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, happy Sabbath,
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and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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We are going to study
the Word of God this evening,
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and we're going to be
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talking about
trusting in the Lord,
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a very important topic.
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So you may want
to grab your pens,
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your pieces of
paper, take notes.
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We're going to go through
quite a bit of scriptures,
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and we're going to
hear some stories of
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about trusting in God.
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With me this evening,
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I have Art Humphrey, a
part of the 3ABN family.
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We've known you
for quite a while.
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Tell us a little
bit about yourself
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and what you do?
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Well, I'm a
retired filmmaker. Okay.
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We worked at 3ABN
in the very beginning
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when our kids were small,
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and I've done some film projects
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that are interesting,
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and based on the
three angels' messages.
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Yes, yes. Amen.
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And next to you, we have
your lovely wife, Pat Humphrey.
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Pat, tell us about what you do?
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Well, I'm officially
retired, but just as busy
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or if not busier
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than I was when I
was working full time.
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Right now, a lot of my
time is taken up with ASI.
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I serve as the president
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of the Southwest Chapter of ASI.
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I'm an also involved in
several other ministries
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and just keeping very,
very busy working for the Lord.
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Amen.
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I definitely had no
clue that you were retired
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because I've seen all the hats
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that you wear,
and it's incredible.
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We've got Brother John Dinzey,
3ABN Latino general manager.
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It's a blessing to have
you on the program as well.
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And we've got Pastor Ryan Day.
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You wear a lot of hats too.
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Well, if it fits, I wear it.
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So that's just
how it goes. Amen.
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I'm looking forward to
diving into this topic,
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but before we go
to the Word of God,
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we always want to
start with prayer.
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Pastor Dinzey, will
you have prayer for us?
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Sure. Let's go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank You so much, Lord,
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that we can
gather around the table
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as a family to talk
about the marvelous things
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in Your Holy Scriptures and,
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Lord, we look forward to the day
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when we will be in
heaven around that big table
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and You at the
head of the table.
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We anticipate, Lord,
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that it will be
a great blessing.
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And we pray that You
will give us a foretaste
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as we are together
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that not only
will we be blessed,
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but also those
that are joining us
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wherever they may be.
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We ask You, Lord,
for a blessing upon all
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in the holy and
blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Our opening scripture
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for the evening
is Proverbs 3:5-6.
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And it says, "Trust in the Lord
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with all your heart
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and lean not on
your own understanding,
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in all your
ways acknowledge Him,
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and He shall direct your paths."
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Can you guys think of any time
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where you've had to
place your trust in the Lord
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and you wanted to go one way,
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but He was saying
go in another direction
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and you had to trust Him.
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Can you, anything
you want to share?
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This morning, every day,
yesterday and the day before
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and probably last week
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and the week
before last, you know,
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it's a daily, daily...
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We call it a
daily walk with God.
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It's a daily relationship.
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And in that relationship,
we're on a journey.
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We're on a path of
Him transforming us
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as Paul would say,
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you know he would say day by day
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from faith to
faith, glory to glory.
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And so, yeah, every single day
I wake up and I say a prayer.
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I say, Lord, help
me to learn more today
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than I did
yesterday to trust You.
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Yes.
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And that doesn't
mean that we always do
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because sometimes
we take our eyes off
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Jesus just as Peter did
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when he was on
the water that day.
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But praise the Lord,
we serve a gracious God,
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who's still there
for us to lift us back up
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when we stumble and we
learn from those mistakes
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and we press forward knowing
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that we can trust Him
even more moving forward
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with each and every step.
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Amen.
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And I think about
your story with the bars.
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Why don't you tell us
a little bit about that?
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Well, yeah, bars,
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I wasn't incarcerated,
we had a candy bar.
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Would you believe it?
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And so we operated our company,
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Heart Paths Distributors
for about four years.
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And about 2019, I
started getting concerned
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because the
business was not growing,
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like I thought it should.
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As a matter of fact, it was like
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a flat line, you know?
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And so I said, okay,
we're going to pray every hour.
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Whenever we hear
the ding on the iPhone,
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it says a message
pray for the business.
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And I prayed every
hour for six months.
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In December of that year,
we were going to go into 2020.
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Everybody here
knows the famous 2020.
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December of that year,
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two major things
happen in the business.
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One, we got hit for a huge bill
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that we were not expecting.
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And two, major manufacturers
of our main ingredient
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announced that
they would no longer
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supply this product anymore.
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Wow. Whammo.
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Shut it down, my son,
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the voice came, I
didn't hear the voice,
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but the voice was in the events.
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So my wife was
praying a different prayer.
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Yeah.
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I was praying actually that
we would return back to Texas.
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We were living in
Oklahoma at the time
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and our daughter really
needed us back in Texas.
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Some health issues
and I wanted to go,
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he wanted to stay
because he wanted to,
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of course I wanted the
business to succeed as well.
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But I was praying,
Lord, just get us back.
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And some events occurred
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and the Lord opened
the way for us to go back.
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And when we finally
got that realization that,
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you know, the business
was not going to make it
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and some other things happen,
Art said, okay, this is it.
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We're going back to Texas.
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And I said... Hallelujah.
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Praise the Lord.
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So, you know, someone said
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we were praying
against each other
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because he was praying to
stay and I was praying to go.
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And I won.
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Yeah.
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When you're praying to the Lord,
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you know, you have
to follow His will.
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That's what you have to do.
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And you have to know
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what His will is
and He will show you.
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You pray for
His will to be done,
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not our will, but you know,
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it was obviously the Lord showed
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what His will was.
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Amen.
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I think we face
things like Pastor Ryan said
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every day where the Lord
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is presenting
something before us.
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And the question
is, will you trust Me?
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And I think every
person will also face
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some kind of difficulty,
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if you want to
call it or problem,
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a situation that seems like
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there's no way out, that
you don't know what to do.
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And those that
are Christians know to
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put things in the
hands of the Lord,
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because that is the best
place where they should be.
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That's the place
where they should be,
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but we have a tendency
to want to do it myself,
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you know, as kids grow up
and you're trying to help them.
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It's like, you don't
know when the time comes
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that they can
actually handle things.
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Sometimes you try
to push them along.
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But "I can do it. I can do it."
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You know, it's the, it's the,
what you hear from the kids.
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Okay. All right.
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And so, it's a
learning experience,
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learning to trust in the Lord.
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Yes. Yes.
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I think it's easy
to trust in the Lord
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when everything's going well,
you know, you think, oh yes.
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But those times
when we are in doubt,
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when we're in crisis,
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when we just
don't know what to do,
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things haven't worked out
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the way we think
that they should.
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That's when it's
really, really challenging
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to trust the Lord.
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But that's when we
have to trust the Lord.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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Look at the situation
with the people of Israel.
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Moses led them out of Egypt
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and now they are faced
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with the Red Sea and
the Egyptians are coming.
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They're not armed and
the Egyptians are coming
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and they're not smiling.
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So Moses goes to
the Lord, what do we do?
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He didn't know what to do.
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And the Lord, you know,
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it's like
Moses, you should know.
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He says, why are
you calling upon Me?
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Just tell the people
to go forward, you know?
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So everyone will
have to face something.
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And what you decide to do
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at that particular moment,
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when you have to make a decision
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will determine a blessing
or additional suffering.
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Yeah. That's what it is.
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Yes. And that's
a very good point.
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You know, we need to
follow that heavenly GPS.
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I remember I was
driving to a place
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where I had been quite a bit.
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And I was
headed down the highway
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and I'm just driving.
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I'm just driving.
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I got my GPS going,
'cause it was out of state
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and I've got my GPS going,
but I've been there before.
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And this thing is telling me,
make a U-turn, make a U-turn,
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make a U-turn.
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I'm like the road's clear,
it's sunny, it's beautiful out.
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And it's telling
me to turn around.
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I'm like, no, I
know where I'm going.
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I know what I'm doing.
So I just keep on driving.
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I look at a sign and I see
I'm on the way to St. Louis
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and I'm going in
the opposite direction.
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I needed to be
going towards Chicago
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'cause I was trying
to make it to Detroit.
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And so I was, I
encountered a major setback.
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I had to go all the way down.
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I mean, there
wasn't an exit for miles
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and I had to keep on going.
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So then I could
turn back around,
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but I lost so much time.
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And that's what happens
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when we don't
place our trust in God.
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When we think that
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we can just take
things on our own
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and do things on our own
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and we don't
place our trust in Him,
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we end up with
that major setback.
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And so, yeah, I wasted
a lot of time like that.
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And that's what
happens in life too.
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You know, people,
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we are blessed
when we trust in God
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and, Pastor
Dinzey, I think you have...
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Yes. Jeremiah 17.
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I have Jeremiah 17:7-8.
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And this is from the
New King James Version.
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And it says,
"Blessed is the man and woman
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who trust in the Lord
and whose hope is the Lord,
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for he shall be like a
tree planted by the waters,
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which spreads out
its roots by the river
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and will not
fear when heat comes,
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but its leaf will be green
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and will not be
anxious in the year of drought
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nor will cease
from yielding fruit."
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Wow. I love it.
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There's so much here
that we can learn from.
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And it begins with,
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"Blessed is the person
who trusts in the Lord,"
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and notice that it uses also,
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it also says, "and
whose hope is the Lord."
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Two words that are very powerful
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and positive as when
you link them with the Lord.
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But notice how it says, a
tree planted by the waters,
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which means you will
never lack the water you need.
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So if, if we are
connected to the Lord,
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we should understand,
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like it says in
the Book of Psalm 34,
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"You will not
lack any good thing."
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You will not
lack any good thing.
