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And if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 46 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 4: But I like to start with something funny. And I 47 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 4: heard about this man named Bubba. He lived way out 48 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 4: in the country and there was a stray dog that 49 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 4: kept showing up at his house. His wife said, Bubba, 50 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 4: you have to put the dog in the truck, take 51 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 4: him out to the woods and drop him off. That's 52 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: where he lived. Bubba drove him a mile down the road, 53 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 4: dropped him off. When he came home, the dog was 54 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: walking up the driveway, practically beat him back. Happen again 55 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: and again. His wife said, Bubba, you have to take 56 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 4: him way out, drive him around in circles, get him 57 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 4: mixed up. Bubba drove an hour away, crisscross country roads 58 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: he had never driven before, dropped him off. Two hours later. 59 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 4: He called his wife from the truck, said did the 60 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 4: dog come back? She said, yeah, he's walking up the driveway. 61 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 4: He said, do me a favor, put him on the line. 62 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,399 Speaker 4: I need directions. Say it like you mean it. This 63 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 4: is my Bible. What it says I am. I have 64 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: what it says I have. I can do what it 65 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 4: says I can do. Today I will be taught the 66 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 67 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 68 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 4: to you today about keep believing for your loved ones. 70 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: We all have someone that we're hoping will change. A 71 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 4: family member this off course, a child that's not making 72 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 4: good decisions, or a friend that's struggling with an addiction. 73 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 4: We've been praying, believing, but it doesn't look like it's 74 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: making any difference. It's easy to get frustrated and think 75 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 4: that we're wasting our time. But if they're going to 76 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 4: reach their destiny, they need someone who will wait on them, 77 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: someone that will keep praying, keep encouraging, keep speaking faith 78 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 4: into their future, telling them you may be off course, 79 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 4: you may be compromised, but I still believe in you. 80 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 4: I know you have seeds of greatness. The hand of 81 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 4: God is on your life. They need someone that will 82 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 4: stand in the gap, that will believe for them when 83 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 4: they can't believe for themselves. Someone that will cover them 84 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 4: with mercy, not judge them, not find fault, but that 85 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 4: will help love them back into wholeness. We write people 86 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 4: off too easily. Where they are now is not where 87 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 4: they're going to end up. Don't judge them by the present. 88 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 4: Before the apostle, Paul was a follower of Christ. Before 89 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 4: he wrote half of the New Testament. His name was Saul, 90 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 4: and he hated believers. He was the biggest enemy of 91 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 4: the church. He went from city to city, having believers 92 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 4: arrested and even killed. If we would have seen him, 93 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 4: we'd have thought, this guy doesn't have a chance. He's 94 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 4: a terrorist. He's against everything we stand for. Yet God 95 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 4: told Anonius, go pray for Saul. He's a chosen vessel 96 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 4: to bear my name. Some of the people we're attempted 97 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 4: to ride off are chosen vessels. They're going to advance 98 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 4: the kingdom. They're going to do great things. All they 99 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 4: need is for someone to wait on them, someone to say, yeah, 100 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 4: they're off course. But I'm going to send them a 101 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: text and let them know that I'm praying for them. 102 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 4: I'm going to invite them to lunch, not to straighten 103 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: them out, not to judge them, but to let them 104 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: know that I love them, that I believe in them. 105 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 4: That if they need anything, all they have to do 106 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 4: is ask, will you wait on someone? While God is 107 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 4: changing them? John Chapter four. Jesus was in Samaria, waiting 108 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 4: by a well. He'd sent the disciples into the city 109 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: to get food. While he was waiting, a Samaritan woman 110 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 4: came out to get some water. Back then, the Jews 111 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 4: and Samaritans have anything to do with each other, but 112 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 4: Jesus asked her for a drink of water. She said, Sir, 113 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: you're a Jew. I'm a Samaritan. Why are you asking 114 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 4: me for something. Jesus said, if you knew who I am, 115 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 4: you would ask me and I would give you living water. 