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This is not an 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 4: offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 35 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 4: legal or tax advice. 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 37 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 38 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 5: the ministry. 39 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 5: your life. 43 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: God bless you. 44 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 5: It's always a joy to come into your homes and 45 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, please stop buy and 46 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. These are 47 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 5: the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here 48 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: at Lakewood Church. So come out and be a part. 49 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 5: But thanks for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out. 50 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 51 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 5: about this group of elderly ladies. They were way up 52 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 5: in their eighties. As they were driving down the freeway together, 53 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: they got pulled over. 54 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: By a police officer. 55 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 5: The officer said to the driver, ma'am, do you realize 56 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 5: you're only going thirty five miles an hour? She said, yes, officer, 57 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 5: I do realize that. He said, well, why are you 58 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 5: going so slow? She said, the sign says thirty five. 59 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 5: The officer kind of laughed. He said, no, ma'am, that's 60 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 5: the number of the freeway. 61 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 3: This is Highway thirty five. 62 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 5: By the way, why are these other ladies in your 63 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 5: car so terrified looking? 64 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 3: She smiled and said, because we just. 65 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 5: Got off Highway ninety five. Hold up your Bible, say 66 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 67 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 5: am what it says, I am. I have what it 68 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 69 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive, 71 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 5: I will never. 72 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: Be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 73 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about making God 74 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 5: a part of your everyday life. God wants to help you, 75 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 5: not just in the big things. God wants to help 76 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 5: you cooking dinner, driving in the traffic. He wants to 77 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 5: help you with your schoolwork, help you be more productive 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 5: at the office. 79 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 3: But here's the key. 80 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 5: God will only be involved in as much of your. 81 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: Life as you allow him to. 82 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 5: Now, a lot of people have God in a Sunday 83 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: morning box. That's when they come to church, pray, think 84 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 5: about God. Then they go out during the week and 85 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 5: they don't really include. 86 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: God in their life. 87 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 5: They love God, they reverence him, but they think there's 88 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 5: nothing spiritual about going to the grocery store. 89 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 3: Cooking dinner, or meeting with a client. 90 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 5: Because they keep God in this box, they're missing the 91 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 5: blessings in favor that God wants to give them. Proverbs 92 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 5: three to six says acknowledge God in all of your ways, 93 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,799 Speaker 5: not some of your ways, not just the big things. 94 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 5: If you'll start acknowledging God in all of your ways, 95 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 5: he will crown your efforts with success. One way to 96 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 5: acknowledge God is simply ask for his health on the 97 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 5: way to the grocery store under your breath, God, help 98 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 5: me to find what I'm looking for. Help this to 99 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,559 Speaker 5: be a productive trip. That's acknowledging God. You're saying, in effect, God, 100 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 5: I need you, I want you in my life. That 101 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 5: simple acknowledgment allows the creator of the universe to direct 102 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 5: your steps. God will help you find what you may 103 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 5: not have found. He'll put you at the right place at. 104 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 3: The right time. 105 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: And sure you can do this without God's help. You 106 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 5: can do it in your own strength. But life will 107 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 5: go so much better. There will be less frustration, You'll 108 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 5: accomplish more when you develop this habit. 109 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 3: Of acknowledging God. 110 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 5: When you acknowledge God, he breathes his favor on your life. 111 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 5: You'll come into an anointing of ease. What should have 112 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 5: been a struggle won't be a struggle. That's God crowning 113 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 5: your efforts with success. And it doesn't have to be 114 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 5: some long drawn out thing. Brushing your teeth in the morning, Lord, 115 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 5: thank you for another beautiful day. 116 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 3: You just acknowledge God. 117 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 5: Driving into traffic, Lord, thank you for a safe trip. 118 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 5: That's acknowledging God. Before you go into the restaurant. 119 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 3: Under your breath, God, help us to have a good dinner. 120 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 3: Bless this time together. 121 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 5: When God sees you showing your dependency on Him like that, 122 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 5: relying on Him in. 123 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 3: Your everyday life, that's what will. 124 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 5: Cause him to make your life easier. Well, Joel, I 125 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 5: don't think I need to pray about that, something so small. 