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490 | Whatever good you do, God will do to you! · 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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  Sometimes it feels as if no one sees all of the good that you do.
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  Sometimes you just feel like giving up. But rest assured, God sees all you do
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  and will reward you far more than you can imagine for the good deeds that you do.
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  Join us in this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries. as Kim leads us through
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  the scriptures, finding words of encouragement for those in the midst of a labor of love. Hello.
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  You know, we would be lying, I think, if we said that every hard task that God
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  calls us to, we go openly and say, thank you, Lord, for it.
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  That may be how we're supposed to be. And I hope I haven't disillusioned any
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  of you by thinking that's how
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  I am with everything because I've been called of God to teach his word.
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  But the reality of it is, is that our sinful nature has a hard time sometimes
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  with what God calls us to do.
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  What is also true is that our nature wants to know the end, sometimes even before the beginning.
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  But certainly, as we get just a little way on the journey, we'd like to see the end.
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  And we're geared to want to be loved
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  and we're geared to want people to
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  appreciate us and some of us more than others are really geared that way and
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  sometimes we find ourselves day in and day out doing what we think is a menial
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  task doing what we sometimes think isn't noticed and.
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  Yet, we have to keep doing it. And sometimes we just get so tired,
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  down in the troughs of what he's called us to do, that we just start to wonder, what's the use?
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  Many of the people that I'm speaking to right now, maybe you're caring for a sick loved one.
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  Maybe you're having to carry the burden of a friend or a family member who's
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  made incredible bad decisions.
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  Maybe you find yourself in the midst of other people's problems as the shining
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  light of God's love and mercy.
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  And you've been doing it so long, perhaps without even any recognition or noticeability,
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  that you forgot who you are.
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  You are the child of the Most High God. He never sleeps, and he never slumbers.
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  And he has said, you are the light of the world. You just so happen to be in
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  a world maybe you don't want to be in.
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  But rest assured, you're exactly where you're supposed to be if you're in the center of God's will.
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  And that's where the blessings flow.
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  And he hears, and he understands.
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  I'd like, if you would please, to turn with me to Ephesians chapter 6, verses 7 and 8.
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  And the word of God says this, With goodwill,
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  doing service as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatsoever good thing
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  any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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  He says servants be obedient to them that your masters i want to just take a
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  portion of that verse servants be obedient.
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  We are servants of the Most High God. And he says that all things work together
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  for the good to them that love the Lord, to them that are called according to his purpose.
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  He never said that you would never have trouble.
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  What he said was, cast your care upon me, for I care for you.
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  He never said that you wouldn't be in a battle.
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  What he told David was, the battle's not yours.
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  It belongs to me. He never said that you wouldn't have to hunker down and be protected by him.
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  He never said that you would not have troubles and trials.
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  You see, Abraham had trouble.
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  Noah had to hunker down in an ark, and it was the ark of safety,
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  the ark of God's provision.
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  Abraham had to trust God to send the lamb But he was willing to give his own son,
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  Because he trusted in God You see, the paths of a righteous man Are directed by the Lord Friends,
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  he never promised That you wouldn't have a problem What he said was I'll never
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  leave you nor forsake you So whatever task he has set before you right now,
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  friends, it's an assignment from God, handpicked.
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  Filtered through his nail-scarred hands, especially created and delegated to you.
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  You have the honor of being his light in that situation.
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  And aren't you glad to know that he's not depending on you in your own strength
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  and on your own mind and your own help to do it?
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  He said you can do all
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  things through whose strength my strength
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  i want you if you would please just to turn over just a few
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  pages to philippians chapter 4 and
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  i want you to read the words in verse 13 he says i can do all things through
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  christ which strengtheneth me it's an enabling grace it's christ's power it's
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  christ's strength promised to you he wouldn't promise all of that.
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  He wouldn't give all of that if you weren't ever going to need to use it.
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  But you know what? We want all that stuff, but we don't ever want to have to use it.
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  Just doesn't work that way.
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  God loves you, and he has his eye upon you, and he cares about you,
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  and he's given you some words of encouragement.
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  If you would, please, in Galatians 6, 9, it's back a little bit.
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  He says this, and let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
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  That task that you think is being unnoticed, God's watching,
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  and he's looking at how you do it, and he's giving you the grace to get through it.
