1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,080 Board's done and what you've just seen has to take some time 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:07,560 to probably to sink into your mind totally outside of the box 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:13,120 and the opportunity to there are about 400 and something 1000 4 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:16,280 people in the country, but we've literally can give the gospel to 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,360 every family. This is this is what we're 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,200 dealing with fulfilling the Great Commission. 7 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,400 All right so we get into Psalm 63. 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,120 What a what a passage of Scripture. 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,640 It's, it's I hope that you are blessed by this. 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,640 When I was saved at 11, I was given a book to read or 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,960 purchased a book to read on the power of the Holy Spirit and the 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,120 Lord. I didn't know what he was doing, 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,880 but was leading me in a life of directing the spiritual life 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,440 that we have, that God created breathed into us a second time 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,160 at our new birth, the salvation of our soul. 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,800 And that directing that into an emphasis of a personal 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,560 relationship with Christ and not a list of things that we do just 18 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,160 because we think we ought to do them and avoiding things that we 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,720 think we ought to avoid. It comes down to a relationship 20 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,400 with Christ. And I got serious about the 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,520 things of the Lord a couple years later, real serious. 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,520 And and within by the time I was 14, the Lord called me to 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,880 preach. And I came across this Psalm as 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,920 I was reading through Psalms real quick after that point and 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,720 memorized it and it kept me where I needed to be all through 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,280 high school and seeking after the Lord. 27 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,320 So let's read, if you will, this, and then we'll get into 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,840 really our presentation. And if you want to load that 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,160 presentation, it's ready. It goes along at the same time 30 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,760 simultaneously. Let's read this Psalm. 31 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,400 O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee. 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,200 My soul thirsteth for thee. My flesh longeth for Thee in a 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,800 dry and thirsty land, where no water is to see Thy power and 34 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,080 Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,120 Because Thy loving kindness is better than life. 36 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,600 My lips shall praise Thee. Thus will I bless Thee. 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,080 While I live, I will lift up my hands in Thy name. 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,200 My soul shall be satisfied as with Morrow and fatness in my 39 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,760 mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips, When I remember 40 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,080 Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches, 41 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,960 because Thou hast been my help. Therefore in the shadow of Thy 42 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,880 wings will I rejoice. My soul fall with heart after 43 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,640 Thee. Thy right hand upholdeth me. 44 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,800 But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,240 lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword. 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,080 They shall be apportioned for foxes. 47 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,440 But the King David says here, that's him speaking, he's 48 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,240 talking about himself shall rejoice in God. 49 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,560 Everyone that sweareth by his name shall glory, but the mouth 50 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,480 of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 51 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,640 Let's have word of prayer. Father, I pray that you please 52 00:02:54,640 --> 00:03:00,440 bless this time together and use this Lord not only to get across 53 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,400 the needs of Chicago and but we want to glorify your name and 54 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,200 what you've done and thank you and we'll praise you in Jesus 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,960 name, Amen, Amen. This says, oh God, I recently 56 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,800 heard a pastor say we need to return the OS to our prayers. 57 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,600 We say a lot of things like God, I need this Lord right now and 58 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,120 you better hurry because I'm in a hurry. 59 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,280 I mean, we come to God and approach him in such a casual 60 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,200 nature. And instead we need to put back 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,200 these OS and say, get on our knees and say, oh God, I need 62 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,400 this. Oh God, I have a need. 63 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,680 I have a need. And the need is internal. 64 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,160 It's an internal need. He says thou art my God, so he'd 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,280 better be your God, and not just the God of your parents or the 66 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:49,080 God that is abstract, but he is my God, my friend, the knowledge 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,120 that I have a relationship with him. 68 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,720 And he says early will I seek thee? 69 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,120 We ought to seek. Him early in our lives to seek 70 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,600 the Lord. He says to seek the Creator in 71 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,760 the days of our youth, but to seek Him early in our 72 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,000 experiences. If you get saved, it ought to 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,360 turn your heart to seek a pursuit of God through the rest 74 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,360 of your life and seek him early in your ministry, early in your 75 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,600 family, to dedicate your children as God gives you 76 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,720 children to bring them and seek God to say these are not my 77 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:25,040 children but yours, and to seek the Lord in the morning, early 78 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,440 in the day, so that the rest of the day belongs to Him. 79 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,320 He says, early will I seek thee? My soul thirsteth for thee. 80 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,200 So Christianity really should be summarized not not just in the 81 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,920 theology of our doctrine, but it ought to be in the the 82 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,560 experience of a Christian could be summarized in those words. 83 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,560 I thirst for God. When our Christianity becomes 84 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,120 something else like I seek to please man as the verse we 85 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,480 talked about today, seeking to fit in with the church and what 86 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,600 they require, seeking to follow some kind of leader, we have 87 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,960 wavered from the fact that Christianity can be summarized 88 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:11,440 just in those words. My soul thirsteth for thee. 89 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:14,680 Do you thirst after God? Can you describe your prayer 90 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:19,320 life as being thirsty for him? Is your Bible reading seeking 91 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,160 for him in the pages of Scripture? 92 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,200 Is your so many efforts done for duty or is it something you're 93 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,400 doing because you're seeking after God and his will and, and, 94 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,400 and proclaiming him to the others around you that they 95 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,840 might know him as you do? My soul thirsteth for thee now. 96 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:40,640 This is incredible. My flesh longeth for thee now. 97 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,240 The New Testament begins a, a, a picture of our body, our flesh, 98 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:49,840 referring to our carnal nature. And this is not that because our 99 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,200 carnal nature is never going to be improved. 100 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,800 God's answer to carnality and the carnal flesh is to kill it. 101 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:02,560 He said crucified the flesh and so we're not on a flesh self 102 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,880 improvement course, we're on a flesh killing course. 