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Probably great good morning if 
you would open your Bibles to 

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the book of Exodus chapter 24. 
It's interesting Ryan prayed 

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that we would dive into the 
Bible and we're going to cover a

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lot of verses this morning. 
But I, I believe this is what 

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the Lord would have me to to 
speak on. 

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And I believe this is what he 
would have have us to see. 

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Exodus chapter 24, the Bible 
says beginning in verse one. 

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And he said unto Moses, this is 
the Lord talking to Moses, come 

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up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron
and Nateb, and by who? 

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And 70 of the elders of Israel 
and worship ye afar off. 

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And Moses alone shall come near 
the Lord, but they shall not 

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come nigh, neither shall the 
people go up with him. 

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And Moses came and told the 
people all the words of the Lord

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and all the judgments, and all 
the people answered with one 

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voice, and said, all the words 
which the Lord has said will we 

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do. 
And Moses wrote all the words of

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the Lord, and rose up early in 
the morning, and building an 

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altar under the hill and 12 
pillars, according to the 12 

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tribes of Israel. 
And he sent young men to the 

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children of Israel, of the 
children of Israel, which 

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offered burnt offerings and 
sacrifice, peace, offerings of 

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oxen unto the Lord. 
And Moses took half of the blood

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and put it in basins, and half 
of the blood he sprinkled on the

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altar, and he took the book of 
the covenant, and read in the 

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audience of the people. 
And they said, All that the Lord

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has said will we do, and be 
obedient. 

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And Moses took the blood and 
sprinkled it on the people, and 

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said, Behold the blood of the 
covenant which the Lord hath 

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made with you concerning all 
these words. 

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Then went up Moses and Aaron, 
Natab, and by who? 

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And 70 of the elders of Israel. 
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and there was under his feet, as
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sapphire stone, and as it were 
the body of heaven in his 

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clearness. 
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children of Israel he laid not 
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Also they saw God, and did eat 
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And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Come up to me into the mount, 

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and be there, and I will give 
the tables of stone, and the law

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and commandments which I have 
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them. 
And Moses rose up in his 

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minister Joshua. 
And Moses went up into the mount

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of God. 
And he said unto the elders, 

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Tarry ye here for us, until we 
come again unto you. 

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And behold, Aaron and her are 
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If any man have any matters to 
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And Moses went up into the 
mount, and a cloud covered the 

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mount, And the glory of the Lord
abode upon Mount Sinai, And the 

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cloud covered it 6 days. 
And the 7th day he called unto 

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Moses out of the midst of the 
cloud. 

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And the sight of the glory of 
the Lord was like devouring fire

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on top of the mount in the eyes 
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And Moses went into the midst of
the cloud, and GAT him up into 

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the mount. 
And Moses was in the mount 40 

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days and 40 nights. 
And then turn over to Exodus 

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chapter 32. 
We saw in chapter 24 the people 

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of Israel not not once but twice
said all that the Lord has said 

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we will do, we will obey. 
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chapter 24 that the presence of 
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the top of the mountain. 
So the people had seen the power

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of God. 
They had seen Moses man be 

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called up to the mount and and 
depart with Joshua's minister 

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and the presence of God was so 
manifest that the 70 elders of 

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the people of Israel. 
God said don't even you 

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shouldn't you can't come up only
Moses and Joshua can come up and

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so Moses is there as the end of 
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nights. 
Then chapter 32 And when the 

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people saw that Moses delayed to
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people gathered themselves 
together unto Aaron, and said 

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unto him, Up Make us gods which 
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For As for this Moses, the man 
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land of Egypt, we want not what 
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And Aaron said unto them, Break 
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are in the ears of your wives, 
and of your sons, and of your 

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daughters, and bring them unto 
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And all the people break off the
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their ears, and brought them 
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And he received them at their 
hand, and fashioned it with a 

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graving tool. 
After he had made it, made it a 

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molten calf. 
And they said, These be thy 

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gods, O Israel, which brought 
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Egypt. 
And when Aaron saw it, he built 

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an altar before it. 
And Aaron made proclamation, and

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said, Tomorrow is a feast to the
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And they rose up early on the 
Morrow, and offered burnt 

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offerings, and brought peace 
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And the people sat down to eat 
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play. 
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go

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get thee down. 
For thy people which thou 

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brought us out of the land of 
Egypt, have corrupted 

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themselves. 
They have turned aside quickly 

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out of the way which I commanded
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They have made them a molten 
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and have sacrificed thereunto, 
and said, These be thy gods, O 

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Israel, which have brought thee 
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And the Lord said unto Moses, I 
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behold, it is a stiff necked 
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Now therefore let me alone, that
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them, and that I may consume 
them, and I will make of thee a 

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great nation. 
Then one more passage turn to 

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the book of First Samuel, 
chapter 13. 

