1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:03,000 Hi, everyone. I just saw some whiny, I thought 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 was that for me. But obviously, it's not going to 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,400 see what this water and I realized just had communion, of 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,200 course, right? Okay, not that. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,800 I want that. I don't want it at all. 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,600 Okay, so welcome to the second week of the series truly, truly, 7 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:24,000 and last week, Richard did a wonderful job and it's just 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,600 amazing how God works, with your passions and you works with your 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,800 interest when he calls you to do something. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Because, six weeks ago, I think about six weeks, Chris gave 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,800 everybody who's going to be speaking on the series, he gave 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,900 them their verse. And so I saw the email and I 13 00:00:40,908 --> 00:00:44,400 looked at everybody else's verse and then I thought, you know, 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,800 I've got the best one. Yeah. 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,800 I've got the best one. But the interesting thing is 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,900 that Richard last week said that he had the best one and I Look 17 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:54,000 To Riches and I thought I'm so glad. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,800 I'm not doing that one because I don't know what I'm going to say 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,100 on that one. So it's just amazing how God 20 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,500 works in your passions and your I'm really passionate about this 21 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,700 text. So, my text said, some or this 22 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:06,300 takes. I'm going to be talking about is 23 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,000 found in John 5:24. So if you've got your Bible, 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,200 just turn to John, 5:24, or your electronic device, or you can 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,400 just look on the screen. And so it says, very truly, I 26 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,900 tell you, whoever hears my word and believes in him, who sent me 27 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:29,800 has eternal life and will not be judged by has crossed over. 28 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:36,500 Over from Death To Life. Crossed over from Death to life. 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,500 Now. The Book of John, one of the 30 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:43,100 aims of the Book of John is to show that Jesus is the Messiah 31 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:45,600 specially for the Jews, because they didn't believe they 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,800 struggled to believe that. And In this passage. 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,800 Jesus is highlighting his authority. 34 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:55,000 And it would have been really controversial. 35 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,600 You would have had religious leaders. 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:57,400 Just going. Whoa. 37 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,300 Whoa. Whoa, stop right there. 38 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:00,700 Now. This is way below the belt. 39 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:02,600 What you're saying? You are basically putting 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,300 yourself as God, how dare? You do that, that is wrong. 41 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:08,900 This is wrong. And this is what would have just 42 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:14,000 LED for them to want him to go because he was shaking things up 43 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,000 and I used to think that it would have been so easy, so much 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,900 easier to believe in Jesus, when he walked, and he did his 45 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:25,400 ministry because you could have talked to him and your to send 46 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,700 the Miracles and it was just been easier to have faith in 47 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:30,100 him. But you know why it would have 48 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:34,700 been just as difficult as it is now so path, when I I did my 49 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,800 degree part of my degree. I had to do this module, called 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,800 biblical Theology. And so you looked at the Bible 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,900 as a narrative and you just drew theological answers, from what 52 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:47,800 you saw as a narrative. And so we looked at the Old 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,800 Testament and we also did stuff in the New Testament, and we 54 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,100 looked at the gospels, and for that term, I really got into 55 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,500 that just imagining that I was with Jesus, and what it would 56 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:00,000 have been like, and at the end of it. 57 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I said to my teacher. Do you know what? 58 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:04,100 I'm not sure if I would have believed. 59 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:09,500 I don't know because here is this man saying that he's God, 60 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,000 and so many people would have been against, it would have been 61 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,800 not the mainstream. It would have been something 62 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,500 alternative. You got religious leaders say? 63 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:21,100 No, this is madness. And I would have thought, even 64 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:25,500 though he's charismatic, suppose love got it wrong, even though 65 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:29,200 I'm get, you know, emotionally, I'm changing, but supposing, I 66 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,600 need to focus on my rational mind. 67 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,700 And so this is why when you do believe you've got to go with 68 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:39,500 what you've experienced with Jesus, you have to have a 69 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:43,500 personal Encounter With Jesus and walk in faith in that. 70 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,000 Anyway, can I have a look at that verse? 71 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:48,800 So I'm going to pull bits out of it. 72 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:54,300 So very truly, I tell you, whoever hears my word. 73 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,400 Now. The Greek word for to here is a 74 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,800 coup. And in this context is to listen 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,300 immediately. Now, almost seems like 76 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:08,900 no-brainer, because when you hear something, you hear it, 77 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:11,500 immediately, it's not like we've got lots of sounds that are 78 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:15,200 parked in our face, and then in due time, you know, we It, we 79 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,300 hear things immediately. So there's something deeper 80 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,200 here. And so we have to look at the 81 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,400 words. And so his word, which is logos. 