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Thanks for listening to 28 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 29 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 30 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 31 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 32 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you said joy to come 33 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: into your homes. We love you. 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 4: We may not know you by name, but we're praying 35 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 4: for you, believing for God's very, very best in your life. 36 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 37 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 4: buying Peel be a part of one of our services. 38 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 39 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 4: But thank you so much for tuning in today. I 40 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 4: like to get started each week with something kind of funny, 41 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 4: and of course these are just jokes. Please don't be 42 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 4: offended by especially this one today. 43 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: But I heard about this man. 44 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 4: He was sitting in a dark restaurant and he leaned 45 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 4: over to the ladies sitting next to him and said, Hey, 46 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: would you like to hear a blonde joke? She said, 47 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 4: before you tell me, you should know that I'm blonde, 48 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 4: six feet tall and a professional bodybuilder, and the lady 49 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 4: sitting next to me is blonde, six foot two and 50 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 4: a professional wrestler, and the lady next to her is blonde, 51 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 4: six foot five and the kickboxing champion of the world. Now, 52 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 4: would you still like to tell me the joke? He 53 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: thought about it a moment, said no, not if I'm 54 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 4: going to have to explain it three times. All right, 55 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 4: hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 56 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 58 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 59 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. 60 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 61 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 62 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 63 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 4: letting God be involved in your everyday life. Too many 64 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 4: times we think God God is only interested in the 65 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 4: big things, and when we have a major crisis or 66 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 4: when some big problem arises, then we don't have any 67 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 4: problem going to God and asking for his health. But 68 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 4: the fact is God is interested in every area of 69 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: our lives, not just the big things. 70 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 2: Even the smaller things. 71 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 4: God wants to help you be more productive at the 72 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: office each day. He wants to make that trip to 73 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 4: the grocery store more fruitful. God wants to help you 74 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 4: raising your children, cooking dinner at night. Wants to give 75 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 4: you favor with your clients. 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: Give you protection out there on the freeway. But here's 77 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:38,839 Speaker 2: the key. 78 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: God will only be involved in as much of our 79 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 4: lives as we allow him to. And the Scripture says 80 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: here in Proverbs three six, if you acknowledge God in 81 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: all of your ways, notice not just some of your ways, 82 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 4: not just the big things. But if we can learn 83 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: to acknowledge God in all of our ways, then he 84 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 4: will guide and direct our path. Well, how do we 85 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: acknowledge God by letting him know that we're depending on him, 86 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 4: by relying on him, In other words, by involving Him 87 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 4: in every part of our lives. All through the day, 88 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 4: we should be saying things like, God, help me to 89 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 4: have a safe trip to the office. God, give me 90 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 4: favor with these clients. Thank you Father for protecting my 91 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: children at school. God help me to find just what 92 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,799 Speaker 4: I need in this grocery store. Just under your breath, 93 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 4: not a long prayer five or ten seconds all throughout 94 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 4: the day. We should constantly be acknowledging God. When we 95 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 4: do this, we're showing our dependency on God. 96 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: We're saying, in. 97 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 4: Effect, God, I need you, I'm counting on you. God, 98 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: I know this day is not going to be as 99 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 4: fruitful without your help. And if you'll acknowledge God before 100 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 4: you go to the grocery store, he'll help you to 101 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 4: get the best deals. If you'll acknowledge Him before you 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 4: meet with those clients, he'll give you the words to speak. 103 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 4: If you'll acknowledge Him before the trip home, he'll guard 104 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 4: you and protect you. He'll make sure you're at the 105 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 4: right place at the right time. But too often we 106 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 4: have God in our Sunday morning box. That's when we 107 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 4: think about him. That's when we come to church, that's 108 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 4: when we pray, or maybe we pray a few minutes 109 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 4: in the morning, pray over our meals. But then we 110 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 4: go about the rest of the day never really thinking 111 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 4: about God. After all, we kind of think, what's so 112 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: spiritual about going to work, Joel, what's so spiritual about 113 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 4: picking my children up from school or mowing the lawn. 114 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: God's not concerned about that. Sure he is. 