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, friends, welcome to
Friday night Family Worship.
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I got my co-pilot with
me but don't tell anyone,
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this is a secret
just between you and me.
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Good to have you here, honey.
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Happy to be here and
happy Sabbath everyone.
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I'm glad that you could join in,
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tune in and be blessed.
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And we are going to have
a wonderful time, aren't we?
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That's right. We
have family with us,
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you are a part of our family.
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And on that note,
thank you for your prayers,
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your financial
support for all that
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you do to keep this
ministry going and growing
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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Tonight we're going to
talk about a topic that is fear.
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Yeah, we live in a
fearful time, don't we?
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Wow, there's so
much to talk about fear,
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but we don't want to
dive into any of it right now
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because it's like opening,
it's like opening perfume.
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The scent gets out, you just,
once you open it, it gets out.
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So let's go ahead
and introduce our guests.
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You start on that side.
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All right, to my left,
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we have Eric and Marilyn Durant.
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It's good to be here.
Very happy to be here.
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Glad to have my Brooklyn friend.
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Especially with
my wife this time.
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Sometimes, I'm
here all by myself.
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This time I have my alter ego.
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How long have you been married?
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Fourteen years. All right.
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And you have two
little babies, don't you?
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Two little puppies. Puppies.
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Yeah, those are our babies.
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Those are your
babies, rightfully so?
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Yes.
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And Eric is the
technical assistant.
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If it's broke,
Eric is going to fix it.
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I do my best.
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Most of the time, god steps in
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when I break
stuff in the process,
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and it always ends
up great in the end.
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Okay. My husband
calls you a genius.
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He is.
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He reads languages that
I have never even thought
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of when he does
all that coding and...
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God is the genius.
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I just fill in
when and where I can.
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Yes, you're very sharp.
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And Marilyn is
the lady in charge.
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I love our Marilyn over here.
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What do you do, Marilyn,
just for the viewing audience?
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I'm the manager
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in the call center here at 3ABN.
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Wow.
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So all the calls that come in...
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All the calls that come in,
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our orders and we just had
the big project with COVID-19.
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So we have a
good time over there.
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Wow! Very good.
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You guys keep, if it's moving,
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it's coming out
of the call center.
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That's right.
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And to my right is
no stranger at all.
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I think Dee is the
veteran here at this table.
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Oh, I am. But I
depend on other people.
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I am very familiar
where Eric's office is
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and he always takes
care of any problem I have
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and Marilyn
anytime that comes up
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because you're with a
call center mailing now.
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She always gets
to me my answers.
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So I depend on all
these wonderful people
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that we have here.
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Dee's alternate title
is air traffic control.
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She's always flying somewhere.
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And it's like she lines up
all the planes, you're next.
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Your program is
next, you are coming after,
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you tomorrow, but
we appreciate her.
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We let her do her job.
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Someone told me to
slowdown and I say,
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you mean walking or driving?
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And they said both.
She's wonderful at church too.
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That's right. She keeps it.
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If you want
something to get done,
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I think Dee is the person.
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I delegate. You
delegate, very well.
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And she gets things done too.
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Well, before we
dive into our topic,
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we don't have any singing today,
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we're the non-singing singers.
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We like topic,
and get your Bibles
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and invite your
family to sit down.
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Because this is the time
to not just talk about fear,
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but what's the result?
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What are the antidotes?
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How can we get out
of that barrel of fear
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and there's so much of it.
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So, Honey, would you
begin with having prayer for us?
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Sure, less bow our heads.
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Our Gracious Heavenly Father,
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it's always a
privilege and honor
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to come before Your presence.
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And we do so in humility.
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We thank You, Lord,
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for this blessed
Sabbath evening that's here.
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And we invite Your Holy Spirit
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to be here to
lead, bless and guide.
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Lord, we are
living in fearful times.
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People are scared,
they don't know what to do.
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But, Lord, as long as
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we look to You
and hold on to You,
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we should not be afraid.
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So we thank You and praise You
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and honor You
because You are our God,
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our Father, our
King, our best Friend,
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and You are our all
in all, in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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We are, we always try to get
through all of our questions,
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but we want to just
kind of lay the foundation
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and little conversation
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will open up the
doors for all of us
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to contribute to
this conversation.
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But, Honey, let
me begin with you.
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What are some of the ways
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you see fear
happening in our world today?
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Well, fear, people
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are fearful of
losing their jobs,
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the stocks, their investments
are going down, that's a fear.
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I know there's
fear of the police.
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That's another thing.
Wow, that's a new rising one.
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Yeah, I know
people in my family.
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That's been a
pretty big deal too.
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And so there's fears, you
know, wouldn't like walking
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in a certain neighborhood,
there's fears for that.
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So fear is a real
thing. It's very real.
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And so, that's
what we're going to be
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talking about today.
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Fear of homes
wrecking, marriages, you know,
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all of that, in this environment
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that we are living in.
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That's right.
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You know, when we open this up,
because it was a funny story.
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I say funny because we
have a great relationship.
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I don't say
funny to minimize it.
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But this is during
the COVID environment,
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people were
forced to communicate.
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And it either was
good for marriages
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or was not good for marriages.
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And we talked about, I asked,
I talked to someone about that.
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They said, Well, if you
check statistically marriage,
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divorce rates are
going up since COVID
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because now you know,
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wives that would
normally go to work
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and come home late or vice versa
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and just not see each
other until the weekend
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because one goes
work in the morning,
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the other go in the evening.
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Now they have to
talk to each other
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and it's just
like, and who are you...
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The lack of relationship
is being brought to the top,
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including not only
between husband and wife,
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but between
children and parents,
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the lack of relationships.
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We have lost the knack
of having relationships
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with the world's technology.
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Yes.
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And those
relationships are showing.
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That's right.
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What are some of the
fears that you guys see
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that's happening around us?
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Well, I'm fearful
for family members.
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My family members
are in New York City.
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I have family
members in San Antonio.
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And right now, those
are still two hotspots
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in a number of different ways.
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And I pray for
them all the time,
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their relationship with
God, and that that grows
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because I know and you know,
and if you read the prophecies,
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we know that this is
only going to get worst.
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Men's hearts are growing cold.
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And we also have to
pray for our children.
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The children are,
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I remember when I
grew up in New York City,
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I didn't face half the things
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that the kids
today have to face.
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You know, it's
coming in their phones,
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it's coming in their iPads.
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It's coming at
them from strangers
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all around the world.
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And I was just thinking,
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there's a lot to be fearful of
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if you don't have
the gospel in your heart.
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And I have a
friend and we talk a lot.
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And he lives in Washington, DC,
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and I tried to tell him,
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you have to stay
centered on the Word.
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That's going to,
that's going to get you
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through all the
drama and all the fear.
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That's right.
Marilyn, what do you see?
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I see a fear of people
wanting to be around people,
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you know, especially
with COVID and the virus
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and afraid of
catching something.
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You sense that detachment now
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and in our
environment, you know,
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we get to have
worship every morning.
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And now we're not
able to hold hands,
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we're not able to hug
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and you can sense that
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detachment and the tension now.
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It's not as warm.
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So I see that and I am fearful,
like Eric said for family,
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because you want
their relationship
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with Christ to be strong.
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You see a lot of
changes in this world,
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and how people are behaving,
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especially being in
quarantine, you see the tension.
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And families are kind of divided
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or just stressed from being home
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and not working,
not earning an income.
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And so, those
are some of the fears
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that I see and I just
pray that we can all be healed.
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We come together as one.
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That's true and
we like to travel,
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but we haven't had a
chance to travel anywhere.
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Even some of the things
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that were planned
had to be canceled.
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And we look at
the news sometimes
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and that fear also
plays itself out in travel.
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Some airlines when a
person comes on the plane
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and doesn't want to wear a mask,
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they get carted
off and they say,
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Well, you know, my
rights are being violated,
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we see, you know,
people, the fear rights,
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the rights, all kinds of rights,
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you know, right to privacy,
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right to protest peacefully,
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right to speak out
for what a person wants,
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and then it results in fear.
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And so, and even, you
know, so sad that America is,
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I was saying to
somebody the other day,
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this is America,
but I'm hoping that
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it will become
the United States,
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because it's not very united.
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Anything else you see?
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I honestly believe everything
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that you've said
is all these items,
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but to me, the underlying fear
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is the fear of unknown.
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You don't know when,
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what's going to
happen in the future.
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You don't know when your
job is going to come back.
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You don't know what's going
to happen to your marriage.
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You don't know
what's going to happen
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to your loved one.
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So the underlying,
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there's two
underlying basis for the fear,
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the loss of rights,
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the loss of our
rights of doing things.
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And that unknown of not knowing
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what is going to happen
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or where it's going to change
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and when it's going to go back.
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So that's kind of
the basis of it all.
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As a matter of fact, the
Bible describes the climate
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that we're in,
let's look at the...
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We always use an outline here,
but we have our Bibles too,
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because we bounced around but,
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Honey, with Luke 21:26,
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the Bible
describes the kind of climate
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we're living in
and look at this.
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"Men's hearts
failing them from fear
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and the
expectation of those things
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which are coming on the earth,
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for the powers of the
heavens will be shaken."
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That's right.
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And while we
know this is talking
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about cataclysmic events,
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that things that are
going to happen in the heavens,
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that have and
will continue to happen
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as we get close to the end.
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The beginning part,
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men's hearts
failing them from fear.
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Why?
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Because the expectations
of what's coming next.
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You know, when
that book was released,
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booklet was
released not too long ago.
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COVID-19, what next?
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And some of you have received
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those booklets
that you called for.
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It is, in fact, what's next.
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What do you see? What kind of...
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What do we do when men's hearts
are failing them from fear?
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I mean, what kind
of, what do we do?
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How do we try
to bring settlement
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to those hearts?
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I always keep in
mind when I study the Word
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is that the entire
gospel is about love.
