weary steps may falter
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And my soul a-thirst may be
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Gushing from the rock before me
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Though a spring of joy I see
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Gushing from the rock before me
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Though a spring of joy I see
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All the way my Savior leads me
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Oh, the fullness of His love
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Perfect rest to me is promised
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In my Father's house above
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When my way to life immortal
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Wing my flight to realms of day
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This my song
through endless ages
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Jesus led me all the way
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This my song
through endless ages
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Jesus led me all the way
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen I will praise
God for His leading.
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Amen.
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Well, tonight, we
will talk about a topic
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that some people seem to
make a little complicated.
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We will talk about
Surrender Made Simple.
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And, you know,
surrender is a word
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that some people have
a knee jerk reaction to.
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But it simply means that
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we are going to
submit our will to God
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and accept His
choices for our life.
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And I have to tell you,
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even though we're
talking about it made simple,
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if you try to
surrender in your own strength,
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it's impossible.
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So we're gonna learn tonight
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how God intends for us to be.
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Would you all agree? Let
me just ask this question.
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How are we saved?
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Is it by our good
works and our obedience?
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What brings salvation?
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God's grace. God's grace.
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It's... Amazing grace.
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The righteousness of Christ
by faith is how we're saved,
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right?
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So let's look at John 17:3.
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JD, you wanna read that?
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John 17:3? Yeah.
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And this is eternal life
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that they may know
You, the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent.
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Okay, now let's take that apart.
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Yep.
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What is eternal
life? Knowing Him.
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Knowing Him. Amen.
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I mean, salvation
depends on knowing God
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and on knowing Christ.
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So what does it
mean to know Him?
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I know what it means to me.
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That means to know
anybody but right now we're...
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Thank you,
specifically talking about God,
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and that is by having
a relationship with Him.
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Yeah.
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And, you know, actually
the word in the Greek here
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that is used,
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this is the same word like
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for Adam knew Eve.
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This is a very
intimate thing of knowing.
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It's not...
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Did the Pharisees know God?
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Or did they know about God?
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About God. Yeah.
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The words of Jesus
concerning the Pharisees
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and other
people around, He says,
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"These people
honor me with their lips,
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but their heart is far from Me."
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In other words,
they did not know God
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on a heart to heart level.
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Amen. Amen.
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So I think the point that
we wanna make here is that
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to know someone,
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if you wanna have a
relationship with someone,
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where do you begin?
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Well, definitely
requires conversation.
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Amen.
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Conversation, heart
to heart conversation,
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sincere conversation.
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I recall when Johnny and I,
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we had a long
distance relationship,
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oh, I couldn't wait
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until that man called my house,
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and we would spend so much
time with him on the phone.
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And then I learned
to spend time with God
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in a Chevy old chair,
pink chair, I still have it.
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And I love to spend that time
talking with the Lord, reading,
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praising the Lord, and music,
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but also when I'm about to do
all my things around the house,
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you're just going to continually
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stay in touch with the
Lord in conversation with Him.
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Amen.
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And so prayer is
us talking to Him
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like a friend,
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in opening our heart,
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and then when we read the Word,
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this is something that
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this is how He
talks to us really,
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I mean, number one way.
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Honey, was something
that you learned about prayer?
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Well, in my particular case,
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you know, I've always
had a love affair with Jesus,
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I never really
understood a whole lot,
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but I don't really know
how that all even came about,
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but that's
neither here nor there.
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But I did learn that
to start every day off
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with the first thing I do,
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Lord, fill me
with the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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I just for some reason,
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that just whether I even
knew what I was talking about,
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at least that
maintain a connection.
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Amen.
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I know that practicality
is very important in my life.
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And I know we've talked enough
about different situations.
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Yes. I love your potato story.
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I wanna get to your potato story
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here in a little bit.
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Yeah.
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But it was just so
important that even to this day,
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except now it's this with more.
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It's just all I have.
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Lord, please,
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I give You permission
to come into my heart.
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I gave you permission
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to the aid of the
Holy Spirit to guide me.
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I want my marching orders.
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I won't divine appointments.
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And that is that
conversation, you know?
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You know, it's very interesting,
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somebody,
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I guess trying to illustrate
the scripture that says,
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where Jesus says, "I
will be with you always,
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even after the
end of the world,"
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shows different scenes
where Jesus is with people.
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Somebody's fixing a car,
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Jesus is right there
under the car with the person.
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And it even shows the
scene where there's this guy
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that his job is to
work with the trash,
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picking up the
trash, and the truck,
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and it shows Jesus
helping pick up a can of trash
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and throwing in the truck
and then holding onto the truck
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and going to the next place.
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So like Idalia says, you know,
Jesus is with us all the time.
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And we can strike up
a conversation with Him
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and say, you
know, what our wants,
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our sorrows, our needs are,
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and let Him know
how much we appreciate
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the things He does for us.
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And in doing this,
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we are connecting with Him
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because we need a
connection with Him
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so that we can face
the challenges of life.
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I know in my growth, it
was, "Lord, please give me,
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please give me, please
give me, please give me."
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It was kind of like
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that was the
relationship that I know,
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"Give me."
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And then one day, it's
kind of like as I matured,
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and evolved into a
more mature Christian,
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"Lord, I thank You,
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I thank You, I thank You,
I thank You, I thank You,"
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and rarely do I say, "Give me."
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I certainly say, "Help
me," you know, but it's just,
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I would think
that if I was a parent,
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I would love to hear
from my children, "Thank you.
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I know that you've sacrificed
to help me," you know?
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And so that is going in
a positive way, I believe.
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Now you brought
up parenting and,
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you know, I cannot stay quiet
when you bring up parenting.
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It's interesting how
we instill in our children
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to be courteous,
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and to be proper,
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and to talk to
Jesus when we pray,
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to do all the right things.
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And we want them to develop
that relationship with Jesus
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because we're their teachers,
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we have to teach
them to be conscious
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that there is a Jesus,
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but they're not gonna
believe there's the Jesus
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if we don't have Jesus.
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So what are we gonna show them
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if we don't have Jesus?
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So how do we can
communicate with Jesus
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and our children grow or
learn to communicate with Jesus?
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You know, when
we go for our works,
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when we even look at nature,
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you know, we
recognize that God is God,
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and He's a great God.
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And you know what?
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You are so important to Him.
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I mean, you see
the ant, how small...
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Is there anything
smaller than an ant?
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God notices even the ant.
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Why not His children?
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So yes, the
please and the thank you,
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"Thank You, Father..."
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how many times
have we heard ourselves,
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I have to speak
for myself to JD.
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I was, "Give me,
give me, give me,
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help me, help me, help me."
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But there's a strength
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that I feel
within me when I say,
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"I praise You and
I thank You, Lord.
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Thank you, Lord."
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Thanking Him for those things
that have not come to fruition
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but that I know
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that He's going
to see it through.
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So it's kind of
like when as you...
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Sometimes I
think baby Christians,
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it's almost like,
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God is Santa Claus up in the sky
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and you're just
asking for all these things.
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But that doesn't really
bring you into relationship.
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But I will say
this, I do believe,
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you know, the Bible says,
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"You don't have
because you don't ask."
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Well, if God knows all things,
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why does He want us to
ask what He already knows?
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You know what I think it is?
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I think He wants us.
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He does it for our
sake that we begin to,
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I guess you could say,
00:14:40.28\00:14:41.61
we're learning how
to depend upon Him.
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You know, "Give us
this day our daily bread,"
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we're learning that dependence.
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But if I had met JD
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and was trying to
develop a relationship with him
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and all I ever did or
if you've got a friend
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and if all you're
ever doing is asking like,
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"Do this for me, do
that for me, do this,"
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that's not much of
a relationship, is it?
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But you have a potato story
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that we want you
to share because...
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No, I mean, this is good.
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What it's all
about is learning to,
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if you're gonna
pray without ceasing,
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it's understanding
He is always with you
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and I just pray and
say, "Lord, when I get busy,
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give me a divine
awareness of Your presence.
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I know You're always there."
00:15:29.66\00:15:31.63
You know, we don't have to say,
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"Oh, Lord, please be
with us through the night."
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He's gonna be with
you through the night.
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It's, "Lord, thank You."
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Thank you for being.
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"Thank you for being with us.
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And give me a divine
awareness of Your presence."
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And in practice that presence...
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Yes. As your potato story.
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Well, my potato story,
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but it could be
somebody's carrot story...
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Yeah. I don't know.
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But as I'm peeling potatoes
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and sometimes one
has a default in it,
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you know, it's been
cut and they turn brown,
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so what do we do?
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We cut that brown part out.
