1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: God bless you. 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 8 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 10 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 11 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I'd like 12 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: to start with something funny, and I heard about these 13 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: three aspiring psychiatrists. 14 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: William, Julie, and Bubba. 15 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 2: They were taking their first test on emotional extremes. The 16 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 2: professor asked William, what is the opposite of sadness? He 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: replied happiness. The professor asked Julie what is the opposite 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: of depression? 19 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: She replied joy. 20 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: The professor asked Bubba what is the opposite of woe? 21 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: Woe? 22 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: Bubba looked kind of puzzled, and after a long pause, 23 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: he replied, giddy up. All right, y'all say it like 24 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 25 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 26 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 27 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 30 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about don't ignore 31 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 2: the warnings. God can see things that we can't see. 32 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 2: He knows what's going to happen long before we do. 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 2: There are traps the enemy has set to try to 34 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: hinder us and cause us trouble. There are paths that 35 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 2: look good to us, but they end in frustration. 36 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: We look on the surface and. 37 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: Think this person seems fine, but God knows what their 38 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: motives are. He knows hidden agendas. Well, this business deal 39 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: seems exciting, this new door that opened, But God knows 40 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: where the dead ends are, things that would waste our time. 41 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: Before we get off course, before we make a major mistake, 42 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: God will always give us a warning. 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: In your spirit. There will be an unrest. 44 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: And uneasiness, like an alarm is going off saying, don't 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: do that. 46 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: Something is not right. 47 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: Stay away from that person, don't take that deal. It 48 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: may not make sense to us. But you have to 49 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 2: trust that God has your best interest at heart. He 50 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: wouldn't be warning you if there was not danger up ahead. 51 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 2: His warnings are not about limiting you, keeping you from 52 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 2: your dreams, taking something away. 53 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: It's about protection. 54 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 2: It's about avoiding heartache and staying on the best path. 55 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: You have to be sensitive to what you're feeling on 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: the inside. Don't override the unrest, don't go against that uneasiness. 57 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: That's God speaking to you. 58 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 2: It's a still small voice, not in your mind but 59 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 2: in your spirit. But sometimes we feel the easiness. The 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: alarm is going off, but we keep overriding it. You 61 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: hear that whisper. You need to treat your spouse better. 62 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: Quit saying condescending things. You need to take care of yourself. 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: Quit eating so much, jun quit staying up so late 64 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: watching TV. You feel that unrest, that nudging that you 65 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 2: need to change. See God said in Psalms, I will 66 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 2: guide you along the best path for your life. That's 67 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: the promise. God is going to guide you. But the 68 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: next verse is the key. Don't be like a senseless 69 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: mule and have to have a bit and bridle to 70 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: stay under control. God is saying, I'm going to guide you. 71 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: Don't be stubborn, don't ignore my warnings. Don't keep turning 72 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: off the alarm. You know what happens even in the natural. 73 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: If you hear the alarm in the morning and you 74 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: hit the snooze button, fall back asleep, goes off in 75 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: ten minutes, and wait, you up, you hit snooze. 76 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: Again, fall back asleep. 77 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: If you do that long enough, you'll get to where 78 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: you don't hear the alarm. 79 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't wake you up anymore. 80 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: You become desynthesized to it. It's not that the alarm 81 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: stop working, it's that you train yourself to ignore it. 82 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: In the same way, every time you override the unrest, 83 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: you go against what you're feeling. They go, oh, I 84 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: can handle it, you all, it's fine, I'm gonna be careful. 85 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: I'll deal with it later. You're hitting the snooze button. 86 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 2: The alarm is becoming less and less effective. You can 87 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: get to the point where you don't hear it at all. 88 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 2: It's not that God is not speaking, it's that you've 89 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: ignored the warning so long the alarm doesn't have any effectiveness. 90 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 2: There's a lot of unnecessary pain we go through unnecessary 91 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: hurt and disappointment. Because we're not sensitive to what God 92 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: is saying, we override what we're feeling. Now. The beauty 93 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 2: is God knows how to work all things for good. 94 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 2: He can still turn it around, but it's much better 95 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 2: to avoid it in the first place. Are their warnings 96 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 2: God is giving you, but you're ignoring. Are there things 97 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 2: you know you need to change but you keep putting 98 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: it off. God is not trying to punish you, delay you, 99 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: limit you. 100 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: It's to protect you. 101 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 2: He can see things you can't see. He knows what's coming. 