126 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: So routine. You don't have to. 127 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 5: But if you want God to help you, if you 128 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 5: want him to direct your steps and cause things to 129 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 5: fall into place, you have to invite Him into. 130 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,119 Speaker 3: Your everyday life. 131 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 5: Years ago, I was in another city, leaving a hotel 132 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 5: room early in the morning, and I had a large 133 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 5: suitcase and a big binder under this arm, and a 134 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 5: heavy suit bag. 135 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: And my computer under this arm. 136 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 5: And normally we travel together as a team, but this 137 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 5: day I was coming down by myself, and I was 138 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 5: making it okay, but it was a. 139 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: Struggle to carry. 140 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 5: All the luggage, plus I was running a little late. 141 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 5: Under my breath, I was doing what I'm asking you 142 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 5: to do, thanking God for the day and thanking him 143 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 5: for a safe trip. 144 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: Home, thanking him that it would all work out. 145 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 5: Nothing deep, nothing complicated, just acknowledging God, making him a 146 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 5: part of my everyday life. And about halfway down the hallway, 147 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 5: a young man that worked for the hotel showed up 148 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 5: out of nowhere and said, let me carry those bags. 149 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 5: He didn't take part of them, he took all of them. 150 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 5: He wouldn't let me carry anything. We got down to 151 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 5: the elevator. There's a bunch of people waiting. Looked like 152 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 5: a big sports group. He said, come with me. He 153 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 5: took me to a service elevator. It opened right up, 154 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 5: didn't wait one second. We went down, put the bags 155 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 5: in the car. I got to the airport. The line 156 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: for security was very long. I could take at least 157 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 5: half an hour. As I was standing there, a man 158 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 5: came up wearing a badge and said, come with me. 159 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 5: I didn't know if I was in trouble or seeing 160 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 5: God's favor. He opened a new line, took my bags 161 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 5: through security for me. Never asked him to. He ordered 162 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 5: a cart and drove me to my gap. I got 163 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: home and sat in my favorite green chair, put my 164 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 5: legs up in the air. About that time, Victoria brought 165 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: my dinner in on a trail. At that point I 166 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 5: knew the day of miracles was not over. If you'll 167 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 5: acknowledge God, he'll go before you. 168 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 3: And make crooked places straight. 169 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 5: He'll cause the right people to show up. He'll open 170 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 5: doors that you could not open. He'll crown your efforts 171 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 5: with success. And this is something we shouldn't do. Every 172 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 5: once in a while. On Sundays we'll pray. Maybe before dinner, 173 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 5: we'll thank God for the food. Before we go to bed, 174 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 5: we'll say a prayer. 175 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 3: That's all good. 176 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 5: But what I'm saying today is God wants to help 177 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 5: you all through the day. One translation says, in everything 178 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: you do, acknowledge God. That means when you get up 179 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 5: in the morning, acknowledge God. Good morning. 180 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: Lord. I love you today. 181 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 5: Lord, I wouldn't be alive without your goodness. When you 182 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 5: see your children, God, thank you for these amazing children 183 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 5: at the office. 184 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: Lord, thank you for your favor. 185 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 5: Thank you that I excel at what you've called me 186 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 5: to do, even mowing the lawn. Lord, thank you that 187 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 5: I'm healthy and strong. The scripture says to pray without ceasing. 188 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean twenty four hours a day, to get 189 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: on our knees and never do anything else, never. 190 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 3: Go to work. It's talking about an attitude. 191 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 5: Under our breath, in our thoughts, we're constantly thinking about God, 192 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 5: thanking him for his goodness, meditating on his promises, asking 193 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 5: for his health. This should be a lifestyle where it's 194 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 5: so ingrained in us, it's automatic. Anything you do you 195 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 5: include God. You've developed that habit of acknowledging Him. That's 196 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 5: when God will fight your battles. That's when God will 197 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 5: make the crooked places smooth. Now, don't go the next 198 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 5: twenty years doing everything on your own. If you'll acknowledge 199 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 5: God before you go to the mall, he'll help you 200 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 5: to find the best deals. 201 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 3: Victoria, be sure you're listening here. Save me some money. 202 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 5: If you'll acknowledge God before you go to the gym, 203 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 5: he'll help you get a better workout. If you'll acknowledge 204 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 5: God before you go into that meeting, ten seconds under 205 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 5: your breath, God, give me your favor. God, I need 206 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 5: your blessing. That meeting will go better. God will give 207 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 5: you the words to speak. He'll give you ideas, creativity. 208 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 5: He could even cause those people to like. 209 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 3: You when you need to clean the house. 