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 Today Family Worship.
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Happy Sabbath
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and what a great
time to spend together
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in the Word of God.
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So thank you for
joining us as you do
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and thank you for
your love and your prayers
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and financial support of 3ABN
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as we endeavor to
take this great gospel
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of the kingdom
into all the world,
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but I'm excited today talking
about 3ABN Family Worship.
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Yvonne, we have
family with us today.
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We do. We have our family.
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Not that they
need an introduction,
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but maybe we should.
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Yes.
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You want me to do it. You do it.
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Okay.
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Well, right here to my
right is our son Jason Bradley.
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Hey, Jay. Hey, Pop.
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It's good to be here.
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And then we have our brother
and sister or sister-in-law,
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but she's my sister.
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Kenny Shelton,
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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and Chris Shelton.
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Hello.
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And they're Behold
the Lamb Ministries.
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Yeah.
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And we did this a
few weeks ago only Jay,
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you were hosting,
on a totally different
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so you're not watching a
rerun here of Family Worship,
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but we just did
another and we switched up.
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So your mom is
actually hosting today
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and I'm co-hosting with her.
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And she did a tremendous study.
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Let me tell you something,
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if you ask
Yvonne to do something,
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it's gonna be a book.
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But me, we study Psalms,
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we're gonna be
in Psalms 91 today,
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I like to go over it
and read it a little bit
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and say okay, and study.
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She's gonna read it
looks like a book note
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that she's gonna have.
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I have no idea how we're gonna
get through all this today.
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My experience tells
me we probably won't,
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but with the Lord's blessings
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and anointing
of the Holy Spirit,
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we'll get through
just as much as we need to.
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So based on that,
I'm gonna ask, Jason,
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if you would
say a word of prayer
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for each of us here
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and for each of our
viewers and listeners.
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Absolutely.
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Dear, Heavenly
Father, we thank You
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for this wonderful time
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that we have to be able
to worship You together here
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and the viewers
that are watching
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and the listeners
that are listening,
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Lord, allow this program
to be a blessing to them,
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and help them to be encouraged
to study the Word of God.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you.
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It is such a privilege to
be able to open the Word of God
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and to find the things
that are so applicable,
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applicable and
relevant to us now.
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You know, we open the Word
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and the Holy Spirit
just sends us what we need.
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And so today our
study is basically entitled,
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Trusting In the Darkness.
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Trusting In the Darkness
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because so much
around us is dark,
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and we, you know, we're
hit with the COVID virus
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and unemployment and
just all kinds of things
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that are going on,
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but this chapter
gives us such assurance.
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And so we're gonna go through it
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and it's kind of
like, what Danny was saying.
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And if we don't get through
the whole chapter, that's okay.
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We're gonna go
as far as we might
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even just do
the first two verses
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because there's
so much meat in them,
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as you'll see, but that's okay.
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Wherever the
Holy Spirit takes us,
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that's where we wanna go.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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So let's look at Psalm 91.
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I'm gonna say that I think
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this is the first family worship
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where you haven't
made me sing a song.
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You know what, you
know, I have mention to Danny,
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I said, "Should we sing a song?"
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And he's like, "No." Look, Jay.
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We know...
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If you ever...
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I tell you guys a little
secret don't tell him, right.
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When it's time to
sing, take a look at Jason.
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He's just kind
of moving his mouth,
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but minimally
because he will not sing.
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Okay. I'm just saying.
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All right, so...
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Around his mother,
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he might be great in the shower,
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the rest of us haven't heard it.
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At your home, but we don't know.
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That's when I sing
best when I'm alone.
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You know, the beautiful thing
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is we have such
talent at the table.
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It doesn't matter
if we can sing or not.
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Amen. We just
sing in our hearts.
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We praying song in our hearts.
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So let's look at Psalm 91:1-2.
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Pastor Kenny, would
you read that for us?
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Says, "He that dwelleth
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in the secret
place of the Most High
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shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
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I will say of the Lord."
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I love that.
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"I will say of the Lord,
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He is my refuge and my fortress,
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my God, in Him will I trust."
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Yes, thank you. Amen.
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Do we know who wrote this?
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David.
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Did David write this?
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Pretty sure
because it doesn't say
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like a lot of times it will say
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Psalm of Asaph or somebody else,
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but it doesn't.
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So we're assuming David.
It seems to be David, right?
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Yeah, it seems
to be David. Okay.
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What jumps out at you?
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Like, when I first read this,
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the first thing
that jumped out at me
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is what or where
is the secret place?
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'Cause if we, how
are we gonna abide there?
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Abide under the
shadow of the Almighty
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if we don't know
what or where it is.
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So what do you guys think it is?
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I think it's the
presence of the Lord
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being in the
presence of the Lord.
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I think that's the secret place.
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Okay.
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This morning, I was thinking,
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you know, when
a storm is coming,
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sometimes it looks so beautiful.
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The clouds may have
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a lot of orange
colors or whatever
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and it gets closer and closer
and it gets dark and ominous,
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and then pretty soon,
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especially if you live in town,
you may hear sirens go off.
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You know, so
what looked amazing,
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all of a sudden
their sirens going off
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and that means we need
to get to a safe place.
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And it becomes very dark.
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You see, and a lot
of these things we know
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because we've studied
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that the enemy as God
as the people on this earth
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are becoming
more and more wicked,
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God is releasing it the
winds that He's holding back,
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the winds of strife,
He's loosening that band
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and so He's allowing
these things to take place.
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The enemy wants
them to take place
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to bring us to such
discouragement and depression
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that we just collapse,
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but God is saying,
"Hey, there is a secret place.
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There is a hiding place.
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There is a safe place."
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You know, one of our kids
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they have a safe
place in their home
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all out of concrete.
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My brother did that too,
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but in this case, God is saying,
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"I'm here for you no
matter how dark it is,
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no matter what winds of
strife are blowing, come to Me.
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I'm your safe place."
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So as everybody
else is falling apart,
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if we dwell with the Most High
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because all of these
promises are unconditioned.
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They're all unconditioned.
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If we dwell with God in prayer,
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and the interesting thing
too is, I got to be quite,
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I don't wanna talk to much,
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but the interesting thing
is I was thinking about this
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is, you know, when
we're in that secret place,
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and the winds are blowing,
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we're not looking at our phones,
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we're not watching the
TV, we're not listening.
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You know, God's
got our full attention.
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And that's what He's really
wanting each and every day,
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no matter what's
happening in our lives,
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no matter how
good how bad it is.
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He wants our full attention.
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And that's what
this is talking about.
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We need to dwell in
Him in that secret place,
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moment by moment, day by day.
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We tell Him things that
we would tell no one else.
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He understands,
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you know, He
empathizes and He directs
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and He guides...
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Anyway I can go on and on,
but I just wanna open it up.
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Thank you.
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I may jump back in
here in a little bit.
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Yeah.
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Yvonne, do you see
any comparison to this
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when it says Most High,
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if you're
looking at the sanctuary?
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Oh, yes.
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Oh, yes.
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That secret place,
that most holy place.
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Yes. Oh, yeah.
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And I think the...
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There's a lot of times we
wanna dwell on the outside.
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Yes. You know, the outside.
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Yes.
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We really don't stay
in the most holy place
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where we're depend on our
own, you know, independence
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and we get in trouble
and we're like, "Oh, God,
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we wanna be
right under Your wings.
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We wanna be
right there with You."
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So it's like that,
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it's kind of like
into the sanctuary.
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It is.
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It is which is a
great, a great analogy,
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a great metaphor here.
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Psalm 31:20.
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Jay, would you read that for us?
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Sure. Psalm 31:20.
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And this is...
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You've said
that the secret place
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is the presence of God.
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Would you read that?
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"You shall hide them
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in the secret
place of Your presence
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from the plots of man,
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You shall keep them
secretly in a pavilion
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from the strife of tongues."
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Amen.
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And that word
pavilion means shelter.
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So we are sheltered
in that most holy place.
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And that, to me
was such a good point.
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Danny, when you said, you know,
we might not dwell in there.
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He wants us to dwell there.
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He wants us to
stay in His presence.
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There's a secret
place of the Most High.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
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To abide there
that we should abide.
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Now there's
something, I loved it, dwelleth,
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He that dwelleth
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and another thing
came into my mind,
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he that sets down.
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See because we're
always up scurrying about
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that He that sets down, notice,
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in the secret
place of the Most High.
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He who feels at home.
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He who feels at home
with God when we're praying.
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See, there's some people say,
I'm uncomfortable when I pray.
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You know, I'm uncomfortable
in the presence of God
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maybe because we don't spend
enough time with God in prayer.
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We don't feel
like it's our home.
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When it's our home, you know,
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those people's places
that we go to family home
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you feel like it's your home,
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you feel like you can go
to the icebox if you want to,
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you get what you want.
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You feel comfortable there
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because you're
used to going there.
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There's a lot of people
are not comfy they're not,
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they don't wanna kick
their shoes off as it were.
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Here we need to sit down
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in the secret
place of the Most High,
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feel at home with God.
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And then notice, when
you feel at home with God,
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you love, you want,
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you desire some time
to spend alone with Him
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because, you know,
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He's the answer to
all life's dilemmas.
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Think about that.
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And when it says dwell
when it talks about abide
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that just got my
attention, we abide.
