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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Oh God bless you. 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: It's always enjoyed to come into your homes, and if 39 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 3: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 42 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: for tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny and I heard 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 3: about this man named Bubba. He lived way out in 45 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 3: the country and had this stray dog that kept showing 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 3: up at his house. His wife said, Bubba, you got 47 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 3: to put him in the truck and take him down 48 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: to the woods and drop him off. 49 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 5: That's where he lives. 50 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 3: So Bubba took him a mile down the road, dropped 51 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: him off. When he came back home, the dog was 52 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 3: walking up the driveway practically beat him back. He did 53 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: it again, same thing. Dog came right back. So I said, Bubba, 54 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: you got to take him way out, drive him around 55 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 3: in circles, get him all mixed up. Bubba put him 56 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 3: in the truck, drove him an hour away. Chris crossed 57 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: these country roads that he had never seen before. Two 58 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 3: hours later, Bubba called from the truck ask his wife. 59 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 3: Did the dog happen to show back up? She said, yep, 60 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 3: he's walking up the driveway. He said, do me a favor. 61 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 5: Put him on the line. 62 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: I need directions. Hold up your Bible. Say it like 63 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 64 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 65 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 66 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 67 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 68 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 3: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 69 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about one more time. 70 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 3: When God laid out the plan for your life, it 71 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 3: wasn't dependent on you never making a mistake. He didn't say, 72 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 3: here's my best plan. Now. If you perform perfectly, if 73 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: you never make a wrong turn, never lose your temper, 74 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: never give into temptation, then I'll bless you. I'll guide you, 75 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: I'll protect you. No, God knew every wrong turn that 76 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: you would make. Jesus told Peter, you'll deny me three 77 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 3: times before the rooster crows tonight. He already knew that 78 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: Peter wouldn't be there when he needed him the most. 79 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 3: Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. The good 80 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: news is God has already lined up mercy for every mistake. 81 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: Romans five says where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. 82 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 3: In other words, God's mercy will always supersede any mistake. 83 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: If sin abounds at a level five, mercy will show 84 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 3: up at level fifty. If sin abounds at level fifty, 85 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 3: mercy will show up at level five hundred. Looking at 86 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: some of you, I better take it one more step. 87 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 3: If sin abounds at level five hundred, mercy shows up 88 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 3: at five thousand. Well, Joel, I've made a lot of mistakes. 89 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 3: I got away from God, started running with the wrong crowd. 90 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: I was unfaithful in a relationship. I wasn't honest in 91 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 3: some business dealings. I blew it big time. Let me 92 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 3: help you out. God has bigger time mercy. It supersedes 93 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: every failure, every weakness, every mistake. 94 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 5: I was talking to a man last week. 95 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 3: He was so down on himself, telling me all the 96 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 3: things that he had done wrong, on and on. He 97 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 3: ended by saying, I blew God's plan for my life. 98 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 5: I'll tell you what I told him. You're not that powerful. 99 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 3: You think your mistake can stop what the creator of 100 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 3: the universe has destined you to do. You think your weaknesses, 101 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: your shortcomings, your failures, can undo what the most High 102 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 3: God ordained for you before you. 103 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 5: Were formed in your mother's womb. 104 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 3: The scripture says God's calling on your life is irrevocable. 105 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 3: That means God never disqualifies us. If that mistake, that 106 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 3: weakness was going to keep you from your destiny. God 107 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: would have never permitted it. It may have taken you 108 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: a different route than you expected, but God. 109 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 5: Knows what he's doing. 110 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 3: He can still get you to your final destination. Psalm 111 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: thirty seven says the steps of a good man are 112 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 3: ordered by the Lord. Though he falls, he will not 113 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 3: be destroyed, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Notice, 114 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 3: even though God is directing our steps, there. 