I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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My name is Ben Lingle.
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And we just want to thank
you for joining us this evening
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for a great study
in the Word of God.
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We are so thankful every week,
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you come and spend the
opening of the Sabbath with us
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and we're just
excited to get in deep.
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And we hope you are as well
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because we have a
great topic tonight
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that you're not
going to want to miss.
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So as I said, this
is just a great time,
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we can all, kind of, relax
and come together as a family
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and just learn more
about our Lord and Savior
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and dig deep into His Word
and just have it change us.
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So we're just so
excited about that.
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And tonight, of
course, this is family worship,
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we have the family with us.
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And it's a young person version
if you want to call it that.
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We love doing these.
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So anyway, I'm
going to introduce
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the family to you now.
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To my right, we
have a beautiful couple,
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Brandon and Jamie Armstrong.
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And you guys actually
used to live in the area,
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I think up until 2015.
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Yes, right at the
beginning of 2015.
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Yeah.
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And then we got
called to go to Guam.
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I wanted to
spend a couple of years
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where my wife lived
natively for a while
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and just see what
the island life was like.
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Yeah.
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And then God called us back here
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and that's a whole other
story that we'll get into.
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So what do you guys do?
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You guys here
work in production?
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So what do you
guys do in production?
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Well, I'm the editor here,
one of the editors for 3ABN
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so I do all of
the English channels
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and then, you know, we
wear many hats here as you know.
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Yep. That's true.
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You know, I'm
running camera, editing,
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you know, whatever they
need me to do, I'm there.
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Right.
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And usually I am
behind the camera as well
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with our family here.
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I do camera on the makeup
team as well and lighting.
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Yeah.
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You've been trained a lot
in the lighting department.
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I know and that's very exciting.
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It's a very enlightening job.
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You were gonna say
that, come on, let's admit it.
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Not take that
opportunity to say something so,
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but anyway, I'm so
thankful for you guys
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to be here tonight.
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Praise the Lord.
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Then, of course, all the
way at the end of the table
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is Miss Pamela Hernandez.
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And, Pamela, you
also work here at 3ABN.
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So what do you do? Yes.
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I am also part
of the makeup crew
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with Jamie and
also behind the camera.
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Yeah.
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As Brandon said, we
all wear many hats at 3ABN.
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Of course, if you
don't know who I am,
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I'm, as I said Ben Lingle,
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I work in the audio department.
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So that's a very fun
job to say the least.
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Can be a
challenge, like anything else,
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but we have a good time
working in audio department.
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So anyway, let's have prayer
and then we'll intro the topic,
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and then we'll go from there.
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So, Jamie, actually,
would you pray for us?
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Sure.
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Dear heavenly
Lord, thank You so much
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for another day
that we can be here
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to worship You
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and we can come
together as a family,
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as friends, and open Your Word.
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And I pray that today
as we read Your Bible,
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please give us Your
Holy Spirit, wisdom,
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understanding
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and that whoever hears
and watches this program,
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I pray that even one person
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can be touched by it today.
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May they hear Your
words and not ours.
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We thank You so much
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and we ask that
You be with us now
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as we open Your Word
we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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All right, tonight
we are talking about
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waiting on the Lord.
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Good topic. Yeah.
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This one, it's a big topic
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because, you
know, a lot of times
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we don't really know
the answer to our prayers
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or maybe we're looking
for a sign or something.
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And we're waiting on
God to give us those things.
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And so, this is something
that I think is very practical.
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I think all of us
in our Christian walk
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has had to wait on
the Lord at some capacity.
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And so, this is
gonna be a great topic
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so you're gonna
want to stay with us.
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Yeah. So go ahead.
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What like triggered you
to look into this topic?
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I'm curious, you know,
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because we were
talking about this, like,
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what inspired
you to do this topic?
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You know,
there's a lot of things
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in my personal life,
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that I feel like
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I've had to wait
on God to show me,
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and it's not just always
something that's materialistic,
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like, you know,
waiting on something
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to arrive from Amazon.
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You know what I mean,
something like that, right?
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Sometimes it's
more of just like,
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I'm spiritually,
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you know, God to show
me something in scripture
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or something to help
me understand better,
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or something that I've
been waiting on God to help me
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so I can apply
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whatever He's going
to show me to my life
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or something along those lines.
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So that's why I wanted
to study this topic today.
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And in our talking together
before we did the program,
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all of you have
had some stories about
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how you've had to wait
on God in different ways
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and so I'm excited to see
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what God does
tonight through this,
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through the study.
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So let's start with a verse.
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We'll, kind of, call it
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the verse for the topic tonight.
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And, Pamela, will
you read Isaiah 40:31?
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Yes.
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So it says, "But
those who wait on the Lord
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shall renew their strength,
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they shall mount up
with wings like eagles,
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they shall run and not be weary,
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they shall walk and not faint."
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Yeah.
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Sounds like
some endurance to me.
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Yeah.
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It's interesting
because I was actually
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looking up Strong's
Concordance on this,
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the word renew their strength
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because those
who wait on the Lord.
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So we always talk about
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what happens when
we wait on the Lord.
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It says they shall
renew their strength.
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And it says in
Strong's Concordance
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there are many different ways
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you could bring it,
but one of the words
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that you could translate
this to in Hebrew was to grow,
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to change, you know.
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And it's interesting,
those who wait on the Lord
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shall continue to
grow their strength
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or, you know, especially
with their belief in God
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and I find that so true,
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especially in the stories
we're going to tell later.
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It was
mind-boggling just how much,
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you know, we had to trust in God
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and believe on Him
and because of that,
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our faith in God
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and our
relationship in God grew.
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Yes, yes.
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It's almost like God knew
that while waiting sometimes
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we can grow weary, you know?
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We could be
waiting for a long time
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and He knew that we
would need the strength,
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His strength.
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Just like it
says in this promise,
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so that's why I
really like this verse.
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Yeah.
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It's a great verse. That's true.
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And we're gonna
see a little bit later
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what can happen
when we grow weary
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and waiting on God?
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And we're going to
give some examples of that,
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but let's, let's do something
a little bit encouraging first.
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Okay, okay, okay. All right.
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Let's go to Judges 6, Chapter 6,
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and we're going
to read specifically
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verses 36 through 40.
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Okay.
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But to give just kind of
a backstory, in Judges 6,
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we see the story of Gideon.
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And what we can see is that
because of Israel's wickedness,
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the Lord had
allowed the Midianites
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to kind of dominate them.
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The Bible says,
"For seven years,
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they were at the
hand of the Midianites
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for seven years."
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And Gideon was...
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Essentially, as
we've been talking about
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waiting on God
to show him a sign
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whether He would
save Israel or not.
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And so verses 36 through 40,
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actually kind of highlight
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an interesting
sign that Gideon asked
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and it's called
Gideon and the fleece.
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We talk about sometimes,
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metaphorically
laying out our fleece
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before the Lord, right?
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Yeah.
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And this is where it comes from.
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And this is exactly
where that comes from.
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So if you've
ever heard anyone say,
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you know, lay out your fleece.
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This is exactly where
they pulled that from.
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All right. So
let's look at this.
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So, Brandon, maybe you can read
the first two verses and then,
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Jamie, maybe the
second two verses,
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and then, Pamela, you
want to read verse 40.
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All right.
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So I'm going to
read from the ESV.
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So it says, "Then
Gideon said to God,
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'If you will save
Israel by my hand,
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as you have said, behold,
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I am laying a fleece of
wool on the threshing floor.
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If there is no dew
on the fleece alone,
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and it is dry on the ground,
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then I shall know
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that you will
save Israel by my hand,
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as you have said.'"
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Verse 38, "And it was so.
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When he rose
early the next morning
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and squeezed
the fleece together,
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he wrung the dew
out of the fleece,
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a bowlful of water."
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That's a lot of dew.
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"Then Gideon said to
God, 'Do not be angry with me,
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but let me speak just once more:
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Let me test, I pray,
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just once more
with the fleece...
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Let it now be dry
only on the fleece,
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but on all the
ground let there be dew.'"
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Verse 40 says, "And
God did so that night.
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It was dry on the fleece only,
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but there was dew
on all the ground."
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There's a lot to unpack here.
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In four verses, we
see there's so much like
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Brandon said compact.
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Oh, man, it's crazy.
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You know, what I
find interesting about
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this specific
passage in scripture
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is that it really is
relatable as us today
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because a lot
of times as humans,
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we doubt whether
something is God or not.
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Yeah.
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Oh, it happens
all the time. It does.
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And Gideon right
here kind of showed that.
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He was like, all right,
Lord, you know, clearly,
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the first sign was true,
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but I just want to
make sure it's You.
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Can you do the
opposite this time, you know?
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And I think that's really like
fitting for us like sometimes,
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you know, if
we're waiting on God
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to show us something,
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we're waiting for a sign.
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Yeah. We tend to
like, okay, Lord.
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All right, You
did that. All right.
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Now, I want another
one. Oh, you did that.
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Now, just one more
to make sure it's You.
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You know what I mean,
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I find that
really interesting so.
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I find it funny
because we were just,
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we just had this experience.
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We're in the process of
buying a house right now.
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But before we even got
this, because we're like,
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oh, man, we love this house
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but is it God's
will and we're like,
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Lord if it's not Your
will, you know, shut the door.
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We're laying out our fleece,
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you know, show us the
sign just like Gideon's asking.
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And it's funny
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because when we
sent our offering,
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our realtor called in and said,
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Oh, I'm sorry, they
went with another offer.
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But, you know, you
can always counteroffer
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in case you're second
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because you will be
the next person in line.
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Right.
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And, you know, me
and Jamie are like,
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okay, I guess God shut the door.
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But, you know, it wasn't
like, exactly like closure.
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They said, there's
still a chance but,
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you know,
generally most of the case,
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it's like when
somebody makes an offer,
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and they go with that offer.
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It's like, it's
almost like that's the deal.
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Yeah, exactly.
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So we're like, okay, well, Lord,
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you know, we just make
sure you really shut the door.
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So we laid out
our second fleece.
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Praying about it.
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Please show us.
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It's just Your
will or not. Exactly.
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And so, we went ahead and
just made the counteroffer.
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And then it was just crazy.
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One day later,
she calls in and says,
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the first deal didn't work.
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You're up next.
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I was like, are you serious?
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So we're still doing all
the paperwork and everything.
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But it's just funny
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because this is just
what we went through.
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So we were like, don't be mad,
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we put down
another place, you know?
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We weren't sure if
that was a sign or not.
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So, yeah.