103 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,480 OK, that we're supposed to die to self and to put on the new 104 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,400 man Amen. But this is referring to our 105 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,560 physical body in the Old Testament that our physical body 106 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,800 think about this can long after God and think about this. 107 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,960 This means that throughout the day, not only should I want God 108 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,520 in my soul, but they were going through our day saying, you know 109 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,560 what, I really wish I were back on my knees with the Lord Jesus. 110 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,680 I wish that my and even my body desires to be in that place of 111 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,320 fellowship with the Lord. What a difference this 112 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:51,320 Christianity would be and how it would impact this world in such 113 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,920 a greater way if our Christianity was from the source 114 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,920 of our prayer closets emanating into the rest of our lives 115 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,280 rather than just coming from maybe the preacher preaching. 116 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:08,920 Thus you should do to please and be a good, good little 117 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,160 Christian. It ought to come and flow from a 118 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,600 heart that is totally on fire, or we need revival in a dry and 119 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,200 thirsty land where no water is. We live in that kind of country 120 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,920 and I'm going to tell you, I've lived in another country and 121 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,960 believes and it needs the gospel. 122 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:32,640 Back in the 60s and 50s and beyond the, the, the Moody Bible 123 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,320 types had planted the gospel. And so there's gospel chapels 124 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,760 all around Belize and, and they've even gone into the 125 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,920 villages and not just the cities, but friend, it didn't 126 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,520 last. Their ecclesiology not being 127 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,720 right, they, they found the replacements for the pastors as 128 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,920 they died off. When I moved there, some of the 129 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,880 old pastors were still there and they were retiring or dying and 130 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,320 they went off to other churches of charismatic style to find the 131 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,080 replacements and and friend. Now the gospel is watered down 132 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,480 with no eternal security in that country and it is time to really 133 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,920 to seriously re evangelize the country for the Lord. 134 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,560 But so is America. America has fallen from its 135 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,280 Bible roots and it has gone its own way. 136 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:23,080 And Christians, we need to re evangelize our entire country. 137 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Notice verse #2 and it's the title at the top of your hand 138 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,120 out it says to see thy power and Thy glory. 139 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,080 So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary, David had been down 140 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,120 to the sanctuary, to the Tabernacle. 141 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,240 It was his Son who built the temple, remember? 142 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,039 And so he had a Tabernacle to go to. 143 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:46,120 And there he had first hand witness the presence of God, His 144 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,840 glory manifest. He had heard as was gifted to 145 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,920 him the ability to to be inspired to write the scriptures 146 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,760 that we have very an example, this very one we're reading. 147 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,840 And so in a very unique way, he saw the power and the glory of 148 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,680 God. If you write down in your notes, 149 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,920 fill out the first word, it's the past. 150 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:14,280 We have seen the reality of God, not just talking about him, but 151 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,240 it's a it's something you know to be true. 152 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,520 And I'm afraid of what's happened in Christianity is a 153 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,120 strong disconnect between what we are saying and what the 154 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,080 children are watching in the home and experiencing in their 155 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,960 lives. Like promises that we put on 156 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,560 plaques and hang on a wall like my God shall supply all your 157 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:37,360 need according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. 158 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,480 But yet Christians, when they really come to a crisis 159 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,920 financially, often they are not running to God in prayer. 160 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,240 They are running to their credit card to solve their problems. 161 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,600 And there's a disconnect between kids who are raised in a 162 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,120 Christian home who never know what it is to see the power of 163 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,960 God demonstrated. And that disconnect has lost a 164 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,760 generation, at least of our Christianity, and has set them 165 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,760 to say, oh, there's those blowhard pastors who preach loud 166 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,440 messages, but they're empty of the power of God. 167 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,640 And the fact is that there is the power. 168 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,440 I've seen it. I've watched God do some great 169 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,160 things, and I'm here to tell you that it's very real. 170 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,480 In spite of the problem of Christians living in that 171 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,320 disconnected way, God is still God. 172 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,360 In the House of God you can see the great power of God. 173 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,520 Debbie and I started in our ministry there at Fair Haven 174 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:38,520 Baptist Church and I was hired on staff in 1994, stayed on 175 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:43,600 staff until 2012. And the Lord did some among the 176 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,640 many things that we did there. And you wear a lot of hats as an 177 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,920 assistant pastor. I was Debbie's dad's assistant 178 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,320 pastor for 18 years. And but my favorite ministry was 179 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,800 there in the bus ministry. And I put this on there so you 180 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,680 can see that Once Upon a time I had hair and enough hair and I 181 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:06,160 was skinny. But your pastor and and and 182 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,600 brother Brian and their dad is here would remember the days 183 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,840 when God did some wonderful things. 184 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,000 And I'm going to tell you that going out and bringing people to 185 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,000 church on these buses wasn't just here. 186 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,640 Here's a piece of gum if you come to church, but it came from 187 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,600 praying. Oh God do something. 188 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,640 And after a while we started to see people rescued off the bus 189 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,760 ministry and families coming in and getting saved and, and then 190 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,400 a lot of times I'd have to do their wedding. 191 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,480 I've done a lot of weddings and I was in charge of the senior 192 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,120 ministry. So I did a lot of Wendy's and a 193 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:45,440 lot of funerals over those years and, and, but saw God work on 194 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,640 people's hearts. And you know your pastor with me 195 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,920 a lot of times he started out young with me and going out 196 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,880 there and, and, and knocking on doors and seeing prostitutes 197 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,120 come to Jesus and clean their lives up, watching drug addicts 198 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,160 get clean, watching and, and in the middle of it, seeing a lot 199 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,120 of disappointment at the same time, but knowing what it is in 200 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,840 the ministry to stay at it and watch God. 201 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:14,200 So what I can tell you is that God wants people to be saved and 202 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,360 he wants people's lives to change. 203 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,960 And I've seen it and I've experienced it. 204 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,800 And as he got older, and his brother. 