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Thanks again 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 3: for coming out this morning. I always like to start 45 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 3: with something funny, and I heard about these three men 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 3: that were traveling together, a Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, 47 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: and a televangelist. They stopped at this farmhouse and for lodging, 48 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: and the farmer said, I only have room for two 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 3: in the house. Someone will have to stay in the barn. 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 3: The Hindu priest said, I'll do it. A few minutes later, 51 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 3: there was a knock on the door. He said, I 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: can't stay out there. There's a cow, and cows are 53 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: sacred in our religion. The Jewish rabbi said, I'll do it. 54 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 3: A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 3: He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig 56 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 3: and that wouldn't be kosher. The televangelist finally said, all right, 57 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 3: I'll do it. A few minutes later, there was a 58 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 3: knock on the door. It was the cow and the pig. 59 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 3: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 60 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 61 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 3: says I am. I have what it says I have. 62 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 64 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 65 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about silencing the 67 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 3: voice of the accuser. Too many people go around feeling 68 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: bad about themselves when they make mistakes. Instead of receiving 69 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: God's mercy and moving forward, they listen to the voice 70 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: of the accuser, and it's constantly reminding them how bad 71 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: they are, and how they blew their diet and lost 72 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: their temper, and how they're never going to measure up 73 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 3: before long. They're carrying a heavy load of guilt and condemnation. 74 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: I talked to a young lady that felt so guilty 75 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 3: because she gave her baby up for adoption. She was 76 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 3: a teenage mother. It's been ten years now, and she's 77 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 3: still so down on herself. She said, I feel ashamed, 78 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: like I'm a terrible mother. I don't know what was 79 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 3: wrong with me, what's the problem. She's listening to the 80 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: voice of the accuser and now she's carrying a heavy 81 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: load of guilt that's trying to destroy her future. Guilt 82 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 3: is like being on a treadmill. You're constantly working and 83 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 3: struggling and sweating, but you're not going anywhere. It drains 84 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 3: your strength, your energy, your enthusiasm. Guilt will keep you 85 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: from having good relationships. It can affect you not only emotionally, 86 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: but eventually even physically. I know people that have had 87 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: nervous breakdowns because of guilt. Year after year. They've carried 88 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 3: the heaviness. Now it's worn them down to where they 89 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 3: can barely even funct you, friends, Guilt is a dead 90 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 3: end strength. You may have made mistakes and done things 91 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 3: that you're not proud of, but the moment you ask 92 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 3: for forgiveness God forgave you, it says he will not 93 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 3: remember our sins anymore. If God doesn't remember them, that 94 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 3: tells me. When the accusing voice comes reminding you of 95 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 3: what you've done wrong, how bad you are, trying to 96 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 3: make you feel guilty, condemned, unworthy, that's a sure sign 97 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 3: it's not God. That's the accuser trying to sour your future. 98 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 3: You can do one of two things. You can believe 99 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 3: those lies, dwell on them, let it weigh you down, 100 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: or a much better decision is to rise up in 101 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 3: faith and say no, thanks, I'm not going there. I 102 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 3: realize I've made mistakes. I'm not perfect, but I know this. 103 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: I'm forgiven. God's not holding anything against me. And if 104 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: God doesn't condemn me, then I'm not gonna condemn myself. 105 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 3: There's a difference between God's voice and the accuse voice. 106 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 3: When we make mistakes as believers, we will feel a 107 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 3: conviction on the inside. We will feel guilty. Our conscience 108 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 3: will tell us that's not right. That's the spirit of 109 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 3: God convicting us. The right thing to do is repent, 110 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: ask for forgiveness, and go forward. The moment we do that, 111 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 3: God doesn't remember the mistakes. He has no record of it. 112 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: It's not on a secret database somewhere. He totally lets 113 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 3: it go. But this is exactly when the accuser goes 114 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 3: to work, even though God has forgotten about it. The 115 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 3: accuser will try to keep us feeling bad about ourselves. 116 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 3: He'll remind you of everything you did wrong, how bad 117 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 3: it was, and how you just need to sit on 118 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 3: the sidelines. His goal is to deceive us in the living, condemned, 119 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 3: feeling unworthy, like we don't deserve to be blessed. You've 120 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 3: got to be keen enough to recognize that is not 121 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: God's voice. That is user trying to sour my future. 