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I like to 47 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this man 48 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 5: he was the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood. 49 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 5: Every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors were eating cold fish, 50 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: he was in the backyard grilling a steak. They couldn't 51 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 5: stand the temptation and decided to try to convert him 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 5: to Catholicism. He finally agreed. A priest came over and 53 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 5: sprinkled water on his head, said, you were born a Baptist, 54 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: you were raised a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic. 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 5: The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they 56 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 5: smelled the same smell in the air. They rushed to 57 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 5: his backyard. He was back there sprinkling water over his steak, saying, 58 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 5: you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 59 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: but now you're a fish. Hold up your Bible and 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 61 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 62 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 63 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 64 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 65 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 67 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 5: about are you listening right now? There are hundreds of 68 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 5: radio frequencies in the air, hundreds of television signals all 69 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: around us, yet we're not receiving any of them. The 70 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 5: reason is we're not tuned in. If we were to 71 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 5: get a radio tuned to that frequency, we would hear 72 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 5: what the station was saying. In the same way, God 73 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 5: is constantly transmitting to us. He wants to lead us, 74 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 5: guide us, protect us, give us insight, but too often 75 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 5: we're not tuned to his frequency. You have to pay 76 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 5: attention to what you're feeling down in here. God doesn't 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 5: speak to us most of the time out loud like 78 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 5: you see on the movies. He speaks to us through 79 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 5: subtle things. You have an unrest and uneasiness, you don't 80 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 5: feel good about something that's not just your nerves. That's 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 5: God saying go slow, be careful, there's danger up ahead. 82 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 5: It can be a prompting, a suggestion. All of a sudden, 83 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 5: you have a desire to check on your child, to 84 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 5: call a friend, to start a new class. It's easy 85 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 5: to think, oh, I don't need to do that. Now 86 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 5: you've heard the phrase trust your gut. A better way 87 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 5: to put it is trust your censor. That's God telling 88 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 5: you what to do. There are times that God will 89 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 5: give you intuition. You just know something. You can't explain it. 90 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 5: You don't have facts to back you up. You just 91 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 5: know that you know that you know. Don't override that, 92 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 5: don't talk yourself out of it. That's God giving you 93 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 5: inside information, helping you to know things that you wouldn't 94 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 5: normally know. Some people say that's the universe talking to you. 95 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 5: I like to add two words. That's the creator of 96 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 5: the universe talking to you. That's your heavenly Father. He 97 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 5: didn't just put you on the earth and say good luck. 98 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 5: You're on your own. I hope you make it. No, 99 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 5: He's given you a helper, a guide, a counselor. His 100 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 5: spirit lives in you. The question is are you listening. 101 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 5: In nineteen ninety nine, I was eating dinner at my 102 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 5: house one evening. My father called and asked me if 103 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 5: I would speak for him that Sunday at Lakewood. In 104 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 5: my thirty six years, i'd never ministered one time before. 105 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 5: I didn't have any desire to be up in front 106 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 5: of people. I liked being behind the scenes. I said, 107 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, Daddy, that's just not who I am. I'm 108 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 5: not a minister. He laughed and said, well, let's find joy. 109 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 5: At least I wanted to ask you. When I sat 110 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 5: back down to finish eating my dinner, something said so strongly, Joel, 111 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 5: you need to do it. Wasn't out loud, It was 112 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 5: just an impression, a knowing. I can't explain it. It 113 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 5: didn't make sense to my mind. Every voice of reasoning 114 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 5: said don't do it. But I couldn't get away from it. 115 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 5: Called my father back, said I'd changed my mind. I 116 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 5: ministered for him that next Sunday. What I didn't realize 117 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: is that would be the last Sunday of my father's life. 118 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: The next Friday, he had a heart attack. In what 119 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 5: to be with the Lord. Had I not ministered that Sunday, 120 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 5: I don't know if I would have had the courage 121 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 5: to step up and pasture the church. God knows what's 122 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 5: best for us. He knows what you need and when 123 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 5: you need it. He knows how to put you at 124 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 5: the right place at the right time. He knows where 125 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 5: the danger is, where the good breaks are. Now I 126 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 5: could have overridden that feeling, ignore it, listen to my mind, 127 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 5: thought that's crazy I'm not getting up there. No, I've 128 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 5: learned to trust my censor. That's one of my strengths. 