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First Samuel chapter 13. 
We'll start reading in verse 8. 

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This is when King Saul is 
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Philistines. 
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against Israel, verse 8. 
And he carried, Speaking of King

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Saul seven days according to the
set time that Samuel had 

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appointed. 
But Samuel came not to Gilgal, 

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and the people were scattered 
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And Saul said, Bring hit her a 
burnt offering to me in peace 

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offerings. 
And he offered the burnt 

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offering. 
And it came to pass that as soon

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as he had made an end of 
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behold Samuel came. 
And Saul went out to meet him, 

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that he might salute him. 
And Samuel said, What has thou 

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done? 
And Saul said, Because I saw 

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that the people were scattered 
from me, and doubt that thou 

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came us not within the days 
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Philistines gathered themselves 
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Therefore, said I, the 
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upon me to Gilgal, and I have 
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Lord. 
I forced myself therefore, and 

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offered a burnt offering. 
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou 

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hast done foolishly. 
Thou has not kept the 

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commandment of the Lord thy God,
which he commanded thee, for now

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with the Lord have established 
thy Kingdom upon Israel forever.

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But now thy Kingdom shall not 
continue. 

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The Lord has sought him a man 
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Lord hath commanded him to be 
captain over his people, because

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thou has not kept that which the
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You may look at these passages 
of Scripture and say, well, OK, 

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what do those have in common? 
The idea that I have it that 

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they have in common is 
impatience and failing to wait 

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with the children of Israel at 
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It was failing to wait for the 
Lord to do what he was doing 

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with Moses. 
And you can read the chapters 

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between chapter 34 and chapter 
32 and you see all the commands 

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and instructions that God gave 
Moses about the Tabernacle and 

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the worship and everything. 
And the people of Israel got 

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impatient and and decided not to
wait on him. 

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We know from studying Genesis 
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Exodus, the people of Israel as 
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impatient, needy people. 
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about the water? 
They complained about the manna,

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they complained about the 
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They didn't follow what God told
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far as gathering the man and 
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And when God is giving Moses the
law, they got impatient and 

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wouldn't wait. 
Similarly with King Saul, Samuel

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told him, I'm coming in a 
certain time, Saul, that time 

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passed. 
Saul was impatient, decided not 

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to wait and intruded into the 
priest's office and as a result 

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he lost his Kingdom. 
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said Samuel told Saul, God hath 
chosen a man after his own 

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heart. 
We know who that is because that

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describes David. 
God said David is a man after my

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own heart. 
So today I want to, I think the 

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Lord would have us to study 
patience and waiting on the Lord

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and what the Bible says about it
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And I hope it'll be a blessing. 
Let's have a word of prayer and 

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then we'll get into our study. 
Father, thank you again for the 

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opportunity to be in your house 
this morning. 

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Lord, I do pray you, you be with
the pastor and his family and, 

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and Josh and Sarah and and Brian
and Sarah. 

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Just take care of them today, 
Lord and his whole family. 

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Comfort them as only you can. 
Lord. 

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Lord, just bless us here as we 
we miss them. 

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But Lord, this is your house and
this is the time for us to to 

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come and worship you and, and we
want to do that in spirit and in

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truth. 
And we pray that you would be 

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glorified in everything that's 
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Father, I pray you would speak 
through me exactly what you have

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to be said here this morning and
Sunday school. 

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May you be glorified in Jesus 
name, Amen. 

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So the Bible has a lot to say 
about waiting. 

