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Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 41 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 4: come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 42 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 4: please stop buy and be a part of one of 43 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 44 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 4: at home. I'd like to start with something funny, and 45 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 4: I heard about this groom at the wedding rehearsal. He 46 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 4: said to the minister, I'll make a deal with you. 47 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 4: If during the vows you'll leave out all that love, honor, 48 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 4: and obey stuff, I'll give you one hundred dollars. He 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: slipped one hundred dollars deal in the minister's hand, walked 50 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 4: away with a smile. The next day, during the ceremony, 51 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 4: the minister said to him, do you promise to bow 52 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 4: down before your wife to take her breakfast in bed 53 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 4: to fulfill her every desire? He gulped in astonishment and said, 54 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 4: in a weak voice, I do. Then he whispered in 55 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: the minister's ear. I thought we had a deal. The 56 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 4: minister handed him his money back and said, your wife 57 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 4: made me a much better offer. Say it like you 58 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 59 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 60 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 61 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 62 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 63 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 64 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about just obey. 65 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 4: Many times we don't realize that God is speaking to us. 66 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: We have an impression on the inside, a prompting to 67 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 4: be good to someone. That's not random, that's God talking 68 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 4: to us. Or you're in a situation and you feel 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 4: an unrest and uneasiness. On the surface, it seems fine, 70 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: looks like a good opportunity. But down in here an 71 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 4: alarm is going off. Something's saying it's not right, stay away. 72 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 4: That's not just your nerves. It's not just you being 73 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 4: overly cautious. That's God wanting to protect you. When you 74 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 4: feel these impressions, these promptings. Don't ignore it, don't talk 75 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: yourself out of it, just obey. If you'll follow that 76 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: still small voice. It says in Psalms that God will 77 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 4: lead you down the best path for your life. And 78 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 4: the scripture talks about our inner ear, not a physical ear. 79 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: You won't hear an audible voice. But if you'll be 80 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: sensitive to what your inner ear is hearing the still 81 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 4: small voice, the promptings, the suggestions, the alarms, then God 82 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 4: will keep you from heartache and pain. He'll leads you 83 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 4: into promotion in favor. He'll use you to be a 84 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 4: blessing to others. In the Book of Deuteronomy, God gave 85 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 4: Moses the Ten Commandments and different instructions to follow. Then 86 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 4: God said to the Israelites, don't add or subtract to 87 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 4: what I've given you. Just obey. God was saying, don't 88 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 4: debate it, don't reason it out, don't overanalyze it. Just 89 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 4: do what I'm asking you to do. And too often 90 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 4: we feel these impressions. We have a knowing on the inside, 91 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 4: but we dismiss it, think I'll do that later. We 92 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 4: override it. I feel an unrest but looks like a 93 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 4: good opportunity, or we overanalyze it. That couldn't be for me, 94 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 4: that doesn't make sense. Now, don't talk yourself out of it. 95 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 4: Don't come up with excuses. God is saying to us 96 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: what he said to the Israelites. Just obey. Years ago, 97 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 4: a friend of mine was in church one Sunday, and 98 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: he was a young man, a new believer. He looked 99 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: across the way and saw this woman. Something said to 100 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 4: him so strongly on the inside, go give her a gift. 101 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 4: He felt an impression to be good to her, but 102 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: his mind said, you don't even know the lady. She 103 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 4: looks like she's doing fine. She doesn't need your money. 104 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 4: He came up with excuse after excuse and he kept 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 4: putting it off, but he couldn't get away from it. 106 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 4: He looked in his wallet. All he had that day 107 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: was a five dollar bill. He thought, there is no 108 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: way I'm going to go give her five dollars. I'd 109 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 4: be embarrassed. The whole service, a debate was taking place 110 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 4: in his mind. The longer he waited, the more miserable 111 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 4: he was. He knew he was supposed to do it. Finally, 112 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 4: he got his nerve up, and after the service, he 113 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 4: went over to her and said, ma'am, I know you 114 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 4: don't know me, and this may seem kind of strange, 115 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 4: but I feel like I'm supposed to give you this. 116 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 4: He placed the five dollar bill in her hand. She 117 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 4: looked