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"I" need Him--Do U? Ep 3380 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: To even the gracious God. We give you the honor,
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  Speaker 1: we give you the glory for who you are, who
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  Speaker 1: you continue to be in each of our lives to
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  Speaker 1: become before your holy presence. We ask your forgiveness for
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  Speaker 1: each and every known sin that's in our lives, and
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  Speaker 1: we thank you for what Jesus Christ did at the
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  Speaker 1: Cross of Calgary for each one of us. As went
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  Speaker 1: on in today's message, we asks you allow your Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit to take it and make it real, make it
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  Speaker 1: really to whoever's listening, as you continue to make it
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  Speaker 1: real for my individual life. In Jesus's name, we ask
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  Speaker 1: you to thank you Amen. Now I need him. The
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  Speaker 1: question is to you, cause think about it almost every day.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we learn of failures in the lives of
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  Speaker 1: individuals around us. You know it's true, and think about
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  Speaker 1: these failures. Maybe that's you and lead to homes being broken,
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  Speaker 1: and don't talk about not being a misery. But I
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  Speaker 1: hope and prayers you hear today's message cause you didn't
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  Speaker 1: tune in by accident, that you'll ponder and maybe you'll
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  Speaker 1: hear something that's proper or for you to really think about,
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  Speaker 1: especially when you're thinking about some of the greatest blessings
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  Speaker 1: which God has provided for you, you too, over there,
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  Speaker 1: and you over there and myself. You know, it's interesting,
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  Speaker 1: contrary to ordinary human judgment, that scriptures would seem to
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  Speaker 1: teach that men and women, women and men are most
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  Speaker 1: liable to fall, and not at our weakest point, but
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  Speaker 1: at our strongest point. Do you see that in your
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  Speaker 1: own life? Think about you? All have heard the statement
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  Speaker 1: that a chain is no longer, no stronger than its
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  Speaker 1: weakest link. You know it's true. You know it's true.
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  Speaker 1: But when it comes to the rim of spiritual things,
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  Speaker 1: it seems to be different, is it not. So let's
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  Speaker 1: take a moment, and we're going to do some pondering.
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  Speaker 1: Let's consider some Bible characters who fail, and they fail
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  Speaker 1: not at the weakest points, but that their strongest. And
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  Speaker 1: while you're taking a look at them and walking around them,
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  Speaker 1: or maybe somebody's coming to your heart and mind that
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  Speaker 1: you're pointing your finger, can you kind of take your
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  Speaker 1: finger and point it toward you? Oh yeah, and you too,
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  Speaker 1: and you And one of the first persons that come
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  Speaker 1: to our mind is not the person you're thinking about
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  Speaker 1: is Moses. Remember how Moses was noted for his meekness.
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  Speaker 1: Remember not a lot of people think that meekness is weakness,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not. Remember the story of his leadership of
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  Speaker 1: the people of Israel, and when those whom he was
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  Speaker 1: leading cried out of water, Moses prayed and the Lord
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  Speaker 1: directed him to smite the rock. Do you remember? And
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  Speaker 1: you remember fourth from that rock dust the stream which
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  Speaker 1: quench the thirst of those who believe they're about to die.
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  Speaker 1: That's a powerful picture you and I have here. That's
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  Speaker 1: foreshadowing and spiting of Christ are rocking across the Calvary.
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  Speaker 1: And then you got the rod of judgment that fell
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  Speaker 1: upon him so that the waters of life might flow
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  Speaker 1: out freely to the parish in multitude that's around him.
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  Speaker 1: You notice when you turn over in Corinthus that we
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  Speaker 1: see that they drink of that spiritual rock that followed them,
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  Speaker 1: And that rock you already know who it was, do
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  Speaker 1: you not? Christ? And when we look at that, you
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  Speaker 1: know we're to understand that the benefits of Calvary follows
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  Speaker 1: us throughout our lives while we're living down here on earth.
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  Speaker 1: But the question still remained, what about the failure of Moses?
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  Speaker 1: So maybe the failure of you, Oh wait, Amy, now
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  Speaker 1: don't be dug and you too as well as me,
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  Speaker 1: because to see that on a later occasion, God spoke
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  Speaker 1: to him the second time. You see that, Remember he
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  Speaker 1: told him to speak to the rock, and what did
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  Speaker 1: he do? He smote it the second time. So Moses
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  Speaker 1: was anything but meet especially in his attitude. But his
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  Speaker 1: failure and smiting the rock the second time instead was
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  Speaker 1: speaking to it was so serious that you know what
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  Speaker 1: happened to him. God kept him out of the Promised
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  Speaker 1: Land on account of it. Think about it. He was
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  Speaker 1: permitted to see Canaan from the top of the hill,
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  Speaker 1: but he wasn't permitted to enter the land. So you
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  Speaker 1: see how the seriousness of Moses is act of temper
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  Speaker 1: was that he utterly spoiled a type of Christ who
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  Speaker 1: needed to be smitten, but only one time, especially when
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about atoning for the sins of the world,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those evil thoughts, words and deeds. And then
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about Abraham. Remember Abraham a man of faith.