116 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 4: She said, Sir, please give me this water. Jesus asked 117 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 4: her to go call her husband. She told him that 118 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 4: she didn't have a husband. Jesus said, you're right, you've 119 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: had five and the man you're living with is not 120 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 4: your husband. She said, Sir, you must be a prophet. 121 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 4: We know one day the Messiah will come. Jesus looked 122 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 4: at her and said, I am the Messiah. This woman 123 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 4: went back home told everyone what had happened. The scripture 124 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 4: says many Samaritans believed in Jesus because of her. What's 125 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 4: interesting is Jesus could have gone into the city to 126 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 4: get food with the disciples. He was hungry, but he 127 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 4: chose to wait at this well. Noticed who he was 128 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 4: waiting for, A woman that didn't have a good reputation. 129 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: He waited for a woman that had been married five times, 130 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: a woman that had blown it. I'm sure people had 131 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 4: written her off, thought this lady is messed up. When 132 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 4: she walked by, I can hear them whisper, there she is, 133 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: wonder who she's married to this week. They had laughed, gossip. 134 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 4: We looked down on her because she was married so 135 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 4: many times. The truth is, this woman had been rejected 136 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 4: by men. She'd been pushed down by life. Jesus waited 137 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 4: for a woman that didn't feel valuable, a woman that 138 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: had very little self worth. You would have thought he 139 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 4: would waited for the mayor of the city, for someone 140 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 4: with prominence and influence. After all, Jesus was busy, he 141 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 4: had a lot of demands, but he chose to wait 142 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 4: for a woman that didn't have it altogether. He didn't 143 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 4: judge her, he didn't condemn her. He spoke life into her. 144 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 4: He lifted her, He valued her. It's significant that the 145 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 4: Samaritans didn't worship Jehovah. They worshiped idols. They had stone 146 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 4: gods that they prayed to. Jesus waited for a woman 147 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 4: that came from a different faith, a woman that didn't 148 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 4: worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The first 149 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 4: person Jesus ever told he was the Messiah, wasn't the 150 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 4: religious leaders, wasn't the chief priest. When Jesus wanted to 151 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 4: announce one of the most important things he would ever say, 152 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 4: he announced it to this woman. Society said, forget about her, 153 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: she's done. She doesn't make good decisions. God said, no, 154 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: I'm not only going to wait on her. I'm going 155 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 4: to honor her by telling her who I am. Think 156 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 4: about how many times God has waited on us. He 157 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 4: waited when we were off course. He waited when we 158 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 4: wouldn't forgive. He waited when we were addicted, when we 159 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 4: were compromising, when we had a bad attitude. He could 160 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 4: have said, that's it, I'm done with you, but he waited. 161 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 4: He showed us mercy. He picked us up when we fell. 162 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 4: He kept the addiction from taking our life. He protected 163 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 4: us when we chose the wrong friends. He kept that 164 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 4: accident from taking us out. He waited when we didn't believe, 165 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 4: He waited when we ignored him. He waited when we 166 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 4: were better. Sometimes it's good to look back and say, Lord, 167 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: thank you for waiting on me. Lord, thank you for 168 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 4: giving me another chance. Thank you for cleaning up the 169 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 4: mess I made. Thank you for covering me when I 170 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 4: didn't deserve it. God has waited on all of us. 171 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: Now he's asking, will you wait on someone for me? 172 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 4: Will you wait on that friend that's not making good decisions? 173 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 4: Will you call them, encourage them, let them know that 174 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 4: you care. Will you wait on that neighbor that doesn't 175 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: believe in me, that makes fun of your faith? Will 176 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,239 Speaker 4: you stand in the gap, keep letting your light shine? 177 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 4: Or will you wait for that family member that's been 178 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 4: off course for years struggling with issues. Seems like the 179 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 4: more you pray, the worse they get. You're ready to 180 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 4: give up. God is saying, wait on them, keep praying, 181 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: keep loving, keep encouraging. My mother prayed for a man 182 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 4: named Bill Nash for many years. Bill was a country 183 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 4: Western singer. He grew up in church. His parents were 184 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 4: missionaries to Mexico, and he had a strong foundation of faith, 185 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 4: But in his teens he got off course and started 186 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 4: running with the wrong crowd. He ended up struggling with 187 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 4: drugs and alcohol instead of singing in church. He was 188 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: singing in bars and clubs. Deep down he was unhappy. 