at it and started weeping. She said, I only 118 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 4: had enough gas to get to church. I prayed God, 119 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 4: please give me the gas money to make it back home. 120 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 4: She hugged him and said, you're my miracle. Friends. God 121 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. He can see things that we 122 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 4: can't see. Don't talk yourself out of it. When you 123 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 4: obey that still small voice, God will use you to 124 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 4: brighten people's day. And here's the key. Any time you 125 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 4: obey a blessing will always follow. You'll never be good 126 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 4: to someone else without God being good back to you. Now, 127 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 4: I wonder how much higher we would go and how 128 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 4: much more of God's favor we would see if we 129 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 4: would just obey, not argue, not try to reason it out, 130 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 4: not come up with excuses. God wants to lead you 131 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 4: down the best path for your life. He knows where 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 4: the favor is, where the promotion is, where the right 133 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 4: people are. If you'll be sensitive to his voice, pay 134 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 4: attention to what your inner ear is hearing, there's no 135 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: limit to where God will take you today. My friend 136 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 4: that gave that five dollars, he's extremely blessed, very successful. 137 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 4: But if he hadn't learned to be faithful with the small, 138 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 4: with the five, how could God trust him with more? 139 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 4: If you'll start being faithful in the small things you 140 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 4: know you need to do. You hear that voice, that 141 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: impression tells you you need to get to work on time. 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 4: That's not just your conscience bothering you. That's God talking 143 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 4: to you. You feel that prompting. You need to quit 144 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: drinking so much coffee. You need to take that course 145 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 4: to improve your skills. You need to stop being sarcastic. 146 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 4: To your spouse. God talks to us about practical things. 147 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 4: Sometimes we think he only talks to us about redemption 148 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 4: and salvation, doctrine, righteousness. Yes, but he also talks to 149 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 4: us about keeping the house clean, about not staying up 150 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 4: all night watching television, about not leaving the grocery cart 151 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 4: in the parking lot, putting it back where you found it, 152 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 4: about everyday things. When I was in my early twenties, 153 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 4: I had a ball game at nine thirty at night 154 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 4: on the other side of town, and I left with 155 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 4: plenty of time to get there. But there was construction 156 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: on the freeway and I was delayed about thirty minutes. 157 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 4: I had to make up a lot of ground to 158 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 4: get to my game on time. And once I got 159 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 4: through the construction, the freeway was wide open. Nobody was 160 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 4: on it. I had a black sports car. I was 161 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 4: feeling good. I thought, I'm gonna open this thing up 162 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 4: and see what it'll do. I tell you how fast 163 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 4: I was going, but my mother sitting on the front road. 164 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 4: I was flying the whole time. Down in here. Something 165 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 4: was saying slow down, slow down, slow down. I answered back, 166 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 4: no thanks, no thanks, no thanks. Nobody was on the road. 167 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 4: I didn't see any other cars. Then out of nowhere, 168 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 4: this car came up right next to me started driving alongside. 169 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 4: I thought, what do you know he wants to race? 170 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 4: He had an old, beat up rundown car. I thought, 171 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 4: what is he thinking? He didn't have a chance. I 172 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 4: took off and floored it. He caught back up to 173 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 4: me this time. When I looked over, he held up 174 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 4: his badge in the window. He pointed at me and said, 175 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 4: very sternly, slow down. I drove fifty five for the 176 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 4: next seven years. But if we were to obey these promptings, 177 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 4: God will keep us out of trouble. We'll avoid unnecessary 178 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: heartache and pain. And we know God says go into 179 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 4: all the world and share the good news. But God 180 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 4: also says, slow down on the freeway. Quite eating so 181 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 4: much junk, forgive your coworker, be kind to your neighbor, 182 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 4: pay attention to the practical things. The more you pass 183 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 4: these tests, the more God can trust you, the more 184 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 4: favor he'll release in your life. But if God has 185 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: to argue with you about everything, you make excuses why 186 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 4: you shouldn't follow those promptings, you'll get stuck. Isaiah said, 187 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 4: if you're willing and obedient, you will eat the good 188 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 4: of the land. When you learn this principle to just obey, 189 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 4: you feel that impression to call a friend and encourage them. 190 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 4: I'm going to call them. You hear that prompting, be 191 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 4: more discipline in your spending, your obedient. You have that 192 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 4: knowing on the inside. I know I need to eat healthier. 