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God bless you. 41 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,639 Speaker 6: It is always our joy to come into your homes 42 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 6: each week, and I'll say it often we come with 43 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 6: good news because we know God rewards people that seek 44 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 6: after Him and that's you, or you wouldn't be watching today. 45 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 6: And I hope if you're ever in our area you'll 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 6: stop by and see us. We give you a personal 47 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 6: invitation and we'd love to have you to be a 48 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 6: part of one of our services. But thanks for tuning 49 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 6: in today. And I like to get started with something 50 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 6: funny each week, so listen to this one. A minister 51 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 6: was raising money for a new sanctuary. He said to 52 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 6: the congregation, anyone that will give one thousand dollars can 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 6: pick out the next three hymns. A little old lady 54 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 6: stood up the back and said, Pastor, I'll do it. 55 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 6: He was so excited. He said that's great. Now, what 56 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 6: hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation and said, 57 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 6: I'll take him and him and him. All right, hold 58 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 6: up your bible. Say it like you mean that you're ready. 59 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 6: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 60 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 4: I am. 61 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 62 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I'll be taught 63 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 6: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 64 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 6: my heart is recept I will never be the same. 65 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 66 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about the importance 67 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 6: of following peace. God wants to lead every one of us, 68 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 6: and the Holy Spirit is called our helper He's there 69 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 6: to guide us, to direct us, and to help us 70 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 6: make good decisions in life. And one of the main 71 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 6: ways God leads us is by peace. When something is right, 72 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 6: it just feels good right down in here, there's a peace, 73 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 6: a rest, a knowing. On the other hand, there are 74 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 6: times when God withdraws our peace. Something may look perfectly 75 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 6: fine in the natural, there's no reason why you shouldn't 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 6: do it, but right down. 77 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 4: In here you have an unrest and uneasiness. 78 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 6: You can't quite put your finger on it, but it 79 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 6: just doesn't feel right. Well, that's God's way of saying, 80 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 6: hold off and don't do it. If we're going to 81 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 6: stay in His best plan and really make good decisions, 82 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 6: then we've got to be sensitive to what we're feeling 83 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 6: right down in here. We've got to learn to listen 84 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 6: to our hearts and not our heads. And it says 85 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 6: in Proverbs three, verse six that if you will acknowledge 86 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 6: God in all of your ways, then he will direct 87 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 6: your past. What does that mean to acknowledge God? It 88 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 6: simply means before you make a decision, be sensitive and 89 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 6: listen to your heart. Before you buy that new car, 90 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 6: check right down in here, do you have peace about it, 91 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 6: before you take that new job, before you go see 92 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 6: that move here, before you get into that new relationship. 93 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 6: You've got to learn to check with your heart. If 94 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 6: you have peace, then certainly move forward. But if there's 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 6: an unrest or an uneasiness, don't override those feelings. If 96 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 6: you will acknowledge God, he will protect you, he will 97 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 6: guide you, he'll help you to get better deals, he'll 98 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 6: show you more of his favor in your life. 99 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 4: But it's when we just ignore these feelings down in 100 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 4: here that we get ourselves into trouble. 101 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 6: How many people have married people that they didn't have 102 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 6: peace about and they end up being hurt and lonely. 103 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 6: Or how many people buy things that they don't have 104 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 6: peace about and they end up head over their heels. 105 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 6: In depth, friends, it's not hard to make good decisions, 106 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 6: it's not hard to hear God's voice. Simply learn to 107 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 6: follow your heart. And this says here in Colossians three, 108 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 6: verse fifteen. Let peace act as an umpire, deciding with 109 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 6: finality any questions that arise in your minds. 