Now before I get to the main message,
I want to give something that I've given
out a number of times I just got
this from the magazine and it's been such
a blessing to me.
It's called first aid I took a course
in first aid.
It's very helpful first aid for spiritual emergencies
You may want to jot some of these
things down Remember, we always have two pieces
of paper in an OM meeting.
We have feedback to give in I prayed
through all the feedback given to me yesterday.
It's not coming very quickly Maybe 20 or
30, of course, some of you gave in
the official feedback Up there and then you
can have a piece of paper.
You can write things down to keep for
yourself But we talked the other day about
learning how to be hurt How to handle
situations when you're hurt your wife hurts you
Your husband hurts you your neighbor hurts you
your pastor hurts you the man down the
road hurts you your butcher hurts you whoever
hurts you Mentally physically thinking especially spiritually here's
what to do the next time you get
hurt the event of injury Inflicted by a
brother or sister in Christ follow this procedure
All right, number one Keep calm That's simple
in it.
Keep calm Still your soul before God at
the moment of impact Be still and know
that I am God rushing about trying to
correct the injury usually causes greater damage If
someone's in a serious accident is laying on
a highway You don't sort of run along
pick them up and sort of drag them
down the road or give them a push
Keep calm Don't rush about number two Apply
direct pressure of understanding to the wound What
caused the incident?
Could you have prevented it?
negligent How does the offending party feel?
What if things were reversed then what Good
to ask that isn't it put yourself in
his shoes three wash the wound thoroughly with
kindness to remove all harshness and vindictiveness wash
the wound thoroughly for Coat liberally with the
ointment of love this will protect from infections
of resentment and bitterness liberally with the ointment
of love five bandage the injury with forgiveness
This will keep it out of sight until
the wound is healed Bandage it with forgiveness
six.
This is basic.
Don't pick the scab off By bringing up
the subject and opening your wound Serious dangers
from infection in number four still exists.
This could be fatal spiritually Seven Beware of
self-pity, which is painful and touchy This
is often referred to as withdrawal pains evidenced
by the injured one withdrawing from others Especially
the one inflicting the injury remedy except apologies
That number eight prescription prescription Take a generous
dose of antibiotics from the Word of God
several times daily Using prayer each time This
is a soothing effect and is definitely a
good pain killer Antibiotics from the Word of
God number nine Stay in close contact with
the great physician at all times Depend on
his strength joy and peace to help you
in your convalescence period then number ten Evidence
of full recovery is noticed when the patient
is in full fellowship and harmony especially with
the offending party That's been a great help
to me through the years and I hope
it'll be a help to you Now I
want you to turn with me in your
Bible to the gospel of Mark The gospel
of Mark chapter 1 let's look at verse
16 Now as he walked by the Sea
of Galilee, this is Jesus He saw Simon
and Andrew's brother casting a net into the
sea for they were fishers their official and
Jesus said unto them Come after me and
I will make you become fishers of men
Remember this is the Lord Jesus and Immediately
says in the Old English straightway Straightway they
forsook their net and followed him and when
he had got a little farther He saw
James the son of that Zebedee and John
his brother Who also were in the boat
mending their net?
That was their work their secular employment And
straightway he called them and they left their
father's Zebedee in the boat With the hired
servants and they went after him and look
over in chapter 2 chapter 2 Man named
Matthew Levi Jesus verse 13 went forth again
by the seaside and all the multitude came
on to him and he taught them and
as he passed by he saw Levi the
son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office
and he said of him follow me and
he arose and Follow him Jesus Christ has
been a bit among us in these days
in this tent as Believers, we know he's
not only with us in a sense.
He indwells us never forget that the reality
the joy of his indwelling Christ in us
the mystery of godliness Jesus is among us
and I know from Talking to some of
you from reading some of your letters Then
you sense the Lord speaking to your heart
now this evening at the end of this
service because we want you to think about
it We don't want to just spring it
on you.
We're going to give the opportunity for people
to make an open act of commitment By
standing to their feet as an outward expression
of an inward transaction now that inward transaction
will be somewhat different in different people For
some it may be a climax of what
the Lord has been saying this week about
beginning to move forward as an ambassador overseas
for Jesus Christ because that's partly what operation
world is all about for more it may
mean just a deeper commitment of the Lord
Jesus and The accompanying fullness of the Holy
Spirit that that commitment must involve We want
also this evening to speak a little about
the Lordship of Jesus Christ I'm sure Alan
Redpath emphasized this last year.