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The Lord will supply.
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And when you're
talking about roots,
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it says, "It spreads
out its roots by the river
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and will not
fear when heat comes,"
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you know, I had, I
endeavored to plant
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a pineapple plant in the house.
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And so, I had that, I
took the crown and it was,
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it seemed to be
growing okay inside.
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But when the, springtime came
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and it was what you would say
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reasonable time
to put it outside,
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I put it outside.
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And the heat was so intense.
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The sun was just
beating this little plant.
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And the leaves were
beginning to dry out.
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It could not
handle the intense heat.
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And perhaps I needed
to add more water to it,
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but it was not surviving.
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I had to move it so that
it would get just partial sun.
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And this is what
the Lord does with us.
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You know, He takes us
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out of the
unnecessary problems of life,
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puts us where we would
thrive and we will grow.
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And He leads us
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according to what
He knows we can handle.
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Trusting in Him,
because He's not going to...
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What is it that people say?
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He's not going to trust you
with something that is so huge.
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He's not going to put
something so huge upon you.
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He leads you to
take these steps of faith
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so that when that
other issue comes,
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that is big, you
will have already
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learned the habit
of trusting in Him.
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And so, just like
the pineapple plant
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is doing very
well now, I don't know
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when the pineapple will come up,
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but I'm looking forward to it.
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I am too.
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Tita makes them,
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Idalia makes a mean
pineapple upside down.
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I'm looking forward
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to getting those
pineapples as well.
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I love this text
that he just read.
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The part that
really sticks out to me
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is which spreads out
its roots by the river.
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But then this part
here, which he mentioned,
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"And will not
fear when heat comes."
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I'm thinking of another text
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that is very
similar to this one.
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And before I read the text,
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I just want to say
this, can you trust God?
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Can you trust God even
when it doesn't make sense?
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Just that it doesn't make sense
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can fill in
anything in your life.
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When you're
going through something
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and it just doesn't make sense
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why you're
having to go through it.
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Can you trust God
through the heat and the fires,
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the trials, the
tribulations in your life?
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I think of James
Chapter 1, where it says there,
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it says, I forget
the particular verse,
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it's one and two,
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maybe verse two and three there.
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It talks about counted all joy
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when you fall
into various trials,
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because it builds
patience, it builds faith.
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But the text that
comes to my mind another text
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that's kind of in
harmony with this one,
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when the heat comes.
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Malachi 3:2-3, it says,
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"But who may abide
the day of His coming
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and who shall
stand when He appears,
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for He is like a refiner's
fire and like fullers' soap.
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And He shall sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver.
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And He shall
purify the sons of Levi
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and purge them
as gold and silver
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that they may offer to the Lord,
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an offering in righteousness."
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He sits as a refiner
and purifier of silver.
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And if you understand
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how the silver
making process goes,
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a silversmith,
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he will take for
this illustration,
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I'll just use just like
a little nugget of silver.
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And to get the
purest form of that silver,
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he will take some tongs
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and he will grab
that piece of silver.
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And he'll go over to the flame.
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And he will hold
that piece of silver
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in the hottest
part of the flame.
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What did the scripture say?
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When the heat comes.
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And will not fear
when the heat comes.
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Oftentimes that
heat in our life,
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that trial, that tribulation,
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whatever it is
we're experiencing,
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it may feel hot in the moment.
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It may feel unbearable.
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Why am I having
to go through this?
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But there's a reason
why God's allowing you,
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remember the Bible says that,
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"He will not
allow you to be tempted
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past the point you can bear."
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Right?
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And so that silversmith
will hold that in the fire
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in the hottest part of the fire.
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If he leaves it in
there just a moment too long,
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he'll scorch it
and then it burns.
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And it's no good.
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And so the question is,
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how does he
know that it's ready?
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How does he know
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when that perfect
piece of little silver
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that's being
purified in the heat?
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When the heat comes,
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how does he
know that it's ready?
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When he can see his
reflection in the silver.
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That's right. Wow.
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And that just lets us know that
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oftentimes we go through trials,
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oftentimes the heat will come.
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Will you not fear
when the heat comes,
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will you trust in the Lord?
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Because in those moments,
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when you place
your trust in God,
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even when it seems
like life makes no sense,
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Lord, why in the world?
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I could imagine
Joseph sitting in prison
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for those many, many years
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and in the human
carnal part of him saying,
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what in the world, Lord,
but I kept Your commandments.
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You know, I'm Your remnant.
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You know, I've
kept my faith in You,
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but yet he still
trusted in the Lord.
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And the Lord saw him through it.
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We have to have
that faith as well.
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Amen. Excellent word.
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You know, the,
funny thing is like
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I was sitting here
and I looked over at you
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and you had that
little grin on your face.
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You had that grin on your face.
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And I was like, oh,
this brother has something,
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he's about to bring something.
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I know you and you get
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so excited
about the Word of God.
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And I love that.
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Art, you wanted
to add something?
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, it just made
me think of the Hebrew boys.
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You know, when
heat gets turned on here
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and fear not when
heat comes, you know,
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they told the king,
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we're not afraid to talk to
you or answer you, you know?
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They had that faith,
you know? That's right.
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That everything
will be all right.
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Yes. And that was bold.
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And that took that relationship
in order to have that trust,
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you have to have that
relationship with God.
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Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good.
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You know, so you,
have to have that.
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And you have to have
it before that time comes.
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Absolutely.
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You haven't built
that relationship.
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When that time
comes, you are not ready.
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Yeah. I forgot
how that saying goes.
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I think it's like,
"Character is not made
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in the midst of a
trial, it's revealed."
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And that's, so if
you're going into the trial
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with a messed up character,
oh, it's going to come out.
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It will come out.
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So yes, Ryan, Psalm 56:3.
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Oh, man.
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It's so sweet, short and simple,
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but it's powerful.
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I love this text.
This is Psalm 56:3.
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And it says,
"Whenever I am afraid,
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I will trust in You."
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We live in a world
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where it seems like the
enemy is constantly placing
00:19:28.80\00:19:32.47
a spirit of fear
in the hearts of men.
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In fact that right there in,
I think it's Luke Chapter 21,
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where Christ is giving
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basically the contents
of the sermon on the Mount
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or there's
pieces of the contents
00:19:43.18\00:19:44.51
of the sermon on the
Mount in that passage.
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And He talks about
how in the last days
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men's hearts
failing them for fear.
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I believe we're
living in that time.
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I believe we're living in a time
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where men and women
are fearing for their life.
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They're in a constant
state of anxiety and fear
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about their
surroundings, about society,
00:20:00.16\00:20:02.03
the future of the
nation, the future of the world,
00:20:02.06\00:20:04.07
the future of the economy,
00:20:04.10\00:20:05.43
everything that
affects them in life,
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.30
but a person who is in Christ,
00:20:08.34\00:20:12.11
they will not be
afraid because they trust Him.
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When you comprehend that
00:20:17.01\00:20:20.62
the King of the
universe is on your side
00:20:20.65\00:20:25.35
and you
comprehend those promises.
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God cannot lie, the Bible says.
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And when he says that
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I will never leave
you nor forsake you.
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When that light bulb goes out
and you realize God is with me,
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the most powerful being
00:20:38.30\00:20:40.40
that exists is
with me and on my side,
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then why should I be afraid?
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Why should I live
in a state of fear?
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Now there's something else
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I'm going to bring
out in just a moment
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in connection with
this concept of fear
00:20:49.74\00:20:52.01
and trusting in the Lord.
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But again, I just have
to read this text as well.
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2 Timothy 1:7, beautiful text,
00:20:55.22\00:20:58.02
"For God has not
given us a spirit of fear,
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but of power and of
love and of a sound mind."
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In this day and age with COVID
00:21:06.16\00:21:08.90
and this great outbreak
of the virus and all of the,
00:21:08.93\00:21:12.17
you know, economic
unrest, the social unrest
00:21:12.20\00:21:14.50
and everything
that's happening around us.
00:21:14.54\00:21:16.04
It just seems like that
00:21:16.07\00:21:17.41
this world is going
to crumble at any moment.
00:21:17.44\00:21:19.27
But yet, if you are in Christ
00:21:19.31\00:21:21.04
and you believe the
King of the universe
00:21:21.08\00:21:23.04
and you believe His Word,
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.41
and you believe that
He's standing with you
00:21:24.45\00:21:25.95
and what do you have to fear,
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trust in Him and fear not,
00:21:27.35\00:21:28.98
because He's got a plan
00:21:29.02\00:21:30.35
and He's got the whole
world as the little song says,
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He has the whole
world in His hands.
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Amen. Amen.
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Has there ever been a
time, speaking of fear,
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has there ever
been a time in your life
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where you've been afraid?
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And this, I'm just
throwing this one out there
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'cause I definitely
have a time that I can share.
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Oh, I think if we're
living and breathing.
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Soar. Yes.
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So we had an
experience just the other day
00:21:54.61\00:21:58.15
when we were driving up here
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and Art can tell
you more about it
00:21:59.98\00:22:02.35
'cause he was actually
driving, but we were cut off.
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It was late at night.
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And... 12:30.
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Yeah, so visibility, you know,
00:22:09.96\00:22:11.76
of course isn't as good at night
00:22:11.79\00:22:13.76
and this truck
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just comes behind
us and cuts us off.
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And there were barricades
on the other side of the road
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and Art's trying to figure
out, you know, where do I go?
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'Cause there's
really nowhere to go.
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And I heard him,
00:22:25.87\00:22:27.34
I was kind of
dozing, but I heard him say,
00:22:27.38\00:22:29.44
Lord, have
mercy, Lord, have mercy.