122 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 3: That's the accuser trying to dump another load of guilt 123 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 3: on me, trying to keep me feeling wrong about myself. 124 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 3: But I know better. I don't have to listen to 125 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: his lies. I believe what God says about me. I'm forgiving, 126 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 3: I'm redeemed, my past is erased, and my future is bright. 127 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 3: By not dwelling on those lies, you silence the voice 128 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 3: of the accuser. But some of you have been living 129 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: with guilt for years. It's nagging feeling on the inside, 130 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: like a dark cloud that follows you around, telling you 131 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 3: you've blown it too many times. You should have spent 132 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 3: more time with your children when you were raising them. 133 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 3: You're just not disciplined enough. Listen. Those thoughts will dog 134 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 3: you for a lifetime unless you rise up and put 135 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 3: a stop to it. Just like you can use the 136 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: remote control to change the channel on the television, you 137 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 3: can change the channel in your thought life. And when 138 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: those accusing voice comes reminding you of a mistake you made, 139 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: bringing up a failure of the past, whether it was 140 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: forty minutes ago or forty years ago, you need to 141 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: immediately change the channel. Don't dwell on it. Have the attitude. 142 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: I refuse to live my life condemned. I may have 143 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 3: made mistakes, but I can't do anything about the past. 144 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 3: I can do better next time. But I am not 145 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: going to drag yesterday's failures into today. I know I 146 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 3: am forgiven, and God is not looking at what's wrong 147 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 3: with me. He's looking at what's right with me. When 148 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 3: we have this guilt and condemnation, it's like we're carrying 149 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 3: around a heavy load everywhere we go. Let me get 150 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 3: my bag of guilt. Hang on, let me get my 151 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: bag of condemnation. Just second before we leave. I've got 152 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 3: to pack up my bag of regrets, my bag of failures, 153 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: my bag of mistakes. No, today, we are going to 154 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: unload all the baggage. Like the airlines tell only two 155 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: bags per customer. I've got an announcement, new rule around here, 156 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 3: no bags per customer. We're gonna go out of here lighter. 157 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: The scripture says, when you know the truth, it will 158 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 3: make you free. The truth you're hearing today is you 159 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 3: don't have to carry the guilt. You don't have to 160 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: listen to the accuser. You don't have to try to 161 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 3: pay God back for mistakes. You've made. The price has 162 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 3: already been paid. When you make a mistake, that accusing 163 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 3: voice comes, saying you've blown your future. Nothing good is 164 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 3: in store. You just gotta pay it back by living 165 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 3: depressed and defeated. Now you shake that off and say, 166 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: I know the truth. The price has already been paid 167 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 3: two thousand years ago on the cross at Calvary. I 168 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 3: don't have to pay again. I'm not gonna go around 169 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 3: living guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy, ashamed. No, I know I've 170 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 3: been redeemed. God's mercy is bigger than any of my mistakes. 171 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 3: So I'm gonna press forward with my head held high, 172 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 3: knowing that my best days are still out in front 173 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: of me. Friends, I'm asking you to unload the baggage, 174 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 3: get off the treadmill. You're not supposed to go through 175 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 3: life feeling bad about yourself. Don't drag the regrets of 176 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 3: yesterday into today. You can't do anything about your past, 177 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 3: but you can do something about your future. Receive God's 178 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 3: mercy and keep moving forward. I read about these three men. 179 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 3: They were carrying two sacks, one on the back and 180 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 3: one of the front. Someone asked the first man what 181 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 3: was in his sacks. He said, the sack in my 182 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 3: back is filled with all the good things that have 183 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 3: happened to me. The sack in the front is filled 184 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 3: with all the bad things that have happened. He was 185 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 3: constantly focused on the bad. Couldn't even see the good, 186 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 3: they asked. The second man was just the opposite response. 187 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 3: He said, the sack in the back is filled with 188 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 3: the bad things. The sack in the front is filled 189 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 3: with the good things. At least he could see the 190 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 3: good and not focus on the negative. But with both 191 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 3: of the sacks being so full, it still weighted him 192 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 3: down and made life a burden. The third man was asking. 