82 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,300 He's teaching his instruction that has power. 83 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,800 It has power. If we look at John 11. 84 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,500 It says, in the beginning was the word and the Word was with 85 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:37,700 God and the Word was God. There's power there. 86 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,000 Also in Ephesians, in Ephesians 6, we look about how you know, 87 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,100 we need to put on God's armor when we are Are, you know, when 88 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:47,700 we're dealing with the Enemy, we need to put on the armor of God. 89 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,000 And so, we might not might we had like, the breastplate of 90 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,100 righteousness. We have the shield of faith and 91 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:58,900 in verse 17, sin 6:17. It says, you know, put on the 92 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:03,700 helmet of your salvation and also you hold the sword of the 93 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:07,900 spirit, which is the word of God's is the word of God. 94 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:11,100 You see, his word is like a sword. 95 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:17,300 It's a weapon and it will cut. Through and slice and penetrate 96 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:20,500 and do something even in Hebrews. 97 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:25,800 It says, for the word of God is alive, and active sharper than 98 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,000 any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing 99 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,300 Soul, and Spirit joints and Marrow, it judges the thoughts 100 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:38,100 and attitudes of the heart. See, God's word is like a 101 00:05:38,108 --> 00:05:42,200 double-edged sword, so it cuts both ways and it separates and 102 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,900 it will show. What is right. 103 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,300 What is wrong? Is good. 104 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:46,700 What is bad? Where to go? 105 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:49,600 Where not to go? And so when Jesus is saying, 106 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,500 whoever hears my words, and you have to hear it immediately, it 107 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:57,900 does something and it penetrates it does surgery in your heart. 108 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:03,100 You're not the same again. Some of you may be thinking, you 109 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:05,700 know, what you've brought you brought friends here and they 110 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:08,100 came and they don't believe and then they leave and you think 111 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,100 oh, wonder if it was okay, you know what? 112 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:13,800 I had a friend who came in and sat all 10 minutes or 10 minutes 113 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,000 and then walked out and I cried, but, you know, people encouraged 114 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,100 me, you know, what a CD is new. So, you see, when you hear the 115 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:22,800 word of God, something happens. Something happens. 116 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:28,800 And so I like, studied this two weeks ago, two Saturdays ago and 117 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,000 on the Sunday. I saw it demonstrated, so I was 118 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,300 standing here, standing right here. 119 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:36,800 I can remember and he was just preaching, any was just 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,600 preaching the word of God, and I was at the front and there was a 121 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:42,800 lady somewhere in the middle. And as soon as he said a 122 00:06:42,808 --> 00:06:44,700 statement, I heard this woman. Go. 123 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,300 Yes. Oh, I feel that like that. 124 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,500 And it just shows that it instantly does something. 125 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 So we're going back to the text. Whoever hears, my word, and 126 00:06:54,000 --> 00:07:00,800 believes in him who sent me he's talking about believing in the 127 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,100 god. Who sent him Jesus, not the God, 128 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:07,200 not an animal guard, not a God, who doesn't believe in Jesus. 129 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:12,400 Not a material, God. But the God who sent him in John 130 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,000 3 verse 16. It says for God so loved the 131 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,100 world that he gave his only begotten son, that who shall 132 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:22,500 ever believe in him will not perish, but have eternal life. 133 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,200 It's Jesus. The God who sent him, who sent 134 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,500 Jesus. And the next part I want to look 135 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:36,800 at is that Will not be judged. Now, I grew up in a really 136 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,100 strict, religious background and always constantly. 137 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:43,700 I was told there is going to be judgment, that you got a fix up. 138 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,800 Look sharp, be good because judgment is coming. 139 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,100 The, our judgment is coming. I was so scared that, you know 140 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:52,800 what, I used to like look outside, look at the clouds and 141 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,500 if they look to certain Wireless, think I don't know. 142 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,100 Maybe this is it, this is it when Jesus come and I'm going to 143 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,700 be judged. I was in fear, but do you know 144 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:02,200 what? I tell you that if you are in 145 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:06,600 You won't be judged. There is no condemnation when 146 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,100 you are in Christ, when you accept him as your savior and 147 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:14,000 you allow him to live in you and you live in him. 148 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:18,200 There is no condemnation. It's like he's a bodyguard and 149 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,500 he standing in front of you and he just takes the bullets and 150 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,300 you're just walking and you're protected by Jesus. 