115 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 5: Will be times that we fall. 116 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: We don't perform perfectly, we lose our temper, we make 117 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 3: a poor choice. God promises that is not the end. 118 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: That failure is not the end. The addiction is not 119 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: the end. The divorce is not the end. Why God 120 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 3: is holding you in the palm of his hand. He's 121 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: not going to let you go now if you fall down. 122 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 3: The key is don't stay down, don't walla around in guilt. 123 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 3: Don't go through life feeling wrong on the inside, thinking 124 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 3: that you've got to pay God back for your mistakes. No, 125 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: the price has already been paid two thousand years ago. 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 3: Learn to receive God's mercy. Start believing that He's going 127 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 3: to be good to you one more time. Second Chronicles, 128 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: chapter thirty three. There was a king named Manassa. He 129 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 3: was the most wicked king that ever ruled Israel. He 130 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:14,239 Speaker 3: rebuilt the pagan shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn 131 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: down in the temple that Solomon built, where David said, 132 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 3: only Jehovah will be worshiped. Here, he made statues of 133 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: the God bell put it up, and they all bowed 134 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: down and worshiped. For fifty five years, he did all 135 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: kinds of evil. One day the Syrian army overtook the city. 136 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: They captured King Manassa. He was headed to Babylon, the 137 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 3: most powerful empire of that day. Looked like his life 138 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: was over looked, like he was getting what he deserved. 139 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: After fifty five years of not honoring God, fifty five 140 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: years of doing nothing but wrong, what did he do? 141 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: Verse twelve says, while he was in great distress, he 142 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: called out humbly to the Lord, his God, the God 143 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 3: of his ancestors. Surely God would say, Manassa, you fair 144 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: weathered friend. You don't even acknowledge me for fifty five years, 145 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 3: and now you want my help. You've been the most 146 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: wicked ruler. You're in the Guinness Book of World Wreckers. 147 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 3: I don't think so. It's payback time. You're on your own. No. 148 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: The next verse says when he prayed, God heard him 149 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 3: and was moved by his request. It goes on to 150 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: tell how God delivered him from the Babylonians. He returned 151 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: to his land to rule his people a changed man. 152 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 3: From then on, he only worshiped Jehovah. 153 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 5: That's the mercy of our God. 154 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 3: We think I haven't lived the right kind of life. 155 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 3: God's not going to help me. I've got this addiction, 156 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 3: I blew a relationship, I didn't raise my children right. No, 157 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: you're not any worse than Manassa. You're not listed in 158 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 3: the scripture as the most wicked person. Why don't you 159 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 3: be bold and say God, I've made a mess of things. 160 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 5: I haven't performed perfectly. 161 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 3: But God, I know where sin abounds, grace does much 162 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 3: more abound. I know you're full of mercy. God. 163 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to help me. 164 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 3: But Joel, God's not ever gonna help me, not gonna 165 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 3: listen to me. He listened to Manassa fifty five years 166 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 3: of doing nothing but wrong, and he was bold enough 167 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 3: to ask God turned it around and brought him out 168 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 3: of the mess that he made. Have you ever asked 169 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 3: God to bring you out of the problem that you 170 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: brought on yourself. Do you have the boldness to ask 171 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 3: God to bless you in spite of your mistakes, to 172 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 3: show you favor in spite of your failings. Every voice 173 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 3: will tell you don't deserve it. It's not right. God's 174 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 3: not gonna listen to you. When you start shaking off 175 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 3: guilt and cond the enemy goes into overtime. He's called 176 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 3: the accuser. He'll remind you of every mistake, every weakness. 177 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 3: He wants you to go around feeling unworthy, carrying a 178 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 3: heavy load of guilt, thinking about how undeserving you are. 179 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 3: Hebrews four sixteen says just the opposite. Come boldly to 180 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 3: the throne of grace, why to receive mercy and find 181 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 3: grace to help in time of need. If you're going 182 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 3: to reach your highest potential, you gott to shake off 183 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 3: the guilt, shake off the accusing voices. 184 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,439 Speaker 5: And come boldly to the throne. 185 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 3: Dare to say God, I'm asking for your blessing, your goodness, 186 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 3: your mercy in spite of my mistakes. This is what 187 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: Sampson did. An angel appeared to his mother and told 188 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 3: her she was going to have a baby. 189 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 5: He would be a deliverer. 190 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: The plan for Sampson's life had already been laid out. 191 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 3: He grew up and had this supernatural strength. At one point, 192 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,719 Speaker 3: these thousands of Philistines had surrounded him. He had no armor, 193 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 3: no weapons. All he had was the jawbone of a donkey. 