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If you look at your concordance,
the word wait is included in the

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Bible multiple times and it has 
different meanings depending on 

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on the context it's in. 
But a few verses that that the 

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Bible talks about waiting. 
And it's interesting that that 

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David is the man after God's own
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initial verses on waiting and 
waiting on the Lord particularly

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are in the book of Psalms. 
I'm just going to go through 

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verses. 
If you want to write down the 

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references, you can. 
If you want to turn to them, you

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can. 
But as you probably have already

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noticed, I read kind of fast. 
So you know, if you want to just

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write down the verses or if you 
want to come up after this, 

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after the service this morning. 
If you're curious about the 

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references, I'll be glad to give
them to you. 

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But starting in Psalm chapter 
25, verse one, David says unto 

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thee, O Lord, do I lift up my 
soul? 

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Oh my God, I trust in thee. 
Let me not be ashamed. 

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Lot not my enemies triumph over 
me. 

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Yeah, let none that wait on thee
be ashamed. 

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Let them be ashamed. 
What transgress without cause. 

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Show me thy ways, O Lord, teach 
me thy paths. 

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Lead me in thy truth and teach 
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salvation. 
On Thee do I wait all the day. 

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And then in verse 21, let 
integrity and uprightness 

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preserve me, for I wait on thee.
Then in Psalm chapter 27 verse 

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14, David says, wait on the 
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shall strengthen thine heart. 
Wait, I say on the Lord. 

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Then Psalm 33 verse 20, Our soul
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He is our help and our shield. 
Then a well known Psalm, Psalm 

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37, verses 7 through 9 Rest in 
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him. 
Fret not thyself because of Him 

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who prospereth in the way, in 
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bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Cease from anger and forsake 

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wrath. 
Fret not thyself in any wise to 

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do evil, for evildoer shall be 
cut off. 

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But those that wait upon the 
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earth. 
Then Psalm 130, verses 5 and 6. 

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I wait for the Lord, my soul 
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hope my soul waiteth for the 
Lord. 

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More than they that watch for 
the morning, I say, more than 

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they that watch for the morning.
Then the book of Proverbs 

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chapter 20 verse 22, say not 
thou, I will recompense evil, 

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but wait on the Lord, and he 
shall save thee. 

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Then a well known verse that 
that's cited off in Isaiah 

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chapter 40, verse 31. 
But they that wait upon the Lord

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shall renew their strength, they
shall mount up with wings as 

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eagles, they shall run and not 
be weary, and they shall walk 

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and not faint. 
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chapter 64, verse 4. 
For since the beginning of the 

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world, men have not heard nor 
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hath the eye seen, O God beside 
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him that waiteth for him. 
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and verse 25. 
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wait for him, to the soul that 
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This is Jesus commanded them, 
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not depart from Jerusalem, but 
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Father, which saith he, You have
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For John truly baptized with 
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with the Holy Ghost not many 
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into heaven. 
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the filling of the Holy Spirit. 
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more to say. 
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could, I could to read to you 
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talk about. 
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won't go into those. 
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concordance and just trace out 
all the verses that are that use

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the word wait, it's amazing. 
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There's there's amazing number 
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describe that and encourage it. 
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who know the Lord is our Savior,
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expectation and in a time like 
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through our comfort, but it 
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He's coming back and those who 
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have not trusted Christ as our 
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be a witness to them and to work
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be some opportunities during the
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the gospel? 
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save anybody and force anybody 
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He tells us to plant the seed to
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that impatience and not waiting 
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error. 
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you can think about something 
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Lord for and you were praying 
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done. 
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you do it right now? 
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think it means. 
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the Lord, You know, we, we 
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And it's hard sometimes to to 
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not only your will, but I want 
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those are what's best for me or 
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the situation may be. 
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wait on the Lord? 
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few verses that that we'll we'll
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And then, then we'll be done. 
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patience, for God's direction, 
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situation because a lot of times
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because we just don't have 
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It's like, I want this resolved.
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morning that the printer stopped
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bulletin printing. 
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It was out of toner and I'm 
tech. 

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I texted the pastor and he had 
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called me to talk about printing
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you can just call me or text me.
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he's not responding. 
He's not responding, he's not 

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responding. 
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going to give him till 9:00 and 
then I'll call him. 

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And I call him. 
It rang, rang, rang, went to 

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voicemail. 
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his phone on, but that's OK. 
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and said let me check with Josh.
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said, Oh, yeah, there's this box
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We needed a color cartridge. 
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toner. 
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Josh said, yeah, open that box. 
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cartridge was. 
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like we need to get these 
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make do with 48 instead of 100. 
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impatient. 
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me with this. 
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be great. 
But it all worked out. 