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I said, "Lord,"
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just as I'm cutting this
brown part of the potato,
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I slice it up, and the
potato is white, clean.
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I said, "Lord,
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please take the
sins out of my life,
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you know, the
imperfections in our life."
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So we surrender to the Lord,
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our thoughts too
because we could be prisoners
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of our own thoughts.
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But if we surrender
our thoughts to the Lord,
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as we pray, people are
like, "Oh, pray without ceasing?
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Are you kidding me?
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I have to take care of the baby,
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I have to cook, I have to drive.
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How can you keep, you
know, praying all day long?"
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Easily, prayer,
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and whilst you're
doing your things,
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praise the Lord, singing, right?
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And testifying of His goodness,
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I mean, I think that
definitely connects us.
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And, you know, I
get in the shower,
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I'll be washing my hair
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and I'm praying
in the shower saying,
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"Oh, Lord, wash me thoroughly
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and repeatedly and
cleanse me from my sins."
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It's unlike you.
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I was in Walmart one day
and I'm saying, "Now, Lord,
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help me remember what..."
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and somebody said, "Pardon me."
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And I was wanting Him
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to help me
remember what I needed
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'cause I forgot my list.
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Yeah. Yes.
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What were you gonna say, Johnny?
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Well, I like to pick
up on what you're saying
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because you said
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we should be
aware of God's presence.
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Knowing God, God
tries to help us,
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in the scriptures,
even the disciples said,
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"Jesus, Lord, teach us to pray,"
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as John also
taught his disciples.
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And Jesus says,
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after this
manner, therefore pray,
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and not that this is
the prayer you should pray,
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but He says, He started with,
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"Our Father,
which art in heaven,"
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so God is trying to tell us,
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we should
recognize Him as our father.
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And, you know, different people
throughout our experience,
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we pick up on
things people have done.
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I remember reading
a book by Glenn Cohen,
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and some people may
know that name, Glenn Coon,
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he wrote the book,
"The ABCs of Prayer."
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He was talking
about this one day,
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he still was
driving on the road.
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And he says, "Well,
you know, the Lord says,
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oh, He's with us.
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You know, it seems to me like,
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Lord, I have not
acknowledged You."
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He stopped his car.
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He got out.
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And he said,
"Lord," opened the door,
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he says, "Lord, Please come in."
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How wonderful.
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And after that,
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he began his
conversation with the Lord,
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acknowledging His presence.
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I've heard of some
people that at their table,
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there's another
chair and a plate,
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saying, "Lord,
You are here with us.
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You know, you are
our guest at our table."
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So different things people do,
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but we should
live with an awareness
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that God is there.
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He's ever with us.
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Now what I wanted
to share right now
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is that there are people
who are facing situations
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that have never experienced
God's power into your life
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and they say,
"God, if You are real,
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if You are really there,
and if You answer this prayer,
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I will forever serve You."
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Is that true or not?
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Thank you, He
certainly hears and,
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you know, let's just say,
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"Lord, if you'll get me
out of debt this one time,
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I'll help serve You
the rest of my life."
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And then they turn around
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because they really
didn't learn something,
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and so here they are
back in the corner again.
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"Well, this time, I
really mean it, Lord."
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So, you know, I
back it up a little bit.
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And I think we're surrounding
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this as I think
that what Lord wants
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from each one of
us is involvement.
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If we become involved
in just little things,
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probably in your
question right there,
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a matter of...
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A matter of asking them a
little different way, okay?
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Yeah.
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But you may not
know any better way.
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But I mean, He
certainly will He...
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He's not gonna, "Oh,
don't listen to that person.
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Don't listen to
that person," you know,
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it's all taken into account.
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Now He knows the
beginning from the end,
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so when it's all said and done,
00:20:12.84\00:20:14.71
I believe, I've
heard this from Shelley
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the first time,
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it's certainly not original.
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But I heard it the first
time is that the Lord always
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has our eternal
interest in mind, always, okay?
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That's right.
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Boy, that I might have heard
it 10 times before it's sunk in,
00:20:27.02\00:20:30.73
but wow.
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In a
relationship, there comes a time
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when in any relationship,
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whether it be
friends, whether it be husband,
00:20:37.50\00:20:38.90
what, there comes a
time of that aha moment,
00:20:38.93\00:20:42.60
"Wow, I can trust this person."
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And then that leads
you to the next step
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whatever the next step is.
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Boy, let me segue off
of that one because...
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Oh, boy.
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That's what, you know,
00:20:51.45\00:20:52.78
what God wants from us
as His covenant children,
00:20:52.81\00:20:58.49
you know, I mean, the reason
we pray for the Holy Spirit,
00:20:58.52\00:21:01.22
the Bible tells us
that the Holy Spirit,
00:21:01.26\00:21:04.56
we don't know how
we even ought to pray.
00:21:04.59\00:21:06.29
So I always
pray at the beginning
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for the Holy
Spirit because it says
00:21:08.20\00:21:09.80
that the Holy
Spirit intercedes for us
00:21:09.83\00:21:11.83
and helps us in our prayers.
00:21:11.87\00:21:14.17
We know it gives us the power,
but it's the idea of trust.
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God wants...
00:21:19.91\00:21:21.24
His covenant is,
"I will be Your God,
00:21:21.28\00:21:24.35
you will be My people.
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I'm gonna put the
Holy Spirit in your heart
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.05
that you cry out Abba, Father."
00:21:28.08\00:21:30.49
So He wants this relationship.
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And if you don't have
a relationship with God,
00:21:33.36\00:21:36.52
you're not saved.
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And, you know, we're
talking a lot about prayer.
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I wanna kind of move
on, but prayer is how,
00:21:39.89\00:21:43.83
I mean, it doesn't
have to be a formula,
00:21:43.87\00:21:46.27
it doesn't have
to be on your knees.
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It can be when
you're in the shower,
00:21:47.87\00:21:49.54
if you're peeling potatoes,
or driving down the road.
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I talked to the Lord
00:21:52.74\00:21:54.08
all the time
going down the road.
00:21:54.11\00:21:55.74
I like my car is
one of my favorite
00:21:55.78\00:21:59.35
prayer closets, actually.
00:21:59.38\00:22:03.28
But that's the main way
we're speaking with Him.
00:22:03.32\00:22:07.56
How do we hear from Him?
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.53
It's mostly
through the Word, right?
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.99
And even if you hear
the still small voice,
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.86
if it doesn't
line up with the Word,
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.37
you got to always
check and make sure
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.20
'cause the Holy Spirit
will never tell us anything.
00:22:19.23\00:22:22.74
That's not God's Word.
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That's right.
00:22:24.34\00:22:25.67
I think that
someplace along the line
00:22:25.71\00:22:27.34
in your walk of
maturity with the Lord,
00:22:27.38\00:22:30.68
you're wanting to
be more Christ-like.
00:22:30.71\00:22:32.31
Amen.
00:22:32.35\00:22:33.68
And so I know that
one of the scriptures
00:22:33.72\00:22:36.52
that we use it,
00:22:36.55\00:22:37.89
2 Corinthians 3:18, okay,
00:22:37.92\00:22:41.19
and that is "By
beholding Christ,
00:22:41.22\00:22:43.16
we become changed."
00:22:43.19\00:22:45.03
And so there's that...
00:22:45.06\00:22:48.53
Now you know that
you can trust Him.
00:22:48.56\00:22:52.40
You know that you're
actually praying to someone,
00:22:52.43\00:22:57.71
and now there's fruit
that's being produced.
00:22:57.74\00:23:01.88
You're saying that, "Wow!
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.55
I believe in You, Lord."
00:23:04.58\00:23:08.12
And so now you
begin to look at things
00:23:08.15\00:23:10.09
in a more clear way.
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.02
And now you're
wanting to take that truth
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.66
that He's given you
and now it's like a mirror.
00:23:14.69\00:23:18.49
And then it comes in
00:23:18.53\00:23:20.60
and the reflection of Jesus
is coming into you from Him,
00:23:20.63\00:23:24.43
now you're
projecting to someone else.
00:23:24.47\00:23:26.40
Let's read this,
2 Corinthians 3:18.
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It says, "We all
with unveiled face,
00:23:30.17\00:23:33.14
beholding as in a mirror,
00:23:33.17\00:23:34.74
the glory of the Lord,
00:23:34.78\00:23:36.38
are being
transformed into the same image
00:23:36.41\00:23:38.68
from glory to glory,
00:23:38.71\00:23:40.58
just as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
00:23:40.62\00:23:42.88
So what that says to me
00:23:42.92\00:23:45.49
is that when we
look into the scripture,
00:23:45.52\00:23:49.66
we're saying how God sees us.