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 4: God knows the number of hair on our head. He 116 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 4: knows our words before we even speak them. Why don't 117 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 4: you allow God to be involved in every area of 118 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: your life. I'm talking about developing a habit to where 119 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 4: in everything we do we're acknowledging God. We're either asking 120 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 4: for his help, or we're thinking him for his goodness, 121 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 4: or we're meditating on his scriptures. When we keep God 122 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 4: involved in our lives, it not only pleases him, but 123 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 4: it allows him to guide us and show us more 124 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 4: of his favor. And of course it's good to pray 125 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 4: in the morning. It's great you came to church today. 126 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 4: It's great to worship, but. 127 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: Don't leave it here. 128 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 4: Acknowledge God. When you're taking your children to school in 129 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 4: the morning, just say, Father, thank you for this day. 130 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 4: Thank you for blessing my children at home in your 131 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 4: everyday life. God, help me to get this house cleaned 132 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 4: up today. God give me wisdom cooking dinner tonight, about 133 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 4: to mow the lawn instead of complaining about it. 134 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: Father, thank you for giving me strength. Thank you for 135 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: my health. 136 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 4: Pulling out of the parking lot, tempted to get upset, 137 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 4: tempted to get frustrated. 138 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 2: Know God, I acknowledge you. Help me to keep my cool, 139 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: help me to not run over my prayer partner in 140 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 2: all your ways. Let's acknowledge God. 141 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 4: I found the more we depend on God, the more 142 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 4: of his blessings in favor will see. Jesus said in 143 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 4: John fifteen, Apart from me, you can do nothing. That's 144 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 4: the attitude we should live with God. 145 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: I need you. 146 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: I know this day is not going to be as 147 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: successful without your help. 148 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 4: So driving to work in the morning, not a twenty 149 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 4: minute prayer, just under your breath. 150 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: God, help me to have a safe trip to the 151 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 2: office when you do that. You know what you just did. 152 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 4: You acknowledge God with that one little statement you said 153 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 4: in effect, God, you are the lord of my life. 154 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: You are in control. 155 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 4: And I humble myself to you, and I admit that 156 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: I'm not going to be as productive. I admit this 157 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: day is not going to be as good as it 158 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 4: should have been without your blessings and your favor in 159 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 4: my life. This shows our dependency on Him. And again, 160 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 4: God will be evolved only in as much of your 161 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 4: life as you allow him to. You can keep God 162 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: in your son morning box for twenty years, or you 163 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 4: can learn to acknowledge Him throughout the day. Really, this 164 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 4: should be a lifestyle that we develop. Going to lunch 165 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: this afternoon, God, I acknowledge you. Help me to have 166 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: a good lunch. God, help me to bump into somebody 167 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 4: I can bless, somebody I can encourage. You'll be amazed 168 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: at how your days will go smoother, how you'll see 169 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 4: the hand of God's favor in your life when you 170 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 4: get into a habit of acknowledging God. 171 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: And again, it. 172 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 4: Doesn't have to be long, it doesn't have to be loud. 173 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 4: Most of the time, I just do it under my breath. 174 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 4: If I'm about to make an important phone call where 175 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 4: I need God's wisdom, I'll just whisper God, I acknowledge you. 176 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 4: I'm asking for your help. About to get on a plane, 177 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 4: about to take a trip. God, our lives are in 178 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 4: your hands. We're asking for your protection. Need to deal 179 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 4: with an issue at the office. God, I'm asking you 180 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 4: to give me the words to speak. God, I need 181 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 4: your help talking about in your everyday life. If you're 182 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 4: working on your car, you need to run up to 183 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 4: the auto supply to buy a part. Well before you do, 184 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 4: acknowledge God, God, help me to find the right part 185 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 4: about to meet with some clients. Just take an extra 186 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 4: ten seconds. God helped this meeting to be successful. God, 187 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 4: I'm asking for your favor in my life all through 188 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 4: the day. Twenty thirty forty times. We should constantly be 189 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 4: acknowledging God. I wonder how many times we don't have 190 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 4: a productive day. 191 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: Things don't go our way. 192 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 4: We go to the store and we can't find what 193 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 4: we're looking for, or we buy something only to get 194 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 4: it home find out it's got a spot on it, 195 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 4: it's torn, so we got to take it back. 196 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 2: Now it's a big hassle. 