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How do I abide in Him?
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Abiding is my admittance,
my admittance to heaven.
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He's admitting me
into His presence.
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And when He admits
you into His presence
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as we look at
this automatically,
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it means His protection.
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We're coming into His home.
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We're coming into His presence.
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He takes us in and He guides
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and He guards us
and He protects us.
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I thought how wonderful.
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Be Why?
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Because it's our residence.
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Yes, come on.
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It's our home.
It's our residence.
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So we should feel
at home, should we not?
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And so if you don't feel
at home, bless your hearts.
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And if I don't feel at home,
I need to spend more time there
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where I get the
feeling like it's my home
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and I abide there
and He's my protector.
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And there's a lot
more to be said about.
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I think about that.
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How would you feel at
home if you were afraid?
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If you didn't have a protector,
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the husband feels like
He's a protector of the wife
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and the children
and everybody's there,
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that the wife should be able
to feel like she's protected
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that she's safe
when she's at home.
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And when we're at
home, we are safe.
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And that's been in the presence,
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dwelling in the presence of God.
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That is so true.
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As we're talking
about this today.
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I'm not sure I didn't ask you,
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but did we come
up with Psalms 91?
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Maybe because of the COVID.
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I don't wanna say just COVID-19,
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but right now so many people
in the world are so feel like
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we don't is that little
book we wrote, you know,
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After COVID-19, What Next?
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As we don't know
where we're going.
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We don't know how to feel safe.
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We don't know
how to feel secure.
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We don't know where
to dwell to keep away.
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So to me, this really fits
in with where we are today.
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Not only here in
America, but around the world.
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And so, for me, I'm hoping
that each and every one of us,
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as we really study into this,
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we will compare
this where am I today?
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And where's my heart?
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When I see that all
that's happening in the world,
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talk about a dark place
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and not knowing
what's gonna happen,
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but as Christians,
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we know when we have the comfort
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that we can go
to the Word of God
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and find out
He's not forgotten us
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nor forsaken us.
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That He's willing to shelter us
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if we're willing to
come under the shelter.
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That's good. Amen.
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I love what you drew
out Uncle Kenny about,
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you know, feeling comfortable
and safe in your own home.
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It's interesting in Psalm 31:20
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where it says,
"You shall hide them
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in the secret
place of Your presence."
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You know, when we mess up,
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I'm gonna look
at a power couple.
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And we're gonna
go back to Genesis
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and look at Adam and Eve.
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You know, it's
one thing to be hid
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in the presence of God,
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and then it's another thing
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to hide from the presence of God
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and so when we're looking
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in Genesis 3:7.
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Actually, let's,
let's go to verse 6.
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"So when the woman saw
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that the tree was good for food,
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that it was
pleasant to the eyes,
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and a tree
desirable to make one wise,
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she took up its fruit and ate.
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She also gave to her
husband with her, and he ate.
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Then the eyes of
both of them were opened,
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and they knew
that they were naked,
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and they sewed
fig leaves together
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and made themselves coverings."
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That sounds very uncomfortable.
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"And they heard the
sound of the Lord God
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walking in the garden
in the cool of the day,
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and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
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from the
presence of the Lord God
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among the trees of the garden."
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So it's interesting, you know,
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as we're talking about
dwelling in the secret place
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hiding in the secret
place in the presence of God.
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You know, maybe those people
that are feeling uncomfortable,
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this is a wake-up call to
give their hearts to Lord.
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Well, you just
gave a good analogy
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of both classes of people.
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There's two classes,
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there will be two
classes at the very end.
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You know, and part
of the question is,
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where is the secret place?
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Matthew 6:6-7.
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It says, "But
thou, when thou prayest,
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enter into thy closet,
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and when thou
hast shut the door,"
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what are you
shutting the door to?
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The world. The world.
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The outside
world, the interruptions.
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You know, it can
be any place, anytime,
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anywhere that we
can be hid in Him.
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You know, I was thinking
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as you guys were
talking about Christ,
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when they wanted to kill
Him and throw Him off the cliff.
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And He turned around,
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He walked right
through the crowd.
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They did not see Him.
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Was that His power
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or was He hid in
His Father's presence,
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walking right in the crowd?
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And so we can
find that same peace.
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I talked about the storm...
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You know, when
we were growing up,
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this was not
considered Tornado Alley,
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but we've seen
inland hurricanes,
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we've seen tremendous floods,
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we've seen a lot of
damage and destruction
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then lives lost with tornadoes.
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And, you know,
for the longest time,
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I was very
fearful, with that came on,
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I was down in the basement,
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I had my stuff ready,
where am I gonna hide?
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You know, da da da.
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Now, there's many times
that I give it to the Lord
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and He gives me a peace.
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And I can sleep
through those storms.
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You know, as I
was studying this,
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and I know this was
probably more applicable
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as we get a little
further down into Psalms 91,
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but I truly believe
that there is nothing
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that can happen to God's
people unless He allows it,
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and He trusts us
with those experiences.
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And I know if we get that,
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I'll probably
talk more about that.
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All right. Good.
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That what you just said, Chris,
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reminded me of when
I was living in Marion
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and there was this
tornado that was coming through.
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And my apartment
was like shaking.
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And the windows
were kind of shaking.
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And I remember calling
Danny and telling him about it,
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and it hadn't hit was Frankfort.
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And so he prayed with me.
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And I felt peace about
it, and then later, of course,
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we found out...
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Tell them what happened.
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He's better at telling stories.
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It's four, number four
end up hitting Harrisburg,
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right over Marion,
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just east of Marion came down
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and did tremendous amount
of destruction betweens Marion.
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She lived on the
east side of Marion.
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So literally it was
'cause I said to her,
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she said, "My
whole place is shaken."
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I said, "Oh, it's alright.
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It's just Southern
Illinois thunderstorm,
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you're fine."
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West Frankfort here.
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We didn't it was
south of us a little bit.
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And so I said, "No, you're fine.
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So I talked her through it."
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I said, "Oh,
don't worry about it."
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And then we see the next day,
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tremendous
destruction and few deaths.
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Yes, just beyond where she was.
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And now it's a serious thing,
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but I wanted to bring
up just for a little bit,
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if I could, that
when we're talking,
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we're not always
talking about physically
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because when we say,
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we're sheltered in
all of these things,
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and we're gonna
talk more about that,
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and, you know,
thousands should fall
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on my right, 10,000
on left and all of this,
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that doesn't mean
that you're not gonna die
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or bad things
can't happen to you,
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but what it does
mean is that you are God,
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you are created by God.
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There's nothing that
Satan can rob you of everything,
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but he can't,
everything except your soul.
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Your soul belongs to God.
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And so only by choice.
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It's a choice, do I wanna
be under the wings of God?
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Do I wanna be sheltered?
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Do I wanna be in the Most High,
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in the shadow of the Most
High, do I wanna be there?
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Or do I wanna put myself outside
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where I can lose my eternity?
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But I do believe that
God protects many of us
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so many times,
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it will take an
eternity to say, yes,
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I not only sheltered you,
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you made the right
choices about your soul.
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So eternity is yours,
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that you have no idea
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how many times a
devil tried to kill you.
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You didn't even know it.
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It doesn't have to be
somebody woke up with the gun
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to shoot you and
the gun doesn't fire,
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but every day,
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the day the devil
hates every one of us.
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And so we see
the results of that,
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but the Lord says,
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"I'm sheltering
you when you're here.
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I've got you."
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And so there are
many, many times,
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but it also says,
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you know, the
Bible says precious
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in the sight of the Lord
are the death of His saints.
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So I'm back to the
COVID thing on this,
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your cousin and others
that we know died from this.
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People say, "Well, where's God?"
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I thought Psalms 91,
you're all quoting that,
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you know, and so
if that so how come,
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you know, Greg died how come,
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you know, these
other people die.
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And so when we look at it,
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we have to look at
it from a spiritual
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as well as the physical.
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I know people that are
really up in age right now
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that I believe
God has blessed them
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.24
because they're
still so involved
00:21:16.27\00:21:18.54
in the work of this earth,
00:21:18.57\00:21:21.61
supporting
financially and prayerfully
00:21:21.64\00:21:23.91
and doing so much.
00:21:23.95\00:21:25.28
God had said,
Satan it's just not time
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I'm not gonna let you,
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but then when
they're laid to rest,
00:21:28.42\00:21:30.25
it is just a short rest
so we can know and trust
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that our lives
are in God's hands.
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So we He that dwelleth
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in the secret
place of the Most High
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that when we get as
close to God as we can,
00:21:39.36\00:21:42.13
and as frail human agents,
we have to stay a distance,
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of course, you
know, sin can't stand up,
00:21:45.27\00:21:48.10
but to know that our lives
in God's hands is no accident.
00:21:48.14\00:21:51.94
So you can trust
whatever happens,
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it's not too much for you.
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So even when it comes
time to lay down and sleep,
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should that happen
before the Lord comes,
00:22:00.28\00:22:02.08
we can do it with great peace.
00:22:02.12\00:22:03.69
We're still
sheltered in the arms of God,
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we're still
sheltered under His wings.
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And so to me, that's
such a great comfort to know
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that devil cannot rob
you of your salvation.
00:22:11.96\00:22:14.83
He cannot rob you,
your soul belongs to God.