129 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 5: I won't go against what I'm feeling down in here 130 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 5: in my mind. It may seem impossible. All the odds 131 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 5: are against me. I don't have the qualifications, but if 132 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 5: I feel good about it in my heart, I'm going 133 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 5: to move forward. On the other hand, if there's an 134 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: unrest and uneasiness I don't have peace, it can be 135 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 5: a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm going to pass. 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 5: Don't ignore the promptings, the impressions, the knowings. That's God 137 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: talking to you. Proverbs three says, listen to God's voice 138 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 5: in everything you do and everywhere you go. He's the 139 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,239 Speaker 5: one who will keep you on the best path. God 140 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: wants to help you in your everyday life, not just 141 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 5: big decisions, but even small things. I wonder how much 142 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 5: more favor we would have, how much lefs frustration and 143 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 5: heartache we would see if all through the day we 144 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 5: would be sensitive to what we're feeling, the promptings, the suggestions, 145 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 5: the uneasiness at the mall. We don't feel good about 146 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: that purchase, No big deal. We put it back at 147 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 5: the office, we feel an unrest toward a certain person, 148 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: we back away. At home, we feel a prompting to 149 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 5: spend time with our child, we obey. At night, we 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 5: hear that suggestion, turn off the TV, go to bed, 151 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 5: you need your rest. We turn it off. In the kitchen, 152 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 5: about to eat our third piece of pecan pie, we 153 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 5: hear the voice saying, don't do it. Instead of saying, 154 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 5: get behind me, satan, we walk away. Pay attention to 155 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 5: what you're feeling. Don't ignore the impressions, the promptings. God 156 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 5: speaks to us in a still small voice. It's not thunder. 157 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 5: He's not going to boom out lightning to get your attention. 158 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 5: It's not going to flash it across your TV screen. 159 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 5: My son speak for your father this Sunday. It's going 160 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 5: to be subtle. If you're going to hear a whisper, 161 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 5: you've got to get close. You've got to be tuned in. 162 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 5: It's got to be a priority. You're not going to 163 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 5: hear it by accident with the busyness of the day, 164 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 5: the stress of the office, running here and there on purpose. 165 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 5: You have to ask yourself, what are my feeling? What 166 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 5: a my sensy Take time to get quiet, develop this 167 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 5: art of listening. I was at the mall one time 168 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 5: and I found this tide that I really liked. When 169 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 5: I find something that I like, it doesn't take me long. 170 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 5: I don't debate it, I don't overanalyze it. Like most men, 171 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 5: we don't need two hours in the store. Give us 172 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 5: ten minutes and we'll find what we need. I walked 173 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 5: up to the counter to pay, and I heard something 174 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 5: say to me, not my mind, but my heart, Joel, 175 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 5: don't buy it now. Just wait. It wasn't thunder, wasn't 176 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 5: lightning flashing across the sky. It was just a small uneasiness, 177 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 5: just a slight check. If you're not tuned in, you'll 178 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 5: ignore it and you'll move on. And in the natural, 179 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 5: there was no reason why I shouldn't buy the tie. 180 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 5: But I had that check, and I told Victoria, I 181 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 5: think I'm going to wait, and I set it down. 182 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 5: A couple of hours later, just before we were to 183 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 5: leave the mall, Victoria wanted to run into one last store, 184 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 5: and I never shop at this store, but I went 185 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 5: with her. As we were passing the men's department, she said, Joel, 186 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 5: there's that exact tie you wanted to buy. I walked 187 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 5: over picked it up. It was marked down to half price. 188 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 5: I felt real good about it. Then, if you will 189 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 5: pay attention to these impressions, fall of these promptings, you'll 190 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 5: see God's goodness in your everyday life. I pray each 191 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 5: morning God helped my spiritual ears to be open and 192 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 5: sensitive to your voice. God, help me to hear what 193 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 5: you're saying today. That God is not speaking, It's not 194 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 5: that he's not giving us direction. It's the fact that 195 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 5: we're not always paying attention. If we'll listen in everything 196 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 5: we do and everywhere we go, God will lead us 197 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 5: down the best path. He wants to give you wisdom, direction, protection, 198 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 5: guidance that will save you heartache, make your life easier, 199 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 5: give you breaks that'll put your years ahead. I have 200 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 5: a friend that bought some property way out in the 201 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 5: middle of nowhere. He hardly paid anything for it, less 202 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 5: than one hundred dollars an acre. He bought several hundred acres. 