102 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 2: If we'll pay attention, we can avoid a lot of 103 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 2: heartache and trouble. 104 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: This is what happened with Noah. 105 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: Hebrews eleven says, by faith, Noah being warned by God 106 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 2: of things not yet seen, moved with holy fear. 107 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: And built in art. 108 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 2: Noah was going along fine, had a great family, blessed 109 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: in his business. But something was coming that he couldn't see. 110 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: He had no way of knowing danger was up ahead, 111 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: that there was going to be a flood. It had 112 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: never rained. 113 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: They had no concept of water flooding and causing problems, 114 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: no technology to forecast weather predict storms. 115 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: This was totally foreign. 116 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: But God knows everything that's coming, the storms, the traps, 117 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: the trouble, the people with wrong motives, the opportunities that 118 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: look good but are dead ends. He's not going to 119 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 2: let you walk into danger without giving you warnings. That 120 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: alarm will go off, that uneasiness will you know you 121 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: need to be careful. 122 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: Noah could have dismissed it. 123 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: There was no visible evidence that rain was coming, no clouds, 124 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 2: no thunder. I'm sure he thought, man, I must have 125 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: heard God wrong. This is far out. 126 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: No, he moved with holy fear and built in art. 127 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 2: He had such a reverence for God, such a trust 128 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: that he acted on what he heard. Holy fear is 129 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 2: knowing that God is protecting you from something that could. 130 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: Cause heartache, that could set you back. 131 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 2: No one knew if he didn't heed that warning, that 132 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 2: he and his family were in jeopardy. 133 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: And this wasn't a light task. It took one hundred 134 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: and twenty years to build the art. 135 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 2: You can imagine the people that came by and made fun. 136 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: There's that crazy guy building a boat in the middle 137 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: of the desert. But Noah had a secret. He had 138 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 2: been warned of things not yet seen. People couldn't see it, 139 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: The experts couldn't see it, the weather men couldn't forecast it. 140 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: But God saw it. He knows what's coming. 141 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: Had Noah ignored that warning, we wouldn't be talking about him. 142 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: Because he obeyed. It saved him and his family. 143 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: Some warnings, if you'll act on them and do what 144 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 2: you know God's telling you to do, it'll not only 145 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: save you, but it'll save your children. It'll impact your 146 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: family and future generations. My prayer is that when we 147 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: hear the alarm, we do like Noah and move with 148 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 2: holy fear. We don't take it lightly. We don't dismiss it. 149 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: Maybe I'll deal with it later. I don't see anything wrong, Joe, 150 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 2: what's this hurting? No, we have such respect and such 151 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: confidence in what God is keeping us from that we 152 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 2: don't delay, We don't play around. 153 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: We have a holy fear. 154 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: It's a knowing that even though I may not understand this, 155 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 2: God is keeping me from. 156 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: Trouble and heartache. 157 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 2: He didn't have to warn us. He could have let 158 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: us do our own thing. Thought, good luck, big flood's coming. Sorry, 159 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: it's gonna be devastating, But in his mercy, he's watching 160 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: over us. Guiding us down the best path, warning us 161 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 2: of floods, famines, dead ends. Let's be know us. He 162 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 2: listened to the warnings. He obeyed what God told him 163 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 2: to do. 164 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: Here's the key. 165 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: Ignoring warnings doesn't make the danger disappear. 166 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: It just means you're not prepared for it. No one 167 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: could have said I'm not gonna build a boat. 168 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 2: Life is good. That wouldn't have stopped the flood. He 169 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: just wouldn't have had a way out. When you feel 170 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: these warnings, it's for your own good to keep you 171 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 2: from unnecessary trouble. Be something big. You just hear that 172 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 2: still small voice telling you. Don't go to lunch with 173 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: that person, don't text with them all day, don't let 174 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: them get close your mind. Your reasoning says, why not? 175 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: I like them? They're fun. Are you going to hit 176 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 1: the snooze button, ignore the warning, do what you want? 177 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: Or are you going to take heed and obey what 178 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: you're feeling. God is not trying to limit you. He's 179 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 2: wanting to protect you. He can see what you can't see. 180 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: He knows people's motives. Sometimes there are hidden agendas that 181 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: person that wants to get close to you so. 182 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: They can take from you. 183 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: They don't care about you, They care about what you 184 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 2: can do for them. People are not always who they 185 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 2: say they are. We see the outside and what they present, 186 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 2: but God sees the motives. He knows what they're really 187 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: up to. When you understand the alarms, the unrest, the 188 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: warnings are for your good. That is God protecting you. 189 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 2: That it's not a negative thing. 