1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:07,040 It's a great truth. Don't ever get two things messed 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,880 up. God will never hurt you and the 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,840 devil will never help you. That's a great truth. 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:21,800 Glad to be here on this grandparents day and I can't 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,880 resist. My grandma ate spaghetti every 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,760 day of her life until she passed away. 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:43,960 I'm sorry, I'm sorry every day till she passed away. 8 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:52,720 Some of you get that on the way home, but I have great memories 9 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,960 of my grandma. I never had a grandpa. 10 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,200 I saw my dad's dad one time. I just remember him sitting in a 11 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:05,600 chair. And my mother's dad died when 12 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:11,920 she was 16. And here my grandsons had me, 13 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,040 Karen, Cody's dad and then my dad. 14 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,120 They had five grandpas and I didn't have one. 15 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,200 And but that's, that's OK. That's that's just life 16 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:31,080 sometimes. But my grandmother, I did have 17 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,160 one grandmother in my life, and she was fearless. 18 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,080 She would have won Survivor. She would have won. 19 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,000 I mean, when I was a kid, she had a fireplace in the house and 20 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,120 it looked like she reached in there and grabbed a fiery log, 21 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:49,080 moved it around and we were out. One time she was getting wood 22 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,520 and there was a snake. She just promptly picked up a 23 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,680 big brick, clonked it on the head. 24 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,760 Grandma was fearless and then we were didn't get to go to the 25 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,840 store much with her. But I think I got my toy buying 26 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,240 stuff from her because we walked to the store downtown and she 27 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,280 said pick out a toy whichever 1 you want. 28 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,760 I can't do that today. Not whichever 1 you want. 29 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,440 Back then it was all dollar toys, you know, not not much. 30 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,840 Now you know their their toys have changed. 31 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,680 I tried to fool my grandson. I just be seated for one say I 32 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,520 tried to fool my grandson. I took him to the $5 store. 33 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,680 We played ball and I thought grandpa's going to get off easy. 34 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,200 We played ball and we played, got out the sword and 35 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,040 everything. And which one do you want? 36 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,120 He said, I want to go to Walmart. 37 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:57,520 He ain't dumb. So he used to love one of the 38 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:03,000 Toy Story characters. The other one, the robot dude, 39 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,600 Buzz Lightyear. So he had a Buzz Lightyear and 40 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,280 it had a torn finger off of it or something. 41 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,480 And his mom, he's like, mom, I need a new Buzz Lightyear. 42 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,080 And she said. That's fine. 43 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,600 It's your. Your Buzz Lightyear is just OK. 44 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,600 He's that's OK. Papa will get me one. 45 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,520 He was right. He wasn't. 46 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:32,440 Wrong. And thank God for the 47 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,560 grandparents that make the world go around. 48 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,200 Let's give all of our grandparents a hand. 49 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:49,180 We're we're glad for you. Time is getting away, as it 50 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:51,540 always. Does if you. 51 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:55,020 Turn to Joshua chapter 5, we'll read a verse and I'll let you be 52 00:03:55,020 --> 00:04:04,640 seated. How appropriate to have a 53 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,080 grandson or granddaughter crying on the Grandparents Day. 54 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,760 I tell you, be sad. If we didn't have no crying 55 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:17,959 babies around here, sometimes I think we need to have a crying 56 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:23,120 baby choir. Did you know God understands 57 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,560 their talk that they could literally defeat the enemy? 58 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,880 What the Bible, that's what the word of God says Joshua, Joshua 59 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:44,840 chapter 5 and I have wrote the wrong verse down Judges. 60 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:52,000 Let's try judges. Hey man, God is good. 61 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:59,860 Tell your neighbor Bible search. Hey, man, we're going to get 62 00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:03,480 there. I'm thankful for all the tools 63 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,640 that we have today. Aren't you? 64 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,600 I have a strong concordance. And some of you, some of you, 65 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,240 you'll know that in the back. I just got tired of trying to 66 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,640 find that Hebrew Greek dictionary. 67 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:25,280 And I, I took a pen and I marked where the Hebrew dictionary was 68 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:26,480 and where the Greek dictionary was. 69 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,600 And now we got it all. Tell your neighbor, no excuse to 70 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:39,640 study your Bible today, Amen. Tell your neighbor I love 71 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:53,530 grandparents. Amen. 72 00:05:53,530 --> 00:05:57,610 And I will tell you this, I never ever thought I'd be 73 00:05:57,610 --> 00:05:58,770 married to a grandma. All 74 00:06:09,430 --> 00:06:24,520 right, Joshua, chapter 4. That's one chapter on verse 5. 