1 00:00:00,390 --> 00:00:02,130 It's good to be back with you again 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:03,150 today on Eagle Swings. 3 00:00:03,290 --> 00:00:04,830 I think it'd be a good day just 4 00:00:04,830 --> 00:00:06,210 to sit back and maybe have a little 5 00:00:06,210 --> 00:00:07,370 visit about some things. 6 00:00:07,750 --> 00:00:09,610 I've been thinking lately about revival. 7 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:12,610 What it is, what it does, how it 8 00:00:12,610 --> 00:00:13,010 comes. 9 00:00:13,490 --> 00:00:15,530 Been doing some studying on some of the 10 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:16,530 symptoms of revival. 11 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:18,370 As a matter of fact, last night I 12 00:00:18,370 --> 00:00:20,690 sat down and started to study out this 13 00:00:20,690 --> 00:00:23,790 area and just really had in mind sharing 14 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:25,610 some things with you about the symptoms of 15 00:00:25,610 --> 00:00:26,010 revival. 16 00:00:26,010 --> 00:00:29,750 And as I got about halfway through what 17 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:31,490 I was doing, I realized that the Spirit 18 00:00:31,490 --> 00:00:34,390 of God was leading me to just talk 19 00:00:34,390 --> 00:00:35,170 about Jesus. 20 00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:38,050 You know, I talk about many different things, 21 00:00:38,090 --> 00:00:39,750 and there's so many things to talk about. 22 00:00:39,830 --> 00:00:41,630 And when we're only on the air once 23 00:00:41,630 --> 00:00:44,830 a week, then we have to be selective 24 00:00:44,830 --> 00:00:46,090 and very specific. 25 00:00:46,230 --> 00:00:47,710 There's so many things I'd like to share. 26 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:49,570 I have enough material. 27 00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:52,650 I've even thought about the possibility of having 28 00:00:52,650 --> 00:00:55,810 a radio Bible school where we could even 29 00:00:55,810 --> 00:00:57,290 have notes sent out to you or whatever. 30 00:00:57,450 --> 00:00:58,570 But we have to be selective. 31 00:00:59,330 --> 00:01:02,130 And as God has raised this program up 32 00:01:02,130 --> 00:01:06,650 and He's geared this program towards revival, I've 33 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:08,930 been thinking recently about what is revival? 34 00:01:09,070 --> 00:01:10,850 Do we really understand what it is? 35 00:01:10,990 --> 00:01:12,530 And we want to be an encouragement to 36 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:12,730 you. 37 00:01:13,090 --> 00:01:14,870 We want to be encouragement to the pastor. 38 00:01:15,710 --> 00:01:18,050 And my wife and I and my children, 39 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:20,250 we try to be a ministry to people. 40 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:23,010 There's so many programs around, and I've found 41 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:25,750 many times that programs can actually just bury 42 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:27,450 you out of sight. 43 00:01:27,610 --> 00:01:29,230 And you can be so busy with your 44 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:31,270 programs that you forget even the Lord. 45 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:33,550 You can even forget why you're doing them. 46 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:35,150 But what's revival? 47 00:01:35,930 --> 00:01:37,070 What is revival? 48 00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:39,230 You know what revival is? 49 00:01:39,430 --> 00:01:40,830 It's Jesus again. 50 00:01:41,130 --> 00:01:42,950 And I've been thinking about this because we're 51 00:01:42,950 --> 00:01:45,490 going into our spring session. 52 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:47,310 And you know what happens in most churches 53 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:48,050 in the spring? 54 00:01:48,250 --> 00:01:49,730 Well, we have revival meetings. 55 00:01:50,250 --> 00:01:52,070 And actually, they're not revival meetings. 56 00:01:52,230 --> 00:01:53,650 They're just evangelistic meetings. 57 00:01:53,910 --> 00:01:56,110 And so for once or twice a year, 58 00:01:56,170 --> 00:01:57,690 we try to pump things up in the 59 00:01:57,690 --> 00:02:00,270 church, get an evangelist in to come in 60 00:02:00,270 --> 00:02:01,870 and try to get a few people saved 61 00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:03,310 to do what we should have been doing 62 00:02:03,310 --> 00:02:05,490 all year long, outreaching people. 63 00:02:05,730 --> 00:02:08,030 And it's just sort of like blowing a 64 00:02:08,030 --> 00:02:08,550 balloon up. 65 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:11,510 And then after he's gone, boy, we've had 66 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:13,570 some great meetings and God's done some things. 67 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:14,770 There's no doubt about that. 68 00:02:14,970 --> 00:02:16,290 Some folks have got saved. 69 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:17,610 No doubt about that. 70 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:21,730 But is that really what God wants of 71 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:22,070 us? 72 00:02:22,170 --> 00:02:24,450 And is that really what revival is? 73 00:02:24,870 --> 00:02:26,710 Well, in the next few weeks, if God 74 00:02:26,710 --> 00:02:28,710 continues to lead me in what he's been 75 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:30,590 doing, I just want to take some time 76 00:02:30,590 --> 00:02:31,950 to share with you about revival. 77 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:34,290 One of the things that I've found in 78 00:02:34,290 --> 00:02:37,270 revival is that God meets those who are 79 00:02:37,270 --> 00:02:37,590 desperate. 80 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:40,410 I was talking with a pastor yesterday up 81 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:43,570 in Sedalia, and we were sharing things about 82 00:02:43,570 --> 00:02:44,010 revival. 83 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:45,330 I'd wrote him a while back. 84 00:02:45,330 --> 00:02:46,610 He had wrote me, and I'd wrote him 85 00:02:46,610 --> 00:02:48,790 back sharing some things about what God had 86 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:50,530 done in my life and in my church 87 00:02:50,530 --> 00:02:53,230 and how he's continued. 88 00:02:53,410 --> 00:02:55,210 And I was sharing with him yesterday morning 89 00:02:55,210 --> 00:02:58,710 on the phone about some things, how personal 90 00:02:59,850 --> 00:03:01,390 Jesus Christ becomes. 91 00:03:02,070 --> 00:03:04,150 You know, the cleaner that we will get, 92 00:03:04,230 --> 00:03:06,110 the closer that we'll be able to walk 93 00:03:06,110 --> 00:03:06,690 with the Lord. 94 00:03:07,470 --> 00:03:10,550 And God actually wants to be the main 95 00:03:10,550 --> 00:03:12,750 thing in your church, believe it or not. 96 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,990 Jesus wants to be the main activity. 97 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:17,030 He wants to be the main attraction. 98 00:03:17,470 --> 00:03:18,510 He wants to be the sinner. 99 00:03:18,970 --> 00:03:20,270 And let me share something with you. 100 00:03:20,510 --> 00:03:22,570 It's a secret, so don't let it out, 101 00:03:22,910 --> 00:03:24,410 but he wants to be glorified. 102 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:26,930 And I think so many times when we 103 00:03:26,930 --> 00:03:28,630 come into our churches, we go off to 104 00:03:28,630 --> 00:03:31,530 meetings or whatever, we've seen men glorified. 105 00:03:31,630 --> 00:03:33,290 We've seen some old so-and-so get 106 00:03:33,290 --> 00:03:36,630 up and strut his sermonic peacock feathers, and 107 00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:39,630 that's so many times it's just the glory 108 00:03:39,630 --> 00:03:40,610 of God is not there. 109 00:03:40,990 --> 00:03:42,210 The glory of man is there. 110 00:03:42,210 --> 00:03:43,470 So what is revival? 111 00:03:44,570 --> 00:03:46,050 I want to share some things with you 112 00:03:46,050 --> 00:03:47,890 about what God's taught me about revival. 113 00:03:47,950 --> 00:03:49,530 And I don't claim to be a professional. 