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And no matter
what fear you have,
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I truly believe this
that love conquers all fear.
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A long time ago I was talking to
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during our Tuesday worship,
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and there was a
list of 10 fears,
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the top 10 fears
that everybody has.
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Everyone has a
fear or multiple fears.
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But Jesus said, "Fear not."
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And I think that
when we're fearful,
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it's almost
like a lack of faith.
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We're not trusting
in the Lord to carry us
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and to bring us through.
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So when I get a
little bit fearful,
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I always turn to the Bible.
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And it deviates my fear,
because He's all knowing,
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He's all wise.
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And He's going to
provide no matter what happens.
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And the Bible reminds
me of that when I read it.
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Do you have that top
10? Not with me right now.
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What could you
think of the first two?
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Because I think you
mentioned one of yours.
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I think the fear of...
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There was the fear of
water, the fear of death.
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There was the number one
fear. I remember that one.
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It's the fear
of public speaking.
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Yeah, but I find
in all those cases,
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if you love the Lord,
and you trust the Lord,
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that fear goes away.
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I mean, I love, I
don't like public speaking,
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but I love sharing
the Lord with people.
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And it's my love for God
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that gives me the
ability to share it.
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And in love, no
matter what fear you have,
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if you're afraid of heights.
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If you have a loved one
that you need to rescue,
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that fear is going
to go away instantly
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because you love.
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So every fear that's
out there, love conquers it.
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And the Bible is
the book of love.
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And it's because we
put those fears, you know,
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instead think of
it as public speaking,
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think of it as
sharing Jesus with someone.
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And so all of a
sudden it's not a, you know,
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public speaking.
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What are you thinking of, Babe?
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I'm thinking of my fear,
bungee jumping or walking,
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doing a zip line
because those heights thing...
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Yes, if somebody tried to,
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could somebody
tried to pay for me...
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But that's a fear you can avoid.
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What is the fear
that you can't avoid?
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We all have fears that we
can't avoid or get around.
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We went to the Caribbean and,
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Marilyn, I was sure
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she wasn't going
to get on the zip line
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because it was
the longest zip line.
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It was like a two-mile
zip line in the Caribbean.
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And she said,
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she said no way at first,
but then I talked her into it.
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And while we
were doing it, love.
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She enjoyed it.
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And as we went down, we
were almost side by side
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going down the zip line
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and love
conquered her fear and...
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That was from a
mountaintop down to the beach.
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That's right, over the water
and down to the beach, yeah.
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She loved you and
wanted to experience something
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so that overcame that fear.
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That's exactly right.
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Well, she figured, if
we go, we go together.
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I had no way down. I had to go.
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Once you get to
the top, it's like.
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And we have no other
way to press you in the Lord
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and that comes with the love.
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And when the Holy Spirit
fills you with God's love,
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you have a different
thought about the fear
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that you're facing.
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That's right.
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It's no longer
about you and your fear.
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It's about something
else, or someone else.
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And that conquers
it. I couldn't do it.
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Yeah, I tried to get
her to do that on the ship.
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She wouldn't even
do it on the ship,
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was only four stories.
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I got geared up and everything
and I looked down and I said,
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uh, and I said, "I can't do it."
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Wasn't that high up, was
it? No, just four stories.
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It's like dropping your keys
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and reaching over
and picking it up.
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Oh, no, it's not.
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Well, let's look
at 2 Timothy 1:7.
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That's the
second point on there.
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Where does the Bible
describe the origin of fear?
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You know, who has
that 2 Timothy 1:7?
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2 Timothy 1:7, "For
God has not given us
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a spirit of fear,
but of power and of love
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and of sound mind."
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And of a sound... So
where hasn't it come from?
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It had to come from Satan
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because it didn't come from God.
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That's right. It
didn't come from heaven.
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Or from our own
sinful, fallen nature.
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I think our fear
almost comes from,
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we create our own fear.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's our,
that fallen human nature.
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I think sometimes Satan.
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He knows what our
individual fears are.
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And sometimes
they keep us from doing
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what he wants us
what we should be doing.
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He amplifies that fear.
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I was talking to some recently,
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someone recently
and they were saying
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how afraid they were to,
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to do certain, do
certain things for the Lord.
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And one of the things
that I emphasized with them
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was that if you love the Lord,
you'll do anything for Him.
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And when I read here that,
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but the power of
love and of sound mind,
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that just that to me
that totally sums it up.
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Yeah, but of
power, that's right.
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He's given us power.
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He's given us love and
He's given us a sound mind.
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And I think in the secular world
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they talked about it.
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This is confront your
fears to overcome them.
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Remember that show
years ago Fear Factor.
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That's right. Yeah.
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Oh. Fear factor.
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People, high wire walking,
you know, 35 stories up or,
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you know, they're
trying to climb a rope
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while a helicopter is
flying over the ocean.
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Or lay somebody in
the barrel of worms or...
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You may have
power and love them,
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but you don't have
a sound mind for that.
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I believe that God's power
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and His love combined
to give us a sound mind
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to think about something.
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And a lot of times
making up our mind.
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If we want to talk
about something minor,
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I determined that
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I was going to
change my fear of snakes.
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I mean, my fear of
snakes was intense,
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and I kept it a secret.
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I always knew as a child,
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don't let anybody
find out, your cousins.
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And so, it was always a secret.
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But as I got older, I
mean, I really had a real...
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yeah, I couldn't handle snakes.
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But now, I still I'm
not buddies with them,
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but I don't go screaming.
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I don't have to call
somebody on the phone.
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Ever held one? No.
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Okay. We haven't.
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And that's not from fear.
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That's just, I don't want
to, but Blaton had to come.
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Garland, had to come get
rid of a snake for me one time.
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But now I asked the Lord,
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I decided that,
that I needed to overcome
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this to a point and to a degree.
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So I think with
our certain fears
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if we want to overcome
them, and we decide we want to,
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I think God will help us
reach a reasonable overcoming.
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And I think He can do that
with things like loss of jobs,
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the serious things, the
things that really count.
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I think He can
help us with that.
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But if you practice
with the little stuff,
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if you start
with the little stuff,
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you can work up
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to watching His
power work in that.
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I always think of the apostles
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after Christ was
crucified, how they hid...
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For fear of the Jews.
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For fear of the Jews,
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but what brought
them out in the end?
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It was a love for Christ.
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That's what brought them out.
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And that's what
allowed the gospel
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to spread to the world.
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So I still insist
love conquers all fear.
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And the Holy Spirit
gave them their power...
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Yes. That's right.
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To speak boldly.
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Now, what's the
difference between fear of God
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and the fear that you have?
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What's the difference?
That's a different word.
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That's a
different. That's in awe.
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There you go. That is reverence.
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That's looking
up at what He does
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when you look up
into the heavens.
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See, I never
understood that fear of God,
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especially when I feared Him.
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But there's two different words,
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there's a human fear
that's in our hearts.
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And then there
is the fear of God,
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which is in awe.
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You expound on that
better with better words.
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Well, you know,
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the fear of the
Lord the Bible says,
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David the Psalmist says,
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"The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom.
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The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom.
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And then the Bible
also says in Matthew 10:28.
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Look at that, Matthew
10:28, because this is a fear
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that is different from
fear God and give glory to Him.
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You know that one fear God
00:20:55.82\00:20:57.15
and give glory to Him
was, you know, revere God.
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acknowledge God,
this is His hour.
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This is the one that
we should be looking to.
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But when you read
Matthew 10:28, it brings out,
00:21:04.46\00:21:08.46
when you're standing before,
00:21:08.50\00:21:10.00
when you're at a crossroads
00:21:10.03\00:21:12.57
and your life is
being threatened,
00:21:12.60\00:21:14.40
this is what is being,
00:21:14.44\00:21:15.77
this is the
proper context for fear.
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Do you have the
one in Matthew 10?
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Matter of fact,
Marilyn, you have Matthew 10:28?
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I do.
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"And do not fear
those who kill the body
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but cannot kill the soul.
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But rather fear Him
00:21:30.49\00:21:31.82
who is able to destroy both soul
00:21:31.85\00:21:34.56
and body in hell."
00:21:34.59\00:21:36.19
Okay, so that's only the Lord.
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What is in essence
saying is when you're standing
00:21:38.96\00:21:40.70
at the
crossroads between you know,
00:21:40.73\00:21:43.47
somebody says to
you bow down and worship
00:21:43.50\00:21:45.70
or you're going to
die, like the Hebrews.
00:21:45.73\00:21:47.44
They said, "Okay,
if we're gonna to die,
00:21:47.47\00:21:48.80
we're gonna die.
00:21:48.84\00:21:50.17
God delivers but if not,
we'd rather die than bend.
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That was some
serious fear at that moment.
00:21:52.94\00:21:55.28
But their love for God,
00:21:55.31\00:21:56.64
Eric, overawed their
fear of Nebuchadnezzar.
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That's right.
00:21:59.95\00:22:01.28
That's where Romans
8:15, "You did not receive
00:22:01.32\00:22:05.22
the spirit of
bondage again to fear,
00:22:05.25\00:22:08.19
but you received
the spirit of adoption
00:22:08.22\00:22:10.19
by whom we cry
out, 'Abba, Father.'"
00:22:10.23\00:22:13.33
Actually when
we're in fears when we,
00:22:13.36\00:22:16.40
when I want my daddy Abba God
00:22:16.43\00:22:20.04
and that's where we get the love
00:22:20.07\00:22:23.87
that can overcome the fear
00:22:23.91\00:22:25.51
is that personal
relationship with God.
00:22:25.54\00:22:29.61
I feel like Abba,
00:22:29.64\00:22:31.71
like is it one
spectrum of my love
00:22:31.75\00:22:34.65
and the awe of God,
00:22:34.68\00:22:36.02
how great thou art
is at the other end.
