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Silence of God [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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Praise God, Praise God. Welcome back to the Morning Devot, Family of
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God, Welcome back. It is your brother Sam Lopez a kadj Sam Rock.
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So when is with a z org live that so Win is with a
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z dot org and we're in the building. So I got my Saint Jud's
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shirt on because I've been doing the three thousand push up challenge Amen for the
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month of March to help raise awareness and donations for Saint Jude Children's Hospital over
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there in Philadelphia and places beyond that. Well, listen, Silence of God.
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Silence of God is today's morning Devo. When God seems silent when you're
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in need of God, when you pray to God, when you need a
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move of God, Amen, when you're relying on God to come through and
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it seems silent, what do you do about that? We're in the Holy
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Week, Amen, so we're focusing back on the sacrifice of what Jesus did
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is birth, death, resurrection, Amen, all of it, all of
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it. We're going back to that. Peter Zimbe, thank you so much
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for sharing the scripture on the screen, Amen, because that's where we're gonna
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go. Psalms twenty two, Verses one and two. Thank you so much
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for sharing that. Amen, and let me see make sure we have the
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right one by the fine no rest Okay, yeah, that's another version of
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it. Amen. Thank you so much. During moments of silence or feeling
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distant from god's important to remember that he's still present and attentive to our prayers.
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Amen. Right, trust in his faithfulness and know that He is always
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near, even in the silence. That's right, right. Thank you so
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much for your comments. So listen, that's where we're gonna be at today.
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I know you've went through it. I've been through it. Involved going
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through it if you're a believer in Christ. Amen. Although we know that
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he's present in the time of time and trouble, when we need him,
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He's always there. But sometimes it might seem like God is silent and in
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that silence, and I think that's the waiting process, waiting on the Lord,
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right in that silence. Just keep continue to believe, continue to move
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and victory. Continued to read his word, continue to speak his word,
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continue to pray. Very important, continue to pray because the enemy might have
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you convinced or tries to convince you that you know, throws accusations or tries
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to convince you to see. God is not hearing you. See, the
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Lord is not going to move, and that's a lot. The Lord is
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always doing something new. He's always present in the time of need. Amen.
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He's always there. Amen, even if we don't see it, God
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is still working, even if we don't hear him, even if it seems
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that he's silent a man, God is always working. So let's pray.
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But before that, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, pray
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requests, don't hesitate to leave it on a live chat. That's what we're
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here for. Amen. We get together on these morning devots to communicate to
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one another. Amen, to gather in fellowship and in faith, a man
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believing and hoping and trusting. Some of you come on here and you don't
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have any idea of what we're doing. Amen. So I welcome every single
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person who's listening and watching right now to the morning devote. You don't necessarily
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have to be a born again believer to be a part of these morning DeVos.
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Why do I say that because I know it's the word of God that
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would change your heart, that would convince you of who He is, The
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Holy Spirit, God, Holy Spirit. God will do the convicting and convincing
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convicting you of listen, you need me because you're a sinner a man I
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can forgive you. He'll do that job a man. Once Jesus forgives you
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for your sins and cleanses you from all righteousness and all wickedness, he will
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live inside of you by way of Holy Spirit. And from there, Amen,
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you're gonna know that you've been transformed, redeem renewed, restored, born
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again. Amen, that you have a new life, and you're no longer
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gonna want any parts of the old life. I can guarantee you that you're
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not gonna want parts of it. We struggle with your old ideas and the
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old man, of course everyone does. Amen. But in the meantime,
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you're gonna know for sure in your own life, in your own life,
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in your own life, that God is real. There's not gonna be There's
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not gonna be no question about that. You're gonna be able to decide for
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yourself whether or not this God of the Scripture is real or not, because
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he's gonna come into your life just like you came into my life in two
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thousand and one. Amen. And listen. He didn't come uninvited. I
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needed God and I still need God daily. Amen. He didn't rush and
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break open my door of my heart a man. He didn't and force his
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way for me to serve him, to make me serve him, to make
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me believe. He didn't do none of that. What I did was I
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called the part God to rescue, save me, change me, transform me,
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renew me. And he did it. And he did it because he
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loves me, and he does it because he loves you. Amen. He
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doesn't need our help, but he wants us to be a part of what
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he's doing in this world and this earth. Amen. So let's go forward.
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Let's pray. After we pray, like I said, we'll showed this
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out for like sixty seconds. When we come back, we'll get right into
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Psalms chapter number twenty two. I believe versus one and two. Peter put
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it up on the screen in the chat. Thank you so much for doing
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that. That's a good idea. Amen. So even during times of silence,
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God is listening. Father, I thank you so much for your listening.