110 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: You know what an umpire does, He calls you safe 111 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 4: or out. 112 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 6: This scripture is saying that peace should be the determining 113 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 6: factor when it comes to the decisions that we make. 114 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 6: In other words, how do you feel right down in here? 115 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 6: Is there a peace or is there an unrest? And understand, 116 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 6: if you don't have peace before you do something, you're 117 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 6: not gonna have peace while you're doing it. If you 118 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 6: get into a relationship right now that you don't really 119 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 6: have peace about, you're not gonna have peace later on. 120 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 6: Or if you don't have peace about buying that car, 121 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 6: but you do it anyway, then you're not gonna have 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 6: peace when it comes time to pay the payment each. 123 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 4: Month, matter of fact, you're gonna be a little depressed. 124 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 6: Or if you don't have peace about taking that new position, 125 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,559 Speaker 6: but you just do it because you know it pays 126 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 6: more money and it's a little more prestigious. 127 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 4: Listen, in the long run, you're not gonna be happy. 128 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 4: You got to learn to fall a peace. Let peace 129 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 4: be your umpire. 130 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 6: That's the way God leads us, and God wants to 131 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 6: help us in our everyday lives. I know, the other 132 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 6: day I was up at the mall and I found 133 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 6: a tie that I really liked. And I'm kind of 134 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 6: picky when it comes to certain things. So normally if 135 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 6: I find something I like, I don't think twice. I 136 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 6: just buy it. I showed it to Victoria. She said, oh, yeah, Joel, 137 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 6: that's beautiful. But just as I was about to go 138 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 6: up to the counter and pay for it, I felt 139 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 6: uneasy right down in here. I don't really know how 140 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 6: to explain it. I just didn't feel right, and all 141 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 6: of a sudden, I knew that. 142 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 4: I knew that, I knew that I was not supposed to. 143 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 6: Buy that tie, and in my head, you know, didn't 144 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 6: make any sense. 145 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 4: But I've learned to just trust my heart. 146 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 6: Well, we left that place, and just as we were 147 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 6: about to leave the mall, we stopped by this one 148 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 6: other store, and do you know, they had the same tie, 149 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 6: but it was on sale for almost half the price. 150 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 4: Man, when I saw that, I felt real good about it. 151 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: But it's not always gonna make sense to you. You're 152 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 4: not always. 153 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 6: Gonna know why you have that uneasiness. But if you'll 154 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 6: learn to just trust your heart and follow what you're 155 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 6: feeling down in here, you will never go wrong. 156 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 4: That's the Holy Spirit leading you. 157 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 6: When you fall a peace, God will help you in 158 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 6: your everyday life. He'll even help you to get better 159 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 6: deals at the mall. I tell Victoria all the time, 160 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 6: you better fall a peace girl. 161 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 5: Man. 162 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 4: I know. 163 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 6: My brother in law, Kevin, told a while back how 164 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 6: he was gonna buy a new truck, a new suv. 165 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 4: And Kevin is very detailed. He's very thorough. 166 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 6: So he spent several weeks researching it and finding the 167 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 6: best price. He was online and had different dealers bidding 168 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 6: on it, and finally he made his decision. He had 169 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 6: everything lined up, the right color, the right model, the 170 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 6: right price, but just as he was about to sign 171 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 6: the deal, all of a sudden, he didn't feel peace 172 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 6: about it. He just felt uneasy down in here, and 173 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 6: he was smart enough to just put it on hole. Well, 174 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 6: several weeks went by and I noticed that he didn't 175 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 6: have it yet. I said, hey, Kevin, when are you 176 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 6: get in your truck. What's taken so long? He said, well, Joel, 177 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 6: the truth is, I just didn't feel good about it, 178 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 6: and so I put it on hole. I said, oh, really, 179 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 6: what you know it's too much money or he couldn't 180 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 6: get the right model. 181 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 4: What was it? He said, no, none of that. I 182 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,119 Speaker 4: just simply didn't have peace, you know, in the natural. 