00:22:36.05\00:22:38.85
It's this huge spectrum
of relationship that goes,
00:22:38.89\00:22:43.73
what a mighty God
that can go from one
00:22:43.76\00:22:46.39
to hold me in His arms and say,
00:22:46.43\00:22:48.40
"It's okay Dee to
look what I created."
00:22:48.43\00:22:53.23
And so when you
are at those crossroads
00:22:53.27\00:22:54.97
like Psalm 118:6 here.
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.01
Who'd like to read that one?
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.37
When you're at that crossroad
of decision and you're facing,
00:22:58.41\00:23:01.28
"Hey, I like the reformers,
the martyrs, even people today,
00:23:01.31\00:23:05.28
because I think
we're coming to that day
00:23:05.31\00:23:06.82
where people that stand
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.38
for what's right
are going to once again
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.65
be threatened with fear.
00:23:10.69\00:23:12.02
You know, the Bible
says if they don't receive
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.62
the mark of the beast,
you know they might be killed.
00:23:14.66\00:23:16.99
So that's another fear
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.36
but what should
our attitudes be?
00:23:18.39\00:23:19.86
Who'd like to read
that one, Psalm 118:6?
00:23:19.89\00:23:22.56
Psalm 118:6,
00:23:22.60\00:23:25.20
"The Lord is on my
side, I will not fear.
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What can man do to me?"
So you were saying all along.
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.44
I remember when
I was working a job
00:23:32.47\00:23:35.28
a few years ago, quite
a few years ago actually.
00:23:35.31\00:23:37.88
And because of the Sabbath,
00:23:37.91\00:23:40.62
it became an issue and
they turned against me.
00:23:40.65\00:23:44.79
And it got very traumatic
00:23:44.82\00:23:47.26
with the gossip
and everything else.
00:23:47.29\00:23:50.89
And it's fearful,
you become fearful,
00:23:50.93\00:23:54.76
you become fearful for your job,
00:23:54.80\00:23:56.16
you become fearful
for your reputation
00:23:56.20\00:23:57.90
that you took a
long time to develop.
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.37
There's a lot of fear
there. But I turned to the Lord.
00:23:59.40\00:24:03.91
And I said, "Lord,
let Your will be done.
00:24:03.94\00:24:07.58
You know, I'm going to stand
for you, because I love You.
00:24:07.61\00:24:11.21
And I'm going to
let the chips fall
00:24:11.25\00:24:12.58
where they fall.
00:24:12.61\00:24:14.28
And it was my love
for Christ that carried me
00:24:14.32\00:24:17.75
through this pretty
traumatic experience."
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.79
And the wonderful thing is
that God blessed me for it.
00:24:20.82\00:24:24.99
And I ended up with a
better job afterwards.
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.63
I ended making
more money afterwards.
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.76
And the individuals
00:24:29.80\00:24:31.13
that persecuted
me, they got laid off.
00:24:31.17\00:24:33.57
So my love carried me
00:24:33.60\00:24:36.00
through the experience
for Christ, I stood for Him,
00:24:36.04\00:24:39.37
and God blessed me and
that's one of the memories
00:24:39.41\00:24:41.84
that I have of our time
during that period of time.
00:24:41.88\00:24:46.18
Isaiah 41:10.
00:24:46.21\00:24:47.88
That's where the Lord
tells us that "Fear not,
00:24:47.92\00:24:51.99
for I am with
you, be not dismayed,
00:24:52.02\00:24:54.16
for I am your God.
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.52
I will strengthen
you, yes, I will help you,
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.26
I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand."
00:24:57.29\00:25:00.73
I take my Sabbath School
class with the young people.
00:25:00.76\00:25:04.93
I've told them
over and over again.
00:25:04.97\00:25:08.37
What will happen if
you stand for right?
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.71
Will you get killed? No.
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.07
Will you be embarrassed? Maybe.
00:25:12.11\00:25:13.98
Will somebody
make fun of you? Maybe.
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.08
But if you do not
stand now, if you don't
00:25:16.11\00:25:19.48
like what you did
with your job, even though
00:25:19.51\00:25:21.48
there was a great
deal of fear there,
00:25:21.52\00:25:23.35
you stood right then,
00:25:23.39\00:25:25.82
and God delivered
you in a mighty way.
00:25:25.85\00:25:29.02
So that tells you
that when the time comes
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.56
and your life is on the
line, you can stand then
00:25:31.59\00:25:34.96
because you've
already tried and tested on
00:25:35.00\00:25:38.93
and we start with
little stuff, tested,
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.64
that's why I wanted the
kids, start testing God now.
00:25:41.67\00:25:45.21
Practice standing.
00:25:45.24\00:25:47.54
So when the time comes,
00:25:47.58\00:25:49.61
you're so strong in the
Lord, you cannot be moved.
00:25:49.64\00:25:54.35
That's right.
00:25:54.38\00:25:55.72
I want refer to that
experience we had in Zimbabwe
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.65
when we went on
that little Ultralight,
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.49
and then I want you
to read Deuteronomy 31:6.
00:26:01.52\00:26:03.76
Talk about that, remember,
because that was something,
00:26:03.79\00:26:05.53
that's facing a fear.
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.10
What was that all
about? Remember that?
00:26:07.13\00:26:08.76
Yeah, I remember that very well.
00:26:08.80\00:26:11.83
One of my fears
again, we went on a...
00:26:11.87\00:26:17.54
Someone paid for us
going on Ultralight.
00:26:17.57\00:26:21.54
And it's going to
go over Victoria Falls.
00:26:21.58\00:26:23.85
And so I said,
"Oh, yeah, I'll do it."
00:26:23.88\00:26:25.88
Okay.
00:26:25.91\00:26:27.25
I didn't know what I
was getting myself into.
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.25
I had no clue. So I...
00:26:29.28\00:26:32.39
There was a guy in front of me,
he is kind of like a piggyback,
00:26:32.42\00:26:35.82
and he has his
seat, I have my seat,
00:26:35.86\00:26:38.89
and these big wings of the aero.
00:26:38.93\00:26:41.60
What is it? Aerolight.
00:26:41.63\00:26:42.96
Aerolight.
00:26:43.00\00:26:44.33
And these big wings right there,
00:26:44.37\00:26:45.70
and I sat in the
back and he buckled me in.
00:26:45.73\00:26:48.17
I said, "Oh, this is going to be
00:26:48.20\00:26:49.54
so much fun."
00:26:49.57\00:26:50.91
I remember. No,
nothing to bar...
00:26:50.94\00:26:52.64
No barriers, it's
just out wide open.
00:26:52.67\00:26:54.41
Yes.
00:26:54.44\00:26:55.78
Sitting on a seat like a bird...
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.15
Mercy, every time I
think of it, I get it.
00:26:57.18\00:26:59.71
And so you watched
me, I said goodbye...
00:26:59.75\00:27:02.82
Said who go first? I
said, oh, ladies first.
00:27:02.85\00:27:04.95
I was so excited.
00:27:04.99\00:27:06.45
As soon as I got
and we have headsets
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.72
to hear the pilots,
00:27:08.76\00:27:10.89
I guess you could say he
and I talk to each other.
00:27:10.93\00:27:13.60
What is your
name? My name is Angela.
00:27:13.63\00:27:16.03
Okay, Angela, we are going
to go up until I heard okay.
00:27:16.06\00:27:19.83
And I was excited.
00:27:19.87\00:27:21.20
So up we went,
up, higher and higher
00:27:21.24\00:27:24.61
and my heart started racing.
00:27:24.64\00:27:27.08
Yes, you freaked out.
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.51
Are you okay, Angela?
00:27:28.54\00:27:31.35
I said, "No. Take me back."
00:27:31.38\00:27:36.45
"Angela, we did not
go over the waterfalls."
00:27:36.48\00:27:39.02
"I don't care.
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.39
Take me back and
take me back now."
00:27:40.42\00:27:43.43
The fear was overwhelming.
00:27:43.46\00:27:45.63
I closed my eyes
00:27:45.66\00:27:47.13
because when I was looking down,
00:27:47.16\00:27:48.50
the earth was
getting smaller and smaller.
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.80
And I was getting
higher and higher.
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.07
And I just saw the puff
of my heart was just racing.
00:27:53.10\00:27:57.11
I said, "Take me
back, take me back."
00:27:57.14\00:27:58.97
"Angela wait, we did
not go to the waterfalls."
00:27:59.01\00:28:01.71
"I don't care
about the waterfalls;
00:28:01.74\00:28:03.28
I want to go back now."
00:28:03.31\00:28:05.68
And he took and he said, "Okay,
00:28:05.71\00:28:07.98
but you still have a half
hour left on your flight."
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.99
"I don't care, let it go."
00:28:11.02\00:28:13.66
And we turned
around and went back.
00:28:13.69\00:28:16.99
And I closed my eyes
all the way going back
00:28:17.03\00:28:19.63
because I did not
want to see what was,
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.73
you know, even landing.
00:28:21.76\00:28:23.10
We were pretty high.
00:28:23.13\00:28:24.47
And we were going to
go over the waterfalls.
00:28:24.50\00:28:26.43
And where else?
00:28:26.47\00:28:27.80
So what happens is, I ended up,
00:28:27.84\00:28:29.17
she only did like
total of 15 minutes.
00:28:29.20\00:28:30.61
That's what it
took to get out there,
00:28:30.64\00:28:32.24
turn around and come
back and land at the airport.
00:28:32.27\00:28:34.74
When I went up, I had 45 minutes
00:28:34.78\00:28:36.51
and I went over the falls.
00:28:36.54\00:28:38.11
He took, they
give my extra time.
00:28:38.15\00:28:39.81
The extra time.
00:28:39.85\00:28:41.18
And we got up to about
3,000 feet, mean, sea level.