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Only you can be lost
because you choose to be.
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Jesus died that
not any should perish,
00:22:22.10\00:22:24.31
but all should
have everlasting life.
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So if we're lost,
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we don't have to worry about it,
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no matter what comes
along comes and goes.
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We're safe in the arms of God.
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Yeah. Amen.
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Good.
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Psalm 32:7 says,
"You are my hiding place.
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You shall
preserve me from trouble.
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You shall surround me
with songs of deliverance."
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So He is our hiding place.
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And just as you said,
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we know that bad
things happen to good people.
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That's in
Numbers 2 that you will,
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but it's not just...
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We have to remember
that no matter what happens,
00:23:06.25\00:23:11.72
God's got it under control.
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There's nothing that He
hasn't metered out already.
00:23:14.32\00:23:18.06
And He knows
that we can handle it.
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And so if we go to sleep,
00:23:21.10\00:23:24.10
then we're just
resting till He comes
00:23:24.13\00:23:26.27
and our salvation is secure.
00:23:26.30\00:23:30.17
If we are, you know,
00:23:30.21\00:23:32.34
spared from any of
these turbulent issues,
00:23:32.37\00:23:37.31
praise the Lord for that too.
00:23:37.35\00:23:38.88
And if we
succumb to it, you know,
00:23:38.91\00:23:41.08
we know that He's
got us no matter what.
00:23:41.12\00:23:43.55
And that's the
assurance that we have.
00:23:43.59\00:23:45.79
He is our hiding place.
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.56
We have to just hold on to Him.
00:23:47.59\00:23:50.06
I love what you said, brother,
about dwelling is sitting.
00:23:50.09\00:23:54.46
You know, when you sit some,
00:23:54.50\00:23:55.83
like I'm kind of the
sitting queen when you...
00:23:55.86\00:23:59.27
You know, I can sit,
00:23:59.30\00:24:00.64
I think I inherited
from my grandmother...
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.27
My Grandmother Hodge. She reads.
00:24:03.30\00:24:05.17
Sit and read for hours.
00:24:05.21\00:24:06.54
I can get caught up out there
just sitting there reading,
00:24:06.57\00:24:10.48
but that is a place of,
00:24:10.51\00:24:15.28
you know, you're
stationary, you're set there.
00:24:15.32\00:24:18.82
You know, and
Jesus wants to come in,
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.69
you know, behold,
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.06
I stand at the door and
knock if anyone lets me in,
00:24:23.09\00:24:26.13
I'll come in and sup with him.
00:24:26.16\00:24:28.03
So He wants to come in and
sit, you know, each standing up.
00:24:28.06\00:24:32.97
You sit, He will
dwell with us and us in Him.
00:24:33.00\00:24:37.41
So to me, knowing
that He's our hiding place,
00:24:37.44\00:24:41.11
even if we're hit with things
that come from left field,
00:24:41.14\00:24:46.78
we know that He's got us.
00:24:46.82\00:24:49.05
We know that He's got us.
00:24:49.08\00:24:50.42
So let's talk a little
bit more about dwelling there,
00:24:50.45\00:24:54.66
and what it means to actually
dwell there to abide in Him.
00:24:54.69\00:24:59.39
What does that mean?
00:24:59.43\00:25:01.33
How do we abide in Him?
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.37
I think you just
broke it down so perfectly.
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.03
I mean, it's really
just by spending quality time
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.84
with Christ.
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.27
You know, sometimes people
00:25:10.31\00:25:12.27
the only time
people pick up the Bible
00:25:12.31\00:25:14.44
is like maybe once or
twice out of the year,
00:25:14.48\00:25:17.15
or they might read
Jesus wept and keep it moving.
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.85
Well, that's not quality
time, we have to give time.
00:25:19.88\00:25:23.49
It's just like cultivating
a relationship with anybody.
00:25:23.52\00:25:26.42
You spend time with that person.
00:25:26.45\00:25:28.16
You learn what they like,
what they don't like, you grow,
00:25:28.19\00:25:31.93
you know, with them,
00:25:31.96\00:25:33.29
you want to do things
for them out of the love
00:25:33.33\00:25:37.00
that you have for them.
00:25:37.03\00:25:38.37
So Jesus loved us first.
00:25:38.40\00:25:40.90
And so I mean, we're not even.
00:25:40.94\00:25:43.47
It's incredible because like,
00:25:43.51\00:25:45.87
we're not even
initiating this thing.
00:25:45.91\00:25:48.08
You know, Christ
already, He paid the costs,
00:25:48.11\00:25:52.95
you know, and so
now we're learning
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.55
who His true character is.
00:25:56.58\00:25:59.05
And just loving Him,
spending time with Him.
00:25:59.09\00:26:01.96
Well, how could you
not wanna spend time
00:26:01.99\00:26:04.33
when you know
what Christ has done?
00:26:04.36\00:26:07.16
How about this, the dwelling?
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.40
This is not original, so
many of you will know it.
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.60
Excuse me, "Under His
wings I am safely abiding,
00:26:12.63\00:26:16.44
Though the night
deepens and tempests are wild,
00:26:16.47\00:26:19.17
still I can trust Him,
I know He will keep me.
00:26:19.21\00:26:22.28
He has redeemed me.
00:26:22.31\00:26:23.85
And I am His child.
00:26:23.88\00:26:25.21
Under His
wings, under His wings,
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.25
who from His love can sever?
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.88
Under His wings
my soul shall abide,
00:26:29.92\00:26:32.42
safely abide forever.
00:26:32.45\00:26:34.76
Under His wings,
what a refuge in sorrow!
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.86
How the heart
yearningly turns to His rest!
00:26:37.89\00:26:40.83
Often when earth has
no balm for my healing,
00:26:40.86\00:26:44.60
there I find comfort,
and there I am blessed."
00:26:44.63\00:26:49.60
Oh, beautiful.
00:26:49.64\00:26:51.01
"Under his wings, oh,
what precious enjoyment!
00:26:51.04\00:26:55.01
There will I hide till
life's trials are o'er,
00:26:55.04\00:26:58.38
sheltered,
protected, no evil can harm me,
00:26:58.41\00:27:02.08
resting in Jesus,
I'm safe evermore."
00:27:02.12\00:27:06.59
Under his wings...
00:27:06.62\00:27:07.96
Sing it. No,
no, I won't sing it.
00:27:07.99\00:27:10.73
Under his wings, under his wings
00:27:10.76\00:27:14.03
who from his love can sever?
00:27:14.06\00:27:18.00
Under his wings,
my soul shall abide
00:27:18.03\00:27:23.91
Safely abide forever
00:27:23.94\00:27:29.84
Yes.
00:27:29.88\00:27:32.48
That's incredible.
00:27:32.51\00:27:33.85
That kind of sums that
up, I mean, beautifully...
00:27:33.88\00:27:35.62
It does. That's beautiful.
00:27:35.65\00:27:37.82
I forgot all about that hymn.
00:27:37.85\00:27:40.79
You sing that was
my mom all the time
00:27:40.82\00:27:42.46
that used to do
it, when we were kids.
00:27:42.49\00:27:44.99
My mom and I would sing it.
00:27:45.03\00:27:46.49
But that's the whole
theme that you've chosen here
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.66
you prayed about in Psalms 91,
00:27:49.70\00:27:51.37
whole theme is man is in
trouble, troublous times,
00:27:51.40\00:27:55.90
and the thing is
that God has found a way
00:27:55.94\00:27:58.61
and has a way to help
us out of these troubles
00:27:58.64\00:28:01.54
under His wings, safely abiding.
00:28:01.58\00:28:04.71
I mean, really if
you think how wonderful
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.75
and how
comforting that is to know,
00:28:06.78\00:28:09.42
you know, in
Scripture in everyday life,
00:28:09.45\00:28:12.42
that there's
someone who cares for you,
00:28:12.45\00:28:15.19
someone who's wanting
to wrap their arms of love
00:28:15.22\00:28:17.43
around you.
00:28:17.46\00:28:18.79
I mean, even in the physical
in this world that we live in,
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.83
it's nice to have family
and friends, people who care.
00:28:20.86\00:28:23.23
And, you know, they're
gonna wrap their arms of love
00:28:23.26\00:28:24.87
around you,
00:28:24.90\00:28:26.23
to help you, and
to encourage you.
00:28:26.27\00:28:28.54
And I see that's God's way
of just bringing relief to us
00:28:28.57\00:28:32.44
because He knows man
is here a short time,
00:28:32.47\00:28:34.88
he's full of
trouble, Job talks about.
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.28
And so, we need
that kind of help.
00:28:38.31\00:28:39.91
And then the other
thing you brought down
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.38
I thought was very interesting.
00:28:41.42\00:28:43.59
I'm learning this,
00:28:43.62\00:28:44.95
it's taking me a
long time to learn it,
00:28:44.99\00:28:46.32
not sure I've
learned everything.
00:28:46.35\00:28:47.76
It's just still opening up
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.42
new little rays of
light sometime here.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.26
Whoo!
00:28:51.29\00:28:52.63
You know, like
where I have been,
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.23
you know, on this
subject even that trouble,
00:28:54.26\00:28:57.77
and pain, sickness,
00:28:57.80\00:29:00.67
death it's all a part
of God's redemptive plan.
00:29:00.70\00:29:06.61
I never put it that way before.