193 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 3: He told how the sack in the front was filled 194 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: with all of his accomplishments, his victories, the good things, 195 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 3: and the sack in his back was totally empty. He 196 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 3: had cut a hole in the bottom of it. That's 197 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: where he put all his mistakes, his failures, the guilt, 198 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 3: the shame, the condemnation. He explained, because the sack in 199 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 3: the front is full and the sack in the back 200 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 3: is empty, it keeps me moving forward. I'm weighted toward 201 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 3: the front, and it acts just like a cell and 202 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 3: naturally pushes me ahead. That's what happens. When we focus 203 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: on the right things, it moves us in the forward direction. 204 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 3: So many people today are focused on their mistakes, their failures. 205 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 3: They carry them around everywhere they go. They wonder why 206 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: they don't enjoy life is because they're waiting down. Why 207 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: don't you do like that third man and cut a 208 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 3: hole in the bottom of that negative bag. Why don't 209 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: you let go of the things that are doing nothing 210 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 3: but slowing you down and making you feel bad about yourself. 211 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 3: Life is too short to go around carrying things that 212 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: we don't need. And one way we know that guilt 213 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 3: in condemnation is not from God is because it doesn't 214 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 3: help you improve. It doesn't make you do better. When 215 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 3: we go around feeling wrong about ourselves, we are much 216 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 3: more likely to make another mistake. I've seen people that 217 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 3: blow their diet. They get so down on themselves they think, oh, 218 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 3: I've already blown it once today, let me just eat 219 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 3: this bowl of ice cream. They get up the next 220 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 3: day so condemned, so guilty, they think, what's the use 221 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 3: I'm so undisciplined, I'll never lose this weight. They lose 222 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 3: their passion, they give up on their goals, it's because 223 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: guilt doesn't make us do better, it mays do worse. 224 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 3: You should not spend time thinking about what's wrong with you, 225 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 3: but rather about what's right with you. I told that 226 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 3: young lady that gave up her baby for adoption. Look 227 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 3: at you. You're beautiful, you're talented, you're successful, You've got 228 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,439 Speaker 3: a great job. Why are you still so down on yourself? 229 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: That is over and done. See, there's a right way 230 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 3: to handle guilt. Repent, ask for forgiveness, move forward. The 231 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 3: wrong way is to hold on to it for a week, 232 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 3: a year, or a lifetime. There are some things that 233 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 3: we cannot undo. You can't unscramble eggs. You cannot relive yesterday, 234 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: but you can be your best today. Don't let the 235 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 3: accuser sour your future any longer. Start dwelling on what's 236 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 3: right with you, not what's wrong with you. Have you 237 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 3: noticed how human nature is drawn toward the negative. I 238 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 3: can have one hundred people will tell me after service, Joel, 239 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 3: that was a great message. I really needed to hear that. 240 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: But then one person will say, I don't know if 241 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: I really understood that point, and I'm not really sure 242 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 3: I agree with you on that. I used to go home, depress, discourage, 243 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 3: feeling like a failure. I've learned how to shake it off. 244 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 3: Somebody doesn't like it. My attitude is I can't help it. 245 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 3: If there's something wrong with you. I don't know about you, 246 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 3: but I feel good about who I am, and I 247 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: am not going to let one bad report cancel out 248 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: one hundred good reports. In the same way, don't let 249 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: one weakness that you have or one mistake that you made, 250 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 3: cancel out all the other great things about you. You 251 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 3: may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you've 252 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 3: also made a lot of right choices. Look at you today. 253 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 3: You're sitting in church, You're honoring God, you're giving, you're serving. 254 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 3: You've got a heart to do what's right. Focus on 255 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 3: your good qualities, on your victories. Get off the treadmill 256 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: of guilt. It's not taking you anywhere. Some of you 257 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 3: have been guilty about something that happened a long time ago, 258 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: years and years, and it's stealing your joy. And you're 259 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 3: down on yourself, feeling condemned. Listen, that has soured your 260 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 3: life long enough. Don't live another moment in regrets. It 261 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 3: may have been your fault, but that's what mercy is 262 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 3: all about. You've got to rise up and say, this 263 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: is a new day. I'm unloading the baggage. I am 264 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 3: done feeling wrong about myself. I'm done going around condemned. 