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And you can tell. Call
upon the name of the Lord.
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Amen.
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There's some construction
south of here on 59.
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You probably know
and you've seen it.
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And there's those
barricades that fold up nicely.
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They were getting
narrower and narrower.
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.36
And I saw the truck
trying to pass me on the left.
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And so I'm getting
closer to the barricades
00:22:52.73\00:22:55.10
and he's getting closer to me.
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So there was nowhere for me
00:22:57.37\00:22:58.71
to go other than tear up my car
00:22:58.74\00:23:00.28
and hit all the
barricades, you know?
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.14
So I just call on name of Lord.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.91
And it seemed like they
were moving or something,
00:23:03.95\00:23:07.52
but no, they were not.
00:23:07.55\00:23:10.59
But I was so close.
00:23:10.62\00:23:11.99
I could go on like
that and knocked them down.
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I don't know how we escape that.
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God made a way.
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And this is where
prayer comes into.
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And you know,
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not just us
praying in the moment,
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but whenever we travel,
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we have prayer
partners and we say,
00:23:27.14\00:23:30.01
Lord, you know, we
ask them to ask the Lord
00:23:30.04\00:23:33.41
to pray for us and protect us.
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And I believe
that Lord does that.
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.51
He does protect us. Yes.
00:23:39.55\00:23:42.02
I remember I was laying
there in the hospital bed.
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My appendix had ruptured
00:23:44.89\00:23:46.25
and it had
sealed off my intestines
00:23:46.29\00:23:48.72
and they were about to go
next, but they got in there,
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.53
they did the surgery,
00:23:51.56\00:23:52.89
they cleaned all that up
and everything like that.
00:23:52.93\00:23:54.66
But I remember my mom
walking me to the sink
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and she started crying.
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.50
And it was because I
was like flesh and bone.
00:23:59.53\00:24:02.84
I was so weak at that point.
00:24:02.87\00:24:05.21
And she was
walking me over there
00:24:05.24\00:24:06.57
to help me brush my teeth
00:24:06.61\00:24:08.24
because I couldn't
even do that for myself.
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.11
And so, I remember
going back to the bed,
00:24:10.15\00:24:13.08
she walked me back over there.
00:24:13.11\00:24:14.45
I laid down and this
was at a point in my life
00:24:14.48\00:24:16.99
where I did not trust in God.
00:24:17.02\00:24:18.45
I didn't want
anything to do with God
00:24:18.49\00:24:19.95
at that point in my life.
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.32
I was out there, I
was doing my own thing.
00:24:21.36\00:24:24.16
And I remember
just laying in that bed,
00:24:24.19\00:24:27.43
like afraid that, you
know, and I may not make it,
00:24:27.46\00:24:31.43
you know, and my
white blood cell count
00:24:31.47\00:24:33.40
had gone up,
00:24:33.44\00:24:34.77
which is an
indicator for an infection.
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.91
And I was just like, God,
if you get me out of this,
00:24:37.94\00:24:40.94
I'll change, I'll
do something different.
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.35
And unfortunately,
after He got me out of that,
00:24:43.38\00:24:46.41
like I ended up having a case
00:24:46.45\00:24:48.58
of what I call blessing amnesia,
00:24:48.62\00:24:51.25
where you kind of forget about
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.32
conveniently forget about
00:24:53.36\00:24:54.82
what God has delivered you from.
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.23
But I remember that type of fear
00:24:57.26\00:25:00.53
being outside of
the ark of safety and,
00:25:00.56\00:25:05.03
you know, when
witnessing to other people
00:25:05.07\00:25:07.84
and sharing Christ with others,
00:25:07.87\00:25:09.40
like to know what that fear
00:25:09.44\00:25:13.51
is like on the outside.
00:25:13.54\00:25:16.08
But then to see the peace that
comes from being on the inside
00:25:16.11\00:25:21.38
from having a
relationship with Christ,
00:25:21.42\00:25:24.95
I don't want to be out there
and I want to bring everybody
00:25:24.99\00:25:28.09
that we can into
the ark of safety.
00:25:28.12\00:25:31.29
You know, God is, amazing,
00:25:31.33\00:25:34.10
amazing, and
perfect love casts out fear.
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That's right. Amen. Amen.
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.23
I'm sorry. Go ahead.
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But anyway, there's a
situation in Revelation
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where it talks about
00:25:42.74\00:25:44.07
the wicked
outside of the holy city.
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I like to tell young people
to imagine this scene here.
00:25:47.04\00:25:51.18
There's no more
opportunity for salvation
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.42
and you are on the
outside looking in.
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Today is the day of salvation.
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Don't wait until it's too late.
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And see if you
can imagine yourself
00:26:03.32\00:26:05.79
on the inside looking out
and do the necessary repentance
00:26:05.83\00:26:11.70
to make that
happen in your life.
00:26:11.73\00:26:15.27
There are a lot of
scriptures that talk about fear
00:26:15.30\00:26:18.21
and the Lord seems to be
continually trying to help us
00:26:18.24\00:26:23.55
understand fear
not nor be dismayed,
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you know, so many scriptures.
00:26:26.55\00:26:28.75
And even Jesus,
when He was in the boat
00:26:28.78\00:26:30.29
with the disciples, He
said, "Why are you afraid?
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You of little faith.
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But it's interesting
00:26:37.26\00:26:38.66
because the scripture
that Pastor Ryan Day says,
00:26:38.69\00:26:41.56
whenever I am afraid
as if that is something
00:26:41.60\00:26:45.47
that we are all going to
face some moment of fear.
00:26:45.50\00:26:48.44
You know it wasn't too long ago,
00:26:48.47\00:26:51.01
a few months ago,
00:26:51.04\00:26:52.37
we've had two
individuals pass away
00:26:52.41\00:26:54.81
and they knew
that death was coming.
00:26:54.84\00:26:58.65
But having visited both of them,
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.55
it seemed to me that
00:27:01.58\00:27:02.95
they had put themselves
in the hands of the Lord.
00:27:02.98\00:27:06.42
They were not afraid of death.
00:27:06.45\00:27:08.86
And so when I look at
Psalm 23, where he says,
00:27:08.89\00:27:13.43
"The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want."
00:27:13.46\00:27:15.66
And then later he says,
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.80
"Though I walk through
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.23
the valley of
the shadow of death."
00:27:19.27\00:27:21.44
What does he say?
"I shall fear no evil."
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I will fear no evil.
00:27:23.57\00:27:24.91
So even though
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.27
when you're
facing something that,
00:27:26.31\00:27:27.98
you know, may do you harm,
00:27:28.01\00:27:30.15
you can be in the
hands of the Lord,
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.15
trusting that
whatever happens to you...
00:27:32.18\00:27:34.52
That's right.
You're in his care.
00:27:34.55\00:27:36.69
He will take care of
you, whether it is like the,
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.45
like you mentioned
the Hebrew worthies.
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We call them
the Hebrew worthies.
00:27:41.22\00:27:43.53
They were willing to face death.
00:27:43.56\00:27:47.03
They knew that, okay, the
king is serious about this,
00:27:47.06\00:27:51.47
the Lord can save
us if He wants to,
00:27:51.50\00:27:53.77
but he says, if
He chooses not to,
00:27:53.80\00:27:56.14
we are not bowing
down to your idol.
00:27:56.17\00:27:59.71
So we're all going to
have to make decisions.
00:27:59.74\00:28:03.35
And by God's grace,
let us make the decisions
00:28:03.38\00:28:05.78
that puts us in
the care of the Lord.
00:28:05.81\00:28:09.12
And again, it goes back
00:28:09.15\00:28:10.52
to what we talked about earlier,
00:28:10.55\00:28:12.12
and it's having
that relationship
00:28:12.15\00:28:14.16
because you have that
relationship with the Lord,
00:28:14.19\00:28:16.39
you don't have to be afraid
00:28:16.42\00:28:18.19
because you know
that you're in His hands,
00:28:18.23\00:28:20.50
but if you don't
have that relationship,
00:28:20.53\00:28:22.56
then that's when fear
really sets in and takes over.
00:28:22.60\00:28:27.90
Absolutely. That's
an excellent point.
00:28:27.94\00:28:29.87
And, Pat, you
have our next verse.
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.67
Yes.
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.04
So, I have Proverbs 16:3,
00:28:34.08\00:28:36.88
New King James
Version which says,
00:28:36.91\00:28:38.98
"Commit your works to the Lord
00:28:39.01\00:28:41.15
and your thoughts
will be established."
00:28:41.18\00:28:43.49
So when I read that text,
00:28:43.52\00:28:44.95
I had to ponder
a little bit about,
00:28:44.99\00:28:47.69
you know, what is
that text really saying?
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.76
And I think what
that says to me is that,
00:28:49.79\00:28:53.33
whatever we are doing,
00:28:53.36\00:28:55.36
whatever we need help with,
00:28:55.40\00:28:57.20
whatever tasks we
are trying to accomplish,
00:28:57.23\00:29:01.30
whatever
challenges we're facing,
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.20
whatever it is,
just give it to the Lord
00:29:03.24\00:29:06.47
and He will take care of it.
00:29:06.51\00:29:08.01
So that's what that
text really is saying to me.
00:29:08.04\00:29:10.98
Amen. Amen.
00:29:11.01\00:29:13.31
Anybody else
want to add to that?
00:29:13.35\00:29:16.65
I mean, she, covered it.
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.29
She got it. Huh?
00:29:18.32\00:29:19.65
Yeah. All right.
00:29:19.69\00:29:21.16
All right. All right.