00:29:06.64\00:29:08.18
It's like, well,
that God has everything.
00:29:08.21\00:29:09.54
It's part of God's redemptive
plan when we look at it,
00:29:09.58\00:29:12.15
and it, and we
are to do two things.
00:29:12.18\00:29:15.62
We are to accept God's
plan, without complaining
00:29:15.65\00:29:19.55
and griping about
it, accept His plan,
00:29:19.59\00:29:21.72
even though it
doesn't feel real good.
00:29:21.76\00:29:24.49
And then it's
for our instructions.
00:29:24.53\00:29:27.86
So God has
given us through pain,
00:29:27.90\00:29:29.76
through death, through sickness,
00:29:29.80\00:29:31.60
through this mess
that's going on in the world.
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.60
God is instructing
us and preparing us
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.81
for something
better that lies ahead.
00:29:36.84\00:29:39.77
And then I look at the Psalms,
00:29:39.81\00:29:41.94
the bottom line all the
way down to the bottom line.
00:29:41.98\00:29:44.25
It's all gonna be well some days
00:29:44.28\00:29:46.41
as soon as Jesus comes.
00:29:46.45\00:29:49.08
In other words, there's a cure,
00:29:49.12\00:29:50.45
I can look through like say,
00:29:50.49\00:29:51.82
the tunnel vision
here we're looking at here
00:29:51.85\00:29:53.19
and look at the end
and say one of these days.
00:29:53.22\00:29:54.92
What is it when all my
labors and trials are over
00:29:54.96\00:29:57.89
and I'm safe on
that beautiful shore
00:29:57.93\00:30:00.26
just to be near the Dear Lord
00:30:00.30\00:30:02.43
I adore we'll through
the ages the glory for me.
00:30:02.46\00:30:08.40
And I won't
break out in the song,
00:30:08.44\00:30:09.77
but you have to do that.
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.77
Why don't you break
out? Come on, Brother.
00:30:11.81\00:30:14.14
Don't wait too.
00:30:14.18\00:30:18.08
I love those words.
00:30:18.11\00:30:19.45
He didn't wanna
sing when he was young.
00:30:19.48\00:30:21.65
We had a quartet
'cause there's four boys.
00:30:21.68\00:30:23.72
We have to have a quartet
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.62
and the rest of us
didn't mind too bad
00:30:25.65\00:30:27.59
and Tom and me, we enjoyed it.
00:30:27.62\00:30:28.96
Ronnie was okay.
00:30:28.99\00:30:30.33
Kenny just did not,
00:30:30.36\00:30:31.69
he was the high
tenor of the family
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.50
when he was young.
00:30:33.53\00:30:34.86
So when he got about 12
or 13, his voice changed.
00:30:34.90\00:30:37.90
And so it went started
getting lower and lower
00:30:37.93\00:30:40.70
turning into man's voice,
00:30:40.74\00:30:42.07
but my mom still
wanted him to sing.
00:30:42.10\00:30:44.57
And he did not wanna sing.
00:30:44.61\00:30:46.81
Well, he just did not wanna sing
00:30:46.84\00:30:48.84
so he said when I get,
00:30:48.88\00:30:50.28
tell me when the rest of us guys
00:30:50.31\00:30:52.38
when I get away from
home I'm not singing.
00:30:52.41\00:30:54.85
In fact, he used to
make this statement.
00:30:54.88\00:30:58.69
I will never get up
in front of people again
00:30:58.72\00:31:00.72
and then guess who
ends up being a pastor.
00:31:00.76\00:31:02.86
Oh, my, I apologize...
00:31:02.89\00:31:06.56
I'm sorry.
00:31:06.59\00:31:07.93
Yeah, I just happen to
say, I don't wanna sing.
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.90
I'm not gonna do it
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.27
and then somebody who's
been up four millions of people.
00:31:11.30\00:31:15.37
Interesting.
00:31:15.40\00:31:16.74
Lord is good. He's good.
00:31:16.77\00:31:18.11
I thought about.
00:31:18.14\00:31:19.47
Oh, go ahead.
00:31:19.51\00:31:21.98
Okay.
00:31:22.01\00:31:23.48
I was thinking too.
00:31:23.51\00:31:25.21
As everybody has been talking
is that Christ set the example
00:31:25.25\00:31:29.12
of how to dwell there,
00:31:29.15\00:31:30.49
you know, Desire of
Ages even makes it very clear
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.15
that he had to pull
away from the people
00:31:33.19\00:31:36.06
that he had to come
00:31:36.09\00:31:37.43
into that secret place of prayer
00:31:37.46\00:31:40.26
and he sought divine strength.
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.76
I think this teaches all of us
00:31:42.80\00:31:45.20
that if we
haven't made it a habit
00:31:45.23\00:31:48.74
that we need to
make it a priority
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.21
and we need to make a
priority very quickly.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.91
You know, God is
allowing these winds of strife,
00:31:52.94\00:31:55.18
He's sending all of these sirens
00:31:55.21\00:31:57.78
as we talked about
earlier to wake up His church
00:31:57.81\00:32:02.42
to call His
people out of Babylon
00:32:02.45\00:32:05.59
and those that are
in the church to say,
00:32:05.62\00:32:07.69
"Hey, Bride, come on,
00:32:07.72\00:32:09.52
you got to fill
those lamps with oil."
00:32:09.56\00:32:11.83
You know, you mentioned earlier
00:32:11.86\00:32:13.56
about reading
for hours and hours
00:32:13.60\00:32:15.93
and being quiet.
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.30
That's when the Holy
Spirit can really talk.
00:32:17.33\00:32:19.40
You know, what is it,
Psalms something says,
00:32:19.43\00:32:22.30
"Be still and
know that I am God."
00:32:22.34\00:32:24.84
You know, we have to be still
in that quiet place of prayer
00:32:24.87\00:32:29.34
connected with heaven,
00:32:29.38\00:32:31.61
you know, and God will
give us that divine strength.
00:32:31.65\00:32:34.88
He will give us the instruction,
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.55
He will help us to
understand His Word more fully.
00:32:36.58\00:32:40.02
He will write these things
in our hearts, and in our mind,
00:32:40.06\00:32:43.69
just as He has
promised we're gonna need that.
00:32:43.73\00:32:46.56
We're gonna need that.
00:32:46.59\00:32:47.93
He cannot, you know, the
Bible, a lot of people say,
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.03
"Well, I don't have to prepare."
00:32:50.07\00:32:51.40
You know, God will give me that.
00:32:51.43\00:32:52.77
What's He gonna give you
if you haven't filled it up.
00:32:52.80\00:32:56.00
You got to eat the
word, you got to drink it in,
00:32:56.04\00:32:59.47
and then when you need
it, He's gonna bring it out,
00:32:59.51\00:33:02.74
bring it back to fruition.
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.28
That's right.
00:33:04.31\00:33:05.65
When I think about dwelling,
I think of a dwelling place.
00:33:05.68\00:33:10.79
And you two, we used
to be in construction,
00:33:10.82\00:33:15.32
you helped me build my house.
00:33:15.36\00:33:17.63
And, boy, progress is a process
that is a long process...
00:33:17.66\00:33:21.46
That's a fact.
00:33:21.50\00:33:22.83
But it just went well.
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.20
It did, but actually it
really didn't take that long
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.53
for its like to get well
really like one and a half
00:33:26.57\00:33:29.44
'cause I didn't
know what I was doing,
00:33:29.47\00:33:31.04
but so when I think
about that, though...
00:33:31.07\00:33:34.84
We made one good man. I'm happy.
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.48
A man an atheist
what he was doing.
00:33:36.51\00:33:40.02
So when I think about that,
00:33:40.05\00:33:42.92
everything hinged
upon a solid foundation.
00:33:42.95\00:33:47.56
So with that foundation,
00:33:47.59\00:33:50.49
then we started
laying the building blocks
00:33:50.53\00:33:52.46
on top of that,
00:33:52.49\00:33:53.83
and then we put
the hurricane clips on.
00:33:53.86\00:33:55.96
We tie everything in
to make it to fortify it,
00:33:56.00\00:33:59.43
to make it strong,
00:33:59.47\00:34:00.80
to make it so that it
wasn't going to be knocked over
00:34:00.84\00:34:04.77
or easily done away with.
00:34:04.81\00:34:07.14
And so, that's what I think
about here is like, you know,
00:34:07.18\00:34:11.35
when we set our foundation
on the rock, on Christ,
00:34:11.38\00:34:16.72
we have a solid foundation.
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.45
You know, we won't be shaken.
00:34:19.49\00:34:22.59
Good.
00:34:22.62\00:34:23.96
Amen.
00:34:23.99\00:34:25.33
The first four
verses of this chapter
00:34:25.36\00:34:27.66
is all about trusting in God,
putting ourselves in a position
00:34:27.70\00:34:32.50
so that we won't be out
of God's will for our life,
00:34:32.53\00:34:36.84
knowing that no
matter what happens.
00:34:36.87\00:34:39.27
In other words, when
we become Christians,
00:34:39.31\00:34:41.54
we don't get out of the storms,
00:34:41.58\00:34:43.45
we go through the
storms, but we go through,
00:34:43.48\00:34:46.11
we have peace in
the midst of the storm.
00:34:46.15\00:34:49.38
The version I have is
the American Standard.