00:23:49.69\00:23:52.46
This is a picture of
who we are in Christ,
00:23:52.49\00:23:55.03
we're beholding as in a mirror,
00:23:55.06\00:23:57.60
the new creation
that He's making us to be.
00:23:57.63\00:24:00.74
He's speaking to us.
00:24:00.77\00:24:02.57
He's giving us His promises.
00:24:02.60\00:24:04.77
And what is the
glory of the Lord?
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.34
Character. His character.
00:24:07.38\00:24:09.14
So it's the Holy
Spirit that leads you
00:24:09.18\00:24:13.18
from one level of His
character to the next.
00:24:13.21\00:24:16.02
This is all
about that relationship
00:24:16.05\00:24:19.42
as you're praying to the
Lord and getting into His Word,
00:24:19.45\00:24:23.16
and the Holy Spirit is
leading you from one...
00:24:23.19\00:24:26.83
I mean, does it
happen overnight?
00:24:26.86\00:24:28.56
No.
00:24:28.60\00:24:29.93
No, what did Jesus say first?
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.43
The blade...
00:24:32.47\00:24:33.80
Then the head...
00:24:33.84\00:24:35.17
Then the... The head or the...
00:24:35.20\00:24:36.54
The head or the ear,
then the full kernel in there.
00:24:36.57\00:24:39.01
How many kernels of
corn are there in an ear?
00:24:39.04\00:24:43.24
I think that
we've sat the other day,
00:24:43.28\00:24:44.88
it was 800 and something.
00:24:44.91\00:24:46.65
Eight hundred and something.
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.02
And one year of corn,
00:24:48.05\00:24:49.38
and you started off
a planting one kernel.
00:24:49.42\00:24:51.02
Like a seed.
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.39
It's kind of like, "Wow!"
00:24:52.42\00:24:53.99
And you talk about dividends,
you know, "Wait a minute,
00:24:54.02\00:24:57.79
you got to have some rain."
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.16
"Oh, where does that come from?"
00:24:59.19\00:25:00.53
"We're gonna have some sun."
00:25:00.56\00:25:01.90
"Wait a minute, now
it's getting complicated,"
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.60
and now you can see
00:25:03.63\00:25:05.03
why it wasn't
that cheap start with
00:25:05.07\00:25:06.87
because you have to
have all these gifts
00:25:06.90\00:25:09.67
in order to
have this ear of corn
00:25:09.70\00:25:11.84
has got 800 and
something kernels on it.
00:25:11.87\00:25:15.41
But that is the
God that we serve.
00:25:15.44\00:25:18.68
But this as you, you
know, these things tell us
00:25:18.71\00:25:22.78
that we have to
have a participation
00:25:22.82\00:25:24.95
in relation too.
00:25:24.99\00:25:26.59
Now you talk about by
beholding we become changed.
00:25:26.62\00:25:31.63
That's us having an
active part in beholding,
00:25:31.66\00:25:35.46
reading the scriptures,
00:25:35.50\00:25:38.53
looking for the Lord in
places of our daily lives
00:25:38.57\00:25:42.47
because daily He's
trying to talk to us
00:25:42.50\00:25:44.17
through circumstances, people,
and things that happened to us.
00:25:44.21\00:25:48.18
And so even the
part where Jesus says
00:25:48.21\00:25:53.05
in Revelation 3:20,
00:25:53.08\00:25:54.92
"Behold, I stand at
the door and knock,"
00:25:54.95\00:26:00.06
and that's this part.
00:26:00.09\00:26:01.72
"If any man hears my
voice and opens the door,"
00:26:01.76\00:26:04.99
that's us now.
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.26
We hear the
voice, we hear the knock,
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.46
we have to open.
00:26:09.50\00:26:10.83
So we have to have
an active participation.
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.83
And then Jesus says,
00:26:12.87\00:26:14.20
"And I will come into him
00:26:14.24\00:26:15.57
and sup with
him and he with me,"
00:26:15.60\00:26:16.94
participation again,
00:26:16.97\00:26:18.47
"and having
fellowship with Him."
00:26:18.51\00:26:20.58
So what you just said,
00:26:20.61\00:26:22.54
and that's the point I
wanted to get to, thank you,
00:26:22.58\00:26:25.15
is that if we are
not participating,
00:26:25.18\00:26:29.85
if we're not praying,
if we're not in our word,
00:26:29.88\00:26:34.29
we can't keep a relationship
going with the Lord.
00:26:34.32\00:26:38.89
I mean, because
you've heard this before,
00:26:38.93\00:26:43.10
prayer is the
breath of the soul.
00:26:43.13\00:26:46.74
How long can you
go without breathing?
00:26:46.77\00:26:51.04
I mean, physically, how long?
00:26:51.07\00:26:53.04
How long... Not very long.
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
However, you
know, some people say,
00:26:54.44\00:26:55.78
"I can do a minute.
I can do two, I can..."
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.95
It's not very long.
00:26:57.98\00:26:59.31
So what do you think
00:26:59.35\00:27:00.68
if prayer is the
breath of the soul,
00:27:00.72\00:27:03.02
if prayer is like
00:27:03.05\00:27:05.05
oxygenating your spiritual life,
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.86
if you go a full
day without praying,
00:27:07.89\00:27:10.49
what's happening to
your spiritual life?
00:27:10.53\00:27:13.03
All right.
00:27:13.06\00:27:14.40
And then Jesus said that,
00:27:14.43\00:27:17.13
"Man should not
live by breath alone,"
00:27:17.17\00:27:19.00
Matthew 4:4, "but
every word that comes..."
00:27:19.03\00:27:22.04
We talk about the Word of God
is what seeds us spiritually.
00:27:22.07\00:27:27.18
Well, now how long
can you go without eating
00:27:27.21\00:27:31.08
and not feel weak?
00:27:31.11\00:27:32.45
Let me put that way.
00:27:32.48\00:27:35.15
I don't know, might be...
00:27:35.18\00:27:37.05
You know, some people
can go a day or two days.
00:27:37.09\00:27:40.86
But I think
that's what you just said
00:27:40.89\00:27:43.86
is what it's all about.
00:27:43.89\00:27:45.23
Amen.
00:27:45.26\00:27:46.59
We've got to learn,
00:27:46.63\00:27:47.96
if salvation depends on staying
in relationship with God,
00:27:48.00\00:27:53.90
we need and this is
all that God asks of us,
00:27:53.94\00:27:57.84
"Seek My face."
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.54
He wants to, He's your
Father, you're His child.
00:27:59.57\00:28:03.31
He wants you to
learn to depend on Him.
00:28:03.35\00:28:05.98
So, though we
even try to do this...
00:28:06.01\00:28:10.35
Let's look at John 15:5
00:28:10.39\00:28:12.29
because we got to
kind of move this along
00:28:12.32\00:28:15.82
and see...
00:28:15.86\00:28:17.19
Who's got john 15:5?
00:28:17.23\00:28:20.96
I can read it. Okay.
00:28:21.00\00:28:22.43
John 15:5, says,
00:28:22.46\00:28:23.83
"I am the vine,
you are the branches.
00:28:23.87\00:28:27.10
He who abides
in Me and I in him,
00:28:27.14\00:28:31.37
bears much
fruit, for without Me,
00:28:31.41\00:28:34.58
you can do nothing."
00:28:34.61\00:28:36.24
So who's speaking?
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.05
Jesus.
00:28:38.08\00:28:39.41
Jesus is speaking and He
says, "Hey, I'm the vine.
00:28:39.45\00:28:43.22
I'm the one that has the
life and you're the branches.
00:28:43.25\00:28:47.66
And apart from
Me, you can do," what?
00:28:47.69\00:28:50.13
Nothing. Nothing.
00:28:50.16\00:28:51.49
So do we realize then that
00:28:51.53\00:28:57.73
even surrender is
impossible without Jesus?
00:28:57.77\00:29:04.11
Yes, it is.
00:29:04.14\00:29:05.87
You know, I tried, I
don't know about you.
00:29:05.91\00:29:08.94
But I tried for so long
00:29:08.98\00:29:12.15
to surrender control
of my life to the Lord.
00:29:12.18\00:29:15.98
You know, and I would say,
00:29:16.02\00:29:17.35
"Oh, Lord, I'm willing to
be made willing, help me,"
00:29:17.39\00:29:21.42
you know, but I
didn't understand
00:29:21.46\00:29:25.89
that it's being in
that relationship with Him
00:29:25.93\00:29:29.83
'cause Philippians 4:13,
00:29:29.86\00:29:31.40
that's one of your
favorite scriptures.
00:29:31.43\00:29:32.90
What does that
say? Well, I love it.