265 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: I focus long enough on what I've done wrong. I'm 266 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 3: gonna start focusing on what I'm doing right. But for 267 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 3: most of us, it's very difficult to accept the fact 268 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 3: that God forgives us so easily. When we make mistakes, 269 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 3: we think we have to pay, so we get discouraged, 270 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: no joy, down on ourselves. And sure, we should be 271 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 3: remorseful when we do wrong. We should be genuinely sorry 272 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 3: and not just flip it like it's no big deal. 273 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 3: But we don't have to spend month after month wallowing 274 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 3: around in guilt and condemnation. I know people that did 275 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 3: something wrong years ago, but they're still asking God to 276 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 3: forgive them. They've probably asked for forgiveness for the same 277 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 3: thing a thousand times. They don't realize God forgave them 278 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: the very first time. The problem is they have not 279 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 3: received God's forgiveness. They think they have to show God 280 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 3: how sorry they are by giving up their joy and 281 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: paying some kind of penance, and so they live defeated, discouraged, 282 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 3: and they beg and beg God, Please forgive me. God. 283 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 3: I'm so sorry. Please God. Now let me challenge you today. 284 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 3: Don't be a beggar, be a believer. Believe God forgave 285 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 3: you the very first time. You don't have to keep asking, 286 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 3: receive God's mercy, and just keep moving forward. I read 287 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 3: about this nine year old boy named Sam. He was 288 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 3: visiting his grandparents. They lived on a big farm. Sam 289 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 3: had a slingshot that he loved, and all during the 290 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 3: day he'd go out in the woods and shoot at 291 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 3: different targets. He practiced, and he practiced, but he wasn't 292 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 3: that accurate. One evening, he heard the dinner bell. As 293 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 3: he was walking toward the house, he saw his grandmother's 294 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 3: pet duck sitting by the pond. He never dreamed in 295 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: a million years he could hit it, but he pulled 296 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 3: the slingshot back, let the rock fly, and believe it 297 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 3: or not, it hit the duck square in the head 298 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 3: and the duck fell over dead. He felt terrible. He panicked. 299 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 3: He ran over and got the duck and secretly buried 300 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 3: it behind the woodpile. As he was walking toward the house, 301 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 3: he realized his twelve year old sister, Julie, had seen 302 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 3: the whole thing take place. That night, after dinner, the 303 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: grandmother said, Julie, I'd like you to stay and help 304 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 3: me do the dishes if you don't mind. Julie said, grandmother, 305 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 3: I'd love to, but Sam said he wants to do 306 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 3: the dishes tonight. She whispered in his ear, Remember the duck. 307 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 3: Sam went over and did the dishes. The next morning, 308 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 3: the grandfather was going fishing. He invited both of the 309 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 3: children to go, and the grandmother said, I really need 310 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 3: Julie to stay here and help me do some chores. 311 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 3: Julie said grandmother, Sam said he'd like to stay with 312 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 3: you and help you out today. She whispered in his 313 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 3: ear again, remember the duck. Sam stayed and did the chores. 314 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 3: Julie went fishing with her grandfather. After a couple of 315 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 3: days of doing both his and his sister's chores, Sam 316 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: finally had had enough. He went to his grandmother and said, Grandmother, 317 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: I'm so sorry, but I got to tell you something 318 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 3: I didn't mean to. I accidentally killed your pet duck. 319 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 3: The grandmother gave him a big hug and said, Sam, 320 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 3: I know you did. I was standing at the window. 321 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 3: I saw the whole thing take place, and I've all 322 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 3: read that He's forgiven you. I've just been waiting to 323 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 3: see how long you would let Julie make a slave 324 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 3: of you. Can I tell you something today? God was 325 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: standing at the window. He has seen every mistake, every failure, 326 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 3: every weakness. The good news is he has already forgiven you. 327 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 3: He's not holding anything against you. He's just waiting to 328 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 3: see how long you're gonna let the accuser make a 329 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 3: slave of you. How long are you gonna live guilty 330 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 3: and condemned. How long are you gonna keep asking for 331 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 3: forgiveness for the exact same thing. My declaration is no more. 332 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 3: This is a new day. We're gonna rise up like 333 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 3: Sam and say enough is enough. I may have made mistakes. 334 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 3: I'm not happy about it, but I'm not going to 335 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 3: let the accuser manipulate me into living life depressed, thinking 336 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: that I've blown my future trying to pay a debt 337 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 3: that I don't have to pay. I'm gonna go to 338 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 3: my father and say, here I am, I've blown it. 339 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 3: I've made mistakes, But I know you're a God of mercy. 340 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 3: You restore you forgive, so I'm gonna get my joy back. 341 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 3: I'm gonna get my vision back, and I'm not gonna 342 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 3: let one mistake or a series of mistakes to keep 343 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 3: me from pursuing my God given destiny. What am I saying? 