183 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 4: I thought, that's kind of odd. 184 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 6: He'd done all this work, he was so excited about it. 185 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 6: But what's interesting is about a month later, that same 186 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 6: dealer called him back and said the manufacturer had just 187 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 6: put out word that they were offering a five thousand 188 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 6: dollars rebate to anyone that purchased one of those vehicles. Man, 189 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 6: it didn't take Kevin long to get his piece back 190 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 6: after that. But all of a sudden, he knew that's 191 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 6: why he had felt that uneasiness, That's why God had 192 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 6: withdrawn his peace, and he could have overridden it. 193 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: He could have done his own thing, just went ahead 194 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 4: and bought his vehicle. No big deal. But if we'll 195 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: learn to fall of. 196 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 6: Peace, God will show us more of his favor. He'll 197 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 6: cause us to be at the right place at the 198 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 6: right time. Now, Kevin and Lisa, they not only have 199 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 6: a new truck, but they have an extra five thousand 200 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 6: dollars that they can give to our new ministry facility. 201 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 6: I feel peace about that, don't y'all. But there's no 202 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 6: telling how many times God tries. 203 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 4: To bless us just like he did them. 204 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 6: No telling how many times God tries to protect us, 205 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 6: keep us from danger. But we're not listening to what 206 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 6: he's saying. We're not paying attention to what we're feeling 207 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 6: right down in here. In other words, we're not letting 208 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 6: peace be our umpire. I hear people say all the time, well, 209 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 6: I wish God would speak to me. I wish I 210 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 6: could make better decisions, or I just wish I had 211 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 6: clear direction for my life. But the truth is God 212 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 6: is speaking to every one of us. But so often 213 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 6: we're waiting for this voice to boom out of the 214 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 6: heavens to tell. 215 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 4: Us what to do. Go my son, buy thyself a truck. 216 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 4: The time. That's not the way God speaks. 217 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 6: You know that He speaks to us in a still 218 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 6: small voice. He speaks to us right down in here 219 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 6: by a peace, a rest, a knowing you either feel 220 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 6: good about it or you don't feel good about it. 221 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 6: This is exactly how the apostle Paul heard from God. 222 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 6: He said in Romans chapter nine, my conscience bears witness 223 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 6: with me. He was saying, in effect, I don't have 224 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 6: to see three visions to know what to do. I 225 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 6: don't have to hear five trumpet blasts. I just check 226 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 6: down on the inside. If I have peace, if my 227 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 6: conscience is clear, if there's a rest. 228 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 4: A knowing, then I go ahead and do it. 229 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 6: And in the same way, we don't have to make 230 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 6: hearing from God and staying in his will some super 231 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 6: spiritual or even some difficult thing. We just got to 232 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 6: learn to follow our heart. If you take a few 233 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 6: steps and you still have peace, then keep going. But 234 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 6: if you start to lose your peace, you need to 235 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 6: be smart enough to just back up and wait until 236 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 6: you feel good about it again. We need to get 237 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 6: in a habit of checking our hearts on a race basis. 238 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 4: I was thinking about my father. 239 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 6: He tried to build this sanctuary, probably five years before 240 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 6: we ever built it. He'd get up in front of 241 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 6: the congregation so excited and he said, this fall, we're 242 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 6: going to start our new sanctuary project. We'll fall would 243 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 6: roll around, and Daddy'd get back up there and say, 244 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 6: you know what, I don't have peace about it. We're 245 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 6: not going to start right now. He tried to start 246 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 6: it probably four or five times, in his own timing, 247 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 6: in his own way, but at least when it came 248 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 6: down to it, he was smart enough to follow his heart. 249 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: He knew if he did it without peace, he wasn't 250 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 4: going to have God's annoying and it was. 251 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 6: Going to be a constant struggle. And that's what happens 252 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 6: when we just pushed through things and try to do 253 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 6: it our own way, in our own timing. And it's interesting, 254 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 6: one year, right before Christmas, in practically the worst recession 255 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 6: our city had ever seen, that's when Daddy began to 256 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 6: feel peace about it. That's when he knew he was 257 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 6: to start in the natural. It was the worst possible time. 258 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 6: Daddy's friends told him, John, you're never gonna raise the 259 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 6: money in this kind of economy. 