151 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,700 You can just walks right through. 152 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:32,200 You can walk with through there's no judgment years ago. 153 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,200 My husband and I went and stayed in this really expensive hotel 154 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,700 in London and it must have been about, I don't know, three, 155 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:43,700 four, five hundred pounds, a year per room for a night. 156 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,900 And we didn't pay that Ian had new, a friend in management. 157 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:53,500 And so she got us in, for the weekend for 25 quid was amazing. 158 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,800 It was amazing. It was over Christmas. 159 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,800 We didn't have kids then. Yeah, so we stayed there a 160 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,400 Christmas. Now you have you ever been in a 161 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,800 situation where somebody gives you a great opportunity and you 162 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,700 don't clarify everything? Because you're just so excited 163 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:13,100 that you've got an opportunity. I think she said that we had 164 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,100 Christmas dinner, but I wasn't sure and I didn't want to ask. 165 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,300 So anyway, we're at this place and we're thinking, we need to 166 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:21,700 know if we're going to eat, there are Christmas and we 167 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:23,800 couldn't afford, it wasn't like a 30-pound. 168 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:25,500 This is going to be like a couple of hundred pounds. 169 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,100 And meal. And we just needed to know, I 170 00:09:29,108 --> 00:09:32,400 said, I think, I know, I think she said we had it, but I wasn't 171 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,600 sure. And my husband was quite, you 172 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,300 know, fed up with me because he's like, you know, you need to 173 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,100 know what you stand in everything and I, you know, 174 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:42,000 sometimes leave everything to sort of float. 175 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:47,300 So anyway, Christmas day came and we were thinking, what we 176 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:51,300 going to do because in London, has anyone being in London the 177 00:09:51,308 --> 00:09:53,400 Centre of London on Christmas day? 178 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,300 There is a much to eat. And if it is You have to book in 179 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:58,500 advance and it's really expensive unless you go 180 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,400 Chinatown or something like that. 181 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,000 And so Christmas day came and we were hungry and we didn't know 182 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,600 if we had a meal and we went downstairs and we were nervous 183 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,700 because everybody look well to do in the hotel and Alan. 184 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:15,600 I looked like two fugitives and then we went down and we were 185 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,600 too scared to just ask and we got a free meal and so must have 186 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,800 the courage. And I stood there and I said, 187 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,500 hi, and they're so big. You got this, elaborate this. 188 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Beautiful dinner Hall and we couldn't see in but they had a 189 00:10:28,608 --> 00:10:31,800 man standing at the door. And we said hello. 190 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,700 We just want to know if we're on the list. 191 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,000 And he said, what's your name? And we said our names and he 192 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,600 said, and what room number you are always holding the room 193 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,300 number and he goes and who do you know? 194 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,800 And at that point, my husband said we're friends have at least 195 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,200 that was my friend's name, and he looked and he said, friends 196 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:57,400 of Elise. Lucky you and he just moved out 197 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,200 of the way and we Waltz right through, there was no question. 198 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,800 He just said your friends of Elise, come on in and we sat 199 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,900 down, and this place was so beautiful. 200 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:12,900 We had a nine-course meal. Do you know what one of the 201 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,300 courses was like a moose of toothpaste? 202 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,600 Yeah, I guess this is what Posh people have just to clear the 203 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,900 palate. We had this toothpaste mousse, 204 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,100 and we said, That's we sat there and we prayed and we started 205 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:28,800 crying because we felt like we were in heaven and we were at 206 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,700 God's table. We were just like, wow, this is 207 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,400 amazing. And you know what? 208 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,200 This is the same thing with us. When we accept Jesus Christ. 209 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,300 As our savior, we will be able to sit at God's table and you 210 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:42,900 know, what, we won't have nine courses. 211 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:45,600 Why not anyone have level who had probably about 50 million 212 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,800 courses and we're just going to eat and eat and eat and do you 213 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,000 know what? It doesn't matter? 214 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,500 What you look like? It doesn't matter what you've 215 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:53,100 done. It doesn't matter what's going 216 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:56,900 on because you Accepted Jesus, and you're welcome at his table. 217 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:01,900 You are welcome. You are welcome, doesn't matter. 