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#20221113 - The Strong Support of the Lord - 2 Chronicles 16:1-10 · Calvary Church with Ed Taylor Podcast

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Welcome to the study of God's word recorded live at Calvary
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Visit us online at Calvary. Co dot church or download our
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free Calvary Church app now. Let's open our Bibles and study
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God's word. Let's do a Bible study church
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with Joel. Open your Bibles to Second
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Chronicles chapter. 16, we're going to begin in verse 1.
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Then title of our message is the strong support of the Lord.
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One of the most powerful verses in the Bible that contains some
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of the most powerful promises in the Bible are found in this
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chapter and Gillette spray and then just received from his
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word. Father we do.
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Thank you for sending your word in Our and we know that you send
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them forth with your heart to transform us to draw, as to
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yourself to build a foundation for our lives.
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From God, we just open our heart to receive trim.
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You big lorded, glorified and honored as we have this time
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together in Jesus name, amen. This chapter is really about the
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question on. Whom do you rely the eyes of the
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Lord is says, are searching for those.
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Those whose heart is, is fully his that he might show himself,
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strong in their behalf. It's one of the great promises
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because this life is filled with tremendously difficult troubles
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and we need a foundation, we need to know on whom we can rely
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on August 19th 2014 and 5:03 p.m. our daughter was killed
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when she was 29 years old at the time mother to she was Injured
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by a stranger who just wanted to know what it felt like and it
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shook us to the very core. I tell you when you go through
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storms like that, you know, whether you have a foundationist
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and on or not and I tell you, you know, God promised that he
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would never leave me and he never has.
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He promised a walk with me, even to the Valley of the shadow of
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death. And he has walked with me every
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step along this troubled past. 'The and I know on whom I can
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rely in the promises in this chapter is for you to take, hold
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them as well. God wants you to know that you
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can rely and not only that but he is looking for those in whom
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he can show himself strong in their lives.
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So that brings us to the second chronicles 16.
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Now the backstory is very, very important, the nation at this
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point in time is divided ten tribes in the North Doing this
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out of Judah and Benjamin the king of the time was King ASA.
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He was great grandson of King Solomon and the first it tells
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us that he said, well, he did good in right in the sight of
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the Lord, he commanded you to seek the Lord God of their
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fathers to observe the commands and laws of God.
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And the result of that was good. God bless that nation.
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And by the way, that is a principle right there.
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That That holds true to this day, whether it be a nation time
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people or a person when you seek God, when you rely on him and
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you draw near to him, you are strengthened and increased.
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But when you fall away from God, when you rely on any other
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source of strength, you are weakened and decreased it
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instead of spiritual principle. So the nation of Israel was
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blessed. He even had an army of like Men
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bearing Shields and Spears. And now that again, this
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backstory is very important. At one point, the king of
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Ethiopia came out with an army of a million men against them.
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Of course, oh ASA mustard, his army, bringing them out in
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battle formation, but they're outgunned and they're outmanned.
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And so ASA, gives this prayer and this prayer is a
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declaration. And of on whom he must and will
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rely. Here's his prayer.
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He says this help us. O Lord Our God for in God we
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trust and in your name we have come against this great
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multitude. Oh Lord you are our God.
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Let not man Prevail against you. This is an amazing prayer.
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He is he's declaring a boldly that he relies on the Lord.
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The Lord routed the Ethiopians before they sign Judah and the
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in He opens, fled the carried away, the great planner and came
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to Jerusalem now, as they were returning to Jerusalem.
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The spirit of the Lord Came Upon a prophet who came out to meet
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them with a word of the lord. It's a good word and it was
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this, he said, listen to me a sign of Judah and Benjamin.
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The Lord is with you when you are with him.
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Listen to me said, the Lord is with you when you are with him
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and if you seek Him He will let you find him.
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If you seek Him He will let you find him be strong and do not
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lose. Courage for there is great
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reward in this. These words were so encouraging
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to a said that he gathered all the people of the Judah and
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Benjamin and rededicated themselves to the Lord to seek
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after God, with all of their heart.
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And with all of their Our soul. All of that is back story.
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That brings us now, to chapter 16, for he will encounter
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another trouble. It's not nearly so great as what
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he faced before. But this time, whereas, once he
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had relied on God, to be help against a vast Army, but when
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the king of Israel and the north comes against him instead of
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relying on God, like he had done before instead, he relies on his
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own clever plan and it is a clever plan.