344 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 3: Don't let the accuser manipulate you anymore. You know the truth. 345 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: God was standing at the window. He's already forgiven you. 346 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 3: He accepts you, He approves you. Now rise up in 347 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 3: that freedom, unload the baggage, leave the guilt behind. To 348 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 3: what it says in Romans eight, verse one, there is 349 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 3: no condemnation when we're in Christ Jesus. Here's the key. 350 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 3: When we walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. 351 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: Notice we're only not going to be condemned when we're 352 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,719 Speaker 3: in the spirit. In other words, when we make mistakes. 353 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 3: If we're in the flesh, we beat ourselves up, we 354 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 3: lose our passion, we feel unworthy. We live depressed and defeated, 355 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 3: trying to show God that we're sorry. When we do that, 356 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 3: we will be condemned, we'll feel a heaviness, we'll miss 357 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 3: God's best. But when we're in the spirit, we say, yes, 358 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 3: I made mistakes. It was my fault. But I know 359 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 3: the moment I ask for forgiveness, God not only forgave me, 360 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,479 Speaker 3: but he doesn't remember it. So I'm not gonna fall 361 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 3: into the trap of guilt. I'm gonna move forward. That's 362 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 3: when we're not condemned, when we don't listen to the 363 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 3: accuser's lives, when we don't walla in defeat, when we 364 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 3: don't carry the heavyload of guilt, but we keep moving 365 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 3: forward in life. I love the story of the prodigal son. 366 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 3: The young man took his inheritance and left home and 367 00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 3: went out partying, living wild, undisciplined, making terrible choices. He 368 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: blew his whole inheritance. He lost it all. Now he 369 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 3: had no money, no place to stay. It got so 370 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 3: bad he ended up working in a hog farm feeding 371 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: the hogs. He was so desperate, so hungry, he even 372 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 3: had to eat the hogfood just to stay alive. But 373 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 3: one day, as he was sitting in the hogpen, guilty, condemned, ashamed, depressed, 374 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 3: something rose up on the inside. He thought to himself, 375 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 3: even the servants at my father's house lived better than this, 376 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 3: And here I'm a son sitting in the hog pen, 377 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 3: wallowing in defeat and mediocrity. He made a statement that 378 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 3: changed his future. Without this statement, we would hear no 379 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 3: more of this young man. He said, I will arise 380 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 3: and go to my father. He was saying, yes, I've 381 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 3: made mistakes. I brought the trouble on myself, but I'm 382 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 3: not going to let one bad sea of my life 383 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 3: ruin the rest of my future. I will arise. Maybe today, 384 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 3: you've made some poor choices. You're not where you want 385 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 3: to be in life. The accusing voice keeps telling you 386 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 3: it's your fault. Too bad, you brought it on yourself. 387 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 3: If you're going to be restored, if you're going to 388 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 3: fulfill your destiny, it's not up to God, it's up 389 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 3: to you. You've got to do like this young man 390 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: and say I may be down, but I'm not going 391 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 3: to stay down. I've made mistakes, it's my fault, but 392 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 3: I know the secret. I will arise and go to 393 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 3: my father. I believe one reason this young man could 394 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 3: arise is because deep down he knew who he was, 395 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 3: He knew what family he belonged to. When you understand 396 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 3: your position, you can change your condition. When you understand 397 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 3: that you are a child of the most High God, God, 398 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 3: breathed his life into you. You were never created to 399 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 3: live depressed, defeated, guilty condition, ashamed, unworthy. No, you were 400 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: created to rule, to reign, to be victorious. Your condition 401 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 3: may be way down here because of poor choices, mistakes 402 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 3: you've made. You don't feel like you deserve it, you 403 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 3: don't feel like you're worthy. But you've got to shake 404 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: that off and say, I understand my position. I know 405 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 3: who I am, a child of Almighty God. Now I 406 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 3: may not feel like I deserve it, I may not 407 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 3: feel like I'm worthy, but I know because of what 408 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 3: Christ did. He made me worthy. He took my guilt 409 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 3: so that I can be free. So I'm gonna arise 410 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 3: and go to my father. That's what this young man did. 411 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 3: And when the father saw him coming way down the road, 412 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 3: the father took off running toward him. He gave his 413 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 3: son a big hug, put a ring on his finger, 414 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 3: a robe on his back. He said to his servants, 415 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: let's celebrate my son has come back home. God will 416 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 3: do the same thing for you when you make that 417 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 3: decision that you're gonna shake off the guilt, shake off 418 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 3: the condemnation, and say I'm gonna move forward with my life. 419 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 3: When you make a move, God will make a move. 420 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: He'll come running towards you with mercy, forgiveness, restoration, favor, increase. 