75 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,480 And Joshua said unto them, Passover before the ark of the 76 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,440 Lord your God, into the midst of Jordan, and take you up, every 77 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,920 man of you, a stone upon his shoulder. 78 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,080 According on to the. Number of the tribes of the 79 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,720 Children of Israel. Tell your neighbor memories 80 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:54,360 worth remembering. Hey man, you may be seated 81 00:06:54,560 --> 00:07:07,040 today. It's amazing the capacity to 82 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,560 remember. I've reached the age now where I 83 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:15,800 get a thought and I think and I love that, but I don't write it 84 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,200 down because I forget that I'm going to forget. 85 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:23,880 Tell me you'll get that on the way home. 86 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,720 And after a few minutes I don't even remember it and I have to 87 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,040 remember that I'm going to forget. 88 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:35,080 There's a Chinese proverb that says weak ink better than strong 89 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:42,840 memory. But here they are in Joshua 90 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,040 chapter 3. They are going to cross the 91 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,960 Jordan and God tells them He commanded them. 92 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,120 That they stay approximately 6. Tenths of a mile between them 93 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,280 and the ark because with such a. Crowd of people. 94 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,880 You you think? God's going left. 95 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,520 You got to stay far back. Enough to let God lead the way. 96 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,680 Anybody. Anybody believe and know that 97 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,360 God has your life planned out, worked out? 98 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:22,680 He calls those things that are not as though they were so 99 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:31,400 they're they're 6/10 of a mile. Away and God said this day he's. 100 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,080 Going to magnify Joshua? In the side of Israel, God. 101 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,600 Does a lot of. Things on a day and this is the 102 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,560 day. That the Lord hath made say not 103 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,320 you're. Going to go anywhere tomorrow 104 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,040 except it be the Lord's, will you? 105 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:50,760 Tell somebody I'll see you next week. 106 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,280 You better say if it be the Lord's will. 107 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,440 But I love it that there is no biblical limitations on what you 108 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,000 can. Do today. 109 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,760 You can plan great things today, but tomorrow, if it be the 110 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,160 Lord's will. We don't know where that is. 111 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,400 And Joshua chapter 4. And it came to pass, when all 112 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,320 the people were clean, passed over Jordan. 113 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,680 The Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you 12. 114 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,480 Men. Out of the people, out of every 115 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,520 tribe. A man and. 116 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,800 Command ye them saying, Take ye hints out of the midst of 117 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:34,440 Jordan, out of the place where the priest feet stood firm 12 118 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,320 Stones, and you shall carry. Them over and leave. 119 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,640 Them in the lodging place where ye. 120 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:45,040 Shall lodge this night. Anywhere from a six to 10 mile 121 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:50,040 journey to Gilgal, which is where they ended up lodging. 122 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:56,560 And then he also said every man take upon you a stone upon his 123 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:59,920 shoulder. These aren't pebbles to put in 124 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:03,080 your pocket. This isn't something that you 125 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,760 can carry in your. Hand matter of. 126 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,560 Fact. It would look quite odd to have 127 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:10,040 a. You got to have something that 128 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:15,920 you can hold on to, something to keep you stable. 129 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,280 These were large. Stones. 130 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,840 It goes without saying that they were large because they had to 131 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:30,160 be born upon the shoulder. And this may be a sign among you 132 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,000 that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, 133 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,680 saying, What mean you by these stones, then you shall answer 134 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,360 that the waters of Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the 135 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:45,160 Covenant. Memories worth remembering. 136 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,640 You see, this would be set up as a memorial. 137 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,960 What I would like to do if I had the power, I would, I would hope 138 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,200 I would dam in the middle of the river because the Bible says 139 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,280 they're there to this day, that they are still there. 140 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Somebody needs to know God is working on your life. 141 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,160 He hasn't forgot about you. He doesn't love your pastor more 142 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,760 than you. He doesn't love anybody in here 143 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:17,760 more than you. He has a plan for you and you 144 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,960 just got to get in His will. How do you find His will? 145 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,360 I'll tell you how. You find it at midweek service, 146 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:27,560 and you find it at Sunday service, and you find it at 147 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,040 revival, and you find it at camp and you find it in local 148 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,200 fellowship meetings. I'm glad God doesn't play hide 149 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:44,760 and seek with His will, but this verse of scripture is intriguing 150 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,120 to me because they had just crossed the Jordan River and it 151 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,840 overflowed. It's amazing. 