114 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:52,370 I don't know much about this area, but 115 00:03:52,370 --> 00:03:53,410 I do know a little bit. 116 00:03:53,790 --> 00:03:56,750 I've experienced a little bit of revival in 117 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:57,810 my own personal life. 118 00:03:57,870 --> 00:03:59,650 And I know it's been such a devastating 119 00:03:59,650 --> 00:04:02,190 thing to where it's changed my life dramatically. 120 00:04:02,270 --> 00:04:03,250 It's changed my ministry. 121 00:04:03,390 --> 00:04:04,810 It's changed my outlook on life. 122 00:04:04,950 --> 00:04:07,090 And I've come to see that so much 123 00:04:07,090 --> 00:04:09,610 of my past ministry was done in the 124 00:04:09,610 --> 00:04:12,070 flesh and not in the power of the 125 00:04:12,070 --> 00:04:12,690 Spirit of God. 126 00:04:13,190 --> 00:04:14,890 And we can just have a quiet time 127 00:04:14,890 --> 00:04:16,690 talking this morning. 128 00:04:16,790 --> 00:04:17,690 I don't have to holler. 129 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,670 I don't have to yell. 130 00:04:18,950 --> 00:04:20,490 But yet the Spirit of God can be 131 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:21,070 amongst us. 132 00:04:21,130 --> 00:04:22,910 He can be ministering through me to you. 133 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:24,870 And He can open up your ears to 134 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:25,170 hear. 135 00:04:25,590 --> 00:04:27,770 You know, the Bible says, He that has 136 00:04:27,770 --> 00:04:29,350 ears to hear, let him hear what the 137 00:04:29,350 --> 00:04:30,710 Spirit says to the churches. 138 00:04:31,210 --> 00:04:34,730 There's one main ingredient in revival. 139 00:04:34,830 --> 00:04:37,250 And remember, revival is Jesus again. 140 00:04:38,010 --> 00:04:41,250 You have to have Jesus first. 141 00:04:42,070 --> 00:04:44,110 Before you can get to this main ingredient 142 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:46,930 to have revival, you have to have this 143 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:48,750 one thing, Jesus. 144 00:04:49,150 --> 00:04:50,930 You have to have Him as your Savior. 145 00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:53,870 Now, the one main ingredient is that God 146 00:04:53,870 --> 00:04:55,230 meets those who are desperate. 147 00:04:55,830 --> 00:04:58,330 Now, you may be desperate for God, and 148 00:04:58,330 --> 00:04:59,430 you've never met Him yet. 149 00:04:59,470 --> 00:05:00,430 You've never known Him. 150 00:05:00,490 --> 00:05:01,270 You don't know what it's like. 151 00:05:01,330 --> 00:05:02,850 You've gone to church, or maybe you've had 152 00:05:02,850 --> 00:05:03,590 some experiences. 153 00:05:03,590 --> 00:05:07,350 But somewhere along, you've just missed out on 154 00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:07,630 Jesus. 155 00:05:07,850 --> 00:05:09,770 And there's something missing in your life, in 156 00:05:09,770 --> 00:05:11,190 your heart, and you can sense it. 157 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:12,890 And I know what that's like. 158 00:05:13,070 --> 00:05:14,110 I was there myself. 159 00:05:14,730 --> 00:05:16,550 Many years ago, I was raised in church, 160 00:05:16,630 --> 00:05:17,750 went to church all my life. 161 00:05:17,910 --> 00:05:19,450 But there was a vacuum there. 162 00:05:19,630 --> 00:05:21,410 And it was actually Jesus Himself. 163 00:05:22,390 --> 00:05:23,810 And I don't think I was saved till 164 00:05:23,810 --> 00:05:25,110 I was almost 20 years old. 165 00:05:25,210 --> 00:05:26,750 And I'd had an experience when I was 166 00:05:26,750 --> 00:05:27,070 10. 167 00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:29,830 And I was told that I'd been saved. 168 00:05:29,930 --> 00:05:32,450 And I had professed to receive Christ. 169 00:05:32,450 --> 00:05:34,990 And I went forward for baptism and all 170 00:05:34,990 --> 00:05:35,470 like that. 171 00:05:35,510 --> 00:05:36,670 But there was something missing. 172 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:39,030 And I actually think I'd missed Jesus. 173 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,890 I don't remember praying to receive Jesus at 174 00:05:41,890 --> 00:05:42,170 10. 175 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:44,110 I was told that's when I got saved. 176 00:05:44,170 --> 00:05:45,850 I remember going to the preacher. 177 00:05:46,450 --> 00:05:47,770 I remember being in his office. 178 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:51,090 But I don't remember actually praying and receiving 179 00:05:51,090 --> 00:05:51,430 Christ. 180 00:05:51,530 --> 00:05:53,210 And I don't remember any change that came 181 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:53,870 into my life. 182 00:05:54,170 --> 00:05:56,650 And it wasn't until almost 10 years later, 183 00:05:57,550 --> 00:06:02,310 when I was off in the university, that 184 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:05,210 God met me in a special way. 185 00:06:05,350 --> 00:06:07,670 And He brought that meeting about by making 186 00:06:07,670 --> 00:06:08,390 me desperate. 187 00:06:10,270 --> 00:06:10,750 Destitution. 188 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:15,010 I became dissatisfied with life, dissatisfied with what 189 00:06:15,010 --> 00:06:16,370 I was doing, with school. 190 00:06:16,930 --> 00:06:18,810 I just began to ask, what's the purpose 191 00:06:18,810 --> 00:06:19,350 of life? 192 00:06:19,650 --> 00:06:22,010 And through three weeks of struggle, I remember 193 00:06:22,010 --> 00:06:24,030 three weeks of intense struggle, I'd come back 194 00:06:24,030 --> 00:06:26,550 to my room after class and just cry. 195 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:29,110 I'd go off down to—I was down in 196 00:06:29,110 --> 00:06:30,010 Natchitoches, Louisiana. 197 00:06:30,110 --> 00:06:31,890 I'd go down to the River Lake. 198 00:06:31,890 --> 00:06:32,890 They call it Cane River. 199 00:06:33,790 --> 00:06:36,130 And just spend time there alone, searching. 200 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:38,110 And finally, I hid a scripture in the 201 00:06:38,110 --> 00:06:38,350 Bible. 202 00:06:38,490 --> 00:06:39,890 I was going through the Bible, and it 203 00:06:39,890 --> 00:06:42,450 was Matthew 6, 33, where it says, But 204 00:06:42,450 --> 00:06:44,190 seek ye first the kingdom of God and 205 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:46,830 His righteousness, and all these things will be 206 00:06:46,830 --> 00:06:47,690 added unto you. 207 00:06:48,310 --> 00:06:50,450 And I don't know what happened or what 208 00:06:50,450 --> 00:06:53,250 the time sequence in there was, but I 209 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:56,070 know that one hot summer night in July, 210 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:59,370 I just totally gave myself to God and 211 00:06:59,370 --> 00:07:00,310 told Him He could take me. 212 00:07:00,310 --> 00:07:01,790 He could do whatever He wanted to with 213 00:07:01,790 --> 00:07:01,930 me. 214 00:07:02,090 --> 00:07:02,630 I was His. 215 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,750 And at that time, at that night, I 216 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:07,590 think Jesus Christ came into my life. 217 00:07:08,190 --> 00:07:11,370 I had changed my mind about myself. 218 00:07:11,910 --> 00:07:14,150 I was repentant about my life. 219 00:07:14,630 --> 00:07:15,790 I was desperate. 220 00:07:16,350 --> 00:07:18,290 And God met me and saved me. 221 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:20,530 And I've discovered something since then. 222 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:23,050 At that night, I didn't know much. 223 00:07:23,050 --> 00:07:24,330 I didn't know much about the Bible. 224 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:26,330 I hadn't been able to understand it because 225 00:07:26,330 --> 00:07:28,250 I don't think I'd been born again up 226 00:07:28,250 --> 00:07:28,790 to that point. 227 00:07:28,790 --> 00:07:32,050 But at that point, I was changed. 228 00:07:32,530 --> 00:07:35,890 And I've discovered that any time that I 229 00:07:35,890 --> 00:07:39,470 move away from the cross, it's always downhill. 230 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:41,830 You know, many years ago, I lived over 231 00:07:41,830 --> 00:07:44,090 in what we call the Holy Land. 232 00:07:44,150 --> 00:07:45,490 I lived in Turkey, and one time I 233 00:07:45,490 --> 00:07:46,290 went down to Israel. 234 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:48,490 And God gave me the privilege of going 235 00:07:48,490 --> 00:07:52,230 up on top of Golgotha, where Christ was 236 00:07:52,230 --> 00:07:52,670 crucified. 237 00:07:53,130 --> 00:07:53,910 It's a hill. 238 00:07:54,310 --> 00:07:56,290 Any time you move away from the spot 239 00:07:56,290 --> 00:07:58,450 where the cross was, you go downhill. 