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We got them all printed and it 
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But you know, it's, it's we let 
ourselves get stressed sometimes

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instead of just trusting in the 
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Lord, you got this under 
control. 

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I know you want these bulletins 
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bulletin. 
You're going to make it work one

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way or another, or we're going 
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You know, you're going to work 
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being printed. 
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again and a well known verse 
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everything, give thanks for this
is the will of God in Christ 

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Jesus concerning you. 
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well, give thanks. 
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thanks. 
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you're feeling impatient and 
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to get done now. 
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I can't wait. 
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And you know, it's like, Lord, 
thanks for the opportunity to be

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here. 
Thanks that we printed 48 

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bulletins before the printer 
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whatever the case may be, but 
pray for patience, for God's 

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direction and for God's peace in
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Secondly, this might be one of 
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with the second, with the Third 
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But secondly, get our focus off 
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to be, which is on Christ. 
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him and and and to carry out the
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Hebrews 12/1 and two again, well
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cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
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which does so easily beset us, 
and let us run with patience the

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race that is set before us. 
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author and finisher of our 
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set before him endured the 
cross, despising the shame, and 

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is set down at the right hand of
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You know, we try to do things in
our flesh and you know, like it,

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like the printer, the bulletin 
example, you know, I'm trying to

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serve the Lord by getting things
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That's a good thing. 
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I know you got this and I'm 
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of this and you're going to 
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to get a hold of Josh and it's 
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we contribute to our impatience,
but we bring out that that part 

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of us that none of us really 
like to think about much, that 

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self-centered, selfish part of 
us that that says, I got this, I

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can take care of this. 
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Lord, I got this, I don't need 
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our actions. 
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the focus off of our off of 
ourselves and, and focus on 

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Christ and, and what he's 
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US. 
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the lines of the second point, 
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Realize we're not in control. 
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 verse 8. 
Better is the end of a thing 

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than the beginning thereof, and 
the patient in spirit is better 

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than the proud in spirit. 
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Isaiah 55 verses 8 and 9 talking
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For my thoughts are not your 
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my ways, saith the Lord. 
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than the earth, so are my ways 
higher than your ways, and my 

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thoughts than your thoughts. 
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so stressed and impatient and 
worried about things that the 

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next day don't matter at all. 
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maybe the next minute or the 
next hour, you know, and, and we

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look back and say, I was so 
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Why was I so stressed over that?
It it all, you know, it, it 

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first of all, it wasn't that big
a deal. 

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It didn't really matter. 
And, and second of all, it all 

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worked out. 
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But I think part of that is, you
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work. 
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want your will to be done in 
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But could you do it on my 
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And I say it tells us, you know,
the Lord said, my thoughts are 

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not your thoughts. 
You know, for the heavens are 

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higher than the earth. 
So are my ways higher than your 

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ways and my thoughts than your 
thoughts. 

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The Lord's going to resolve this
building situation in the way 

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and at the time that is best for
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Now we pray that the Lord would 
do it sooner because it's nice 

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to have a nice full church, 
which I hope we'll have this 

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morning in the preaching 
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But you know, it's restricting 
to some extent because a visitor

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comes in and has a hard time 
finding a place to sit. 

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They may not come back because 
they had a hard time finding a 

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place to sit. 
So we want, we want that, but 

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but the Lord's going to work it 
out because he's got a plan that

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goes all the way to the end of 
this world and every detail has 

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already been worked out and 
decided. 

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We don't know it. 
And that's a good thing because 

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we would probably do something 
stupid if we knew it. 

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But his ways are higher than I 
weighs. 

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He's in control. 
Then first Peter, chapter 5, 

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verses 5 through 7. 
Likewise, ye younger, submit 

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yourselves unto the elder. 
Yeah, all of you be subject 1 to

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another and be clothed with 
humility, for God resisteth the 

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proud and giveth grace to the 
humble. 

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Humble yourselves, therefore, 
under the mighty hand of God, 

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that he may exalt you in due 
time, casting all your care upon

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Him, for he careth for you 
again. 

