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508 | Throwback - A Date With Jesus · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl. Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman
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  at the Well Ministries, where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus
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  like the woman at the well in John chapter 4.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  Whether you are listening in our app, in your favorite podcasting app,
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  or on our website at watwm.org, we invite you to sit down with us as we look
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  to the scriptures to learn more about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living a life for Christ. She's a happy girl.
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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  The Bible tells us in Hebrews 9.27 that we have an appointment with Jesus.
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  John 4 tells us of the divine appointment that Jesus had with the woman at the well.
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  But John 1.14 tells us that the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,
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  revealing that Jesus is the Word.
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  Please join us in this broadcast as Kim discusses the joys of meeting with Jesus
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  and spending time with Him.
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  Hello, and thank you for joining us in this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries,
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  and what a pleasure it is to spend the next few moments with you.
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  And we're going to talk about something that I think that we just really don't
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  become consciously aware of in our day-to-day lives, and that is the fact that
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  we have an opportunity not only to spend time with Jesus,
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  but to really have a meeting with Jesus.
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  And we can do that at any time we choose. The Bible is very clear.
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  And he tells us that we are to study to show ourselves approved unto God,
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  a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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  And the Bible shows us in several instances where he, where Jesus came and he met with someone.
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  And it's easy for us to read through the scriptures and understand that because
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  he was present physically during that time.
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  We're able to comprehend in our minds that in John chapter 4,
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  when Jesus comes to the woman at the well, there was a face-to-face meeting.
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  It's more difficult for us to realize that right now, at this very moment,
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  we are in the presence of God and his son Jesus.
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  And that through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can feel his presence in our
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  life. It's much more difficult for us to realize that we give up on a daily basis a date with Jesus.
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  Because many of us do not spend time in his word. And many of us neglect to pray.
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  Many of us neglect to actually comprehend and understand that Jesus is present in our day.
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  We don't acknowledge him. Yet he tells us in the book of Hebrews that he would
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  never leave us nor forsake us.
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  As we go back and look at John chapter 4 again, thinking about the woman at
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  the well, and we begin to see that Jesus said he must needs go there.
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  You see, he went away specifically designed to place him in the path of that woman at the well.
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  And when he comes to the well, tired and weary, he sits on the edge of the well, waiting for her to come.
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  You see, that was a divine appointment.
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  If you would, please, in your mind, just go forward a little bit to John chapter
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  11. And in that particular scene, Mary and Martha are waiting for Jesus to come
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  because their brother, Lazarus, has died.
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  And by the time Jesus gets there, he's been dead four days.
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  But what I want you to see is Jesus comes there and he speaks to them.
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  We see further in the scriptures that Jesus went to Mary and Martha and Lazarus's
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  house. And Mary and Martha were there tending to getting things ready.
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  And one sat at his feet and one did a lot of work. One busied themselves and
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  one truly enjoyed the presence of Jesus.
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  And it's easy for us to get our minds wrapped around those accounts.
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  Because we know that Jesus walked on the earth.
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  What's far more difficult for us is for us to get our minds wrapped around the fact,
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  that Jesus walks with us and talks with us.
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  I think so many times that hymn writers are so blessed with a vision of understanding
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  God in ways that I think others are not,
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  because I believe they lend themselves to allow him to pour the Holy Spirit
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  in them so that we can be blessed by their songs.
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  And one particular song that comes to mind to me is In the Garden.
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  And he says and he walks with me and he talks with me you see that is a true.
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  Revelation of the scriptures because he
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  says seek me and you shall find me
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  he's not hidden and he says ask and you shall receive knock and it shall be
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  opened unto you but i believe perhaps One of the most beautiful invitations
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  that we find in Scripture comes in Revelations 3.20.
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  When Jesus says, Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
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  If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come into him and will sup with him and he with me.
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  This word sup is an interesting word. It's a word that helps us and gives us
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  an idea that Jesus wants to hang with us.
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  He wants to eat with us.
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  He wants to spend time with us.
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  You see, the scriptures tells us in 1 Thessalonians that we are to pray without ceasing.
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  In Hebrews chapter 4, he invites us to come boldly to the throne.
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  He wants to speak to us because prayer is our hearts lifted up towards Jesus
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  in communication with him,
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  telling him about how much we love him, telling him about how wonderful his
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  grace and his mercies and blessings are, and asking him, casting our cares upon
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  him because he cares for us.
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  This relationship we have with Jesus, it's real and it's personal.
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  Because in Romans 10, 13, he said, whosoever
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  shall call upon the lord shall be saved and
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  in john chapter 3 in verse 16 he said that for
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  god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth
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  you see he showed us in that particular verse that his love grace mercy and
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  forgiveness of sin is free for everyone because he loves the world but that
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  it's a personal commitment when he said that whosoever believeth.
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  You see, this relationship you have with Jesus, it's real and it's personal.
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  And he knows you so well that he knows even the number of hairs on your head.
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  And he loves you so much that he went away to prepare a place for you,
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  that where he was, we could be also.
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  And friends, he's so interested in you that he says, I know the plans that I have for you.