193 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 4: I know I need to visit my parents. I know 194 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 4: I need to take that class. Here's the key. The 195 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 4: I knows are God talking to you. You didn't just 196 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 4: come up with that. God is asking you to do it. 197 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 4: Don't dismiss it, don't put it off. The I knows 198 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: will lead you down that best path for your life. 199 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 4: And one way we know it's God. It doesn't go away. 200 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 4: It keeps coming up again and again in the middle 201 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 4: of the night. You're not even thinking about it, and 202 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: there it is. That's God wanting to get your attention. 203 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 4: And the scripture says God leads us by promptings. One 204 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 4: version says by suggestions. God won't force you to do something. 205 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 4: He won't override your will. He'll suggest it. Hey, give 206 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 4: the five bucks. It's up to us to do it. 207 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 4: I've learned the more you obey, the easier it is 208 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 4: to obey, the more sensitive you are to his voice. 209 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 4: The more you respond, the easier it is to respond. 210 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 4: You'll get to the place where you're guided by these promptings. 211 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 4: You take the suggestions, you pull back when you feel 212 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 4: in an arm. That's how the Holy Spirit leads us. 213 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 4: Paul talked about being a vessel used for God's highest purposes. 214 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: God is looking for people that he can count on, 215 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 4: People that at the slightest impression, the smallest suggestion, they move. 216 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: God says, go here, they go. Bless this person. They 217 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 4: bless them. Change in this area. They change. They don't argue, 218 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: they don't make excuses, they're not too busy. They just obey. 219 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 4: Psalm twenty five says the secret of the Lord is 220 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 4: with them that fear him. When you honor God, he 221 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 4: will tell you secrets. He will whisper things in your 222 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 4: inner ear, give you insight that you otherwise wouldn't have known. 223 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 4: You don't know how you know it. You can't explain it, 224 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 4: you just know it. Sometimes we hear about people getting 225 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 4: into trouble for insider trading. That means somebody on the 226 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 4: inside of the company is giving information to somebody on 227 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 4: the outside that's going to affect the price of the stock. 228 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 4: That way they can sell off or buy more. They 229 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 4: have an advantage because they have inside information. That's what 230 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 4: God does for us. He knows where the good breaks are. 231 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 4: He knows how to propel you years ahead. If you'll 232 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 4: be sensitive to that voice, God will give the inside information. 233 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 4: You'll know things that you shouldn't have known that will 234 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 4: propel you towards your destiny. A couple of years after 235 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 4: Victoria and I were married, we sold our town home 236 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 4: and were looking to buy a house. We found several 237 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 4: nice houses. We really liked them, but it didn't work out. 238 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: We came to this one, very rundown old house. Windows 239 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 4: were broken out, water dripping from the ceiling, foundation was 240 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 4: all missed up. The house was in very bad shape, 241 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 4: but it was in a nice neighborhood on a large 242 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 4: piece of property. Victoria and I looked at each other 243 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,719 Speaker 4: and said, this is it. This is the house for us. 244 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: We had just moved out of a beautiful town home 245 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 4: in the natural. It didn't make sense. Everything logically speaking 246 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 4: said this is going in the wrong direction. You're making 247 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 4: a big mistake. But in our inner ear down and 248 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: here something was whispering, this is for you. We purchased 249 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 4: the property. What no one knew was the neighborhood was 250 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 4: about to change the deed restrictions where you could subdivide 251 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 4: the lots. Two years later we sold half of the 252 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 4: property for more than we paid for the whole property. 253 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 4: That was God whispering secrets in our ear. Don't ignore 254 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 4: what you're hearing on the inside. May not seem logical, 255 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 4: but God can see things that you cannot see. He 256 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 4: knows where the advantages are. He knows how to accelerate 257 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 4: your dreams, how to make things happen quicker than you thought. 258 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 4: I talked to a gentleman recently, and he had applied 259 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 4: for a job at this large company. The interview went well. 260 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: They really liked the man, but they told him the 261 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 4: position wasn't going to be available for at least six months. 