205 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,720 Was with us. There in in that city and my 206 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,640 children started to replace them as my partners. 207 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,600 And so my children were raised going into homes and, and seeing 208 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,360 things like the way that sin destroys people's lives. 209 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,280 And it was a constant appearance to them and what happens and 210 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,760 speaking to them of the effects of sin. 211 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,280 Hey, I saw the power of God do some things. 212 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:50,200 And then God moved us to Belize, as pastor pointed out, and we 213 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,080 started the church there and pastor talked this morning about 214 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,040 starting this church and, and having a special event and all 215 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,400 of those things and nobody came. And we got there on Wednesday 216 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,280 and started the church on Sunday night. 217 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:05,320 I mean they speak English. So, you know, I didn't have to 218 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,360 go to language school. I already kind of know that 219 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,360 language a little bit and. So I remember that night, I, I 220 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,000 went out front and I was pacing out front of the property 221 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,080 saying, Lord, I, I don't think I would come to hear me preach, 222 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,720 but I, I really appreciate it if you send somebody and five 223 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,640 people came. And so with our five and then we 224 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,160 had 10 and three of them received the Lord as their 225 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,440 Savior. And then the next Sunday morning 226 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,520 when we had our first Sunday morning service, we actually had 227 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,600 a mom and a dad and three kids come. 228 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,880 And you know, I know that feeling, you know, like, man, 229 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,840 this is great. It's a real family. 230 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,760 Amen. And you know, I preach 231 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,000 salvation. And that 13 year old came 232 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,280 forward to be saved and I took him over with my Bible into the 233 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,160 other room, sat down and started to show him how to get saved. 234 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,360 And his dad, very shy man, came in and said, I think I belong in 235 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:55,880 here too. And the both of them got. 236 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,920 Saved that day. And you know what? 237 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,440 They became faithful immediately. 238 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,840 Sunday morning, Sunday night, midweek service and you know, 239 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,800 God began to if you don't come, you can't have God work on your 240 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,120 heart, you're missing out. And but because they were 241 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,920 faithful. Six years later, he became the 242 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,920 pastor of this church and only God can do that. 243 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,880 A grand opening we had. We had 78 Belgians come. 244 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,440 Twelve of them came forward. I think more came forward, but 245 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,400 12 got saved that day. And most the unique thing is 246 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,880 most of these people are either still in that church. 247 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,360 I know where they are or they've passed away. 248 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,080 And you know, this is an amazing what God did. 249 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,800 Again, I've seen God, I don't have anything in me that can 250 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,800 start a church. Somebody has said, well pastor, 251 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,040 you've started 2 very successful churches so you know what you're 252 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,720 doing. Listen, the only thing I know 253 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,040 how to do is say God, I don't know what I'm doing. 254 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,520 I need your help and I need God to empower. 255 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,000 But I've seen it. I've seen it and my children 256 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,880 have seen it. And because they've seen it, 257 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,640 they know that God is real. He's real to meet your needs. 258 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:10,440 Every promise in the Bible he will fulfill if we meet his 259 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,440 conditions. And there we began to do things 260 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,960 like you do, baptize. We baptize there in the ocean, 261 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,080 right out there. And for four years we baptized 262 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,320 in the same place. So they put up a sign, said no 263 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,320 swimming crocodiles, you know, and we never saw a crocodile 264 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,120 there until after they put the sign there. 265 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,880 And one time I was baptizing in a dolphin swim right by. 266 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,160 At least we think it was a dolphin. 267 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:39,080 Anyway, then this is the first vacation Bible school was after 268 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,960 three months of the church, we reached 100, the church service 269 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,080 after that. And then we taught them how to 270 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,600 go. So winning door to door 271 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,960 visitation. Very important thing. 272 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,480 We bought buses. They're the short buses. 273 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,440 They're they're very good. I use these in Pocatello too. 274 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,880 I love those, those buses they because in the city you can drop 275 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,000 by and drop off if you're all over full and then go back and 276 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,840 get more, you know, you're not that far. 277 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,320 And, and I bought that big bus at the beginning And then the 278 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,000 guys I was training to drive kept bumping into other people's 279 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,840 cars. And so I, I got tired of paying 280 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,400 for the repairs and got those smaller buses and they did fine. 281 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,320 So and nursing home service and our Bible institute there, 282 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,720 they're very good students. Worked hard and you know, I, I, 283 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,080 I taught at the Bible college there at fair. 284 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,040 Haven and taught the same courses that I taught there. 285 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:31,000 I taught them music is always. Part of a church. 286 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,520 You have outstanding music. I do not know a church that I've 287 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,800 been to and I've been into a lot of churches and. 288 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,880 I'm talking in my, my ministry now, I've been in ministry for 289 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,960 this is my 32nd year of ministry and I've been in probably 300 290 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,920 churches across the country. And, and to be honest, I've 291 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,920 never seen a Church of this size with music like you all have. 292 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,600 You have been blessed and it's important part, you know, of our 293 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,800 ministry. Music is part of that. 294 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,600 And, and then the Blanco family, God worked on their hearts. 295 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,640 I, I, I told the, I told some of the men, I said, the Lord's 296 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,119 calling me back to start a church in the United States. 297 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,119 And Pastor Blanco said, the Lord's been working on my heart. 298 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,800 How do you know when you're called to preach? 299 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:16,160 Now only God can work on people like this. 300 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,880 He's not the personality. I mean, he's his, he has a 301 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,720 college degree, but it's in agriculture. 302 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:26,520 And, and, and so, you know, he, he said, pastor, how do you 303 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:27,560 know? I said, well, I'll tell you how 304 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,160 you know, the, what it feels like is you find out, you know, 305 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,600 you have to preach or you can't still be right with God, which 306 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,600 requires a prayer life. You know, you have to pray in a 307 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,600 way that you're really getting a hold of God. 308 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,800 And then you know, God wants you to do something and you know, 309 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,720 you can't get away from it because he's pursuing you. 310 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,600 And I've been there and he came back after fasting and prayer 311 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,560 and said, I believe God's called me to preach. 