1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,000 Welcome to the First Apostolic Church Podcast. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,000 Our church mission is to love as God loves, showing compassion 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,480 every soul, thus winning those souls and equipping them to be 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,680 sent out to plant and to harvest. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,000 Thank you for joining us today and we hope that you're blessed 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:26,680 by today's podcast. Pentecostal Revival Fall on me. 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,070 Is that your prayer today? Oh geez. 8 00:00:31,070 --> 00:00:32,750 So good. So good. 9 00:00:33,910 --> 00:00:39,030 So thankful to be here. So thankful to be in the House 10 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:50,790 of God. In the presence of God, you 11 00:00:50,790 --> 00:00:58,390 know. Sorry. 12 00:00:58,390 --> 00:01:00,270 That's my edit and delete button going. 13 00:01:04,410 --> 00:01:08,370 I'm so thankful for the Mcgee's. I truly am. 14 00:01:08,370 --> 00:01:10,050 I'm. I don't believe I'm telling you 15 00:01:10,690 --> 00:01:17,770 anything new when I tell you you're You have a great pastor 16 00:01:18,290 --> 00:01:24,130 Pastor's wife. Yes. 17 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:34,230 Yes, Yes. We were, we were trying to think 18 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:39,950 of how many prisons we've been together. 19 00:01:41,110 --> 00:01:43,630 You know, it's kind of funny when you tell people like we're 20 00:01:43,630 --> 00:01:52,870 going to prison. I got to tell it when when 21 00:01:52,870 --> 00:01:57,350 you're in Orlando, FL and you tell it the guy at the rental 22 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:59,950 car place, what are you doing in town? 23 00:02:00,690 --> 00:02:06,370 Like we're going to prison and they give you a look and you 24 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,330 know what they're thinking now? How are we going to get this car 25 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,290 back? They're going to prison. 26 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:13,250 It's like, no, we're not going to stay. 27 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:16,130 We come to minister, we're coming to minister. 28 00:02:16,130 --> 00:02:21,370 But we have seen I I want you go you you love it. 29 00:02:22,690 --> 00:02:25,930 You fall in love with it. I first time I went I was volun 30 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:28,930 told that I was going and it's like okay. 31 00:02:29,570 --> 00:02:33,330 I'll go. And it's kind of like every time 32 00:02:33,330 --> 00:02:35,330 it comes up, I'm like, I'm not going this time. 33 00:02:36,330 --> 00:02:40,170 Every time I'm not going this time, this time. 34 00:02:40,170 --> 00:02:42,490 I'm not gonna go. I don't wanna go. 35 00:02:42,490 --> 00:02:47,890 I'm not gonna go Okay. I'll help and then I get there 36 00:02:47,890 --> 00:02:50,650 and it's like, man, this was so cool. 37 00:02:51,490 --> 00:02:56,260 I'm so glad I showed up. Like I said this morning you 38 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:59,900 show up and there we're all there, there looking at you and 39 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:03,860 you're there looking at them and you're wondering and and by the 40 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:08,860 last service it's like there's something in you that just man, 41 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:12,180 the presence of God and they worship you know you go in there 42 00:03:12,180 --> 00:03:14,460 with the mindset My first time I went in with them, sorry, I'm 43 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:18,700 taking a minute but that first time I went in there, I I went 44 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:21,340 in there with the mindset okay, a bunch of hardened criminals. 45 00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:24,460 Society has thrown them away and. 46 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:31,730 Mentally, I have done the same. But you go in there and you 47 00:03:31,730 --> 00:03:35,090 realize that these ladies have nothing but time on their hands, 48 00:03:35,650 --> 00:03:38,290 and some of them know the Bible better than you do. 49 00:03:39,450 --> 00:03:42,650 So what can you give them that they don't already know? 50 00:03:44,730 --> 00:03:50,410 You can give them love, you can give them respect, and you can 51 00:03:50,410 --> 00:03:55,020 give them Jesus. And a closer relationship with 52 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,260 him that will see them where they're at. 53 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:04,020 But really, when you think about it, isn't that what church is 54 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:08,140 about? Giving people a little more 55 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:11,740 Jesus? That's why when we were up here, 56 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:14,380 the praise team was up here and we were worshiping, taking a few 57 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:18,180 minutes. It's like, that's fantastic. 