262 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 4: They weren't going to make a decision on who to 263 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 4: hire for some time, and when they did, they'd let 264 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 4: him know. About a month later. He woke up one 265 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 4: morning and something said to him so strongly, you need 266 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: to call the company and check on the position. They 267 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 4: had just told him that it would be six months. 268 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 4: He didn't want to seem overly anxious or do anything 269 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 4: that might put them off, but he couldn't get away 270 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 4: from it. That afternoon, finally he picked up the phone 271 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 4: and called the men. Said, I can't believe you're calling. 272 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 4: The position is not supposed to open up till next year, 273 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 4: but earlier this morning we had a meeting and decided 274 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 4: to fill it right now. He asked the man, can 275 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 4: you start next week? Friends, God knows it all. We 276 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: have inside information. Don't ignore those promptings. That's God whispering 277 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 4: secrets in your ear. If you'll just obey, God will 278 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 4: give you an advantage. He'll make things happen that you 279 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 4: could never make happen. In the scripture, there was a 280 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 4: man named Naeman. He was a captain in the Syrian army, 281 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 4: a very well respected and influential man, but he had 282 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 4: leprosy and incurable disease. A young maid that worked for 283 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 4: him told him that if you'll go see the prophet 284 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 4: Elisha in Israel, Elisha will pray for you and you'll 285 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 4: be healed. Naeman took the young lady's advice, traveled a 286 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 4: great distance showed up at Elisha's house, but Elisha didn't 287 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 4: go out to meet him at the door. He didn't 288 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: go pray over him. Elisha told his assistant to go 289 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 4: tell Naeman, if he will wash in the Jordan River 290 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 4: seven times, he'll be healed. 291 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: Well. 292 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 4: Naeman was offended. He thought, does he know who I am? 293 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 4: Does he know how far I've traveled? And if I 294 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 4: need to wash in a river, it's not going to 295 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 4: be the Jordan River. That's dirty. We have much cleaner 296 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 4: rivers back at home. He came up with all these excuses. 297 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 4: That doesn't make sense, that's not logical. God is not 298 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 4: going to explain everything that he asked us to do. 299 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 4: This is what faith is all about. You just have 300 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 4: to trust him. Naeman almost missed his miracle. He turned 301 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 4: around and was about to go back home until his 302 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 4: assistant said, Naemon, if he would have asked you to 303 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 4: do something hard, you would have done it. Why don't 304 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 4: you do this small thing? Naeman said, Well, I thought 305 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 4: Elisha would come out and wave his hand over me 306 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 4: and like magic, make me whole. He had a pre 307 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 4: conceived idea of how God was going to do it. 308 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 4: You can't put God in a box. He may not 309 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 4: bring your dream to pass the way you're thinking. He 310 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: may not turn the problem around in a traditional manner. 311 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 4: God's ways are not our ways. They are better than 312 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 4: our ways. Stay open and let God do it his way. 313 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 4: Nahemon didn't want to do a small thing, but I've 314 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 4: learned small acts of obedience lead to big blessings. It's 315 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 4: not necessarily what you're doing. It's the obedience that activates 316 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 4: God's power. When you obey in small things, when it 317 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 4: doesn't seem like it matters, when nobody's watching, when you 318 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 4: don't feel like it, but you keep doing the right thing, 319 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 4: You're faithful. You're a person of excellence. Obedience in the 320 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 4: small leads to God's blessings in great ways. This assistant 321 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 4: talk Naemon In to going down and washing in the 322 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 4: Jordan riverne iagine when naem And got in, he thought, 323 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 4: this is dirty, it stinks. I don't like it. Everything 324 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 4: in his mind was saying, you're wasting your time. This 325 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 4: is not making any difference. If you allow it, your 326 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 4: mind can talk you out of your miracle. Negative thoughts 327 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 4: can keep us from God's best. Naem And dip down 328 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 4: in the water. The first time he came up, he 329 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 4: checked his skin. Nothing had changed. Dip down the second time, nothing, 330 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 4: third time nothing, fourth time nothing. I'm sure he thought, 331 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 4: if this was going to work, i'd be getting better 332 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 4: by now. I've done the right thing four times in 333 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 4: a row. I've done exactly what that prophet said, and 334 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 4: I'm not any better. He was discouraged, felt like going 335 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 4: back home again. He thought, you know what come this far, 