00:29:21.19\00:29:22.52
You've got Isaiah 43:2. Okay.
00:29:22.56\00:29:25.99
I have, let's see
New King James Version,
00:29:26.03\00:29:29.60
and I'd like to read
the King James Version,
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not just, not for comparison,
00:29:32.30\00:29:33.74
but just to see the
difference in the versions.
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"When you pass
through the waters,
00:29:37.17\00:29:38.57
I will be with you
and through the rivers
00:29:38.61\00:29:41.94
they shall not overflow you.
00:29:41.98\00:29:43.88
When you walk through the
fire, you shall not be burned
00:29:43.91\00:29:47.68
nor shall the
flames scorch you."
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.69
Okay. Isaiah 43:2.
00:29:50.72\00:29:53.56
43:2. Let's see.
00:29:53.59\00:29:58.86
"When now passes
through the waters,
00:29:58.89\00:30:00.73
I will be with thee
and through the rivers
00:30:00.76\00:30:05.10
they shall not overflow thee.
00:30:05.13\00:30:07.27
And thou walkest
through the fire,
00:30:07.30\00:30:09.00
thou shall not be burned,
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.67
neither shall the
flame kindle upon thee."
00:30:10.71\00:30:13.88
This is talking
about trouble, isn't it?
00:30:13.91\00:30:17.65
My wife and I were in a trip
in the midst of a job interview
00:30:17.68\00:30:23.18
for both of us.
00:30:23.22\00:30:24.99
And we went to the
city to visit my mother.
00:30:25.02\00:30:28.32
So we went to catch the train
from the airport to visit her
00:30:28.36\00:30:32.39
and said, "Free Sunday night."
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.46
Good. The train ride is free.
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.30
So we got on the train.
00:30:36.33\00:30:37.90
You know, there's
no free train ride.
00:30:37.93\00:30:41.10
There's no free train.
00:30:41.14\00:30:43.20
And there were
thugs on the train.
00:30:43.24\00:30:47.41
And I was with my beautiful wife
00:30:47.44\00:30:49.88
and they thought
she was beautiful too.
00:30:49.91\00:30:53.31
Those men, they, one of them
walked up and down the aisle,
00:30:53.35\00:30:57.99
back and forth, looking at us
00:30:58.02\00:31:00.66
and talking with
his friends there.
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.19
And one sat in front of us.
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.23
And every so often he would
turn around and look at us.
00:31:04.26\00:31:07.33
And he looked at her.
00:31:07.36\00:31:08.83
They couldn't do a thing
because earlier I had said,
00:31:08.86\00:31:11.87
said to my
wife, "Start praying."
00:31:11.90\00:31:15.17
We were praying
00:31:15.20\00:31:17.07
and I lifted up this
situation and those guys,
00:31:17.11\00:31:21.04
they couldn't even
think of what to do to us.
00:31:21.08\00:31:24.51
I know they want to do
00:31:24.55\00:31:25.88
something bad
to me and take her.
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.32
And there was no
police protection
00:31:28.35\00:31:30.25
or anything on the
train and we're going,
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.92
and we had put
00:31:32.95\00:31:34.29
our trust completely in the Lord
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.39
because the trouble was there.
00:31:36.42\00:31:37.76
It was, it's here now.
So we were in the fire.
00:31:37.79\00:31:43.06
We were in the waters,
00:31:43.10\00:31:44.43
but the waters
couldn't overflow us
00:31:44.47\00:31:46.57
and the fire couldn't burn us.
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.44
I think that also that
text really speaks to me.
00:31:49.47\00:31:53.98
And I claimed that
text along with Psalm 91,
00:31:54.01\00:31:57.15
because a lot of us
are some more than others
00:31:57.18\00:32:01.48
fearful about some of the things
00:32:01.52\00:32:03.12
that are going to
happen in the future.
00:32:03.15\00:32:04.89
Especially young
people, I hear them often say,
00:32:04.92\00:32:07.56
oh, I'm really scared
of the time of trouble.
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.62
And you know,
00:32:09.66\00:32:10.99
it is a scary
thing to think about,
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.99
but those kinds of
promises are really comforting.
00:32:13.03\00:32:17.37
And I claimed those promises
and just trust that the Lord
00:32:17.40\00:32:21.00
will take care of
us in these times.
00:32:21.04\00:32:23.17
Amen. Yeah.
00:32:23.20\00:32:25.07
I remember being in
Chicago, much younger and,
00:32:25.11\00:32:29.98
my car had broke down,
so I was taking the bus.
00:32:30.01\00:32:32.21
I don't know if you, they have
a good bus system in Chicago.
00:32:32.25\00:32:36.42
And it was one of those times
00:32:36.45\00:32:38.89
when I know how
far the house was.
00:32:38.92\00:32:42.49
And if, the bus was not coming,
I could start walking and,
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.69
you know, I might make it.
00:32:45.73\00:32:47.06
So I walked down one
block and it was dark
00:32:47.10\00:32:50.93
and I was just
waiting at the bus stop.
00:32:50.97\00:32:52.83
And this car pulls up
00:32:52.87\00:32:55.00
and two guys were in the vehicle
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.77
and one of the
guys comes towards me
00:32:57.81\00:33:00.78
and he starts threatening me.
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.11
And you know,
you're in our territory
00:33:03.14\00:33:04.98
and this is our gang, you know,
00:33:05.01\00:33:06.35
our gang such and such is, we...
00:33:06.38\00:33:09.92
This is our territory
00:33:09.95\00:33:11.29
and you're from
such and such a gang.
00:33:11.32\00:33:13.56
And I said, no, you,
you have the wrong guy.
00:33:13.59\00:33:16.32
I don't do
that. I'm a Christian.
00:33:16.36\00:33:18.06
I say, you're a
Christian. I said, yes.
00:33:18.09\00:33:21.00
And I had in my hand
a Bible and a notebook.
00:33:21.03\00:33:24.07
So he goes, let me see that.
00:33:24.10\00:33:26.13
So now he's
looking through my notebook
00:33:26.17\00:33:27.84
where I had the, you
know, the notes from the Bible.
00:33:27.87\00:33:30.84
And he says,
I'm a Christian too.
00:33:30.87\00:33:32.61
And I said, oh, you are?
00:33:32.64\00:33:33.98
My mind is saying, I
should be in good company,
00:33:37.35\00:33:40.18
but it doesn't
quite feel that way.
00:33:40.22\00:33:43.08
But the other guy was on
the other side of the car.
00:33:43.12\00:33:45.99
And, you know, he says,
Hey Frankie, come on, let's go.
00:33:46.02\00:33:49.02
He said, no, I'm
dealing with this guy.
00:33:49.06\00:33:50.49
I'm dealing with this guy.
00:33:50.53\00:33:51.99
And so I'm praying and
saying, Lord, you know,
00:33:52.03\00:33:54.33
what's going to become
of this, you know, help me.
00:33:54.36\00:33:58.50
And so you start to
evaluate the situation
00:33:58.53\00:34:01.40
and what are you going to do.
00:34:01.44\00:34:02.77
They have a car.
00:34:02.80\00:34:04.14
If you start running,
they're going to chase you
00:34:04.17\00:34:05.51
with the car.
00:34:05.54\00:34:06.88
And so, the Lord
solved the problem.
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.54
How?
00:34:08.58\00:34:09.91
Well as we were
talking, another guy comes by
00:34:09.94\00:34:13.92
and he had one of
the meanest looking
00:34:13.95\00:34:17.42
German shepherds
00:34:17.45\00:34:18.79
that you could possibly look at.
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.42
And he had this dog
really tight with his hands.
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.26
And he had a, also a,
00:34:23.29\00:34:25.23
some kind of a
stick in his hand,
00:34:25.26\00:34:27.16
like a little
small baseball bat.
00:34:27.20\00:34:29.26
And he says, what are
you guys doing to this guy?
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.33
And I looked at him wondering,
who are you, you know?
00:34:32.37\00:34:35.47
And he says, leave him alone.
00:34:35.50\00:34:37.41
Oh, we're just talking to him.
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.84
It wasn't a
friendly conversation
00:34:39.87\00:34:41.51
I might add to that.
00:34:41.54\00:34:43.58
So anyway, he says,
just leave him alone.
00:34:43.61\00:34:46.55
And the other guy against,
00:34:46.58\00:34:48.48
come on, Frankie, let's just go.
00:34:48.52\00:34:50.35
He says, all right,
you guys be cool, you know?
00:34:50.39\00:34:52.19
And he got back in the car
00:34:52.22\00:34:53.56
and they left and he
said, did they bother you?
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.09
Did they hurt you?
00:34:55.12\00:34:56.46
No, I was, you know,
they didn't bother me.
00:34:56.49\00:34:58.16
They were just
asking me questions.
00:34:58.19\00:34:59.59
He says, well, I was
ready to fight with you.
00:34:59.63\00:35:01.66
I was ready to fight on
your side and my dog too.
00:35:01.70\00:35:04.67
And so I said,
well, I appreciate it.
00:35:04.70\00:35:06.63
Thank you very much. I'm
glad it wasn't necessary.
00:35:06.67\00:35:08.54
He says, yeah, these
guys are just causing trouble.
00:35:08.57\00:35:12.07
And so, I was glad to help.
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.38
So he kept going and I said,
you know, the Lord is good.
00:35:14.41\00:35:20.02
He protected me
00:35:20.05\00:35:21.38
from some
unnecessary situation that,
00:35:21.42\00:35:24.39
you know, you don't,
00:35:24.42\00:35:25.75
you never know what
you have to go through,
00:35:25.79\00:35:27.12
but there are many stories.