260 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 4: You might as well forget it. But no doubt he 261 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 4: knew he had. 262 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 6: That peace, and he faulted his heart, and sure enough, 263 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 6: we built this place debt free in just. 264 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 4: A little over a year's time. 265 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 6: But my point is this, just because you know you're 266 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 6: supposed to do something, just because God's put the dream 267 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 6: in your heart, doesn't mean. 268 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 4: It's the right time. 269 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 6: You got to fall a peace and don't be hard 270 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 6: headed and stubborn and just try to do it your 271 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 6: own way, because that's when it's going to be a 272 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 6: constant headache, and we're not always going to understand why 273 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 6: we feel a certain way, why we have that uneasiness, 274 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 6: but I would encourage you don't try to figure everything out. 275 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 4: What I'm saying today is just trust your heart. 276 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 6: That's God's speaking to you, and God always has your 277 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 6: best interest at heart. For instance, in relationships, you may 278 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 6: meet someone new at work or at the school, and 279 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 6: they seem like the nicest person in the world. Everybody 280 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 6: likes them. They're kind, they're friendly, they're outgoing. 281 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 4: But it seems like every time you're. 282 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 6: Around them, you feel this uneasiness down in here. You 283 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 6: can't quite put your finger on it. 284 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 4: Something just doesn't feel right. 285 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 6: And your head is telling you to hay lighting up, 286 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 6: quit being so sensitive, but your heart is telling you 287 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 6: to be careful, watch out. 288 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 4: There's danger, there's trouble. 289 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 6: See, that's God's way of saying, back off and be careful. 290 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 6: You've got to learn to trust your heart. Let peace 291 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 6: be your umpire. Well, you say, Joel, he's perfect for me. 292 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 6: He's good looking, he's out going, and he makes good money, 293 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 6: he's friendly. 294 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 4: Well that's all great. All I'm asking you today is 295 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 4: what are you feeling right down in here? 296 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 6: If there's an unrest or an uneasiness, don't override it, 297 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 6: don't ignore it. 298 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 4: I've seen too many people. 299 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 6: Go way down the road in relationships and they end 300 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 6: up getting hurt and wasting a whole lot of time. 301 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 6: They tell me again and again, Jel, I always. 302 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 4: Felt like something just wasn't right. 303 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 6: At the very beginning, I just didn't have peace about 304 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 6: this relationship. See, God knows what's best for us. All 305 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 6: we can see is a little down the road. God 306 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 6: can see the whole path. He can see the big 307 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 6: picture for our lives. God knows when there's a dead 308 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 6: end arond the corner we can't see it. 309 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 4: He knows when there's danger up ahead. 310 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 6: Don't get so caught up in your emotions and so 311 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 6: caught up in the excitement that you just override that uneasiness. 312 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 6: I've seen people, every time the alarm goes off on 313 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 6: the inside, they push it. 314 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 4: Down again and again and again. 315 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 6: And really it's because they want their own way. They 316 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 6: don't realize that God's ways are so much better than 317 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 6: our ways. 318 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 4: But God is not going to make us do what's right. 319 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 6: He'll give us those warnings, he'll give us suggestions, he'll 320 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 6: take away our peace, but he won't force us to 321 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 6: make good decisions. We have to acknowledge him, be sensitive, 322 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 6: pay attention to what he's saying right down in here, 323 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 6: and understand when God says no, When you feel that 324 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 6: uneasiness and you're not really getting your way, it's not 325 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 6: because God's trying to make your life miserable, or it's 326 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 6: not because God wants you to go through life lonely. 327 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 6: It's simply because God has something so much better in store. 