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You know, it's always
good just to make sure,
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you know, to get that sign.
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I don't think God's angry
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if we ask again for
something like that.
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He says come, let us reason.
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He wants us to ask Him.
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He wants us because He's
ready and willing to give us
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all these gifts
that He's promised.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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He tells us to
ask, He wants us to ask.
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You know, He doesn't want us
to assume things and all that,
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He wants us to come
to Him specifically.
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And that's what we
see here with Gideon
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and the sign of the fleece.
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I mean, Gideon could
have prayed anything.
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Yeah. God, let it rain tomorrow.
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God, let it do
this. God, let it do that.
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But no, he prayed specifically.
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And really, if
you think about this,
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this has to be a sign from God.
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And we know it is obviously
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because the Bible says it is
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but also, because why
would the fleece be damp
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and then the ground
wouldn't be and vice versa?
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I mean, that doesn't
make any sense from the,
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if you want to call it
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the logical
physical mind, right?
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So we know this
was a sign from God.
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And you know, I can
kind of relate to this
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as far as asking for signs,
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because I was honored to go
to Sunnydale Adventist Academy
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for my senior
year of high school.
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I remember this. Yeah.
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And it's a wild story,
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I'm not going to
tell the whole story
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because it'll take probably
the whole program for story,
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and we got to get
to other things here,
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obviously.
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But, essentially
what happened for me was,
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I had the
opportunity, I had a friend,
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actually, of this network,
E.T. Everett encouraged me
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to reach out to
the Financial Officer
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at Sunnydale,
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and just ask him say, hey,
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you know, I can't
really do much financially.
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But if it's, you
know, God's will,
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and you guys are
willing to work with me,
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I would love to
attend Sunnydale.
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So I'd waited a
while, waited a while
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and I prayed for sign.
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I actually found out that
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he was going to be
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at our local
eighth-grade graduation
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and dean
scholarships to the new kids
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going into freshman year
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which is so funny because
that was one of the first times
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he had been in our area.
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And I thought
that's interesting.
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So I prayed to
God and I said, "God,
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if You want me
to go to Sunnydale,
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then please
allow him to come to me
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and not me have to go to him."
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Okay.
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So after the graduation
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or whatever, he
came straight to me,
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and he said here's
what you need to do
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all the
logistical stuff and I said,
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"Okay, there's a sign."
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I thank You Lord, You
answered my prayer there.
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And then I said, "Okay,
God, I need another sign."
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You know, my doubtful heart
if you want to call it that.
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And I said, God, you
know, I'm a musician.
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I play different
instruments. I love music.
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So I said, obviously I
need to be involved in music
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at Sunnydale.
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So if you want me to go,
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then please
provide an instrument,
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specifically a trombone,
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because that's
what I played in like
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a band setting was trombone.
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So I'm getting
baptized and my teacher,
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Miss Haney is there.
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And what you have
to understand about
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Miss Haney is Miss Haney
had invested so much into me
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as a musician and all
the kids that went through
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the local
Thompsonville School here,
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she invested so much,
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she would spend her own money
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on purchasing
instruments for us to learn
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and try and she was always.
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Wonderful lady. Yeah.
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She's awesome.
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She is, always so helpful.
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And so she went to the
pawnshop a lot of times
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because you could get
good instruments for cheap.
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You know, a lot of
college kids come in,
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and they sell their instruments
to the pawnshop and all that.
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So she went to the pawnshop,
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and there was the lady
at the front desk had said,
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hey, we got this
trombone in the back.
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She said, we're
probably not going to sell it,
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you know, go ahead, and I know
you do music at your school,
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why don't you take it
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and she said,
Okay, I'll take it.
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So anyway, going
back to the baptism,
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I'm at my baptism
Miss Haney is there
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and we finished the baptism,
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everything's great and whatever,
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we're about to go eat
and Miss Haney is like,
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hey, can you come
to my car real quick,
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I want to show you something.
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I was like, okay,
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I wasn't really
thinking anything of it.
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Yeah.
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I just thought okay,
Miss Haney likes to show me
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different things musically.
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At the time let me say this.
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Miss Haney had no idea
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that I had
started my enrollment,
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you know, phase if
you want to call it that
00:16:32.22\00:16:34.52
into Sunnydale.
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Right.
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So she opens her
trunk, and there's a trombone.
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A trombone case.
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And I'm thinking
to myself, oh, my God.
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I was like, this is crazy.
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Because like I said,
with the Gideon story,
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it wasn't just like
a general or whatever.
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It was a specific
prayer that I had prayed.
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And I was
waiting on God to answer.
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And He answered that prayer.
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And Miss Haney
goes, well, she's like,
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you know, the
lady at the pawnshop
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had this old trombone,
00:17:01.42\00:17:02.75
she just gave it to
me to use at the school,
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would you like to use it?
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Because she had
thought I would come back
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and teach at the school
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because at the time I
was teaching at the school
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in Thompsonville.
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Right. And I
said, yeah, I want it.
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So that was, you
know, that's kind of my sign
00:17:18.10\00:17:21.97
waiting on a
sign from God's glory.
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And I just think
that's really beautiful
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that God allows us
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to witness His
miracles in action in our lives
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and I think that's really neat.
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You know, it's interesting,
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because we could share examples
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of waiting on the Lord, like,
over and over and over again.
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And, you know, I was kind
of studying a little bit about
00:17:40.79\00:17:44.19
different verses
of waiting on the Lord
00:17:44.23\00:17:45.96
and I realized
that none of the verses
00:17:45.99\00:17:50.17
is God telling
us to wait on Him.
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It's everyone else that says,
hey, guys, wait on the Lord.
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There was David, there
was, there's like many others.
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I was like, I
was looking at. Yeah.
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It was a lot in Psalms
00:18:01.14\00:18:02.48
and then there
was a lot in others
00:18:02.51\00:18:03.85
like Hosea and Isaiah,
00:18:03.88\00:18:06.35
and they were just all like,
00:18:06.38\00:18:07.82
just wait on the Lord.
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And I was just like,
that's really interesting.
00:18:09.22\00:18:11.29
It's not God
telling us, hey, wait on me
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it's everyone's
saying guys wait on Lord
00:18:14.39\00:18:16.29
because I'll tell you what,
00:18:16.32\00:18:17.66
we have many experiences
to share because of that.
00:18:17.69\00:18:19.66
And I think when we wait on God,
00:18:19.69\00:18:21.60
there's, you know,
there are so many stories
00:18:21.63\00:18:23.53
that we could tell about that.
00:18:23.57\00:18:24.90
There is. Yeah.
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And like, Pamela, I
know like your family
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was waiting on God
00:18:28.74\00:18:30.07
to like provide an
opportunity to come here even,
00:18:30.11\00:18:32.57
because you
guys were in Georgia,
00:18:32.61\00:18:34.74
you know, and you
guys are praying for God
00:18:34.78\00:18:37.31
to provide an opportunity
00:18:37.35\00:18:38.68
to maybe come work here at 3ABN.
00:18:38.71\00:18:40.05
Yep. That was a
long time at 3ABN.
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Yeah, that was a long time.
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I think that's
like for all of us.
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Yeah, we all
share the similar story.
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What was your experience like,
00:18:49.19\00:18:50.53
you know, just
the whole coming here
00:18:50.56\00:18:53.23
and everything?
00:18:53.26\00:18:54.60
It was unexpected.
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It's a long story
00:19:00.54\00:19:01.87
that can probably
also take the whole time
00:19:01.90\00:19:03.41
but we were just
waiting and praying
00:19:03.44\00:19:06.14
and I think the
prayers would keep us going.
00:19:06.17\00:19:09.51
So it just took a while, but...
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Was there like a
specific sign you guys were?
00:19:11.51\00:19:14.55
That's a parent's question.
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Okay, in fact,
they're right over here.
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There's actually
on camera right now.
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Yeah.
00:19:23.66\00:19:25.19
Well, sometimes we just pray,
Lord, please open the door.
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That's what I do a lot of times.
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I might not say specifically,
00:19:29.80\00:19:31.57
God, I want this
and this and this done
00:19:31.60\00:19:34.40
but I may say God,
00:19:34.44\00:19:35.77
can you please
just close the door
00:19:35.80\00:19:37.77
if it's not Your will?
00:19:37.81\00:19:39.54
I don't want to do anything
00:19:39.57\00:19:40.91
that's not in
accordance with His will.
00:19:40.94\00:19:42.84
And, you know, when you pray,
00:19:42.88\00:19:45.15
God answers your prayer
00:19:45.18\00:19:46.92
and He even answers
00:19:46.95\00:19:48.28
even before we even think
to pray about it, you know.
00:19:48.32\00:19:53.46
So like probably the
same thing with you guys.
00:19:53.49\00:19:55.99
We just pray God,
00:19:56.02\00:19:57.36
can You please
just open the door wide?
00:19:57.39\00:19:58.83
Yeah.
00:19:58.86\00:20:00.20
Let me know it's Your will
00:20:00.23\00:20:01.56
and if it's not, close the door,
00:20:01.60\00:20:02.93
and I know that He
will provide something else,
00:20:02.96\00:20:05.20
that's even better for us.
00:20:05.23\00:20:06.57
Yeah.
00:20:06.60\00:20:07.94
And I like something Pamela said
00:20:07.97\00:20:09.30
when we were discussing, like,
00:20:09.34\00:20:10.67
you know, this
topic specifically
00:20:10.71\00:20:12.04
before the program is,
00:20:12.07\00:20:13.41
sometimes the answer is no.
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Sometimes we assume that
00:20:15.94\00:20:17.61
God's answers are
always yes or whatever,
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.62
but sometimes it's no
00:20:20.65\00:20:22.38
and that can be
something hard to deal with,
00:20:22.42\00:20:24.39
especially if it's
something we really want,
00:20:24.42\00:20:26.12
or we feel like we
really need, you know?
00:20:26.15\00:20:28.59
Exactly, we
start making excuses.
00:20:28.62\00:20:31.09
But God, you know,
did you really say no?
00:20:31.13\00:20:34.30
Or you try to like force it,
00:20:34.33\00:20:35.80
you know, like, oh,
He may have said no here,
00:20:35.83\00:20:37.90
but let's just
like work around this.
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Get my way, you
know what I mean?
00:20:42.97\00:20:44.97
Yeah, exactly.