190 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: You're grateful you want to obey. 191 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 2: You know that's God watching over you and keeping you 192 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 2: on the best path. Years ago, Victoria and I came 193 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: across this business opportunity that seems so great. It's like 194 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: a once in a lifetime chance. And the man we 195 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 2: would partner with was a good Christian man, love God, 196 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 2: loved the ministry. I was in my twenties and it 197 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: fell into our lap and I knew. 198 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: It was the hand of God. 199 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: We proceeded with great excitement and enthusiasm, and it was 200 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: in the cake a couple of years to get it 201 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: all going. And during the six months that we were 202 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 2: drawing up the contracts, I begin to feel this uneasiness, 203 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 2: this unrest, but I wanted it so badly I pushed 204 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: it down. I thought, that's just my nerves. When I 205 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: saw facts and figures that didn't look good. I would 206 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 2: discount it and think that's not gonna bother us. 207 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: We'll be the exception. Over and over. 208 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 2: I'd hear that still small voice saying, Joe, this is 209 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: not what it looks like. 210 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: I know all the facts. I kept ignoring it. 211 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: At one point, even my father said, Joel, I don't 212 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 2: know if I feel good about this. 213 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: Are you sure it's a great idea, I. 214 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: Said, Daddy, I am so sure. This is an amazing opportunity. 215 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: There were all these warnings, but if you get. 216 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 2: So set on having it your way, you're only going 217 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: to be happy if you do what you want. Then 218 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 2: you'll keep pushing that alarm down and keep ignoring the warnings. 219 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: We ended up getting the business going, but it was 220 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: never what it was promised to be, never took off. 221 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 2: There were things we didn't know until we got it 222 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 2: running that would limit us and cause it to not flourish. 223 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 2: Now God ended up making it all work out, but 224 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 2: the fact is it was a lot of trouble, a 225 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 2: lot of heartache that was unnecessary. I could have avoided 226 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 2: that if I had simply listened to the still small voice, 227 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: if I'd not been so stubborn. I thought what I 228 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 2: was feeling would limit me, that it was keeping me 229 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 2: from my dreams. But now I realized it was trying 230 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: to protect me and keep me from wasting my time. 231 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: I've learned now to listen to the warnings. I don't go. 232 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: Against what I feel on the inside. God has your 233 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 2: best interest at heart. He's not trying to hold you back. 234 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: He's guiding you down the best path for your life. 235 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: You can't see what's up ahead. 236 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: You don't know what's coming, the dead ends, the detours, 237 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 2: the floods. I didn't know that was going to be 238 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 2: a bust, that they weren't telling me all the facts. 239 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: But life with Noah. God will warn you of. 240 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 2: Things you can't see. He'll whisper to your spirit. Be careful, 241 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 2: go slow, watch out. Maybe a feeling, not even a voice, 242 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 2: but an uneasiness where you know it's not right. Instead 243 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 2: of ignoring it, having to have our way, let's have 244 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: that holy fear. 245 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: We don't delay. I'll do it later. We're not stubborn. 246 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to change. 247 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: We don't take it long. Nightly play around with our 248 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: destiny light Noah. We obey when we don't understand. We 249 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: trust when it doesn't make sense, we recognize God is 250 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: protecting us and keeping us from unnecessary trouble and heartache. 251 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 2: On April tenth, nineteen twelve, the Titanic set off for 252 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: its maiden voyage. Was the largest moving object ever built 253 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 2: by humans. It wasn't just a ship, it was a statement, 254 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 2: three football feels long, a swimming pool, grand staircases. 255 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: Over one hundred and ten years ago. 256 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 2: It was described as the safest ship ever built, unsinkable 257 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: and engineering marvel. Over two thousand people on board, and 258 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 2: so many celebrities and world leaders there to be a 259 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: part of history. But four days into the journey, the 260 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: captain of the Titanic received multiple messages from other ships 261 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: saying there was danger up ahead. 262 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: There were icebergs. 263 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: To proceed with caution, or to take another route. Another 264 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: lord ship traveling that same path stopped and wouldn't go 265 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 2: any further, but. 266 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: Not the Titanic. 