00:28:41.22\00:28:44.99
But it was
actually 1500 but you know,
00:28:45.02\00:28:47.62
when you count
all the mountainside
00:28:47.66\00:28:50.06
and everything
is about 3,000 feet
00:28:50.09\00:28:51.89
and you get those bumps
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.26
just like in the plane,
you know, flying along...
00:28:53.29\00:28:54.73
Turbulence.
00:28:54.76\00:28:56.10
And just the
turbulence and you're like,
00:28:56.13\00:28:58.73
there's nothing in front
of us, just this open air.
00:28:58.77\00:29:02.20
For the first time in my
life, I felt like a free bird.
00:29:02.24\00:29:05.04
So we started
talking, I said, What's that?
00:29:05.07\00:29:06.68
He said, that's the game park.
00:29:06.71\00:29:08.44
If we land there,
the bees will kill us.
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.75
What about there?
That's the Zambezi River.
00:29:10.78\00:29:14.85
If we land there,
there are crocodiles,
00:29:14.88\00:29:17.45
hippos and snakes,
and we'll die there.
00:29:17.49\00:29:20.99
Well, what happens
if the engine quits,
00:29:21.02\00:29:23.12
we have to glide.
00:29:23.16\00:29:24.49
I said, "Well,
what if it quits now?"
00:29:24.53\00:29:25.86
He said, "Well, no
place we land will be safe."
00:29:25.89\00:29:28.56
We've had a
little some nice video
00:29:28.60\00:29:31.13
of going over the
waterfalls, really nice.
00:29:31.17\00:29:33.44
And it was breathtaking.
00:29:33.47\00:29:34.80
But then we came
back and we landed.
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.30
It was something
that I enjoyed doing.
00:29:36.34\00:29:39.41
It was, you
know, thank the, Lord,
00:29:39.44\00:29:40.78
we didn't have to pay for it.
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.14
But it was something
that I would do again.
00:29:42.18\00:29:43.85
I wouldn't pay for to do that.
00:29:43.88\00:29:45.85
Would you do that, Dee?
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.22
Oh, in a heartbeat because
I'm not afraid of heights.
00:29:47.25\00:29:49.78
I love that kind of things.
00:29:49.82\00:29:51.85
But I'm not
going to bungee jump.
00:29:51.89\00:29:53.72
We all have, some of the things,
00:29:53.76\00:29:55.49
some of our fears
are not maybe realistic,
00:29:55.52\00:30:00.16
but other fears are real.
00:30:00.20\00:30:03.90
I live alone.
00:30:03.93\00:30:07.54
Very rarely but occasionally
I might hear a sound
00:30:07.57\00:30:10.64
or whatever and
get a little fearful
00:30:10.67\00:30:12.21
but I
immediately turn to the Lord
00:30:12.24\00:30:15.21
because I thought, I
seriously thought about,
00:30:15.24\00:30:18.28
should I get some cameras?
00:30:18.31\00:30:19.81
Should I get
security? Should I do this?
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.32
And you know, my conclusion was,
00:30:22.35\00:30:25.59
God is my safety.
00:30:25.62\00:30:27.56
There is no other safety.
00:30:27.59\00:30:29.06
I can have
cameras, I can get them.
00:30:29.09\00:30:30.93
Please help me out.
00:30:30.96\00:30:32.79
It takes some 20,
take the police 20 minutes
00:30:32.83\00:30:35.13
to get there,
half hour, whatever.
00:30:35.16\00:30:37.40
My safety is in God.
00:30:37.43\00:30:39.13
So each time that I
might become fearful,
00:30:39.17\00:30:44.27
and there's real fears in
this world, things happen.
00:30:44.31\00:30:47.71
My car just got
totaled by a deer.
00:30:47.74\00:30:49.98
I don't know how many
people die in Illinois
00:30:50.01\00:30:53.68
from a deer coming
through their winter.
00:30:53.72\00:30:55.38
That's a real, something
that can really happen.
00:30:55.42\00:30:58.92
But do you stop driving?
00:30:58.95\00:31:01.12
Do you, you have
to continue with life.
00:31:01.16\00:31:04.33
A drunk can hit a car.
Life is fragile by a heartbeat.
00:31:04.36\00:31:08.86
So there are real fears
that we have to deal with.
00:31:08.90\00:31:12.73
But we have to,
00:31:12.77\00:31:14.34
if you turn to
the Lord immediately,
00:31:14.37\00:31:17.14
and I came to that conclusion,
the Lord is my safety.
00:31:17.17\00:31:20.68
And He knows
the days of my life,
00:31:20.71\00:31:22.68
and I'm not going to
live my days in fear.
00:31:22.71\00:31:25.51
But being a human
person, fear can well up,
00:31:25.55\00:31:29.85
what do you do with the fear?
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.75
That's right.
00:31:31.79\00:31:33.12
Honey, read this one
first, Deuteronomy 31:6,
00:31:33.15\00:31:35.82
because this one
fits right there.
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.99
We said with all those fears
00:31:38.03\00:31:39.36
and there may be
somebody watching the program
00:31:39.39\00:31:40.73
that does live alone,
or is out in the country.
00:31:40.76\00:31:44.13
That's why I travel,
00:31:44.17\00:31:45.50
I take my wife everywhere we go,
00:31:45.53\00:31:47.47
because I've left her
a couple of occasions.
00:31:47.50\00:31:50.44
And it was when
I was out of town,
00:31:50.47\00:31:51.87
that's crazy stuff happened.
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.94
And like I'm in
Canada, I can't help her.
00:31:53.98\00:31:56.18
I call a church
member. Thankfully, we had.
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.25
This is in California.
00:31:58.28\00:31:59.61
Thankfully, I
called a church member
00:31:59.65\00:32:00.98
and said, go
over there right away
00:32:01.02\00:32:02.68
and he and his wife went over.
00:32:02.72\00:32:04.22
And, you know, it was terrible.
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.09
So I said, You know what?
Let me eliminate that fear.
00:32:06.12\00:32:08.62
I'm taking my wife everywhere,
00:32:08.66\00:32:09.99
we enjoy our
time together anyway.
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.36
But look at this
one, Deuteronomy 31:6,
00:32:11.39\00:32:13.66
for those who are
fearful in situations like this.
00:32:13.70\00:32:16.16
"Be strong and of good courage,
00:32:16.20\00:32:18.53
do not fear nor
be afraid of them,
00:32:18.57\00:32:21.60
for the Lord your God,
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.57
He is the One who goes with you.
00:32:23.61\00:32:27.38
He will not leave
you nor forsake you."
00:32:27.41\00:32:30.45
And you know the
context of this was
00:32:30.48\00:32:32.45
when the
Israelites were traveling.
00:32:32.48\00:32:34.42
And Moses was
passing off the scene.
00:32:34.45\00:32:37.65
He was passing
the mantle to Joshua.
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.16
And Joshua was going to be
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.52
the one that was now responsible
00:32:41.56\00:32:42.89
for the direction of Israel.
00:32:42.92\00:32:44.36
And they were going to
meet with the Canaanites,
00:32:44.39\00:32:46.26
the Hittites, the Jebusites,
the Amorites, the Hivites,
00:32:46.29\00:32:49.16
Jebusites, all the ites.
00:32:49.20\00:32:51.73
You know, they're going to
have a whole lot of fear ites.
00:32:51.77\00:32:54.57
And he said,
don't worry about it.
00:32:54.60\00:32:56.44
The Lord is
going to be with you.
00:32:56.47\00:32:57.81
He will never leave
you. He'll never forsake you.
00:32:57.84\00:33:00.04
Now let's take that for a moment
00:33:00.08\00:33:01.48
and start
injecting that into today.
00:33:01.51\00:33:03.95
Let's take that for a
moment and inject that,
00:33:03.98\00:33:05.71
He will not leave
you nor forsake you.
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.82
Even when
you're living the fear,
00:33:07.85\00:33:10.22
there are too...
00:33:10.25\00:33:11.59
You can find yourself
00:33:11.62\00:33:12.95
in moments of
really bad situations
00:33:12.99\00:33:16.62
and it's hard to
keep that fear down.
00:33:16.66\00:33:19.09
Bad things can happen to you.
00:33:19.13\00:33:21.50
And in that fear, in that
time, God does not leave you,
00:33:21.53\00:33:25.60
He does not forsake
you. So whatever your...
00:33:25.63\00:33:29.57
He walks through you
through that horrible thing,
00:33:29.60\00:33:33.04
whatever it is,
00:33:33.07\00:33:34.58
and so even
though yours may be...
00:33:34.61\00:33:37.25
Anxiety?
00:33:37.28\00:33:39.15
Right, He can help,
00:33:39.18\00:33:40.82
if you will turn
to Him in that moment,
00:33:40.85\00:33:44.92
He can give you
a piece of even...
00:33:44.95\00:33:49.46
Beyond understanding.
Beyond. Thank you.
00:33:49.49\00:33:51.76
I have to agree with that
00:33:51.79\00:33:53.13
because Eric knows I
struggle with anxiety sometimes.
00:33:53.16\00:33:58.83
And I know that if
I trust in the Lord,
00:33:58.87\00:34:02.90
and I ask Him,
00:34:02.94\00:34:04.27
"Please bring peace into my life
00:34:04.31\00:34:06.07
and calm my nerves or whatever
00:34:06.11\00:34:08.18
I'm going
through at that moment.
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.11
"He will deliver me
00:34:10.15\00:34:12.55
and He'll take
that fear away from me.
00:34:12.58\00:34:15.18
Last night was a prime example.
00:34:15.22\00:34:17.72
Marian shut our
power off for like,
00:34:17.75\00:34:21.06
one to five in the morning.
00:34:21.09\00:34:22.49
And in that darkness
00:34:22.52\00:34:24.46
when you're not
used to darkness,
00:34:24.49\00:34:26.46
there's a fear.
00:34:26.49\00:34:27.83
And I
immediately put on my Bible.