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  He has an expected end a
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  future and a hope it isn't
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  circumstances that dictate your
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  relationship with god shouldn't be but
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  i find that in our humanness when we
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  need him real badly we talk to him more often and
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  when things seem to be going well in our lives we sort
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  of just ignore him and I challenge you
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  look at your daily planner your palm
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  pilot whatever it is that you sort of structure your day with and just really
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  at the end of the day look at how much time you spent with Jesus you see he
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  says that if you've done it unto the least of these my brethren you've done and unto me.
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  So time spent helping others in the name of Jesus, giving his love out to others,
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  is time spent loving on Jesus.
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  And time spent in his word is time spent directly with him.
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  And you say, Kim, what are you talking about? I am telling you this,
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  exactly what the scriptures say.
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  If you would please turn to John chapter 1 and verse 14.
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  And the scriptures say, and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory.
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  The glory as of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth.
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  We spoke about accounts of Jesus being face to face.
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  How could you ever forget the beautiful story of Jesus coming to the boat,
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  walking on the water, because the boat was in trouble.
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  They could see the storm, and they were beginning to get stressed.
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  And Jesus, walking on the water, comes to them, and Peter says,
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  Hey, if you be Jesus, call me, bid me come.
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  Come this is peter come and as
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  he's walking to the people in the boat you see
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  he knew the problem before they could even ask and he's on his way right there
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  in the midst and peter calls to him and he responds and peter doesn't have a
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  perfect meeting with jesus because he took his eyes off of Jesus,
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  begin to doubt, begin to look at things, and the circumstances begin to weigh on him.
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  Remember, circumstances should not dictate our relationship with Jesus,
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  but oftentimes, we as humans allow that to happen.
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  And Peter sinks when he starts looking around and trying to figure things out.
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  And he begins to realize, people don't walk on water, therefore I can't.
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  And that hint of doubt began to cause him to fall, and he went straight into the water.
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  And he said save me and immediately
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  jesus reached down and picked
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  him up that is a face-to-face encounter
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  with jesus christ in a place of absolute need but friends i also want to tell
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  you that in john chapter 3 there was a man a ruler that came to jesus by night
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  in absolute need and he met with Jesus.
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  And he asked Jesus, what does a man have to do to be born again?
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  And Jesus says, marvel not that I say unto you that you must be born again,
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  and you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Except the man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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  These were real encounters of Jesus.
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  And John chapter 1 and verse 14 said that the word was made flesh.
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  So the word became flesh.
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  That same Jesus that was walking around speaking to others is the very same
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  Jesus that you have an opportunity to spend time with as you read the word and it becomes alive in you.
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  And Jesus in whom you have placed your faith. Jesus in whom you have a personal relationship.
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  Jesus who knows you better than anyone else and who has given you full opportunity
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  to know him because from Genesis to Revelations, it speaks of Jesus.
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  And he is prophesied in the Old Testament and he is fulfilled in the New Testament.
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  And his life on earth is chronicalized all the way from Matthew to Revelations.
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  And we can fully know God because we fully can know Jesus because in John chapter
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  1 and verse 1, he says, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.
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  And then he says that the word was made flesh and Jesus was the flesh of the
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  word that dwelt among us.
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  And how beautiful it is that he says, and we beheld his glory,
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  the glory of the only begotten son, this Jesus, that you have an opportunity to spend time with.
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  He's not an ordinary man. He wasn't just a prophet.
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  No, this Jesus was God. He even said so himself.
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  He thought it not robbery to count himself equal as God because he is God.
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  In that daily planner that you have, you'll put beautiful things in it.
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  And you'll fill it up with incredible memories.
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  And you'll place things in that planner that are there to keep you from missing
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  important dates and important events in your life.
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  But how many of our planners or whatever it is that we use to structure our
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  day, how many of them have dates with Jesus?
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  And if you do have it in there praise be
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  to god you understand you need to spend time with
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  him but so many of us just sort of
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  box him in and we say we're going to spend 10 or 15 minutes or i'm going to
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  pray when i first get up my friends you are missing the opportunity to spend
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  time and fellowship with jesus christ he said i will sup with you and you with
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  me i'll hang with you because he also said, I'll never leave you nor forsake you.
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  Friends, he has an appointment in his book.
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  In Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 27, he says, and as it is appointed unto men
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  once to die, but after this, the judgment.
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  You see, you're going to meet him. You are going to meet him.
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  And you are going to speak to him and at that time every knee shall bow and every tongue,
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  shall confess who he is but you need to bow your knees now and confess him now
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  prior to that day that we're told in Romans 12 14 14 12 that says so that every
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  one of us shall give account of himself to God.
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  You see, we will spend inordinate amounts of time getting ready for a special event.
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  Perhaps we spend inordinate amount of time getting ready for a date with someone
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  that we love or a potential mate.
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  And most of us just blitz through the day with Jesus knocking.
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  He's knocking on your door
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  asking you to spend time with him offering himself as your friend he said greater
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  love hath no man than this and a manly done his life for his friends he says
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  come chat with me when he says come boldly to the throne of grace that you may
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  obtain help in time of need.