00:20:45.01\00:20:46.68
We get caught up in that
00:20:46.71\00:20:48.48
and so it's just a matter
00:20:48.51\00:20:49.84
of a lot of times
also trusting God,
00:20:49.88\00:20:52.51
and trusting that He
knows what's best for us
00:20:52.55\00:20:55.02
regardless of how we
may feel in that moment,
00:20:55.05\00:20:56.79
just because we
feel a certain way,
00:20:56.82\00:20:58.69
that doesn't
change God's will for us.
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Yeah. You know what I mean.
00:21:00.42\00:21:01.76
God, God wants the best for us.
00:21:01.79\00:21:03.32
And sometimes we don't
know what that is, but He does.
00:21:03.36\00:21:06.29
And so trusting in that
00:21:06.33\00:21:07.80
is something we
have to do, I believe.
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Let's talk about another story
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in Scripture about
waiting on the Lord.
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Now this one is...
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Look at, let me say it.
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No, no, there's a lot there, so.
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I can't imagine
having to wait on God
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to provide something or
an opportunity for 40 years.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, we're, so we're
going back to Exodus.
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Okay, okay.
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Oh, man, like, I'm just like,
00:21:32.25\00:21:34.09
I'm always anxious just waiting
like a week for an answer.
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Yeah, and it's
so difficult for us
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because we live
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.33
in such an instant world, right?
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You know, like instant messages,
00:21:42.76\00:21:44.90
phone calls,
instant packages like
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we live instant food, you know.
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It's like, we live
in this fast-paced world
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and it desensitizes us to,
00:21:52.14\00:21:54.04
to God's timing so to speak,
00:21:54.08\00:21:55.81
when we think it
should be our time
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and a lot of times it's not.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know, on a previous
program we did with a friend,
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she said, something
along the lines of that,
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when we wait on
God, sometimes for us,
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it's the last second,
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in our minds
it's the last second.
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Sometimes it's the
last second for us,
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but it's right on time for God.
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You know what I
mean? That is true.
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So let's talk about
the children of Israel
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traveling to the Promised Land.
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In Exodus Chapter 12,
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it's kind of
where it starts them,
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you know, leaving
Egypt and all of that.
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And we see through Exodus
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and through them
traveling through the desert,
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that there are various
signs from God all around them,
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you know, obviously
them traveling from the sea.
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The sea separating
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and then being able to
escape from the Egyptians
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and other examples, the manna
and all that type of stuff.
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All those signs that
God was providing for them.
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He was saying, even though
it was a long time for them
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to be wandering
in the wilderness.
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Yeah.
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He was still telling
them, I'm still here.
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I still got you,
but here's the issue.
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Sometimes, there are
situations in our lives
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where we feel like,
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.52
we wait too long on God.
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And a lot of times,
if we feel that way,
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we take things
into our own hands.
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And we can see what
happens in this story of Exodus,
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we can see what happens
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when we take
things into our own hands
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and stop waiting on the Lord.
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There's a specific
passage in scripture,
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talking about the wilderness,
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them traveling
through the wilderness.
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And something that's
really interesting about it is,
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we've seen Moses,
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he's up in the
mountains talking to God.
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Getting the message,
getting the Ten Commandments
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from God on the stone tablets.
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And basically,
00:23:50.29\00:23:51.69
when Moses comes
back from the mountains,
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he comes down
from the mountains,
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he finds the Israelites
have taken all the jewelry
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that they came with from Egypt
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and they made it
into an image, an idol.
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And what they were doing
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.18
was they were
worshiping that idol.
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And, yeah...
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Took things
into their own hands.
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They took things
into their own hands.
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What's so interesting
about that, in particular,
00:24:24.09\00:24:27.36
is that during, you
know, one of the laws
00:24:27.40\00:24:31.27
in the Ten
Commandments is no idols, right?
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God doesn't want any
other idols in front of Him.
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He's God and God alone.
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Don't worship anybody else.
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Exodus 20.
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So, it's really interesting
that one of those commands
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was on the Ten Commandments.
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And when Moses comes down,
00:24:47.38\00:24:48.95
they're breaking
one of the command
00:24:48.98\00:24:51.19
that God was providing,
was going to provide to them.
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He was only up there for like
two or three days or something.
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Yeah, you know,
it wasn't that long.
00:24:57.76\00:25:01.40
And here's what's so
amazing to me about that.
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Even if it was a week, a month
00:25:06.17\00:25:08.80
that Moses was up
there talking to God,
00:25:08.84\00:25:11.27
they had traveled in
the wilderness for 40 years.
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They've been
waiting already for 40 years
00:25:14.98\00:25:17.61
to make it into
the Promised Land.
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They were in the desert.
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They were provided food,
they were provided water,
00:25:20.38\00:25:22.45
they were
provided all the essentials
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from nothing.
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You know, because
they're out in the desert,
00:25:26.29\00:25:27.76
they saw the Red Sea split,
they seen miracles from God,
00:25:27.79\00:25:30.66
they've seen Him, you
know, in the tabernacle.
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A cloud led them by
day, a fire by night.
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And just like two or three
days of Moses not being there.
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They're like, I
miss the old ways.
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Do you know what I mean?
00:25:42.50\00:25:44.14
They took matters
into their own hands.
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Yeah, in many
ways, it's really sad,
00:25:45.54\00:25:49.28
and it can kind of
speak to the condition
00:25:49.31\00:25:50.95
we can get in if
we get complacent
00:25:50.98\00:25:53.88
and we get into this space
of I'm tired of waiting on God.
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I think the biggest
example is, you know, parents,
00:25:59.09\00:26:01.89
and I've heard
this many, many times
00:26:01.92\00:26:04.39
where their children rebels,
00:26:04.43\00:26:06.09
and they go into the world,
00:26:06.13\00:26:07.46
and they start
praying for their kid
00:26:07.50\00:26:08.83
and God's not
answering their prayer for them
00:26:08.86\00:26:10.67
after like, you
know, so many years.
00:26:10.70\00:26:12.47
So they start being like, hey,
you know, you should repent.
00:26:12.50\00:26:16.04
They call him up,
00:26:16.07\00:26:17.41
you should
repent and follow God,
00:26:17.44\00:26:19.14
and it just turns
the kid away, even more,
00:26:19.17\00:26:21.21
you know, because
they started taking matters
00:26:21.24\00:26:22.64
into their own hands.
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.61
It can be as simple as that
00:26:25.65\00:26:26.98
or, you know, even
just praying for like
00:26:27.02\00:26:28.85
health conditions for somebody,
00:26:28.88\00:26:30.45
you know, some people start
getting complacent about that
00:26:30.49\00:26:33.15
and they start doing,
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.76
you know, who knows
what they'll start doing
00:26:34.79\00:26:36.39
to try to heal somebody
00:26:36.42\00:26:37.76
because they're,
they're not waiting on God.
00:26:37.79\00:26:39.43
That's true.
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.36
And sometimes God
has provided the answer,
00:26:41.40\00:26:46.50
but we don't like the answer.
00:26:46.53\00:26:48.34
So we still try to
take it into our own hands.
00:26:48.37\00:26:50.57
Yeah, exactly.
00:26:50.61\00:26:51.94
You know, and so there's
various examples of that,
00:26:51.97\00:26:53.91
I believe in the story
of the children of Israel
00:26:53.94\00:26:56.14
trying to travel
to the Promised Land.
00:26:56.18\00:26:58.55
And so, I think
that's so interesting.
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.02
So something we have
to be careful about is
00:27:01.05\00:27:02.98
when we're
waiting on God waited out,
00:27:03.02\00:27:05.25
and if He's given us the answer,
00:27:05.29\00:27:07.42
we need to trust
00:27:07.46\00:27:08.79
that's gonna be
the right answer.
00:27:08.82\00:27:10.16
Exactly.
00:27:10.19\00:27:12.19
All right.
00:27:12.23\00:27:13.56
Let's talk about
00:27:13.60\00:27:14.93
something going back
to the children of Israel,
00:27:14.96\00:27:18.00
that happened to them?
00:27:18.03\00:27:19.90
And should we be anxious
when we're waiting on the Lord?
00:27:19.93\00:27:23.87
Well, I think
that's just a given,
00:27:23.91\00:27:25.41
you know, some people are
just like a little anxious
00:27:25.44\00:27:27.71
whenever they're
making a big decision,
00:27:27.74\00:27:30.15
you know, it's like, oh, man,
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.38
you know, like
buying a house, for example,
00:27:32.41\00:27:35.68
or going off to a distant land,
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.69
or, you know, who knows what,
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.52
and you're always
anxious to know like
00:27:39.55\00:27:41.39
what's your answer.
00:27:41.42\00:27:42.76
And some people are just anxious
00:27:42.79\00:27:44.13
because they wanted
the answer right away,
00:27:44.16\00:27:46.19
you know, but
should we be anxious?
00:27:46.23\00:27:48.30
And that's a very
important question.
00:27:48.33\00:27:51.13
And I think a lot of people
when they really rely on God,
00:27:51.17\00:27:56.30
and they really trust in Him
00:27:56.34\00:27:57.87
that He's going to
provide the answer, then,
00:27:57.91\00:28:00.74
I think the
anxiousness would go away
00:28:00.78\00:28:02.61
most of the time.
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.11
But it's this that step of,
00:28:04.15\00:28:05.78
you know, waiting
and everything that
00:28:05.81\00:28:07.22
you'd kind of do
get anxious, but I think
00:28:07.25\00:28:09.65
I think, you
know, in the end, no,
00:28:09.68\00:28:11.39
I think we shouldn't be anxious.
00:28:11.42\00:28:12.75
Yeah. I don't know.
00:28:12.79\00:28:14.12
What do you guys think?
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.62
It reminded me of
the words of Jesus,
00:28:16.66\00:28:18.83
how He said in Matthew 6,
00:28:18.86\00:28:21.10
this is one of my
favorite passages, verse 25.
00:28:21.13\00:28:24.43
And it goes onwards.
00:28:24.47\00:28:25.90
He says specifically,
"Therefore, I say to you,
00:28:25.93\00:28:29.10
do not worry about your life,
00:28:29.14\00:28:31.24
what you'll eat,
or what you'll drink,
00:28:31.27\00:28:33.21
nor about your body.
00:28:33.24\00:28:34.88
What will you put on?
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.08
Is life not more than
food and clothing and the body,
00:28:38.11\00:28:42.12
the life more than food,
00:28:42.15\00:28:43.49
and the body
more than clothing?"
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.75
You know, he even goes on to say
00:28:45.79\00:28:48.46
that your Heavenly Father
knows everything that you need.
00:28:48.49\00:28:52.73
And it's, kind of, like a parent
00:28:52.76\00:28:55.03
like we need to trust
00:28:55.06\00:28:56.77
that God loves
us and that He knows
00:28:56.80\00:29:00.00
what we need before we even ask.