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Ear, thank you so much for keeping us in your mind and your
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heart. Thank you, Lord God, that you help us, never stop
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praying, never stop believing, and never stop believing that you are our present
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help. I thank you, Lord God, that you stay with us because
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you are close, You are in us, working through us. You're all
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powerful, you know, and you remember our prayers. You know what we're
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going to say before we speak it. Yet you are gracious enough to listen,
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patient enough to listen to our requests and our prayers, even when we're
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fearful, even when we're feel like you're not listening, you are there.
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Thank you, Lord God, that even during times of silence, that you
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are available. I pray I had your protection for all those who are listening
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and watching right now. I pray, Lord God that you will continue to
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work through these morning sessions, the morning DeVos. And I pray Lord God
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that every single person who has questions about life, about death, about eternity,
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whatever they have, Lord God, that you answer them according to your
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word, your purpose, your plan for each individual life, including mine and
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my family as well. I pray I had your protection. I pray the
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power of God by way of Holy Spirit, to ignite this fire in us
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to continue moving forward even when it seems silent, even when we think that
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you're not listening. Thank you, Love God for your time. Thank you
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Lord God for your sacrifice. Thank you Lord God for your love, your
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grace and your mercy. And thank you Love God for your forgiveness. In
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Jesus name, I prayed this over myself, my family, my friends,
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the people on the other side of the screen, and on the other side
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of this mic, and the powerful, matchless name of the Lord Jesus.
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I pray, Amen and Amen. Amen. Let's go for it. Let's
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share this out. Hope me share us out. When we come back,
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I promise we'll get right into Psalms chapter twenty two Versus one and two.
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Today we call on this one silence of God. I'll be read back many,
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man and man, let's go for it. Let's see what the word
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of God has for us today. A man, I'm excited about it because
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we go through this whin it says God is not listening, that he's not
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with us, that he's not paying attention, or even I know we might
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see an extreme, but even we might think that he doesn't care because of
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the so called silence, that we think he's just not caring. But that's
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not true. We know that God is always there. I know his word
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has conditions. Do this, and this will happen. You don't do this,
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that will happen. We know that in the scriptures a man and knowing
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that, we know that God has the best plan for our hearts and minds
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and our lives. And he has the best future plan, a man for
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all eternity. For those who are willing to obey. Amen, to trust
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him and obey because he's good. He's always good. Amen, Silence of
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God. So I'm twenty two Verses one and two. The word says,
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my God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Other versions say
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why have you forsaken me? And of course that Echoes or Jesus echoed this
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Amen, when he was on the cross of Calvary. Why are you so
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far away? When I've grown for help? You never felt that way?
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Verse two. Every day I call to you, my God, but you
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do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no
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relief fo this song. This is a Messianic psalm because we know that Jesus
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said this on the cross. My God, my God, why have you
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abandoned me? That's a question when you feel alone, when you feel like
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wow, the world came against me and God, and you're not there and
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didn't show up. You might go along those lines too and say this and
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ask this question, why are you so far away when I've grown for help?
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And listen, this was before right, the Holy Spirit was dispersed,
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well, the Holy Spirit, the promised Holy Spirit was not given to the
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disciples. Amen, this is before that. But what happens Jesus spoke it
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dies on the cross. Three days later raised, rose from the grave,
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showed himself to so many people at one time, went to the disciples to
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make sure they knew he was still alive. And then he ascended to the
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right hand of the Father and sent back Holy Spirit God, the promised Holy
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Spirit to the people who are way in the upper room, disciples. Then
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it came out there out of the upper room, filled with Holy Spirit of
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God. Knowing that God has not abandoned them. Because they felt some of
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the disciples were like, Jesus is dead. What now? They felt abandoned
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and alone, They dispersed, they moved, they hid. Right. We
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know the scriptures. But look what God did, And to this very day
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he's still doing what he said he would do, filling us with his Holy
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Spirit living inside of every one of us, his temple in us, Holy
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Temple of God. The world is in desperate need to see the sons of
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God, to see the living God working in a man and in a woman
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of God, knowing that they're not alone. When I walk into some situations
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that are dangered unwillingly and not looking for problems, right, who wants problems?
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I just have this reminder in me that I'm never alone. God is
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faithful to his word. He doesn't abandon us, he doesn't forsake us.
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He doesn't leave us all alone trying to figure things out on our own.