00:29:32.93\00:29:34.64
What the
Amplified says, you know,
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.57
that "I can do all things
through Christ who empowers me.
00:29:37.61\00:29:41.78
He infuses His
inner strength into us
00:29:41.81\00:29:44.71
and consequently
we're equal to anything
00:29:44.75\00:29:47.88
and can do anything
00:29:47.92\00:29:50.02
because He's the
one that's in us.
00:29:50.05\00:29:52.29
He is the
strength, He is the sap,"
00:29:52.32\00:29:54.72
here we're just
talking about the tree here.
00:29:54.76\00:29:56.96
You know,
00:29:56.99\00:29:59.89
that will help you get
past any speed bump in life.
00:29:59.93\00:30:04.07
And so I mean, I just love...
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.20
Well look at the juxtaposition
of those two scriptures.
00:30:06.23\00:30:09.30
John 15:5, "Apart from
Me, you can do nothing."
00:30:09.34\00:30:14.34
And then Philippians 4:13,
00:30:14.38\00:30:16.95
"With Him, you
can do all things."
00:30:16.98\00:30:20.92
So when it comes to
surrender, and once again,
00:30:20.95\00:30:24.55
we just wanna give you
the definition for surrender,
00:30:24.59\00:30:27.89
is submitting your will to God.
00:30:27.92\00:30:31.46
And in saying like Jesus said,
00:30:31.49\00:30:34.20
"Not My will but yours be done."
00:30:34.23\00:30:36.20
It's recognizing
00:30:36.23\00:30:38.57
that God is all knowing,
all powerful, all loving,
00:30:38.60\00:30:44.87
that God knows the
end from the beginning.
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.84
He has your eternal benefit,
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.68
everything He does in your life,
00:30:50.71\00:30:53.31
He has your
eternal benefit in mind.
00:30:53.35\00:30:55.65
So it is coming to
the Lord and saying,
00:30:55.68\00:30:59.62
"Lord, teach me Your will."
00:30:59.65\00:31:01.82
"Teach me Your will,
get me out of the way,
00:31:01.86\00:31:04.89
I'm giving you permission."
00:31:04.93\00:31:06.29
And you've got to do it
in relationship with Jesus
00:31:06.33\00:31:09.50
and know through Him you can.
00:31:09.53\00:31:12.03
So let's take a few scriptures.
00:31:12.07\00:31:14.67
I would like to
bring out an illustration
00:31:14.70\00:31:17.34
that I guess could be a help
to somebody that's listening.
00:31:17.37\00:31:20.74
Sure.
00:31:20.78\00:31:22.94
You know, when there
are two armies fighting
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.75
and there's one
that's overcoming the other,
00:31:24.78\00:31:28.62
the one that's losing
00:31:28.65\00:31:30.99
either becomes a group of people
00:31:31.02\00:31:35.42
that say, "Well,
we're not giving up!
00:31:35.46\00:31:36.79
We're not gonna surrender."
00:31:36.83\00:31:38.43
Or they can say,
"Well, they're wiping us out.
00:31:38.46\00:31:41.06
We're gonna all die here."
00:31:41.10\00:31:42.83
And they put up that
white flag, which means,
00:31:42.86\00:31:46.70
"We're gonna stop fighting
because we're gonna get hurt.
00:31:46.74\00:31:50.51
And our people are getting hurt.
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
We don't want
anyone else to get hurt."
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.54
So when we surrender,
we are saying to the Lord,
00:31:53.58\00:31:56.68
"I don't want to be hurt anymore
00:31:56.71\00:31:58.45
by making my own choices,
by doing my own things."
00:31:58.48\00:32:01.18
That's good.
00:32:01.22\00:32:02.55
"I would like for
You to take over, Lord,
00:32:02.58\00:32:04.69
take over my life,
00:32:04.72\00:32:06.12
I'm gonna stop
fighting on my own."
00:32:06.15\00:32:08.69
So we are allowing the Lord,
00:32:08.72\00:32:10.69
we're giving Him permission
to bless us and benefit us
00:32:10.73\00:32:14.93
because that's
what God wants to do.
00:32:14.96\00:32:16.67
"I love you, I
want to benefit you,
00:32:16.70\00:32:19.73
I want to help you,
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.10
I wanna give you strength,
I wanna give you peace,
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.57
I wanna give
you happiness, joy."
00:32:23.61\00:32:25.77
So we give Him
permission by giving up,
00:32:25.81\00:32:28.21
doing stuff on our
own, fighting on our own.
00:32:28.24\00:32:30.15
And, you know, as human beings,
00:32:30.18\00:32:33.01
I guess we're like
the little children
00:32:33.05\00:32:35.32
that you're trying to
help them do something,
00:32:35.35\00:32:37.09
"And I guess I
grown up enough to say,
00:32:37.12\00:32:39.72
'I can do it. I can do it.'"
00:32:39.75\00:32:42.09
And they want to tell you,
00:32:42.12\00:32:44.19
"Stop helping me
because I can do this."
00:32:44.23\00:32:46.13
Right.
00:32:46.16\00:32:47.50
But with the Lord,
00:32:47.53\00:32:48.86
we need to
understand that without Him,
00:32:48.90\00:32:51.00
like you said...
00:32:51.03\00:32:52.37
We can do
nothing. We can do nothing.
00:32:52.40\00:32:53.74
Well, I'd like to
share one thing here
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.04
is that I need the
spirit of humility.
00:32:56.07\00:32:59.51
You know, in order to surrender,
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.54
this is how I feel.
00:33:01.58\00:33:03.48
I need to recognize that
00:33:03.51\00:33:08.68
if I am too self-sufficient,
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.05
I'm not gonna have the will
or the interest to surrender.
00:33:11.09\00:33:15.46
And, you know, it's interesting
00:33:15.49\00:33:16.83
'cause what are
we taught as a child,
00:33:16.86\00:33:18.49
they're trying to teach
us to be self-sufficient,
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.60
to be independent.
00:33:20.63\00:33:21.96
That's right. That's right.
00:33:22.00\00:33:23.33
But I just wanna thank the
Lord for prompting my heart,
00:33:23.37\00:33:27.60
you know, the Holy
Spirit prompts your heart
00:33:27.64\00:33:30.37
when you are not
spending enough time with Him
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.58
or it's time to talk again,
00:33:33.61\00:33:35.94
"Let's regroup."
00:33:35.98\00:33:37.31
And God is just so
awesome to just express yourself
00:33:37.35\00:33:43.95
and feel that you got
it all out of your system,
00:33:43.99\00:33:47.96
and that something better
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.62
is bound to happen in your life,
00:33:49.66\00:33:51.83
so yeah.
00:33:51.86\00:33:53.19
But let me, I
wanna just kind of,
00:33:53.23\00:33:54.76
I was just
looking at the scripture
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.33
when you were
talking about humility.
00:33:56.36\00:33:59.07
Yes. Boy!
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.67
You know, God has given me
a new definition for humility.
00:34:00.70\00:34:04.51
Oh, really?
00:34:04.54\00:34:05.87
Humility is total
dependence on God.
00:34:05.91\00:34:08.94
And here's why I'll say that.
00:34:08.98\00:34:10.71
Philippians 2:5, Paul
writes to the Philippines.
00:34:10.75\00:34:15.48
And he says, "Let this mind
00:34:15.52\00:34:17.49
which was also in
Christ Jesus being you, who,"
00:34:17.52\00:34:22.22
talking about Christ,
"being in the form of God,"
00:34:22.26\00:34:24.83
in other words, Jesus was God,
00:34:24.86\00:34:27.46
"did not consider it
robbery to be equal with God,"
00:34:27.50\00:34:30.23
because He was God,
00:34:30.27\00:34:32.40
"but he made
himself of no reputation,
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.40
taking the form
of a bondservant,
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.67
coming in the likeness of men.
00:34:37.71\00:34:39.97
And being found in
appearance as a man,
00:34:40.01\00:34:42.24
He humbled Himself
and became obedient
00:34:42.28\00:34:45.58
to the point of death,
even the death of the cross."
00:34:45.61\00:34:48.82
So what he says,
let this mind be in you,
00:34:48.85\00:34:52.75
here's God who came to earth
in the person of Jesus Christ.
00:34:52.79\00:34:57.39
And although He
was perfectly human,
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.53
He was still perfectly God,
00:34:59.56\00:35:01.56
but He totally humbled
Himself to the will of the Lord.
00:35:01.60\00:35:07.24
And humility is just saying,
00:35:07.27\00:35:10.47
"Lord, I'm totally
dependent upon you,"
00:35:10.51\00:35:12.41
'cause Jesus said,
00:35:12.44\00:35:14.08
"You know, I only say
what My Father has to say,
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.78
only do what My
Father shows Me to do."