240 00:07:59,410 --> 00:08:00,670 After you get off the top of the 241 00:08:00,670 --> 00:08:01,670 hill, you've got to go down. 242 00:08:02,310 --> 00:08:03,750 And that's the way it is with us 243 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:04,130 in life. 244 00:08:04,210 --> 00:08:05,850 Any time we move away from the cross, 245 00:08:05,910 --> 00:08:07,250 it's always down. 246 00:08:07,470 --> 00:08:10,210 You know, I was thinking about some things 247 00:08:10,210 --> 00:08:12,250 I've been reading from a book called Man, 248 00:08:12,630 --> 00:08:14,510 the Dwelling Place of God by A.W. 249 00:08:14,610 --> 00:08:14,930 Tozer. 250 00:08:15,350 --> 00:08:16,910 And we'll just sort of let God lead 251 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:18,990 us alone this morning the way He wants 252 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:21,450 us to go in our time together. 253 00:08:21,450 --> 00:08:23,370 I have so many things to share with 254 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:25,230 you, but as I'm talking with you, I'm 255 00:08:25,230 --> 00:08:27,390 trusting the Lord to lead us alone. 256 00:08:28,590 --> 00:08:30,330 And I was thinking about these things that 257 00:08:30,330 --> 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Tozer shared. 258 00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:33,830 He said, one thing is certain. 259 00:08:34,169 --> 00:08:36,770 The call of Christ is always a promotion. 260 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:41,610 Where Christ to call a king from his 261 00:08:41,610 --> 00:08:43,950 throne to preach the gospel to some tribe 262 00:08:43,950 --> 00:08:48,170 of Aborigines, that king would be elevated above 263 00:08:48,170 --> 00:08:50,010 everything he had known before. 264 00:08:50,010 --> 00:08:54,170 Any movement toward Christ is a ascent, and 265 00:08:54,170 --> 00:08:56,670 any direction away from him is down. 266 00:08:57,110 --> 00:08:58,410 Could I ask you a question, just you 267 00:08:58,410 --> 00:08:59,250 and I this morning? 268 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:01,750 Which direction are you headed? 269 00:09:02,230 --> 00:09:03,290 Are you going up? 270 00:09:03,570 --> 00:09:04,750 Are you going down? 271 00:09:05,410 --> 00:09:07,870 Are you filled with the spirit or filled 272 00:09:07,870 --> 00:09:09,570 with self and the flesh? 273 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:14,800 You know, Tozer said, yea, though we recognize 274 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,860 the honor bestowed upon us, there is no 275 00:09:17,860 --> 00:09:19,200 place for pride. 276 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,360 For the follower of Christ must shoulder his 277 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,420 cross, and a cross is an object of 278 00:09:24,420 --> 00:09:26,380 shame and a symbol of rejection. 279 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,600 You know, we come into the Christian life 280 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,120 so many times we don't know much at 281 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:31,420 all. 282 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:33,740 And because we don't know much at all, 283 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,880 the devil is sometimes he's able to easily 284 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,020 deceive us and to lead us aside and 285 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:43,240 to get us distracted, get us discouraged, get 286 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,260 us away from the simplicity of just knowing 287 00:09:46,260 --> 00:09:49,340 and walking with Jesus and loving him and 288 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:50,840 letting him lead and provide. 289 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:53,280 You know, walking with Jesus is a very 290 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:54,360 practical thing. 291 00:09:55,580 --> 00:09:57,660 Living with him and walking with him, you 292 00:09:57,660 --> 00:09:59,200 just ask him what to do through the 293 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,200 day, and the Holy Spirit gives you direction 294 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,520 and guidance in your spirit. 295 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:04,280 You have to be sensitive to him. 296 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,380 Sin can cut it off. 297 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,200 But the other day, I was leaving and 298 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,220 we needed some eggs, and the wife mentioned 299 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:12,160 picking some eggs up. 300 00:10:12,220 --> 00:10:13,920 There's a farmer north of town where we 301 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,980 get some eggs, and we just agreed, let's 302 00:10:16,980 --> 00:10:20,000 just ask God for eggs, and let's just 303 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:20,800 let him provide. 304 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,440 You know, so many times we don't give 305 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,320 God a chance. 306 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,780 You've been trying to solve your own problems. 307 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:28,080 Maybe you've been going to a psychologist or 308 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,040 even a medical doctor, but you've never given 309 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,180 God a chance to heal you physically, spiritually, 310 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,040 or emotionally. 311 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:35,760 We're always looking to man. 312 00:10:36,340 --> 00:10:38,060 And so that afternoon, I was over at 313 00:10:38,060 --> 00:10:39,960 the youth leader's house, the youth leader here 314 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,200 in this town where we're at, and there's 315 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,420 a couple other young men in there, and 316 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:47,660 I was fixing to go out and get 317 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:49,700 the eggs, and I was reminded by the 318 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:52,100 Holy Spirit, better check in with home base. 319 00:10:52,540 --> 00:10:54,720 Better call back and see what happened back 320 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,220 at home before I go buy eggs. 321 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,420 And so I did. 322 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,140 I called up and asked her, well, did 323 00:11:00,140 --> 00:11:01,460 God bring by some eggs today? 324 00:11:01,540 --> 00:11:03,100 And she was all excited and said, yes, 325 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,940 the Lord brought by four dozen eggs and 326 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:06,400 even gave us a gallon of milk. 327 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:08,680 Well, I said, praise the Lord. 328 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,780 I think God might even have did that 329 00:11:10,780 --> 00:11:12,900 to just show those young fellows in there 330 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,700 that he's a God that is interested in 331 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:16,800 details in our life. 332 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,480 I just brought up last week in church 333 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,820 to pray for a tire on our car. 334 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:22,580 We needed a tire. 335 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:24,800 I'm wanting to go down to Kansas City 336 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,720 to a pastor seminar on Tuesday, and the 337 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,480 one I'm on there is very bad. 338 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,420 And we really hadn't been able to afford 339 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:32,920 a tire. 340 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:35,400 And so I had the church pray for 341 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,880 us in this area and some other areas 342 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:37,220 too. 343 00:11:37,220 --> 00:11:39,920 And would you know that I went in 344 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,460 and took that thing in yesterday and was 345 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,380 able to buy a brand new tire, about 346 00:11:44,380 --> 00:11:49,600 an $80 tire for $22.94. I don't 347 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:50,320 know how he did it. 348 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:51,640 He gave me a discount because he had 349 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:52,480 a sale going on. 350 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:54,940 Then he gave me, he readied that tire 351 00:11:54,940 --> 00:11:56,580 out because of the tread left on it. 352 00:11:56,860 --> 00:11:58,200 And by the time he was all done, 353 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,640 he said the tire was $22.94. And 354 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,260 it cost me about $30 by the time 355 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:04,940 they balanced it and got the tax on 356 00:12:04,940 --> 00:12:06,440 there and the tire fee and everything. 