That seems to be the greatest Arrow in
his in his message making Jesus Lord I
remember listening to some of his old messages
from Keswick and if you want some of
his tapes you make contact with us We
have some of his tapes and he's always
preaching make Jesus Lord.
Remember his exposition on King David And he
speaks about King Jesus And I sense especially
that some of you have been here for
the week and yet you still haven't Really
taken that step of faith where you've said
with all your heart Jesus.
You're going to be Lord And I think
we need to be specific The Bible specific
and Jesus wants to be Lord of every
area of our life And if we're really
honest there are areas of our life that
up to now have not been brought under
his powerful hand under his Lordship With many
young people the last thing that goes under
the Lordship of Christ is their social life
The boy-girl relationship thing now, let's be
honest.
This is a very big thing in our
culture Some of the most dedicated Christian young
people have shared with me even leaders in
the Christian Union that their social life is
all messed up One minute they're in a
meeting talking about Jesus leading the Christian Union
the next minute they're in bed Then they're
not married.
I Wouldn't say it happens a lot But
it happens more frequently than any of us
want to talk about and if they're not
in bed They engage in what some of
us classify as evangelical sex Maybe that's a
new term for you.
I better define.
It's good to define terms.
What in the world is evangelical sex?
You see because Christians when they're teaching Don't
want to go all the way in a
sex relationship outside of marriage They may at
least know that much that that is against
God's Word And so because they don't want
to go what they call all the way
they do everything else But I've even had
them share with me that they were completely
without clothing in bed together But they didn't
go all the way so they feel they
did not commit fornication and so their consciences
are slightly free But it's a sin against
the Living God and it's impurity and it's
immorality and Some of you, you know that
with your boyfriend with your girlfriend.
You're playing with fire.
You're going too far You're engaged in heavy
petting whatever you want to call it And
if you think you're gonna go on for
God and still compromise in the area of
your social relationship even with a girl or
the boy you think you're gonna marry you're
in for some big surprises and We need
to make Christ Lord over all of the
aspects of our life and that includes that
boy-girl Relationship nothing wrong with dating.
There's nothing wrong with going out together Doing
some sports together go to church take a
walk in the woods.
No one's telling you it's wrong to kiss
your girlfriend goodnight But oh my some of
you are like a Jaguar with Volkswagen brakes
and you need to get a bit of
an overhaul And unless this area of your
life gets straightened out Because the sex emotion
and the religious emotion so easily get mixed
up You're gonna be in trouble and this
conference will mean a thing.
It won't mean a thing Because Christ has
not taken over that area of vulnerability in
your life and you're playing with fire Just
as David played with fire when he was
on that roof and started lusting at the
woman on the other roof We need to
turn to Joseph To see a man who
made God Absolute monarch of his life and
even when this voluptuous beautiful Egyptian woman tried
to take Joseph to bed He said no.
Thank you.
Dare.
I sin against my God even though he
ended up in prison.
He refused to fall into that sin Billy
Graham said speaking to thousands of students at
the Greater Banner Convention that this is the
greatest battleground of youth And it's not only
youth.
It's not only you My good friend Roy
Hessian Who wrote that book forgotten factors on
the subject of dealing with sexual impurity and
immorality?
And I'd be happy to send that book
as a gift if you can't find it
on the book table Forgotten factors.
He said in his counseling 40 years of
counseling He's found more promiscuity and immorality among
married people than he ever has among single
people and it seems to be the last
thing We're often willing to face as we
shared the other day 400 verses in the
Word of God But we hardly say anything
about Sometimes we find the church.
I may have said this already sometimes on
the fifth day I get a little mixed
up of what I've said But sometimes we
get churches that that sort of both that
they teach the whole Council of God We
teach the whole Council of God.
We're a New Testament Church And I like
to say well What about this verse here
be thou satisfied with the breath of the
wife of thy youth When did you last
expound that that mercy in the Bible?
It's in the Bible And it's an important
verse because you know what a lot of
Christians even this 20th century Christian young person.
They think sex is dirty That's why we
can't speak about it.