152 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,200 God said it shall come to pass as soon as the soles of the feet 153 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,200 of priests that bear the ark. You know you can go through 154 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,080 anything if you got the Lord with you. 155 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,560 I'd be careful about stepping into storms that God isn't with 156 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:13,680 you, he told. God told Moses. 157 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,600 Tell the people to go forward in the Red Sea before he even 158 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,120 parted the waters. Somebody needs to understand God 159 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,080 wants you to have faith in him, that you believe that he's with 160 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,880 you. As soon as they step in the 161 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,320 water, the water is going to part. 162 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,640 Now they had just crossed this river and, and crossing rivers 163 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,920 is is very symbolic of a milestone of, of a new start of 164 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:46,400 leaving the past behind of God-given the victory it, it may 165 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,000 be that there's another exception, but I haven't found 166 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,680 it yet. It's the only thing, it's the 167 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:56,600 only permission to go back into the past. 168 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,280 They had just crossed the river, if you will. 169 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,000 Now God says, I want you to go back into the middle of the 170 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,680 river, and I wanted you to take a memory to your lodging place. 171 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,760 So I think I'm safe in saying that the only reason you should 172 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,600 be going back into your yesterday, your last week, your 173 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:22,320 last year, 10 years ago is to bring something good forward. 174 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,120 We got too many of us that's remembering something yesterday 175 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,800 that's not going to profit you today. 176 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,480 It's the only biblical permission to go back to what 177 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:42,680 happened in the past. And can I tell you that it's I'm 178 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:45,840 not sure I'm physically fit to carry a large stone from here 179 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:51,600 out to the parking lot. I probably need some help but 180 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,280 this is carrying a stone on your shoulder. 181 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,040 Some commentators say 6 miles 10. 182 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,000 It just depends on where they were at on the river and which 183 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,600 angle they approach Gilgal. But a large stone on your 184 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,160 shoulder for one mile is a lot of work. 185 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:13,120 At least 6 miles of carrying this stone it. 186 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:17,120 One observation I can make is making good memories sometimes 187 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,840 is hard work because it's too easy to complain. 188 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,040 It's too easy to tell your children how hard you had it. 189 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:32,280 It's too easy to complain about the weather or you got to work 190 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,640 or there's a million things that we can complain about. 191 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,720 But if you're going to remember good things, that's hard work. 192 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,360 Why is it hard? Because you got to forget. 193 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,600 You got to forget the bad stuff that happened. 194 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,760 And we need to be filling up our grandchildren's ears with some 195 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,560 good news about what God can do for them. 196 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,360 Oh, our children are so invaluable. 197 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,120 You see, some years ago, Brandon Dalton, some of you know him, 198 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,720 We're at youth service and I'm sitting back here and, and, and 199 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,960 he's speaking. He's around 30 now. 200 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,280 He was 21. And God spoke to me and said, 201 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,560 you see that young man up there? That took 21 years. 202 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,800 Now we do understand that a 21 year old could come into church 203 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,400 and become a preacher and not take 21 years. 204 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:31,400 But he started out in the nursery and then he went to, you 205 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,320 know, the primary class and then young adult class. 206 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,040 And then eventually, you know, he's 21 years old and he's 207 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,680 preaching. And it did take 21 years for 208 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,760 him. But God said when you count them 209 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,840 in a war, I want you to start at six months old. 210 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,520 Don't look at the one that's fierce and got all the muscles. 211 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,640 But when you count the men start counting in the nursery, you see 212 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,960 it. I love for the baptistry to be 213 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,520 troubled. That's great, but just as great. 214 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,800 It's a teacher back there teaching a 2 year old that Jesus 215 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:12,080 loves them. Oh, yes, And they remember and 216 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:17,160 they believe everything. I almost had my grandsons 217 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,040 convinced that I was Chuck Morse. 218 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:21,880 Some of you might know Chuck Norris. 