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He's going to buy him himself out of this trouble.
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He makes an alliance with the king of Syria of Aram, just
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North of Israel, to purchase that help and so as a result,
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God sent another Prophet Hannah night with a word of the Lord
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and that word which he brings is one of the greatest verses in
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the Bible contains a correction, but a promise, and the
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principles that are found in this This verse are principle,
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you can build your life on. It's one of the most important
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verses in the Bible. It's a life verse for me.
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You might want to write this down in such an important verse
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don't write it down on on paper and then you're going to need a
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stone tablet and a chisel. This is such an important
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principle better. Yet write it on your heart.
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So let's read it were in second Chronicles chapter, 16 and read
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with me. As we begin reading in verse 1
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/. Now in the 36th year basis, rain
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Mmmmm. But I said, king of Israel, I
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came up against you that and fortify drama in order to
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prevent anyone, from going out, or coming in, to ASA, king of
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Judah. And the other words a blockade,
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which itself is an act of War. So then, and here's the clever
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plan that ASA comes up with a nice abroad, ounce, silver and
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gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the
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King's house. And he sent them to Ben, Hadad
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king of Aram or king of Syria, who lived in, Has same Damascus
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as today and he said, let there be a treaty between you and me
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as we trained my father. And your father behold, I send
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you a silver and gold. I send you many go break your
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treaty with Bosch and king of Israel so that he will withdraw
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from me. So ben-hadad did it.
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He listened to King ASA and he sent the commanders of his
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armies against the cities of Israel, May conquer Dion.
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And Dan enable my aim and all the Our cities of naphtali and
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it came about that when Bosch or heard of this that he ceased
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fortifying, Rama and stop that work.
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And when King ASA, then he brought out all Judah and They
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Carried Away the stones of Rama and it's Timber with which Basha
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have been building and with them, he fortified giba and Me
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Spa. Now at that time, hananiah this
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year, the prophet came to ASA, king of Judah and said to him
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this The word of the Lord because you have relied on the
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king of Aram and have not relied on the Lord, your God.
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Therefore, the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your
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hand when out the Ethiopians and aluminum, and immense army with
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very many chariots and Horsemen yet.
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Because you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your
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hand. And then the famous verse that
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I've been speaking of verse 9. Do you not No, he's saying that
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the eyes of the Lord. Moved to and fro throughout the
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Earth that he might strongly support.
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Those whose heart is completely his.
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You have acted foolishly in this indeed, from now on you, surely
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will have wars now, a sound was angry with the sear and put him
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in prison when he heard this for, he was enraged at him and
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ASA oppressed. Some of the people at the same
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time, ASA is angry. He's the one who messed this.
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Hang up, and he's the one who's angry.
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I know a lot of people like that actually.
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So, these are the verses that I want us to look at and they're
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very important filled with promises film and principles for
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us to take, hold of and apply it to our lives, starting with this
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that the eyes of the Lord are searching to and fro to how
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throughout the whole earth. In other words, God is looking
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for those that he can strongly support, you don't have to
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convince him. He is looking for those whose
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heart is completely his. He's looking for those, he's
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searching for those who will rely on him.
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When a vast Army of a million comes out against ASA.
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He's crying out to God, for help why he's outgunned and
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outmanned? If God doesn't help, there is no
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help. See, in other words, many are
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like that. They cry out to God when they're
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out of options. As if God was the last option to
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choose, but God does not want to be the last option.
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That's the point of the story. God wants to be the first and
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the foremost option. So in Basha king of Israel, in
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the north comes out against ASA. He thought he could figure this
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out all on his own. He's going to rely on his own
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clever plan. I'll tell you, I've been in
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Ministry for many years and I can't tell you how many times.
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Times, I've heard someone say, when they've gotten into
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trouble. Look, I just need to figure this
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thing out on my own and my response is always the same.
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No, you won't figure this thing out on your own.
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It was you figuring things out on your own that got you into
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this trouble in the first place. You need to rely on God and not
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as your last option on your first option.
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Amen. CAC has found was clever.
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All he needed to do is send money to the king of Aram there
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to make a treaty an alliance between them.
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He's gonna buy his way out of the trouble.