00:29:00.04\00:29:03.34
I mean, even here
in Psalm 37:7 it says,
00:29:03.37\00:29:06.14
"Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for Him.
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.84
Fret not yourself over the
one who prospers in his way,
00:29:08.88\00:29:12.48
over the man who
carries out evil devices."
00:29:12.51\00:29:14.38
In other words,
00:29:14.42\00:29:15.75
you know, wait
patiently on Him and don't,
00:29:15.78\00:29:17.62
you know, don't be
afraid, don't be anxious,
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.95
you know, just rely on Him
00:29:19.99\00:29:21.82
and He'll provide
you what's good for you.
00:29:21.86\00:29:25.56
There's a great verse
in Philippians 4, or 4:6.
00:29:25.59\00:29:30.57
Pamela, can you read
for us Philippians 4:6?
00:29:30.60\00:29:32.47
Sure.
00:29:32.50\00:29:33.84
It says, "Be
anxious for nothing,
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.20
but in everything by
prayer and supplication
00:29:35.24\00:29:37.64
with thanksgiving,
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.07
let your requests
be made known to God.
00:29:39.11\00:29:42.18
And the peace of God
00:29:42.21\00:29:43.55
which surpasses all
understanding will guard
00:29:43.58\00:29:45.68
your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus."
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.58
It's a beautiful verse.
00:29:47.62\00:29:49.38
So we can see like
God's gonna give us peace
00:29:49.42\00:29:52.92
as long as we trust in
Him, He'll give us that peace.
00:29:52.95\00:29:55.56
You know, and
don't get me wrong.
00:29:55.59\00:29:57.76
There's obviously
situations in our lives
00:29:57.79\00:29:59.56
where we may
feel distant from God
00:29:59.59\00:30:03.13
and we may feel like
it's hard to trust in Him.
00:30:03.16\00:30:06.47
Because even though He's been
so good to us through our life,
00:30:06.50\00:30:09.44
sometimes as humans,
we still get in that,
00:30:09.47\00:30:12.34
that feeling that mindset
of, oh, man, this is scarier.
00:30:12.37\00:30:16.95
I don't know how to step out,
or I don't know how to do this.
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.65
Sometimes that can be
in stuff like witnessing,
00:30:19.68\00:30:22.35
you know, maybe
you're a shy person.
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.32
Yeah.
00:30:24.35\00:30:25.69
You know, and
sometimes you're like,
00:30:31.69\00:30:33.03
are they gonna think I'm weird
00:30:33.06\00:30:34.50
that I'm telling
them about Jesus,
00:30:34.53\00:30:35.86
or they're gonna think,
00:30:35.90\00:30:37.23
you know, all
that kind of stuff.
00:30:37.27\00:30:38.60
So there's like
various situations
00:30:38.63\00:30:40.14
where we need that peace.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.90
And same thing
with waiting on God.
00:30:42.94\00:30:45.71
Our anxiousness can
sometimes eat us up.
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.44
And like, God, I've
been waiting a year.
00:30:48.48\00:30:50.48
God, I've been
waiting a few months.
00:30:50.51\00:30:51.85
God, I need an answer.
00:30:51.88\00:30:53.21
God, I'm gonna be
evicted out of my house.
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.12
God, I need an answer,
00:30:55.15\00:30:57.15
you know, and it's scary
00:30:57.19\00:30:58.52
but as we begin
to grow in Christ,
00:30:58.55\00:31:00.89
and begin to
trust Him even more,
00:31:00.92\00:31:02.69
what we realize is
like it says in Jeremiah,
00:31:02.72\00:31:05.16
that He has His
plans for us, you know?
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.60
He wants us to
be in good health,
00:31:08.63\00:31:11.03
He wants us to have,
00:31:11.07\00:31:12.40
you know, a nice life to live,
00:31:12.43\00:31:15.07
it doesn't mean it's
going to be luxurious.
00:31:15.10\00:31:16.84
It doesn't mean we're
going to have a lot of money
00:31:16.87\00:31:18.57
or anything like that,
00:31:18.61\00:31:19.94
but He wants us
to live great lives,
00:31:19.97\00:31:22.58
abundant life.
00:31:22.61\00:31:23.95
So, you know,
it's really interesting
00:31:23.98\00:31:26.55
when it comes to,
should we be anxious?
00:31:26.58\00:31:29.52
I think the Bible is very clear
00:31:29.55\00:31:30.89
that we should
just trust in God.
00:31:30.92\00:31:32.25
Definitely.
00:31:32.29\00:31:35.06
You gotta know, God
created you from His hands,
00:31:35.09\00:31:38.46
and He has a
whole life plan for you.
00:31:38.49\00:31:40.86
So the person that planned
out your life and made you,
00:31:40.90\00:31:43.60
do you not think
that He would know
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.07
what's best for you?
00:31:45.10\00:31:46.43
Exactly.
00:31:46.47\00:31:47.80
You know, one of my
favorite verses in scripture
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.77
is Philippians 1:6.
00:31:49.80\00:31:51.14
Oh, good verse.
00:31:51.17\00:31:52.51
And I love this one
because it's a promise from God.
00:31:52.54\00:31:54.18
It says, "Being
confident of this very thing,
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.71
that He who has
begun a good work
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.71
in you will complete it
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.38
until the day of Jesus Christ."
00:32:00.42\00:32:02.45
So we know that when
we're in God's hands,
00:32:02.48\00:32:04.95
He's got us.
00:32:04.99\00:32:06.32
If He's starting to
work in us, He's got us.
00:32:06.35\00:32:08.49
And so, that's just
really, really exciting for me.
00:32:08.52\00:32:11.49
I love that verse.
It's very encouraging.
00:32:11.53\00:32:13.70
Sometimes when I
think I don't have purpose
00:32:13.73\00:32:15.83
or something along those lines,
00:32:15.86\00:32:17.40
I just know that
like, regardless, I know,
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.00
God's started to get working me
00:32:19.03\00:32:20.47
and I know He's not
going to let me down in that.
00:32:20.50\00:32:22.90
Pamela, I think you
were gonna say something.
00:32:22.94\00:32:24.44
Yeah, I was just gonna say
00:32:24.47\00:32:25.81
if we go back
to Philippians 3:6,
00:32:25.84\00:32:31.01
there's a part that says,
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.38
let your requests
be made known to God.
00:32:32.41\00:32:34.42
And I just
wanted to piggyback on.
00:32:34.45\00:32:35.82
You mean 4:6?
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.19
Oh, I'm sorry, 4:6?
00:32:37.22\00:32:38.55
Yes, I was looking at, 4:6
00:32:38.59\00:32:41.02
to let your requests
be made known to God.
00:32:41.06\00:32:44.33
And just going back
00:32:44.36\00:32:45.69
on how you were
talking about trust
00:32:45.73\00:32:47.06
and just that
we should always...
00:32:47.10\00:32:49.90
He wants us to ask,
00:32:49.93\00:32:52.93
He knows our lives already.
00:32:52.97\00:32:55.17
And so us waiting
just shows our faith
00:32:55.20\00:32:58.44
and like our trust in Him.
00:32:58.47\00:32:59.81
Yeah, because some
people probably don't feel,
00:32:59.84\00:33:02.24
you know, they don't feel worthy
00:33:02.28\00:33:03.78
to ask God sometimes,
00:33:03.81\00:33:05.15
you know, especially
00:33:05.18\00:33:06.51
if they haven't
been going to church
00:33:06.55\00:33:07.88
and studying the Bible or
something along those lines.
00:33:07.92\00:33:10.42
And a big decision
comes up and they're afraid
00:33:10.45\00:33:13.22
or, you know,
they don't feel worthy.
00:33:13.25\00:33:14.82
But God's like, hey,
I want you to ask Me,
00:33:14.86\00:33:17.63
I want you to know
what I have planned for you.
00:33:17.66\00:33:20.96
And it's always
encouraging to know that
00:33:21.00\00:33:23.03
like no matter
where you are in life,
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.50
God wants you to
ask Him what He wants.
00:33:25.53\00:33:29.24
And it's crazy,
00:33:29.27\00:33:30.61
and it just brings
so much encouragement,
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.71
and it just makes
me feel so much better,
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.54
you know, about coming to God.
00:33:34.58\00:33:36.64
Yes.
00:33:36.68\00:33:38.01
In fact, I was actually
just having a Bible study
00:33:38.05\00:33:39.58
with Pastor James Rafferty,
00:33:39.61\00:33:42.08
you may have heard of him.
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.45
Yeah.
00:33:43.49\00:33:44.82
I think we know him certainly.
00:33:44.85\00:33:46.19
Yeah.
00:33:46.22\00:33:48.39
I was talking to him
because we're doing some,
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.49
like Bible studies
on, you know, like,
00:33:50.53\00:33:53.33
somebody's just
coming to get to know God
00:33:53.36\00:33:55.30
for the first time
00:33:55.33\00:33:56.70
and, you know,
like, what happens
00:33:56.73\00:33:59.10
when you sin like,
or when you feel bad?
00:33:59.13\00:34:01.47
He goes, you know,
no matter what in life,
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.31
God wants you to come to Him.
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.84
In fact, it's actually
Satan that makes you feel like
00:34:06.88\00:34:09.74
you're not worthy to go to
Him in any form, or any way.
00:34:09.78\00:34:13.48
So, when God asked
you, like, come to him,
00:34:13.52\00:34:16.08
no matter what you've done,
00:34:16.12\00:34:17.45
no matter where you are in life,
00:34:17.49\00:34:18.82
it just makes me
feel so much better.
00:34:18.85\00:34:20.89
Yeah.
00:34:20.92\00:34:22.52
And, you know, going back
00:34:22.56\00:34:25.66
to what everyone has
been saying here is that,
00:34:25.69\00:34:28.00
you know, God knows
the very number of hairs
00:34:28.03\00:34:29.70
on our head.
00:34:29.73\00:34:31.07
Yeah, exactly.
00:34:31.10\00:34:32.43
You know, He talks about
us being wonderfully made,
00:34:32.47\00:34:35.00
you know, so it's
like, we can trust God.
00:34:35.04\00:34:37.34
Yeah.
00:34:37.37\00:34:38.71
Because we know He created us.
00:34:38.74\00:34:40.08
We know He wants the best for us
00:34:40.11\00:34:41.48
and that's just like you
said, that's an amazing thing.
00:34:41.51\00:34:44.51
It's a great, great thing.