336 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 4: might as well finish it out. Dip down the fifth time, nothing, 337 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 4: sixth time nothing. What's interesting is Naeman didn't have the 338 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 4: faith that it was going to happen. He didn't believe 339 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 4: to get well. He wasn't singing praises, thanking God that 340 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 4: the answer was coming. He was complaining negative sour, going 341 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 4: to tell his maid, you're not getting raised this time. 342 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 4: Some prophets you sent me to He dipped down that 343 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 4: seventh time. When he came up, his skin was perfectly normal, 344 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 4: looked like a baby's skin. Here's my point. The healing 345 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: wasn't in the water, or he would have been healed 346 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 4: the first time. The healing was in the obedience. Could 347 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 4: it be that your healing will come when you obey 348 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 4: your promotion, Your breakthrough, the restoration will come if you'll 349 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 4: just keep doing the right thing. Well, Joel, I'm being 350 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 4: my best. I'm honoring God. I don't see anything happening. 351 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 4: Don't worry. Your time is coming. You may be on 352 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 4: number four, number five, the good news number seven is 353 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 4: on the way. God rewards obedience. Your healing is coming. 354 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: People are coming, new opportunities are coming, Freedom is coming. 355 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 4: Keep being obedient, stay on that high road. It may 356 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 4: be uncomfortable, it may not be fair, but God is 357 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 4: in complete control. He's a rewarder of those that honor him. Now, 358 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 4: I love the fact that Naeman's obedience overrode the fact 359 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 4: that he didn't have the faith. This is how powerful 360 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 4: obedience is. There are times in our life that we 361 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 4: don't feel like we have the faith we need. We 362 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 4: want to believe, but we don't see how we could 363 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 4: get well, how we could accomplish a dream, how our 364 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 4: future is going to be bright. Here's the key. Until 365 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: your faith grows, just keep being obedient, doing what you 366 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 4: know to do, following that still small voice. Your obedience 367 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 4: will override the fact that you don't have enough faith. 368 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 4: I can't prove it, but I believe that Naeman got 369 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 4: healed while he was complaining. I don't like this water, 370 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 4: it's dirty, it smells bad. He came up the seventh time. 371 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 4: I told you it wasn't going to work, looked at 372 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 4: his arms, couldn't believe it. He went from complaining to 373 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: giving praise. He said, now I know the God of 374 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 4: Israel is the true and the living God, and I'm 375 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 4: not for complaining, talking, defeat, being negative. There are examples 376 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 4: where that keeps people out of their promised land, but 377 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 4: in this case, obedience overrode all that light, Naielman. When 378 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 4: you face situations you don't like and you don't understand it, 379 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 4: the odds are against you. If you'll just keep doing 380 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 4: the right thing, your breakthrough is on the way. When 381 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 4: you obey, miracles happen, healing is released, new doors will open. 382 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 4: See every time you obey, you're sowing a seed when 383 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: it's difficult, you're uncomfortable, you don't feel like it, but 384 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 4: you do it anyway. You are sowing an extra ordinary seed. 385 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: That means you're going to reap an extraordinary harvest. God 386 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 4: will never ask you to do something and then not 387 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 4: give you the power to do it. When he asked 388 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 4: you to walk away from a friend that's pulling you down, 389 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 4: or to get rid of a habit that you know 390 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 4: is ruining your health. He's not trying to take something 391 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 4: from you. He's trying to get something better to you. 392 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 4: If you will just obey, you'll come up to a 393 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 4: new level of your destiny. Growing up, we knew this 394 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 4: man that loved to play the piano. He was very talented, 395 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 4: but he had rheumatoid arthritis. Over the years, it kept 396 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 4: getting worse and worse, and he came to the point 397 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 4: where his fingers were all bent over like a fist. 398 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 4: He couldn't open them up. His joints were swollen, very painful, 399 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 4: and obviously he couldn't play the piano anymore. One day, 400 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 4: he heard my father talking about the importance of forgiveness, 401 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: how we should let things go, and how when we 402 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 4: carry bitterness and hold a grudge, it poisons our life. 403 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 4: He felt convicted. He had held something against his parents 404 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 4: for many years. He felt like they had done him wrong, 405 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 4: and he'd carried around this bitterness year after year. He 406 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 4: knew to let it go. He'd heard the still small 407 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 4: voice saying, hey, move on with your life, but he 408 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,199 Speaker 4: wouldn't do it. But that day, when he heard my father, 409 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 4: he made a decision that he was going to forgive 410 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 4: his parents. He didn't feel like doing it, he didn't 411 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 4: think they deserved it, but out of an act of obedience, 412 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 4: he let it go. Over the next few months, little 413 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 4: by little, his fingers started opening up, the swellings started 414 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 4: going down, the pain started subsiding. A year later, he 415 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 4: could sit down and play the piano like he had 416 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 4: never missed a beat. The healing was in the obedience. 