The church is dirty Now which was given
to us by God as one of the
most beautiful gifts Billy Graham calls the sex
drive our creative force created in the image
of God.
He has given us a creative force It's
beautiful.
It's God's plan, but it's got to be
according to God's pattern within the commitment of
marriage I Want to ask is Jesus Lord
over that area of your life know what
about your free time Is he Lord over
your free time?
You know, we know a man and we
know a man's commitment by his free time
We can tell a person's maturity, you know
and by what they do with a free
time Know what they do when there's regimented
time where they don't have much of a
choice We learn things from that as well
We need to learn how to praise the
Lord and press on when you know, somebody
else is just telling us what to do
But it's during our free time That the
truth comes out Is Jesus Christ Lord of
your free time What about your holiday?
I got the word that there's a couple
of Christian holidays Conferences that they just prefer
not to have George for were there speaking
which which of course I can fully understand
for other reasons but the reason that came
back to me is that you know, it's
a holiday and this kind of message could
make people uncomfortable during the holiday and Let's
let's understand it very clearly.
There's nothing wrong with taking a couple of
weeks off, but the devil gives no holidays
One of our families just went on a
holiday and during the holiday the young ten
-year-old daughter was water skiing and the
man driving a boat made a mistake a
young daughter into the docks and she's broken
her Leg and she smashed her arm and
she's laying in a body cast.
That's what happened on the holiday Have you
ever had that experience?
You've launched out on your holiday And somehow
you didn't pray about it enough or maybe
you did but whatever the old enemy decided
to give you a few little tests And
your holiday ended up the most difficult time
of the year any of you older people
ever had that experience?
Everything went wrong in your holiday when you
go on a holiday this summer I want
to ask you make sure Jesus Christ is
Lord of your holiday what you do what
you see where you go How you spend
your money?
You can have some relaxation.
You can go out in your kayak.
I took a friend out in the kayak
He turned upside down lost 40 pounds worth
of glasses in the bottom of the lake
Is Jesus Lord of your free time a
great man of God once said the greatest
sin of young people is wasting time I
dare to say without a little discipline without
a little crucifixion of the ego in the
self-life Some of you are going to
go out of here with the next five
months You'll waste hundreds of precious hours of
God's time and remember this often.
The good is the enemy of the best
You know, this is the problem with television.
I Can get the news either things to
pray about there even Christian programs now But
so easily instead of you controlling the television
the television is controlling you I Visited good
friends that I hadn't even seen in years
and they couldn't turn the football game off
when I walked into the dining room It
just it's I mean that's priority a football
game and you know the big problem with
television I don't really believe it's the wicked
evil programs.
That is a problem and I will tell
you There are some vicious things there are
some very vicious things on television, but I
think for Christians it's often the good the
endless stream of good documentaries good talk programs
Perfectly healthy sports.
You can't condemn sports and yet when it
comes to world evangelism young people when it
comes to obeying Jesus as his witness the
good becomes the enemy of the best That's
why I think one of the greatest verses
in the Bible is that verse about Moderation
let your moderation be known to all men
or how I would love to be known
as a moderate person I'm not sure I've
got that reputation yet how I love to
be known as a man of self-control
Let your moderation Be known make Jesus Christ
the Lord of your free time your holiday
Make Jesus Christ the Lord of your future
what are you going to do with your
life that is not going to lead everyone
to leave their nets as Jesus called these
particular men to leave their nets.
The Lord doesn't lead everyone to do that
But let's get this get this in our
hearts He does lead some That's what he
did in my life I Had some very
nice nets at 16.
I had three businesses.
I Already had 200 people working for me
part-time and they were sending in their
money and I was lying on the beach
Enjoying life.
I had this great vision late least work
possible Get other people to do it.
I own the philatelic agency I'm the firefighting
equipment business and one of the small little
business Bergen County sales company and Verwer stamp
corporation 16 It's great to have pocketful money
go to the New York nightclubs and blow
25 and 30 quid in one night Then
I met the man from Galilee one night
in New York City Madison Square Garden were
usually this boxing and circuses and freak out
all kinds of music things and that one
night somehow in answer to Prayer Billy Graham
was there and somehow they prayed me in
a little middle-class bush while American pagan
And I heard that Jesus Christ died for
me and I heard that he shed his
blood for me and that night He came
into my life as I put my faith
in him And I realized I was bought
with a price as far as I know
I never knew anything from my conversion on
except total surrender to Jesus Christ.