357 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,680 But I was praising the Lord. 358 00:12:07,780 --> 00:12:08,520 We can handle that. 359 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,500 He brought in the money. 360 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:13,220 God wants to be in your life like 361 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:13,580 that. 362 00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:14,700 Walk with him. 363 00:12:15,220 --> 00:12:17,460 And one of the most exciting things about 364 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:19,260 every day is to get up and let 365 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:21,620 him lead you through the day and let 366 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:23,600 him bring into your life those that are 367 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,420 desperate for God. 368 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:25,800 And you talk to him about Jesus. 369 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,460 He just gives you those opportunities. 370 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:32,340 Man is the dwelling place of God. 371 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:34,520 You know, something else Tozer had said. 372 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,660 He said, before God and the angels, before 373 00:12:36,660 --> 00:12:38,700 God and the angels, it is a great 374 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,140 honor to know and follow Christ. 375 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:43,740 But before men, it is not so. 376 00:12:44,860 --> 00:12:47,640 The Christ the world pretends now to honor 377 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,920 was once rejected and crucified by that same 378 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:51,240 world. 379 00:12:51,580 --> 00:12:53,660 My friend, don't get thrown off by those 380 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:55,720 that say they're Christians, by just everybody that 381 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:56,540 goes to church. 382 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:57,540 You follow Jesus. 383 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:58,760 Don't follow the crowd. 384 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,240 The crowd is wrong. 385 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,180 Most of the time, it seems like. 386 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,940 And it's the one going upstream, fighting the 387 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:08,840 current, going against the tide and the ways 388 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,100 of man and the traditions, even of the 389 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:11,320 church. 390 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,300 We've adopted a lot of ungodly traditions today. 391 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,820 And we need to be careful. 392 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:18,580 And everybody says, well, look at that fool. 393 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:20,100 He's going against the tide. 394 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:21,340 He's going upstream. 395 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,820 That's the way Jesus was. 396 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:26,160 He was going against the tide, the ways 397 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:26,640 of man. 398 00:13:26,860 --> 00:13:28,700 We've been so deceived in so many of 399 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:31,080 our areas that we really don't even know 400 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,780 what's going on so many times. 401 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,200 We need to get to God and know 402 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,440 him and not pretend. 403 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,180 It's very easy to pretend. 404 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,700 Very easy for me to pretend. 405 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,440 It's very easy to pretend that you're spiritual. 406 00:13:44,660 --> 00:13:47,900 But the Bible says, by their fruits, you 407 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:48,780 shall know them. 408 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,820 Is there the fruit in your life of 409 00:13:51,820 --> 00:13:54,840 godliness, love, joy and peace? 410 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:55,400 Is it there? 411 00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:57,580 Sure, we know you can put on your 412 00:13:57,580 --> 00:13:59,460 Pepsodent grin when you go to church. 413 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,340 But what's it like the next morning when 414 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,720 you've got to go out to that old 415 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,660 dirty factory or go to that job you 416 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:06,280 just can't stand? 417 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,360 Or you've got to stay home and do 418 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:09,640 something that's very tough? 419 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:11,400 Is the joy of the Lord there? 420 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:12,940 Are you pretending? 421 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:16,640 My friend, I think we're coming to days 422 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,140 when the pretenders are going to peel off, 423 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,200 just like the early church. 424 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,260 When they received Christ, there wasn't any pretenders 425 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:21,580 around. 426 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,060 You wouldn't pretend to be a Christian if 427 00:14:24,060 --> 00:14:25,660 you knew that, for being lined up to 428 00:14:25,660 --> 00:14:26,900 be a Christian, you might get thrown to 429 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:27,440 the lions. 430 00:14:28,540 --> 00:14:30,920 But we've been so deceived into thinking it's 431 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:31,940 all right to pretend. 432 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,780 And we've got churches that are just pretending 433 00:14:34,780 --> 00:14:36,880 places, where you go and you pretend to 434 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,840 worship, you pretend to enjoy the Lord, you 435 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,960 pretend to sing joyfully, you pretend to get 436 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,420 something out of the message, and maybe the 437 00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:46,280 preacher's even pretending to preach spiritual. 