219 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,360 He counted the Infinity twice, that guy. 220 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,440 But Chuck Norris, I'm like, yeah, I'm on YouTube and they're 221 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,960 like Pawpaw. No, no, I said. 222 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,240 No, that's me, right? There fighting Bruce Lee, that's 223 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,080 me. And there was, there was 224 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,560 something in them that didn't believe it yet. 225 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:49,440 There was that possibility belief that really, Papa, No. 226 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,920 I mean, you can tell a kid anything and they'll believe it. 227 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,840 I'm telling you, we need to capitalize on that. 228 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,720 We need to tell the children that Jesus loves you. 229 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,160 You're going to be great. You're going to accomplish great 230 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:09,400 things in life because they'll believe you. 231 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:14,200 You know what we we should be telling them we should be having 232 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,280 moves of God and we do among our children. 233 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,240 They they can get the Holy Ghost easy. 234 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,960 Why? Because they believe they 235 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,040 haven't developed the tools of skepticism. 236 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:32,080 It's just not in their brain for you for them not to believe what 237 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:37,840 you tell them. So this may be a sign among you, 238 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:43,200 verse 6, that when your children ask their fathers in time to 239 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:48,600 come, this would not be today, but later when they see these 240 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,720 stones, they're going to say, what does this mean? 241 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:58,720 And now they can tell them that God rolled the waters back. 242 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:02,840 What does it mean, mom, when dad runs the aisles? 243 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,880 Well, you know your dad used to be bound, but now he's free. 244 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,480 Why is grandpa jumping up and down? 245 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,520 Well, because his son was in jail, but now he's not and his 246 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,360 wife got healed of cancer. Why are they jumping up and 247 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:26,240 down? Because God has done something 248 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:31,080 great. God wants to make memories and 249 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:37,640 He wants you to make good memories and anytime we talk 250 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:42,560 about memories, they they fit. 2 Classifications to Forget or to 251 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:47,400 Remember In Psalms 119, the largest chapter in the word of 252 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:53,280 God, David said no less than six times, I will not forget thy 253 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,440 law. You see, it's not just saying I 254 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,160 remember, I remember, I remember. 255 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,720 But we should be saying, I will not forget what the Lord brought 256 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,560 me from. I will not forget what God has 257 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:18,600 done for me 6 * 6 times I'm not going to forget. 258 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,360 Why? David knew, just like we do, 259 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:31,400 that we are prone to forget. We are prone to forget. 260 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,840 In 1871, the Chicago Fire started on a Sunday. 261 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:44,640 How appropriate, 40 years later. They had been celebrating for 40 262 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:50,560 years, from 1871 till 1911. They celebrated with festivities 263 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:55,680 about, you know, all those that work to save and, and they 264 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:58,920 remembered those who had perished and all the buildings 265 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:04,240 and, and they, the, the problem with Chicago was they had built 266 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,920 that city out of wood. Everything was wood. 267 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,600 I mean, the sidewalks were wood, the buildings were wood, 268 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,960 everything was wood. So when the Fire came, there 269 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:20,600 wasn't much left of Chicago. Then steel and brick came along 270 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,880 and just just just a simple point, you need to build your 271 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,920 life out of something that's going to last. 272 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,880 Don't build your life on sand and say this looks like a good 273 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,280 place to build, but when you find a rock, you might have to 274 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,440 level it out. It's going to take you a little 275 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,080 bit longer to build your life on a foundation that's going to 276 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,960 last, but the same storm is going to come. 277 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,680 Amen. In 1871. 278 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:54,600 So for 40 years, they decided the best way to commemorate it 279 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,400 was with festivities. And finally they said, wait a 280 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,440 minute, we need to quit celebrating that fire with 281 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:07,320 festivities and instead we need to start talking about Fire 282 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Prevention Week. So in 1939, the slogan was 283 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:22,800 Somebody was careless. 1941, Defend against the fire. 284 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,360 I can't help when you talk about fire. 285 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,000 I can't help but start thinking about the church. 286 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,400 You know, when they, when they assembled around the temple, 287 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,400 everybody's tent, when they opened up that tent door, it was 288 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,120 directed toward the presence of God. 289 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:47,600 We need to make sure that in our homes where people think there 290 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,680 is security. You know, I'm, I'm a student of 291 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,600 psychology as we all are. And the greatest thing is our 292 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,600 own experience that we've lived. But here there's people think 293 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,480 that they're secure because they got a lock on their door and 294 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,440 then they said in their lazy boy and they're all secure there. 