189 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: He knew he was running from God, but he couldn't 190 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: get out on his own. Driving down the freeways, my 191 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 4: mother would see his name on the marquis at the 192 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 4: clubs where he was playing. Every time she would pray 193 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: for him. Lord, bring Bill back home, help him to 194 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 4: fulfill his destiny. This went on for years. Didn't look 195 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 4: like anything was happening. But when you pray, things are 196 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 4: happening that you can't see. Your prayer may be what's 197 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 4: keeping them from sinking deeper because you're standing in the gap. 198 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 4: That's why the enemy can't take them out. One Sunday morning, 199 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 4: Bill was flipping through the channels and he came across 200 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 4: my father on television. He was talking about how God 201 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 4: is full of mercy, how he's bigger than any mistake. 202 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 4: That Sunday, Bill showed up at Lakewood. Hadn't been to 203 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 4: church in many years, sat in the very back. Someone 204 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 4: noticed him and brought him down to see my mother. 205 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 4: He didn't know that she had been praying all those years. 206 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 4: That day, Bill recommitted his life to Christ, the faith 207 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 4: that was planted in him as a little boy. Came 208 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 4: back to life. Several months later, Bill gave his first 209 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 4: Christian concert at Lakewood. Now, he and his wife Kim 210 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 4: have an outreach to teenagers to help them stay on track. 211 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: Proverbs says, train up a child in the way they 212 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 4: should go, and when they are old, they will not 213 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 4: depart from it. You may have a child that's off course. 214 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 4: The good news is you've trained them up to know 215 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 4: the Lord. That faith was deposited in their spirit. The 216 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 4: promise is in the end they will not depart from him. Now. 217 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 4: It doesn't say anything about the middle. They may make 218 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: some wrong terms. Like Bill, there may be times you 219 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 4: don't see how they're going to get back on track. 220 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 4: What are you supposed to do? Wait on them, keep loving, 221 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 4: keep encouraging, keep praying. Well, Joel, they won't listen to me, 222 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 4: they don't take my advice, they won't return my call. 223 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 4: Don't worry. God knows how to get their attention. You 224 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 4: keep praying, and things are happening. In the end, they 225 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 4: will not depart. They may be off course now, but 226 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 4: your declaration should be they're coming back. As for me 227 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 4: and my house, we will serve the Lord. Now. You 228 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 4: don't have to force people to change. When they're grown. 229 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 4: You can't make them do what's right. Don't always be 230 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 4: trying to correct them, threaten them, teach them a lesson. 231 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 4: Sometimes you just need to love them. The scripture says, 232 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 4: love never fails. You can love them back on track, 233 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 4: love them when they don't deserve it, love them when 234 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 4: they won't listen, love them when they're making poor choices. 235 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 4: It's easy to write them off. Thank you, no better. 236 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 4: I'm not going to have anything to do with you. 237 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,359 Speaker 4: No God waited on you, will you wait on them. 238 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 4: In the story of the Prodigal Son, the young man 239 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 4: took his inheritance, left home and wasted it all living wild, partying. 240 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 4: He got so low he ended up in a hog pen. Desperate, 241 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 4: barely even surviving, He decided to go back home and 242 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 4: try to get a job as a hired servant at 243 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 4: his father's house. The scripture says, when the father saw 244 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 4: the son coming a long way off, he took off 245 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 4: running toward him. Notice the father was waiting. I can 246 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 4: imagine several times a day he went out to the 247 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 4: end of the driveway and looked, said father, thank you 248 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 4: for bringing my son back home. Thank you for protecting him. 249 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 4: Thank you that he'll fulfill his destiny. He ran out 250 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 4: and gave his son a hub. He told his staff, 251 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 4: we're going to have a party and celebrate the fact 252 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 4: that my son has come back home. Never once did 253 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 4: the father bring up the son's past. He never went 254 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 4: into and I told you so speech. You can live here, 255 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 4: but you don't really deserve it. He was full of mercy. 256 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 4: I've learned everyone is on a journey. Where they are 257 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 4: now is not where they're going to be in ten years. 