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We do that to ourselves. We have a God who knows. We have
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a God who hears. We have a God who responds. We have a
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God who loves. We have a God who forgets. We have a God
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who's all powerful, all knowing, omni present. Amen. It's important to
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keep praying through even when God doesn't seem to be listening, or when God
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is silent. Our emotions will deceive you and me if we rely or trust
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in our emotions about God. Where are you? You're not there. I'm
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gonna do it myself. I'm gonna do this myself. I'm all alone.
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Your emotions can deceive you or will deceive you. Gotta be patient, amen.
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God is not moved right instantly. Oh, Goda mad at you.
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If you don't do this, then I'm gonna keep it moving. And it's
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up to God. We can't command God like some preachers say, I command
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God. You can't command God to do nothing. He does what he does
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by his own power, his own strength, by his spirit, by his
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will. Amen. He knows the beginning from the end. He doesn't need
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my advice. A man doesn't need your advice. He is who he says
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he is. He's the great. I am. Seem to pray, it's
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seem to be patient. God will work everything out for good for those who
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love him, trust him and obey his commandments. And it's not a hard
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life. Jesus is not a hard lord to follow a man. He's gentle,
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spirit kind, just, loving, right, holy, righteous, He's
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all of that. Since the joys. Good morning, God, bless you,
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welcome, welcome, blessings in Jesus name. Yes, sister Joan,
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God bless you, good morning, Welcome back to the morning. Devo.
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So in this Psalm and Psalm twenty two, David felt as if he had
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gotten a raw deal from God, never been there, and he wanted some
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answers to these questions, Why have you abandoned me? Look at what has
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happened. I'm so miserable. Why all this cruetsy? Why the silence?
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Because it seems like when you need something right away God's help, it's not
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going on and you don't get the answer right away. That waiting process,
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that waiting time seems like eternity. It seems like a long time, and
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it seems like God is not listening or he's so silent, he's not moving.
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But that's not true. We know that's not true. Even though David
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cried out again and again, God remained silent, right because he's seeing he
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knows. Just trust God. I'm so stubborn and trusting in God. People
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laughing, but like you just trust God. That's amazing. Yep, God
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remained silent. His circumstances raise an important question that so many of us have
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pondered and asked at different times in our lives. What should we do when
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God doesn't show up? Right? That doesn't even sound like it sounds like
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a weird question, because we know God shows up. You might be in
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a position. That's why I respect people's position. All this, you might
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think that God didn't show up. I might have thought that God didn't show
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up when I needed him. When our daughters were sick and we were praying
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the miracle prayer over our daughters. It seemed like God didn't show up.
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But yes he did and other ways that were just miraculous at the time,
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and I'm still blown away. Have two questions to ask, first question,
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how can we maintain faith and trust in God's presence and love during times when
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we feel like our prayers are answered on when we perceive God's silence as seen
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in Psalm twenty two and one and two. And the second question, in
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what ways can the experience of feeling abandoned by God as expressed in the Psalm
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deepen our understanding of God's sovereign sovereignty, our dependence on Him, and the
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importance of persevering in prayer of faith and even in the minds of Let's take
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the first question, how can we maintain faith and trust in God's presence?
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When you pray right, you're actually speaking to the living, holy, righteous,
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loving God. When you pray, the way you maintain your faith is
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by believing and the answer according to the will of God. But you have
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to be willing to accept what God, how, God answers, how he
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moves in a situation. If you think he's not moving a man and you're
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praying to a God who doesn't move, then watch out because you might be
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praying to the wrong God. First and foremost other part of that is God
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hearing your prayer. Well, there's scriptures that say there's reasons that God won't
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even pay attention to your prayer. You won't hear your prayer if you're doing
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this, that and the third there's scriptures that say, God, you know
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that our prayers are hindered because of our behavior and what we're doing and what
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we're holding back against God or what are doing or following on ban So yes,
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maintaining faith during times where it seems that our prayers are aren't answered,
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Amen, or the God's silence. Amen. It's not easy, but keep
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on praying, keep on trust, and keep on believing, and God will
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will show up. But there's the other side of that coin. If He
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doesn't hear your prayers, he decides not to listen. Check yourself, make
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sure your in alignment with God's word, and you're following Christ, the real
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Christ, and you're praying to the right God, the True God, Living
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God, the Holy God, Righteous God, the God of the Scriptures.
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Amen, and you will get a response from God. Amen. So it
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there's a difference. There's two seasons in our lives. What should we do
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when God doesn't show up? What happens when God does show up? Amen?
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Are you willing to honor or you respect the word that's given to you
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by the Lord, or the respect of God to your prayer? Are you
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willing to accept that? Or you're gonna be like, that's not the way
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I wanted it. I'm still upset. I'm not going I'm not gonna do
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it. Amen. So that's my first answer to that, and the second
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question, in what ways can the experience of feeling abandoned by God? As
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expressing the psalm deep in our understanding of God's sovereignty. This is the waiting
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time. God is there, He's available, He's powerful, Almighty. Amen.