00:34:44.55\00:34:46.51
We were also talking,
you know, waiting on the Lord
00:34:46.55\00:34:48.68
has a lot of
different meanings too
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.55
because we were talking like
00:34:51.59\00:34:52.92
waiting on the Lord has,
00:34:52.95\00:34:54.29
you know, that's
also trusting in the Lord.
00:34:54.32\00:34:57.23
Yeah, having faith in God,
00:34:57.26\00:34:58.83
what was some of the other
ones we were talking about?
00:34:58.86\00:35:00.66
I know that we
were up in the lunchroom
00:35:00.70\00:35:03.23
just discussing some of these.
00:35:03.26\00:35:04.60
So, yeah, yeah.
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.07
So what were some
of the other ones?
00:35:06.10\00:35:07.44
So there's trust,
faith... Patience was one.
00:35:07.47\00:35:10.27
Patience, that was... Yeah.
00:35:10.31\00:35:12.44
And, you know, it just goes,
00:35:12.47\00:35:14.64
this topic of waiting
on the Lord it's just,
00:35:14.68\00:35:16.75
it's a huge scope of
many different aspects
00:35:16.78\00:35:20.52
of Christianity, you know?
00:35:20.55\00:35:23.45
Have that relationship with God.
00:35:23.49\00:35:24.89
Exactly.
00:35:24.92\00:35:27.22
You know, because
we do have to trust,
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.96
we do have to be patient
and we do need to have faith
00:35:28.99\00:35:32.09
and that all is like
a recipe for waiting.
00:35:32.13\00:35:35.46
It is.
00:35:35.50\00:35:37.17
That's a good way
to put it, recipe.
00:35:37.20\00:35:41.70
Brandon has some
of the best analogies.
00:35:41.74\00:35:46.17
He was making us laugh up
in the conference room up there
00:35:46.21\00:35:50.68
when we were studying this out.
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.15
I'll tell you what,
00:35:52.18\00:35:53.52
his analogies are
awesome, but anyway.
00:35:53.55\00:35:55.15
All right.
00:35:55.18\00:35:56.52
So let's talk about
something that we can all fall,
00:35:56.55\00:35:59.55
you know, into this
trap is that presumption...
00:35:59.59\00:36:03.39
That's a big one.
00:36:03.43\00:36:04.76
And how our
assumptions or presumptions
00:36:04.79\00:36:07.53
can fall into how we think
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.96
when we're waiting on God,
00:36:10.00\00:36:11.33
how maybe something
is answered from God.
00:36:11.37\00:36:14.20
Yeah, like, how do we
react when we get the answer
00:36:14.24\00:36:17.54
or if we kind
of know the answer,
00:36:17.57\00:36:19.64
does that kind of change how,
00:36:19.67\00:36:21.88
you know, how we wait on Him?
00:36:21.91\00:36:25.08
You know, are we
going to be like,
00:36:25.11\00:36:27.85
Oh, I really want
to go to this concert
00:36:27.88\00:36:29.92
but maybe God
doesn't want me to, you know?
00:36:29.95\00:36:33.02
Sometimes people
don't even want to ask God,
00:36:33.05\00:36:34.89
you know, should
I go to the concert,
00:36:34.92\00:36:36.36
because they
already know the answer.
00:36:36.39\00:36:38.33
So it kind of puts us this,
you know, presumption of dread,
00:36:38.36\00:36:43.50
you know, waiting
on God for that answer.
00:36:43.53\00:36:45.27
It's like, I
already know the answer.
00:36:45.30\00:36:47.07
But the biggest one is,
00:36:47.10\00:36:48.44
how do we react
when we get that answer?
00:36:48.47\00:36:52.21
You know, especially, I
think the biggest one people
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.54
struggle with is
loved ones in the hospital.
00:36:54.58\00:36:58.65
Especially, you know,
what's going on these days,
00:36:58.68\00:37:01.55
you know, with all
the sickness going around,
00:37:01.58\00:37:03.42
and people are just
really needing to trust in God,
00:37:03.45\00:37:07.22
and when their prayers
feel like they're not heard,
00:37:07.26\00:37:11.63
you know, how do
you deal with that?
00:37:11.66\00:37:13.60
And I think that's
one of the biggest things.
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.40
I mean, how would
you guys deal with that?
00:37:15.43\00:37:16.97
Do we still trust in God
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.33
even if we
didn't get our answers?
00:37:18.37\00:37:21.20
You may never know
the answer until heaven.
00:37:21.24\00:37:25.91
And that's where it
comes to trusting God
00:37:25.94\00:37:28.01
with your relationship with Him,
00:37:28.04\00:37:29.44
knowing that He
knows what's best.
00:37:29.48\00:37:33.21
I can think of an example, like,
00:37:33.25\00:37:36.62
there was a time when
you were in the hospital,
00:37:36.65\00:37:38.89
and I'm sure many
people have had this experience
00:37:38.92\00:37:41.42
with the family loved one
00:37:41.46\00:37:43.83
and you waiting a lot
of times for test results.
00:37:43.86\00:37:47.90
It's like, what do you do?
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.26
All you can do at
least just pray at that time?
00:37:49.30\00:37:51.23
Yeah.
00:37:51.27\00:37:52.60
Pray and have faith
that God knows what's best.
00:37:52.63\00:37:55.54
There are so
many scripture verses
00:37:55.57\00:37:57.17
that I love that,
00:37:57.21\00:37:59.97
like, for example, Psalm
27:14, "Wait on the Lord,
00:38:00.01\00:38:03.91
be of good courage, He
will strengthen your heart,
00:38:03.95\00:38:07.12
wait, I say, on the Lord."
00:38:07.15\00:38:08.82
And that's
sometimes all we can do.
00:38:08.85\00:38:11.09
Yeah, and, you know, it's crazy,
00:38:11.12\00:38:13.49
because there's a
story that my dad told me,
00:38:13.52\00:38:17.49
some of his friends,
00:38:17.53\00:38:19.76
they had a child that
was going through cancer,
00:38:19.79\00:38:23.43
you know, like a
special type of cancer.
00:38:23.47\00:38:25.33
And, you know, it's crazy
00:38:25.37\00:38:27.57
because they
weren't very Christian
00:38:27.60\00:38:30.41
during this time
and it wasn't until,
00:38:30.44\00:38:34.48
you know, 'cause
they were praying.
00:38:34.51\00:38:35.84
Oh, Lord, you know, we
really want our son to live,
00:38:35.88\00:38:39.38
but it never, it never happened,
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.35
you know, and he ended up dying.
00:38:41.38\00:38:43.22
But, you know, it's craziest
through the whole experience,
00:38:43.25\00:38:46.62
they split up.
00:38:46.65\00:38:47.99
The parents split up,
00:38:48.02\00:38:49.36
and it was a
really hard experience
00:38:49.39\00:38:51.49
but the father actually started
bringing his life back together
00:38:51.53\00:38:56.67
and, you know,
started going to church again,
00:38:56.70\00:38:59.87
after a while.
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.47
It's been a couple of years,
but he started going to church,
00:39:01.50\00:39:03.34
and he put his
faith into God entirely.
00:39:03.37\00:39:06.07
And it's crazy to
think 'cause he says,
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.48
you know, Brandon, if...
00:39:08.51\00:39:10.18
Sorry, to my father, pardon me,
00:39:10.21\00:39:13.45
'cause you know,
if he hadn't died,
00:39:13.48\00:39:17.85
I don't think I would
have ever come to God.
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.56
And, you know,
it's a crazy experience.
00:39:20.59\00:39:23.49
So you never know
00:39:23.53\00:39:25.36
how something is going
to affect it in another way
00:39:25.39\00:39:29.03
and we may not even see it.
00:39:29.06\00:39:31.47
So always, you
know, always trust in God,
00:39:31.50\00:39:33.70
even if it's not the
answer that you're looking for.
00:39:33.74\00:39:37.97
No, I was gonna
say sometimes on,
00:39:38.01\00:39:40.38
like the hardships
and things we go through,
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.98
the blessing comes after.
00:39:43.01\00:39:44.48
Yes.
00:39:44.51\00:39:45.85
Sometimes the waiting
really is for our sake.
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.42
Yeah. Right.
00:39:47.45\00:39:48.78
It is. Yeah.
00:39:48.82\00:39:50.15
It is.
00:39:50.19\00:39:51.52
You know, there was a story,
our brother-in-law, Elijah,
00:39:51.55\00:39:54.12
or my brother-in-law,
sorry your brother.
00:39:54.16\00:39:57.59
He was wanting
to go to Tennessee.
00:39:57.63\00:39:59.83
And we were trying
to get a car rental
00:39:59.86\00:40:04.00
and all these car rentals
00:40:04.03\00:40:06.10
we just could not
get a car to give out to,
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.87
so he could drive to Illinois
because we only got one car.
00:40:08.90\00:40:11.11
So if he took our car,
we would have been carless
00:40:11.14\00:40:13.27
for the whole weekend.
00:40:13.31\00:40:14.64
And he was like, he was
really trying to get a car
00:40:14.68\00:40:16.95
and so I prayed with him,
00:40:16.98\00:40:18.31
I was like, you know, Lord
00:40:18.35\00:40:19.68
if you don't want
him to have a car,
00:40:19.71\00:40:21.05
make it really known.
00:40:21.08\00:40:22.42
And he did like,
nothing was available.
00:40:22.45\00:40:23.79
It was so weird, like
00:40:23.82\00:40:25.15
we're going to all
these different car rentals
00:40:25.19\00:40:26.99
and it was just
some little thing
00:40:27.02\00:40:28.76
like little something.
00:40:28.79\00:40:30.49
What? Yeah, exactly.
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.16
Yeah, and so, he
ended up flying out
00:40:32.19\00:40:35.10
but it was that weekend
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.23
that the big
tornado hit in Kentucky.
00:40:37.27\00:40:39.27
And that was on his way.
00:40:39.30\00:40:41.47
He was going through
Kentucky to Tennessee.
00:40:41.50\00:40:44.54
And it's just like,
wow, you know, God really.
00:40:44.57\00:40:47.34
And we were discouraged.
00:40:47.38\00:40:48.71
We were like, come on God,
just give us a car, please.
00:40:48.74\00:40:51.31
We were waiting for
like hours this to happen.
00:40:51.35\00:40:54.62
It was crazy and, you
know, He kept him safe.
00:40:54.65\00:40:57.22
I couldn't believe it.
00:40:57.25\00:40:58.59
So always, always
know that God has...
00:40:58.62\00:41:02.69
He's got your back.