312 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,040 And I said, well, that doesn't mean you should pastor our 313 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,560 church. Maybe you should start another 314 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,240 one. I said, because it's going to be 315 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,440 hard. And he has gone through some 316 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,920 hard things. So he went and fasted and prayed 317 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,160 again. And he came back and he said, 318 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,960 you know, Pastor, I'm afraid of failure. 319 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,240 He's just being honest. I mean, aren't we all afraid of 320 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,520 failure? But he said this, He said I'm 321 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:16,440 afraid of God more now that is an honest, transparent man. 322 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,880 They're very unusual people. I've never had them once ask me 323 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,040 for anything. I have to ask them what do they 324 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,040 need? I'll call them and I'll say in 325 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,640 conversation, how are you doing? Do you have everything you need? 326 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,640 And they'll say, Pastor, you taught us that if we need 327 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,360 something, we go to God in. Prayer. 328 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,080 I have to go there to find out what they're missing. 329 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,880 Last. Last February, I was sitting 330 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,200 there in their kitchen and they're serving us a meal. 331 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,840 And I look up and they on a little table, they got a 332 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,240 refrigerator like what you have in your hotel room, about that 333 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,040 little tiny size. And they're running a whole 334 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,120 ministry. Off of it. 335 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,440 And I said, where's your refrigerator? 336 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,600 They said, pass through it, don't finish now. 337 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,480 That means it can't be fixed anymore. 338 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,120 They had to throw it away and we bought them another 339 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,000 refrigerator. But the point I'm making is 340 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,200 that. That they're very unusual people 341 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,840 that would never, ever ask for anything. 342 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,120 And I praise God for them. And God made him unanimously. 343 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,880 They voted him and is their next pastor and now? 344 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,640 He has been the pastor there longer than I was their pastor 345 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,160 because we've passed that. Point and then the Lord. 346 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,240 Called us out West to the mountains. 347 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,440 And in a city, a little town, maybe 100,000 in the total 348 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,840 outreach area, and it has these small mountains on both sides of 349 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,040 it with a valley. The bottom of the valley is at 350 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:38,120 4500 feet above sea level. And you know the, it is, it is 351 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,040 the home of the university there, right there on the right. 352 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,560 You can see the football, the stadium there. 353 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,680 And it is Idaho State University. 354 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,160 All, all three of my kids graduated with a degree from 355 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,200 there of some kind. And in 2018 we started the 356 00:19:54,640 --> 00:20:00,160 Mountain Valley Baptist Church and we did it in a city that's 357 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,120 75% Mormon. They even build a temple there. 358 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,080 And but I'm going to tell you something. 359 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,320 God will save Mormons. You know, it's a, it's a simple 360 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,000 process, but it is a process. But God has to be involved. 361 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,440 You have to have a prayer life to see a Mormon saved. 362 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,480 God has to work on their hearts and God has done just that. 363 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,080 We started with the grand opening in 2018 and we had 1100 364 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,280 square feet. I don't know what. 365 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,640 That would look like, but it was 50 people crammed in that little 366 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,160 room and my son is teaching. That's Ezekiel teaching the 367 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,560 Sunday school class. And it was so close to the 368 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,200 morning service where they were that the Sunday school class had 369 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,800 to be whispered. They had to whisper, kind of 370 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,320 like your vacation Bible school was that one day. 371 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,960 And then as quickly as I can tell you this story, I was out 372 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,720 knocking on doors when the church was about 2 1/2 years 373 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,360 old. And I was in an apartment 374 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:53,480 complex, a rundown apartment, not, not well taken care of. 375 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,880 And so the doors weren't really marked really well. 376 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,480 And I accidentally knocked on the maintenance room, the boiler 377 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,400 room, and the landlord was in there. 378 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,680 And he opened the door and I said, oh, I'm sorry because I 379 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,480 thought he was Mormon and going to kick me out of there. 380 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,040 And so I said, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you. 381 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,960 He said, no, I'm a Christian. I want to know what you're 382 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,200 doing. And he said, I used to go to the 383 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,120 Presbyterian Church before they quit preaching the gospel. 384 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,120 And I, I know they're about to dissolve or do something like 385 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,040 that. And he said my son-in-law who 386 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,360 was with him, he said he's a real estate agent and you know, 387 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,280 he, you too should get together and see if you can get that 388 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,360 building for your church. Well, I got excited about that. 389 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,280 I mean, the church planners, we, we look around at every 390 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,040 building. I was telling pastor, you know, 391 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,440 we, you get into this mindset in an area, you sit down in a 392 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,440 coffee shop and you say, I wonder if this would make a good 393 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,080 church building. That's just the mindset of a 394 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,440 church planner. My dad planted a church. 395 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,360 I know he was a policeman and then a preacher and he planted a 396 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,760 church when I was 8. And he turned a gas station into 397 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,600 our church building. And so, you know, I know that 398 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,280 that gets into our head. So I left there really excited 399 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,880 after exchanging information with Chris and went down to the 400 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,920 building and I walked around this building and, you know, my 401 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:10,080 head was like this, wow, wow. Like this got to be 18,000 402 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,160 square feet and it's got to be worth millions. 403 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,960 We had just. Started a building fund and we 404 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:21,520 had gotten it up to the whopping sum of $4500 and the next year 405 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,320 I'd already picked the theme was so built with the walls. 406 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,720 We're going to preach through Nehemiah and I thought, well 407 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,040 we'll save up a couple, maybe 25,000 and buy a piece of land 408 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,720 and start paying on. It and start you know maybe 15 409 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,600 years from now we'll build a building and. 410 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,880 You know, so I walked around this building, looked at it, was 411 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,120 intimidated, had a good laugh, and I drove away and forgot 412 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,200 about it. A lot of faith in me, right? 