438 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:48,840 And what's it profit you? 439 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:51,480 Just like Jesus said, what shall it profit 440 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:52,800 a man if he gains the whole world 441 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:53,880 and loses his own soul? 442 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,400 What's it going to get you to be 443 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,040 in a show business? 444 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,840 God wants reality. 445 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,640 So the great saint is honored only after 446 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,180 he is dead, Tozer says. 447 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:08,420 You've been looking for honor? 448 00:15:09,860 --> 00:15:12,300 You know, a lot of our Christianity that 449 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:14,500 we have today is people wanting to be 450 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:14,820 honored. 451 00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:18,200 But really, most great saints are only honored 452 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,360 after they're dead. 453 00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:20,760 Are you desperate? 454 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:22,880 Are you desperate for God? 455 00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:26,580 Tozer said, not many are selfless enough to 456 00:15:26,580 --> 00:15:29,060 endure honor without injury to their souls. 457 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:30,360 We're so proud. 458 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:33,400 I received a letter from somebody down south 459 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,220 of town a couple weeks ago, saying that 460 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:37,860 they had to continually battle with the area 461 00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:38,320 of pride. 462 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:41,880 That's an encouragement, because at least that person 463 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,180 recognizes that there's a battle going on. 464 00:15:44,180 --> 00:15:46,120 So many of us don't even recognize that 465 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,520 there's a battle going on. 466 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,080 We think everything's all right. 467 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:49,760 We're at war. 468 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,380 We really are. 469 00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:53,180 And we need to watch it. 470 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,980 In those early Galilean days, Christ's followers heard 471 00:15:56,980 --> 00:15:57,500 his call. 472 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,340 They forsook the old life. 473 00:15:59,820 --> 00:16:02,900 They attached themselves to him, to Jesus. 474 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,540 And they began to obey his teachings and 475 00:16:05,540 --> 00:16:07,440 join themselves to his band of disciples. 476 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:10,340 And this total commitment was their confirmation of 477 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:10,620 faith. 478 00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:12,080 Nothing less would do. 479 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,900 We've got different stuff today going on. 480 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,620 We're not attached to Jesus. 481 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,240 We're attached to denominations. 482 00:16:18,420 --> 00:16:19,580 We're attached to trends. 483 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:21,020 We're attached to styles. 484 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,240 We're attached to music. 485 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,060 We're attached to experiences. 486 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:27,340 But who's attached just to Jesus? 487 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,700 Whoever is just attached to Jesus today is 488 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:30,660 going to be the weird one. 489 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,760 Are you willing to be weird for Jesus? 490 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,480 You'll be the one that has the power 491 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,180 of God on your life. 492 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:37,960 You'll be the one that has the spirit 493 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,080 of God working in your life. 494 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,760 You'll be the one that has the joy 495 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,140 of the Lord in your life. 496 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,500 And when you go home and you go 497 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,280 to bed at night, you'll go to bed 498 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,280 with a clean conscience because you can't walk 499 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,660 with Jesus through the day without dealing with 500 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:50,240 sin. 501 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,340 And if you haven't been confessing things and 502 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:55,040 dealing with them, you've been picking up trash 503 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:55,700 along the way. 504 00:16:56,300 --> 00:16:58,560 And many times what revival is is just 505 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,720 a major overhaul of going to the dump 506 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,080 and getting things out of our heart. 507 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,980 But if we learn to live in continuous 508 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:06,960 revival, day by day, dealing with things as 509 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,380 they come, then we experience what Jesus talked 510 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:12,780 about as the abundant life. 511 00:17:13,819 --> 00:17:16,400 The abundant life is Jesus living his life 512 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,099 through us. 513 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,000 Man, where are you at? 514 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:21,800 Woman, where are you at? 515 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:23,839 Boy, girl, where are you at? 516 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:25,640 Are you with Jesus at this moment? 517 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:31,400 Jesus calls us to leave the old life 518 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:32,780 and to begin the new. 519 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:34,800 Are you tired of the old life? 520 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,160 You know, that's one of the things that 521 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,040 brought me to Christ. 522 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,440 I was tired of the old life. 523 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,940 I was tired of that which wasn't real. 524 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,760 And I began to seek him. 525 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:45,920 I began to get desperate. 526 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:48,100 And he began to work in my life. 527 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,900 So he calls us to leave the old 528 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,040 life and to begin the new. 529 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,880 There must never be any vacuum, never any 530 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,760 place of neutrality where the world cannot identify 531 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,100 us. 532 00:17:57,540 --> 00:18:00,840 Peter warming himself at the world's fire and 533 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,960 trying to seem unconcerned is an example of 534 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,500 the kind of halfway discipleship too many of 535 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:07,920 us are satisfied with. 536 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,800 I'm reading from Tozer again. 