421 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 3: God can still get you to where you're supposed to be. 422 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 3: So often when we make mistakes, the accusing voices go 423 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 3: into overdrive, telling us that you can't ask God for help. 424 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 3: It was your fault. You'd be a hypocrite. You brought 425 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 3: this trouble on yourself. Now, this is when mercy comes in. 426 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 3: When we do wrong, we ask for forgiveness. God forgives us. 427 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 3: But when you really understand who you are, you won't 428 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 3: just ask for forgiveness. You'll take it one step further 429 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 3: and ask God for his mercy. Mercy, says God, I 430 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 3: believe you will bless me in spite of these mistakes. 431 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 3: That's what Jacob did. He had lived his life as 432 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 3: a cheater, a deceiver, doing people wrong. One day he 433 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: decided he wanted to make things right. He got tired 434 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 3: of living that way. He went down to the brook 435 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 3: so he could be alone. The scripture talks about how 436 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 3: the Angel of the Lord appeared under him in the 437 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 3: form of a man. Jacob and the angel began to 438 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 3: wrestle It went on all night, and Jacob said to 439 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 3: the angel, I know who you are, and I'm not 440 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 3: going to let you go until you bless me. When 441 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 3: the angel saw how determined Jacob was and how he 442 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 3: wasn't going to give up, he reached over and gave 443 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: Jacob God's blessing. Jacob left there a different person. God 444 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 3: even changed his name from Jacob to Israel. Israel means 445 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 3: prince with God. But can you imagine the nerve of Jacob. 446 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 3: Don't you know? That took a lot of boldness here. 447 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 3: He had practically lived his whole life making poor choices, receiving, cheating, lying. 448 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 3: He should have felt overwhelmed with guilt, condemnation, all washed up, 449 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 3: but somehow he had the confidence to not only ask 450 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 3: for forgiveness, but he said, God, I believe you will 451 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 3: bless me in spite of the way I've lived. Surely 452 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 3: God would say, Jacob, what are you talking about? Are 453 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 3: you crazy? You don't deserve to be blessed, not even 454 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 3: really forgiven. I'm not gonna bless you no, God said, 455 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 3: in effect, Jacob, I love the fact that you know 456 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 3: who you are, my child, redeemed, forgiven, made worthy you 457 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 3: not only asked to be forgiven, but you asked for 458 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 3: my mercy, and Jacob, if you're bold enough to ask that, 459 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 3: I'm bold enough to do it. That's the kind of 460 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 3: faith that gets God's attention. Not when we drag around guilty, condemned, 461 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 3: feeling wrong on the inside. No, it's time for us 462 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 3: to arise and go to our Father. God is not 463 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 3: the condemning you. That is the accuser. Change the channel, 464 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: Stop dwelling on those thoughts. You may have failed, but 465 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,959 Speaker 3: God's mercy never fails. The sad thing is most people 466 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 3: accept the condemnation quicker than they accept God's mercy. Don't 467 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 3: let that be you. Shake off the guilt, shake off 468 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 3: the negative mistakes from the past. Don't go another minute 469 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 3: in regrets feeling bad about yourself. The moment you ask 470 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 3: for forgiveness, God forgave you. Now you do your part 471 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 3: and unload the baggage. Remember our new rule around here, 472 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 3: no bags per customer. That means leave the guilt right 473 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 3: where you are. Don't take it with you. We'll put 474 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 3: it in the dumpster for you. Leave the bag of regrets, 475 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 3: leave the bag of failures, Leave the bag of condemnation 476 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 3: right where you are. Friends, If you will learn to 477 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 3: silence the voice of the accuser, then guilt and cannot 478 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 3: weigh you down. You will live a life of freedom, 479 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 3: rising higher, overcoming obstacles, accomplish in dreams, and even though 480 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 3: you make mistakes, I believe and declare you will still 481 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 3: fulfill your God given destiny. Amen. How many of you 482 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 3: receive it today? We never like to close our broadcast 483 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 3: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 484 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 3: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 485 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 486 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 487 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 488 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 3: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 489 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 3: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 490 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 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