413 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,840 There's not. I am not. 414 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,600 I am not a man. Of great faith. 415 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,280 But I have a God of great faith and you can trust in him. 416 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,440 About a month later, Chris called me and said it's on a 417 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,000 pocket listing and we want you to come and see it. 418 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,280 I said, man, I'd love to see it. It's a beautiful building. 419 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,920 So Debbie and I went over there, we went on this tour. 420 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,720 I was wrong. It's not 18,000. 421 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,400 It was 22,000 square feet and and I know it's worth millions. 422 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,480 We have to, we have to insure. It for four point. 3,000,000 423 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,520 today and so I know it's expensive and I got through this 424 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,840 whole thing and got down to the third row. 425 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,480 I was sitting in the third row of the church auditorium and 426 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,640 seat about 300 people and Debbie was in the back with a real 427 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,960 estate agent and his wife. And I was just looking around 428 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,760 and the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said you better pursue this. 429 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,280 This is what I want. Now the Holy Spirit doesn't tell 430 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,520 me everything to do like he didn't tell me what tie to. 431 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,600 Wear, but there's times when your pastor is going to hear 432 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,960 from God. And he's going to have a 433 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,080 something to do that you're going to say that doesn't make 434 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,560 sense, but God told him to do it. 435 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,040 Our church was really on Sunday morning we'd have about 50 436 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,400 people maybe in church. But Sunday night we'd have 437 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,200 really 3035 people. And you know, I brought on 438 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,680 Saturday, I told the church on the midweek service. 439 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,360 And then Saturday we brought all 35 people. 440 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:07,720 Over to the. Building and we're walking 441 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,320 around the building and I could hear the men. 442 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,920 I was walking behind the men, you know, I'm wondering what are 443 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,560 they thinking? And I could hear them because 444 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,720 they're saying, why do we need a building this big? 445 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,560 How are we going to ever afford this? 446 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,120 There's no way we're going to be able to do this. 447 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:21,360 And. You know, I kind of agreed. 448 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:25,440 With them in in, in truth, but God had spoken to my heart. 449 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,400 We got all the way done with the tour and we got down to the 450 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,880 auditorium and I really, my motive was I wanted to see what 451 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,360 35 voices sounded like in that 300 seat auditorium. 452 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,600 And so we borrowed their piano and we found even in their 453 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,560 liberal Psalm books they still had it as well with my soul. 454 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,160 And we sang all four verses and at the end of those 4 verses all 455 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,320 the ladies were crying and all the men were pretending not to 456 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,560 and God had touched their hearts. 457 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,200 The next night. I asked. 458 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,840 For a vote. They the asking price was only a 459 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,360 little bit over half a million, but when you only have $4500, 460 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:05,880 that might as well be billions. And I told the church, I said 461 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,200 I'm going to, I'm going to, I got a little plan if we could 462 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,320 put together this much from within the church. 463 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,360 And they did. They sacrificed, put together 464 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:19,040 $35,000, only 35 people. And I said, I'll sell my house 465 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,760 and move into the apartment that's in there. 466 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,760 We'll give the house to the church and try to get 50,000 467 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,120 from there. And I'll write, I'll write a 468 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:29,960 note to my supporting churches, but I need the church to vote. 469 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,960 And they voted unanimously to follow. 470 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,480 And that night, so think about that, what God can do if people 471 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:42,440 will just get a hold of the vision that as, as as we said 472 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,800 tonight, if you get a hold of the vision that your pastor has 473 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,920 and get behind it. I called the real estate agent 474 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,600 the next morning and he accepted. 475 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,240 They accepted the bid. I offered $150,000 down. 476 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,480 I asked them to hold the mortgage for 10 years. 477 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,280 I'd never heard of anybody doing that before, but they accepted 478 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,400 that the price was half $1,000,000. 479 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,120 And I asked them to come down. They came down like $5000. 480 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:13,120 Yay. And And so I, you know, I, I, I 481 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,320 decided. Well, I better. 482 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,960 Write my supporting churches. So I had an e-mail. 483 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,680 With just like. Four or five pictures I said, 484 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,680 here's a building, an opportunity, been well cared for 485 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,800 and I can get it, but I need some help. 486 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,240 Maybe you'd pray and the Lord had laid on your heart to give 487 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,200 us an extra love offering. And I wrote 5 emails that came 488 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,320 out and told my wife, I just can't keep this up. 489 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,680 I said I can't. This is these men all have their 490 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,000 own buildings. They're all projects and my 491 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,560 wife's always trying to encourage my melancholy spirit. 492 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,720 And it's just then one of the pastors and he was from brother 493 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,120 Bishop over here in Alexandria. He wrote me an e-mail back and 494 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,680 said, brother, we have $10,000 to give your church. 495 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,320 And I shouted really loud and went back in my little office, 496 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,480 which was in my closet, and I wrote 50 more emails and for 12 497 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,520 weeks, because it's 12 weeks later that we had the the 498 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,320 deadline for buying, putting the paying for that $150,000. 499 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,920 And for 12 weeks, I can only explain it as if God just opened 500 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,720 the windows of heaven almost every day. 501 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,320 I was texting all our people. You know, I'd start texting 502 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,200 somebody called, they got $1000 for the building and I'd get all 503 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,200 these texts back. And I was texting And then 504 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,480 before I got done texting everybody, somebody else had 505 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,520 call. They didn't tell me afterwards. 506 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,920 I could all the way at the end they said, you know what group 507 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,400 texting is? I had no idea. 508 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:38,640 So I I could have gotten saved a lot of time, but with with one 509 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,360 church after another church. Even think about this, even the 510 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,760 Blancos found $1000 which is a huge sacrifice. 511 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,680 And over the course of 12 weeks there were amazing things. 512 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,440 I can summarize it by saying even people that I know didn't 513 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,400 like me gave money. To the church. 