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It's very clever. Here's the The problem.
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It worked, didn't it work? He sent him money.
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Break that treaty he did, then the work.
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But here's the problem, it brings up actually a great
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principal. And that principle is this one
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of the worst things that could happen to a person is to do the
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wrong thing and win. One of the worst things that can
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happen to a person is to do the wrong thing and when it reminds
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me of a Time many years ago a fellow came up to me and asked
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if I would look at this investment opportunity that he
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was having and he knows I have a background in business.
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You wanted me to look at. And I said, I would.
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So I looked at it and I said, no, I don't believe this is a
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good thing at all. There are principles behind this
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that are not right. I just, I don't believe that you
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should do this thing so he's okay.
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Thank you very much. Appreciate you saying that.
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And so a few months I ran into him and and I said, hey, follow
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up what happened? With that thing?
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You're talking about and he said, well, I did it.
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You did it. He said, yeah, I did it and it
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looks like it's going to work. And so, I said spiritual
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principle one of the worst things that can happen to you.
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My friend is to do the wrong thing and when it was still the
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wrong thing. Few months later.
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I ran into him again and I said, follow up whatever happened to
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that deal and he said it all fell apart.
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It was an unmitigated disaster. I lost it all.
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I'll tell you what I know. God's word always stands true.
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Amen. See what ASA?
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Discovered was that his own clever plan was far less than
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God's plan. God intended to give the army of
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the king of Aram to him as well. And now ASA is making a treaty
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with the very one that God wanted him to defeat.
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In other words, our clever plans are often so far less than what
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God desires to do in your life. Reminds me of that verse that
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Paul spoke to the church at Ephesus.
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Now I'm to him who is able to do far more exceedingly beyond all
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that. We ask or Even think God wants
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to do far more than our plans, far more than our clever plans.
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When I think about that, I think about a time in my own life.
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When I first came to the Lord, I was very young and I was so very
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excited, right? When God got a hold of my life.
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I felt that I was called to be a pastor but I can in dismissed it
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because I thought to myself, well, everybody thinks It's that
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you know when someone first comes to the lord, they're so
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excited. They're so full of zeal, of
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course everybody thinks that so I kind of dismissed it but it
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was always there. And many years later I had I was
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part of this business, but I had an opportunity to be like a
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youth leader and then that grew and then since I had an
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opportunity to be like the youth leader, and then a door open for
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me to be able to go to Ministry, but I needed to go to Bible
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College, which I could not afford.
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And I thought how am I going to paint?
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I want to get a, you know, good solid Bible education but I
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couldn't afford it private. Cool and all.
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And so I came up with my plan. It was a clever plan and the
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plan was this, as I mentioned, I was part owner of a business and
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we were making this deal and I thought, oh, when we make this
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deal, my part will be worth, you know, so much more where I'll
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sell that and take the prophets and they my way through school.
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God, I have it all figured out and I only need you to do is
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bless my plan which as you can imagine he didn't.
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What happened was this? I remember this.
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So very well. It was a Friday night.
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My partner was the one doing the negotiating for this deal and it
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was a Friday night. I was actually at a conference
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and he was coming there to, and, and he showed up a little late
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and he drew me aside. This was at 6:30, I remember
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this so well, he drew me aside and he said, I have to tell you,
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I killed the deal today. Thank you.
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You did why he said because I don't think these people have
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integrity and I don't want to be in business with people who lack
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integrity. A booty.
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So I killed the deal and I didn't call you, because I knew
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as a Christian, you would understand And so I said, well
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yes of course I understand and then I turn to the Lord like
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what. Now I felt like I just got
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punched in the stomach. Why do I do?
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I can't, I can't afford this. I can't borrow this money as a
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pastor. I would never pay back.
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What do I do? And so I started that was my
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prayer. I started praying that was
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Friday night or heard this news. It was an all-day prayer.
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God, I need a miracle. I need, I need you.
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I need a miracle. And so, then I know that it's a
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miracle. Anyone I ever tell this story to
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knows it's a miracle. I'm not going to tell me anyone.
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I need this money. And then I went to bed Saturday
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at peace. Just Lord, I laid at your hands.
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If you want me, if you've called me, I trust you.
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I'm at peace because I was Friday night all day, Saturday,
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Sunday morning. I come to church.