210 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 5: Instead of complain in getting negative, acknowledge God and he'll 211 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 5: give you more strength he'll help you to get it 212 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 5: done in less time. 213 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 3: Jesus put it this way. 214 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 5: Without me, you can do nothing, he was saying. Without 215 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 5: inviting me into every area of your life, that day 216 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: is not going to be what it could have been. 217 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 5: We should live with this attitude. God, I realize this 218 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 5: day is not going to be as productive, as successful, 219 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 5: nor as easy without your blessing and your favor. So 220 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 5: I'm going to make it a priority to acknowledge you 221 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 5: in all of my ways. 222 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 3: When you acknowledge God, that's. 223 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 5: A sign of humility. You're saying, God, I know you 224 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 5: created the whole universe. You flung the stars into space, 225 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 5: you tell every raindrop where to fall. I'm not here 226 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 5: by accident. You breathe your life into me. You made 227 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 5: me in your image, You crown me with your favor. Now, God, 228 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 5: I can't do this without you. I can't make. 229 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 3: It on my own. I need you in my life. 230 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 5: When you show that kind of dependency on God, there 231 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 5: is nothing he won't do for you. 232 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 3: God will move heaven and earth to get you to 233 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 3: where you're supposed to be. 234 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 5: You may struggle in a certain area. It's been that 235 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 5: way year after year again. Instead of complaining instead of 236 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 5: getting negative all through the day. 237 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 3: God, I need your help. God. I'm asking for your strength. 238 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 5: When you humble yourself and admit that you cannot do 239 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 5: it on your own, that's when God can exalt you. 240 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 3: That's when he can turn it around. 241 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 5: The dependency on God is not a weakness, it's a strength. 242 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 5: It activates God's power in our weakness. 243 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 3: God shows up the strongest. 244 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 5: But when we don't acknowledge God, really, that's a sign 245 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 5: of pride. We're saying God, I don't really need you 246 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 5: to help me run my life. I'm doing okay, I 247 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 5: got it all figured out. God will step back and 248 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 5: let us do it on our own. God is a gentleman. 249 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 5: He will not force his way into your life. Jesus said, 250 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 5: if you abide in Me, you will bear much fruit. 251 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 5: One translation says, if you will depend on me. The 252 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 5: word depend indicates continual action. You don't depend one and 253 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 5: then you're done. 254 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 3: Joel. 255 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 5: I went to church on Sunday. I spent a couple hours. 256 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 5: I did my duty. Now, if you're going to depend 257 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 5: on God all through the day, God, I need you. 258 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 5: God helped me to understand this subject in school. 259 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: God help me to raise these children. That's what it 260 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: means to depend on God. 261 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 5: And I've learned the more you depend on God, the 262 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 5: better things will work out. 263 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: You will bear much fruit. 264 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 5: But I wonder how many times we don't have as 265 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 5: fruitful or productive day as we could have because we're 266 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 5: not taking time to acknowledge God simple things. Driving in 267 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 5: the car, Lord, thank you that your angels have charge 268 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 5: over me. You just invited God into your car. At school, 269 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 5: God helped. 270 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 3: Me to understand this lesson. 271 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 5: Today, you invited God into your studies, working out, mowing 272 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 5: the lawn, cooking dinner. Lord, thank you for your health, 273 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 5: your strength. You invited the creator of the universe to 274 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 5: help you. We can take the opposite of what Jesus said. 275 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 5: If we don't depend on him, we're not going to 276 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 5: be as productive as we could have been. 277 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 3: We've all had one of those days where you drive 278 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 3: across town. 279 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 5: To pick something up. When you get there, you find 280 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 5: out they just closed, or you work all day long 281 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 5: and then your computer crashes, you lose the information. You 282 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: go to the gym and realize you forgot your tennis shoes, you. 283 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 3: Can't work out. 284 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 5: Little things can cause us to be unproductive and not 285 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 5: every time, of course, But I believe sometimes it's because 286 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 5: we're not asking God for his health. 287 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 3: We're doing it all on our own. God has politely 288 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 3: stepped away. 289 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 5: Make sure that you're acknowledging God Hebrews eleven six SSS. 290 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 5: God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. 291 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 3: Notice who God rewards. 292 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 5: Not people that half heartedly seek him, people that just 293 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 5: think about him on Sundays, people that just pray once 294 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 5: a week. 295 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: No. 296 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 5: God rewards people like you that get up every morning 297 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 5: and thank Him for his goodness. 