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The Lord's got this, but it's so
hard for our flesh to let go 

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sometimes. 
And it's so hard for us to, to 

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say, you know, I, I've tried to,
to take care of this and either 

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I've gotten nowhere or I've gone
backwards and, and Lord, I just,

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I need to stop and I need to 
just trust you and need to let 

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you have it. 
And that's something we not only

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need to do every day, but we 
probably need to do it many 

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times a day because there's so 
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the day. 
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And, and it's easy to, to get so
focused on what you got to do at

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work or what you got to do 
around the house or what you're 

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doing serving the Lord at church
or, you know, there's just so 

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much going on. 
And it's easy to get in the 

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flesh and, and, and to just say,
well, I can do this. 

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You know, I've got, I've got to 
keep busy. 

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I got to, I got to keep doing 
this and, and I can take care of

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it when we really need to just 
let the Lord have it. 

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You know, Paul said I die daily 
and that didn't mean physically 

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dying, but he died to self 
daily. 

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He, he sacrificed his flesh 
daily so that he could be 

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totally under the control and 
influence of the Lord. 

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We should realize, as the 
scripture tells us, one way to 

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get rid of pride is realize we 
have no reason to be prideful. 

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Isaiah 64 verse 6, again a well 
known verse. 

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We are all as an unclean thing 
and all our righteousness are as

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filthy rags and we do, we all do
fade as a leaf and our 

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iniquities like the wind have 
taken us away. 

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We have no reason to be 
prideful. 

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You know, God gave us all the 
breath that we breathe this 

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morning and gave us the ability 
to even get out of bed this 

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morning an hour earlier than we 
were used to. 

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But you know, without Him, we're
nothing. 

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00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,840
We're not even here. 
And so we have no reason to be 

445
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,560
prideful and then finally 
realize that God is working in 

446
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,840
our life. 
James chapter 1 verses one 

447
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,760
through 4. 
James, a servant of God and the 

448
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,120
Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 
tribes which are scattered 

449
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,720
abroad. 
Greeting my brethren, count it 

450
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,760
all joy when you fall in the 
divers temptations, knowing 

451
00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,760
this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. 

452
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,480
But let patience have her 
perfect work, that you may be 

453
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,480
perfect and entire wanting 
nothing. 

454
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,400
Patience is is not. 
You know, there's a saying 

455
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:19,720
patience is a virtue, but it's a
very difficult to obtain virtue 

456
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:26,200
of you know, I know some people 
who are are are I, I consider 

457
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,560
them to be very patient. 
Most of them are older than I am

458
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,960
and they've had the benefit of 
the wisdom of years and and 

459
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,320
possibly the wisdom of their own
experience back when they were 

460
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,720
younger and weren't as patient 
as they are at the at the age 

461
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,960
they are now. 
But you know, the Lord is 

462
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,000
working in our life and he puts 
things into our life to 

463
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:51,560
strengthen our faith and that 
the verse says the trying of 

464
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,920
your faith worketh patience. 
And he's working on us all the 

465
00:26:54,920 --> 00:27:00,840
time as long as we're here and 
he leaves this year, he's still 

466
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,360
making us. 
He's still working in our life 

467
00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:08,240
and and helping us to grow. 
Hopefully, if we have the right 

468
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,440
heart to it and are willing to 
submit ourselves to him to allow

469
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,880
him to work on us and, and to to
grow us as Christians into 

470
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,360
better servants for him. 
I mean, the verse says that you 

471
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,720
may be perfect and entire 
perfect there doesn't mean 

472
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,680
literally perfect. 
I know that's been covered 

473
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,800
before. 
It means complete wanting 

474
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:34,040
nothing. 
And so get rid of our pride and,

475
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,600
and realize the Lord is in 
control and, and let him have 

476
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:43,160
control and surrender ourselves 
to him #4 get busy serving the 

477
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:48,920
Lord. 
And I realized that there's 

478
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,680
almost an inherent contradiction
because you can get, I think it 

479
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,520
is possible to get too busy 
serving the Lord. 