00:34:27.86\00:34:30.33
And I was able
to go back to sleep
00:34:30.37\00:34:32.10
because it was so
dark in the house.
00:34:32.13\00:34:34.14
Yeah, they were doing,
00:34:34.17\00:34:35.50
they were doing
maintenance in our neighborhood.
00:34:35.54\00:34:37.41
And it's
strange when you're used
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.37
to always hearing a
sound like refrigerator
00:34:39.41\00:34:42.11
or something like
that, total silence.
00:34:42.14\00:34:44.81
Even the dogs were barking
00:34:44.85\00:34:46.75
and running
around, and Marilyn says,
00:34:46.78\00:34:49.18
hey, there's somebody
walking around our property
00:34:49.22\00:34:50.79
with a flashlight, you know,
and it's a little bit fearful.
00:34:50.82\00:34:54.52
It's real fear. It is.
00:34:54.56\00:34:55.89
Yeah. But we were together.
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.93
So I know everything.
00:34:58.96\00:35:00.30
Is going to be just
fine because I'm not going to
00:35:00.33\00:35:01.66
let anything happen to Marilyn,
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.03
and she's not going to
let anything happen to me.
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.40
But God was with you
too, turn into your Bible.
00:35:04.43\00:35:06.67
Right.
00:35:06.70\00:35:08.04
Yeah, I took Shane out
00:35:08.07\00:35:11.11
and I told Eric I
went and I woke him up.
00:35:11.14\00:35:13.44
I said, "Babe,
somebody, I saw a flashlight."
00:35:13.48\00:35:16.51
He just said, "Okay."
00:35:16.54\00:35:20.05
Okay, so I'm the
only one that's afraid.
00:35:20.08\00:35:23.08
But I knew that we were okay.
00:35:23.12\00:35:24.75
I just think it's interesting
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.22
that sometimes
the Lord is silent.
00:35:26.25\00:35:28.92
And it's almost like
He's trying to test our faith.
00:35:28.96\00:35:32.09
He goes silent because
He wants to draw us to Him.
00:35:32.13\00:35:36.97
And that silent time
is an interesting time
00:35:37.00\00:35:40.14
because a lot of
people, even the Israelites,
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.41
they lose their
faith during that time.
00:35:43.44\00:35:45.71
They start to act up,
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.08
they start to do things
that they wouldn't normally do.
00:35:47.11\00:35:49.38
I remember, Moses was up
00:35:49.41\00:35:51.11
on the mountain and
the children of Israel,
00:35:51.15\00:35:52.98
they went berserk
00:35:53.01\00:35:54.35
because Moses
didn't come back down.
00:35:54.38\00:35:55.78
They lost, they
totally lost their faith.
00:35:55.82\00:35:57.95
So the important thing
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.72
even today is,
like you said Dee,
00:35:59.75\00:36:03.02
when fear comes,
remember, God is still with you.
00:36:03.06\00:36:06.46
It's a time of
testing. That's what it is.
00:36:06.49\00:36:09.26
And we don't want to
start rioting in the streets
00:36:09.30\00:36:11.27
and going crazy,
because that's a lack of faith.
00:36:11.30\00:36:14.64
It's believing the Bible verse
00:36:14.67\00:36:16.37
that He will not
leave you nor forsake you,
00:36:16.40\00:36:18.41
whether you can feel Him or not.
00:36:18.44\00:36:21.38
Stand on the Word
00:36:21.41\00:36:22.81
because the Word
will never fail you.
00:36:22.84\00:36:26.01
So if God says He's
with you, He's with you,
00:36:26.05\00:36:29.18
whether you can see Him or not.
00:36:29.22\00:36:32.02
Let's look at...
Let's go to Exodus 14.
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.86
Let's look at a
real story in the Bible,
00:36:33.89\00:36:35.72
where these fears
were very palpable,
00:36:35.76\00:36:38.73
you know, palpable,
that kind of darkness
00:36:38.76\00:36:40.40
that you talked
about Exodus Chapter 14.
00:36:40.43\00:36:42.93
We're going to look at verse 10,
00:36:42.96\00:36:44.30
because this describes
00:36:44.33\00:36:46.33
the freeing of the
Israelites from Egypt.
00:36:46.37\00:36:50.27
And as they're leaving
Egypt, those who were ex...
00:36:50.31\00:36:54.94
I should say
extricated delivered by God.
00:36:54.98\00:36:58.68
Think, wow, I'm
glad we're out of there.
00:36:58.71\00:37:01.08
I'm so glad we're done.
00:37:01.12\00:37:02.78
Four hundred years of
that is enough, let's just go.
00:37:02.82\00:37:05.95
But now start
with verse 10, Honey.
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.42
"When Pharaoh drew near,
00:37:08.46\00:37:09.96
the children of Israel
lifted their eyes, and behold,
00:37:09.99\00:37:14.33
the Egyptians
marched after them.
00:37:14.36\00:37:17.40
So they were very afraid,
00:37:17.43\00:37:19.83
and the children of
Israel cried out to the Lord."
00:37:19.87\00:37:23.24
Okay, they
cried out to the Lord,
00:37:23.27\00:37:24.77
when you look at this
cried out to the Lord,
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.31
it wasn't cried it to Lord,
00:37:27.34\00:37:28.68
they're saying,
Lord, okay, help us.
00:37:28.71\00:37:30.28
It was like, Lord, why
did You bring us out here?
00:37:30.31\00:37:32.95
Because look at the next
verse, read that one too, Honey.
00:37:32.98\00:37:35.05
"Then they said to Moses,
00:37:35.08\00:37:37.15
'Because there
were no graves in Egypt,
00:37:37.19\00:37:39.42
have you taken us away
to die in the wilderness?
00:37:39.45\00:37:43.19
Why have you so dealt with us,
to bring us up out of Egypt?'"
00:37:43.22\00:37:49.10
And then,
Marilyn, look at verse 12.
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.83
"Is this not the word
that we were told you in Egypt,
00:37:51.87\00:37:55.50
saying, 'Let us alone
00:37:55.54\00:37:57.41
that we may
serve the Egyptians?'
00:37:57.44\00:37:59.87
For it would have
been better for us
00:37:59.91\00:38:01.48
to serve the Egyptians
00:38:01.51\00:38:04.18
than that we should
die in the wilderness.'"
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.82
Okay, now I want
to make a comment
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.18
about this kind of a fear.
00:38:08.22\00:38:09.62
Because this is
where the world is headed.
00:38:09.65\00:38:12.79
The world is headed to the place
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.16
where the freedom that the Lord
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.96
brought to the
Israelites was to worship Him.
00:38:15.99\00:38:19.26
And when you
decide to worship God,
00:38:19.29\00:38:20.90
the devil is not
going to let you alone
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.30
because Pharaoh pursued
them, he came after them.
00:38:22.33\00:38:25.40
Let me make a point
00:38:25.43\00:38:26.77
to those of you
who are Christians,
00:38:26.80\00:38:28.14
those of you who serve the Lord,
00:38:28.17\00:38:29.50
the world is changing.
00:38:29.54\00:38:30.87
We're talking about the
present climate of the world.
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.24
We can see the
racial inequality,
00:38:32.27\00:38:34.08
the riots, the picketing,
00:38:34.11\00:38:36.95
protests that turned
into straight out fights
00:38:36.98\00:38:40.15
and buildings being
burned and people mixing
00:38:40.18\00:38:42.48
in with the quiet
protests to cause anarchy.
00:38:42.52\00:38:45.15
It's just such a...
00:38:45.19\00:38:46.52
It's a concoction
of unpredictability,
00:38:46.55\00:38:49.16
it's a mess.
00:38:49.19\00:38:50.53
While people are
saying, please give me my rights
00:38:50.56\00:38:51.89
and other people say,
00:38:51.93\00:38:53.26
we don't have rights
unless we give it to you.
00:38:53.29\00:38:54.66
All this concoction
00:38:54.70\00:38:56.03
is similar to what
happened to the Israelites
00:38:56.06\00:38:58.17
because for 400
years there they were
00:38:58.20\00:38:59.93
in bondage under the, you know,
00:38:59.97\00:39:01.90
the unalterable hand of Pharaoh,
00:39:01.94\00:39:05.47
God frees them.
00:39:05.51\00:39:06.84
And then He frees them
00:39:06.88\00:39:08.68
and because of fear,
they say, you know what?
00:39:08.71\00:39:12.81
It would have been
better if you just left us
00:39:12.85\00:39:14.18
where we were.
00:39:14.22\00:39:15.55
Well, you know what?
Let me make the point,
00:39:15.58\00:39:17.19
from bondage and
fear to freedom and Jesus,
00:39:17.22\00:39:21.62
the devil is going to
test you along the way.
00:39:21.66\00:39:24.16
So the devil, so let's
see what happened in the test.
00:39:24.19\00:39:27.20
Because the devil
is going to test you
00:39:27.23\00:39:28.83
from the bondage of
sin, to the freedom in Jesus,
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.93
the devil is
going to come after you
00:39:31.97\00:39:33.30
in the middle of that.
00:39:33.34\00:39:34.67
I love verse 13,
which is the next verse.
00:39:34.70\00:39:37.07
Go ahead, read it for us.
00:39:37.11\00:39:39.34
And basically
what Moses says is,
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.54
"Hey, chill out."
00:39:41.58\00:39:44.11
I like that.
00:39:44.15\00:39:45.48
He says, verse 13, "And
Moses said to the people,
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.78
'Do not be afraid.
00:39:48.82\00:39:50.32
Stand still
00:39:50.35\00:39:51.85
and see the
salvation of the Lord,
00:39:51.89\00:39:54.16
which He will
accomplish for you today.
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.66
For the Egyptians
whom you see today,
00:39:56.69\00:39:59.59
you shall see
again no more forever.'"
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.86
Wow! Okay.
00:40:02.90\00:40:04.23
Don't forget 14. Go ahead, Dee.