203 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: On the surface, it seemed like that he had wasted 204 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 5: his money. The land was dry and barren. You couldn't 205 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 5: grow crops on it, you couldn't raise cattle. It was 206 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 5: like the desert just rocks. Clay and cactus. He would 207 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 5: go out from time to time and check on it. 208 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 5: Always puzzled me as to why he bought that property. 209 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 5: I thought, surely he must have some family up in 210 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 5: that area. One day we were talking and it came up, 211 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 5: and I asked him why he purchased it. He said, Joel, 212 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 5: I don't really know. I was just driving by it 213 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 5: and I felt drawn to it. I felt such a peace. 214 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 5: I knew that property was supposed to be mine. I 215 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 5: thought to myself, the next time you feel drawn to something, 216 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 5: you need to do your research first. You need to 217 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 5: find some property that's going to increase in value. Didn't 218 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 5: make sense to me. Fifteen years later, he was notified 219 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 5: that the state was putting in a new highway. It 220 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 5: was going to go right through his property. They had 221 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 5: to buy him out. He sold that for more than 222 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 5: one hundred times what he paid for it. Next time 223 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:54,719 Speaker 5: he buys property, I'm buying next door. This man is 224 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 5: an older gentleman. He's kind of country. A reporter from 225 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 5: the regional newspaper was talking to him and said, sir, 226 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 5: you really know how to pick a good piece of property. 227 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 5: He said, yes, my father told me about this. The 228 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 5: reporter said, I didn't know your dad was in real estate. 229 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 5: The man pointed up and said, no, I'm talking about 230 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: my heavenly father. He knows where everything is, But how 231 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 5: could he have possibly chosen that piece of property over 232 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 5: all the other pieces of property. Here's how he was 233 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 5: tuned in to the right frequency. He followed the impression 234 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 5: on the inside. When you listen to the still small voice, 235 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 5: you'll come across favor, good breaks, supernatural opportunities. God will 236 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 5: give you insight to know things that you had no 237 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 5: way of knowing. You just feel it. You can't explain it. 238 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 5: You don't have facts backing you up. You don't have 239 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 5: twenty years worth of research, but you do have the 240 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 5: spirit of the Most High God. On the inside. You 241 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 5: have a helper, a counselor, a researcher and adviser, a protector. 242 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 5: He's talking. Make sure you're listening. My brother in law, Kevin, 243 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 5: told how his washing machine had broken at his house. 244 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 5: Kevin's very good with his hands. He's mechanically minded. He 245 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 5: can fix just about anything. He pulled the Washington machine 246 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 5: out to take a look at it. He disconnected the 247 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 5: hoses in the back. He turned the water off, they're 248 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 5: at the fawcet in the wall. He knew he needed 249 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 5: some more parts and was going to work on it later. 250 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: As he was about to leave the house, something said 251 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 5: to him, again, not out loud, just an impression. Wasn't 252 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 5: even thinking about it. It said, Kevin, you need to 253 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 5: put a cap on that fawcet in case the valve breaks. 254 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 5: When you turn the fawcet off for your washing machine. 255 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 5: You don't normally need to put a cap on it. 256 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 5: But he heard this distinctly several different times. Kevin thought, Oh, 257 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 5: I'm just being overly cautious. I don't need the cap, 258 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 5: but it's not going to hurt anything. He left the house. 259 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 5: Three hours later, he received a phone call, Kevin, come home. 260 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 5: There's water all over your floors, the kitchen, the den, 261 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 5: the living room. He said, Joel, I heard it so strongly, 262 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 5: but I ignored it. Friends, God wants to make your 263 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 5: life easier if you will listen in everything you do 264 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 5: and everywhere you go. God can save you from bad breaks, 265 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 5: from heartache, from difficulties. All of us can look back 266 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 5: and say, like Kevin, I knew I was supposed to 267 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 5: stay away from that person. I knew I was supposed 268 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 5: to start eating better. I knew I was supposed to 269 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 5: be more disciplined. We ignore it and it ended up 270 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 5: making our life more difficult. One time, my father was 271 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 