218 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:09,100 So the next part is that we crossed over from Death to life. 219 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,700 And at this point right now. I want to just make it clear 220 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:17,300 that this talk is not about. If you believe in Jesus, you're 221 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:20,300 going to be rewards is and if you don't believe you're going 222 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:22,400 to be punished, it's not about that. 223 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:27,100 It's where your heart is. Is so is where your treasure is. 224 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:31,600 So if your hearts with Jesus, who is life, that's where your 225 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,200 treasure is. If you're focused on the world, 226 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,800 which is here today and gone tomorrow, which is essentially 227 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,400 death. That's where your treasure is. 228 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,600 So this is why when you accept him, you cross over from Death 229 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:51,600 to life and many of us, many of us struggle with just focusing 230 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,300 on Jesus, focusing on God, focusing on him. 231 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:58,400 We're like focused on the world. And you know, what? 232 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,900 I've been in small groups when people are talking about their 233 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,200 issues and then they were Just get to the conclusion where they 234 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,400 say, you know what? It's just so hard though, isn't 235 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,400 it? So hard to believe in Jesus. 236 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,900 When are we going to stop saying it's so hard, you know, is too 237 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:13,900 easy. So just leave as a conclusion. 238 00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:16,300 It's so hard. We've got a reply. 239 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:19,000 We've got a reply God into our life. 240 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,600 And so I was thinking as I was, you know, making this up, I was 241 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,500 just thinking, you know, why it's a bit like this where we're 242 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:30,100 looking at the world and we're just consuming everything that 243 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:32,500 the world has and Jesus is behind. 244 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:36,600 Us Girls behind us and we just looking at the world and we just 245 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,700 go God could you just make this happen? 246 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,300 And then we consume consume consume or trying to find 247 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:44,000 significance in all the things that we have and we just focused 248 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,600 on that and then we're just saying God could you just fix 249 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,500 that? And we really need to turn to 250 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:53,400 God and we just consume him but we're just constantly looking at 251 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,600 the world looking at that relationship to complete us. 252 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:00,300 Looking at that, you know, that great thing we have and then 253 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,600 something happens. And then we start shouting at Oh 254 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:03,700 God. Where are you? 255 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:05,000 God? Where are you? 256 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,900 Why can't this happen? Why can't I have that job? 257 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:09,600 I need a job. I need a job. 258 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,800 Where are you? You know, last week, Richard 259 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,900 said, prayer is not about looking for God. 260 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:19,400 Letting God see you. It's not like you're going God. 261 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:21,800 Hey, hey, I'm here. Could you make sure that I've 262 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,700 got enough money for a mortgage? It's not about that. 263 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:28,500 It's about us seeing God. It's about us saying, God, 264 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,300 you're so great. You're so amazing. 265 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:36,000 You Wonderful. Your glory is forever. 266 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,400 It's about focusing on God, not our things. 267 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,700 And I say this and I say this is some of my friends when I'm 268 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:46,500 talking to them. I don't say this on my high 269 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:48,500 Shire horse, looking down at you. 270 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:50,000 We just shared them. Pony. 271 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:52,800 I'm down there too. I'm down there too. 272 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,000 And it's a battle. It's a daily battle, but you've 273 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,100 got to make a decision to believe or what's the point? 274 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:04,600 What's the point recently? I have been feeling a bit out of 275 00:15:04,608 --> 00:15:08,300 my comfort zone and when I'm out of my comfort zone, I try and 276 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:11,800 seek things to comfort me. And I've said this to you before 277 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,900 that I live in a flat with big Windows, which is lovely because 278 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,900 the light shines through. But I look out the window and I 279 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:21,300 see things, and I come to conclusions conclusions, which 280 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:24,400 would probably not true. You see, I live opposite my 281 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,000 son's school. So I see a lot of people outside 282 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,200 that I know, and I'll look at Mom's and our look at people 283 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,400 having fun, and I'm like, oh, look, they're having fun! 284 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,200 Not without me, or do they like me? 285 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,800 And it's stupid. It's just being paranoid, and I 286 00:15:37,808 --> 00:15:41,900 have to combat that lie. Anyway, there's this lady that I 287 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,700 know and she's not well at the moment. 288 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:46,800 So her mom is from South Africa and she's over for a couple of 289 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,100 months to support her. And so last week, I was feeling 290 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,100 a little bit, you know, just out of my comfort zone. 291 00:15:54,100 --> 00:16:00,100 I was just hungry for someone great to just comfort me just to 292 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:03,000 make me feel like I'm okay. I'm alright, it's going to be 293 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,800 okay. So I'm looking out the window 294 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:11,600 and I see this lady Army down with her mum and Just hit me 295 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,200 there because it's what I wanted. 296 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,100 I want a mum who I can walk arm-in-arm down the road with, 297 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,900 and you know, what is so funny. Because every time I look out 298 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:21,100 the window, I see them walking down. 299 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,600 The road arm in arm is like, oh, gosh, here it is again. 