197 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 4: And you know, maybe that could have been avoided if 198 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 4: we would have just acknowledged God first. And I'm not 199 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 4: saying everything, of course, is going to go perfect if 200 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 4: we do this, but when we're doing everything in our 201 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 4: own strength without recognizing the true source of our strength, 202 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 4: things are. 203 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: Not going to go as smoothly as they should have. Now. 204 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 4: I heard somebody say I never meet with another person 205 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 4: without first meeting with God. I like that, before you 206 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 4: meet with anybody else, make sure you first acknowledge God. 207 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 4: This is what I do every morning before I leave 208 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 4: the house. I get on my knees and I say, God, 209 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 4: I know you have given me this day. You've given 210 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 4: me my breath. You've given me my strength, You've given 211 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 4: me my life. And God, I give this day back 212 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 4: to You. Let everything I do bring honor to your name. 213 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: Ride At the start, I acknowledge the true source of 214 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 4: my strength. I admit that I'm depending upon God. We 215 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 4: may have some natural talent, you may have some natural ability, 216 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 4: but it will always be limited. We will never reach 217 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 4: our highest potential without learning how to acknowledge God in 218 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 4: all of our ways. I like to run a lot 219 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 4: of time in the mornings. Before I do, It's a 220 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 4: habit now. I don't even really have to think about it. 221 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 4: I just say, Father, thank you for giving me a 222 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 4: good run. Thank you that my legs work. Thank you 223 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 4: that I'm healthy, thank you that I have strength, thank 224 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 4: you that I'm alive. Just under my breath, I'm acknowledging God. 225 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 4: A lot of times, when Jonathan comes home from school, 226 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 4: we'll go out and throw the football. God, thank you 227 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 4: for giving us a good time. God, thank you for 228 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 4: giving me a great son. In everything we do, if 229 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 4: we'll acknowledge God, it'll go smoother. 230 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: Even things we've been. 231 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 4: Doing a thousand times. You can practically do in your sleep. 232 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 4: You've been cooking dinner for twenty years, but under your 233 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 4: breast you should be saying, thank you, Lord for this food, 234 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 4: thank you for guiding me, thank you for helping it 235 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 4: to taste good. If you'll have that kind of attitude, 236 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 4: God will remind you when you left an ingredient out. 237 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 4: He'll remind you when something's. 238 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: About to burn. 239 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 4: You'll hear that still small voice, Hey, go check the oven. 240 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 4: This will save you frustration, make your food taste a 241 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 4: lot better. I'm believing Victoria's taking notes. 242 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 2: This morning, he says Joel. 243 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 4: Man, I'm not gonna bother God with those little petty things. 244 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 4: He's got more pressing issues to deal with. Now. 245 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 2: This is where we miss it. 246 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 4: God wants to be involved in every part of our lives. 247 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 4: It's his joy, it's his delight to know that we're 248 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: depending on him, that He is the source of our strength. 249 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 4: I know people give me a hard time about getting 250 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 4: good parking spots, Joel, I don't believe God's interested in 251 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 4: something as small as us getting a good parking spot. 252 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna bother him with that. No, you're not 253 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: bothering God. It's just the opposite. 254 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 4: It's the principle when you depend on God, when you 255 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 4: realize this day is not gonna be as good as 256 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 4: it could have been without God's favor and blessing. It's 257 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 4: this dependency. It's this relying on Him that causes God 258 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 4: to work. And really, when we don't acknowledge God, it's 259 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 4: a form of pride. We're saying, in a roundabout way, God, 260 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 4: I don't need you. 261 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 2: I can do this on my own. I can handle 262 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 2: this by myself. 