295 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,240 And then they go to the bed and they lock all the doors. 296 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,280 But there is no security in your home. 297 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,360 Your security is found in these four walls right here. 298 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,160 This is the greatest place in your life. 299 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:27,040 Is this House of God. 1939 Somebody was careless here at 300 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,280 First Apostolic Church in Mount Carmel. 301 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,760 They don't know how the fire started, but they think it was 302 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,200 an elder sister in the back that was letting a few careless 303 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,680 hallelujahs erupt from a mouth. And the next thing you know, the 304 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,080 one standing next to her started saying Hallelujah and before you 305 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,960 knew it, that church in Mount Carmel was on fire. 306 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,120 You see it? Don't take much defend against 307 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,160 the fire. You want to defend against the 308 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,560 fire? Then don't be here at midweek. 309 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,080 Just sit there and don't lift your hands. 310 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,520 But somebody needs to understand that. 311 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,400 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 312 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,640 You want to defend against the fire, then don't. 313 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,680 Amen the preacher. Don't be a prayer meeting. 314 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,760 But if you show up at prayer meeting, you just might start a 315 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:21,680 fire. You see it don't take much. 316 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,600 Before I was even a preacher. Remember what year it was? 317 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,720 I asked my dad. I said Dad, can I read a few 318 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,240 scriptures? He said sure. 319 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:38,200 And I got up and I, I began to read the scriptures about praise 320 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,320 and let everything that hath breath praise the Lord and lift 321 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,920 up your hands in the sanctuary. And just a very simple thought. 322 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:48,000 You see, some people come to church and they think, well, I'm 323 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,680 not a Christian, I'm not saved yet. 324 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,280 But no, no, no. The command is let everything 325 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,560 that hath breath praise the Lord. 326 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,240 That's the trees, that's the branches, that's the whales, 327 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,600 that's the scars, That's mom and Dad. 328 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:09,160 That's Grandpa, that's grandma. Oh, there's another thing too. 329 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,520 Now there's another thing too. Well, I'm not ready to repent. 330 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,160 Well, you, you already got a commandment too. 331 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:18,520 At the time of ignorance, God wants wing tat. 332 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:24,680 But now I love how it says it. He commandeth all men everywhere 333 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,720 to repent. Who wouldn't want to turn from a 334 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,240 road of destruction? Who wouldn't want to turn around 335 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,680 from a road that leads to certain death? 336 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:46,040 Now we get to the New Testament. The word forget is only found 337 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,200 there three times. It's replete dozens of times, 338 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,160 don't forget in the Old Testament, but in the New 339 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,640 Testament it's, it's only mentioned three times and it's 340 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,040 as if Paul said I'm going to take care of it. 341 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,320 There's 2 forms. God's not unrighteous to forget 342 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,000 your work in labor. There's one. 343 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,280 That's the one that really matters. 344 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,920 I did the math this morning. I'm like, OK, if, if somebody 345 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,400 don't believe in me, what do they really represent? 346 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:27,200 It's like .0000000003% of the population you don't find, you 347 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,880 don't, you know, look, everybody ain't going to forgive you, but 348 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,680 somebody will. Everybody's not going to believe 349 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,320 in you, but somebody will. Everybody's not going to forget 350 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,560 your past, but somebody will. Somebody needs to understand 351 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:46,120 there's plenty of people that's for you and everybody's not 352 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,640 against you. Musicians, would you come? 353 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,520 Hebrews 13 and 16? But to do good and to 354 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:59,960 communicate, forget not. And the other one? 355 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:09,160 We all know it, brethren, and he's in prison while he's 356 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:13,960 writing this. You know you can read the Bible, 357 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,760 and I've read it. I can do all things through 358 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,080 Christ with strength of me. Oh, OK, that's easy for you to 359 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,840 say, Paul. You're living in a mansion, you 360 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,720 got servants, you got fresh flowers every day, and you're 361 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,200 eating steak. And you know your. 362 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,400 Your livestock's multiplying. You got 50 grandkids. 