328 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 6: God wants to do more than you can even ask 329 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 6: or think. And the enemy will tell you a lot 330 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 6: of times, well, you're not ever gonna meet anybody in 331 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 6: Look how beautiful she is. 332 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: This is your only chance. 333 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 6: But no, when you fall a peace, when you fall 334 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 6: to your heart, you will always come out of head. 335 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 6: Don't settle for second best. Go with what you're feeling. 336 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 4: Right down in here. 337 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 6: And it's so important that we not make emotional decisions, 338 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 6: especially long term decisions. I've seen people they get so 339 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 6: caught up in the excitement that they totally override that 340 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 6: uneasiness right down in here. Well, I can't live without him, 341 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 6: or I can't live without her, or you've heard this, 342 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 6: I can't live without this new outfit. 343 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 4: Where's my credit card? No? 344 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 6: Quit digging yourself in a hall listen to the still 345 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 6: small voice. Don't override the warnings. Friends, God is not 346 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 6: gonna yell at you. He's not gonna hit you over 347 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 6: the head with the ball back to try to get 348 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 6: your attention. You have to acknowledge him. Then he'll help 349 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 6: you make good decisions. Then he will direct your past. 350 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 6: It's not gonna happen if we're just and buyer emotions 351 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 6: and say you're out for a nice leisurely drive one 352 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 6: afternoon and you decide you're gonna stop buy the car 353 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 6: dealership and take a look at some of the new cars. 354 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 6: Sure Enough, the longer you're there, the more that starts 355 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 6: to grow on you. Your emotions get all stirred up. 356 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 6: You think, boy, I need one of these, and there's 357 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 6: my favorite color. And look you here, honey, if we 358 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 6: buy it today, we get a free barbecue grill. 359 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 4: It's a sign from God that whole time, you know, 360 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 4: down in here the alarm's. 361 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 6: Going off, you feel that unrest, that still small voices saying, 362 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 6: don't do it, you can't afford that, don't make any 363 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 6: emotional decision. How many people do I know today that 364 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 6: are just under a heavy burden of debt because they 365 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 6: have bought things that they just didn't really have peace about. 366 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 6: That's called emotional spending. And when you make decisions like that, 367 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 6: six months down the road, when the newness wears off 368 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 6: and when your emotions aren't running high, you'll be thinking, Man, 369 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 6: what in the world was I doing Now? 370 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: I'm overburdened, I. 371 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 6: Can't take vacations, I don't have any extra money. It 372 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 6: all could have been avoided if we just let God 373 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 6: lead us right down in here. You know, any time 374 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 6: that we have to make a decision where we're really 375 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 6: excited and our emotions are running high, I think the 376 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 6: best thing we can do is just step back and 377 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 6: take a break. 378 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 4: Walk outside. 379 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 6: If you can sleep on it a couple of nights, 380 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 6: pray about it, see how you feel right down in here. 381 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 6: It's not hard to know what to do. If you 382 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 6: want to stay in God's best plan. I promise you this, 383 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 6: God will help you, and every one of you can 384 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 6: be led by peace. Every one of us can make 385 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 6: good decisions if we'll just learn to follow our heart. 386 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 6: That's where God speaks to us, not in our heads. 387 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 6: I think about this couple that I've known for many years. 388 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 6: The young lady is a very gifted singer. I mean, 389 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 6: she's got an incredible voice, and her dream was to 390 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 6: one day be in full time ministry. She wanted to 391 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 6: use her gifts and talents for the Lord, but at 392 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 6: this time she was working at a professional company as 393 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 6: the marketing director. But one day out of the clear blue, 394 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 6: she got a call from what was one of the 395 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 6: largest and most prominent ministries that time, and sure enough, 396 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 6: they offered her a full time position to come help 397 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 6: lead worship in that ministry. 