514 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,760 And at the end of that we had not just 150,000, we had 515 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:09,080 $374,000 in cash and we put 250,000 on the building and 516 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,480 moved into the building. I'll show you some pictures. 517 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,920 We had the 3rd anniversary of the church as a building 518 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,440 dedication. Had 194 people in church that 519 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,880 day. And then then in October of that 520 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,840 year we went full time. We told our supporting churches 521 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,960 you were supporting us. And I'd I'd sent that letter 522 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,240 out. We went independent. 523 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,360 And in December I was opening up the church building 1 Sunday 524 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,920 morning walking around the church and I forgot to open the 525 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,560 mail from Friday and I found a letter and it opened it up and 526 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,960 it was an anonymous check for a quarter $1,000,000 more to pay 527 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,040 off all of the mortgage. We were able to fix the roof and 528 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,440 and The thing is totally debt free. 529 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,560 Let me show you some pictures of it what you're seeing. 530 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,880 On the right is our library. The left is our Chapel room. 531 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,120 That's where I teach the Bible institute and our main kitchen. 532 00:28:58,120 --> 00:28:59,640 There are 4 kitchens in the building. 533 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,680 And on the left is the lunch room. 534 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,560 We have vacation Bible school. This is the auditorium on the 535 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,680 day we had 190. 4. And by the way, they had last 536 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:15,280 Sunday a special day and had 203 new record in the church last 537 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,840 Sunday had about 12 people walk the aisle to be saved and five 538 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,000 of them seemed ready and got saved. 539 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,440 And it's amazing what God has done the the pipe organ in that 540 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,360 building is worth much more than we paid for the building 12150 541 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,000 pipes. And it's a kind of organ that 542 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,640 when you play it, it rattles the floor when you're playing it. 543 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,600 It's amazing that the nicest building in that, probably that 544 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,600 whole, that region, maybe the whole state belongs to a Bible 545 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,080 preaching separated Baptist Church. 546 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,960 I've seen God do some things. I rejoice in that. 547 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,200 Notice our second point in verse #3 because thy loving kindness 548 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,880 is better than life. You know what's better than 549 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,600 life? Watching God in your life, I 550 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,400 mean, you can say, well, what was your life made of? 551 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,280 Well, I worked this job and I I have a good retirement, I have a 552 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,360 nice house, I go on nice vacations, and all of that would 553 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,960 gladly be traded for seeing the presence of God in your life. 554 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:17,640 Point #2 is the word pleasure. Pleasure, it's better than life, 555 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,760 houses and cars. And when you see him, there's 556 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,640 nothing else that will ever match up to the glory of God. 557 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:30,160 Working #3 and verse 4 is the word praise the result of this, 558 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,800 thus the result of what I've seen and God's greatness that 559 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,360 I've watched. Is that it is? 560 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,880 Better than life. And my lips shall praise thee. 561 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,840 Thus will I bless Thee. While I live, I will lift up my 562 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,720 hands in thy name. It's something that can't be 563 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,640 held in. It's the praise that ought to be 564 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,160 due to Him for everything that he's done. 565 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,240 But when you see God do miracles in your own life and in your own 566 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,720 family, you get to see the presence of God. 567 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,760 It's like when the Lord put it on my heart to give the house to 568 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,720 the church. And I don't recommend that. 569 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,600 The Holy Spirit told me so I'll obey him. 570 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,560 And I brought my kids together and I said, I just want you to 571 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,920 know that God's laid this on my heart. 572 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,120 And you know, any hope of an inheritance just disappeared, 573 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,440 you know, And my oldest son said. 574 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,600 Dad, that's all right, because every time you do something like 575 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:26,560 this, we get to see God. And I'd rather have that for my 576 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,520 children, the faith born in their heart, not because there's 577 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:36,360 a promise placed on a wall plaque, but they have lived and 578 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:41,920 experienced that God wants to do something in your life. 579 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,320 And I've seen it. #4 is the word plenty. 580 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,440 Look what verse? Five says my soul shall be 581 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,080 satisfied. And the world doesn't understand 582 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,000 this. You see, the joy that they find 583 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,320 in their earthly things is nothing compared to the joy when 584 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,520 God does something in your life and you're in the will of God 585 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,000 and you're working for Him and God is showing up. 586 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,240 In other words, the joy that they things are calling joy 587 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,480 don't compare to the real joy that is the sustaining through 588 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,480 all of the battles and all of the trials. 589 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,920 The joy of the Lord is our strength and when you see that 590 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,200 He will satisfy you. It is a satisfaction that 591 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,840 reaches down into the deepest part of your soul. 592 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,760 It is the satisfaction that will raise you up in this world to 593 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,360 have a vision of heaven in this life like nobody else that walks 594 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,840 in this earth will ever know. Notice the pondering in verse #6 595 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,160 When I remember thee upon my bed, what do you think about in 596 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,120 your idle moments? And meditate on thee in the 597 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,960 night watches. I'll tell you what you talk 598 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,800 about the regeneration of that church in Idaho. 599 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,280 That witnessed the power of God demonstrated all of the rest of 600 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,280 their lives they will be talking about. 601 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,840 Let me tell you how we got this building. 602 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,040 I mean everybody comes into that building said wow, what a 603 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,600 beautiful place. Look at the stained glass and 604 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,080 the people that were there. They always say, let me tell you 605 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,040 what God did. And that's what people in this 606 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:16,000 world need. It is an amazing thing. 607 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,720 The last point is the protection of God. 608 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:23,000 Look at verse #7 Because thou has been my help. 609 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,440 Therefore, in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice the 610 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,160 protection that comes. Under the shadow of his wings. 611 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,960 And I've had to run there in temptation and in trials and in 612 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,480 danger and, and the things that have happened to us as a family 613 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,440 and the things that we've gone through and whether it be the. 614 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,080 You know, the hurricane that filled our house with four feet 615 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,640 of water running through the bottom floor and our roof kind 616 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,360 of every. It was like it was breathing. 