58 00:04:19,579 --> 00:04:21,140 Why? Because sometimes you go to 59 00:04:21,140 --> 00:04:24,930 church, you get in a hurry. Like that we have an agenda. 60 00:04:25,330 --> 00:04:27,850 We're supposed to be out of here by a certain time. 61 00:04:32,090 --> 00:04:36,530 But you see, you have to stop Sometimes the world is 62 00:04:36,530 --> 00:04:39,410 fast-paced. We yeah, I'll get started. 63 00:04:41,170 --> 00:04:45,970 We we we had Brother Yadnachek for the Pastor, Jay out for the 64 00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:51,250 out to out to to do a conference for us. 65 00:04:52,060 --> 00:04:58,420 And he wanted to go to Famous Dave's because he loves it. 66 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:02,620 Now that I've actually tasted good BBQ, I don't understand 67 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:07,780 why, but he wanted to go there and we didn't have time. 68 00:05:07,780 --> 00:05:10,860 So we took him to McDonald's and dropped him off at the airport 69 00:05:12,260 --> 00:05:15,340 and then took pictures of our famous Dave's and sent it to him 70 00:05:15,820 --> 00:05:20,060 so that he could feel like he's been there and. 71 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:23,540 While he's eating his McDonald's at the airport. 72 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:28,060 But we went to the McDonald's driving, we're talking, we're 73 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:33,660 laughing, and they gave me a free fries because it took them 74 00:05:33,660 --> 00:05:36,660 too long. It's like I didn't even realize 75 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:40,180 it took too long, but apparently it took too long. 76 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:44,580 And the world we live in, if it's not 30 seconds or less, if 77 00:05:44,580 --> 00:05:47,100 we can't microwave it, if we can't just. 78 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:52,450 No, church should never be a microwave thing. 79 00:05:54,010 --> 00:05:57,610 Church should never be a microwave fastpaced thing. 80 00:05:57,810 --> 00:06:01,210 We come to church to get away from the world we live in. 81 00:06:02,850 --> 00:06:05,170 So let's take our time while we're here. 82 00:06:05,370 --> 00:06:08,170 Let's take our time while we're in the presence of God. 83 00:06:12,010 --> 00:06:14,250 Once again, thank you for having us. 84 00:06:15,010 --> 00:06:18,410 Thank you for. Letting us be here and be a part 85 00:06:18,690 --> 00:06:25,050 of this Sunday I'd like to turn our attention if I could to 2nd 86 00:06:25,050 --> 00:06:34,370 Kings 6. There's there's a a word I've 87 00:06:34,490 --> 00:06:37,010 I've been I've been struggling with and we'll get to it here in 88 00:06:37,010 --> 00:06:40,090 a minute. But something I've been I've 89 00:06:40,090 --> 00:06:44,570 been thinking about and dwelling on and and I'm so thankful that 90 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:49,730 the word of God is alive. Because you can read it. 91 00:06:50,370 --> 00:06:56,490 I've read it from cover to cover many times, and the daily 92 00:06:56,490 --> 00:07:02,250 reading and study and you go through it and every time it 93 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:06,010 seems I catch something, I catch something different. 94 00:07:06,010 --> 00:07:08,090 Well, in this passage of Scripture, I've caught something 95 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:10,730 different and it kind of messed with me. 96 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:12,990 Cuz I've never seen it before, he said. 97 00:07:12,990 --> 00:07:15,590 I've been. I was raised on an Apostolic 98 00:07:15,630 --> 00:07:17,110 Pew. I fell asleep underneath the 99 00:07:17,110 --> 00:07:21,030 Apostolic pews. As a child, we're gonna clarify 100 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:24,150 that as a child I fall asleep. Sorry. 101 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:27,910 As a child I fell asleep under Apostolic pews. 102 00:07:28,750 --> 00:07:34,030 And so I know, I know what Apostolic Bible, but I've never 103 00:07:34,030 --> 00:07:38,600 seen it before like this. And God pricked my heart with it 104 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,840 and say, OK, so I'm let's get started here. 105 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:49,760 And 2nd king 613 through 17 And he said go and spy where he is 106 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,480 that I may send and fetch him. And he told him saying, behold, 107 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,720 he is in dolphin. Therefore sent he fit their 108 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,240 horses and Chariots, and a great host, and they came by night, 109 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,190 and can pass the city about. When the servant of the man of 110 00:08:06,190 --> 00:08:10,830 God was risen early and gone forth, behold the host, come, 111 00:08:10,830 --> 00:08:15,230 