263 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 4: That's when God has just back away and we don't 264 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 4: see his blessings in favor like we really should. But 265 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 4: if we can just develop this habit of constantly acknowledging 266 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 4: God throughout the day. When you get up in the morning, 267 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 4: just say Father, thank you for giving me a good day. 268 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 4: Thank you for helping me be a good parent to 269 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 4: my children. When you pull up to work, Father, thank 270 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 4: you for that parking spot driving home. God, help me 271 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 4: to be patient in traffic, help me to be kind 272 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 4: to my family tonight. What we're really saying is God, 273 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 4: I need you, I'm depending on you. That's when God 274 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 4: will show up. We see this even as parents. When 275 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 4: our children need our help, it draws it out of us. 276 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 4: We're glad to do it. The other day, Jonathan was 277 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: in the backyard hammering something. He's our eleven year old son. 278 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 4: He couldn't get the nail to go in straight, kept 279 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 4: bending it over this way and the other way. And 280 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 4: I was inside the house watching the ballgame. But I 281 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 4: could hear all the hammering, all the commotion, but I 282 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 4: figured he was okay. He wasn't saying anything about it. 283 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 4: But in a few minutes he came in with one 284 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 4: of his friends. He was kind of frustrated. He said, Daddy, 285 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 4: I need your help. 286 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: I can't get this nail to go in straight. And 287 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: as a father, that made me feel good. I thought 288 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: I liked that he needs me. 289 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 4: In other words, he thinks I'm smart, he thinks I 290 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 4: can do anything. And I put my shoulders back, held 291 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 4: my head up high, and I kind of went out 292 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: there and wanted to show off. I wanted to do 293 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 4: my best, knowing that he believed in me, knowing that 294 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 4: he was. 295 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: Counting on me. 296 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 4: I didn't do it for him. I just gave him 297 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 4: a little guidance, a little advice. I could see he 298 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 4: didn't have the board on something solid. He had it 299 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 4: on the grass. We moved it over to the concrete. 300 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 4: He took four or five swings. It went right in, 301 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: no problem at all. He was as happy as can be. 302 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 4: In fact, he said, here, Daddy, hold this next nail, 303 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 4: and I'll nail another one in. I said, no, Jonathan, 304 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 4: I don't have that much faith you hammerh it yourself. 305 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 2: But this is the way God is when we need him. 306 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: It's his joy for him to be there to help 307 00:14:59,280 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: us out. 308 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: I thought about how simple that was for me to fix, 309 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 4: just one word of advice from his father, just moving 310 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 4: it from here to there, getting it off the grass 311 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: onto the concrete made all the difference in the world. 312 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 4: When you acknowledge God, many times, just like that, he'll 313 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: give you just a little bit of wisdom, just one 314 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 4: idea here and there. All of a sudden, you get 315 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 4: a break, another break, and the whole day turns out 316 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 4: much more productive. Sometimes you may not even realize what happened, 317 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 4: but because you took time to acknowledge God, he protected 318 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 4: you from an accident. He caused one of his angels 319 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 4: to just slow another car down, keep that from harming you. 320 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 4: Or he had one of your clients think about you 321 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 4: out of the blue and give you a call. He 322 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 4: let his favor shine down on one of your children 323 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 4: because you took time to bless him on the way 324 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 4: to school that morning. 325 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 2: You may never know, but the day went more productive. 326 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 4: The day went smoother because we had the attitude God, 327 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 4: I'm depending on you, I need your help. But too 328 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 4: often we do just the opposite. I don't know if 329 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 4: you've ever been helping your child do homework. They're struggling, 330 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 4: they can't figure something out, and you know exactly what 331 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 4: they're doing wrong. You know exactly how to correct it, 332 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 4: but they won't take your help. Their attitude is I 333 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 4: can figure this out on my own. I don't need 334 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 4: your help. Let me do it by myself. And even 335 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 4: though as a parent we know we could make their 336 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 4: life easier, we have to just step away. Same way 337 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 4: with God, when we don't acknowledge him, we're saying, God, 338 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: I'm fine, i can handle this business meeting on my own. 339 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: I've been doing it for twenty years. Well, God, i 340 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: don't need your help raising these children. I'm fine. 341 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 4: I don't need help mowing the lawn, cooking dinner. I've 342 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 4: been doing it a long time. But if we could 343 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 4: just learn to depend on him, if we'd start acknowledging him, 344 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 4: we'd see things go smoother. We'd get things done quicker, 345 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 4: we'd have more joy and more peace. The Holy Spirit 346 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 4: is called our helper, but we have to be willing 347 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 4: to receive his health, and even in things that we've 348 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 4: done again and again, we have to still remember to 349 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 4: rely on God. I've been doing this now for about 350 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 4: seven years, since my father went to be with the Lord, 351 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 4: and I've spoken several hundred times, and I guess in 352 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 4: one sense, I've kind of got it down. I've kind 353 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 4: of gotten into my routine. But I can tell you 354 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 4: every time before I come out here, I say, without fail, God, 355 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 4: I need you. 356 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 2: I'm depending on you. 357 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 4: God. I know I can't do this in my own strength, 358 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 4: so I'm asking for your health. I don't take for 359 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 4: granted the source of my strength. I realize without his 360 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 4: blessings and his favor in my life, I'm never going 361 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 4: to become. 