258 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 4: Give them room to change. They may not believe like you. 259 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 4: They may not have your same views. It's okay. Just 260 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 4: keep loving them. Sometimes we think we're supposed to convict people, 261 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 4: tell them everything they're doing wrong, straighten them out. But 262 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts. Our job 263 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 4: is to just plant the seeds. That seed may fall 264 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 4: on hard soil, their heart may not be open. The 265 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 4: good news is the seed never dies. I read where 266 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 4: a seed was found that was four thousand years old. 267 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 4: It had been in an airtight coffin. They planeted it 268 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 4: and the seed blossomed. It was still alive. All it 269 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 4: needed was the right soil. Those seeds you've been planning 270 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 4: in people's hearts. They are still alive. The soil may 271 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 4: not be ready yet, but at the right time, God 272 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 4: will soften their hearts. Some of the people that listen 273 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: to me don't believe in God. Some come from different faiths, 274 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 4: but that never bothers me. I'm just sowing seeds, telling 275 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: people that God is for them, that they're made in 276 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 4: His image, that they have a purpose and destiny to fulfill. 277 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 4: I know at the right time the seeds will take root. 278 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 4: What am I saying? Don't judge people by where they 279 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 4: are now. They're in the process of changing. I know 280 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 4: a young lady that came from a different faith. She 281 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: was raised in another country and brought up in a 282 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 4: different religion. She'd been watching US on television. The message 283 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 4: had really helped her. Then her work moved her to Houston. 284 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 4: She started attending Lakewood. She would sit up at the top. 285 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 4: As you can imagine, this was very new to her. 286 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 4: She expected to hear about how wrong her religion was, 287 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 4: to be condemned for how she was raised. She never 288 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 4: heard any of that. She heard about the goodness of God, 289 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 4: about how her sins had already been forgiven, about how 290 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 4: she could live a victorious abundant life. She eventually gave 291 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 4: her life to Christ. She said, I came from a 292 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 4: different faith, and it took me two years to make 293 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 4: my journey to Jesus. You know why that happened. We 294 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 4: waited on her. We didn't condemn her. We didn't say 295 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: be like us, or you're out. We gave her room 296 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 4: to change. You have to give people time to become 297 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 4: who they were created to be. Too often we want 298 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 4: to cram things down people's throat and make them believe. 299 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 4: But some things don't happen overnight. Will you wait on 300 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 4: that friend, keep encouraging them, even though they're not changing 301 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 4: as fast as you would like. Would you wait on 302 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 4: that neighbor that doesn't believe, Keep so in seeds of love, 303 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 4: keep being good to them. Jesus said, the way people 304 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 4: will know your his disciple is by your love one 305 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 4: for another, not by our doctrine, not by how many 306 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 4: scriptures we can quote, not by how right we are, 307 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: but by how much we love them. You don't judge people. 308 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 4: You don't look down because they don't believe like you. 309 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 4: You just keep loving them, keep being good to them. 310 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 4: A lady told me how she had been an atheist. 311 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 4: Or whole life. She didn't have any kind of faith 312 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 4: and just wasn't raised to believe in God at all. 313 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 4: One day, her daughter was in an automobile accident. She 314 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 4: rushed up to the hospital. Her daughter was in but 315 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 4: she was fine. It wasn't life threatening. Later that evening, 316 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 4: the mother went back home and she was so stressed 317 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,239 Speaker 4: and so overwhelmed from such a difficult day. Sitting in 318 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 4: her driveway, she looked up and said, very frustrated, God, 319 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 4: why did you do this to me? She said, She 320 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 4: heard the most loving voice, not out loud, but in 321 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 4: her heart. It said, that was the first time You've 322 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 4: ever spoken to me. She felt a love like she 323 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 4: had never felt, a peace that she had never experienced. 