00:34:49.42\00:34:52.99
I just looked that up.
00:34:53.02\00:34:54.62
And as we're
looking down, it says,
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.29
we're talking about
under God's wings and it says,
00:34:57.33\00:35:00.03
"He covers you
with His pinions."
00:35:00.06\00:35:03.16
And you know, pinions
are actually the wings.
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.23
We've already talked about it,
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.77
but they're like
the wings of a bird,
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.94
but they're there
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.31
if you wanna stop
a bird from flying,
00:35:11.34\00:35:13.11
you cut his wings off,
which is a God's wings.
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.41
When pinion, if
you're wrestling,
00:35:16.44\00:35:19.51
whether it's
kickboxing or wrestling,
00:35:19.55\00:35:21.42
and you get
somebody in a position
00:35:21.45\00:35:23.35
where they're totally,
you got their hands tied up,
00:35:23.39\00:35:26.29
you've got their arms tied up,
00:35:26.32\00:35:28.66
almost have them
in a fetal position,
00:35:28.69\00:35:31.23
that's a pinion,
they call it not opinion.
00:35:31.26\00:35:34.16
It's a pinion position.
00:35:34.20\00:35:35.60
So what God is allowing us
to do it says here's the wings,
00:35:35.63\00:35:40.24
here's the shelter,
come and dwell here.
00:35:40.27\00:35:43.34
And now I'm gonna
cover you with this.
00:35:43.37\00:35:46.01
So you're gonna
be completely covered
00:35:46.04\00:35:48.81
just like you would
be bound hand and foot.
00:35:48.84\00:35:51.95
Actually, we can
take to something
00:35:51.98\00:35:53.48
as badly as a kidnapper.
00:35:53.52\00:35:55.35
They bind
somebody's hand and foot.
00:35:55.38\00:35:57.32
And in this case, we
willingly go to God and say,
00:35:57.35\00:36:00.26
"Here I am.
00:36:00.29\00:36:01.62
Take me, you know,
00:36:01.66\00:36:03.02
I wanna be totally
under Your pinions.
00:36:03.06\00:36:05.66
I wanna be
totally under Your wings."
00:36:05.69\00:36:08.26
So because no power on
earth or out of the earth,
00:36:08.30\00:36:12.00
Satan in the demonic
world can move God's wings,
00:36:12.03\00:36:17.21
His wings of
protection against us.
00:36:17.24\00:36:20.18
Amen.
00:36:20.21\00:36:21.54
Well, since we keep
talking about verse 4,
00:36:21.58\00:36:23.48
I wanna make a comment
00:36:23.51\00:36:26.51
about being under
the wings because...
00:36:26.55\00:36:29.15
Let's read verse 4.
Okay, all right, go ahead, sis.
00:36:29.18\00:36:33.32
Okay, verse 4,
00:36:33.36\00:36:36.02
"He shall cover
you with His feathers,
00:36:36.06\00:36:37.89
and under His wings
you shall take refuge,
00:36:37.93\00:36:41.36
His truth shall be
your shield and buckler."
00:36:41.40\00:36:44.43
Amen. Well, that's good.
00:36:44.47\00:36:45.93
When we...
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.30
I was studying this,
00:36:47.34\00:36:48.67
there's just so many examples
of chickens, your mother hen,
00:36:48.70\00:36:53.98
and many hens have in
times of fire and destruction,
00:36:54.01\00:36:59.05
they stretch those wings
00:36:59.08\00:37:00.62
and their babies
get up underneath there.
00:37:00.65\00:37:03.55
And many times they'll come back
00:37:03.59\00:37:05.09
and find the mother hen dead.
00:37:05.12\00:37:08.42
And I thought how applicable.
00:37:08.46\00:37:11.13
God loves us so much
that He gave His life for us,
00:37:11.16\00:37:16.87
so that we can continue
to live under His wings.
00:37:16.90\00:37:19.50
Yeah.
00:37:19.53\00:37:21.20
And then that shield
we know what a shield
00:37:21.24\00:37:24.91
is different kinds of
shield, but a buckler.
00:37:24.94\00:37:26.94
I had to look that up.
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.31
It's a small shield
that's either held by handle
00:37:28.34\00:37:32.35
or it's put on the forearm.
00:37:32.38\00:37:34.02
And I was thinking, you know,
00:37:34.05\00:37:35.38
because we shield ourselves
from every wind of doctrine
00:37:35.42\00:37:39.69
from the darts of the enemy,
00:37:39.72\00:37:41.82
no matter where
you put your arm,
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.39
you are
shielding important parts
00:37:44.43\00:37:46.36
to keep you alive and well
00:37:46.39\00:37:48.56
and with that
whole armor of God,
00:37:48.60\00:37:51.17
it was shielding from sin.
00:37:51.20\00:37:53.20
So it's just on and on and on
00:37:53.23\00:37:56.00
that this is a
powerful, powerful,
00:37:56.04\00:37:59.47
you know, chapter in Psalms.
00:37:59.51\00:38:00.94
My brother Danny
will remember, for sure.
00:38:00.98\00:38:03.38
You remember how
often your dad would say,
00:38:03.41\00:38:05.55
my dad would say, remember?
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.35
Have son, don't worry about it.
00:38:08.38\00:38:09.95
Have I not off taking you on?
00:38:09.98\00:38:12.25
You say, "Dad, come on now."
00:38:12.29\00:38:13.66
You know, that he...
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.29
Oh, yeah, we would say dad,
but what about this, he said,
00:38:15.32\00:38:18.03
son how often I've
taken you on in my wings.
00:38:18.06\00:38:21.20
And, you know, he said a lot.
00:38:21.23\00:38:22.56
And of course, we've
always had comments on,
00:38:22.60\00:38:23.97
but I like to think
about taking, you mentioned,
00:38:24.00\00:38:26.63
such as hen or chicken,
whatever, take the wings over,
00:38:26.67\00:38:30.64
a mother hen.
00:38:30.67\00:38:32.01
That's a natural instinct.
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.88
See, God has that
natural instinct as it were.
00:38:34.91\00:38:37.45
When we're in
trouble, what does He do?
00:38:37.48\00:38:39.48
He wants to
spread His wings out.
00:38:39.51\00:38:41.25
Not only is it a
natural instinct, right?
00:38:41.28\00:38:44.12
For the hen to do
that with the chicks.
00:38:44.15\00:38:46.79
As our Heavenly
Father is with us
00:38:46.82\00:38:48.96
little helpless chickens,
as it were, but also He calls.
00:38:48.99\00:38:54.16
So while He's protecting us,
He's calling us to come on in.
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.93
I've got the
feathers as it were.
00:38:59.97\00:39:02.77
I've got the refuge.
00:39:02.80\00:39:04.74
Come on, please.
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.11
Come on. Come on,
come on, right now.
00:39:06.14\00:39:07.54
And that's kind of
the message we're giving,
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.18
we wanna give to
the world right now.
00:39:09.21\00:39:10.58
It's right now in this time
00:39:10.61\00:39:11.95
that we're
living is so uncertain
00:39:11.98\00:39:14.78
that the Lord is
calling us to get under,
00:39:14.82\00:39:16.85
let Him shelter us.
00:39:16.89\00:39:19.12
You know, that I want
sheltered in the arms of Jesus.
00:39:19.15\00:39:21.69
Beautiful song,
00:39:21.72\00:39:23.06
think that the
words are so beautiful.
00:39:23.09\00:39:24.56
So we need to keep that go.
00:39:24.59\00:39:25.93
And we are as
helpless as little baby chicks.
00:39:25.96\00:39:28.86
I don't think I've ever seen
my dad always says sometimes
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.03
you wandered around like a
chicken with your head off.
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.37
You know, it was...
00:39:33.40\00:39:34.74
So we had to be, you know,
really, we are very helpless.
00:39:34.77\00:39:37.24
God recognizes that.
00:39:37.27\00:39:39.41
And so He just invites
us to come natural instinct
00:39:39.44\00:39:43.04
against to wrap His arms
around us and to say love us.
00:39:43.08\00:39:46.35
Our dad had 1,000
sayings and they still,
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.12
I just told her this morning.
00:39:49.15\00:39:50.55
Hardly a day goes by
00:39:50.59\00:39:51.92
that I don't
think of some of them.
00:39:51.95\00:39:53.99
One of those is, "Son, I
wished you'd use something.
00:39:54.02\00:39:56.56
Your head for
something besides a hat rack."
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.89
So he figured that one out
didn't take and I'm like what?
00:39:59.93\00:40:03.16
Think about that
for a little while.
00:40:03.20\00:40:05.27
Verse 3, go
back up to therefore,
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.10
"He will deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler,
00:40:07.14\00:40:09.87
and the deadly pestilence."
00:40:09.90\00:40:12.41
So now we're
looking at pestilences.
00:40:12.44\00:40:14.38
We're looking at pandemics.
00:40:14.41\00:40:16.11
We're looking at that,
00:40:16.14\00:40:17.48
that from the
snare of the fowler.
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.98
A fowler is actually
a person who hunts fowl.
00:40:20.02\00:40:25.02
Yes. That's right.
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.12
So he's out there and
he's a hunter basically,
00:40:27.16\00:40:30.96
I'm gonna shoot, but he says,
00:40:30.99\00:40:32.66
"I'll deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler
00:40:32.69\00:40:35.73
and the deadly pestilence."