300 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:29,500 And so Jesus said to me, When you go outside in a minute, I 301 00:16:29,508 --> 00:16:32,300 want you to walk down the road and believe that I'm holding 302 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:37,200 Weir arm-in-arm together. We are arm-in-arm together and I 303 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:42,400 am God, he's saying I'm I'm God. I created everything. 304 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,100 Everything is so much more and I'm with you. 305 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:48,000 I'm Everlasting, our mums going back to South Africa. 306 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,400 Was she going to do then? But God is there all the time. 307 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:56,200 And I have to make that the truth because he's more real, 308 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,200 he's more real. Then her mom, arm in arm walking 309 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,300 down the road. And I have to say to myself. 310 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:03,300 That's right. I have Jesus with me. 311 00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:06,300 I have Jesus with me. And, like I said, I keep seeing 312 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:10,200 them and it used to hurt me and then I thought, no, no, no in a 313 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:13,599 see that as a positive picture. God wants to show me. 314 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,900 Look I'm with you just like how she is with her daughter. 315 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:20,300 I'm like that with you. I'm like that with you and then 316 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:23,500 at times I'm feeling anxious and I have to just put my hands here 317 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:25,900 and I have to say, God is with me. 318 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,000 You know this world. He's going so fast. 319 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,200 I've been out of the loop because I've been a stay-at-home 320 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,300 mom for so long, and it just seems like everything is going 321 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:35,100 fast. And you've got a hustle. 322 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,500 You've got to be something. You've got to do it quickly 323 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:40,500 before somebody else does it? And I feel anxious, because I 324 00:17:40,508 --> 00:17:42,500 don't know how to do it. And God is saying, I've got a 325 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:45,600 plan for you. I have a plan, a plan to prosper 326 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,500 you and not harm, you don't worry and then sometimes I think 327 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:50,500 oh gosh, am I? Okay. 328 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,200 Am I good enough? Do I fit in? 329 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,400 And he's saying this in your identity is in me, and I have to 330 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,900 apply his truth. To me rather than focus on the 331 00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:03,400 lies. We've got to believe in God 332 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,500 believe in his words. Okay. 333 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,000 So lastly I want to just leave you a few things. 334 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,900 So five practical ways to hear God's word and believe in him. 335 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:21,800 And the first one is to read the word of God, read his word. 336 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,100 Simply, you know, so many of us running around trying to get 337 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:27,900 someone to give us a word, but you You know what? 338 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:32,300 There's his word in the Bible. You can't go wrong. 339 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:34,900 I'm not knocking a word from people but you can't go wrong 340 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:36,300 with this. If you read it. 341 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:41,800 So read his word and ask the Holy Spirit to just just make 342 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,200 it, make whatever God wants you to know plane. 343 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,500 So you can respond. And the second is to spend time 344 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,800 in prayer with God's be in his presence. 345 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:56,300 Don't just use him as someone to just give you things. 346 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:02,000 Being his presence and don't forget to just listen to him. 347 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,000 Listen to what he has to say to you. 348 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,900 And third one recognize God's glory and power and that he 349 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:14,100 loves you recognize a, he's amazing. 350 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:17,800 He's created the universe. That he's the strongest thing 351 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,600 there, and yet he loves you and he wants a relationship with 352 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,300 you. I've got this app. 353 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,700 This new app that I've downloaded for my son. 354 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,200 It's called Skyview. And what you do, you look 355 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,300 through your camera and it shows you where all the stars are in 356 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:35,300 the universe and it also shows you where the planets are. 357 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:37,900 So your client moving around and it would just show you right 358 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:40,200 there. Love a million miles is Mars. 359 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:44,100 And to the, you know, left is, is Venus right behind it. 360 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,600 And it was just puts you in perspective or where you are in 361 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,300 the universe. And I'm thinking, wow, my God 362 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:52,600 made all of that and yet you wants a relationship with me, 363 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,600 so, Recognize his glory recognize how amazing he is and 364 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,300 that he loves you. And the fourth one is if you 365 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,300 don't know what love is, if you don't know what, it's like to 366 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:07,300 have a real relationship, a healthy relationship. 367 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:13,700 Look at 1 Corinthians 13:4. 27. Have a look at what love is and 368 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:17,200 apply that to your life. Says love is patient. 369 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,500 See that God is patient with me. Love is kind. 370 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:22,900 God is kind with me. Have a look. 371 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,900 Look at that meditate on that. And number five. 372 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:31,400 The last thing is trust God with every aspect of your life. 373 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:35,400 Don't go to the world to tell you who you are. 374 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:40,900 Go to God receive God's love, because he's there for you.