00:35:16.81\00:35:20.02
So He was being
completely dependent upon God.
00:35:20.05\00:35:24.29
That's what we need to do.
00:35:24.32\00:35:25.65
Our prayer is,
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.02
"Lord, help me to be
willing to be willing,"
00:35:27.06\00:35:29.52
You know, to accept
God's will for our lives.
00:35:29.56\00:35:31.69
This is true.
00:35:31.73\00:35:33.06
You know, it's interesting,
it was just yesterday,
00:35:33.09\00:35:36.83
I was looking at the disciples
00:35:36.87\00:35:41.94
on the way to Gethsemane
and on the way to cavalry.
00:35:41.97\00:35:45.71
They were talking about,
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.24
"Oh, when He's on that
throne, I'm gonna be this,"
00:35:47.28\00:35:50.55
and they were arguing
00:35:50.58\00:35:51.91
who's gonna get number one spot,
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.62
next to Jesus.
00:35:53.65\00:35:55.08
And the lesson of
humility is the next lesson
00:35:55.12\00:35:58.39
that Jesus taught them.
00:35:58.42\00:36:00.26
They were in the upper room,
00:36:00.29\00:36:02.09
Jesus put on
the servant's attire
00:36:02.12\00:36:06.36
and started washing their feet.
00:36:06.39\00:36:08.66
This lesson of humility is one
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.23
that is very
important for us to learn.
00:36:10.27\00:36:11.63
Amen.
00:36:11.67\00:36:13.00
And we need to learn
00:36:13.03\00:36:14.37
that this
scripture Philippians 2:5,
00:36:14.40\00:36:17.37
Philippians 2,
00:36:17.41\00:36:18.74
helps us understand that
God Himself humbled Himself.
00:36:18.77\00:36:24.55
That is an incredible picture.
00:36:24.58\00:36:26.31
It says, "Being equal with God,"
00:36:26.35\00:36:30.15
and then it says,
00:36:30.19\00:36:31.52
"Being like in
appearance of men or fashioned."
00:36:31.55\00:36:35.32
He humbled
Himself like a servant.
00:36:35.36\00:36:38.09
And that is something
awesome to think about
00:36:38.13\00:36:42.26
that He's trying
to teach us something.
00:36:42.30\00:36:44.83
And in humility and
in giving up our own way,
00:36:44.87\00:36:48.94
we find strength, we find peace,
00:36:48.97\00:36:52.24
and all the wonderful things
that God wants to do for us.
00:36:52.27\00:36:54.81
You know, can I say
this, you know, we were...
00:36:54.84\00:36:59.01
Luke 22:42, Luke 22:42 says,
00:36:59.05\00:37:03.92
"Not My will,
Lord, but Yours be done."
00:37:03.95\00:37:07.22
As I was looking at that,
we're talking about humility,
00:37:07.26\00:37:09.72
we're talking about growing,
we're looking for peace,
00:37:09.76\00:37:13.29
what a comfort zone that is.
00:37:13.33\00:37:16.77
Whenever if things don't go
00:37:16.80\00:37:18.73
just the way you anticipated it,
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.27
then you are mature enough,
"Lord, Your will be done.
00:37:21.30\00:37:25.11
You're the one
that's in charge."
00:37:25.14\00:37:27.58
And then so I remember I
was driving an 18 Howler,
00:37:27.61\00:37:33.42
and it was a brand new truck.
00:37:33.45\00:37:35.32
First time I'd been out in it.
00:37:35.35\00:37:37.29
And I was in
Lubbock, Texas, and I came in,
00:37:37.32\00:37:40.39
it was raining,
raining, raining,
00:37:40.42\00:37:42.86
and the streets
were really slick
00:37:42.89\00:37:45.69
and I came to a stop sign.
00:37:45.73\00:37:47.60
And there's a Polish
truck after the stop sign.
00:37:47.63\00:37:50.60
The whole truck
just kept moving.
00:37:50.63\00:37:55.14
And here came a car this away
00:37:55.17\00:37:57.61
and I just knew
that I was gonna be hit.
00:37:57.64\00:38:01.98
And everything came
into slow motion and rare
00:38:02.01\00:38:05.08
that everything just
comes to slow motion.
00:38:05.11\00:38:07.32
And here I'm just barely moving,
00:38:07.35\00:38:10.32
here comes this car,
00:38:10.35\00:38:11.79
barely coming
and I, "New truck!"
00:38:11.82\00:38:15.26
You know, a new truck.
00:38:15.29\00:38:16.69
And boy, I said, "Lord Jesus,"
00:38:16.73\00:38:19.36
you know, I may not
called out His name.
00:38:19.39\00:38:22.76
And Wow!
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.80
I don't know whatever an...
00:38:24.83\00:38:27.60
What is the word? Infinitesimal.
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.97
Just a tiny of tiny
this, I was protected.
00:38:30.01\00:38:36.21
At that time, I trust...
00:38:36.24\00:38:37.58
Squished the angel but...
00:38:37.61\00:38:39.71
Thank you, Jesus.
00:38:39.75\00:38:41.08
Thank you, Angel. Amen.
00:38:41.12\00:38:42.58
You know, that's exactly right.
00:38:42.62\00:38:44.55
But He was always there
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.96
but not knowing
how it got over there
00:38:46.99\00:38:48.46
but this has been on my mind.
00:38:48.49\00:38:49.82
But anyway, to me, it
gives me great comfort
00:38:49.86\00:38:54.43
to know that even
if I had been hit,
00:38:54.46\00:38:57.50
"Lord, that Your will be done."
00:38:57.53\00:38:59.23
There was some lesson
for me to learn there.
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.64
Today, I'm a lot more
mature than I was then.
00:39:01.67\00:39:04.61
And I just thank the
Lord for that comfort zone
00:39:04.64\00:39:07.54
that I'm in right now.
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.28
I'm gonna tell you now
and I'm gonna tell at home,
00:39:09.31\00:39:11.91
be careful around truck drivers.
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.65
I always figured that
they were really professional.
00:39:14.68\00:39:17.65
Here he is.
00:39:17.69\00:39:19.02
We sold our
business and I always said,
00:39:19.05\00:39:20.92
he loved to drive
00:39:20.96\00:39:22.46
and he went up to
work with his brother.
00:39:22.49\00:39:24.89
And he bought this 18 wheeler
00:39:24.93\00:39:27.86
and I thought, "You
got to be kidding me."
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.57
Two hours of training
and he was on the road.
00:39:30.60\00:39:33.74
Mercy. Wow!
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.10
Great experience in my life,
00:39:35.14\00:39:36.47
it's like a little
boy going off to camp.
00:39:36.50\00:39:39.04
Anyway...
00:39:39.07\00:39:40.41
It was like just looking
00:39:40.44\00:39:41.78
for who they
don't know who they are,
00:39:41.81\00:39:43.14
it's a great fun,
but they'll be careful.
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.11
Let me pick up on what
Johnny was talking about
00:39:45.15\00:39:47.38
because when you said
00:39:47.42\00:39:51.79
and I forget
how you said it now,
00:39:51.82\00:39:53.32
but what thought came to my mind
00:39:53.36\00:39:55.69
is at the end of the
day, sometimes, you know,
00:39:55.72\00:40:00.53
I start off surrendered, I pray.
00:40:00.56\00:40:04.43
And then by the end of
the day, you feel like,
00:40:04.47\00:40:10.44
"Did I really
pray about this project
00:40:10.47\00:40:12.41
I was working on?"
00:40:12.44\00:40:14.34
I mean, can you be surrendered
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.08
and not know you're surrendered?
00:40:16.11\00:40:19.81
Good question.
00:40:19.85\00:40:21.18
You know, I mean,
00:40:21.22\00:40:22.55
because really we
are depending on God,
00:40:22.58\00:40:25.55
and that's something I
was beating myself up like,
00:40:25.59\00:40:28.66
"Oh, Lord, I didn't
pray before I did this."
00:40:28.69\00:40:31.13
But the Lord showed
me, "Hey, trust Me."
00:40:31.16\00:40:34.46
Well, He reminded you
that you didn't pray about it.
00:40:34.50\00:40:36.73
Yeah.
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.10
But it's like
you're in relationship,
00:40:38.13\00:40:40.04
you prayed during the day.
00:40:40.07\00:40:41.70
It's not like,
you've stepped away.
00:40:41.74\00:40:43.67
It's right.
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.04
So even though I may not,
00:40:45.07\00:40:47.18
we switch hats
around here so often,
00:40:47.21\00:40:49.64
even though I didn't
pray at the beginning of that,
00:40:49.68\00:40:53.38
you know, I
just had to tell Him,
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.08
thank You for
helping me through that
00:40:55.12\00:40:56.55
because You're the one
that gave me the efficiencies.