00:40:35.76\00:40:37.83
So, in this sense, it's sin.
00:40:37.87\00:40:40.84
That sin is out there.
00:40:40.87\00:40:42.20
The devil is the fowler.
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.87
So he's the one
that's out there,
00:40:44.91\00:40:46.78
trying to say, "Okay,
00:40:46.81\00:40:48.14
I'm going to
Kenny, Chris, Jay, Yvonne.
00:40:48.18\00:40:50.95
I'm gonna get these folks."
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.55
And he
basically, the gun of sin,
00:40:52.58\00:40:54.92
he's trying to destroy
us but the Lord says, "No."
00:40:54.95\00:40:57.65
But yourself,
you know, under here
00:40:57.69\00:41:01.56
before the
refuge and my fortress,
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.89
when you place
yourself under my wings,
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.29
under my protection, the sin,
00:41:06.33\00:41:10.97
the devil can't get to you.
00:41:11.00\00:41:13.17
So he can try all he wants to.
00:41:13.20\00:41:16.07
And COVID-19 doesn't make
any difference what it is,
00:41:16.10\00:41:20.61
cannot destroy your salvation
00:41:20.64\00:41:23.38
and cannot cause you
to lose your salvation.
00:41:23.41\00:41:26.55
So I'm gonna keep going back
to that to the spiritual side
00:41:26.58\00:41:30.49
because somebody says,
00:41:30.52\00:41:31.85
"Oh, yeah, but so
many people are dying."
00:41:31.89\00:41:34.06
Yes, they are.
00:41:34.09\00:41:35.42
They're resting in
Jesus, they're not dying,
00:41:35.46\00:41:38.83
but let's say resting
in Jesus for a short nap,
00:41:38.86\00:41:42.30
and then it's
eternity for forever,
00:41:42.33\00:41:45.13
as long as we shelter ourselves,
00:41:45.17\00:41:48.20
and you said in
the arms of God's.
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.90
Beautiful. Amen.
00:41:49.94\00:41:51.97
Sometimes when I
think about being under,
00:41:52.01\00:41:55.71
taking someone under your wing,
00:41:55.74\00:41:58.85
I think about
instruction, mentoring.
00:41:58.88\00:42:02.62
All of those things.
00:42:02.65\00:42:03.99
So along with the
protection comes instruction.
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.72
So God has given us
instructions in His Word.
00:42:07.76\00:42:10.89
A lot of us don't
read the instruction manual
00:42:10.93\00:42:12.93
when we're putting
something together.
00:42:12.96\00:42:14.96
I'll YouTube it, but, you know,
He's given us instructions.
00:42:15.00\00:42:20.14
And so we don't have to
walk through life blind.
00:42:20.17\00:42:23.51
That's right.
00:42:23.54\00:42:24.87
Amen.
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.24
It's interesting that
David uses the metaphor
00:42:26.27\00:42:29.78
of a bird feathers,
00:42:29.81\00:42:33.21
you know, the
shadow, and the fowler
00:42:33.25\00:42:37.39
because back in
those times in Palestine,
00:42:37.42\00:42:40.69
there were a lot
of birds being used
00:42:40.72\00:42:42.69
for a lot of different
things, whether it was eating
00:42:42.72\00:42:44.53
or whether it was for
sacrifices or whatever.
00:42:44.56\00:42:47.23
And so the fowlers
would set traps for the birds,
00:42:47.26\00:42:52.70
and try to ensnare them.
00:42:52.73\00:42:54.44
And so David is saying here,
00:42:54.47\00:42:57.71
that the fowler is not
going to basically prevail,
00:42:57.74\00:43:01.68
that God is gonna
deliver us from the traps,
00:43:01.71\00:43:06.61
from the snares of the fowler.
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.48
Yes.
00:43:09.52\00:43:11.02
That is, that is.
00:43:11.05\00:43:12.85
You mentioned shadows.
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.42
I got to bring this
point, I was looking at this,
00:43:14.46\00:43:18.66
the shadow in Isaiah 49:2,
00:43:18.69\00:43:22.23
and then I went
to Ephesians 6:17,
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.07
Hebrews 4:12,
and Revelation 1:16,
00:43:25.10\00:43:28.77
but then I started
looking up the sword.
00:43:28.80\00:43:31.27
And so as I was
looking up the sword
00:43:31.31\00:43:33.78
and the structure of the sword,
00:43:33.81\00:43:36.44
a sword would have
what's called a scabbard.
00:43:36.48\00:43:39.91
I believe that's
how you pronounce it.
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.28
It's a scabbard.
00:43:41.32\00:43:42.65
It was a protective
covering of the sword.
00:43:42.68\00:43:45.42
And so the
scabbard was often oiled.
00:43:45.45\00:43:48.76
And so it had oil on the
inside to protect the sword,
00:43:48.79\00:43:52.66
the shaft of the
sword from rust and decay.
00:43:52.69\00:43:55.83
So then when you think
about oil being on the inside,
00:43:55.86\00:43:58.83
you think about the
Holy Spirit is protecting us
00:43:58.87\00:44:01.57
against all of the outside,
00:44:01.60\00:44:05.64
you know, influences and
snares and all of that stuff,
00:44:05.67\00:44:10.15
so I was just blown away
as I was looking up the sword
00:44:10.18\00:44:13.45
and think I was, "Wow!"
00:44:13.48\00:44:15.65
I mean, that's incredible.
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.02
In the Word of God is
compared right to the sword,
00:44:17.05\00:44:20.19
which needs to be
oiled up in the sheet
00:44:20.22\00:44:22.69
as it were the cover
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.06
because many times we
have to draw it out quickly
00:44:24.09\00:44:27.00
because the devil
comes on you quick, right?
00:44:27.03\00:44:28.83
You don't want against
it. Oh, it's all rusted up.
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.37
You know, I can't.
00:44:30.40\00:44:31.73
A lot of times our
Bibles are rusted up
00:44:31.77\00:44:33.40
if you know what
I'm talking about.
00:44:33.44\00:44:34.77
There's gathering dust
and we're not sure about it,
00:44:34.80\00:44:37.21
but we need that sword.
00:44:37.24\00:44:38.57
We need it oiled and greased
by the Holy Spirit to work
00:44:38.61\00:44:41.04
when we have to do as
it were with the enemy.
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.04
We do it with the Word of God.
00:44:43.08\00:44:44.91
It's so
important. It's a good point.
00:44:44.95\00:44:48.32
So when have you needed
00:44:48.35\00:44:52.05
the secret place?
00:44:52.09\00:44:54.66
Every day.
00:44:54.69\00:44:57.69
When you think of an experience
00:44:57.73\00:45:00.93
or something that
has happened to you?
00:45:00.96\00:45:04.40
When have you needed to
just run to God and say,
00:45:04.43\00:45:08.84
"Lord, I need you now."
00:45:08.87\00:45:10.91
Because there's so many
people watching, who feel like,
00:45:10.94\00:45:14.08
"Lord, I need you now.
00:45:14.11\00:45:15.51
I'm going through
this really terrible time.
00:45:15.54\00:45:18.28
I need you now."
00:45:18.31\00:45:20.22
What did you do when you
needed the Lord like that?
00:45:20.25\00:45:24.05
You know, I was looking
for that particular question.
00:45:24.09\00:45:26.52
I wrote a lot of different...
00:45:26.55\00:45:27.99
Oh, here it is.
00:45:28.02\00:45:29.36
I wrote a lot of
different things down for it,
00:45:29.39\00:45:32.49
but I'm not
gonna use any of those
00:45:32.53\00:45:34.63
because just a few weeks ago,
00:45:34.66\00:45:36.93
and I'm still
feeling the results of it.
00:45:36.97\00:45:38.63
So I don't know what I had,
00:45:38.67\00:45:40.47
but I can't
remember being sick for weeks
00:45:40.50\00:45:44.11
with all the
natural remedies that I do
00:45:44.14\00:45:46.57
and the treatments
that I do, maybe as a child,
00:45:46.61\00:45:50.05
I don't know, but
going through the first week,
00:45:50.08\00:45:53.01
you know, I'd take my
stuff I'd feel better,
00:45:53.05\00:45:54.85
and then I get sick and
I kept affecting my throat,
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.42
kept affecting my
lungs, once in a while my head
00:45:57.45\00:46:00.86
and going into the
second week, it was a Sunday.
00:46:00.89\00:46:05.73
And, of course,
this was during COVID,
00:46:05.76\00:46:08.03
I had no idea, I'm high risk.
00:46:08.06\00:46:10.37
I'm asthmatic and kind of old.
00:46:10.40\00:46:14.20
Oh, no, you're not actually.
00:46:14.24\00:46:17.21
As Jay is the only one
00:46:17.24\00:46:19.94
that will
emphasize with me, Jay.
00:46:19.97\00:46:22.61
I'm not getting
in there, Aunt Chris.
00:46:22.64\00:46:24.55
But anyway, that evening,
I had been taking everything.
00:46:24.58\00:46:29.68
And suddenly my
inhaler wasn't working.
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.89
I don't have good insurance.
00:46:32.92\00:46:35.72
And I started worrying.
00:46:35.76\00:46:37.33
"Oh, what if this is it?