00:40:04.27\00:40:07.07
"The Lord will fight for you,
and you shall hold your peace."
00:40:07.10\00:40:11.67
So He said, don't riot.
00:40:11.71\00:40:13.34
Don't lose control, stand still.
00:40:13.38\00:40:17.35
And let the Lord
be your salvation.
00:40:17.38\00:40:19.45
And don't forget 15.
00:40:19.48\00:40:21.98
"And the Lord said to
Moses, 'Why do you cry to Me?
00:40:22.02\00:40:25.79
Tell the children of
Israel to go forward.'"
00:40:25.82\00:40:29.89
Isn't that beautiful?
Two words, what are they?
00:40:29.92\00:40:32.06
You have a sermon title.
00:40:32.09\00:40:33.43
I have a sermon
title called Go Forward
00:40:33.46\00:40:34.80
which was based on
this particular story.
00:40:34.83\00:40:36.87
And when you cannot see
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.23
the road ahead
of you, go forward.
00:40:38.27\00:40:39.77
Now for those of
you, you've driven
00:40:39.80\00:40:41.60
across the country, haven't you?
00:40:41.64\00:40:42.97
Oh, yes, many
times. We have also.
00:40:43.00\00:40:46.37
So we are
travelers. All of us here.
00:40:46.41\00:40:48.94
When you leave Orlando,
you cannot see California.
00:40:48.98\00:40:51.65
You got to go forward. Right?
00:40:51.68\00:40:54.08
When you left California
to drive here, did you see?
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.75
Did you see tower where
you go? What did you do?
00:40:56.79\00:40:58.55
I've gone both directions.
00:40:58.59\00:40:59.92
You can't see
the end of the road.
00:40:59.95\00:41:01.66
That's true. You
got to keep what?
00:41:01.69\00:41:03.12
Going forward. We got
to keep going forward.
00:41:03.16\00:41:04.96
Any challenges...
Because you follow the roadmap.
00:41:04.99\00:41:09.40
I'm sorry I jumped the
gun. You are right on target.
00:41:09.43\00:41:12.60
We had a map when we left
LA. We knew where New York was.
00:41:12.63\00:41:17.54
Okay. Tell them again.
00:41:17.57\00:41:18.91
God gave me a map
when I came out of bondage.
00:41:18.94\00:41:22.88
When I left
Egypt, He gave me a map
00:41:22.91\00:41:25.41
so that I could get to Him.
00:41:25.45\00:41:28.15
But people tend to
really have more fear
00:41:28.18\00:41:32.89
of the unknown than the fear
00:41:32.92\00:41:35.12
that they live
with that they know,
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.09
which is so sad.
00:41:37.13\00:41:39.03
You know, Marilyn,
you made a point that
00:41:39.06\00:41:40.40
I want to amplify this
whole, this palpable darkness.
00:41:40.43\00:41:43.03
When we first,
00:41:43.06\00:41:44.40
remember when we
first moved to Castroville.
00:41:44.43\00:41:46.63
Oh, because we
came from New York,
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.64
you know, not
too long before that.
00:41:48.67\00:41:50.84
And when we were in bed, it
was too dark for us outside.
00:41:50.87\00:41:54.51
We're used to
street lights, right Eric?
00:41:54.54\00:41:56.31
That's right.
Street lights in our room.
00:41:56.34\00:41:57.68
Some Sounds,.
00:41:57.71\00:41:59.11
Sounds, ambulance,
I had to hear a siren.
00:41:59.15\00:42:02.25
I was like, I cannot sleep
00:42:02.28\00:42:04.39
there's another
siren passing by.
00:42:04.42\00:42:06.86
It drove me
nuts. I had to sleep.
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.99
Imagine, I could sleep
00:42:09.02\00:42:10.46
when there's a
siren, how weird is that?
00:42:10.49\00:42:12.29
In New York, oh, you know that
00:42:12.33\00:42:13.66
the streetlights coming through,
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.03
there's street
light, hard door slamming.
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.77
I was raised with
street lights in my window.
00:42:16.80\00:42:18.60
And other noises.
Police cars, ambulance.
00:42:18.63\00:42:21.24
Beep, beep, I have to hear beep.
00:42:21.27\00:42:23.61
There's not been
one single person
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.47
that moved here
from a huge big city
00:42:25.51\00:42:28.01
that couldn't sleep
for about at least a month.
00:42:28.04\00:42:30.68
Someone that took two or three
or six months to adjust to...
00:42:30.71\00:42:35.82
I remember CA same
and he said. Oh, yeah.
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.35
He said, he told,
he told his wife Irma,
00:42:38.39\00:42:40.86
he said, "Hey,
Boo, it's too quiet."
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.56
Boo, it's too quiet. Too quiet.
00:42:43.59\00:42:44.93
It's quiet.
00:42:44.96\00:42:46.29
I mean, nothing but
cornfields all around you.
00:42:46.33\00:42:48.23
And now, when we hear
any sounds, first of all,
00:42:48.26\00:42:50.77
I'm just kind of put
this back to the story.
00:42:50.80\00:42:53.30
It was too dark for
you. But you know what now?
00:42:53.34\00:42:56.20
How do I like to sleep now?
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.57
Total black dark,
nothing. No, nothing.
00:42:57.61\00:43:00.11
Even if a light from the,
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.98
there's anything the radio,
a little red light, he covers.
00:43:02.01\00:43:04.75
I cover with a cloth.
00:43:04.78\00:43:06.48
That's me.. You
did the same thing?
00:43:06.51\00:43:07.88
Yeah, yeah. Look
at our New Yorker.
00:43:07.92\00:43:09.28
Now we like it in
total dark. I love it.
00:43:09.32\00:43:12.92
And a siren will bring
you out of a sound sleep.
00:43:12.95\00:43:15.52
I mean, but I could
hear so, I mean, come on now.
00:43:15.56\00:43:19.59
How could I not hear very well.
00:43:19.63\00:43:21.43
But so the whole point of it,
00:43:21.46\00:43:22.80
and I want you to
just end the story
00:43:22.83\00:43:24.23
because we're not going to
go through the whole thing,
00:43:24.27\00:43:25.60
but verse 30 and 31.
00:43:25.63\00:43:27.17
Okay, look at verse 30 and 31.
00:43:27.20\00:43:29.87
Marilyn, I don't
know if you've read that.
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.31
"So the Lord saved Israel
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.21
that day out of the
hand of the Egyptians,
00:43:34.24\00:43:38.08
and Israel saw the
Egyptians dead on the seashore.
00:43:38.11\00:43:43.39
Thus Israel saw the great work
00:43:43.42\00:43:45.49
which the Lord
had done in Egypt,
00:43:45.52\00:43:47.56
so the people feared the
Lord, and believed the Lord
00:43:47.59\00:43:50.73
and His servant Moses."
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.63
Now the reason I
wanted to read that
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.00
because first they
fear the Egyptians.
00:43:54.03\00:43:56.67
Now they fear the Lord.
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.87
See, the second one
was not like the first one.
00:43:58.90\00:44:00.24
Different fear.
Different type of fear.
00:44:00.27\00:44:03.20
You're right, Dee.
00:44:03.24\00:44:04.57
So what kind was
a second one then?
00:44:04.61\00:44:06.31
The second one was awe
00:44:06.34\00:44:07.68
that God could
deliver, He could,
00:44:07.71\00:44:10.05
when He spoke was
solid, you could stand on it,
00:44:10.08\00:44:13.08
you could depend on it.
00:44:13.11\00:44:14.55
God's word speaks and it is.
00:44:14.58\00:44:17.62
So if He tells you something,
you can take what do they say,
00:44:17.65\00:44:21.66
take it to the bank.
00:44:21.69\00:44:23.19
Amen. Yeah, nothing.
00:44:23.22\00:44:24.93
And look at Isaiah 35:4.
00:44:24.96\00:44:26.53
Read that one
first, Honey, Isaiah 35:4.
00:44:26.56\00:44:29.46
"Say to those who
are fearful-hearted,
00:44:29.50\00:44:34.80
'Be strong and do not fear!
00:44:34.84\00:44:36.87
Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
00:44:36.91\00:44:40.01
with the recompense of
God, He will come and save you."
00:44:40.04\00:44:43.68
Okay, so that was a
situation with the Egyptians.
00:44:43.71\00:44:46.85
The Egyptians put
fear in the Israelites,
00:44:46.88\00:44:49.62
but the God of the Israelites
put fear in the Egyptians,
00:44:49.65\00:44:52.25
and then the
Israelites had fear for God.
00:44:52.29\00:44:54.12
Notice three
different kinds of fear.
00:44:54.16\00:44:56.56
I'm afraid of them, but
now they're afraid of God.
00:44:56.59\00:44:59.79
And now we awe God.
00:44:59.83\00:45:02.56
When you see what God can do,
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.00
and this is the thing
that I like to stand still,
00:45:04.03\00:45:06.67
when you see what God can
do, you think to yourself.
00:45:06.70\00:45:10.54
But, Honey, it's
by experience, right?
00:45:10.57\00:45:12.87
When you see how
God has helped you
00:45:12.91\00:45:14.54
in your life,
how He has delivered.
00:45:14.58\00:45:17.18
We learned from
those experiences,
00:45:17.21\00:45:18.71
don't we?
00:45:18.75\00:45:20.08
He's done it before.
00:45:20.12\00:45:21.45
He'll do it again, as
the song says, you know.
00:45:21.48\00:45:24.85
And I, and it's
a choice sometimes.
00:45:24.89\00:45:26.25
Yes.
00:45:26.29\00:45:27.62
If I have decided to
choose to believe this Word,
00:45:27.66\00:45:33.70
and I made a
decision not to be fearful.
00:45:33.73\00:45:38.13
Now, I just said,
are we on smooth cliff?
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.04
Of course, not.
I'm a human being.