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.39
That is like, wow,
00:41:04.43\00:41:05.79
that's a powerful
testimony right there.
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.70
I bet he was
happy, God didn't listen.
00:41:07.73\00:41:09.43
It's amazing.
00:41:09.46\00:41:10.80
Wow.
00:41:10.83\00:41:12.17
You know, when I
think about that, Brandon,
00:41:12.20\00:41:14.07
you were talking about sickness,
00:41:14.10\00:41:15.44
and my grandma had
recently passed away.
00:41:15.47\00:41:17.04
Oh, I'm sorry.
00:41:17.07\00:41:18.94
My grandma always said that
00:41:18.97\00:41:20.31
she would live to 100 years old.
00:41:20.34\00:41:21.71
Said I'm gonna live to 100.
00:41:21.74\00:41:23.61
You know, my grandma
had a lot of health issues,
00:41:23.65\00:41:25.78
you know, and I
think something that
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.88
when we wait on God,
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.25
you know, of course,
we prayed for healing
00:41:30.29\00:41:31.62
and we pray for God to help her
00:41:31.65\00:41:33.36
but sometimes, like, if
that's not God's answer,
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.02
just trusting in His will.
00:41:36.06\00:41:37.93
There's a reason for that.
00:41:37.96\00:41:39.56
You know, I think of
the story of Lazarus.
00:41:39.59\00:41:43.57
You know, Mary and
Martha were waiting on Jesus.
00:41:43.60\00:41:48.47
Jesus, please, he's gonna die.
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.21
You gotta come
and heal him. Yeah.
00:41:50.24\00:41:51.71
Especially, since they've seen
all the people getting healed
00:41:51.74\00:41:53.91
of their sickness.
00:41:53.94\00:41:55.28
And they're like, come
quickly or he's going to die.
00:41:55.31\00:41:57.01
And it's so interesting.
00:41:57.05\00:41:58.38
I'm going to start
here. It's in John Chapter 11.
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.58
If you guys want to
turn your Bibles there.
00:42:00.62\00:42:01.98
John Chapter 11 is
where the story of Lazarus
00:42:02.02\00:42:05.09
is talked about.
00:42:05.12\00:42:06.76
And I'm going to
start in verse 17.
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.19
It says, "So when Jesus came,
00:42:09.22\00:42:11.29
He found that he had
already been in the tomb
00:42:11.33\00:42:12.89
for four days."
00:42:12.93\00:42:14.26
So Lazarus had been dead
00:42:14.30\00:42:15.63
for four days already.
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.00
He was already
decaying and all kinds of things
00:42:17.03\00:42:19.57
are happening obviously,
00:42:19.60\00:42:20.94
when your body dies.
00:42:20.97\00:42:22.97
Verse 18, "Now
Bethany was near Jerusalem,
00:42:23.00\00:42:25.01
about two miles away.
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.57
And many of the
Jews had joined the women
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.18
around Martha and
Mary to comfort them
00:42:28.21\00:42:29.81
concerning their brother,
00:42:29.84\00:42:31.18
then Martha, as
soon as she heard
00:42:31.21\00:42:32.78
that Jesus was coming,
00:42:32.81\00:42:34.15
went and met Him,
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.52
but Mary was
sitting in the house.
00:42:35.55\00:42:36.89
Sounds like Mary
didn't want to talk to Jesus.
00:42:36.92\00:42:38.25
Yeah.
00:42:38.29\00:42:39.82
Been there.
00:42:39.85\00:42:41.19
"Now Martha said to Jesus,
Lord, if you had been here,
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.29
my brother would not have died."
00:42:43.32\00:42:45.19
Yeah.
00:42:45.23\00:42:46.56
And then it says, "But even now,
00:42:46.59\00:42:48.50
I know that
whatever you ask of God,
00:42:48.53\00:42:50.63
God will give you.
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.00
So right here, we can see that
00:42:52.03\00:42:54.70
Martha seems to have
a little ounce of faith.
00:42:54.74\00:42:57.51
She's believing
in something, right?
00:42:57.54\00:43:01.28
And then it says,
Jesus said to her,
00:43:01.31\00:43:02.84
"Your brother will rise again."
00:43:02.88\00:43:04.21
Martha said to him, "I
know that he will rise again
00:43:04.25\00:43:06.51
in the
resurrection at the last day."
00:43:06.55\00:43:09.08
So Martha, whether it was now
00:43:09.12\00:43:12.49
or at the resurrection,
00:43:12.52\00:43:13.86
she knew he was
gonna rise at some point,
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.22
so she had that
faith regardless.
00:43:15.26\00:43:17.59
"And Jesus said to her,
00:43:17.63\00:43:18.96
'I am the
resurrection and the life,
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.33
he who believes in Me,
though he may die shall live.
00:43:20.36\00:43:23.10
And whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never die.
00:43:23.13\00:43:25.67
Do you believe this?'
00:43:25.70\00:43:27.04
She said to Him, 'Yes, Lord,
00:43:27.07\00:43:28.40
I believe that
You are the Christ,
00:43:28.44\00:43:29.77
the Son of God,
00:43:29.80\00:43:31.14
who is to come into the world.'"
00:43:31.17\00:43:32.57
Verse 28,
00:43:32.61\00:43:33.94
"And when she had
said these things,
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.84
she went her way and
secretly called Mary,
00:43:35.88\00:43:37.78
her sister saying,
00:43:37.81\00:43:39.15
'The Teacher has come
and is calling for you.'
00:43:39.18\00:43:40.52
As soon as she heard that,
00:43:40.55\00:43:41.95
she arose
quickly and came to Him.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.92
Now Jesus had not
yet come into the town,
00:43:43.95\00:43:46.09
but was in the place
where Martha met Him.
00:43:46.12\00:43:48.26
Verse 31, "Then the Jews
who were with her in the house,
00:43:48.29\00:43:51.73
and comforting
her, when they saw that
00:43:51.76\00:43:53.09
Mary rose up
quickly and went out,
00:43:53.13\00:43:54.96
followed her, saying,
00:43:55.00\00:43:56.33
'She is going to
the tomb to weep there.'
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.50
Then, when Mary
came where Jesus was,
00:43:58.53\00:44:00.47
and saw Him, she
fell down at His feet,
00:44:00.50\00:44:02.44
saying to Him,
'Lord, if You had been here,
00:44:02.47\00:44:04.34
my brother
would not have died.'"
00:44:04.37\00:44:06.34
You could just
feel the resentment.
00:44:06.37\00:44:07.74
Yeah, and I don't think, I mean,
00:44:07.78\00:44:09.28
there was
obviously that mourning
00:44:09.31\00:44:11.18
but I almost get a sense of
maybe a little bit of anger.
00:44:11.21\00:44:15.72
Oh, definitely.
A little bit here.
00:44:15.75\00:44:17.29
I know that people get angry
00:44:17.32\00:44:18.89
if they don't get
their answers right away.
00:44:18.92\00:44:21.02
That's true.
00:44:21.06\00:44:22.39
You know, like,
going back to people
00:44:22.42\00:44:25.56
being in the hospital
and somebody passes away.
00:44:25.59\00:44:27.96
I know so many people that
actually turn away from God
00:44:28.00\00:44:31.63
because they're so
angry that they let them die.
00:44:31.67\00:44:33.57
And I'm feeling that
resentment right here.
00:44:33.60\00:44:36.84
Yeah, exactly.
00:44:36.87\00:44:38.41
And it is easy
like even for Christians
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.58
sometimes to get
angry or upset at God for,
00:44:41.61\00:44:44.95
you know, oh, Lord,
you know, I needed this
00:44:44.98\00:44:47.15
or, Lord, you
know, whatever this is.
00:44:47.18\00:44:49.08
In some ways,
how dare we tell God?
00:44:49.12\00:44:52.49
You know this and you know that,
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.39
why didn't you do this
00:44:54.42\00:44:55.76
as if we know any
better than he does.
00:44:55.79\00:44:57.39
You know what I mean?
00:44:57.43\00:44:58.76
But it's really interesting
but continuing the story here.
00:44:58.79\00:45:02.90
It says,
"Therefore, when Jesus saw her,"
00:45:02.93\00:45:04.83
in verse 33,
00:45:04.87\00:45:06.33
"weeping and the Jews
who came with her weeping,
00:45:06.37\00:45:08.37
He groaned in the
spirit and was troubled."
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.61
So Jesus was troubled here.
00:45:10.64\00:45:12.61
"And He said,
'Where have you laid him?'
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.58
They said to Him,
'Lord, come and see.'
00:45:14.61\00:45:16.28
Jesus wept."
00:45:16.31\00:45:17.65
The shortest verse in the Bible.
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.01
Jesus wept, there it is, folks.
00:45:19.05\00:45:21.65
"Then the Jew said,
'See how He loved him!'
00:45:21.68\00:45:24.79
And some of them
said, 'Could not this Man,
00:45:24.82\00:45:27.02
who opened the
eyes of the blind,
00:45:27.06\00:45:28.49
also have kept
this man from dying?'"
00:45:28.52\00:45:30.76
So clearly, they
knew some of the miracles
00:45:30.79\00:45:32.69
that Jesus had
already performed.
00:45:32.73\00:45:35.03
Then it says, "Then Jesus,
again groaning in Himself,
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.60
came to the tomb.
00:45:37.63\00:45:38.97
It was a cave, and a
stone lay against it.
00:45:39.00\00:45:41.17
Jesus said,
'Take away the stone.'
00:45:41.20\00:45:42.77
Martha, the sister
of him who was dead,
00:45:42.80\00:45:44.74
said to Him, 'Lord, by
this time there is a stench,
00:45:44.77\00:45:47.98
for he has been
dead for four days.'"
00:45:48.01\00:45:49.58
I mean, you look at the
crime investigations on TV,
00:45:49.61\00:45:52.81
you know, or any, like doctors,
00:45:52.85\00:45:55.08
if they're just like, one day
of somebody dead in the house,
00:45:55.12\00:45:58.29
you already get that smell.
00:45:58.32\00:45:59.65
I mean, just imagine
four whole days in a place
00:45:59.69\00:46:02.52
where the sun's
beating down on this cave.
00:46:02.56\00:46:05.09
There's no ventilation in there.
00:46:05.13\00:46:07.50
It's hot, it's humid.
00:46:07.53\00:46:09.13
It's probably maggots,
00:46:09.16\00:46:10.50
or who knows
what's in there, you know?