pass the city bolt with horses and Chariots, and his service 112 00:08:15,230 --> 00:08:18,230 sent to him. Alas, my master, how shall we 113 00:08:18,230 --> 00:08:20,510 do? What to do? 114 00:08:20,510 --> 00:08:24,910 What to do? And he answered, Fear not for 115 00:08:24,910 --> 00:08:28,110 they that be with us, or more than they that be with them. 116 00:08:29,190 --> 00:08:32,669 And Elijah prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his 117 00:08:32,669 --> 00:08:34,900 eyes. That he may see. 118 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:40,419 And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and 119 00:08:40,419 --> 00:08:43,500 behold, the mountain was filled with horses and Chariots of 120 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:50,420 fire. Round about Elijah, I just take 121 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:53,220 note. Pay attention to that the 122 00:08:53,220 --> 00:08:57,580 Chariots of fire round about Elijah. 123 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:04,590 I would like to speak for just a few moments here. 124 00:09:06,430 --> 00:09:09,190 Blinded by the reality of our situation. 125 00:09:11,910 --> 00:09:14,670 We're blinded by the reality of our situation. 126 00:09:15,470 --> 00:09:18,550 Lord Jesus, we thank you for this time with you. 127 00:09:18,550 --> 00:09:21,310 We thank you for your word. We thank you, Lord, for your 128 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:23,190 presence. I feel in this house here 129 00:09:23,190 --> 00:09:26,030 tonight. Lord Jesus, we thank you for 130 00:09:26,030 --> 00:09:28,470 this church body. And Lord, we pray right now, 131 00:09:28,870 --> 00:09:32,190 Lord, that you would lead and guide us right now. 132 00:09:32,190 --> 00:09:35,590 And through your word, Lord Jesus, I pray you're anointing 133 00:09:35,590 --> 00:09:38,510 from the top of my head to the soul of my feet. 134 00:09:38,830 --> 00:09:41,590 Lord, that I can give your word to your people. 135 00:09:42,030 --> 00:09:45,750 Anoint these lips Lord Jesus, helping our minds and our 136 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:48,710 hearts. Lord, to hear what you would say 137 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:52,910 to us here tonight. In Jesus name we pray and 138 00:09:52,910 --> 00:09:56,630 everyone said Amen, Amen And you may be seated. 139 00:10:03,330 --> 00:10:08,330 Sometimes we get blinded by the reality of our situation, by 140 00:10:08,330 --> 00:10:12,810 where we see ourselves. We see ourselves in our 141 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:18,650 situation and in our. Our perception from our angle, 142 00:10:18,650 --> 00:10:25,730 the way we see things, we know we're right. 143 00:10:28,650 --> 00:10:34,930 Have you ever argued a point and you know you're right, You saw 144 00:10:34,930 --> 00:10:43,090 what happened and from your angle, that's right, when I was 145 00:10:43,090 --> 00:10:47,830 a young man. I used to go to my I used to go 146 00:10:47,830 --> 00:10:52,990 to my grandparents house and Saturday afternoon you could 147 00:10:52,990 --> 00:10:58,830 tell where all the back in the day we didn't believe in TV's so 148 00:10:59,190 --> 00:11:02,110 so we all went to Grandma's house and all the Pentecostals 149 00:11:02,110 --> 00:11:08,230 were in Grandma's TV room. So but on Saturday afternoon. 150 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:11,140 My my cousin Laura made that statement. 151 00:11:11,420 --> 00:11:13,500 That's how it stuck out of me. You can tell where all the 152 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,700 apostolics are there in grandma's TV room. 153 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:20,300 But but I don't know if you guys, sorry. 154 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:28,220 I don't know if I'm not for or against. 155 00:11:29,460 --> 00:11:33,140 Just the very you know, what you put before your eyes is very 156 00:11:33,140 --> 00:11:37,260 important, but I used to watch Westerns. 157 00:11:37,910 --> 00:11:41,550 Saturday afternoon I go to Grandma's house and watch 158 00:11:41,550 --> 00:11:47,230 Westerns. Really broke my heart when I 159 00:11:47,230 --> 00:11:50,670 realized that those guys were like a foot apart from each 160 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:53,510 other. They'd punch each other and they 161 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:57,590 weren't even close. They'd throw each other over the 162 00:11:57,590 --> 00:12:01,350 bar of the saloon, the hats would fly off and these guys 163 00:12:01,350 --> 00:12:05,350 would be flying across and and and they weren't even close to 164 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:09,420 each other. But because of the angle of the 165 00:12:09,420 --> 00:12:13,260 camera, you were sure somebody was a bloody mess. 166 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:17,780 By the end of that scene, somebody was, but it was all 167 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:21,980 angles. Sometimes we go through life and 168 00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:24,740 we're just looking at life and we have a wrong angle. 