00:45:40.07\00:45:42.40
Fear can rise
up in me some time.
00:45:42.44\00:45:44.81
But if I go to the Word,
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.68
and I remember my commitment,
00:45:46.71\00:45:49.54
it becomes easier and easier.
00:45:49.58\00:45:51.28
And sometimes
even when I have peace,
00:45:51.31\00:45:53.85
I know that Satan is still,
00:45:53.88\00:45:55.85
there's that little
underlying Satan trying to,
00:45:55.88\00:45:59.25
oh no, no, no, you
should be scared right now.
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.19
No, Lord, I'm
going to depend on You
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.13
and so making
that choice of saying,
00:46:05.16\00:46:08.76
"I am not going to
live my life fearful."
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.23
And I realized that
there's people you know,
00:46:11.27\00:46:13.44
maybe widows like
me or like you said,
00:46:13.47\00:46:15.57
living alone or
out, you're in situations
00:46:15.60\00:46:18.01
where there's real
reason to have certain fear.
00:46:18.04\00:46:23.01
But if you make that decision,
00:46:23.04\00:46:24.85
I am not going to
be a fearful person.
00:46:24.88\00:46:27.32
And you, but you're not fearful
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.58
because of your leaning
on the Lord, not on yourself.
00:46:29.62\00:46:33.82
Then you can overcome. Amen.
00:46:33.86\00:46:36.93
I think this whole
chapter is encouraging.
00:46:36.96\00:46:40.10
Because regardless of whatever,
00:46:40.13\00:46:42.73
whatever you're going
through any suffering,
00:46:42.76\00:46:44.83
whatever fear you
have, that ultimately,
00:46:44.87\00:46:48.60
God has a better place for us.
00:46:48.64\00:46:51.21
This is just temporary.
Satan plays on that fear.
00:46:51.24\00:46:54.34
He really does.
00:46:54.38\00:46:55.71
He makes things
bigger than it should.
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.45
It is, it's like,
and it's not as bad.
00:46:57.48\00:47:00.88
What do you have in your hand?
00:47:00.92\00:47:02.25
I'm in John 16:33,
00:47:02.28\00:47:08.62
because all of us
want peace, right?
00:47:08.66\00:47:10.39
We want peace in our homes,
our hearts, in our church,
00:47:10.43\00:47:15.30
and this is just beautiful.
00:47:15.33\00:47:17.63
And, Dee, you read the
blue box when we're done, okay?
00:47:17.67\00:47:20.27
'Cause we're doing Zoom.
00:47:20.30\00:47:23.87
In John 16:33, he says
00:47:23.91\00:47:26.47
"These things I
have spoken to you,
00:47:26.51\00:47:28.94
that in Me you may have peace.
00:47:28.98\00:47:32.21
In the world you
will have tribulation,
00:47:32.25\00:47:35.52
but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world."
00:47:35.55\00:47:39.82
Dee? The way already prepared.
00:47:39.85\00:47:42.49
By passing over the
ground which man must travel.
00:47:42.52\00:47:46.26
Our Lord has prepared
the way for us to overcome.
00:47:46.29\00:47:49.73
It is not his
will that we should be
00:47:49.76\00:47:51.90
placed at a disadvantage
in the conflict with Satan.
00:47:51.93\00:47:55.70
He would not have us intimidated
00:47:55.74\00:47:58.04
and discouraged by the
assaults of the serpent
00:47:58.07\00:48:01.44
and you will be assaulted, so.
00:48:01.48\00:48:05.31
Have you been
assaulted before by Satan?
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.68
Absolutely. Let's see.
00:48:07.72\00:48:09.05
It's been what? Five minutes?
00:48:09.08\00:48:11.35
Satan.
00:48:11.39\00:48:12.72
If you're walking with the Lord,
00:48:12.75\00:48:14.79
he's on you all the time.
00:48:14.82\00:48:17.69
Matter of fact,
sometimes I'm like,
00:48:17.73\00:48:20.53
I don't feel attacked.
00:48:20.56\00:48:24.57
It's like... Was
reloading his gun.
00:48:24.60\00:48:27.50
It's like, oh my goodness, so.
00:48:27.54\00:48:28.87
I think it's interesting
00:48:28.90\00:48:30.24
that the Lord
does not promise us
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.67
that it's going to be easy.
00:48:32.71\00:48:34.38
He actually promises us
00:48:34.41\00:48:35.84
that there's going to be
difficulties and tribulations.
00:48:35.88\00:48:38.91
But He says, "Be of good cheer."
00:48:38.95\00:48:41.05
And one of the
things I always keep in mind
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.15
is that all of
these experiences,
00:48:43.18\00:48:45.95
they make you
stronger in the end,
00:48:45.99\00:48:47.96
all of these
experiences build faith,
00:48:47.99\00:48:49.96
it builds character.
00:48:49.99\00:48:51.43
I remember when
I went to college,
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.26
my first college in Long Island,
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.33
and you had two
groups of people.
00:48:55.36\00:48:58.40
You had the rich kids
and you had the poor kids.
00:48:58.43\00:49:02.10
You had the rich kids
00:49:02.14\00:49:03.47
who got the
Camaro's and all that stuff.
00:49:03.51\00:49:05.44
And then you had the poor kids
00:49:05.47\00:49:06.81
who are driving
the Volkswagen Beetle
00:49:06.84\00:49:08.71
that was smoking down the
road just to get the college
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.71
and they were working,
00:49:10.75\00:49:12.08
you know, all day
evening during the evenings
00:49:12.11\00:49:14.58
just to pay their
way through school.
00:49:14.62\00:49:16.48
And the one thing that I noticed
00:49:16.52\00:49:17.85
about the two groups
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.25
was that one group
was very kind of arrogant,
00:49:19.29\00:49:22.76
and they didn't
have a lot of character.
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.63
They were real simple.
00:49:24.66\00:49:26.49
And the other group
00:49:26.53\00:49:27.86
that had to work
their way through college,
00:49:27.90\00:49:30.10
you know, didn't have
it all provided for them.
00:49:30.13\00:49:32.40
They had a
strength and a character
00:49:32.43\00:49:33.80
that you really
wanted to hang out
00:49:33.84\00:49:35.17
with those kids
rather than the rich kids
00:49:35.20\00:49:38.07
because one was strong.
00:49:38.11\00:49:39.84
You saw the strength in them.
00:49:39.87\00:49:41.48
And the other one was born
00:49:41.51\00:49:43.28
with a silver
spoon in their mouth
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.65
if I could use that term.
00:49:44.68\00:49:46.01
They got everything. Wow.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.38
Yes. So our
trial strengthens us...
00:49:47.42\00:49:48.75
And character builds,
it builds our character.
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.79
That's right.
00:49:50.82\00:49:52.15
It's like a weight
that if you don't lift it,
00:49:52.19\00:49:55.12
you're not going to get stronger
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.49
and the stronger you get,
00:49:56.52\00:49:57.86
the heavier the
next weight has to be.
00:49:57.89\00:49:59.49
So think about that,
that's what trials are,
00:49:59.53\00:50:01.43
they are weights of life.
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.06
That's why when the
Lord talks about freedom
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.70
lay aside every weight.
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.40
Daniel also was in
a situation like this.
00:50:06.43\00:50:08.44
Let's look at Daniel 10 and 19.
Go back to the outline there.
00:50:08.47\00:50:12.31
I'm sorry, Daniel what?
00:50:12.34\00:50:13.78
Daniel, it's in our
outline number seven.
00:50:13.81\00:50:15.78
Okay. Daniel 10:19.
00:50:15.81\00:50:17.75
When Daniel was
afraid about the future,
00:50:17.78\00:50:19.18
what was he told?
00:50:19.21\00:50:21.28
I love that, greatly
beloved. Daniel 10:19.
00:50:21.32\00:50:27.09
And he said,
00:50:27.12\00:50:28.76
"O man greatly
beloved, fear not!
00:50:28.79\00:50:32.03
Peace be to you, be
strong, yes, be strong!"
00:50:32.06\00:50:36.50
For when you spoke to me I
was strengthened, and said,
00:50:36.53\00:50:41.20
"Let my lord speak, for
you have strengthened me."
00:50:41.24\00:50:44.97
You know what that's saying?
00:50:45.01\00:50:46.94
Daniel is saying
until you started
00:50:46.98\00:50:48.31
talking to me, I
didn't really feel that good.
00:50:48.34\00:50:49.81
Keep going. That's
in essence what he said.
00:50:49.84\00:50:53.48
When you started speaking to me,
00:50:53.52\00:50:54.88
I started feeling good.
00:50:54.92\00:50:56.25
Yes. In other words, keep going.
00:50:56.28\00:50:57.62
Keep going.
00:50:57.65\00:50:58.99
It's like, have
you ever felt that way
00:50:59.02\00:51:00.36
when somebody came to
you, let's talk about that.
00:51:00.39\00:51:03.43
Marilyn, have
you ever had a moment
00:51:03.46\00:51:04.79
where you needed
somebody to talk to you
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.49
and when they came
and spoke to you later on,
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.66
you said, "You
know, I needed that."
00:51:09.70\00:51:11.90
I have.
00:51:11.93\00:51:13.27
You've had those,
anything you could recall,
00:51:13.30\00:51:14.87
you don't have to
tell us the situation.
00:51:14.90\00:51:19.24
I can't recall off
the top of my head,
00:51:19.27\00:51:21.54
but I know I've had them
where there's been moments
00:51:21.58\00:51:24.15
where it's
like, oh, I'm so glad.
00:51:24.18\00:51:26.61
I know that.
00:51:26.65\00:51:27.98
I've heard some of your sermons
where I think I've texted you
00:51:28.02\00:51:31.45
and Angie, saying, Pastor,
I needed to hear that today.
00:51:31.49\00:51:35.82
So yeah, sure. And
words of encouragement.