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I'm so excited to worship. I'm about 10 steps in the door
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and the fella sends in front of me like this and said stop.
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I got to tell you something, God has put it on my heart this week
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that I'm supposed to pay your way through Bible College.
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I thought God your way is way better than mine.
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And he meant every word of it. Well, Robin thing forward a few
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years now, I'm going to Bible College and there was a speaker
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at Chapel who was a captain of a mercy ship and talking about all
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that they do going from port to port acts of Mercy.
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You know, a medical ship and I got so excited that I thought I
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want to be a missionary on that machine ship, right?
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So I met with the captain and I gave him my heart, I lose I
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always had this romantic. Idea of the ocean you know?
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And and I said I can be the Bible teacher, you know on the
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ship and teach the staff and everyone who comes on and and I
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gave him my story and talked all about my heart and everything he
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heard all of that and then he says no, we don't want you to
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join us. And I thought why we're talking
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about me here How could you say no and he said no no and here's
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why because I don't think you called to be a missionary you
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called to be a pastor and he says you know what I believe God
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is going to use you as a pastor to do far more for Missions.
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Then you could ever do for Missions as a missionary.
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Well, he was so right. Well, first of all.
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This would have ended very poorly because I get seasick.
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Just looking at the ocean, it would have been an unmitigated
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disaster. God knows exactly what he was
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doing and he still right now, today we have been able to
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impact missions all over the world.
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There are like 30 churches just in the Congo that we are
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overseeing and raising up or teaching the word of God.
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We planted churches all over the world.
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We sent medical supplies in by the container to Russia and God
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is using Us in tremendous ways. Oh God is always proven, right?
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Amen. Let's give the Lord Praise
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Reminds me of that verse in Jeremiah 29:11.
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I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord plans for
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welfare, which means could and never Calamity to give you a
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future to give you a hope. But I want to see this out of
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this chapter that God is teaching.
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God is searching. But God is searching for those
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who seek him. He's he's speaking of the
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seeking heart for there is in the human soul, a great longing,
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and great searching, because there's something missing and so
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many people, they people are looking for love, they're
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looking for significance or looking for meaning of life.
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They're looking for fulfillment, but there's the problem is that
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they're looking in all the wrong places.
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For, there's nothing out there in the world.
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That was satisfied. The desire for significance, for
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meaning of life, for the Fulfillment of the Soul's
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desire, the world appeals to the flesh.
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God satisfies, the soul, God, put that searching, God put that
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seeking heart in the human soul so that it might find its
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greatest desire to be satisfied in him.
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Second chronicles, I referred to it earlier second chronicles 15
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verse to the spirit of the of God Came Upon the Azariah and he
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came out to me neysa and said to him, listen to me, a saint Judah
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and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you
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are with him, but notice if you seek Him He will net, you find
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him. It actually is a theme that runs
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through the Bible. You could do.
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I study on that theme that God wants you to sink.
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Him. Now we know that God seeks,
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Sinners God sent his son to seek and to save that which was lost.
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But there's an aspect of the human soul where he says I want
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you to sink For, when you find him, you will find Joy.
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When you find him, you will find peace.
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When you find him, you will find that which God wants to do in
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your life is beautiful. He wants to give you a beautiful
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soul that will bring forth a beautiful life.
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I did not say any Z life. I did not say any xia life.
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I have walked through many many troubles but I know that God has
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walked with me through them all and his presence in my life
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changes everything. When God's presence is in your
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life, is it not beautiful? Think of me, think of the fruit
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of the spirit that he report, refers to, in Galatians chapter
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5, the result of the holy spirit in your life, the fruit of the
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spirit is love, is love my beautiful and the soul.
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Joy, my joy, not like the world get my joy.
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The joy of the Lord is that not beautiful.
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On the soul. Peace.
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A peace that passes understanding that guards, the
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heart and mind is that not beautiful on the soul.
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And kindness and goodness, and gentleness and faithfulness.
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For when God does that, which is beautiful in your life, you find
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your pleasure in God and God finds pleasure in you.
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That is actually. Another thing I tell you could
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look to the Bible you will see that's a theme that runs through
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the Bible as well notice. For example, what David wrote?
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This is First Chronicles chapter 28 verse 4.