537 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:14,140 Are you with Peter at the fires of 538 00:18:14,140 --> 00:18:17,920 the world trying to look unconcerned, trying to 539 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,540 look uncommitted to Jesus? 540 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,240 But yet at the same time, when you 541 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,400 get around Christians, you try to look committed. 542 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:27,300 It all depends on where you're at. 543 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,280 If you're with Christians, you put on your 544 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:29,940 Christian clothes. 545 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:31,680 If you're with unbelievers, you put on your 546 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:32,840 unbelievers' clothes. 547 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:35,120 Where are you at? 548 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,080 Are you following Jesus? 549 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,440 Are you going up the hill to Calvary? 550 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,220 Are you going down away from Calvary? 551 00:18:43,340 --> 00:18:46,380 The martyr leaping up in the arena, demanding 552 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:48,220 to be thrown to the lions alone with 553 00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:50,240 his suffering brethren is an example of the 554 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,960 only kind of dedication that God approves of. 555 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:56,160 Jesus said, you're either for me or against 556 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:56,400 me. 557 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,120 He said, you're either with me or you're 558 00:18:59,120 --> 00:18:59,680 against me. 559 00:18:59,820 --> 00:19:01,880 You're going with me or you're going back. 560 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:03,840 Which way are you going? 561 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,040 You know, God meets those who are desperate. 562 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:09,640 I was reading in Daniel. 563 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:11,720 If I might take you back over there, 564 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,400 I don't think I even really hardly get 565 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,480 into the message today. 566 00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:17,900 But I was reading in Daniel, Daniel chapter 567 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:18,300 9. 568 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:19,900 If you want to get your Bible and 569 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:22,460 turn over there with me, excuse the rustling 570 00:19:22,460 --> 00:19:22,940 of leaves. 571 00:19:23,780 --> 00:19:24,920 But Daniel chapter 9. 572 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:29,060 Daniel had discovered in reading of what had 573 00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:31,340 gone wrong, that they had departed from God, 574 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:32,440 disobeyed his word. 575 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,780 He understood by the books. 576 00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:38,060 The number of the years, Daniel chapter 9 577 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:38,680 verse 2. 578 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,360 He understood about the captivity. 579 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,040 All of a sudden God opened up to 580 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,580 him to show them what was happening and 581 00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:48,980 how that they had been pre-programmed by 582 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:51,180 God for 70 years of being off out 583 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:51,720 in the desert. 584 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,640 Stuck over there in Babylon as prisoners. 585 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,440 And so in verse 3, Daniel, and probably 586 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,260 it was his desperation for God that drove 587 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:05,460 him to seek God just like in 1985 588 00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:08,760 when I was pastor in a church. 589 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:12,000 And I was just desperate for reality. 590 00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:14,280 I'd had an up and down experience. 591 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:16,720 I'm just opening my heart up to you. 592 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,360 This is what the way I was before 593 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:18,800 revival. 594 00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:20,640 There are some days of victory and some 595 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:21,480 days of defeat. 596 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,700 If the crowds were big, then I was 597 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:24,080 encouraged. 598 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,620 If the crowds were down, then I was 599 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:26,060 discouraged. 600 00:20:26,340 --> 00:20:28,560 And I was beginning to get desperate before 601 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,640 God for reality. 602 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,180 And I was wanting that in my church 603 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:31,800 also. 604 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,580 So I began to pray for revival. 605 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:36,260 And I didn't even know what revival was. 606 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,260 I didn't know there would be revival just 607 00:20:38,260 --> 00:20:39,820 ripping the bottom out of my life. 608 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,460 And God just beginning to come in and 609 00:20:42,460 --> 00:20:44,120 cleanse me and show me self. 610 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,180 Show me the self-life. 611 00:20:45,740 --> 00:20:47,860 And taking me to the cross, Romans chapter 612 00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:48,320 6. 613 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,000 Showing me that the old man was crucified. 614 00:20:50,420 --> 00:20:51,920 That I had to quit living in those 615 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,020 patterns of the past. 616 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,140 That I was dead to those things. 617 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,520 And showing me all kinds of things. 618 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:58,460 Showed me my bitterness. 619 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,500 And God worked in my heart. 620 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,640 And he worked in our church. 621 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,200 And it went for over three months in 622 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:06,780 our area. 623 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,920 Where God just came in in an unusual 624 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:09,400 way. 625 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,400 And he used an evangelist, John Musser. 626 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,760 And I'd like to encourage you to get 627 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:13,180 him in. 628 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,160 Plan on at least two weeks. 629 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:18,560 You know, in our meetings today, we don't 630 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,560 want to give God too much time. 631 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,580 Four days is about standard. 632 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,100 And if we're really spiritual, we'll have a 633 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:26,800 week of meetings. 