362 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 2: All God's created me to be. And it's this dependency 363 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 2: on Him that activates God's power. 364 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 4: It's when we're self relying, when we're independent, we only 365 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 4: stop God's progress. So every morning, when we first get up, 366 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 4: we need to say God, thank you for this day. 367 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 4: He help me to make good choices. God, thank you 368 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 4: for your wisdom, thank you. 369 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: For your strength. 370 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 4: And then all throughout the day, before you meet with 371 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: that person, God, I'm asking for your help. Before you 372 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 4: teach your students. God give me your favor, before you 373 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 4: play in that ballgame. 374 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: God, I acknowledge you. 375 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 4: I recognize you're the source of my strength. I'm asking 376 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 4: you to protect me, help me to excel. I talk 377 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 4: to a very famous baseball player the other day, one 378 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 4: of the best in the league. He's a superstar, and 379 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 4: said all kinds of records, and I've seen him on television. 380 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 4: Before he gets up to bat, he goes through a 381 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 4: certain routine and I ask him what it was all about, 382 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 4: and it's exactly what we're talking about. Before he steps 383 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 4: up to the plate, every time he's bat in thousands 384 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 4: of times, he's extremely talented. 385 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 2: But each time before he gets up there, he closes 386 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: his eyes and says, God, I need you. He's acknowledging God. 387 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 4: The fact is he's not telling God, I want a 388 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 4: home run. He's not telling God how to do it. 389 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 4: He's simply admitting God, I need you. When he faces 390 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 4: Roger Clemens, he says, God, I really need you. 391 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 2: But what's he doing. 392 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 4: He's showing his dependency on God. He's humbling himself and saying, 393 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 4: in effect, I may be a quote superstar, I may 394 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 4: have some talent, but God, I recognize apart from you, 395 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 4: I can do nothing. I realize God, You've given me 396 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 4: the strength, the talent, the favor, and I don't take 397 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 4: for granted your goodness in my life. I acknowledge you 398 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 4: in all of my ways. Another translation of that same 399 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 4: verse in Proverbs says, in everything you do, put God first, 400 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 4: and he will crown your efforts with success. I think 401 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 4: we'd be amazed at how much more success we could 402 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 4: have if in everything we did we put God first. 403 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 4: That should be our attitude everywhere I go today, everything. 404 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 2: I do, I'm going to acknowledge God. 405 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 4: I'm saying, get go God out of that Sunday morning box. 406 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 4: When you go to the mall, God, I acknowledge you. 407 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: Help me to have a productive time. When you do that, 408 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 4: God will direct your path. He will crown your efforts 409 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 4: with success. In other words, he'll help you to find 410 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 4: what you're looking for. He'll help you to get the 411 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 4: best deals. He'll help you to not waste your time, 412 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 4: not waste your money. I remember my mother used to 413 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 4: come home growing up and tell my father, look, John, 414 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 4: I got twelve dresses for the price of six, God's favor. 415 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 2: My dad would say, God, don't do any more favors 416 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: like that. 417 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 4: But when we acknowledge God, he causes us to be 418 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 4: at the right place at the right time. When we 419 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 4: put God first in everything we do, that's when his 420 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 4: blessings will chase us down and overtake us. That's when 421 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 4: we can outrun the good things of God. The other day, 422 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 4: our little daughter, Alexandra came in. She's seven years old, 423 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 4: and she asked me if i'd take her to buy 424 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 4: a cell phone. 425 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: And I'd promised her one month mon before. 426 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 4: Her brother Jonathan has one, and her little cousin was 427 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 4: going out of town and they wanted to. 428 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: Be able to talk on their phones. I didn't really 429 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: feel like going. 430 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 4: I was kind of tired, but I just couldn't turn 431 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 4: her down. I said, Okay, let's go. Well, about that 432 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 4: time Jonathan heard where we were going. He said, oh, Daddy, 433 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 4: I want to come too, And I said, well, Jonathan 434 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: that's fine, but you already have a cell phone. He said, 435 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 4: I know, Daddy, I just want to go look. You 436 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 4: got to know, Jonathan's not a looker, he's a buyer. 