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David said God took pleasure in me to make me King over all
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Israel. there is a relationship between David and the Lord that
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was So near so beautiful. David was a worshipper and there
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was something beautiful there. He honored God, he worshipped
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God. And he said, God took pleasure
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in me and to make me King. You know what?
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I think about that. I'm reminded of erect, little,
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many of you have, heard his story saw the movie Chariots of
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Fire. The movie is based on his life.
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Of course, he was an Olympic runner, but he was also a strong
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Christian who felt called to be a missionary, and he did become
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a missionary, but he was telling someone about this at one point
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and they said, well, if you're called to be a missionary, then
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why do you run? And he said I run because God
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made me fast. and when I run, I feel his pleasure and love that
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answer. I run because God made me fast.
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And when I run, I feel his pleasure.
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There's Something Beautiful about that, and I'll add in my
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own life. God.
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Called me and made me a pastor and when I teach his word, I
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feel his pleasure. There's something beautiful that
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God wants to do in our lives. Sanguine Corinthians, chapter 5
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verses 7 to 9 speaks to it. Paul says we walk by faith and
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not by sight therefore we have as our ambition.
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The desire of Our Lives. That's what ambition isn't?
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We have is our ambition to be pleasing to him.
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Hebrews chapter 11 without faith.
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It is impossible to please him. But with faith, God is, well
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pleased. The heart that is completely
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his. The eyes of the Lord are
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searching to show himself strong, the strongly support
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people with a heart like that. The heart that is completely his
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is the heart that keeps seeking. If you seek Him, He will let you
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find him but keep seeking longing for more more of God in
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your life. When I think about that, I think
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about Moses. If you remember there was a
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point in time where he was interesting in behalf of Israel
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and while he was asking, he decided to ask for something for
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himself, something personal while I'm asking, could I just
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ask one more thing something for me?
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What would you? ask God, if you get ask one
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thing, if you, if you said just one thing, if I could just ask
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one thing for me, what would you ask?
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You know what Moses asked? He's interceding, he's asking,
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you know, he's pleading with God and behalf of Israel and then he
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says, while I'm asking something more just for me.
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Show Me Your Glory. Show Me Your Glory.
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Why did he want that? Moses had seen more of God's
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glory than any human alive. And yet, he wants more.
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Why? Would you not agree with me that
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Moses? Some more of the glory of God
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than any person alive. I mean, he was on the mountain
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there, in the presence of the Lord, those 40 days.
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And he was so near to the glory of God, that there was actually
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a visible physical Radiance of Glory on his face, when he came
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down from the mountain, he saw more of God's glory than any
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living person. Why did he want more?
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Because he knew, Glory of God Is Beautiful on the soul.
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I want more. Show me more.
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I know there's more. And God is looking to show
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himself strong to strongly support people with a heart like
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that. You know, the word says in my
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version and says he's looking for those whose heart is
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completely his now, that is the English word, the Hebrew word is
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a word, you all know. We all know it very well, it's
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the word, shalom, shalom them, which means peace, I submit that
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the word shalom in Hebrew is one of the deepest Hebrew words in
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their language. There's is far far deeper than
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just a simple piece. It means, peaceably made whole
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Is speaking of the joy and the peace that is found in The
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Nearness of God. That's beautiful.
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That's who God is looking for God, will show himself strong on
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behalf of those who are peaceably.
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Made whole But I submit that people are not born with a
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heart. Like that people are not born
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with a beautiful soul. But the good news is that Hearts
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can be changed. But first we must recognize that
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people are not born with a heart.
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Like that people are born with the heart.
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Like this, this is Jeremiah 17 verses 9 to 10.
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Jeremiah, is this rhyming? The condition, a man, listen to
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this. Jeremiah 17:9 the heart is more
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deceitful than all else and is desperately sick.
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Who can understand this? I the Lord search the heart,
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test the mine and give to each man.
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According to his ways, what a description of the condition a
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man, right there. The heart is more deceitful than
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Above All Else and is desperately sick.
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Okay. That's the biblical perspective
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on the condition in which man was born.
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I want to give you a quote, that actually comes from a circular
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Source but it says the a very similar thing, this actually
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comes from a report. Dated by the state of Minnesota.
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When I read this, I thought, oh, I gotta write this down because
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this is so consistent with the perspective of Jeremiah And so
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what happened was this the state of Minnesota when in to
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understand the nature of criminals.