617 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,960 It kept getting sucked up and we're looking out the window and 618 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,560 there goes our neighbors roof down. 619 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,240 We don't know where it went. We never found it. 620 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:00,280 And amazing what God's will can do, put you in those places 621 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,800 where you say I have nowhere to go but the shadow of his wings. 622 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,120 And I've been there and I can tell you that he'll. 623 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:13,360 Protect you there, parents, Let your children go and serve the 624 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,159 Lord. They are safest under the shadow 625 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:21,120 of his wings, even if that means in some foreign land serving and 626 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:25,000 preaching the gospel someplace to people that you don't know. 627 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,639 And you say, I'd like to have my children right next to us and by 628 00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:32,679 us, and so would we. And but yet God can protect them 629 00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:35,440 and guide them and make their life fruitful. 630 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,040 And at the end of it, you will glorify God and say, Oh glory to 631 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,600 God, my children are serving the Lord. 632 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:46,800 But in giving of their hearts, let God protect your family, the 633 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,840 shadow of his wings, the protection that he wants. 634 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:55,800 The greatest part is the people people like this is on a special 635 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,600 picnic day. I took a shot just. 636 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,720 Threw it up there, but look at the left hand side up there with 637 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:04,480 the McLaughlin family and she was saved, married a Catholic 638 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,840 and for 60 plus years she prayed that God would save him. 639 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,960 She went to different churches and when we showed up, she saw 640 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,160 that our church was the church she should be in. 641 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,640 And she became one of its earlier members in the first few 642 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,280 months of the church. And we began praying for her 643 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,360 husband. He started attending church and 644 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,720 listening to the sermons. And he's a, he's a, he's a very, 645 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:31,680 he's not, he's, he's a studier. And he liked that the Bible was 646 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,560 open, He said, all of his life as a Catholic. 647 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,240 They never read the Bible. And it was really special as he 648 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:40,440 got closer and closer to understanding salvation, what 649 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:44,240 really brought it to a head was I had Pastor Blanco come from 650 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:47,840 Belize and preach and he talked about how he got saved, you 651 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:52,000 know, from from an altar boy to a preacher of the gospel is the 652 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,480 type of sermon he preached. And and it was Terry's testimony 653 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,760 of being an altar boy. And he came to me and he said, 654 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,080 Pastor, can I come and see you tomorrow? 655 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,120 He came in my. Office. 656 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,880 And he bowed his head and prayed and asked Jesus to save him. 657 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:10,560 After 60 years, after 60 years, you should have seen her cry 658 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,640 through the next time we were all together at the Lord's Table 659 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,240 and she just cried partaking with her saved. 660 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:22,920 Husband, you see, these are the stories and by the way, this is 661 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,800 this is certainly fruit to the account of this church for 662 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,240 supporting this ministry for so long. 663 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,000 Look at what God's called us to do after my son. 664 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,480 We had trained him, you know, he graduated there from our Bible 665 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,440 institute. There he is getting his degree 666 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,120 and there we are ordaining him on my son's in the middle of 667 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,200 that picture. And Debbie's dad is on his right 668 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:51,280 and my dad is on his left. And I'm past my dad and all 669 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,240 these preachers, a heritage of preachers. 670 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:58,080 And we thank God for that. And my son ordained, you know, 671 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,560 my father-in-law started a church and my dad started a 672 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,840 church and I've started 2 churches. 673 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:09,440 And my son, he, he said, well, I got to find a place to start a 674 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,200 church. That's the family business, I 675 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,200 guess. And but after the Lord was 676 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,960 leading on my heart, I went to him. 677 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,680 And even though he's young, I said, would you pray about being 678 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,760 the next pastor? And he prayed and fasted. 679 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,440 Doesn't that sound familiar? And he came back and he said, 680 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,920 I'm really surprised, but I believe God wants me to be here 681 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:31,000 long term. And Debbie's parents are there 682 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,600 helping him. In February, they voted 683 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,800 unanimously and then to take him as their pastor. 684 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,560 And he is doing a great job. He used to work for Charlie 685 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,480 Kirk. And this assassination is really 686 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,800 allowed him to have an inroads in people's lives and people are 687 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,120 getting saved. We had a good time last week, 688 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,480 but he's been dealing with people, especially the days 689 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,160 right afterwards. Every day. 690 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,440 He said he had over 100 phone calls. 691 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,800 God's been working and doing the work on him, on our other two 692 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,960 children that are all there serving the Lord. 693 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,840 It reminds me of this. I mean, you know, my son is the 694 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,000 pastor, His younger brother is the song leader, an adult Sunday 695 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,360 school teacher, and his brother-in-law, my son-in-law, 696 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,960 is in the sound booth and he's running security and he keeps 697 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,680 the financial books on the computer for them. 698 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,960 And, you know, the Lord's worked and the church has grown. 699 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,120 There are people in that church that I did not know. 700 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,040 And it's only been since May. God has a plan. 701 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:38,240 If we just follow God's plan here, we have this great city. 702 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,200 I love this city, the concrete jungle, right? 703 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,960 It is known as the city of DL Moody. 704 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,760 Moody Bible Institute is there. They preach the gospel. 705 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,160 You know, they're hardly, you could find the gospel there, but 706 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,640 it's not proclaimed like it used to be. 707 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:58,440 And it's sad. It's no longer the city of BL 708 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,080 Moody. It was known for the city where 709 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,480 Billy Sunday not only played baseball, but he got saved and 710 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,280 we used to go and preach. At the Pacific. 711 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,960 Guard mission right where he got saved and but now it's known for 712 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:13,320 its crimes and violence, it's homicides, it's gang riots and 713 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,360 looting and everything else. But there are. 714 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:21,120 Millions of people there who need the gospel and we know what 715 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,400 is not the answer, right? The answer is not woke. 716 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,840 This. I mean, we have Lori Lightfoot 717 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:30,240 on one side and they she was so bad they threw her out and 718 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:33,160 decided to put another guy in and they got a guy, Brandon 719 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,360 Johnson. Who's who's worse? 