169 00:12:25,860 --> 00:12:28,700 We're saying all my life is this and my life is that, and God 170 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:34,380 saying I'm close, but because of our perception, because of the 171 00:12:34,380 --> 00:12:40,160 way we're looking at it. Sometimes in our life we get so 172 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,360 close to the tree we can't see the forest. 173 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,360 We get so close to that. You ever take a quarter okay? 174 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,680 You ever take 1/4 and put it up to your eye? 175 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,520 I was that student in school. Did you take 1/4 and put your 176 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,520 eye and just close your other eye and look around the room? 177 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,920 Yeah, school was very boring. But you can't see the room 178 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,840 because the quarter is in front of your eye. 179 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:06,500 That's all you can see is the quarter. 180 00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:09,620 Sometimes that's the way we look at life, our situations, our 181 00:13:09,620 --> 00:13:11,980 problems, the things that are going on around us. 182 00:13:13,780 --> 00:13:15,340 You know, there are things we can say. 183 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:23,860 I'm sure John, on the Isle of Patmas, in exile on an old rock 184 00:13:23,860 --> 00:13:27,540 in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, could have 185 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:32,700 wrote I was on this nasty old island. 186 00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:41,100 With the brunt of criminals and fear for my life, but no a far 187 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:42,940 away from everything I know and love. 188 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:46,980 But that's not what he wrote in Revelation 1 and 10, he wrote. 189 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:49,580 I was in the spirit on the Lord's Day. 190 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:52,140 What day is it? John Monday. 191 00:13:52,140 --> 00:13:55,100 No, it's it's it's the Lord's Day. 192 00:13:56,380 --> 00:13:59,500 It's the Lord's day. We need to realize that we can 193 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:01,060 be in the Spirit on the Lord's day. 194 00:14:01,060 --> 00:14:03,820 It doesn't matter what day it actually is, what day of the 195 00:14:03,820 --> 00:14:06,380 week. It actually it can be the Lord's 196 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:15,100 day if we make it that way. We give every day unto him, Say, 197 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:18,620 Lord, take today, take today that I am in. 198 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,620 Lord Jesus, let me be in touch with you on this day that I am 199 00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:27,630 in, on this day that I have. I was in the spirit on this, the 200 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:30,430 Lord's day. I have an opportunity to get a 201 00:14:30,430 --> 00:14:33,070 hold of God. I've got an opportunity to see 202 00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:37,430 what Jesus wants to do in today, in today. 203 00:14:37,430 --> 00:14:40,270 But too often it's easy to go to the negative. 204 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:46,590 It's easy to say, I don't know, I, I, I I have to put a fleece 205 00:14:46,590 --> 00:14:49,910 out for this. I I often think of Gideon 206 00:14:50,550 --> 00:14:54,950 because it's like, OK. God either saw something truly 207 00:14:54,950 --> 00:15:03,030 great in Gideon, or God is really good at sarcasm because 208 00:15:03,590 --> 00:15:08,590 he said Gideon, thou mighty thy mighty man of valor. 209 00:15:09,550 --> 00:15:14,950 Gideon at the time was hiding behind the wine press, 210 00:15:15,550 --> 00:15:20,510 threshing, threshing weed. But he's a mighty man of valor. 211 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:25,650 So then he starts putting fleeces out because that's what 212 00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:28,170 mighty men of valor, great men of faith do. 213 00:15:30,010 --> 00:15:32,370 They put a fleece out and say, is this really you? 214 00:15:32,370 --> 00:15:36,330 God, if it's really you, make this happen. 215 00:15:36,330 --> 00:15:38,770 If it's really you, they step out on faith. 