00:46:10.53\00:46:12.90
And on top of that,
they would wrap the bodies
00:46:12.93\00:46:15.60
in linen and all
that type of stuff,
00:46:15.64\00:46:17.44
different clothes to allow that
00:46:17.47\00:46:20.41
natural process of decaying.
00:46:20.44\00:46:23.21
So it says, "Jesus said
to her, 'Did I not say to you
00:46:23.24\00:46:25.95
that if you would believe
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.32
you would see
the glory of God?'"
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.65
So this is interesting.
00:46:29.68\00:46:31.09
Jesus keeps
emphasizing here, belief.
00:46:31.12\00:46:34.96
And how hard is
it sometimes for us
00:46:34.99\00:46:36.52
when we're
waiting on God to believe?
00:46:36.56\00:46:38.23
Right? Yeah.
00:46:38.26\00:46:39.59
It can be difficult. Definitely.
00:46:39.63\00:46:41.13
I know, sometimes, because
we see only in our vision
00:46:41.16\00:46:45.97
so to speak in
front of us, right?
00:46:46.00\00:46:47.70
We only see what we
can see in front of us.
00:46:47.74\00:46:50.37
And so it can be very
difficult to really take that in
00:46:50.41\00:46:54.61
and believe when
seemingly everything
00:46:54.64\00:46:57.65
is falling apart around us.
00:46:57.68\00:46:59.01
I mean, he's already
dead. He's already dead, yeah.
00:46:59.05\00:47:00.98
Exactly.
00:47:01.02\00:47:02.92
I mean, in that moment,
if I was Mary or Martha,
00:47:02.95\00:47:05.65
or anybody for that
matter, who was standing,
00:47:05.69\00:47:07.46
you know, at the tomb, I'd
be like, believe he's dead.
00:47:07.49\00:47:11.09
What am I
believing? Yeah, exactly.
00:47:11.13\00:47:13.13
You know what I mean, to
be really honest with you.
00:47:13.16\00:47:15.20
Yeah, yeah.
00:47:15.23\00:47:16.56
So it continues
in verse 41, it says,
00:47:16.60\00:47:19.53
"Then they took away
the stone from the place
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.37
where the dead man was lying.
00:47:21.40\00:47:23.00
And Jesus lifted up
His eyes and said, 'Father,
00:47:23.04\00:47:24.94
I thank You that
You have heard Me.
00:47:24.97\00:47:26.44
And I know that
You always hear Me,
00:47:26.47\00:47:28.34
but because of the people
00:47:28.38\00:47:29.71
who are standing by I said this,
00:47:29.74\00:47:32.35
that they may
believe that You sent Me.'
00:47:32.38\00:47:34.72
Now when He had
said these things,
00:47:34.75\00:47:36.62
He cried with a loud
voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!'
00:47:36.65\00:47:39.85
And he who had
died came out bound hand
00:47:39.89\00:47:42.36
and foot with grave clothes,
00:47:42.39\00:47:43.96
and his face was
wrapped with a cloth.
00:47:43.99\00:47:45.79
Jesus said to them,
'Loose him, and let him go.'"
00:47:45.83\00:47:49.66
It's interesting.
00:47:49.70\00:47:51.03
You know, even Jesus is saying,
00:47:51.07\00:47:53.10
I knew that you always hear me.
00:47:53.13\00:47:55.04
But I said this
something kind of people,
00:47:55.07\00:47:56.40
like even Jesus
prayed and asked, Father,
00:47:56.44\00:47:59.74
Thy will be done,
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
even though even before He died,
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.48
He was like, even
if I don't want to die,
00:48:02.51\00:48:05.01
but Lord, you
know, Thy will be done.
00:48:05.05\00:48:06.92
Yes, exactly.
00:48:06.95\00:48:08.38
And even here, you
know, you always hear me.
00:48:08.42\00:48:10.79
And Jesus prayed.
00:48:10.82\00:48:12.15
You know, people think like, oh,
00:48:12.19\00:48:13.99
you know, Jesus
is Jesus, you know?
00:48:14.02\00:48:15.89
He's already God,
but even He prayed
00:48:15.92\00:48:18.29
when times were rough,
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.76
and a time was definitely
rough here during Lazarus' time.
00:48:19.79\00:48:23.80
And, yeah, it's
just an incredible story
00:48:23.83\00:48:26.40
of believing in God
00:48:26.43\00:48:27.77
and just waiting on Him.
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.60
Because God has the right timing
00:48:29.64\00:48:31.27
and it was
probably more impactful
00:48:31.31\00:48:35.28
during this time for the
people believing in Jesus.
00:48:35.31\00:48:38.95
Exactly.
00:48:38.98\00:48:40.32
That's what
Jesus is saying here.
00:48:40.35\00:48:41.78
That's what He says in 41.
00:48:41.82\00:48:44.39
Yeah, starting in 41, "He says,
00:48:44.42\00:48:45.75
'Father, I thank You
that You've heard Me.
00:48:45.79\00:48:47.12
And I know that
You always hear Me,
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.82
but because of the people
00:48:48.86\00:48:50.19
who are standing by I said this,
00:48:50.23\00:48:51.93
that they may
believe that You sent Me.'"
00:48:51.96\00:48:54.13
In other words, Jesus was
trying to show the people,
00:48:54.16\00:48:56.93
listen, I am God's
Son, like I am the Messiah.
00:48:56.97\00:49:02.80
And what's so interesting
on a kind of a side note
00:49:02.84\00:49:04.71
of this is that
00:49:04.74\00:49:06.24
after this
happened, it says, here...
00:49:06.27\00:49:09.61
In the Bible, it says,
the plot to kill Jesus,
00:49:09.64\00:49:11.48
that's the
subtitle of the next verse,
00:49:11.51\00:49:13.21
after Jesus
raises Lazarus from dead.
00:49:13.25\00:49:16.42
So, it's like,
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.89
you know, this
miraculous thing just happened.
00:49:18.92\00:49:21.32
Jesus just brought Lazarus
back from the dead in hopes
00:49:21.36\00:49:24.43
that people would
have stronger faith
00:49:24.46\00:49:26.56
and belief in God
00:49:26.59\00:49:27.93
and then their reaction is
I'm going to try to kill Jesus.
00:49:27.96\00:49:31.70
It's so interesting.
00:49:34.97\00:49:36.30
And a lot of times how
often do we have a reaction?
00:49:36.34\00:49:40.84
We were talking about
reaction a little bit,
00:49:40.88\00:49:42.64
how we react to
waiting on the Lord.
00:49:42.68\00:49:45.65
It's like,
oftentimes, how do we react to,
00:49:45.68\00:49:50.49
you know, say it's
something we've been waiting for
00:49:50.52\00:49:52.85
or the answer
was no, or something.
00:49:52.89\00:49:54.59
How do we react to God in that?
00:49:54.62\00:49:55.96
Do we bless God's
name or do we curse it?
00:49:55.99\00:49:59.86
It's like, it
happens to the best of us,
00:49:59.89\00:50:03.43
we're humans, things happen.
00:50:03.47\00:50:05.27
We all get in these moods
00:50:05.30\00:50:07.27
where we don't
want to believe in God
00:50:07.30\00:50:08.97
or we don't want to trust God
00:50:09.00\00:50:10.34
or we don't want to wait on God.
00:50:10.37\00:50:11.71
And really this whole story
right here is a great example
00:50:11.74\00:50:16.41
that regardless,
Jesus is never late.
00:50:16.44\00:50:20.55
Yeah.
00:50:20.58\00:50:21.92
He is never late. Yeah.
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.45
And I think that's
something to really take away
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.22
from this story is that
00:50:25.25\00:50:26.59
sometimes we feel in our time,
00:50:26.62\00:50:28.79
He may be late
or He's last second,
00:50:28.82\00:50:30.46
but He never is.
00:50:30.49\00:50:32.09
In His timing, He's not.
00:50:32.13\00:50:33.90
You know, you brought
up an interesting point.
00:50:33.93\00:50:36.03
Do you think it's wrong?
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.60
And I want to ask
you guys this, too.
00:50:37.63\00:50:40.14
Is it wrong to get angry at God?
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.50
Obviously, we can still
trust and believe in Him
00:50:46.24\00:50:49.11
but do you think
when we get that answer,
00:50:49.14\00:50:50.58
do you think it's
wrong to be angry?
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.11
I don't know if I
want to answer this.
00:50:55.98\00:50:58.22
Honestly, I think it's okay.
00:50:58.25\00:51:03.29
As long as you know, and
you continue to trust God,
00:51:03.32\00:51:05.93
I think it's okay
to be angry sometimes.
00:51:05.96\00:51:08.53
You know, like me and my wife.
00:51:08.56\00:51:10.13
Sometimes I
don't like the answer,
00:51:10.17\00:51:11.50
like, Honey,
can I buy this game?
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.87
No, we don't
have it in the budget.
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.24
I'm like, come on.
00:51:14.27\00:51:16.27
You know what I mean?
00:51:16.30\00:51:19.31
I get a little angry sometimes.
00:51:19.34\00:51:20.84
And so, I don't think it's wrong
00:51:20.88\00:51:23.45
to get angry at God,
00:51:23.48\00:51:24.81
as long as you keep
trusting and believing
00:51:24.85\00:51:27.52
that something else
better is going to happen
00:51:27.55\00:51:29.88
and we just may not see it,
00:51:29.92\00:51:31.42
but in that initial reaction,
00:51:31.45\00:51:32.79
I don't think it's
wrong to get angry.
00:51:32.82\00:51:34.76
Well, and I think, you
know, the Bible doesn't say
00:51:34.79\00:51:37.76
that anger is a sin.
00:51:37.79\00:51:39.13
No.
00:51:39.16\00:51:40.50
It actually says
be angry and sin not.
00:51:40.53\00:51:41.86
Yeah.
00:51:41.90\00:51:43.23
And so, there are situations.
00:51:43.26\00:51:44.83
I mean, look at
Jesus in the temple,
00:51:44.87\00:51:48.70
where they were basically
making it a place to sell items
00:51:48.74\00:51:52.47
and trade items and all that.
00:51:52.51\00:51:54.01
I think Jesus
flipping the table.
00:51:54.04\00:51:56.18
I think He was a
little frustrated about that.
00:51:56.21\00:51:59.45
So anger is something that
I think is a natural emotion.
00:51:59.48\00:52:02.48
God gave us anger
00:52:02.52\00:52:04.95
that doesn't mean
we're sinning though.
00:52:04.99\00:52:06.86
No, no.
00:52:06.89\00:52:08.22
And sometimes I
think I would say for me,
00:52:08.26\00:52:10.43
it's not that I'm angry at God,
00:52:10.46\00:52:11.79
but maybe I'm
angry at the answer.