00:35:27.16\00:35:29.36
I'm sure that
we could, you know,
00:35:29.39\00:35:30.73
keep coming up with stories
00:35:30.76\00:35:32.09
of how the Lord
has protected us.
00:35:32.13\00:35:33.76
But this is an
example to me that, you know,
00:35:33.80\00:35:36.83
whatever situation you're in,
00:35:36.87\00:35:38.67
God will be
with you in some way.
00:35:38.70\00:35:40.04
That's right.
00:35:40.07\00:35:41.40
I like to tell my wife
00:35:41.44\00:35:42.77
after something
like that happens,
00:35:42.80\00:35:44.87
did you see where the guy went?
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.84
Because you can't
catch the angels off guard,
00:35:47.88\00:35:51.58
they're going to wait
until you didn't notice
00:35:51.61\00:35:53.72
before they disappear.
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.68
I didn't even know
where he came from, he just...
00:35:55.72\00:35:58.35
Yeah. Did you see where he went?
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.76
No. Wow.
00:36:00.79\00:36:03.12
Yeah. That's incredible.
00:36:03.16\00:36:04.49
Praise God for his protection.
00:36:04.53\00:36:06.39
And that's why we
need to, you know, again,
00:36:06.43\00:36:08.50
place our trust in Him
00:36:08.53\00:36:09.86
because nobody has our
back better than He does.
00:36:09.90\00:36:14.04
Okay.
00:36:14.07\00:36:15.40
I've got Psalm 143:8.
00:36:15.44\00:36:19.47
And it says, "Cause me to hear
00:36:19.51\00:36:21.44
Your
lovingkindness in the morning,
00:36:21.48\00:36:24.28
for in You do I trust,
cause me to know the way in
00:36:24.31\00:36:28.88
which I should walk,
00:36:28.92\00:36:30.72
for I lift up my soul to You."
00:36:30.75\00:36:35.42
This verse right
here really speaks to me
00:36:35.46\00:36:37.63
because it's, you know, saying,
00:36:37.66\00:36:39.56
cause me to hear
Your lovingkindness,
00:36:39.59\00:36:41.96
like God is,
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.33
He's a God of love
and He wants the best
00:36:44.37\00:36:48.10
for each and every one of us.
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.04
And so, I want
Him to order my steps.
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.94
I've seen what
happens when I make decisions
00:36:52.97\00:36:55.48
for myself compared to
when He makes decisions
00:36:55.51\00:36:59.35
and, you know, and says,
hey, I've got this for you.
00:36:59.38\00:37:03.99
Will you be obedient?
00:37:04.02\00:37:05.45
Will you walk in the
way that I have for you?
00:37:05.49\00:37:08.12
And so, I'd rather
walk in the way that
00:37:08.16\00:37:10.59
He has for me,
because the other way
00:37:10.63\00:37:12.83
is just like my
drive to Detroit.
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.66
It took me all the way
00:37:14.70\00:37:16.03
in the wrong
direction and I was lost.
00:37:16.06\00:37:18.30
So yeah, I love Psalm 143:8.
00:37:18.33\00:37:22.70
That's right.
00:37:22.74\00:37:25.04
I just, what
caught my eye in that text
00:37:25.07\00:37:28.74
is cause me to
love Your lovingkindness
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.88
in the morning.
00:37:30.91\00:37:34.52
We don't wait till
midday to invite the Lord,
00:37:34.55\00:37:36.79
to come join us in our day.
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.35
Come on now. That's right.
00:37:38.39\00:37:39.72
I don't want to wait until
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.09
after I get off work
in the evening to say,
00:37:41.12\00:37:42.62
oh yeah, Lord, you
know, I forgot that,
00:37:42.66\00:37:44.49
you know, invite You
to come with me today.
00:37:44.53\00:37:46.80
You know, every morning
00:37:46.83\00:37:48.16
I walk out my house, you
know, we live in a country.
00:37:48.20\00:37:51.07
If you've ever been
to 3ABN headquarters,
00:37:51.10\00:37:52.80
you know, what's out in
the middle of no man's land.
00:37:52.83\00:37:55.24
It's in about the
middle of the cornfield.
00:37:55.27\00:37:57.87
And I literally am,
00:37:57.91\00:38:00.64
without giving
too much information
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.48
of where I live.
00:38:02.51\00:38:04.98
I live next to a horse pasture.
00:38:05.01\00:38:08.55
And in Southern Illinois,
00:38:08.58\00:38:10.69
we're from
Arkansas where I'm from,
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.05
we have lots of mosquitoes.
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.42
Well, there's
some mosquitoes here,
00:38:13.46\00:38:14.79
but where are we
lack in mosquitoes like
00:38:14.82\00:38:16.83
what Arkansas has,
here in Southern Illinois
00:38:16.86\00:38:18.79
we have plenty of horseflies.
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.73
And if you've ever
seen or heard of a horsefly
00:38:20.76\00:38:23.06
or ever have been bitten by one,
00:38:23.10\00:38:25.10
then you know, it's
not a pleasant experience.
00:38:25.13\00:38:27.24
And so, I mean,
00:38:27.27\00:38:28.60
every morning I
step out my house,
00:38:28.64\00:38:29.97
it doesn't matter.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.34
As soon as the sun comes up
00:38:31.37\00:38:32.71
all the way until
the sun goes down,
00:38:32.74\00:38:34.08
I step out my door
early in the morning,
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.44
7:30 to go to work.
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.81
And sure enough,
I mean, it's like,
00:38:36.85\00:38:39.08
I mean, it's
like fighter pilots,
00:38:39.11\00:38:42.85
these horseflies just
zip zip right, you know?
00:38:42.88\00:38:46.15
And so, I tell that story
00:38:46.19\00:38:48.82
because as
irritating those horseflies are,
00:38:48.86\00:38:52.86
you better believe the
enemy in very much likeness
00:38:52.89\00:38:56.63
to that is waiting on
you early in the morning
00:38:56.67\00:38:59.33
when you get up.
00:38:59.37\00:39:01.54
He's already has a plan
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.44
to cause you to
fall and to stumble.
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.04
He already has a
plan in hopes that
00:39:05.07\00:39:07.28
you will distrust
God at some point,
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.84
hopefully early on in the day.
00:39:09.88\00:39:11.31
So he can set you on
a path of where you're,
00:39:11.35\00:39:13.82
you don't have you, you
forsaken the Lord early on.
00:39:13.85\00:39:16.35
And then when I
read this text here,
00:39:16.38\00:39:17.72
Your lovingkindness in
the morning, Lord, help me.
00:39:17.75\00:39:21.36
It caused me to hear
00:39:21.39\00:39:22.72
Your
lovingkindness in the morning.
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.09
Help me to start my
day with You in my mind
00:39:24.13\00:39:26.66
and with You by my side,
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.30
because I'm going to need You
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.73
from the get go, from the start.
00:39:29.76\00:39:31.37
If I'm going to
get through this day
00:39:31.40\00:39:32.93
and be a righteous
man at the end of the day
00:39:32.97\00:39:35.30
and the enemy with his
demons and all of his plans.
00:39:35.34\00:39:39.24
I mean, they're just like
those irritating horseflies,
00:39:39.27\00:39:41.51
just, I mean, just
all they're all upon you
00:39:41.54\00:39:44.01
trying to make
sure that you fall
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.98
and stumble throughout the day.
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.52
And so every
morning that I wake up,
00:39:47.55\00:39:49.38
I always uplift God, I
uplift a prayer to the Lord
00:39:49.42\00:39:52.99
and say, Father, go
before me and go with me
00:39:53.02\00:39:57.33
because I need You, Lord.
00:39:57.36\00:39:58.89
I'm not going to be
able to put one foot,
00:39:58.93\00:40:00.40
one foot in front of the other.
00:40:00.43\00:40:01.76
And I certainly ain't gonna be
00:40:01.80\00:40:03.13
able to walk out this
door and handle them horseflies
00:40:03.16\00:40:04.53
if You're not with me.
00:40:04.57\00:40:07.87
That's for sure
though, therefore to remember.
00:40:07.90\00:40:09.24
Oh, man, I know the Lord,
00:40:09.27\00:40:10.61
wasn't the Lord's
plan to make those things.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.57
So maybe He did,
00:40:12.61\00:40:14.11
but they had to
have been different
00:40:14.14\00:40:15.48
before the fall of man.
00:40:15.51\00:40:18.38
Horseflies,
don't get bit by them.
00:40:18.41\00:40:20.08
They hurt. Yes.
00:40:20.12\00:40:24.45
You know, it's interesting
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.05
because he
mentioned something that is,
00:40:26.09\00:40:28.12
it is a reality that the devil
00:40:28.16\00:40:33.03
is there to make
suggestions to us,
00:40:33.06\00:40:36.30
to put thoughts in our
minds, that we should be afraid.
00:40:36.33\00:40:40.10
You're not going
to get out of this.
00:40:40.14\00:40:41.47
You should just give up,
00:40:41.50\00:40:42.84
you know, the devil
will make suggestions
00:40:42.87\00:40:44.51
to bring fear upon you.
00:40:44.54\00:40:46.54
But if we keep
holding on to God's promises,
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.64
trust in Him and I believe
00:40:49.68\00:40:51.31
what will help us as
well is if we consider
00:40:51.35\00:40:54.65
how the Lord has
helped us in the past,
00:40:54.68\00:40:57.42
how He has
blessed you in the past,
00:40:57.45\00:40:58.92
how He has carried you
00:40:58.95\00:41:00.29
through different
situations provided for you.