216 00:15:38,770 --> 00:15:42,770 They put fleeces out. So you're such a great man, 217 00:15:42,770 --> 00:15:45,250 Gideon. But I won't make fun of Gideon 218 00:15:45,250 --> 00:15:46,770 because I completely understand him. 219 00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:50,410 I know exactly where he was at, say. 220 00:15:50,410 --> 00:15:53,460 Oh, I don't know. Gideon, come on, step out a 221 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:57,260 little bit. Step out a little bit, but say 222 00:15:57,260 --> 00:16:00,780 no, I don't want to do that. And see. 223 00:16:00,780 --> 00:16:03,860 You see, instead of seeing the opportunity for God to work a 224 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:10,380 miracle, he was scared. You don't blame him, but he was 225 00:16:10,380 --> 00:16:12,860 scared. But God wanted to work a 226 00:16:12,860 --> 00:16:15,820 miracle. Paul and Silas, they were in the 227 00:16:15,820 --> 00:16:18,980 inner prison. They were beaten and they begin 228 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:20,540 to sing. Why? 229 00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:25,120 Because they were nuts. No, because they knew a God, 230 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,840 they knew a God and they and what's the term used? 231 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,200 They loved not their life unto death. 232 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:38,800 It's like I am already crucified with Christ, so why not just 233 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,800 Lord? Whatever you want to do, my life 234 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,960 is yours. Too often time we think our life 235 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,130 is ours. We say I surrender all, Lord, 236 00:16:49,130 --> 00:16:50,890 I'm going to surrender all to you. 237 00:16:50,890 --> 00:16:52,690 Doesn't matter what happens around me does. 238 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:55,530 What happens in my life, Lord, I'm going to surrender all to 239 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:59,130 you. And then we worry and stress 240 00:16:59,130 --> 00:17:02,490 about everything. What have we surrendered? 241 00:17:03,770 --> 00:17:06,849 We say, Lord, I'm going to surrender all to you, but I'm 242 00:17:06,849 --> 00:17:09,810 not going to. I'm not going to be a witness. 243 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,250 Why? Because I'm scared of what 244 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:15,190 people are going to think. Lord, I'm not going to talk to 245 00:17:15,190 --> 00:17:16,349 that person. Why? 246 00:17:16,349 --> 00:17:20,990 Cuz they might think bad of me. But what happening about 247 00:17:20,990 --> 00:17:23,470 surrendering all even your reputation? 248 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:29,030 What about it? To surrender all? 249 00:17:30,230 --> 00:17:34,150 To surrender all Lord. You see, often times we're in 250 00:17:34,150 --> 00:17:36,910 our situation and we get used to it. 251 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,840 We, we, we have expectations. Our life is supposed to go this 252 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,280 way. Things are supposed to happen 253 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,920 this way. Church is supposed to happen 254 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,560 this way. And we have expectations. 255 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,280 But sometimes we need to need to throw those expectations out the 256 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,600 window and say, Lord, it's about you. 257 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,560 It's not about me. It's about you. 258 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:03,920 It's not about me. There was a a tribal war that 259 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,000 broke out some years back in Africa. 260 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,280 And there was a missionary family that was caught in the 261 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,920 crossfire, and both sides wanted their property. 262 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,680 That missionary family began to pray, and one night the fighting 263 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:25,560 factions surrounded the house, and then all of a sudden they 264 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:32,520 all ran away. They learned later that there 265 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,960 were angels that suddenly became visible. 266 00:18:37,180 --> 00:18:43,420 While they were praying, you see you don't know what God wants to 267 00:18:43,420 --> 00:18:46,300 do. You don't know what God wants to 268 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:48,260 do in your life. Say well that's a far off land 269 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:52,100 and that's that's there. And you see God still works 270 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:56,020 through people in the world we live and we believe that Jesus 271 00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:58,740 Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. 272 00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:02,580 So that means we have to be under the conclusion that our 273 00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:08,940 Bible is alive. It's a live book that was 274 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:12,540 written for me today and anything that happened in my 275 00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:17,420 word is a possibility for God to do today. 