194 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: He picked it up and defeated those thousands of men. 195 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 3: Another place, he was trapped inside this city. The walls 196 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 3: were high, the gates were locked. Looked like he would 197 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: be caught. But in the middle of the night he 198 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 3: went to the city gates, these big iron structures, and 199 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: he ripped them out of the ground, put them on 200 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 3: his shoulders, and carried them to the top of a hill. 201 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 3: He was uncontainable. But Sampson started running with the wrong crowd. 202 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 3: He started compromising, making poor choices, doing things that he 203 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 3: knew he shouldn't do. He let his guard down, and 204 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 3: he told the Philistines the secret of his strength. 205 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 5: They cut his hair. He lost all of his power. 206 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 3: They not only captured him, but they gauged out his eyes, 207 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 3: bound him in chains. He ended up in prison, grinding 208 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: at the mill. Here, this once powerful man, destined to 209 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 3: do great things, had God's blessings in favor is now blind, chained. 210 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 5: Living like an animal. 211 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: The fact is it was his own fault. He brought 212 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 3: the trouble on himself. Seemed like he was done, like 213 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 3: God was finished with him. But one day the Philistines 214 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 3: were having a big celebration, a big party, and there 215 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 3: were several thousand people assembled in this large room. They 216 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: decided to bring Samson out to show him off, sort 217 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 3: of like their trophy. As he stood there on display, 218 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 3: people would go by and laugh, mock ridicule him. You 219 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 3: would think that Sampson would feel condemned, washed up, thinking hey, 220 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 3: I'm getting what I deserve. I made some really bad choices. No, 221 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: Sampson understood this principle. While they were mocking him. Under 222 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 3: his breath, he said, Sovereign God, please strengthen me one 223 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 3: more time. Imagine the nerve that took the boldness. After 224 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 3: all the mistakes he made, he had the audacity to 225 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 3: believe number one that God would hear him, and number 226 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: two that God would give him the strength, the favor, 227 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 3: the blessing that. 228 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 5: He had before he had made those mistakes. 229 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 3: God could have said, Sampson, you had your chance. You 230 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 3: blew it again and again and again. Now when you 231 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 3: come to the throne with boldness, and you not only 232 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: received God's mercy, but you take it one step further 233 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 3: and ask God to bless you in spite of your mistakes. 234 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 3: Ask God to help you clean up a mess that 235 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 3: you made. Ask him to show you favor even though 236 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 3: you don't deserve it. God doesn't say too bad, No, no, 237 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 3: I'm not going to do it. The scripture says, supernatural 238 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 3: strength came on Samson one more time. While those people 239 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 3: were making fun of him, he asked a young boy 240 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 3: to place his hands on the columns that he was 241 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 3: chained to. Just so happened that these two big pillars 242 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: were holding up the building, He felt that supernatural strength 243 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 3: surge into him one more time. He pushed those columns. 244 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 3: The building came tumbling down. He defeated more enemies in. 245 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 5: His death than he did his entire lifetime. 246 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 3: What if he hadn't had the boldness to say, God 247 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 3: strengthened me one more time, the story wouldn't have ended 248 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: like it did. Maybe you've made mistakes, you're not where 249 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 3: you want to be in life, and you can say, 250 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: like Samson, hey, a lot of it's my own fault. 251 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 3: I was undisciplined, ran with the wrong crowd, did things 252 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: that I knew I wasn't supposed to do. That's fine. 253 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 5: Here's my question. Will you have the boldness. 254 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 3: To shake off the guilt and shake off the accusing 255 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 3: voices and say, God, bless me one more time. God 256 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 3: restore me one more time. God show me favor one 257 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 3: more time. God deliver me one more time. Here's the 258 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 3: beauty about our God. If you'll have the boldness to ask, 259 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 3: God will do it one more time. 260 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 5: Then he'll do it one more time. Then he'll do 261 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 5: it one more time. 262 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 3: God never runs out of the one more times. But 263 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:37,119 Speaker 3: too often we believe God forgives us. We know he's merciful, 264 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 3: but we don't think that God will bless us, not 265 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 3: after what we've done. He'll forgive me, but he won't 266 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 