363 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,880 It's easy for you to say you can do all things we would question 364 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,640 and if that was. The way he was living. 365 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,640 But no, he was in prison when he said that. 366 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,240 He's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we 367 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:43,800 ask. For thank you. 368 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,080 According to the power that worketh in US. 369 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,680 Well, that's easy for you to say, Paul. 370 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,760 No, he was in prison when he wrote that too. 371 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,920 And he was in prison when he said, I count not myself to have 372 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,960 apprehended. But this one thing I do 373 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:06,400 forgetting those things which are behind and see when we take 374 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:15,960 proper Bible study, then we've got to understand that he's 375 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:22,880 forgetting those things that you need to forget because the Saint 376 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:29,480 Paul told Timothy, I call into remembrance your mother and I'm 377 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,080 persuaded that it was in your grandmother. 378 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,560 He the the language there. It sounds like he never met the 379 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:47,680 grandmother, but because of the mother, he's now persuaded that 380 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,760 it was in the grandmother. You see. 381 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:58,280 Call to remembrance. Can we start today of 382 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,640 remembering? Things worth remembering. 383 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,600 You know, just like in a computer, you, you've only got 384 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,720 so much memory, random access memory. 385 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,040 So it is in our minds, even though we can hold petabytes of 386 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,160 information in our mind, in reality, some of our minds are 387 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,720 consumed with bad things that happened to us, bad things that 388 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,520 people did to us. But I'm going to tell you what 389 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:26,400 that's the wrong way to think because I find this amazing. 390 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,640 Not, you know, I've had things done wrong to me. 391 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,640 I've had people lie on me, had people hit me and you know, all 392 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,720 those things. But I, I, I I must pale in 393 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,160 comparison to the things that's been done to humanity. 394 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,040 Horrible. Things have been done to people, 395 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,600 but you take the worst person or the worst circumstances that any 396 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,440 man or woman has ever existed on this earth, when you come to 397 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:58,240 God, you have to say forgive. Me. 398 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,000 I can't even describe the adjectives that would be 399 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,440 ascribed to that simple truth of self protection in which God 400 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,120 don't want you coming to him saying they did this and they 401 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,120 did that and he did this and she said that. 402 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:21,800 You have to say, God forgive me. And you see, when God Forgives 403 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,840 you, now you're going to have a capacity to forgive those people 404 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:31,560 that did those things to you. The men's prison in Mississippi, 405 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,200 they started 2 churches in Mississippi. 406 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,680 They call it men of honor churches. 407 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,360 This one prisoner has baptized 104 inmates. 408 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,320 And he's. Currently serving two life. 409 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:53,560 Sentences. That's some perspective. 410 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,440 He may yet die. I don't think he's on. 411 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,720 Death row or he wouldn't be out. But. 412 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,560 Two like 2 life sentences. That's one thing we never do. 413 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,440 We never ask. Anybody what you did? 414 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:13,080 I've had a couple people tell me I've never asked and I don't ask 415 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,400 when I'm. Praying for people. 416 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,520 You know why? Because there's nobody going to 417 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,600 meet you at the door that says, look, this is the first 418 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,040 Apostolic Church of Mount Carmel. 419 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,520 You're sick, but we need to know how sick. 420 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,080 Yeah, you got. You got some problems, but we 421 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,560 need to know the depths of those problems. 422 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,560 You got some addictions. We got some people that are 423 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,560 praying with you and you're going to preach, but we need to 424 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,440 know how addicted you are. No, there is no such 425 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:48,120 questionnaire in this house. It's whosoever will let him come 426 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,440 and drink of the water of life freely. 427 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:58,840 I don't never question if God can do it, He can do it. 428 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,640 It don't matter how big your mountain. 429 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,800 I got to ask a question yesterday. 