There was no other option.
I can't understand How people can so supposedly
trust Christ to be converted and just sort
of go on the same way they did
before Apart from a few minor changes faith
in Jesus Christ is a radical thing when
you meet that cross when you meet that
Savior He brings a total overhaul Peace joy
power zeal Determination This isn't my message You're
bought with a price the precious blood of
Jesus Christ.
I believe If Jesus Christ gave his all
for us on the cross The least we
can do in our few remaining years and
none of us know how many hours or
days or years we have left Is to
give our all for him our time our
talent our energy our strength our minds Make
those hours those minutes count for eternity What
are you gonna do young person with your
life?
Gonna get a nice job make a few
pounds get a nice house get a nice
mortgage.
It's getting harder Spend the rest of your
life making payments And a fridge and a
mortgage and a nice car keep up with
a family down the road Of course go
to church quartz the sign of respectability You
certainly won't be accused.
Probably you go to church of being one
of the local terrorists And anyway, at least
we've learned in America more than you've learned
here what good business contacts you can make
in church Especially if you're an undertaker and
I want it's a whole separate message But
the invasion of commercialism into church life false
motives in church attendance false motives in church
life It's an abomination to God People that
are proud that they've not missed the breaking
of bread in their church for 15 years.
I will tell you You can go and
be at the breaking of bread every Sunday
for 20 years But if there's anybody in
that assembly that your heart is not linked
with in love and compassion Then every time
you break the bread, there's a little gong
that rings Because you can have everything The
greatest attendance a record the greatest evangelistic record
and if you don't have love according to
the Word of God You're a sounding brass
and a tingling cymbal.
Oh For a revolution of love That would
somehow sweep away the cobheb the cobwebs of
bitterness the cancer of resentment that so easily
gets into church life Oh Beloved, don't you
long for revival?
Don't you long to see God's people dwelling
together in love and unity Supposed to be
God's chosen people.
But if we're honest often were God's frozen
people May this final night the operation defrost
may the warm hot love of our great
God and Savior Somehow melt our hearts our
proud hearts and break us and bring us
Tonight that we may repent and make Jesus
Lord Lord of our future plans many of
you not just young people, but others I
Think you need to listen more closely to
the voice of God perhaps with Mark chapter
1 open To see if the Lord Jesus
Christ is not saying to you as he
said to those fishermen those ordinary fishermen Follow
me.
I want to make you a fisher of
men There is a sense when we speak
about being a witness There is a sense
of all fishing men We see that in
Acts we see that in Acts 1 8
But it's clear here that the Lord is
also Leading some and he still is today.
We often sing it from Hebrews yesterday today
forever Jesus is the same all may change
but Jesus never have you ever sung it
glory to his name Is he the same
is he still calling people to leave secular
jobs good secular employment?
Yes, and I think some of you tonight
When the invitation is given You need to
stand to your feet to say Lord.
I'm ready to leave my job.
I love my job.
It's it's it's I'm quite secure in it.
I'm quite happy, but I'm ready to become
a fisher of men.
We don't have Jesus Clear cut black and
white situation we have to go by faith
But when I say those words, I think
of our Savior who said blessed are those
who believe without seeing And tonight some of
you are going to have to stand and
say Lord, I'm ready to leave my nets
their Complications.
I don't know what my parents are gonna
say.
I don't know what my church is gonna
say I can't make a simple black and
white decision tonight, but by faith, that's the
direction I'm gonna move Some of you God
has already said that to you this week
And tonight will just be a confirmation of
what the Lord has already said Others may
not sense that that clear word from the
Lord But the biblical commands about his Lordship
Which are for all people in a sense
should come one step before that.
Sometimes it comes at the same time That
is the commitment you need to make and
Jesus would be Lord of your life And
then what about our material possessions If there's
ever an area that George Burwer backpedaled on
it's it's in talking about material possessions I
Used to preach every month minus very few
months from Luke 14 33 when I was
a young Christian, you know the verse It's
not the most popular verse in the New
Testament Except you forsake all that you have
you can't be my disciple And what about
the story the rich young ruler?
Do you realize most of us in this
tent in?