634 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,340 But it really takes the first week just 635 00:21:29,340 --> 00:21:31,340 to begin to break the old ice and 636 00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:33,100 the hard shell off of our lives. 637 00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,940 Before God can move in on the scene 638 00:21:35,940 --> 00:21:36,920 and really do something. 639 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,000 But God moved in and he began to 640 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,200 stomp the daylights out of me. 641 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,440 And he's continued to do that and show 642 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:43,220 me things. 643 00:21:43,340 --> 00:21:45,440 In the last year, he has hit really 644 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,260 hard on pride. 645 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:47,780 And I've shared this with you before. 646 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:50,880 But anyway, he meets those who are desperate. 647 00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:53,420 And I think God was meeting Daniel at 648 00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:53,840 this point. 649 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:54,700 He was desperate. 650 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:57,140 And so Daniel said, I set my face 651 00:21:57,140 --> 00:22:00,440 in verse 393 unto the Lord God to 652 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,300 seek by prayer and supplications with fasting and 653 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:04,580 sackcloth and ashes. 654 00:22:04,980 --> 00:22:06,540 And I've got a lot of things I 655 00:22:06,540 --> 00:22:08,140 wanted to share with you, but I don't 656 00:22:08,140 --> 00:22:10,040 have that much time today left. 657 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:13,780 But start off by setting your face unto 658 00:22:13,780 --> 00:22:14,880 the Lord God. 659 00:22:15,180 --> 00:22:17,440 I suggest you just start getting off along 660 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:17,900 with God. 661 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,260 My pastor friend and myself, we used to 662 00:22:21,260 --> 00:22:22,620 get together in prayer and our wives would 663 00:22:22,620 --> 00:22:24,140 get together and pray and seek God. 664 00:22:24,140 --> 00:22:25,280 We did it for months. 665 00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:28,820 And then so when God visited, we'd been 666 00:22:28,820 --> 00:22:30,180 praying as Daniel. 667 00:22:30,340 --> 00:22:31,960 We set our face unto the Lord God 668 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,240 to seek by prayer and supplication with fasting 669 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,500 and sackcloth and ashes. 670 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,600 And he said, I prayed unto the Lord 671 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,940 my God and made my confession and said, 672 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,360 Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, keep 673 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,280 in the covenant and mercy to them that 674 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,080 love him and to them that keep his 675 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:46,500 commandments. 676 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,420 In verse five, he says, we have sinned. 677 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:51,780 That's where we start. 678 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:55,220 And have committed iniquity and have done wickedly 679 00:22:55,220 --> 00:22:58,360 and have rebelled even by departing from thy 680 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,720 precepts and from thy judgments. 681 00:23:01,260 --> 00:23:03,880 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants, the 682 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,720 prophets, which spake in thy name to our 683 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,580 kings and princes, our princes and our fathers 684 00:23:09,580 --> 00:23:10,820 and to the people of the land. 685 00:23:10,860 --> 00:23:12,400 And he just goes on down through here 686 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,060 talking about it. 687 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,820 Verse eight, he said, we have sinned against 688 00:23:14,820 --> 00:23:15,240 thee. 689 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,080 Verse nine, we have rebelled against him. 690 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,520 In verse 10, neither have we obeyed the 691 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,780 voice of the Lord, our God, to walk 692 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:25,860 in his laws, which he set before us 693 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,060 by his servants, the prophets. 694 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,740 And 11, yea, all Israel has transgressed. 695 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:32,260 And he said, we have sinned. 696 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:32,860 We have sinned. 697 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,340 In verse 13, he says, we made not 698 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:38,360 our prayer before the Lord, our God, that 699 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,700 we might turn from our iniquities and understand 700 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:41,280 thy truth. 701 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,800 In verse 14, we obeyed not his voice. 702 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,640 15, again, we have sinned. 703 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,120 We have done wickedly. 704 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,660 And then 16, because for our sins and 705 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:52,720 for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and 706 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,980 thy people are become a reproach to all 707 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:55,980 that are about us. 708 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,000 Really, I believe our country today is in 709 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,380 the trouble that we're in, not because of 710 00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:04,380 our presidents or not because of Congress, as 711 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:06,320 bad a shape and as full of scoundrels 712 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,200 as it is, but because of us, the 713 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:10,600 Church. 714 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,280 We have been the ones that have left 715 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:13,560 God. 716 00:24:13,740 --> 00:24:14,860 We've left his word. 717 00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:17,060 You know, I've been studying on the translations 718 00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:19,340 and I've shared with you last week and 719 00:24:19,340 --> 00:24:21,160 the week before how God has really got 720 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,920 onto me because he showed me how we've 721 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,320 been deceived on the translations. 722 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,080 I've been doing some more studying on the 723 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:27,540 NIV. 724 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:29,480 That thing is so corrupted. 725 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:31,840 You have the word of God with the 726 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,880 King James Version, but these other translations, most 727 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,500 of them are trouble. 728 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,500 And God showed me how we've been deceived. 729 00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:41,720 And we have gone our own way. 730 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,400 We've turned to our own way. 731 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,720 And we've just gone our own way. 732 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:48,140 We've turned away from the word of God. 733 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,360 And next week, I'm going to share with 734 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,500 you about some deception and how we've been 735 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:51,980 deceived. 