276 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:27,860 And we believe it. We believe it, that God is April 277 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:32,500 to do the same and Hebrews 13/8. It tells us that He is the same 278 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:36,700 yesterday, today and forever. That means the things that 279 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:40,860 happen then can be the things that happen in our future. 280 00:19:41,620 --> 00:19:43,940 All we have to do is reach out to him. 281 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:46,540 All we have to do is reach out to him. 282 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:50,740 You see, God is not a respecter of persons or peoples or 283 00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:55,540 situations or time or places. All we have to do is pray. 284 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:57,940 All we have to do is reach out to him. 285 00:19:58,420 --> 00:20:01,740 The same God that did the miracles back then is the same 286 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:07,790 God of today. God is so good. 287 00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:11,470 Yes he is. We just need the faith to 288 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:18,710 unleash that power. Yes, just need that faith or 289 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:22,510 release the power. You see, we sometimes I think we 290 00:20:22,510 --> 00:20:29,350 forget I the Bible says that 1/3 of the angels fell. 291 00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:37,640 So that means do the math for those of us that hate in school, 292 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,320 that's this might be a little difficult but that means there's 293 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:48,640 2/3 still there that are fighting for you that are on 294 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,560 your side. Okay. 295 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:57,080 And then okay that. That, as if, as if that's not 296 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:05,230 enough, the God that created the heavens and the earth, the God 297 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:10,350 that created everything in the earth and on the earth is also 298 00:21:10,350 --> 00:21:18,110 on your side. Think about it. 299 00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:23,790 And we say it's getting too much for me, it's getting too much. 300 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:26,150 So you're just not calling in the wrong. 301 00:21:26,190 --> 00:21:28,270 You're calling in the wrong reinforcements. 302 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:30,840 You just don't know who you're calling. 303 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,280 You got to call in the right reinforcements. 304 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,920 So, Lord, I believe that you are able. 305 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,840 I believe that you are able to work in my situation. 306 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,600 I believe that you are able to go through this situation with 307 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:48,440 me. I don't see the end. 308 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,680 I don't know. The talk about all things work 309 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:57,680 together for the good. I don't know what the end good 310 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,790 looks like. I may never on this earth see 311 00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:10,270 the good of this situation. But when we say Lord, I 312 00:22:10,270 --> 00:22:12,870 surrender all it means that Lord, I trust you and 313 00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:17,790 everything. Lord, I trust you in everything 314 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:27,950 and all things and all things. And first, second kings that we 315 00:22:27,950 --> 00:22:34,530 read. And six and 15 says, When the 316 00:22:34,530 --> 00:22:37,290 servant, the man of God, was risen early and gone forth, 317 00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:41,370 behold, and the host come past the city, both with horses and 318 00:22:41,370 --> 00:22:44,130 Chariots. And the servant said into him a 319 00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:49,450 last master, What shall we do? What shall we do? 320 00:22:49,450 --> 00:22:59,740 He was stressing, he was stressing they at 16 that says 321 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:03,620 that he answered, fear not, for they that be with us are more 322 00:23:03,620 --> 00:23:10,100 than they that be with them. And 17 And Elijah prayed and 323 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:16,580 said, Lord, I pray they open his eyes that he may see, and the 324 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:18,700 Lord open the eyes of the young man. 325 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:25,020 