417 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 4: He sowed an extraordinary sea forgiven somebody it hurt him, 418 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 4: he reaped an extraordinary harvest. His health was restored. Is 419 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 4: there something you've been putting off you know you should do? Maybe, 420 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 4: like him, you feel like you have a great right 421 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 4: to hold a grudge, to be angry they did you wrong. 422 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,479 Speaker 4: All that's going to do is poison your own life, 423 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 4: affect your dreams, affect your health. You have to forgive 424 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 4: so you can be free. Forgive so your healing will 425 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 4: be released. Not just physically, but when you let it go, 426 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 4: God can make you emotionally whole. That's when he'll give 427 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 4: you beauty for ashes. You'll start loving again, start laughing again, 428 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 4: start dreaming again. Now I know faith gets God's attention, 429 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 4: but obedience activates God's power. You can have great faith, 430 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 4: but if you're ignoring the still small voice, if you're 431 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 4: overriding what you know God wants you to deal with, 432 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 4: it can keep you from your miracle. And sometimes God 433 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 4: God ask us to do a hard thing. God told 434 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 4: Abraham to take his son Isaac. This was the son 435 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 4: that Abraham and Sarah had waited twenty years to have. 436 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 4: They had prayed and believed. Now finally little Isaac is here. 437 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 4: Abraham was to take Isaac up on a mountain and 438 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 4: sacrifice him. They took a three day journey, went way 439 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 4: up on this mountain, but just when Abraham was about 440 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 4: to follow through, God said, Abraham, don't do it. I 441 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 4: just wanted to see if you would be obedient. When 442 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 4: it was extremely difficult, Abraham looked over and saw a 443 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 4: ram caught in the bush, and he knew that was 444 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 4: the sacrifice. And what's interesting is rams don't normally go 445 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 4: that high up in the mountain. That's not natural to them. 446 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 4: But when you do what God's asking you to do, 447 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 4: every step you take in obedience, the ram is taking 448 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 4: a step towards you. You may not be able to 449 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 4: see it. Joel, I'm doing the right thing. Doesn't look 450 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 4: like anything's changing. What you can't see is on the 451 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 4: other side of the mountain. You're healing, your provision, your abundance, 452 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 4: your breakthrough is making its way towards you. Like with Abraham, 453 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 4: we're not gonna understand. Everything God asks us to do. 454 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 4: May be difficult. It's hard to forgive someone that hurts you. 455 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 4: It's hard to keep a good attitude when the medical 456 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 4: report is negative. But if you'll sow this extraordinary seed 457 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 4: and be obedient, then get ready. You're going to see 458 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: God's favor in extraordinary ways. I'm asking you today to 459 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:40,239 Speaker 4: just obey. Don't try to figure it out, don't overanalyze it. 460 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 4: Just do what you know God's asking you to do. 461 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 4: Pay attention to the still small voice. Start listening with 462 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 4: your inner ear. God wants to whisper secrets, give you 463 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 4: inside information that will propel you towards your destiny. If 464 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 4: you'll do this, I believe and declare God is to 465 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 4: lead you down the best path for your life. You're 466 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 4: going to see favor, increase, promotion, healing, vindication, the fullness 467 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 4: of your destiny in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 468 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 4: can you say him in today We never like to 469 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 470 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 471 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 472 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 473 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 474 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 475 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 4: God first place. He's going to take your places that 476 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed. Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 477 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 4: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 478 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 4: podcast to keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week. 479 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 3: Help us to continue to share the message of hope 480 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 3: with those all around the world. 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