00:52:11.83\00:52:14.76
You know, because I know
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.13
even I may be
angry at the answer,
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
but I can still be
aware like, okay, God,
00:52:17.53\00:52:20.64
this must be Your plan,
00:52:20.67\00:52:22.27
this must be what's best for me,
00:52:22.30\00:52:24.27
but I don't like it.
00:52:24.31\00:52:25.71
Right, exactly.
00:52:25.74\00:52:27.21
Yeah.
00:52:27.24\00:52:29.21
That's definitely
a good difference.
00:52:29.24\00:52:30.88
Because being angry and then
just like leaving the church,
00:52:30.91\00:52:33.65
leaving God
altogether and be like that.
00:52:33.68\00:52:35.32
I think that's the wrong answer
but being mad at the answer,
00:52:35.35\00:52:40.46
but still saying,
God, I still trust in You.
00:52:40.49\00:52:42.32
That's the key.
00:52:42.36\00:52:43.69
And we see that
with Mary and Martha.
00:52:43.73\00:52:45.06
Yes.
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.43
They were upset at
Jesus for being late.
00:52:46.46\00:52:48.33
You know, they were
like, Lord, like they still,
00:52:48.36\00:52:51.13
you know, believed
in God and all that,
00:52:51.17\00:52:52.77
but they were
angry at the outcome.
00:52:52.80\00:52:54.24
They were like, Lord, he's dead.
00:52:54.27\00:52:55.60
Yeah. You were late, why?
00:52:55.64\00:52:57.17
You know what happened?
00:52:57.21\00:52:58.54
So I think, you know, sometimes,
00:52:58.57\00:53:00.61
you know, I think
it can be dangerous
00:53:00.64\00:53:04.18
to get angry at God,
00:53:04.21\00:53:05.55
just because that may
lead us down some paths
00:53:05.58\00:53:06.92
we don't want to go down.
00:53:06.95\00:53:08.28
Whether that's
leaving the church or even,
00:53:08.32\00:53:09.75
you know, not
believing in God anymore,
00:53:09.78\00:53:11.79
or things like that,
00:53:11.82\00:53:13.15
you know, it can
be kind of dangerous,
00:53:13.19\00:53:16.29
but I think it's perfectly okay
00:53:16.32\00:53:18.89
if we want to say that
to be angry at the outcome,
00:53:18.93\00:53:21.43
but still be aware and
trust God, like, okay, God,
00:53:21.46\00:53:24.43
I don't like this.
00:53:24.47\00:53:25.80
I don't like how it
turned out but I know
00:53:25.83\00:53:27.17
You're working
things for my good.
00:53:27.20\00:53:28.64
Yeah, yeah.
00:53:28.67\00:53:30.01
I feel like
sometimes, like how you said,
00:53:30.04\00:53:32.27
she says, no, you're
like, but it's, kind of, like
00:53:32.31\00:53:36.04
with a parent, like a kid.
00:53:36.08\00:53:37.48
They're like,
mom, can I have this?
00:53:37.51\00:53:38.85
And they're like, No.
00:53:38.88\00:53:40.98
And they're still like,
upset, but it doesn't mean
00:53:41.02\00:53:43.42
you stop loving them.
00:53:43.45\00:53:44.79
Yeah.
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.15
So it's like
when you feel angry,
00:53:46.19\00:53:47.52
it's like your son might be,
00:53:47.56\00:53:49.29
what happened or the answer,
00:53:49.32\00:53:51.26
but it doesn't
mean that you don't,
00:53:51.29\00:53:52.63
you shouldn't stop loving him
00:53:52.66\00:53:54.00
and that's where you
draw that boundary and like,
00:53:54.03\00:53:56.73
continuation of love,
00:53:56.77\00:53:58.10
rather than leaving altogether,
00:53:58.13\00:53:59.73
like, I don't want this anymore.
00:53:59.77\00:54:01.10
If you're not gonna
give me what I want,
00:54:01.14\00:54:02.60
then I'm gonna leave you and go.
00:54:02.64\00:54:05.01
No, that's a good point.
00:54:05.04\00:54:06.84
I know, we only
got a few minutes
00:54:06.88\00:54:08.21
but I also want
to bring up one point
00:54:08.24\00:54:09.58
that we were talking about
00:54:09.61\00:54:10.95
because I think this is
also a really important point,
00:54:10.98\00:54:13.31
you know, for
people waiting on the Lord.
00:54:13.35\00:54:17.09
There are prayers sometimes
that we expect God to answer,
00:54:17.12\00:54:20.72
but we're not letting go.
00:54:20.76\00:54:22.12
For example, you
know, we were talking like,
00:54:22.16\00:54:24.59
you know, Lord,
help me not to smoke
00:54:24.63\00:54:26.66
or help me not to drink.
00:54:26.70\00:54:28.13
But we're still
putting ourselves in situations
00:54:28.16\00:54:30.23
where it's way
easier to do those things
00:54:30.27\00:54:33.74
or we continue to do it
00:54:33.77\00:54:35.24
and we're waiting on God
to fix our problems for us.
00:54:35.27\00:54:38.91
You know, Jamie's
bringing up a point
00:54:38.94\00:54:40.44
when we brought this up,
00:54:40.48\00:54:41.81
but sometimes
God's waiting for us too.
00:54:41.84\00:54:43.65
Exactly. That's true.
00:54:43.68\00:54:45.01
You know, He's waiting for
us to have that open heart,
00:54:45.05\00:54:47.32
that open mind
ready to be changed,
00:54:47.35\00:54:48.98
ready to have us trust in Him
00:54:49.02\00:54:51.25
before He can start giving
us answers and blessing us.
00:54:51.29\00:54:53.76
Yeah.
00:54:53.79\00:54:55.12
That reminds me of a
verse in Revelation 3:21,
00:54:55.16\00:54:57.29
one of my favorite verses.
00:54:57.33\00:54:59.53
It says, "Behold, I
stand at the door and knock."
00:54:59.56\00:55:03.06
God is knocking
at our heart's door.
00:55:03.10\00:55:06.00
"If anyone hears My
voice and opens the door,
00:55:06.03\00:55:09.37
I will come in to him and
dine with him and he with Me."
00:55:09.40\00:55:13.27
God is waiting for us
00:55:13.31\00:55:15.21
and sometimes we
don't realize that He is.
00:55:15.24\00:55:18.31
I mean, He's
obviously standing at the door,
00:55:18.35\00:55:20.75
and He says He's
calling out to us.
00:55:20.78\00:55:23.28
So that means it's taken a while
00:55:23.32\00:55:24.99
for someone to get to the door.
00:55:25.02\00:55:26.62
Yeah.
00:55:26.65\00:55:27.99
That's true.
00:55:28.02\00:55:29.59
Yeah. Yeah.
00:55:29.62\00:55:31.06
Surrender is important. Yeah.
00:55:31.09\00:55:32.79
And I believe that the
more we grow in Christ,
00:55:32.83\00:55:36.67
and get to know Christ
00:55:36.70\00:55:38.03
and our relationship
grow strong with Him
00:55:38.07\00:55:39.40
that it's easier to
surrender, but our nature is,
00:55:39.43\00:55:41.97
kind of, to do things ourselves.
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.14
We're focused on
ourselves all the time.
00:55:44.17\00:55:46.41
Oh, I need to stop smoking.
00:55:46.44\00:55:47.91
Oh, I can do that.
00:55:47.94\00:55:49.28
A lot of times we, kind of,
00:55:49.31\00:55:51.35
push God to the
sides, oh, it's fine.
00:55:51.38\00:55:53.35
I'll just not go
to the gas station
00:55:53.38\00:55:54.98
and buy
cigarettes, you know, whatever.
00:55:55.02\00:55:56.55
And so, it's like,
00:55:56.58\00:55:58.22
and, you know, I'm
not picking on people
00:55:58.25\00:55:59.72
who smoke but I
mean, these various,
00:55:59.75\00:56:01.46
you know,
things can be that way.
00:56:01.49\00:56:03.09
And so, you know, it is
really a beautiful thing.
00:56:03.12\00:56:07.16
I think when we get to
let Christ into our hearts,
00:56:07.20\00:56:10.70
we open that door as we say.
00:56:10.73\00:56:13.34
And that what
happens is we begin to,
00:56:13.37\00:56:16.27
our hearts begin to soften
00:56:16.30\00:56:18.07
and we begin to surrender
those things in our lives.
00:56:18.11\00:56:20.44
Closing verse,
00:56:20.48\00:56:21.81
"We shall mount up
with wings like eagles,
00:56:21.84\00:56:23.45
they shall run and be weary,
00:56:23.48\00:56:24.95
they shall walk
and not be faint."
00:56:24.98\00:56:27.32
That ties right
into our opening verse.
00:56:27.35\00:56:29.45
Yeah.
00:56:29.48\00:56:30.82
We could talk for
hours on this topic.
00:56:30.85\00:56:32.19
I know.
00:56:32.22\00:56:34.06
Actually, I may
read this one more time.
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.52
Isaiah 40:31,
00:56:36.56\00:56:38.33
it says, "But those
who wait on the Lord
00:56:38.36\00:56:40.63
shall renew their strength."
00:56:40.66\00:56:42.00
You said renew
could also be grow.
00:56:42.03\00:56:43.77
So we could say
grow their strength.
00:56:43.80\00:56:46.00
"They shall mount up
with wings like eagles,
00:56:46.03\00:56:47.87
they shall run and not be weary,
00:56:47.90\00:56:49.67
they shall walk and not faint."
00:56:49.70\00:56:51.47
So we know that
if we trust in God,
00:56:51.51\00:56:55.94
we wait on God,
00:56:55.98\00:56:57.45
that the outcome typically
00:56:57.48\00:56:59.08
is we're going to
be stronger in God.
00:56:59.11\00:57:00.75
We're going to be
stronger in believing
00:57:00.78\00:57:02.12
and having
faith and all of that.
00:57:02.15\00:57:03.92
So we just implore you today
00:57:03.95\00:57:06.12
to wait on the
Lord, trust in the Lord
00:57:06.15\00:57:08.56
and everything will work out
for our good, I believe that.
00:57:08.59\00:57:12.09
Well, friends, thank you
all for joining us today.
00:57:12.13\00:57:13.60
Thank you for having us, Ben.
00:57:13.63\00:57:14.96
I greatly
appreciate it. All right.
00:57:15.00\00:57:16.33
And we'll see you
next time. God bless you.
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