298 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 3: People that go through the day. 299 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 5: Meditating on his promises, people that. 300 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 3: Acknowledge Him in all of their ways. 301 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 5: When you diligently seek God, there will be a reward. 302 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 3: Your life will go better. God will take you where 303 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: you could not go on your own. 304 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 5: The amazing thing about God is he says, you don't 305 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 5: even have. 306 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 3: To find me. If you just seek me, I'll give 307 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 3: you the reward. 308 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 5: If you just make an effort to please me, if 309 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 5: you just take time to thank me, if you just 310 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 5: acknowledge Me throughout the day, then I'll reward you for. 311 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 3: Just making the effort. 312 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: My father was raised in a family that knew nothing 313 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 5: about God, and at the age of seventeen, when he 314 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 5: gave his life to Christ, he started preaching on the 315 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 5: street corner in the prisons, in the seniors' homes. He'd 316 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 5: never been to seminary, he didn't know much about the Bible. 317 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 5: One time he preached a whole message on Samson and 318 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 5: realized at the end he had been calling him Tarzan 319 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 5: at seventeen, that he didn't have it all figured out, 320 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 5: but one thing he. 321 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 3: Had was a desire to please God. He was seeking him, 322 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 3: he was making the effort. 323 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 5: See, God doesn't say, as long as you can quote 324 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 5: all the scriptures, as long as you understand all the theology, 325 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 5: I'll reward you. Now, God says, I'll pay you for 326 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 5: seeking me. I'll pay you for simply making the effort. 327 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 5: From the time I was a little boy, my parents 328 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 5: taught me the importance of honoring God. 329 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: I wasn't perfect. 330 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 5: I made plenty of mistakes, But for as long as 331 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 5: I can remember, I would get up every morning and 332 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 5: take a moment and thank God for that day and 333 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 5: ask Him for wisdom and production. Every day I would 334 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 5: read a chapter in my Bible. Didn't always understand it, 335 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 5: still don't, and I'm the pastor of a big church. 336 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 5: God has not blessed me because I'm the smartest, the 337 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 5: most talented, the most skilled. God has blessed me because 338 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 5: I've made it a goal to seek Him, to please Him, 339 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 5: to honor him. I still take the first half hour 340 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 5: of every day to thank God for his goodness, read 341 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 5: my Bible, and pray. I ask every day, God, let 342 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 5: everything I do today bring honor to your name. God 343 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 5: has taken me places that I've never dreamed of. He's 344 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 5: blessed our family more than I can imagine. 345 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 3: Now. I'd love to tell you I'm just that smart, 346 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 3: I'm just that talented. I'm just an overachiever. 347 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 7: Now. 348 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 5: I've done my part to develop what God's put in me. 349 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 5: But I know the blessings, the favor, the honor has 350 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 5: come because I've done my best to diligently seek y'all 351 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 5: to keep Him first place in my life. 352 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 3: That's what I'm asking you to do. 353 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 5: Jesus said in Matthew six, seek first the Kingdom of God. 354 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 3: That word seek is a strong word. 355 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 5: One definition is to require as a vital necessity. You 356 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 5: have to see spending time with God as being vital 357 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 5: to living a victorious life because some mornings we think, 358 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 5: I don't want to get up early, I don't feel 359 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 5: like reading my Bible, I don't feel like. 360 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 3: Going to church today. 361 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 5: But once you get in a habit and you see 362 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 5: the benefits of how you feel refreshed and restored, you 363 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 5: make better decisions, you're more creative, you have God's favor. 364 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 5: Then you'll think, I can't afford not to do it. 365 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 5: When I don't spend time with God, I don't feel right. 366 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 3: Something's missing. It says seek first. 367 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 5: That indicates take time for God at the start of 368 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 5: the day. Make him a part of your normal routine. 369 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 5: My father was on dialysis the last few months of 370 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 5: his life. Three times a week, for four hours a day. 371 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 5: He would have to go up to the clinic and 372 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 5: have his blood cleaned. There were days he didn't feel 373 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 5: like doing it. He was tired, he was busy, he 374 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 5: had other things to do, didn't matter. He went up anyway. 375 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 5: Why his life depended on it. It wasn't an option. 376 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 3: It was vital in life. Things get busy, technic at 377 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 3: the office. 378 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 5: Your children need you, You've got a thousand things to do. 379 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 5: But you got to see spending time with God. Like 380 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 5: my father on dialysis. It's not an option. If you're 381 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 5: going to stay strong, if you're going to have God's 382 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 5: wisdom and favor, you may have to rearrange. 