430 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,880 He texted me and said where's the scripture where you can 431 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,240 speak? Anything into existence said, 432 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,920 well, that's not in there. I mean, you might take some 433 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,280 verses and say, you know, there's power of life and death 434 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,280 in the tongue along those lines, but if there was, I promise you 435 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,600 I wouldn't be driving that 8. Year old car home if I was. 436 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:36,800 In there, I would walk out to a foose automobile, Karen would 437 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:42,120 have to put earphones on and a coat on, and I'd outrun every 438 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:49,640 cop from here back to Dayton. But it got me to thinking, there 439 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:54,040 isn't one of those verses that say you can speak. 440 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,240 Anything in existence? But there is a verse that says 441 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,600 you can say to this mountain. Be thou removed. 442 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,760 You see, the real power that God has given us is not to get 443 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:15,560 whatever we want, but that we can say to yesterday, you're 444 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,360 gone. I'm not going to give any more 445 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,760 attention to what happened 20 years ago. 446 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,520 I'm not going to walk around, but I'm going to forget those 447 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:38,700 things which are behind. God knows, you know, the power 448 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:41,100 of the apostles. They already had the power to 449 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:42,900 heal the sick and the raised the dead. 450 00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:46,180 They said give us the power to consume people with fire. 451 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,520 God knows better than to give us power to speak anything we want 452 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,000 into existence. Because there wouldn't be no 453 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,080 more hungry people coming to church. 454 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,400 There wouldn't be no more people in the Pew saying, it's been 455 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,000 weeks and weeks since I felt the presence of the Lord, but I'm 456 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,160 going to go ahead and praise Him anyways. 457 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,920 We wouldn't be much if we just felt God all the time. 458 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,920 We wouldn't be worth much. But that farmer knows that the 459 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:28,200 the the last thing that he wants is to plant the seed and rain, 460 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:34,600 rain, rain, rain, rain to fall. That farmer wants some roots. 461 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,360 Sometimes you got to keep coming back to church. 462 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,920 And make sure you're. Anchored. 463 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,320 No, you didn't have any chill bumps, but you believe what the 464 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,960 pastor preached. You believe what the Bishop 465 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,120 preached and and you're not. You're not growing upwards, it 466 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,120 doesn't seem, but you're growing downward and getting anchored to 467 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,640 the rock. Let's all lift our hands as they 468 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,520 sing. This altar is open today. 469 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:08,440 Memories worth remembering. I want you to go through the 470 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,280 catalogue of your mind this morning and start throwing some 471 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,719 things out that you quit giving energy to. 472 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:21,520 Maybe it was a parent that hurt you, maybe it was a sibling, 473 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:28,920 maybe it was a friend, but you're giving too much of your 474 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,600 time and energy to those things in the past that you got to 475 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:43,480 forget Jesus loves you today. If there be any virtue, if there 476 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:50,000 be any praise, think on those things which are true, honest, 477 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:55,760 just, pure, lovely and of good report. 478 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,560 He wrote that in prison too. He was getting ready to sing 479 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,600 King Agrippa. He wasn't happy, but he said, I 480 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:09,880 think myself happy. That's why God said enter it to 481 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:16,280 his courts. Enter to his gates with 482 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,800 Thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. 483 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,480 Because when we begin to thank God for what He's done, it's 484 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,920 going to cause a praise to come to your lips. 485 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:30,520 Stand with me today if you're able. 486 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:31,960 Let's lift our hands as they sing. 487 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,680 Come on. God wants to minister to you 488 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:43,280 today. Thank you for your Oh yes, thank 489 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:46,880 you for your grace. Come on, that's beautiful. 490 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,040 If it's appropriate, won't you? Pray for your neighbor that's. 491 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,160 Next to you, don't you lay a hand on her shoulder. 492 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,160 Tell them God wants to heal your past. 493 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:00,200 God wants to take away the hurt. God wants to restore you. 494 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:08,200 God wants to renew you. Redeem and save my soul and I'll 495 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,240 never be the same. Come on. 496 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:12,000 That's. Beautiful. 497 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:20,880 Oh, thank. You for thank you, Lord. 498 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:25,240 Thank you, Lord. Thank you for your grace. 499 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:28,920 Come on. God's doing the work. 500 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:39,720 God's doing the work right now. Then you wash to play with me, 501 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:49,600 redeem and save my soul. And I'll never be the same. 502 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:54,920 Oh, yeah, Come on. This is the day. 503 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,360 This is the day you never have to be the same again. 504 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,600 You never have to be the same again after today. 505 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,360 God wants to give you a new start today.