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  Speaker 1: Remember how his faith led to such perfect obedience to
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  Speaker 1: the will of God that he got the title the
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  Speaker 1: Friend of God. And we looked into his mention of
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  Speaker 1: his name. You know, it was the suggestive of faith
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  Speaker 1: and faithfulness. But we see how he failed at the
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  Speaker 1: strongest point when he went into Egypt at the time
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  Speaker 1: of famine in his own country, and knowing the danger
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  Speaker 1: which confronted his beautiful wife Sarah. You remember how he
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  Speaker 1: arranged to call her his sister instead of his wife.
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  Speaker 1: Now you know dog gone, Well, this was not an
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  Speaker 1: act of faith, and it stands out as a testimony
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  Speaker 1: against Abraham. In other words, he failed not at his
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  Speaker 1: weakest point, but at that which will be considered his
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  Speaker 1: strong lives. How about you? How about me? And then
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  Speaker 1: you have we lies, old we lies. You remember that
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  Speaker 1: mighty prophet that was known for his courage. Maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: what you're known as today, for your courage. But you
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  Speaker 1: notice how he could command the priests of Bell to
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  Speaker 1: be put to death and executed in a fearless manner,
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  Speaker 1: do you remember. But you also remember when he was
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  Speaker 1: faced by a woman. A little later, he suddenly became
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  Speaker 1: a power and he ran from the wicked queen. You
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  Speaker 1: remember who that was, Jezebel. You know that was a
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  Speaker 1: strange sight to see this fearless man of God running
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  Speaker 1: from a woman. But you also remember Solomon. Now remember
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  Speaker 1: how Solomon was known for his wisdom. But you gotta
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  Speaker 1: remember what foolishness did he conduct himself, improved by his
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  Speaker 1: own testimony in the Book of ecclesiastic that the result
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  Speaker 1: of it all was vanity and a vexation of spirit.
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  Speaker 1: And then when you go into the New Testament, I
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  Speaker 1: know your term. Here we meet the Apostle Peter. Remember Peter,
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  Speaker 1: who read the face of the entire Roman army and
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  Speaker 1: if necessary, to defend his lord. But he also remember,
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  Speaker 1: not long after we hear him denying he had ever
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  Speaker 1: known Christ, even with the oath and thinking about no
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  Speaker 1: one would question Peter's courage. But it was at this
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  Speaker 1: point of courage that he felled when he was approached.
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  Speaker 1: How about you and how about me? And then you
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  Speaker 1: have Paul. Remember Paul, whose condemnation of going back under
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  Speaker 1: the law and being subject to ordinances of the legal
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  Speaker 1: discipinisation felled when he had his head shaven at Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: and underwent a vow. You remember that, And you know
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  Speaker 1: it seemed that the Apostle was begoued in doing that
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  Speaker 1: which he condemned in other places in scripture. Now you know,
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  Speaker 1: if I had time, you know I would I would
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  Speaker 1: kind of like talk about others, you know, enumerate on
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  Speaker 1: those others who could be added to this list. But
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  Speaker 1: sufficient has been said to illustrate the meaning the scripture
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  Speaker 1: would tells you and I that let him or her
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  Speaker 1: that think of he or she generic now stand up,
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  Speaker 1: take heed, let's hear her fall pause isn't listen when
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  Speaker 1: I am weak, dinner my strong. And so the truth is,
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  Speaker 1: if you're gonna admit it, I know y'all most of
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  Speaker 1: us have too much strength. And it's not our strength
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  Speaker 1: that God once would have written that God had chosen
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  Speaker 1: the foolish things of the world to confound the wise,
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  Speaker 1: and God have chosen the weak things of the world
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  Speaker 1: to confound the mighty and base things of the world,
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  Speaker 1: and things which are despised if God chosen yay, and
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  Speaker 1: the things which are not to bring to naught, things
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  Speaker 1: that are in why and no flesh to glory in
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  Speaker 1: His presence. So the question is, my brother's householder, way,
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  Speaker 1: how can they believe a follow of Jesus Christ hear
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  Speaker 1: these words, and not only hearim, but read them in
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  Speaker 1: your private study and believe them, and then go out
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  Speaker 1: into society and your own strength to serve the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: because you already know when you're trying, it's gonna come
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  Speaker 1: to not and it's not gonna be blessed of God.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's not. You gotta remember one drop of
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  Speaker 1: God's strength is worth more than all in the world.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the story is told that there was a giant,
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  Speaker 1: but you know what, as we get into the the
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  Speaker 1: story is true, But there was a giant of whom
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  Speaker 1: we are told that for forty days, he came out
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  Speaker 1: every morning and evening. Think about that even in your
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  Speaker 1: own life. But down in that valley came the Giant
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  Speaker 1: of Gath and he, you know, terrified all the army
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  Speaker 1: of Saw. The whole army was trembling. They were so
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  Speaker 1: afraid that when you remember who that was, Oh okay,
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  Speaker 1: when Joshua was weak in himself and strong the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: then they didn't fear the giants. But you see, saw
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  Speaker 1: in his army had got their ours off from God.