00:40:56.58\00:40:59.02
You're the one, and I
know that I don't know,
00:40:59.05\00:41:03.43
if Jesus prayed every
minute before He said, "Spoke,"
00:41:03.46\00:41:06.93
but I think God
shows us what to do
00:41:06.96\00:41:09.66
when you're in
relationship with Him.
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.10
We just need to
acknowledge, like Jesus said,
00:41:12.13\00:41:15.37
"Hey, I'm just doing
what My Father shows me to do,
00:41:15.40\00:41:17.94
I'm just saying
what He's..." you know?
00:41:17.97\00:41:19.67
Amen. Amen.
00:41:19.71\00:41:21.04
Don't you think? Amen.
00:41:21.08\00:41:22.41
I certainly know that
we're work in progress.
00:41:22.44\00:41:25.61
You know, I don't know
00:41:25.65\00:41:26.98
which one of these
two things to share first
00:41:27.02\00:41:28.35
because while
somebody was talking,
00:41:28.38\00:41:30.89
this thought came
to my mind, I said,
00:41:30.92\00:41:32.65
"How does this even fit
00:41:32.69\00:41:34.79
into our
relationship with the Lord
00:41:34.82\00:41:37.79
and the talk
progressed this way?"
00:41:37.83\00:41:40.60
You know, I don't
know how many here or there
00:41:40.63\00:41:44.83
that are listening
to us have ever tried
00:41:44.87\00:41:47.74
to help an animal
that was wounded, a bird
00:41:47.77\00:41:50.77
or some other little creature.
00:41:50.81\00:41:53.21
And as you approach,
00:41:53.24\00:41:54.68
this animal is afraid and scared
00:41:54.71\00:41:57.38
and tries to bite or growl.
00:41:57.41\00:42:01.18
And God is trying to help us.
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.95
And here we are
growling or trying to bite Him,
00:42:03.99\00:42:06.82
or you know, hurt Him
when He's trying to help us.
00:42:06.86\00:42:12.23
And we need to stop doing that
00:42:12.26\00:42:14.33
because the Lord
wants to help us.
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.00
Yes.
00:42:16.03\00:42:17.37
He wants to
relieve the suffering
00:42:17.40\00:42:20.07
that we're going through
00:42:20.10\00:42:21.44
because anybody
that is not with the Lord
00:42:21.47\00:42:23.91
is suffering.
00:42:23.94\00:42:25.74
Really, that's
the reality of it.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.91
And the longer we
resist surrendering to God,
00:42:27.94\00:42:32.15
the longer our suffering is.
00:42:32.18\00:42:35.12
And so when we surrender,
00:42:35.15\00:42:37.52
begins our joy,
begins our freedom.
00:42:37.55\00:42:41.56
And yes, we'll
face difficult times,
00:42:41.59\00:42:43.99
but the Lord is with
us to give us strength.
00:42:44.03\00:42:47.50
I think I'd like
to read it this time,
00:42:47.53\00:42:48.86
Psalm 29:11, if I may.
00:42:48.90\00:42:52.33
Psalm 29:11,
00:42:52.37\00:42:53.70
because this is a scripture
that one day I read and said,
00:42:53.74\00:42:57.41
"Wow! This is fantastic!"
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.28
And it communicates to us
what God wants to do for us.
00:43:00.31\00:43:04.61
Psalm 29:11 says,
00:43:04.65\00:43:05.98
"The Lord will give
strength to His people,
00:43:06.01\00:43:09.12
the Lord will bless
His people with peace."
00:43:09.15\00:43:12.42
Isn't that wonderful?
00:43:12.45\00:43:13.89
Give that some thought.
00:43:13.92\00:43:15.66
That's what God
wants to do for us.
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
Amen. Amen.
00:43:17.06\00:43:19.09
Well, He also has
promised that in Jeremiah 29:13,
00:43:19.13\00:43:23.60
that when we search
Him with all our heart,
00:43:23.63\00:43:26.74
we're gonna find Him.
00:43:26.77\00:43:28.10
That's right.
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.47
It says, "You
shall seek Me and find Me
00:43:29.50\00:43:31.81
when you shall search
for Me with all your heart."
00:43:31.84\00:43:35.64
Just, you know, take...
00:43:35.68\00:43:39.31
I don't know if the
expression is take a gamble
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.35
or take a risk, you
know, into trusting God.
00:43:41.38\00:43:45.62
Take a risk that
God is waiting for you.
00:43:45.65\00:43:52.23
As soon as you surrender,
He is going to cradle you.
00:43:52.26\00:43:58.47
And you're gonna know
it's the Lord cradling you.
00:43:58.50\00:44:01.47
When you enter in
that, in His presence,
00:44:01.50\00:44:05.57
as you surrender your
heart, your thoughts, your life,
00:44:05.61\00:44:09.14
and I just want you to try it.
00:44:09.18\00:44:12.51
And it may sound hard to do
00:44:12.55\00:44:15.08
because our nature
is self-sufficiency.
00:44:15.12\00:44:18.49
But we have a
standing invitation,
00:44:18.52\00:44:21.72
an open invitation
to come unto Jesus.
00:44:21.76\00:44:23.99
Amen.
00:44:24.03\00:44:25.36
And I hope that people hear
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.73
what you just said
because that is an invitation.
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.63
Amen. Yes.
00:44:28.66\00:44:30.13
Well, and you know,
00:44:30.17\00:44:31.50
I love the scripture
before that in Jeremiah 29:12.
00:44:31.53\00:44:35.17
He says, "I am the Lord
00:44:35.20\00:44:37.94
and I've got a
plan for your life,
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.97
a plan to do good,
and not to do evil,
00:44:40.01\00:44:43.55
a plan to prosper you."
00:44:43.58\00:44:45.81
And when transitions knew it
00:44:45.85\00:44:49.42
to the next scripture it says,
00:44:49.45\00:44:51.55
then, "You will come and
seek Me with all your heart
00:44:51.59\00:44:56.46
and you're gonna find Me."
00:44:56.49\00:44:57.89
But when do we seek Him?
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.36
When we finally recognize,
00:44:59.39\00:45:01.56
you know, we have the
humility to recognize.
00:45:01.60\00:45:05.30
We don't know
what's best for us.
00:45:05.33\00:45:07.50
Yes. But God's got this plan.
00:45:07.54\00:45:08.87
And if you recognize God
has a plan for your life,
00:45:08.90\00:45:11.71
that makes you
wanna seek Him, I think.
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.98
I just get frustrated sometimes
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.24
because we tend
to trust human beings
00:45:16.28\00:45:19.91
more than we
trust our Creator God,
00:45:19.95\00:45:22.68
you know,
00:45:22.72\00:45:24.05
our parents will give us
anything in the world, right?
00:45:24.09\00:45:28.32
But they're still
imperfect, they are not perfect.
00:45:28.36\00:45:32.93
But God, who is the Almighty,
all powerful, the perfect God,
00:45:32.96\00:45:38.67
perfect parent, we
leave Him for last.
00:45:38.70\00:45:42.60
Why is that?
00:45:42.64\00:45:43.97
You know,
00:45:44.01\00:45:45.34
I just want to
overcome that temptation
00:45:45.37\00:45:49.31
of surrendering or seeking,
not that there's bad things
00:45:49.34\00:45:55.68
in praying together
and seeking counsel,
00:45:55.72\00:45:58.65
I so appreciate your phone calls
00:45:58.69\00:46:00.92
and praying
together, JD and Shelley.
00:46:00.96\00:46:04.13
Shelley, you know,
00:46:04.16\00:46:05.49
you've been there and
I missed your phone calls
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.36
and stuff when we got so busy.
00:46:07.40\00:46:09.66
But it's interesting that
if we would just pull away
00:46:09.70\00:46:15.44
and just concentrate
and making a purpose,
00:46:15.47\00:46:20.94
effort or effort with
purpose, right, of surrendering.
00:46:20.98\00:46:25.75
Just five minutes
let's surrender our thoughts.
00:46:25.78\00:46:29.12
Five minutes, five seconds.
00:46:29.15\00:46:31.22
You know, how many
things go through our heads
00:46:31.25\00:46:33.02
in five seconds, right?
00:46:33.05\00:46:35.02
You know, there's
something interesting.
00:46:35.06\00:46:39.39
There are people that
think being a Christian,
00:46:39.43\00:46:41.83
you're a slave,
you're miserable,
00:46:41.86\00:46:45.70
but the opposite is true.