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  And aren't you so glad that his grace is sufficient?
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  And he's giving you the strength to endure.
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  When it's all said and done and he's brought you through it and you're on the
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  other side, you know what?
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  You're going to wonder how in the world did I ever do that.
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  And the truth of the matter is, is that you didn't do that. But you did it through him.
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  Now, we're not wanting to advocate that you do everything because you think
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  you're getting something back for him. Because that's not how it works.
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  But we do do things because we love him.
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  And he loves us so he rewards us when we do those very things and as a result of that.
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  God allows us to honor
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  him while we reap the blessings of
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  him being with us oh how we love
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  him and oh how he loves us and
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  i want you to see that in second thessalonians 3 13 if you'll just turn there
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  for me he repeats the same thing that he said in galatians 6 9 he knew how we
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  were geared he knew how we were created he knew the kind of problems that we
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  were going to have but even so.
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  He still chose us and he says to us to keep us on the track he says again be not weary in well-doing,
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  do all you're doing in his
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  strength as we go back to ephesians chapter
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  6 and verse 7 he says
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  with good will doing service as
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  to the lord and not to men when we
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  get our heart in such a
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  place that we realize that we
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  can be his hands extended his arms
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  reaching out his feet that go we can be jesus in skin did you get that we can
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  be the earthly manifestation of the loving gracious god.
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  And when we begin to see that, in the book of Acts, it said that Jesus went
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  around doing that which was good.
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  He went around doing miracles all the time.
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  He loved us. He never stopped.
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  When he was weary, he went to the other side of the lake.
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  And what did he do? He prayed.
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  God is good. And God is gracious.
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  He doesn't want to abuse us. We could work from the time the sun come up to
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  the time the sun went down and it came back up again every day of our lives
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  and not even scratch the surface to repay what he's done for us.
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  That's not what he's asking.
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  What he's asking is that we trust in him.
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  We obey him. We love him and that we make ourselves ready to be available to
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  give his love and his grace and his mercy to others.
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  But when it becomes a hardship for us, our heart is in the wrong place And we
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  need to tune it up by giving it to God God is so good And he's so gracious,
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  But we just sometimes get tired Maybe the task that you're being caught on to
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  do Keeps you from getting adequate sleep.
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  Maybe it causes you not to be able to eat
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  quite right and all of those things
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  in the flesh will bring you down but you
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  see god knew what it took to perform the task so he has readily available for
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  you all that you need in order to accomplish it but sometimes we're spinning
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  our wheels in our own light doing all the things that.
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  Our own strength. All about me, me, me, me. Nobody cares. I don't even get a thank you.
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  How much longer am I going to have to do this?
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  Friends, where's the love of God in that?
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  It is an honor to serve. And rest assured, he's watching and he's looking.
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  And in Romans 14, 12, he says, so then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
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  And he said that blesses us and that we get trophies for our works.
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  And on that day of judgment, all of our works will be tried.
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  And only those things that we've done for Christ are going to last.
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  Those are the only things that are going to matter.
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  And then when it all goes away, my friends,
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  you're going to see as he was watching that
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  he was keeping score and you're going to see
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  that you just can't out give god because in verse 8 he says knowing that whatsoever
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  good thing any man doeth the same shall he receive of the lord he rewards you
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  for your faithfulness and aren't you glad he's faithful.
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  He rewards you for all
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  the things he calls you to do and
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  enables you to do it what a deal is that the god of the universe cares for you
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  i would like for you if you would please to turn to isaiah chapter 43 and verse
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  2 when thou passest through the waters i will be with thee and through.
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  Verse 3, For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior.
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  You hear that? He didn't say anything about there not being any water.
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  He didn't say anything about the rivers not raging in your life.
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  He didn't say anything about there not being any fire.
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  What he said was, when you go through these things, you're going to pass through,
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  and they're not going to overtake you, and you're not even going to be cinched.
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  Don't you remember Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego in the fiery furnace.
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  And they throw him in the furnace. They said, whoa, did we not throw three men into the furnace?
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  And they said, yes, but I see the fourth man, like unto the son of God, walking in the fire.
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  There were four men in the fire. And when it pulled the little boys out, they didn't even stink.