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  Speaker 1: Have you and when you and I had take our
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  Speaker 1: eyes off God, do you notice how mighty that giant
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  Speaker 1: that's in our life look? And then all of a
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  Speaker 1: sudden there came a young man up from the country
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  Speaker 1: who heard of this giant and he wanted to go
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  Speaker 1: out and meet him at once. And the last man
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  Speaker 1: that you and I would have chosen, You know we
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  Speaker 1: would have. But God's way are not our ways. Cause
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  Speaker 1: God's gonna have the glory. And if it had been
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  Speaker 1: some great giant, and you and I would have given
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  Speaker 1: the giant all the glory. And as it is, that
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  Speaker 1: young man and required an army of salt. You know
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  Speaker 1: what he did. He just took a few small, smooth,
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  Speaker 1: round stones from the brook and he put 'em in
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  Speaker 1: his sling, and he said to the giant, you have
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  Speaker 1: your sword, but I have come in the name of
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  Speaker 1: my God. You know what David did. He leaned upon
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  Speaker 1: the strength of God. Look at that, you and I
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  Speaker 1: are gonna have to place the little stone in the
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  Speaker 1: slim allowed God to direct it. And when we do that,
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  Speaker 1: guess what the work has done? The giant falls. And
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  Speaker 1: you gotta remember, David was the last one you and
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  Speaker 1: I would have chosen. But you know what, he was
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  Speaker 1: chosen of God. My brother, my household of faith, have
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  Speaker 1: you been chosen of God for such a time as now?
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  Speaker 1: What have you got a lot of us? Like the
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  Speaker 1: little newsboy who was asked, my boy, do you pray
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  Speaker 1: every day, yes, was the answer. And may I ask
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  Speaker 1: continue to inquire when do you pray in the day? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: said the boy. I pray every night before going to bed. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so so why do you pray at night? Well, it's
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  Speaker 1: so dark, and I'm afraid of the dark and feel
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  Speaker 1: my need of God's protection. And hell, so the questioner continue,
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  Speaker 1: I suppose you pray in the morning as well. Oh, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not afraid. Then I can take care of myself
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  Speaker 1: in the daytime. You see, when we hear that young boy,
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  Speaker 1: weren't you inclined to believe that he was in a
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  Speaker 1: greater danger than during the daytime, depending on himself than
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  Speaker 1: he was at night when he committed his way into
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  Speaker 1: another more mighty and powerful that was able to keep him.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, when you're looking the psalms, when was
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  Speaker 1: the last time you looked in the book of Palm?
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  Speaker 1: I mean you're looking there. You notice the little animal
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  Speaker 1: that's called the coney zel inn ey a feeble folk.
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  Speaker 1: But you know they made their homes in the rock.
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  Speaker 1: I love to watch which the animals and the while
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  Speaker 1: all types look at God's creation that was under the
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  Speaker 1: authority of Adam but in keeping with the the Psalmist says,
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  Speaker 1: lead me to the rock which is higher than I,
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  Speaker 1: the house old of faith. The storms of life are
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  Speaker 1: more than you and I can face. You know it's true,
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  Speaker 1: But guess what we can hide in that blessed Rock
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  Speaker 1: of Ages? When was the last time you read that
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  Speaker 1: message about Christ? You know, the Christ that you found
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  Speaker 1: in the hiding place, and it's sheltering the time of
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  Speaker 1: the storm in your life. And since you remember, how
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  Speaker 1: about the prayer that you and I can make of
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  Speaker 1: that him? You know Rock of Ages? Do you remember it?
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  Speaker 1: Those of you had that powerful vocal sing You just
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  Speaker 1: love the sing and those of you who are singing
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  Speaker 1: and you don't when I know you singing? You remember
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  Speaker 1: that song? Rock of Ages? Club for me? Let me
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  Speaker 1: hide myself and they let the water and the blood
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  Speaker 1: from that ribbon side which flowed be of sin the
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  Speaker 1: double cure save me from its guilt and power. Not
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  Speaker 1: the labor my hands can fulfill thy loss, demand could
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  Speaker 1: my zeal, no respite, no cut, my tears forever flow
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  Speaker 1: all for sin cannot atone. Thou must save and thou alone.
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  Speaker 1: You remember that song? You sure you sure? Are you singing?
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  Speaker 1: It today in your own life,