00:51:35.86\00:51:40.40
I know we had one
with Linda Lynch before.
00:51:40.43\00:51:43.16
She was so encouraging.
00:51:43.20\00:51:45.30
Linda has been,
00:51:45.33\00:51:46.80
sometimes you have
those people in your life
00:51:46.84\00:51:49.10
that just encourage you,
00:51:49.14\00:51:50.81
you know, and we were
going through a years ago,
00:51:50.84\00:51:53.27
a difficult time
00:51:53.31\00:51:54.64
and we called her and
she just encouraged us.
00:51:54.68\00:51:57.65
Good family
member. Good family member.
00:51:57.68\00:52:00.52
I know one time in my life,
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.42
it was actually right
before I came to 3ABN.
00:52:02.45\00:52:04.92
We were going
through some situations.
00:52:04.95\00:52:07.16
And I was still
working for this company.
00:52:07.19\00:52:10.93
And I was really,
really impressed that
00:52:10.96\00:52:13.43
the Lord wanted
us to do something,
00:52:13.46\00:52:15.53
He wanted us to move.
00:52:15.56\00:52:17.33
It was time.
00:52:17.37\00:52:18.70
And I kept hearing
this voice in my head.
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.70
And it was, I'm
sitting in meetings,
00:52:20.74\00:52:23.94
and I just hear it's time.
00:52:23.97\00:52:26.41
And after a
while, I got really upset
00:52:26.44\00:52:28.34
because I kept hearing
this over like two weeks,
00:52:28.38\00:52:29.81
it's time, it's time.
00:52:29.84\00:52:31.18
I said, Lord,
it's time for what?
00:52:31.21\00:52:32.78
You know, I had a really
00:52:32.81\00:52:34.15
down to earth
in prayer with Him.
00:52:34.18\00:52:35.75
And what ended up happening
was 3ABN ended up calling
00:52:35.78\00:52:39.42
and we ended up
coming to work at 3ABN.
00:52:39.45\00:52:41.49
And here's the
thing, when God calls you,
00:52:41.52\00:52:45.09
there's a silence
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.46
but when He calls
you, you're overjoyed.
00:52:46.49\00:52:48.90
You're like,
wow, this is awesome.
00:52:48.93\00:52:51.03
God, I see. I see
what You were planning.
00:52:51.07\00:52:53.67
When I was getting frustrated
when there was a silence.
00:52:53.70\00:52:56.00
Suddenly you call on,
00:52:56.04\00:52:57.37
it's like your dog
when you call your dog
00:52:57.41\00:52:58.74
his tail starts
wagging and he comes running,
00:52:58.77\00:53:01.04
comes running towards you.
00:53:01.08\00:53:02.58
It's kind of like that.
00:53:02.61\00:53:03.95
So when I heard,
when I read here,
00:53:03.98\00:53:05.51
and he said, be strong.
00:53:05.55\00:53:07.88
So when He spoke to
me, I was strengthened.
00:53:07.92\00:53:10.99
That same thing happened
to me. You know, we were down.
00:53:11.02\00:53:13.86
We were in the middle of a trial
00:53:13.89\00:53:15.56
and suddenly the Lord
called, and I was strengthened.
00:53:15.59\00:53:18.69
You know, now I'm on a
mission, and I understand.
00:53:18.73\00:53:21.06
So, yeah.
00:53:21.10\00:53:23.40
God blessed him
to almost everyone
00:53:23.43\00:53:25.13
when he brings him here,
because I was in that period
00:53:25.17\00:53:28.27
of mourning
after David was lost.
00:53:28.30\00:53:30.91
And so I don't, I remember
being at peace with the Lord.
00:53:30.94\00:53:35.64
But He wasn't telling me
where to go and what to do.
00:53:35.68\00:53:38.68
It was like I was
just resting or something.
00:53:38.71\00:53:41.28
But then when He
called me to 3ABN,
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.05
and there was absolutely
no, I mean, it was very,
00:53:43.08\00:53:46.52
He was very obvious, right?
00:53:46.55\00:53:48.22
So when God does call you
00:53:48.26\00:53:50.69
with encouraging words
that it's going to be okay.
00:53:50.73\00:53:54.36
And then He puts
people in your life
00:53:54.40\00:53:56.13
like Mollie was
very encouraging.
00:53:56.16\00:53:59.17
Yes, yes. So He gives us people.
00:53:59.20\00:54:01.97
We need to encourage each other.
00:54:02.00\00:54:05.44
And that happens.
00:54:05.47\00:54:07.78
The Lord's always on time,
00:54:07.81\00:54:09.14
I just want to inject
one scripture here that
00:54:09.18\00:54:11.41
tends to go against
the grain because so far
00:54:11.45\00:54:14.42
we've experienced
the fact that well,
00:54:14.45\00:54:16.08
when Israel was in
trouble, God delivered them,
00:54:16.12\00:54:17.99
whenever Israel had
difficulty, God was with them.
00:54:18.02\00:54:20.82
But there is a future coming
where there is going to be
00:54:20.86\00:54:22.89
some difficulty coming.
00:54:22.92\00:54:24.56
And I want to encourage
you with a real, real picture
00:54:24.59\00:54:26.96
of where we're headed.
00:54:27.00\00:54:28.33
Look at Revelation 2:10,
00:54:28.36\00:54:29.80
it's the last
scripture in our page.
00:54:29.83\00:54:31.87
But then we're going to follow
that up with Isaiah 45:22.
00:54:31.90\00:54:36.27
I'll read this one and it says,
"Do not fear those things."
00:54:36.30\00:54:39.67
And this is what the Lord
told that to growing church,
00:54:39.71\00:54:42.84
the brand new church.
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.95
He was saying, as the
church was developing,
00:54:44.98\00:54:46.72
"Do not fear any of those things
00:54:46.75\00:54:49.25
which you are about to suffer.
00:54:49.28\00:54:51.92
Indeed, the devil is about
00:54:51.95\00:54:54.22
to throw some
of you into prison,
00:54:54.26\00:54:56.42
that you may be tested."
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.59
Angie always says,
it's always about a test.
00:54:58.63\00:54:59.96
Life is a test.
00:55:00.00\00:55:01.43
"And you will have
tribulation ten days,"
00:55:01.46\00:55:04.23
but what does it say?
00:55:04.27\00:55:05.60
"Be faithful unto death,
00:55:05.63\00:55:08.07
and I will give
you the crown of life."
00:55:08.10\00:55:10.27
Some people are afraid of,
00:55:10.31\00:55:11.64
one of the fears
is fear of death.
00:55:11.67\00:55:13.58
As a Christian,
that's a fear that the Lord
00:55:13.61\00:55:15.51
wants to take away from us.
00:55:15.54\00:55:16.88
Because for the Christian,
00:55:16.91\00:55:18.25
that's just a
rest, it's not the end.
00:55:18.28\00:55:20.95
That's just a sleep.
00:55:20.98\00:55:22.68
You know, and
that's why Revelation says
00:55:22.72\00:55:24.35
they love not their
lives unto the death.
00:55:24.39\00:55:26.86
They overcame them by
the blood of the Lamb.
00:55:26.89\00:55:28.52
They did not love
their lives into the death.
00:55:28.56\00:55:30.79
And so it's going to...
00:55:30.83\00:55:32.33
The future is coming,
00:55:32.36\00:55:33.70
it's going to get
tougher before it gets easier.
00:55:33.73\00:55:35.23
You remember,
00:55:35.26\00:55:37.10
when you go through the
valley of the shadow of death,
00:55:37.13\00:55:40.07
He's with you,
00:55:40.10\00:55:41.44
but after the valley
of the shadow of death,
00:55:41.47\00:55:42.87
on the other side of that
the end of the journey is,
00:55:42.90\00:55:45.41
we dwell in the
house of the Lord
00:55:45.44\00:55:46.78
for how long?
00:55:46.81\00:55:48.14
Forever.
00:55:48.18\00:55:49.51
Now, what do we
do in those times?
00:55:49.54\00:55:50.91
Isaiah 45:22. Isaiah 45:22.
00:55:50.95\00:55:55.08
Isaiah 45:22, "Look to Me,
00:55:55.12\00:55:58.29
and be saved, all
you ends of the earth!
00:55:58.32\00:56:01.72
For I am God, and
there is no other."
00:56:01.76\00:56:04.63
Amen.
00:56:04.66\00:56:06.19
And He said I'm God and I am God
00:56:06.23\00:56:07.76
and there is none like me.
00:56:07.80\00:56:09.23
The next passage after that,
I'm God and there is no other.
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So are we facing
the unknown future?
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All of us but by
unknown God. Okay, okay.
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That's my wife.
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We've been married long enough,
she know where I'm going.
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Yes, unknown for us,
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but it's known
for God, He knows.
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So, Honey, as
we're winding down,
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Isaiah 26:3.
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Now I know those
of you probably saying
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when is my scripture coming up?
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Here it is.
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This is the stamp
that gets fear mailed back
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and faith takes its place.
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"You will keep
him in perfect peace,
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whose mind is stayed on You,
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because he trusts in You."
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That's right. Ten seconds, Dee.
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What do you do your fear?
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Trust in the Lord
with all your heart.
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With all your
heart. Yeah, Proverbs 3:5.
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Well, I was
looking for the Psalms one.
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I had it right here but
that's okay, Psalms 37:3,
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"Trust in the Lord and do good,
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dwell in the land and
feed on His faithfulness."
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Ten seconds, Eric?
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Love the Lord
with all your heart
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and He will protect you.
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That's right,
Marilyn three seconds.
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Trust God. Trust God.
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That's right.
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I tell you friends,
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we do face a fearful
future but with a fearless God.
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Our prayer for you is that
you trust God with your life
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and when fear
comes, call on the Lord
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and He will keep
you in perfect peace.
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Happy Sabbath.
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We look forward to
seeing you once again.
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