480
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,840
And sometimes when you get busy 
serving the Lord and get too 

481
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,640
busy serving the Lord and you 
neglect the other parts of your 

482
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,560
life, particularly your family 
and your own personal walk with 

483
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,000
the Lord, that can cause the 
stress that leads to impatience 

484
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,560
and, and leads you to, well, you
know, I mean, I can't, I can't 

485
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,240
tell the pastor I'm not going to
do this, that I don't have time,

486
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,360
you know, or I can't not show up
for visitation today when I 

487
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,480
really need to spend time at 
home or, you know, whatever the 

488
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,360
case may be. 
And, and you really get 

489
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:28,040
impatient with how things are 
going and you get impatient with

490
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,600
yourself, which doesn't help 
you. 

491
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,880
And indirectly, you're impatient
with the Lord because so many 

492
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,080
things are going on in your life
and you can't seem to find a way

493
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,360
to, to get it all to fit 
together and just straighten 

494
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,560
out. 
But but fundamentally, one of 

495
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,680
the ways to, to, to be patient 
and to, to wait on the Lord is 

496
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,320
to be serving the Lord. 
There's the old saying, and I 

497
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,840
don't mind is the devil's 
workshop. 

498
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:59,360
You know, a mind that isn't 
saturated in God's Word is also 

499
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:04,440
the devil's workshop. 
You know, get busy serving the 

500
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,560
Lord. 
But, but, but make sure you have

501
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:13,560
a good, solid, consistent walk 
with him that requires, in my 

502
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,840
opinion, and and I think the 
scriptures back this up. 

503
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,080
You need to be in the word of 
God every day. 

504
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,240
I'm not going to say how much 
because that's something I think

505
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,440
the Lord can show you, but you 
need to be in the word of God 

506
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,200
every day and you need to have a
time of prayer every day. 

507
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,400
That's how you maintain that 
walk with the Lord. 

508
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,320
And and that's also, I think how
he gives you the peace to be 

509
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,320
patient. 
The Bible, so incredible. 

510
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:42,800
This has been said many times 
before. 

511
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,240
I know you've all heard it 
several times, but you know you 

512
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,720
can read the same passage 10 
different times and get 10 

513
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,440
different things out of it. 
And it's the exact same words, 

514
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,920
but the Lord uses it in 
different ways as you read it 

515
00:29:53,920 --> 00:30:01,160
and you open your heart and your
mind to it that you know it can 

516
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,600
change you if you will open your
heart and allow it to change 

517
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:06,960
you. 
And you can see things. 

518
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,320
It's like I never saw it that 
way before. 

519
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,320
And and so getting busy serving 
the Lord is another way to to to

520
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,520
develop patience. 
And then the last point, and I 

521
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,080
think all these points are 
important, but the last point 

522
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:29,160
claim God's promises Isaiah 26 
three that will keep him in 

523
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,760
perfect peace, whose mind is 
stayed on thee because he 

524
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,320
trusteth in thee. 
Think about that. 

525
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,960
That will keep Him in perfect 
peace. 

526
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,640
I have a hard time imagining 
exactly what that's like. 

527
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,920
I hope I've experienced it some.
Because I've trusted the Lord 

528
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,240
and I've kept my mind on Him. 
But I mean, think about what the

529
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,880
Lord is promising there. 
But it requires whose mind is 

530
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,520
stayed on thee, because He 
trusteth in thee. 

531
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:05,960
You know you can't keep your 
mind on the Lord if you're not 

532
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,360
trusting Him, and I think the 
opposite is true too you You 

533
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,840
can't necessarily trust him 
without keeping your mind stayed

534
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,640
on him and and staying in his 
word and realizing all of the 

535
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,120
promises that he's given us. 
Hebrews 13 five Let your 

536
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,680
conversation be without 
covetousness and be content with

537
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,400
such things as you have. 
For he has said, I will never 

538
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,520
leave thee nor forsake the. 
You know, the pastor preached a 

539
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:35,400
message not long ago about how 
to how to be content, how to 

540
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,520
live a life of contentment. 
And that was one of the verses 

541
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:41,360
he he used. 
And and that's a very well known

542
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,480
verse to talk about. 
Be content with such things as 

543
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,680
you have. 
But but look at the back half of

544
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,000
the verse, the second-half of 
the verse where he has said I 

545
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,560
will never leave thee nor 
forsake thee. 

546
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:57,280
That's a promise. 
No matter where we go, no matter

547
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:03,520
how far we stray, he's always 
there and he's always ready for 

548
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,960
us to renew our relationship 
with him and and to renew our 

549
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,720
fellowship with him. 
No matter how far we strayed. 