Comparison the way the majority of people are
living in the world because we're in the
world It's a global village sultanate scene said
to talk about internal affairs in the present
-day world.
It's just ridiculous.
It's just one vote and I believe in
Comparison to the rest of the world many
of us tonight.
We're we're rich young rulers That's one of
the things that scares me the most about
Western society Most people in the world don't
know have a car Most people in the
world on the television most people in the
world don't have running hot and cold water
Most people in the world don't have the
amount of clothing we have most people in
the world just don't have these things Oh
sure, it's what sign they do Germany America.
No matter how materialistic we are We always
like we always like to look at others
who are more materialist The great cop-out
in Britain is America When we think of
the way they waste money and they spend
money and you know, we feel we're all
just the most conservative Antimaterialistic thrifty little band
of Englishmen that ever did walk You know
every man has to live out his Christian
life within his culture within his culture That's
why God is very patient He's very patient
with Americans who are too American when I
left the United States I was an ugly
American worse than that.
I was the ugly Bible-believing Evangelical American
and I will tell you God had to
humble me so many times with my Mexican
brothers with my Spanish brothers With my Indian
brother and I still have a long way
to go.
I do not share these things with you
It's someone who's arrived.
I have a long way to go and
I'm so thankful to my God has been
so patient with me an ugly American I
believe some of these people in the United
States who Who maybe when I first look
at them?
They just seem to be just living very
high on the hog.
We saying seem to have a false set
of values You know as I've got to
know some of those people I've discovered some
of them have a greater love for Jesus
than I do And I'm very ashamed of
my lack of love emotional and spiritual love
for Jesus And I've just realized that all
of us just had so far to go
We must be very careful in judging one
another and I know that when God works
here in England He doesn't destroy all the
English culture He didn't say I'm not gonna
work in your life until you know All
this disappears and all that disappears and you've
got perfect doctrine and you've got no more
false motivation, etc Etc.
His love for us is so great He
just starts working despite some of our some
of our wrong ways or some of our
false doctrines or some of the the wrong
Practices we may have in our life or
some of the materialistic Fetishes that somehow are
still hanging on to us all the love
of God.
It's so great But oh how much more
we can do if we were set free
from the shackles of material things and I
want to ask Is Jesus Lord of your
bank account?
Is Jesus Lord of your credit card Is
Jesus Christ Lord of that inheritance you've received?
Oh, it's a beautiful experience to be set
free from clinging to things clinging to You
have to keep Luke 14 33 in balance
with Philippians 4.
My God will supply all your needs according
to his glory in Christ Jesus It took
me a long time to learn that I
was hesitant to take God's provision Some of
you know that in OM we always use
the most beat-up old cars We can
ever get our hands up over the years
dozens of cars in Britain And no one
else ever wanted to drive they call us
up in the phone to your brother George
We feel led to give a car to
the work You think you could send a
wrecker to collect it and we brought cars
down some of them 15 years old We
repaired them usually got a year or two
out of them before they before they died
We did this because we felt we should
have steam others our brothers in India didn't
have bicycles What are we worrying?
We don't have a new car Well, I
was just converted and God began to work
through me.
My father came to me.
He's not a wealthy man He's a hard
-working man a dear man He also got
converted just after I did then my mother
got converted in my dog.
My my sister got converted And my dad
he was just a young Christian.
He didn't understand the ways of God He
said son, you know, you're doing an important
work and I think you ought to have
a new car.
I was driving then a 15 year old
truck that we paid 5060 pound for we
repaired it it died on the second 200
miles down the road and we Prayed and
repaired it again and it traveled after that
50,000 miles But I think you're gonna
have a new car and even back then
as a babe in Jesus After realizing the
need for Bibles the need for gospel tracks
the need for the simplest most rudimentary things
in God's work I said dad, I can't
take a new car when they're all these
other needs we need Bibles We need tracks
there are Mexicans that don't have a place
to live.
They don't have food on their table I
said dad give your money to that and
my father Recommitted his life to Jesus a
man of 50 to 60 years of age
and he gave everything to Jesus Christ And
he sold his very beautiful home and he
gave that to Jesus Jesus gave him part
of the back to get a littler home
where he could live When revival moved through
Canada farmers put large chunks of land up
dedicated it to world evangelism There's a farmer
out in Colorado.