398 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 4: And so now not only. 399 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 6: Would she be singing to thousands of people in auditoriums 400 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 6: across the world, but to many more through the television 401 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 6: outreach and in the natural. This was just a dream 402 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 6: come true. She and her husband went out and celebrated 403 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 6: that night. They were so excited. It looked like God 404 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 6: had done more than they could even ask or think. 405 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 6: And they told the ministry that they would get back 406 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 6: with them in a week or so and let them 407 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 6: know their final decision. But it's interesting, during that week, 408 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 6: they both began to feel and unrest in the natural. 409 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 6: They were excited in the natural, it was a no 410 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 6: brainer they should accept it. But right down in here, 411 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 6: something just didn't feel right and especially the husband. He 412 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 6: felt so strongly against it, but he thought maybe it 413 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 6: was just his nerves, you know about moving to another city. 414 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 4: After all, this was his wife's. 415 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 6: Dream come true, so he didn't want to damp in 416 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 6: her enthusiasm. 417 00:18:58,440 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: So he just kept it all. 418 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 6: To himself out But two or three days later, his 419 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 6: wife came to him and she said, Honey, you're gonna 420 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 6: think I'm crazy, but we need to talk. 421 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 4: I don't think we should take this new position. Something 422 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 4: just doesn't feel right. 423 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 6: He began to explain how he had been feeling the 424 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 6: same way, and they said when they made a decision 425 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 6: to decline that offer, it was like this heavy burden 426 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 6: just lifted off of them. 427 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 4: All of a sudden. They got their peace back. 428 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 6: Now in the natural, it looked like she was passing 429 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 6: up a once in a lifetime opportunity. But what's interesting, 430 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 6: several months later, that ministry was involved in a great, 431 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 6: big controversy. 432 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 4: It was all over the news. To make a long. 433 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 6: Story short, the ministry eventually ended up laying off more 434 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 6: than ninety percent of the employees. Basically, the ministry just 435 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 6: shut down to nothing. Here they would have just packed 436 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 6: up their family and moved across the country, quit their 437 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 6: good jobs, taking their kids out of school, bought another house, 438 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 6: and found out just a few weeks later it was 439 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 6: all for nothing. Friends, God knows what's best for us. 440 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 6: He can see the big picture. And I'm challenging you 441 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 6: today to start really listening to your heart. 442 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: No matter how good it looks in the natural. You 443 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: got to let peace be your umpire. 444 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 6: Let peace be your ultimate decision maker. One time in 445 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 6: the Gospels, Peter said, I'm gonna go out and go fishing. 446 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 6: The other disciples said, Peter, we're gonna come along with you. 447 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 6: They went out there and fished all night, didn't catch anything. 448 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 6: The next morning, Jesus came along and he said, hey, guys, 449 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 6: if you will cast your nets on the other side 450 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 6: of the boats, you'll catch a great haul of fish. 451 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 6: And sure enough, when they did that, they caught so 452 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 6: many fish that their nets began to break. Now I 453 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 6: believe there's a spiritual principle there. Peter said I'm going 454 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 6: to go fishing. In in fact, he was saying, I'm 455 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 6: going to go do my own thing. I'm gonna go 456 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 6: just do it my own way. There's nothing wrong with fishing. 457 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 6: But notice the principle here, when they did it their 458 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 6: own way, nothing happened. Jesus came along and he said, 459 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 6: in effect, if you will do it my way, if 460 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 6: you will let me lead you and guide you, you 461 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 6: will begin to see great things happen in your life. 462 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 6: And when they did it his way, they caught more 463 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 6: fish than they could handle. And in the same way, 464 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 6: if we can learn to just acknowledge God and follow 465 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 6: what we're feeling down in here. In other words, if 466 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 6: we'll do it God's way, God will take us places 467 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 6: that we've never even dreamed of. That young lady she 468 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 6: passed on that opportunity, but after that God began to 469 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 6: open up. 470 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 4: Door after door. 471 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 6: She ended up recording many albums and having a very 472 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 6: successful career. It's so important that we pay attention to 473 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 6: the still small voice on the inside. What I'm saying is, 474 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 6: don't ever do something if you don't first have peace 475 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 6: about it. I think about the time in the Old 476 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 6: Testament where Isaac was a very old man. He was 477 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 6: close to death and he wanted to give his son 478 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 6: Esau the blessing that belonged to the firstborn son. 479 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 4: And Isaac was basically blind. He couldn't see anything. 