3: restore my marriage. He'll be merciful to me, but he 267 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: won't still give me that promotion. That's what he did 268 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 3: for Sampson. He not only showed him mercy, but he 269 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 3: strengthened him one more time. Some of you are sitting 270 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 3: on the sidelines, focused on your mistakes, living guilty, letting 271 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: the accuser keep telling you that you're all washed up. No, 272 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 3: God is saying I've got a one more time for you, 273 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 3: and if you will go boldly to the throne, not condemned, 274 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 3: not thinking, oh, I've blown it so many times. No, 275 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: go to God and say God, I don't feel worthy, 276 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 3: but I come to you with boldness, not because of 277 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 3: how good I am. 278 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 5: But because of how good you are. 279 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 3: God. You said were sin abounds, grace does much more abound. 280 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 3: So God, I'm asking you to bless me one more time, 281 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 3: strengthened me one more time. God, bring me out one 282 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: more time. God did it for Sampson, He'll do it 283 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 3: for you. But when we make mistakes, the last thing 284 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 3: we want to do is go to God. Joel. God 285 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 3: is not going to help me. He saw me make 286 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: the poor choice. I knew I wasn't supposed to be running. 287 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 5: With this crowd. I did it anyway. 288 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 3: The key. God doesn't judge you by one mistake. He 289 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 3: doesn't judge you by your last mistakes. God is not 290 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 3: holding your faults against you. Think about Thomas. He was 291 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 3: one of the disciples. There were reports that Jesus had 292 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 3: risen from the dead, but Thomas didn't believe. The other 293 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 3: disciples tried to convince him. But Thomas said, no, guys, 294 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna believe unless I see the nail prince 295 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 3: in Jesus' hands with my own eyes. He was still 296 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 3: filled with doubt. Later, the disciples were in a room 297 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: together and Jesus appeared. 298 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 5: He came walking through the door. 299 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 3: They were all amazed and taken back. What's interesting is 300 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 3: Jesus headed straight toward Thomas. He didn't go to the 301 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:52,719 Speaker 3: other believers. Jesus bypassed all the people with faith, and 302 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 3: he went to the one man that had doubt. He 303 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 3: reached out his arms and said, Thomas, feeled the nail 304 00:17:58,880 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 3: prince in my hand. 305 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 5: Look at the scars on my feet. 306 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 3: Thomas said, Lord, I believe Jesus could have thought Thomas, fine, 307 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,239 Speaker 3: I told you I'm all rise from the dead. If 308 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 3: you don't believe, that's your own problem. No, God doesn't 309 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 3: judge you by one mistake, by one weakness, by one 310 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 3: bad season, by one felled marriage, by one addiction. God 311 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: is not holding your faults against you. That voice that's 312 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: always telling you what you're not, making you condemned, trying 313 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 3: to get you to live guilty, saying God wouldn't have 314 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 3: anything to do with you. That's the accuser. You know why. 315 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 3: He wants you to feel condemned, go around feeling bad 316 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 3: about yourself, so that you. 317 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 5: Won't go boldly to the throne. 318 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 3: He knows God always has a one more time. He 319 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 3: knows God will help you out of a mess that 320 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 3: you may what am I saying? As long as you believe, 321 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 3: there's always a one more time for you. Twenty five 322 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 3: years Manassa lived off course, but God had a one 323 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 3: more time. God didn't hold that against him. Thomas traveled 324 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 3: with Jesus. In other words, he was in church every Sunday. 325 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 5: He still blew it. 326 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 3: But God had a one more time for Thomas. We 327 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 3: call him doubting Thomas. We put labels on people. You 328 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 3: know what. God calls him believing Thomas the enemy. He 329 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 3: will try to label you with everything that you've done wrong, doubter, falled, divorced, addicted, 330 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 3: poor choices. God labels you forgiven, redeemed, restored, overcomer, more 331 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 3: than a conqueror, victorious. When you make mistakes in life, 332 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 3: when you fall, when you have moments of doubt, don't 333 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 3: let the accuser keep you from going to your father 334 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 3: for mercy. God is not judging you. He's not holding 335 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 3: a grudge, he's not finding fault with you. Your job 336 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 3: is to go boldly to the throne and say, God, 337 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 3: I need your mercy. I'm here knowing that you're a 338 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 3: good God. I'm here believing that You've got a one 339 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 3: more time for me. Jesus talked about how we have 340 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 3: to have faith as a little child. 