00:46:45.73\00:46:47.77
You know, and I've even wondered
00:46:47.80\00:46:49.30
why some people are atheists
and there may be some atheist
00:46:49.34\00:46:54.54
or they think they're
atheists listening right now.
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.81
And I said to myself,
either people are atheist
00:46:57.85\00:47:00.22
because they
haven't really tasted,
00:47:00.25\00:47:03.02
they haven't tried the Lord.
00:47:03.05\00:47:04.69
Or there are some atheists
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.05
that because
something didn't turn out
00:47:06.09\00:47:07.92
the way they
thought they should,
00:47:07.96\00:47:10.29
they know there's a
God, but they're like,
00:47:10.33\00:47:11.73
"I'm not gonna follow the Lord,
I'm not gonna acknowledge Him,
00:47:11.76\00:47:16.46
I'm just gonna live
my own, do my own thing."
00:47:16.50\00:47:18.60
Or they've been
taught maybe that He is a God
00:47:18.63\00:47:21.94
that's gonna burn
them for eternity.
00:47:21.97\00:47:23.30
Yeah.
00:47:23.34\00:47:24.67
And they've been
taught error about the Lord.
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.98
That's right.
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
But the people
that like the scripture
00:47:28.38\00:47:29.71
says in Psalm 34,
00:47:29.74\00:47:31.08
"Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good."
00:47:31.11\00:47:34.25
They know that their
relationship with God
00:47:34.28\00:47:36.75
brings them
freedom, brings them joy,
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.12
brings them happiness.
00:47:40.16\00:47:42.06
And where they go,
00:47:42.09\00:47:45.16
wherever they are,
they have this peace,
00:47:45.19\00:47:48.30
they have this
happiness about them
00:47:48.33\00:47:50.10
because they know
that the Lord is with them.
00:47:50.13\00:47:53.17
"Oh, this situation is terrible,
00:47:53.20\00:47:54.97
but the Lord is with me.
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.34
And I don't know what
He's gonna do with it.
00:47:56.37\00:47:58.17
But the Lord is going
to help me through it."
00:47:58.21\00:47:59.81
You know,
00:47:59.84\00:48:02.84
I'm hoping to communicate
to somebody out there
00:48:02.88\00:48:05.08
that has stayed
away from the Lord,
00:48:05.11\00:48:07.88
because for some reason,
00:48:07.92\00:48:12.15
to realize that there's
joy in knowing the Lord.
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.49
As the scripture
says, and you know,
00:48:15.52\00:48:16.86
we're sharing
scripture, it says,
00:48:16.89\00:48:18.29
within the presence
of the Lord there is...
00:48:18.33\00:48:20.43
Joy forever.
Fullness of joy, joy forever.
00:48:20.46\00:48:23.37
So I'm saying to somebody,
00:48:23.40\00:48:25.40
taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:48:25.43\00:48:28.04
Amen.
00:48:28.07\00:48:29.54
Let me ask the answer
that will say one thing
00:48:29.57\00:48:31.61
to your point about thinking
that you're gonna be a slave.
00:48:31.64\00:48:35.28
You know what,
actually we're all slaves,
00:48:35.31\00:48:38.51
we're either slaves to the devil
00:48:38.55\00:48:39.91
or slaves to the Lord.
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.28
According to Paul, he says,
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.65
"Do you not know to
whom you present yourselves,"
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.92
this is Romans 6:16,
00:48:44.95\00:48:48.26
"present
yourself slaves to obey,
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.46
"you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
00:48:50.49\00:48:53.76
"whether of sin leading to death
00:48:53.80\00:48:56.83
or of obedience
leading to righteousness?"
00:48:56.87\00:49:00.00
The difference is,
00:49:00.04\00:49:02.30
the devil is a harsh taskmaster,
00:49:02.34\00:49:06.78
very controlling.
00:49:06.81\00:49:08.28
Whereas when we come to the Lord
00:49:08.31\00:49:10.78
and trust Him
00:49:10.81\00:49:13.05
that He loves us
that He, you know,
00:49:13.08\00:49:16.28
with a wholehearted love,
00:49:16.32\00:49:17.95
one that He was
willing to die for us,
00:49:17.99\00:49:21.46
and that He wants
what's best for us,
00:49:21.49\00:49:23.59
He designed us, He
knows what's best for us,
00:49:23.63\00:49:27.16
then...
00:49:27.20\00:49:28.53
And when we know
00:49:28.56\00:49:29.90
all He asks from us
is loyalty and love.
00:49:29.93\00:49:34.57
I mean, He just
wants love, right?
00:49:34.60\00:49:37.04
So then if you
realize, all He's saying is,
00:49:37.07\00:49:40.24
"Seek My face,
child, come close to Me,
00:49:40.28\00:49:43.61
stay in relationship
with Me, let's talk."
00:49:43.65\00:49:47.62
And then we
know that it's Jesus,
00:49:47.65\00:49:52.05
all things we
can do through Him.
00:49:52.09\00:49:55.32
So, honey, talk about
some of the scriptures
00:49:55.36\00:49:59.29
about how much we
need the Holy Spirit
00:49:59.33\00:50:03.47
in order to even say,
00:50:03.50\00:50:05.53
"Not my will,
but Yours be done."
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.77
How do we invite the Holy Spirit
00:50:07.80\00:50:09.80
by scripture
promises into our life?
00:50:09.84\00:50:12.04
Well, first, let me
just back up because,
00:50:12.07\00:50:15.24
boy, you hit on something
here, and I got to speak this
00:50:15.28\00:50:21.08
'cause we're
talking about relationship,
00:50:21.12\00:50:23.39
we're talking
about surrendering,
00:50:23.42\00:50:25.69
and there are people
00:50:25.72\00:50:27.22
that are looking for a ministry,
00:50:27.26\00:50:29.46
and it might be bit
more difficult to find
00:50:29.49\00:50:33.29
if you're just fine
and volunteer for someone.
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.77
Just do something
good for somebody,
00:50:36.80\00:50:39.97
make that the
objective for the day,
00:50:40.00\00:50:42.40
and then that will
produce fruit right there
00:50:42.44\00:50:46.24
because that's what
we're talking about.
00:50:46.27\00:50:47.74
We're talking
about relationship here,
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the very bottom
line, relationship,
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and it has to start some place
00:50:52.35\00:50:53.72
and if you don't
understand truly who God is,
00:50:53.75\00:50:56.82
because you
haven't had an opportunity
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.85
to mature in that
area, or just help a friend.
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And is that...
00:51:02.56\00:51:03.89
And then as you start that walk,
00:51:03.93\00:51:05.79
then He will start adding in,
00:51:05.83\00:51:08.33
all of a sudden,
this kind of like,
00:51:08.36\00:51:10.07
you're regretting of this tree,
00:51:10.10\00:51:12.50
I understand there
are trees out there.
00:51:12.53\00:51:14.14
I don't have a tree that
has multiple fruit on it.
00:51:14.17\00:51:17.77
One tree, let's just
say, it's a plum tree,
00:51:17.81\00:51:22.48
and they've gone in
and they've grafted,
00:51:22.51\00:51:24.01
you grown peaches
off the plum tree, plums.
00:51:24.05\00:51:26.61
I mean, wow.
00:51:26.65\00:51:27.98
And so that is available
00:51:28.02\00:51:29.35
if you will allow
yourself to be involved.
00:51:29.38\00:51:32.69
What I love here and I think
00:51:32.72\00:51:34.06
that we mentioned
a while ago, Shelley,
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and that's Psalms 143:10,
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and I know that's
worked in my life.
00:51:37.96\00:51:39.93
"Lord, teach me,
teach me Your will,
00:51:39.96\00:51:42.10
teach me what I do not see.
00:51:42.13\00:51:43.97
I do feel like
I'm missing something.
00:51:44.00\00:51:46.17
Something's not aligning up.
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.04
There's got to be more to life
than just a dead end street.
00:51:48.07\00:51:52.91
There's got to be more to
life than just being selfish.
00:51:52.94\00:51:55.84
There's got to be more
than the laugh and there,
00:51:55.88\00:51:57.78
you know, just so I'm
giving You permission."
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.58
But what a
powerful statement that is.
00:52:00.62\00:52:04.69
"I give you
permission, you know, to do..."
00:52:04.72\00:52:09.82
And so anyway, I
love Psalm 143:10,
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"Teach me do Your will, Lord,
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for You are my God,
the Holy Spirit is good."
00:52:14.60\00:52:18.90
And what I'm looking for,
00:52:18.93\00:52:20.27
I don't wanna walk
through life, I've been over,
00:52:20.30\00:52:22.70
I wanna be able to
walk through life upright.
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Okay.