550
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,800
You know, if we confess our 
sins, he's faithful and just to 

551
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,640
forgive us our sins and to 
cleanse us from all 

552
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,960
unrighteousness. 
If we straight away, he's always

553
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,080
ready to take us back. 
How many people do you know like

554
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,280
that? 
You know, there's a lot of 

555
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:33,920
people that, you know, if you 
have done something that 

556
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:38,840
offended them or or hurt them in
some way, they're A1 strike 

557
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,480
person. 
You get one strike with them and

558
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:43,760
then they want nothing to do 
with you. 

559
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,280
You know, I guess to use a 
modern technology term, they 

560
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,960
will ghost you. 
Not that I even really know what

561
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:58,160
that means, but you know, but 
think about all that the Lord 

562
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:04,040
did for us to save us. 
And then when we disobey him or 

563
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,200
we walk away from him, he's 
still standing right there 

564
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,200
saying, I'm ready to take you 
back. 

565
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,160
There are conditions, but I'm 
ready to take you back and I'm 

566
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,360
ready to have the same 
relationship and and fellowship 

567
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,240
with you that we had before you 
decided to walk away. 

568
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,400
And so clean that promise. 
Finally, James chapter 5, verses

569
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,480
7 and 8. 
Be patient therefore, brethren, 

570
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,640
unto the coming of the Lord. 
Behold the husbandmen, 

571
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,960
husbandmen waiteth for the 
precious fruit of the earth, and

572
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,720
hath long patience for it, until
he received the early and latter

573
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,160
rain. 
Be also patient. 

574
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,600
Establish your hearts, for the 
coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

575
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,520
We were talking yesterday, 
George and I were talking about 

576
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,320
the service and, and the order 
of service and everything. 

577
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,320
And he said, well, you know, 
normally the pastor when he gets

578
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:04,240
up and Sunday mornings we do him
and then he, he reads an article

579
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,360
or, or a missionary letter or 
something about, you know, 

580
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,840
something that's going on. 
And, and I said, yes, we're like

581
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,880
current events type of thing. 
And I said, well, I don't know 

582
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,560
that I have anything like that. 
And he said, well, you know, 

583
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:19,920
prophecy and, and the Middle 
East war, but not jokingly. 

584
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,480
I mean, look at what's going on 
in in the Middle East right now.

585
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:29,679
And in the Book of Revelation, 
Jerusalem is the center. 

586
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,159
There's a lot of stuff that 
happens in other places in the 

587
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:35,639
Book of Revelation, but it all 
centers around Jerusalem. 

588
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:42,600
And, you know, it is what's 
going on over there now a a late

589
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,840
stage to the to the end times. 
And in the latter days and the 

590
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:51,880
coming of Jesus could be, you 
know, we keep thinking about the

591
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,400
man. 
It's, it's so bad, you know, 

592
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,560
things are so bad. 
The Democrats are so bad, the 

593
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,200
liberals are so bad. 
You know, they, they trying to 

594
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,560
do this and trying to do that 
and abortion and, and all of 

595
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,240
these things. 
And, and I agree wholeheartedly 

596
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,600
that in my lifetime, the things 
I've seen in my lifetime, George

597
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,760
and I again were talking 
yesterday during the the Bible 

598
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:17,520
time about back when we were 
younger and when I grew up in 

599
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:22,400
North Carolina, on Sundays in 
Winston Salem, NC, there was I 

600
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,800
think 1 restaurant that you 
could eat at. 

601
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,800
I don't believe any gas stations
were open, No grocery stores, no

602
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,800
department stores. 
You know, there were no shopping

603
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,880
malls way back then, which tells
you how old I am. 

604
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:39,560
But, you know, people respected 
the Lord's Day and we were, in 

605
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,880
my opinion, a much more peaceful
society and less stressful 

606
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,680
society because of that because 
we took that day as a day of 

607
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,960
rest. 
Whether even the people I knew, 

608
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,560
some people in my neighborhood 
that they didn't go to church 

609
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,320
for all indications, they were 
not saved, but they didn't mow 

610
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,480
their yard on Sunday. 
There were no Little League 

611
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,280
games on Sunday. 
There was no travel sport that 

612
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,760
that kids do on Sundays. 
It was it was a much simpler 

613
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,160
time and and so in my lifetime, 
things have in my opinion gone 

614
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:15,280
down and and in a negative 
direction substantially. 