He's got a cow.
He's dedicated that one cow everything he produces
Is given to world evangelism actually, it's one
of the supporters of our brother Jonathan McCruff
God looked at Moses when he was out
in the wilderness running away and he said
to Moses.
What's that in your hand?
What do you got there Moses?
Nothing more just a staff.
I'm a shepherd.
He knew down in his heart.
He was a number one failure He had
killed a man back in Egypt He was
finished out to the wilderness Retirement a few
sheep a couple of nice, you know, there
he was Moses what's that in your hand?
Just the staff God said throw it down
One sent give it to me remember what
I Threw it down and God did a
miracle.
I Want to ask you my friend what's
in your hand?
Has God give you a good business God
giving you a good job?
God's giving you a little bit of this
world's goods Bible says he to have this
world's goods sees his brother need and opens
not up his heart How well at the
love of God in such a man one
of the strongest verses in the whole of
the Word of God first John 316.
Oh how we love John 316, but we
don't do too much with first John 316
In fact many of us if we were
honest would study the Word of God with
a pair of scissors And then we could
cut out all those hard verses that we
have no intention on obeying You wouldn't have
much of a Bible left What's that in
your hand tonight young person it's God giving
you a good mind you're at university Let
Jesus become Lord Let him decide how it's
going to be used Do you know the
tremendous need in missionary work?
For people who can handle computers for bookkeepers
for mechanics for engineers for radio technicians I
can name 50 different areas of skill where
there's just a crying need among various mission
societies And you know, what's just as encouraging
for me?
There's also tremendous need for for the one
talent gang Then even looking around with for
your talents and running running out of energy
You heard there are ten talent men.
You're sure that's not where you are.
You've heard there's five talent men.
You couldn't find five You're not even sure
if you have one I'll tell you God's
only given you one talent Praise his name
That's all you have to take care God
is not asking you to be Billy Graham.
God is not asking you to be somebody
else You may not be a gifted preacher.
You may be shy and have difficulty in
communication.
You may even be handicapped I think of
that man in Chicago.
This is a true story had no arms.
He had no legs He was blind, but
he learned how to read the prayer Bible
with his tongue had a radiant testimony for
Jesus and taught the Word Of God you
tell me about your handicaps Look at Johnny
Ordinary schoolgirl that would have never been known
never been known in the world apart from
her own few friends and in Maryland But
because of a crisis and because of one
of the most devastating experiences one can happen
to have in one's life She suddenly is
used to touch millions for Christ millions for
Christ.
What's that in your hand?
That's what God said to DL Moody You
remember the story DL Moody the encyclopedia said
he depopulated hell by two million souls a
worldly encyclopedia and God one day looked at
Moody up there in New England the man
who couldn't even speak proper English and And
God said what's that in your hand and
Moody said just shoes Lord.
He was a shoe salesman Wasn't William Carey
man from this country cobbler What's that in
your hand Moody pair of shoes give them
to me and he came Jesus Christ Lord
of your life Your time your talent your
money your energy Do you ever thank God
for the gift of energy?
We sure know if we get tired Never
more when you get tired Dog kept me
awake last night.
You should live in Thailand every night just
the time I wanted to sleep we had
a whole congregation about 40 dogs.
They used to fight I thought I would
go completely crazy and door-to-door.
I'll never forget it There's never a place.
I would pray the Lord would not call
me to door-to-door work.
It's Thailand I tell you the dogs are
really interested in books in Thailand You come
to the door the books and they go
right?
Well, I thought it was for the books
But it may have been for the hand.
I Sure, I'm a baby in some ways.
My wife told me the other day.
You're a baby You know every once in
a while she gets a little bold I
Never have headaches.
That's that's you know, if I have a
headache, that's a major crisis I've only taken
aspirins my whole life.
I need people on headaches.
Hey How long has it been there?
Oh, hey How are you living?
I Get a headache even 15 minutes, you
know, I lie down turn on Beethoven start
praying Call for old Roberts.
I get a headache We sometimes I'm sure
I'm sure most of you don't have any
problem.
I'm sure Many of us do ever tend
to mold when things don't go right at
least in our hearts Have you ever thanked
God for the energy he's given you For
the body for help.
We don't seem to appreciate help until it
goes and then we start a whole world
with the prayers.