267 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 2: The captain got the warning after warning after warning, but 268 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 2: he thought, we're the Titanic. They've never seen a ship 269 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 2: like us. We're too advanced, too strong, and too important 270 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 2: to slow down. The whole world was watching, all these 271 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 2: celebrities and leaders the captain thought, I'm not gonna stop, 272 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 2: and I'm. 273 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: Certainly not gonna turn around. What would people think of me? 274 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: Changing course? Would seem weak. 275 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: He was hearing the alarms, other ships were sending messages, 276 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: but he wouldn't listen. When the ship hit these huge icebergs, 277 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 2: the unthinkable happened, began to sink, and fifteen hundred people 278 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 2: lost their lives. 279 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: One message of the Titanic is don't ignore warnings. Don't 280 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: think you're too invincible to say think. 281 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: Don't let pride and what people will think cause you 282 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: to sell into icebergs and miss your destiny. Be willing 283 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: to change, Be willing to stop and turn around. 284 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: Listen to those warnings. They're not there to restrict you, 285 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: to control you. 286 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: They're there to keep you from sinking, from getting into 287 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 2: things that are going to pull you down. Had the 288 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 2: captain had more humility, had he been willing to change 289 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 2: course to listen to others, this would have been a 290 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: different outcome. 291 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: Unlike the Titanic, it's not too late for us. 292 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: There's still time for you to make a coarse correction, 293 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: to heed the warnings, to listen to what God is 294 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: saying to you. 295 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: Don't be too proud. 296 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 2: Well, Joel, I know I need to bite my tongue, 297 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 2: not be condescending, not be argumented. 298 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: Those are icebergs. 299 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 2: They can sink you, they can ruin relationships. That's why 300 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: you feel that unrest. Now you may have pushed it 301 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: down in a long time, it's not as loud, but 302 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 2: there's still danger up ahead. 303 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: Why don't you heed that warning? Why don't you have 304 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: some holy fear? 305 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: Recognize that God is trying to protect you from trouble 306 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 2: and heartache. But sometimes we think we're like the Titanic. 307 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: We're invincible. 308 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: We're so strong discipline, we'd never compromise or let. 309 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: Our guard down. 310 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: But the scripture says, be careful when you stand lest 311 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 2: you fall. 312 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: You have to walk in humility. 313 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 2: Don't be a no at all where you can't take 314 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 2: any advice. You don't have any weaknesses. It's always someone 315 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: else that's a problem. That was the captain of the Titanic. 316 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 2: Your boats are lesser. 317 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: You don't have what I have. 318 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 2: I'm not impacted by the icebergs. I don't have to 319 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 2: change course. In other words, I don't have to forgive. 320 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: I don't have to deal with this temper, this addiction, 321 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: or it's okay for me to hang around this person 322 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 2: that I don't feel good about. 323 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: Problem is, those things can sink your ship. 324 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 2: You would think the captain of the Titanic, with so 325 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: many lives on board, would put down his pride and listen. 326 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: To the warnings. But he was careless. He wasn't responsible. 327 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 2: I would like to think if I got that warning 328 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: there were icebergs up ahead, and I had a ship 329 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: full of people, I would have some holy fear. I 330 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 2: would say to the other boats, thank you for letting 331 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 2: me know. That's critical information that can keep us from tragedy. 332 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 2: Sometimes we discount the warning like that captain. We're careless, 333 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 2: we don't take it seriously. 334 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: We let pride blind us. 335 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 2: When you hear that warning, that still small voice, be 336 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 2: quick to obey. That's God keeping you from unnecessary trouble. 337 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: When Jesus was about to be born. 338 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 2: King Herod heard the news that was prophesied this baby 339 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 2: would be the Messiah, the king of the Jews. Herod 340 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 2: was and afraid that he would lose power and respect 341 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 2: among the people. These three wise men came from Afar 342 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 2: to bring gifts to Jesus, and they stopped by Jerusalem 343 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: looking for him. When Herod found out, he called them 344 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 2: into the palace and questioned what they knew about this 345 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 2: baby when they first saw the star. He told them 346 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 2: in verse eight, go to Bethlehem search for Jesus, and 347 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 2: when you find him, come back and tell me so I. 348 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: Can worship him too. The truth is Herod didn't want 349 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: to worship Jesus. He wanted to kill Jesus. 