720 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,080 More woke. Than she was, if that's 721 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,840 possible. He's trying to outlaw Christian 722 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,160 education and homeschooling in the city of Chicago. 723 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:45,920 Why? Why not work on a lot of other? 724 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,880 Problems that he has. It's not the answer, but what is 725 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,640 the answer? The Bible is the answer. 726 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,520 We have the gospel. It is amazing to me and I and I 727 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,640 really believe in this, that families that can leave the city 728 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,040 and say I want to raise my kids in a better environment. 729 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,640 I say Amen. But at the same time, we ought 730 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:06,520 to have we that are pastors. And have the answer in our 731 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,640 hands. We ought to be running into 732 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,680 those places where the fire is the hottest and where the the 733 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,320 the gospel light is the darkest. And, and, and it ought to be our 734 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,680 goal to plant churches and reach the people. 735 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:22,000 With the gospel answer and this is what we desire to do it by 736 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,560 the grace of God. We're going to go to Portage 737 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,240 Park, which is halfway between O'Hare Airport and the Loop, the 738 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,400 downtown area, and this is our just our target area. 739 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,240 The whole, the whole outline there. 740 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,840 I've had people ask that whole outline. 741 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,240 Is the city of Chicago. It's just that a. 742 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,440 Lot of big. Cities are all divided up into 743 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,040 neighborhoods. Not cities, not not communities, 744 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,280 not suburbs. The suburbs are beyond this, but 745 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,560 inside. There are 77 neighborhoods in 746 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,320 the city of Chicago. And this is just, we highlighted 747 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:55,800 an area that is sort of a target spot or target area for us to 748 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,520 go. And here's an aerial view from 749 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,320 that area looking back at the Loop at the downtown buildings. 750 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,920 And you'll notice the bottom there that those are called 751 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,120 bungalows. It's this Chicago phenomena of, 752 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,440 of of 10s of I don't know how many, there's probably several, 753 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:15,480 100,000 of these in the city. They call it a bungalow belt. 754 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,280 It goes around this area of Chicago, even around the South 755 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,680 Side. And they're, they're kind of 756 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,160 skinny longer. Houses with a little gangway in 757 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,520 between, usually paved like a sidewalk. 758 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,680 You know the. About four feet you can open 759 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,800 your window and wash your dishes and talk to your neighbor 760 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,440 washing her dishes at the same time. 761 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,840 And but it's a lot of doors to get to individual home, single 762 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,760 family dwellings where there are literally millions, 3 millions 763 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,160 of people that need the Lord Jesus Christ. 764 00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,000 Pastor Courtney Lewis, you know him well. 765 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,280 He does a good job in the city of Chicago. 766 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,080 He is down on the South side of the city from the where the 767 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,120 downtown is. He is in Hyde Park. 768 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,400 They'll be approximately 2 million people between His 769 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,880 church and where we're going to start the church. 770 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,560 And our timing is that we've already moved it up, planning to 771 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,160 start the church on June 14th at this point. 772 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:13,360 And the support is already coming in, in, in in a great and 773 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,880 fast way. You look at this last point as 774 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:21,640 we close in your conclusion in verse #8 my soul followeth heart 775 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,880 after thee. Thy right hand upholdeth me. 776 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,640 After everything the Lord's done for us, there's something that 777 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,880 happens in the heart of a Christian that has seen this is 778 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,200 they say Lord, there isn't anything else worth it. 779 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,080 I want to see more. I want to see God do better 780 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,320 things, greater things. I want to see more of the 781 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:46,480 release of those that are trapped in sin after receiving 782 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,440 Christ finding victory. And the life. 783 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:53,000 Totally given over to God. I want to be that kind of 784 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,680 person. I want God to do better things. 785 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,400 I want, I want it to be known that I'm giving everything I 786 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:03,840 have all the rest of my life to the Lord Jesus Christ. 787 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:10,120 And is that your calling? Isn't it all of Our Calling? 788 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:16,440 That your soul, not just something you do, but your heart 789 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:22,440 that pursues God in a way that you could say my soul followeth 790 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,520 hard? Or are you following your 791 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,720 business? Or are you following any 792 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:30,720 substitute? From giving all. 793 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,560 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I pray that you 794 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,520 please bless the invitation here. 795 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,160 The Lord the things we've seen might affect, and the words 796 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:44,120 we've heard might affect our hearts, but there's no. 797 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:45,600 Sin. There's no earthly. 798 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,880 Thing there's nothing that ought to be between our soul and the 799 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,520 Savior, the Lord you might. In this time. 800 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:56,680 Give us that surrender. That we need. 801 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,280 To do everything we can, to pray, to pray, to seek you, to 802 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,800 do everything we can in our own local church. 803 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,400 To give so the word can be given. 804 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,320 Out. To other places and around the 805 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:13,160 world the Lord begin that. Work of revival in. 806 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:16,640 Each one of our hearts with your heads bowed and your eyes 807 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,760 closed. Let's have a time of invitation. 808 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,960 Would you? Has the Lord worked on your 809 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,720 heart? Would you stand with me at your? 810 00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:25,800 Seats there wouldn't you like to be? 811 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,800 Numbered among those whose soul? Say my intention is that I would 812 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,800 follow hard after the oh. God come and talk to him about. 813 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,760 That the invitation. Is open, the altar is open. 814 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,560 Please come and say, Lord, count me in. 815 00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:44,360 I want to be among those, whatever that. 816 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:50,680 Means wherever that. Takes me at whatever cost to my 817 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,560 comfort. And to my life. 818 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,440 I want to be numbered among those whose heart followeth 819 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:02,560 hard. I want to see God demonstrated. 820 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,840 In my life. Don't be in a hurry. 821 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:07,000 Spend time with the Lord.