324 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 4: That was the goodness of God overwhelming her. The scripture says, 325 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 4: if you'll draw close to God, he'll draw close to you. 326 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 4: We think if someone doesn't have anything to do with God, 327 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 4: God will say, fine, see if I ever help you. 328 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 4: God is not like that. He's as close as the 329 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 4: breath you breathe. All you have to do is call 330 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 4: out to him. He is right there. He's not holding 331 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 4: your past against you. He's not upset because you ignored him. 332 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 4: He's not put off because you didn't believe in him. 333 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 4: He's waiting for you. He has his arms held open wide. 334 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 4: He's at the end of the driveway looking thinking, maybe 335 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 4: today you'll come back home. Maybe today will be the 336 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 4: turning point. Are you writing someone off because they don't believe? 337 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 4: They're not making good decisions, they're against what we stand for. 338 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 4: That's right where Saul was before he became the apostle. Paul, 339 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 4: why don't you start waiting on them, showing mercy instead 340 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: of judgment. It's easy to have a holier than thou attitude. 341 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 4: I can't believe what they're doing. What are they thinking? Listen, 342 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 4: If it wasn't for the grace of God, you don't 343 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 4: know what you would be doing. The longer I live, 344 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 4: the less judgmental I am, I realize everyone didn't get 345 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 4: what I got. Everyone wasn't raised in a healthy environment, 346 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 4: in a home filled with faith and love, with parents 347 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 4: and friends and family that spoke victory into me. Some 348 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 4: people came out of dysfunction with people that were addicted, angry, depressed. 349 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 4: All they've seen is mediocrity, compromise. It's tempting to judge them, 350 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 4: look down on them, but if we were in their shoes, 351 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,880 Speaker 4: we could be making the same decisions. Instead of finding 352 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 4: fault with them, condemning them, why don't you spend that 353 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 4: same time praying for them. They're in your life because 354 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 4: God is counting on you to help them. If you'll 355 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 4: start encouraging them, speaking faith into them, loving them, they'll 356 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 4: step into their destiny and every seed you sow will 357 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 4: come back to you. The mercy you show others is 358 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 4: the mercy people are going to show you. But sometimes 359 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 4: we're waiting for people to change, and then we'll accept them. 360 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 4: When they start doing right, then I'll have a better opinion. 361 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: But God doesn't ask us to clean ourselves up and 362 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 4: then we can come to him. He says, come just 363 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 4: as you are, and I'll help you to get cleaned up. Now, 364 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 4: God waited on us when we were off course. He 365 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 4: showed us mercy when we weren't at our best. Let's 366 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 4: take that same mercy and showed us someone else. One time, 367 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 4: Jesus was traveling through the city of Jericho. Word quickly 368 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 4: spread that he was there, and everyone came out to 369 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 4: see him. They had heard of the miracles and all 370 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 4: the amazing things Jesus had done. Now. The streets were packed, 371 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 4: you could barely move. There was a man named Zachius. 372 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 4: He was the chief tax collector. They were known for 373 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 4: being dishonest, for cheating people, for taking advantage. Zachius wanted 374 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 4: to see Jesus, but he was so short he couldn't 375 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 4: see over everyone. So he climbed up in a tree 376 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 4: got in perfect position. Jesus came passing by. There were 377 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 4: thousands of people shouting, waving, all kinds of commotions. Suddenly 378 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 4: Jesus stopped, looked up in the tree and said, Zachius, 379 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 4: come down. I want to go to your house and 380 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 4: have dinner. What's interesting is the name Zachias means pure one, 381 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 4: Jesus said, in front of everyone. People that dislike Zachias, 382 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 4: people that knew he was a cheat, yet Jesus called 383 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 4: him pure one. The principle is you have to call 384 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 4: people what they can become before they'll ever change. The 385 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 4: Scripture says call things that are not as if they were. 386 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 4: If you keep calling your child disrespectful, they'll stay disrespectful. 387 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 4: If you keep calling your loved one addicted, they'll stay addicted. 388 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 4: You're prophesying their future. Change what you're calling people call 389 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 4: your children blessed, call them respectful, call them successful, that 390 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 4: friend that's struggling with an addiction, start calling them free 391 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 4: hold victorious. Jesus could have said, does Zachius, hey you, Hey? 392 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 4: God up in the tree, hey, tax collector? On purpose, 393 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 4: he called his name, not only so others could hear it, 394 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 4: but so he could hear it. Everything fell silent. You 395 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 4: could hear a pin drop. All the eyes turned up 396 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 4: towards Zachias. Can imagine he nearly passed out. He whispered, 397 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 4: did Jesus just call my name? Somebody nodded their heads. 