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.99
What about Kenny?
What about my kids?
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.93
What, you know,
what am I gonna do?"
00:46:40.96\00:46:42.56
If I go to the
hospital, they can't help me,
00:46:42.60\00:46:44.43
they don't have
any of this stuff.
00:46:44.47\00:46:46.27
They don't use things
00:46:46.30\00:46:47.64
like we do to
support the immune system
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.90
and things like not
better I say it on the air,
00:46:49.94\00:46:53.11
but other things that can fight,
00:46:53.14\00:46:55.28
you know, viruses and I thought,
00:46:55.31\00:46:59.68
well, you know what,
you need to get in there
00:46:59.71\00:47:01.35
and I'll say this I
was on an infrared mat.
00:47:01.38\00:47:04.72
And during that
time, I opened my Bible.
00:47:04.75\00:47:07.52
And I literally
in my sacred place,
00:47:07.56\00:47:09.56
right then I
went through Psalms 91
00:47:09.59\00:47:12.36
with tears in my eyes,
00:47:12.39\00:47:15.46
claiming these
promises as my very own
00:47:15.50\00:47:19.13
because all we
had been bombarded
00:47:19.17\00:47:21.74
was once it hits the
lungs and I kept trying so hard
00:47:21.77\00:47:25.77
to keep it from
going into an infection
00:47:25.81\00:47:28.58
because once you
get that infection,
00:47:28.61\00:47:30.01
whether it be
bronchitis going into pneumonia,
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.18
you know, there's just
not a lot they can do for you.
00:47:32.21\00:47:35.65
And at that time, I
was thinking cleansing,
00:47:35.68\00:47:37.52
but later after
all this happened,
00:47:37.55\00:47:39.42
I found out that
infrared does kill viruses,
00:47:39.45\00:47:43.19
but then during that
secret time of prayer,
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.79
the Lord gave me another idea.
00:47:45.83\00:47:47.53
So when I got out, I did that.
00:47:47.56\00:47:49.70
By midnight, I could
breathe, and I could go to bed.
00:47:49.73\00:47:55.30
So I kept that roller coaster
on for a few weeks, you know,
00:47:55.34\00:47:59.91
and but I just
praise God that He's there.
00:47:59.94\00:48:02.64
What if we don't have Him?
00:48:02.68\00:48:04.81
I think about
times I've lost people
00:48:04.85\00:48:06.55
that are so near and dear
to my heart, you know, and...
00:48:06.58\00:48:11.32
If you don't have
Him, you have no hope.
00:48:11.35\00:48:13.89
And that's what
we're seeing in this world.
00:48:13.92\00:48:15.32
That's why that
book is so important
00:48:15.36\00:48:17.63
to give people hope
because coverts here,
00:48:17.66\00:48:21.90
but it's gonna
pass, and then what?
00:48:21.93\00:48:25.60
We need never lose our hope.
00:48:25.63\00:48:27.90
We need never come out
of that secret hiding place.
00:48:27.94\00:48:31.21
We need to be seen with God.
00:48:31.24\00:48:33.31
We need to keep that connection
with Him each and every day.
00:48:33.34\00:48:37.31
You know, otherwise, you
know, you don't know what to do.
00:48:37.35\00:48:40.35
You don't have
faith in these passages,
00:48:40.38\00:48:43.65
but we're told and Mrs.
White makes it clear too,
00:48:43.69\00:48:45.95
you need to claim
those as your very own
00:48:45.99\00:48:48.92
to learn these passages.
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.76
Ask Him and said,
"Lord, this is what you said.
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.60
I'm claiming it right now."
00:48:53.63\00:48:54.96
Amen. Amen.
00:48:55.00\00:48:57.63
Well, I can think of a time
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.03
where my mom had to go to
a secret hiding place for me
00:48:59.07\00:49:04.17
because I
wasn't serving the Lord
00:49:04.21\00:49:05.84
and so I was in a situation
00:49:05.87\00:49:09.04
where I was about to be caught
in the snare of the fowler.
00:49:09.08\00:49:13.92
And as I was laying
in that hospital bed,
00:49:13.95\00:49:17.32
I had to have surgery,
00:49:17.35\00:49:18.95
my appendix had
ruptured inside of me
00:49:18.99\00:49:20.86
and sealed off my intestines
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.32
and those were
about to rupture next,
00:49:22.36\00:49:23.73
I was misdiagnosed.
00:49:23.76\00:49:25.53
And I remember laying there
00:49:25.56\00:49:27.40
and I had just a
world wide variety of sins,
00:49:27.43\00:49:32.77
you could take your pick.
00:49:32.80\00:49:34.84
And I was laying there
not really talking to God,
00:49:34.87\00:49:39.31
you know, like that,
but I had a praying mom.
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.58
And so my praying mom
00:49:42.61\00:49:45.31
really interceded on my behalf.
00:49:45.35\00:49:48.78
And God spared me
through that situation
00:49:48.82\00:49:52.65
because had I died then.
00:49:52.69\00:49:54.96
Oh, Lord have mercy.
00:49:54.99\00:49:56.49
Yeah, it would
have been in my sins.
00:49:56.52\00:49:58.99
And I wouldn't be
reunited at the second coming
00:49:59.03\00:50:03.97
with loved ones when
they're going to heaven.
00:50:04.00\00:50:06.47
So that for me
00:50:06.50\00:50:09.77
was a very interesting time,
00:50:09.80\00:50:13.68
a difficult time, but
the prayers of a mother.
00:50:13.71\00:50:17.85
Amen.
00:50:17.88\00:50:19.21
Isn't that prayer and praise
00:50:19.25\00:50:22.85
our partners, right?
00:50:22.88\00:50:25.75
You really can't do
one without the other.
00:50:25.79\00:50:29.62
You know, 'cause the Psalms
is talking about Psalms 91
00:50:29.66\00:50:31.89
we're talking about here
is when you, you pray, God,
00:50:31.93\00:50:35.53
you ask God for some,
you ask for His blessings,
00:50:35.56\00:50:38.27
and then you thank Him
00:50:38.30\00:50:39.63
for all the
blessings He's given you.
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.00
So you start praising Him.
00:50:41.04\00:50:42.37
"Thank You for all the blessings
00:50:42.40\00:50:43.74
You've given me
throughout all my life.
00:50:43.77\00:50:45.11
The things I've asked for
I'm thanking You now for it
00:50:45.14\00:50:47.48
because I know that
You're going to answer
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.01
in Your time and in Your way."
00:50:49.04\00:50:50.95
So it's praise,
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.31
and this partner at
praise and thanksgiving.
00:50:52.35\00:50:55.12
I think it's a wonderful thing
that we need to be exercising.
00:50:55.15\00:50:58.45
Amen.
00:50:58.49\00:50:59.82
Right now this time is claiming
00:50:59.85\00:51:02.42
that God's
bigger than any disease,
00:51:02.46\00:51:04.13
any pestilence,
00:51:04.16\00:51:05.49
anything is going on in
the world and truly trust.
00:51:05.53\00:51:08.56
And we realized we're
not gonna get quickly,
00:51:08.60\00:51:09.93
we're not going to get out
of this world with anything.
00:51:09.96\00:51:13.03
The world soon just shut down.
00:51:13.07\00:51:15.24
That's not to
bring discouragement.
00:51:15.27\00:51:16.81
That's when we lift up our head
00:51:16.84\00:51:18.17
because our
redemption draweth nigh.
00:51:18.21\00:51:19.87
So really, through all the stuff
00:51:19.91\00:51:21.78
that's going on,
00:51:21.81\00:51:23.14
the Lord keeps
impressing my mind as He does.
00:51:23.18\00:51:25.11
I'm sure all of you
here. And it gives us peace.
00:51:25.15\00:51:26.88
It gives us a peace.
00:51:26.92\00:51:28.25
I'm looking at
beyond, I see all this mess.
00:51:28.28\00:51:29.92
I have no answers for it.
00:51:29.95\00:51:31.29
I don't know what to do with it,
00:51:31.32\00:51:32.65
but God's Word does.
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.02
Book of Psalms says, Psalm 91.
00:51:34.06\00:51:35.39
People would
just go to that today
00:51:35.42\00:51:36.76
and just read
some of those verses.
00:51:36.79\00:51:38.43
And then maybe the thing to do.
00:51:38.46\00:51:39.86
Claim them.
00:51:39.89\00:51:41.23
Claim everyone
just like you did,
00:51:41.26\00:51:42.60
like you're doing I'm
claiming those promises.
00:51:42.63\00:51:44.83
And His promises are sure.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.63
Amen. Amen.
00:51:46.67\00:51:49.80
Did you have a...
00:51:49.84\00:51:51.17
Well, I go, and over the years,
00:51:51.21\00:51:53.34
I've had to go there many,
00:51:53.38\00:51:54.71
many times and
try to stay there,
00:51:54.74\00:51:56.38
but you fall away.
00:51:56.41\00:51:57.85
But so many times I
find I do it on behalf of,
00:51:57.88\00:52:02.35
you know, the Lord has given
us called us to do a ministry,
00:52:02.38\00:52:06.29
a great ministry for Him.
00:52:06.32\00:52:08.22
And I always feel
like, I'm in the way,
00:52:08.26\00:52:10.73
is like so I go there and say,
"Lord, please, I'm in the way.