I Thank God for energy.
I Want to use every inch every inch
of energy if it's one more week or
one more year, whatever for Jesus Distributing literature
writing letters making phone calls preaching helping old
ladies across the street visiting the jails visiting
the elderly My greatest problem is frustration because
in any one day there seem to be
always ten things you can do for Jesus
and sometimes it really Is hard to know
which one to do?
You know, even when you do the wrong
thing if you do it for Jesus, he
has an amazing way of blessing And there
have been days when I should have done
some of the heavy OM administration I should
have written the International Monthly or I should
have you know made some plan for some
conference and and instead I just slipped out
and gave out tracts or went and phone
some elderly person who had nothing to do
with operation mobilization or Or read prayer letters
for miscellaneous people in the ends of the
earth And at the end of the day
the Lord can miss can be convicted me
So look very well, you're taking the easy
road again.
You avoided that hard job.
You ever read these management books They say
one of the dangers you avoid the hard
job Even when you miss God's plan for
that day If you've walked with him as
much as somehow you've been able he'll bless
it.
He'll bless it Don't get this little black
and white thinking about the will of God.
I get people come to counseling.
Hey Hey, they're all uptight.
You can see the veins in the neck.
I think I've married the wrong woman I
mean that you know that could ruin your
whole day And I said look I said
look we've got a great God and If
you're probably you haven't married the wrong woman,
but if you had take it to the
Lord, he'll make it go He'll make that
a great marriage Really?
God can do that Yeah I'll tell you
something else.
That's not so encouraging You marry the right
woman and get away from Jesus.
Yeah, you marry the right woman.
God led you you were sure And you
get away from Jesus and that marriage will
end up one big mess Oh beloved God
is God We can't go wrong committing our
all to him It's not some type of
evangelical.
Oh and purgatory trip We used to have
people think you know If you're really in
trouble with God and you really messed up
your Christian life and you fail joint operation
mobilization God's purgatory, you know over to Europe
sleep on the floor peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches My mouth obnoxious American leaders broken-down
vehicles punctures every 50 feet You'll definitely come
back spiritual No wonder counseling has become the
major ministry of operation mobilization We have had
people come on oh, I'm running away from
God running away from family running away from
a tough situation And it's been through the
work of the Holy Spirit on those teams
where most of those things are not true
that they've come into balance a key word
in our fellowship and they've gone back And
put things right in the home and put
things right in the church and put things
right in the office There may be some
Jonas who come on oh em Thank God
eventually they get to Nineveh And for some
of you Nineveh's back home And you know
very well in your heart that this week
is We say and the other side of
a Sunday school picnic compared to what you
have to face next week back home And
that's why I want you to make sure
Jesus is Lord of your tongue of your
time of your talents Because without his help
without his control.
I just fear you're just gonna get into
one more mess Jesus is in our midst.
He's saying to son leave your nets I'll
mean you shall become a fisher of men.
He's speaking of full-time evangelism But to
all he's saying I want to be your
Lord I Want to be the king of
your life.
I want to control your time your talent
your money your holidays your work your marriage
Come to me foot of the cross Make
me Lord I pray let's have a moment
of heart searching Is anything I've said Maybe
it's been a little offensive.
You haven't understood it.
Don't let that hinder Don't let that hinder
What the Holy Spirit wants to say?
I'm an earthen vessel whenever God tries to
use me as his mouthpiece some of the
old George Burwer dirt gets in the way
Throw the dirt out forget it Something funny
I said, I never planned to say anything
funny.
I can't plan to say things funny.
I don't know how to very well Something
I said, it's funny.
You didn't think it was funny.
Forget it throw out But here the voice
of God tonight Here two years planning has
got into this meeting and for this moment
we have waited Thousands are praying for us
as we sit here in this tent in
the middle of this unique place Hear ye
the voice of God at this moment Make
Jesus afresh the Lord of your life asked
him simultaneously to fill you up fresh with
the Holy Spirit It generally happens together And
pray your own prayer confession Convicted you of
some area of compromise of unbelief of playing
around of spiritual frostbite Whatever just confess say
Lord Jesus.
I confess it's under your blood.
I Bend I break before your cross crucify
self Having no gain without pain, but all
the joy all the joy that comes out
So pray your own prayer at this moment