437 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: As we were leaving, Victoria said, well, I don't want 438 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 4: to be here by myself, and so she said I'll 439 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 4: come along, so man alive. It turned out to be 440 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 4: a family affair going to the cell phone place. 441 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 2: As we were driving there, I did just what I'm 442 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: asking you to do today under my breath. Nobody heard me. 443 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 2: I simply said, God, help us to find just the 444 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 2: right phone. 445 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 4: Alexandra had a certain style, a certain color, a particular model. 446 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 4: And we got there and the people were so friendly, 447 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 4: and sure enough they had the exact right phone that 448 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 4: she was looking for. 449 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 2: She was just so happy. Then Jonathan came up. I 450 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 2: knew his coming. 451 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 4: He said, Daddy, He said, I really want to get 452 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 4: a new phone, and I got some money saved up. 453 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 2: I said, Jonathan, your phone is barely a year old. 454 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: That'd be a waste. 455 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: The man behind the counter hurt us talking and he said, Jonathan, 456 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: let me see your phone. He took it and he 457 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 4: looked up his number and he told us for one 458 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 4: hundred and fifty dollars. We could turn Jonathan's phone in 459 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 4: and he could get a new one. 460 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 2: I said, well, I don't think we want to do that. 461 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 2: Then he said, what kind of phone do you have? 462 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 2: I gave him my phone. He looked it up, and 463 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 2: he said, oh, you're way over to you can pick 464 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 2: out any new phone free. 465 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 4: And so I let Jonathan have the new phone, and 466 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 4: I took Jonathan's phone, which was much better than mine. 467 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 4: Then just as we're about to leave, he asked Victoria 468 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: what kind of phone do you have? And her phone 469 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: wasn't that old, but it was real beat up. She 470 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 4: had dropped it several times while she was driving and 471 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 4: tried to put on her makeup at the same time. 472 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 4: And I told her, no, we've already checked it out. 473 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 4: It's going to be a couple hundred dollars. We're going 474 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 4: to pass. He said, no, she's not gonna leave without 475 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 4: having a new phone. He looked at his assistant and said, 476 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 4: just give her a phone. 477 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: He said do what he said. Yeah, I said, just 478 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 2: give her a phone. We walked out of there, and 479 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: I thought to myself, we went in to buy one phone. 480 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 4: We came out with three brand new phones. Plus mine 481 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 4: was practically new and we only paid for one phone. 482 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 2: I was scratching my head. I didn't see how that 483 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 2: turned out. 484 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 4: You know what, That was God causing us to be 485 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 4: at the right place at the right time. That was 486 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 4: God directing our steps, his blessings chasing us down. When 487 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 4: we got in the car, first thing, I said, thank 488 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 4: you Lord for your favor, Thank you Lord. 489 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 2: For your goodness. 490 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: If you'll acknowledge God in all your ways, in everything 491 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 4: you do, put in first place, you won't be able 492 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 4: to outrun the good things of God. 493 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 2: All through the day, we should be saying. 494 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 4: Thank you Lord for your favor, Thank you Lord for 495 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 4: a safe trip home, Thank you Lord for your peace, 496 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: Thank you Lord for a good night's rest tonight. In 497 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 4: all your ways, acknowledge God. And it's great to pray 498 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 4: in the morning. It's great that you are so faithful 499 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 4: to come to church. But the scripture says to pray 500 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 4: without ceasing. That means all through the day, under our breath, 501 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 4: we should be talking to God, asking for his help, 502 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 4: thanking him for his goodness, acknowledging him, making him a 503 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,239 Speaker 4: part of not just Sunday mornings, not just of our 504 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 4: devotional time, but all throughout the day. Now, a lot 505 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 4: of people don't realize prayer is just talking to God 506 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 4: when it says pray without ceasing. Really, that's an attitude. 507 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 4: It means we have God constantly on our mind. We 508 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 4: are grateful, we have His praise as always coming out 509 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 4: of our mouths throughout the day. Thank you Lord for 510 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 4: your peace. Thank you Lord for helping me deal with 511 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 4: that situation. Thank you Lord for giving me wisdom in life. See, 512 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 4: it's okay to simply. 513 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 2: Talk to God. 514 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 4: I know people anytime they pray, it's like turn into 515 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 4: another person. They get very formal, very stiff, very rigid. 