736 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:53,720 I'll start off with Jeremiah, and then I'm 737 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,620 going to go into more on revival and 738 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:57,680 being like Jesus. 739 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,940 You know, God wants us pure. 740 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:03,420 He wants us fellowshipping with him. 741 00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:05,040 He wants the Church pure. 742 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,880 The early Church had power when it was 743 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,140 pure. 744 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:09,700 And if your Church is powerless, then you 745 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:10,980 look at your purity. 746 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:12,300 They go together. 747 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:14,980 Your life is the same way. 748 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:15,940 There's power. 749 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:17,700 It's the power of the Spirit of God 750 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,380 living through you when you're pure. 751 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:22,980 He wants a clean, empty vessel. 752 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:25,720 How are you doing? 753 00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:28,480 There's things I want to share with you 754 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:29,200 on vision. 755 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:31,880 You know, we've been believing God to do 756 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:32,200 things. 757 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,940 We believe God to do big things. 758 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,480 I mean, we're believing God for where we're 759 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,280 at right now for a half-million-dollar 760 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:38,620 building. 761 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,080 And we don't have any kind of money 762 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:40,660 like that. 763 00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:42,320 But we're believing God for that. 764 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,740 And it's really separated the men from the 765 00:25:44,740 --> 00:25:46,220 boys when it comes down to really believing 766 00:25:46,220 --> 00:25:46,940 God for that. 767 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:50,020 And there's been some that just can't even 768 00:25:50,020 --> 00:25:51,260 follow it. 769 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,200 But my God's big. 770 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,900 I believe he can give us a half 771 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,460 -million-dollar building for just a little bit 772 00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:57,160 that we have. 773 00:25:57,660 --> 00:25:58,320 He's big. 774 00:25:58,820 --> 00:26:01,060 You know, I have a vision that I've 775 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:04,200 had for probably about 25 years. 776 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,140 No, about 20 years. 777 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,000 God gave me a vision for a camping 778 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:08,460 ministry. 779 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:10,860 So many times it's when God takes us 780 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:13,860 through the death and burial of our own 781 00:26:13,860 --> 00:26:17,060 vision that later on he'll bring a resurrection. 782 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,840 And I don't know what he's going to 783 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:19,260 do with it. 784 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,880 But about 20 years ago, God just gave 785 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,400 me a burden for camping ministry. 786 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:26,440 And in the last few weeks, he's been 787 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,140 clarifying that vision of 20 years ago. 788 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:31,940 How if I had a camp, a place 789 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:36,220 where pastors and missionaries and Christian workers, those 790 00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:38,520 that are destitute and desperate and tired could 791 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,120 come and be ministered to, and we could 792 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:42,260 share the truths with them. 793 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:45,860 And I've got preacher buddies scattered around the 794 00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:48,820 country that I know that I can bring 795 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:49,040 in. 796 00:26:49,180 --> 00:26:51,560 And they will really minister to a pastor 797 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,200 or a missionary. 798 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,540 And in a matter of a day or 799 00:26:54,540 --> 00:26:57,280 less or a few days, they can minister 800 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,240 in a way to where that discouraged brother 801 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:01,900 can be totally revived to have a new 802 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:02,280 life. 803 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,340 And God's been showing me how my vision 804 00:27:05,340 --> 00:27:07,500 of having a camping ministry many years ago 805 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,100 could be so much more powerful if we 806 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:11,680 had a place where folks could come and 807 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,680 be ministered to, a place where they could 808 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,780 rest and relax and there could be sharing. 809 00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:18,520 I don't know what God would do about 810 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:18,820 that. 811 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,000 It's up to him. 812 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,420 But we need to be ministering to people. 813 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:25,340 We need to be talking to people and 814 00:27:25,340 --> 00:27:28,180 meeting them where they're at and seeing how 815 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:29,720 we can help them. 816 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,680 My friend, Jesus Christ, is all you need. 817 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,040 I share that week after week. 818 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:38,500 And then I always close up with, He's 819 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:43,160 all you need, but is He all you 820 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:43,640 want? 821 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,600 And I'm going to close up again today 822 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,020 with that. 823 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,340 Our time's about gone. 824 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,760 Let me challenge you to turn to Jesus. 825 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,700 Many years ago, someone said to me, If 826 00:27:53,700 --> 00:27:55,220 you can get a man to Jesus, he'll 827 00:27:55,220 --> 00:27:55,880 be all right. 828 00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:57,300 And that's the truth. 829 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,380 Well, until next time, may God richly bless 830 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:01,440 you, my friend.