5: driving on the feeder. He was about to get on 272 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 5: the freeway. He's in a big hurry, going twenty miles 273 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 5: an hour over the speed limit. As he approached a curve, 274 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 5: something said to him, you better slow down. There's a 275 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 5: policeman around the corner. He heard it very clearly, but 276 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 5: he ignored it. He got around the corner and sure enough, 277 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 5: there was a police officer had his radar gun out 278 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 5: pulled my father over to give him a ticket. When 279 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 5: the officer came up to the window, my dad had 280 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 5: a big smile on his face. He said, officer, you're 281 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 5: not gonna believe this, but God told me you were here. 282 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 5: That policeman looked at my dad like he was from 283 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 5: another planet. He took his driver's license. He came back 284 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 5: in a few minutes. He said, listen here, preacher. I'm 285 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 5: gonna let you go, but the next time God speaks 286 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 5: to you, you better listen. A friend of ours was 287 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 5: a Methodist minister for many years, very popular on television. 288 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 5: He had this long Southern drawing got pulled over by 289 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: a policeman. He said, oh, officer, don't give me a ticket. 290 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 5: I'm just a poor old preacher. The officer said, I 291 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 5: know that. I heard you last Sunday on television. The 292 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 5: point is, don't override the alarms. When you feel uncomfortable. 293 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 5: The uneasiness arm is going off. Pull back and see 294 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 5: what God is saying. You may be in the middle 295 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 5: of a conversation and the alarm goes off. You know 296 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 5: you're supposed to walk away. Don't ignore it. Or you're 297 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 5: about to purchase something, you're about to make some plans 298 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 5: and you feel that check, that uneasiness, that alarm. That's 299 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 5: not random. That's God talking to you. If you'll learn 300 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 5: to listen, God can keep you from trouble. He can 301 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 5: keep you from danger. The scripture calls these promptings. In 302 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 5: other words, God is not going to force us to 303 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 5: do it. He's going to prompt us, and then it's 304 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 5: up to us. Hey, don't buy the tie, put a 305 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 5: cap on it, slow down on the freeway. It's a suggestion, 306 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 5: a prompting. If we don't obey it, if we just 307 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 5: ignore it, it's going to make it more difficult on ourselves. 308 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 5: We'll miss the blessing, the favor, the protection. We'll have 309 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 5: to deal with things that God could have saved us from. 310 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,479 Speaker 5: A young man I know used to do landscaping in 311 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 5: our neighborhood. Saw him one day. He was all beat up. 312 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 5: He had black eyes, his lips were swollen, He had 313 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 5: this broken wrist, looked like he had been in an accident. 314 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 5: And I asked him what had happened. He explained how 315 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 5: on his way home from work he had gotten carjacked. 316 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 5: He was sitting at a light. These guys came up, 317 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 5: pulled him out of the car, beat him up, took 318 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 5: his wallet, a lot of his equipment. Then he said 319 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 5: something interesting. This young man, he wasn't necessarily a religious 320 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 5: type person. He wasn't raised in church. But he said, Joel, 321 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 5: the funny thing is, something told me to not go 322 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 5: home that way, very clearly. On the inside. Something said 323 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 5: you need to take another route. He heard it so 324 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 5: strongly that he even answered it back. In his mind. 325 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 5: He thought, why do I need to go another way? 326 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 5: This is the way I always go. That doesn't make sense. 327 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 5: There was this debate taking place, but he ignored it. 328 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 5: He said, I realize now that was God trying to 329 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 5: protect me from danger. The next time, I'm going to listen. See, 330 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 5: God knows where the pitfalls are. He knows where the 331 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 5: danger is. All through the day. Be sensitive, pay attention 332 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 5: to these promptings. I've learned. God won't allow us to 333 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 5: make a major mistake without first giving us warnings. The 334 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 5: scripture says God will always provide a way of escape. 335 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 5: Could it be that God is providing a way out, 336 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 5: giving you wisdom, direction, intuition, protection, trying to keep you 337 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 5: from danger. But like my friend, you're overwriting it and 338 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 5: it may not be something as dramatic as he faced. 