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Pray and keep on praying. Some people you know say that you push
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pray until something happens. Amen. I'm thinking now that I'm older than the
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Lord, Amen, and have more experience now than before. I prayed certain
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prayers and then I just stopped praying even when I don't see those prayers and
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answer why, because I believe God heard those prayers. Let's keep it moving.
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Let's expect the best because God gives the best. And might not seem
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that way at the time. It might not seem that God is, you
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know, responding the way you want him to respond or the way I run
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to respond. But I've been noticing in my life with the Lord, Amen,
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that his way is the best way regardless. But yeah, pray,
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persevere, Amen, keep on praying, don't stop praying, Believe, trust,
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hope, don't let go of God's promises because He's not letting go of
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his over your life and over my life. Amen. Even in the midst
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of silence, silence sometimes is an incredibly It's just tough because you want answers.
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This is a noisy world, and it seems like when people ask for
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certain things in the world, they get it asap. Because of social media,
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because of the computer systems we have, it seems like everything's instant.
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So we try to put God in the instant box. And God is slow
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to anger, He's slow to move sometimes a certain a man. Be patient
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wait on the Lord. Amen, But in your waiting, don't be stagnant.
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Don't do nothing while you're waiting. Continue to pray, to believe,
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continue to read the Word, continue to trust, continue to surround yourselves with
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children of God, people who are filled with holy spirite God, and continue
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moving that way and see what happens. Amen. I hope I answered those
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questions. Should we stop praying altogether? Should we stop believing that prayer makes
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a difference? Absolutely not even And when God seems to be silent, right,
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just keep on going. It's not easy, but it's so worth it
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since the joint says, yes, God's good. A lot of people think
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I'm crazy because I talk and hearing me talking to myself. But I'm not
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talking to myself. I am talking to my father up above, and he
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hears me, and he's been here from me for the first time that I
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went to church and been a member, that they are at church, and
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my sister and brother know what I am going through. He is good,
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everybody out of everybody out of sign listen everybody out listen to sam and believe
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in God. Because God is good. You just got to have faith because
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I've been through a lot and they know that. Amen. Yes, Sister
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Juanne can tell you that the waiting process is not easy, but it's worth
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it. It's worth it, Amen. And I know we got a promise
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from the Lord, me and my wife about children, bearing children on this
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side of eternity, a man healthy, and it was like a fifteen sixteen
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year wait for the promise. Was it easy? Not for me? I
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don't think it was easy for my wife either, Amen, But it was
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worth it. So life starts caving in around us. Life happens right sometimes,
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and we've got to be honest with God. I always tell people God
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works through our honesty. Amen. You don't have to fake anything with God.
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He knows our heart. He knows what we're gonna say before we say
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it, So why say it, Sam, Because He wants to hear your
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unique voice, my unique voice. He wants to know you because you're made
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unique a man. We're different serve the same God, but we're different personalities.
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How we look, how we move, how we breathe, how we
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talk, how we walk, how we perceive things, and God wants to
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deal with us individually, Amen, and show that he loves God demonstrates his
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own love. Amen, that in this while we will still hate us with
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God, he's still regardless of that. He still died for us. Amen.
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It's an amazing thing. If you think those words have a familiar ring,
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like God, why have you abandoned me? God? Why you're not
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listening God? Or where are you right? You might have asked those questions
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and now you might be thinking, oh, man, I should not have
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did that. I feel guilty. Not no, I don't feel guilty.
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You weren't in a situation, and just like David was in a situation,
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just like the Lord was in a situation that you needed an answer a sap.
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You needed God to move a sap and it seemed like an eternity until
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God answered. Because you're going through it. You were going through it a
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man. You're relying and trusting in God, which is the best place,
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the best person. The best thing to do is to rely and trust on
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a living God, not on a dead God, but a living God.
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Amen. So we have it. You got it. Keep on praying.
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So where ps I'm twenty two. Amen. Read the whole scripture for yourself,
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the whole chapter, Verses one and two, is where we camped out.
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Even during times of silence, God is listening, and I'll take it
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a little further than God's listening. God will respond. Trust and believe in
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him, obey him, Amen, and know who He is in a deeper
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way. And through it all, Amen, you will know God in a
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deeper way. So I'm out of time. Thank you so much for listening.
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Thank you for your questions and comments. God bless you all. God
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keep you all, and remember always that God is good. Peace,