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They wanted to understand why you do people become criminals
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and so they put together what they call the crime commission.
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So I want to just quote to you some of it not the whole but
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some of it and it goes like this again Minnesota and crime
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commission. Here we go.
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Every baby starts Life as a little Savage.
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How's that The beginning of the quotes, every baby starts Life
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as a little Savage. He is completely selfish and
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self-centered, he wants what he wants when he wants it.
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His bottle his mother's attention, his Playmates Joy
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deny him. These wants and he seeds with
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rage and aggressiveness which would be murderous.
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Were he not so helpless? He is dirty, he has no morals,
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no knowledge and no skills. This means that all children,
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not just certain children are born delinquent, and if
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permitted to continue in the self-centered world of his
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infancy, given free rein to those impulsive actions to
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satisfy his wants, every child would grow up to be a criminal,
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a FIFA killer, and a rapist. Is that not an amazing quote.
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That's consistent very much with what Jeremiah was saying, here's
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some good news. By the way, the good news is
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that Hearts can be changed. The good news is that God put
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your children in your home, to be with you that you might raise
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your children up in the fear and the admonition of the Lord that
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they would grow up to be men and women that are going to be
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giving glory to God with their lives transformed by him.
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Amen. Let's give the Lord praise for
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that. See if that is the condition in
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which man is born and God wants to do that, which is beautiful.
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On the soul, something must change.
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Something must happen in a person's life.
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The good news is Hearts can be changed.
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Eyes can be opened Hearts. Can be softened hard Hearts.
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Can be broken, Stones can be moved and thorns and thistles
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can be uploaded how? Because something new happens.
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Yes. God, opens eyes.
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So that you see what you did not see before he opens ears to the
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you hear, when you did not hear before.
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Then you understand what you did not understand before.
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And that you desire something far greater than you ever
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desired before. It reminds me of what Paul wrote
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in second Corinthians 5:17. Therefore if anyone is in
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Christ, he is a new creation old things passed away.
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Behold new things have come these things, these new things
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These things are from God who reconciled us to himself through
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Christ. Because you have been reconciled
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to God through Christ. He is doing that, which is new
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in your life. These new things These new
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things. Are beautiful.
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God is looking for people who desire that that he might
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strongly support that he might show himself strong, in their
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behalf. But would you notice this out of
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the story, strength of Faith, brings strength of Life,
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strength of Faith, brings strength of life.
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God will strengthen you for the battle, he will strengthen you
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for the trouble, he will strengthen you for the difficult
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thing. To God showing himself strong
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in. Your behalf is one of the
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greatest promises known to man, The Many have misunderstood.
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Some expect that when they call out there.
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God that he will move to rescue and save and that it will be
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done immediately at the word of his command.
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Now, yes, I have seen God. Move quickly to rescue and to
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save and deliver. I can give you story after Story
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of God's amazing, Deliverance how he rescued and saved.
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But I also have seen God walk with me through that trouble on
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a long journey. On a long journey.
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He walks with me to bring me out of it.
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For there is much to learn when the journey is long, when the
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journey is long, God is using it to strengthen you strength of
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Faith brings strength of life that you would be strengthened
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for the trouble. They you would be strengthened
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in the midst of it. That you would be strengthened
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for the Battle of it. It's like this.
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And Isaiah 41:10 do not fear nor be afraid.
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Why not? Because I am with you.
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Do not anxiously. Look about you anxiously
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anxiety. Fear worry.
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Don't look about you with anxiety.
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Why not? Because I am your God.
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I will strengthen you surely. I will help you.
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Surely, I will uphold you with my righteous right, hand.
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Does that not say the same? God is looking for those who
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have a heart like that, then he might strongly support them.
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God is your help in time of trouble, and he will show
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himself strong in your behalf. But he will strengthen you to be
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in the midst of it, he will strengthen you to be in the
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midst of that trouble, he will rescue and save.
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He will be your help. So that he will be your strength
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in it. It's like David, if David,
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Andrew, if anyone understood this, it would be David.
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David understood, the Practical outworking of faith in the
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living out of that faith, in the midst of the Troubles of life.
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God David, wrote your help. God makes me great.
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He said this, in second Samuel, 22 verse 30.
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He is relating. This very principle.
