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Are We In Tune With God? | Episode #338 | Encore Episode #009 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: A very familiar scripture states we know all things work
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  Speaker 2: together for the good of those who love God, those
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  Speaker 2: who are called according to His purpose. For those he
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  Speaker 2: fore knew. He also predestined to be conformed to the
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  Speaker 2: image of his son, so that he would be the
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  Speaker 2: first born among many brothers, and those he predestined he
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  Speaker 2: also called. He also justified, and those he justified he
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  Speaker 2: also glorified. Romans eight twenty eight through thirty. Are we
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  Speaker 2: in tune with God? Perhaps you've experienced listening to an orchestra,
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  Speaker 2: as all the instruments are being tuned to one specific note.
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  Speaker 2: It is in their individual and diverse expression of that
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  Speaker 2: sound that is used to position the instruments for service.
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  Speaker 2: There are more ways of expressing our adoration and worship
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  Speaker 2: of God than there are instruments in any orchestra. A
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  Speaker 2: plumb line is a simple tool used to define an
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  Speaker 2: absolute point. Suspended from a height above the floor. It
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  Speaker 2: nearly touches the surface, but when it's oop's motion there
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  Speaker 2: is perfect balance or level. The slightest motion exerted from
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  Speaker 2: the area surrounding the plumb will take it off balance.
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  Speaker 2: A rudder is a directional instrument used to guide a
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  Speaker 2: ship and thereby keep it on course. The directional guide
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  Speaker 2: is monitored by a compass. The course is maintained by
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  Speaker 2: controlling the rudder in alignment with the compass bearing. These
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  Speaker 2: all represent examples of being in tune, on balance, on course.
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  Speaker 2: Let's look at a biblical example of this in the
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  Speaker 2: Book of Joshua, the army of Israel was encamped on
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  Speaker 2: the outskirts of a great city, Jericho. The army, under
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  Speaker 2: Joshua's leadership was about to come into perfect tune with
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  Speaker 2: God's plan. God had promised to hand over Jericho's king,
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  Speaker 2: his fighting men, and the entire city. We find that
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  Speaker 2: in Joshua Chapter six, verses one and two, all that
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  Speaker 2: the Israelites were to do was simply followed God's direction.
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  Speaker 2: They were to march around the city one time for
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  Speaker 2: each of the next six days, without making a sound,
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  Speaker 2: no battle cry, no trumpets, sounding charge, nothing. There were
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  Speaker 2: seven priests who carried seven ramshorned trumpets in front of
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  Speaker 2: the Ark of the Covenant. On the seventh day, this
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  Speaker 2: same action was followed, only this time they marched around
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  Speaker 2: the city seven times while the priests blew their trumpets.
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  Speaker 2: With a final prolonged blast of the trumpets, the army
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  Speaker 2: was commanded to shout, and the huge walls surrounding the
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  Speaker 2: city fell. This was an army in tune with God.
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  Speaker 2: There are several significant factors that we learn from the
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  Speaker 2: miraculous fall of Jericho. This was an army numbering thousands
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  Speaker 2: of men under complete control. Note that the priest's position
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  Speaker 2: was in front of the procession, carrying the Ark of
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  Speaker 2: the Covenant and the signaling trumpets. For six days they
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  Speaker 2: practiced for the seventh day, when God would deliver the city.
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  Speaker 2: Note again, without a sound, just the march in unison
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  Speaker 2: of thousands of foot soldiers that alone must have seemed
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  Speaker 2: like the thunder of a mighty storm to come on
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  Speaker 2: the seventh day, they are all in perfect formation. The
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  Speaker 2: priest lead, carrying the Ark of the Covenant, and blow
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  Speaker 2: the seven trumpets. When the final long blast is in
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  Speaker 2: perfect balance, the army army shouts with all the energy
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  Speaker 2: saved up for this special moment. That sound reverberated with
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  Speaker 2: such frequency that brick and mortar separated and the mighty
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  Speaker 2: walls of Jericho crumbled. God used instruments that were in
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  Speaker 2: perfect tune with his plan to deliver the city.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard Ka. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: We would like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great
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  Speaker 1: here is Richard to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Are we willing to wait until God sounds the trumpet
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  Speaker 2: for us to march? How can we be more in
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  Speaker 2: tune with God? Sometimes our plans may be good, but
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  Speaker 2: they're just not God's. We need to examine our motives
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  Speaker 2: and pray that God tunes us, just as the orchestra
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  Speaker 2: conductor sees that the most beautiful music can be the
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  Speaker 2: result of tuning. Once we are in plumb with God's plan,
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  Speaker 2: we should set our guide to follow his direction. Being
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  Speaker 2: led by the Holy Spirit, pray, continually, study God's word,
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  Speaker 2: fellowship with other believers, and be a witness to a
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  Speaker 2: life born again through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Remember all
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  Speaker 2: those led by God's Spirit are God's Sons Romans eight fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: And that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k Or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.