480 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 6: And so one day he called Esau in and he said, son, 481 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 6: if you'll go kill some game and prepare me a meal, 482 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 6: I'll give you the. 483 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 4: Blessing that rightfully belongs to you. Well. 484 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 6: Esau's mother, Rebecca heard this, and she loved her son, Jacob, 485 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 6: more than she loved Esau. And she told Jacob to 486 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 6: go put on Esau's clothing, and she made Isaac his 487 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 6: favorite meal, gave it to Jacob and sent them in 488 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 6: in front of the dad. And so Jacob's in there, 489 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 6: pretending to be his brother Esau, and he said, Dad, 490 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 6: here I am. I've got the meal you asked me for. Now, 491 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 6: maybe you can give me your blessing. And it's interesting 492 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 6: how many times Isaac felt like something was wrong, but 493 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 6: he just kept overriding the warnings. He said, Esau, how 494 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 6: did you get back so quickly from killing that game? 495 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 6: You've never prepared a meal for me this fast before 496 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 6: noticed the alarm went off. Something wasn't right. He felt 497 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 6: that uneasiness. Jacob made up some kind of excuse. I 498 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 6: don't know, Dad, it just all fell into place. Everything 499 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 6: worked good. This time, Isaac still didn't feel right. He said, well, 500 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 6: come over here, Esau, let me feel you See, Esau 501 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 6: was very hairy. Jacob had put on some animal skins 502 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 6: so he'd feel like his brother. And Isaac thought to himself, well, 503 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 6: it feels like Esau. But the voice still sounds like Jacob. 504 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 6: Another alarm went off. Something's not right right down in here. 505 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 6: He had that unrest. God warned him again and again, 506 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 6: but Isaac ended up missing it where we miss it 507 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 6: so often, He went ahead and did it anyway, even 508 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 6: though he didn't have peace. He went against what he 509 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 6: was feeling right down in here, and he ended up 510 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 6: blessing the wrong son. And so often we fought Jacob 511 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 6: for being a deceiver, and. 512 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 4: Certainly he was wrong. 513 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 6: But God tried to warn Isaac again and again, even 514 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 6: after he had mistakenly blessed Jacob. He said, once again, 515 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 6: tell me the truth, Esau. Is this really you notice 516 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 6: his lack of peace? 517 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 4: Well, when Esau. 518 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 6: Finally came back in with the meal he had prepared, 519 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 6: and Isaac realized what had happened, he began to weep 520 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 6: and weep and weep. He said, Esau, I've made a 521 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 6: terrible mistake. Your brother has tricked me, and I've given 522 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 6: him the blessing that belonged to you, and I cannot. 523 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 4: Take it back. 524 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 6: Esau said, come on, dad, surely you can do something. 525 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 6: Surely you can bless me as well. He said, No, 526 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 6: what's done is done, And what a shame. It all 527 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 6: could have been avoided if Isaac would have just paid 528 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 6: attention to what he was feeling right down in here. 529 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 6: And I don't believe that God will allow us to 530 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 6: make a major mistake without giving us warning after warning 531 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 6: after warning, And if you will just be sensitive and 532 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 6: when you feel that unrest and when something down in 533 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 6: here is saying it's not right, don't ignore that. 534 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 4: Don't do what Isaac did, and just do it anyway. 535 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 6: The Bible talks about when we do things that we 536 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 6: don't feel good about down in here, we are sinning 537 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 6: against our own conscience. That's what Paul was saying, My 538 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 6: conscience bears witness with me. Well, if your conscience doesn't 539 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 6: bear witness, if you feel that uneasiness, if the alarm 540 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 6: keeps going off, the best thing you can do is 541 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 6: just pull back. Doesn't matter how many people are pressuring you, 542 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 6: doesn't matter how great the opportunity looks. 