I'm going to jump off the Cliff here. 326 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:31,030 You need to stick close to your man of God, because your man of 327 00:23:31,030 --> 00:23:34,190 God can see things that you cannot see. 328 00:23:38,670 --> 00:23:40,990 He knows things that you cannot know. 329 00:23:41,910 --> 00:23:45,070 That's why he had to pray. Lord, open his eyes. 330 00:23:45,070 --> 00:23:48,950 Because Lord, I can see this, but the servant over here can't. 331 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:56,680 That was point #1. That was a aha moment for me. 332 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Let me give you a point #2 was my second aha moment of this 333 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:07,160 story. And he saw and behold, the 334 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:15,160 mountain was full of horses and Chariots and fire around the man 335 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,720 of God. It doesn't say the Chariots were 336 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:24,410 around Dolphin. It doesn't say the fire. 337 00:24:24,410 --> 00:24:27,010 The Chariots of fire were around the city. 338 00:24:28,410 --> 00:24:31,810 It says they were around the man of God. 339 00:24:32,490 --> 00:24:36,290 They're around. Elisha, you need to stick close 340 00:24:36,290 --> 00:24:39,890 to your man of God. You need to stick close to your 341 00:24:39,890 --> 00:24:40,810 man of God. Why? 342 00:24:40,810 --> 00:24:44,170 He's watches for your soul, number one. 343 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:49,810 Number two, he can see things that you can't see. #3 There's a 344 00:24:49,810 --> 00:24:57,500 presence of God around him, so stick close, stick close. 345 00:24:58,180 --> 00:25:06,780 You see, there are things in life that we have to pray. 346 00:25:06,780 --> 00:25:11,580 God, help us to see your plan. Help us to see your angels 347 00:25:11,580 --> 00:25:15,460 around us. Help us to see our situation, 348 00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:22,490 Lord, from your perspective. From your perspective, Lord God, 349 00:25:22,490 --> 00:25:30,690 help us in our situation and what we see as our reality. 350 00:25:31,650 --> 00:25:36,970 Help us to realize that you are the same yesterday, today, and 351 00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:39,570 forever. Help us not to be blinded by 352 00:25:39,570 --> 00:25:44,050 what we see and what we think we see. 353 00:25:44,970 --> 00:25:53,300 And help us to know that you are in control and to have faith, to 354 00:25:53,660 --> 00:25:59,060 step out and do see by faith, Lord, I'm going to follow you. 355 00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:02,220 You say I don't have all the answers. 356 00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:07,740 Well, good thing because nobody really has all the answers. 357 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:16,660 Somebody said one time that you're a pastor, so you have all 358 00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:19,000 the answers. Like, no. 359 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,280 I just know the one that has all the answers I can point you to. 360 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,320 The one I know how to get a hold of. 361 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,520 The one that does have all the answers. 362 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:35,480 Lord, help us to realize where we are In you see my faith, I 363 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,160 will follow. I don't know the future, but I 364 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,120 know the one who holds my future. 365 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,160 My future is in his hands. Help us to say, Lord, I will 366 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,820 follow you. I will lean on you. 367 00:26:49,380 --> 00:26:53,620 My situation may be unclear. My situation may not be the way 368 00:26:53,620 --> 00:26:58,100 I think it should be. But I know, Lord, that you have 369 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:03,140 my future in your hands. If I could get the musicians to 370 00:27:03,140 --> 00:27:07,420 come. You see, sometimes we go through 371 00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:10,980 life just thinking, oh, I don't know what's going to happen. 372 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:12,820 I don't know. The world we live in is a mess. 373 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,460 Let me put it this way. The world we live in is always a 374 00:27:15,460 --> 00:27:18,170 mess. The difference with the day and 375 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:25,730 age we live in and the past is now we have network news and 376 00:27:25,730 --> 00:27:29,450 it's their job to put the mess in our face. 377 00:27:30,290 --> 00:27:32,410 That's their job and they're good at it. 378 00:27:34,210 --> 00:27:37,010 So they put the mess in our face and we all stress. 