00:52:25.81\00:52:27.14
So let's we're getting
down to the little time,
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kind of let's go back and recap.
00:52:30.25\00:52:32.55
What God is looking
from us is our love.
00:52:32.58\00:52:37.79
He wants to be your Father,
He wants you to be His child,
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.92
all He says is seek my face.
00:52:41.96\00:52:44.69
Now if we're going
to have a relationship,
00:52:44.73\00:52:48.30
and Jesus said in John 17:3,
00:52:48.33\00:52:51.10
that this is eternal
life that you would know Him
00:52:51.13\00:52:55.40
and the one whom He sent.
00:52:55.44\00:52:57.21
So to know someone, you
got to have conversation,
00:52:57.24\00:53:00.74
so we've talked about
that's prayer and Bible study.
00:53:00.78\00:53:03.55
And we don't study the Bible
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.51
for just to answer the
Sabbath school questions
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'cause that...
00:53:08.85\00:53:10.19
I mean, that's
for head knowledge.
00:53:10.22\00:53:11.79
I mean, the Pharisees had
a lot of hidden knowledge.
00:53:11.82\00:53:15.29
What He wants us to do
is to get into the Word
00:53:15.32\00:53:18.83
and let Him talk to us and say,
00:53:18.86\00:53:20.20
"Wow, Lord, is
that what you mean?
00:53:20.23\00:53:22.40
And oh, Lord, this
is a wonderful promise."
00:53:22.43\00:53:25.13
Let me...
00:53:25.17\00:53:26.50
You know, just for example,
in Luke 11:13, Jesus says,
00:53:26.53\00:53:32.24
if we ask how much more
will the Heavenly Father
00:53:32.27\00:53:37.35
give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him,
00:53:37.38\00:53:40.25
so as you read, you just go on,
00:53:40.28\00:53:42.48
"Oh, wow, Lord, thank You!"
00:53:42.52\00:53:45.45
And you're just
talking with Him,
00:53:45.49\00:53:46.96
letting Him talk to you.
00:53:46.99\00:53:48.86
You talk to Him.
00:53:48.89\00:53:50.23
Now we've decided
00:53:50.26\00:53:52.23
it's difficult to stay
in relationship with someone
00:53:52.26\00:53:55.96
when you're not
having a conversation.
00:53:56.00\00:53:57.50
You can go out
00:53:57.53\00:53:58.87
and do all the
service in the world.
00:53:58.90\00:54:02.10
You can be a pastor.
00:54:02.14\00:54:04.67
I interviewed, we
interviewed, I should say,
00:54:04.71\00:54:07.28
a pastor recently,
00:54:07.31\00:54:09.08
who said he quit
for like 12 years
00:54:09.11\00:54:12.01
because he was busy.
00:54:12.05\00:54:14.62
He said it got to the point
00:54:14.65\00:54:15.98
where he still
gave good sermons,
00:54:16.02\00:54:18.15
but he was only in the Word
00:54:18.19\00:54:19.85
to come up with sermon material,
00:54:19.89\00:54:21.99
not to have a
personal relationship
00:54:22.02\00:54:24.49
with the Lord.
00:54:24.53\00:54:25.86
And he lost his relationship,
and he walked away.
00:54:25.89\00:54:29.60
But God brought him back.
00:54:29.63\00:54:31.23
I mean, halleluiah. Amen.
00:54:31.27\00:54:33.50
So the idea of
surrender is saying,
00:54:33.54\00:54:37.71
"Lord, I want Your
will to be done in my life.
00:54:37.74\00:54:42.41
Help me by the
power of Your Holy Spirit.
00:54:42.44\00:54:45.31
Fill me with Your spirit.
00:54:45.35\00:54:46.68
Lord Jesus, live in my heart,
00:54:46.72\00:54:49.68
And help me to
accept Your choices."
00:54:49.72\00:54:53.25
That's another reason
why you got to be in the Word
00:54:53.29\00:54:55.46
is so that we know what
God's choices are for us.
00:54:55.49\00:54:58.63
But let's...
00:54:58.66\00:55:00.00
I want to be sure
that we look at Romans 8:13
00:55:00.03\00:55:06.40
because, you know,
00:55:06.43\00:55:09.37
we usually talk about
00:55:09.40\00:55:11.21
picking up our
cross and dying to self
00:55:11.24\00:55:14.68
and certainly
we're asked to do that.
00:55:14.71\00:55:18.08
But we can't do it
in our own power, right?
00:55:18.11\00:55:20.15
That's right.
00:55:20.18\00:55:21.52
And here's I wanted to
just show in Romans 8:13,
00:55:21.55\00:55:26.42
that Paul says,
00:55:26.45\00:55:28.49
If you live
according to the flesh,"
00:55:28.52\00:55:31.03
what's going to happen?
00:55:31.06\00:55:32.39
You'll die. You'll die.
00:55:32.43\00:55:33.76
"You'll die.
00:55:33.80\00:55:35.13
"But if by the Spirit,
00:55:35.16\00:55:38.87
you put to death
the deeds of the body,"
00:55:38.90\00:55:40.94
who's doing the work here?
00:55:40.97\00:55:42.97
The Holy Spirit's not
gonna do it all for you
00:55:43.00\00:55:46.71
but neither can
you do it without him.
00:55:46.74\00:55:48.88
It's a cooperative work.
00:55:48.91\00:55:50.91
"If by the
Spirit you put to death
00:55:50.95\00:55:53.45
the deeds of the
body, you will live.
00:55:53.48\00:55:56.05
For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God,
00:55:56.08\00:55:59.52
these are the sons of
God," the children of God.
00:55:59.55\00:56:04.79
Oh, I hope that
we made surrender
00:56:04.83\00:56:07.60
seem a little bit easier to you.
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.76
You can't do it
apart from Jesus Christ.
00:56:09.80\00:56:13.10
But we know through
Him, we can do all things.
00:56:13.13\00:56:16.71
So, honey, do you
wanna close with a prayer
00:56:16.74\00:56:20.78
before we say goodbye?
00:56:20.81\00:56:22.14
Amen.
00:56:22.18\00:56:23.51
Father as we come
together on the Sabbath day,
00:56:23.55\00:56:24.91
I just wanna thank You,
Lord, for Your blessings.
00:56:24.95\00:56:27.52
I wanna thank You, Lord,
00:56:27.55\00:56:28.88
that we can call upon Your name.
00:56:28.92\00:56:30.25
I wanna thank You,
Lord, that You are available
00:56:30.29\00:56:33.15
that we can have
a relationship with
00:56:33.19\00:56:35.22
and, Father, with
that relationship,
00:56:35.26\00:56:37.53
that we will progress positively
00:56:37.56\00:56:39.53
and we will be able,
through cooperation with You,
00:56:39.56\00:56:45.07
fulfill our
destiny on this earth.
00:56:45.10\00:56:47.14
Lord, we love
You and we thank You
00:56:47.17\00:56:48.74
and give You
all praise and glory
00:56:48.77\00:56:50.31
in the name of Jesus.
00:56:50.34\00:56:51.71
Amen. Amen.
00:56:51.74\00:56:53.07
Amen. Well, we
just are so thankful.
00:56:53.11\00:56:56.04
You know we love you.
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.48
And I'm trying not to tap
you on your sore arm here.
00:56:57.51\00:57:01.55
Thank you for the
inspiration you are,
00:57:01.58\00:57:04.29
especially with the injuries,
00:57:04.32\00:57:05.65
you're still
suffering from that too.
00:57:05.69\00:57:07.16
Praise the Lord.
00:57:07.19\00:57:08.52
You don't whine,
you smile enough.
00:57:08.56\00:57:11.29
You just keep going
for the glory of the Lord.
00:57:11.33\00:57:13.19
Amen.
00:57:13.23\00:57:14.56
And we wanna thank you,
Johnny, because you do an...
00:57:14.60\00:57:17.57
God does an
incredible work through you.
00:57:17.60\00:57:20.47
But I'm always very
impressed with your humility,
00:57:20.50\00:57:24.77
and with your
humility, my darling.
00:57:24.81\00:57:27.41
Amen. Amen.
00:57:27.44\00:57:29.38
And we just want to let you know
00:57:29.41\00:57:32.38
that our prayer for you
00:57:32.41\00:57:33.75
is at the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
00:57:33.78\00:57:36.79
and the love of the Father
00:57:36.82\00:57:38.35
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:38.39\00:57:40.26
will be with yours,
00:57:40.29\00:57:41.62
and you will
understand all He asks
00:57:41.66\00:57:44.53
is stay in
relationship with Him.
00:57:44.56\00:57:46.83
He'll do the rest.
00:57:46.86\00:57:48.30
Happy Sabbath.
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