341 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 5: When children make mistakes. 342 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 3: Have you noticed they don't sit around guilty for six months. 343 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 3: They don't go around condemned, thinking that they've missed their destiny. 344 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 3: They let it go and move forward. Just like them. 345 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 3: Don't go around dwelling on your mistakes and all the 346 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 3: times that you've failed. Let it go and move forward 347 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: with your life. You're not a failure unless you quit. 348 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 3: You're a learner. When our children are learning to walk, 349 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 3: if they take two or three steps together in a row, 350 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 3: we clap and cheer. We'll call our family. He's walking. 351 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 5: He's walking. 352 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 3: What we don't tell them is the seven thousand times 353 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 3: he's fallen before. In the same way, God is not 354 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 3: focused on all the times that you've fallen. As long 355 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 3: as you get back up and keep moving forward, God 356 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 3: is pleased with you. You don't have to have a 357 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 3: perfect performance. If your heart is perfect toward God, if 358 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 3: you've got a desire to please him, your performance will 359 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 3: catch up. Don't go around beating yourself up over past mistakes. 360 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 5: Learn to receive God's mercy. 361 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 3: When our children were small, I love taking them to 362 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 3: the toy store. When I tell Jonathan, four or five 363 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 3: years old, let's go to the store. Do you know 364 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: he never once said, no, Dad, I don't think I'm worthy. 365 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 3: I don't think I deserve it. I made fun of 366 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 3: my sister yesterday. No children know how to receive. As adults, 367 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 3: we start accumulating all this negative baggage, mistakes, failures, missed opportunities. 368 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: We live under a heavy load of guilt regrets. The 369 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 3: accuser keeps saying, you had your chance, you blew it. 370 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 3: Just settle where you are now. You gotta shake that off. 371 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 3: God is saying I've got a one more time for you, 372 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 3: one more time. I'm gonna bless you, one more time. 373 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 3: I'm gonna restore you, one more time. I'm gonna show 374 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 3: you my favorite. Now, will you receive this mercy? Will 375 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 3: you shake off the guilt and get a new vision 376 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: for your life? God is saying, your heavenly father is saying, 377 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 3: let's go to the store. I want to be good 378 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 3: to you. I have mercy, I have forgiveness, I have 379 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 3: new beginnings, I have restoration. Now, are you gonna be 380 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 3: like a child and say, God, let's go. I believe 381 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 3: you love me. I believe I'm forgiven. I believe your 382 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: mercy is bigger than any mistake. Or are you gonna 383 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 3: say no, I don't deserve it. I've been struggling with 384 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 3: this same thing again. Then go to church last week, 385 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 3: lost my tea last month. No, God is not finding 386 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 3: fault with you. Stop finding fault with yourself. You're not 387 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 3: a finished product. God is still working on you. This 388 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 3: is what Jonah did. God told Jonah to go to 389 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 3: the city of Nineveh and share the good news, but 390 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 3: he didn't want to go there. He did just the opposite. 391 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 3: God told him to go left, and he went right. 392 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 3: He ended up on a boat. They encountered a huge 393 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 3: storm God so bad they thought they were all going 394 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 3: to die. Jonah finally admitted to the crew that he 395 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 3: was the problem, and they threw him overboard. He should 396 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: have drowned out there in the middle of the water, 397 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 3: but perfectly on queue. This big well comes by and 398 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 3: swallows Jonah up. Friends, you can't outrun the mercy of God, 399 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 3: the Psalmist said, if I go to the depths of 400 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 3: the ocean or way up in the sky, God's presence 401 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 3: is always with me. Jonah was sitting in the well. 402 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 3: He had just done the opposite of what he knew 403 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 3: he was supposed to do. It's one thing to get 404 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 3: into trouble and you didn't really know better, But he 405 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 3: knew and chose to do wrong. Seems like God would say, fine, Jonah, 406 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 3: have your own way. 407 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 5: Watch what happens now. 408 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 3: God has already taken into account every wrong term, every mistake. 409 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 3: Don't write yourself off, get up and do better next time. 410 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 3: Sitting in the belly of the well, the scripture says, 411 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 3: Jonah cried out to the Lord in his great trouble, 412 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 3: and God answered him. God caused the fish to spit 413 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 3: Jonah up on dry ground, spared his life. That's the 414 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 3: God we serve. He doesn't judge you up by past mistakes. 