379 00:27:40,490 --> 00:27:43,810 There's always been a mess. This world has always been. 380 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:45,930 There's always been sin in our world. 381 00:27:46,090 --> 00:27:48,450 So this world has always been a mess. 382 00:27:49,490 --> 00:27:53,090 But because we have a relationship with Jesus Christ, 383 00:27:56,130 --> 00:28:00,530 we can say I am not my own. I bought with the price. 384 00:28:01,090 --> 00:28:03,570 Lord, I go through situations in my life. 385 00:28:03,770 --> 00:28:05,770 I have issues that I have to deal with. 386 00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:10,810 But Lord, I know you've got this and you've got me. 387 00:28:11,610 --> 00:28:15,610 All I have to do is lean on you. All I have to do, Lord, let you 388 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:20,810 guide and direct my steps. There are times when we just 389 00:28:20,810 --> 00:28:23,410 don't know what to do and don't know where to go and just don't 390 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:25,490 know. We're asking the question what 391 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:29,690 to do, what to do. I'll tell you what to do. 392 00:28:32,090 --> 00:28:35,800 Get a hold of God. Get a hold of God and prayer. 393 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,480 Take the time to pray. Take the time to read your word. 394 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,320 Take the time you say, Well, I go to church on Sunday. 395 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,160 That's good. That's fantastic. 396 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,000 But you see, God is the God not only of Sunday, but you can have 397 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,320 a relationship with him on a Monday, on a Tuesday, on a 398 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,560 Wednesday, on a Thursday. You just start calling on the 399 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,640 name of Jesus and he's there. Could we all stand to our feet? 400 00:29:22,590 --> 00:29:24,910 You see, we just need to reach out to him. 401 00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:30,710 We all, we all. One of the things we say when 402 00:29:30,750 --> 00:29:36,310 we're we're going into prison is they're they're in there because 403 00:29:36,310 --> 00:29:40,710 of a decision, One decision. Is it possible that we're all, 404 00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:43,750 like, one decision away from being in ourselves? 405 00:29:44,930 --> 00:29:54,050 Yeah. But in saying that, in saying 406 00:29:54,050 --> 00:30:05,290 that, we need to lean closer into the word of God, to lean 407 00:30:05,290 --> 00:30:09,730 closer to the things of God, to lean closer into our prayer 408 00:30:09,730 --> 00:30:20,140 life, To lean closer into Him. There are there are times in our 409 00:30:20,140 --> 00:30:26,140 home church when I don't know how to close, and apparently I 410 00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:30,860 do it outside our church too. But one thing we always close 411 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:37,940 with a time for prayer. So what I'd like to do is open 412 00:30:37,940 --> 00:30:45,060 this altar. If you just want to spend time, 413 00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:49,940 if you if you want to receive the Holy Ghost, repent of your 414 00:30:49,940 --> 00:30:52,860 sins and and receive the Holy Ghost like they did in the book 415 00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:56,060 of Acts, come forward. If you just want to spend time 416 00:30:56,060 --> 00:31:02,780 in prayer and say, Lord, I just need more of you, Lord, I just 417 00:31:02,780 --> 00:31:04,620 want to spend some time talking to you. 418 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:09,500 You see, talking to Jesus, it's just a conversation. 419 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:17,620 It's just having a conversation. Just find a place to pray and 420 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:24,660 say, Lord, I'd like to talk to you for a little while and right 421 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:28,940 now is the time to do that. So if we could all just find a 422 00:31:28,940 --> 00:31:32,700 place to pray and say, Lord, I need you. 423 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:45,330 You may want to kneel in prayer where you're at, or come down to 424 00:31:45,330 --> 00:31:49,890 this altar. Either way, just find a place to 425 00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:51,530 say. Lord, I need you in my 426 00:31:51,530 --> 00:31:57,050 situation. I need you in my situation. 427 00:31:57,050 --> 00:32:01,370 Lord, I need you to lead and guide me today. 428 00:32:03,770 --> 00:32:08,970 I don't know what my future holds, But, Lord, I want you to 429 00:32:09,610 --> 00:32:15,650 hold my future. I surrender to you everything I 430 00:32:15,730 --> 00:32:20,780 am, everything I'm not, Lord. Everything I think I am, 431 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:26,020 Everything I know I'm not. Lord, It's yours. 432 00:32:27,260 --> 00:32:32,260 I surrender to you. 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