543 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 4: Don't go forward unless you first have peace. 544 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 6: Let peace be your umpire, Let it be the ultimate 545 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 6: decision maker. I heard a story about this man that 546 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 6: was a well known pastor. He was a sought after 547 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 6: speaker all over the world, and his ministry was growing 548 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 6: and growing. One day, he had a speaking engagement in 549 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 6: another city and the next morning he was to get 550 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 6: up and catch a flight. The night before, he woke 551 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 6: up in the middle of the night with a very 552 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 6: distinct unrest and uneasiness on the inside. 553 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 4: He knew something wasn't right. 554 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 6: He tossed and turned, and he couldn't get back to sleep. 555 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 6: His wife the next morning, the first words out of 556 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 6: her mouth were, Honey, I just don't feel. 557 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 4: Good about you taking this trip today. And understand, this 558 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 4: man had flown all over the world. Flying wasn't anything 559 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 4: new to him, but. 560 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 6: This was the first time he'd ever felt something so strongly, 561 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 6: first time his wife had ever said anything like this. 562 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 6: He began to explain how he had been feeling the 563 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 6: same way the night before, and it wasn't a fear. 564 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 6: I'm not talking about being afraid. There's a difference between 565 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 6: fear and having a lack of peace. A lack of 566 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 6: peace is just a knowing down in here that something 567 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 6: is not right. But unfortunately this man did just what 568 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 6: Isaac did. He overrode all the warnings. He thought, I 569 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 6: can't disappoint these people. I've promised them. It's been scheduled 570 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 6: for a long time, and I just cannot let them down. 571 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 6: And he overrode his conscience. He went against what he 572 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 6: was feeling down in here. And do you know that plane, 573 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 6: in perfectly good weather had some kind of odd problem 574 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 6: and it ended up going down and not one person survived. 575 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 6: The wife said afterwards. God tried and tried to get 576 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 6: our attention. He tried to protect us, he tried to 577 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 6: warn us. But see, they didn't let peace be the umpire. 578 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 6: He just went ahead and did it his own way. 579 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 6: And no doubt if he would have just acknowledged God 580 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 6: and followed his heart, he'll still be with us today. 581 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 6: And I'm not trying to bring fear on anybody. I'm 582 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 6: not saying if you get nervous, man, don't leave your house. 583 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 4: No, I'm just talking about following your heart. 584 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 6: Fall of peace, and don't ignore the honeys. Don't override 585 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 6: those warnings. Friends, You've got to learn to acknowledge God. 586 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 4: Before you make your decisions. 587 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 6: Acknowledge God before you finalize your plans. God is smarter 588 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 6: and wiser than we are, and if we will acknowledge him, 589 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 6: he's promised he will direct our paths. One translation says 590 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 6: he will crown our efforts with success. And that's my 591 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 6: dream for every one of you, that you would experience 592 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 6: the abundant life that God has in store. But I 593 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 6: know that all starts when we make good decisions. 594 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 4: So let me challenge you again. 595 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 6: Always let peace be your umpire, Let peace be the 596 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 6: deciding factor, and do not make emotional decisions. Don't have 597 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 6: to have it your own way. Follow your heart, listen 598 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 6: to that still small voice. If you do that, God 599 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 6: will help. 600 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 4: You to make great decisions. He'll protect you. 601 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 6: He'll guide you, he'll show you more of His favor, 602 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,239 Speaker 6: and you will experience that life of victory that He 603 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 6: has in store. 604 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 4: Amen. How many of you receive it this afternoon? 605 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 3: Amen? 606 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 6: And we never like clos our godcast without giving you 607 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 608 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 609 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 6: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 610 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 6: you my lord And Savior. Friends, if you prayed that 611 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 6: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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