415 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 3: He doesn't hold a grudge. He's not writing you off 416 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 3: because you went left. And he said, go right even 417 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 3: when you make mistakes, If you'll be bold like Jonah 418 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: and go to God ask him to help you. God 419 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 3: will show up one more time, one more time. He'll 420 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 3: heal you, one more time. He'll deliver you, one more time. 421 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 3: He'll bring you out. But some of you think that 422 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 3: it's been too many times. Joel, I've blown too many chances. 423 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 3: I'm still struggling with this same thing. I said I 424 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 3: wouldn't do it again. That's okay. This is a new day. 425 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 3: God's mercy is new every morning. He has a fresh 426 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 3: batch of mercy just for you. Will you do like 427 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 3: Jonah and say God, I've made a mess, But I'm 428 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 3: coming to you boldly, knowing that you have mercy. God, 429 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 3: I'm bold enough to believe. 430 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 5: That you will help me one more time. 431 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 3: In the scripture, Jacob was known for his poor choices. 432 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 3: When his brother Esau was extremely hungry and not thinking clearly, 433 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 3: he took advantage of him. He traded him a pot 434 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 3: of stew for Esau's birthright. The birthright was extremely valuable. 435 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 3: Jacob knew it was wrong, he knew he was cheating 436 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 3: his brother, but he did it anyway. That's the way 437 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 3: he was. Another time, when their father was very old 438 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 3: and couldn't see clearly, Jacob dressed up like his brother 439 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 3: Esau and tricked their father into giving him the blessing 440 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 3: of the firstborn. 441 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 5: That belonged to Esau. 442 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 3: Time and again, he went around deceiving no integrity. One day, 443 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 3: Jacob got tired of living like that. He told his 444 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 3: family that he was going to go down to the 445 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: brook and get alone with God and make things right. 446 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 3: An angel appeared to him in the form of a man. 447 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 3: They began to wrestle this winter all night. The next morning, 448 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: the angel was about to leave, and Jacob made an 449 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 3: interesting statement. He said, no, I'm not letting you go 450 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 3: until you first bless me. Imagine the nerve of Jacob 451 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 3: asking God to bless him after living a life of cheating, 452 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 3: taking advantage of peace for stealing his brother's birthright. Surely 453 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 3: God would say, Jacob, you are the last person on 454 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: earth I'm ever gonna bless You can forget about it. No, 455 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 3: God said, in effect, Jacob, I like the fact. 456 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 5: That you come boldly to the throne. 457 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 3: I like the fact that you know I'm full of mercy, 458 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 3: that you know where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. 459 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 3: God not only gave him the blessing, but he changed 460 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 3: his name from Jacob, which means deceiver, to Israel, which 461 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 3: means prince with God. From that day Jacob went out 462 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 3: with the blessing a changed man. Friends, God is not 463 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: holding anything against you. Some of you have been carrying 464 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 3: the heavyload of guilt condemnation, thinking that God would never 465 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 3: be good to you. Have you ever asked? Have you 466 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 3: ever said, God, I haven't performed perfectly. I've made a 467 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 3: mess out of things. But God, I'm asking you to 468 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 3: bless me in spite of my mistakes. God, I'm asking 469 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 3: you to strengthen me one more time. God did it 470 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 3: for Jacob, he did it for Jonah, did it for Sampson, 471 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 3: did it for Nassa. 472 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 5: He'll do it for you. He's a one. 473 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 3: More time God, one more time. He's gonna bless you 474 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: one more time. 475 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 5: He's gonna restore you. 476 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 3: The good news is he'll never run out of the 477 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 3: one more times. Now, shake off the guilt and go 478 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 3: boldly to the throne. If you do this, you won't 479 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: be disappointed. I believe and declare. God will restore you, 480 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 3: bless you, bring you out, and you will still fulfill 481 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 3: the best plan that He's laid out for your life 482 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 3: in Jesus's name. If you receive it, can you say 483 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 3: a man today? We never like to close our broadcast 484 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: without giving you an opportunity to. 485 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 5: Make Jesus the lord of your life. 486 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 487 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 488 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you paid that 489 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 490 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 3: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 491 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 3: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 492 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Osteine podcast. 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