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  No ashes, no smoke. We smell worse than that when we go out to eat for dinner.
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  These guys were in the fiery furnace. The fourth man was in the fire.
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  And all he's telling us in Isaiah 43, 2 is this.
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  Listen, in this world, you're going to have trouble. Told us that the New Testament
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  gave us that in a parable.
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  And he says, but I'm never going to leave you nor forsake you.
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  Hey, I'm going to strengthen you if you do it in my strength.
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  And I'm going to supply all of your needs if you follow my way.
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  And just listen, follow me
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  I will take you through friends God
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  is good he says don't be weary in
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  well doing you see he said when you pass through the water this too shall pass
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  he said you won't be burned because he said I am the Lord thy God the Holy One
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  of Israel thy Savior you are.
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  Trust in me. The Bible says that anything done without faith is a sin.
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  He says that he's a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,
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  but without faith it is impossible to please him.
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  Friends, in the very place that you are right now, he is there. He's already there.
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  And he's praying for you, we're told in John chapter 17. And he knows the things
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  you have need of before you even ask, we are told.
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  But he says cast your care on me let me
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  supply what you need yes you are here
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  and maybe you don't want to be there but this is
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  best for you and this is what i've chosen for you because maybe somebody needs
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  to see your light of me in that situation and i won't let you be harmed i won't
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  let anything happen to you i won't let anything take you down because i am the lord thy God.
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  I am your Savior.
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  Trust me and believe.
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  Mark chapter 9 and verse 23, he says, if thou canst believe,
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  all things are possible to him that believeth.
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  You may not understand why you have the sickness that you have right now.
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  And you may not understand why people who are just sinful,
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  derelict heathen people seem to be prospering and
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  you seem to be struggling oh but friends there is a truth that god knows best
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  there is a truth that you will pass through and he will see you through there's
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  a truth that he'll never leave you there's a truth that you can cheer up for
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  your redemption draweth nigh,
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  and joy cometh in the morning, and God is faithful.
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  Don't get to choose the things that cross your path, but you do get to choose the path you walk.
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  You can walk alone with no hope and in darkness,
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  or you can walk in the light of Jesus Christ with his grace and his mercy and
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  his love and his provision to see you through, to pass you through the waters,
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  to make sure the raging rivers of life don't overtake you, to walk you through
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  the fire and never be burned.
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  Because in Deuteronomy, he said, choose you this day.
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  Will you do yes for God or no for Satan?
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  Joshua said, choose you this day whom he will serve as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
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  Oh, my friends, sometimes life is tough.
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  And sometimes you can get discouraged. And what a trick of the devil that is.
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  And friends will let you down and family will let you down.
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  And burdens will just roll. But burdens are lifted at Calvary.
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  And the grace of God is sufficient.
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  If you would, please, as we end our lesson, turn to Hebrews chapter 4.
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  And when the things of life get on you and life seems so tough and the devil's
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  beating on you, I want you to remember, you can say, get thee behind me,
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  Satan. You resist the devil and the devil will flee.
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  You start talking about Jesus and praising his name and the devil doesn't want
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  to be there. He has no time for that junk. That's what he calls it.
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  It's not junk. It's the only thing that'll last. It's the only thing that works.
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  In Hebrews chapter 4, beginning in verse 14, he says, Seeing then that we have
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  a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
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  let us hold fast our profession.
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  For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
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  infirmities, that was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
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  Let us therefore come boldly. You hear that?
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  Let us come boldly. I can come in like a
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  bull in a china shop and just come straight to the
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  throne of God and I can have the confidence and the belief that he will hear.
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  Me because the invitation is open because Jesus spread his arms and he invited
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  me through him to come to the throne of God and to ask for help when I have
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  need and to believe with all of my heart that help is on the way.
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  That we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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  Whatever you're doing, Just keep doing it if it's the will of God.
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  Even if the rest of the world doesn't think it makes sense. Even if the rest
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  of the world thinks you're nuts.
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  Even if you can't see any glory in it at all. Because let me tell you,
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  you've got a front row seat for an amazing blessing.
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  You're going to see the hand of God display himself like you've never seen it
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  before. And you don't want to miss it with your head buried down.
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  You look up for your redemption draweth nigh.
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  Thank you.
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