00:41:00.32\00:41:03.16
And that will
encourage you to keep going
00:41:03.19\00:41:06.36
and keep trusting in the Lord
00:41:06.39\00:41:07.73
that whatever you're facing now,
00:41:07.76\00:41:09.33
as you consider
00:41:09.36\00:41:10.70
what He's done for you
in the past, you can say,
00:41:10.73\00:41:12.83
the Lord will help me
through this one as well.
00:41:12.87\00:41:14.80
Amen. Absolutely. Yeah.
00:41:14.84\00:41:16.87
He definitely
works some miracles
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.41
and you can look
all through the Bible
00:41:18.44\00:41:21.34
and see times
where it's like, no,
00:41:21.38\00:41:23.58
they're not going to
make it out of that one.
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.65
And then turn a few
pages, turn a few pages,
00:41:25.68\00:41:29.18
continue reading in the story.
00:41:29.22\00:41:30.62
And you're like, wow,
God just parted the Red Sea.
00:41:30.65\00:41:35.29
He just opened the way,
00:41:35.32\00:41:37.09
He protected
them through the fire.
00:41:37.13\00:41:39.16
I'm mean,
there's so many instances
00:41:39.19\00:41:40.90
where God does that.
00:41:40.93\00:41:42.26
That's right. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.63
I need to share
this because, you know,
00:41:43.67\00:41:46.43
we look at the
different things in the Bible
00:41:46.47\00:41:48.44
and we see how God
00:41:48.47\00:41:50.31
marvelously
delivered the people.
00:41:50.34\00:41:52.74
We already
mentioned the Hebrews,
00:41:52.77\00:41:55.11
delivered them from the
fire, as the Bible says not even
00:41:55.14\00:41:57.15
their clothing
smells like smoke.
00:41:57.18\00:41:59.91
I walked the other day by this,
00:41:59.95\00:42:02.72
what is this generator out here
00:42:02.75\00:42:05.19
that every so
often they test it.
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.86
I just passed by,
it was just a second
00:42:07.89\00:42:10.26
and my clothes smell like smoke.
00:42:10.29\00:42:12.83
And those guys were in
there more than a second.
00:42:12.86\00:42:15.46
And their clothing
did not smell like smoke,
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.63
but God delivered them.
00:42:17.67\00:42:19.43
But there are also
examples in the Bible
00:42:19.47\00:42:21.84
where John the
Baptist was not delivered.
00:42:21.87\00:42:25.01
The Lord did not
miraculously deliver him.
00:42:25.04\00:42:28.48
So we have to understand
that we, the Lord loves us.
00:42:28.51\00:42:33.31
And if we are having to face
00:42:33.35\00:42:35.42
something where
suffering comes upon us,
00:42:35.45\00:42:38.39
there's that
scripture that helps me.
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.16
And I'm sure it has
helped many other people
00:42:40.19\00:42:42.26
that are listening to me.
00:42:42.29\00:42:43.63
He says, "And we know that
00:42:43.66\00:42:45.86
all things work
together for good,
00:42:45.89\00:42:51.20
to them that are the called
according to His purpose."
00:42:51.23\00:42:53.44
So, is working
out some good for you
00:42:53.47\00:42:56.10
or some good for someone else.
00:42:56.14\00:42:58.11
So trust in the Lord that
even though you walk through
00:42:58.14\00:43:00.94
the valley of the
shadow of death, fear no evil,
00:43:00.98\00:43:03.95
whether evil
comes upon you or not,
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.31
fear no evil, trust the Lord.
00:43:05.35\00:43:06.78
He will be with us
in every situation.
00:43:06.82\00:43:09.98
And that
promise that Jesus made,
00:43:10.02\00:43:11.75
I will be with you on Monday,
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.66
Tuesdays and Wednesdays He said,
00:43:13.69\00:43:15.26
no, it's every single
day, every single moment,
00:43:15.29\00:43:18.29
it's every single moment.
00:43:18.33\00:43:20.20
We have to remember too,
that even the Hebrew worthies,
00:43:20.23\00:43:23.43
they said our God
is able to save us,
00:43:23.47\00:43:27.37
protect us.
00:43:27.40\00:43:28.74
But if not, so they knew that
00:43:28.77\00:43:32.17
if God chose
not to deliver them,
00:43:32.21\00:43:35.34
they still trusted in Him.
00:43:35.38\00:43:37.21
That's right.
00:43:37.25\00:43:38.61
Absolutely
Amen, excellent point.
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.32
Pastor Dinzey, will you
take us to our next verse?
00:43:41.35\00:43:43.62
1 John 5:14.
00:43:43.65\00:43:46.99
1 John 5:14,
00:43:47.02\00:43:49.69
"Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him."
00:43:49.72\00:43:55.16
This is the qualifier.
00:43:55.20\00:43:57.23
This is the
confidence we have in him.
00:43:57.27\00:43:59.10
"That if we ask
anything, according to His will,
00:43:59.13\00:44:04.11
He hears us."
00:44:04.14\00:44:06.21
This is confidence.
This is faith in God.
00:44:06.24\00:44:08.61
This is trust in God.
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.41
And it's beautiful, beautiful.
00:44:10.45\00:44:12.35
I found something that I said,
you know, that is really nice.
00:44:12.38\00:44:15.98
I'm just not going to
try to say in my own words,
00:44:16.02\00:44:17.92
I'm just going to
go ahead and read it.
00:44:17.95\00:44:19.35
It's very, powerful.
00:44:19.39\00:44:20.76
It says, it says
here, "If we knew
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.73
God's will thoroughly
00:44:23.76\00:44:25.69
and submitted
it to it heartedly,
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.33
it would be impossible for us
to ask anything for the spirit
00:44:28.36\00:44:32.73
or for the body, which
He should not perform."
00:44:32.77\00:44:36.34
It is this ideal state
which the apostle has in view.
00:44:36.37\00:44:40.61
And so the idea,
00:44:40.64\00:44:41.98
the understanding is that
00:44:42.01\00:44:43.35
if we ask anything
according to God's will,
00:44:43.38\00:44:46.68
we should trust that
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.92
He's going to answer this
00:44:48.95\00:44:50.39
and He's not
going to keep anything
00:44:50.42\00:44:52.25
that is good from us.
00:44:52.29\00:44:54.72
So, we should
have that confidence,
00:44:54.76\00:44:57.59
that quiet confidence and,
00:44:57.63\00:45:00.16
boy, I don't know if I
should share this story.
00:45:00.20\00:45:02.53
I think I should. I
was reading this book.
00:45:02.56\00:45:05.20
I think it's
called Corsage at 7:30.
00:45:05.23\00:45:08.04
This was an old evangelist.
00:45:08.07\00:45:10.64
And he was telling a story
when he was young and that,
00:45:10.67\00:45:15.44
for some reason his
father was not there.
00:45:15.48\00:45:17.18
It was just him and his mother.
00:45:17.21\00:45:18.55
They lived out on the country
and he was out playing outside
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.02
and you know,
having fun by himself.
00:45:22.05\00:45:23.99
And eventually he noticed
this, hey, my tummy, it hurts.
00:45:24.02\00:45:28.22
I'm hungry.
00:45:28.26\00:45:30.03
Mom hasn't called me to eat.
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.76
He didn't know what time it was.
00:45:32.79\00:45:34.13
But what he knew
was my tummy is hurting.
00:45:34.16\00:45:36.93
Say, mom, when
are we going to eat?
00:45:36.97\00:45:39.57
And she said, son, come here.
00:45:39.60\00:45:43.10
She opened all the cupboards.
00:45:43.14\00:45:44.47
She says, son, this morning
00:45:44.51\00:45:46.71
we ate the last
of the food we have.
00:45:46.74\00:45:49.38
We have no more food.
00:45:49.41\00:45:51.15
What are we going to do?
00:45:51.18\00:45:53.21
He says, we're going to
go to the Lord in prayer.
00:45:53.25\00:45:56.05
They knelt.
00:45:56.08\00:45:57.42
And they said,
Lord, we are out of food.
00:45:57.45\00:46:00.06
And we don't know
00:46:00.09\00:46:01.42
where are we
going to get any food?
00:46:01.46\00:46:02.79
We have no way of getting food.
00:46:02.82\00:46:04.16
Please help us.
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.86
And they finished the
prayer and said, amen.
00:46:05.89\00:46:08.06
Okay, son, now
let's go to the door
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.53
and wait for God to answer it.
00:46:10.57\00:46:13.34
And they were
standing by the door
00:46:13.37\00:46:15.34
and she was
looking straight ahead.
00:46:15.37\00:46:18.34
And he was looking straight
ahead trying to figure out
00:46:18.37\00:46:20.01
what is, what is she looking at?
00:46:20.04\00:46:21.68
And he would look to the left
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.04
and look to the
right, look straight ahead,
00:46:23.08\00:46:25.51
mom kept looking straight ahead.
00:46:25.55\00:46:27.95
And he said, I don't know
for how long we were looking,
00:46:27.98\00:46:31.05
but just after a while,
00:46:31.09\00:46:32.85
some, somebody was
coming, it got small,
00:46:32.89\00:46:36.12
it was smaller and
started getting bigger.
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.43
And this person
said, I don't know why,
00:46:38.46\00:46:40.93
but I have this food.
00:46:40.96\00:46:42.30
And it seems like
00:46:42.33\00:46:43.67
I need to come this
way for some reason.
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.47
It's like the Lord
wanted me to come this way.
00:46:45.50\00:46:47.77
Do you have need of food?
00:46:47.80\00:46:49.64
We've been waiting
for you. We just prayed.
00:46:49.67\00:46:52.14
And we've been
waiting for you to come.