398 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 2: Yes. 399 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 4: He thought to himself, how does he know my name? 400 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 4: Sometimes we think people that are so far off course, 401 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 4: making such bad decisions, God would have nothing to do 402 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 4: with them. The truth is, God knows their name. He's 403 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 4: coming after them. Jesus said, it's the sick who need 404 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 4: a doctor, not the healthy. There were city leaders in 405 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 4: the crowd, there were priests elders in the synagogue. Jesus 406 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 4: five passed all of them and said, I want to 407 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 4: go to Zachias's house. He was saying, Zachius, I've been 408 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 4: waiting for you. I knew you would be here. He 409 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 4: had dinner with Zachias. He didn't condemn him, he didn't 410 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 4: tell him everything he was doing wrong. Jesus simply loved him, 411 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 4: showed him mercy. He became his friend. That day was 412 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 4: a turning point for Zachias. He said, from now on, 413 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to cheat people, not gonna be dishonest. 414 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 4: I'm going to start helping others. Zachias changed his ways 415 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 4: not because he was shamed into it, but because he 416 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 4: was loved into it. The scripture says, it's the goodness 417 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 4: of God that leads people to repentance. God has people 418 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 4: in your life right now because he's counting on you 419 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 4: not to judge them, not to find fault, but to 420 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 4: stand in the gap. Some of the people we think 421 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 4: are furthest of course, like zach Kias, like Saul, they 422 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 4: are chosen vessels. Don't give up on that child, it's 423 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 4: been years. Keep waiting. They're going to do something great. 424 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 4: Don't quit believing for that neighbor. They won't give you 425 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 4: the time of day. Keep waiting. God is in control. 426 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 4: Friend of mine has a neighbor, this an older gentleman. 427 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 4: For as long as he's known him, this neighbor has 428 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 4: been very skeptical, very cynical. Negative. It's a little boy. 429 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 4: He went to church, but now he wouldn't have anything 430 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 4: to do with God. He was bitter against the church 431 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 4: and all that it stands for. Year after year, my 432 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 4: friend just kept loving him, kept being good to him, 433 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 4: as the neighbor grew older, seeing if there was anything 434 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 4: that he needed. One day, he found out that this 435 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 4: neighbor had been watching us on television and was going 436 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 4: to attend our Night of Hope. My friend couldn't believe it. 437 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 4: He didn't see that coming. But you don't know what 438 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 4: God is doing behind the scenes. Just cooks. You don't 439 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 4: see anything happening. Doesn't mean God is not working. Those 440 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 4: seeds you've been planting are still alive. The morning after 441 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 4: the Night of Hope, my friend went to the neighbor's house. 442 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: His wife had big tears running down her cheeks. She said, 443 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 4: last night, when Joel asked people to stand to receive Christ, 444 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 4: my husband stood up. What's interesting is this man had 445 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 4: had a stroke for years. He had never stood on 446 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 4: his own, but that night, by himself, he was able 447 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 4: to stand up. Today he's like a different person. I'm 448 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 4: asking you to wait on someone if well they're of course, 449 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 4: they're not making good decisions. Neither was the prodigal son. 450 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 4: But the father waited on him. Well, they come from 451 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 4: a different faith. So was the woman at the well, 452 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 4: but Jesus waited on her. Well, I've been waiting a 453 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 4: long time for this friend. He's never going to change. 454 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 4: Nor your prayers are working. Things are happening that you 455 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 4: can't see. Keep waiting, keep showing them mercy, keep standing 456 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 4: in the gap. If you'll do this, I believe and 457 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 4: declare you're going to see all your loved ones come 458 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,479 Speaker 4: to know the Lord. Those that are off course, children, friends, 459 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 4: neighbors right now they're being drawn in. As for you 460 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 4: and your house, you will serve the Lord in Jesus' 461 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 4: name if you receive it. Can you say amen today? Well, 462 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 463 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 464 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 465 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 466 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 467 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 4: born again. 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