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He says, by you. I can run upon a troop by my
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God, I can leap over a wall. In other words, David is the one
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out there in the midst of the fight.
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David is out there in the midst of the trouble.
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And he says, by my God, I can run upon the truth.
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David is the one out there running upon the troop.
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Oh my God, I can leap over a wall in the midst of the battle.
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Like this. Psalm 27 verse 3, though, a host
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encamp against me. Yeah, host is a large number.
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No, a host encamp against me. My heart will not fear, though.
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War arise against me in spite of this.
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I shall be confident. They've been understood the
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Practical living out of faith in spite of a war arising.
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I will be confident, you know, you can look at David and say,
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if anyone was self-confident, it must be David.
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I submit to you. That David was not self,
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confident. I submit further that God does
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not want you to be self-confident either.
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He said, he doesn't want me to be self-confident.
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What does he want me to be? He wants you to be confident in
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him. God confidence is a whole nother
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thing. All together.
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Amen, let's give the Lord Praise. see when David was a
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young lad and his father, sent him to check on his older
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brothers, who were in the army of Israel when he arrived in the
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camp he heard the taunts of that Philistine, Giant Goliath, and
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he became incensed Why is it will?
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No one rise up? Is there?
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No one. Who can fight him and he's
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insensitive this lot. Someone rise up.
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Well, no one rise up. That would you notice what?
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David did not say David did not say.
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Well, God fights my battles. I will be back there watching
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the Sheep. That's not what David says.
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Well, no wonder rise to fight him.
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See, David understood strength of faith means, strength of
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life. David understood strength of
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faith means strength of life. I will find him.
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Get me out there in the battle if no one will arise.
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I will arise give me out there. And when he when he stood
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against that giant that speech that he gave that day late at
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all bear, We saw David's faith. When he gave that great speech
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first. Samuel chapter 17 verse 46.
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He's answering, of course, the taunts of that Philistine Giant
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and he answers When it with one of the great speeches in human
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history, one of the great speeches, declaring what faith
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really is. This is just part of it.
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This day. The Lord will deliver you into
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my hand and I will strike you down.
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So that all the Earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
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And so that all this assembly may know and you can almost
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imagine him looking at the army of Israel behind him.
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You must know this too. Now, the Lord does not delivered
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by sword or by spear. The battle is the Lord's and he
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will do it, he will give you into our hands.
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The eyes of the Lord are searching. to, and from
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Throughout the whole Earth. He's looking for people with the
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heart like that with faith like that.
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That he might show himself strong that he might strongly
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support them. Church.
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The eyes of the Lord are searching today.
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Would you say to the Lord? I Want A Heart Like That.
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I want more, I want more of God in my life.
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I want to Soul that. You make beautiful because of
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your glory, and your presence. In my life, I want your strong
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support. I need you, I want a
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relationship with God like that. Let's pray, father.
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Thank you so much. For you revealed to us.
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Such great promises As this, let the eyes of the Lord are
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searching. To, and fro.
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Looking for people whose Hearts is like that who find their
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pleasure in God, God finds pleasure in them.
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Desiring. That God would do that, which is
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beautiful in the soul. That they would arise in their
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faith, relying on God, to strengthen them in the midst of
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the Troubles of this world. God is searching church.
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God is searching today. To show himself strong looking
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for people with hearts like that, how many would say today?
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To the Lord. I want that.
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I want a relationship to God like that.
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I want more. I want more of God in my life.
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Lord you do that. Which is beautiful in my soul.
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I want my soul to find his pleasure in God and God to find
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pleasure in me. I want a relationship to God
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like that. Churches, that you got the eyes
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of the Lord are searching. Even now, would you say to the
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Lord? I want a relationship to God.
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Like that. Would you say I'm going to ask
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that? You would just raise your hand?
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It's a way of prayer. It's a way of just asking, God,
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would you just raise your hands to the Lord?
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And ask I want our relationship to God like that.
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You can raise both hands of the Lord of you want.
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It's a way of the asking. God, I want a relationship to
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you like that. You can do that, which is
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beautiful on my soul. I want more of you in my life.
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I want more of your glory, more of your presence.
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I trust you. I rely on you.
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I'll build my foundation on this rock.
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Lord, we love you and honor you for it.
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In Jesus, powerful name. And everyone said can we give
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the Lord praise and glory and honor?
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