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.41
So he said, I learned to trust
in God in whatever situation
00:46:54.44\00:46:59.91
I have because of my mother.
00:46:59.95\00:47:03.39
So we all have had somebody
00:47:03.42\00:47:05.85
that the Lord
has put in our path,
00:47:05.89\00:47:07.46
whether it's a mother,
father, brother, sister,
00:47:07.49\00:47:09.59
friend, or brother and sister
from the church that the Lord
00:47:09.62\00:47:12.39
has tried to tell us, trust Me.
00:47:12.43\00:47:15.16
Yes. Trust Me.
00:47:15.20\00:47:16.53
Yes. Yeah. Amen.
00:47:16.56\00:47:18.43
For me, that was,
that was my mom too.
00:47:18.47\00:47:20.77
So, yeah, that's incredible.
00:47:20.80\00:47:23.37
Pastor Ryan, Psalm 91:1-2.
00:47:23.41\00:47:27.41
This passage, man,
00:47:27.44\00:47:28.78
this is one of
my favorite passages
00:47:28.81\00:47:30.15
in Scripture, Psalm 91.
00:47:30.18\00:47:32.08
There's just so many
powerful promises here.
00:47:32.11\00:47:36.12
But I'm going to
read verses 1 and 2.
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.69
And it says, "He who dwells
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.06
in the secret
place of the most high
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.32
shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
00:47:42.36\00:47:45.59
I will say of the Lord.
00:47:45.63\00:47:46.96
He is my refuge and my fortress,
00:47:47.00\00:47:49.90
my God in Him I will trust."
00:47:49.93\00:47:53.57
Now those two
texts are powerful.
00:47:53.60\00:47:55.94
But I mentioned earlier
that I may say something
00:47:55.97\00:47:58.04
in connection with
one of my previous verses,
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.91
which came from
Psalms 56:3 was when,
00:48:00.94\00:48:04.58
which was talking
about the spirit of fear
00:48:04.61\00:48:06.88
or actually it
was 2 Timothy 1:7,
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.72
talking about
the spirit of fear.
00:48:09.75\00:48:11.22
I want to continue
reading in Psalm 91.
00:48:11.25\00:48:13.19
I just want to
read the next few verses
00:48:13.22\00:48:14.82
because I believe
there's an application here
00:48:14.86\00:48:18.23
that is very much appropriate
00:48:18.26\00:48:21.53
for the time
that we're living in.
00:48:21.56\00:48:22.90
Okay?
00:48:22.93\00:48:24.27
And so this is what it
says, starting with verse 3,
00:48:24.30\00:48:26.43
continuing on verse 3
of Psalms 91, it says,
00:48:26.47\00:48:29.27
"Surely He shall deliver you
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.31
from the snare of the fowler
00:48:31.34\00:48:32.74
and from the
perilous pestilence.
00:48:32.77\00:48:36.85
And He shall cover
you with His feathers,
00:48:36.88\00:48:39.21
and under His wings
you shall take refuge.
00:48:39.25\00:48:42.05
His truth shall be
your shield and buckler.
00:48:42.08\00:48:45.12
You shall not be
afraid of the terror by night
00:48:45.15\00:48:47.39
nor of the arrow
that flies by day,
00:48:47.42\00:48:50.43
nor" here it is
again "of the pestilence
00:48:50.46\00:48:54.10
that walks in
darkness nor of the destruction
00:48:54.13\00:48:56.97
that lays waste at noon day."
00:48:57.00\00:48:59.63
I found it interesting that
00:48:59.67\00:49:01.00
he mentioned pestilence twice
in that small little passage,
00:49:01.04\00:49:04.67
you know, we've
been dealing with,
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.24
you know, what the Bible says
00:49:06.27\00:49:07.61
is one of the signs of
the times of the last days.
00:49:07.64\00:49:10.81
It says there would be
famines and pestilences,
00:49:10.85\00:49:13.25
and we've been dealing
00:49:13.28\00:49:14.62
with one of the
worst in history.
00:49:14.65\00:49:16.18
And that, of
course, is COVID-19.
00:49:16.22\00:49:18.62
But I think what
has struck me so,
00:49:18.65\00:49:21.06
kind of caught me
off guard is, you know,
00:49:21.09\00:49:23.39
you expect the world, you
expect people in the world,
00:49:23.43\00:49:26.39
you know, as the scripture says,
00:49:26.43\00:49:27.76
as I quoted earlier in Luke 21,
00:49:27.80\00:49:30.00
you know, men's
hearts failing them for fear.
00:49:30.03\00:49:32.10
You expect that from people
00:49:32.13\00:49:33.47
who don't have a
relationship with Jesus,
00:49:33.50\00:49:35.30
but what strikes me odd
00:49:35.34\00:49:36.67
is when you see
people in the church
00:49:36.71\00:49:38.11
who profess the name of Christ,
00:49:38.14\00:49:40.04
and yet they're living in
such a strong state of fear,
00:49:40.08\00:49:43.65
even dealing with the
things that we're dealing with,
00:49:43.68\00:49:46.21
with these
pestilences the COVID.
00:49:46.25\00:49:47.58
Now don't get me wrong.
00:49:47.62\00:49:48.95
I'm not one of these conspiracy
theories that don't believe.
00:49:48.98\00:49:50.52
I believe this is a
very real, a real thing.
00:49:50.55\00:49:53.42
And I'm certainly not
trying to be controversial
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.69
or judgmental or
critical of it at all.
00:49:55.72\00:49:58.36
But, and I know it's
so real that you know,
00:49:58.39\00:50:00.33
many lives have been
claimed of this virus,
00:50:00.36\00:50:03.70
but yet at the same
time, it breaks my heart to see
00:50:03.73\00:50:07.24
so many Christians live in
fear constantly of the fact
00:50:07.27\00:50:11.67
that they're going
to die of this disease.
00:50:11.71\00:50:13.91
And it is possible.
00:50:13.94\00:50:15.28
I mean, I could
die of this disease,
00:50:15.31\00:50:17.05
but in my...
00:50:17.08\00:50:18.41
I can only, I can't
speak for everyone else,
00:50:18.45\00:50:19.78
but I can speak for myself.
00:50:19.81\00:50:21.15
When I have prayed many
times through this whole process
00:50:21.18\00:50:23.18
and praise the Lord,
00:50:23.22\00:50:24.55
I have not gotten COVID
through this whole process.
00:50:24.59\00:50:27.12
And, you know,
I'd wear my mask when,
00:50:27.16\00:50:28.96
when I've been
instructed to wear a mask.
00:50:28.99\00:50:30.49
And there's
times when I felt like
00:50:30.53\00:50:32.39
there was no
need to wear a mask,
00:50:32.43\00:50:33.76
I didn't wear a
mask, but nonetheless,
00:50:33.80\00:50:35.90
I've always put
my trust in the Lord,
00:50:35.93\00:50:37.87
again not
trying to uplift myself
00:50:37.90\00:50:39.43
or say that I'm some
ideal Christian here,
00:50:39.47\00:50:42.04
because I
certainly have my flaws,
00:50:42.07\00:50:43.47
but I've looked at it like this,
00:50:43.51\00:50:45.64
Lord, if it's my
time, it's my time.
00:50:45.67\00:50:48.11
I don't want to be
foolish and die before my time.
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.31
Therefore, I'm going
to practice washing hands
00:50:50.35\00:50:52.28
and wear the mask
00:50:52.31\00:50:53.65
when it's
appropriate and when needed.
00:50:53.68\00:50:55.02
And I'm going to take my
vitamins and take, you know,
00:50:55.05\00:50:57.49
take my vitamin D in my,
00:50:57.52\00:50:58.85
in all the things
that they expect us
00:50:58.89\00:51:00.32
to take to protect ourselves.
00:51:00.36\00:51:01.69
But at the same time,
00:51:01.72\00:51:03.06
I refuse to live
in a state of fear
00:51:03.09\00:51:05.49
and walk out my door,
you know, too close to him.
00:51:05.53\00:51:08.80
And I'm too close to this person
00:51:08.83\00:51:10.20
in a constant fear
00:51:10.23\00:51:11.57
that I'm going
to get some disease.
00:51:11.60\00:51:12.93
I trust in the Lord personally.
00:51:12.97\00:51:15.07
My idea is, Lord,
if it's my time to go,
00:51:15.10\00:51:17.97
and you're going to
permit me to get this disease
00:51:18.01\00:51:19.34
and die from it.
00:51:19.37\00:51:20.71
Well, then I know
where my faith is.
00:51:20.74\00:51:22.81
My faith is in Jesus Christ.
00:51:22.84\00:51:24.21
I don't want to die, but Lord,
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.71
if you see fit
that that's the case.
00:51:25.75\00:51:27.22
And it's my
time to go then Lord,
00:51:27.25\00:51:29.25
I know that when my eyes
opened the next millisecond,
00:51:29.28\00:51:31.49
I'm going to see You
coming in the clouds.
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.49
At the same time I also
trust and believe the promises
00:51:33.52\00:51:36.93
of this very
scripture right here.
00:51:36.96\00:51:38.79
We just read in Psalm 91:1-6
here that He will deliver you.
00:51:38.83\00:51:44.17
And there may be someone at home
00:51:44.20\00:51:45.53
watching right
now that says what,
00:51:45.57\00:51:46.90
what about my mom
or my grandmother,
00:51:46.94\00:51:48.27
or my husband or my wife,
00:51:48.30\00:51:49.70
or my kids or
whoever they died of this.
00:51:49.74\00:51:51.81
He didn't deliver
them. Well, you know what?
00:51:51.84\00:51:53.61
The Bible says that
His ways are not our ways.