00:52:10.76\00:52:14.30
So I'd like to
just not even see this.
00:52:14.33\00:52:16.20
I don't wanna feel it.
00:52:16.23\00:52:17.57
I want you to take
over this ministry."
00:52:17.60\00:52:20.77
So the only way God can
really take over the ministry
00:52:20.80\00:52:23.74
and put His
blessings as in spite of us,
00:52:23.77\00:52:27.04
but when we come to the
point to say, "I can't do this.
00:52:27.08\00:52:30.35
I don't know how to do this.
00:52:30.38\00:52:31.85
I can't go forward."
00:52:31.88\00:52:33.21
Kenny and I knew
that when we were carrying
00:52:33.25\00:52:34.85
five gallons of diesel fuel,
00:52:34.88\00:52:36.75
putting in a
tractor to dig the footings,
00:52:36.79\00:52:39.09
we don't know, but Lord,
00:52:39.12\00:52:40.46
this is your
ministry, this is your so...
00:52:40.49\00:52:43.32
We draw, need to
draw so sometimes we say,
00:52:43.36\00:52:46.59
"Well, we think about physically
00:52:46.63\00:52:48.53
or spiritually,
00:52:48.56\00:52:50.00
you know,
different ways for me."
00:52:50.03\00:52:51.57
It's been and, of
course, so many ways,
00:52:51.60\00:52:53.80
but constantly
having to be there and say,
00:52:53.84\00:52:56.74
"Lord, I'm just
please cover me."
00:52:56.77\00:53:00.68
In other words, help
me not to be in the way
00:53:00.71\00:53:03.68
of Your ministry.
00:53:03.71\00:53:05.15
So I need sheltered, you
know, put me there, cover me,
00:53:05.18\00:53:09.38
and I'll get
that fetal position.
00:53:09.42\00:53:11.55
I'll admit that I'm not worthy
of doing anything for You.
00:53:11.59\00:53:15.99
And I think when
we come to the point,
00:53:16.02\00:53:18.06
we realize we're not
able, we are the baby chicks,
00:53:18.09\00:53:21.36
we're not able to
take care of ourselves.
00:53:21.40\00:53:23.80
As Chris said,
Jesus died for us,
00:53:23.83\00:53:27.24
made that plan
of salvation for us,
00:53:27.27\00:53:29.60
then that all we
have to do is come to Him
00:53:29.64\00:53:32.27
and acknowledge
that we're sinners,
00:53:32.31\00:53:34.28
and then ask God to work in us
and through us in spite of us.
00:53:34.31\00:53:37.71
And don't let the
devil discourage you to say,
00:53:37.75\00:53:40.28
"Well, I'm not worthy."
00:53:40.32\00:53:41.65
Guess what? No one else.
00:53:41.68\00:53:43.28
No one's worthy except
through the blood of Christ.
00:53:43.32\00:53:45.92
So in our
weaknesses and our infirmities,
00:53:45.95\00:53:50.59
God will use us
00:53:50.63\00:53:51.96
as long as we
constantly go back to that
00:53:51.99\00:53:54.63
we find yourself wandering
out of the most holy place
00:53:54.66\00:53:58.03
and out of the shadow
00:53:58.07\00:53:59.70
and we've got to
get back into that,
00:53:59.73\00:54:01.70
God is willing to use anybody
00:54:01.74\00:54:03.74
who is willing to be
used and I promise you,
00:54:03.77\00:54:06.17
He has something great
and mighty and marvelous
00:54:06.21\00:54:08.68
that He wants you to do
00:54:08.71\00:54:10.11
when you come in
the name of the Lord.
00:54:10.15\00:54:12.38
That's for the winning of
souls, not only for others,
00:54:12.41\00:54:15.58
but for our own salvation.
00:54:15.62\00:54:17.55
Should we be
evangelistically minded,
00:54:17.59\00:54:20.79
should we care about others
because in caring for others,
00:54:20.82\00:54:24.96
it also helps us understand
how much God loves us.
00:54:24.99\00:54:28.23
Amen. It's true. Amen.
00:54:28.26\00:54:29.93
And we also need
to be interceding.
00:54:29.96\00:54:33.97
Just as you were saying, Jay,
00:54:34.00\00:54:36.10
you know about
me praying for you.
00:54:36.14\00:54:37.97
And recently I found out
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.78
that a cousin of
mine is very, very ill
00:54:40.81\00:54:43.48
and she's not walking
with the Lord and I just,
00:54:43.51\00:54:47.55
I'm begging God to please,
please send something to her,
00:54:47.58\00:54:52.39
the Lord has...
00:54:52.42\00:54:54.16
He has so many ways
that He can reach people.
00:54:54.19\00:54:58.36
We need to intercede for
those who don't know Him,
00:54:58.39\00:55:01.30
for those who are sick,
00:55:01.33\00:55:02.90
for those who are
carrying heavy burdens,
00:55:02.93\00:55:05.77
we need to get in
there and intercede for them
00:55:05.80\00:55:10.37
and lay it bare before the Lord
00:55:10.41\00:55:14.08
and He will hear
and He will answer.
00:55:14.11\00:55:17.08
We are faithful,
faithful God that we serve.
00:55:17.11\00:55:21.15
I'd like to read this.
00:55:21.18\00:55:25.05
Psalm 91:15-16,
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.86
"He shall call upon
Me, and I will answer him,
00:55:28.89\00:55:32.59
I will be with him in trouble,
00:55:32.63\00:55:34.73
I will deliver
him and honor him.
00:55:34.76\00:55:37.10
With long life I
will satisfy him,
00:55:37.13\00:55:39.97
and show him My salvation."
00:55:40.00\00:55:42.84
So that is the
assurance that we have.
00:55:42.87\00:55:46.68
When we call upon Him,
00:55:46.71\00:55:48.61
He will answer
and He will deliver.
00:55:48.64\00:55:51.68
And even He
says, with long life,
00:55:51.71\00:55:53.45
it might not be on this earth,
00:55:53.48\00:55:55.82
but we will have long
life eternally with Him.
00:55:55.85\00:56:00.86
Do you have a closing thought?
00:56:00.89\00:56:03.09
A quick closing thought?
00:56:03.12\00:56:04.46
Well, it is, just a quick one,
00:56:04.49\00:56:05.83
it's just not only
we're blessed by Psalms 91
00:56:05.86\00:56:08.00
in this study and a
lot more to it naturally
00:56:08.03\00:56:09.80
that, but it's interesting,
00:56:09.83\00:56:11.63
the Book of Psalms and Isaiah
00:56:11.67\00:56:13.74
are the two most frequently used
00:56:13.77\00:56:16.00
that Jesus quoted from.
00:56:16.04\00:56:18.37
Two most important books
00:56:18.41\00:56:19.74
that He quoted
from the Old Testament
00:56:19.77\00:56:21.11
and the ones that
used in the New Testament,
00:56:21.14\00:56:22.61
kind of interesting.
00:56:22.64\00:56:23.98
Book of Psalm, so
I encourage people
00:56:24.01\00:56:25.35
to get into the Word.
00:56:25.38\00:56:26.72
I would say,
let's look at this time
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.75
as the most
exciting time of your life,
00:56:28.78\00:56:31.85
living in these closing
moments of earth's history.
00:56:31.89\00:56:34.96
We're actually seeing
what's been prophesied
00:56:34.99\00:56:37.26
so many years ago,
00:56:37.29\00:56:39.03
all the calamities and
when this COVID is over,
00:56:39.06\00:56:41.86
is everything gonna be great?
00:56:41.90\00:56:43.23
No.
00:56:43.26\00:56:44.60
Things are gonna
get worse and worse,
00:56:44.63\00:56:45.97
until till sin is so bad
that Jesus says I've had enough
00:56:46.00\00:56:49.94
and He stands up, He
comes back for you and me.
00:56:49.97\00:56:53.07
It's my hope in prayer.
00:56:53.11\00:56:54.44
You're not discouraged,
00:56:54.48\00:56:55.81
but you're
encouraged in the Lord
00:56:55.84\00:56:57.71
and be sure and
take every advantage,
00:56:57.75\00:56:59.65
every opportunity to
witness to those around you
00:56:59.68\00:57:02.98
and tell them this simple thing.
00:57:03.02\00:57:05.12
Jesus loves me this I
know, for the Bible tells me so.
00:57:05.15\00:57:09.16
Yes. Amen.
00:57:09.19\00:57:10.76
Amen.
00:57:10.79\00:57:12.13
The first trial I
went into I'd had no peace.
00:57:12.16\00:57:15.33
Second one
walking with the Lord,
00:57:15.36\00:57:17.37
I had peace and
I have confidence
00:57:17.40\00:57:19.30
and if you notice here, it says,
00:57:19.33\00:57:21.24
"I will, not I will try.
00:57:21.27\00:57:23.84
I will." Amen.
00:57:23.87\00:57:25.21
Amen.
00:57:25.24\00:57:26.78
Thank you so
much for joining us.
00:57:26.81\00:57:28.51
Thank you, dear
family, for being with us.
00:57:28.54\00:57:31.21
Happy Sabbath to you and
may God richly bless you.
00:57:31.25\00:57:34.22
See you next time.
00:57:34.25\00:57:35.58
Bye-bye.
00:57:35.62\00:57:36.95