516 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 4: They pray in the King James version of the Bible. 517 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 2: Oh God, Thou art so great. 518 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 4: I'm asking THEE to help thy humble servant today. No, 519 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 4: you don't have to pray in Old English. And I 520 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 4: know God sees your heart. You want to be reverend, 521 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 4: you want to be respectful. But it's okay to talk 522 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,719 Speaker 4: to God just like you talk to one of your 523 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 4: good friends. He's a friend that sticks closer than a brother. 524 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 4: You know. 525 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 2: It's kind of funny the same people that I see 526 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 2: praying Old God. 527 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 4: Thou must help thy humble servant. They're saying to their friends, 528 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 4: what's going down, homeboy. 529 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 2: And I'm not saying it's okay to call God homeboy. 530 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 2: I don't think I do that. But here's what I'm saying. 531 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong. Y're not even listening to me. 532 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: Now. 533 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong. 534 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 4: With getting up in the morning and saying, good morning, Lord, 535 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 4: I love you today, thinking for the good things you 536 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 4: have in store. 537 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 2: God. I acknowledge that you've given me my strength, You've 538 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 2: given me my life, and I'm here to say I 539 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: need you God. 540 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 4: I'm counting on your favor, on your strength, on your wisdom, 541 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 4: on your guidance in my life today. Then all through 542 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: the day you're talking to him, you're thanking him for 543 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 4: his goodness. You're making him a part of your everyday life. 544 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 4: The word depend in one translation of the Bible, means 545 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 4: to hang down. Think of a piece of fruit on 546 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 4: a branch. It's hanging there like an apple and orange. 547 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 4: In other words, without the strength of the tree, it's 548 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 4: going to fall. 549 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 2: It's not going to make it. 550 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 4: Jesus said, I am divine, You are the branches. If 551 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 4: you abide in me, you will bear much fruit. Just 552 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 4: the opposite would be true. If we don't abide in him, 553 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 4: we're not going to be fruitful. Not being fruitful means 554 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 4: we're not as productive. We're not as successful as God wants. 555 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 2: Us to be. 556 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 4: You've all had days when you've driven across town to 557 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 4: pick up something, only to get there and find out 558 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 4: that it's closed. Or you work all day on your 559 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 4: computer and something goes wrong and you lose your information. 560 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 2: You go to workout and the place is packed, or you. 561 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 4: Forgot your tennis shoes. Just little things that cause us 562 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 4: to not be productive. Not every time, of course, but 563 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 4: sometimes it's because we're not acknowledging God. We're not abiding 564 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: in him. We've gotten off to where we're doing everything 565 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 4: in our own strength. Now God has to just back away. 566 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 4: He's not guiding us, directing us, giving us his favor 567 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 4: like he would if we'd start relying on him. Once again, 568 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 4: that word abide indicates is something that we continually do. 569 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 4: In other words, you don't get up in the morning 570 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 4: and say, Okay, God, I prayed, I read a chapter 571 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 4: in the Bible. I'm set for the day, went to 572 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 4: church on Sunday, I'm set for the week. 573 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: Know all through the day. 574 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 4: Under your breath, God, I need you. Something good happens. Father, 575 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 4: Thank you for your goodness at the office. God give 576 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 4: me your wisdom driving home. Thank you Lord for protecting me. 577 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 4: If you will abide in Him, you'll be fruitful, you'll 578 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 4: be productive, You'll see your days go much much smoother. 579 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 4: So let me challenge again today. Get God out of 580 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 4: your Sunday morning box. Make him a part of your 581 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: everyday life. Learn to talk to him often. Get in 582 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 4: that habit all through the day. God, I need you, 583 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 4: I'm counting on you. Remember, Apart from him, we can 584 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 4: do nothing. If you'll learn to acknowledge God. If you'll 585 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: put him first in everything you do, God will crown 586 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 4: your efforts with success. He'll guide you and direct you, 587 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 4: and I know you'll live the life of victory he 588 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 4: has in story. 589 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 2: Amen, do you receive it today? I know you do. 590 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 591 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 592 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 593 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 594 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. 595 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 4: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 596 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 4: got born again. 597 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: Get in the good Bible based church. 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