339 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 5: It may be when you're around a certain person you 340 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 5: feel an unrest and uneasiness, that alarm is going off. 341 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 5: They seem nice, friendly, kind. You can't put your finger 342 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 5: on it. Something is just not right. Don't ignore it. 343 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 5: That's God trying to keep you from heartache. If you'll listen, 344 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 5: God will give you discernment. A lot of people are 345 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 5: not who they say they are. They may seem fine 346 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 5: on the outside, but they have wrong motives. They want 347 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 5: to be your friend for what you can do for them. 348 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 5: They're takers and never givers. Once they use you up. 349 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 5: They'll move on to the next person, no matter how 350 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 5: good they look, no matter how fine she is, no 351 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 5: matter how much money he has. He may be tall, dark, handsome, 352 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 5: and rich. But if you hear that alarm going off, 353 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 5: you need to be smart enough to walk away. All 354 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 5: that glitters is not gold. Don't override those warnings. If 355 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 5: they're not the right person for you, that means God 356 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 5: has somebody better in store now. I've talked to too 357 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 5: many people that overrode what they were feeling. Years later, 358 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 5: there's heartache, broken dreams, pain. It all could have been avoided. 359 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 5: Don't be so set on having it your way that 360 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 5: you ignore what you're feeling. That uneasiness is not just 361 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 5: your not just you being overly cautious. That's God saying 362 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 5: keep you distanced, stay away. They may be a good person, 363 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: they're just not good for you. This is one of 364 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 5: the most important principles you could ever learn. If you 365 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 5: will trust your censor, not go against what you're feeling, 366 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 5: not override the alarms, God will lead you down the 367 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 5: best path. You won't waste valuable time involved in things 368 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 5: that you were never supposed to be involved in. Have 369 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 5: some friends. This couple that lived in another state, and 370 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 5: the lady was a very gifted singer. She had an 371 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 5: incredible voice. She was working as an executive at a 372 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 5: marketing company, but her dream was to be in full 373 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 5: time ministry. She wanted to use her gift to bless others. 374 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 5: One day, she received a phone call out of the 375 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 5: blue from one of the largest, most prominent ministries of 376 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 5: that time. They offered her a full time position to 377 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 5: come and lead worship. Her dream job not only be 378 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 5: singing in large auditoriums all over the world, but to 379 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 5: many more people through the television ministry. She and her 380 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,239 Speaker 5: husband were on cloud nine. God had done more than 381 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 5: they could even imagine. They went out and celebrated, but 382 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 5: over the next week or so, they both began to 383 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 5: feel and unrest. In their mind. It was an easy decision. 384 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 5: They were excited take the job, but in their heart, 385 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 5: the alarm was going off. Something was saying, be careful, 386 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 5: this is not right. The husband felt it so strongly, 387 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 5: but he didn't want to say anything to his wife. 388 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 5: He didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm. He thought it 389 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 5: was just his nerves thinking about the change and having 390 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 5: to move across the country. But in a few days 391 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 5: his wife came to him said, honey, you're going to 392 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 5: think I'm crazy, but we need to talk. I don't 393 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 5: think I should take the job. He explained how he 394 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 5: felt the same way. When they made the decision to 395 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 5: not take it. It was like a heavy burden had 396 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 5: been lift off of them. They felt a peace. What's 397 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 5: interesting is a few months later that ministry that they 398 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 5: were going to join was involved in a huge controversy. 399 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 5: It was all over the news. Several months later, ninety 400 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 5: percent of the employees were let go. The ministry basically 401 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 5: shut down. Here they would have just moved across the country, 402 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 5: sold their house, quit their jobs, taken their children out 403 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 5: of school, off for nothing. Friends, God can see the 404 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 5: big picture for your life. He knows what's best for you. 405 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 5: Don't override the warnings, don't ignore the unrest. God is 406 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 5: not trying to keep you from your dreams. He's trying 407 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 5: to keep you from heartache. He wants to keep you 408 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 5: on the best path for your life. Will you trust him? 409 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 5: Colossians three says, let peace act as an umpire. An 410 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 5: umpire calls a safe or out before you make a decision. 