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  He says, come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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  My yoke is easy and my burden is light. Take my yoke upon thee.
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  He's always working out all things for our good.
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  And you have an opportunity at any time. You don't even have to make a reservation.
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  And you'll never be turned away. Because he loves you.
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  He loves you with all he has. he
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  loves you with his entire being he
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  loves you fully and completely and unconditionally
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  and he gives you all these tips for successful life he says to study he says
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  to pray he says to work in my vineyard he says to lean upon me and not your
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  own understanding acknowledge me and I'll direct your paths.
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  He said, let your requests be made known with thanksgiving.
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  He said, I love you. And we love him because he first loved us.
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  He has done everything to reveal himself to us.
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  And then he calls us and draws us and he gives us blessings daily.
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  He loadeth us with blessings, the psalmist David said. and he says anytime you
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  call upon me i will answer thee jeremiah 33 3 call unto me and i will answer
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  thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.
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  He doesn't require anything of you, but a submissive heart that he can raise you up in due time.
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  A heart that is repentant, that he can take away the ugliness and the sinfulness
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  and the iniquity and fill it with himself.
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  You see, in John chapter 14, he says, In my father's house are many mansions,
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  and if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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  Jesus then placed the comforter inside of you that you could be comforted that
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  he could teach you and show you things when you have need of it so that he would
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  be constantly attached to you,
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  that's how much he loves you and then he gave you a beautiful love letter from
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  genesis to revelations that reveals who he is and it is jesus himself and when
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  you sit down with the word of God, you are sitting down with Jesus.
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  And it's so difficult for our finite minds to grasp that infinite truth.
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  But the Bible says in John 1 chapter 14 that the word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
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  And he tells us that the word was with God.
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  That's Jesus. And that the word was God. That's God.
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  And we have the word.
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  What are you doing with it? Are you reading it?
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  As he told us to in 2 Timothy 2.15, as the psalmist David said,
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  there was a light into our path and a lamp into our feet.
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  As we were warned of by David when he said, hide it in your heart that you might not sin against God.
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  It shows us the promises of God so that
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  we can fully trust in the promises of god
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  he said that he come to give us life and
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  then we might have it more abundantly and he is constantly telling us how much
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  he loves us and he showed us how much he loved us by his death and the cruel
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  cross of calvary but my friends he beckons you to have a personal up-to-date
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  relationship with him that is current and constant.
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  You don't need to be living on a testimony of 10 years ago.
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  You need to be living on the living love and grace and mercy of God that he
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  bestows upon you daily and moment by moment.
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  That is current and real as you become the light of the world as your relationship with him grows.
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  You want to see Jesus? Read his word. You want to see Jesus?
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  Study. You want to see Jesus? You pray.
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  Spend time with God. That's how you know him. and amazing things will happen
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  when he gets a hold of you.
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  You got all of him when you knelt at the cross and you asked him to become your savior.
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  But my friends, justification and sanctification takes place as he gets more and more of you.
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  Let Jesus have full reign in your life.
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  And it's the greatest date you'll ever have because there's no impurity,
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  there's no immorality, there's no tempting, there's no garbage, there's no yuck.
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  It's just absolute, pure, undefiled, unconditional love and acceptance.
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  And he is the greatest friend you'll ever have. He'll be a light in darkness.
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  He'll be health in sickness.
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  He'll be freedom in bondage. He'll be a rescuer when you are in trouble.
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  He'll be a constant friend who is greater and sticking closer than a brother,
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  who is capable and who loves you, and who said, I will never leave you because I love you.
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  Are you spending time with him? Fill up your days with Jesus Christ.
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  Structure your life through Jesus.
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  Friends, invest your time.
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  Build a relationship with the one who never fails.
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  Shall we pray? Our kind and most gracious to heavenly father,
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  Lord, we just thank you for this, another opportunity we have to come before you.
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  Lord, we thank you that you're a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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  And we're thankful that you pursue us, Lord, and that you love us.
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  Lord, we're thankful that you loved us before we loved you.
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  And we just ask that you would just come into our hearts and that you would
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  just walk through our lives.
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  And Lord, that you would just make a change in us that would just compel us
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  to spend time in your word and to spend time with you.
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  Lord, embrace us and help us to embrace you.
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  Lord, thank you for receiving us into your family.
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  Thank you for loving us, Lord. And if anyone would be listening to this lesson,
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  Lord, who doesn't know you as personal Savior, Lord, we just ask that you would
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  convict their hearts and they would realize that all they have to do is confess
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  that you are Jesus Christ.
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  Believe in you and know who you are and that your sinless, spotless life and
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  your cruel death on Calvary, shedding of your blood, washed away their sins.
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  And that on the third day you arose again, victorious over hell, death, and the grave.
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  And that we are all sinners in need of a Savior.
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  And that whosoever believeth in you should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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  Lord, be with those who need you as personal Savior.
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  Be with those of us who know you dearly, that we may draw closer to you,
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  because you said if we draw close to you, you would draw nigh unto us.
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  All these things we ask in thy most precious and holy name we pray,
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  and all of God's people said, Amen.
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