00:51:53.64\00:51:55.54
His thoughts are
not our thoughts.
00:51:55.58\00:51:56.91
There's times that the Lord
will allow things to happen.
00:51:56.95\00:52:00.42
That again, as I stated earlier,
00:52:00.45\00:52:02.28
it just doesn't
make sense to us.
00:52:02.32\00:52:04.25
But the question is,
00:52:04.29\00:52:05.62
and here's the
ultimate question.
00:52:05.65\00:52:06.99
Will you trust Him
through the most trying
00:52:07.02\00:52:09.62
and difficult times
00:52:09.66\00:52:11.33
and even when it
don't make sense?
00:52:11.36\00:52:12.93
Lord, I don't understand
00:52:12.96\00:52:14.30
why You allowed my
mother to die of this disease.
00:52:14.33\00:52:17.13
Lord, I don't know
when You said right here,
00:52:17.17\00:52:18.70
Lord, that You
shall deliver them
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.54
from the snare of the fowler
of the perilous pestilence.
00:52:20.57\00:52:23.37
Lord, why
didn't You deliver them
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.84
from the perilous pestilence?
00:52:24.87\00:52:26.44
But the Lord had a reason why?
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.11
His judgment is true.
00:52:28.14\00:52:29.74
His judgment is perfect,
00:52:29.78\00:52:31.35
but we can't live in that
and allow the enemy to sneak
00:52:31.38\00:52:34.42
into our mind and say,
00:52:34.45\00:52:35.98
He didn't deliver them.
00:52:36.02\00:52:37.35
So He must not be a God
that keeps His promises.
00:52:37.39\00:52:40.46
Let me tell you something.
00:52:40.49\00:52:41.82
But we may all, we
may have many reason
00:52:41.86\00:52:43.93
to question the
plan of God often
00:52:43.96\00:52:46.59
because we don't
fully understand it,
00:52:46.63\00:52:48.30
but there's one thing
we will never question
00:52:48.33\00:52:49.93
and that's God's goodness.
00:52:49.96\00:52:51.73
God has been so good to us.
00:52:51.77\00:52:53.64
And so when I
read this text here,
00:52:53.67\00:52:55.77
I just, you know,
sorry to go on a rant.
00:52:55.80\00:52:59.21
But I just, it just bothered me.
00:52:59.24\00:53:01.24
It bothers me to
a certain extent.
00:53:01.28\00:53:02.88
And in somewhat, you know,
00:53:02.91\00:53:04.48
just shocks me to see
my brothers and sisters.
00:53:04.51\00:53:06.21
Some of them, not all of them,
00:53:06.25\00:53:07.58
but some of them just living
in a state of fear, you know,
00:53:07.62\00:53:10.35
won't go here, won't go there.
00:53:10.39\00:53:12.02
Won't go worship the Lord.
00:53:12.05\00:53:13.39
And I understand
we've gotta be, we've gotta,
00:53:13.42\00:53:14.76
we've gotta be
cautious, I recognize that.
00:53:14.79\00:53:16.79
And I'm certainly
not saying we shouldn't,
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.26
but hey, trust in the Lord.
00:53:18.29\00:53:19.63
Amen.
00:53:19.66\00:53:21.00
Trust in His
promises, trust that you,
00:53:21.03\00:53:22.43
that even if you were
00:53:22.46\00:53:23.93
to potentially
contract the disease
00:53:23.97\00:53:26.10
and wasn't your plan to do
so, God will get you through it.
00:53:26.13\00:53:29.30
And He doesn't, you know
00:53:29.34\00:53:30.67
what Lord, You
know, what's best,
00:53:30.71\00:53:32.77
You know, what's best
because my faith's in You
00:53:32.81\00:53:34.81
and I'm going to
place my trust in You,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.18
knowing that You will see
me in that resurrection soon.
00:53:36.21\00:53:39.88
Amen. That's
just the way I look.
00:53:39.91\00:53:41.25
It may not be everyone's faith.
00:53:41.28\00:53:42.72
There may not be
everyone's thoughts or ideas,
00:53:42.75\00:53:44.85
and that's where I am with it.
00:53:44.89\00:53:46.82
I'm in a comforting
situation where Lord,
00:53:46.86\00:53:49.56
I want to trust in You that
whatever the outcome may be,
00:53:49.59\00:53:51.79
I trust Your judgment
on what happens to me next.
00:53:51.83\00:53:54.96
And the other thing is we
need to consider the fact that,
00:53:55.00\00:53:57.50
you know, God
sees, He sees the end
00:53:57.53\00:54:00.90
from the beginning and
He has eternity in view.
00:54:00.94\00:54:04.47
So while we get caught
up in this temporary life,
00:54:04.51\00:54:07.18
the three score and
10 and all of that stuff,
00:54:07.21\00:54:09.48
like God sees eternity
and He longs to save us like
00:54:09.51\00:54:14.08
He wants us to be saved so bad
00:54:14.12\00:54:17.69
and He wants to
spend eternity with us.
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.95
Eternity, that's a long time.
00:54:19.99\00:54:21.52
He loves us that much that
00:54:21.56\00:54:22.89
He wants to
spend eternity with us
00:54:22.92\00:54:26.16
which is absolutely incredible.
00:54:26.19\00:54:29.00
Which also shows
us that, you know,
00:54:29.03\00:54:31.63
we need to walk a certain way.
00:54:31.67\00:54:34.97
Pat, how, should we
walk in 2 Corinthians 5:7?
00:54:35.00\00:54:39.94
It's short and
sweet, but powerful,
00:54:39.97\00:54:42.34
"For we walk by
faith and not by sight."
00:54:42.38\00:54:46.01
And when I read that text,
00:54:46.05\00:54:47.68
I'm reminded of something
that happened just recently.
00:54:47.72\00:54:50.92
The Lord had to really
kind of rebuke me because,
00:54:50.95\00:54:56.79
I mentioned earlier that
00:54:56.83\00:54:58.33
I'm involved in
several ministries
00:54:58.36\00:54:59.69
where one of those
00:54:59.73\00:55:01.06
is Streams of
Light International.
00:55:01.10\00:55:02.43
We talked about that on
3ABN, a couple of weeks ago,
00:55:02.46\00:55:05.23
and we are publishing
The Great Controversy,
00:55:05.27\00:55:09.74
special edition of
The Great Controversy.
00:55:09.77\00:55:11.71
And this is a ministry,
of course, a new ministry.
00:55:11.74\00:55:14.31
And so we were getting to,
00:55:14.34\00:55:17.01
just the point
where we needed to make
00:55:17.05\00:55:18.81
the negotiations with the press.
00:55:18.85\00:55:21.72
And I started getting nervous.
00:55:21.75\00:55:25.75
And I said to, Olay,
00:55:25.79\00:55:28.66
who is the
director of this project.
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.93
I said, Olay we're getting ready
00:55:30.96\00:55:32.89
to go to press.
00:55:32.93\00:55:34.26
And we don't have
the money to go to press.
00:55:34.30\00:55:36.43
And, you know,
00:55:36.46\00:55:37.80
because I'm a
person I like to see,
00:55:37.83\00:55:39.90
you know, like all the
I's dotted, T's crossed.
00:55:39.93\00:55:42.80
And I want to see
the money in the bank.
00:55:42.84\00:55:47.01
Natural human
tendency right there.
00:55:47.04\00:55:48.61
It is. And so
this is what he said.
00:55:48.64\00:55:51.15
He said to me, he said Pat,
00:55:51.18\00:55:54.08
we are doing our
part, God will do His part.
00:55:54.12\00:55:57.62
Amen. That's right.
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.29
I like it.
00:55:59.32\00:56:00.66
That moment on, I put
it in the Lord's hands
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.16
and I said, okay,
00:56:03.19\00:56:04.53
I'm not going to worry about it.
00:56:04.56\00:56:05.89
We're going to
do our part. Amen.
00:56:05.93\00:56:09.06
Praise the Lord.
00:56:09.10\00:56:10.43
Yes, Art, please
take us to Psalm 145:18.
00:56:10.47\00:56:14.40
I know we're
running low on time.
00:56:14.44\00:56:16.20
Okay.
00:56:16.24\00:56:17.57
Psalm 145:18, "The Lord is nigh
00:56:17.61\00:56:20.61
unto all them that call upon Him
00:56:20.64\00:56:23.58
to all that call
upon Him in truth."
00:56:23.61\00:56:26.72
Jesus is the truth.
00:56:26.75\00:56:29.35
When we call upon Him
and we are trusting in Jesus,
00:56:29.38\00:56:34.29
we're doing the right thing.
00:56:34.32\00:56:35.66
That's right. Yes.
00:56:35.69\00:56:37.03
Amen. Amen.
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.63
You know, I want to go
back to our opening scripture,
00:56:38.66\00:56:41.06
which was
Proverbs 3:5-6 that says,
00:56:41.10\00:56:44.30
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart
00:56:44.33\00:56:46.74
and lean not on
your own understanding,
00:56:46.77\00:56:48.77
in all your
ways acknowledge Him,
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and He shall direct your paths."
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It's so crucial that
we trust in the Lord.
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You can't have a relationship,
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not a healthy
relationship without trust.
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So I want to
thank you all for coming
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and sharing today
and really sharing
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from your heart
about trusting in the Lord.
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And I hope that, you know,
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you will spend
time in God's Word
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that you will get to
know the Lord for yourself.
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If you don't already,
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He is the one that we
need to place our trust in.
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He will never
leave us nor forsake us,
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and He cannot lie.
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And so place your trust in Him.
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Until next time, God bless you.
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