615
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:22,120
But let us not forget that the 
apostle Paul thought he was 

616
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:27,240
going to go up in the rapture. 
Then we should, you know, talk 

617
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:30,200
about the rapture and, and then 
we shall we all be together with

618
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:36,360
the Lord in the air. 
And back then, they weren't 

619
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:41,360
worried about losing their tax 
exemption or maybe being 

620
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:42,880
arrested for preaching on the 
street. 

621
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,760
They were worried about having 
their head cut off. 

622
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,560
And at least in America, we 
haven't gotten to that point 

623
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,200
yet. 
I acknowledge there are some 

624
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,520
places in the world that 
Christians are being murdered 

625
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,760
just because they're Christians.
But but it hasn't happened in 

626
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:01,280
America. 
And so is the Lord going to be 

627
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,320
coming soon? 
I hope so. 

628
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,200
I hope so. 
It's like the last verse in 

629
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,080
Revelation. 
Even so, come Lord Jesus, 

630
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:14,760
because it's only going to be 
great when he does come for us. 

631
00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:20,240
But Jesus was very careful, 
particularly in the Olivet 

632
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:23,160
Discourse and in other places in
the New Testament to tell his 

633
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:30,720
disciples, not only does not any
man know the day or the hour of 

634
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,960
the coming of the Lord, he 
didn't even know, only his 

635
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:40,360
Father knows. 
And so we, we can't get as as 

636
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,520
one phrase I've heard, and I 
probably won't get it exactly 

637
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,440
right. 
We can't get so heaven focused 

638
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,480
that we're earthly worthless 
because we're not in heaven yet.

639
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,600
We know we're going to be there 
one day, but we're here to do a 

640
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,440
work for the Lord. 
And I think one of the ways we 

641
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,160
can do that work in a more 
effective way is if we strive to

642
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:05,400
be more patient and we strive to
wait on the Lord. 

643
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,040
And ultimately it comes down to 
do you really believe that his 

644
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,960
way and his time is the absolute
best solution to whatever the 

645
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:21,600
issue is, whatever the issue is,
because it is. 

646
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,760
I mean, the Bible tells us that 
very clearly. 

647
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,880
And do you also believe that his
ways and his knowledge is so 

648
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:35,240
much higher than ours that we 
almost insult him by trying to 

649
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:39,000
do things in our flesh as 
opposed to saying, Lord, I 

650
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,720
surrender this to you. 
You work through me to get it 

651
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:44,360
done. 
Use me as a tool in your hand to

652
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:48,760
get it done, because in my flesh
I can do nothing good. 

653
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,320
And so when we serve the Lord, 
let's try to to be more patient 

654
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:59,920
and, and, and try to focus on 
waiting on him and trusting him 

655
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,480
because that's really what it 
comes down to. 

656
00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:06,000
Waiting on him is trusting him 
that he's going to do it in his 

657
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,040
time. 
I hope this has been a blessing.

658
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,680
Let's have a word of prayer and 
then we'll be dismissed. 

659
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,280
Father, again, thank you for the
opportunity to be in your house 

660
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,200
this morning and to open your 
word and, and to look at your 

661
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,720
word and, and search for wisdom 
and guidance to live our lives 

662
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,880
in a way that's pleasing to you.
Father, I pray that you would 

663
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,080
help us to be more patient and 
Lord, to wait on you and let you

664
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:33,560
work your work in your time in 
our lives and in our ministries 

665
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,800
and in our church. 
Father, just blessed now. 

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I pray that you would bless in 
the next hour. 

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Blessed Brother Jim, as he 
preaches, give him exactly the 

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message we need. 
Lord, fill him with your Holy 

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Spirit. 
And Father, help us to open our 

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hearts to receive it. 
Lord, most of all, if there's 

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anybody with us this morning 
who's never trusted Jesus as our

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Savior, I pray, Lord, that today
would be the day of salvation. 

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Lord, again, bless the Boots 
family, take care of them, 

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comfort them, keep them safe if 
they're traveling today. 

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Lord, and just have your way and
will and everything that's done.

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Father, may you be glorified in 
everything we do here in Jesus 

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name, Amen. 
Thank you.