350 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: He was threatened by all the reports. Well, the wise 351 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: men didn't know this. They'd never met Herod, only heard 352 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 2: of him. I'm sure they thought, yeah, as soon as 353 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: we find him, we'll come back and. 354 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: Let you know. 355 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 2: But God knows what people's motives are. Herod was saying 356 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 2: one thing, but his intentions were something else. He was 357 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 2: trying to trick them into giving away Jesus' location so 358 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 2: he could put an end to him. Every voice that 359 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 2: sounds sincere doesn't have your best interests at. 360 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: Heart, God knows how to protect you. He'll whisper to 361 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: your spirit. 362 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 2: Beware they sound good, but they're not who they say 363 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: they are. They're friendly, they say the right things, but 364 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 2: they have hidden agendas. 365 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: If you'll listen to the warnings, God will keep you 366 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: from trouble. 367 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: These wise men went to Bethlehem and found baby Jesus. 368 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 2: They presented their gifts and worshiped him. They were about 369 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 2: to go back and tell Herod the good news, but 370 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 2: the scripture says they were warned in a dream to 371 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 2: not go back to Jerusalem, but to return to their 372 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: country by another route. Look At how God protects us 373 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 2: and keeps us on the best path. Herod seemed like 374 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 2: a friend. He was helpful, gracious. They didn't know any better. 375 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 2: But when they woke up from that dream after hearing 376 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 2: that warning, they had a holy fear. They acted on 377 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 2: what God was telling them and went back a different route. 378 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: When Herod found out, he was furious his true intentions 379 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: came out. 380 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 2: He issued to decree that all the Hebrew male babies 381 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 2: two years old and under would be killed. One moment, 382 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 2: Herod was saying, I want to worship this child. Wise men, 383 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 2: you're my friends. The next moment he's trying to kill 384 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 2: them all. There are dangers up ahead that we can't see, 385 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 2: people we meet that have hidden agendas, Floods that are 386 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 2: coming we don't know to prepare for. But like God 387 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 2: did for these wise men, like he did for Noah, 388 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 2: He's going to warn you of things up ahead that 389 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 2: you don't know. 390 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: Now. 391 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 2: Pay attention to what you're feeling, don't override it, don't 392 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 2: reason it out. 393 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: Ah, this doesn't make sense. The wise men could have thought, 394 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: we don't want to go back the long way. 395 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 2: It's not going to hurt to go through Jerusalem. Herod 396 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 2: likes us. No, Herod was two faced. He had hidden agenda. 397 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 2: God will protect you from two faced people, people that 398 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 2: act like they like you, but really it's just the opposite. 399 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 2: They say one thing with their words, but in their 400 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: heart is something different. Is God warning you about something 401 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: you're not acting on. Do you hear that still small 402 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 2: voice but you. 403 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: Keep putting it off. 404 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 2: There's danger up ahead that God's trying to keep you from. 405 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: There's trouble and heartache. You can avoid icebergs. 406 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: That don't have to sink your ship, but you have 407 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 2: to heed the warning. Had that holy fear, that reverence, 408 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 2: knowing that the creator of the universe cares so much 409 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 2: about you that he's giving you this inside information what 410 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 2: you can't see up ahead. He's going to protect you 411 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 2: and keep you on the best path for your life. 412 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: I have a friend that's very successful. It's married to 413 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: a beautiful woman, two children. But at one point he 414 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 2: and his wife weren't getting along. They still loved each other, 415 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: but there were petty things they were letting come between them, arguing, 416 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 2: being short, unfriendly. In the big picture, it was nothing, 417 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 2: but this man let it get down in him and 418 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 2: it changed who he was. 419 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: He quit treating her the way he knew he should. 420 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 2: Not giving her time, not being kind, respectful. This went 421 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 2: on for several months, just contention and strife, and they 422 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 2: started to grow apart. One night he had a dream, 423 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 2: and in this dream he saw his wife with another man. 424 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 2: They were laughing and having fun, so happy and friendly. 425 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 2: It was as vivid and real as could be, and 426 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 2: he woke up in a cold sweat. He said, Joel, 427 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 2: I heard God saying to me, if you don't change 428 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 2: and start treating her right, you're going to lose what 429 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: I've given you. It was like a holy fear came 430 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 2: over him. He knew he was at a critical point. 