383 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 3: Some things so you can make it a. 384 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 5: Priority to spend time with God. You draw strength, encouragement, 385 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 5: wisdom from spending time with God. That's what's going to 386 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 5: keep your life fresh. It's like we have to feed 387 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 5: our physical person, we need to feed our spiritual person. 388 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 3: Learn to invest in yourself. 389 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes we feed our physical man three hot meals a day, 390 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 5: but we only feed our spiritual man one cold snack 391 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 5: a week. And then we wonder why we don't have energy, 392 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 5: God's favor, wisdom. It's because we're not taking time to 393 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 5: get filled back up in God's presence is fullness of joy, peace, victory. 394 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 5: That's where you get refreshed and re energized. 395 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 3: Every day. You ought to take time to read the scripture. 396 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 5: Meditate on God's promises, put on good praise music. 397 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 3: When you can have a quiet time with you and God. 398 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 5: Everything's so busy, hectic, noisy these days. But when you 399 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 5: get quiet and say God, I love you today, Lord, 400 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 5: thank you for my life, my family, my dreams. Lord, 401 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 5: I realize Every good thing comes from you. 402 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 3: That's what's going to keep you strong. 403 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 5: Jesus said, I am the living water. If you drink 404 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 5: of me, you'll never thirst again. During the day, things 405 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 5: come against you. 406 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 3: It's easy to get upset, may be stressed out. 407 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 5: You need to take a two minute break and go 408 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 5: drink of the living water. Get quiet and say God, 409 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 5: I need you. I'm asking your God, help me to 410 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 5: stay strong, help me to stay in peace. 411 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 3: When you do that, you're taking a drink. You're strengthening 412 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 3: your inner man. 413 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 5: When the boss has giving you a hard time, just 414 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 5: tell him I got to go get a drink. I'm 415 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 5: talking about the living water now. 416 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 3: In our quiet time. 417 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 5: People tell me, Joe, I don't know how to pray. 418 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 5: I'm not a religious person, but prayer is simply talking 419 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 5: to God. Sometimes religion makes things complicated, makes us think 420 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 5: we had to pray these long, fancy these and Thow's prayers. No, 421 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 5: talk to God in your everyday language. If you talk country, 422 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 5: The good news is God talks country. If you talk 423 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 5: New York, God talks New York. He understands you. We don't, 424 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 5: but he does. When you pray, talk to God like 425 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 5: you're talking to your best friend, telling your needs, your concerns, 426 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 5: ask him for help, and then thank him for what 427 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 5: he's already done. Our praise should outweigh our petitions. Don't 428 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 5: spend your whole quiet time telling God your problems your needs. 429 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 5: He already knows your needs. Take time to thank him. 430 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 5: And when you read the scripture, you may not understand everything, 431 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 5: but that's okay. Just read it and move on. The 432 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 5: Holy Spirit is called our teacher. He'll make sure you 433 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 5: understand what you need to understand. 434 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 3: God's word is like a seed. Once you put it 435 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 3: in you, it will never die. 436 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: You may not unders stand it now, but at the 437 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 5: right time, when you need it, God will cause it 438 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 5: to come alive. I read about a young man in 439 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 5: junior high He didn't have any kind of spiritual upbringing. 440 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 5: One summer, all of his friends invited him to a 441 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 5: camp put on by. 442 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 3: The local church. 443 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 5: When he got there, he noticed on the platform there 444 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 5: was a big trophy. He was very competitive, great in sports, 445 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,479 Speaker 5: great in academics. He made up his mind right then 446 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 5: and there he was going to win that trophy. Come 447 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 5: to find out, it was going to be given to 448 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 5: the person who could memorize the most scripture verses. This 449 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 5: young man had never picked up the Bible, never been 450 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 5: to church before, but he was so competitive. In two days, 451 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: he memorized thirty verses of scripture, and he won the trophy. 452 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 5: Fifteen years later, he was an All American football player, 453 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 5: headed to the NFL, very bright future when one day 454 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 5: he felt a terrible pain in his chest. 455 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 3: Didn't know what was happening. He soon passed out. 456 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 5: At twenty two years of age, he had a massive 457 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 5: heart attack. Laying there, he woke up in the emergency room, 458 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 5: tubes coming out of everywhere, scared to death, didn't know 459 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 5: what to do. Laying on that emergency room table, all 460 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 5: of the sudden, from right down in here, all those 461 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 5: scriptures he had memorized fifteen years earlier begin to come 462 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: up once again. Friends, God's word is full of power. 