411 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 5: See if you have peace you get into relationship with 412 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 5: that person. Check your heart. Do you have peace before 413 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 5: you buy that new car, before you take that job, 414 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 5: before you eat that crispy Crean doughnut. See if you 415 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 5: have peace. If there's an unrest and uneasiness, then don't 416 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 5: move forward. Let peace be the umpire. It tells you 417 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 5: yes or no. How many people get into relationship with 418 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 5: someone that they didn't have peace about and they end 419 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 5: up miserable. They buy things they didn't have peace about, 420 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 5: They end up in debt, They take a job they 421 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 5: didn't have peace about, They end up frustrated. Here's the key. 422 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 5: If you don't have peace before you make the decision, 423 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 5: you're not going to have peace after you make the decision. 424 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 5: If you don't have peace about that person now, you're 425 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 5: not going to have peace if you get into relationship. 426 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 5: If you don't have peace about buying that new car, 427 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 5: you're not going to have peace when the payments come 428 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 5: each month. If you don't have peace about taking that job, 429 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 5: you want to peace when you go to work each day. 430 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 5: It may pay more money, be more influential, have more benefits, 431 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 5: but if you don't have peace, it means it's not 432 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: the right job for you. God has something better. Let 433 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 5: peace be empire. For years, my father tried to buy 434 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 5: the property across the street from our first small church. 435 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 5: Was a big open field twenty acres, had a bunch 436 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 5: of cows grazing on it, and at that time Lakewood 437 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 5: only owned two acres. That was barely enough room for 438 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 5: the services and the people to park. My dad knew 439 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 5: that one day he was going to build a larger sanctuary. 440 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 5: They were going to expand, so that property was extremely 441 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 5: valuable to him. He went and met with the owners 442 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 5: and they were willing to sell it. They wanted four 443 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 5: hundred thousand dollars and that was a fair price back then, 444 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 5: twenty thousand dollars an acre. They were even willing to 445 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 5: finance it. My dad was prepared to present it to 446 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 5: the congregation start raising the funds. Down here, something didn't 447 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: feel right. He had that unrest. He thought it was 448 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 5: just his nerves and tried to push it down, but 449 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 5: week after week it wouldn't go away. Every time he 450 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 5: thought about it, he could hear the alarm going off. Finally, 451 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 5: he told the owners that Lakewood wasn't going to purchase it. 452 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 5: Five years went by my dad, God all stirred up. 453 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 5: We need that property, we need a bigger sanctuary. He 454 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 5: went back. The owner said, fine, we'll sell it to 455 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 5: you for the same amount as we asked before. Just 456 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 5: as he was about to announce it, he could hear 457 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 5: the alarm going off again. He felt that same uneasiness 458 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 5: in his mind. It didn't make sense. Now he had 459 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 5: the money, they had the property, but no peace. Five 460 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 5: years later, ten years after the initial meeting, he went 461 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 5: back to meet with the owners. This time, the market 462 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 5: had gone down, the economy was low, and those owners 463 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: were desperate to sell. My father walked in. The owner said, 464 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 5: we asked twenty thousand an acre before. How about we 465 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 5: sell it to you for five thousand an acre now? 466 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 5: My dad said, I think that would be okay, And 467 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 5: the property went from four hundred thousand dollars to one 468 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 5: hundred thousand. When you feel an unrest and uneasiness, that's 469 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 5: not God trying to keep something from you. That's God 470 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 5: trying to get something better to you. Now, don't be 471 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 5: hard headed, don't have to settle for second best. Thank well, 472 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 5: I'm gonna do my own thing, my own way. Or 473 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 5: if you'll let God lead you, he'll do more than 474 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 5: you can ask or think. Job. Put it this way, 475 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 5: God speaks to us in different ways, but we don't 476 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 5: always hear his voice. God is constantly transmitting to you. 477 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,719 Speaker 5: My question is are you tuned in? Are you on 478 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 5: the right frequency? Pay attention to what you're feeling down 479 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 5: in here, the promptings, the suggestions, the uneasiness. Remember it's 480 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 5: a still small voice. You're not going to hear this 481 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 5: by accident. It's got to be a priority. God, what 482 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 5: are you saying to me today? Not just in the 483 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 5: big decisions, but everywhere you go and in everything you do. 484 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 5: Be sensitive, don't override the warnings, don't ignore the alarms. 485 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 5: Let peace act as the empire. If you'll do this, 486 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 5: God promises he'll lead you, guide you, protect you, show 487 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 5: you his favor, give you inside information. And I believe 488 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,239 Speaker 5: and declare you will rise higher, overcome every obstacle, and 489 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 5: become everything God's created you to be. 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