431 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 2: That day he started treating her better, being kind and respectful, 432 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 2: having fun, doing things with the family. Today they're as 433 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: happy and fulfilled as can be. God will always give 434 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 2: us warnings. The question is are we listening, Are we 435 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 2: making changes, doing like Noah, building our art like the 436 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 2: wise men, going back a different way, or are we 437 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 2: stubborn pushing it down too Busy Mary gave birth to Jesus. 438 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: They're in the stable. 439 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: The shepherds came to worship, and they left, and the 440 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 2: wise men gave their gifts, and they went on their way. 441 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 2: After all the excitement and celebration seemed so peaceful, so calm, 442 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 2: they could finally relax. But the scripture says an angel 443 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 2: appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, get up, 444 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 2: take your child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, 445 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 2: for Herod. 446 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: Is going to try to kill him. 447 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 2: Joseph went out, didn't see any soldiers, didn't hear of 448 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: any trouble, nothing look wrong. He could have thought, this 449 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 2: doesn't make sense. We're tired, we just had a baby. 450 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: We don't want to travel. But the next verse says 451 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 2: Joseph got up that same night and left for Egypt. 452 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: He heard the warning and didn't even wait till morning. 453 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: God give us that kind of obedience, Help us to 454 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 2: have that kind of holy fear, that when we hear 455 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 2: the still small voice, when we feel the unrest that 456 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 2: knowing to make a change. 457 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: We don't question it. 458 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 2: We don't debate it, negotiate maybe later, nor just do it. 459 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 2: God is protecting you from what you can't see. There's 460 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: harm and trouble that you can avoid. Don't delay, don't 461 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 2: talk yourself out of it. Obedience brings protection. Ignoring warnings 462 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: bring unnecessary trouble. 463 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: Maybe God is dealing with you. 464 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: About something that you keep putting off. You hear the alarm, 465 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 2: but you keep hitting this snooze button. Not now, I 466 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 2: don't feel like it. Don't be a Joseph. This is 467 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 2: the time to take action, to make changes so God 468 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 2: can keep you on the best path. 469 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: Don't be stubborn. I've learned. 470 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 2: God will always get his way, but sometimes we take 471 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 2: the long route. We make it much more difficult. When 472 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 2: he whispers, stay away from that person. Treat your spouse better, 473 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 2: go to bed or earner, get more rest. Don't be 474 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,959 Speaker 2: like the captain of the Titanic. 475 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: Hear the warnings and think it's not gonna affect me. 476 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: I can make it through these icebergs. Don't fool yourself. 477 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: God wouldn't be warning you if there wasn't danger up ahead. 478 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: If it wasn't going to bring trouble. Here's the good news. 479 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 2: You can make a coarse correction. You can be a 480 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 2: Joseph and do it now. You can be a Noah 481 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 2: and have a holy fear to obey what God's telling you. 482 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 2: This is how you avoid unknown necessary difficulties. 483 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: Now do your part, don't ignore the warnings. 484 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I will believe and declare God 485 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 2: is going to protect you and keep you. 486 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: On the best path. 487 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 2: You will have inside information to avoid unnecessary heartache and trouble, 488 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 2: and you will live the life of victory that belongs 489 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: to you in Jesus' name. 490 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: If you receive it, Can you say amen? 491 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 492 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. 493 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you pray with me? 494 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 495 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 496 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 2: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 497 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 2: born again, and we'd love to send you some free 498 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: information on your new walk with the Lord. You can 499 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 2: text the number on the screen or go to the website. 500 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 501 00:26:54,560 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 2: church and keep God first place. We all go through 502 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 2: disappointments and things that are not fair, but God sees 503 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 2: every hurt, every injustice, and He's promised to pay you 504 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 2: back for the unfair things. Now, I love to send 505 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: you my new resource, Double for your Trouble. 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Special thank you 531 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 2: to our Champion of Hope partners for all you do 532 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 2: to make the ministry possible. 533 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: Until we see you again next week, May the Lord 534 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: bless you and keep you. 535 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Double for Your Trouble, 536 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 3: available this month by simply visiting us at Joelostein dot 537 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 3: com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 538 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: You can also receive God's Got You Restoration Duo. 539 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: This book is a. 540 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: Powerful reminder that no matter what you face, you are 541 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 3: not alone. 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