463 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 5: When you need it, It's gonna take root, and God's 464 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 5: gonna cause it to come alive. He started quoting scripture 465 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 5: after scripture. Though I walk through the valley of the 466 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 5: shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you 467 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 5: are with me. The doctors didn't think he was going 468 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 5: to make it. But today that young man is healthy 469 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 5: and holy. In fact, he's a minister. He goes all 470 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 5: over telling people. 471 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 3: What God has done for him. 472 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 5: But it all started when he put the seed of 473 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 5: God's word on the inside. You may not understand it now, 474 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 5: but you can rest assured when you need it, God's 475 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 5: going to cause it to come alive in your own life. 476 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 5: In Malachi, chapter three, verse sixteen, it talks about how 477 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 5: God has a book of remembrance. 478 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 3: In this book. 479 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 5: Every time we talk about God, we thank him for 480 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 5: his goodness, we meditate on his promises, we ask for 481 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 5: his help. God has the angels write that down in 482 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 5: this Book of Remembrance on your behalf. When you even 483 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 5: think about God, the angels record it. In fact, this moment, 484 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 5: right now, the angels are writing it down in the 485 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 5: Book of Remembrance. They're at Lakewood honoring God. 486 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 3: This book is. 487 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 5: Not up in a storeroom shelf in heaven somewhere. The 488 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 5: scripture says, it stays constantly before God, wide open, as 489 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 5: a reminder. 490 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: Of those who are thinking of him. Imagine with me. 491 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 5: God sees the Angel start to write in the Book 492 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 5: of Remembrance. God asks the Angel, who are you writing about? 493 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: The angel says, I'm writing about Julie she's attending Lakewood again. 494 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 5: She's down there singing praises, listening to your word. I'm 495 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 5: gonna make a record of it. A couple of hours later, 496 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 5: God ask again, who are you writing about now? 497 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 3: The Angel says, I'm still writing about Julie. 498 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 5: She's at lunch with some of her friends talking about you. 499 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 5: A few hours later, same thing. Who you're writing about now? 500 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 5: Angel says, I'm still writing about Julie. She's driving in 501 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 5: her car. She's got some praise music on. Early the 502 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 5: next morning, God ask again, who are you I'm still 503 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 5: writing about Julie. She's up early, got her coffee, reading 504 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 5: her Bible. A few hours later, God sees the angel 505 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 5: start to write. God says, let me guess. Don't tell 506 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 5: me you're writing about Julie, aren't you. The Angel says, 507 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 5: you're exactly right. 508 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 3: God. 509 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 5: All through the day, she's acknowledging you, thanking you, depending 510 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 5: on you. Now imagine with me. Julie has a need. 511 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 5: She goes boldly to the throne, says God, I need 512 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 5: your help. I've got this problem. Who is this, God asks, 513 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 5: She says, it's Julie. God says, oh, yeah, I know you. 514 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 5: Julie you're always talking about me, You've always got me 515 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 5: on your mind. 516 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 3: What can I do for you? That's the way we 517 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 3: should live. 518 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 5: We should keep God constantly in our thoughts, meditating on 519 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 5: his promises, thanking him for his goodness, acknowledging him throughout 520 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 5: the day. 521 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 3: Our goal should be to give that. 522 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 5: Angel a cramp in his hand from writing about us 523 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 5: in that book of remembrance. If that's going to happen, 524 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 5: you gotta let God out of your Sunday morning box. 525 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 5: Include him in every part of your life. Take time 526 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: each day to get your inner person filled up. If 527 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 5: you will keep God first in everything you do, he 528 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 5: promises he's going to crown your efforts with success because 529 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 5: you diligently seek him. I believe and declare a reward 530 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 5: is coming, Favored is coming, Good breaks are coming, promotion 531 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 5: is coming, a shift is coming, healing's coming, Restoration is coming. 532 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 3: You need to get ready. 533 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 5: You're not going to live an average, ordinary life because 534 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,719 Speaker 5: you depend on him. God is going to increase you. 535 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 5: You are going to bear much fruit. He's going to 536 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 5: make you more productive. You're going to get more done 537 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 5: in less time. He's going to make your life easier. 538 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 5: Take you where you could not go on your own. 539 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 5: It's going to be greater than you ever even dreamed of. 540 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 3: I believe it in Jesus' name. 541 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 5: If you receive it, can you say amen. We never 542 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 5: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 543 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 544 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 545 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 546 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord, and say. 547 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 548 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 5: got born again. 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